General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Year of the Linux Desktop!

[SocMinarch]

[QUOTE=formatme;48813909]what should i host on my linux server has 2tb ssd's[/QUOTE]

Sell block storage

[larikang]

[QUOTE=Lyoko2;48810840]what prevents my kernel modules from auto loading?
everything works, kernel is running, manual loading modules with modprobe works too. but it's not automatically as I wish it would.
It's Archlinux. kernel modules I installed are in: /usr/lib/modules .[/QUOTE]

Did you try the steps for auto-loading kernel modules at boot?

[url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_modules#Automatic_module_handling[/url]

[Levelog]

New laptop got in, Fedora loaded, what the fuck do I even have to install? There's so much to do and I can't remember half of it.

[editline]5th October 2015[/editline]

Well it's a start.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/vdBSTYr.png[/t]

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=coyote93;48837558]SO, whats the most lightweight linux distro for a notebook atm?

I used to have crunchbang, but it seems like its dead now?[/QUOTE]

Crunchbang++ is the successor. For really lightweight you can just do a minimal arch install with [I]only x window manager[/I].

[Levelog]

Was having some issues with Fedora, decided to try CentOS for fun. Forgot we have a CentOS mirror here at work. Shit's fast as fuck.

[Lyoko2]

My grandfather uses CentOS too, he likes it stable.

[Levelog]

[QUOTE=Lyoko2;48842609]My grandfather uses CentOS too, he likes it stable.[/QUOTE]

We use it for almost all of our servers/vms here at work. It's really nice because with netinstalls, it pulls the data at a full gigabit.

[FPtje]

[QUOTE=Lyoko2;48842609]My grandfather uses CentOS too, he likes it stable.[/QUOTE]

I wish my grandparents were that computer savvy.

[dustyjo]

I recently got a ton of old, unmarked floppy disks, and all of them have AOL 3.x on them :v:

The filesystem is locked on each one, and I'd like to be able to use them. Is there a linux tool that can low-level format floppies? I tried fdformat but it just said the disk was read-only. Maybe I'm using it wrong or something.

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=dustyjo;48847556]I recently got a ton of old, unmarked floppy disks, and all of them have AOL 3.x on them :v:

The filesystem is locked on each one, and I'd like to be able to use them. Is there a linux tool that can low-level format floppies? I tried fdformat but it just said the disk was read-only. Maybe I'm using it wrong or something.[/QUOTE]

There's two holes on the label-end.
Cover one of them with black tape and you can write on them.

[dustyjo]

[QUOTE=Van-man;48847714]There's two holes on the label-end.
Cover one of them with black tape and you can write on them.[/QUOTE]

It won't write to them even if the write-protect hole is closed. I guess I should have mentioned that.

[Muggi]

Hey guys, maybe you can help me with an issue I've been having with practically all distros I've been using this past year. Currently using Mint, and it's great except for this issue.
See, sometimes when I either boot my laptop or simply wake it from hibernation/sleep mode, the keyboard and mouse will not respond. At all. It's quite annoying, and I haven't been able to find any reliable fix online.
So, would appreciate any help. It doesn't happen to often, like maybe once or twice a day, and usually restarting the laptop will fix it, but still. Annoying.

[inaba]

How do I debug seemingly random freezes in Fedora 22?

[vlad]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;48856508]How do I debug seemingly random freezes in Fedora 22?[/QUOTE]

I've been bothered by this for so long and I found out what had been causing it not too long ago. try disabling IPv6 on all of your network interfaces and see if that solves it

[url]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1446397&p=48762247&viewfull=1#post48762247[/url]

[inaba]

[QUOTE=PredGD;48856725]I've been bothered by this for so long and I found out what had been causing it not too long ago. try disabling IPv6 on all of your network interfaces and see if that solves it

[url]https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1446397&p=48762247&viewfull=1#post48762247[/url][/QUOTE]

IS there another way other than doing it under the settings. That didn't seem to work.
Also, I get this sometimes after it

[t]http://catpanic.eu/upl/2015-10-08%2012.29.25.jpg[/t]

And it seems to just keep going forever

[Liam]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;48857075]IS there another way other than doing it under the settings. That didn't seem to work.
Also, I get this sometimes after it

[t]http://catpanic.eu/upl/2015-10-08%2012.29.25.jpg[/t]

And it seems to just keep going forever[/QUOTE]

is your screen actually doing that or is it just your shutter speed?

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Little Donny;48859042]is your screen actually doing that or is it just your shutter speed?[/QUOTE]

Shutter speed.
Though I decided to borrow a USB stick and install Ubuntu Gnome.

[jlj1]

[url]http://sta.li/[/url]

Thoughts?

[Stonecycle]

[QUOTE=jlj1;48887158][url]http://sta.li/[/url]

Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

It has a [URL=http://sta.li/filesystem]sane file system hierarchy[/URL] which is nice for a change. Void Linux partially implements something similar by linking /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, and anywhere binaries would go into /usr/bin. Apart from that, the world will be a much better place if we all used static linking. Carrying the idea into a distribution isn't that strange; [URL=http://solyste.ywstd.fr/]Solyste[/URL] by Ypnose is even working on his own distro.

But sadly these are all still "concepts" and haven't gone anywhere. Most of the time "suckless" distributions are about keeping GNU off of Linux with the use of Plan 9 tools (9base) or BSD software (like mandoc).

[Lyokanthrope]

-snip- wow I found it just after I posted

[lavacano]

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;48887635]It has a [URL=http://sta.li/filesystem]sane file system hierarchy[/URL] which is nice for a change. Void Linux partially implements something similar by linking /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, and anywhere binaries would go into /usr/bin. Apart from that, the world will be a much better place if we all used static linking. Carrying the idea into a distribution isn't that strange; [URL=http://solyste.ywstd.fr/]Solyste[/URL] by Ypnose is even working on his own distro.

But sadly these are all still "concepts" and haven't gone anywhere. Most of the time "suckless" distributions are about keeping GNU off of Linux with the use of Plan 9 tools (9base) or BSD software (like mandoc).[/QUOTE]

I never really got the Microsoft-levels of hate for GNU some people have, the only real downside I've noticed is the file size (and unless you're working with embedded systems or computers from the early 1990s, the file size is still not large enough to be that much of a factor)

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=lavacano;48888656]I never really got the Microsoft-levels of hate for GNU some people have, the only real downside I've noticed is the file size (and unless you're working with embedded systems or computers from the early 1990s, the file size is still not large enough to be that much of a factor)[/QUOTE]

It's not so much about file size as it is about codebase size. Larger codebases lead to more potential bugs and less ease of maintainability. Or it can anyway, and seems to be the philosophy behind these projects.

Regarding static linking, that's a big area where GNU software (or GNU libc) has been a big asshole that just keeps shitting issues. It never was easy, and to this day requires at least the libc to be present (which kind of nullifies the point of doing the static linking anyway). This actually leads to larger filesizes, but better performant applications, and the ability to deploy single-binary containers. There's a lot you can do with statically linked binaries.

[lavacano]

My insomnia has been transformed into something useful: I updated the command@host functions!

function accept-line-with-ssh () {
	firstword=${BUFFER[(w)1]}
	# Rough translation: "if @ is in firstword"
	if [[ ${firstword[(i)@]} -le ${#firstword} ]]; then # Lit: "if the index of '@' within firstword is less than the length of firstword"
		origbuffer=$BUFFER

		cmd=${firstword%@*} # set cmd to everything BEFORE the @
		host=${firstword#*@} # set host to everything AFTER the @
		# ports!
		if [[ ${host[(i):]} -le ${#host} ]]; then
			port="-p ${host#*:}"
			host=${host%:*}
		fi
		args=${origbuffer#${firstword} } # set args to everything AFTER the first word
		[[ $args == $firstword ]] && args="" # Prevent "command command@host" from running a command with no args

		if [[ $cmd == "" ]] && [[ $args == "" ]]; then
			BUFFER="ssh $port $host"
		else
			BUFFER="ssh $port -t $host \"$cmd ${args}\""
		fi
	fi
	unset host port cmd
	zle .accept-line
}

zle -N accept-line accept-line-with-ssh

Changes:
- It's come to my attention that the variables I used are [b]not[/b] automatically unset. Doing this now to prevent security leakage.
- Support for ports has been added! Specify a port by suffixing :12345 to your host
- When simply typing @host, the function would auto expand to `ssh -t host " "`. This is valid, logical for the code, but ultimately useless. Now, when you type @host, the buffer expands to the infinitely more useful `ssh host`.

[EmilioGB]

[QUOTE=jlj1;48887158][url]http://sta.li/[/url]

Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

Static linking is nice, but doesn't that mean that any GTK/Qt library will be a lot in size?

[Stonecycle]

[QUOTE=EmilioGB;48893933]Static linking is nice, but doesn't that mean that any GTK/Qt library will be a lot in size?[/QUOTE]

Anything GTK will likely be avoided as it's a GNU project and they plan to keep that off. Qt [I]might[/I] also not be in the plans.

[QUOTE]
Achieve binary size reduction (through the avoidance of glibc and other bloated GNU libraries)
[/QUOTE]

These people aren't exactly the type to use a graphical interface where they can avoid it. If they do need to create a GUI, they might use a lightweight toolkit.

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;48894347]Anything GTK will likely be avoided as it's a GNU project and they plan to keep that off. Qt [I]might[/I] also not be in the plans.

These people aren't exactly the type to use a graphical interface where they can avoid it. If they do need to create a GUI, they might use a lightweight toolkit.[/QUOTE]

Tk is where it's at!

[Lyoko2]

hey, what is the best terminal font for 1280X1024 display? I need something readable that won't be too wide.
and I need a good recommendation for simple small vpn server that is easy to install and configure.

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=Lyoko2;48944788]hey, what is the best terminal font for 1280X1024 display? I need something readable that won't be too wide.
and I need a good recommendation for simple small vpn server that is easy to install and configure.[/QUOTE]

Inconsolata.

Do you mean a VPS or a VPN?

[editline]20th October 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=mastersrp;48894863]Tk is where it's at![/QUOTE]

Also just adding to this:

[url=http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/]IUP[/url]

[Lyoko2]

[QUOTE=mastersrp;48944851]Inconsolata.

Do you mean a VPS or a VPN?
[/QUOTE]
a VPN to access my home network from anywhere

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=Lyoko2;48944866]a VPN to access my home network from anywhere[/QUOTE]

Just use OpenVPN then?