The Comms Room

Jacob

1:07 AM

@RyJones I bought the Volt.

Ry Jones

@Jacob fun times

@Jacob you have a charger at your condo?

Jacob

@RyJones Yep

ewwhite

1:40 AM

@MichaelHampton md0 versus md127

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Q: How do I rename an mdadm raid array?

I have assembled a new raid array to replace an old one. However, this new array got assigned an automatic name of /dev/md127 and I want to rename it to /dev/md3, so that I don't have to change various other settings. How do I rename an mdadm raid array?

Michael Hampton

@ewwhite Who cares? I refer to eveverything by UUID

ewwhite

@MichaelHampton The mirrored pair of fusion-io drives I created for some user's server came back as md127 on EL6 versus md0 on EL5.

they have Nagios checks that refer to md0...

Michael Hampton

@ewwhite They'll do the same on EL7. And nagios is stupid.

ewwhite

:)

Well, for me... software RAID of fusion-io hurts

Michael Hampton

I use zabbix now, it handles that sort of thing by discovery

ewwhite

1:53 AM

needed tuning

they have zabbbbbbbbix, too

Michael Hampton

Hell, it's /dev/md127 on my desktop.

ewwhite

ZFS :)

Michael Hampton

Heh. Tried that once already.

I'll probably give it another go when I build this machine's replacement. And hopefully figure out why my performance sucked.

ewwhite

2:29 AM

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Q: Bash - Need to make df output user friendly on login

I am trying to display the disk freespace to users when they login. Basically the output of df -h. I added this to .bash: echo -ne '\e[0;34m'"Disk: \e[m"$(df -h)"\n" It works fine & auto displays this on shell login but the problem is the output is cramped up. The column format is not pres...

linux

Sysadmin1138 Expounds

3:09 AM

SysAdmin1138 Expounds: The general pointlessness of high-CPU alarms

posted on October 06, 2014 by SysAdmin1138

When it comes to things to send alarming emails about, CPU, RAM, Swap, and Disk are the four everyone thinks of. If something seems slow, check one or all of those four to see if it really is slow. This...

Falcon Momot

I am going to go in tomorrow and try to prevent a major piece of software from being written in java. Good luck to me.

Jacob

4:03 AM

@FalconMomot hahaha

@FalconMomot Good luck

Falcon Momot

Oh, success is probable.

Jacob

@FalconMomot How was your weekend?

Falcon Momot

@Jacob it's still the weekend.

Jacob

@FalconMomot It's almost over...

Michael Hampton

4:16 AM

Oh look, another bash update!

Bob

4:28 AM

@MichaelHampton Oh?

> * Apply upstream patches 026 and 027.
* Remove patches CVE-2014-6271 and variables-affix.

Hm.

Looks like there wasn't much changed. Just replacing previous patches with the upstream ones.

Ry Jones

@Jacob you go bike around Green Lake yet?

Jacob

@RyJones nope

Ry Jones

@Jacob lots of women (and men, not to judge your preference) in tight pants during the day

Jacob

@RyJones huh?

Ry Jones

Men frequently go there to meet women, if you're so inclined. If you would prefer to meet men, well, you're in luck, they're there as well.

they only recently outlawed sex with livestock in Washington, so I can't help you if that's your thing

Jacob

4:41 AM

@RyJones oh

@RyJones Have to figure out the best way to transport my bike in the car.

MichelZ

5:04 AM

good morning crazyness

faker

6:29 AM

morning

Dennis Kaarsemaker

6:39 AM

g'morning bastards and bastardettes

Ry Jones

@Jacob in the bed of your tacoma

Jacob

@RyJones I don't own a tacoma anymore

Ry Jones

@Jacob sad panda

Jacob

@RyJones I have one of these:

Ry Jones

@Jacob good times

Jenny D

6:52 AM

morning

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@JennyD how's the cat? Did he already forgive you for giving him a bath? :)

Jenny D

@DennisKaarsemaker He's fine, and apparently he has forgiven us - he brought us a live present at 3.30 am to show his appreciation :-)

Dennis Kaarsemaker

@JennyD lovely :)

Did it still squeak?

Jenny D

yes. And run.

I think it was some kind of vole

Dennis Kaarsemaker

ooh what fun. I can already see you running around the house in your long pyjamas with a frying pan, trying to whack a vole :)

Jenny D

6:57 AM

heh, :-) Fortunately my husband woke up first, so when I woke up he was already busy catching the thing and I could turn over and go back to sleep :-)

oven mittens work fairly well to catch most small critters.

Dennis Kaarsemaker

Fortunately I've never had small critters in my house. One cat is too lazy, the other too stupid :)

Jenny D

We now have three good hunters.

Our three cats are one Birma, one moggy and one Maine Coon. That the moggie is a good hunter is to be expected; I was more surprised that the Birma is really good at it and that the MC didn't figure it out on his own.

The Birma apparently also though the MC should know these things, so he decided to teach him. One night, the Birma brought in live mice four times and dropped them right beside the MC so he got to chase them.

The next night, the Birma instead came and fetched the MC around dusk and they stayed out for a long time.

After that, the MC started bringing home his own prey.

MichelZ

lol

teaching cats!

that's very nice

Jenny D

It was so very clear what he was doing, I'd never seen cats act that way before... but then, our Birma is the smartest cat I've ever met.

RobM

7:33 AM

Cat Tech Support: Halp my maine coon cannot find teh mices
Your call is assigned to: Birma.
Birma: Problem resolved; restarted the *chase::mices* process.

MichelZ

@RobM no... Birma: MC, RTFM!

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RobM

That works too! :)

Ry Jones

7:48 AM

►

I do so love Ken Block

Chopper3

9:06 AM

Wish I was in bed, in was sunny and it was the weekend - otherwise fine

Iain

9:24 AM

G'day

dawud

10:17 AM

morning

faker

11:27 AM

hm I wonder which nginx configuration is faster:
location ~ ^/foo-.*/(string|somethingelse)/(.*)$ {
try_files /$1/$2 $uri;
or:
location ~ ^/foo-.*/((:?string|somethingelse)/.*)$ {
try_files /$1 $uri;

Bob

@faker Benchmark time?

Probably negligible.

Dan

So, Win 10 appears to be Windows 8.1 with a start menu which is all we ever fucking wanted

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faker

@Bob yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Guess I'll take the first option, it's more readable

Bob

Oct 1 at 18:40, by Bob

@ChrisS What was significant in Win7 apart from what people have been complaining about Vista?

Pretty much the same thing again.

Dennis Nolte

for what i remember try to prevent using .* in regexp (quick search only):
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bclteam/archive/2010/08/03/optimizing-regular-expression-performance-part-ii-taking-charge-of-backtracking.aspx

Bob

11:33 AM

But we know how successful 7 is, so maybe that's just what they need.

Dan

@Bob To be fair, Windows 7 is still a lovely OS. Vista on the other hand, really was as terrible as we remember - had to use a machine a few months back and fuck me

Bob

@DennisNolte Good point - a better optimisation might be replacing foo-.* with foo-[^/]*

Dan

Wheras 8.1 is also a fine OS - I like it fine

Bob

in fact, unless you want /foo-/blah/more/string/foobar to match, you should do that anyway

faker

@Bob that's a good point

Bob

11:37 AM

@Dan Except the whole start-screen-on-the-server thing...

Actually, that doesn't even have Store, or support for WinRT apps AFAICT... what's the point of it? o.O

RobM

Quite pleased with how well Win 10 is behaving here. We've got it deploying via SCCM without any drama and deployment is the holy grail.

Bob

11:52 AM

@RobM I'm wondering what has changed in the kernel.

They did increment the version.

Dan

Started working on a microsite yesterday for my new tool

tinyurl.com/qyqxgun

tombull89

@Dan slick

this is the tool that "forwards" keyboard shortcuts?

Dan

Yep

tombull89

god, ctrl, alt, end. that annoys me.

Bob

I don't think I've ever actually needed a SAK on a remote system.

Dan

12:07 PM

@Bob What, never...?

cole

Sup

Bob

@Dan No, why would I need it?

Ctrl+Shift+Esc is far more convenient for the task manager.

Dan

@Bob To get to the Windows Security Screen, or to lock the machine

Bob

One-handed. No need to go to an extra screen.

@Dan Why would I need to lock a remote machine?

Just close the RDC window => locked.

Dan

@Bob Oh, no, I'm talking thin clients

Plus, disconnection is a different state to being locked and idle

And you need the security page to change your password, too

Bob

12:09 PM

@Dan Eh, it has a similar effect AFAICT for RDP.

Dan

@Bob It doesn't - closing the window disconnects your session

Locking it using the lock screen keeps your session active, but idle

Bob

@Dan But what's the actual effect?

(I've never been in this situation, as you can probably tell :P)

Dan

@Bob Well, the point of my application is that users can use a thin client exactly as they would a fat client

Bob

Why would an active/idle session be better than a disconnected session?

@Dan Yea, I get the literal effect. Just not too sure about why it matters.

Dan

@Bob Oh, sorry, I see. It's not "better", just different. There's a different set of timers that one can configure to log off disconnected sessions because a lot of people don't know the difference between disconnected vs logging off

Nathan C

12:11 PM

I got another call from SirusXM yesterday trying to get me to sign back on. I swear they're like a crazy ex who doesn't want to give up.

Bob

Aside from familiarity with CAD if they happen to use it, maybe (speaking users here).

@Dan Ah, yea, I suppose that would matter.

Nathan C

I basically said "take me off the list" and hung up on the indian guy at the other end.

Bob

Especially if you're running into some max clients limit.

@Dan Hm. Forgot about that one.

Dan

@Bob Don't get me wrong, people have been using clients for years without it - there's alternatives. But, every time I do an install there's always a learning curve - and ultimately why should there be

Even for me, switching between a Thin Client and my laptop catches me out

Bob

Heh, I've just gotten into the habit of not using the SAKs at all. So I never really noticed.

Dan

12:14 PM

Oh, the other thing about Thin Clients is that by design Ctrl Alt Del throws the Security Page locally, too. That confuses people - you can stop them from doing stuff there but very few users can actually grasp that there is a Thin Client and a Remote Desktop. It's just a computer that doesn't work normally to them

Bob

Mostly because of an older computer that could take minutes to load up the security screen. So I started avoiding it.

Dan

@Bob See, I use Winkey + L dozens of times a day. Why shouldn't my users be able to?

Bob

@Dan Same here, but I don't do so expecting anything on the remote machine. But I don't use thin clients either.

Dan

@Bob Yeah, this is all about Thin Clients, really. It can work on a fat client if you really want, but it's not the target

What I really need now is a VMware view test

BigHomie

@Dan I didn't want a start menu

Dan

12:27 PM

@BigHomie Too bad

BigHomie

XD

RobM

Got a new, to me at least, car over the weekend. Should be ready to collect this saturday

BigHomie

@RobM y/m/m?

Dan

@RobM Winner

RobM

2013 Ford Focus Ecoboost. Nothing that sexy I know but I like the focus.

BigHomie

12:34 PM

@RobM that focus is tight, good job

RobM

This will be the 3rd one I've had, they drive really well

And the new one is a big improvement over my old one

Dan

@RobM Can't really go far wrong with a Focus. I'm tempted to go back to a Mondeo again next

RobM

yeah I like the mondeos too

Ford usually make pretty decent cars

Nathan C

Got a new pet this weekend...a polish rabbit :p 8 weeks old

RobM

What are you driving at the moment then @Dan?

Dan

12:40 PM

@RobM I have an old Astra Convertible I picked up for the summer - just (very) cheap and cheerful, but it got broken into and the (new) stereo was nicked. Since then, I've gone off it to be honest

RobM

I remember it being broken into at a train station? I can see why that would be upsetting

Dan

@RobM That's right, yeah. Don't get me wrong, I still drive it and stuff - I just don't feel bothered with it now. It wasn't worth replacing the radio through the insurance, so now I can either pay and do it all again (And I spent a whole day doing it properly the first time) or put the shitty factory one back in which doesn't work properly

I'll probably hold on to it until we've hit our deposit target next year

RobM

that makes sense

Keep your eye on the more important prize!

Dan

Indeed :) That and motorbikes! My daily cars will always fall into tool territory for me, really.

RobM

Ah, that makes sense. Presumably the Astra is only really 'your' car then?

ewwhite

12:46 PM

I guess I broke chat

RobM

O_o

ewwhite

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@MichaelHampton That's for you.

Dan

@RobM Actually, Jane has an Astra too - but hers is much nicer. Was only £3k, but it's a lovely modern car

RobM

@ewwhite that link looked fine here the first time you posted it?

ewwhite

the OP changed it, and onebox wouldn't post.

RobM

12:47 PM

@Dan fair enough, do you both like astras in general?

Dan

No, it's a coincidence really. Jane wanted something bigger than a Fiesta so I said the best choices for the price would be a Focus or an Astra (Or something very different like an MX5 or something). She liked the Astra and ended up with it.

I'm just sad - I used to work at Vauxhall when I was 17/18 and the model I have (2004) was brand new then and I always wanted one. So I went out and picked up a top spec 2.2 in April

ewwhite

You people and car brands that we don't have in the US...

Dan

@ewwhite Ford is Ford, Vauxhall is GM :)

ewwhite

I should get an Opel or Citroen.

Dan

Opel is Vauxhall, too

RobM

12:50 PM

I prefer fords to vauxhalls - my dad had one of the bigger vauxhalls so I drove that a bit when he was ill and needed driving around - but there's nothing wrong with either, they're both good cars. There's a lot of vauxhalls, or GM for @ewwhite in Luton of course.

Opel Kadett - the gopping boyracer-mobile du juor

cole

The Astra looks like my Mazda3

Dan

@RobM Apart from French cars which I avoid, I'm not too brand fussed when it comes to modern cars - but I do find Vauxhall and Ford to have good parts availbility and they're easy to work on

ewwhite

meh, I've only had Swedish and German cars.

Dan

@cole Oddly enough, it actually shares a platform with the Ford Focus - the direct competitor to the Astra

@ewwhite They're probably objectively the "best" in terms of quality and engineering, but you do pay a price for it

cole

@Dan mazda/ford is the same company now IIRC

RobM

12:53 PM

I think GM and Ford are at the top of a lot of car manufacturer ladders now

Dan

@cole Nah, just partners AFAIK