IRC chat logs for #ltsp on irc.libera.chat (webchat)


Channel log from 20 March 2011   (all times are UTC)

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<markit>
hi ppl :)
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<markit>
3 days ago something happend to my ltsp server that has damaged my faith on GNU/Linux reliability. I was on the server and opened a .jpg, then zoomed out to 25% with kolourpaint, and everything FROZE
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all clients went abruptly disconnected
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and every child stared at me with in a bad mood, lol
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(fortunatly LibreOffice saves work times to times, but some work was neverless lost)
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<alkisg>
That's why they're slowing trying to make X-windows run as a normal user, not as root
06:49
So that if X crashes, the rest of the system continues to work
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BSODs on windows, X crashes, kernel panics... C'est la vie
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<Q-FUNK>
re
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stgraber: in case that rings a bell, the xf86-video-nsc driver builds again, so older Geodes can be supported once more.
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11:53* highvoltage doesn't think that stgraber cares about geodes anymore :p
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13:10
<roasted>
I just got this random question in my head.
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If my test thin client with 128mb ram uses server resources due to it being the thin image, how is it that it crashed when I opened too much on it with only 128mb of ram?
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<alkisg>
Some apps like firefox or openoffice allocate local memory by some X server calls
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I.e. x-pixmaps
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You can see that memory with xrestop
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To prevent those clients from crashing, you need either local or network swap
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<roasted>
network swap = swap on server?
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<alkisg>
Yes, NBD_SWAP=True in lts.conf
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<roasted>
under default?
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<alkisg>
If you want that for all clients, yes
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You can also increase the default swap size, which is 64M
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<roasted>
should I go crazy and give my server like 16gb of swap?
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<alkisg>
Personally I use 512
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No
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<roasted>
oh
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lol
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<alkisg>
Those are sparse files created in /tmp
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<roasted>
I don't know what I used, because I did the dummy option
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I normally do advanced partitioning since I almost always set up dual boot or split home/root setups, but this time I just used the dummy "erase entire disk and install" option
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<alkisg>
And that gave you what, 4 Gb swap?
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<roasted>
so if I have 2gb swap already allocated on the server I just add the NBD option and blam, good to go?
13:15
I'm not sure to be honest. I don't know how much swap that option allocates, as I so rarely use it.
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<alkisg>
Server swap has *nothing* to do with nbd_swap
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<roasted>
And my servers are at work, so...
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I thought you just said network swap = server swap?
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<alkisg>
It's a swap file created on the /tmp directory on the server
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It's created when the client boots. It's not related to the server swap partittions
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So e.g. if you have 10 clients, you'll get 10x64M files in /tmp
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<roasted>
oh, so I don't have to do any special partitioning
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I just enable NBD_SWAP=True in lts.conf
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and we're done?
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<alkisg>
Yes, unless you want to increase the default swap file for each client, which is 64m
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See the docs on the topic
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<roasted>
does NBD Swap have any benefits to fat clients, or just thin?
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<alkisg>
It's just swap.
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Do you use swap for local installations?
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Would you give swap to an ubuntu pc with 512M ram?
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<roasted>
I give swap to ANY install...
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<abeehc>
fat client doesn't mean you have a local swap partition neccesarily
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<alkisg>
Right, that's what I do to
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*too
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So I give 512M swap to anything, be it thin or fat, unless they have local swap
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<roasted>
so you adjust the 64 default setting too, I take it
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or are you talking 512M swap total?
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to clients
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<abeehc>
adjusting the setting and 512 total to clients
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same thing i think
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if you client doesn't have a disk anyway
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<alkisg>
$ cat /etc/ltsp/nbdswapd.conf
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SIZE=512
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That's per client
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<roasted>
gotcha. so that would help out my 128 meg test bed at work then.
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<alkisg>
So for 20 clients, that's 10 Gb (max, they're sparse files)
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<roasted>
and this is all /tmp?
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<alkisg>
Yes
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<roasted>
good deal
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I'll give that a shot at work
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Do you think it's worthwhile to change the default 64 setting? Or is 64 a good chunk for clients?
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<alkisg>
I've seen firefox use 400 mb of local memory on *thin* clients
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<roasted>
hahaha
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<alkisg>
So I don't think 64 is enough
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<roasted>
so that's a yes...
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I wonder if thin + a good chunk of swap would be a good test bed too
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instead of fat clients
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just a thought to compare
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<alkisg>
When swap starts getting used, everything slows down to a crawl
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<roasted>
ah, really?
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It's just a backup to prevent crashing?
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<alkisg>
It's just to prevent the client from crashing, and to store some of the tmpfs
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<roasted>
It may still be a good thing for me to incorporate.
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Even if we don't utilize it.
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When swap is used with /tmp, that's on the server, right
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the actual /tmp
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It doesn't use that locally I take it
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<alkisg>
So for sites with very large images, you'll see thin clients pausing for 1-2 secs (while swap is heavily used), and then they'll continue normally (x memory freed)
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Server /tmp
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<roasted>
good deal
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there's so many notes I've taken. It's amazing how easy it is to get LTSP running but how much you can do with it after that.
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