Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-15 Thread David Benfell
lee writes: David Benfell writes: I think mainly that you don't need logrotate. journald takes care of it automatically. Well, with logrotate, you can have to logs mailed to you. Can journald do that, too? Couldn't tell you. I don't understand the man page well enough. (

Re: Is this proof that systemd is completely broken?

2014-07-13 Thread David Benfell
, I dare say, you ever will. 'Linux' most certainly does not hate him. Many of us recognize a considerable debt of gratitude. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpGPz1667_jq.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users ma

Re: more info on hundreds of dbus-daemons

2014-07-09 Thread David Benfell
, this sounds like a bug and a rather nasty one at that. Second, do other terminal emulators exhibit this behavior? -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpxrR4hhLLHK.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-09 Thread David Benfell
lee writes: David Benfell writes: Why should it be seen separately? Poorly chosen terms is a feature of systemd like any other it may have, and this feature leads straightaway to unexpected and undesired results when used. That the authors even deny fixing it is ... well, I'm not sur

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-08 Thread David Benfell
guess the concept of 'mask' is as in to disguise, as in to hide. For me, that's two steps of abstraction and I don't normally infer the second from the first. So it throws me too. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the a

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-08 Thread David Benfell
too* loose. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpDquKTYPH87.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/us

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread David Benfell
appears that even though they have taken their vote, and chosen systemd, they have not yet developed service files for all their packages (neither has Fedora), and that they will support alternatives: https://lists.debian.org/debian-ctte/2014/02/msg00281.html -- David Benfell See https://par

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread David Benfell
poma writes: For you Roquefort will always be just a fungus. It's beyond your comprehension. Fascinating. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgp7H0uW05rdV.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread David Benfell
poma writes: What is the "sediment" in the thread context? I suspect the word that was meant here is 'sentiment'. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpGYgRS4st9h.pgp Description: PGP signature -- user

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-07 Thread David Benfell
when told to enable a service (which is to say, a service file in /etc/systemd/system will supercede one in /usr/lib/systemd/system at the time of an enable command). I know that /etc/systemd/system continues to work. I've been using it. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/n

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
remarked on their behavior--and on some rather blatant double standards. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpmmW7eZ1UVm.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
is a very loud voice in every distribution that adopts systemd (and, for that matter, pulseaudio). To not be allowed to challenge that voice, just because it is allegedly not present, is to ignore that which *is* present. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
ot healthy. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpeIZGRiXOA2.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/list

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Bill Oliver writes: On Sun, 6 Jul 2014, David Benfell wrote: So in your view, I have no right to object to his behavior but you have a right to object to my objection? Something ain't right there. Some things are above criticism. It's important that you know your place. ;-)

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On July 6, 2014 3:16:43 PM PDT, Olav Vitters wrote: >On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 02:23:44PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: >> Olav Vitters writes: >> >> >On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 01:34:24PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: >>

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
link back into /etc. I've never paid enough attention to the file hierarchy standard to be able to say what is appropriate here. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpMHUnL6X1QH.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mai

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Sam Varshavchik writes: David Benfell writes: Systemd needs to be a vast improvement to justify this. And it seems that not everyone even agrees that it's an improvement at all. Here's something that I can't figure out: with this entire thread in mind, why is all of thi

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
Olav Vitters writes: On Sun, Jul 06, 2014 at 01:34:24PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: Poettering reminds me of a teenager who thinks the world would be perfect if everybody just did things his (gender-biased language *might* be appropriate here) way. The difference is that distributions are

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpFPe0GWT6JT.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
n improvement at all. I really prefer using grep and less on a plain text log file that gets rotated so it is of manageable length. It's simple. It works. It's reliable. Which is just what I need when something is broken. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
low for not understanding. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpEv1LHajr0q.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedorapro

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
poma writes: You can propose your terminology. You're asking him to do Poettering's technical writing when he isn't even sure he understands Poettering correctly. Not only is that an imposition, it's an unfair one. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
uot;file?" And if the documentation really means files or pipes or devices, then why not say "files or pipes or devices?" This kind of verbiage simply adds an additional layer of abstraction that removes the text ever farther from whatever it's talking about and reduces

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I think mainly that you don't need logrotate. journald takes care of it automatically. On July 6, 2014 12:52:24 AM MST, lee wrote: >Kevin Fenzi writes: > >> output. With systemd/journald, ALL output is saved and easy to query. > > >How do you que

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-06 Thread David Benfell
with this operation is that one must also accept the removal of a meta-package. This is harmless. On July 6, 2014 12:48:04 AM MST, lee wrote: >David Benfell writes: > >> Kevin Fenzi writes: >> pulseaudio, which I leave alone right up to the moment I have >> problems--any proble

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-05 Thread David Benfell
in of control possible (and, for my purposes, this doesn't matter). -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgp0ty6iVUstX.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change su

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-05 Thread David Benfell
Kevin Fenzi writes: On Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:10:45 -0700 David Benfell wrote: Were you tying your services to specific IP addresses? I have ten IP addresses, one for each of several domains and subdomains. At the time I made this decision, SNI didn't work, at least for me, and from w

Re: Network availability systemd dependency failure at boot

2014-07-05 Thread David Benfell
Ed Greshko writes: Did you just fix your problem or did you also bugzilla it? I was having trouble getting into bugzilla and set it aside. But I've revisited this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1116539 -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you d

Re: why do we use systemd?

2014-07-05 Thread David Benfell
qualms, I can't do the same with systemd. I'm committed. Whether I like it or not. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpW9hcLJ0NrL.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

Re: Network availability systemd dependency failure at boot

2014-07-05 Thread David Benfell
ion, using network- online.target, is the same. The issue is real. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgpZe5JvtjCqy.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscripti

Possibly SOLVED, Re: postfix starting before network

2014-07-04 Thread David Benfell
David Benfell writes: Hi all, This is still going awry [root@munich]/home/benfell# systemctl status postfix postfix.service - Postfix Mail Transport Agent Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/postfix.service; enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2014-07-02 05:00:31

Re: postfix starting before network

2014-07-02 Thread David Benfell
ailed | grep "failed" I'll finish this tomorrow after it fails again (I reboot daily to limit the impact of memory leaks). I do dimly recall that there was a cleaner way to do this. But I'm completely failing to find what it is. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown

Re: postfix starting before network

2014-07-02 Thread David Benfell
per the exchange yesterday. I'm sure glad I have a secondary server for both mail and DNS, because nsd is failing also. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. pgp603GYLziES.pgp Description: PGP signature -- users mailing li

Re: postfix starting before network

2014-07-01 Thread David Benfell
vice files and adding a cron job to run systemctl --failed. Thanks! -- David Benfell See https://parts-unknown.org/node/2 if you do not understand the attachment. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.o

Re: postfix starting before network

2014-07-01 Thread David Benfell
Rick Stevens writes: On 07/01/2014 01:13 PM, David Benfell issued this missive: Hi all, I have no idea why this might be happening. I've looked at the systemd control file for postfix and compared it to dovecot's. Both want the network.target before starting. "want" is a

Not just postfix, was Re: postfix starting before network

2014-07-01 Thread David Benfell
David Benfell writes: The difference is that dovecot starts correctly. Postfix does not. The problem has only appeared since Saturday, when I probably did a yum update. I have since discovered that nsd also failed to start and that ejabberd apparently failed to start correctly--pidgin on my

postfix starting before network

2014-07-01 Thread David Benfell
e Saturday, when I probably did a yum update. Postfix issues an error from one of the pre-commands having to do with the aliases database saying its network interface (and it duly lists the IPv4 address) doesn't exist. Starting postfix manually later works. Thanks! -- David Benfell Se

Re: So has anyone gotten their sound to work since it broke a few days ago?

2014-05-20 Thread David Benfell
Ian Malone writes: On 20 May 2014 04:50, David Benfell wrote: But even so, unless you have a specialized need for Pulseaudio, which apparently may include very high-end audiophile applications, removing it seems generally harmless. High end audiophile applications like having more than one

Re: So has anyone gotten their sound to work since it broke a few days ago?

2014-05-19 Thread David Benfell
right. Sabayon and Linux Mint seem, in my experience, to be two that have done so. But even so, unless you have a specialized need for Pulseaudio, which apparently may include very high-end audiophile applications, removing it seems generally harmless. -- David Benfell See https://parts-unkno

Re: UEFI Big Drive question

2014-05-10 Thread David Benfell
n GPT, not that > GPT is a requirement. Windows 7 installs just fine on a disk with only a > legacy MBR partition table. > Yes, that's right. I was responding to a claim that Windows couldn't be installed on GPT. Out of context, however, the statement appears entirely wron

mod_ssl.so: undefined symbol: unixd_config

2014-04-12 Thread David Benfell
: /etc/httpd/modules/mod_ssl.so: undefined symbol: unixd_config What now? Thanks! -- David Benfell -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.-- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.