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daftykinsmorning, morning!08:29
zxm-pio/08:31
daftykinsi must return to the client with the bad wifi and such today08:32
zxm-pibad wifi. 21st century problems08:34
zxm-pithe cat pictures aren't downloading fast enough! :-P08:34
daftykinsalso a house full of Apple stuff so it's like a pit of snakes ;)08:34
zxm-piwell... obviously they're downloading things the wrong way :-P08:35
daftykinswb bigcalm \o happy Friday!08:39
bigcalmBoo-ya08:39
bigcalmHappy Friday to you as well08:39
bigcalmOff to Lytham St. Annes for the weekend after work today. Apart from long walks along the sea front, what else is there to do there?08:41
bigcalmI guess another activity would be to avoid Blackpool (just along the coast)08:42
bigcalm<daftykins> penguin42 did a presentation on all this for the Manchester LUG not long ago, may well be worth prodding him when he's about :D10:42
* bigcalm spies penguin4210:42
penguin42huh what where ?10:43
bigcalm<bigcalm> I've tried using setfacl before now. But never got it to work as hoped - any new file or directory created to get preset permissions and ownership, and not allowed to change it10:44
bigcalmI've had to resort to running a string of chmod commands now and then to ensure files are kept in line10:44
penguin42ooh lets see if I can find the pres10:44
penguin42http://www.treblig.org/talks/manlug-attrsandfriends.pdf10:45
bigcalmEg: sudo chmod -R 0664 uploads && sudo chmod -R +X uploads10:45
bigcalmCool, thank you :)10:45
penguin42what are you trying to do?10:47
bigcalmA client has contracted a 3rd party to run WordPress on a server we maintain. I need to keep the uploads directory in check, and ensure that permissions are maintained without having to manually change things10:48
bigcalmI'm looking for a quiet life :10:49
bigcalm:)10:49
penguin42oh, that problem....10:49
penguin42bigcalm: So, hmm, have you tried setgid on the directory?10:49
bigcalmNo, not heard of that10:50
penguin42bigcalm: https://www.toptip.ca/2010/03/linux-setgid-on-directory.html10:50
bigcalmOh, sticky bits - never got my head around those10:51
bigcalmThank you, I shall absorb more information10:51
penguin42bigcalm: I think you can set a default on a directory as well for acls, so that any file created in the directory gains the acl automagically10:52
penguin42bigcalm: https://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/doc/suse/suse9.0/adminguide-9.0/node27.html    has a thing at the bottom on defaultacls; it's similar to that setgid except for acls; you set it on a dir and then anything created in that directory gains that acl10:58
bigcalmIncluding directories and their sub directories?10:58
penguin42yep10:58
bigcalmYay10:59
penguin42bigcalm: Watch out that your backups preserve these, or reset them on restore; most things dont bother with acls and the like by default11:03
bigcalmNoted11:04
penguin42right; oven door fixed, cake in13:47
bigcalmMmmm, cake14:34
bigcalmThis weekend's treat will be ice creams at the coast14:34
penguin42https://mastodon.org.uk/system/media_attachments/files/106/551/142/876/501/984/original/0d9c568ea1e0cc6b.jpeg  stage 114:39
bigcalmPardon my drool14:40
bigcalmHope it's moist inside14:40
bigcalmA while back I pulled two 1TB crucial SSDs from a microserver. They were part of a RAID 1 array that was going wonky. Is there a way for me to test the state of the SSDs and determine if they are good enough for use in a desktop or old laptop? (not in an array)15:22
penguin42if they're sata, smartctl should give you something15:33
zxm-piwouldn't manufacturers have software that would give some stats on their current status?15:37
penguin42zxm-pi: I think they do; but smartctl normally gives you a fair chunk - e.g. mine shows a 'SSD_Life Left' and lifetime read/write totals15:39
bigcalmLooking at the SMART output on KDE Partition Manager15:49
bigcalm"Powered on for" states "707:00:00"15:49
bigcalmIs that 707 hours, no minutes, no seconds, or 707 days, no hours, no minutes?15:50
bigcalm707 hours is less than a month15:50
zxm-pii'm guessing days15:50
bigcalmThey were running for many many months15:50
bigcalm707 days is 1.93 years15:51
bigcalmAmazon said I ordered them in April 2020. And I shut down that micro server in February this year15:53
* bigcalm shrugs15:53
bigcalmI'll check the other SSD15:54
daftykinspenguin42: any PC parts news?15:58
daftykinsbigcalm: i find smartmontools for smartctl's output still so much easier to read than the GUI tools15:59
bigcalmJust what I had to hand really15:59
bigcalmThe 2nd SSD was powered on for 711:00:0016:00
bigcalm4 hour difference might have been from when I was extracting data from the one working drive in the array16:00
bigcalmSeems to think the drive is okay.16:01
bigcalmWonder what to do with it now :)16:01
daftykinsa zero fill of them can be handy to check if any bad blocks get discovered, beyond that - i'd ensure the firmware is current and throw into service to see what it'll do16:02
daftykinsthere's always filling it with data and hashing to compare against originals i suppose, bit manual though16:02
daftykinsah, so glad i wrestled all these IP bird cameras into submission today, identified the fault as the electricians network cabling today16:05
bigcalmThese two SSD were in an HP Proliant N54L. When I tried to use them in a DELL PowerEdge R520, the hardware RAID controller wouldn't see them16:06
bigcalmHence no longer being in use16:06
bigcalmI guess I could try and put them both in my desktop and then download my entire Steam library16:07
daftykinstypically consumer drives can either be outright blocked, or a controller firmware update is needed to permit them16:08
bigcalmYes, I assumed that they would be blocked16:08
daftykinsi've got an R620 and R820 that played ball with the Dell PERC H710 cards and consumery SSDs once firmware updated16:08
* penguin42 is reassembling his Ryzen16:08
bigcalmI have Iron Wolf NAS spinning rust in the server now16:08
bigcalms/NAS/NAS drives16:09
* bigcalm gives up typing16:09
daftykinspenguin42: nice! Scan sent you back your original board and a new CPU presumably?16:09
penguin42daftykins: Yep, new boxed CPU16:12
daftykinsthese folks almost tried to get me to sit through setting up fax on some old inkjet in their place among many other tasks, lol16:15
daftykinsi was pretty negative about this16:15
penguin42is there something to simulate awful fax print quality?16:16
daftykinsxD16:16
daftykinsmaybe if i took one of their cats and had it age the paper with clawmarks16:17
zxm-piprint at 10dpi? :-P16:19
daftykinshrmm couldn't get a huge Ricoh multifunction colour laser scanning to an SMB share on the lady's shiny new M1 mac mini though, digging into it online right now16:20
* zxm-pi casts same ward evil charm that i reserve for printers at mention of scanners16:21
daftykinsi could browse to the mac's file share myself, but yeah i might not be aware of the correct incantation to use to have the big laser do so :)16:22
zxm-pii always remember giving up on the supplied software and using twain on windows to access scanner from something like irfanview16:29
daftykinsmaybe with USB attached devices yeah, in this case the laser scans to a samba file share16:29
daftykinsor rather refuses :D16:29
bigcalmCan the printer reach anything?16:32
=== TheHoliestRoger is now known as mentholtissueguy
daftykinsthe client has nothing Windows based and i wasn't willing to sit there and open up my own laptop to configure a test samba share, so i said i'd do some research and get back in touch 16:33
daftykinsit's not critical, these people just seemed to make a list of every printer they owned in the property and were forcing me to go through each one :(16:34
zxm-piah network scanning. replaces cast ward evil incantation and reaches for exorcism kit with sledge hammer and stakes16:34
daftykinsi even watched as the lady tried to download a driver on the M1 machine which i had already said was incompatible16:34
daftykinsimpressive level of stubbornness - especially as i had said that on Monday xD16:35
=== mentholtissueguy is now known as TheHoliestRoger
daftykinsi reckon firmware on the machine will be a worthy avenue to pursue, there's a Windows-only updater utility published my Ricoh... 16:43
daftykinsit was already 4:30pm when i exhausted my first round of options, so i didn't fancy entertaining any further research on-premises as i had to get gone :D16:47
penguin42right, cake now fully topped and marked; https://mastodon.org.uk/system/media_attachments/files/106/551/649/134/495/069/original/bcd556a67f56ab19.jpeg16:49
daftykinsooh16:50
bigcalmWeekend \o/17:09
daftykinsand then he was gone17:17
penguin42damn that's a good cake20:29
daftykins:D20:30
daftykinshow far along is the PC? ;)20:30
penguin42daftykins: Booting!20:30
daftykinsooooh \o/20:31
penguin42daftykins: So, I've just had it booting off one M.2 and it seems happy; question - what would you expect to be max cpu temp flat out for a 16core ?  I've got to 72c running md5sum /dev/zero on 16 cores20:31
daftykinshmm, did you say you have the retail 'sink with it, or a third party chunky thing?20:32
penguin42cake: Note as normal I went OTT on the chocolate in the topping, so it's a bit hard in the fridge20:32
penguin42daftykins: They don't seem to do retails20:32
daftykinsah that's right, seem to recall the high tier ones are considered enthusiast enough folks do their own thing20:33
penguin42I have a 'be quiet! PureRock2 Sil Cooler'20:33
daftykinsi don't think i'd be concerned at that temp with all-cores, what's your ambient level like - somewhere in the 20s?20:34
penguin42yeh it's warm in here tonight, 27c20:35
daftykinsah ha, yep i wouldn't pay it any mind then :)20:35
penguin42daftykins: I've tried an IR thermometer at the top of the fin stack on the cooler, and it doesn't get above 3020:36
daftykinsperhaps the fresh paste will bed in over a while, you could always take another stab at the application if you feel there may be room for improvement20:37
daftykinsi quite like the arctic mx4 i picked up last - after being stuck in London and needing something in a pinch20:37
penguin42I did a *LOT* less paste this time20:37
penguin42mx4 was what I previously had on, not quite sure where my tube went; used akasa 455 this time20:38
daftykinsyeah, probably just seasonal variance then - idle temps must be reasonable?20:39
penguin42yeh20:39
penguin42daftykins: I'm wondering about one of those sealed water cooler/radiator things?20:40
daftykinsheavily overrated imo 20:40
penguin42hmm20:41
daftykinsthey seem a bit 'PC ricer' orientated just like heavy RGB :D kinda doing it for the cool factor (the non-temps kind ;) ) and not really a justifiable benefit20:42
penguin42daftykins: I wish I had a feel for 'normal' - what a CPU like that should get to - I guess lower the better20:42
daftykinslet me run it by a friend who either has similar or knows someone who does 20:43
daftykinsi found my friend's 5 3600 to seemingly run quite hot when we did it, but he seems to be getting by on the stock heatsink so far - not that he's looking at temps i'm sure20:43
penguin42oh thanks; I still feel I owe your Essex mate something20:43
daftykinshehe ah he doesn't mind at all - although you may recall i was looking for a PCI NIC for that old Pentium III i cleaned up a while back, so i would graciously accept the either Intel 10/100 or 3com 3C905-TX or similar you offered some months ago upon posting it back down to him?20:44
daftykinsby chance he's coming to the island at the end of the month20:45
penguin42oh, that I can do - I've got a box full of PCI NICs20:45
daftykinsvery cool :D thanks! i'll pop his address to you by email at some point20:46
penguin42thanks, I may have it on his address label; just need to check how to post them20:47
penguin42right, easy20:48
daftykinsah okie dokie, sounds like he has fancier postal stuffs than me xD20:49
daftykinsmy other pal who is also a Dave just confirmed your temps sound absolutely fine :)20:49
penguin42how long has his CPU lasted :-)20:50
daftykinslol20:50
penguin42daftykins: So it's PCI NICs you want?20:51
daftykinshe says a very long x264 encode job on his 3900x can reach those temps with his 280mm all in one water cooler20:51
daftykinsyeah just the one please, networking that old Pentium III Dell would be great!20:51
penguin42ok, I'll get that done sometime this week20:52
daftykinssomething with native win9x driver support would be all the better, but so long as i can source a driver i'm sure it'd be grand20:52
* penguin42 should have some that fit that20:53
penguin42daftykins: I'll see what temps I hit on a LO build, ... after I rebuild my RAID20:53
daftykins:D20:54
penguin42daftykins: What's the all in cooler he has?20:54
daftykinsi shall ask, he's impressed how quick you got your replacement CPU - how long was it between your Thursday collection by DPD and Scan's turnaround?20:54
penguin42daftykins: DPD collected thursday, delivered to Scan Friday, Scan showed it received and tested on the Saturday20:55
penguin42daftykins: They showed 'completed' on Monday, and I received the package on the Tuesday20:56
daftykinshe says he has the NZXT Kraken X62, but belives the Arctic Freezer II 280mm is cheaper with better performance20:57
daftykinswow that's impressive, i'm sure proximity helps xD20:57
daftykinsbonus on that other is no RGB!20:58
penguin42oh god RGB20:58
daftykinssuch a danger of modern kit20:58
penguin42right, I need to check my case to see where that radiator would go - it's got a big top panel I think would be fine21:01
daftykinsthat's the main problem i think, having a compatible case that lets you mount things so it doesn't add to problems21:01
daftykinshmm i wonder what AMD's published max is for that one21:02
daftykinsthe thing with the temps is i think they can be read in so many ways on the AMDs that it can be quite misleading21:02
penguin42daftykins: There's about 4 different ones21:03
penguin42right, that Arctic freezer looks promising, some measruements to be done21:03
daftykins:)21:04
daftykinsAndy might even be game to buy your current cooler off you for his much lower TDP Ryzen 5 3600 if you upgrade21:07
daftykins65W that one21:07
daftykinshe runs his desktop 24x7 but as i say i don't think he'll be keeping an eye on the temps - i wasn't fond of them when i did the build summer of 201921:08
daftykinshmm motherboard compatibility seems to be a no21:10
penguin42yeh the mb compatbility is a bit weird21:47
daftykinsi forget if i linked the EEVBlog youtube video where Aussie Dave is trying to bodge a heatsink onto a cheap build he kinda scored21:49
daftykinshe bent fins over so it would clear the RAM :D21:49
penguin42ah yeh21:50
penguin42daftykins: The mountings are insane; this Bequiet removes the two bars on the board, replaces them with their own brackets, and then you have this ally bar that bolts between those and over the transfer plate/bottom of the heat pipes21:51
daftykins:D21:51
penguin42but then you've got this big chunk of metal hanging sideways, held by luck against gravity21:52
daftykinsit makes you want to rob a child's lego collection to build a safety support21:53
penguin42mechano :-)21:54
daftykinshehehe21:54
daftykinsk'nex!21:54

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