case,
I just keep booting from the USB, but that seems kind of whacky in 2016...
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Description: OpenPGP digital signature
netctl interface config
in /etc/netctl under any 'config_name' you like, then start and enable
the netctl service for your config, e.g.
# netctl start config_name
# netctl enable config_name
That is all that was required on my elitebook. Going though the manual
config steps will
pains over the past two
years.
Gnome or KDE - take your pick. Both are essentially a moving target at
this point. Both are more than capable and both provided just about all
you need built in.
Best/Favorite is in the eye of the beholder...
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y once in a while, this one is
mine -- and it's a doozie...
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e of articles in the wiki about HP EliteBooks that may help
with the wireless, check:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HP_EliteBook_840_G1
and see if any tips there help. All I did was follow the wireless
networking page to configure wireless with wpa_supplicant on the
elitebook and it worked
rom the .iso, but will not boot from the hard drive?"
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep picking away, but if anybody has
any other thoughts or diagnostics to run to help explain this, I would
appreciate it.
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1394, all working just fine,
etc.., e.g. I drafted this on kwrite and sent it via thunderbird from
this same darn box) I just can't get this box to find grub to save my life.
I need help figuring out how the .iso is booting in Legacy mode just
fine, while I can't do the same thing from th
On 10/30/2016 1:34 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> So I guess that leaves me with Ralfs solution of find the "Clear the CMOS"
> jumper, clear the bios, replace the battery (I hope it is a standard 2032 or
> its
> a trip to the battery store...)
I think I have it fig
r its
a trip to the battery store...)
I've never had another bios, in the probable 30 boxes I've had since '89 that
wouldn't just find the drive. Even the old RLL/MFM drives would come right up.
God, I hope this isn't a new problem generic with swapping SSD/Platter drives...
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l prevent anyone without an
arch .iso from booting my system (that alone would bewilder the government for
days)
As yet another test, I reinstalled the 128G windows drive, it continues to boot
fine. Any other thoughts?
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. Does anyone have a link or any idea what the issue may be? I'm
happy to send whatever additional information may be required. I'm ssh'ed into
the box right now, I just need to get the boot and plasma ironed out. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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On 10/21/2016 04:20 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Arch devs,
>
> I'm receiving an error with KVM (arch guest). The guest installed fine from
> the 20161001 install media, but between every command, I receive the following
> error:
>
> [TTM] Byffer eviction failed
>
16384 1 virtio_net
kvm_amd69632 0
kvm 516096 1 kvm_amd
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
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On 10/18/2016 12:42 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> $ razor-admin -home=/etc/mail/spamassassin/razor -register
> Can't locate Razor2/Client/Agent.pm: lib/Razor2/Client/Agent.pm: Permission
> denied at /usr/bin/vendor_perl/razor-admin line 15.
> BEGIN failed--compilation ab
he xterm running that it becomes unresponsive.
ACPI issue?
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lient::Agent;
Is this a perl issue?, spamassassin issue? or razor issue? The razor directory
is created with the proper permissions, e.g.
# ll /etc/mail/spamassassin/
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 2 spamd spamd 4096 Oct 18 00:28 razor
What say the experts?
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he
> link and all will be fine.
Whoa, that way a while back -- removed. Thank you!
(never practice law and do your own IT -- it's the little notes you miss)
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disconnect (or whatever it is doing).
I don't know whether to chase this as an xterm issue, an xscreensaver issue or
a DPMS issue. Has anyone encountered this before? If so, any solutions, or did
you narrow it down to one of (xterm, xscreensaver, DPMS)? Thanks for any
suggestions.
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On 10/10/2016 06:39 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Thanks Mauro,
>
> I'm picking though the iso right now. I'll let you know what turns up. The
> install works fine other than looking for disk/by-label/ARCH_201603.
Oh my God, what moron forgot and left the 201603 instal
report.
Thanks Mauro,
I'm picking though the iso right now. I'll let you know what turns up. The
install works fine other than looking for disk/by-label/ARCH_201603.
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H_201610' is the
actual label? I can manually mount /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201610 to
/run/archiso/bootmnt but I don't know how to make the install continue from that
point??
This was with the USB installer. Funny, the arch iso from both 20160903 and
20161001 both fail looking for the &
so I was intending to link
/archiso/arch/boot/syslinux/lpxelinux.0 /srv/tftp/pxelinux.0, but am unsure if
that will serve the install iso as intended)
We'll see how that goes. Failing that, I'll write the iso to USB and try that
way and report back. Thanks Mauro.
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nut-server.service
org.cups.cupsd.path <--- new link ---
postfix.service
remote-fs.target
smbd.service
spamassassin.service
sshd.service
vsftpd.service
Do I just need to unlink the old broken link? Is this worth any other report?
Forum? Let me know
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in
removing the Beginner's Guide, I would recommend it be restored (even in the
verbatim state it was in when it was deleted would be fine). The Beginner's
Guide provided a valuable resource to arch users. I wonder how Allan would view
the matter.
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t differently from each other. Any
help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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to the wiki.
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ated to the
current issue. I've check the arch and samba wikis, no help. I've also posted to
the samba list, still awaiting a reply. So if anyone has any additional
information, I would greately appreciate any you can provide.
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year or so. Glad to know there is still a little mystery left in computing
:)
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at setting, but I suspect it is. What could I
try to get past this error? Is there some kernel parameter I coud try to pass at
boot that might help? Has anyone else seen this or found another solution?
Thanks for any advise you can give..
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p them get a feel for arch. Even for those versed in Linux,
and with Arch, for the guys like me that do an install on a biennial basis, that
guide was a savior.
Did no one want to maintain it? Why was the full beginner's guide deleted?
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Archdevs,
I went to review the Beginner's Guide and it was no longer listed on the main
page. I then specifically searched for it, found it in the topics, and then was
redirected to the bare-bones "Install" page. What happened to the Beginner's
Guide?
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On 09/11/2016 04:19 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
> snip
>
>
> What is 'this information' on the graph showing? Lines added/deleted? Votes
> for change?
>
Jayesh Badwaik archlinux at jayeshbadwaik.in
Sun Sep 11 21:24:52 UTC 2016
Total number of line changes.
this
information
What is 'this information' on the graph showing? Lines added/deleted? Votes
for change?
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or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/jp/man1/cd-paranoia.1.gz: whatis parse for
cd-paranoia(1) failed
mandb: warning: can't update index cache /var/cache/man/jp/index.db: No such
file or directory
Any idea what is causing the corruption?
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their own XMir server. Good for non-trustworthy or exposed apps.
Please preserve pacman and the traditional Arch KISS philosophy for those that
administer/want a traditional arch system with updates to the current package
without retaining all the baggage required for containerization. This just seems
like a recipe for scrambled systems.
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in over a decade. Try both, both are solid solutions.
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A tempered migration from the repositories
is a good idea to prevent whip-sawing all arch users who following the
recommendation in configuring their desktop from finding out their config is
broken on the first reboot after update following removal.
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hen you rebuild valgrind if you need
openmpi support if needed)
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On 06/11/2016 08:56 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> $ cat /var/abs/extra/valgrind/PKGBUILD
> pkgname=valgrind
> ...
> makedepends=(gdb openmpi)
>
Looks like openmpi should only be an optdepends of valgrind, not a
makedepends...
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kgname=valgrind
...
makedepends=(gdb openmpi)
$ cat /var/abs/extra/openmpi/PKGBUILD
pkgname=openmpi
...
makedepends=(inetutils valgrind gcc-fortran)
Is there some type of trick?
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for your GUI apps?
Point well taken -- that's the last you'll hear of this issue from me...
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s the boot error.
I'll leave it up to the masterminds here. If this is an issue that needs a bug
filed, let me know, I'm happy to file it.
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On 06/05/2016 07:43 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 06/05/2016 06:12 PM, David N Murray via arch-general wrote:
>> I don't think it's any problem at all. I've always had this message and
>> mdadm
>> starts and runs fine. I think this has been discussed
f the boot message. Oh well,
I'll post to the mdraid list and see what the devs have to say. Thanks again
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mdadm --monitor $MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS
There is no /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh in the current mdadm package.
Is this a bug (which I'm happy to file), or me being stupid? (go easy if the
latter)
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x27;t fit
nicely on the RAID wiki either (even though that seemed like the appropriate
spot) and didn't fit on the Partitioning wiki either (that page had nothing
related to disk reuse)
It seems like this is worth noting for anyone else attempting to reuse disks
from a prior VMWare or h
lems though.
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can be. Thanks.
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On 03/21/2016 02:50 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
>
> I created GPT partitions on a pair of new 3T drives configured in raid1 as
> md4
> on my system, e.g.:
Sorry for the noise -- it needed a filesystem before a UUID was generated for
/dev/disk/by-uuid
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Mar 19 16:41 8920ca3f-f253-4011-9c9e-a6be513527e0 ->
../../md3
Huh? No UUID for /dev/md4? Does it just not show up until the next boot? What
gives?
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That is what I suspected, but I couldn't confirm.
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disks GPT (leaving 100M unpartitioned at the end).
Can I use GPT on the new disks, or am I stuck with MBR?
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rc to ~/.xinitrc references a file
that no longer exists in the current Xorg install. e.g.:
cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
What is the current way to set up your ~/.xinitrc (or is that even needed
anymore?)
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sole
anywhere else)
What would be the best solution? Have arch boot to the graphical target
loading a display manager? ... or is there some way I can simply startx as
needed so I don't leave the dm running all the time on the vm? Thanks for any
help you can provide.
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nd thanks to Jonathan and Jens as
well, I found the xorg- prefix via pacman -Ss xinit :)
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/wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC
This looks like what I needed. I'll let you know how it pans out. If there are
any EXSI specific quirks, I'll note them in the wiki.
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been running this for several weeks without issues :)
>>
> Oh, forgot to mention.. the 56 aur packages install mod-php as libphp56.so -
> just "LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp56.so" in your Apache conf (if
> that's
> what you're using) and all works well.
You a
php7 or remove php7 first?
If removed, then I set IgnorePkg in packman.conf
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4 projects, they describe how
> you build your setup (and a bit more): https://github.com/virtapi
Thank you Tim. That's exactly what I needed to know. I'll work through this in
my free time over the next week and I may hunt you down on #archlinux.de if I
run into a stumbling
reciate that as well.
I'll add whatever working solution is arrived at to the wiki. Thanks
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On 02/29/2016 07:59 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> I'll keep playing with it. I've been through the BIOS (there are about 50
> settings for RAM/ECC alone, most have 'Auto' setting). I'll double-check there
> as well. The box was apparently working fine before it
The box was apparently working fine before it came to me (I don't know
how long ago the 'working fine' was through)
I'll keep fiddling with this. It is truly one impressive piece of hardware that
comes in a 100 lb. box and sounds like a 747 at takeoff (I think it has
equivalent thrust too given all the fans (17 at last count, 9 of which are the
80mm 6000 rpm jobs)).
Thank you again for your help.
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he
problem :)
What say the experts? Do I need to pass a kernel flag, or something similar
for the 4 Opteron boot, or does it just smell like multiple failed sticks in
each set?
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'IgnorePkg =' in pacman.conf updated
(keyring updated), removed the 'IgnorePkg', then mksh installed just fine.
$ pacman-key --refresh-keys (would have been a lot easier :)
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n
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Is this a know issue? How to work around (correctly)?
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ibc move (/lib ->
/usr/lib). It works fine when I press the ~ (no waiting on the second char).
Where is the likely difference in the config that controls this behavior? I
access the servers through the same x-term (well, konsole) so it isn't a
difference in the terminal used between one and
;ve looked at
/etc/inputrc and do not see anything that appears to suppress echo of '~' (or I
was too dumb to recognize it). What is preventing the '~' from being echoed when
it is typed as the first character? How do I fix it so it always is shown? (I'm
using default BASH as the shell)
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eport a bug if needed.
Good for you. There is something going on, and ignoring the shutdown message
will just lead to further problems down the road. Thanks.
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However, now that the source of the conflict is known, I would a lot rather
have a php-pear package and manage any conflicts that arise, as opposed to not
having the package and having to use the generic pear install or build a
package. Either way, the package will still be needed.
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fine in /opt.
1. https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/38.5.2esr/
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migration guide doesn't
address anything related to pear itself. Is pear functionality provided by
default in php 7? I just want to make sure the next update doesn't take down
by office groupware app. Thanks.
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/upgraded on 8/30/15 following the initial install of php-pear on 8/26,
so it looks like the files were first flagged as conflicting file on the
5.6.14-1 -> 5.6.16-3 upgrade yesterday.
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On 12/21/2015 03:40 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 20:57:37 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
php-pear: /usr/share/pear/test/Console_Getopt/tests/001-getopt.phpt
exists in filesystem
And what packages does cause the conflict
.
Just thought I would pass it along. Let me know if you think it needs a
report and I'll file if so.
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On 11/22/2015 10:39 PM, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote:
On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 21:53:46 -0600
"David C. Rankin" wrote:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apache_HTTP_Server#PHP
God -- I hate it when that happens - sorry for the noise :)
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either had relevant information unintentionally deleted, or the entire way
apache/php has been used in the past is undergoing a radical change.
What say those that know?
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/usr/bin/man $1 "$2"
else
printf "error: invalid man page specification: '%s'\n" "man $1 $2"
fi
fi
}
I just include it as a function in .bashrc and then provide an alias:
alias man='manselect'
You can adjust th
/proc/mdstat) But then how to handle a degraded boot?
I did --fail, --remove --add, and ended up with a mess. Is there some other
suggested way to handle this?
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these boards.
The solution:
In the bios set: IOMMU- Enabled
In /etc/default/grub, set - GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="iommu=soft"
David,
If you don't want to read the post, or can't be botherd to help - use the
[Del] key.
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bus
number 7
[ 20.285759] ohci-pci :00:16.0: irq 18, io mem 0xfe505000
I'll keep digging, but this is got me stumped.
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apache2-mpm-worker and mod_fcgid as an alternative to libphp5.so for my PHP
config on Arch?
I'm trying to find out what the trade-offs are and whether it would make
sense to use one way over another. Ideas?
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000:00:16.2: debug port 1
[ 20.581641] ehci-pci :00:16.2: irq 17, io mem 0xfe504000
[ 20.596725] ehci-pci :00:16.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 20.596913] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 20.596925] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
... continues normally
Anybody have any idea how to fix this?
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in cpus)?
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode
Thankfully, this is a situation where I have an older AMD Phenom-9850 Black in
the box, so linux-firmware should catch it. Thanks for your reply.
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ck?"
and "Does any of this look related to BIOS settings and the new disk
controller?" (that looks more doubtful after looking over all the information)
Anybody have experience with this type thing?
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g as IOMMU is enable in the bios. I'll try
disabling in the kernel to kill the Page_Faults on boot.
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atically be included
in the grub list by grub-mkconfig. In the case of the normal kernel and lts,
then it would find both:
vmlinuz-linux
vmlinuz-linux-lts
So what new lines are needed in the config files before just running:
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
?
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On 08/23/2015 06:41 AM, Simon Perry wrote:
On 2015-08-23 21:03, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
I'm not sure if this is a config issue or bug. I have 2 servers with
mdadm/mdraid arrays. In both a check of 'systemctl --type=service'
shows mdmonitor has failed. It fails to start
[Unit]
Description=MD array monitor
DefaultDependencies=no
[Service]
Environment= MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS=--scan
EnvironmentFile=-/run/sysconfig/mdadm
ExecStartPre=-/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/mdadm_env.sh
ExecStart=/sbin/mdadm --monitor $MDADM_MONITOR_ARGS
Is this a bug?
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The ONLY
description concerning IOMMU in the entire manual was:
IOMMU Controller
Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Disabled)
A lot of good that does to guide someone in its use. :p
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On 08/20/2015 09:34 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
By this time I was convinced that my cable had gone bad, so I moved the old
broken server back into place, booted the install media, and the onboard NIC
came right up (forcedeath driver), obtained a dhcp address and resolution worked
with 0
On 08/20/2015 07:00 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Anatol,
The symptoms sound exactly what I'm experiencing with the Realtek NIC. 1 out
of 3 boots I have established a dhcpcd IPv4 address (on the r8169 module), but
then the connection dies. If this is related to what is happening in the t
On 08/20/2015 06:42 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 08/20/2015 05:56 PM, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
Check this threadhttps://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=200514 is
it what you see?
What happens if you downgrade to dhcpcd-6.9.0 ?
I will check, but there is something not right going on. I did
link' still shows Status
UP; if config still shows correct IP address, but any attempt to ping results
in: network not found...)
I'll read the thread and let you know if I found a solution. Any other thoughts,
just let me know.
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tuck, looking at the log on my dhcp server, the requests are never seen.
It's like the card isn't sending, but the link light is fine and the activity
light on the NIC is flashes when it sees traffic?
What else can I try?
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nk you Jens,
That is another piece of the puzzle I wasn't aware of.
"We will all get dragged kicking and screaming into the future eventually..."
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load, but only found reference
to the pxe boot which can't be that big?
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On 08/12/2015 09:53 PM, Christian Demsar wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015, at 10:08 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
"can I boot the install media, assemble raid arrays, chroot old and
update, or do I just dump the root partition and reinstall
completely?"
You'll need to reinstall, I thin
and formatted with FAT32." That
seems to indicate that any chance of salvaging my current install may be
hopeless due to the current MBR partition table.
If there is a link that covers this in the wiki, I apologize, I haven't found
it yet. Thanks for any advise or helpful tips you can give.
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do to test whether I suffered
corruption?
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On 04/07/2015 01:10 PM, Karol Blazewicz wrote:
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:20 PM, LoneVVolf wrote:
On 07-04-15 03:41, David C. Rankin wrote:
I generally create a system-wide /etc/bash.bashrc.local file to contain
history defaults. E.g.:
Verfiy your /etc/profile and are you sure you are
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