[arch-general] Single Drive Fresh Install (mbr/grub2) Fails to boot (can boot existing from .iso??)

2016-10-28 Thread David C. Rankin
what the issue may be? I'm happy to send whatever additional information may be required. I'm ssh'ed into the box right now, I just need to get the boot and plasma ironed out. Any ideas? Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] KVM - *ERROR* failed to allocate VRAM BO?

2016-10-21 Thread David C. Rankin
On 10/21/2016 04:20 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > Arch devs, > > I'm receiving an error with KVM (arch guest). The guest installed fine from > the 20161001 install media, but between every command, I receive the following > error: > > [TTM] Byffer eviction failed > qxl 0

[arch-general] KVM - *ERROR* failed to allocate VRAM BO?

2016-10-21 Thread David C. Rankin
16384 1 virtio_net kvm_amd69632 0 kvm 516096 1 kvm_amd irqbypass 16384 1 kvm -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] archwiki posfix/razor register razor fails

2016-10-18 Thread David C. Rankin
On 10/18/2016 12:42 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > $ razor-admin -home=/etc/mail/spamassassin/razor -register > Can't locate Razor2/Client/Agent.pm: lib/Razor2/Client/Agent.pm: Permission > denied at /usr/bin/vendor_perl/razor-admin line 15. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted

Re: [arch-general] fluxbox/xscreensaver xterm unresponsive upon screensaver cancel?

2016-10-17 Thread David C. Rankin
unning that it becomes unresponsive. ACPI issue? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] archwiki posfix/razor register razor fails

2016-10-17 Thread David C. Rankin
::Agent; Is this a perl issue?, spamassassin issue? or razor issue? The razor directory is created with the proper permissions, e.g. # ll /etc/mail/spamassassin/ total 40 drwxr-xr-x 2 spamd spamd 4096 Oct 18 00:28 razor What say the experts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Cups upgrade leaves broken link in multi-user.target.wants: cups.path -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.path

2016-10-10 Thread David C. Rankin
t; link and all will be fine. Whoa, that way a while back -- removed. Thank you! (never practice law and do your own IT -- it's the little notes you miss) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] fluxbox/xscreensaver xterm unresponsive upon screensaver cancel?

2016-10-10 Thread David C. Rankin
(or whatever it is doing). I don't know whether to chase this as an xterm issue, an xscreensaver issue or a DPMS issue. Has anyone encountered this before? If so, any solutions, or did you narrow it down to one of (xterm, xscreensaver, DPMS)? Thanks for any suggestions. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-10-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 10/10/2016 06:39 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > Thanks Mauro, > > I'm picking though the iso right now. I'll let you know what turns up. The > install works fine other than looking for disk/by-label/ARCH_201603. Oh my God, what moron forgot and left the 201603 install CD in

Re: [arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-10-10 Thread David C. Rankin
report. Thanks Mauro, I'm picking though the iso right now. I'll let you know what turns up. The install works fine other than looking for disk/by-label/ARCH_201603. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-10-10 Thread David C. Rankin
ually mount /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201610 to /run/archiso/bootmnt but I don't know how to make the install continue from that point?? This was with the USB installer. Funny, the arch iso from both 20160903 and 20161001 both fail looking for the 'ARCH_201603' (this was a fresh USB drive too, no p

Re: [arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-10-10 Thread David C. Rankin
as intending to link /archiso/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 /srv/tftp/pxelinux.0, but am unsure if that will serve the install iso as intended) We'll see how that goes. Failing that, I'll write the iso to USB and try that way and report back. Thanks Mauro. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Cups upgrade leaves broken link in multi-user.target.wants: cups.path -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.path

2016-10-08 Thread David C. Rankin
ath <--- new link --- postfix.service remote-fs.target smbd.service spamassassin.service sshd.service vsftpd.service Do I just need to unlink the old broken link? Is this worth any other report? Forum? Let me know -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-10-02 Thread David C. Rankin
nd it be restored (even in the verbatim state it was in when it was deleted would be fine). The Beginner's Guide provided a valuable resource to arch users. I wonder how Allan would view the matter. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] PXE - what goes in /srv/tftp if iso mounted loop on /mnt/archiso?

2016-10-01 Thread David C. Rankin
rom each other. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Samba Upgrade 4.4.5 -> 4.5 Broke mount.cifs share mounting

2016-09-30 Thread David C. Rankin
e wiki. - -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlfvJeUACgkQZMpuZ8CyrciG5gCgoncggtZgxDUSuGNXsyv42VwV mqsAn3Gxnb1UQM2eq2dpj3G9ZCq23a0j =Ls6e -END PGP SIGNATURE-

[arch-general] Samba Upgrade 4.4.5 -> 4.5 Broke mount.cifs share mounting

2016-09-25 Thread David C. Rankin
. I've check the arch and samba wikis, no help. I've also posted to the samba list, still awaiting a reply. So if anyone has any additional information, I would greately appreciate any you can provide. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-09-20 Thread David C. Rankin
le mystery left in computing :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Supermicro cd/dvd inst error: ARCH_201603 device did not show up after 30 seconds

2016-09-20 Thread David C. Rankin
try to get past this error? Is there some kernel parameter I coud try to pass at boot that might help? Has anyone else seen this or found another solution? Thanks for any advise you can give.. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-20 Thread David C. Rankin
l for arch. Even for those versed in Linux, and with Arch, for the guys like me that do an install on a biennial basis, that guide was a savior. Did no one want to maintain it? Why was the full beginner's guide deleted? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

2016-09-19 Thread David C. Rankin
Archdevs, I went to review the Beginner's Guide and it was no longer listed on the main page. I then specifically searched for it, found it in the topics, and then was redirected to the bare-bones "Install" page. What happened to the Beginner's Guide? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Arch svntogit/package.git what is Diffstat bargraph displaying? Lines?

2016-09-11 Thread David C. Rankin
On 09/11/2016 04:19 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > All, > snip > > > What is 'this information' on the graph showing? Lines added/deleted? Votes > for change? > Jayesh Badwaik archlinux at jayeshbadwaik.in Sun Sep 11 21:24:52 UTC 2016 Total number of line changes. Red is de

[arch-general] Arch svntogit/package.git what is Diffstat bargraph displaying? Lines?

2016-09-11 Thread David C. Rankin
^ ^ | | +---+ this information What is 'this information' on the graph showing? Lines added/deleted? Votes for change? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] mandb errors bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request??

2016-07-13 Thread David C. Rankin
jp/man1/cd-paranoia.1.gz: whatis parse for cd-paranoia(1) failed mandb: warning: can't update index cache /var/cache/man/jp/index.db: No such file or directory Any idea what is causing the corruption? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Announcing pacpak

2016-07-13 Thread David C. Rankin
containers, > each getting their own XMir server. Good for non-trustworthy or exposed apps. Please preserve pacman and the traditional Arch KISS philosophy for those that administer/want a traditional arch system with updates to the current package without retaining all the baggage required for containerization. This just seems like a recipe for scrambled systems. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] kudos to Arch for packing keepassx 0.4.4-2

2016-06-20 Thread David C. Rankin
a decade. Try both, both are solid solutions. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] SLiM DM

2016-06-12 Thread David C. Rankin
pered migration from the repositories is a good idea to prevent whip-sawing all arch users who following the recommendation in configuring their desktop from finding out their config is broken on the first reboot after update following removal. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] PKGBUILD - Howto build openmpi w/o valgrind or valgrind w/o openmpi - what's the trick?

2016-06-11 Thread David C. Rankin
mpi. (then you rebuild valgrind if you need openmpi support if needed) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] PKGBUILD - Howto build openmpi w/o valgrind or valgrind w/o openmpi - what's the trick?

2016-06-11 Thread David C. Rankin
On 06/11/2016 08:56 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > $ cat /var/abs/extra/valgrind/PKGBUILD > pkgname=valgrind > ... > makedepends=(gdb openmpi) > Looks like openmpi should only be an optdepends of valgrind, not a makedepends... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] PKGBUILD - Howto build openmpi w/o valgrind or valgrind w/o openmpi - what's the trick?

2016-06-11 Thread David C. Rankin
... makedepends=(gdb openmpi) $ cat /var/abs/extra/openmpi/PKGBUILD pkgname=openmpi ... makedepends=(inetutils valgrind gcc-fortran) Is there some type of trick? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] mdmonitor.service /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh: No such file or directory

2016-06-08 Thread David C. Rankin
leave it up to the masterminds here. If this is an issue that needs a bug filed, let me know, I'm happy to file it. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] mdmonitor.service /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh: No such file or directory

2016-06-08 Thread David C. Rankin
On 06/05/2016 07:43 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 06/05/2016 06:12 PM, David N Murray via arch-general wrote: >> I don't think it's any problem at all. I've always had this message and >> mdadm >> starts and runs fine. I think this has been discussed on the l

Re: [arch-general] mdmonitor.service /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh: No such file or directory

2016-06-05 Thread David C. Rankin
ll, I'll post to the mdraid list and see what the devs have to say. Thanks again -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] mdmonitor.service /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh: No such file or directory

2016-06-05 Thread David C. Rankin
--monitor $MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS There is no /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh in the current mdadm package. Is this a bug (which I'm happy to file), or me being stupid? (go easy if the latter) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Where to put info about Install Problem w/Partitioning due to Prior VMFS_volume & Hardware RAID?

2016-06-04 Thread David C. Rankin
the RAID wiki either (even though that seemed like the appropriate spot) and didn't fit on the Partitioning wiki either (that page had nothing related to disk reuse) It seems like this is worth noting for anyone else attempting to reuse disks from a prior VMWare or hardware raid config. What say

Re: [arch-general] Adding new disks > 2T to system that boots with grub, can GPT be used for new disks?

2016-03-21 Thread David C. Rankin
though. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] What is the current wiki-poliicy for re-writing contributions?

2016-03-21 Thread David C. Rankin
. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Why does newly created raid1 array not have /dev/disk/by-uuid entry?

2016-03-21 Thread David C. Rankin
On 03/21/2016 02:50 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > All, > > I created GPT partitions on a pair of new 3T drives configured in raid1 as > md4 > on my system, e.g.: Sorry for the noise -- it needed a filesystem before a UUID was generated for /dev/disk/by-uuid -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Why does newly created raid1 array not have /dev/disk/by-uuid entry?

2016-03-21 Thread David C. Rankin
:41 8920ca3f-f253-4011-9c9e-a6be513527e0 -> ../../md3 Huh? No UUID for /dev/md4? Does it just not show up until the next boot? What gives? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Adding new disks > 2T to system that boots with grub, can GPT be used for new disks?

2016-03-21 Thread David C. Rankin
hat I suspected, but I couldn't confirm. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Adding new disks > 2T to system that boots with grub, can GPT be used for new disks?

2016-03-20 Thread David C. Rankin
(leaving 100M unpartitioned at the end). Can I use GPT on the new disks, or am I stuck with MBR? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Xinitrc wiki still references copying /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ?

2016-03-19 Thread David C. Rankin
to ~/.xinitrc references a file that no longer exists in the current Xorg install. e.g.: cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc What is the current way to set up your ~/.xinitrc (or is that even needed anymore?) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-19 Thread David C. Rankin
tion? Have arch boot to the graphical target loading a display manager? ... or is there some way I can simply startx as needed so I don't leave the dm running all the time on the vm? Thanks for any help you can provide. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Xinitrc wiki still references copying /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ?

2016-03-19 Thread David C. Rankin
(and thanks to Jonathan and Jens as well, I found the xorg- prefix via pacman -Ss xinit :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] startx on arch vm running on ESXI (when accessed via ssh - do I need a DM?)

2016-03-18 Thread David C. Rankin
.php/TigerVNC This looks like what I needed. I'll let you know how it pans out. If there are any EXSI specific quirks, I'll note them in the wiki. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Installing php 7 and php56 at the same time?

2016-03-15 Thread David C. Rankin
running this for several weeks without issues :) >> > Oh, forgot to mention.. the 56 aur packages install mod-php as libphp56.so - > just "LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp56.so" in your Apache conf (if > that's > what you're using) and all works well. You are the man Dan

[arch-general] Installing php 7 and php56 at the same time?

2016-03-15 Thread David C. Rankin
? If removed, then I set IgnorePkg in packman.conf -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Arch PXE setup with existing dhcp server/apache/vsftpd

2016-03-02 Thread David C. Rankin
ojects, they describe how > you build your setup (and a bit more): https://github.com/virtapi Thank you Tim. That's exactly what I needed to know. I'll work through this in my free time over the next week and I may hunt you down on #archlinux.de if I run into a stumbling block. - -- D

[arch-general] Arch PXE setup with existing dhcp server/apache/vsftpd

2016-03-02 Thread David C. Rankin
. I'll add whatever working solution is arrived at to the wiki. Thanks -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] SOLVED Re: Boot SuperMicro H8QM8-2 w/4 Opteron 8360 - hangs on boot of install media

2016-02-29 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/29/2016 07:59 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > I'll keep playing with it. I've been through the BIOS (there are about 50 > settings for RAM/ECC alone, most have 'Auto' setting). I'll double-check there > as well. The box was apparently working fine before it came to me (I don't >

Re: [arch-general] Boot SuperMicro H8QM8-2 w/4 Opteron 8360 - hangs on boot of install media

2016-02-29 Thread David C. Rankin
ore it came to me (I don't know how long ago the 'working fine' was through) I'll keep fiddling with this. It is truly one impressive piece of hardware that comes in a 100 lb. box and sounds like a 747 at takeoff (I think it has equivalent thrust too given all the fans (17 at last count, 9 of which are the 80mm 6000 rpm jobs)). Thank you again for your help. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Boot SuperMicro H8QM8-2 w/4 Opteron 8360 - hangs on boot of install media

2016-02-29 Thread David C. Rankin
:) What say the experts? Do I need to pass a kernel flag, or something similar for the 4 Opteron boot, or does it just smell like multiple failed sticks in each set? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] mksh-52.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)?

2016-02-21 Thread David C. Rankin
mksh to 'IgnorePkg =' in pacman.conf updated (keyring updated), removed the 'IgnorePkg', then mksh installed just fine. $ pacman-key --refresh-keys (would have been a lot easier :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] mksh-52.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)?

2016-02-21 Thread David C. Rankin
n error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. Is this a know issue? How to work around (correctly)? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Error message with full disk encryption

2016-02-14 Thread David C. Rankin
od for you. There is something going on, and ignoring the shutdown message will just lead to further problems down the road. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Removal of php-pear, what provides functionality

2016-01-07 Thread David C. Rankin
However, now that the source of the conflict is known, I would a lot rather have a php-pear package and manage any conflicts that arise, as opposed to not having the package and having to use the generic pear install or build a package. Either way, the package will still be needed. -- David C

[arch-general] Removal of php-pear, what provides functionality

2016-01-07 Thread David C. Rankin
migration guide doesn't address anything related to pear itself. Is pear functionality provided by default in php 7? I just want to make sure the next update doesn't take down by office groupware app. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Firefox without signature checking

2016-01-07 Thread David C. Rankin
in /opt. 1. https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/38.5.2esr/ -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Note: /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/... conflicts on pear upgrade.

2015-12-21 Thread David C. Rankin
On 12/21/2015 03:40 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 20:57:37 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) php-pear: /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/001-getopt.phpt exists in filesystem And what packages does cause the conflict

Re: [arch-general] Note: /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/... conflicts on pear upgrade.

2015-12-21 Thread David C. Rankin
the initial install of php-pear on 8/26, so it looks like the files were first flagged as conflicting file on the 5.6.14-1 -> 5.6.16-3 upgrade yesterday. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Note: /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/... conflicts on pear upgrade.

2015-12-20 Thread David C. Rankin
. Just thought I would pass it along. Let me know if you think it needs a report and I'll file if so. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] archwiki - PHP page, no longer a recommended config for php and apache?

2015-11-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On 11/22/2015 10:39 PM, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 21:53:46 -0600 "David C. Rankin" <drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apache_HTTP_Server#PHP God -- I hate it when that happens - sorry for the noise :) --

[arch-general] archwiki - PHP page, no longer a recommended config for php and apache?

2015-11-22 Thread David C. Rankin
either had relevant information unintentionally deleted, or the entire way apache/php has been used in the past is undergoing a radical change. What say those that know? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] man page selection helper for arch

2015-09-24 Thread David C. Rankin
t; else printf "error: invalid man page specification: '%s'\n" "man $1 $2" fi fi } I just include it as a function in .bashrc and then provide an alias: alias man='manselect' You can adjust the order the man pages are presented in by adjusting the SEC

[arch-general] Strange mdadm fail to activate root raid1 array - resulting in loss of libraries and pacman data?

2015-09-01 Thread David C. Rankin
ed boot? I did --fail, --remove --add, and ended up with a mess. Is there some other suggested way to handle this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] SOLVED Re: GA-990FX - on boot I get IO_PAGE_FAULT AMD-Vi: Event logged??

2015-08-28 Thread David C. Rankin
of these boards. The solution: In the bios set: IOMMU- Enabled In /etc/default/grub, set - GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=iommu=soft David, If you don't want to read the post, or can't be botherd to help - use the [Del] key. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] GA-990FX - on boot I get IO_PAGE_FAULT AMD-Vi: Event logged??

2015-08-28 Thread David C. Rankin
registered, assigned bus number 7 [ 20.285759] ohci-pci :00:16.0: irq 18, io mem 0xfe505000 snip boot continues normally I'll keep digging, but this is got me stumped. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] PHP - libphp5.so, OR php-fpm and mod_proxy_fcgi, OR php5 with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid

2015-08-25 Thread David C. Rankin
with apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid as an alternative to libphp5.so for my PHP config on Arch? I'm trying to find out what the trade-offs are and whether it would make sense to use one way over another. Ideas? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] GA-990FX - on boot I get IO_PAGE_FAULT AMD-Vi: Event logged??

2015-08-25 Thread David C. Rankin
Anybody have any idea how to fix this? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] LTS Kernels

2015-08-24 Thread David C. Rankin
kernel and lts, then it would find both: vmlinuz-linux vmlinuz-linux-lts So what new lines are needed in the config files before just running: # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg ? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)

2015-08-24 Thread David C. Rankin
try disabling in the kernel to kill the Page_Faults on boot. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Process 13696 (systemctl) of user 0 dumped core ??

2015-08-24 Thread David C. Rankin
Phenom-9850 Black in the box, so linux-firmware should catch it. Thanks for your reply. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Process 13696 (systemctl) of user 0 dumped core ??

2015-08-24 Thread David C. Rankin
and the new disk controller? (that looks more doubtful after looking over all the information) Anybody have experience with this type thing? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] mdmonitor.service - fails to start/load?

2015-08-23 Thread David C. Rankin
array monitor DefaultDependencies=no [Service] Environment= MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS=--scan EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/mdadm ExecStartPre=-/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh ExecStart=/sbin/mdadm --monitor $MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS Is this a bug? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] mdmonitor.service - fails to start/load?

2015-08-23 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/23/2015 06:41 AM, Simon Perry wrote: On 2015-08-23 21:03, David C. Rankin wrote: All, I'm not sure if this is a config issue or bug. I have 2 servers with mdadm/mdraid arrays. In both a check of 'systemctl --type=service' shows mdmonitor has failed. It fails to start each time: I

Re: [arch-general] SOLVED Re: Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)

2015-08-21 Thread David C. Rankin
concerning IOMMU in the entire manual was: quote (page 49) IOMMU Controller Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Disabled) /quote A lot of good that does to guide someone in its use. :p -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)

2015-08-20 Thread David C. Rankin
UP; if config still shows correct IP address, but any attempt to ping results in: network not found...) I'll read the thread and let you know if I found a solution. Any other thoughts, just let me know. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] SOLVED Re: Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)

2015-08-20 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/20/2015 09:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: By this time I was convinced that my cable had gone bad, so I moved the old broken server back into place, booted the install media, and the onboard NIC came right up (forcedeath driver), obtained a dhcp address and resolution worked with 0

Re: [arch-general] Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)

2015-08-20 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/20/2015 06:42 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: On 08/20/2015 05:56 PM, Anatol Pomozov wrote: Check this threadhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=200514 is it what you see? What happens if you downgrade to dhcpcd-6.9.0 ? I will check, but there is something not right going on. I did

[arch-general] Realtek 8111/8168/8411 Blues - cannot get dhcpcd address (link UP)

2015-08-20 Thread David C. Rankin
server, the requests are never seen. It's like the card isn't sending, but the link light is fine and the activity light on the NIC is flashes when it sees traffic? What else can I try? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] What is the archlinux-bootstrap-2015.08.01?

2015-08-13 Thread David C. Rankin
reference to the pxe boot which can't be that big? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] motherboard change - strategies for saving current install?

2015-08-13 Thread David C. Rankin
On 08/12/2015 09:53 PM, Christian Demsar wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2015, at 10:08 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: can I boot the install media, assemble raid arrays, chroot old and update, or do I just dump the root partition and reinstall completely? You'll need to reinstall, I think. According

Re: [arch-general] motherboard change - strategies for saving current install?

2015-08-13 Thread David C. Rankin
into the future eventually... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] RAID-0 kernel bug

2015-05-23 Thread David C. Rankin
corruption? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] /etc/bash.bashrc not sourcing/setting HISTXXX environment

2015-04-10 Thread David C. Rankin
On 04/07/2015 01:10 PM, Karol Blazewicz wrote: On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:20 PM, LoneVVolf lonew...@xs4all.nl wrote: On 07-04-15 03:41, David C. Rankin wrote: I generally create a system-wide /etc/bash.bashrc.local file to contain history defaults. E.g.: Verfiy your /etc/profile

[arch-general] /etc/bash.bashrc not sourcing/setting HISTXXX environment

2015-04-06 Thread David C. Rankin
offhand that would prevent it, but it certainly isn't being set. Any ideas on why? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Conflict python-html2text/html2text (both /usr/bin/html2text)?

2015-03-10 Thread David C. Rankin
. Unfortunately, those major distros don't agree on the name (python-html2text vs. html2markdown.py2) which leaves the well what do we call it? still in the air. snip Done: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44140 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Conflict python-html2text/html2text (both /usr/bin/html2text)?

2015-03-10 Thread David C. Rankin
from the traditional 'html2text' found in many distributions for years. I don't know if there is any interest among the devs to rectify this. If there is I'm happy to file a feature request, etc. Let me know. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Bad md5sum or bad download for archlinux-2015.02.01-dual.iso

2015-02-20 Thread David C. Rankin
all report No Errors Logged, so I'm a bit stumped? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Bad md5sum or bad download for archlinux-2015.02.01-dual.iso

2015-02-19 Thread David C. Rankin
md5sum? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] Bad md5sum or bad download for archlinux-2015.02.01-dual.iso

2015-02-19 Thread David C. Rankin
On 02/19/2015 03:00 PM, Jesse B. Rodriguez wrote: On Feb 19, 2015 1:51 PM, David C. Rankin drankina...@suddenlinkmail.com wrote: All, http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/iso/2015.02.01/md5sums.txt reports: 3d6a54886230649a049a9d431e03bbba archlinux-2015.02.01-dual.iso Actual

[arch-general] New CVE - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7169

2014-09-25 Thread David C. Rankin
It's like a game of Whack-a-Mole lately... Further reading: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146319 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] netctl/systemd - permission error in dmesg - need fixing?

2014-05-02 Thread David C. Rankin
or netctl to create the file in /etc/systemd/system with 0600, thereby causing the dmesg entry? Does this need to be fixed? (if so, I'll file - but is this a bug?) I found a similar, but unrelated thread here: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9t=6953 -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] netctl/systemd - permission error in dmesg - need fixing?

2014-05-02 Thread David C. Rankin
it to you guys that are way smarter on this to decide if this needs any further action. I will try manually changing the permissions on the /etc/systemd/system file to avoid the warning, but that just seems like one of those things that shouldn't need to be done by the user. - -- David C. Rankin, J.D

[arch-general] mc - why not alias mc-wrapper.sh as default

2014-05-01 Thread David C. Rankin
option saving the present dir to a tmp file, then changing to it on exit. Any reason not to make this the default? Just a convenience suggestion with a simple fix -- for consideration. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

[arch-general] Does openssl 1.0.1.g-1 close the heartbleed exploit?

2014-04-25 Thread David C. Rankin
after the fix: [ heartbeat returned type=24 length=16408 [ decrypting SSL packet [ final record type=24, length=16384 [ wrote 16384 bytes of heap to file 'outph' Is this the expected fixed behavior, or does this still reflect a vulnerability present? What say the experts? Thanks. -- David C

Re: [arch-general] Does openssl 1.0.1.g-1 close the heartbleed exploit?

2014-04-25 Thread David C. Rankin
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[arch-general] Apache 2.4 - Pierre was right, a post on the front page is needed

2014-04-02 Thread David C. Rankin
rid of mod_php, mod_fastcgi + php-fpm isn't a drop in replacement in all cases. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Trimming down our default kernel configuration

2014-04-02 Thread David C. Rankin
you have shaved twice-more. I'll see if I can make a graph or two from the postmark-test.ods file. (my arts crafts skills are a bit rusty, so no promises) - -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Trimming down our default kernel configuration

2014-04-02 Thread David C. Rankin
config has a cost (in maintenance, security or performance) that outweighs the benefit the feature provides. Those are the parts of the config that should be trimmed and moved to user-maintenance. - -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment

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