Re: [gentoo-user] looking for alternatives to Apache
Eric S. Johansson wrote: I have spent a way too much time in the past week screwing around with Apache configurations. The final straw was when I took a working configuration, change the domain name and it failed without telling me why or where. so I'm looking for an alternative. What I need is something that has the following characteristics: Virtual hosts virtual hosts server name aliases 404 handler for different URLs (ie. http://www.demo.com/ and http://www.demo.com/sub/ should be able to have different handlers) REDIRECT_URL properly set during a 404 events CGI directory level access control works with mailman there are probably other things that would be nice but I'll probably find them out when I try to use it. I have already tried and failed with lighttpd. it fails on the REDIRECT_URL test as well as rather difficult workarounds for server name aliases. so I would welcome suggestions about alternative Web servers that are reasonably alive. ---eric I use Roxen in addition to apache. www.roxen.com It should handle the above I believe. Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] th0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c00 at 821885478/821885538 command 000c0000.
Hi After 150 days of uptime, my machine started doing this (see below) and causing problems. The machine is an SMP dual Athlon MP with only 1 cpu installed (due to a CPU burnup when a fan stopped running -- replacement CPU is on my desk waiting for a chance to get to the data room and install it), and has run great for 1.5 years. It mainly is used to run java server (WebObjects) processes and has a nfs mounted filesystem from a FreeBSD machine where the java code actually lives. 3gb memory. The machine lives in a private space and is not directly accessible from the internet. It has a public address that has no services at all listening -- just used for outgoing traffic. All the services listening are on 192.168 private net addresses... bash-2.05b# uname -a Linux woodhall 2.4.22-aa1 #1 SMP Wed Nov 5 21:33:40 MST 2003 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux bash-2.05b# I believe that the ethernet interface is a Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet. My FreeBSD box has the same main board and that is what shows up in its boot messages for that interface. On this Gentoo box I get a bash-2.05b# ifconfig -a bash: /sbin/ifconfig: cannot execute binary file bash-2.05b# Here is the problem messages: May 16 08:47:14 woodhall NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out May 16 08:47:14 woodhall eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c00 at 821885478/821885538 command 000c. May 16 08:47:26 woodhall NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out May 16 08:47:26 woodhall eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 4c00 at 821885561/821885621 command 000c. May 16 08:47:34 woodhall NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out May 16 08:47:34 woodhall eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c00 at 821885624/821885684 command 000c. keeps happening -- thanks Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] th0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c00 at 821885478/821885538 command 000c0000.
On May 16, 2005, at 9:30 AM, A. Khattri wrote: On Mon, 16 May 2005, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I believe that the ethernet interface is a Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet. My FreeBSD box has the same main board and that is what shows up in its boot messages for that interface. On this Gentoo box I get a bash-2.05b# ifconfig -a bash: /sbin/ifconfig: cannot execute binary file bash-2.05b# What does lspci show? (emerge pciutils if you dont have it). bash-2.05b# lspci lspci: /usr/share/misc/pci.ids, line 1: parse error bash-2.05b# Seems lots of crap in /sbin is corrupted cannot execute reboot either Chad -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] jfs bug
I have the following thing that started in the last day or two (machine has been running fine forever) May 16 11:25:26 woodhall BUG at jfs_imap.c:964 assert(le32_to_cpu (iagp-wmap[extno]) mask) May 16 11:25:26 woodhall kernel BUG at jfs_imap.c:964! May 16 11:25:26 woodhall invalid operand: 2.4.22-aa1 #1 SMP Wed Nov 5 21:33:40 MST 2003 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall CPU:0 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall EIP:0010:[c02072a5]Tainted: GF May 16 11:25:26 woodhall EFLAGS: 00010282 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall eax: 0047 ebx: ecx: f390a02c edx: 0001 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall esi: 0001 edi: 4000 ebp: c4756000 esp: f390bea4 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Process jfsCommit (pid: 9, stackpage=f390b000) May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Stack: c0356e61 c0356f3e 03c4 c03681c0 c4767e00 c014ed8f c4767e00 c1160be0 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall 0029 0036 c7594000 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall 0020 f358f330 f8800690 c0217034 f358f330 f358f330 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Call Trace:[c014ed8f] [c0217034] [c0217772] [c01fba40] [c01fba61] May 16 11:25:26 woodhall [c0165120] [c021c89b] [c021d07d] [c021d2ad] [c010915e] [c0105000] May 16 11:25:26 woodhall [c0105000] [c010743e] [c021d130] May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Code: 0f 0b c4 03 3e 6f 35 c0 e9 9d f5 ff ff ba ff ff fe ff 89 c8 bash-2.05b# uname -a Linux woodhall 2.4.22-aa1 #1 SMP Wed Nov 5 21:33:40 MST 2003 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux bash-2.05b# The machine exists on private networks only (it does have a public address but nothing at all listening on it -- mainly to be able to go out to the net to emerge) I think my earlier eth0 problems were from this as well -- the FS was screwed up after this happened. Any ideas on what this is and how to fix it? Thanks Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] th0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c00 at 821885478/821885538 command 000c0000.
On May 16, 2005, at 12:50 PM, A. Khattri wrote: On Mon, 16 May 2005, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: bash-2.05b# lspci lspci: /usr/share/misc/pci.ids, line 1: parse error bash-2.05b# Seems lots of crap in /sbin is corrupted cannot execute reboot either Weird. Did you do som updates or a kernel upgrade recently? Hi No. The machine had been up 150 days and had had no updates. Since it is not directly connected to the internet and does one backend thing only (lots of java server processes) it does not get as updated as often as it perhaps should be since it is a PITA to take it down and it is not connected directly to the internet so a hack against it is not as likely. See the thread jfs bug I started. jfsCommit is failing all of a sudden and when it happened it screwed up stuff like the ethernet driver and stuff in /sbin I did a hard reboot and it came up and /sbin stuff works now/, For example bash-2.05b# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] System Controller (rev 11) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] AGP Bridge 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] ISA (rev 05) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] IDE (rev 04) 00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] ACPI (rev 03) 00:10.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-768 [Opus] PCI (rev 05) 02:04.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 13) 02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 0d) 02:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20276 IDE (rev 01) bash-2.05b# But the jfs thing happened again (with indeterminate effects so far) Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] jfs bug
On May 16, 2005, at 1:37 PM, Richard Fish wrote: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have the following thing that started in the last day or two (machine has been running fine forever) May 16 11:25:26 woodhall BUG at jfs_imap.c:964 assert(le32_to_cpu (iagp-wmap[extno]) mask) May 16 11:25:26 woodhall kernel BUG at jfs_imap.c:964! May 16 11:25:26 woodhall invalid operand: 2.4.22-aa1 #1 SMP Wed Nov 5 21:33:40 MST 2003 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall CPU:0 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall EIP:0010:[c02072a5]Tainted: GF May 16 11:25:26 woodhall EFLAGS: 00010282 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall eax: 0047 ebx: ecx: f390a02c edx: 0001 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall esi: 0001 edi: 4000 ebp: c4756000 esp: f390bea4 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Process jfsCommit (pid: 9, stackpage=f390b000) May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Stack: c0356e61 c0356f3e 03c4 c03681c0 c4767e00 c014ed8f c4767e00 c1160be0 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall 0029 0036 c7594000 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall 0020 f358f330 f8800690 c0217034 f358f330 f358f330 May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Call Trace:[c014ed8f] [c0217034] [c0217772] [c01fba40] [c01fba61] May 16 11:25:26 woodhall [c0165120] [c021c89b] [c021d07d] [c021d2ad] [c010915e] [c0105000] May 16 11:25:26 woodhall [c0105000] [c010743e] [c021d130] May 16 11:25:26 woodhall Code: 0f 0b c4 03 3e 6f 35 c0 e9 9d f5 ff ff ba ff ff fe ff 89 c8 Combined with your networking problems, I would guess you have a hardware fault. Check your fans, make sure they are still spinning. If it isn't that simple, my guess is you need to replace your motherboard or memory. Fans seem to be OK. Unfortunately I don't have access to the console as the video slot does not work (has not for a LONG time). The RAM is ECC so it should either correct or fail with an uncorrectable error. After a reboot the jfs problem happened again when I tried to write to the FS but the network problem cleared up as did the problem executing certain things in /sbin I am investigating buying a new MOBO or using a backup I have here, etc. But I would like to better understand what is actually going on and how to isolate any HW fault. Is it a disk controller or disk error? etc. With the video slot problem I have been planning to replace it anyway, but as it was running and running and running :-) and it is a PITA to take down normally (bunch of services it supports) I figured why screw around with it as long as it runs fine :-) Thanks for your comments best Chad You could also try under-clocking your FSB and CPU as a temporary fix, if your PC BIOS will let you do that. bash-2.05b# uname -a Linux woodhall 2.4.22-aa1 #1 SMP Wed Nov 5 21:33:40 MST 2003 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux bash-2.05b# The machine exists on private networks only (it does have a public address but nothing at all listening on it -- mainly to be able to go out to the net to emerge) I think my earlier eth0 problems were from this as well -- the FS was screwed up after this happened. Ouch. Make sure you do not have write-caching enabled on the hard disks, as journalled filesystems and write-caching do not mix. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] th0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c00 at 821885478/821885538 command 000c0000.
On May 16, 2005, at 3:26 PM, A. Khattri wrote: On Mon, 16 May 2005, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: But the jfs thing happened again (with indeterminate effects so far) Bad disk??? I am going to take the machine home tonight from the data center and take it apart and see what is up. I may put a replacement board in if I can't sort it out. Services normally handled by this machine are running on the backup for now. Thanks Chad -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] why does emerge --update --deep world try to emerge stuff I never had installed in the first place?
Hi In trying to update my system (server -- no X running) I looked in the docs and it said to % emerge --update --deep world This is trying to update a bunch of packages that I never had installed in the first place and is coming into errors since the kernel does not have things like sound enabled (this is a java server only). The current problem is emerge (1 of 177) media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.8 to / . . . * Your kernel doesn't have sound support enabled. * Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. * Once you have satisfied these options, please try merging * this package again. I don't want sound enabled and never installed this in the first place. I may have installed a simple X system so that the X libraries could be used to link against in case I had some system utilities or monitoring programs that ran under X that I could redirect to my workstation. But I never installed sound and it worked last time I did this. What to do? Thanks Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] why does emerge --update --deep world try to emerge stuff I never had installed in the first place?
On May 18, 2005, at 12:41 PM, Wade Brown wrote: If you don't want to bother compiling any sound on your system, then add -alsa -arts -esd to your use flags. It's more than likely one of your packages found in the update --deep had the alsa tagged on itself by default, which requires an override described above either in /etc/make.conf or just on the command line. thanks, this is what I am doing now. build has been running all afternoon. Had one lib problem which I was able to fix thanks Chad On 5/18/05, Trey Gruel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's probably being brought down as a dependancy of something else (because of the --deep). imho, you should always look at what is going to be installed before actually installing it with either --pretend or --ask. the best way to see what is causing it to be installed is to run 'emerge -uDptv world' (aka --update --deep --pretend --tree --verbose). this will show you a 'tree' of dependancies. also, the -v causes emerge to show the use flags used by a package, which can influence what it depends on. -- trey -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] trying to compile a 2.6 hardened-sources kernel (moving from a 2.4) -- getting gr_task_is_cabable undefined reference
On May 19, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Max wrote: Hi Chad, is your kernel hardened-sources-2.6.11-r12 by any chance? Judging from the error messages it is. You need to use 2.6.11-r13, r12 is buggy. See bug #93022 [1] Hi Max Yes, thanks. I read the bug and that is it. -r12 seems to still be the default for hardened-sources. Now how do I get it to emerge -r13? Various incantations always return that no ebuild is available for that. Thanks Chad hth, Max [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93022 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] trying to compile a 2.6 hardened-sources kernel (moving from a 2.4) -- getting gr_task_is_cabable undefined reference
On May 19, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On May 19, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Max wrote: Hi Chad, is your kernel hardened-sources-2.6.11-r12 by any chance? Judging from the error messages it is. You need to use 2.6.11-r13, r12 is buggy. See bug #93022 [1] Hi Max Yes, thanks. I read the bug and that is it. -r12 seems to still be the default for hardened-sources. Now how do I get it to emerge -r13? Various incantations always return that no ebuild is available for that. Never mind. It seems that between my emerge --sync of yesterday and one of today that it was updated to be the new default. Thanks Chad Thanks Chad hth, Max [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93022 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] /dev/ataraid under 2.6 kernel and udev
Hi I have been running a 2.4 kernel for my backend java processing box and have a promise raid controller that uses the ataraid device under devfs. It is set to boot off of it and the lilo boot command is something like boot=/dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 This works fine. I have no compiled a 2.6 kernel and did not see any kernel options for the ataraid but I did tell it to enable the promise controller I have. I emerged udev and it appears that the device looks like this now /dev/ataraid/d0p1 However, when I supply that to lilo it barfs on boot and says it cannot mount root. It barfs on boot on both /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 and /dev/ataraid/d0p1 Thanks for any suggestions or help Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/ataraid under 2.6 kernel and udev
Doing some research I find dmraid and this site: http:// tienstra4.flatnet.tudelft.nl/~gerte/gen2dmraid/ and I spent a day trying to get my system to boot using the stuff there but it would never boot (couldn't mount the root partition). For now I will stay with my 2.4 kernel as this machine needs to go back into production. Chad On May 19, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Hi I have been running a 2.4 kernel for my backend java processing box and have a promise raid controller that uses the ataraid device under devfs. It is set to boot off of it and the lilo boot command is something like boot=/dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 This works fine. I have no compiled a 2.6 kernel and did not see any kernel options for the ataraid but I did tell it to enable the promise controller I have. I emerged udev and it appears that the device looks like this now /dev/ataraid/d0p1 However, when I supply that to lilo it barfs on boot and says it cannot mount root. It barfs on boot on both /dev/ataraid/disc0/ part1 and /dev/ataraid/d0p1 Thanks for any suggestions or help Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Online stores (that ship to Canada)
On Jun 1, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Sami Samhuri wrote: * On Wed Jun-01-2005 at 06:21:07 PM -0700, Ted Ozolins said: [...] I've had good results from: http://www.cclcpr.com/shop/ Hmmm... no Tyan motherboards and I don't see any ECC memory. But as they are nice and close (I'm on the island) I will keep them in mind for future purchases. Try MonarchComputer.com They list a Tyan S2882G3NR-D board that I added to my shopping cart and chose BC with a North Vancouver postal code (from a friend and vendor of mine) and they quoted two different ways to ship: U.S. Postal Service - Canada ONLY (No Brokerage Fees) ($20.00) UPS - Canada ONLY (Additional Brokerage Fees Apply) ($20.00) That seems reasonable. I have bought several Opteron motherboards and ECC memory from them (including the board above in the non -D version) and they have always provided good service... Chad Thanks. :) -- Sami Samhuri --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sorta OT - honest (!) opinions on mailservers
On Jun 12, 2005, at 1:19 AM, Rumen Yotov wrote: Hi, Could use qmail or postfix, think none of them runs on Win. There are also eximsendmail but not as good IMHO. i use qmail. HTH. Rumen yes, but most knowledgable people know that exim blows the pants off qmail and postfix. There are installations running in the UK with millions of user accounts with exim as the mta and it works just fine, is secure, and is *easy* to manage and maintain with very complex configurations. yes, its MHO, but also the opinion of lots of others who do mail for small to very large organizations professionally Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sorta OT - honest (!) opinions on mailservers
On Jun 13, 2005, at 1:14 PM, Peter Karlsson wrote: On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: yes, but most knowledgable people know that exim blows the pants off qmail and postfix. Ok, then perhaps you could explain why a mail server (running exim4) suddenly stops to relay emails (this worked before) and then all of a sudden starts to relay them again (without me changing any settings)... I have looked for clues in the logs and tried the debug mode but I still haven't understood why. Help? I would suggest you go to the very active exim-users mail list and be prepared to show your config and the log entries. You can find a link to the mail list at www.exim.org . The author of exim is very forthcoming and helpful as well as the well established and knowledgable userbase. Without a copy of your config and the log file entries, I cannot start to answer your questions. I have been running exim since 0.5x (since 97) and it has been rock solid for me and everyone I know including the ISPs who handle millions of email addresses with it. best Chad Best regards Peter K -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sorta OT - honest (!) opinions on mailservers
On Jun 14, 2005, at 11:47 AM, A. Khattri wrote: On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: yes, but most knowledgable people know that exim blows the pants off qmail and postfix. Now why would you want to start a flame war? Noone said package X is better than package Y - most of us are just saying what works well for us. Why do you selectively quote? The parts you left out put the statements in context that the other guy was ragging on exim. --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] sorta OT - honest (!) opinions on mailservers
On Jun 14, 2005, at 11:54 AM, A. Khattri wrote: The usual clamav + spamassassin combo. If you do decide to go the exim route, there are two ways to interface spamassassin to it. One is now built in called exiscan. The other is called sa-exim and, the reason I am mentioning this, it now supports a spamassassin assisted form of greylisting. sa-exim will do greylisting for you but will only greylist stuff that spamassassin marks as being spam, so you avoid most of the negatives of greylisting. I implemented it a day and a half ago and about 90% of the spam is now not even received in the first place. It seems to work really well and is better than standard greylistin. best regards Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - recommendations for a high availability Oracle server
On Jun 17, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Antoine wrote: Hi, Our company is going to be bidding for a contract that will require about 45 lan connections (08:00 to 20:00) and a few web connections to an Oracle database. The contract states that we can only have 1 hr max downtime per month (pretty generous really, I thought) and the boss, his head in dark and nether regions, is, of course, looking at winders servers. I must admit, I have no knowledge in this area, except that Windows is not the best choice for high availability! Or is it? Seeing as it pretty much only has to run Oracle, what would people suggest? Linux (and if Linux - Redhat, Suse, Gentoo,...)? BSD? Or would it definitely be worth the dolleros to go for an AIX or Solaris + Hardware solution? Or is he right in thinking that Server 2003 is best? We would obviously not be able to spend massive amounts, so a $3+ solution is not on the cards... Cheers Antoine ps. we have only x86 servers at the moment mostly running server 2000 or 2003, but the admin would rather be running linux... I have not run Oracle, but Oracle is certified on Linux so build a redundant Linux box (RAID 10 or 5 with hot spares), redundant power supplies, and have a spare motherboard and memory sticks available, and for a budget that you seem to imply, this should stay up and running as good or or probably better than the winders. The winders would be my last choice. Too many sites I know of running winders are down more than the allowed amount you specify. Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server
On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Alexander Skwar wrote: Hi. I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It should (in order): - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections - Be VERY light on CPU usage - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the mails) - Relay mail to only one smart host It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10. What can you recommend? On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's not really lightweight :) Thanks, Alexander Skwar --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server
On Nov 11, 2005, at 10:15 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Alexander Skwar wrote: Hi. I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It should (in order): - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections - Be VERY light on CPU usage - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the mails) - Relay mail to only one smart host It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10. What can you recommend? On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's not really lightweight :) Thanks, Alexander Skwar --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, I had typed in a complete reply but guess my fat fingers hit some key combo by accident that got rid of my text entry. My answer would be exim with an appropriate configuration (run time and build time). It is simple to run and configure and does not launch all sorts of various extra processes. Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use
On May 20, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that means in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. Opinions welcome. Flames somewhat less so. I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on this list). But I notice that now that I've created my VMs, I may not need workstation any more. I could do very well with the player, which is free.I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives...There is this which fits your budgethttp://www.parallels.com/Chad ---Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLCYour Web App and Email hosting providerchad at shire.net
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] HD running temperatures
On May 21, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Dave Jones wrote: Any recommendations for cool-running ATA HDs, preferably with a capacity of around 250 GB? I bought a bunch of Hitachi 250 SATA drives -- they probably have an ATA interface version. Running open with no airflow they get slightly warm to the touch in my case. They are for a 1U rack that has a ton of big 40x40x28 mm fans that pull air across them but before I close it all up I hook a CD etc up to install and at that point they are running in the open. (I don't put a CDROM in the case for normal operation) Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use
On May 21, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Cliff Wells wrote: On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives... I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got a mini and it's not fast (at least running Linux). Usable for general-purpose stuff but it feels pretty sluggish if I ask it to do anything heavy. I don't know any benchmarks, but if I had to give you a feel describing it, I'd put it on par with a 1GHz PIII with a slow drive and not *quite* enough memory. In short, it's great for doing testing on or just day-to-day stuff, but I think running a VM may be out of its league. On a 1.66ghz Core Duo Intel Mac Mini? Or are you talking the 1.42ghz single CPU G4 Mac Mini, the older Mini? The Intel Core Duo is a worthy chip. Obviously I am going to hike the memory up. Lots of people have already given a thumbs up to Parallels in a Core Duo mini with extra RAM added for normal non-gaming use. I just need to run Windows for tax SW, testing web pages in IE, etc. My old Athlon box is starting to develop some disk issues and is old and cranky :-) Chad If you can, replace the disk with a 5400RPM drive which will help a lot. Regards, Cliff -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use
On May 21, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Jerry McBride wrote: On Sunday 21 May 2006 15:35, JimD wrote: Cliff Wells wrote: On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my Mac Mini arrives... I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got a mini and it's not fast (at least running Linux). Usable for general-purpose stuff but it feels pretty sluggish if I ask it to do anything heavy. I don't know any benchmarks, but if I had to give you a feel describing it, I'd put it on par with a 1GHz PIII with a slow drive and not *quite* enough memory. In short, it's great for doing testing on or just day-to-day stuff, but I think running a VM may be out of its league. If you can, replace the disk with a 5400RPM drive which will help a lot. Regards, Cliff Do you have the old mini with a G4 and the dog slow 4200 RPM drive? If so that would explain a lot. The new Intel based ones have a much faster processor and a much better hard drive. The difference is night-and-day. Wot? They're using Intel in the mini too? Hmmm... time to rethink my next linux server appliance... Yes, the mini was upgraded a few months ago. $599 gives you a 1.5ghz Core Solo, 512mb, etc and $799 gives you a 1.66ghz Core Solo, 512mb, etc. You can go up to 2GB. They have a mediocre intel inegrated graphics of some sort (something 950) but for the price it is fine. I ordered a refurb $1.66ghz Core Duo Mini for $699 and had a $200 Apple Store coupon from their Aperture price reduction rebate, so it ended up being $499. Can't complain about that. :-) (I plan on leaving OS X on it but you could probably run Linux on it as well. I have a Cocoa OS X app I developed that I need to make run on Intel OS X) http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Google should help you find folks running Linux on them and how they did it. best Chad Thank you for the heads up. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Ethics of vmware use
On May 21, 2006, at 6:50 PM, JimD wrote: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Yes, the mini was upgraded a few months ago. $599 gives you a 1.5ghz Core Solo, 512mb, etc and $799 gives you a 1.66ghz Core Solo, 512mb, That would be the Duo ;) Yes, sorry. etc. You can go up to 2GB. They have a mediocre intel inegrated graphics of some sort (something 950) but for the price it is fine. I ordered a refurb $1.66ghz Core Duo Mini for $699 and had a $200 Apple Store coupon from their Aperture price reduction rebate, so it ended up being $499. Can't complain about that. :-) (I plan on leaving OS X on it but you could probably run Linux on it as well. I have a Cocoa OS X app I developed that I need to make run on Intel OS X) Where can you find the refurbs? Go to the Apple Store online and in the right most column about 2/3rds of the way down is a bright red sale tag that says SAVE. Click on that :-) That sounds like a very good deal. Did it come with a 5200 RPM SATA drive? The specs page Complete Specifications as seen from the link for the mini below says that it has (the Duo) an 80gb 5400rpm SATA drive I have one of those in my laptop and they are pretty speedy. Not as fast as my 7200 RPM SATA II, but much, much better than the old 4200 IDE laptop drives. http://www.apple.com/macmini/ Google should help you find folks running Linux on them and how they did it. best Chad Jim --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD
On May 23, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: On Monday 22 May 2006 23:18, Samuel Baldwin wrote: I'm planning on buying a 300GB HD from maxtor for my next primary HD. It's a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5 IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM well, Seagate has bought maxtor (is buying maxtor at the moment) - so they will be gone in a short while. And maxtor had some quality issues in the not -so-distant-past. I am not sure, if that are points for buying Maxtor All companies have problems. I have had lots of issues with WD disks (SATA) about 2 years ago that I had to RMA. Also, there are problems with some WD SATA compatibility. I just had to RMA a brand new out of the box Seagate SATA last month. It was DOA. I had some Fujitsu SCSI disks I had to RMA a few years ago. I can't remember any Maxtor disks failing, though there is one disk I had to RMA a year or so ago and I cannot remember the make -- it could have been Maxtor. I have not bought Maxtor in the last 2 years though. Recently, based on a bunch of reviews of Hitachi disks, and some negatives on Seagate performance (in a particular realm) I have been buying Hitachi, and up to recently Seagate, based on their longer warranty. Remember, all makers have issues and I am sure you can find people to sing the praises as well as damn any of the disk makers. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD
On May 23, 2006, at 9:13 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I can't remember any Maxtor disks failing, though there is one disk I had to RMA a year or so ago and I cannot remember the make -- it could have been Maxtor. Actually, I went and looked it up. It was a WD drive (yet another). Almost exactly 1 year ago it was sent back. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD
On May 23, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Samuel Baldwin wrote:Well, I heard good things and bad things about Maxtor. Mainly bad.If anyone can show me a good WD or Seagate drive for a similar price and the same amount of space, please, do so :) .Zipzoomfly.com has the seagate IDE 7200RPM Barracuda 7200.8 with 8mb cache for $111, free shipping in USA and the 7200.9 with 16mb of cache for $114.99, again free shippingThey have the Samsung HD300LD with 8mb cache for 106 and free shippingThe SATA versions are Seagate 7200.8 8mb cache for $122.55 free shipping Seagate 7200.9 16mb cache for $115 free shippingnewegg.com probably has a similar range available at similar pricesChad-- Samuel300GB Hardrive from Newegg.com: $11532" HD LCD TV/PC Monitor: $1, 199.992GB of RAM: $160GNU/Linux Operating System: Priceless ---Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLCYour Web App and Email hosting providerchad at shire.net
[gentoo-user] newly emerged mysql problems
I set up a box to run asterisk and try various asterisk front ends on. This was back in January. I got gentoo installed and emerged apache2, php5, and mysql. In trying to set up mysql I do the following /usr/bin/mysql_install_db # ./mysql_install_db Installing all prepared tables ERROR: 1 Can't create/write to file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql/ db.MYI' (Errcode: 13) ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.db' doesn't exist ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.db' doesn't exist ERROR: 1 Can't create/write to file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql/ host.MYI' (Errcode: 13) ERROR: 1 Can't create/write to file '/var/lib/mysql/mysql/ user.MYI' (Errcode: 13) ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist blah blah blah The directory /var/lib/mysql and all its children are owned by mysql:mysql and I even changed the permissions to 777 on /var/lib/ mysql and /var/lib/mysql/mysql . I don't have a clue what is going on. I have run mysql a bunch on FreeBSD but this is the first time on gentoo. Any ideas or hints are appreciated. Thanks Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] newly emerged apache permissions error
I set up a box to run asterisk and try various asterisk front ends on. This was back in January. I got gentoo installed and emerged apache2, php5, and mysql. Then I did not touch the box again until tonight. I cannot get apache to actually serve any pages. Forbidden You don't have permission to access /test.php on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. It does not matter what file I ask it for, index.html, index.php, / , etc, I get the same error. I have a DocumentRoot plus newly a virtual host pointing to the same DocumentRoot with the right ServerName and teh directories are all owned by apache:apache, which is the user the server runs under. The files all have owner and group permissions. Everything is set to not deny and to allow all. I run apache2 on FreeBSD just fine and I cannot see anything in the config that should prevent this. Something about the default gentoo config or install it seems. Any hints or help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] newly emerged apache permissions error
On Jun 2, 2006, at 12:24 AM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Jun 2, 2006, at 12:11 AM, Justin R Findlay wrote: On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 12:03:11AM -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I cannot get apache to actually serve any pages. check your apache logs. Thanks, I have been doing that. Try: # tail -F /var/log/apache/error_log and reload the page and see what happens. It should give you a specific reason why it fails. Even if you don't understand the error google might and somebody here will. [Fri Jun 02 00:22:13 2006] [error] [client 192.168.99.68] (13) Permission denied: access to /test.php denied I actually think this and my mysql question (separate post) are related as both have a 13 error code and Google implies (ie, I did not verify the info) that error 13 is a unix Permission Denied error. But I don't see how as the owners of all the dirs are the users associated with the programs (apache or mysql) and on the mysql end I even changed the dirs to be 777 as a test. Is there some sort of system wide gentoo security thing set somewhere here is my uname Linux denwa 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 #1 Sun Jan 15 23:32:30 MST 2006 i686 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 148 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux thanks Chad not very useful. This came out of the virtual server error log for the vhost I set up to see if that was the issue. Before, when I was using the direct server set up in the normal httpd.conf the same lines ended up in error_log. Nothing else. thanks Chad Justin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice
On Jul 5, 2005, at 7:11 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Wednesday 06 July 2005 02:07, Jason Cooper wrote: Grant ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) scribbled: Hello! I am travelling and am currently on the Greek island of Corfu. It is great! I have my laptop but I'm finding it totally impossible to find a place that will let me plug into their network for Internet access. I can't use public systems because of keyboard loggers and bank passwords etc. My business is seriously dying at this point and after a lot of thinking, I think my best option is to get my modem working and hire one of the global dial-up providers. I should be able to find a phone line wherever I am. Does anyone have a better idea? If not, does anyone recommend a particular one of these companies? Go wifi, try this for a list of hotspots worldwide: http://intel.jiwire.com/ hth, cooper. I would not trust a wifi setup by a unknown 3rd party to do online banking. The security of the average wifi is pretty low. Because of lazyness, stupidity or bugs. However, any good bank will have SSL for the higher level protocols, and the wifi should be as secure as public wired connections (ie DSL etc). (which is to say, not secure). If you trust your cable modem or DSL to do SSL-enabled online banking, you should be ok with the wifi Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice
On Jul 5, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Wednesday 06 July 2005 03:29, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I would not trust a wifi setup by a unknown 3rd party to do online banking. The security of the average wifi is pretty low. Because of lazyness, stupidity or bugs. However, any good bank will have SSL for the higher level protocols, and the wifi should be as secure as public wired connections (ie DSL etc). (which is to say, not secure). If you trust your cable modem or DSL to do SSL-enabled online banking, you should be ok with the wifi hm, you want to tell me, that it is as easy to get into the computer room, No need to get into the computer room. Plenty of cables leading out of the computer room. I could tap any of my neighbors cable lines or phone lines without them knowing and without going into their house. Once you get outside the computer room you are on the unprotected internet, whether you are on wifi or DSL or cable or modem to get there. Chad hack a line and listen, than to hold an atenna in the right direction? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice
On Jul 6, 2005, at 6:49 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Wednesday 06 July 2005 07:11, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Jul 5, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Wednesday 06 July 2005 03:29, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I would not trust a wifi setup by a unknown 3rd party to do online banking. The security of the average wifi is pretty low. Because of lazyness, stupidity or bugs. However, any good bank will have SSL for the higher level protocols, and the wifi should be as secure as public wired connections (ie DSL etc). (which is to say, not secure). If you trust your cable modem or DSL to do SSL-enabled online banking, you should be ok with the wifi hm, you want to tell me, that it is as easy to get into the computer room, No need to get into the computer room. Plenty of cables leading out of the computer room. I could tap any of my neighbors cable lines or phone lines without them knowing and without going into their house. Once you get outside the computer room you are on the unprotected internet, whether you are on wifi or DSL or cable or modem to get there. ok, but where I live, you have to dig, to get to the cables.. and then you still do not know, which cable to hack out of the bundle. While with a wifi, all you need is a good antenna. Nope, no digging. Phone lines terminate in handy little boxes on the side of the houses. Cable modem lines have little termination pedestals on the street and single cable going into the building Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice
On Jul 6, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: On Wednesday 06 July 2005 17:18, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Nope, no digging. Phone lines terminate in handy little boxes on the side of the houses. Cable modem lines have little termination pedestals on the street and single cable going into the building yes digging ;) These boxes are only on old buidlings, where nobody cares, but I don't know any building built in the last 20 years, where you have this boxes outside at the walls. Most single family homes in the US have a phone access box on the outside of the house. Especially new construction. And the cable boxes are out on the street as well no digging Chad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] top and/or ps without all the java threads
Hi Is there a way to get a ps or top like display of processes that shows just the master process and not all the threads as separate processes for java programs? This is on a 2.4.30 hardened gentoo system. Thanks Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
