ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 56, Issue 345
Gaurav Sharma
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Mon Apr 27 14:33:23 UTC 2009
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Virtual memory issues in Jaunty (Marius Gedminas)
> 2. Re: memory leak (marc)
> 3. Re: howto install Ubuntu on a 64bit server architecture which
> is non-amd (Gilles Gravier)
> 4. Re: pdf program with a printer driver for ubuntu (Eberhard Roloff)
> 5. Re: Virtual memory issues in Jaunty (Marius Gedminas)
> 6. Re: A USB drive as (1) 160 GB partition sole purpose data
> (Allen Meyers)
> 7. Re: to Karl (Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu))
> 8. [OT] Funny Latin quote [Was: sshd and ftpd)
> (Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu))
> 9. Re: A USB drive as (1) 160 GB partition sole purpose data
> (Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu))
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Try to download and install ubuntu from ubuntu.com and then check it , it
seems to be work perfectly
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:47:55 +0300
> From: Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt>
> Subject: Virtual memory issues in Jaunty
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20090427124755.GA6923 at fridge.pov.lt>
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> It seems that Compiz in Jaunty has a memory leak and fills up all my
> system memory (2 GB RAM + 3 GB swap) in under five days. What is more
> surprising to me (and the reason I didn't realize I was running out of
> memory), was that the kernel did not free the 1 GB of memory used by the
> page cache. Why?
>
> After I killed Compiz (to free up 1.6 gigs of VM) and Firefox (to free
> up another .6 gigs), the system became responsive again, but the swap
> usage stayed at 99.9%. (I understand that once swap is allocated to an
> app, it stays allocated until the app exits, even if the data is paged
> into RAM.)
>
> I tried to force all the apps back into memory (better get it all out of
> the way at once instead of suffer swapin delays when you need to switch
> between apps), but swapoff -a failed:
>
> swapoff: /dev/sda5: Cannot allocate memory
>
> I'm heading over to Launchpad to look for Compiz memory leak bugs.
>
> Marius Gedminas
> --
> When I die I want to go peacefully
> in my sleep like my ol' Grand
> Dad...not screaming in terror like
> his passengers.
> -- seen in a sig of Branden Robinson
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:57:33 +0000 (UTC)
> From: marc <gmane at auxbuss.com>
> Subject: Re: memory leak
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Alan Chandler said:
>
> > I left my desktop running for a couple of days, and swap usage has
> > slowly been growing - just before I rebooted just now it was at 2.1GB,
> > and the whole GUI has slowed down. After reboot, my swap was not used,
> > and only about 400Mb of main memory.
> >
> > How can I find what is using swap, to get a clue as to what it is.
>
> I like htop. Load, F6, Mem.
>
> --
> Best,
> Marc
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:59:42 -0700
> From: Gilles Gravier <gilles at gravier.org>
> Subject: Re: howto install Ubuntu on a 64bit server architecture which
> is non-amd
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> Hi!
>
> Avi Greenbury wrote:
> > Gilles Gravier wrote:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> bvidinli wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a server that is not amd,
> >>> 64 bit
> >>> which cd image should i download ?
> >>>
> >>> there are amd64, but my server is not amd
> >>> ??
> >>> thanks
> >>>
> >> It's named "-amd64" but it's all modern 64 bit platforms. Including
> Intel.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I'm not sure on your definition of 'modern', but I'd posit that IA64
> > (Itanium) is a modern Intel 64-bit architecture, and it's completely
> > different to AMD64/x86_64/EM64T.
> >
> > Without more information from the OP, it's difficult to tell whether I'm
> > just being needlessly pedantic or saving him from trying to install an
> > amd64 build onto an itanium chip.
> >
> If he needs the 64 bit support (large data sets as I mentionned before).
> I would try the 64 bit build.
>
> If he is just considering 64 bit build because he has a 64 bit
> machine... I would pass and use the 32 bit build.
>
> It's as simple as that. Don't use 64 bit build unless you really have a
> requirement for supporting 64 bit data sets.
>
> Gilles.
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:00:35 +0200
> From: Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: pdf program with a printer driver for ubuntu
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> dwain wrote:
> > is there such a thing in the ubuntu arsenal? i'm looking for something
> > like the full version of acrobat or nitro pdf in the windows world. i'm
> > needing to print receipts and save them as a pdf file.
> >
> > anyone have any suggestions? i know that cabaret has no such item.
> >
> > cheers,
> > dwain
> >
> > --
> > "Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God. " - Kahlil Gibran
> >
> Hi Dwain,
>
> I do not know cabaret, except in a largely non-computer-related fashion.
> ;-))
>
> However as a general rule, anything that you can print, you can also
> print to pdf in Linux. Ubuntu is not exception to the rule.
>
> You might want to install the cups-pdf package, should you not have it
> installed.
>
> also see here:
> http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/print-to-pdf-using-cups-pdf/
>
> Also it is somewhat outdated, I think it still applies
>
> kind regards
> Eberhard
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:17:35 +0300
> From: Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt>
> Subject: Re: Virtual memory issues in Jaunty
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 03:47:55PM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > It seems that Compiz in Jaunty has a memory leak and fills up all my
> > system memory (2 GB RAM + 3 GB swap) in under five days. What is more
> > surprising to me (and the reason I didn't realize I was running out of
> > memory), was that the kernel did not free the 1 GB of memory used by the
> > page cache. Why?
>
> I'm using the intel video driver with UXA. The Compiz problem might be
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/328232
>
> Is the memory used by the intel driver kernel memory manager (GEM)
> attributed to the page cache perhaps?
>
> $ cat /proc/dri/0/gem_objects
> 22615 objects
> 1063493632 object bytes
> 4 pinned
> 4395008 pin bytes
> 230854656 gtt bytes
> 260575232 gtt total
>
> That's 1 GB of objects, which seems to match the lower limit of my page
> cache size pretty well. (Now that I've killed Compiz, my page cache
> grew up to 1.3 GB).
>
> Marius Gedminas
> --
> Never be afraid to tell the world who you are.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:21:32 -0600
> From: Allen Meyers <texas.chef94 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: A USB drive as (1) 160 GB partition sole purpose data
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> I will shortly have the answer to my question on moving files/data to
> the partition. Like Thorny has said to me and so many others its
> merely a question of using clarity and specifics.
> I doubt with just the typed word I could even do it now without
> attachments. I sent Thorny a post not asking help just because I could
> finally make my case with attachments. Like always I appreciate your
> help.
> As for the error 15 thing for me at least its merely a question of
> mounting and unmounting the USB 160GB correctly. Grub and MBR are on
> my sda1 and if I am not mistaken in the first 512 bytes of that
> partition.
> Again thanks and I will let Thorny comment if he cares to as his typed
> word has more clarity then mine. He can talk Linux and I have not
> gotten there yet.
>
> Allen
>
> Allen Meyers
> texas.chef94 at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Thorny <thorntreehome at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:06:01 -0600, Allen Meyers posted:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> I was able to do the 1st command sudo grub and will show response, but
> >> you lost me on the find when you get to grub prompt.
> >>
> >
> > What you showed wasn't sudo grub or anything even close.
> >
> > If you open a terminal and enter sudo grub, your display should change to
> > the grub prompt:
> >
> > grub>
> >
> > When you have that on the screen, enter, find /boot/grub/menu.lst
> >
> > You would have received an output similar to:
> >
> > grub> find /boot/grub/menu.lst
> > (hd2,0)
> >
> > And then it would have returned the grub prompt:
> >
> > grub>
> >
> > You would have had to enter, quit, to return to your system prompt.
> >
> > But, no matter, skip that for now. I just wanted to figure out which of
> > your two drives has the /boot, it won't affect the other issue that you
> > mention. Does your system boot okay if the removable drive isn't
> attached?
> >
> >
> >> About the titled thing I merely ment if I move a file into data that is
> >> saved as HACCP Compliance, then I need to be able to go to that
> >> partition identify it and perhaps edit it or what ever and return it to
> >> data. Presently using send to 160GB is eating up storage as evidenced by
> >> my right clicking on icon+properties I see something added, but WHAT.
> >> Yep I am either not moving file correctly or I am going to wrong
> >> location to view present status of partition. So please advise on this.
> >>
> >
> > I'm sorry Allen, I'm still not clear what you mean.
> >
> > Your terminology "move a file into data" makes sense in English, I just
> > don't know what you mean by it in the current instance. What is this
> > "data" you mention, is it some directory (folder) and by "move" do you
> > mean you moved it there from somewhere else or just that you saved it
> > there. Or is "data" just the way you refer to your removable drive and
> > not a folder at all? When you say "saved as HACCP Compliance" does that
> > mean that's the file name of the file? If that is the file name, are you
> > saying that you don't see that filename in the location that you saved
> > it? Remember Allen, we can't see what you are looking at on your screen.
> > It also isn't clear what you mean by "...going to wrong location to view
> > present status of partition". What "status" of the partition are you
> > trying to see? You don't "go to a partition", your partitions, when
> > mounted, become part of your filesystem, in order to see a file that you
> > have saved, you go to the location in your filesystem where the
> > partition it is on is mounted.
> >
> > [...]
> >
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:30:38 +0200
> From: "Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)" <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>
> Subject: Re: to Karl
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> On Mon, April 27, 2009 14:09, Karl Larsen wrote:
> > Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, April 27, 2009 02:12, Raquel wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:47 +0200
> >>> "Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)" <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Raquel schreef:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:09:44 +0200
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> This works very fine indeed! But how can I remove an item from
> >>>>>> the 'Places' menu??? Maybe a stupid question, I tried right
> >>>>>> clicking here and there and searched the other menu's but to nao
> >>>>>> avail...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> TNX!
> >>>>>> Egbert Jan (NL)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Click on the link in the "Places" menu. It will bring up
> >>>>> Nautilus
> >>>>> showing the link to the server. Right click on that link. There
> >>>>> will be an option to unmount. Click on "unmount", the link will
> >>>>> close and the option in the "Places" menu will disappear.
> >>>>>
> > I did exactly this on Hardy and Jaunty and got different results.
> > Both disconnected the sftp link but neither removed the listing in
> > Places. I know there is a language problem. Looking at the Ubuntu in the
> > picture, it looks different than mine and all the words are in a language
> > not known to me.
>
> That language is called Dutch. :-)
> Egbert Jan wrote that he is from (NL), and I am from (BE)
> NL-NL is to NL-BE as EN-US is to EN-UK. [*]
> So I'm sure that he will understand.
>
>
> [*] Someone from NL will probably claim that NL-BE is to NL-NL as EN-AU is
> to EN-UK. ;-)
>
> --
> Amedee
>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:37:27 +0200
> From: "Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)" <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>
> Subject: [OT] Funny Latin quote [Was: sshd and ftpd)
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Mon, April 27, 2009 14:14, Mark Haney wrote:
>
> > Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum
>
> Sometimes you want to conquer large parts of Europe?
> LOL!
> Fac ut gaudeam. ;-)
>
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:42:17 +0200
> From: "Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)" <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>
> Subject: Re: A USB drive as (1) 160 GB partition sole purpose data
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Mon, April 27, 2009 14:44, Thorny wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:06:01 -0600, Allen Meyers posted:
>
> >> About the titled thing I merely ment if I move a file into data that is
> >> saved as HACCP Compliance, then I need to be able to go to that
> >> partition identify it and perhaps edit it or what ever and return it to
> >> data. Presently using send to 160GB is eating up storage as evidenced
> >> by my right clicking on icon+properties I see something added, but WHAT.
> >> Yep I am either not moving file correctly or I am going to wrong
> >> location to view present status of partition. So please advise on this.
> >>
> >
> > I'm sorry Allen, I'm still not clear what you mean.
> >
> >
> > Your terminology "move a file into data" makes sense in English, I just
> > don't know what you mean by it in the current instance. What is this
> "data"
> > you mention, is it some directory (folder) and by "move" do you mean you
> > moved it there from somewhere else or just that you saved it there. Or is
> > "data" just the way you refer to your removable drive and
> > not a folder at all? When you say "saved as HACCP Compliance" does that
> > mean that's the file name of the file? If that is the file name, are you
> > saying that you don't see that filename in the location that you saved
> it?
> > Remember Allen, we can't see what you are looking at on your screen.
> > It also isn't clear what you mean by "...going to wrong location to view
> > present status of partition". What "status" of the partition are you
> trying
> > to see? You don't "go to a partition", your partitions, when mounted,
> > become part of your filesystem, in order to see a file that you have
> > saved, you go to the location in your filesystem where the partition it
> is
> > on is mounted.
>
> I don't understand either.
> HACCP is some health&safety standard for food.
>
>
>
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