[App_rpt-users] mini-pc recommendations for Allstar / Dial

[Mark Johnston]

I don't know how often there would be a freeze up,

*root at KC7DMF:~# uptime*

* 19:22:06 up 19 days, 31 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.05, 0.09, 0.12*


*I believe this may address the issue, I added  **kernel.panic = 20  *

*to /etc/sysctl.conf*

*I know it would kernel panic once in a great while, never did find exactly
why, but this seems to keep it running.*

*I also wrote a script when the network has packet loss, to restart...*




"Got Root?"

How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
*None. It's a hardware problem.*


Unix is user friendly. It's just very particular about who it's friends are.
WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
Teenagers.


A ntennas
P oorly
P laced
L acks
E ngineering

The best way to accelerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s².

*"I get paid to support Windows, I use Linux to get work done."*


On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Ken Alker <ka6ken at alker.net> wrote:

> Thanks.  Have you managed to avoid the freeze-up issue due to the clock
> problems on certain Atom processors (Bay Trail, and possibly others) due to
> a conflict with the kernel being used in the Dial release (apparently, a
> CPU problem, but a problem nonetheless)?
>
>
> --On Thursday, June 01, 2017 5:46 AM -0700 Mark Johnston <
> markjohnston73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have purchased a few using the Intel Atom CPU, they are not super fast,
>> but I have had 4 URI's connected with no issues, and internet streaming
>> as well on one node... they are inexpensive, and no fan on them, got 12V
>> power supplies for them, mounted it all in a 1U rack, but there are
>> plenty of other small form factor PC's like that if you just want a
>> desktop style (mini) computer. Some are "Industrial" type, might look at
>> what amazon has, etc...
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>> "Got Root?"
>>
>>
>> How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
>> None. It's a hardware problem.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Unix is user friendly. It's just very particular about who it's friends
>> are.
>> WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
>> MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
>> Teenagers.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A ntennas
>> P oorly
>> P laced
>> L acks
>> E ngineering
>>
>> The best way to accelerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s².
>>
>>
>> "I get paid to support Windows, I use Linux to get work done."
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Ken Alker <ka6ken at alker.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am brand new to this list and Allstar (although I have been using
>> Asterisk for well over a decade).  I would like to run three URIs off of
>> one PC running Dial.  The PC will also communicate with at least three
>> RTCMs at other locations.  I ASSuME, based on this requirement, that a
>> mini-PC would be the best platform (and not a Rasberry Pi or other ARM
>> based processor).  Please correct me if this is wrong (as I'd love to
>> get away with a super low power $35 computer).
>>
>> What mini-PC platforms have people successfully used (IOW, what mini-PCs
>> would you suggest I look into)?  I'd like something relatively
>> inexpensive, low power, and with no moving parts (for a difficult to
>> reach remote location at high elevation).
>>
>> I've been looking into the Qotom mini-PCs, however, many of them seem to
>> be based on the J1900, and I have heard that the Intel "Bay Trail"
>> processors (of which the J1900 is one) have some clock issues due to a
>> conflict with the (Debian) kernel being used in the Dial/Allstar
>> project.  I don't know if newer releases of the processor have fixed
>> this, or if it applies to every single Bay Trail processor ever
>> produced.  Perhaps someone can expound on this for me, as well.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Ken Alker
>> KA6KEN
>> http://www.impulse.net
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