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This happened earlier today like I mentioned. It was a game between Tigres del Licey and Gigantes del Cibao. It was in the 3rd Inning. Offerman left the dugout to protest the ejection of Catcher Ronny Paulino. They are expecting a huge fine or suspended for a long period of time. Source from El Nuevo Diario. {linked here}
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What's wrong with Jose Offerman ? I used to suffer as a Dodger fan back in the 90's with his many errors.
Two years ago, he attacked a Pitcher with a bat.
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Wells Fargo's Trace Urdan assesses the deal:
In addition to the extra cash on the balance sheet, which in our view considerably strengthens the company's position, even against our grim view of its potential legal liabilities, the sale signals a boldness of action that we believe has been lacking for the past several years. We now have permission to believe that this level of focus and resolve can be directed toward rationalizing and focusing its U.S.-based operations.
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Please Finish this article
The EEE has been out for quite some time now. Please finalize this entry and get it up to date. It remains too long and somewhat convoluted. Thanks for your efforts. Misfit138 17:10, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
Changes to the article
I have made quite a radical changes to the article. Please provided your feedback and comment. Also, please correct any mistakes, weather it is technical or grammatical, that you have found on the article.
The article need a lot of input from people who use filoktetes kernel26eee. So if you use filoktetes kernel, please contribute.
I would like to thanks all people who have contributed on this article, to whom without which I wouldn't have gotten this far. Thanks guys! You guys rock! :)
Isn't the filoktetes kernel26eee removed from all repos? I think the article needs some heavy editing in the kernel / kernel modules installation part. Ighea 14:58, 21 March 2008 (EDT)
Journaling FS and Temp FS for logs
It should be noted that the Eee 901 uses ext3 by default for the /home partition. A lot of the "don't use a journaling FS" FUD relates to the early days of solid state devices before hardware level wear-leveling was introduced. this eeeuser.com article looks into the matter in more detail.
Also see this article: http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html
Perhaps there should at least be a footnote to the warning not to use a journaling FS and to create the logs partition as a tempfs, with pointers to these articles and a brief mention that SSD flash cards have improved.
WiFi works very well with http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17392 No need to patch anymore!
Info about SSD
I have added some info regarding SSD and avoiding pitfalls. I know this document is for the standard eee pc, however as all other eee users also must follow this guide, I thought it would be nice to remark the difference of SSD and standard HD.
More info about SSD, please!
How do I as a user see what is SSD and what isn't?
AFAIU I need a swap partition in order to have hibernation support. What are my options for this?
Keyboard problem
I have an asus eee 701, and I've used this wiki article many times in the past to set up my laptop using the stock kernel, always with good results.
However this last week I reformatted and started over from scratch, upgrading everything to the newest version, and for some reason my keyboard isn't working at all in Xorg. I tried a second time and once again the mouse and video worked great, but keyboard wouldn't respond at all.
Has there been a change to xorg which would make this xorg.conf keyboard configurations no longer work?
Also, I have to remove the 'RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"' line from xorg.conf. Is there a missing step to install this?
UPDATE to the above questions:
I had to add this to my xorg.conf to get the keyboard working
Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" EndSection
As for the RgbPath I just commented that out.
UPDATE to the answer to the above questions:
Thanks, that worked great. I added the AutoAddDevices false to the article's xorg.conf. Is there any reason why this shouldn't be in by default?
Suspend to RAM
There's no mention of suspending in this article. Do I need to do something special to get it working with the hotkey? /etc/acpi/eee.conf says that it will run /etc/acpi/suspend2ram.sh when the lid is closed, but it doesn't. The script itself works. The hotkey doesn't, but then again none of the other hotkeys work. The eee daemon is running. Maybe I'm overlooking something. AntiNeo 11:18, 2 January 2009 (EST)
Generic ACPI script package
I created a package to unify ACPI events handling in all models. It is inspired from all other different packages. Its name is acpi-eeepc-generic and you can find it on AUR.
Actually it should work on these models: 700, 701, 900, 900A, 901, 904HD, S101, 1000, 1000H and 1000HD. Can somebody with one of these test it on their machine? I only own a 1000 but it works flawlessly here. Please test and report here, directly to me, on the AUR page or on the 1000 wiki entry. Thank you! :) --big_gie 12:30, 21 January 2009 (EDT)
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Please, will you detail the wifi configuration details: in rc.conf, modules loaded, daemons setting, network settings; if you use netcfg, and how you confgured it; settings of wpa_supplicant.conf. The module used: ath_pci, ath5k, madwifi... ? I had installed archlinux a few days ago, and I cannont have wifi: no IP is given to wlan0, and then, no wifi!


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PITTSBURGH -- By the way he pitched, you never would have known that Dillon Gee's feet hurt. The New York Mets right-hander developed blisters on the soles of his feet Sunday during an 87-degree afternoon. It was so warm that the dirt on the mound baked in the sun. However, Gee overcame the blisters and pitched another gem against the Pirates. John Buck hit a two-run single during a three-run first inning to lead the Mets to a 4-2 win, and New York avoided a sweep by Pittsburgh before the All-Star break. "Stuff-wise, it probably wasn't the best day but I just tried to throw a lot of strikes, especially after the guys got us out to an early lead and set the tone out there the first inning against a good pitcher," Gee said. "I just wanted to throw a lot of strikes after that and keep them off-balance." Gee (7-7) allowed just one unearned run in 6 ª innings to the Pirates (56-37), who entered the day tied with St. Louis for the best record in the major leagues and the National League Central lead. Gee is 3-0 with a 1.38 ERA in five career starts against Pittsburgh. He scattered five hits, struck out two and walked one. "It's just sometimes this is the way it works out," Gee said of his success against the Pirates. "They're a really good team. I was just trying to throw strikes with all my pitches and just keep them off balance. And it worked out." After having to use his bullpen for eight innings in the first two games of the series, New York manager Terry Collins was happy to see Gee pitch into the seventh. "We needed to get innings, we needed to get him deep into the game, and he gave us that," Collins said. "He was exhausted. His foot was bothering him. But he gave us everything we needed today." Buck's hit capped a three-run first inning against fill-in starter Gerrit Cole (4-3), who lost his third straight start after becoming the first Pirates pitcher since Nick Maddox in 1907 to win the first four of his career. Buck, Eric Young Jr. and Marlon Byrd each had three hits for New York, which finished a 6-3 road trip. The Mets will host the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Citi Field. "It's nice that we've kind of proven to ourselves we can have a little more confidence moving to the second half, but there's still a long ways to go," said Mets third baseman David Wright, who will start for the NL on Tuesday. "We did have a nice month after a couple of pretty bad months. It's nice to be progressively getting better so hopefully the best is yet to come and we continue that trend." Bobby Parnell earned his 17th save in 20 opportunities with a scoreless ninth despite giving up back-to-back singles to Clint Barmes and pinch-hitter Russell Martin with one out. He got Jordy Mercer to fly out to end the game. "We continue to fight until the final out," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "Sometimes I'd like to see us hit the 'go' button a little earlier in the game, but we always fight." Starling Marte had two hits for the Pirates, whose three-game winning streak was snapped. Cole surrendered three runs and six hits in five innings with two walks and five strikeouts. He started in place of All-Star left-hander Jeff Locke, who was scratched from this start on Saturday because of lower back tightness. The Mets took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Byrd bounced a run-scoring, ground-rule double into the left-field seats, and Buck lined a two-run single to right. "I didn't come out ready to pitch and that inexcusable," Cole said. "It's just indefensible. I didn't give our team a very good chance to win. I put us in position where I had to scratch and claw and so did the rest of the team." Marte also bounced an RBI double into the seats in the third inning to draw the Pirates within 3-1. Daniel Murphy tripled in a run in the seventh to restore the Mets' three-run lead. Pittsburgh put runners on second and third with none out in the eighth on a single by Mercer and a double by Andrew McCutchen, but the Pirates scored only one run when Jose Tabata grounded out against LaTroy Hawkins. NOTES: Collins said the blister on RHP Matt Harvey's right index finger has healed and he will be able to pitch in the All-Star game. Harvey is a prime contender to be the NL's starting pitcher on Tuesday despite being scratched from his scheduled start Saturday against the Pirates because of the blister and to limit his innings this season. ... Mets 1B Ike Davis got the day off after going 0-for-8 in the first two games of the series. Josh Satin started in his place. ... Pittsburgh RHP Mark Melancon was added as injury replacement to the NL All-Star roster. That gives the Pirates a five-man All-Star contingent, their largest since 1972. Melancon joins Locke, RHP Jason Grilli, 3B Pedro Alvarez and McCutchen. ... Locke said he expects to make his next start July 21 at Cincinnati.
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Breaking the Fecal-Hand-Oral Chain with "The Doubler"
The best implement to wash a hand is the other hand. (See the Core Handwash.) Brushless hand washing is the standard. However, there are limitations. In the case of handwashing, the use of a nail brush in select situations is often essential for effective cleaning.
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Oral care offers useful comparisons. A mouthwash can be effective in removing loosely attached foods. Brushing with toothpaste removes more. However, without flossing, organic plaque will flourish between teeth and below the gum line. The same can happen when pathogens hide under and around finger nails.
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The ideal nail brush has bristles that are fused rather than stapled. Most nail brushes use the stapling method, which creates potentially germ laden pockets at the base of the bristles. Fused bristles are easy to clean, virtually self cleaning with each use. To be certain, Handwashingforlife recommends running nail brushes through your dishwasher at the end of every shift or periodically throughout the day.
Tethering the nail brush to the hand washing sink ... Does the tethering raise cleanliness standards or just raise more hygiene questions? In our observational studies we continue to find that tehering cuts use. Staff concerns regarding the chemicals deter use. Tethered brushes appear to be more concerning than easily rinsed and recycled brushes which have likely been used previously by a team colleague.
Considering the value of the nail brush versus the cost, perhaps a frequent recycling of a fused-bristle brush is a better option.
Source: Journal of Food Protection: Vol. 66, No. 12, pp. 2296–2301.
A Comparison of Hand Washing Techniques To Remove Escherichia coli and Caliciviruses under Natural or Artificial Fingernails
CHIA-MIN LIN,a FONE-MAO WU,a HOI-KYUNG KIM,a MICHAEL P. DOYLE,a BARRY S. MICHAELS,b and L. KEOKI WILLIAMSc
(a) Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, Georgia 30223-1797
(b) Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Palatka, Florida 32178-0919
(c) Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3186, USA
Compared with other parts of the hand, the area beneath fingernails harbors the most microorganisms and is most difficult to clean. Artificial fingernails, which are usually long and polished, reportedly harbor higher microbial populations than natural nails. Hence, the efficacy of different hand washing methods for removing microbes from natural and artificial fingernails was evaluated. Strains of nonpathogenic Escherichia coli JM109 and feline calicivirus (FCV) strain F9 were used as bacterial and viral indicators, respectively. Volunteers with artificial or natural nails were artificially contaminated with ground beef containing E. coli JM109 or artificial feces containing FCV. Volunteers washed their hands with tap water, regular liquid soap, antibacterial liquid soap, alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel, regular liquid soap followed by alcohol gel, or regular liquid soap plus a nailbrush. The greatest reduction of inoculated microbial populations was obtained by washing with liquid soap plus a nailbrush, and the least reduction was obtained by rubbing hands with alcohol gel. Lower but not significantly different (P > 0.05) reductions of E. coli and FCV counts were obtained from beneath artificial than from natural fingernails. However, significantly (P 0.05) higher E. coli and FCV counts were recovered from hands with artificial nails than from natural nails before and after hand washing. In addition, microbial cell numbers were correlated with fingernail length, with greater numbers beneath fingernails with longer nails. These results indicate that best practices for fingernail sanitation of food handlers are to maintain short fingernails and scrub fingernails with soap and a nailbrush when washing hands.
© Copyright by International Association for Food Protection
Nail Brush Selection Checklist:
Eliminate existing brushes where risk of contamination is higher than added cleansing benefit. These include brushes that:
- Have non-plastic or non-fused bristles
- Have wooden base
- Have staples holding bristles in place
- Are tethered to station with dirty chain, rope or plastic.
Be cautious if you are currently following FDA guidlines and immersing your brush in a sanitizing solution:
- Handwashing For Life Institute has found that immersed brushes in santizing solution are often avoided by employees.
- Sanitizing solutions are difficult to maintain in the proper range of efficacy (ie. they are often too strong, over diluted or contaminated).
Select brushes that:
- Have soft/medium bristles with tested efficacy
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===Patch for /etc/rc.d/network===
===Patch for /etc/rc.d/network===
This is required to use the above mentioned ''config_br0'' statement as of ''initscripts
This is required to use the above mentioned ''config_br0'' statement as of ''initscripts .-1''.
--- network.0 --::.-
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/usr/sbin/brctl addif $br $brif || error=1
+ eval brconfig="\$config_${br}"
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+ error=1
+ fi
+ fi
See also: [http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16625 FS#16625]
See also: [http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16625 FS#16625]
Revision as of 19:06, 3 September 2010
- 1 Current state of this HowTo
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Kernel configuration
- 4 Host configuration
- 5 Container setup
- 6 Container configuration
- 6.1 Configuration file
- 6.1.1 Basic settings
- 6.1.2 Terminal settings
- 6.1.3 Host device access settings
- 6.2 Configuration file notes
- 6.2.1 At runtime /dev/ttyX devices are recreated
- 6.2.2 Containers have access to host's TTY nodes
- 6.2.3 Configuration troubleshooting
- 6.3 Configuring fstab
- 6.1 Configuration file
- 7 Container Creation and Destruction
- 8 Readying the host for virtualization
Current state of this HowTo
Delerious010 21:35, 1 December 2009 (EST)
- Currently just a rough draft... I think I'll need to restructure this a bit and I've also noticed I've become a bit too verbose -_-;; I'll be along shortly to complete this as well as clean it up.
Linux Containers (LXC) are an operating system-level virtualization method for running multiple isolated server installs (containers) on a single control host. LXC does not provide a virtual machine, but rather provides a virtual environment that has its own process and network space. It is similar to a chroot, but offers much more isolation.
About this HowTo
This document is intended as an overview on setting up and deploying containers, and is not an in depth detailed instruction by instruction guide. A certain amount of prerequisite knowledge and skills are assumed (running commands as root, kernel configuration, mounting filesystems, shell scripting, chroot type environments, networking setup, etc).
Much of this was taken verbatim from Dwight Schauer, Tuxce and Ulhume. It has been copied here both to enable to community to share their collective wisdom and to expand on a few points.
Less verbose tutorial
Delerious010 21:43, 1 December 2009 (EST) I've come to realize I've added a lot of text to this HowTo. If you'd like something more streamlined, please head on over to http://lxc.teegra.net/ for Dwight's excellent guide.
Kernel configuration
Through the GUI
General Setup
- [*] Group CPU scheduler
- [*] Group scheduling for SCHED_OTHER
- [*] Group scheduling for SCHED_RR/FIFO
- Basis for grouping tasks (Control groups)
- [*] Control groups
- [*] Control Group support
- [*] Namespace cgroup subsystem
- [*] Freezer cgroup subsystem
- [*] Device controller for cgroups
- [*] Cpuset support
- [*] Include legacy /proc/ /cpuset file
- [*] Simple CPU accounting cgroup subsystem
- [*] Resource counters
- [*] Memory Resource Controller for Control Groups
- [*] Memory Resource Controller Swap Extension(EXPERIMENTAL)
- [*] Memory Resource Controller for Control Groups
- [*] Namespace support
- [*] UTS namespace
- [*] IPC namespace
- [*] User namespace (EXPERIMENTAL)
- [*] PID Namespaces (EXPERIMENTAL)
- [*] Network namespace
Networking support
- Networking options
- [*] QoS and/or fair queueing
- [*] Control Group Classifier
- [*] QoS and/or fair queueing
Device drivers
- Character devices
- [*] Unix98 pty support
- [*] Support multiple instances of devpts
- [*] Unix98 pty support
Security options
- [*] File POSIX Capabilities
Through the .config
CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED=y CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED=y CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y CONFIG_CGROUPS=y CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y CONFIG_CPUSETS=y CONFIG_PROC_PID_CPUSET=y CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS=y CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR=y CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP=y CONFIG_MM_OWNER=y CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y CONFIG_UTS_NS=y CONFIG_IPC_NS=y CONFIG_USER_NS=y CONFIG_PID_NS=y CONFIG_NET_NS=y CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP=y CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y
Testing capabilities
Once the lxc package is installed, running lxc-checkconfig will print out a list of your system's capabilities
Host configuration
Control group filesystem
LXC depends on the control group filesystem being mounted. At present, there exists no standard location for it. As such, you're free to create it where ever you see fit.
Mounting manually
mkdir /cgroup mount -t cgroup none /cgroup
In /etc/fstab
none /cgroup cgroup defaults 0 0
Userspace tools
Both lxc and lxc-git can be found in AUR. Package name:
Bridge device setup
bridge_br0="eth0" config_br0="brctl setfd br0 0" BRIDGE_INTERFACES=(br0)
MODULES=(... bridge ...) # YMMV, but this was not required eth0="eth0 0.0.0.0 up" # I had to do the 0.0.0.0, "eth0 up" was not sufficient. br0="dhcp" # or however you set your address INTERFACES=(eth0 br0)
Bridge forward delay
In order for br0 to dhcp quickly (and for container network devices to be available quickly) one must set the forward delay of the bridge device to zero.
brctl setfd br0 0
Patch for /etc/rc.d/network
This is required to use the above mentioned config_br0 statement as of initscripts 2010.07-1. --- network.0 2010-07-11 05:48:47.000000000 -0400 +++ network 2010-09-03 15:01:25.000000000 -0400 @@ -181,6 +181,15 @@
/usr/sbin/brctl addif $br $brif || error=1 fi done
+ eval brconfig="\$config_${br}" + if [ -n "${brconfig}" ]; then + if ${brconfig}; then + true + else + echo config_${br}=\"${brconfig}\" \<-- invalid configuration statement + error=1 + fi + fi
fi done }
See also: FS#16625
Container setup
There are various different means to do this
Creating the filesystem
Bootstrap an install ( mkarchroot, debootstrap, rinse, Install From Existing Linux ). You can also just copy/use an existing installation's complete root filesystem.
Download existing
You can download a base install tar ball. OpenVZ templates work just fine.
Using the lxc tools
/usr/bin/lxc-debian {create|destroy|purge|help} /usr/bin/lxc-fedora {create|destroy|purge|help}
Creating the device nodes
Since udev does not work within the container, you'll want to make sure that a certain minimum amount of devices is created for it. This may be done with the following script :
#!/bin/bash ROOT=$(pwd) DEV=${ROOT}/dev mv ${DEV} ${DEV}.old mkdir -p ${DEV} mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/null c 1 3 mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/zero c 1 5 mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/random c 1 8 mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/urandom c 1 9 mkdir -m 755 ${DEV}/pts mkdir -m 1777 ${DEV}/shm mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/tty c 5 0 mknod -m 600 ${DEV}/console c 5 1 mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/tty0 c 4 0 mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/full c 1 7 mknod -m 600 ${DEV}/initctl p mknod -m 666 ${DEV}/ptmx c 5 2
Container configuration
Configuration file
The main configuration files are used to describe how to originally create a container. Though these files may be located anywhere, /etc/lxc is probably a good place.
23/Aug/2010: Be aware that the kernel may not handle additional whitespace in the configuration file. This has been experienced on "lxc.cgroup.devices.allow" settings but may also be true on other settings. If in doubt use only one space wherever whitespace is required.
Basic settings
lxc.utsname = $CONTAINER_NAME
lxc.mount = $CONTAINER_FSTAB lxc.rootfs = $CONTAINER_ROOTFS
lxc.network.type = veth lxc.network.flags = up lxc.network.link = br0 lxc.network.hwaddr = $CONTAINER_MACADDR lxc.network.ipv4 = $CONTAINER_IPADDR lxc.network.name = $CONTAINER_DEVICENAME
Basic settings explained
lxc.utsname : This will be the name of the cgroup for the container. Once the container is started, you should be able to see a new folder named /cgroup/$CONTAINER_NAME.
Furthermore, this will also be the value returned by hostname from within the container. Assuming you've not removed access, the container may overwrite this with it's init script.
lxc.mount : This points to an fstab formatted file that is a listing of the mount points used when lxc-start is called. This file is further explained further
Terminal settings
The following configuration is optional. You may add them to your main configuration file if you wish to login via lxc-console, or through a terminal ( ex.: Ctrl+Alt+F1 ).
The container can be configured with virtual consoles (tty devices). These may be devices from the host that the container is given permission to use (by its configuration file) or they may be devices created locally within the container.
The host's virtual consoles are accessed using the key sequence ALT+Fn (or CTRL+ALT+Fn from within an X11 session). The left ALT key reaches consoles 1 through 12 and the right ALT key reaches consoles 13 through 24. Further virtual consoles may be reached by the ALT+Right Arrow key sequence which steps to the next virtual console.
The container's local virtual consoles may be accessed using the "lxc-console" command.
Host Virtual Consoles
The container may access the host's virtual consoles if the host is not using them and the container's configuration allows it. Typical container configuration would deny access to all devices and then allow access to specific devices like this:
lxc.cgroup.devices.deny = a # Deny all access to devices lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 4:0 rwm # /dev/tty0 lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 4:1 rwm # /dev/tty1 lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 4:2 rwm # /dev/tty2
For a container to be able to use a host's virtual console it must not be in use by the host. This will most likely require the host's /etc/inittab to be modified to ensure no getty or other process runs on any virtual console that is to be used by the container.
After editing the host's /etc/inittab file, issung a "killall -HUP init" will terminate any getty processes that are no longer configured and this will free up the virtual conosole for use by the container.
Note that local virtual consoles take precedence over host virtual consoles. This is described in the next section.
Local Virtual Consoles
The number of local virtual consoles that the container has is defined in the container's configuration file (normally on the host in /etc/lxc). It is defined thus:
lxc.tty = n
where n is the number of local virtual consoles required.
The local virtual consoles are numbered starting at tty1 and take precedence over any of the host's virtual consoles that the container might be entitled to use. This means that, for example, if n = 2 then the container will not be able to use the host's tty1 and tty2 devices even entitled to do so by its configuration file. Setting n to 0 will prevent local virtual consoles from being created thus allowing full access to any of host's virtual consoles that the container might be entitled to use.
/dev/tty Device Files
The container must have a tty device file (e.g. /dev/tty1) for each virtual console (host or local). These can be created thus:
# mknod -m 666 /dev/tty1 c 4 1 # mknod -m 666 /dev/tty2 c 4 2
and so on...
In the above, c means character device, 4 is the major device number (tty devices) and 1,2,3, etc, is the minor device number (specific tty device). Note that tty0 is special and always refers to the current virtual console.
For further info on tty devices: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/device-list/devices.txt
If a virtual console's device file does not exist in the container then the container can not use the virtual console.
Configuring Log-In Ability
The container's virtual consoles may be used for login sessions if the container runs "getty" services on their tty devices. This is normally done by the container's "init" process and is configured in the container's "/etc/inittab" file using lines like this:
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
There is one line per device. The first part "c1" is just a unique label, the second part defines applicable run levels, the third part tells init to start a new getty when the current one terminates and the last part gives the command line for the getty. For further information refer to "man init"
If there is no getty process on a virtual console it will not be possible to log in via that virtual console. A getty is not required on a virtual console unless it is to be used to log in.
If a virtual console is to allow root logins it also needs to be listed in the container's /etc/securetty file.
Troubleshooting virtual consoles
If lxc.tty is set to a number, n, then no host devices numbered n or below will be accessible even if the above configuration is present because they will be replaced with local virtual consoles instead.
A tty device file's major number will change from 4 to 136 if it is a local virtual console. This change is visible within the container but not when viewing the container's devices from the host's filesystem. This information is useful when troubleshooting.
This can be checked from within a container thus:
# ls -Al /dev/tty* crw------- 1 root root 136, 10 Aug 21 21:28 /dev/tty1 crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Aug 21 21:28 /dev/tty2
Pseudo Terminals
lxc.pseudo = 1024
Maximum amount of pseudo terminals that are may be created in /dev/pts. Delerious010 18:57, 3 December 2009 (EST) Currently, assuming the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES, this tells lxc-start to mount the devpts filesystem with the newinstance flag.
Host device access settings
lxc.cgroup.devices.deny = a # Deny all access to devices
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:3 rwm # dev/null lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:5 rwm # dev/zero
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 5:1 rwm # dev/console lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 5:0 rwm # dev/tty lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 4:0 rwm # dev/tty0
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:9 rwm # dev/urandom lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:8 rwm # dev/random lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 136:* rwm # dev/pts/* lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 5:2 rwm # dev/pts/ptmx
# No idea what this is .. dev/bsg/0:0:0:0 ??? lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 254:0 rwm
Host device access settings explained
lxc.cgroup.devices.deny : By settings this to a, we're stating that the container has access to no devices unless explicitely defined within the configuration file.
Configuration file notes
At runtime /dev/ttyX devices are recreated
If you've enabled multiple DevPTS instances in your kernel, lxc-start will recreate lxc.tty amount of /dev/ttyX devices when it is executed.
This means that you will have lxc.tty amount of pseudo ttys. If you're planning on accessing the container via a "real" terminal ( Ctrl+Alt+FX ), make sure that it's a number that is inferior to lxc.tty.
To tell whether it's been re-created, just log into the container via either lxc-console or ssh and perform a ls -Al command on the tty. Devices with a major number of 4 are "real" tty devices where as a major number of 136 indicates a pts.
Be aware that this is only visible from within the container itself and not from the host.
Containers have access to host's TTY nodes
If you do not properly restrict the container's access to the /dev/tty nodes, the container may have access to the host's.
Taking into consideration that, as previously mentioned, lxc-start recreates lxc.tty amount of /dev/tty devices, any tty nodes present in the container that are of a greater minor number than lxc.tty will be linked to the host's.
To access the container from a host TTY
- On the host, verify no getty is started for that tty by checking /etc/inittab.
- In the container, start a getty for that tty.
To prevent access to the host TTY
Please have a look at the configuration statements found in host device access settings.
Via the lxc.cgroup.devices.deny = a we're preventing access to all host level devices. And then, throuh lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 4:1 rwm we're allowing access to the host's /dev/tty1. In the above example, simply removing all allow statements for major number 4 and minor > 1 should be sufficient.
To test this access
I may be off here, but looking at the output of the ls command below should show you both the major and minor device numbers. These are located after the user and group and represented as : 4, 2
- Set lxc.tty to 1
- Make there that the container has dev/tty1 and /dev/tty2
- lxc-start the container
- lxc-console into the container
- ls -Al /dev/tty
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Dec 2 00:20 /dev/tty2
- echo "test output" > /dev/tty2
- Ctrl+Alt+F2 to view the host's second terminal
- You should see "test output" printed on the screen
Configuration troubleshooting
console access denied: Permission denied
If, when executing lxc-console, you receive the error lxc-console: console access denied: Permission denied you've most likely either omitted lxc.tty or set it to 0.
lxc-console does not provide a login prompt
Though you're reaching a tty on the container, it most likely is not running a getty. You'll want to double check that you have a getty defined in the container's /etc/inittab for the specific tty.
Configuring fstab
none $CONTAINER_ROOTFS/dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0 none $CONTAINER_ROOTFS/proc proc defaults 0 0 none $CONTAINER_ROOTFS/sys sysfs defaults 0 0 none $CONTAINER_ROOTFS/dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
This fstab is used by lxc-start when mounting the container. As such, you can define any mount that would be possible on the host such as bind mounting to the host's own filesystem. However, please be aware of any and all security implications that this may have.
Warning : You certainly do not want to bind mount the host's /dev to the container as this would allow it to, amongst other things, reboot the host.
Container Creation and Destruction
lxc-create -f $CONTAINER_CONFIGPATH -n $CONTAINER_NAME
lxc-create will create /var/lib/lxc/$CONTAINER_NAME with a new copy of the container configuration file found in $CONTAINER_CONFIGPATH.
As such, if you need to make modifications to the container's configuration file, it's advisable to modify only the original file and then perform lxc-destroy and lxc-create operations afterwards. No data will be lost by doing this.
Note : When copying the file over, lxc-create will strip all comments from the file.
Note : As of lxc-git from atleast 2009-12-01, performing lxc-create no longer splits the config file into multiple files and folders. Therefore, we only have the configuration file to worry about.
lxc-destroy -n $CONTAINER_NAME
This will delete /var/lib/lxc/$CONTAINER_NAME which only contains configuration files. No data will be lost.
Readying the host for virtualization
- Comment out any getty that are not required
/etc/rc.sysinit replacement
Since we're running in a virtual environment, a number of steps undertaken by rc.sysinit are superfluous and may even flat out fail or stall. As such, until the initscripts are made virtualization aware, this'll take some hack and slash.
For now, simply replace the file :
#!/bin/bash # Whatever is needed to clean out old daemon/service pids from your container rm -f $(find /var/run -name '*pid') rm -f /var/lock/subsys/*
# Configure network settings ## You can either use dhcp here, manually configure your ## interfaces or try to get the rc.d/network script working. ## There have been reports that network failed in this ## environment. route add default gw 192.168.10.1 echo > /etc/resolv.conf search your-domain echo >> /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.10.1
# Initally we don't have any container originated mounts rm -f /etc/mtab touch /etc/mtab
/etc/rc.conf cleanup
You may want to remove any and all hardware related daemons from the DAEMONS line. Furthermore, depending on your situation, you may also want to remove the network daemon.


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Colorado Cold Cases: Female duo lured man to stabbing death in Canon City
The teletypes came in to the Canon City Police Department in 1985.
If anyone had followed up, a murder that had happened four years earlier and that has gone unsolved to this day, could possibly have been closed.
A Texas inmate claimed that a friend of hers — a fellow criminal — described killing a man in southern Colorado.
Detective Dale King of the Canon City Police Department was assigned to follow up on the case 30 years later.
The victim, who had been stabbed 19 times, has never been identified and continues to be called only John Doe.
"I think I got the who done it," King said.
He just doesn't know who it was done to. The murder victim has never been identified.
It took him only 45 minutes to conclude it was a solvable case.
King recently flew to Texas to interview a person of interest in the case, Rosalinda Crispin, who is serving a 65-year-old prison term after being convicted of murdering Maximo Linares Limon in 1985.
Crispin was 26 at the time of John Doe's murder.
Crispin and another person-of-interest, Rita Valadez, are believed to be the last persons to see the man at a popular nightclub South of Santa Fe Street in Pueblo. Valadez died in 2003.
When King visited Crispin earlier this month in the William P. Hobby Unit, a Marlin, Texas, prison located about 120 miles south of Dallas, he spoke with her about events that happened 35 years ago.


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Good morning! Happy Monday...I almost typed Wednesday...this could be bad! I hope your weekend was great! We enjoyed some wonderful sunshine...mowed the lawn, and enjoyed that beautiful dose of Vitamin D we received!
I've got a little wedding card to share today. These images are from the Swingin' Spring Diner's Club...aren't they fun!? I do have to say that I love this cake!! It doesn't have to be wedding...it would be a great birthday cake too!!
I used some delicious Echo Park dots and stripes paper..and kept a very monochromatic palette...makes my heart happy to do that!!
I used the large Doily die from PTI for the largest circle frame, then used nestabilities for the smaller two circles. I love the look of these colors...so elegant and fresh!
Hope you have a wonderful Monday! I'm working on my designs for my card making class tomorrow afternoon...be back to share to those soon!
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Saturday, 7 February 2015
First snowdrop buds
I'm still not back blogging for various reasons (most lately because I got ill for a week), but I can't give up on my blog traditions, such as noting when the snowdrops pop up in the garden every winter/spring. If you want to compare with previous years, you can find all snowdrop posts here.
I spent much of january bemoaning the lack of a white winter, mostly because otherwise the winters here are wet, chilly, foggy and very dark. Miserable to put it plainly. But then we got a little snow and these last couple of weeks it's even stayed instead of melting away as fast as it's come.
The other day, after recovering from a week in bed, I started thinking about the snowdrops that surely must have started to pierce through the soil under snow at that point. And so last night, it started to really thaw again. One of the first things I did this windy morning was therefore to check out the snowdrops and sure enough, they've started to bud!
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There have been plenty of posts such as, "Pass the Vacuum" and other Carlos-isms, which poke fun at Carlos's English. I also still make fun of him for asking "How many years do you have?" when we first met – So I thought it was only fair for me to write a post about my Spanish mistakes. The one that still makes my cheeks burn red is in the post Most Embarrassing Spanish Speaking Moment, but here are a few words I've apparently invented on the path to Spanish fluency.
Quesoso – (pronounced "kay-so-so") I'm actually proud of this one and have stubbornly used it for years. I call things "cheesy" a lot in English, like, "Oh my gosh, this novela is so cheesy!" … But how do you say "cheesy" in Spanish? I don't know, so I took the word for "cheese" and added on the appropriate ending.
Afordable – (pronounced "ah-for-dah-blay") I didn't know the word for "affordable" in Spanish ("asequible" which I still forget) – so I took a stab in the dark… hey sometimes it works.
Polandia – I was watching a soccer match and Carlos asked me who was playing. I answered "Polandia contra …" (whoever was playing against Poland, I can't remember.) … Apparently Poland is "Polonia" in Spanish… I still think mine makes more sense.
Tiene un punto – I was trying to say "He has a point" but Carlos says this idiom can't be translated directly. Oops!
That's all I can remember for now, but I'm sure there will be more to come.


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I know that I wish I could be in Cambridge this weekend. For those of you in the Boston area, Rick Berry will be part of a group show, Blue, at the University Place Gallery.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Blue Berry
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Just found this blog of yours from another blog - on the SFFHS yahoo group.
Just wanted to pop in and say what a fan I am - I've heard of you from following my favorite artist, Michael Whelan! :) (Also my greatest inspiration)
Also have seen your name quite a bit in all my Spectrum books :)
Anyway, I'm just an aspiring and new artist myself and someday wish to work with AD's just like you.
Take it easy,
Renee Bailey
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Apply for Building Regulations approval
You usually need building regulations approval if you:
- put up a new building
- extend or alter an existing building
- convert the loft space
- replace your windows
- install services or fittings in a building including the following:
- washing and sanitary facilities
- hot water cylinders and foul water and rainwater drainage
- replacement windows
- any fuel burning appliances
- some electrical work.
See below to select either the:
- Full plans application for large scale home alterations and all commercial developments or
- Building notice application for minor domestic work at your home
If you need advice on whether your project needs building regulations approval, or to view building regulations approved documents:
- visit the Planning Portal – do you need permission webpage
- email the Building Control team with details of your proposals and we will reply in 5 working days.
Full plans application for commercial developments and alterations
Use this application when you are planning to build a new hous�e or a large extension and an architect has drawn up plans and you will be getting quotes from several builders.
Commercial property
For both new and alterations to existing commercial premises use the full plans application so we can consult the fire service.
Apply for building regulations
View building regulation fees
View contact list of builders
Please return your application with the following:
- All detailed plans, elevations and sections and technical notes, supporting calculations and specification
- A 1:1250 block plan showing the property and the proposed alterations
- Payment - for your personalised quotation please contact one of our officers on 01594 812315.
Process for the full plan building regulations application
- You send in the application and detailed drawings
- We check that the plans meet the Building Regulations - we aim to do this within 3 weeks but it may take longer if there are issues that need to be discussed
- If the plans are acceptable then approval is given
- If there are minor issues then Approval with Conditions is given
- When the work starts on site a number of inspections are carried out to check that the Building Regulations are being met. For more information see Building Control inspections page.
Building notice application for minor building works
Use a building notice when a competent builder is doing minor domestic work at your home.
The building notice method is just to let us know that building work is being carried out and you can begin work 48 hours after submitting the notice.
The actual detail of the method of construction is discussed and agreed on site as the project progresses.
Building regulations for replacement windows
If you are replacing your windows you need to apply for Building Regulations unless the installer is registered with one of the following:
- TRADA or
To apply for building regulations please:
Building regulations exemptions
If the person carrying out the work is registered with one of the following approved bodies they can do the work without applying for Building Regulations. These include the following:
- Gas Safe - gas appliances
- Oftec - oil appliances
- HETAS - solid fuel appliances
- Elecsa - electrical work
- NICEIC - electrical work
- FENSA - glazing installers
- CERTASS - glazing installers
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Tim Tebow's dream of being a National Football League quarterback is not finished yet. But now he must decide how much he wants it.
Tebow was cut by the New England Patriots Saturday, and none of the NFL's other 31 teams wanted him, meaning he now has no clear future in the league. But he does have a future, and in that future, a potential return to the NFL is not impossible.
Yes, we have arrived at the point of Tebow's professional football career that many thought inevitable – the point at which he must decide whether to play in Arena Football League or the Canadian Football League. If they'll have him.
When Tebow was cut by the Jets earlier this year, at least three indoor football teams expressed an interest in signing him. They probably still would. If Tebow signed for the Orlando Predators in his native Florida, he would create more racket than a shuttle launch. He would be indoor football's David Beckham.
Meanwhile, the team in Canada that holds Tebow's rights has taken a quarterback with similarly gruesome throwing mechanics and turned him into perhaps the most successful player in league history.
In either league, Tebow would still be a project. His greatest weaknesses – passing accuracy and quick decisionmaking – would be exposed cruelly. As much as the NFL has become a passer's league, the CFL and Arena league do it more. If you cannot pass, you cannot win, and if Tebow cannot begin to find the broadside of barns with his passes, he'll soon find himself without a job again – and nowhere else to turn.
But that is just what Tebow needs if he is ever to become an NFL quarterback – a place to play competitively, away from the glare of the NFL, and to pass, pass, pass to see if he can ever get it right. Now that opportunity is the only one staring him in the face.
"It's time now to maybe just reconsider a different path to his ultimate dream," Steve Clarkson, a quarterback coach who has worked with Tebow, told USA Today Sunday.
But which path should he take?
Canadian football
In his interview with USA Today, Clarkson suggested that Tebow might look to the CFL. The CFL, after all, has a history of acting as a finishing school for quarterbacks looking to take that last step to the NFL, including Doug Flutie, Jeff Garcia, and Warren Moon.
If Tebow went in this direction, he'd have only one option – the Montreal Alouettes hold exclusive rights to Tebow in Canada. But it might be a perfect fit.
One of Tebow's greatest defenders has been Marc Trestman, who was head coach of the Alouettes before leaving this summer to become head coach of the Chicago Bears. While other scouts and coaches spent their time trying to shorten and improve Tebow's much maligned throwing motion, which looks vaguely like a wounded albatross struggling to fly, Trestman repeatedly said it was no big deal.
He spoke from experience. Check out the throwing motion of Anthony Calvillo, the starting quarterback for the Alouettes since 1998. Let's just say that NFL quarterbacks coaches are not salivating. Yet Calvillo has passed for more yards (78,494) than any other player in the history of professional football and has set a league record for passing touchdowns (449).
Alouettes general manager Jim Popp told the Toronto Sun Saturday that he's "never had a conversation with [Tebow] or his agent," but in the past has expressed a qualified interest in Tebow. "We're very curious to see what he's capable of doing," he told USA Today in April.
Unique elements of the Canadian game could play to Tebow's advantage, he said. The field is 35 yards wider than in the NFL field, creating more space for Tebow to run his favored read-option plays. Moreover, the Alouettes already use a substitute quarterback instead of Calvillo, who is 41, for short-yardage running plays, and Tebow could slot into that role seamlessly.
Timing could work in Tebow's favor, as well. Calvillo is currently recovering from a concussion that some media reports suggest could be career-threatening. With the team's second-string quarterback also injured, Tebow would surely get a good look.
Despite the widespread American view of the CFL as a second-rate league, however, it is no joke. Its championship, the Grey Cup, is 100 years old (the Super Bowl is 47), and Tebow will get no free rides. Popp made this clear in April by saying that Tebow, if he were to come to the Alouettes, would be coming to back up Calvillo.
"The misconception about the CFL is it's much easier for a quarterback. That's not necessarily true. If you can't make all the throws, you can't win consistently in the CFL, either," he said.
With Calvillo injured, the situation has changed, but Popp's underlying point hasn't. The Canadian game is different, with only three downs, one-point drop kicks, and multiple offensive players allowed to be in motion before the snap.
"It's a confusing game," he added. "There are nuances to it. It's a big learning curve, and it takes a while to adjust."
Arena football
The same would be true in the Arena leagues. Then again, adjustments are precisely what Tebow needs. Kurt Warner, the Super Bowl-winning quarterback who famously made the jump from the AFL's Iowa Barnstormers to the St. Louis Rams, credits Arena football with polishing the rough parts of his game.
"You hear people talk about what made me the player I was, they usually look at a couple of different things," Warner told ArenaFootball.com. "One is the quick release. The other is being able to diagnose defenses and accurately placing the football where I needed to put it.… I really think the AFL helped me develop those skills. You have less time in the pocket, the pocket is much smaller, it is a faster game and it is a shorter field. The windows are so tight you have to be accurate, you have to be able to anticipate, and you have to be able to fit it into tight windows."
The Arena league is also more of a novelty than the CFL, meaning that Tebow might be given a longer time to develop. The league marketing department might just set up camp in his breakfast nook if he were to join.
The Orlando Predators, for one, were willing to welcome the only athlete ever to be named a "Great Floridian."
"We'd love to have him," Predators owner Brett Bouchy told the Orlando Sentinel in March. "I think he would definitely improve as a quarterback in our league.... Whenever Tim is willing, we have a contract waiting for him to sign."
Ron Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback who is now a part owner of the Philadelphia Soul Arena team, also extended a hand to Tebow earlier this year. "If he decides he wants to play Arena football, we'll make a spot for him," Jaworski told philly.com in May.
He and Soul coach Clint Dolezel even went so far as to send Tebow a list of plays they had designed for him, though they got no response.
Now, however, that phone might ring.