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06:59.44QualityGlassare backports bad, guys?
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10:25.28unixbsdhi, why xlockmore is no longer there in repositories, while xlockmore is available in slackware and slack based distro?
10:38.07hagbard_Its because most packages in devuan come from debian repositories, and debian threw it out in 2012: https://tracker.debian.org/news/663704/bug690891-removed-packages-from-unstable/
10:39.36hagbard_There it says: "buggy, unmaintained, security bugs"
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17:38.51systemdleteis there a memtest86 on the install media?  I don't see it
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17:43.17gnarfacesystemdlete: it's on the netinstall, maybe check in advanced options or something like that?
17:43.31systemdleteok, thanks
17:43.36gnarfacesystemdlete: it's a boot media option, before you start the actual installer
17:43.53gnarfaceboot menu*
17:46.17systemdleteI'm still not finding it.  I tried rescue boot and expert install
17:46.31systemdlete(netinstall image, yes)
17:46.46systemdleteI tried getting a shell, and looked for memtest*
17:47.45syco-systemdlete, as gnarface said .. it's a boot menu entry
17:48.07systemdleteyou mean in the installed system?
17:48.13syco-nope
17:48.31systemdleteI boot off the net install.  now what?
17:48.36syco-at boot of the install medium .. before you launch the install
17:48.49systemdleteI dont see an option for memtest or the like
17:50.31systemdleteI see Install, advanced, help, and install with speech synthesis
17:50.54systemdlete(this is the net install for 64 bit)
17:51.53fsmithredno memtest on that
17:52.14fsmithredlive isos have it.
17:52.22systemdleteAm I nuts?  Or will I become so soon?
17:53.18systemdleteah.
17:53.21systemdletelive iso
17:53.28systemdleteone live iso, coming up...
17:54.43systemdletefsmithred: Could I use live-minimal to save on download?
17:54.51fsmithredyeah
17:55.26systemdleteI had to look in the subdirs, yeah.  Thanks.
17:55.38systemdletethe main directories don't say how big the images are
17:56.00fsmithredI think it's around 450
17:56.11systemdleteyep
17:56.17systemdletethe other is over a 1g
17:57.01fsmithredyeah
17:57.09systemdleteI lost my vbox on ascii -- no clue though -- vbox gives a minimal and mysterious error message.
17:57.30systemdletebarely creates any logging.  The guys at vbox channel are not sure either.
17:57.51fsmithredI haven't used vbox lately
17:57.59systemdleteSo they want me to check memory.  This would kill me, considering I just upgraded a few months ago to 32GB
17:58.20systemdleteI tested the ram thoroughly; probably about a day and a half.  I always do this with new memory sticks.
17:58.31systemdletebut I suppose anything can go flakey
17:59.12fsmithredyou might need newer memtest
17:59.29systemdletememtest+
17:59.40systemdleteddr3 memory, if that helps
17:59.42fsmithredif this doesn't work, go download the memtest iso from the upstream site
17:59.51systemdleteYeah.
17:59.58systemdleteI have that over on my testbox
18:00.11systemdleteand I just downloaded it here on my testbox
18:00.42systemdleteI mean, I keep copies everywhere just in case, plus a known quantity of reliable bootable ISO for emergencies.
18:00.52fsmithredgood plan
18:01.23systemdleteOne gets burned too many times, and starts taking precautions, and more precautions.
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18:06.08systemdletefsmithred: It's memtest+ 5.01  is there a newer version than that?
18:07.24fsmithredpretty sure that whatever is in debian is a lot older than what's at the memtest site
18:08.00fsmithredascii, beowulf and ceres all have the same version
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18:23.06systemdleteheh.  The memtest iso I got from memtest.org does not want to boot.
18:24.05gnarfacethere's really no memtest on the netinstall isos?  i really thought there was, under the advanced boot menu option somewhere
18:29.44systemdleteStill no luck with official, latest memtest
18:29.53systemdleteI will revert to memtest+
18:30.23systemdletefrom the install media
18:31.10systemdleteactually, I've downloaded memtest+ from the devuan repos
18:31.13systemdleteI'll try that
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18:36.08systemdletesame thing.
18:36.15systemdleteOh well, back to devuan boot media...
18:39.31systemdletegnarface: Did you find it?
18:46.30gnarfacesystemdlete: i admit i did not look though.  i'm probably just remembering the live image
18:48.08systemdleteturns out that memtest no longer supports bios boot for some time
18:48.21systemdletethis is bios boot
18:48.33systemdleteneither of my PCs have EFI, just my laptop.
18:49.40gnarfaceoh, i guess mabye try ascii then?
18:49.48gnarfaceunexpected but possible
18:50.14gnarfacewould think it is insane if it doesn't at least still support it with a cmdline option
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19:02.17onefangOnly 32 GB of RAM to test?  I just installed a new desktop with 256 GB.  I haven't run memtest on it yet.  lol
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19:53.24mason32G of RAM is more than just about anyone realistically needs. Not sure it's something to poke fun at.
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19:54.03masonNow, making fun of people who spec a new system and don't use ECC RAM might make sense, but it should be done in #devuan-offtopic.
19:55.09masonsystemdlete: I don't remember if the Debian live images have a memtest. Checking.
19:56.17masonHrm, not the standard/Buster stick I have kicking around anyway.
19:57.32masonsystemdlete: Anyway, remember that slots can be flaky too, not just sticks of memory.
19:58.18masonsystemdlete: Which is to say, once you get a tester going, if you have time for this, might make sense to test each stick installed alone in the first slot.
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20:46.08onefangI wanted to use ECC, but couldn't find any that gave my new system 256 GB.  Linus had the exact same problem with a similar Threadripper system.
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20:47.01onefangThink I'm over the major humps with my new desktop, now to tweak it all.
20:51.02systemdleteonefang, if you start memtest now, it will be finished by the time you retire.
20:51.48fsmithredthinks there might be a time paradox involved
20:52.33systemdletemason:  If I find a fault, yes, then I 'd need to figure out which stick/slot is the culprit.  But if it all passes, say, 3 full times through, I am not sure further inquiry would be necessary.  Or do you disagree?
20:53.53systemdleteAnd, mason, I am not firmly set against the possibility of the mainboard being suspect.  In the past, it has done a few things (minor) that might point to a problem with hardware.
20:54.28systemdletee.g., the usb 3.0 ports have been flakey, although I wonder if that might be the OS drivers at least in part.
20:54.51onefangI'm semi-retired now.  lol
20:55.45systemdleteI also wonder if the SATA ports might have some corner case issue. Every once in a while, a disk seems to go "bad," but after running badblocks and other tools on it, the disk turns out to run fine.
20:56.13systemdleteonefang:  I just assumed you were younger, given you only have one fang.  :P
20:56.42systemdleteI figured it was a baby fang.
20:56.47systemdletebut what do I know?
20:58.21fsmithredyou haven't seen his avatar
20:59.09systemdletelink?
20:59.25onefangWell one tooth is really small, coz it's a baby tooth, so it only looks like I have one fang.  However, that baby tooth is over 50 years old.
20:59.32fsmithreduh, Rip van Winkel
20:59.39systemdlete(and watch both ways, here.  Mother hen will be coming by soon if we keep this up...)
20:59.49onefangI'm more like Santa Claws.
21:00.01fsmithredyeah
21:00.07systemdlete(no humor in the support channel!)
21:00.15systemdlete(quit it!  quit it now!)
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22:49.19masonsystemdlete: We had what looked like a bad slot in my younger stepson's computer, but now I suspect that it's a marginal slot, and running the system a bit while reseating his memory wiggled something into place. Dunno. We're going to have to replace his motherboard/CPU/RAM I think.
22:49.39masonMight be a good opportunity to move him onto Devuan, since he's on Ubuntu at present.
23:01.13systemdleteYOu should probably sit down with him, calmly, and discuss what losing systemd means to him.   You know, you talk, then let him talk a bit, let him express his feelings about losing systemd.  It will be hard at first, but eventually he will come around.  Just be patient, OK?
23:02.13systemdleteThis will help avoid him being traumatized and never feeling his OS is "normal" again.
23:02.45mason:P
23:03.03systemdlete(having some fun here)
23:03.13systemdlete(in the support channel, no less)
23:04.05systemdleteSo, mason, do you think I should let the memtest run some more?  It's completed one pass, no errors.
23:04.10masonThere's good reason to stick to #devuan-offtopic for off-topic things, especially if the channel's busy. Obviously there's a range of tolerance for this.
23:04.38systemdlete(That depends whose nick we are talking about)
23:04.41masonsystemdlete: If your initial issue is a crash, but it only happened once, yeah, I wouldn't want to blame memory too much. Does dmidecode no memory errors?
23:04.53masons/no memory/show memory/
23:04.58mason(Is this ECC?)
23:05.11systemdletehmmm.
23:07.55golinuxis watching.
23:08.00systemdletehttps://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/XMS3-%E2%80%94-16GB-%282x8GB%29-DDR3-1333MHz-C9-Memory-Kit/p/CMX16GX3M2A1333C9#tab-overview
23:08.09systemdleteNo mention of ECC.
23:08.12masongnarface: o/
23:09.42systemdletegolinux:  Hello officer!  How are you this sunny day?
23:09.46systemdlete:D
23:09.56masonsystemdlete: There's no need for that.
23:10.11systemdletej/k
23:10.16systemdleteanyway, it's not ECC
23:10.38systemdleteCould I use ECC in the same slots though?  Or does the board have to support it?
23:10.51masonsystemdlete: The board would have to support it. What's the model?
23:11.15systemdleteASUS M5A7L-M/USB3
23:11.26systemdletemanual right here
23:11.41systemdleteM5A78L-M/USB3
23:11.51masonWas going to ask if that's what you meant.
23:12.27masonsystemdlete: Yes, that does support ECC RAM: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A78LMUSB3/specifications/
23:13.45systemdleteBut I don't think the memory is ECC
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23:13.59masonAlmost certainly not unless you went for ECC explicitly.
23:14.03systemdleteIf it is, corsair doesn't say so on its support page
23:15.04systemdleteIn the past, I've been told NOT to get ECC memory.  Not sure why, but there was some reason for that at one time.  But I may be carrying some old baggage about that from decades ago.
23:15.29systemdleteAnyway, I always avoided it because of that ancient admonition.
23:15.57masonIt's more expensive, and it can be slower since it's doing more.
23:16.42systemdletemaybe uses slightly more power?  Years ago, that could have made a significant difference, idk
23:16.59masonThat might be too. It's more chips for the same storage.
23:17.10systemdleteright.
23:18.09systemdleteIf I wind up upgrading the board to a mb that takes up to 64gb, I might go ahead and splurge on ECC.  If I am buying that much memory, I doubt the additional $50 or so will matter much.
23:18.19systemdleteBut I am hoping to get a few more years out of the current board.
23:19.39systemdleteI only bought the new board as a backup in case this one decides to blow a capacitor or the like.
23:20.57masonThe QVL for that doesn't call out ECC. Dunno. But the age of the board would make me want to think about replacing it rather than replacing all the RAM.
23:22.03systemdleteIt was brand new when I put it in about 3-4 years ago.  I know the board is "antique" in terms of the technology, but I prefer staying 1 generation behind anyway.
23:22.49systemdleteMainly to avoid the kinds of headaches I've had with the laptop, which is 2019 tech and I've faced some challenges getting stuff to work.
23:24.39masonAlright. That's reasonable then.
23:27.35systemdleteHonestly, I wouldn't mind picking up another one of these m5A78l-m/usb3 boards (or similar) if I can find it under $50 just because it has been a very solid board.
23:28.07systemdleteOr at least, it has presented far fewer issues than any of the ones I've had previously, including limited memory slots, and other limitations.
23:28.40systemdleteOTOH, finding AM3/AM3+ hardware is getting increasingly harder to find now.
23:28.58systemdleteIf I do find some it is usually expensive.
23:29.08systemdlete(read: more than I want to pay)
23:29.22masonsystemdlete: Come to #devuan-offtopic for this.
23:29.25masonI linger there.
23:29.29systemdletesure
23:29.32masonOne channel over ->
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