Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 25 June 2014 07:05:03 CEST, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On 25 June 2014 01:09:03 CEST, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Howdy, I run this test every once in a while. How bad is this: root@fireball / # smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdc smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:09:03 -0500 schrieb Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com: Howdy, I run this test every once in a while. How bad is this: root@fireball / # smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdc smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800 [x86_64-linux-3.14.0-gentoo] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread thegeezer
On 06/25/2014 06:05 AM, Dale wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On 25 June 2014 01:09:03 CEST, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Howdy, I run this test every once in a while. How bad is this: root@fireball / # smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdc smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800 [x86_64-linux-3.14.0-gentoo]

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: There are some options with smartctl you could try to force the drive to swap that bad sector with a spare one. A full disk read could also force that. Eg. Try ' dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/null '. But, I usually order a replacement when Smart tests start throwing errors. I know

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
thegeezer wrote: this is pretty bad. enough to really go and get a replacement asap, and turn that disk off if you can. the self test stops at the first error it comes to and in this case it is LBA#2905482560 for calculation of where the error is check out the smartcl [1] site which will help

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:05:03 -0500, Dale wrote: That's a 3TB drive. I don't have anything big enough to back it up to. Then either your data is not important to you or you need to get another drive ASAP. Meanwhile, you could start backing up the most important data. Is there anyway to find

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:05:03 -0500, Dale wrote: That's a 3TB drive. I don't have anything big enough to back it up to. Then either your data is not important to you or you need to get another drive ASAP. Meanwhile, you could start backing up the most important data. I

[gentoo-user] ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
When I ssh into a server in my basement, this takes way more time than usual. I don't have a clue what might have changed ... aside from usual updating. I rebuilt and restarted openssh down there without a change. This is a bit annoying when logging in and using git to pull/push stuff from/to

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread thegeezer
On 06/25/2014 08:49 AM, Dale wrote: thegeezer wrote: this is pretty bad. Here is the output: root@fireball / # smartctl -a /dev/sdc smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800 [x86_64-linux-3.14.0-gentoo] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org ===

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread thegeezer
On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 slightly offtopic - i notice that the drive has a 2year limited warranty has anyone managed to get anything from hard drive warranties ?

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 06/25/2014 12:55:08 PM, thegeezer wrote: On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 slightly offtopic - i notice that the drive has a 2year limited warranty has anyone managed to

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 Drive is ordered. Be here tomorrow. Yay Newegg. Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:55 AM, thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net wrote: On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 slightly offtopic - i notice that the drive has a 2year limited

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
thegeezer wrote: On 06/25/2014 08:49 AM, Dale wrote: thegeezer wrote: this is pretty bad. Here is the output: root@fireball / # smartctl -a /dev/sdc smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800 [x86_64-linux-3.14.0-gentoo] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread covici
Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de wrote: On 06/25/2014 12:55:08 PM, thegeezer wrote: On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 slightly offtopic - i notice that

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: thegeezer wrote: On 06/25/2014 08:49 AM, Dale wrote: thegeezer wrote: this says there are 104 pending sectors i.e. bad blocks on the drive that have not been reallocatd yet Wonder why it hasn't? Isn't it supposed to do

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:33:37 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: Typically drives tend to die for me about a year after I buy them - alarmingly often, actually. Do you have a UPS? I used to get similar levels of failure, and

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:33:37 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: Typically drives tend to die for me about a year after I buy them - alarmingly often, actually. Do you have a UPS? I used to get similar levels of failure, and not just drives,then I bought a UPS and things got much better. It seems the

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread covici
Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:55 AM, thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net wrote: On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 slightly offtopic - i

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:33:37 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: Typically drives tend to die for me about a year after I buy them - alarmingly often, actually. Do you have a UPS? I used to get similar

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: thegeezer wrote: On 06/25/2014 08:49 AM, Dale wrote: thegeezer wrote: this says there are 104 pending sectors i.e. bad blocks on the drive that have not been reallocatd yet Wonder why it hasn't? Isn't it

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:54:51 -0500, Dale wrote: I'm using lvm here. I also don't have a mail server set up which is why I run them manually. Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have al mails from cron and friends sent to your ISP mailbox. -- Neil Bothwick Beware! The end is...

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Is it not true that you cannot run raid on consumer drives because of timing errors? Yes, it is not true. :) I've never had issues running RAID on consumer drives. Sure, devices certified for RAID might spend less time trying

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to bet this drive is out of warranty. I'm pretty sure it is over 2 years since I bought it. Once I replace that drive, I'll dd the thing and see what it does then. It'll either break it or give me a fresh start to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox profile opens my web-page in https

2014-06-25 Thread Joseph
On 06/24/14 17:25, walt wrote: On 06/24/2014 08:25 AM, Joseph wrote: On 06/23/14 18:08, Mick wrote: On Sunday 22 Jun 2014 22:52:40 Joseph wrote: I run a server and have two firefox profiles. I have ssl enabled. When I open one profile I it opens my web-page in https instead of http When I

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2014 17:09:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:54:51 -0500, Dale wrote: I'm using lvm here. I also don't have a mail server set up which is why I run them manually. Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have al mails from cron and friends sent to

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 25.06.2014 09:49, schrieb Dale: thegeezer wrote: this is pretty bad. enough to really go and get a replacement asap, and turn that disk off if you can. the self test stops at the first error it comes to and in this case it is LBA#2905482560 for calculation of where the error is check out

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: so without looking that drive up - you are using a desktop part for non-stop setup? Honestly, I think it makes far more sense to build a fault-tolerant setup than to try to avoid faults by spending more on

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 25.06.2014 19:06, schrieb Rich Freeman: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: so without looking that drive up - you are using a desktop part for non-stop setup? Honestly, I think it makes far more sense to build a fault-tolerant setup

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:44:48 +0100, Mick wrote: Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have all mails from cron and friends sent to your ISP mailbox. ... and when you find out please tell us: 1) What syntax is appropriate to allow the use of mail account passwds which contain

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox profile opens my web-page in https

2014-06-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2014 17:42:01 Joseph wrote: On 06/24/14 17:25, walt wrote: On 06/24/2014 08:25 AM, Joseph wrote: On 06/23/14 18:08, Mick wrote: On Sunday 22 Jun 2014 22:52:40 Joseph wrote: I run a server and have two firefox profiles. I have ssl enabled. When I open one profile

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 25.06.2014 19:06, schrieb Rich Freeman: Honestly, I think it makes far more sense to build a fault-tolerant setup than to try to avoid faults by spending more on the parts. I've only run desktop hard

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/06/2014 17:30, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:55 AM, thegeezer thegee...@thegeezer.net wrote: On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote: I got a drive picked out at Newegg.

[gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread James
Stefan G. Weichinger lists at xunil.at writes: When I ssh into a server in my basement, this takes way more time than usual. Does anyone have an idea what I could do to fix that? ssh has an ordered array of negotiations between systems that are related to the version numbers of ssh and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.06.2014 20:30, schrieb James: Stefan G. Weichinger lists at xunil.at writes: When I ssh into a server in my basement, this takes way more time than usual. Does anyone have an idea what I could do to fix that? ssh has an ordered array of negotiations between systems that are

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Douglas J Hunley
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 7:03 AM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: I don't think anybody makes a monitor for btrfs, though my boot is mirrored across all my btrfs drives using mdadm so a drive failure should be detected in any case. I need to check up on that, though - I'd like an email

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Douglas J Hunley doug.hun...@gmail.com wrote: You're going to want to cron a 'scrub' and have it email you. There's no background daemon that I'm aware of to handle this. ZFS just introduced 'zed' and it would be nice if BTRFS would do the same Actually, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox profile opens my web-page in https

2014-06-25 Thread Joseph
On 06/25/14 18:30, Mick wrote: On Wednesday 25 Jun 2014 17:42:01 Joseph wrote: On 06/24/14 17:25, walt wrote: On 06/24/2014 08:25 AM, Joseph wrote: On 06/23/14 18:08, Mick wrote: On Sunday 22 Jun 2014 22:52:40 Joseph wrote: I run a server and have two firefox profiles. I have ssl enabled.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/06/2014 20:41, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 25.06.2014 20:30, schrieb James: Stefan G. Weichinger lists at xunil.at writes: When I ssh into a server in my basement, this takes way more time than usual. Does anyone have an idea what I could do to fix that? ssh has an ordered array

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.06.2014 21:49, schrieb Alan McKinnon: I've also noticed slowdowns recently, I think it's the new ciphers likes ecdsa. Try this: Connect using ssh -vvv and examine the output to find which of the various ciphers and algorithms are used once connection is achieved. On the client, add

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: so without looking that drive up - you are using a desktop part for non-stop setup? If I recall correctly, the last drive that died was a more expensive type of drive, intended for a server setup. So far, the cheaper drives are the ones that have lasted until I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox profile opens my web-page in https

2014-06-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2014 19:54:51 Joseph wrote: On 06/25/14 18:30, Mick wrote: On Wednesday 25 Jun 2014 17:42:01 Joseph wrote: On 06/24/14 17:25, walt wrote: On 06/24/2014 08:25 AM, Joseph wrote: On 06/23/14 18:08, Mick wrote: On Sunday 22 Jun 2014 22:52:40 Joseph wrote: I run a

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 01:44:23 PM Rich Freeman wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann ANY hard drive can fail the day after you buy it, a month after you buy it, and so on, though obviously the probability of a particular drive failing at any point in time

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/06/2014 23:10, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 25.06.2014 21:49, schrieb Alan McKinnon: I've also noticed slowdowns recently, I think it's the new ciphers likes ecdsa. Try this: Connect using ssh -vvv and examine the output to find which of the various ciphers and algorithms are used

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.06.2014 23:10, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: I will see if I can figure out what to do ... To me it looks as if my issue is related to this line in the logs: Jun 25 23:30:45 mythtv sshd[5387]: pam_systemd(sshd:session): Failed to create session: Connection timed out hmm ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.06.2014 23:31, schrieb Alan McKinnon: Because the openssh developers have no idea what you set up and cannot possibly know. The phrase as good as possible has no meaning here as the options out there in the wild as whatever they happen to be. Having users installing their software with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.06.2014 23:31, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Am 25.06.2014 23:10, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: I will see if I can figure out what to do ... To me it looks as if my issue is related to this line in the logs: Jun 25 23:30:45 mythtv sshd[5387]: pam_systemd(sshd:session): Failed to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2014 22:10:42 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 25.06.2014 21:49, schrieb Alan McKinnon: I've also noticed slowdowns recently, I think it's the new ciphers likes ecdsa. Try this: Connect using ssh -vvv and examine the output to find which of the various ciphers and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread covici
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Stefan G. Weichinger lists at xunil.at writes: When I ssh into a server in my basement, this takes way more time than usual. Does anyone have an idea what I could do to fix that? ssh has an ordered array of negotiations between systems that

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:44:48 +0100, Mick wrote: Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have all mails from cron and friends sent to your ISP mailbox. ... and when you find out please tell us: 1) What syntax is appropriate to allow the use of mail account

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.06.2014 23:45, schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: I had a problem like that and solved it by changine UseDNS no because it is trying to look for reverse dns pointers. This is done on the hosts /etc/ssh/sshd_config . Tried/tested a few hours ago. No change. pam_systemd is (or seems to be)

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: What I really need to do, set up a RAID or some other backup method so that even if this happens again, I don't risk losing anything. Then again, that will take time as well. Also takes money. Keep in mind that RAID is more

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 26.06.2014 00:20, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: pam_systemd is (or seems to be) the reason, see my other posting. maybe it would be also solved by upgrading to the (in terms of gentoo) unstable version 214 of systemd: # equery b pam_systemd.so * Searching for pam_systemd.so ...

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:16:17 -0500, Dale wrote: Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have all mails from cron and friends sent to your ISP mailbox. I have to say, I dread setting up a mail server about as bad as I dread going to the Doctor. It's just something I really don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread covici
Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 25.06.2014 23:45, schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: I had a problem like that and solved it by changine UseDNS no because it is trying to look for reverse dns pointers. This is done on the hosts /etc/ssh/sshd_config . Tried/tested a few

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On 26/06/14 06:16, Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:44:48 +0100, Mick wrote: Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have all mails from cron and friends sent to your ISP mailbox. ... and when you find out please tell us: What I really need to do, set up a

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Dale wrote: thegeezer wrote: On 06/25/2014 08:49 AM, Dale wrote: Device Model: ST3000DM001-9YN166 I have (had sort of) the same disc, with the same FW. see the following Seagate web pages: http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/207931en

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/25/2014 10:44 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: Like I said, I'm certainly interested in any actual data that supports that drives sold to run 24x7 last any longer than desktop drives when run 24x7. Anecdotal, but... In 2008 I bought four 24x7 drives (500GB) and eight regular drives to be

Re: [gentoo-user] sys-power/upower with systemd

2014-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, Jun 24 2014, Marc Joliet wrote: Am Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:39:13 -0400 schrieb gottl...@nyu.edu: I think I had first misinterpreted the news msg, but want to be sure I do understand it correctly now. The message ends with All non-systemd users are recommended to choose between:

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: What I really need to do, set up a RAID or some other backup method so that even if this happens again, I don't risk losing anything. Then again, that will take time as well. Also takes money. Keep in mind

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to bet this drive is out of warranty. I'm pretty sure it is over 2 years since I bought it. Once I replace that drive, I'll dd the thing and see what it does then. It'll either break it or give

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Rich Freeman wrote: I don't have anything on the cloud to backup too. That would likely be a good idea but I can't afford anything pricey, which is why I hadn't bought a backup drive before now either. Plus, something I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: I have to say, I dread setting up a mail server about as bad as I dread going to the Doctor. It's just something I really don't want to add to my system unless I have to. Which is why I suggesting something like ssmtp, which you can't call a server, it just forwards.

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Bill Kenworthy wrote: On 26/06/14 06:16, Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:44:48 +0100, Mick wrote: Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have all mails from cron and friends sent to your ISP mailbox. ... and when you find out please tell us: What I really

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
David Haller wrote: Hello, On Wed, 25 Jun 2014, Dale wrote: Yeah. Oh, and I had a clean smart until a few days ago, luckily I alread had a WD Red (WD40EFRX) drive waiting when this attrib jumped from 0 to: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 087 087 036 Pre-fail Always 17688 Other Seagates (a

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
J. Roeleveld wrote: On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 01:44:23 PM Rich Freeman wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann ANY hard drive can fail the day after you buy it, a month after you buy it, and so on, though obviously the probability of a particular drive failing at any

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: On 06/25/2014 10:44 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: Like I said, I'm certainly interested in any actual data that supports that drives sold to run 24x7 last any longer than desktop drives when run 24x7. Anecdotal, but... In 2008 I bought four 24x7 drives (500GB) and eight

Re: [gentoo-user] ssh rekeying slow ?

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: When I ssh into a server in my basement, this takes way more time than usual. I don't have a clue what might have changed ... aside from usual updating. I rebuilt and restarted openssh down there without a change. This is a bit annoying when logging in and using

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Dale
Rich Freeman wrote: On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Rich Freeman wrote: I don't have anything on the cloud to backup too. That would likely be a good idea but I can't afford anything pricey, which is why I hadn't bought a backup drive before now either.

Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

2014-06-25 Thread Mick
On Thursday 26 Jun 2014 03:15:54 Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: I have to say, I dread setting up a mail server about as bad as I dread going to the Doctor. It's just something I really don't want to add to my system unless I have to. Which is why I suggesting something like ssmtp,