[02:04] <Leroy91> I'm trying to get my machine to go into standby and wake up on it's own at certain times, which I can do with a simple bash script on a cron job but I'm wondering (since I'm running an enterprise level server) if anyone has been able to reduce fan speed during standby time
[02:04] <Leroy91> The BIOS has no settings available to change fan speed
[02:04] <Leroy91> it's an IBM xServe 346 running 12.04
[02:06] <sarnold> Leroy91: check /sys/ for '*fan*' files, there are sometimes fan controls in there..
[02:09] <Leroy91> i'm only seen block, class, devices, fs, kernel, power, bus, dev, firmware, hypervisor, and module
[02:09] <Leroy91> doing find fan and locate fan also did not come up with results
[02:10] <sarnold> Leroy91: hrm. I wonder if the fan controls I have on my laptop came from a kernel module that lm-sensors enabled; have you run sensors-detect on this machine? maybe there's a kernel module to load..
[02:12] <Leroy91> installed and rebooting now...RAID array takes at least 5min to initialize haha
[02:15] <Leroy91> ok i've run sensors-detect...it says No modules to load :/
[02:15] <sarnold> darn :/
[02:16] <Leroy91> Driver `to-be-written':
[02:16] <Leroy91>   * ISA bus, address 0xca8
[02:16] <Leroy91>     Chip `IPMI BMC KCS' (confidence: 8)
[02:16] <Leroy91> Note: there is no driver for IPMI BMC KCS yet.
[02:16] <Leroy91> Check http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/Devices for updates.
[02:16] <Leroy91> No modules to load, skipping modules configuration.
[02:16] <Leroy91> Unloading i2c-dev... OK
[02:16] <Leroy91> Unloading i2c-i801... OK
[02:16] <Leroy91> Unloading cpuid... OK
[02:16] <xIlluzionx> Hello
[02:17] <Leroy91> I find it hard to believe IBM would not have better linux support on such a server...even if it is from 2005
[02:17] <xIlluzionx> I am looking for some assistance with boot issues after a 13.10 server installation
[02:17] <Leroy91> what did you try installing it on?
[02:19] <xIlluzionx> Intel® Core™ i5-3570K Processor, Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 Motherboard
[02:19] <xIlluzionx> On it's own dedicated SSD
[02:19] <Leroy91> have you enabled AHCI in your BIOS?
[02:20] <xIlluzionx> I can check
[02:20] <xIlluzionx> Sata mode is set to AHCI
[02:21] <Leroy91> is it a fresh install?
[02:21] <xIlluzionx> Yes, this is my first time using Linux
[02:21] <xIlluzionx> I allowed the install to use the full disk
[02:22] <Leroy91> any other OS on the machine?
[02:22] <Leroy91> maybe another hDD?
[02:22] <xIlluzionx> only one HDD in the machine
[02:22] <Leroy91> hm
[02:22] <Leroy91> is it necessary you use 13.10?
[02:22] <xIlluzionx> I can get the boot to show the GRUB loaded
[02:22] <xIlluzionx> I tried 12.X but it kept rebooting in the middle of the installation
[02:23] <Leroy91> have you tried 13.04?
[02:23] <xIlluzionx> Would there be anything useful at the command screen, I can pull that up through the GRUB selector
[02:23] <xIlluzionx> no
[02:24] <Leroy91> oh so yo ucan get to terminal window ok?
[02:24] <xIlluzionx> If I hit "c" at the grub loader screen
[02:24] <Leroy91> try the command: startx
[02:24] <Leroy91> ah..wait this is server OS right?
[02:25] <xIlluzionx> if I select "Ubuntu" from the loader screen, it gets to the terminal and then reboots
[02:25] <xIlluzionx> yes
[02:25] <xIlluzionx> cannot find command startx
[02:25] <Leroy91> yeah theres no gui for server, you should only see terminal when it boots
[02:25] <xIlluzionx> yes, but it reboots once it gets to the terminal
[02:25] <Leroy91> i see
[02:25] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: hrm, I'm confused.. do you get a <servername> login: prompt?
[02:26] <xIlluzionx> I get to there, and then a reboot
[02:26] <xIlluzionx> before I can type
[02:26] <sarnold> *boggle*
[02:26] <Leroy91> try 13.04...it may be more stable
[02:26] <xIlluzionx> I can access a command screen by pressing "c" during the boot
[02:27] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: try adding "single" to the kernel command line in grub (I think that's the 'c' you used earlier) -- maybe you can find out what is going on by checking the logs in /var/log/  ...
[02:27] <sarnold> 'single' will skip nearly everything, it ought to just mount your root filesystem and then drop you to a shell.
[02:28] <xIlluzionx> what is a file viewer, i'm use to "less" on mac
[02:28] <xIlluzionx> doesnt work here
[02:28] <xIlluzionx> I can look at boot.log
[02:28] <Leroy91> i had a similar issue a few years ago when i tried to install 11.x on a machine that was P4 error and only 10.04 was supported on that version of the P4 cpu...haven't heard of the issue on a modern machine
[02:28] <Leroy91> it's ls
[02:29] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: 'less' is nice, it lets you backup; but 'more' also works, and might be available if 'less' isn't.
[02:29] <Leroy91> *era..
[02:29] <xIlluzionx> grub cannot find command more
[02:29] <xIlluzionx> trying to do "less /var/log/boot.log"
[02:29] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: ah, yeah, grub won't do that.
[02:30] <xIlluzionx> vi does not work either
[02:30] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: maybe I jumped the gun -- edit hte kernel command line to add 'single' to the command, and then proceed with the boot...
[02:30] <xIlluzionx> I'm sorry but I need you to dumb that down for me just a bit
[02:30] <xIlluzionx> I'm fairly competent with command line but linux is brand new to me
[02:32] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: when you're presented with the list of "ubuntu" and "ubuntu (safemode)" (or whatever it is..) there is a key combination you can hit to edit the 'kernel command line'. it'll have things like "splash" and "ro" and "quiet" in it..
[02:32] <xIlluzionx> hmmm I dont see anything about the kernal
[02:32] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: you'll want to add 'single' to that command line, and then boot the system with the modified entry -- that will bring the system up into single-user mode
[02:33] <sarnold> ah, looks like it's 'e' in grub: http://askubuntu.com/a/132983/33812
[02:34] <xIlluzionx> alright, "e" pulled up a new screen
[02:34] <xIlluzionx> is there any specific place to add single
[02:35] <sarnold> it should work just about anywhere but I always put it at the end...
[02:35] <xIlluzionx> currently: "setparams 'Ubuntu' \ recordfail \ load_video \ gfx...
[02:36] <xIlluzionx> cannot find command "single"
[02:38] <sarnold> *sigh* my VMs start way too fast, the thing is booted while the stupid vnc window is flickering around...
[02:38] <xIlluzionx> lol
[02:41] <sarnold> jeeze, you think there'd be a billion youtube videos "lol bypass linux root password lol" showing how to do this but I can't find one. I need a kid to teach me google.
[02:41] <sarnold> or a book to teach me google.
[02:41] <xIlluzionx> http://imgur.com/wYCGumg
[02:41] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: *sigh* sorry :)
[02:42] <xIlluzionx> ^ thats what I am looking at
[02:42] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: can you edit that 'linux' line and add 'quiet' immediately after 'ro'? it'd be "ro quiet" at the end of it...
[02:43] <xIlluzionx> trying
[02:44] <xIlluzionx> ffs
[02:44] <xIlluzionx> nope, still gets to a login screen and then crashes
[02:44] <sarnold> :(
[02:44] <xIlluzionx> fucking irritating
[02:47] <sarnold> yeah, I'm getting upset not being able to catch grub in my VM boots. it'd be worse if it were real hardware that was upsetting me....
[02:47] <xIlluzionx> yea
[02:47] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: okay, this whole thing was to try to get to log messages. maybe another approach -- try a liveCD? try a different release installer?
[02:48] <xIlluzionx> i wanted to ditch osx in favor of ubuntu, but this is proving to be very problematic
[02:48] <xIlluzionx> i guess i will try another install
[02:48] <xIlluzionx> :/
[02:49] <xIlluzionx> 12.04.03 okay?
[02:49] <sarnold> yeah, that should be good, I think it got the EUFI support backported from newer releases, in case your machine requires that...
[02:49] <sarnold> .. (but it ought to work on non-eufi bioses too)
[02:50] <xIlluzionx> bios is set to achi
[02:50] <xIlluzionx> ahci
[02:52] <xIlluzionx> every single time i try to use 12.04 i get to the install screen, it loads, i select install ubuntu, it reboots
[02:52] <xIlluzionx> i have no luck
[02:52] <sarnold> o_O very strange
[02:53] <xIlluzionx> let me ask you this, can ubuntu non server still be used as a serveR?
[02:54] <jrwren> of course. what is a server anyway?
[02:54] <sarnold> xIlluzionx: yes -- the main differences are there's no GUI installed on the server by default and the server doesn't use networkmanager to manage the network interfaces; instead, /etc/network/interfaces is used
[02:55] <xIlluzionx> All I need this server for is to run a minecraft server with mysql databases and apache
[02:56] <sarnold> time for me to run, good luck :)
[02:56] <sarnold> (and have fun :)
[03:30] <srtfmx> I am stuck for a week in doing pxeboot ubuntu via a centos pxeserver over tftp+ftp
[03:30] <srtfmx> is this possible to do so via ftp or the only way is to do via nfs
[03:31] <srtfmx> help me please i am very frustrated at present over this
[03:32] <srtfmx> Anybody there ?????
[03:39] <MavKen> would any of you recommend against using 13.10 on production server?
[04:47] <monokrome> Hey. Does the server installer run SSH by defaukt?
[04:48] <monokrome> default*
[04:48] <monokrome> I have a machine without a monitor and am attempting to install Ubuntu on it.
[04:56] <xgeek-cub> hello
[05:14] <xgeek-cub> anyone knows how to install wgetpaste?
[05:14] <xgeek-cub> please; i am tired;
[05:15] <monokrome> Ubuntu doesn't have a package for it
[05:15] <monokrome> You can use a service like sprunge that only requires something like curl to be installed
[05:16] <monokrome> for instance: ls | curl -F "sprunge=<-" http://sprunge.us
[05:16] <monokrome> will send the output of ls out to a sprunge link and output the link for you
[05:16] <monokrome> xgeek-cub: ^
[05:16] <monokrome> If curl isn
[05:16] <monokrome> isn't available, sudo apt-get install curl
[05:16] <xgeek-cub> ok so just curl?
[05:16] <monokrome> right
[05:19] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: and it just works with sprunge
[05:19] <monokrome> curl is just an http service
[05:20] <monokrome> curl just sends the output to that http service and gives you a link to it
[05:32] <monokrome> There has to be some Ubuntu installer that starts SSHD immediately on boot
[05:32] <monokrome> amirite?
[05:35] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: curl: (56) recv failure: connection reset by peer
[05:35] <monokrome> No network?
[05:36] <monokrome> I have a machine with two hard disks running Mac OS X and I need to install Ubuntu Server on it, but it doesn't have a monitor. Does anyone have ideas regarding how I can achieve this?
[05:36] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: no i have ping
[05:37] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: ssh bro; ssh in to it you do not need a monitor
[05:38] <monokrome> xgeek-cub: How do I enabled SSH without the monitor?
[05:38] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: tell me exactly what is the situation
[05:40] <monokrome> I have a Mac Mini Server that I want to install Ubuntu on
[05:40] <monokrome> I have no monitor.
[05:43] <monokrome> That's the problem
[05:43] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: is that Machine online; has it internet connection?
[05:43] <monokrome> yes
[05:43] <xgeek-cub> or at least on a local network?
[05:44] <monokrome> It's on my local network, I have access to the physical hardware
[05:44] <xgeek-cub> if yes; go to anyother machine and " ssh -p <port_number> <IP_address>"
[05:45] <monokrome> xgeek-cub: How is SSH running? I'm trying to install Ubuntu server. It's in the OS from the USB disk.
[05:46] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: any ubuntu is shipped with ssh server installed; even in livecd or in your case liveusb
[05:46] <monokrome> Is it running by default in them?
[05:48] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: yes by default;
[05:48] <monokrome> oh hmm
[05:49]  * monokrome must not be properly booting it to Ubuntu then
[05:52] <monokrome> xgeek-cub: You sure?
[05:53] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: of what? that the ubuntu livecd has ssh server running on it; yes sure; the way you are approaching your problem not so much
[05:54] <monokrome> What's wrong with the way which I am approaching my problem?
[05:55] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: if you want to insatll ubuntu on a mac server; 1. does this server have os on it right now? 2.if yes you want the ubuntu to remove the os and take over or sit beside that os
[05:56] <monokrome> I want to completely wipe out everything on it and install Ubuntu Server, which is what I am planning on doing once I can find a service.
[05:59] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: wait
[06:00] <monokrome> ok
[06:00] <xgeek-cub> at this time you have this server ok? how you access it (forget about useb; ubuntu ....)
[06:01] <xgeek-cub> *usb
[06:01] <monokrome> OS X
[06:01] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: so it has osx; but you said you donot have monitor yes?
[06:01] <monokrome> correct
[06:02] <monokrome> I have SSH and VNC into OS X
[06:02] <xgeek-cub> monokrome : What from where?
[06:02] <monokrome> what?
[06:03] <xgeek-cub> monokrome : right now you have a laptop for example and you ssh to  your Mini server or VNC to it; Yes?
[06:03] <monokrome> yes
[06:03] <monokrome> and I am trying to get Ubuntu Server on it instead.
[06:03] <xgeek-cub> monokrome : do you have physical access to this Mini server of yours
[06:04] <monokrome> yes
[06:04] <xgeek-cub> monokrome : i got the ubuntu part
[06:04] <monokrome> ok
[06:05] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: What is the machine you use to connect to your server? is it ubuntu or anyother linux?
[06:05] <monokrome> I have a Macbook Pro and a Macbook Air for that
[06:06] <monokrome> The have Linux VMs
[06:14] <xgeek-cub> monokrome : i did some reading;the idea is to connect an ubuntu livecd or usb to your mini server  and make that mini server boot from it
[06:15] <monokrome> Yes, I am already doing that with the Ubuntu Server USB disk
[06:15] <monokrome> The USB installer doesn't have SSH as far as I can tell.
[06:15] <xgeek-cub> if you could do that and now you have a successful boot ; you have some shoot at doing it but it is risky
[06:16] <monokrome> Why is it risky?
[06:16] <xgeek-cub> let me brak it down
[06:16] <xgeek-cub> 1. that ubuntu you use is not working
[06:16] <monokrome> yes it is
[06:17] <xgeek-cub> you need an alter image
[06:17] <monokrome> no I don't
[06:17] <monokrome> You probably read an old article
[06:18] <xgeek-cub> monokrome https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/OverSSH
[06:19] <monokrome> I know how to do it all and have done it multiple times
[06:19] <monokrome> The only problem that I have is that I don't have a monitor
[06:20] <monokrome> So, my original question simply regards what I could use as an alternate interface without using a premade install via bootp or some script?
[06:20] <xgeek-cub> did you read that link
[06:20] <monokrome> yes
[06:20] <monokrome> It's not helpful, however.
[06:22] <monokrome> I'm in the Ubuntu installer and sshd is not running
[06:22] <qman__> my disk filled up during an update and now /boot/grub is missing files, how do I regenerate them?
[06:23] <qman__> I tried purging and reinstalling grub and grub-common but it doesn't do the trick
[06:23] <monokrome> I do not have a monitor, so I try hitting alt+F4 to reach TTY4
[06:23] <monokrome> at which point I have typed enter 3 times to ensure a shell
[06:23] <monokrome> and typed sshd but no luck
[06:23] <monokrome> I can ping the machine, however
[06:26] <qman__> ah, it was grub-pc, not grub
[06:26] <monokrome> =]
[06:26] <monokrome> nmap reports: All 1000 scanned ports on 10.0.1.10 are closed
[06:29] <monokrome> I wonder if I can just dd a system out to it in target disk mode
[06:35] <monokrome> I don't think that SSH runs on the Ubuntu Server installer until you've turned it on manually, xgeek-cub.
[06:47] <xgeek-cub> monokrome : you are right;
[06:48] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: ; Parted Magic starts sshd on boot. I am not sure if root is allowed to login, but the root password would be "partedmagic"  However, you need to be connected by wire.
[06:49] <xgeek-cub> but in you case i can't think of other ways
[06:50] <xgeek-cub> yes you could find a ubuntu machine and make in PXE install server then you could be able to boot your mini server into PXE
[06:50] <xgeek-cub> or you could detach the hdds and formated them and install ubuntu on them
[07:41] <mardraum> monokrome: from your shell, type "apt-get install openssh-server"
[07:45] <monokrome>  /me thinks that nobody realizes the problem
[07:46] <monokrome> Does anyone know why the Ubuntu Server 13.x installer doesn't come with fdisk or parted?
[08:32] <xgeek-cub> monokrome: i just did fdisk in my server and it is installed 13.10 is the version of my ubuntu
[08:32] <monokrome> hmm
[08:32] <monokrome> I got a different ISO and found a roommate for using his TV
[08:32] <monokrome> now I'm installing
[08:37] <mardraum> monokrome: what is the problem?
[08:38] <monokrome> There isn't one now
[08:38] <monokrome> :)
[09:29] <SlimG> $ net-snmp-config --create-snmpv3-user -ro -a Passw0rd didrik
[09:29] <SlimG> /usr/bin/net-snmp-config: 236: /usr/bin/net-snmp-config: net-snmp-create-v3-user: not found
[09:30] <SlimG> This is on a Ubuntu 13.10 server
[09:30] <SlimG> It seems net-snmp-config: 236 expect "net-snmp-create-v3-user" in PATH, but I can't even find this script on http://packages.ubuntu.com/
[10:42] <giomanda> hi
[10:43] <giomanda> all of a sudden my server has no longer the command sudo and apt
[10:44] <giomanda> i tried to install the apt from a .deb package but also the command dpkg is missing
[10:44] <giomanda> any ideas how i might install dpkg ?
[10:44] <giomanda> or what is going on?
[10:49] <giomanda> anyone?
[10:49] <soren> giomanda: No dpkg, no apt, no sudo... You're pretty screwed.
[10:50] <ogra_> how did you get there ?
[10:50] <soren> giomanda: What *does* work?
[10:51] <giomanda> i dont really know, yesterday all was working ok and sudently todqy this happens
[10:52] <soren> giomanda: Someone screwed up. Does anything still work at all?
[10:52] <giomanda> yes pretty much..i dint reallize apt was not working until i needed to install something from ubuntu repo
[10:53] <giomanda> any chance to see how/who screwed up?
[10:53] <ogra_> /var/log/auth.log holds all sudo invocations
[10:54] <giomanda> any chance to reinstall dpkg?
[10:57] <giomanda> /var/log/auth.log does not excists .... is that normal?
[10:57] <ogra_> no
[10:58] <giomanda> ....
[10:58] <giomanda> if sudo doesnt excists the auth.log shouldnt excists isnt it right?
[10:59] <ogra_> no, auth.log logs all auth stuff, not just sudo
[11:07] <giomanda> right..... so something happened ..
[11:07] <giomanda> any chance to install dpkg .. somehow?
[12:45] <pmatulis_> reinstall
[13:09] <pmatulis_> completely
[13:09] <g105b> As soon as the installer boots and shows "[!!] Select a language", no keyboard input is detected, no matter what USB hole, no matter what keyboard I try.
[13:11] <pmatulis_> g105b: might be something in the BIOS to look at
[13:12] <g105b> pmatulis_: I'm looking into how to install over LAN
[13:13] <pmatulis_> g105b: ok.  btw, 'usb port', not 'usb hole'
[13:14] <g105b> pmatulis_: thanks :D
[13:16] <g105b> Given I have the .iso downloaded from Ubuntu.com, how do I prepare the files for booting (using bootp)?
[13:20] <g105b> The howto "Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting, Section "Setting up BOOTP server" on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LocalNet returns 404 error.
[13:20] <xgeek-cub> for my vps; I have an Ip that i use it with VMware vsphere  Client to connect to Vps machine and another ip that i use for ssh to my linux on my VPS; in terms of DNS NS records A records and such which domain we are talking about?
[13:23] <Phog> so im about to lose my shit
[13:23] <Phog> trying to install ubuntu server
[13:24] <Phog> having real issues removing device information from disks
[13:24] <Phog> any good ideas how to just blast away all partitions on all my disks
[13:24] <Phog> the ubuntu install fails consistently
[13:27] <pmatulis_> Phog: the installer allows you to remove partitions doesn't it?
[13:27] <Phog> not in my case
[13:27] <Phog> it fails
[13:27] <Phog> consistently
[13:28] <Phog> says something is in use
[13:28] <Phog> so i do a bunch of superblock searches through my devices and it finds studd
[13:28] <Phog> stuff
[13:28] <Phog> but i can't remove them
[13:28] <Phog> this partition fucking sucks
[13:28] <Phog> is there no easy way to jut blasts away the disks data?
[13:28] <Phog> *just
[13:29] <pmatulis_> Phog: is there any fakeraid that may be enabled?
[13:29] <Phog> i tried to install with software raid
[13:29] <Phog> and it failed to write to grub or something
[13:29] <Phog> now i can't delete the md created array
[13:30] <pmatulis_> Phog: i would enter your BIOS and ensure there is no fakeraid enabled
[13:30] <Phog> no fakeraid
[13:30] <pmatulis_> Phog: sometimes that screws things up
[13:30] <Phog> it's a proliant dl380
[13:30] <pmatulis_> ok
[13:30] <Phog> even if there was, all my drives are through storage HBA's
[13:31] <Phog> can i just DD the fuckers?
[13:31] <pmatulis_> Phog: but it does have hardware raid right?
[13:31] <mardraum> yes, use dd.
[13:31] <pmatulis_> Phog: and please be respectful with your language
[13:31] <Phog> i don't want to wait for it to 0
[13:31] <Phog> ok
[13:31] <Phog> is there a dd command to just wipe everything
[13:31] <mardraum> which gen dl380 is it
[13:31] <Phog> g6
[13:31] <Phog> the smart array onboard isn't hooked up
[13:32] <Phog> im using 9211-8i LSI HBA's
[13:32] <mardraum> why wouldn't you use the smart array?
[13:32] <mardraum> oh
[13:32] <Phog> no virtual drives configured
[13:32] <Phog> cause it's garbage
[13:32] <mardraum> no local install of the OS?
[13:32] <Phog> nothing
[13:32] <Phog> im booted off the install cd
[13:32] <mardraum> no it isn't, I bet you just didn't buy a BBWC
[13:32] <smb> Might help to run "mdadm stop /dev/md?" from a alternate console (if cat /proc/mdstat show some active)
[13:33] <Phog> mardraum: i have used/tested/benched all sorts of smart arrays, the P812, the P410 (onboard) i have the BBU and 512MB cache
[13:33] <Phog> they are garbage
[13:34] <Phog> i've got like 10 of those silly smart(not) array
[13:34] <Phog> cards
[13:35] <mardraum> what problems do you have with the P410 on the g6's ?
[13:35] <Phog> mdadm stop /dev/md127
[13:35] <Phog> mdadm An option must be given to set the mode before a second device (/dev/md127) is listed
[13:35] <Phog> it's slow
[13:36] <mardraum> compared to?
[13:36] <Phog> mdadm
[13:37] <Phog> if you want to buy this P812 with 1GB FBBC
[13:37] <Phog> PLEASE DO
[13:37] <Phog> any ideas with that error?
[13:37]  * smb tries to remember the syntax
[13:38] <Phog> it's --stop
[13:38] <Phog> and it fails
[13:38] <Phog> Cannot get exclusive acess to /dev/md127: Perhaps a running process, mounted filesystem or active volume group
[13:39] <Phog> pretty sweet
[13:40] <smb> Could be some of those... In that case and if you don't care about disk contents it probably is the simplest to dd from /dev/zero over the disks/partitions involved in the softrait and restart
[13:40] <smb> softraid
[13:40] <Phog> do i have to wait for it to zero the drive?
[13:40] <Phog> I have like 45 drives
[13:41] <smb> not all of them , only those referred to in protc/mdstat
[13:41] <smb> and only some sectors
[13:41] <smb> so dd if=/dev/zero of=disk bs=1M count=1
[13:42] <Phog> strangely the cat /proc/mdstat says
[13:42] <Phog> active raid1 sdo1[1] sdk1[0]
[13:43] <Phog> how do i tell what disks it's using
[13:43] <Phog> o and k?
[13:43] <smb> sdo1 and sdk1 (first partition of sdo and sdk)
[13:44] <smb> so disk in the dd would be /dev/sdo1 and /dev/sdk1
[13:44] <smb> And just to repeat some warning the dd will destroy some data written to the mirror, too
[13:45] <Phog> took basically no time
[13:45] <Phog> confirmed with records in and out
[13:45] <Phog> just reboot?
[13:46] <smb> yes, now the meta data should be gone
[13:46] <Phog> here goes nothing *hail mary*
[13:46] <Phog> wish the ubuntu instller was more intelligent
[13:47] <Phog> *installer
[13:48] <Phog> pretty silly spending an hour just to wipe some disks
[13:49] <andol> Phog: Don't recall anything about wiping disk. Are you perhaps installing with encrypted disks?
[13:50] <smb> Usually I thought it was, the fact that there was a md127 usually comes from having a bios defined fakeraid and that is maybe a less common case
[13:50] <andol> Never mind me, realized that I was just missing plenty of backlog. Sorry
[13:51] <Phog> well, let's see what happens
[13:52] <Phog> you guys play with dm-cache much>?
[13:53] <smb> not me
[13:54] <Phog> was trying to decide between solaris and ubuntu for my vm storage
[13:54] <Phog> both have pros and cons
[13:55]  * highvoltage wants to try out dm-cache
[13:55] <Phog> ok LETS TRY THIS AGAIN
[14:02] <Phog> we may have success...
[14:02] <Phog> NOPE
[14:02] <Phog> an installation step failed
[14:02] <Phog> lol
[14:03] <Phog> the failing step is:  Install the system
[14:03] <Phog> genius error
[14:03] <Phog> this makes me giggle
[14:04] <Phog> welp it was worth trying, guess ill use solaris
[14:10] <Phog> got it working
[14:15] <Phog> never mind
[14:15] <Phog> Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sd0
[14:15] <Phog> This is a fatal error.
[14:15] <Phog> haha
[14:15] <Phog> yes it is!
[14:21] <smb> sd0? Have you manually specified where to install?
[14:23] <smb> First hard disk would be sda
[14:23] <Phog> dunno i'm giving up
[14:23] <Phog> too frustrated
[14:26] <genii> sd0 sounds FBSD-ish
[14:27] <Phog> yeah
[14:27] <Phog> it has FBSD
[14:27] <Phog> don't think there is a card in it though
[14:27] <ikonia> sd0 = cdrom
[14:28] <pmatulis_> ah, brings back memories
[14:45] <pmatulis_> msg chanserv op #ubuntu-server pmatulis_
[14:53] <g105b> Can someone advise me on how to install without GUI? I have booted from CD to terminal, awaiting input, it just reads "boot: _"
[14:57] <g105b> ok I noticed pressing tab told me a list of commands
[14:58] <g105b> still didn't get past the issue of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/993242
[15:21] <smoser> $ lxc
[15:21] <smoser> The program 'lxc' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
[15:21] <smoser> sudo apt-get install lxc
[15:21] <smoser> ummm.... no i can't.
[15:33] <gchristensen> Hi, I'm using a preseed to pxe-boot install ubuntu server. I'm having an issue where plymouth is being installed, causing "mountall: Disconnected from plymouth" to come up. is there a way to disable all GUI aspects in the preseed? here is what I'm currently using: https://gist.github.com/grahamc/bbb6623705e7c3654e3f/raw/cc9dc1cea1a5c2e9721d4823202456111221de21/gistfile1.txt
[15:41] <Toaster_Strudel> ubuntu server isnt free?
[15:42] <gchristensen> it is free
[15:42] <Toaster_Strudel> the website says essential is 320/yr
[15:42] <Toaster_Strudel> then standard is 700USD/YR
[15:42] <gchristensen> ? that must be something different
[15:43] <gchristensen> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server
[15:43] <gchristensen> Toaster_Strudel: that is for Landscape which is some sort of ... thing.
[15:48] <Toaster_Strudel> is there a website I can show to someone to convince them that ubuntu server is super awesome? I just need a page with pretty screenshots of it in action
[15:48] <Toaster_Strudel> gchristensen: ^
[15:48] <gchristensen> pretty screenshots..?
[15:49] <Toaster_Strudel> yea
[15:49] <Toaster_Strudel> or maybe graphs and other fancy stuff
[15:49] <gchristensen> ubuntu server doens't necessarily come with that out of thebox. its a server
[15:51] <gchristensen> you could setup a node with graphite or munin or something
[15:55] <gchristensen> Toaster_Strudel: this is what my ubuntu server looks like: http://gsc.io/s/ubuntu_server_login_prompt_12.04_-_Google_Search_18216373.png
[16:03] <Toaster_Strudel> gchristensen: there isn't any gui with the installer?
[16:03] <Toaster_Strudel> or can you startx
[16:05] <gchristensen> there is not
[16:05] <gchristensen> you might be able to add one
[16:11] <xgeek-cub> I am in a pros an cons situation; i want to install ubuntu server and i am between 13.10 or 12.04.3 lts?
[16:11] <gchristensen> xgeek-cub: is this for fun or for business?
[16:12] <gchristensen> the follow-up question if its for business, do you have free time? yes -> 13.10, no -> 12.04.3
[16:12] <xgeek-cub> gchristensen: there is in between
[16:12] <xgeek-cub> what you mean by freetome gchristensen
[16:13] <gchristensen> I have no time at all to add potentially extra work to my plate, so I go with 12.04.3. if I had more time to burn doing things because I wanted to, I might put up 13.10. 13.10 may require more maintenance over time since it isn't LTS
[16:37] <jtran> anyone here an expert on preseed?  I'm trying to find out if preseed can setup a vlan tagged nic
[16:40] <jtran> i want preseed to setup a tagged vlan nic so that i can do a netinstall
[16:41] <gchristensen> jtran: to vindicate you, I read your question ... preseeds are Deep Magic I think with little docs
[16:41] <jtran> lol yes it's true i agree it's deep magic
[16:42] <gchristensen> I've asked many a preseed question with no answer
[16:43] <jtran> kk i'll try the mailing list then
[16:43] <jtran> thx for the heads up
[16:58] <lotia> hi all. when I build a raid array using mdamin, and edit the /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file do i need to update the initrd image for it to be consistently named.
[17:24] <xgeek-cub> could anyboady tell sites like cloudflare
[18:59] <RoyK> lotia: yes
[19:00] <RoyK> update-initramfs -u iirc
[19:22] <xibalba> where is the proper place to set DNS now?
[19:22] <xibalba> apparently /etc/resolv.conf isn't it
[19:22] <xibalba> nm just found it
[19:23] <xibalba> ty
[19:23] <Pici> np
[19:54] <Underbyte> question -- the ubuntu server cloud edition image is named exactly the same as the normal ubuntu server iso, is there a difference between the two?
[20:51] <ryan-c> http://pastebin.com/npp3NKbK < I'm having some rather nasty problems with a package upgrade, can someone please have a look at this? LTS 12.04 server
[20:52] <ryan-c> Looks like there's some circular dependencies maybe?
[20:55] <ryan-c> it looks like my procps service is hosed
[20:58] <ryan-c> procps is failing due to /etc/sysctl.d/30-iscsitarget.conf containing net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 1048576
[20:58] <ryan-c> commenting that line allows dpkg --configure -a to complete
[21:43] <sarnold> ryan-c: please file a bug against the icscitarget package -- and please add a note that the quantal version of the package has dropped the 30-iscsitarget.conf file, described in the 1.4.20.2-6 changelog entry
[21:44] <ryan-c> sarnold: there is already a bug against procps about this
[21:44] <ryan-c> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1241376
[21:45] <sarnold> ryan-c: heh, I hadn't realized so many things provided brittle sysctl files..
[21:46] <ryan-c> Yeah, it seems more appropriate to fix procps.
[21:47] <ryan-c> It'll hit people's manual configs as well.
[21:48] <sarnold> ryan-c: perhaps add a comment to this bug report with your experience, to lend weight to the idea of making the procps initscripts more tolerant of failure?
[23:05] <jeeves_moss> how do I setup a bind secondary for a windows primary
[23:13] <rbasak> hallyn_: about bug 930962. I was suggesting doing the mangle the other way inside the container. Not sure if that's possible.
[23:13] <rbasak> hallyn_: if not, then "iptables -D" can delete a rule by its specification, so perhaps "iptables -D ... || true; iptables -A ..." is a (hacky) workaround?
[23:16] <sarnold> man I hate checksum offloading