Re: low power device

2014-09-25 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2014-09-23, Adam Thompson wrote: > On 14-09-22 05:03 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> The Atom C2xxx boards run OpenBSD fine. Only glitch I've noticed is >> the screen background goes red if you VT switch twice (ctrl+alt+f2 >> ctrl+alt+f1). > > That "bug" has been around since the 3.x days; th

Re: low power device

2014-09-23 Thread Adam Thompson
On 14-09-22 05:03 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: The Atom C2xxx boards run OpenBSD fine. Only glitch I've noticed is the screen background goes red if you VT switch twice (ctrl+alt+f2 ctrl+alt+f1). That "bug" has been around since the 3.x days; the VT code relies on VGA framebuffers initializin

Re: low power device

2014-09-22 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2014-09-19, Andreas Bartelt wrote: > On 09/19/14 17:35, Chris Cappuccio wrote: >> Andreas Bartelt [o...@bartula.de] wrote: >>> I was thinking about getting one of these (hopefully low-power) >>> Supermicro boards: >>> Atom N2800-based: >>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/X9/

Re: low power device

2014-09-19 Thread Devin Reade
--On Friday, September 12, 2014 03:27:39 PM +0200 Martijn van Duren wrote: > Because this PC requires more power then should necessary for its > purpose I would like to acquire something like a pandaboard, which is > low power, and has at least 2 sata ports, 1 network port and if possible > suppo

Re: low power device

2014-09-19 Thread Stan Gammons
On 09/19/14 11:21, Andreas Bartelt wrote: I've just reflashed the 4/5/2014 version which is now called "current production" -- the same problem regarding re0. So yes, probably it's a flaky NIC. Taken together with the flaky mSATA drive of some APU.1c revisions and the unusually high operating

Re: low power device

2014-09-19 Thread Andreas Bartelt
On 09/19/14 17:35, Chris Cappuccio wrote: Andreas Bartelt [o...@bartula.de] wrote: is anybody else using this recent BIOS snapshot on the APU.1c: Build 9/8/2014 (beta, reduced "spew level") The first re(4) interface isn't always recognized after reboot. I don't know if it's related to the BIOS

Re: low power device

2014-09-19 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Andreas Bartelt [o...@bartula.de] wrote: > > is anybody else using this recent BIOS snapshot on the APU.1c: Build > 9/8/2014 (beta, reduced "spew level") > > The first re(4) interface isn't always recognized after reboot. I don't > know if it's related to the BIOS update since I didn't play muc

Re: low power device

2014-09-19 Thread Andreas Bartelt
On 09/19/14 01:42, Steve Litt wrote: ... > Very, very nice! Two questions: > > 1) Can I safely assume that the Realtek RTL8111E works well with > OpenBSD? > > 2) Where's the best place to buy it if you live in the US? I saw this, > which looks pretty good, given that they give you the enclo

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Alexander Hall
On September 19, 2014 5:50:27 AM CEST, Liviu Daia wrote: >On 18 September 2014, Stan Gammons wrote: >> Yes, the APU has a serial console. Baud rate is 115,200. To install >> OpenBSD, boot from a CD. At the boot> prompt, before it times out and >> continues to boot, type "stty com0 115200" and p

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Артур Истомин
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:26:47PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:22:32 -0500 > Chuck Burns wrote: > > > On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:52:38 PM Steve Litt wrote: > > > I just remembered a third question: I can plug in a USB keyboard, > > > but how do I view the computer's o

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Liviu Daia
On 19 September 2014, Richard Toohey wrote: > On 09/19/14 14:26, Steve Litt wrote: > >On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:22:32 -0500 Chuck Burns > >wrote: > > > >>On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:52:38 PM Steve Litt wrote: > >>>I just remembered a third question: I can plug in a USB keyboard, > >>>but how d

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Michael Motyka
I chose the Supermicro A1SAM-2550F Supports ECC DDR3 1600 4 Intel 1GbE 1 IPMI GbE 6 SATA Add 8GB ECC DDR, a $65 SSD, CD/DVD, a small case+ps and it’s up. A couple of minutes to install OpenBSD and presto - now I have to figure out how to set up a router/firewall/vpn. On Sep 18, 2014, at 7:13 P

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Liviu Daia
On 18 September 2014, Stan Gammons wrote: > Yes, the APU has a serial console. Baud rate is 115,200. To install > OpenBSD, boot from a CD. At the boot> prompt, before it times out and > continues to boot, type "stty com0 115200" and press return. Then type > "set tty com0" and press return. Then

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Richard Toohey
On 09/19/14 14:26, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:22:32 -0500 Chuck Burns wrote: On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:52:38 PM Steve Litt wrote: I just remembered a third question: I can plug in a USB keyboard, but how do I view the computer's output while installing OpenBSD or trouble

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Nenhum_de_Nos [math...@arroway.org] wrote: > > Does this network card support vlan? > Yes

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Nenhum_de_Nos
On September 18, 2014 9:59:01 PM GMT-03:00, Stan Gammons wrote: >On 09/18/14 19:22, Chuck Burns wrote: >> On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:52:38 PM Steve Litt wrote: >>> I just remembered a third question: I can plug in a USB keyboard, >but >>> how do I view the computer's output while installin

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:22:32 -0500 Chuck Burns wrote: > On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:52:38 PM Steve Litt wrote: > > I just remembered a third question: I can plug in a USB keyboard, > > but how do I view the computer's output while installing OpenBSD or > > troubleshooting? Ssh is good when

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Stan Gammons
On 09/18/14 21:13, System Administrator wrote: On 18 Sep 2014 at 17:33, Stan Gammons wrote: On 09/18/14 17:21, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:13 -0500 Stan Gammons wrote: On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something like

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread System Administrator
On 18 Sep 2014 at 17:33, Stan Gammons wrote: > On 09/18/14 17:21, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:13 -0500 > > Stan Gammons wrote: > > > >> On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: > >>> How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something like > >>> that as a firewall/rout

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Stan Gammons
On 09/18/14 19:22, Chuck Burns wrote: On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:52:38 PM Steve Litt wrote: I just remembered a third question: I can plug in a USB keyboard, but how do I view the computer's output while installing OpenBSD or troubleshooting? Ssh is good when it's running smoothly, but no

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Chuck Burns
On Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:52:38 PM Steve Litt wrote: > I just remembered a third question: I can plug in a USB keyboard, but > how do I view the computer's output while installing OpenBSD or > troubleshooting? Ssh is good when it's running smoothly, but not for > preboot stuff. > > Thanks,

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Justin Sherrill
While I haven't bought this particular unit from Netgate, I've purchased several other devices from them for $work and been happy with the results. So, not a bad place to get started. On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:33:29 -0500 > Stan Gammons wrote: >

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:42:08 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:33:29 -0500 > Stan Gammons wrote: > > > On 09/18/14 17:21, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:13 -0500 > > > Stan Gammons wrote: > > > > > >> On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: > > >>> How many ether

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:33:29 -0500 Stan Gammons wrote: > On 09/18/14 17:21, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:13 -0500 > > Stan Gammons wrote: > > > >> On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: > >>> How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something > >>> like that as a fi

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Stan Gammons
On 09/18/14 17:21, Steve Litt wrote: On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:13 -0500 Stan Gammons wrote: On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something like that as a firewall/router. SteveT The APU has 3 - 1 gig Ethernet ports and works great as a

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:54:13 -0500 Stan Gammons wrote: > On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: > > How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something like > > that as a firewall/router. > > > > SteveT > > > > > > The APU has 3 - 1 gig Ethernet ports and works great as a firewall. >

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Stan Gammons
On 09/18/14 16:47, Steve Litt wrote: How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something like that as a firewall/router. SteveT The APU has 3 - 1 gig Ethernet ports and works great as a firewall. Stan

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Steve Litt
How many ethernet ports does it have? I'd love to use something like that as a firewall/router. SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:40:17 -0600 n...@ghetto.sh wrote: > I have an APU ( 4GB mod

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread niko
I have an APU ( 4GB model ) running OpenBSD and my killawatt says it runs between 8-12 watts depending on load. On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:28:15PM +0200, Christer Solskogen wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:23 PM, wrote: > > > > But another question. Someone here recommended me long ago a > >

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread hruodr
On Thu, 18 Sep 2014, Christer Solskogen wrote: > This one: http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm ? No. It was a ready 19" server. But this is also an interesting piece of hardware. The power consume, noise and reliability also depends on the power supply. My Asus M35M1-M consumes much more than what

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:23 PM, wrote: > > But another question. Someone here recommended me long ago a > low power server, I even saw the web page of the product, but > I dont find the mail anymore. Does someone remember it? > This one: http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm ? -- chs

Re: low power device

2014-09-18 Thread hruodr
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014, Stuart Henderson wrote: > Personally I'd go for a modern cheap PC based on a soldered-on Atom, > Celeron or AMD Fusion type system. I use an old Celeron 800 Mhz, and thinking to downgrade to 500Mhz, to a geode LX 800. OpenBSD seems to run OK there, I tried it as diskless. I b

Re: low power device

2014-09-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2014-09-12, Martijn van Duren wrote: > Hello misc@, > > In just under two month I'll be moving from my old room (with service > costs included) to a new apartment (where I'll have to pay the > electricity bill myself). > > Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server/media > cent

Re: low power device

2014-09-13 Thread Liviu Daia
On 12 September 2014, Zé Loff wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 05:31:01PM +0200, Martijn van Duren wrote: > > On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 16:22 +0100, Zé Loff wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Lars wrote: > > > > On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote: > > > > >Hello misc@, >

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:49:07PM +0200, Lars wrote: > On 12.09.2014 21:25, Josh Grosse wrote: > > > >Lars, it should fly. I'm running roundcube and an imap server on an > >Alix.2 (500Mhz Geode), using SSL, with a 4GB flash card as its back > >end store. It's not speedy, but it gets the job done

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Lars
On 12.09.2014 21:25, Josh Grosse wrote: Lars, it should fly. I'm running roundcube and an imap server on an Alix.2 (500Mhz Geode), using SSL, with a 4GB flash card as its back end store. It's not speedy, but it gets the job done for a single user. Thanks Josh, I have an Alix as a router, but

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Josh Grosse
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 09:02:56PM +0200, Lars wrote: > Hi Z??, > > On 12.09.2014 19:22, Z?? Loff wrote: > > > >Oh, in that case, I agree with Lars. I have a APU (the 2Gb) model > >running a bunch of light services for my small lan (pf, dhcpd, unbound, > >nsd, ntpd, wifi AP), and apart from heatin

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Lars
Hi Zé, On 12.09.2014 19:22, Zé Loff wrote: Oh, in that case, I agree with Lars. I have a APU (the 2Gb) model running a bunch of light services for my small lan (pf, dhcpd, unbound, nsd, ntpd, wifi AP), and apart from heating a lot (passive cooling through the enclosure) it runs fine. Have yo

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Zé Loff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 05:31:01PM +0200, Martijn van Duren wrote: > On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 16:22 +0100, Zé Loff wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Lars wrote: > > > On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote: > > > >Hello misc@, > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > >Currently I have an

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Chuck Burns
On Friday, September 12, 2014 6:32:09 PM Mikael wrote: > Zé, > > What does the abbreviation OP stand for? > > Thanks. > Original Poster OP. -- Chuck Burns Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Mikael
Zé, What does the abbreviation OP stand for? Thanks. 2014-09-12 17:22 GMT+02:00 Zé Loff : > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Lars wrote: > > On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote: > > >Hello misc@, > > > > Hi, > > > > >Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Marcus MERIGHI
martijn...@gmail.com (Martijn van Duren), 2014.09.12 (Fri) 15:27 (CEST): > Hello misc@, > > In just under two month I'll be moving from my old room (with service > costs included) to a new apartment (where I'll have to pay the > electricity bill myself). > > Currently I have an old desktop PC run

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Martijn van Duren
On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 16:22 +0100, Zé Loff wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Lars wrote: > > On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote: > > >Hello misc@, > > > > Hi, > > > > >Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server/media > > >center, which runs OpenBSD. Mos

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Zé Loff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Lars wrote: > On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote: > >Hello misc@, > > Hi, > > >Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server/media > >center, which runs OpenBSD. Most of the time it's idling, but does run > >(open)ssh/(open)smtp/im

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Martijn van Duren
On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 16:10 +0200, Boudewijn Dijkstra wrote: > Op Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:27:39 +0200 schreef Martijn van Duren > : > > [...] I would like to acquire something [...] > > low power, and has at least 2 sata ports, [...]. > > Spinning hard disks also use power. Why 2× SATA? > > I'm a

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Lars
On 12.09.2014 15:27, Martijn van Duren wrote: Hello misc@, Hi, Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server/media center, which runs OpenBSD. Most of the time it's idling, but does run (open)ssh/(open)smtp/imap(dovecot)/http(nginx/apache +subversion)/minidnla, which I want to k

Re: low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Boudewijn Dijkstra
Op Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:27:39 +0200 schreef Martijn van Duren : [...] I would like to acquire something [...] low power, and has at least 2 sata ports, [...]. Spinning hard disks also use power. Why 2× SATA? -- (Remove the obvious prefix to reply privately.) Gemaakt met Opera's e-mailprogram

low power device

2014-09-12 Thread Martijn van Duren
Hello misc@, In just under two month I'll be moving from my old room (with service costs included) to a new apartment (where I'll have to pay the electricity bill myself). Currently I have an old desktop PC running as a home server/media center, which runs OpenBSD. Most of the time it's idling, b