[00:00] m1sf1t: do you have any error messages from apt-get? [00:00] sarnold: one sec... [00:01] sarnold: just done apt-get update and it's downloading all the packages fine :S [00:02] sarnold: but nslookup isn't working [00:03] sarnold: a few have failed to fetch, but they mostly downloaded [00:05] sarnold: it all seems to be working again now, ping ok, apt-get working. i think it might have been because i purged virtualbox [00:05] m1sf1t: check /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf files to make sure they look sane.. [00:06] sarnold: i looked in those while googling, they all seemed fine :S [00:06] m1sf1t: could be, if you want to re-install and re-configure it, you could check route -n output before and after and see what changes.. [00:08] sarnold: thanks :) i think i'll just install it on my laptop instead haha, maybe i'll think twice before messing about with my server unnecessarily [00:08] m1sf1t: haha :) not a bad idea, though it can be tempting to use a big pile of iron to solve problems [00:08] sarnold: thanks for the advice :) appreciated [00:09] sarnold: haha yeah, a swift kick sometimes helps [00:09] m1sf1t: have fun :) [00:10] sarnold: right i'm off now that i've sorted that issue. it's gone midnight over here. thanks again, bye :) [00:25] vnc4server [00:43] d [00:44] zul: no new failures from the new libvirt === ippxs is now known as Tess === Tess is now known as ippxs === TheLordOfTime is now known as teward === Guest66133 is now known as Logan_ [02:34] ls [02:35] rm [02:53] zul: smb: bug 1248025 is xen, i assume one of your worthy selves will be taking a look? :) === edamato is now known as edu-afk [03:58] hi ppl, I'm currently installing a home server. I did not play with Samba since like 10 years ago. Did it mature? Is there any alternative as a file server? === veebull is now known as veebull_away [04:00] elezium: hrm, that sounds like a difficult question to answer; samba was already very mature ten years ago, it's the basis for many (most? nearly all?) NAS systems that have to serve windows users [04:00] elezium: so I'm curious where you felt it lacking a decade ago.. [04:01] they have added more features to allow running it as an AD master.. see e.g. http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_%26_Active_Directory [04:02] sarnold, the configuration was messy, performance was not great... strange behavior... well, this is the result I got ... but I'm willing to try again. (Thx for the link, but I don't need a AD... (not yet)) [04:04] elezium: hehe, I was afraid it was going to be configuration. still messy. it's probably worse even, since windows has gone through more iterations and more features ... [04:06] sarnold, I believe I can make it work ... only have 2 computer that will used it ... [04:06] elezium: "strange behaviour" .. I'm not sure I ever got a network of windows 95 -and- win2k machines to have passwordless access to some shares. I suspect it'll be far easier now that the horrid old windows for workgroups codebase is dead :) [04:08] sarnold, haha.. yeah.. indeed, it was a win nt / 2000 / xp network mostly... but since my 2 computers are running win7. I guess I can figure out how to make a single share (or two) to dump my files back and forth [04:09] elezium: that ought to be doable :) [04:09] sarnold, if not, I ask my boss to fire me! [04:11] elezium: haha, good plan. :) [04:12] sarnold, while you are there, do you know any streaming server software? I'd like to drop music / video on that server, so I can stream them to my tab/cell/tv using UPnP (I think this is what they call it) [04:12] (frak.. I realise that always working with the same software, OS, I get numb with the rest) [04:13] elezium: I found minidlna to be pretty good; I found that my hardware device was picky about file formats (boo) so it didn't work as well as I would have liked.. [04:14] sarnold, humm... not sure if it will like hardware under ESX... [04:15] elezium: minidnla probably will do fine if it can get a multicast socket on an interface [04:15] elezium: in my case the problem was the ps3. heh. [04:16] elezium: time for me to bail, have fun :) [04:16] sarnold, I see... I don't care 'bout my ps3 since my TV is a start thing that can stream (did not try it yet!) [04:17] elezium: nice :) it might also be picky about formats.. [04:17] good luck [04:17] minidlna is now calledMedia Ready [04:18] probably, having one size fit all is hard... [04:24] ok I have a very noob question, but its late and i'm afraid i just need a second look [04:25] I used unetbootin to put the iso on my usb stick and chose the usb stick to boot from [04:25] but it just boots windows instead of ubuntu [04:26] I formatted the stick to fat before i used netbootin [04:27] DefunctProcess, edit your bios to boot the USB [04:27] I tried and still got nothin [04:28] Is there anything I need to do ala setting some bootable flag or something? [04:30] DefunctProcess, unetbootin should have done all of that for you. [04:30] DefunctProcess, for more eyes on this problem, ask in the main #ubuntu channel [04:34] Hello. Can someone assist me with removing a package that failed to install properly? [04:35] apt-get autoremove ? [04:35] Fails [04:35] force [04:36] Force? [04:36] i didn't think apt-get had a force command [04:36] well force option [04:38] maybe it doesn't i havent used ubuntu in 3 years [04:40] Settite: Find it's stanza in /var/lib/dpkg/status and remove the entire reference. It will be as if it was never installed [04:41] What will happen when I go to reinstall it? [04:42] Settite: It will try to do it as if it has never been on the system previously. [04:43] So any remnants of it including databases will just be overwritten? [04:43] genii: dpkg -P [04:44] Settite: So it will overwrite any config files it had for instance. If it failed to install the first time, maybe delete also in /var/cache/apt/archives any file which begins with the packages name [04:45] ( in case the download was corrupt) [04:45] freeflying: I think there's also something about reinst-required or similar.... [04:47] genii: Apt does, but you're running into issues, so before reinstall it, you better figure it out what's wrong [04:48] Settite: Could you pastebin the exact messages from apt when you try to install/deinstall? [04:48] * genii goes and makes more coffee === veebull_away is now known as veebull === Settite is now known as Lord_Set2 === veebull is now known as veebull_away === Mogwai is now known as Guest8025 === veebull_away is now known as veebull [08:03] i tried installing ubuntu-desktop on ubuntu-server but the ggui does not show up?? [08:20] hallyn, Not yet, maybe now. But wondering whether libvirt is supposed to work inside a PV guest (which I would tend to deny) === Ser|Away is now known as Sereil [09:49] hi, I have the /homes in a different partition and /var/www in the system partition, is safe or good practice to store the /var/www in a /home? [09:51] hxm: /var/www is on "/var" - so you can't put /var on /home [09:52] with ln -s [09:52] i just wonder if moving all the http virtual hosts to other place is ok [09:52] why would you want to do that ? what benifit are you trying to get / problem are you trying to fix [09:53] 36% used for rootfs and 0% used for /home [09:53] and it will increase [09:53] are you at risk of running out of space ? [09:53] it could happen in the future [09:53] if so change the doucmentroot settings of your apache hosts rather than use symlinks [09:54] hxm: you'd probably be better served putting /var on it's own partition and/or changing the documentroot to somewhere with more space [09:54] aha [09:54] the server dedicated admin did this by default so I want to think create a different partition for the /home is a good idea [09:55] again - not sure why you are talking about /home [09:55] from what you have said /home is already on it's own partition [09:56] http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=KX1d09LF [09:56] /home is already on it's own partition [09:57] yes and it has more free space than rootfs [09:57] hxm: yes, we already know this, you said earlier [09:57] sorry [09:57] apologies, I don't understand what you're asking [09:58] i just don't want to fill the system partition with data stored in the wrong place === Sereil is now known as Ser|Away [09:58] ok, so I've given you two options to resolve that [09:58] you can do either/both [09:59] yes, thanks [10:25] hello, I like to change the default location of .Xauthority file which is normally in $HOME/.Xauthority for a specific user group. how can this be achieved [10:27] I tried already a lot but at time of login via ssh -X the location stays always at $HOME/.Xauthority, after login via ssh only the location is changed to what I want, but then it is to late. [11:21] the iptables MASQUERADE is only apply to private IP address range right? when I want to route IP traffic from internal network with computers on non-private IP range I don't have to use it, do i? [14:06] hi i get "unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda": executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error" while iam installing ubuntu server 12.04.4 lts [14:25] tomixxx3, may be of help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/143678/i-receive-the-error-grub-install-dev-sda-failed-while-attempting-to-install-u also you might check out boot-repair: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair [14:26] beisner: ty [14:54] Daviey, could you put the normal SRU magic into https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvswitch/+bug/1262225 [14:54] I guess cause its a new package tools got confused [14:57] do i need the grub boot loader? i only have ubuntu on my computer [14:58] so, it should start automatically? [15:29] beisner: that boot repari tool worked, ty :-) [15:32] tomixxx3, np. glad you're up & running. there are shorter/quicker/more direct ways of diagnosing and resolving, but that thing is pretty handy as an automagical 'big hammer' tool. ;) === MalcontentMatt is now known as mjohnson15 [15:40] is unebootin the most reliable way to create a bootable usb stick? [15:40] for linux that is. [15:45] !best|kaffien, [15:45] kaffien,: Usually, there is no single "best" application to perform a given task. It's up to you to choose, depending on your preferences, features you require, and other factors. Do NOT take polls in the channel. [15:46] kaffien, if you prefer it, use it. or use the alternatives. your free choice. [15:46] ok then i'd like an option that will work. Must i first format fat32 and then run unebootin? [15:46] cfhowlett: Well, assuming a task is well defined enough, surely there is a best application then? [15:47] andol, we have a poll channel for such discussions. [15:52] ok then to be specific when i am creating a bootable usb stick within windows. Do I have to format this stick as fat32 in order for unebootin to create a proper, bootable image? [15:52] cfhowlett: Yeah, I can easily agree that such a discussion is off topic here. Mostly reacted against the statement of there not being a best application for a given task. [16:39] jamespage: do you remember the sane concurrency default? [16:46] zul, 4 [16:47] thanks [17:42] zul, I have been looking a bit at bug 1248025. Weirdly I cannot reproduce this locally (neither HVM nor PV guest). Somehow my Saucy libvirt seems not to try doing MakeCapabilities. Should be the same versions though (if cloud0 means what I think it means (iow just a rebuild)) [17:43] smb: which version of xen? [17:44] zul, Appears to me rackspace is running 4.1 outside, though since they try to install libvirt inside the guest I am not sure it matters [17:45] smb: *sigh* [17:45] I would just expect the guest side to fail getting the control handle as it does for me [17:45] can we get a guest on their system to try it ou? [17:46] Maybe (I have not asked, yet) [17:47] i would ask === delerium_ is now known as elezium [18:30] jamespage: FFE for libvirt and libvirt-python filed [18:49] stgraber: can you have a look at the FFE for libvirt and libvirt-python please [18:49] /msg nickserv ghost mjohnson15 JoSe4men [18:50] hello I have ubuntu 12.04 I have reinstalled apache and i get a page saing index of === mjohnson15_2 is now known as mjohnson15 [18:50] the www folder isnt recognised and php pages dont load the browser just attempts to download them [18:50] i think alot has been changed not sure how to get the site back up [18:50] maybe the www directory is different [18:50] and php has tobe reenabled? [18:52] kezu: You might also ask on #apache [18:52] no help there [18:52] asked hour ago [18:52] i guess they dont support ubuntu maybe [18:53] Oh ok. [18:53] Well, I could get it going, but would have to tinker a bit. YOu get used to the old ways and kinda get lost in the new ones sometimes, that's my problem anyway. [18:54] usr13, thanks [18:55] ill get some sleep and try again when i wake up thanks alot [18:57] still there? [18:57] /etc/apache2/mods-available/dir.conf [18:58] kezu is gone... oh well [19:51] I have postfix installed and have php scripts that will send out mail... other than coding the from address into my script, is there a central location to change the default from address? [20:03] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14370224/change-outgoing-mail-address-from-rootservername-rackspace-sendgrid-postfix === Ser|Away is now known as Sereil [20:55] where can I locate the ocfs2 kernel modules? === mswart_ is now known as mswart === Sereil is now known as Ser|Away [21:41] where's a good place to set UMASK and UMASK_DIR for the mysql service (12.04)? /etc/default ? [21:56] hi folks [21:57] when I installed my laptop, I did the "hey just give everything to the root partition: [21:57] now I want to hack some bits off to test some btrfs bits [21:57] what is the safest way to do this? [21:58] /dev/sda1 ext4 426G 240G 164G 60% / [21:58] I'd like to grab about 60G off that [21:58] without losing any data obviously [22:10] thumper: Probably make a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, boot it, and use gparted [22:10] hmm... [22:10] last time I tried a bootable usb stick it didn't work [22:10] probably me though [22:11] any way to resize the filesystem while mounted safely? [22:11] * thumper believes we have smart system people who may have written this [22:12] thumper: don't use the gtk tool to make your usb stick; just dd the image onto the stick [22:12] You can enlarge ext3/4 online, but not shrink [22:13] thumper: you can online grow ext3/ext4 with resize2fs, but shrinking requires umounting the filesystem. [22:13] * thumper nods [22:13] ok [22:13] need to reboot for kernel updates anyway [22:13] Also you can't have the kernel re-read the partition table of a device with mounted partitions [22:18] maxb: oh, thanks, I hadn't heard that before [22:19] Neither had I until I tried to partition some unpartitioned space left unused on a semi-production system for future allocation :-/ [22:19] I could see myself doing something similar === thumper is now known as thumper-gym [23:55] just rolled out my first production server with ubuntu - HAD A BALL - ALL WORKING GREAT - I love you ubuntu [23:56] prgCoder: excellent :) glad to hear it, thanks :)