Larry the Universe

#!/bin/bash

merge-tool-cmd = /root/.meld

#!/bin/sh
### the specified command: base theirs mine merged wcfile
/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/meld $3 $2
# this cp copies mine to merged
cp $3 $4
exit 0

chmod u+x .meld
nix-env -i meld

svn up
Updating '.':
A pkgs/applications/misc/gnome_terminator
A pkgs/applications/misc/gnome_terminator/default.nix
U pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/svn2git-kde/default.nix
A pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer
A pkgs/applications/graphics/zgrviewer/default.nix
U pkgs/applications/audio/audacious/default.nix
U pkgs/applications/audio/yoshimi/default.nix
U pkgs/lib/platforms.nix
G pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
U pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix

Conflict discovered in '/etc/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix'.
Select: (p) postpone, (df) diff-full, (e) edit,
 (mc) mine-conflict, (tc) theirs-conflict,
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/selinux
/sys/fs/selinux
/sys/fs/selinux
/sys
/selinux
#!/bin/bash
KDIALOG="/usr/bin/kdialog"
GREP="/bin/grep"
AWK="/bin/awk"
CMUSREMOTE="/usr/bin/cmus-remote"

declare -i duration=$($CMUSREMOTE -Q|$GREP "duration"|$AWK '{ print $2 }')
declare -i position=$($CMUSREMOTE -Q|$GREP "position"|$AWK '{ print $2 }')
percent=$[100*position/duration]

artist=$($CMUSREMOTE -Q|$GREP "tag artist") # ${artist:10}
title=$($CMUSREMOTE -Q|$GREP "tag title") # ${title:9}

$KDIALOG --title "CMUS is playing... ($percent%)" --passivepopup "${artist:10} - ${title:9}" 3

    Highlight the screen column of the cursor with CursorColumn
    |hl-CursorColumn|.  Useful to align text.  Will make screen redrawing
    slower.

function! CursorPing()
    set cursorline cursorcolumn
    redraw
    sleep 50m
    set nocursorline nocursorcolumn
endfunction

nmap <C-Space> :call CursorPing()<CR>

sec-policy/selinux-*
lvremove /dev/myvolgrp/home
lvremove /dev/myvolgrp/system
lvremove /dev/myvolgrp/swap
vgremove myvolgrp
pvremote /dev/md0
mdadm --stop /dev/md0
# to remove the md0 permanently
mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sda1
mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb1

parted /dev/sda
mklabel gpt
mkpart non-fs 0 2
mkpart primary 2 3001G
p
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 2000kB 1983kB non-fs
2 2097kB 3001GB 3001GB primary

set 1 bios_grub on
p
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 2000kB 1983kB non-fs bios_grub
2 2097kB 3001GB 3001GB primary

mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2
mdadm: Note: this array has metadata at the start and
may not be suitable as a boot device. If you plan to
store '/boot' on this device please ensure that
your boot-loader understands md/v1.x metadata, or use
--metadata=0.90
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md0 started.

pvcreate /dev/md0
Physical volume "/dev/md0" successfully created

vgcreate myVolGrp /dev/md0
Volume group "myVolGrp" successfully created

lvcreate -n system -L50G myVolGrp
lvcreate -n swap -L8G myVolGrp

mkfs.ext4 -O dir_index -j -L system /dev/myVolGrp/system
mkswap -L swap /dev/myVolGrp/swap

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

#download latest console only 64bit nixos installer
nixos-minimal-0.1pre33860-33874-x86_64-linux.iso

apt-get install sudo
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 1024 -hda /dev/md0 -net nic -net tap -cdrom nixos-minimal-0.1pre33860-33874-x86_64-linux.iso -boot d -vnc localhost:0

ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 root@176.9.99.117
vncviewer localhost

inside do:
login as root
mount -L system /mnt

cd /mnt
nixos-option --install
vi /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

stop dhcpcd
ip a add 172.2.0.2/16 dev eth0
ip r add via 172.2.0.1
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf
# use ping www.google.de to verfy that the routing is working

# example url, configuration.nix is appended to this article
curl http://lastlog.de/configuration.nix
mv configuration.nix /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
# now the installation, make sure you read the nixos installation guide as well, but in short:
nixos-install
# only the grub2 installation should have failed (as there is no /dev/sda1 in the virtual machine!)
#finally we halt the system
halt

apt-get install grub2
grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt --recheck /dev/sda
Installation finished. No error reported.

grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt --recheck /dev/sdb
Installation finished. No error reported.

# now we add a ssh key so we can login into this system later on
cd /mnt
mkdir root
cd root
mkdir .ssh
chown 0700 .ssh/
cd .ssh
echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz.....aU79sGVhyOPRz joachim@ebooK" > authorized_keys

ssh root@176.9.99.117 -i ~/.ssh/myprivatekey

nixos-rebuild switch --fast
building the system configuration...
updating GRUB 2 menu...
installing the GRUB bootloader on /dev/sda...
/nix/store/iaypdz5mm1qk8izs9412cb28v9vwwcn4-grub-1.99/sbin/grub-probe: error: no such disk.
Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/mapper/myVolGrp-system failed.
Try with --recheck.
If the problem persists please report this together with the output of "/nix/store/iaypdz5mm1qk8izs9412cb28v9vwwcn4-grub-1.99/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub" to
grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub
grub-probe: info: Cannot stat `/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000c5003f556643', skipping.
grub-probe: info: Cannot stat `/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000c5003f5363a6', skipping.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to /dev.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to pts.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to shm.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to myVolGrp.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to md.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to disk.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-label.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-uuid.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-partlabel.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-partuuid.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-path.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to by-id.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to snd.
grub-probe: info: changing current directory to mapper.
grub-probe: info: opening myVolGrp-system.
grub-probe: error: no such disk.

cd /boot/grub
cat device.map
(hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000c5003f556643
(hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000c5003f5363a6

rm /boot/grub/device.map

# Edit this configuration file which defines what would be installed on the
# system. To Help while choosing option value, you can watch at the manual
# page of configuration.nix or at the last chapter of the manual available
# on the virtual console 8 (Alt+F8).

{config, pkgs, ...}:

{
require = [
# Include the configuration for part of your system which have been
# detected automatically.
./hardware-configuration.nix
];

boot.initrd.kernelModules = [
# Specify all kernel modules that are necessary for mounting the root
# file system.
#
# "ext4" "ata_piix"
"af_packet" "snd_pcm_oss" "snd_mixer_oss" "rtc_cmos" "rtc_core" "rtc_lib" "snd_hda_codec_via" "i915" "joydev" "drm_kms_helper" "snd_hda_intel" "rng_core" "drm" "snd_hda_codec" "thermal" "i2c_algo_bit" "button" "snd_hwdep" "intel_agp" "psmouse" "i2c_i801" "evdev" "snd_pcm" "video" "agpgart" "pcspkr" "serio_raw" "iTCO_wdt" "i2c_core" "snd_timer" "output" "e1000e" "snd" "soundcore" "snd_page_alloc" "sg" "loop" "ipv6" "kvm" "freq_table" "processor" "thermal_sys" "hwmon" "ext4" "mbcache" "jbd2" "crc16" "raid456" "async_pq" "async_xor" "xor" "async_memcpy" "async_raid6_recov" "raid6_pq" "async_tx" "md_mod" "sd_mod" "crc_t10dif" "sata_sil" "ata_piix" "dm_mod" "usb_storage" "usb_libusual" "usbhid" "hid" "ohci1394" "ieee1394" "ahci" "libata" "scsi_mod" "ehci_hcd" "uhci_hcd" "usbcore" "nls_base" "scsi_wait_scan" "unix"
];

boot.loader.grub = {
# Use grub 2 as boot loader.
enable = true;
version = 2;

# Define on which hard drive you want to install Grub.
devices = [ "/dev/sda" "/dev/sdb" ];
};
boot.extraKernelParams = [ "vga=normal" "nomodeset" ];

networking = {
hostName = "nix9000"; # Define your hostname.
# wireless.enable = true; # Enables Wireless.
};

# Add file system entries for each partition that you want to see mounted
# at boot time. You can add filesystems which are not mounted at boot by
# adding the noauto option.
fileSystems = [
# Mount the root file system
#
{ mountPoint = "/";
#device = "/dev/sda2";
label = "system";
}
#{ mountPoint = "/boot";
# label = "boot";
#}

# Copy & Paste & Uncomment & Modify to add any other file system.
#
# { mountPoint = "/data"; # where you want to mount the device
# device = "/dev/sdb"; # the device or the label of the device
# # label = "data";
# fsType = "ext3"; # the type of the partition.
# options = "data=journal";
# }
];

swapDevices = [
# List swap partitions that are mounted at boot time.
#
{ label = "swap"; }
];

# Select internationalisation properties.
# i18n = {
# consoleFont = "lat9w-16";
# consoleKeyMap = "us";
# defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
# };

# List services that you want to enable:

# Add an OpenSSH daemon.
services.openssh.enable = true;

# Add CUPS to print documents.
# services.printing.enable = true;

# Add XServer (default if you have used a graphical iso)
# services.xserver = {
# enable = true;
# layout = "us";
# xkbOptions = "eurosign:e";
# };

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
zsh wget wgetpaste vimprobable2
];

# Add the NixOS Manual on virtual console 8
#services.nixosManual.showManual = true;
}

parent_host = search(:node, "virtualization_kvm_guests:#{node[:hostname]}").first
knife search node "virtualization_*_guests:<myguestname>"
#header {  height: 50px; }

#panels {  height: 100% - 50px; }

#top, #bottom { overflow: auto; }

#header {  height: 50px; }

#panels {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50px;
    left: 0px;
    right: 0px;
    bottom: 0px;
}

#top, #bottom { overflow: auto; }

CHROOT="/var/named/chroot"
CHROOT_NOMOUNT="1"

allow portage_t var_t:chr_file { create getattr setattr };

~# semanage permissive -a portage_t

~# emerge --config bind

~# setfiles -r /var/named/chroot /etc/selinux/strict/contexts/files/file_contexts /var/named/chroot

options {
  directory "/var/bind";
  pid-file "/var/run/named/named.pid";
  statistics-file "/var/run/named/named.stats";
  listen-on { 127.0.0.1; };
  listen-on-v6 { 2001:db8:81:21::ac:98ad:5fe1; };
  allow-query { any; };
  zone-statistics yes;
  allow-transfer { 2001:db8:81:22::ae:6b01:e3d8; };
  notify yes;
  recursion no;
  version "[nope]";
};

# Access to DNS for local addresses (i.e. genfic-owned)
view "local" {
  match-clients { 2001:db8:81::/48; };
  recursion yes;
  zone "genfic.com" { type master; file "pri/com.genfic"; };
  zone "1.8.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa" { type master; file "pri/inv.com.genfic"; };
};

$TTL 1h ;
$ORIGIN genfic.com.
@       IN      SOA     ns.genfic.com. ns.genfic.com. (
                        2012041101
                        1d
                        2h
                        4w
                        1h )

        IN      NS      ns.genfic.com.
        IN      NS      ns2.genfic.com.
        IN      MX      10      mail.genfic.com.
        IN      MX      20      mail2.genfic.com.

genfic.com.     IN      AAAA    2001:db8:81:80::dd:13ed:c49e;
ns              IN      AAAA    2001:db8:81:21::ac:98ad:5fe1;
ns2             IN      AAAA    2001:db8:81:22::ae:6b01:e3d8;
www             IN      CNAME   genfic.com.;
mail            IN      AAAA    2001:db8:81:21::b0:0738:8ad5;
mail2           IN      AAAA    2001:db8:81:22::50:5e9f:e569;
; (...)

$TTL 1h ;
@       IN      SOA     1.8.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa ns.genfic.com. (
                        2012041101
                        1d
                        2h
                        4w
                        1h )

        IN      NS      ns.genfic.com.
        IN      NS      ns2.genfic.com.

$ORIGIN 1.8.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.

1.e.f.5.d.a.8.9.c.a.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.2.0.0         IN      PTR     ns.genfic.com.
8.d.3.e.1.0.b.6.e.a.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.2.0.0         IN      PTR     ns2.genfic.com.
; (...)

~# rc-service named start

zone "genfic.com" {
  type slave;
  masters { 2001:db8:81:21::ac:98ad:5fe1; }
  file "sec/com.genfic";
};

~# setsebool -P named_write_master_zones on;

Dim string1 As String
Dim string2 As String

Dim string1, string2 As String

  mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1

  pvcreate /dev/md0
  vgcreate myvolgrp /dev/md0
  lvcreate -L 1G -n boot myvolgrp
  lvcreate -L 5G -n system myvolgrp

  mkfs.ext4 -n boot /dev/myvolgrp/boot
  mkfs.ext4 -n system /dev/myvolgrp/system

  mount -L system /mnt
  nixos-option --install

  cat /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
  ...
    { mountPoint = "/";
      label="system";
    }
    { mountPoint = "/boot";
      label="boot";
    }
  nixos-install

   boot.loader.grub = {
    # Use grub 2 as boot loader.
    enable = true;
    version = 2;

    # Define on which hard drive you want to install Grub.
     device = "/dev/sda"; # here is only one partition given
  };

def build(bld):
	bld.add_post_fun(post_build)

	bld.env.append_value('CFLAGS', ['-O2', '-g'])
	bld.env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', ['-O2', '-g', '-lm'])
	bld.env.append_value('VALAFLAGS', ['-g', '--enable-checking', '--fatal-warnings'])

#!/usr/bin/python
import serial
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/remserialPY', 2400)

line = ''
count=0

def process_command(cmd):
        print " < incomming: " + cmd
        if cmd == "Q1":
                print "REQUEST FOR DATA FROM USV"
                n = ("20").decode("hex")
                d = ("0d").decode("hex")
                a = ("28").decode("hex") + \
                    "000.0" + n + \
                    "000.0" + n + \
                    "000.5" + n + \
                    "005" + n + \
                    "00.0" + n + \
                    "00.6" + n + \
                    "25.0" + n + \
                    "00000001" + d
                ser.write(a)

while True:
        ch = ser.read(1)
        if ch == "\x0d":
                process_command(line)
                line = ''
        else:
                line = line + ch
#!/usr/bin/python
import serial
import re
import time
import sys

ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyS0', 2400)
#, serial.EIGHTBITS, serial.PARITY_NONE, serial.STOPBITS_ONE, 0)

line = ''
count=0
status="unknown"

def write(cmd):
        #print "sending " + cmd;
        ser.write(cmd)

def print_status(status):
                print "status is: Unknown|LostCom|Normal|ScheduledShutdown|60SecsShutdown|ActiveShutdown|CriticalPowerFail: " + status

def process_command(cmd):
        valid = re.compile(r"\([0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9] [0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9] [0-9][0-9][0-9].[0-9] [0-9][0-9][0-9] [0-9][0-9].[0-9] [0-9][0-9].[0-9] [0-9][0-9].[0-9] [01][01][01][01][01][01][01][01]")
        if valid.match(cmd):
                #print status + " : VALID REPLY FROM USV   ->    " + cmd
                #(239.5 239.5 235.6 000 49.9 13.6 25.0 00001001
                netz_eingang=cmd.split(' ')[0].lstrip('(')
                netz_unknown=cmd.split(' ')[1]
                netz_ausgang=cmd.split(' ')[2]
                percent=cmd.split(' ')[3]
                hz=cmd.split(' ')[4]
                bat_voltage=cmd.split(' ')[5]
                temperature=cmd.split(' ')[6]
                bits=cmd.split(' ')[7]
                bit1=bits[0]
                bit2=bits[1]
                bit3=bits[2]
                bit4=bits[3]
                bit5=bits[4]
                bit6=bits[5]
                bit7=bits[6]
                bit8=bits[7]
                print status + " " + cmd
        else:
                print "invalid reply detected: " + cmd
                sys.exit(1)

write( ("51310d").decode("hex"))

while True:
        ch = ser.read(1)
        if ch == "\x0d":
                process_command(line)
                time.sleep(1)
                write( ("51310d").decode("hex"))
                line = ''
        else:
                line = line + ch
# ./simulate-ups-monitor.py
VALID REPLY FROM USV -> (241.5 241.4 237.5 000 49.9 13.5 25.0 00001001
VALID REPLY FROM USV -> (241.5 241.4 237.5 000 49.9 13.5 25.0 00001001
VALID REPLY FROM USV -> (241.4 241.4 237.5 000 49.9 13.5 25.0 00001001

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Lars Strojny: Latest sprint at InterNations

Joachim Schiele: svn & meld on nixos

.subversion/config

/root/.meld

Jürgen Geuter: Dark Side of Action Recording available

George Kargiotakis: Η πρώτη απόφαση λήψης τεχνολογικών μέτρων παρεμπόδισης της πρόσβασης χρηστών σε ιστοσελίδες

Steven Oliver: Dick of the week

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Michael Mair-Keimberger: new pc, new toy

Michael Mair-Keimberger: ssh with different private keys

Jürgen Geuter: Dark Side of Action

George Kargiotakis: AthCon 2012 Review

Sven Vermeulen: Keeping /selinux

Brian Carper: Happy Day Against DRM

Brand Loyalty. Step 1: Make good stuff.

Step 2: Be Humans and give a crap.

DRM sucks

Joachim Schiele: newspages, quotability and wikis

George Kargiotakis: AthCon 2012 – Are you ready for IPv6 insecurities ?

Michael Mair-Keimberger: notify script for cmus

Martin Matusiak: il faut bien falloir de plus

Dieter Plaetinck: Dell crowbar openstack swift

Brian Carper: cursorcolumn / cursorline slowdown

Alexander Rink: Britta Strauss

Sven Vermeulen: 20120215 policies now stable

Joachim Schiele: booting nixos from lvm on top of mdadm using GPT

what is this?

disk layout

the installation

first remove old partitions/mdadm setups

uninstall:

creating the partitions

creating the new mdadm softraid device

LVM+filesystems

using a virtual machine + vnc to boot the iso image

on the hostsystem

from your homecomputer

inside the qemu/kvm system via vncviewer

summary

links

configuration.nix

John Alberts: New KVM Ohai Plugin

Joachim Schiele: quantium cracking

links

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Ciaran McCreesh: Paludis 0.74.1 Released

Brian Carper: Split page vertically in CSS (minus pixels)

Jürgen Geuter: Why do I publish so much of myself?

Sven Vermeulen: Linux Sea now in ePub

Ciaran McCreesh: Paludis 0.74.0 Released

Sven Vermeulen: Why both chroot and SELinux?

Sven Vermeulen: Chrooted BIND for IPv6 with SELinux

Sven Vermeulen: Documentation updates for initramfs needed?

Steven Oliver: VBA oddities

Steven Oliver: Kitten

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what is this

advantages of this setup

links

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Martin Matusiak: exit yes, but not too quickly

Dion Moult: I love whiteboards.

Joachim Schiele: programming with serial ports in linux

what is this?

sniff serial port data between UPS and PC

using the virtual python UPS

simulate-ups.py

simulate-ups-monitor.py

simulate the UPS monitor