IRC log for #gllug on 20070714

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02:51.06LeedsHKsanelson: you could probably have done it direct, you know... but I'll pass it on
07:01.44morsingLeedsHK!
07:42.03LeedsHKafternoon morsing
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08:24.37rhowesomeone's trying to eat my breakfast
08:36.14LeedsHKis it you?
08:38.44rhoweNot only me
08:38.55rhoweSomeone more cheeky
08:42.07LeedsHKsomeone who is, frankly, cuter than you?
08:43.02rhowePerhaps
08:43.16rhoweSomeone who has a knack for sitting on doors and picture frames
08:43.24rhowe(something I'm not sure I'll ever master)
08:44.30rhoweOh well, time to take a trip to the office to kick the mail server
08:44.51morsingrhowe!
08:45.21morsingrhowe: The catÅ›'s eating your fry-up?
08:49.03LeedsHKnot a cat
09:26.05morsingNo?
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09:27.55morsinghali!
09:31.20halimorning
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10:21.46andrew__hi morsing
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11:41.17LeedsHKoh my god it's so humid out there
11:44.19clive-hIt's humid in the UK too, at least the South East
11:51.07LeedsHKit's also 10 degrees hotter here than London
11:51.40LeedsHKwhich, given that I'm just within the tropics, technically, is rather to be expected
11:53.22clive-hheh
11:53.35niv_one_threehelp, how come I get bash: /etc/init.d/natrouting: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory ?
11:53.59niv_one_threemy /etc/init.d/natrouting is just a file starting with #!/bin/bash
11:54.13niv_one_threethis file exist, and it is a bash script
11:54.23LeedsHKniv_one_three: it's a DOS format file rather than a unix format one
11:54.43niv_one_threebut but I use vi to edit it
11:55.00LeedsHKyou originally wrote it on windows
11:55.12LeedsHKin vim, do ":set ff=unix" to fix it
11:55.19niv_one_threeand the easy way to convert it is?
11:55.27niv_one_threethnaks
11:56.00clive-hdos2unix filename
11:56.33niv_one_threesay, judgin from this remark as well as previus ones, could I apply for a sys admin job
11:56.36niv_one_three?
11:56.49clive-hI'd say not yet
11:56.49niv_one_threeI am asking this for real, as I want to change a job
11:57.01LeedsHKapply? sure... get it? maybe... do it? not without help
11:57.13clive-hI don't think you have the experience as yet to be a sysadmin
11:57.35niv_one_threeyet that is the best way to advance in the unix world - right?
11:57.48niv_one_threethanks clive-h :-)
11:58.01niv_one_threeso, what should I do to advance?
11:58.17clive-hLearn more
11:58.23niv_one_threeI allready setup my own nome router and vpn
11:58.36clive-hSo?
11:58.40niv_one_threeand specific advice?
11:59.08niv_one_threefor example I am learing the gentoo portage package manager
11:59.12clive-hSo suppose you were adminning a web server farm?
11:59.19niv_one_threeand hope to become platform tester
11:59.35clive-hAnd your manager came in and said the websites down?
11:59.35niv_one_threeok clive-h , go on..
11:59.42clive-hWhat would you do?
11:59.53clive-hThat's the sort of problems sysadmins face?
11:59.53niv_one_threeI would look in the /var/log/apache...
12:00.13clive-hAnd you see everything looks normal
12:00.22clive-hand that apache is running
12:00.25niv_one_threeI may have to work for computer seince in the uni AGAIN :-(
12:00.37niv_one_threeoh
12:00.38niv_one_threeok
12:02.14clive-hso ..
12:03.06niv_one_threeso I am thinking of how I may advance on my free time
12:03.37niv_one_threeI think conribing to gentoo will help
12:04.00niv_one_threeas well, as trying new stuff on my home lan
12:04.15niv_one_threebut  I wish there was a guide I could read
12:04.58niv_one_threeoh the other hand I now face a dbus problem, and am googleing to solve it
12:05.05niv_one_threedbus refuses to load
12:05.54LeedsHKniv_one_three: so how would you diagnose the web problems?
12:06.21niv_one_three:-) well, I would first see if the port is occoupied
12:06.32niv_one_threenetstat |grep 80
12:06.38niv_one_threeor use the apache pid
12:07.00niv_one_threeassuming the port is open , it should be a firewall issue
12:07.18niv_one_threeso I need to see if I can access port 80 locally
12:07.27niv_one_threethus firefox localhost:80
12:08.11niv_one_threeor what ever is the ip in httpd.conf
12:08.35clive-hSee you talk about dbus
12:08.36niv_one_threeI could also telnet that port...
12:08.46clive-hBut in practice servers don't run X
12:08.56LeedsHKclive-h: what does dbus have to do with X?
12:09.11niv_one_threeas for dbus, it refuses to load on my gentoo box accusing localmount is missing :-(
12:09.23niv_one_threeyet I get no error loading localmount
12:10.05clive-hhmm
12:10.10niv_one_threeclive-h: this dbus problem represents a way to see HOW I seek a solution
12:10.48clive-hAnd you could telnet the port
12:10.56clive-hand find that apache is listening
12:10.58niv_one_threeAs I said...
12:11.13niv_one_threeso if it responds - issue is out of the server
12:11.35clive-hIs it?
12:12.11clive-hSo far I think we've established apache is running
12:12.16niv_one_threewell, I would then go to connect a client to the server and telnet the web port
12:12.37niv_one_threeahd that the port is active (also socket is active)
12:12.49clive-hWhy not look the web page from your desktop?
12:13.00niv_one_threeI said that....
12:13.10clive-hNo
12:13.14niv_one_three15:07 < niv_one_three> thus firefox localhost:80
12:13.23clive-hYes you said that
12:13.26niv_one_threesorry I wasnt clear then
12:13.50niv_one_threeI ment running #firefox <IP>
12:13.55clive-hI've never used production webservers as desktops
12:14.07clive-hOkay and so you find that you can ax
12:14.09niv_one_threeI ment running #firefox <IP:PORT>
12:14.21clive-hOkay and so you find that you can access the website internally
12:14.26clive-hfrom where you work
12:14.29clive-hand it's okay
12:14.59niv_one_threeI know ask if a firewall rule is blocking access
12:15.20clive-hwell could be anything
12:15.21niv_one_threeiptables (show me table)
12:15.37clive-hLast place i worked the corporate website was down
12:15.48niv_one_threeI would want to connect a client to the server ON THE LAN
12:16.05niv_one_threeso external routing cant be blamed
12:16.09clive-hWhen I checked the problem was that the dns was broken
12:16.24niv_one_threeOK
12:16.27niv_one_threeI see
12:16.46clive-hbecause the domain had been suspended cos they didn't renew the domain
12:16.57niv_one_threeI was suggesting to eliminate internal probelms first
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12:17.16niv_one_threeonly then I would seek WAN problems..
12:17.28clive-hWell yeah you need to do all of those really
12:17.31niv_one_threeand yes DNS is a WAN problem
12:17.50clive-hsometimes
12:17.56niv_one_threeright
12:17.58clive-hand sometimes a LAN one
12:18.15niv_one_threewell, these issues - I think I can handle
12:18.38niv_one_threethis expirince is from the home router and vpn to three sites
12:18.54clive-hAll the jobs I've applied recently have done phone interviews
12:19.01niv_one_threethis demends routing and troubleshooting
12:19.05clive-habout 20 odd technical questions
12:19.21niv_one_threeI see
12:20.10clive-hSo let's see : you have a  file-system /u1
12:20.25niv_one_threewhat is " /ul"
12:20.25clive-hAnd you try and unmount and it fails, says it's busy
12:20.40niv_one_threefuser <file>
12:20.42clive-hIt's a file-system , any file-system
12:21.13niv_one_threeright - "kernel , please tell me how is locking the file system?"
12:21.44clive-hsomething like that
12:22.15niv_one_threeodd, I guess I solved the dbus issue
12:22.17niv_one_three:-|
12:22.26niv_one_threemore ?
12:22.55clive-hYou try and kill the process that's busying the file-system and it doesn't die
12:23.08niv_one_threefirst interview I had (for intel :-) I forgot about shadow :-|
12:23.23niv_one_threewell at home it doesnt really matter...
12:23.41niv_one_threeI want to know the process tree
12:23.45clive-hI remember when RedHat shipped without /etc/shadow
12:23.52niv_one_threewhich child holds the filesystem
12:23.57clive-hup till 5.0
12:24.26clive-hThe process is own by user 1
12:24.31clive-howned
12:24.57niv_one_threeI was reffering to tree but the uid is helpfull
12:25.15clive-hIt's marked Z in ps
12:25.15niv_one_threeI mean - yes I m looking to kill it
12:25.24niv_one_threezombie :-|
12:25.28niv_one_threedamn it
12:25.29clive-hyou can't kill it
12:25.33niv_one_threeI see
12:25.34clive-heven as root
12:25.44niv_one_threeuid 1 and zombie
12:25.49clive-hcan you think why not?
12:25.58niv_one_threemin pls
12:26.17niv_one_threecasue I am in the shell that holds it!
12:26.26niv_one_threeopen a new shell ?
12:26.27clive-hNope
12:26.31niv_one_threedamn
12:26.43clive-hIt's blocked waiting for I/O
12:26.52clive-hso not able to handle signals
12:26.55niv_one_threeI would run mount
12:27.18niv_one_threeI see
12:27.24clive-hLast time it happened to me it was a NFS file system
12:27.34niv_one_threeI saw it with smb
12:27.42niv_one_threewhen I smb via vpn
12:27.54niv_one_threeI would give up - reboot
12:28.05niv_one_threesorry - I dont know
12:28.05clive-hsometimes that's the best solution
12:28.18clive-hreboot is probably what you'd have to do
12:28.19niv_one_threewhat is another approch?
12:28.42clive-hLook at the nfs server and restart nfs on that possibly
12:29.04niv_one_threemount would revel its a nfs mount
12:29.12clive-hyeah
12:29.21niv_one_threethen it would make sense looking to the nfs logs..
12:29.38clive-hyep
12:30.10niv_one_threethnaks
12:30.29niv_one_threewell I am monitoring this chanel
12:30.41niv_one_threebut want to get some stuff rolling
12:31.16clive-hI'm gonna have lunch shortly
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12:56.06jcookeman2good afternoon everyone
12:58.42boudiccaswhats good about it? i've got a hangover
13:00.00jcookeman2me....just moving data around
13:00.02jcookeman2yawn
13:01.41Ch0HagDoes anyone have a maildir-to-cyrus script?
13:02.01Ch0HagPreferably one which deals with attributes such as replied, read, etc.
14:32.09antiphaseHa ha ha
14:32.21antiphaseDrag and drop over IMAP
14:32.37antiphasecyrus sucks the wang
15:46.02morsingAnyone awake?
16:02.07boudiccasno
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16:53.04boudiccasits quiet today
16:53.12boudiccasmust be the warm weather
16:56.33goibhniuthe gentoo uk thing was pretty cool, don't think there were a lot of gllugers there tho
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17:25.17morsingboudiccas!
17:25.19morsinggoibhniu!
17:25.25morsinggregj!
17:25.27morsinglondo!
17:30.08gregjyes
17:30.29gregjand stucked in cambridge because of that
17:30.47gregjI managed to overdraft my overdraft
17:30.51morsinggregj: You're in England?!?!?
17:31.39morsingCh0Hag!
17:31.42morsingping wethrin
17:32.57goibhniuhey morsing ... any news from two sheds?
17:34.25gregjmorsing: yup, since May
17:36.16gregjhttp://scenic.k4lab.com/~gj/bank.png
17:36.21gregjI had no idea you can even do that in here
17:36.43gregjfunny country, banking system here is at least 10 years behind Polish and Austrian - for ones I know
17:48.52morsinggoibhniu: Oehh... Since? No, not really
17:49.13morsinggregj: And 30 years behind Denmark
17:49.22morsinggregj: Everything here is 30 years behind
17:55.50LeedsHKhmm... I missed Sandy
17:59.21gregjSandy ?
18:03.21LeedsHKa girl I met last night... she pinged me on MSN tonight while I was out
18:07.07gregjwhat other words, other than "appear" and "look" can you use, when you say that you like girls eyes, etc ?
18:08.32gregjmy vocabulary is just so poor
18:15.57goibhniutaste?
18:20.01morsinggregj: Are they in front of you?
18:21.28gregjnot now
18:21.29gregj:)
18:21.58gregjI am just doing my homework, trying to cmoe out with ways to say things. I don't have any problems in Polish, it is just hard in English somtimes :)
18:25.08goibhniuhttp://www.jamendo.com/en/album/1145/
18:27.38morsingMy camera no longer pops up when I plug it in :(
18:28.22goibhniubatteries?
18:28.34morsinggoibhniu: ?
18:29.00goibhniumine needs to be turned on before it pops up
18:29.07morsingWell, it comes up saying a camera has been detected if I want to import the photos but no matter what I do nothing happens :(
18:29.26morsingA file system used to come up on the desktop
18:29.39goibhniuhmm .. so it isn't mounting it at all?
18:29.44goibhniuwhat does dmesg say?
18:30.36morsingusb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
18:30.37morsingusb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
18:31.08morsinggoibhniu: And it does this on both my desktop and laptop
18:31.14morsingCamera is set to ptp
18:31.51morsinggoibhniu? :(
18:31.53goibhniuand is anything showing up for mount?
18:31.56morsingNo
18:32.23goibhniuand it normally works when you set it to ptp?
18:33.06morsingWell, yes
18:33.12morsingIt's always set to ptp
18:33.35morsingHow would I mount this manually?
18:33.56goibhniuI don't know what the device is going to be called
18:34.05gregjdamn, I am so useless ...
18:34.09morsingCan I find out/
18:34.10morsing?
18:34.16goibhniuyou could ls /dev before and after plugging it in and diff them
18:34.43goibhniuI think dmesg should also give some clues
18:35.16goibhniucan you plug the memory from the camera in on its own?
18:35.18morsinggoibhniu: It creates some weird USB character devices in /dev, that's it
18:35.36morsinggoibhniu: No - I can't find the USB thingy I normally use
18:36.01goibhniucan you paste in the device names here?
18:36.41morsingusbdev2.2_ep00
18:37.17goibhniu1 sec I'll try mine
18:38.51goibhniuahh yeah ... mine is called sda1
18:38.56goibhniusorry .. gotta go
18:40.08goibhniulots of scsi stuff in dmesg
18:58.35morsingOk, I installed gtkam and it uploaded it
18:58.38morsingping wet
18:58.50morsingping wethrin
18:58.59LeedsHKhttp://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/07/support_open_so.html
18:59.02LeedsHKg'night all
19:22.22morsingnn LeedsHK
19:50.05gregjhttp://www.theindychannel.com/entertainment/13645513/detail.html
19:50.16gregjthere's no place like UK
19:51.26gregjhttp://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a179/teetway/osama.jpg
19:51.29gregj:d
19:55.22morsinghttp://www.morsing.cc/photos/Shakespeare_County_Raceway_Jul2007/movies/First_run.avi
19:55.26morsinghttp://www.morsing.cc/photos/Shakespeare_County_Raceway_Jul2007/First_run_timeslip.jpg
19:55.30morsinghttp://www.morsing.cc/photos/Shakespeare_County_Raceway_Jul2007/movies/Second_run.avi
19:55.34morsinghttp://www.morsing.cc/photos/Shakespeare_County_Raceway_Jul2007/Second_run_timeslip.jpg
20:25.16morsingpng wethrin
20:54.24Ch0HagThe tagline is interesting - not 'This country is going to the dogs and nobody seems to want to stop it' but 'James Hetfield of Metallica may want to re-think the facial hair'.
20:56.06Ch0HagLike it was his fault.
20:59.21morsingBeer
21:02.15Ch0HagI don't know what to eat.
21:02.39Ch0HagThere's nothing useful except for biscuits and things in the kitchen.
21:07.27morsingBeer
21:07.54Ch0HagNot on an empty stomach.
21:08.13morsingVodka?
21:09.44Ch0HagI don't think you quite get the point of in something to 'eat'.
21:10.32morsingGuinness is like liquid food
21:52.01gw280I appear to be in birmingham
22:08.07Ch0HagHow unfortunate.
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