Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu failed update....
On 26/10/10 02:51, Andrew Morgan wrote: If there are video problems then log in to a console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Change the Driver in Section Device to one of nouveau, nv or nvidia, then save and restart gdm. If there were problems upgrading packages then run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a'. I've had to do that a few times due to failed upgrades. I think I've pulled power out of a computer during an upgrade twice now! Also, make a note of what's what in terms of your partitions, so that if you need to reinstall afresh your /home partition is safe. These days I pretty much always download the media and upgrade in this way to ensure that new features are not held back by an old configuration, etc. The only box that gets a dist-upgrade is my headless mini-itx server. If you decide to go this route you will probably want to back up /home and /etc too, if that's not something you do as a matter of course. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu failed update....
I would have tried going straight from 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS myself if Ralph hadn't pointed out to me that Ubuntu explicitly state that it won't work. I think I was running on too much wishful thinking, going between 2 LTS versions I thought it would be a doddle. Evidently not, I had to shut my machine down last night as 2 Xeons are very good space heaters and now the poxy thing won't boot - fails at initramfs, says that (somehow...) the disk GUUID has changed So much for it being easy, time for a fresh install. ~Dan -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu failed update....
Hi Peter, The only problem I've seen is when trying to use a Custom Mouse Pointer in the Clearlooks theme desktop, I have a relatively high resolution LCD screen and I like a large black pointer, and it keeps breaking up. When this happens Firefox also goes completely doolally and text characters also break up and become completely unreadable :-( Sounds like you may want to try switching to a software pointer instead of a hardware pointer in your X configuration if your graphics driver supports it. But I'm unsure how to go about that in newer Ubuntus. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu failed update....
Hi Peter, Anyway, I recently upgraded my laptop via the Update Manager from 8.04 to 9.04 then to 10.04 over the space of 2 - 3 days and everything went very smoothly. That's the sequence you suggest above but it means you've missed 9.10 which *isn't* allowed or possible. 9.04 is non-LTS and the only upgrade path is 9.10 so you must either have done that too or leaped LTS to LTS. I've a faint recollection your laptop was running 8.10 which would match your getting to 10.04 in two upgrades and yet not being offered the big leap from 8.04? It was also explain me pointing out that you couldn't make a single leap but would have to upgrade through the intervening ones. :-) Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight
Hi, The next meeting is just one week tonight and will be at 8pm in the Crown Hotel in Blandford on Tuesday 2nd Nov 2010. More details at http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#crown_hotel. This time I'm hopeful of making it ;-) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Ubuntu failed update....
On 26 October 2010 13:01, Ralph Corderoy ra...@inputplus.co.uk wrote: Hi Peter, The only problem I've seen is when trying to use a Custom Mouse Pointer in the Clearlooks theme desktop, I have a relatively high resolution LCD screen and I like a large black pointer, and it keeps breaking up. When this happens Firefox also goes completely doolally and text characters also break up and become completely unreadable :-( Sounds like you may want to try switching to a software pointer instead of a hardware pointer in your X configuration if your graphics driver supports it. But I'm unsure how to go about that in newer Ubuntus. What the Blue Blistering Blazes is a Software Pointer when it's at home, it's ALL software isn't it ?? Seriously though, what is the difference and why woiuld the software version help me ? And how the heck do I do it anyway ? HELP !! please ! -- Cheers Peter -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-11-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Netgear readynas duo, nfs4 and iSCSI target
My icybox died recently and I've just replaced it with a Netgear
readynas duo 2110 1GB disc* . It runs Debian Sarge. I am really pleased
with it. Very easy to configure through the web interface, but it also
has a Linux application on the CD.
I tried to change the NFS mount from v3 to v4 but it would not mount,
operation not permitted.
sudo mount -t nfs4 -o rw,hard,intr,bg backupserver:/ /archive
After adding the SSH addon (see below) and logging on, I had to add
fsid=0 to /etc/exports
/backup *(fsid=0,insecure,insecure_locks,rw,async)
which defines the NFS v4 pseudo-filesystem root (only define one at the
top level). You then only need to mount the root backupserver:/ in v4,
which in my config actually mounts the NAS /backup directory.
I was pleased to find it can run as an iscsi target too. It also has
links to the SSH .bin install file to get SSH access.
http://readynasfreeware.org/projects/nas-iscsi-target/wiki/New_Version
After installing I could not get a response when trying to initiate to
the server
iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p backupserver --discover
The rc start/stop script /etc/init.d/rfw-iscsi-target needed the OPTIONS
set to the config path -c /etc/ietd.conf, which it should use by
default. It also didn't stop the ietd process so fixed that too.
#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: - 39 35
# description: Starts and stops the iSCSI target
# debianized start-stop script
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/ietd
OPTIONS=-c /etc/ietd.conf
PIDFILE=/var/run/iscsi_trgt.pid
if [ -f /lib/init/vars.sh ]; then
. /lib/init/vars.sh
fi
if [ -f /lib/lsb/init-functions ]; then
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
fi
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/iscsi-target ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/iscsi-target
fi
RETVAL=0
ietd_start()
{
log_daemon_msg Starting iSCSI Target ietd
modprobe -q crc32c
modprobe iscsi_trgt
start-stop-daemon --start --exec $DAEMON -- $OPTIONS
PID=`pidof ietd`
echo $PID $PIDFILE
log_end_msg $?
}
ietd_stop()
{
log_daemon_msg Stopping iSCSI Target ietd
ietadm --op delete
echo Removing PID
if [ -r $PIDFILE ]
then
cat $PIDFILE
start-stop-daemon --stop --exec $DAEMON --pidfile $PIDFILE
rm -f $PIDFILE
else
pkill ietd
fi
log_end_msg $?
}
ietd_status()
{
PID=`pidof ietd`
if [ $PID ]; then
echo iSCSI Target (pid $PID) is running...
else
echo iSCSI Target is stopped.
exit 1
fi
}
case $1 in
start)
ietd_start
;;
stop)
ietd_stop
;;
restart)
ietd_stop
sleep 1
ietd_start
;;
status)
ietd_status
;;
*)
echo $Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}
exit 1
esac
exit 0
*Novatech £180 with an offer for a free second 1GB disc from Netgear. I
also purchased a new intel i3 laptop with no OS, saving £80 M$ tax.
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