thoughts and projects
My proxmox 6 test install locked up every day or two. Here is the fix. This in particular seems to apply to common hardware on Hetzner servers.
In /etc/default/grub, update this line :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="consoleblank=0 intel_idle.max_cstate=1"Reboot and you should find your server stable.
Read more on the proxmox forum at https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/random-crashes-reboots-mit-proxmox-ve-6-1-auf-ex62-nvme-hetzner.63597/page-2
The manual for the DX100 says it sends program changes yet mine refused to do so. Here is how to make the DX100 send program changes.
To send program changes you must have “ch info” set to on (as the manual says). What the manual does not mention is that “sys info” must be set to off. Importantly, after you set “sys info” to off you must also first press the Internal Bank and select any program in that bank to start program change transmission. If you press other banks program changes are not sent until you first press bank 1 (the internal bank). After this program change is always transmitted until you turn off “ch info” or turn on “sys info”
Not sure if this is a bug or not but it will help to think of it as one – turning off “sys info” does not turn on program changing until you first select program 1 (internal bank, patch one).
By the way, when “sys info” is on, the DX100 transmits the sysex for the patch on each patch change.
If your ssh session inside of gnu screen starts to show messages like :
debug2: channel 0: window 1048627 sent adjust 15Press, control-a (or your mapped key for this) then v
Screen will display:
Enter digraph:Just press enter. I do not think this is the proper fix but it does fix it. I believe the cause is mistyping another control sequence.
I needed to distribute, backup and install some files to a large number of servers today. I had wrote most of a small script when I was reminded of a maxim that I often forget: Make use of package managers.
Everything my script did a package manager would do much better. The quickest way to create a simple package (an rpm in my case) is to simply tar up the files that need distributed (with all ownership and permissions set) then use a tool like tar2rpm.sh to create an rpm. You can use similar tools for the package manager of your choice.
Before I was reminded to use a package manager I was quite content writing my little script, refining it and admiring my handiwork. I reflected some on the writing of scripts – my thoughts :
Writing scripts – ideally elegant ones – is a good bit of art and creativity to inject into the technical world of system administration and development. It is nearly alway worth the time.
I was also reminded to stop judging other people’s scripts – I don’t really judge per se, but I do tend at times to slightly frown upon someone else’s method of writing something. The cause of course is the very thing that can make a script elegant – readability versus cleverness. Too much cleverness can be annoying. No cleverness – the same. I need to give other people’s cleverness a bit more time before marking it as unnecessarily obtuse. The same goes for scripts that are a bit too verbose (a more rare issue).
Every version of mac mail seems to have new ways to make the setup and configuration of pop3 mail not work. Today I ran into a new problem and solution.
This particular fix is for accounts that are set up and working but will not save changes made to the configuration after the initial setup. In my particular case I had set up a pop3/smtp combo without secure authentication (for a test) and now needed to go into the configuration and enable secure authentication. I checked the boxes for secure authentication but when saving I continually received the “cannot verify username and password” message.
I fixed this by going to the first tab and un-checking “Take this account online”. I was then able to save the setup. In the primary mail window I was able to take the account online and send and receive mail (in fact the account was already online despite having un-ticked “Take this account online).
Frustrating but at least it does work for those cases in which you need a POP3 mail account setup.
If this doesn’t work for for you, check these other more common issues:
Note: none of this actually works – just notes for now.
dnf install 'dnf-command(config-manager)'
dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
dnf install --nobest docker-ce
# ideally you would install the latest but you'll find missing dependancies
# find which docker versions are available
dnf list docker-ce --showduplicates | sort
# copy the name of the latest version
# will look like
# docker-ce.x86_64 3:19.03.8-3.el7 docker-ce-stable
#
# removed the architecture portion (.x86_64) and add the version separated by a dash
dnf install docker-ce-3:19.03.8-3.el7
systemctl disable firewalld
systemctl enable --now docker
source: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-docker-in-rhel-8
source : https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-docker-ce-on-centos-8/
Enable on proxmox :
on host node
cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested # should show N
echo "options kvm-intel nested=Y" > /etc/modprobe.d/kvm-intel.conf
modprobe -r kvm_intel
modprobe kvm_intel
cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested # should show Y
# restart container
pct stop <container-id>
pct start <container-id>
# check inside container
egrep '(vmx|svm)' --color=always /proc/cpuinfoFirefox now refuses to load sites offering less than TLS 1.3 – at times you may need to allow this for a particular site to load/testing/etc.
However how do you re-enable for the warnings? Type :
about:configinto the address bar and then search for “TLS”
You’ll find this entry :
security.tls.version.enable-deprecatedChange it from true to false (in the version used at the time of this post you could click the icon on the right side of the screen to flip the value from true to false).
Do your personal sufferings have meaning? I think yes – but that meaning is likely unknowable in the short term. Perhaps a type of micro-nihilism is appropriate. Give time and thought to to understanding the world at large – God, emotion, meaning. Your own problems? Mark them as meaningless.
Self pity (both deserved and contrived) will come but don’t dwell on it. Save nihilist tendencies for your own troubles – don’t let them invade the world at large. It is a mistake to allow you own suffering to lead you to believe all of life is meaningless. Too much self-reflection is rightly deemed prideful.
Everything is under God’s control. Don’t believe in God? Ok. The universe has order. Don’t fall too hard for the idea of chaos. Chaos Theory is valid but it breaks down when you try to define actual randomness. Proving the existence of randomness is hard. It’s not a popular belief but I think our universe is very likely deterministic – one big chain of events of which even the chaotic events can be explained if one could follow the chain at that quantum level. True randomness and chaos require extra-dimensional input. They lead us back to either the supernatural or some form of multi-verse commingling (do parallel universes bump up against each other and leak into each other?)
A deterministic universe doesn’t bestow meaning, however perhaps it does give inevitability that you should find a form of strange comfort in. To be clear, my own believe is in a God that is in control (even if you choose to see him as the simulation master in a holographic fake universe). God has a righteous reason for everything that happens.
In all examples, replace u2xxxxx-sub5 and u2xxxxx.your-storagebox.de with the names of your user and storage box.
First, make sure “external reachability” and “ssh” are enabled.
You can make the base directory easily by ftp’ing in first and creating the directory. Next, open the web interface and set the base directory for the sub-account to the one you just created.
To use rsync a directory to the storage box:
rsync -aze 'ssh -p 23' directory-name-here u2xxxxx-sub5@u2xxxxx.your-storagebox.de:To use rsync a directory from the storage box into the current directory (signified by a single dot)
rsync -aze 'ssh -p 23' u2xxxxx-sub5@u2xxxxx.your-storagebox.de: .You can also connect via ftp.
Problems:
Because rsync is not running as root on the remote server you cannot preserve all file ownership and symlinks (?), etc. Add the option :
--fake-superto store user and permission values.
You can also use borg backup over rsync to solve this problem. I use it for some projects but it is not ideal for all uses.
The more you give of yourself, the more possibility there is of an uncaring person taking advantage of you. When you befriend the down trodden and desperate, your chances increase even more.
What do I mean by “taken advantage of”? In this case I mean things serious enough to get you into trouble while trying to help. There’s no stopping the average level of being taken advantage of. It’s not worth trying to stop people from being ungrateful or mean. However you do need to guard against cases where your generosity gets you or your family into trouble.
I realized the way to protect yourself is to simply refuse to do anything dishonest. Sounds simple but I think it is very easy to slip into slight dishonesty to help someone in trouble – small lies and omissions to get them out of a bind. However when dealing with the law, it is exactly such small lies that can get you into a lot of trouble. When the law or society wants someone to blame, they’ll find every minor transgression in order to pin the blame on someone (you!).
So, when asked “Hey, could you maybe [insert some seemingly innocuous favor]” you simply reply. “I’m sorry but it would not be honest of me to do that”, etc. I imagine myself slipping into a Fred Rogers impersonation for moment – “I care for you. I won’t abandon you but I cannot do the thing you are asking.”
The key is to show the person that you still love and support them. They will be angry that you won’t do what they want. Hopefully, they will look back and realize that you supported them with your love and honest forms of help.