General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. I broke my Arch Install

[ipha]

Eww... it appears that the Samsung EVO 840 has some performance degradation issues.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/k6iHGjA.png[/img]

[nikomo]

This is weird, because I've had no such problems.
Maybe I need more usage on it, and then it'll appear.

[naelstrof]

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;45945658]More like [I]Belongs in /dev/null[/I].[/QUOTE]

I think you meant ~/.local/share/Trash/.

[Comfy]

[QUOTE=neos300;45945572]If you guys are a bit slow on updating arch (3 days), they finally got around to updating ncmpcpp, then new version of which breaks a lot of configs.

You have been warned.[/QUOTE]

I haven't updated my arch in a week :v:

Might use ncmpcpp again :v:

[mastersrp]

Gave Void Linux a try in a virtualbox, but to my dismay, it could not install. For some reason or other, the install step fails with either "no partition mounted on /!" (when you set the filesystems up to mount at a different mount point) or "could not install to /, already mounted!" (when you set the filesystem to mount at root), so I'm not entirely sure where to go from here.
Seemed like a very promising system, but if I can't make use of it, there's no point.

[Comfy]

[QUOTE=mastersrp;45948777]Gave Void Linux a try in a virtualbox, but to my dismay, it could not install. For some reason or other, the install step fails with either "no partition mounted on /!" (when you set the filesystems up to mount at a different mount point) or "could not install to /, already mounted!" (when you set the filesystem to mount at root), so I'm not entirely sure where to go from here.
Seemed like a very promising system, but if I can't make use of it, there's no point.[/QUOTE]

Gonna give it a quick try aswell.Will report back soon.

[editline]11th September 2014[/editline]

And the installer threw me into parted. Great....

I don't like GNU parted ...

[vlad]

[QUOTE=PredGD;45943843]I recently migrated from apache2 to nginx on my VPS, and Piwik's log import script isn't working anymore. I changed the path in the cron job, but it still doesn't update.

cron job

@hourly python /home/apache/public_html/piwik/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py --url=http://pred.me/piwik/ /var/log/nginx/access.log --idsite=1 --recorders=2 --enable-http-errors --enable-http-redirects --enable-static --enable-bots

I tried running it manually which got me this

# python /home/apache/public_html/piwik/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py --url=http://pred.me/piwik/ /var/log/nginx/access.log --idsite=1 --recorders=2 --enable-http-errors --enable-http-redirects --enable-static --enable-bots
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/apache/public_html/piwik/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py", line 1714, in <module>
    resolver = config.get_resolver()
  File "/home/apache/public_html/piwik/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py", line 638, in get_resolver
    return StaticResolver(self.options.site_id)
  File "/home/apache/public_html/piwik/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py", line 974, in __init__
    'SitesManager.getSiteFromId', idSite=self.site_id
  File "/home/apache/public_html/piwik/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py", line 957, in call_api
    return cls._call_wrapper(cls._call_api, None, None, method, **kwargs)
  File "/home/apache/public_html/piwik/misc/log-analytics/import_logs.py", line 946, in _call_wrapper
    raise Piwik.Error(message)
__main__.Error: Forbidden

googling the issue got me here, [URL]http://forum.piwik.org/read.php?2,105560[/URL] but it seems like the issue has already been fixed in the latest version. I'm at loss, any idea what has caused this? the error is pretty much identical to that thread, but the fix he said to apply is already applied as far as I know from looking at the script[/QUOTE]

got this sorted out, I had forgotten to enable index.php in the nginx config which threw the script off and gave it 403

[Killervalon]

[QUOTE=IpHa;45947002]Eww... it appears that the Samsung EVO 840 has some performance degradation issues.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/k6iHGjA.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Are you running TRIM? I'm not up to date on Linux, but I know that they used to be missing that feature (and thus not default) back when Windows 7 got it.

[JoeMB]

I'm trying to install Arch Linux and dual boot with Windows 8 and I'm stuck on this command "gummiboot install" getting this error message "Failed to create EFI Boot variable entry: No space left on device". I did a bit of googling and that error seems to be related to nvram being full.
I did try deleting some unused entries using efibootmgr with the command

efibootmgr -B -b 000[number]

The ones that are left:

BootCurrent :0005
Timeout: 1 seconds
Boot0000* Corsair Slider 3.0 1.00
Boot0001* SATA2: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Seri
Boot0002
Boot0003
Boot0004* Built-in EFI Shell
Boot0005* UEFI: Corsair Slider 3.0 1.00
Boot0006
Boot0007
Boot0008

[vlad]

[QUOTE=Sivics;45963547]I'm trying to install Arch Linux and dual boot with Windows 8 and I'm stuck on this command "gummiboot install" getting this error message "Failed to create EFI Boot variable entry: No space left on device". I did a bit of googling and that error seems to be related to nvram being full.
I did try deleting some unused entries using efibootmgr with the command

efibootmgr -B -b 000[number]

The ones that are left:

BootCurrent :0005
Timeout: 1 seconds
Boot0000* Corsair Slider 3.0 1.00
Boot0001* SATA2: Samsung SSD 840 PRO Seri
Boot0002
Boot0003
Boot0004* Built-in EFI Shell
Boot0005* UEFI: Corsair Slider 3.0 1.00
Boot0006
Boot0007
Boot0008

[/QUOTE]

have you mounted /boot at your EFI partition?

# mkdir /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/sdXY /mnt/boot

make sure the EFI partition has the EF00 flag and is formatted as FAT32 (which it should be already)

[Havoc Ryder]

Okay, something on my system is being a little bitch. I don't know whether it's my BIOS, windows or linux.

I gave up trying to dual boot Mint and switched over to Debian. I created a 200GB free space partition on my windows hard drive and installed Debian on that. When it came towards the end of the install, Debian stated that it had detected another OS on my hard drive, "Windows vista", even though It's 8.1. I've never had Vista.

Anyway I selected yeah it's cool allow me to dual boot. My bios splash screen froze for about 20 seconds and then it just booted straight into windows, same as it did with Mint. No options to dual boot.

I don't know what to be angry at so if you guys could let me know I'd appreciate it.

[ben1066]

It would appear that 16GB RAM isn't enough for a lot of tabs in Chrome, Clion and VirtualBox, and without swap processes started getting killed.

[naelstrof]

[QUOTE=Adamhully;45970194]Okay, something on my system is being a little bitch. I don't know whether it's my BIOS, windows or linux.

I gave up trying to dual boot Mint and switched over to Debian. I created a 200GB free space partition on my windows hard drive and installed Debian on that. When it came towards the end of the install, Debian stated that it had detected another OS on my hard drive, "Windows vista", even though It's 8.1. I've never had Vista.

Anyway I selected yeah it's cool allow me to dual boot. My bios splash screen froze for about 20 seconds and then it just booted straight into windows, same as it did with Mint. No options to dual boot.

I don't know what to be angry at so if you guys could let me know I'd appreciate it.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like you're having UEFI problems. Check your BIOS and see if you can enable legacy boot or if a UEFI bootloader exists for Debian.

You may have to install your own UEFI boot loader in order to get a dual boot to work with Linux. I really like rEFInd.

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=ben1066;45977868]It would appear that 16GB RAM isn't enough for a lot of tabs in Chrome, Clion and VirtualBox, and without swap processes started getting killed.[/QUOTE]

I can open 100 different tabs in Firefox, run a VirtualBox instance, compile projects, and still watch youtube videos with no issue on 4GB RAM. Either Clion is a fucking dick, or something is wrong.

[editline]14th September 2014[/editline]

I've recently just tested EvolveOS, but unfortunately the LiveCD was all I could get to work. Post install it wouldn't even boot, so not much to say presently, except for the fact that the user interface they've gone for looks pretty good, and seemingly works great.

[Havoc Ryder]

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;45978520]Sounds like you're having UEFI problems. Check your BIOS and see if you can enable legacy boot or if a UEFI bootloader exists for Debian.

You may have to install your own UEFI boot loader in order to get a dual boot to work with Linux. I really like rEFInd.[/QUOTE]

I don't have UEFI, just old fashioned BIOS.

[naelstrof]

[QUOTE=Adamhully;45979932]I don't have UEFI, just old fashioned BIOS.[/QUOTE]

Oh then there's a huge variety of things that could be wrong. You could be booting to the wrong hard drive, GRUB may not be installed, or GRUB is misconfigured (Missing /boot folder/partition or bad/no boot images).

Not sure exactly how much control Debian gives you over your boot loader, but I recommend making sure it's configured correctly and installed. [url=https://wiki.debian.org/GrubLegacyRecover]This[/url] might help, but I'm not sure.

[Havoc Ryder]

Definitely booting to the right HDD so it's probably GRUB. I'll pop the installation media back in and try a repair, but I don't feel too confident. If 2 fresh installs of 2 different Linux distros didn't work I don't think a repair will. I blame my shitty BIOS, it never used to pause for 20 seconds on the splash screen but now it does.

[rilez]

If you're installing Linux with the "install alongside Windows" option, I find that only sometimes works, depending on the distro. Keep in mind Debian is older, and Mint is not much farther along, so you might have problems trying to dual boot later versions of Windows. Especially if you have multiple drives.

Try installing using "advanced install options" or something similar, to make sure the bootloader is installed correctly. If you're not seeing GRUB, it fucked up and left the Windows bootloader alone, or was configured improperly.

[url]http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1556[/url]

Make sure fast start-up is off, because it can fuck up a Linux partition. You said you're using BIOS, but you should still check and make sure Secure Boot is off as well.

You could also try EasyBCD, if all else fails. You might prefer this option, honestly: [url]http://apcmag.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-8-and-linux.htm[/url]

[esalaka]

[QUOTE=rilez;45980313]Make sure fast start-up is off, because it can fuck up a Linux partition. You said you're using BIOS, but you should still check and make sure Secure Boot is off as well.[/QUOTE]

If you've rebooted from Windows with the Reboot option when you last shut it down, fast startup is currently offline. From this point on, as long as Linux never touches the Windows partitions and vice versa, no data will be lost - the data loss is often due to the OS disk cache storing the old data on the partition instead of the new data.

Of course, this doesn't mean data loss [I]can't[/I] occurr, just that it's less likely. My laptop currently has both Gentoo and Win 8 hibernated and it can boot to either just fine with no adverse effects.

[editline]15th September 2014[/editline]

By "fast startup is offline" I mean the partial kernel hibernation dump is not there and you can safely alter partitions.

[ben1066]

[QUOTE=mastersrp;45978535]I can open 100 different tabs in Firefox, run a VirtualBox instance, compile projects, and still watch youtube videos with no issue on 4GB RAM. Either Clion is a fucking dick, or something is wrong.

[editline]14th September 2014[/editline]

I've recently just tested EvolveOS, but unfortunately the LiveCD was all I could get to work. Post install it wouldn't even boot, so not much to say presently, except for the fact that the user interface they've gone for looks pretty good, and seemingly works great.[/QUOTE]

The VM had 8GB and I have a feeling Clion had a memory leak, I had to exit it before I could check.

[vlad]

been having an issue with low sound using alsa and pulseaudio for a while now, and I believe I posted about it a few months ago. the fix I found was to first insert the cable into audio in (green port) first, then plug it out and into either the bass, center or the sides input to hear stuff at the correct volume. if I am to boot with the cable in anything other than the green port, there will be no sound but if I plug it into the green one, sound will be too low and plugging it back into any other port after that will suddenly make everything normal again.

it's a minor annoyance as it sometimes works fine using the green port, but more often than not it's too quiet so I have to crawl down under my desk to fix the stuff. I haven't been able to find anyone else having the same kind of issues, so I wonder if you guys had an idea of what it could be? would be sweet to be able to fix it

[Liam]

Have any of you cool dudes ever used jack before?
I was having a great old time with it making noises and such, but now it has all of a sudden decided it can't start when I try to use it with a usb audio interface (i have tried it with multiple ones).

It was working fine before but now it seems to be giving me similar error messages in suse and fedora. Something along the lines of this:

[quote]02:23:36.674 JACK is starting...
02:23:36.674 /usr/bin/jackd -dalsa -dhw:Lambda -r96000 -p128 -n2
02:23:36.678 JACK was started with PID=32582.
Cannot create thread 1 Operation not permitted
Cannot create thread 1 Operation not permitted
Cannot create thread 1 Operation not permitted
jackdmp 1.9.9.5
Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others.
Copyright 2004-2012 Grame.
jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details
JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10
Cannot lock down 86605722 byte memory area (Cannot allocate memory)
audio_reservation_init
Acquire audio card Audio1
creating alsa driver ... hw:Lambda|hw:Lambda|128|2|96000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
configuring for 96000Hz, period = 128 frames (1.3 ms), buffer = 2 periods
ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 24bit little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for capture
ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 24bit little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for playback
Cannot use real-time scheduling (RR/10)(1: Operation not permitted)
AcquireSelfRealTime error
02:23:43.697 Could not connect to JACK server as client. - Overall operation failed. - Server communication error. Please check the messages window for more info.
JackPosixProcessSync::LockedTimedWait error usec = 5000000 err = Connection timed out
Driver is not running
Cannot read socket fd = 26 err = Success
CheckRes error
JackSocketClientChannel read fail
Cannot create new client
Cannot open qjackctl client
Unknown request 4294967295
CheckSize error size = 0 Size() = 12
CheckRead error
02:23:46.278 JACK is stopping...
Jack main caught signal 15
02:27:09.031 JACK is stopping...
02:27:09.462 JACK is stopping...
02:27:09.471 JACK was stopped successfully.
02:27:09.471 JACK has crashed.[/quote]

my duck-duck-fu is failing me as i don't know which line i should be searching

any ideas?

[editline]18th September 2014[/editline]

wait i think this might be a kernel thing

i think a kernel update broke it

[editline]18th September 2014[/editline]

is the kernel not letting jack run in real time or something

do i need to do a special kernel thing so that it can do that

[editline]18th September 2014[/editline]

aaaaaah okay i think i fixed it

thanks for the help guys

[FPtje]

MDM has this very weird problem where it changes the password if I enter it too quickly. About 60% of the times I tried to log in it said my password was wrong.

So I installed lightDM which is much better anyway.

[nikomo]

[QUOTE=Little Donny;46004010]
aaaaaah okay i think i fixed it

thanks for the help guys[/QUOTE]

[img]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wisdom_of_the_ancients.png[/img]

[Comfy]

[QUOTE=nikomo;46005145][img]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wisdom_of_the_ancients.png[/img][/QUOTE]

Fixing some very obscure bugs in VBA back in the day. ohgod this happened so fucking much.

[Liam]

okay well for the benefit of some dude from 2025 the kernel had nothing to do with it in the end

the main deal was that i had to do this

[img]http://good-mechs.info/secret/jacksettings.png[/img]

it was the only way i could get it to run with less that 3ms of latency

[larikang]

That image link is going to be dead in 2025.

[Liam]

i bought the domain name for like 20 years tho (.info domains are hella cheap)
i just gotta make sure that specific file is up that year

[editline]18th September 2014[/editline]

what am i thinking i'm gonna turn 34 that year why the fuck would i still be maintaining a joke website about mechs that i use as an impromptu image host sometimes

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=Little Donny;46008921]i bought the domain name for like 20 years tho (.info domains are hella cheap)
i just gotta make sure that specific file is up that year

[editline]18th September 2014[/editline]

what am i thinking i'm gonna turn 34 that year why the fuck would i still be maintaining a joke website about mechs that i use as an impromptu image host sometimes[/QUOTE]

Because you use it as an impromptu image host sometimes? I'd figure that's as good enough a reason as any.

[vlad]

is it possible to use scrot to upload to a server over SFTP after capture, then giving me the link in my clipboard?