Other Operating Systems *ix, *BSD, BeOS, Palm.. etc. Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:03:47 +0000 Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:03:47 +0000 OCAU Forums https://forums.overclockers.com.au/forums/other-operating-systems.40/ Perpetual Linux Distro Thread Wed, 26 Feb 2020 01:02:45 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/perpetual-linux-distro-thread.43787/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/perpetual-linux-distro-thread.43787/ invalid@example.com (Geo) Geo
What GNU/Linux should I use?

GNU/Linux (Linux) comes in various forms called distributions (Distros). These are released by various companies, organisations or groups of people. Some common Linux distributions that I have used are listed below....

Perpetual Linux Distro Thread]]> 791 Learning about Linux : Ask/Answer A Quick Question thread Tue, 25 Feb 2020 01:33:20 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/learning-about-linux-ask-answer-a-quick-question-thread.1277874/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/learning-about-linux-ask-answer-a-quick-question-thread.1277874/ invalid@example.com (shredder) shredder
I've been in Ubuntu for probably 4 years now but still quite a noob in many ways. So I might throw out the odd random question into this thread, and encourage other less-experienced OCAU Linuxers to do the same if wanted.

Just little things that may not warrant their own thread, and which local experts may enjoy momentarily flexing their brain muscle to insta-solve.

Let us get this ellipsoid perambulating, as per thusly :

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Who should be the owner of /bin...

Learning about Linux : Ask/Answer A Quick Question thread]]> 10 main rig has short sluggish periods, no idea why Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:33:57 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/main-rig-has-short-sluggish-periods-no-idea-why.1277765/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/main-rig-has-short-sluggish-periods-no-idea-why.1277765/ invalid@example.com (ae00711) ae00711
No idea where to start looking, as I'm still new to Linux. I'm hesitant to put it down to hardware not being enough.

specs:

2x Xeon X5687 (3.6-3.8ghz, 4C/8T each)
96GB RAM
600GB Intel DC SSD
Asus mobo
GTX680 2GB
Asus Essence ST PCI soundcard

Linux...

main rig has short sluggish periods, no idea why]]> 22 Linux Gaming Tue, 18 Feb 2020 02:31:18 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-gaming.643119/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-gaming.643119/ invalid@example.com (GumbyNoTalent) GumbyNoTalent 2018-07-29 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/
Every Newbie asks the question what is gaming like in Linux well this thread I invite people to put their money where their mouth is and post pictures, preferably with some indication of FPS and the settings being used.

I'll start.

WoW running on Wine with Nvidia drivers.



Config
[​IMG]
Ingame...

Linux Gaming]]> 1070 MythTV General Discussion and Support Tue, 04 Feb 2020 09:46:31 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/mythtv-general-discussion-and-support.564660/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/mythtv-general-discussion-and-support.564660/ invalid@example.com (Dedge) Dedge

Why?
The previous MythTV thread is almost two years old with over 900 replies. Originally, the thread's intention was to demonstrate and promote MythTV. The success of the...

MythTV General Discussion and Support]]> 5917 How to tell if my Solaris machine is custard Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:09:39 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/how-to-tell-if-my-solaris-machine-is-custard.1276764/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/how-to-tell-if-my-solaris-machine-is-custard.1276764/ invalid@example.com (Saggas) Saggas
Hadn't been used in maybe 12 months, I fired it up and was serving some 'linux distros' across my home network. Was workin fine for maybe 3 weeks.

I came home one day to find it unresponsive and at a black screen, unable to gain any sort of control I rebooted it.

Now its stuck in a boot loop at the Solaris screen with a spinning red ring (no xbox references please!)

If I modify the boot settings to boot...

How to tell if my Solaris machine is custard]]> 2 Linux CLI Utilities - consolidated list Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:27:39 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-cli-utilities-consolidated-list.1246191/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-cli-utilities-consolidated-list.1246191/ invalid@example.com (GumbyNoTalent) GumbyNoTalent 2018-06-29 https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps
Another awesome curated list that caters to this topic.

OK time to create a list of stuff that we use.

Googler https://github.com/jarun/googler
Linux CLI Utilities - consolidated list]]> 59 Making Teamviewer start as a service in Ubuntu Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:07:01 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/making-teamviewer-start-as-a-service-in-ubuntu.1275033/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/making-teamviewer-start-as-a-service-in-ubuntu.1275033/ invalid@example.com (archie) archie
Is there a way to install teamviewer as a service in ubuntu?
so without even logging in, its already running in the background, ready to accept remote connections.

in win10 its just a matter of a tick box however doesn't do the trick on ubuntu]]> 16 Mint switch from nvidia to ati Sun, 15 Dec 2019 08:32:08 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/mint-switch-from-nvidia-to-ati.1274855/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/mint-switch-from-nvidia-to-ati.1274855/ invalid@example.com (kogi) kogi
Can I just bang the new one in and hope for the best? Last time I had to reinstall]]> 6 USB UPS data without NUT? Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:19:26 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/usb-ups-data-without-nut.1274191/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/usb-ups-data-without-nut.1274191/ invalid@example.com (schnappy) schnappy
Has anyone ever run a non-APC UPS without NUT? I've been using this for ages on a Debian system:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Powerware5110UPSin12.04

Works fine, but it's overkill for my usage. I want to move the serial/data connection to another system and I don't want to run such convoluted software on it.

bcmxcp_usb appears to be a NUT driver, not a Linux driver. I can't find any more generic way to access to the UPS data. Is it perhaps possible there's a generic...

USB UPS data without NUT?]]> 4 Linux file saved in shared drive is not accessible to Windows users Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:56:46 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-file-saved-in-shared-drive-is-not-accessible-to-windows-users.1274008/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-file-saved-in-shared-drive-is-not-accessible-to-windows-users.1274008/ invalid@example.com (Multiplexer) Multiplexer
sudo nano /etc/fstab
192.168.9.1:/volume1/file /mnt/file nfs noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0

sudo chmod 777 /mnt/file

The issue now is when a bittorrent client save a file, that file is not accessible to Windows users. How can I resolve this?]]> 3 mount NFS but only root privilege can access Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:57:45 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/mount-nfs-but-only-root-privilege-can-access.1273974/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/mount-nfs-but-only-root-privilege-can-access.1273974/ invalid@example.com (Multiplexer) Multiplexer
I follow the Synology guide to setup NFS and ran below command to mount

sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.9.1:/volume1/File /mnt/File

I can only access /mnt/File if I run "sudo -s". how do I setup so I do not need to run "sudo -s" to access the File folder?

I will be configuring the mount is fstab...

mount NFS but only root privilege can access]]> 3 Ubuntu headless server failure Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:16:29 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/ubuntu-headless-server-failure.1273553/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/ubuntu-headless-server-failure.1273553/ invalid@example.com (toxic_spill) toxic_spill
Hardware:
HP Proliant Microserver Gen8 G2020T
4 x 4Tb WD Red drives, 8Tb RAID 5 and 2Tb RAID 10
128Gb Samsung SSD (root, swap, etc)
1Gb SD card (boot) (This is the boot drive due to the peculiarities of the HP hardware - the SSD cannot be set as the boot drive)

Until recently I was running Ubuntu 14.04 on a headless server as a sonarr/Plex box. After a couple of power outages, then internal fan for the server...

Ubuntu headless server failure]]> 7 Linux LCD status display Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:57:11 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-lcd-status-display.1271508/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-lcd-status-display.1271508/ invalid@example.com (koss) koss
http://www.goverlay.com/

These guys don't do anything but windows.]]> 3 unplugged my PC, now Linux won't load Tue, 17 Sep 2019 01:39:21 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/unplugged-my-pc-now-linux-wont-load.1270946/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/unplugged-my-pc-now-linux-wont-load.1270946/ invalid@example.com (ae00711) ae00711
plugged it all back in, no boot into OS (Linux Mint 19.1)

it sees all the HDDs + the OS SSD

it posts etc.. goes thru the usual BIOS + add-on cards process, then when it comes time to load OS, it sits there with a blank screen, and a blinking cursor.. that's it.. wtf]]> 4 CentOS 7 now released Tue, 03 Sep 2019 21:15:30 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/centos-7-now-released.1134630/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/centos-7-now-released.1134630/ invalid@example.com (mitsimonsta) mitsimonsta
Release announcement: http://seven.centos.org/?p=214

Mirrors: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/

I note that only x86_64 is available in this release which is great. The downside is no minimal images :(]]> 6 Boot options not to write boot.log Mon, 26 Aug 2019 21:42:32 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/boot-options-not-to-write-boot-log.1270064/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/boot-options-not-to-write-boot-log.1270064/ invalid@example.com (GumbyNoTalent) GumbyNoTalent
Boot Pi
Mount ramdrive for /var/log

However boot.log and dmesg.log still writing to SDcard, need to reduce the amount of writes as the Pi is in a device that makes replacing SDcard expensive and time consuming for this application. So the only read writes occuring at the moment are the logfile, once the ramdisk is mounted all good but till then still writing to SDcard.

Thx

- EDIT -
Fuck systemd and its insistance to take control of everytthing!]]> 1 Linux network sharing problems Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:52:32 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-network-sharing-problems.1269599/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/linux-network-sharing-problems.1269599/ invalid@example.com (ae00711) ae00711
At the moment I have my main rig on Linux Mint 19.1, and two VMs, both LM19.2, using VirtualBox, both VMs have their NIC adapter bridged, effectively giving them direct LAN access.

My main rig can access either VM shares, but the VMs can't access the main rig shares, and I have no friggin' clue why :(

trying to do so yields this error message:


Linux network sharing problems]]> 16 [solved] Ubuntu server network issue Tue, 13 Aug 2019 05:39:08 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/solved-ubuntu-server-network-issue.1265058/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/solved-ubuntu-server-network-issue.1265058/ invalid@example.com (Unframed) Unframed
Anyway, I figured I'd just fix up the backup server so I can restore a backup (drive failure YAY). It's proving a nightmare.

I can't ping the gateway at all. Destination host unreachable.

ifconfig...

[solved] Ubuntu server network issue]]> 16 RIP Terry A. Davis. Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:55:02 +0000 https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/rip-terry-a-davis.1269600/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/rip-terry-a-davis.1269600/ invalid@example.com (alch) alch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_A._Davis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS

Heh, Poor nutter. :(]]> 1