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MATE 1.20 test build for CentOS 7 available
by Greg Bailey 14 Oct '21

14 Oct '21

Hi everyone, There's been discussions in the past about updating MATE RPMs in EPEL-7: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436260 https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2019-August/173154.html (and lots of others...) As a proof-of-concept, I've written some scripts that clone specific commits from the Fedora master branches, and then runs a tool to re-apply RPM scriptlets that are required by EL7 but removed from the Fedora .spec files. The scripts are available at: https://github.com/gebailey/mate-rpms/tree/master/1.20/el7 There's also instructions there if you want to try upgrading to MATE 1.20 w/o rebuilding them yourself. If these packages work for others, perhaps we can revisit the idea of updating the epel7 branches of the Fedora git repos and submitting an official update. There's nothing here (yet) about building MATE 1.22 (which might require a newer gcc for EL7), or building anything on CentOS 8, but thought the CentOS 7 users might find this helpful. -Greg

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LibreOffice locking up
by H 07 Nov '20

07 Nov '20

I am running LibreOffice 5.3.6.1 under the latest update of CentOS 7 and the Mate desktop. Not infrequently LibreOffice Calc locks up and I have to force close the application. Altough the spreadsheet is rather large I would not consider it complex. This has been going on for some time and I am curious if the bug might be in LibreOffice or if there is some interaction with the Mate desktop that might be responsible. Both CentOS, LibreOffice and Mate have been regularly updated from the standard repositories for a long time. Does anyone else have the same problem?

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CentOS7 and NFS
by Patrick Bégou 28 Aug '20

28 Aug '20

Hi, I need some help with NFSv4 setup/tuning. I have a dedicated nfs server (2 x E5-2620 8cores/16 threads each, 64GB RAM, 1x10Gb ethernet and 16x 8TB HDD) used by two servers and a small cluster (400 cores). All the servers are running CentOS 7, the cluster is running CentOS6. Time to time on the server I get: kernel: NFSD: client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx testing state ID with incorrect client ID And the client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx freeze whith: kernel: nfs: server xxxxx.legi.grenoble-inp.fr not responding, still trying kernel: nfs: server xxxxx.legi.grenoble-inp.fr OK kernel: nfs: server xxxxx.legi.grenoble-inp.fr not responding, still trying kernel: nfs: server xxxxx.legi.grenoble-inp.fr OK There is a discussion on RedHat7 support about this but only open to subscribers. Other searches with google do not provide useful information. Do you have an idea how to solve these freeze states ? More generally I would be really interested with some advice/tutorials to improve NFS performances in this dedicated context. There are so many [different] things about tuning NFS available on the web that I'm a little bit lost (the opposite of the previous question). So if some one has "the tutorial"...;-) Thanks Patrick

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Brother HL-L2360DW printing quality
by H 23 Jul '20

23 Jul '20

I have the above printer but have not been able to resolve issues with the printing quality in CentOS 7. The test page prints fine but when I print PDF-documents, most recently using Chinese fonts, it is lacking and the pages very hard to read. The settings in the Mate Cups configuration panel are fine and set to 600 dpi, the settings in the printer menu are all OK yet it prints more like maybe 150 or even 75 dpi. Any suggestion what might be wrong?

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Where can I find centos-release-8.1-1.1911.0.9.el8.src.rpm
by me＠tdiehl.org 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Hi, I am looking for centos-release-8.1-1.1911.0.9.el8.src.rpm. Does anyone know where to find it. The only thing I see in vault is centos-release-8.1-1.1911.0.8.el8.src.rpm. Regards, -- Tom me(a)tdiehl.org

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docker-firewalld
by Thomas Stephen Lee 31 May '20

31 May '20

Hi, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/firewalld_default_to_nftables mentions a docker-firewalld where can I find that package or source code? thanks --- Lee

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looking for ideas about how to create a constant data stream
by hw＠gc-24.de 30 May '20

30 May '20

Hi, I'm looking for a good way to create a constant data stream that will occupy a bandwidth of about 2--5Mbit/sec between two remote hosts over the internet. I have full access to the hosts involved. My first attempt to use scp to copy data from /dev/null on host A to /dev/null on host B, but scp says '/dev/null: not a regular file'. If something like that would work, I would be able to limit the bandwidth of this transfer in the router(s) involved so that it won't occupy all the bandwidth. Of course, it would be better if I could limit the bandwidth on the sending side rather than dropping packages. I could probably write some program to do that, but since I have never programmed such a kind of network application, it would be rather time consuming. Maybe there's already a kind of tool around that can do this. I need this to work around whatever settings my ISP has made 3 days ago that block my VPN connection so that I effectively can't reasonably work anymore. I do know what the problem with the connection is and that occupying some bandwidth would unblock the VPN; only there doesn't seem to be anything else I could about it.

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Re: [CentOS] Recover from an fsck failure
by James B. Byrne 29 May '20

29 May '20

On Thu, May 28, 2020 19:38, Robert Nichols wrote: > What output do you get from: > > file -s /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log > lsblk -f /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log > file -s /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log: symbolic link TO '../DM-5' dm-f lsblk -f /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT vg_voinet01-lv_log (dm-5) The cloned source is a CentOS-6.6 based FreePBSX appliance using lvm. It has a single 500GB HDD. The source host is running and testing of its HDD shows no errors from the test. However, the number of recoverable read and write errors are abnormally high indicating that the HDD is approaching the end of its service life. I wish to replace it without having to rebuild the entire PBX system from scratch. All of the LVMs on the cloned HDD are ext4 file systems. The only one that failed is the log partition /var/log. If I cannot fix this then I wish to replace it with an empty fs and simply rsync the contents of /var/log from the running system to it. I need to do this anyway just prior to replacement as the PBX is running. However, it is about six years since I last had to do this and while I have my notes I would appreciate a short precis of the steps involved. This is the file system layout. /etc/fstab /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1 UUID=302ab0fo-f985-4903-86e2-e218b1345e0 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_home /home ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-LogVol04 /var ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log /var/log ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_spool /var/spool ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,nodev,. . . parted -l Model: ATA WDC WD1002FAEX-0 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1094kB 525MB 524MB primary ext4 boot 2 525MB 500GB 500GB primary lvm Model: Linux device-maper (linear) (dm) Disk: /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_spool: 68.7GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 0.00B 68.7GB 68.7GB primary ext4 Error: /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log: unrecognized disk label Model: Linux device-maper (linear) (dm) Disk: /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_home: 3355MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 0.00B 3355MB 3355MB primary ext4 Model: Linux device-maper (linear) (dm) Disk: /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-LogVol04: 336GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 0.00B 336GB 336GB primary ext4 Error: /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_swap: unrecognized disk label Model: Linux device-maper (linear) (dm) Disk: /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_spool: 67.1GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 0.00B 67.1GB 67.1GB primary ext4 I will have to do this from a live cd I presume as the shell that the failed boot process dropped me into give a "File-based locking initialisation failed." when I try to run vgdisplay or vgs. Any guidance appreciated. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3

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Re: [CentOS] network disconnection after several hours
by Thomas Poty 29 May '20

29 May '20

I will check with firewall-cmd. Regarding hardware problem I have doubt as we use VMWare (but I keep in a corner of my mind).At this moment, we have compiled kernel and have installed it and have tried 4 restore passed.We need to do more tests and understand why 4 restores passed. Thanks Thomas Poty Le jeudi 28 mai 2020 à 23:58:22 UTC+2, hw <hw(a)adminart.net> a écrit : On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 2:42:13 PM CEST Thomas Poty via CentOS wrote: > Hi,We have tried : > - with and without NetworkManager-config-server- with and without > NetworkManagerbut result is still the same : we get disconnection :-/ We > will try with the last kernel. > anybody has a track to explore ? > Thanks > Have you enabled logging with firewall-cmd to see if there are packets being dropped while the dump is being restored? Besides that, one of the first things I'd try is changing out the network card, replace the network cable and use a different port on the switch. Keep in mind that two machines are involved. Even stupid network cables can "switch" between working and non-working for no reason at all like you wouldn't believe ... until you plug them into a PoE switch by mistake after which they suddenly no longer work at all.

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Recover from an fsck failure
by James B. Byrne 28 May '20

28 May '20

This is CentOS-6x. I have cloned the HDD of a CentOS-6 system. I booted a host with that drive and received the following error: checking filesystems /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_root: clean, 128491/4096000 files, 1554114/16304000 blocks /dev/sda1: clean, 47/120016 files, 80115/512000 blocks /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_home: clean, 7429/204800 files, 90039/819200 blocks /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-LogVol04: clean, 770219/20480000 files, 34881086/8102000 blocks fsck.ext4: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsk -b 8193 <device> /dev/mapper/vg_voinet-lv_spool: clean, 372/614400 files, 171186/2457600 blocks *** An error occurred during the file system check. *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot *** when you leave the shell. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): I ran mke2fs to locate the backup superblocks: mke2fs -n /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log . . . Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 90304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632 and ran: e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/mapper/vg_voinet01-lv_log The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 The same thing happened for the next backup superblock addrees. And all the rest reported an invalid argument error from e2fsck. Is this recoverable? How? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3

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