Re: Install & restore backup: what if I use LVM?
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 08:21:04AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: You can install LVM if you want, but it might be worth while to take note that you loose all the data if the disk fails underneath. I had a bad experience using LVM including more than one disk and everything was lost when the disk failed - even on the disk that did not fail. Backups did help, but that was an experience that made me decide never to use LVM again. Sadly you are blaming the wrong thing here. The correct thing to do (after making sure you have a reliable backup system you trust) would be not to use multiple physical disks underneath one LVM volume group. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄ Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
Re: Install & restore backup: what if I use LVM?
Hi. On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:38:54AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 08:21:04AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > You can install LVM if you want, but it might be worth while to take > > note that you loose all the data if the disk fails underneath. I had > > a bad experience using LVM including more than one disk and everything > > was lost when the disk failed - even on the disk that did not fail. > > Backups did help, but that was an experience that made me decide never > > to use LVM again. > > Sadly you are blaming the wrong thing here. The correct thing to do > (after making sure you have a reliable backup system you trust) would be > not to use multiple physical disks underneath one LVM volume group. It's perfectly OK to do so if one uses mirrored logical volumes. Or LVM on top of mdadm. Using LVM as JBOD is asking for trouble, of course. Reco
Re: discover and install specific package version
Eric Barault composed on 2018-11-19 22:22 (UTC+0100): > have you tried this version? It worked for me on top of debian stretch-slim: > https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180701T205743Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1_amd64.deb I hadn't, but it's now installed and working. Thank you very much! -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
mysqld working fine but systemctl reports failed.
I am seeing potentially "false" errors in todays reboot on a jessie system... Nov 20 09:51:40 /etc/init.d/mysql[1857]: #007/usr/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed Nov 20 09:51:40 /etc/init.d/mysql[1857]: error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)' Nov 20 09:51:40 /etc/init.d/mysql[1857]: Nov 20 09:51:40 mysql[705]: Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! Oddly databases seem to be running sweetly, and using systemctl to stop and start mysql work fine too: systemctl status mysql ● mysql.service - LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mysql) Active: active (running) since Tue 2018-11-20 11:12:44 GMT; 20min ago Process: 18953 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/mysql stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 18994 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mysql start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service ├─19021 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe └─19366 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --user=... Nov 20 11:12:44 mysql[18994]: Starting MySQL database server: mysqld .. Nov 20 11:12:44 mysql[18994]: Checking for tables which need an upgrade, are corrupt or were Nov 20 11:12:44 mysql[18994]: not closed cleanly.. Nov 20 11:12:44 systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start and stop the mysql database server daemon. Incidentally systemd and mysql was upgraded prior to the reboot. The mysql update did take a long time a few minutes ... but no errors reported. Setting up mysql-client-5.5 (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ... Setting up mysql-server-core-5.5 (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ... Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ... Setting up mysql-server (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) ... Setting up mysql-client (5.5.62-0+deb8u1) .. All very perplexing ... one to ignore? Thanks Bernie
testing/buster: can't alter proxy settings during installation
Hi I'm installing buster on a VM within a network behind a proxy. During installation I selected a Debian mirror and entered the proxy's IP and port but accidently omitted the beginning http:// . Of course, fetching the packages database from the server failed. An error message stating »Unsupported proxy configured« was printed to syslog. I selected »choose new mirror«, selected the mirror again, was asked for the proxy address again and now entered the correct address including http://. Fetching the package database still failed with the same error. Rebooting and restarting the installation from scratch solved the problem. When I entered the correct proxy address right from the start it worked straight away. Steps to reproduce should be easy. Seems like a minor bug but I can't say if it's in the installer or the proxy scripts. Kindly Nils - - - - - - - - - - - - _Referent für Digitalisierung / _Hessisches Landesarchiv Nils Reichert \ \ Friedrichsplatz 15 Tel.: 06421 9250-108 / 35037 Marburg
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Re: that other OS
On 11/16/18 12:34 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: I think it would be great if more people ditched Microsoft on the desktop and went to alternatives, as it would force more software vendors, service providers, etc., to at least acknowledge (if not fully support) Linux, &co. However, I am not going to hold my breath. I've held mine since 1996 with a Slackware install from floppy disks. I worked for RedHat from 1999 to 2000 during the IPO era. Nothing but Linux evere since. However I cannot bear the pain any longer. I just want to watch a 3D movie on DVD. I sunk a small fortune into nVidia cards and 3D glasses hardware and Acer hot-rod monitors, with Gsync and 3D Vision blazened on the front. None of this works and hasn't for several tears, acording to my google madness hunt. Long story short, I bought a Win 10 install package. God heal my darkened soul. But, I'm going to use my computer to do things that here-to-for has been denied me! Our community has pissed on nVidia's shoes once too often. So, we're ignored on the 3D front. And wine doesn't cut it playing high-end game titles. My computer shits lightening and farts thunder, so it's about time I woke up and used the damn thing for something more than Hunt-The-Wumpus. I Am going to watch a 3D movie with the shutter specs. I bought the DVD for $10 and $500 for better hardware.Heckuva note. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html
Re: that other OS
On 11/16/18 6:31 PM, deloptes wrote: James H. H. Lampert wrote: Actually, I'd call WinDoze a DISservice. (I don't allow WinDoze in my house.) Be pragmatic. Even big crappy hammer can be useful someday, if you want to smash something OK, now it can be TOLD! Enough years have passed so it should be OK. Back in 1999 the worst kept secret among employees at RedHat was the knowledge that there was one hidden computer, buried in the basement under heaps of cardboard boxes, that ran Windows in order to manage the automatic CD writing and printing machine. It refused to work under Linux and the CD's had to be created. There ya go, useful work. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html
Re: that other OS
Ric Moore wrote: > I've held mine since 1996 with a Slackware install from floppy disks. I > worked for RedHat from 1999 to 2000 during the IPO era. Nothing but > Linux evere since. However I cannot bear the pain any longer. I just > want to watch a 3D movie on DVD. I sunk a small fortune into nVidia > cards and 3D glasses hardware and Acer hot-rod monitors, with Gsync and > 3D Vision blazened on the front. None of this works and hasn't for > several tears, acording to my google madness hunt. > > Long story short, I bought a Win 10 install package. God heal my > darkened soul. But, I'm going to use my computer to do things that > here-to-for has been denied me! Our community has pissed on nVidia's > shoes once too often. So, we're ignored on the 3D front. And wine > doesn't cut it playing high-end game titles. > > My computer shits lightening and farts thunder, so it's about time I > woke up and used the damn thing for something more than Hunt-The-Wumpus. > I Am going to watch a 3D movie with the shutter specs. I bought the DVD > for $10 and $500 for better hardware.Heckuva note. Ric This was a good story :D ENJOY!
Re: Install & restore backup: what if I use LVM?
Le 20/11/2018 à 07:21, Johann Spies a écrit : You can install LVM if you want, but it might be worth while to take note that you loose all the data if the disk fails underneath. How is that different from when using plain partitions ? If the disk fails then partitions are lost too.
VLC doesn't shutdown when closed
I'm running Debian/Buster with a Plasma 5 desktop. After I close a VLC session, the program continues to lurk in the process list until I send it the Kill signal. This is annoying because VLC stops the screen saver / session locker from kicking in while it is active so I have to bring up the System Activity monitor to check for and kill all the VLC processes. Note that just ending the process doesn't work. I need to send the Kill signal.
Re: VLC doesn't shutdown when closed
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 08:29:18PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > I'm running Debian/Buster with a Plasma 5 desktop. After I close a > VLC session [...] > Note that just ending the process doesn't work. I need to send the > Kill signal. Not a VLC user here, so take my advice with a fist of salt (or two), but I think you might want to describe more precisely what you mean by "close a VLC session" resp. "end the process". You close the program's main window? Cheers -- tomás signature.asc Description: Digital signature
