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magespawngood morning05:18
superflymagespawn: o/05:29
mazal**sigh**05:29
mazalMorning05:29
mazalMorning Kilos , Cryterion 05:44
Kiloshi mazal Cryterion inetpro superfly and others05:45
mazalHoe gaanit oom ?05:45
Kilosnog steeds die griep man05:45
mazalai , dis sleg05:46
Kilosek word amper nooit siek nie maar hierdie griep is kwaai05:46
mazalEk is nog ok tot sover die jaar05:46
Kilossjoe05:46
mazalMaar dit pla my dat die erge koue nog nie gekom het nie05:47
mazalOns gaan weer winter in Oktober hê05:47
Kiloslyk my hierdie naweek begin die sneeu val05:47
mazaloi05:47
mazalOorbenutting van binneshuise aktiwiteite dan05:47
mazalOp die Ubuntu front gaan dit nie goed nie , my install het skielik klomp system errors vanmôre :(05:48
mazal" system problem occured " , aanmekaar na startup05:48
mazalEk raak nou moedeloos05:49
Kilosdoen daai sudo touch /forcefsck en reboot05:49
Kilosis jou hardeskyf nie miskien ietwat oud nie?05:50
mazalSal daai gou try en sien of hy iets kry05:50
mazalDaai het niks gedoen nie oom , hy het nie eers gecheck nie05:53
Kilosoh wag05:53
Kilosjy moet iets doen eers05:53
Kiloshet dit nie eers probeer nie05:53
Kilosmazal ons kan by pro hoor later wat moet gedoen word om dit te activate, hy het die lienk05:55
Kilosmyne werk net05:55
mazalEk begin ook nou al wonder oor hardware , MAAR dan moet my huis pc nie selle issues hê nie. En hy het al dieselle KDE bugs as wat hier was05:56
mazalDaar is totaal ander hardeware05:56
Kilosof jy kan google hoe om forcefsck te activate05:56
Kilosai!05:57
Kilosdoen daai badblocks ding05:57
Kiloswag ek soek05:57
Kiloshttps://bin.snyman.info/mmmmfjv605:59
Kilosmaar ek sien gereeld hulle werk kwaai op xenial bugs06:00
mazalEk run nou daai bad block test06:01
Kilosai! so many emails daily06:10
Kilosmazal badblocks should give you feedback06:12
mazal0 bad blocks found06:18
Kilosyay06:18
mazalBack to square one though06:19
Kilosal wat ek dan kan dink is om ubuntu-desktop to reinstall en kyk of dit data gaan haal06:19
Kiloskannie  verstaan hoe dit so baie moeite kan gee nie06:20
zerlgiMaybe just disable the "crashed application notifier"06:21
* zerlgi ducks away againn06:21
mazalzerlgi, how06:21
theblazehenHi Kilos, mazal, zerlgi06:22
mazalHi theblazehen 06:22
Kiloshi theblazehen and zerlgi 06:24
Kiloshehe06:24
anton_mayWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZUUUUUPPPPPPPP!!!!!!06:24
Kiloshi anton_may 06:24
Kilosyou watch too much tv06:24
anton_mayHad a Whipme breakfast so all is good :D06:24
mazalYou lucky fish06:25
Kiloslol06:26
anton_may;)06:26
theblazehenhey anton_may06:28
theblazehenAnyone else think of irl stuff like computer things?06:28
anton_may0/ theblazehen06:28
theblazehenThis morning I was taking dog out, but he ran to parents bed. So, my logic being that I "lost" the dog, I went to my parents and asked if they have a backup of /run, because well, that was what I needed.. They were like "what?" I was like, you know, the /run partition? Eventually I asked for the dog.. In my defense, I was really tired06:28
anton_mayOnly in my dreams, I wake in a cold sweat because my laptop got a virus, but then I realise I don't use Windoze and go back to sleep06:29
zerlgitheblazehen: you needed to use *bark*06:30
zerlgiBackup And Restore Kwickly06:30
theblazehenheh06:30
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Kiloslol06:30
andrewlsdchanging nicks moves me from near the bottom to the top of the user list :-P06:31
theblazehenanton_may: https://xkcd.com/272/06:31
anton_maylol yip06:32
andrewlsdnice one theblazehen 06:33
andrewlsdhow to disable any start up application. 06:33
andrewlsd1) unhide theme from the startup applications list:06:34
andrewlsdby06:34
theblazehenandrewlsd: sudo rm -f `which applicationName`06:35
theblazehenworks too06:35
andrewlsdsudo sed -i 's/Nodisplay=true/Nodisplay=false/' /etc/xdg/autostart/*desktop06:35
andrewlsdthen you can see them via your normal settings --> startup applications list06:35
theblazehenOr in .config/autostart/ IIRC06:35
theblazehenAnd that's if you're using a desktop environment :)06:36
andrewlsdtheblazehen: most of the "system"-type apps aren't in .config/autostart06:36
andrewlsdtheblazehen: what's a desktop environment ;-)06:36
theblazehenandrewlsd: Yeah, but that's the place for xdg autostart stuff06:37
theblazehenI mostly user systemd user thing06:37
andrewlsdnever do this: unset VAR ; sudo rm -rf $VAR/06:37
andrewlsdtheblazehen: you trying to start a systemd flame war this early?06:37
theblazehenCase in point: https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/367106:38
theblazehenandrewlsd: Yeah, why not :) I like it06:38
andrewlsdlol, i'd be pretty _steam_ed if that happened to me06:39
* andrewlsd disappears to find coffee (not virtual coffee)06:40
theblazehenI don't like openshit :(06:40
mazalDoes anybody know of a good app to manage startup services ?06:41
mazalFor ubuntu06:42
inetprogoeie more06:42
mazalMôre inetpro 06:43
KilosMôre inetpro 06:44
Kiloshehe06:44
andrewlsdI don't know of any GUI for systemd06:47
andrewlsd... but I haven't looked for one06:47
mazalI tried bum , but there is few services it doesn't pickup properly06:48
inetprotheblazehen: I see you have had some very interesting experience with RAM and swap space 06:49
andrewlsdinetpro: theblazehen that sounds interesting06:54
inetprotalking about RAM I have a question06:57
inetproif you want to make the most of RAM, does it make a difference to run services on VM guests on 32 bit vs 64 bit?06:57
inetproandrewlsd: surely you should know the answer to that ^^ 06:59
inetprozeorin: hmm... what happened with andrewlsd?06:59
inetprooops... I mean zerlgi07:00
andrewlsdlol07:00
andrewlsd"still alive"07:00
inetproah...07:00
andrewlsdprobably 32-bit guest would use less. But if you're really trying to get the most bang from your server, with some "virtualization" rather use LXD07:01
andrewlsd(linux containers)07:01
theblazeheninetpro: I'd say go x32 if you absolutely need the extra ram07:01
andrewlsdinetpro: what's the real answer07:02
theblazehenGives you the benefits of x64 (more registers + extra instructions), with the 32 bit memory addressing07:02
* andrewlsd lurks, mostly away from this screen.07:09
anton_may**Sigh** when I grow up --> https://system76.com/servers/jackal-pro-2u07:14
* inetpro always trying to make the most of limited resources07:14
anton_mayI think we all are inetpro07:15
inetproanton_may: yeah, our currency is not helping us much to bring down pricing 07:17
inetprotheblazehen: I also noticed that swap is used way too easily these days07:17
theblazeheninetpro: Well, if you access the disk cache more often than you access the actual memory pages, then it makes sense to swap old application pages out07:18
theblazehenOtherwise just adjust vm.swappiness I think07:18
inetproandrewlsd: I'm still experimenting with LXD and not quite ready to use it in production environment... wishing our days had more hours07:24
theblazeheninetpro: What problems are you seeing?07:25
theblazeheninetpro: Also have you or andrewlsd tested the migration feature?07:25
inetprotheblazehen: I still need to spend time analysing it more, but mostly on my laptops both at work and at home, when working on multiple stuff, firefox, chrome, krdc, thunderbird, konsole, LibreOffice... I often find at the end of the day that things started using swap07:29
theblazeheninetpro: yeah, but you'll probably find that the disk cache in ram is more helpfull (Unless on a ssd)07:30
inetproand when swap is being used, things noticeably start slowing down07:30
theblazeheninetpro: What is your actual free memory?07:31
theblazehenTry set swappiness to 1 then07:31
Kilosi go sort sheep and fences07:31
KilosMaaz watch them07:31
Maazoh Kilos I will watch them no problem, but you better be back soon!07:31
inetproMem total: 7.7G used: 2.9G free: 964M 07:35
inetproSwap total: 1.9G used: 3.8M free: 1.9G07:35
inetproat the end of the day after closing most apps I often run the following as a matter of routine07:38
inetprofree && sudo swapoff -a && sudo swapon -a && free07:38
MaNIif you are using multiple VMs then KSM is well worth looking into07:39
inetprooh and upgrading from 4GB of RAM to 8GB the other day made a huge difference07:40
MaNII'm upgrading now from 16 to 32 - 16 used to be enough but web browsers have gotten really memory greedy so now I run into issues07:41
inetproMaNI: KSM as in Kernel Samepage Merging?07:42
MaNIyes07:42
inetprointeresting, thanks07:42
* theblazehen has 11/20 GB used on my desktop07:42
MaNII've used that and zram before to get quite a bit more out of my ram than what I should be - though both come at some cpu cost - always a tradeoff :p07:43
MaNIassigning 3 of those 8 gbs to a zram swap could make a decent difference07:44
theblazehenOr upgrade to 16 GB :)07:46
MaNIyeah - I found 16gb for R800 on takealot - so figured it's time to get more ram :p - not sure if they made a pricing mistake or something thats almost half price07:49
inetproMaNI: hmm... so you have to recompile the kernel for that?07:56
MaNIyeah probably - not sure if ubuntu has any kernels with it enabled or not07:57
MaNIKSM only helps if you have a lot of duplicate things running though - like if you run 4 different windows VMs at once for instance 07:58
inetpromakes sense07:59
inetprofound interesting article at: http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/02/ksm-now-enabled-in-ubuntu-lucid.html08:00
inetprolooks like it is on by default these days08:02
MaNIoh okay, cool08:03
inetprohave 242386 pages shared on a machine here with qemu-kvm08:05
magespawninetpro: webpages?08:11
MaNImemory pages08:11
Kiloshi  divansantana 08:24
Kiloswelcome to ubuntu-za08:25
divansantanaKilos: thanks. Been a long time since visiting here. 08:47
Kilosnaughty08:48
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Kilospower gone12:00
Kiloswbb12:00
chesedoafternoon all12:27
theblazehenhi chesedo12:31
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Kiloshmm...14:35
divansantanaKilos: lol to power... -za channel for sure.14:56
divansantanachesedo: howdy14:57
Kiloslol14:58
Kiloshopefully they are fixing things14:58
chesedohi divansantana, first time i've seen you here14:59
Kilosdivansantana chesedo is our chairperson at monthly meetings14:59
* chesedo always thought he was just one of the chairpersons15:00
divansantanachesedo: yes I visit *very* rarely...15:02
divansantanamonthly meetings... Interesting. I'm more of an arch(/parabola) guy then ubuntu. Though I do prefer ubuntu/debian/devuan to RedHat based distros... Even for servers.15:03
KilosTHE chairperson15:05
chesedodivansantana: if you stay, then there is no need for visits :D15:05
Kilosdont think, bad for the head15:05
Kilosdivansantana there are other arch users here as well15:06
Kilosand even centos15:06
* Kilos peeks at theblazehen15:06
chesedolol Kilos15:06
Kilosoh divansantana were you here last before our new site went up?15:08
Kiloshmm...15:13
mazalI am so done with Kubuntu16:06
Kiloslol16:07
mazalOom Kilos , got home , start pc , junk don't even boot up16:08
Kilosyou just installed unity yesterday16:08
Kilosai!16:08
mazalSo Kubuntu gone from home pc as well now16:08
Kiloswhat happened to plan c16:08
mazalAnd I literally didn't change a thing here at home yesterday. Just read mail and did some browsing16:08
Kilosgo back to 14.04 man16:09
mazalWill never even concider Kubuntu again.16:09
Kilosyou are really having lotsa probs16:09
mazalconsider*16:09
Kiloseish16:09
mazalIt's the Vista of linux16:09
Kilosnee man16:09
Kiloshow come its only you having these hassles16:10
mazalSo on Unity at home also now , will see if it's stable here or not. Hopefully it's better than at work16:10
Kiloswbb16:15
magespawnhome time later all16:22
inetproKilos: should I kick him outta here?16:40
Kiloswho is him?  inetpro 16:41
inetprothis dude called mazal, no respect for our distro16:41
Kiloshahahaha16:41
Kiloshe just enjoys ranting16:42
Kilosi wonder why he is having so many hassles16:42
inetprohe just likes breaking things man16:42
Kilosif it wasnt for the data id install 16.04 to see if i have issues as well16:43
theblazehenmazal: Go Arch :)16:49
Kiloshahahahaha16:49
Kilosendless rants16:49
theblazehenLFS then :D16:49
inetproya mazal, do that ^^16:51
Kilosrofl16:51
* theblazehen still has to do it16:51
theblazehenDo it with systemd too :D16:52
inetpromaybe he will gain respect again for *nix again16:52
inetpros/again//16:52
theblazehenSpeaking of which, I wanna try out a bsd16:52
theblazehenBut I can't do dragonfly bsd on desktop, and don't wanna maintain too many distros in my config management16:53
inetprotheblazehen: DragonFly BSD is 64-bit only17:02
pavlushkaHello everyone!17:03
inetprowb pavlushka17:04
inetprodragonfly looks interesting17:04
pavlushkathank you inetpro !17:04
mazalSure , blame the user for &^%& software17:05
inetpromazal: haha, I'm sure you have some out of the ordinary things you do on your side17:08
inetproor you have hardware that is completely different to what developers are using17:09
mazalinetpro, wrong on both17:11
mazalI install probably only 10% of the apps I used to and my hardware is fairly standard17:13
chesedomazal: i used to install an ide (or something) that would bonger my system... only found out after the third or fourth re-install17:14
chesedo...well actually it was the ppa17:14
theblazeheninetpro: All my stuff is 64 bit too17:28
* theblazehen really wants HAMMERFS17:37
Kilostheblazehen you gonna send those drives?17:38
theblazehenKilos: I wanna try seagate themselves first. Makro said no, but gave me details for a seagate place17:43
Kilosok, good luck17:43
theblazehenty17:43
inetprotheblazehen: have you played with ZFS?17:57
theblazeheninetpro: Briefly, a couple years ago18:32
inetprowhy do you want HAMMERFS?18:33
theblazeheninetpro: Well, HAMMER2 more. Continous snapshotting (every 60s by default), built in being able to use ssds as cache, transparent compression, deduplication, built in network thing , encryption, automatic sparse files, and no need to fsck on a hard reboot. I know zfs does a bunch of this too, but IMO I want something that I just mkfs.hammer /dev/sda or whatever, and get an fs. No need to mess with zpools, whatever caches etc18:44
* inetpro was just reading this: http://www.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/2013-December/015459.html18:45
inetprothing is HAMMER2 is not very widely in use18:46
inetproat least not that I am aware of18:46
theblazehenYeah, as I understand it HAMMER2 can function as  a distributed fs (Not 100% sure, can't recall which doc it was that I read)18:46
theblazehenWell, it's not quite production ready yet yeah18:46
theblazehenStill, even just HAMMERFS as it is seems decent18:47
inetprodoes look good yet18:47
theblazehenThe dragonfly swapcache feature seems neat too. Mix your swap and ssd disk cache. As I said to someone (you?) earlier, it can be good to page applications out to ram, if you'd get better overall performance by having some ram used by the disk cache. Afaik there are patch sets for the kernel to auto-adjust vm.swappiness18:49
inetprounfortunately I don't have SSD drives to play with, yet18:59
theblazehenI have a 64GB, works well with bcache. Cheap too19:05
theblazehenhi divansantana19:18
Kilosnight all. sleep tight19:25
divansantanachesedo: thanks. I'll be around more often. Need to get my IRC stuff sorted out better. And use something to keep my session alive.19:35
divansantanaThough I've lightly used IRC here and there for years, I've barely used it much. Anyone have info on keeping IRC up and connected all the time? Think I need something like ZNC19:36
theblazehendivansantana: I use quassel. Works well19:37
theblazehenNice mobile app too (android)19:37
divansantanatheblazehen: and when you pack up your laptop?19:37
theblazehenand a web interface or desktop client19:37
divansantanatheblazehen: or disconnect?19:37
theblazehenIt runs on my server, and client connects to server19:37
divansantanatheblazehen: cool19:37
divansantanatheblazehen: ok I must look into that. Have a good server setup at home19:38
divansantanawhois theblazehen 19:38
divansantanalol19:38
theblazehenNice. Considering running weechat at home server too, I like some of it's features19:38
divansantanatheblazehen: I'm using emacs and trying to use ERC19:38
divansantanaweechat is nice.19:39
theblazehenvim master race. But lets not get into that :)19:39
divansantanalol. Yeah. I've never met a vim/linux user that knows how to use Emacs properly.19:40
divansantanathough most linux users I've met don't know how to use vim properly either. lol19:40
theblazehenTruth19:40
theblazehenI *want* to use emacs, but it just doesn't feel right19:41
divansantanatheblazehen: tried spacemacs?19:41
divansantanaits emacs made pretty with all the bells and whistles in "evil-mode"19:41
theblazehenYup :/19:41
divansantanaso with vim keybindings19:41
divansantanaI'm not too much of a fan of spacemacs tho19:42
divansantanaI like emacs, just because of all the extra things you can do it in. And I like to do as many things in the same program as possible. Makes doing things quicker. And all via key bindings.19:42
theblazehenOkay. How well does emacs work over ssh?19:42
divansantanano mouse.19:42
divansantanaI think pretty well. Though haven't looked into that. I use tramp mode which is to edit files remotely over ssh, even via sudo over ssh19:43
theblazehenAh nice. I prefer to just ssh to  the dev server though, has config management set up there and all19:45
divansantanatheblazehen: quassel does look cool. 19:46
divansantanahttps://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Znc looks like this will do the trick for me. Simple. And overdue.20:02
theblazehenYeah. Or irssi/weechat in screen/tmux20:07
divansantanayeah even simpler.20:12

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