2008/02/16/#ubuntu-server.txt

[04:28] <mindframe_> what's the package name for cyrus-sasl
[04:28] <mindframe_> can't find one specific to it
[04:33] <faulkes-> cyrus-imap?
[04:33] <faulkes-> !imap
[04:33] <ubotu> IMAP and POP are protocols for fetching email. The officially-supported server in Ubuntu is Dovecot (packages "dovecot-imapd" for IMAP, and "dovecot-pop3d" for POP) - See also !MailServer for information on the SMTP protocol
[04:34] <faulkes-> I was hoping it would list imap however
[05:03] <faulkes-> err, cyrus even
[12:06] <mindframe_> !mailserver
[12:06] <ubotu> Ubuntu supports the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and provides mail server software of many kinds. You can install a basic email handling configuration with the "Mail server" task during installation, or with the "tasksel" command. See also https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer and https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/server/C/email-services.html
[12:18] <c1|freaky> is there any ubuntu rss feed where new releases and more is ?
[12:22] <Nafallo> c1|freaky: www.ubuntu.com
[13:18] <Buzz_> is ther any way to interrupt initrd in debian/ubuntu and drop to a shell (busybox or so) ?
[13:20] <Nafallo> yes
[13:20] <Buzz_> Nafallo: how can i? i have lilo as my bootloader
[13:21] <Buzz_> thanks
[13:21] <Nafallo> I would imagine break=top would work
[13:21] <Nafallo> or break=bottom
[13:21] <Buzz_> great. ill try that.
[13:21] <Nafallo> or whereever you want to break
[13:23] <Buzz_> it stopped. but then rebooted shortly after
[13:23] <Buzz_> no # prompt :(
[13:24] <Buzz_> ah ok i removed panic=9 and now its ok
[13:46] <Buzz_> Nafallo: i think you saved my skin!
[13:53] <Nafallo> Buzz_: glad to help
[14:27] <jronnblom> anyone else using the LSI Fusion SCSI cards? I have a few HP DL385G1 with these cards where the drivers die during light I/O load
[14:32] <jronnblom> they are called HP U320 SCSI Adapter
[14:44] <faulkes-> iirc hp/compaq releases oss drivers for there server stuff ontop of whats in the kernel, so you may wish to check the vendor site
[14:45] <faulkes-> although I also imagine that google may have answers as well, I havent dealt with the DL series in quite some time
[14:47] <jronnblom> yeah, HP has released a version for other distributions but not for Ubuntu... Im d/l the lastest driver from LSI now so I'll try and compile my own version of the kernel
[14:48] <jronnblom> it seems to be a rather "well-known" problem with the Fusion driver but it isn't updated in the offical kernel
[14:50] <jronnblom> And the current driver locks the box so hard it will take a power cycle to bring it back :(
[14:51] <faulkes-> well, I don't think a full kernel compile should be needed, you should just be able to compile it as a module
[14:51] <faulkes-> which is significantly less work
[14:53] <jronnblom> I hope so. Wouldn't want to support my own kernel. I'll try to compile it as a module and if that doesn't work I'll buy a adaptec card and replace it :=)
[15:33] <XiXaQ> is spamhaus lookups integrated by default when you install the Mailserver task?
[15:53] <faulkes-> I don't know offhand, the person to ask that is likely ScottK
[15:54] <faulkes-> at least if it's postfix
[15:54] <ScottK> XiXaQ: No.
[15:54] <faulkes-> speak of the devil himself
[15:54] <ScottK> XiXaQ: Anti-spam setups are very site specific, so we don't provide one.
[15:54] <faulkes-> hi ScottK
[15:55] <ScottK> Hi faulkes-.
[16:32] <Dimitree> how to set up shm for fglrx ? i have devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) and tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)  this came after ejs1920 helped me in #ati and told em to ask "<ejs1920> try your distro's channel on how to set up shm for fglrx"
[16:32] <Dimitree> can someone help ?
[16:41] <faulkes-> try #ubuntu
[16:41] <Dimitree> ok
[16:41] <faulkes-> we don't generally deal with X issues as the server doesn't ship with it
[16:42] <Dimitree> ou yep i forgot about that sorry ^^
[17:56] <emilsedgh> im getting an error when trying to get a file using http in php:  php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (im in kubuntu but i think this channel is a better place for such question...)
[18:00] <faulkes-> we generally deal with server level issues as opposed to programming level issues, however, I would suggest you determine what service or name it is failing to resolve
[18:00] <faulkes-> you may also want to check google groups for the usenet php groups
[18:02] <emilsedgh> its not a programming failure, its because of server settings i think
[18:05] <emilsedgh> googling says that there is a problem with dns server, also im on dynamic ip (dialup) (if it matters at all)
[18:06] <faulkes-> both "php_network_getaddresses: and getaddrinfo" are not base functions within php which leads me to believe it is something within whatever php application you are using
[18:06] <faulkes-> if you can resolve addresses exernally through other means, that would infer that dns resolution is functioning correctly
[18:07] <faulkes-> so, the question that would come up next, is what php application is this from?
[18:12] <emilsedgh> thats not a function
[18:12] <emilsedgh> that php 'internal'
[18:13] <faulkes-> yes, but something has to call it for it to create the error
[18:13] <faulkes-> because php by itself does not do any automatic connections outbound by itself
[18:13] <emilsedgh> its not a php function, probably a c function used in php code
[18:13] <faulkes-> so, again, what application resulted in the error
[18:13] <emilsedgh> file_get_contsns()
[18:14] <emilsedgh> file_get_contents()
[18:14] <emilsedgh> or fsockopen()
[18:15] <faulkes-> the only way I can see for it to generate that error, is if file_get_contents() was calling a URI
[18:15] <faulkes-> and therefore, I would check what URI it was calling
[18:15] <emilsedgh> and the url is: http://websvn.kde.org/*checkout*/trunk/l10n-kde4/'.$Language.'/messages/elntry.desktop
[18:19] <faulkes-> I would try, the full url in a browser with the expected path (rather than $Language and such) and see what it returns
[18:20] <faulkes-> I would also ensure that your system can resolve websvn.kde.org
[18:20] <emilsedgh> i did, works.also wget return 200 OK status.
[18:21] <faulkes-> what is the non php'ized url
[18:22] <emilsedgh> http://websvn.kde.org/*checkout*/trunk/l10n-kde4/fa/messages/entry.desktop (for example)
[18:23] <faulkes-> then I would start adding in additional debugging around the statements which call get_file_contents()
[18:24] <emilsedgh> this is a common problem, looks like that there is something wrong with dns settings
[18:24] <emilsedgh> and sure i tried to debug it for hours
[18:26] <faulkes-> afaik php uses the unerlying system as it's resolver
[18:30] <faulkes-> the easiest way to test this would be to create a test unit which attempts to resolve
[18:34] <faulkes-> also check php.net for comments on file_get_contents()
[18:34] <faulkes-> and fsockopen()
[18:34] <emilsedgh> didnt find anything there :(
[18:39] <moos3> does anyone know how to roll back to from a upgrade that fail?
[19:00] <faulkes-> emil: the only other thing I can suggest is you check php.ini to make sure that
[19:00] <faulkes-> ; Whether to allow the treatment of URLs (like http:// or ftp://) as files.
[19:00] <faulkes-> allow_url_fopen = On
[19:00] <faulkes-> is turned on
[20:50] <luckyone> hello all
[20:50] <luckyone> any rsync pros out there?
[20:51] <luckyone> I want a solution that will mirror two directories on different machines
[20:51] <luckyone> and I will 'work' on both directories potentially adding/removing from each one
[20:52] <luckyone> I want them to constantly be in sync - what is the best way to do something like that
[20:52] <Nafallo> nfs
[20:52] <Nafallo> ;-)
[20:53] <ScottK> unison
[20:53] <luckyone> Nafallo: I have nfs setup, but I actually want them both to have local copies
[20:53] <luckyone> it provides faster access to data and some failover
[20:54] <ScottK> unison is essentially a birectional rsync.  It's been a while since I used it and upstream is not at all active these days, so test first.
[20:54] <luckyone> ScottK: unison... nice
[22:09] <lamont> ScottK: thoughts on 466068?
[22:11]  * ScottK looks
[22:12] <Nafallo> lamont: probably needs SQL mail storage backends :-)
[22:12]  * Nafallo hides ;-)
[22:12] <lamont> Nafallo: heh
[22:15] <ScottK> lamont: I don't like it.
[22:16] <ScottK> lamont: I think the different types ov mynetworks_style answers will almost always be wrong and you'll almost always have to specify.
[22:17] <ScottK> Just trusting a subnet could have unexpected results for a small user that only has a few public IPs.
[22:19] <soneil> are there any jeos images for hardy that are installable?
[22:32] <ScottK> lamont: I replied on the bug.
[22:38] <lamont> ScottK: thanks.. I was afk there for a bit
[22:38] <lamont> and about to run out of the house
[22:39] <ScottK> K