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Channel log from 21 May 2010   (all times are UTC)

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<sakhi_>
morning
04:54
I have created a VM (libvirt) restarted the server and the clients are not booting up. dhcp-server is running... what am I missing here?
04:55
the first user can can log-on but the rest cannot even after sshkeys and image update.
04:57
<alkisg>
Erm, if the clients are not booting up, how can the users log on?
04:58* alkisg didn't understand the problem...
04:58
<Appiah>
Can the clients PXE boot but not logon at the LDM?
04:58
<sakhi_>
alkisg: that was before.
04:58
alkisg: that was before I restarted the server.
04:59
<alkisg>
Ah, so now they boot normally but they cannot logon?
04:59
<sakhi_>
but now the clients are not booking up.
04:59
<Appiah>
Where does it stop?
05:00
<sakhi_>
at the point where is searches for the DHCP server and cannot find it.
05:00
<Appiah>
at the PXE boot?
05:00
<sakhi_>
yep
05:00
dhcp-servers is running
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<alkisg>
Does the dhcp server provide a boot filename?
05:00
<Appiah>
did you update something?
05:00
<alkisg>
(dhcpd.conf)
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<sakhi_>
yep I did
05:01
I updated sshkeys and the image hoping other users will be able to logon to the thin client server.
05:02
<alkisg>
dhcp is before the image is loaded
05:02
So updating the chroot wouldn't matter at that point
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<sakhi_>
yep, this is my current config and the way it was before: http://paste.ubuntu.com/437224/
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<alkisg>
Are you sure that lines 61-65 are correct?
05:16
<sakhi_>
it was like that when the clients worked, I'm sure, how would you have it?
05:17
<alkisg>
I'd use the default example dhcpd.conf...
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<sakhi_>
alkisg: the first IP is the VM server IP.
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<alkisg>
/usr/share/doc/ltsp-server/examples/dhcpd.conf
05:18
(on my Ubuntu at least)
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<sakhi_>
same here
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<alkisg>
E.g. now you don't send a boot filename...
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<sakhi_>
eish...
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<alkisg>
sakhi_: use the default dhcp file, and just change your subnet
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<sakhi_>
if had big shoes I would kick myself to timbak-toe now yerrrr
06:27
working on the wrong server
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<Appiah>
?
06:51
<sakhi_>
oh well it happens that I had two LTSP virtual servers and I was creating user accounts and really working on the other (wrong) server in the meantime the proper server was also up. It's a long story. I'm busy setting up DNS from scratch now, this should be quick and fun.
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<sakhi_>
I
07:33
sorry
07:34
<Appiah>
:)
07:34
<sakhi_>
I'm not sure if anyone else has had this problem before or it's new. When I add users via the GUI and cat /etc/passw I noticed a slight difference.
07:35
test:x:1001:1001:,,,,:/home/test:/bin/bash
07:35
user1:x:1002:1002:,,,,:/home/user1:/bin/bash
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test1:x:1003:1003::/home/test1:/bin/sh
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the user test and user1 can log on to the LTSP server but test user 1 cannot and you would think that you need to to update sshkeys and image.
07:37
this is a VM LTSP server.
07:42
<Appiah>
if you go to a terminal
07:42
and set a new password for the user that cant
07:42
+logon
07:42
Can you logon now?
07:46
<sakhi_>
ohhh you know what, when you add users on the gui without real names they will not exist even when you go to the /home/ dir and do a ls -ilah
07:47* sakhi_ stops with the double posting :)
07:48
<sakhi_>
it makes sense though to have it setup like that.
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<sbalneav>
If anyone's got time today, I'd love someone to test the new xexit
09:03
<Appiah>
what's that?
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<sbalneav>
OK, so here's the test I've run with xexit:
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Log in as a user.
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xexit's running
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4 exit scripts:
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11kill-evo-dataserv: pgrep -f evolution-data-server | xargs kill -9 || true
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12pulseaudio
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pgrep pulseaudio | xargs kill || true
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20gconf-shutdown
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gconftool-2 --shutdown || true
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99killeverything
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pkill -9 -u $USER
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xexit's running.
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Log out cleanly, no dead processes left: completely logged off.
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log in again
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xexit's running
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pull powercord on thin client (worst case scenario logout)
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15 seconds later
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all user processes cleaned up.
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xexit should work for: any desktop
11:16
binary's 5l
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5k, sorry
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<ogra_cmpc>
omg 5 liters ?
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<sbalneav>
took me 5l of beer to write :)
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<ogra_cmpc>
hehe
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<sbalneav>
I'll build a .deb for anyone interested...
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<cliebow>
ill get you 5 l of "Old Tree Frog"!
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<sbalneav>
Good, I'll drink it in October!
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<cliebow>
You are ON!!
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Ill help!!
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<cliebow>
Scottie: you useing the slapd.d configs for ldap?
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<sbalneav>
cliebow: I've got a currently "older" ldap server that's running the config files
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But I've written a howto for the newer way to do ldap
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https://wiki.edubuntu.org/Edubuntu/WikiSite/SimpleLDAPSetup
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OK I've got a lucid xexit package building in my ppa
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<cliebow>
Ohhh Boy!!..trying to track down and olcAccess error
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<sbalneav>
what's the error?
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<cliebow>
sbalneav: i see an error 50
12:04
oh..ill get which attribute
12:05
yeah in this case uidNumber
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<cliebow>
i ihad to increase sizelimit or pdbedit would crap out..so looking for olcAccess
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<sidartha>
hello! I'm recently new to ltsp, but am looking to build a server that will need to support 12 - 15 high intensity clients. Running gimp, flash, etc. Does anyone have a suggestion on wether I should look at the new 6 core amd processors, or a quad i7, or xeon II?
12:57
<sbalneav>
sidartha: If you're looking to run a lot of flash, I'd reccommend you either use localapps, or the fatclient plugin
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<sidartha>
Im planning on it. However I would like to have some overhead on the server cause my clients are pretty old legacy machines. I am alos planning on using a ton of ram. I just need to pick a processor, any suggestions?
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<sbalneav>
"As high as you can afford" is the usual mantra around here :)
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<sbalneav>
Ram will give you more "bang for the buck" than you think, as well.
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<sbalneav>
So don't skimp on the GB's
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<sbalneav>
On one server, I support about 40 people doing web, and OpenOffice with 2 dual xeons, and 8 gigs of ram.
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<sidartha>
Im planiing around 12 gb of ram.. I guess the processors Im looking at are all around 200-300. Im just tring to figure that would the ltsp benifit from the 6 core amd, versus hyperthreading 17 quad?
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i7 imean
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<cliebow>
sbalneav: i get an err=50 searching for uidNumber .I added uidNumber
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olcAccess {0}to attrs=userPassword,uidNumber by dn="cn=admin,dc=rsu24,dc=org" write by anonymous auth by self write by * none
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inhdb
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<cliebow>
with no effect
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<denisesball>
do you guys recommend using stgraber's ppa on ubuntu lucid or just using the stable packages from there?
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<alkisg>
I don't think there are any updated packages in stgraber's ppa yet
14:48
<denisesball>
ok i figured that might be,
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<alkisg>
Personally I got my own ppa and I copy there whatever I need
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(e.g. now I have a newer ltsp version which supports passing nfs mounting options...)
14:49
(launchpad makes it very easy to copy packages from a ppa to your own ppa)
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<denisesball>
which mounting options? im using the lucid stable packages with nfs without issues so far
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<alkisg>
Nah never mind I was talking about fat client - my point was that it's handy to have a personal repository...
14:51
<denisesball>
lol ok
14:51
we definitely have nfs issues on our current setup (old) so i was curious
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<alkisg>
I had some problems with statd not starting on linux,
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*lucid,
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<denisesball>
yeah i think that's a bug
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<alkisg>
so any clients that wanted locks were hanging,
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so I'm putting "nolock" to get around that problem, and it's also faster.
14:53
<denisesball>
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525154
14:54
i've been following that pretty closely, but i havent really seen any issues with it
14:54
i see the server hang, but it still mounts
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<alkisg>
Ah, I've read about that /var problem, but that's not what we're experiencing
14:57
<denisesball>
oh ok
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<alkisg>
We just have an nfs-shared /home
14:57
<denisesball>
yeah same here
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<alkisg>
With thin clients? Why?
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<denisesball>
the ubuntu wiki says the gnome watchdog isnt needed anymore, but i notice if a user doesnt log out properly they still have processes running
14:58
thin clients? because we have many term servers and they all mount the same /home over nfs
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<alkisg>
Got it. At some point gnome watchdog was needed even if a user logged off normally.
14:59
That's what the wiki is referring to
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<denisesball>
ah ok
14:59
i just dont trust our users to do that :)
14:59
<alkisg>
Now if a client crashes, the user processes will be killed after about 2 hours
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(not all of them, but most of them)
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<denisesball>
oh is that right? good to know
14:59
i did wait a while, but not 2 hours :P
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<alkisg>
2h and 11 minutes to be exact
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<denisesball>
it doesnt seem to affect the user from logging back in, so its not really a big deal
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<alkisg>
sbalneav is creating a very good utility named xexit would will be a much better gnome-watchdog replacement
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<denisesball>
alkisg: you use noatime for the nfs mount too?
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<alkisg>
denisesball: nope - but it's the first year that I'm using nfs so I don't have any experience with it. Do you recommend using it?
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<denisesball>
i could have swore i read it somewhere but i cant seem to find it now
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<alkisg>
I only heard about it for ext3 mounting options, never for nfs..
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<denisesball>
u could be right
15:10
interesting article i just came across - http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=64
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nfs has been really slow for us. thinking of trying somethings in there
15:12* alkisg hopes a packaged solution with nfs4+kerberos+ldap+whatever else will be available in the near future... so that we have something like an "active directory" in linux that works out of the box
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<denisesball>
i had a real easy time getting ltsp to work with our ldap
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<alkisg>
OK, but how easy was to setup ldap in the first place?
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<denisesball>
haha, that would be before my time
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<denisesball>
we basically have an "ldap guy" now
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<alkisg>
Right... I wonder if that's necessary, or if a "simple & preconfigured ldap" package could be made available that suits 98% of the cases - the rest 2% ok would need that ldap guy :)
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<denisesball>
so you're saying an "all in one" server type of thing?
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<alkisg>
Yes, a "common home and common authentication/accounts" package
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<denisesball>
i spose that would be nice for a lot of people. we have an 8 server ldap cluster, so wouldnt really interest us :P
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<alkisg>
OK, with that size you can afford an ldap guy. But not me, with 12 PCs in a single lab... (like all other schools here)
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<denisesball>
yep, i could definitely see the appeal
15:19
im trying to convert a 100 user debian 4/kde 3 setup into an ubuntu 10.04/gnome environment
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<alkisg>
That should be easier than the opposite :D
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<denisesball>
haha, the most difficult thing so hard is trying to preserver old configurations. .mozilla seems to carry over easily, but the .kde stuff into gnome is a little wonky
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alkisg: this is what i was thinking of - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/FilesystemOptimize
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it is referring to ext3, but the converstation below is about a SAN so i got confuzzled o_O
15:30
i guess the question is, should we be using noatime on the server mounting the disk locally?
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<vagrantc>
use noatime, or at the very least, relatime
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<denisesball>
i'm gonna look into tweaking rsize and wsize too
15:45
part of the fun of inheriting old stuff :P
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<vagrantc>
the defaults for nfs over TCP shouldn't require much in the way of tweaking rsize/wsize
15:49
that's more of a UDP issue
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<denisesball>
i thought by default if u dont specift tcp it uses udp
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cuz ive had nfs mounts fail where we had UDP blocked and had to manually specify tcp
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although the newer versions seem to try that automatically
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<vagrantc>
i know LTSP clients have used tcp by default for quite some time
15:54
at least on debian
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<Lns>
alkisg: skolelinux has a pretty nifty "cookie cutter ldap" setup. I've been wanting to look into it to see how hard it would be to modularize. They seemed to get a pretty good basis going for school environments, even with a nice web config frontend and all
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<denisesball>
vagrantc: i'm sure the clients do. i mean the server itself though. for mounting home directories
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<alkisg>
Lns, I had a look at it some months ago. Yup, it's a good idea to have a pre-arranged environment. But to be honest I'd like to have something better... I wouldn't want to have to name my server "tejner" and I'd like to have some AD compatibity wherever I could...
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<vagrantc>
denisesball: ahhh
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<Lns>
vagrantc: in debian does nfs mounts on terminals get mounted with noatime/relatime by default?
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<vagrantc>
i don't think it supports the noatime option ... hopefully that means it doesn't use atime at all...
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<Lns>
alkisg: yeah - that's why i kinda shyed away from skole - it was a bit too cookie cutter for me. though i can definitely see the value in the majority of smaller installations. What they're doing is really great though
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<vagrantc>
but the server serving up NFS should definitely use noatime
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<Lns>
ok
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<alkisg>
vagrantc: thanks for the tip
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<Lns>
any gotchas for using noatime on a single partitioned root disk which contains /home too?
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<vagrantc>
Lns: for the most part, no.
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<Lns>
coolio. thx =)
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<vagrantc>
some mail clients using old mail formats have issue with it
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<Lns>
maildir ftw
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<vagrantc>
pretty much, yeah.
16:06* Lns remounts /
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<vagrantc>
and popularity-contest won't be nearly as useful
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<Lns>
oh really?
16:06
useful to the user or to the dist. maintainers?
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<vagrantc>
if you're concerned about popularity-contest, then relatime is a reasonable compromise
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<Lns>
I like contributing what i can through that =)
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<vagrantc>
basically, the atime status is what popcon uses to determine if a given package has been used or not
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<denisesball>
vagrantc: is there a way to tell if an nfs share is mounted using tcp or udp? mount doesnt say eiuther if you dont specify
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<vagrantc>
denisesball: packet sniffing?
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<denisesball>
yeesh
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<vagrantc>
heh
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<Lns>
hacker!
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=p
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<denisesball>
i think i will just specify to be safe
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<vagrantc>
explicit saves a lot of guesswork :)
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<denisesball>
would using only tcp be slower?
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<vagrantc>
i haven't actually benchmarked any of them... at one point i had lots of problems with UDP so switched to TCP and never went back :)
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<denisesball>
and didnt see any performance decrease huh? mine are all gig, but its a pretty big environment too
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good to kow
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know*
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<vagrantc>
i think at the time i was still using 10-base thin clients and 100-base for the server.
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<denisesball>
well that makes me feel better
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<vagrantc>
denisesball: well the performance difference was from 0% performance to working :)
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<denisesball>
haha
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ok, this work week has concluded. thanks for the help as always guys. later
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