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mappsyo06:06
SuperMattI'm getting a 500 error while going to iplayer07:34
SuperMattah, it's gone now07:34
SuperMattphew07:34
SuperMattI thought the world was ending07:34
SuperMattoh no, it really is struggling this morning07:35
foobarryanyone know of cheap powerline adapters that don't die after one year?07:45
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directhexiplayer's been down for 2 days here08:59
Myrttihttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-2838858509:05
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brobostigonmorning boys and girls.09:29
gebbioneis test -x /usr/sbin/anacron supposed to show/echo a value?10:55
foobarryanyone know why i am getting too many authentication failures using password ssh in 14.04 server?12:02
foobarrysome weird default>12:02
foobarry?12:02
foobarryoh, told my client not to do pubkey12:07
foobarryweird12:07
MartijnVdSbut.. pubkey > password security12:08
MartijnVdSas long as you're not insane and keep a passphrase on the key12:08
foobarrythis is first time connection12:09
foobarryso keys will come later12:09
awilkinsMaybe someone cracked the account already, or is brute forcing it12:40
awilkinsIs this machine visible from teh Internets?12:41
awilkinsMy router fields many, many attempts to crack it on a daily basis (even though it no longer accepts password auth)12:41
* penguin42 hopes his doesn't have to take any auth from the outside world12:43
diddledanmorning15:42
* penguin42 yaaawwwwnnns15:43
* SuperEngineer smiles - found a cheap portable USB cassette player to put some prize cassettes into mp316:31
penguin42it had better be cheap if it was easier than plugging in an old casette recorder to the audio in16:32
SuperEngineerpenguin42: it was 9.99 - & old cassette player is slightly u/s [unless you can find me a new drive band for it!]16:34
SuperEngineer£10 will do me fine16:35
penguin42yeh ok for that much16:35
SuperEngineerI am honoured that you approve ;)16:38
diddledanu/s?16:39
SuperEngineerunserviceable16:39
diddledanaah, I thought it was "uniquely scrumptious"16:39
SuperEngineera.k.a.. f.. [no SuperEngineer, slap your wrist... you mustn't say that on a family friendly channel]16:41
* SuperEngineer also celebrates having found cause of several weird & wonderful system errors & x crashes!16:45
SuperEngineerlast update... linux headers downloaded... no linux image... fired up synaptic...16:46
SuperEngineervoila! linux-headers-generic ticked [installed] but linux-image-generic mysteriously unchecked!16:47
SuperEngineerdpownload the corresponding image, install linux-image-geric package again... all fixed!  :)16:48
SuperEngineer...& btw, I *hate* working weekends [although some are made easier by silly calls and finding bargain cassetrte usb cassette players16:51
SuperEngineercassetrte usb cassette players?  - y'all know that don't make sense!16:52
penguin42yeh, it really doesn't16:52
SuperEngineer;)16:53
SuperEngineer[it first converts a cassetrte into a cassette then it transfers output to pooter - clever huh]16:54
SuperEngineerTech question... the only thing not working since failed restore and forced re-install [previous home partition restored]...17:11
SuperEngineer...is those darn web apps17:11
SuperEngineerwhere should I look?  could there be dirty keys held in seahorse [keyring]?17:12
nucc1hi, what TTY has the GUI?17:17
directhex717:17
nucc1hmmm, something's wrong then :)17:17
SuperEngineeror to rephrase that - the keys for "Ubuntu Web Account: id 1-1" [& 1-3, 3-1, 3-1]... do these need to be removed?17:17
nucc1I was running dist-upgrade moving from 13.10 to 14.0417:17
nucc1and it's showing a black screen and the last message on it is "stopping virtual printing daemon: done", not updating.17:18
nucc1alt+ctrl+del to the rescue. fingers crossed the box machine still works17:20
nucc1:'(17:22
maps|wrk:(17:23
nucc1the box boots and is reachable on the network, but TTY7 is just a blank screen17:25
maps|wrkhm17:29
maps|wrkwfresh install?17:29
nucc1yea, just need to scp my data off.17:29
maps|wrkblank screen when sshing in is this?17:29
nucc1no, ssh is fine. the monitor shows a blank unless i go to a tty other than 717:30
nucc1i can ping google from the device too so the networking is working and i guess everything else17:30
nucc1i tried restarting lightdm to no avail17:30
maps|wrkprobably already checked but checked logfiles for anyclues17:31
nucc1where would lightdm log if it failed to start?17:33
maps|wrkvar/log/lightdm/lightdm.log:17:35
nucc1easier to just copy my /home17:41
nucc1and install 1404 directly.17:41
nucc1got gigabit and a NAS so it's not a big deal.17:41
maps|wrkor reinstall the desktop with apt17:41
nucc1it said unmet dependencies, then suggested i run: apt-get -f install, which seems to be updating loads of packages, presumably it's resuming the upgrade which failed17:43
maps|wrklet it run then17:43
maps|wrk:D17:43
nucc1gah, some complaints about gnome-settings-daemon-schemas17:45
nucc1i'll just go clean install route17:45
AzelphurMy dad just got a Nexus 4 and stuck a giffgaff sim into it, paid for the £12 goodybag, but whatever he does he only seems to get a "G" connection (not 2g or 3g) and can't get any internet access out of it. Any suggestions?18:43
penguin42and he's enabled 3g and selected the network off the list?18:46
Azelphurpenguin42: settings > more > mobile networks > data enabled is enabled18:48
Azelphurwhat do you mean network off the list?18:48
awilkinsAzelphur, G is 2G18:50
awilkinsGPRS18:50
awilkinsH is 3G18:50
awilkinsE is 2.518:50
Azelphurawilkins: usually it says 2g, on my Nexus iirc it does18:50
Azelphurbut yea, either way he has no internet access18:50
awilkinsAzelphur, I have an N4 and it uses the more confusing and annoying acronym names18:50
Azelphurfun18:51
awilkinsThe thing about GiffGaff is they sell reserve capacity of o2s network18:51
daftykinsAzelphur: APN or being stuck on 2G18:51
penguin42Azelphur: on my phone I can chose the network18:51
Azelphurdaftykins: I set all the APN details18:51
* penguin42 boots his phone18:51
Azelphuractually I just had a thought, he's in wales...does that break shit?18:51
daftykinsyep if he's down in a valley18:52
awilkinsWales has lots of mountains and stuff18:52
Azelphurnah he's got signal18:52
penguin42Azelphur: wth did you have to screw around with apn settings?18:52
daftykinslikely won't get more than 2G in a valley though mate18:52
Azelphurand my mum on a different network has 5 bars of HSDPA, so he's in a reasonably populated area18:52
Azelphurpenguin42: we followed a youtube video from giffgaff detailing the APN settings18:52
awilkinsIf he has signal the local router might just be borked if he has no network access18:52
Azelphurdaftykins: he doesn't have any connection at all though, despite it saying 2g, he has no internet access18:52
penguin42Azelphur: weird, I've not had to do that in the last 10 years18:52
awilkinspenguin42, have most of your phones been provider ones?18:53
daftykinsoh i see18:53
daftykinsfactory reset?18:53
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/fz006ibpbygcj3y/AACw5Fqaal0DQqRW66-yis8-a18:53
daftykinsi was in a valley today and got stuck on EDGE18:53
Azelphurdaftykins: it's a fairly new phone already mostly default18:53
awilkinsAzelphur, The OS has the APN settings for GiffGaff in it AFAIK18:53
daftykinsbut just look at those prawn sarnies and pint of ale 8D18:53
penguin42Azelphur: wireless settings-mobile network settings-network operators ?18:53
Azelphurawilkins: yea, by default it was set to O218:53
maps|wrkdafty!18:53
daftykinsmaps o/18:54
penguin42awilkins: Well I'm on Cyanogen so I don't think that's relevant18:54
maps|wrk:D18:54
maps|wrk10pm swan fun?18:54
maps|wrkor whenever youre free18:54
Azelphurand O2 are behind the scenes for giffgaff18:54
maps|wrk:D18:54
daftykinslol18:54
awilkinsAzelphur, I don't recall having to do anything scary with it apart from configuring which network it was on... there's also a thing where you can get them to send you a text with the APN settings in that magically sets them for you18:54
daftykinsyeah hopefully in a bit mate, just relaxing atm18:54
maps|wrkcool:D18:54
daftykinsi've asked in their channel18:54
daftykinssomeone replied at mid-day today after that situ last night XD18:55
Azelphurawilkins: yea I thought there was that, I wonder where that is18:55
awilkinsAzelphur, But network access on GiffGaff has sometimes been a bit patchy for me so if you only just got it set up I might be inclined to see if there were any outages18:55
Azelphurperhaps the youtube video was outdated18:55
Azelphurawilkins: has been a couple days with issues18:55
awilkinsAzelphur, That's not atypical. Sometimes they go through a day or so of sending the same SMS message to me 2-5 times18:55
Azelphurfun18:55
awilkinsAlthough that was cleared with a "manual roam"18:55
awilkinsWhich does sound fun :-)18:56
awilkinsIn general I'm happy with them for a service18:56
awilkinsI get a 1GB package with tethering for £10 a month which I can't complain about18:56
SuperEngineerwee-hee - busy copying cassettes to pooter with newly purchased £10 usb cassette player18:57
awilkinsAnd I can only recall one occasion when the network service failed and left me in a tight spot (couldn't pay for my parking with the phone app)18:57
awilkinsCompared to Vodafone they are the Super Happy Fun Band18:57
Azelphurawilkins: found the number for giffgaff, supposedly SETTINGS to 2020, so checking that out18:58
daftykinsSuperEngineer: cassette O_O what treasures lie on those? :)18:58
SuperEngineer[as to "Windows conversion software supplied" well - errrmmm!18:58
SuperEngineerdaftykins: Twin Peaks, HHGTTG et al18:58
awilkins(Vodafone outright lied to me and sold me a plan with no data after I spent 10 minutes explaining to them that I barely made calls or sent texts but I did need data... and then charged me £1 a day every day I used the network. Scummers)18:58
SuperEngineer...it is supplied with acopy of windows program - something called Audacity :D18:59
awilkinsIt was worth the £70 residual on my contract just to get the filthy stink of Vodafone's SIM card out of my phone.18:59
daftykinsSuperEngineer: :D ooooh VHS?18:59
SuperEngineerdaftykins: not VHS [tho I still have a few vid tapes around awaiting - these are audio19:00
daftykinsah right, i'd have found it easier to source elsewhere in superior quality :D19:01
daftykinsTwin Peaks soundtrack \o/19:01
SuperEngineerTwin Peaks = ultimate brain warp = /me19:01
SuperEngineer;)19:01
daftykinstime to try this yorkshire tea i bought19:02
penguin42eeeh lad19:04
SuperEngineerby guum - be a good brew me lad19:05
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SuperEngineer[though my slightly cooled bottle of beer is better] :D19:05
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SuperEngineerlooks my cassettes are soon to heard in my ears again :D  total cost £9.9919:09
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SuperEngineeroi jpds_ ... make ya mind upo pretty please ;)19:11
SuperEngineer[& hi]19:12
jpds_SuperEngineer: Oi, it says my nick is unavailable.19:12
daftykinshehe19:12
daftykinsjpds_: do you have some time for some strongswan fun at all? me and maps were working on it last night19:12
SuperEngineerjpds_: idea... change your nick to nick - get your revenge19:13
jpds_daftykins: Yep.19:13
daftykinsjpds_: excellent :D here's what the client log showed - http://paste.ubuntu.com/7822608/19:13
jpds_daftykins: You'd have to check what the server says.19:14
daftykinsjpds_: pretty much identical, it's almost as though we need to specify key type or tell it in the client config to send the certificate?19:15
jpds_daftykins: Also, why are you shoving your certs and keys directly in /etc/.19:15
daftykinsjpds_: basically i put them in /etc/ipsec.d/<folders> to start and kept seeing apparmor messages about DENIED, so wasn't sure if it was being grumpy19:15
daftykinsi shuffled them about and it made no odds19:16
jpds_Well, apparmor says it's sitting in /etc/.19:16
jpds_daftykins: Can I see your config?19:16
daftykinssure 2 mins19:17
jpds_daftykins: The server shoudl say something else in it's logs.19:18
daftykinsmaps|wrk: ^19:18
daftykinsjpds_: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7826510/19:19
maps|wrkjah19:20
maps|wrk]do i need to show any logs or config19:20
daftykinsmaps|wrk: yeah can you paste some of /var/log/syslog that shows up when i try to connect?19:20
daftykinslemme make an attempt so you get fresh logs19:21
daftykinsin fact on boot mine probably did already19:21
maps|wrkoke 2sec19:21
daftykinsthere we go, 20:21:46 attempt19:22
maps|wrkgots it19:22
maps|wrk:D19:22
maps|wrk:)19:22
maps|wrkmore gifts for jpds_  http://paste.ubuntu.com/7826523/19:22
jpds_Erm, what does the server's config look like?19:23
daftykinsline 8 looks like the ticket19:23
maps|wrksec19:23
maps|wrkjpds_:  http://paste.ubuntu.com/7826528/19:24
maps|wrkfollowed the pdf exactly i thought19:24
jpds_OK, and you're using a common CA?19:25
jpds_I would move the certs and keys to /etc/ipsec.d/{certs,private}/19:26
jpds_Just to keep apparmor happy.19:27
daftykinswill do, certainly made no odds last time19:27
maps|wrkso is my end ok jpds_ ?19:28
jpds_maps|wrk: Did you give daftykins a key and cert that were signed by your CA?19:29
daftykinsyip ^19:29
daftykinsi obtained them from maps and popped them into my folders19:29
maps|wrkyep19:29
diddledanfirewall/router19:30
daftykinsi'm certainly behind NAT, but maps has his box DMZ'd19:30
jpds_daftykins: In your ipsec.conf, can you edit rightsourceip so it has a ',' instead of a ';' ?19:30
daftykinswilco19:31
diddledanoh, you're both running that same config?19:31
daftykinsi'm the client, he's the server19:31
daftykinsjpds_: hang on i don't have that field at all - is that for the server side?19:31
maps|wrkrightsourceip should have my IP dafty thought we had that?19:32
maps|wrkoh no maybe not19:32
daftykinsmaps|wrk: it's yours that needs the semi colon changed then mate19:32
jpds_maps|wrk: Ah, that's for you.19:32
maps|wrkaha19:33
maps|wrk:D19:33
maps|wrkso what do i change19:33
maps|wrkafter 24?19:33
jpds_maps|wrk: line 18.19:33
jpds_...of http://paste.ubuntu.com/7826528/19:33
maps|wrkdone19:33
maps|wrk24,fe319:33
maps|wrkrestarted strongswan19:34
daftykinsok check your logs, i saw a retransmit this time19:35
maps|wrkok moment19:35
maps|wrkhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/7826569/19:36
maps|wrksame :<19:36
diddledanmaps|wrk: change left= to your 192 address rather than the hostname which I assume is resolving to a public address19:37
daftykinsok and i had differences - http://paste.ubuntu.com/7826580/19:37
maps|wrkso19:38
maps|wrkleft=192.16.0.219:38
diddledanI belive you're missing an 819:38
maps|wrkah yea19:38
daftykins:D19:38
maps|wrkbut done with the 819:38
maps|wrk:P19:38
daftykinsreloaded and ready for retry?19:38
maps|wrkand restarted again19:38
maps|wrkyep19:38
daftykinsoh hello, lots more this time19:39
maps|wrkhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/7826598/19:39
daftykinshttp://paste.ubuntu.com/7826599/19:39
daftykinshaha sequential! \o/19:39
maps|wrk 10[IKE] IKE_SA deleted19:39
maps|wrkJul 20 20:38:57 frogs charon: 10[CFG] lease 10.0.1.1 by 'C=UK, O=Example Ltd., CN=client' went offline Jul 20 20:38:59 frogs radvd[2523]: attempting to reread config file Jul 20 20:38:59 frogs radvd[2523]: resuming normal operation19:39
maps|wrkclient went offline hm19:40
maps|wrkhahaha yea19:40
maps|wrkJul 20 20:38:57 vaiotz charon: 09[IKE] no trusted ECDSA public key found for 'C=UK, O=Example Ltd., CN=frogs.zapto.org' could that be why19:40
jpds_maps|wrk: Think daftykins needs a copy of the ca cert.19:40
maps|wrkah i thought that could be what it is19:40
daftykinsooh a third file19:40
maps|wrkok19:40
maps|wrki wasnt sure19:40
maps|wrkgwCert.der ?19:41
maps|wrkno19:41
jpds_Yep.19:41
maps|wrkcaCert.der ?19:41
diddledanmake sure the key isn't in it19:41
maps|wrkwhich file :|19:41
daftykinsgw19:41
diddledancaCert.der19:41
jpds_maps|wrk: That one.19:42
daftykinsoh. heh19:42
daftykinswill i want this one in /etc/ipsec.d/cacerts/ ?19:42
daftykinssilly question i know :>19:42
diddledanyes19:42
maps|wrkok19:42
maps|wrkits there now19:42
maps|wrkgot the url still daftykins ?19:42
daftykinserrrr19:43
maps|wrkhttps://frogs.zapto.org/~mark/swan/19:43
maps|wrk:D19:43
daftykinsyeah i can make it up from memory19:43
daftykinsor click that \o/19:43
maps|wrkheh19:43
maps|wrkif i dont respond say my nick so it flashes my browser :D19:44
maps|wrkhave to do a bit of work now and again ya know19:44
maps|wrk:)19:44
daftykinsi am connected \o/19:44
maps|wrkyay19:44
maps|wrk:D19:44
daftykinsok let me fiddle with the networking19:45
daftykinssee what's working19:45
maps|wrkjpds_:  can i use this config for a windows7 machine? i read win7 doesnt support ecdsa19:45
maps|wrkah yea check it all works fine good idea19:45
daftykinsi'm a bit confused as to how this malarkey works now then, i don't get an interface, i don't get any network routes...19:46
maps|wrkhmm19:46
daftykins"ipsec statusall" tells me i'm 10.0.1.119:46
maps|wrkshould you have?19:46
maps|wrki know that with openvpn you get a new interface19:46
daftykinsi don't have a clue how this setup works :)19:46
maps|wrkis everything going through my vpn now or nothing lol19:47
jpds_No interfaces with ipsec.19:47
maps|wrkjpds_:  what about my windows7 question please:D19:47
jpds_maps|wrk: Never used Windows with this before..19:47
maps|wrkthanks19:47
maps|wrkand iOS?:)19:47
maps|wrkor also never19:47
jpds_There's: https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/Win7Config19:47
maps|wrkbut where would we put the cert/key and cacert:|19:47
maps|wrkhave to make them into a .p12 ?19:48
jpds_daftykins: sudo ip xfrm policy19:48
jpds_maps|wrk: https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%2919:49
maps|wrkive read all those lots of times :D19:49
maps|wrkbut where would we put the cert/key and cacert?? am i right about this p12 ..sure i read that19:49
daftykinslooks like my traffic has definitely changed, as pinging google is dead :D19:50
jpds_maps|wrk: Probably, I used this for my android phone: http://danielpocock.com/strongswan-debian-rhel-fedora-with-android-client19:50
jpds_daftykins: It's all going via maps|wrk's box.19:50
daftykinshttp://paste.ubuntu.com/7826657/19:51
jpds_maps|wrk: Did you put the masquerade rule in/19:51
daftykinsshould i be able to ping an IP at his end? i'm not even sure what that'd be19:51
daftykinslooks like a no, or maybe the IP forwarding isn't up19:52
maps|wrkhmm jpds_  nope didnt do any ipforward or iptables..i thought we wouldnt need to as the box is setup as the DMZ?19:52
daftykinsas i can't ping 8.8.8.819:52
maps|wrkaha19:52
maps|wrkso i need ipforwarding19:52
daftykinsmaps|wrk: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward19:52
daftykins0 or 1?19:52
maps|wrk119:53
maps|wrkmark@frogs:/etc/ipsec.d/cacerts$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward                             1                                                                                              mark@frogs:/etc/ipsec.d/cacerts$19:53
daftykinscool, just need those iptables masquerade rules then19:53
jpds_maps|wrk: you also need the nat masquerade rules in the slides.19:53
maps|wrkoh19:53
maps|wrkok 2sec19:53
maps|wrki didnt realise oops19:53
daftykinsthat's a bad maps!19:56
daftykinsi thought we got to that with the convo last night :>19:56
maps|wrkwlan0 then for me not eth0 yea?19:56
daftykinsif that's your home machines active interface ja19:56
maps|wrkdone!19:57
daftykinsholy moly i can ping google now19:57
daftykinsby IP19:57
daftykinsand by host19:57
maps|wrk:D19:57
daftykinsplus i have pings consistent with going over via your connection19:57
daftykinsvewy gewd19:58
maps|wrkhow cna you tell because the ms is longer?19:58
daftykinsjpds_: thanks for your assistance :>19:58
daftykinsyep19:58
maps|wrkso whatismyip.com shows my ip?19:58
daftykins60-110 it came up with19:58
foobarryhmm. plugged in 2 disks in slots 3 & 4 on my microserver but they appear as sda and sdb. thought they would be sdc and sdd19:58
jpds_daftykins: No worries.19:58
maps|wrkthanks jpds_19:58
daftykinsjpds_: would it make more sense for security to use other forms vs ECDSA?19:59
daftykinsas in would others be better?19:59
maps|wrkdaftykins: can you fireup ffox and see19:59
daftykinsfoobarry: ah the ol' pesky order switcharoo19:59
maps|wrkjust wondering if its all going via the vpn19:59
maps|wrki assume so as its not a split tunnel19:59
foobarrydaftykins: bit nervous about adding disks later20:00
daftykinsfoobarry: you just mount via UUIDs instead of device names though eh20:00
jpds_daftykins: That's a question for a crypto expert.20:00
daftykinsmaps|wrk: yeah i'm on the sofa with my laptop SSH'd to the laptop i'm VPN'd via though XD20:00
maps|wrk:D20:00
maps|wrkshould everything be going via my vpn now jpds_ ?20:01
daftykinsi tried to be lazy by installing lynx, but for some reason it gave me a 403 on whatismyip.com 0o20:01
maps|wrkhaha20:01
jpds_maps|wrk: Yep.20:01
maps|wrknext step is get it working on ios20:01
maps|wrkopenvpn worked fine except for the issue ive mentioned so many times20:02
maps|wrk:<20:02
jpds_maps|wrk: Because you have 0.0.0.0/0 as the subnet.20:02
maps|wrkand i can use it to watch bbc iplayer when on holiday :DDD20:02
daftykinshahaha20:02
daftykinswell i suppose i'll just have to get up and use a browser20:03
maps|wrklol20:03
daftykinsyep IP is yours20:04
maps|wrk:DDDD20:04
daftykinswhat incriminating activities can i... er i mean hi :D20:04
maps|wrklol20:04
maps|wrkanother question20:05
maps|wrkis it possible jpds_  or anyone to make the vpn users use a specific http proxy say i run a squid proxy on the same vpn machine could i make them use tyhat20:06
maps|wrkjust so i coukd control what can be visited through acls20:06
maps|wrkcouldnt with openvpn20:06
maps|wrkprobably cant20:06
jpds_maps|wrk: Yeah, you'd have to tweak the iptables rules so it REJECTs normal HTTP traffic.20:06
jpds_maps|wrk: But it allows traffic to the proxy port.20:06
maps|wrkbut that would rely on the user manually setting their browser to use the proxy if im understand right?20:07
maps|wrk*understanding20:07
jpds_maps|wrk: Yep.20:07
jpds_maps|wrk: Or.20:07
jpds_maps|wrk: You set a masquerade rule so that all port 80 traffic is forced to the proxy port transparently.20:08
maps|wrkah20:08
maps|wrkthanks very much jpds_20:08
jpds_No worries.20:08
maps|wrksuccessful day:D20:10
daftykinsguess i better remove that software / work out how to reconfigure it without autostart 8D20:11
maps|wrk:D20:11
maps|wrkisnt it a vmu made just for this]20:12
maps|wrkor was it a diff machine i forget20:12
daftykinsnah i switched to a laptop in the end20:12
maps|wrkah ya20:12
jpds_daftykins: Change your auto= config to add.20:13
daftykins"auto=add" hmm, ok that doesn't make any sense to me XD20:13
daftykinsi'd have expected "auto=off" or something :D20:14
maps|wrk=]20:14
maps|wrkadds it but isnt acive20:14
daftykinsi remember being in a job where some guy was going to spend thousands on some hardware VPN equipment, i was going to suggest just two old boxes at either end running VPN software20:15
daftykinsother end being in Monaco20:15
jpds_daftykins: And now we have strongswan and two Ubuntu VMs.20:16
maps|wrk :D20:17
daftykins>:D20:17
daftykinsthere must be some reason why some would still prefer hardware over that though20:17
maps|wrkmy machine (frogs) is like  a 12year old dell20:17
maps|wrksounds like a plane taking off at times when you do anything (i linked the sound remember daftykins  :P) but it does the job20:17
* penguin42 did use a pair of Cisco PIX boxes for one VPN, but that was to somewhere very remote where I wasn't sure if I could ever get anyone to help deal with it and it HAD to work20:17
maps|wrkonly prob is sometimes have to turnit off at night because its so loud (its in my room)20:17
daftykinsmaps|wrk: oh yeah did you ever get around to investigating that?20:18
jpds_daftykins: Lack of knowlegde it exists in my experience.20:18
maps|wrktook it all apart and cleaned it out,.absolutely disgusting amounts of dust in it20:18
maps|wrkbut never managed to figure out what was making it so loud20:18
awilkinsBearings?20:19
maps|wrkturned the fans off and it wasnt that ..could be the PSU maybe?20:19
maps|wrkawilkins:  bearings?20:19
awilkinsOn the fans20:19
daftykinsin fans20:19
awilkinsIf it makes a noise with no fans on, then it might be coil hum20:20
awilkinsI had a laptop that started off driving me insane unless I turned the CPU power saving off20:20
awilkinsTHen it started driving me insane all the time. I had the motherboard replaced and that cured it20:21
awilkinsWAs the power regulation components for the CPU20:21
maps|wrkcan i check that awilkins ?20:22
awilkinsmaps|wrk, Only checks I can think of that would show that up would be i) doing different workloads and seeing if the noise changes20:22
daftykinsgood ol' EMI20:23
awilkinsii) Changing the CPU freq / power saving settings in the BIOS  and seeing if that changes20:23
daftykinsi had a Dell with a heartbeat, that used to get irritating if wearing headphones20:23
maps|wrkyea it does..when its compiling its noisy..idle it hardly is20:23
awilkinsTHere you go20:23
penguin42my desktop is starting to have workload dependent noise; very odd - I think after I changed the PSU20:23
daftykinspenguin42: ah i have that with an Antec PSU :) it tweets under load20:23
awilkinsIf there are "spread spectrum" settings in the BIOS they may help if you enable them20:24
awilkinsAlthough they tend to be on by default (turning them off is an overclockers option because it makes your system marginally more stable at the cost of more EMI)20:24
awilkinsYou could test it on another PSU20:25
awilkinsI've even heard tales of things like blobbing hot glue on coils curing it20:25
penguin42daftykins: Weird isn't it20:26
maps|wrkspread spectrum setings?20:26
* penguin42 has never heard the spread spectrum stuff causing audible things20:26
awilkinsmaps|wrk, They smooth some of the timing clock signal curves out a bit20:26
penguin42they're hacks to get around some RF emission regulation20:26
awilkinsWhich reduces interference emitted by your computer20:26
awilkinsas penguin42 says, to comply with American regulations20:27
penguin42EU I thought20:27
* awilkins shrugs20:27
penguin42awilkins: Unfortunately it doesn't actually reduce it - it spreads it out20:27
awilkinsA suggestion I've just seen is using a little paper tube to localize the sound by listening to your motherboard with it...20:28
penguin42awilkins: The reg says something like that it shouldn't have any peak of more than a certain amount; so it's spread out over a few frequencies20:28
awilkinsAnyway ; best hope for a cure is if it's a coil20:29
awilkinsWhere you can glue the loops together (or use paraffin wax, which is apparently what the manufacturers use)20:29
awilkinsOtherwise... no idea.20:30
maps|wrkso what should i do?! take a fan apart?20:31
* penguin42 doubts it's the fan20:31
maps|wrkPSU?20:31
awilkinsI say do the paper tube trick20:32
awilkinsSet it compiling and listen to the innards with a paper tube to see where the sound is localized20:32
maps|wrki took the whole thing apart and tried to work out where sound came from and couldnt tell20:32
awilkinsIt's hard with high pitched noises20:33
awilkinsHence the tube20:33
awilkinsRoll up a sheet of A4 into something like a fat pencil and aim it at specific components20:33
maps|wrkcould it be the PSU?20:34
awilkinsIt could be, there are things in the PSU that can vibrate20:34
maps|wrkyea it does make a noise with no fans on i disconnected the fans -0 when yoiu say coils and bearings what would i do?20:35
awilkinsBearings are the parts of the fan where the axle meets the mount20:35
awilkinsSo if the noise happens with the fans still, it's not the bearings20:35
maps|wrkah20:36
maps|wrkand the coil?20:36
awilkinsIf it's coils, you could try the hot glue or paraffin wax tricl20:36
maps|wrkcoils of what tho how do i get to them20:36
awilkinsThe noise will be from the metal coil ringing like a bell20:36
awilkinsThey look like a metal coil!20:36
awilkinsThey're some of the bits that regulate voltage20:37
awilkinsWhich is why the power consumption of the CPU can make them ring / whine / buzz20:37
awilkinsBy making the magnetic field in them fluctuate20:37
awilkinsIf you dampen the vibration the noise may stop20:37
maps|wrkis this in the PSU?20:38
awilkinsI think PSUs have them inside but I've never opened one20:38
awilkinsYou see them on motherboards too20:38
awilkinsI'd be wary of opening PSUs20:38
awilkinsThey have nasty voltages in them20:38
maps|wrkyea they're mad dangerous20:38
maps|wrkso what are these coils :D im confused where they are20:39
awilkinsNot as bad as an old style CRT monitor20:39
awilkinsBut still not good20:39
awilkinsThese things : http://img.techpowerup.org/090218/Coil2.jpg20:39
maps|wrkah20:40
maps|wrki dont think itll be that i can link to the sound if you want20:40
maps|wrkits pretty noisy20:40
awilkinsYeah, put the link in20:40
daftykinsbe warned, last time his link finishes playing then quickly starts playing music20:45
daftykins;D20:45
javoHi there. I've got an issue with my 14.0420:45
daftykinsask away!20:46
javoIt was working fine, but lately i've installed an ubuntu-base package, and then I dunno why, lost network, graphic card, and audio20:47
javoin the graphics, it doesn't show the intel, that I had, but another... in sound, it says configuration for torpes (?) and no trace of the network20:49
javois there a way to restore it?20:50
daftykinswhat package did you install?20:50
javoto come back to a previous state, i-e?20:50
maps|wrktorpes?20:51
javoNot shure. Just the recomended actualizations it said base-ubuntu20:51
javoyep torpes in the sound20:52
maps|wrkawilkins:  cant find it atm, the machine i was on about was my old dell desktop..but my old dell laptop (1501) ALSO has a sound issue - it works fine..boots up etc it has xubuntu/.centos on it..BUT has a hideous sound all the time making it unusable20:52
maps|wrkhttps://soundcloud.com/mapito/pc20:52
maps|wrktook it apart etc cant figure out what it was with this either, any ideas?20:52
javonow i'm accesing the net from a 13.04 system in an extraible device, but also dunno if I can acces the crashed 14.04 from here20:53
javoor at least reconfigure the network for doing step by step from there20:54
javoda20:57
javodaftykins: any suggestion?20:58
maps|wrkgah hes gone21:20
javo:(21:20
maps|wrk;[21:27
maps|wrkcould u not reinstall ubuntu base again using apt?21:27
daftykinsjavo: what's your native language?21:30
javodaftykins: spanish21:32
daftykinstried #ubuntu-es ?21:32
javoi'll do it21:33
javothnx21:33
maps|wrk:D21:33
maps|wrkcouldnt he just reinstall base packafge21:33
javomaps: but I have not network access now21:35
maps|wrkahh21:35
maps|wrkwhat about mounting the cd as the apt repo and installing off that@21:35
javoexplain me that please?21:37
maps|wrkmoment il find a link21:37
maps|wrkhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptCdrom21:38
maps|wrki think that could help?21:38
javothat way i could reinstall that base package?21:39
maps|wrki think so yea21:39
maps|wrkusing the cd as an apt source21:40
javoI'll try21:40
maps|wrk:D21:40
javoThank you!21:41
maps|wrksudo apt-get install --reinstall packagename21:41
maps|wrkoh done already?21:41
maps|wrkhope it worked:D21:43
javonot yet. I must go buy some dvd and burn the image as mine is damaged. :/21:46
maps|wrkaha21:46
maps|wrksudo apt-get -f install sudo dpkg --configure -a - then sudo apt-get install --reinstall21:47
maps|wrklet me know if it works after21:47
javoof course!21:48
maps|wrk;]21:48
javoi am just a bit to changing to fedora for this issue!21:49
maps|wrk:)21:50
maps|wrknot used fedora for ages21:50
maps|wrkwow, watching channel 5 black market britain..and wow never knew jin ling cigarettes are made in russia..and are only sold illegally21:57
maps|wrkcigarettes made to be smuggled lol21:57
maps|wrk It has been reported by customs officials as the "most seized" brand in Europe;[1] in 2007, 258 million Jin Ling cigarettes were seized by authorities in EU countries.[4]!21:58
maps|wrk258 million!21:58
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/l6cc3wo4e9bma4d/Screenshot_2014-07-20-23-39-32.png22:42
daftykinsO_O22:42
penguin42looks a bit cold over there....22:46
penguin42http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123 :-)22:47
daftykinsD:22:49
daftykinsi'm not jealous one bit, i can't cope as it is22:49
penguin42indeed, it is a bit warm22:50
maps|wrkyea22:51
maps|wrkits horrible sleeping in this hot and sticky weather22:51
maps|wrkwakeup a few times each night when its super sticky and humid:(22:52
daftykins>_<22:53
daftykinseven my cat has stopped sleeping beside me22:53
penguin42falling asleep on the top of the bed seems better22:53
maps|wrkyea i dont use the duvet or anything, way toooo hot for that22:53
maps|wrkcant open my windows either..not on a main road but its a cut through and gets busy enough22:53
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/rswy13k3ohu7206/IMG_20140720_122618.jpg22:54
daftykinsspeaking of, she now has her new electronic flap!22:54
daftykinsand she's too afraid of it to use it either way =|22:54
maps|wrkelectronic eh!22:58
maps|wrkfancy22:58
daftykinsyeah it's pretty cool, when she sticks her head in the tunnel at the other end it reads her microchip, checks her ID and unlocks for her only22:59
daftykinsi saw her try... but the click of the mechanism made her run off22:59
penguin42perhaps a tasty morsel is needed to get her to try again23:01
daftykinsi only know her dried food, not sure what would be more tempting23:01
daftykinsi did get her to go out through it by holding it open23:02
maps|wrkthats quite cool microchip this checking her id electric cat flaps23:03
maps|wrkwhen we had a cat there was none of this :D23:03
daftykins^_^23:04
penguin42sorry, I've just had a vision of a high security access door where you have to hold your cat up to it to get in23:04
daftykinsdo you mean you have to paws at the door?23:05
penguin42ouch23:06
daftykins;D23:07
maps|wrkheh23:10
maps|wrkhttp://www.breedersonline.co.uk/photos/1a/2315x_1.jpg23:12
maps|wrkthats what i want23:12
daftykinsthat address concerned me23:13
daftykinsis that some kinda micro breed 0o23:13
maps|wrkrussian blue kittens!23:13
maps|wrkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Blue23:13
directhexhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_(cat)23:14
maps|wrkcute23:15
maps|wrkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_Brown23:15
directhexbedtime. earl;y start tomorrow23:15
maps|wrkrussian blues a re nice23:16
maps|wrk:D23:16
maps|wrkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Blue#mediaviewer/File:RusoAzul4m.JPG23:16
maps|wrkmeow23:16
daftykinsdirecthex: o/23:17

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