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Re: [Wlug] HOWTO debug Ubuntu boot hang
by Randall Mason March 14, 2014

March 14, 2014

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 5:16 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Andy> I've got a version of Ubuntu 13.10 in my Virtualbox OSE virtual > Andy> computer. It hangs very early in the boot. GRUB runs and the > Andy> boot starts. > > I've moved to Linux Mint myself, but it's based on Ubuntu and I've > noticed that my main desktop, which NFS mounts home dirs and other > stuff, takes *forever* to actually boot not. There's something in the > setup which hangs for five minutes or so (not sure, I just walk away > right now cause I rarely reboot the box...) before it continues. > > Have you just let the boot sit there to see if it ever finishes? I've > been meaning to turn on verbose debugging to try and figure out what's > going on too, but it's a low priority. I find that fstab is also often a problem. If it's waiting for /dev/sdb1 to show up, or a specific UUID. Maybe comment out anything not required for boot. Also, if you're at the console, comment out your whole /etc/network/interfaces and see if that helps. Ubuntu often waits on block devices and network, so it could be either of those. Randall Mason clashthebunny(a)gmail.com

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HOWTO debug Ubuntu boot hang
by Andy Stewart March 14, 2014

March 14, 2014

HI guys, I've got a version of Ubuntu 13.10 in my Virtualbox OSE virtual computer. It hangs very early in the boot. GRUB runs and the boot starts. In /var/log/boot.log, I see the same messages as I see on the screen. I have to press ESC to see the text while the computer boots. There are perhaps 3 or 4 "Starting <service>....OK" messages, and that is all. I never get a chance to log in. The problem I have is that I don't know in which order the boot scripts are supposed to run. With the "old" initscripts, one would see Snn<script> or Knn<script> and the "nn" would be the number representing the order in which the scripts are "S"tarted or "K"illed. That isn't the case here. I've found the boot scripts in /etc/init/*.conf so I can match boot messages to scripts. However, I'm unable to determine which script got stuck since I don't know the order of execution. My version of 13.10 is customized, not stock, so I can't compare to a known good. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

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Registration Reminder! LOPSA-East SysAdmin Conference, May 2-3 2014, New Brunswick, NJ
by Tom Limoncelli March 13, 2014

March 13, 2014

Greetings! I just wanted to remind everybody about the awesome tutorials and talks we have lined up for LOPSA-East this year! Don't forget to register before the Early Bird pricing expires! LOPSA-East is a regional sysadmin conference in New Brunswick NJ, May 2-3, 2014. Two days of world-class training on a diverse range of topics plus community-selected talks on everything from DevOps to Time Management. You can find all the latest details available on our website: http://lopsa-east.org Register now at: http://lopsa-east.org/2014/register-for-lopsa-east-14 We'll see you there! Best, Tom, Evan, & the rest of the LOPSA-East 2014 Committee

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Announce: WLUG Meeting Thu 3/13 7PM
by Chuck Anderson March 12, 2014

March 12, 2014

Hi folks, The next Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday, March 13 at 7PM. The location will be the WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room 331. Thursday, March 13, 7:00 - 9:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Mid-Centry Room 331 Afterwards, we will go out for pizza. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group http://www.wlug.org/

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OPENING - Software Engineer - C, Linux kernel (2+ yrs exp.) in Waltham, MA
by John Spencer March 11, 2014

March 11, 2014

Our client in Waltham, MA has a direct hire opening for a Software Engineer with 2-6 yrs of commercial design and development experience. They will consider more Sr level engineers, up to 12 yrs of experience. Must be able to interview and work on-site. Our client cannot sponsor visas at this time. Software Engineer Software Engineer with 2+ years' relevant Linux Driver experience. Responsible for design, develop and test of Linux drivers for high-speed network/communication products. Required: - BSCS/BSEE - 2+ years' hands-on experience developing and interfacing with Linux drivers - Experience with Linux kernel and strong C background - Experience implementing Linux for TCP/IP Ethernet and related Please send your resume to jspencer@connectedsp (dot) com Your resume will not be sent anywhere without your prior approval

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Rancid and Quagga
by Eric Martin March 8, 2014

March 8, 2014

Hi All, I recently fired up a few FreeBSD routers using Quagga, and today I went to configure RANCID but I'm having some troubles. RANCID is working fine for my Juniper gear, my Cisco gear and even my APC stuff but I can't get it to work for quagga. I run zrancid (for zebra stuff) and it just hangs. When you add -d you can see that it's asking for show version and write term, but it still hangs. When I copy / paste the commands and run them by hand with clogin, I see it login but it just hangs after terminal length 0 When I login via ssh with the same command line that clogin passes, terminal length 0 works fine and so do the rest of the commands. I'm stumped, does anybody have any ideas? This however does work for my CentOS servers running quagga. I'm using Quagga 0.99.22.3, and Rancid 2.3.6, which is the most recent RANCID version on CentOS and the most recent Quagga on FreeBSD. ~rancid/.cloginrc: add method *.example.net ssh add autoenable *.example.net {1} add user *.example.net rancid add password *.example.net {} (I'm using ssh keys and it's called id_rsa so that works fine). router.db: ur01.example.net:zebra:up ns1.example.net:zebra:up Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin

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Great speaker on UX design next Thursday
by Dick Goodman March 4, 2014

March 4, 2014

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Registration Open! LOPSA-East SysAdmin Conference, May 2-3 2014, New Brunswick, NJ
by Evan Pettrey Feb. 24, 2014

Feb. 24, 2014

Greetings! LOPSA-East registrations are officially open! Taking place May 2-3, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ, LOPSA-East is a community-driven conference BY sys admins, FOR sys admins. Open to DevOps, network admins, Windows, Linux, and everyone! Register now at: http://lopsa-east.org/2014/register-for-lopsa-east-14 You can find all the latest details available on our website http://lopsa-east.org We'll see you there! Best, Evan & the rest of the LOPSA-East 2014 Committee

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Announce: UPDATE: WLUG Meeting Thu 2/20 7PM: Software Defined Radio
by Chuck Anderson Feb. 21, 2014

Feb. 21, 2014

Hi folks, Due to the weather this week, I've rescheduled this month's WLUG meeting for the following week, Thursday, February 20 at 7:00 PM, in the WPI Campus Center, Hagglund Room 301. Our speaker this month will be Andy Stewart, who founded WLUG in 1997 and now runs the Chelmsford Linux Meetup. Andy plans to talk about software defined radio on Linux, and with luck, do a live demonstration of gqrx: http://gqrx.dk/ If there is time, Andy *might* be able to show something related to the GNU Radio Companion, where one can build a software defined radio just by drawing the blocks and connecting them with lines. Thursday, February 20, 7:00 - 9:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Hagglund Room 301 This room is the one across the hall from our usual room, and is where we had the meeting with Jim Getty's on Bufferbloat. After the meeting, we will go out for pizza. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group http://www.wlug.org/

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Schedule Announced! LOPSA-East SysAdmin Conference, May 2-3 2014, New Brunswick, NJ
by Evan Pettrey Feb. 18, 2014

Feb. 18, 2014

Greetings! LOPSA-East is pleased to announce that the schedule for the LOPSA-East 2014 conference has been published! Taking place May 2-3, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ, LOPSA-East is a community-driven conference BY sys admins, FOR sys admins. Open to DevOps, network admins, Windows, Linux, and everyone! You can find out more at http://lopsa-east.org/2014/ Tutorials: http://lopsa-east.org/2014/lopsa-east-14-training-schedule/ Talks: http://lopsa-east.org/2014/lopsa-east-14-talks/ This year's lineup promises to be the best yet and registrations open Monday. Be sure to register early and save! We'll see you there! Best, Evan & the rest of the LOPSA-East 2014 Committee

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