Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-05 Thread EViLSLT - Rob
nice one! :) - Original Message - From: "Martin Spott" To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, June 4, 2012 8:32:34 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline Martin Spott wrote: > Yes, Power and network are available again, but the ma

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-04 Thread Martin Spott
Martin Spott wrote: > Yes, Power and network are available again, but the machine doesn't > boot and so far I'm unable to tell why. I'll announce when it's back. Back, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Michael Sgier
new ubuntu installations etc. offer a rescue boot option but maybe, for such a remote server, XFS would be the best filesystem? I've never heard of a fsck needed with xfs. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Michael Sgier
to be able to do a fsck is absolutely basic...how would you run a server without that? --- On Fri, 6/1/12, EViLSLT - Rob wrote: > From: EViLSLT - Rob > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline > To: "FlightGear developers discussions" > > Date

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread EViLSLT - Rob
Or to use those funds to ship the machine(s) to a data center that is within walking distance of the sysadmin. :) - Original Message - From: "Curtis Olson" To: "FlightGear developers discussions" Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 3:32:58 PM Subject: Re: [Flightge

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Curtis Olson
A while back I helped setup a 2000 node server farm and it was pretty cool. Each node had a small embedded linux processor on top of the console access that provided a virtual console over the net -- so you could power cycle, reset, mount virtual DVD images -- all remotely. The only tricky part w

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Martin Spott
EViLSLT - Rob wrote: > Do you have any pictures or dumps of the errors you get upon booting? I think you've understood the problem: I'm waiting for a helping hand to enable console access for me. I'm quite confident that I'll be able to fix the issue within minutes or seconds after gaining funct

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread EViLSLT - Rob
Do you have any pictures or dumps of the errors you get upon booting? - Original Message - From: "Martin Spott" To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 1:35:28 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline Michael Sgier wrote:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Martin Spott
Michael Sgier wrote: > It it's running Linux, do from a live dvd a fsck. Cool idea, I've have never thought about that Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just selective about who its friends are ! -- -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Michael Sgier
It it's running Linux, do from a live dvd a fsck. --- On Fri, 6/1/12, Martin Spott wrote: > From: Martin Spott > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline > To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Friday, June 1, 2012, 11:25 AM >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Pascal J. Bourguignon
Michael Sgier writes: > Still down: > The server at scenemodels.flightgear.org is taking too long to respond. > The server at mapserver.flightgear.org is taking too long to respond. > etc. > Sigh...only in USA. The last swiss power outage must have been ~10 > years ago and only lasting a couple

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Martin Spott
Michael Sgier wrote: > Still down: Yes, Power and network are available again, but the machine doesn't boot and so far I'm unable to tell why. I'll announce when it's back. If it takes too long, I'll switch over to a slower but functional backup site, Martin. -- Unix _IS_ user friendl

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-06-01 Thread Michael Sgier
, Martin Spott wrote: > From: Martin Spott > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline > To: flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 6:35 PM > Just as an informal notice, some of > the machines in San Diego > apparently didn&#

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear mapserver offline

2012-05-29 Thread Martin Spott
Just as an informal notice, some of the machines in San Diego apparently didn't recover from another power outage: http://www.ucsd.edu/emergency/ The FlightGear MapServer, Scenemodels and the GIT mirror are affected. The PostgreSQL database backend behind the two web sites is functional again -