[00:10] <meLon> I have a laptop running ubuntu-server.  echo $TERM shows 'linux'.  Whenever I ssh into my developing server and open a file with vim, it looks HORRIBLE.  I noticed that on the server, it says my term is 'xterm' and not 'xterm-color'.  How can I set my laptop up so that it uses xterm-color so that when I ssh into another box it will also use xterm-color?
[01:11] <qman__> meLon, the most likely problem is that you have the default vim, which is a reduced feature set vim and is terrible
[01:12] <qman__> apt-get install vim-nox to get the full version
[01:14] <lau> I am in a fresh lucid install with python-setuptools , pip and virtualenv installed
[01:14] <lau> in the virtualenv I just created I cannot pip install pysqlite
[01:15] <lau> it returns unable to execute gcc: No such file or directory
[01:16] <lau> do I need to install gcc to make it work ? (I am not feeling comfortable installing gcc on a server)
[01:35] <qman__> lau, I don't know anything about pip, but from that error message it would appear so
[01:36] <qman__> the metapackage 'build-essential' is the best way to install gcc and the things you probably need to go with it, if you decide to do that
[01:38] <qman__> FWIW I avoid sqlite like the plague
[01:41] <qman__> less functional, less stable, less secure SQL alternative that doesn't even manage its original purpose of being fast
[01:59] <lau> qman__: thx , I installed build-essential and other *-dev system packages
[02:00] <lau> is it state of the art to install *-dev package on a prod server ?
[02:09] <smoser> http://paste.ubuntu.com/635485/
[02:10] <qman__> lau, far from it, but lots of software people run production can have strange requirements
[02:10] <qman__> what's ideal and what people actually do are often very, very different things
[02:11] <qman__> having compilers and -dev packages aren't a risk in and of themselves, it's more of a compound thing
[02:11] <qman__> arbitrary code execution or unprivileged shells plus compilers and dev packages can have nastier results than just the former
[02:13] <qman__> at my day job, the web server is plesk on windows 2003, and I can't tell you the last time it's been patched
[02:14] <qman__> you're far better off than 95%
[02:41] <reisi> hi everyone! i'm trying to rewrite local-originating requests to a unrouted ip to my up-and-running ssh tunnel; sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst 192.168.1.223 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.1:9090; any ideas why this does not work?
[05:06] <twb> sensors-detect (of lm-sensors) doesn't find any sensors on my shiny modern core i7 motherboard
[05:06] <twb> Does the system *really* lack sensors?  If not, how to I get them going?
[05:53] <kthomas_vh> I am getting tired of the 'D' key clearing the desktop
[05:58] <kthomas_vh> kthomas_vh:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1595871
[06:12] <twb> kthomas_vh: your super key is stuck down
[06:13] <twb> kthomas_vh: this is common in remote desktop cases; just close your RDP client and reopen it
[06:13] <kthomas_vh> no,  it's a problem with RDP,  evidently :)
[06:13] <kthomas_vh> it's persistent :|
[06:13] <twb> kthomas_vh: what happens is you hit, say, Alt+Tab to switch away from the RDP window, and the remote guest sees the Alt key go down, but not go up
[06:13] <twb> Clearly you have done the same thing for some other chord than Alt+Tab, one that includes Super
[06:13] <kthomas_vh> it's 100% persistent
[06:14] <twb> kthomas_vh: I guess it's stuck down on the remote end then
[06:14] <twb> Not much you can do about it other than maybe spoof XTEST events through to the client...
[06:14] <kthomas_vh> hmm
[06:14] <twb> And just mashing modifiers, of course, sometimes that fixes it
[06:14] <kthomas_vh> the solution above doesn't seem to work
[06:15] <twb> Install xautomation and try the xte program as an easy way to send events
[06:15] <twb> Dunno if it can spoof just the key up event...
[06:15] <kthomas_vh> ^^ tks
[08:17] <twb> Sigh.  For some reason mutt has started segfaulting (signal 11) today
[08:41] <Syria> Hello there!!! Wordpress CMS is installed on my VPS but I can't upload themes, plugins etc... and I think that it is a permessions thing. kindly tell me what to do.. this is an example when trying to update a plugin : Could not create directory. /var/www/site/wp-content/upgrade/alo-easymail.tmp
[08:43] <Syria> Permessions of the folder of the updates and plugins etc... Could not create directory. /var/www/site/wp-content/upgrade/alo-easymail.tmp
[08:49]  * koolhead11 points Syria to #ubuntu
[08:50] <Syria> koolhead11:  They will to come here by the moment i will mention anything about Servers!
[08:51] <koolhead11> Syria, have you googled for your issue before coming and asking here?
[08:52] <koolhead11> have you checked https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WordPress
[08:53] <koolhead11> better ask google and consult the community documentation before asking question here. Ahumble request :)
[08:53] <Syria> koolhead11:  Sure, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=662784 ...
[08:53] <Syria> koolhead11:  And checked ubuntu documentation as well.
[08:54] <Syria> koolhead11: I think That i have a permessions problem of FTP problem because Wordpress is uploading using ftp
[08:54] <koolhead11> did you see this line For automatic updates to occur, the folder and all its files and subfolders must be owned by www-data:
[08:54] <koolhead11>  chown -R www-data /usr/share/wordpress
[08:54] <koolhead11> ?
[08:56] <Syria> koolhead11:  I will try this.
[08:58] <koolhead11> Syria, please read the documentation once again
[08:59] <Syria> koolhead11: Okay, thnx :-)
[10:49] <adam_g> RoAkSoAx: ping
[11:31] <smoser> SpamapS, http://paste.ubuntu.com/635713/
[11:53] <SpamapS> smoser: http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/example-preseed.txt
[13:01] <smoser> RoAkSoAx, around ?
[13:21] <koolhead11> trying to install phpmyadmin on one of my server to monitor mysql server lying somewhere remote, dbconfig-common not giving me options for host selection :(
[13:21] <koolhead11> can that be a bug?
[13:35] <amelin> koolhead11: there should be a config file where you can add those remote servers
[13:36] <koolhead11> amelin, yes i can see that, but why the option is not provided with dbconfig-common
[13:36] <amelin> koolhead11: dont know, to be honest i never expected it to do so :-)
[13:37] <koolhead11> we never needed dbconfig in that case :)
[13:41] <koolhead11> either it should do everything or notthing
[13:43] <koolhead11> anyways got it thanks amelin
[13:47] <amelin> koolhead11: np
[14:13] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: i am now
[15:20] <jamespage> hallyn: around?
[15:21] <hallyn> i am, though about to head out for a bit.
[15:21] <hallyn> what's up?
[15:21] <hallyn> jamespage: \o
[15:22] <jamespage> hallyn: so I'm hacking on the jenkins formula for ensemble - just wanted to check that was OK with you
[15:22] <jamespage> (as you did the original cut)
[15:22] <hallyn> jamespage: oh, excellent :)
[15:23] <hallyn> jamespage: SpamapS was rebuking me on the lack of a copyright file and some other things
[15:23] <jamespage> hallyn: right - I'll have a general tidy up as well
[15:23] <hallyn> (bug 793735)
[15:23] <hallyn> jamespage: awesome, much appreciate
[15:23] <hallyn> d
[15:24] <jamespage> SpamapS and I did discuss the fact that the slave and master are all in one formula
[15:24] <hallyn> that lets me finish up the lxc cgroups-bin interaction, so hopefully we get it upstream by next week
[15:24] <hallyn> they weren't originally :)  do you prefer them not to be?
[15:24] <jamespage> and we think it needs to be split
[15:24] <hallyn> ok - can you explain the rationale int he bug?
[15:24] <jamespage> yeah -  SpamapS said that
[15:24] <jamespage> yes
[15:24] <hallyn> awesome
[15:24] <hallyn> i gotta run out, biab.
[15:24] <jamespage> it was just not intuitive
[15:24] <jamespage> cool - have fun
[15:31] <smoser> RoAkSoAx, ping
[15:31] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: pong
[15:31] <smoser> http://paste.ubuntu.com/635815/
[15:31] <smoser> you tried api to cobbler at all ?
[15:31] <smoser> i must be doing something stupid
[15:32] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: no, unfortunately I haven't yet played with the API itself, I believe daviey has
[15:35] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: though , your script seems to be working fine for me
[15:38] <smoser> RoAkSoAx, ?
[15:39] <smoser> you get "ret=True" ?
[15:39] <smoser> and an added system ?
[15:40] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: no apparently not, but yes you are right, seems to be ok but for some reason it does not save?
[15:41] <smoser> well, it does return false
[15:41] <smoser> but i dont know why it does not save
[15:41] <smoser> and don't know where to look for why
[15:42] <RoAkSoAx> let me try something first
[15:42] <smoser> http://paste.ubuntu.com/635826/
[15:42] <smoser> is the other thing i tried
[15:42] <smoser> (basically just copy an existing one)
[15:42] <smoser> that fails on adding ipmi_tool for me
[15:45] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: everything seems correct but it doesn't really seems to save it, or, maybe, not load it
[15:45] <smoser> load?
[15:45] <airtonix> smoser: http://paste.ubuntu.com/635828/
[15:46] <airtonix> "%s"%("blah") format won't be around for much longer.
[15:47] <airtonix> and i hope i never have to take over a project you create... single letter variables just make everyone elses job harder
[15:47] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/635829/
[15:48] <smoser> http://paste.ubuntu.com/635831/ does work for me.
[15:48] <smoser> airtonix, i hope you dont also
[15:49] <airtonix> you missed my point
[15:49] <smoser> its sample code.
[15:51] <smoser> RoAkSoAx, what did you see there?
[15:51] <smoser> it all looked happy to me
[15:52] <smoser> (i had looked in cobbler.log also)
[15:52] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: I can add distro's so might be some kind of error with the profiles
[15:53] <RoAkSoAx> http://paste.ubuntu.com/635836/
[15:53] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: and in the log while adding profiles: Thu Jun 30 10:53:31 2011 - INFO | add_item(profile); ['']
[15:53] <smoser> well, and as i showed.. i was successful modifying a mgmtclass
[15:54] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: there it says that is trying to add a profile, but none is given
[15:54] <RoAkSoAx> so that's the problem right there
[15:56] <smoser> RoAkSoAx, .. i'm not sure i follwo.
[15:57] <smoser> and then i have also had issues adding systems
[15:57] <smoser> i'm interested in adding/modifying a system for what i'm working on
[15:57] <smoser> :(
[15:57] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: when executing your script, cobbler.log shows "Thu Jun 30 10:53:31 2011 - INFO | add_item(profile); ['']" when it should show "Thu Jun 30 10:53:31 2011 - INFO | add_item(profile); ['PROFILE_BEEN_ADDED']"
[15:59] <smoser> RoAkSoAx, i see:
[15:59] <smoser> Thu Jun 30 15:58:59 2011 - INFO | add_item(profile); ['profile1']
[15:59] <RoAkSoAx> uhmm I don't see that :S
[16:01] <smoser> well it seems like something is busted
[16:03] <RoAkSoAx> indeed
[16:07] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: done
[16:07] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: it is fixed now
[16:08] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: add this to your profile script: [ "parent", "<any-parent-distro-you-have-available>" ],
[16:11] <smoser> hm..
[16:12] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: or a null profile I guess
[16:13] <smoser> RoAkSoAx, how did you figure that out?
[16:14] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: looking at the other profiles.. I just figured that either distribution or parent profile are missing. and it worked specifying the parent
[16:14] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: so it is either one of those
[16:16] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: ok so [ "parent", "testing-mini-x86_64" ] is for a parent profile, and [ "distro", "testing-mini-x86_64" ] for a distro it belongs too
[16:16] <RoAkSoAx> smoser: both can be used at the same time, but when importing isos with cobbler, it creates a profile for a distro
[16:16] <RoAkSoAx> instead of a subprofile of a parent profile
[16:16] <RoAkSoAx> so either one of them can be used to not fail
[16:16] <RoAkSoAx> or both
[16:24] <smoser> thank you RoAkSoAx
[16:54] <mendel_> guys, if I want to create a install script for a server, what can I use for it to do that
[16:54] <mendel_> (install of packages, settings, etc)
[16:55] <Renski> Im looking for a tool to periodically test to see if server and services are up using tcp and icmp. can anyone recommend anything?
[17:41] <kirkland> smoser: http://paste.ubuntu.com/635880/
[20:13] <dea> hello I need help with vnc server on this ubuntu machine
[20:13] <dea> I'm running ubuntu server 10.04
[20:14] <patdk-wk> hmm? ubuntu server doesn't have vnc server
[20:15] <patdk-wk> maybe you want #ubuntu (the desktop gui people)
[20:15] <mendel_> what's the best way to make a install script (install packages, set settings, etc), (or make a image of an installation)
[20:15] <mendel_> for new server installations
[20:16] <patdk-wk> your own preseed file
[20:24] <genii-around> mendel_: You can get preseed prototype file from a running box with stuff you want installed by: debconf-get-selections >> preseedfilename
[20:25] <mendel_> thnx @ both
[20:32] <sneumann> Hi, I am trying to get the hp-snmp-agents 8.50 to work on natty for BLC465G7 blades with a p410i SAS controller.
[20:32] <sneumann> Problem is that I get "SAS agent (cmasasd) does not find any supported SAS controller" in /var/log/hp-snmp-agents/cma.log
[20:32] <sneumann> Any clues how to continue debugging ?
[20:33] <sneumann> The rest of the hpsmh is working fine
[20:34] <burak575> hello, can I acquire back output of some running process?
[20:45] <pmatulis> burak575: what is back output?
[21:02] <sneumann> Hi, let's ask again, anyone here having experience with HP System Management Homepage (hpsmhd) ?
[21:02] <sneumann> I am trying to get the hp-snmp-agents 8.50 to work on natty for BLC465G7 blades with a p410i SAS controller.
[21:09] <ajsharp> anyone know if there's an updated repo with a patched version of the natty 2.6.38 kernel
[21:09] <ajsharp> i really need this fix, but really don't want to rebuild the kernel: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32922
[22:13] <hallyn> SpamapS: bug 790145, did you reject the upload?  Could you explain why?
[22:17] <hallyn> hm, i see, there is actually still a copy sitting unapproved.
[22:18] <hallyn> SpamapS: the uploads for qemu-kvm lucid-proposed and maverick-proposed, it'd be really great if those could get approved
[22:43] <yann2> hi
[22:44] <yann2> am having a *possible* serious regression in last samba for lucid, have installed 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 . Am having a similar configuration with a 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 which works. I'm missing the changelog here http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/s/samba/samba_3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4/changelog from ubuntu 3.5 and 3.6 - any other place I could look?
[22:47] <yann2> http://pastebin.com/vyVyJLgD  doesnt look right, machine has about 15GB of free RAM
[23:09] <yann2> wow crazy I'm googling my error I'm getting my paste from 15mins ago in the top results :s
[23:17] <littlebearz> yann2: congratz
[23:22] <storrgie> I have a machine with an 82567LM ethernet card in it, I cant seem to get it working in 11.04
[23:56] <jeeves_moss> what causes jbd2/sda2-6 to be popping up all the time and accessing the disk like mad?
[23:56] <hallyn> jbernard: hey, do you mind if i add freezer to default mounted cgroups in /etc/cgconfig.conf?
[23:58] <hallyn> jbernard: also, do you have any objection to by default setting cgroup.clone_children=1 in all cgroups?