Re: Less than Symless

John Clarke <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Sep 2016 12:28:00 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.calgary.general
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Other thoughts and ideas

https://xkcd.com/627/

think experimental process ;-)

On 09/18/2016 11:34 AM, John Clarke wrote:
> On 09/16/2016 01:05 PM, Gary M wrote:
>>
>> g'day all...
>>
>> upgraded my fedora server and somehow during the upgrade the LVM 
>> seems to have got broken.... have 4 x 1 tb drives in a group that 
>> show up as inactive ( the group supposedly is active )  ... have 
>> looked at a lot of forms etc with not much help..have a separate 
>> group with the OS... hope someone can help me figure out what I am 
>> missing
>>
> I suggest you check dmesg for clues.
>
> Have you tried deactivating and (re) activating the group with the 
> lvmchange command?
>>
>> secondly... have been using Synergy for several years as a KVM... 
>> with windows 10 I had to upgrade to the last version... going back to 
>> the 1.5 version (worked fine with Win7) is not an option as there are 
>> issues with the shift key... the main problem is I can't get the SSL 
>> to work... have had many emails with Symless that tend to be a one 
>> sided conversation so aside from an update at some point I do not 
>> expect any help from them... they include TLS 1.2 in their software 
>> .... previously to Win 10 the SSL worked fine and even in ver 1.5 on 
>> win 10 it worked ok.... just hoping someone may have a suggestion to 
>> get the SSL connecting between client and server or have heard of 
>> issues with win10 and SSL
>>
> You ramble about lots of issues.  Focus on specifics of what you tried 
> and what error response you got, so folks maybe can advise you
>
> Virtualbox seems to enjoy much success on Windows!?
>>
>> On 2016-09-16 7:59 AM, Zander Robertson wrote:
>>> Hi there, it looks like you got some excellent hardware advice. I 
>>> just wanted to say I have been using owncloud for quite a while now 
>>> with no complaints. However, if I was to start now I would be 
>>> looking more at https://nextcloud.com/
>>>
>>> They are the original developers and have forked the project 
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/article/nextcloud-releases-owncloud-fork-ahead-of-schedule/
>>>
>>> For a family operation you really can do plenty with a core duo and 
>>> little ram, we stream and do all sorts on the relic I use with no 
>>> issues at all.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:32 PM, TekBudda <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi All,
>>>
>>>     I am not sure if the list is dead or not or people are just
>>>     hellabusy. In the hopes of stirring up some conversation I
>>>     figured I would throw this out there.
>>>
>>>     I am looking to deploy OwnCloud at home.  Likely looking at a 2TB
>>>     space as that is more then I have needed over the last couple
>>>     years & I don't see that increasing anytime soon.  I was thinking
>>>     of using CentOS as the base, more to get used to it & try to
>>>     learn more of the RHEL environment.
>>>
>>>     I also see this acting as a domain controller, server, etc. for
>>>     the house & my small business.  We are also trying to reduce our
>>>     power footprint as well to lower utilities as well as potentially
>>>     preparing for being off-grid & perhaps being reliant on solar or
>>>     similar.
>>>
>>>     I have done some rough pricing out & it like for a system of 8 to
>>>     16 GB of RAM; an i5 or i7 processor & a 2TB disk the price for
>>>     something off shelf or custom built is between 700 to 1000.  I
>>>     have looked at desktops, laptops, mini-systems, etc.
>>>
>>>     Now as an alternative I have an old Dell OptiPlex 745 (I think)
>>>     SFF desktop with a Core 2 Duo; 2GB of RAM (currently) & a 60GB
>>>     HDD.  Looking at rough prices for a few hundred (2-300'ish) I can
>>>     upgrade it to a 2TB drive & 8 GB of RAM.  I do also have a
>>>     powered & non-powered 2TB external drive as well as an old
>>>     DNS-323 NAS with mirrored 2 TB drives.
>>>
>>>     I am open to suggestions on if you think the OptiPlex solution is
>>>     a good one for what I am doing right now & say the next few years
>>>     or if I would be better plumping for one of the $700 to $1000
>>>     solutions.  If that route, what would be reasonable to invest in.
>>>
>>>     There....that should do it.  Hopefully it will stir up some
>>>     conversation.  :-)
>>>
>>>     TekBudda
>>>
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