September 2015 - luv-main

debian AMD64 and google-earth
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

High all, does in fact ggogle-earth 64 bit work on Debian AMD64. I downloaded google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb from there web site, it installed OK with dpkg. On startup it displayed a message box saying something like "the graphics adaptor is unsupported..........". Clicking the OK button caused GE to crash. If you click on the other button "do not display this error message again", next time one tries to run it it starts OK, seems to connect to its server OK but its as slow as a wet week, and I do mean slow. A comment from frustration.............. Why is this sort of thing so hard when changing Linux in any major way (in this case, changing from 32 to 64 bit, ALWAYS there is something that will not work. Now I have been mucking around with Linux now since 1993 and I have spent a lot of time working out why things will not work, so its not as if I have not tried, but these days I like a quite life, I just want the system to do WHAT I WANT. I have had Debian AMD64 installed on this machine for nearly a year and I STILL have not go it working as well as my 32 bit boxes, everything just works on them. Searching on the net did not help, all solutions proposed did not match my error. Installing via the debian package system did not work either, it complaining about lack of 32 bit libraries, what in the hell is a 64 bit exicutable want with 32 bit lbraries. I am very close to nukeing AMD64 here and installing good old 32 bit. A very frustrated, Lindsay

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dhcp server - only supply options, not address
by James Harper 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

I have isc-dhcp-server running on my router, and it currently supplies info needed for booting diskless devices (mythtv boxes, etc). The actual booting takes place on my server though, and I want the server to supply the dhcp options rather than the router, but still want the router to supply the address etc. This is so I am only editing this stuff in one place, and can script the configuration depending on how I want to boot (boot direct to iscsi with an iscsi filename, or chain via pxelinux where required, etc). I think this is possible, and I've definitely done it before in a Windows environment with WDM, but I can't find the magic incantation for the secondary dhcp server so it will supply options even though it shouldn't supply the lease. Any suggestions? Thanks James

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Re: Debian AMD64 or i386
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:55:24 Craig said. >you might also want to install some of these: >glx-alternative-fglrx - allows the selection of FGLRX as GLX provider >fglrx-atieventsd - events daemon for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver >fglrx-control - control panel for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver >libfglrx - non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver (runtime libraries) >libfglrx-amdxvba1 - AMD XvBA (X-Video Bitstream Acceleration) backend for VA API >, - proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver >libgl1-fglrx-glx-i386 - ATI/AMD binary OpenGL 32-bit libraries Oops, any way many thanks for the advice to try the AMD closed src drivers, these seem to have cured the problem. glx-alternative-fglrx,libfglrx libgl1-fglrx-glx are all installed automagicly, I installed fglrx-atieventsd and fglrx-control by hand. I did not bother with amdxvbal1 as I NEVER do streaming video, data on the internet being way way way to expensive up my way to even consider it. >the gtx 560 is fine at 1449p for most things, but it's noticably >sluggish in some games when there's a lot happening (which is a good way >of getting killed due to video lag) I found both the Radeon 7870 and the GTX 680 over kill for OpenRails, both these cards have so much processing power they require two threads from the main program to keep these GPU's busy and the development kit being used by OpenRails does not have this support. I found the Radeon 5870 would drive the 2560 X 1600 monitors with OR no problems. >problem with in game fonts OpenRails has excatly the same problem, as far as I am concerned a font used in a game should be treated as just another in game texture required. Its not THAT difficult. Using the systems font generator in my opinion never looks right in game EXCEPT for system messages and such things as status lines. Just in case it may help if you happen to be looking for a new speaker set up to go with the 2560 x 1440 take a look at the Microlab Solo 8C High Fidelity Floor Stereo Speakers from PCCasegear, there only $179 but do not let that fool you, The sound of these is _____REALLY______ suppurb VERY clear and smooth, better even than Maudio offerings and at a fraction of the price and I am what one may call a highfi freek. The speakers are big being around 60cm high by around 22 wide, They sit quite nicely either side of my Dell 30" 2560 x 1600 monitor. Lindsay

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Re: Debian AMD64 or i386
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:57:05 Craig said, >before spending money on a new card, try the catalyst driver. it's as >simple as 'apt-get install fglrx-driver' (for sid & testing, fglrx-glx >for stable) and if it works, will save you hundreds of dollars. Was not quite that simple ;-) I am using Debian 8.x, it requires the first command. I installed fglrx using 'apt-get install fglrx-driver' On my own default kernel (3.16.7) kernel locked solid when I tried to start X. System would not boot on Debian's standard installed kernel, would start Ok on my own previous kernel 3.15.9, but there was no fglrx kernel driver present. Installed fglrx-modules-dkms, modules built Ok. Xserver starts Ok, both 3D and 2D performance appears to be excellent. Will need further testing to see if lockups are now gone. >the 560 has been great - they were exceptionally good value for money at >the time, so good that it hasn't been worth upgrading them. but i bought Yes, I had one. >a 2560x1440 monitor a few months ago, and it's struggling in some games >at full resolution. will probably have to get a gtx-970 eventually. I have been using 2560x1600 monitors now for some time, OpenRails an open source (for windows) MSTS compatible train sim is simply awesome at 2560x1600. The Radeon 7870 or an Nvidia GTX 680 both drive the 2560x1600 OK, you will end up with a good setup. Lindsay

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Re: Debian AMD64 or i386
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Many thanks for the replies, A major reason for posting for help is it does wonders for ones own reasoning and sugestions arising almost alwasy helps. A couple of points. The hardware is all higher end items, the pSu for instance being a Corsair AX760 and the power consumed is WELL within the limits of this PSU. The reason for the Radeon 7870 is I do a lot of development work on 3D animated graphics (I am developing a train simulator) and good mesa3d performance is mandatory. The problem is almost certainly something to do with the GPU as as stated the sound does keep playing so what is happenning is an xserver display lockup and the kernel is still running (Note it appears the X app concerned vlc is still running.. My own thinking is Craig has hit the nail firmly on the head, although I have run the 7870 extensively on i386 with little trouble (Note I have actaully struck this before, an AMD card giving problems under certain versions of linux). I believe the way forward also is for an Nvidia card. I have tried both AMD and Nvidia offerings and from all this experience the Nvidia's with the closed source driver is superior. I do compile my own kernels, this machine (I am writing this on the AMD64 installed machine) is 3.16.7 compiled last november so its due for an update. Note also I have tried updating the kernel, it did not help. I do like to support AMD as the are at least trying to do something for Linux, but I have found there closed src driver 2D performce to be completely ____PATHETIC____ to say the least, mind you its now two or more years since I tried it last. I give a look at digging up a reasonable Nvidia card, a real high end job is a waste of money though. Lindsay

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Debian AMD64 or i386
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

I currently I have 3 systems, two of these have Debian 1386 installed (7.x) the third has AMD64. I have not gone AMD64 with any enthusiasim because of some problems. The first problem is the AMD64 machine locks up regularly generally when playing videos, Note, xine will not work on this machine so I use vlc. The lock up usually involves the whole machine EXCEPT for the audio, one can only get out of it with a power off, a hard rest will NOT generally work, ie it sometimes does and sometimes does not. The second point is not really a decent problem, its that googleearth is not __easy__ to install as its a 32 bit program. The package system just winghes that it needs some i386 libraries, but will not do anything about it. IMPORTANT NOTE, THIS MEANS YOU, I do not regard this as a show stopper as all it needs is to install the apropriate items manually and I am quite capable of doing that. Its just that along with the lockups and xine not working, its another reason not to bother with AMD64. The machine itself is new (at the time, its nearly 18 months old now, ie the problem is that old) using a Gigabyte Sabertooth X79 motherboard and an AMD 7870 GPU running the Radeon OS driver. Debian has been updated a number of times without any improvement. Note WindowsXP runs completely OK on the machine so the hardware is OK. I am on the verge of dumping AMD64 all together, anyone have any ideas? Maybe Debian AMD64 does not like the Sabertooth X79, I have had a similiar situation on the system this post is being writen on. lindsay linux now since 1993, kernel 0.96d.

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AvantFAX on debian Jessie?
by Neale Banks 13 Sep '15

13 Sep '15

Hi all, Has anyone installed AvantFAX on debian Jessie? A quick look over the install script suggests it'll probably be OK with a couple of mods (hopefully just the required package names), but I'd be grateful for any anecdotes from the coalface. Thanks, Neale.

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bind chroot, bind mounts and selinux
by Tom Robinson 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hi All, I'm migrating a CentOS 6 bind instance (chrooted) to a CentOS 7 box and am curious of people's opinions on chrooting vs selinux as a way of securing bind. The bind-chroot on CentOS 7 also comes with a script (/usr/libexec/setup-named-chroot.sh) that sets up the much maligned systemd and, through bind mounts, creates and extra level of chroot hierarchy giving: /var/named/chroot/var/named/chroot/var/named which seems totally unnecessary. I'm sure that bind-chroot would be happy enough running without the bind mounts but would I be loosing anything in terms of security? Also, would I bother with chrooting at all if selinux can secure the environment for me? My own opinions aside what do others think and has anyone had experience with this? Kind regards, Tom -- Tom Robinson 19 Thomas Road Mobile: +61 4 3268 7026 Healesville, VIC 3777 Home: +61 3 5962 4543 Australia GPG Key: 8A4CB7A7 CONFIDENTIALITY: Copyright (C). This message with any appended or attached material is intended for addressees only and may not be copied or forwarded to or used by other parties without permission.

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NFSv4 on CentOS without Kerberos - getting rid of nobody
by Peter Ross 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hi all, I just spin off two CentOS6 VMs to replicate a problem I had on Friday afternoon at work. I want use NFSv4 to share folders. Short, from memory, I have on the server: - /etc/exports populated - domainname configured - domain in /etc/idmapd.conf - rcpidmapd running On the client, I have - /etc/fstab entries with nfsvers=4 - SecureNFS=no in /etc/sysconfig/nfs - domainname configured - domain in /etc/idmapd.conf - rcpidmapd running When I mount, it works, but all files belong to nobody.. What do I miss? If I start rpcimapd in verbose, it complains about /proc/net/nfsv4/nfstoid or something similar missing(sorry, I am not there yet with my replicas) but I am not sure whether this matters. DuckDuckGo and Google did not help much yesterday. I do not have Kerberos or LDAP configured, the firewall (2049 connection only) restricts me and I 'don't mind' that the two machines trust each other. The environment is quite isolated and under tight control. Thanks for ideas Peter

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Kind of service/VM/host/IP/location/asset register (and more)
by Peter Ross 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Hi all, I am looking for an easy way to keep things in sync with reality.. Means: IP addresses, DNS, out of bounds IPs, blade centre, ESXi hosts etc. - and if possible physical location, asset register, monitor configuration, password safe etc. The current mix of DNS on Active Directory, Excel spreadsheets etc. "doesn't cut it". It's incomplete, it's redundant, it's not consistent.. and we spend sometimes too much time to find critical information just to get a few little things done, and things are overlooked etc. I had actually things in some "password-style" (with ":" as the separator) files before, and that was in version control and worked quite well, but from a certain point onwards it becomes a bit complex (I have much more variation in setup here, e.g) and you cannot convince other people that old-fashioned files are not that bad;-) So all ideas are welcome. Regards Peter

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