Root Access

Canadian Luke

00:11

@JourneymanGeek I just noticed you have a diamond.. Congrats!

Journeyman Geek

00:23

@CanadianLuke: Thanks ;p

@MichaelFrank I didn't realise SE uses cloudflare

Bob

...why the f does the vsphere client use J#

allquixotic

!!xkcd cat proximity

ChatBot John Cavil

Yes you are! And you're sitting there! Hi, kitty!

allquixotic

@Bob because purple

Bob

@allquixotic :(

Journeyman Geek

00:34

;p

Bob

00:45

heh

I've managed to crash APC's website

very very werid

Anonymous

java stack traces, i've never understood them

Michael Frank

@Bob terrorist!

@JourneymanGeek Meta.SU is taking a LONG time to load as well...

HackToHell

01:36

In steam's EUL

Journeyman Geek

lol

Michael Frank

@HackToHell KF Servers?

HackToHell

@MichaelFrank killing floor I think

Michael Frank

Are you sure that's not KF's ToS then? :P

HackToHell

Found it on reddit :P

That's what the title said !

Michael Frank

01:45

Yea, that would make sense. People on reddit suck at gettings titles correct.

Bob

01:57

damn this question

almost typed man strip into Google... at work...

4

Michael Frank

@Bob lol

Journeyman Geek

lol

HackToHell

02:32

terdon

How should we close this?

1

Q: Recover from sudo strip * in /usr/bin

I stupidly did sudo strip * in /usr/bin. Now my computer can't boot (X fails to load). What should I do?

The OP reinstalled the system so the issue is no longer relevant and I really doubt there is any solution short of reinstalling anyway. The post is extremely unlikely to help future visitors.

Plus, we should protect @Bob from embarrassing himself in front of his workmates :)

Michael Frank

Yea, it sounds like that question from a while ago that went something like "A friend told me to run shred blah blah blah and now my Dad is pissed! What do?"

Braiam

> This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's unlikely to help future readers.

terdon

@Braiam yeah, but that close reason is from Unix & Linux. We don't have it here

Braiam

@terdon custom?

Michael Frank

02:46

Migrate it first then. :D

terdon

@Braiam don't have that one either :)

Braiam

I mean... you have close votes

> 21.9k

@terdon !?!??!?!??!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?

terdon

Well, yeah, I have close votes. We don't have a non-reproducible close reason on su anymore.

We used to have the too localized which might have fir but that's gone too

Braiam

can't you write a custom close reason?

terdon

That's why I'm asking here, otherwise, I'd have just closed the damn think myself directly

Michael Frank

02:47

Just migrate it to U&L then close with @Braiam's reason. :P

terdon

@Braiam no, again, not an option here. Hang on, I'll show you a screenshot

@MichaelFrank I'd rather shoot myself in the foot first :)

Braiam

oh no... terdon account is ~~hacked~~ borked

terdon

:)

@Braiam here you go:

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank ow

terdon

Braiam

02:49

@terdon OT > custom -_-

terdon

@MichaelFrank Argh, yes, I remember that one. Poor kid learned a valuable lesson

@Braiam yes, that is an option but since the question is on topic, I was looking for a better one.

But you're right, doing it now.

Braiam

> This question was caused by a problem that can no longer be reproduced. While similar questions may be on-topic here, this one was resolved in a manner unlikely to help future readers.

@terdon ^ there, SO modified

Michael Frank

aww I was reading that! >:(

terdon

@Braiam I used this:

This question should be closed because the OP has solved the issue by reinstalling (probably the only solution anyway) and so the question is unlikely to help future visitors. — terdon 26 secs ago

Braiam

that works..

terdon

02:52

I like the personal touch :P

Hey, you made a good showing in the elections by the way @Braiam, 3rd is not bad!

Braiam

I'm such cold hearted person

yeah, well, I knew I wouldn't pass...

Michael Frank

+1 hahahah just tried this, it works man hahaha didn't expect it. — Joraid Feb 6 at 16:31

Really?

terdon

Heh

@JourneymanGeek is that true by the way? I thought PrntScreen always took screenshots, in all windows versions. Well, post-3.11 anyway, don't think I ever took a screenshot back then

Michael Frank

It takes screenshots, but it doesn't automatically save them.

Journeyman Geek

@terdon: it takes and saves a screenshot

Michael Frank

02:55

Just copies the area to clipboard.

Journeyman Geek

and its the only way to screenshot in metro

Michael Frank

Not if you use Modern Mix by Stardock. ;)

Which is amazing, and made Win8 so much more usable for me.

plugplugplugplugplug

Journeyman Geek

10

Q: Can I use the snipping tool to take a screenshot of the windows 8 start screen or modern apps?

One of the tools I've found invaluable in answering questions on SU is the snipping tool. I may on occasion need to take screenshots of part of the start screen or 'modern' apps. I may not want to take a complete screenshot, and while I can use PrtSc and switch back into desktop to paste it, this...

windows-8 screenshot

Oh, I have that ;p

terdon

@JourneymanGeek ah, OK, it's the saving that's different.

Journeyman Geek

(I mean, these days, I'm all about the gif screenshots)

Michael Frank

02:57

...gif screenshots?

Journeyman Geek

lol

licecap

which works perfectly under wine too

Braiam

I'm kind of flagging this since it recommends using Windows... — Braiam 6 secs ago

Journeyman Geek

@Braiam: I'm not touching that flag, or recommending either way to the other mods. Conflict of interest and all that

@MichaelFrank: superuser.com/a/657800/10165

Michael Frank

such spelling

But yea, that's really cool.

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank: Thats how I normally type ;p

Michael Frank

03:02

Oh, so do I. Just amusing when it gets caught on camera.

Journeyman Geek

As I mentioned before, I'm dyslexic. I just take the effort to type like a proper human being ;p

Michael Frank

I like how to stole the answer tick 3 years after it was accepted.

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank: That was awesome too ;p

Actually I was going to ask a question, saw that as a possible master dupe, and decided what the hell, lets just share the awesome.

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek Obviously!

terdon

@JourneymanGeek that's what you get on your fancy mechanical keyboards? I thought they were supposed to improve typing efficiency! :P

Journeyman Geek

03:08

@terdon: thats on my laptop

terdon

excuses, excuses :)

@Braiam why are you flagging an answer recommending windows software to a question that asked for windows software?

Braiam

@terdon technically is not recommending a tool, but something inherent of the system

Michael Frank

Surely there's no requirement for suggestions to be third party though?

Braiam

but OP might not be using W8... he just said he's using windows

terdon

@Braiam well, technically, that is a tool. I also very much doubt it is inherent in the system. There's probably a little program being run in the background, it just comes with windows by default. Would you flag an answer recommending IE if someone asks for a Windows browser (I'd downvote it as a matter of principle of course :P )?

@Braiam again, no reason to flag, flag as what? Not an answer? But it is. Wrong answers should not be flagged, they should be voted down.

@Braiam for example:

Braiam

03:17

@terdon I'm not saying is wrong, I'm saying it doesn't recommend a tool ;)

Journeyman Geek

@Braiam: It is, just that its built in, and has no UI ;p

Bob

I or l? I hate bloody sans-serif.

terdon

Well, they're your flags, use them as you will but an OS is a tool by any definition.

Bob

UPS here labelled SMT1500l

terdon

@Bob we might need a bit more context there

Bob

03:18

that last character could be either an I or l

terdon

ah

Bob

@terdon just ranting about sans-serif in general

Braiam

if you want, let me put it in another perspective:

terdon

@Bob probably an I (i) though since the rest of the letters are caps

Braiam

> Q: I need a plugin to check the the orthography in LibreOffice Writer
> A: You don't need a plug in just press F7 and you get the integrated spellchecker tool

Bob

03:19

@terdon yea, that was my guess

would be nice to not have to guess, though

terdon

@Bob yes, and I'd like a pony :)

Braiam

@Bob what are you reading?

Bob

"sans-serif is more readable" => do you even read?

terdon

@Braiam that sounds like a very good answer to me

Braiam

mono is worse... 1 vs l

Bob

03:20

1l

not too bad

there's fonts where I and l are literally indistinguishable

you could cut and paste on top of each other

terdon

@Bob ah, actually that depends. Apparently (says my father the publisher), serif looks better in print and sans looks better on screens. Not sure he knows what he's talking about though in all fairness.

Bob

@terdon that's what a lot of people say

Braiam

O_O

Bob

but looking at this shit begs to differ:

Braiam

that one looks better on paper and the other on the screens doesn't mean that you can merge them and get the better of both

Bob

03:22

@Braiam it's entirely subjective

but I say any font where two glyphs representing completely different characters are indistinguishable is a failed font

that one actually makes logical sense

not a "I think this is easier to read"

Michael Frank

Braiam

@Bob sorry, I forgot sarcasm can't be read :/

terdon

True, but that is a font issue, not general serif/sans. There are sans fonts that have all glyphs distinguishable

What font is this by the way?

Braiam

@terdon please, recommend one!

terdon

As far as I can tell it's sans except the I

Braiam

03:25

(btw, do we have a typography.se?)

terdon

@Braiam don't think so but you could probably ask on latex for most things

@Braiam this is the one I use:

Michael Frank

@Braiam Graphic Design might be the closest choice.

terdon

Michael Frank

I dunno if that should be counted as sans...

terdon

Well, most letters have no serifs, only a couple of the ambiguous ones do

Michael Frank

03:30

nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/…

terdon

@MichaelFrank Actually, the only letters with serifs are capital i and lower case l (that has a kind of serif, see the screenshot)

Michael Frank

and 't'. Also, 'a' has a little tiny serif. :)

terdon

t? That has no serif! Nor does a, no more than n. Those are not serifs

Journeyman Geek

@Braiam if its already built in, and you didn't know about the built in tool, wouldn't it be a better answer than installing something additional to solve the problem?

Bob

> What was your favourite place to visit as a child?

> Who is your favourite musician?

what

how

@terdon then that's not full sans :P

terdon

03:39

@Bob yeah, but it's a fine compromise. And monospaced!

@MichaelFrank see the image here:

Serif

{| style="float: right; margin: 0 1em 1em; border: solid 1px black;" | | Sans-serif font |- | | Serif font |- | | Serif font(red serifs) |} In typography, a serif is a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol, such as when handwriting is separated into distinct units for a typewriter or typsetter. A typeface with serifs is called a serif typeface (or serifed typeface). A typeface without serifs is called sans serif or sans-serif, from the French sans, meaning “without”. Some typography sources refer to sans-serif typefaces as "Grotesque" (in German "grotesk") o...

Bob

> Who is your favourite musician?

seriously

the fuck kind of security question is that?

oh great

terdon

The a in the sans clearly has a little tail, that;s not a serif, it is part of the basic letter glyph as is the tail of the lower case t.

Bob

it asks me the same fucking question if I enter a nonsense username

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: not all sans fonts are crap ._.

Michael Frank

@terdon Fair enough. I thought wrong. ^_^

@Bob A poor/good one?

Journeyman Geek

03:43

not totally sans I suspect but i.imgur.com/ULimZE5.png is what I use with lots of text

Bob

> If you have forgotten your username you will need to contact your administrator.

Journeyman Geek

I don't seem to have droid sans mono installed

Bob

I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR

Journeyman Geek

google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono this used to be my preferred font.

Bob

T.T

Journeyman Geek

03:44

YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOURSELF!

Michael Frank

@Bob lololololol

Bob

why can't they just email me the bloody username

terdon

@JourneymanGeek that's quite nice, is it monospaced?

Journeyman Geek

yup

its called source code pro

store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/html/…

2

terdon

OK, I'll look into it though I have become very fond of my Monaco

@JourneymanGeek thanks

Journeyman Geek

03:50

Nice, but kinda narrow

the b and d is a nice touch

(they arn't mirror images of each other, which makes them more readable)

terdon

@JourneymanGeek yes, I guess it helps dyslexics

Journeyman Geek

@terdon: It does

Though, I know a poor sob who is stuck with comic sans for readability

terdon

ouch! For READABILITY!?

Damn but I hate that effin' font.

Journeyman Geek

yeah

I must say so, most dyslexic fonts suck

the fatbottomed ones make no sense to me personally

and the one font I would use was never sold seperately, the creator sold it to a dutch publisher who never released or sold it

terdon

@JourneymanGeek I remember seeing one that was quite pretty. Let me see if I can find it.

Ah, no I found it and it is ugly.

Journeyman Geek

03:55

@terdon: The adobe open source fonts come close to perfect for me

and Arial works at a pinch

terdon

Yes, there is always arial.

Journeyman Geek

ahh

readregular.com/english/regular.html

Michael Frank

I'm sure Lifehacker had a great guide to dyslexic friendly fonts a while ago. I can't find it though

Why are there two 'duplicate of...' options for flags? o.O

There's the top level one, then there's other > duplicate...

@JourneymanGeek That website almost made me throw up.

Anonymous

04:40

Anonymous

Stallman just doesn't get it

Michael Frank

I don't get it either...

Anonymous

@MichaelFrank i agree on it not being the most hillarious joke ever

Anonymous

but replying that way and asking about the gloves and the hudson river

Anonymous

it's just amazing

Anonymous

04:45

I'd rather work with Linus than with Stallman

Michael Frank

...why would you join me to an empty server? What is the point?!

Anonymous

@allquixotic ^

Journeyman Geek

05:08

@MichaelFrank why?

Anonymous

@JourneymanGeek I'm planning on getting a Moto X

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek The background was messing with my eyes.

Anonymous

and fixing this htc phone i messed

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank: ahh

@PatoSáinz: both good ideas ;p

@MichaelFrank: and most of the text is gifs.

Psycogeek

@MichaelFrank anyone using a background like that, has no business telling others what "readable" is (:

Anonymous

05:15

Anonymous

It's a true, sad story

Journeyman Geek

05:41

You use arch, don't you? ;p

Anonymous

@JourneymanGeek Fedora

joejoe31b

06:25

Hello

If you guys had to choose ONE Linux distro to use primarily, which one would you use?

Arch? Debian? Gentoo?

Bob

@joejoe31b Depends on the purpose...

Long-term stable server? Debian. Experimental? Ubuntu. Local desktop? More of a toss-up... Kubuntu, OpenSUSE, lots of other candidates.

As you might have noticed, I'm most comfortable with Ubuntu/Debian.

joejoe31b

Yeah, I am more looking at "Local Desktop"/"Experimental."

@Bob What do you think of OpenSUSE, I've never tried it.

utapyngo

07:27

Linux is a great operating system, but I have a question to Windows users about internet connection sharing: I need to share my internet connection with two other connections. Tha standard user interface only allows sharing an internet connection to one other connection, called "home" connection.
It all could be done with Linux easily, but it is not an option for me now.

0

Q: Internet Connection Sharing in Windows 7/8 between 3 network interfaces

I need to share my LAN with two OpenVPN interfaces. I have successfully shared it with one OpenVPN interface: The Home networking connection field is mandatory and can only be filled with one connection. Is there any way to share my Ethernet with two or more home connections on Windows? The ...

windows-7 windows-8 internet-connection connection-sharing

Journeyman Geek

08:02

@utapyngo: I think you can simply bridge the adaptors.

You only use ICS if you need things like a DHCP server

@joejoe31b: I'm using ubuntu LTS, though as a desktop, I'd probably go with Kubuntu's current release or Fedora.

Sammy

08:33

I've created a bootable Gparted Live USB. But how do you boot from a USB flash drive on a HP ProBook HP655? F11?

I am only able to get to the mouse navigated Windows 8 recovery screens.

Where is the boot menu? Where you can select what device to boot from?

Do I have to go to UEFI options?...

I wish someone could help me with this. I am so hating this computer right now.

The main reason I need to boot with Gparted is because the disk manager tool (diskmgmt.msc) inside Windows 8 (or any Windows version for that matter) is completely useless pieace of... of a software. It can't resize partitions properly, it only know of "extending" and "shrinking" a "volume".

utapyngo

08:48

@JourneymanGeek: bridging just breaks everything... I forgot to mention that I am not LAN admin here, and this LAN is very restrictive: additional computers are not allowed, MACs are checked.

Psycogeek

09:04

@utapyngo I dont know exactally cause i dont have 2 :-) but when reading about it and seeing other troubles with it, it is confusing. because: you dont instigate sharing of the internet too the other device, you set up One device as shared :-) only one ever. This distinction is confusing. So mabey once you set the ONE device with the internet to be shared, then mabey 2 can use it?

With ICS, i was able to have multiple computers using the "internet nic as shared by ICS" But many times (even myself) we keep trying to set more than one item because it seems logical that is how it would work.

-Then other stupid things can also be done (leave it to me) , I can set up the intenet nic to be shared on the internet connecting computer. Then i set up ICS again on a second computer Which is feeding off the first ICS. That computers Home Nic inteface is set as shared with ICS again, to a wifi lan adapter (using virtual router) putting the wifi 2 nats away , through 2 ICS shared nic items.

(via 2 seperate computers, because only one Nic becomes the internet shared nic)

Sathya

09:20

did someone unleash a comment flagging bot?

Psycogeek

@Sathya whats his name?

Sathya

don't know

kalina

@Sathya no that's me I'd guess

Sathya

ok, please slow down on that.

Journeyman Geek

Obsolete comments? ;p

(Thats something I'm getting used to on SR.SE. Comment cleanups seem rarer on SU)

Sathya

09:27

yeah

Psycogeek

Some of the best stuff is in the comments, sometimes.

(the rest we can get off a google search:-)

kalina

@Sathya I've flagged everything I'm going to flag today

I'm already onto the site after the next site

are you saying you'd rather not just have all of my flags in one go at the start of the day? :(

Psycogeek

I Have been beating my android phone into submission non-stop for so long, that it was only today that i realised the phone Turns On when a Message comes in. I was able to turn this off by disabling it's notifications for messaging entirely.

- Is it really normal for an android phone to kick the screen back on (which also means the Touch :-( just because a simple chat message came in?

Sathya

@Psycogeek not happening here

Psycogeek

@Sathya are you using a lock screen? and do messages show on it or kick it on?

Sathya

09:40

@Psycogeek stock lockscreen, any notifications/messages don't appear there

Psycogeek

Maybe that is another good reason for a lock screen. I will test that now.

Luckily it is capacitive touch , soo the holster (side pocket holder) seems to prevent any touching, as that could be a disaster.

Journeyman Geek

@Psycogeek: or a flip cover ;p

(especially if your phone supports smart covers

Psycogeek

Still turns on the backlight with the lock screen on. So then i PIN (password) it, and the light still goes on, but it goes off rather quick. (if the notification item is on in messaging).

@JourneymanGeek Smart cover for this phone has magnet , for GPSing and applying the compass, magnet was not so smart :-)

Just not sure what i will have it do. because i was arranging for it to read messages outloud, and repeat them once, so while driving or in pocket a person could get the message. which was working great (like many things) until reality hits.

Sathya

09:58

@JourneymanGeek are you seeing this behaviour in software rec? meta.stackoverflow.com/q/223145/133693

Journeyman Geek

>_>

Nope

Tried the URL, no users with that IP address

Psycogeek

10:46

""Why would you guys wanna use 40$ cases to cover up 800$ smart phone?"" uhh because breaking a $40 case seems better than breaking a $800 phone?

Journeyman Geek

lol

kalina

12:30

Woman slapped across the face with a large fish, police outraged <-- for some reason I am unable to read this article without laughing...

Psycogeek

If they need to find them so badly, just wait till the video comes out on you-tube :-)

Psycogeek

13:00

That's the last time i order books from amazon kindle, i waited a month and they still have not shipped them.

user58869

13:13

@kalina when i read it I felt quite concerned for the state of our youth in this day and age

user58869

can't remember if I also laughed... it is kind of ridiculous after all

user58869

I also felt twinge of concern for the younger members of my family, glad that they have had good upbringing and guidance, and would never behave in this way

user58869

concerned for them because there are people out there who do stuff like this

That Brazilian Guy

15:02

@Psycogeek You mean the screen lights up, or the device boots up? Because the 2nd is... weird.

@Psycogeek Does Amazon Kindle ships books now? In flash drives? Or does it send small clouds in paperboard boxes?

2

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy it ships you a little miniature 3G tower so you can plug it into your cable modem over ethernet and receive "Free" WhisperSync data of your "Paid" books ;-)

That Brazilian Guy

Like the ISPs here who offer "free wifi" with their ADSL plans? (yes, that's real. they give you a wifi AP. and then charge for it)

allquixotic

15:34

@ThatBrazilianGuy ISPs here offer "free wifi*" (at select locations), which means that if you just so happen to be at an extremely high population density place (usually a commercial business), if your ISP has a wifi hotspot there, you can get access to it without paying any additional cost

but, after having that "deal" with Verizon for about 8 years (until I ditched ADSL), I never once went anywhere that had a hotspot I could use

wifi hotspots are essentially never where I need them at the time I need them -- I don't spend all day at Starbucks

@Bob DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR DETECTED. ARREST WARRANT ISSUED. DRONE DISPATCHED. PLEASE COME ALONG, CITIZEN.

That Brazilian Guy

15:56

@allquixotic summonthensa.com (don't click the button)

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy screw that, I'm not even clicking the link

HackToHell

@allquixotic lol, you scared ? :P

allquixotic

@HackToHell terrified

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic I did yesterday, in case I dissapear, @HackToHell is to blame

HackToHell

I already did that several days ago

And I am here ! :D

though I think all my online activity is flagged xD

allquixotic

16:30

@HackToHell you don't live in the US, so you have nothing to worry about

that organization's officially stated public mission is foreign intelligence, but its actual behavior is the exact opposite

it doesn't care what people in other countries are doing; its primary concern is what its own citizens do

you guys can taunt them all you want, but you're barking up the wrong tree, they aren't interested in you

HackToHell

16:49

true, I might not do the same if I lived there

tbh, I am scared to rage at any political party on twitter

sigh I have become the official phone repair guy in my college

Too many people turning up to get their phones rooted/flashed :/

Oliver Salzburg

17:16

<3 Debuggex

That's the visualization for ^(?:\d{5}|(?:\d{1,5}(?:\*|-\d{5})))$ :P

That Brazilian Guy

17:43

@OliverSalzburg That's really cool, I might even finally understand regexes!

Canadian Luke

So, my Gr 8 teacher from school is now transferred back to our district, and is in my school that I work at

That Brazilian Guy

GR 8?

Canadian Luke

Grade 8

So... 13 years ago, when I was 13 :-O

That Brazilian Guy

Oh

Canadian Luke

I'm shocked she remembered me as well! But my Grade 8 Home Room teacher is also one of the higher ups, and she remembers me quite well too

rlemon

18:00

any reason mysql would just start doing this on me?

(when I attempt to start the daemon)

Angstrom Linux - mysql5 - starting with /usr/bin/mysqld_safe &

# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:         510584 kB
MemFree:          336804 kB

^ a lot of links were telling me this happens when your memory is full.

That Brazilian Guy

@rlemon gremlins

rlemon

@ThatBrazilianGuy I thought about that, but they are still infesting my mail service.

no time to be screwing with my mysql

question b) can I copy the database out - wipe clean mysql - and re-install?

(real question is how do I backup and restore the DB without mysql running)

Canadian Luke

@rlemon What do the logs say?

rlemon

/var/log/mysql.log doesn't exist, /var/log/mysql.err is empty

Canadian Luke

Output of # df -h?

I miss the 'Too Localized' close reason :(

rlemon

18:19

# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs          1.7G  1.6G     0 100% /
/dev/root       1.7G  1.6G     0 100% /
devtmpfs        250M     0  250M   0% /dev
tmpfs           250M  4.0K  250M   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs           250M  1.1M  249M   1% /run
tmpfs           250M     0  250M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           250M  4.0K  250M   1% /tmp
/dev/mmcblk0p1   70M   54M   16M  78% /media/BEAGLEBONE

@CanadianLuke I also miss that reason.

woah! why all the tmpfs?

wtf?

eh, w/e

Canadian Luke

So it can't create any log files, cause /var (which is on /) is full

Do you not have a data partition or something on there?

rlemon

it is a beagle bone black running Angstrom. honestly it has almost nothing on it but node, a few packages, and my application files. (plus mysql)

everything was running fine when I left work yesterday, powered down the board - this morning I got this

Canadian Luke

Even if you attach another file system over the network, it'd be better. But you need more space. Upgrade to a 4GB or 8GB card

rlemon

I have no idea what happened.

it is a 4GB card :/

well, I'm trying to copy this up to a 4GB card sorry

Canadian Luke

You need to backup everything, resize the partitions (from another system), then try again.

rlemon

18:27

atm it is running on a 2GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage

Canadian Luke

So you need a 4GB card. To expand the partition

rlemon

okay well then back to my second question (because i'm not doing that because reasons) - is there any way for me to backup my DB without running mysql?

tl;dr - I was doing dev on the onboard memory - i'm moving it all over to a micro SD and the DB structure / data is all that is left.

Canadian Luke

Yes... One sec

rlemon

so 'fixing the onboard' is more work than re-creating the tables and data by hand. but I would prefer not to have to

Canadian Luke

Copy the mysql folders you see under /var/lib

Just moved one of my MySQL databases to another server at the school, and it just loaded up OK. So that should be all you need to do

rlemon

18:36

okay cool.

no clue what happened. fyi - BeagleBone Blacks are fun, but so far very flaky

have never had issues like this on my rpi

Canadian Luke

I liked my Pi, as soon as I had a proper power supply for it

rlemon

:/

only one folder in /var/lib/ for mysql

and the only thing in it is mysqld.pid

I am getting the gut feeling that isn't what I need

Canadian Luke

18:53

Hmm... Worked for me...

What about clearing out something else, then starting the MySQL daemon?

Can you run mysqldump?

rlemon

19:29

@CanadianLuke nope on the mysqldump side.

I'm going to try and clean up some space and try to start the daemon

I'm more concerned now on what ate up all of the space

can't have this happening in the field.

Canadian Luke

19:53

@rlemon Is it going to host the database itself?

rlemon

yes

but the DB is fixed size.

24 hours of reporting history

Canadian Luke

TMP files, probably. Run a cron job that checks every few minutes for free space; if not, mail the admin

rlemon

well I got what I needed off the eMMc at least

thanks for the help

Canadian Luke

No problem

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