January 2013 - KCLUG

learn fine-grained details of C++11 and x86-64 assembler with a series of increasingly difficult problems
by David Nicol 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

========================= CUT HERE ========================= Subject: C++ Grandmaster Certification (www.cppgm.org) Keywords: c++, c++11, linux, x86-64, compilers, mooc, course 1st Feb 2013 - San Francisco, CA - It was announced today by the newly formed CPPGM Foundation (www.cppgm.org) that the C++ Grandmaster Certification is now open for enrollment. The C++ Grandmaster Certification is a massively open free online course (MOOC) for expert C++ programmers. It provides the most rigorous C++-specific qualification possible. Participants in the course will demonstrate their comprehensive knowledge of C++ by writing their own fully functional ISO C++11 standard compliant C++ compiler, C++ standard library and toolchain - including a preprocessor, assembler, and linker - targeting the Linux operating system and x86-64 architecture. The toolchain will be written entirely in standard C++. No third-party tools or libraries will be used. As a grand finale the participant will build their toolchain with itself (a self-hosting build) and pass the conformance test with it. Enrollments are open now and close 15th Feb, 2013. The course will commence shortly after in the spring. For more details and to enroll visit the course web site at: http://www.cppgm.org For press information contact support(a)cppgm.org ABOUT CPPGM: The CPPGM Foundation was formed by a software company that recognized the value to programmer productivity that a good knowledge of language mechanics had to new developers to their team. The C++ Grandmaster Certification began development as an internal training program, and the foundation was founded to offer it publicly. ========================= CUT HERE =========================

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Windows RAID backup via System Rescue CD, et al
by Jack 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

I have a problem. A Windows server had a hardware failure on a controller. We are currently building an identical server to replace it (not my decision). A certain part of the system doesn't have a current backup (namely my code, plus other things). (I have backups of my code, but there are things important to my code that weren't backed up at the time of the crash.) The server uses a RAID configuration. I don't have the details, not my department, this is a client's machine. I can get them if it helps in giving an answer. We believe the drives are fine. (Although I have my doubts as to the integrity of the data.) I've use Trinity Rescue kit to salvage NTFS drives and partitions without problem. Can System Rescue CD or any of the Linux rescue distros back up a Windows RAID configuration of drives? My assumption is as long as you define the RAID configuration correctly it should be just like any other backup in Linux? Thanks, Jack D

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Re: LAMP Server Performance Advice / Job Offer
by J. Wade Michaelis 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

On 1/18/2013 10:48 PM, gardner(a)ns1.forge.name wrote: > Are you seeing core dumps? Yes (at least, on this last crash, there were several dumps). > Are you tracking the number of threads running? I'm not certain how to do that. One of my issues is that when it freezes, I can't get any information. The only way I've found to get it back online is to perform a hard reset. All performance stats when the server is running fine appear to be very low impact. > Are you looking to see how much memory is used by ppid? I had hoped that Sysstat would give me this information over time, but when I needed it, that particular report was corrupt, and unreadable (ie. useless). > Look at your logs. What do you see on start-up? Looks normal. > What about when you stop apache... anything interesting in the logs there? Nothing that looks interesting to me. > Is it just something as simple as running out of drive space? I've checked, and no, that's not it. > Have you trimmed down your various http.conf files to only what you need and ditch a bunch of modules you don't need? I'm unclear on exactly what I need and what I don't, so no, I haven't. > Is it a version of apache that just has a bug in it? Do you need to build your own or possibly if you have built your own do you need to use a "stock" apache? How would I find that out? I'm using the CentOS stock Apache now. > There are just so many things that can be done. > > I'm very willing to look into this with you. Hit me up via my work email: jeffrey.gardner at sprint dot com Please let me know when you are available. My boss is anxious to get these resolved, and thus pacify our client. I really appreciate your willingness to assist me in this. ~ jay

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LAMP Server Performance Advice / Job Offer
by J. Wade Michaelis 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

I work for a consulting / hosting firm in Topeka, and I have a server that is periodically crashing. The last couple of times, it appears to have been due to the server running out of memory. It is a virtual server (on VMware ESX), so I increased the RAM from 2GB to 4GB and the virtual CPUs from 1x single-core to 2x quad-cores. However, it may be a week or more before I can tell if this has resolved the issue. What I am looking for is advice on how to track down the cause definitively, and prevent it from occurring again. (My client is complaining about the downtime.) When this occurred last time (~ a week ago), I installed sysstat to try and track the performance, but when I went to look at today's report, I got a message saying: "Invalid system activity file". Viewing yesterday's report works just fine, so I'm thinking that the hard-reset I performed this morning F'd up the report. We would be willing to pay the right person for their expertise, and I hope to learn something in the process. I'm fairly knowledgeable, but I think I may be in over my head on this one. The OS is CentOS 6.3, and it is dedicated to a single website running the Magento e-commerce software, which relies heavily on MySQL. Any advice or assistance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, ~ j.

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Off topic: Kickstarter project
by Jonathan Hale 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

I realize this is a bit off topic, but hope it's forgivable as I'd say the crowd funding sites like Kickstarter display a spirit akin to that of the Free and Open Source Software community (i.e. people from all over the Internet pitching in to help bring a project to fruition rather than just big money banks and corporations getting to decide what gets made..) My brother, Sam, just launched a kickstarter project here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/538185773/monster-of-the-sky-a-mythic-t… If you're not familiar with kickstarter, it's a crowd funding site. According to wikipedia: Crowd funding describes the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Crowd funding is used in support of a wide variety of activities, including disaster relief, citizen journalism, support of artists by fans, political campaigns, startup company funding, movie or free software development, inventions development and scientific research. Basically, once it goes live, they have 30-40 days to meet their goal of $25k for the film or they don't get any of the pledged donations. Contributors' accounts don't get charged unless the team meets its goal, so there really is little risk to donors, and they can get some pretty cool swag as rewards if the project actually goes through. Plus, if you like the idea behind the project, it's a really cool chance to be part of something larger than one's self. Please check it out, consider donating, and spread the word to anyone else you think might be interested. Thanks, Jonathan

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Wikipedia day in topeka
by Mike Dupont 13 Jan '13

13 Jan '13

Hi People, Tuesday Evening, I am organizing a wikipedia day birthday in topeka en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Topeka/Wikipedia_Day hope to see some of you there! mike -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org Saving wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world http://fosm.org Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3 Free Software Foundation Europe Fellow http://fsfe.org/support/?h4ck3rm1k3

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Fwd: New position for a Service Desk Tech Job in Kansas City, KS now open
by Brian Kelsay 13 Jan '13

13 Jan '13

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Fwd: [KULUA] FUDCon in Lawrence in January
by Billy Crook 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

You may already be aware, but just a reminder. FUDCon comes to Lawrence next weekend. I'm probably going. They have quite a few good tech sessions scheduled. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew Copeland <matthewcopeland(a)acm.org> Date: Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:30 PM Subject: [KULUA] FUDCon in Lawrence in January To: kulua-l(a)googlegroups.com For those interested, the Fedora Users and Developers Conference will be held at the University of Kansas January 18th - 20th. It's free to attend. The FUDCon site has more information. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Lawrence_2013 Matthew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "kulua-l" group. To post to this group, send email to kulua-l(a)googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to kulua-l+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/kulua-l?hl=en.

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[Fwd: Linux Admin - Atlanta, GA /Austin, TX]
by Jonathan Hutchins 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

Jobspam: ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Linux Admin - Atlanta, GA /Austin, TX From: "Krish RConnect LLC" <krish(a)rconnectllc.com> Date: Thu, January 3, 2013 3:10 pm To: hutchins(a)Opus1.COM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi , My client is looking for Linux Admin for Full Time Permanent Employment in Atlanta, GA /Austin, TX. Position: Linux Admin Location: Atlanta, GA /Austin, TX Type: Full Time Employment Salary: Negotiable Start Date: immediate Mandatory Technical Skills: . Apache, Tomcat, Jboss configuration and administration . Linux administration (access control, performance, troubleshooting) . Knowledge of load balancer and 3DNS set up and maintenance . Strong shell scripting, strong knowledge of vi editor . Experience of JVM tuning . Understanding of ITIL concepts Desirable Technical Skills: . Knowledge single sign on enabled applications . Knowledge of Squid, Varnish, Nginx Mandatory Functional Skills: . Ability to co-ordinate with multiple technical shared services teams . Strong communication . Strong troubleshooting skills. If you are interested, please send me your resume with below details: Full Name: Contact #: Skype: Best time to reach: Current Location: Open to relocate: Availability: Work Permit: Last/ Current Company: Last/ Current Compensation: Salary Expectation: Email: Thanks and regards, Krish (Kripal Singh) Phone #: 480-243-7083 (Direct) RConnect LLC Tempe AZ 85284 Email: <mailto:krish@RConnectllc.com> krish(a)RConnectllc.com Web: <http://www.rconnectllc.com/> http://www.RConnectllc.com

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