2008/05/04/#ubuntu-server.txt

[00:09] <prey_alone> RubyGems runs really slowly on my Ubuntu server. I've done gem update --system, but it still takes some thirty minutes to get SQLite or even JSON.
[00:47] <flyingparchment> i'm having problems install 7.10 on a sparc enterprise T5120 - it's hung twice during package installation.  is this a known issue?
[01:06] <Deeps> urr
[01:06] <Deeps> i dont think sparc is supported, only x86 and 64bit amd/intel
[01:07] <flyingparchment> if it wasn't supported i think the installation would stop a little bit earlier than that ;)
[01:07] <flyingparchment> it's not supported in 8.04, but 7.10 is
[01:08] <Deeps> true
[01:23] <flyingparchment> hmm.. maybe this time it didn't hang, it just took an hour to get past whatever it was doing
[01:24] <Deeps> alt+f4
[01:24] <Deeps> switches you to the logging vt
[01:24] <flyingparchment> serial console
[01:25] <Deeps> oh, heh
[01:25] <flyingparchment> the system doesn't even have a graphics card ;)
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[03:02] <flyingparchment> heh, managed to install it, now i get segfaults while compiling php.  guess the T2 isn't quite supported yet ;)
[03:19] <cody-somerville> Woot. :)
[03:19] <cody-somerville> I got work to use Ubuntu on its two new servers. <g>
[03:23] <cyris|> Hey everyone.  I've just finished installing cups. I've added a printer and now want to push drivers to windows clients. i'm running the command cupsaddsmb -a but it seems to just hang after I enter my root password, any ideas?
[03:24] <cyris|> The server is a p3 900mhz
[03:24] <cyris|> running 8.04
[03:30] <cody-somerville> cyris|, I've never set that up before but I found a pretty comprehensive tutorial: http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsysm/article.php/3621876
[03:40] <cyris|> cody-someville thanks I will take a look.
[03:48] <cody-somerville> Where is the survey described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Survey/Launch ?
[05:14]  * nealmcb hopes atomicsparc doesn't run into avahi problems with his own .local domain....
[06:22] <osmosis> what time would /etc/logrotate.d/apache2  run?
[06:49] <hads> osmosis: It's run from /etc/cron.daily/ which is defined in /etc/crontab as 25 6    * * *
[06:49] <hads> (it being logrotate)
[06:50] <hads> In case you arent familiar with cron, that means 0625 every day.
[06:54] <hads> What's the way to keep guests clocks in sync with KVM?
[06:54] <hads> s/the way/the recommended way/
[06:55] <osmosis> hads:   can you tell me what this means?
[06:55] <osmosis> 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * www-data [ -x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -a -f /etc/awstats/awstats.conf -a -r /var/log/apache/access.log ] && /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=awstats -update >/dev/null
[06:56] <osmosis> I dont understand what the whole part in brackets is for.
[06:58] <hads> osmosis: [ is an alias for the test command (a builting in bash or executable in sh). You can get information about builtin commands by using help, e.g. help [ or help test
[06:59] <hads> Basically it's doing a bunch of tests before it runs the script (after the &&). Making sure files exist and are executable etc.
[07:00] <osmosis> hads: I had to remove that block because it was stopping it from working.
[07:01] <hads> I assume one of the tests was failing then. They're probably there for a reason :)
[07:04] <osmosis> hads: good point
[07:05] <osmosis> hads: it was just bugging me that it wasnt working, but now that I know it works, maybe ill reinvestigate
[07:05] <osmosis> hads: one of the issues im having right now is if the first cron process doesnt finish within 10 min, it launches another and they start overlaping.
[07:16] <hads> osmosis: I don't know that much about awstats really.
[07:55] <sten_> Hi.  anyone here?
[08:57] <LMJ> question around fetchmail/procmail : fetchmail pick up my emails from a remote pop3 server but delivery them on /var/mail/~ instead of the rule i've put in /etc/procmailrc to put them in ~/mail/INBOX  do you know where could be the issue ?
[09:12] <_ruben> LMJ: apparently fetchmail is doing the local delivery itself, and not using procmail to do so, its probably a configuration setting somewhere (in fetchmail)
[09:13] <LMJ> hum, let me see _ruben , thanks
[09:13] <Kamping_Kaiser> \o/ got anonftparchive syncing
[09:25] <LMJ> strance _ruben, I can't see any fetchmail information to configure it on that way
[09:26] <_ruben> http://www.ilkertemir.com/document/fetchmail-procmail.html .. first link on google for "fetchmail procmail"
[09:27] <_ruben> the "mda" option seems to be what you're looking for
[09:29] <Kamping_Kaiser> is packages.u.c running like treakle for anyone else?
[11:18] <nrpil> hello people, i'm trying to install ubuntu server edition but the installer cannot find the package efi-modules
[11:18] <nrpil> i've looked on the cdrom and it's indeed not there, it's not even an ubuntu package, it is however a debian package
[11:21] <nrpil> could someone help me ?
[11:23] <Deeps> !info efi-modules
[11:23] <ubottu> Package efi-modules does not exist in hardy
[11:23] <Deeps> sounds like it could be a bug assuming you're attempting to install a hardy server
[11:24] <Deeps> have you looked on launchpad to see if there are any other reports of thi?
[11:25] <nrpil> Deeps: yes i did, one moment
[11:26] <nrpil> Deeps: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/144207
[11:26] <uvirtbot> Launchpad bug 144207 in debian-installer "gusty installation failed with "Hash Sum mismatch"" [Undecided,Invalid]
[11:26] <nrpil> Deeps: same error so i can conferm it's still valid
[11:26] <nrpil> confirm
[11:27] <Deeps> same error? "DEBUG: resoluver (efi-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored)" ?
[11:27] <Deeps> that's not actually the error being reported btw
[11:28] <Deeps> and infact, that's not a show-stopping error
[11:28] <Deeps> "Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016.1)/pool/main/x/auth/xauth_1.0.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb Hash Sum mismatch" is the error being reported here, and chances are that's due to a defect on the CD
[11:28] <Deeps> (the physical media)
[11:28] <nrpil> Deeps: i've tested the cdrom
[11:28] <Deeps> you need to find your actual error
[11:28] <nrpil> Deeps: and it is a showstopper, since i cannot continue
[11:29] <Deeps> as that efi-modules line, if it's as mentioned in the bug report you've listed, is not an error
[11:29] <Deeps> but rather some debug output (notice the "ignored" at the end of the line)
[11:29] <Deeps> look higher up for what's stopping you
[11:29] <nrpil> ok, one moment
[11:31] <nrpil> i also see a bad md5sum but i tested the cd ?
[11:32] <Deeps> it's all about context, if the md5sum error results in more significant failures, then i'd recommend reburning
[11:32] <Deeps> compare the md5 of the iso with that listed on the download page
[11:32] <Deeps> before reburning
[11:34] <nrpil> Deeps: ok, i'll download it again, md5sum it and burn it, seems like the cd test isn't doing what i expected
[11:49] <nrpil> Deeps: thanks !
[11:50] <Deeps> np
[11:59] <digitalspaghetti> Hey folks, I'm trying to upgrade my remote server to 8.04, but at the moment I keep getting this issue:  http://dpaste.com/48175/
[12:00] <digitalspaghetti> i've run aptitude clean and i also ran  dpkg --configure -a
[12:00] <ogra> did you use th eupdate-manager as recommended ?
[12:00] <digitalspaghetti> orga, i used do-release-update, as it's a CLI server, no X on it
[12:00] <ogra> apt and aptitude wont do the right thing here, its expected that you have to install stuff manually alongside and work aournd probs
[12:00] <ogra> right
[12:01] <ogra> thats the cli variant
[12:01] <ogra> (still update-manager though :) )
[12:01] <digitalspaghetti> i did try that first, but when i broke, i tried to use aptitude full-upgrade
[12:02] <digitalspaghetti> when i do update manager, i get a different, but similar error:
[12:02] <ogra> did you update to the patest packages before starting (from gutsy-updates) ?
[12:02] <ogra> *latest
[12:02] <digitalspaghetti> http://dpaste.com/48176/
[12:02] <digitalspaghetti> yes
[12:02] <ogra> hmm, that looks like the volid package was corrupted during download or so
[12:03] <digitalspaghetti> i've cleared out the package cache
[12:03] <ogra> (the locale warnings are ok)
[12:03] <ogra> well, the package cache only hodls the debs
[12:03] <ogra> *holds
[12:03] <digitalspaghetti> also, i had issues yesterday because my server is only 256mb, and i kept getting a seg fault when running it
[12:04] <digitalspaghetti> i had my server upgraded to 1gb today to run the upgrade
[12:04] <ogra> what you look for is the .list file for volumeid in /var/lib/dpkg/info/
[12:04] <digitalspaghetti> ok
[12:04] <ogra> hmm
[12:05] <cody-somerville> If there is a website that has register globals enabled and there is a page that checks to see if "sql" is set in $_GET and if so doesn't set $sql but later executes $sql, what is the quantified risk acknowledging that there are no form inputs that pass sql via GET to this page?
[12:05] <ogra> but such a package doesnt even exist
[12:05] <digitalspaghetti> you want me to remove it?
[12:05] <ogra> i wonder where it comes from first place
[12:06] <ogra> apt-cache madison volumeid
[12:06] <ogra> what does that give you ?
[12:07] <digitalspaghetti> nothing
[12:09] <ogra> weird
[12:10] <ogra> do you get it as well if you try to remove evms-ncurses manually ?
[12:11] <digitalspaghetti> yes :/
[12:12] <ogra> grep volumeid /var/lib/dpkg/info/evms-ncurses.list
[12:12] <ogra> ?
[12:12] <digitalspaghetti> nope, nothing - the file just contains some paths, thats it
[12:14] <ogra> dpkg -l evms-ncurses ?
[12:14] <ogra> grab the package with the right version  from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/e/evms/ and manually install it with dpkg -i, then try again
[12:14] <digitalspaghetti> http://dpaste.com/48177/
[12:15] <ogra> could it be that you ran out of diskspace or so during the upgrade ? that would explain the corruption
[12:16] <digitalspaghetti> no, got unlimited diskspace
[12:16] <digitalspaghetti> i downloaded the .deb for my system, still getting the error
[12:17] <digitalspaghetti> http://dpaste.com/48178/
[12:18] <ogra> the thing is that there is never been a package like "volumeid" ever in ubuntu, i dont understand why it looks for it
[12:19] <ogra> do you have any non ubuntu entries in your sources.list ?
[12:30] <digitalspaghetti> i'll check
[12:30] <digitalspaghetti> nope, just standard hh updates
[12:34] <ogra> hmm, could be realted to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager-core/+bug/217574
[12:34] <digitalspaghetti> i just pointed my sources back to gutsy, and tried aptitude update && aptitude upgrade, and now i get the same error with a different package :/
[12:34] <uvirtbot> Launchpad bug 217574 in update-manager-core "Could not calculate the upgrade" [Undecided,New]
[12:50] <digitalspaghetti> removing /var/lib/dpgk/info seemed to do it
[13:11] <dmnd> hi
[13:15] <dmnd> are there vserver kernel images for 64 bit cpu's available?
[14:07] <dmnd> hi
[14:58] <ctx144k> hello all
[14:59] <ctx144k> is there a way to start own scripts while startup/shutdown in ubuntu-server?
[14:59] <ctx144k> something like autoexec.bat under dos
[14:59] <Kamping_Kaiser> crons @reboot option?
[14:59] <Kamping_Kaiser> or create an init script
[15:00] <ctx144k> is there existing a ready script for that?
[15:00] <ctx144k> cause, i dont want create something what is already existing
[15:00] <AlexC_> hey all
[15:01] <Kamping_Kaiser> yes. .. crontab
[15:02] <AlexC_> if I get something like this in my logs: 'su[28535]: Successful su for tangocms by root' that means that 'root' switched user to 'tangocms' correct?
[15:02] <Kamping_Kaiser> and perhaps /etc/rc.local
[15:06] <mralphabet> AlexC_: yes
[15:07] <AlexC_> mralphabet, thanks
[15:28] <ctx144k> Kamping_Kaiser, thx
[15:29] <Kamping_Kaiser> ctx144k, np
[16:14] <AlexC_> how can I get the disk-space usage via CLI?
[16:23] <Nafallo> df -h
[16:24] <AlexC_> thanks,
[19:14] <osmosis> how do I get the uuid for a disk, for the fstab ?
[19:18] <blue-frog>  vol_id /dev/sda1
[19:40] <AlexC_> guys, I've got a really weird problem with 'tar'. I am running this as root:  # tar -xzf php-5.2.6.tar.gz  and I am getting an error similar to this for every single file in the archive:  tar: php-5.2.6/CREDITS: Cannot change ownership to uid 1002, gid 1002: Disk quota exceeded
[19:40] <AlexC_> why on earth is it trying to change the ownership to 1002?
[19:41] <hattrick> why is your disk quota exceeded?
[19:41] <hattrick> guys...is munin not working out of the box on ubuntu 8.04?
[19:41] <AlexC_> hattrick, no, it is no where near. I am using 2.1gb out of 30gb
[19:42] <hattrick> usermod -u 1002
[19:42] <hattrick> usermod: user 1002 does not exist
[19:43] <AlexC_> ...
[19:43] <hattrick> anyone using munin?
[19:48] <blue-frog> AlexC_: what is   quota    saying?
[19:49] <AlexC_> blue-frog, Disk quotas for user root (uid 0): none
[19:49] <AlexC_> blue-frog, this is on a VPS, I have contacted them and they are looking into the issue. I just thought I'd ask here to see if I can help solve it
[20:10] <Deeps> AlexC_: any quotas for uid 1002 and/or gid 1002?
[20:10] <AlexC_>  /dev/simfs   51200*  51200   51200            5619       0       0
[20:11] <Deeps> that'll be the problem then
[20:11] <Kamping_Kaiser> anyone here used anonftpsync? i was wondering if you'd customised it to only mirror selected releases
[20:15] <fromport> kamping_kaiser: i'm using anonsync. But it's all in the script itself, isn't it ? I'm basically mirroring only i386/amd64.
[20:16] <Kamping_Kaiser> fromport, my problem is i only want to mirror dapper+hardy, but it seems i can only filter out arches, not releases
[20:16]  * Kamping_Kaiser is trying to think of the best way to hack around it
[20:17] <Kamping_Kaiser> i think i have one, but it'll be ugly :)
[20:18] <Kamping_Kaiser> fromport, i assume your mirroring all releases?
[20:20] <AlexC_> hey,
[20:20] <AlexC_> Deeps, sorry, lightning took out my router. Did you get my message?
[20:20] <Deeps> nope
[20:21] <AlexC_> Deeps, I said that is only half the problem - why is it trying to change ownership to 1002?
[20:21] <Deeps> that'll be defined within the tar file
[20:21] <Deeps> and being root, it's able to do that
[20:22] <AlexC_> wait, what? The tar file can specify what ownerships the files should have, if it can do?
[20:22] <Deeps> i believe so
[20:23] <AlexC_> O_o
[20:23] <Deeps> there'll be a flag (archive i guess) to preserve ownership and permission settings
[20:23] <AlexC_> ah
[20:27] <AlexC_> ok, that makes sense - going to work with that now
[20:28] <fromport> kamping_kaiser: yes all releases: 125G    /archive/pub/mirror/ubuntu/
[20:29] <Kamping_Kaiser> fromport, ok. thanks for that :)
[20:37] <AlexC_> Deeps, thank you so much, this was the cause. Applying the --no-same-owner flag worked great on the tar command
[20:37] <Deeps> :)
[20:49] <_ruben> Kamping_Kaiser: dunno about anonftpsync, but debmirror can filter on arch/release/pool/etc
[20:50] <Kamping_Kaiser> _ruben, thats what i've used so far, but i need all the extra dirs like /tools/ /doc/ etc for cd building
[20:50] <_ruben> ah
[20:51] <Kamping_Kaiser> so i'm going to try and leetly haxor (read: ugly hack) anonftpsync so it only downloads the releases i want
[20:53] <_ruben> ;)
[20:57] <Kamping_Kaiser> ;)
[21:21] <AlexC_> where would be the best place to put PHP 5.2.6 in? /usr/local/php-cgi and /usr/local/php-cli ?
[22:38] <mouser25> Hello, Im looking at setting up an e-mail server to replace microsoft exchange and was wondering what my options where on keeping personal address books synced to the server?
[23:59] <carignou> hello