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KVM-66 packages in testing
by Daniel de Kok 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hi all, We have just added KVM-66 packages to the CentOS 5 testing repository. This version of the Kernel Virtual Machine has numerous improvements over KVM-36, which is currently in CentOS-Extras. One of the notable new features is support for paravirtualized block and network devices through the virtio architecture[1]. Currently, only Linux kernel 2.6.25 provides paravirtualized block and NIC drivers. A paravirtualized NIC driver is available for Windows[2]. We'd like to hear from current KVM users whether this version has any regressions for their applications compared to KVM-36. Of course, we are interested in other bug reports as well! Information on using the CentOS Testing repository can be found on the CentOS Wiki at: http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories The KVM module package is named 'kmod-kvm', and has a dependency on the userland KVM tool. So, the following command should do the trick, and pull in all required dependencies: yum --enablerepo=c5-testing install kmod-kvm Thanks, Daniel [1] http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Virtio?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=… [2] http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=180599&package_id=267…

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qemu 0.9.1
by Daniel de Kok 06 May '08

06 May '08

Hi all, qemu 0.9.1 packages are now provided through the CentOS 5 testing repository. qemu is mainly provided for the qemu-img tool, but in the future we may also add kqemu. We'd like to hear if qemu-img is working ok for everybody. We can focus on testing qemu itself once kqemu is packaged. Information on using the CentOS Testing repository can be found on the CentOS Wiki at: http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories The qemu package is named (surprise :)) 'qemu', and can be installed after adding the testing repository: yum --enablerepo=c5-testing install qemu Thanks, Daniel

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Wrong directory in CentOS5-respin
by Ruomu Hu 06 May '08

06 May '08

Hi, I often need to install CentOS5 on servers, I do this a lot, so I think I need a respin dist (all updates included). I wrote a script to generate my CentOS5-respin. My CentOS5 tree is at /centos/5, it is rsynced with a Taiwan mirror daily. My generated CentOS5 tree is placed at /centos/5-respin. The generation of CentOS5-respin by my script runs fine, but the generated CentOS5-respin tree has a problem: During network installation using this CentOS5-respin tree, when it gets rpm installation, it always complains "The file system-config-services-0.9.4-1.el5.noarch.rpm cannot be opened.". In the text console, the error message is "Failed to get http://myserver/centos/5-respin/os/x86_64/system-config-services-0.9.4-1.el…". Anaconda should look for rpms in /centos/5-respin/os/x86_64/CentOS, but it actually looks for rpms in /centos/5-respin/os/x86_64. Any ideas? It would be nice if anyone could point me to some useful docs. Thanks! Ruomu P.S. Here's my script: #!/bin/bash # # gen_respin_distro # # To use this script, the following rpms need to installed first: # anaconda # anaconda-help # anaconda-runtime # busybox-anaconda ? # bogl # booty # netpbm # netpbm-progs # mkisofs #TODO # 1. Should we use pkgorder? If yes, when? # 2. Do we need to run pkgorder before buildinstall? # 3. Do we need to run createrepo? Buildinstall seems to calls it. # 4. Why does it look for rpms in /centos/5-respin/os/x86_64? # Check tools rpmmerge=`dirname "$0"`/rpmmerge if [ ! -x "$rpmmerge" ]; then echo "$rpmmerge does not exist or is not executable." >&2 exit 1 fi createrepo="/usr/bin/createrepo" if [ ! -x "$createrepo" ]; then echo "$createrepo does not exist or is not executable." >&2 exit 1 fi buildinstall="/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/buildinstall" if [ ! -x "$buildinstall" ]; then echo "$buildinstall does not exist or is not executable." >&2 exit 1 fi # Set variables and functions src="/centos/5" dest="/centos/5-respin" distro="CentOS" arch="x86_64" version="5" product="CentOS" release="Respin" prodpath="CentOS" eval_retval() { test $? -ne 0 && exit 1 } # Merge rpms echo -e "*** Merge rpms ***\n" $rpmmerge $src/os/$arch/$distro $src/updates/$arch/RPMS $dest/os/$arch/$distro eval_retval # Create repo data echo -e "\n*** Create repo data ***\n" #cp -al $src/os/$arch/repodata/comps.xml $dest/os/$arch/$distro #eval_retval $createrepo -q -g $src/os/$arch/repodata/comps.xml -c $dest/os/$arch/cache \ -o $dest/os/$arch $dest/os/$arch/$distro eval_retval #rm -f $dest/os/$arch/$distro/comps.xml #eval_retval # Run buildinstall export PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/anaconda" echo -e "\n*** Buildinstall ***\n" sudo $buildinstall \ --pkgorder "$dest/os/$arch/pkgorder.txt" \ --version $version \ --product $product \ --release $release \ --prodpath $prodpath \ $dest/os/$arch eval_retval exit 0

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xorg 7.2 on CentOS5
by John Summerfield 02 May '08

02 May '08

Has anyone built xorg 7.2 for C5, or have handy hints on how it might be done? -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)

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dkms or akmod?
by Farkas Levente 01 May '08

01 May '08

hi, we've to build a few kernel modules for rhel/centos which is not included in the distro (or not working yet, like RTL8101E: http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8101) currently there are three ways for this: - the obsoleted fedora way http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Obsolete/KernelModules - dkms - akmod. livna development start to use akmod for all new modules, but there is not any kind of docs about it (or at least i can't find it). i'd like to hear a few pros and cons about each of these and why should we use the "good" one?:-) what's centos teams plan for the future? and why livna switch from the obsoleted fedora way to akmod instead of dkms? thank you for your help in advance. yours. -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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RHEL errata RPM vs CentOS errata RPM
by Kevan Benson 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Just wondering, is there a specific reason why CentOS RPMs released don't always match the upstream RPM name? E.g. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-April/014854.html CentOS RPM name: virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.1.src.rpm RedHat RPM name: virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5_1.1.src.rpm The binary RPMs for each arch differ in name similarly. Is this just a bug, or a specific case where this is expected? -- -Kevan Benson -A-1 Networks

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Linuxtag 2008 - call for meeting
by Ralph Angenendt 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin is coming closer by the minute (May 28th to May 31st 2008) - and we are going to be there. And so can you - either as a visitor or with us at the booth we have there! See <http://www.linuxtag.org/> for more information about the event. To coordinate this event, there is going to be a "Meeting" in the IRC channel #centos-social on the freenode IRC network (<http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml> for more information). The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 4th 2008 at 22:00 CEST (that's 20:00 UTC). Just connect to irc.freenode.net with an IRC client and /join #centos-social then. So if you want to be part of Linuxtag 2008: Be there on sunday! Or at least drop us a mail. As this mail goes to centos-devel(a)centos.org *and* centos(a)centos.org, please make sure that you only answer to both lists when you are subscribed to both lists. Best thing would be if you could subscribe to centos-promo(a)centos.org and discuss matters there. See <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-promo> for subscribing via the web. Cheers, Danke, Thank you in advance, Grüße, Ralph

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modern-CentOS as a project ?
by Alain Reguera Delgado 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Guys, Could we move modern-CentOS wiki theme development into projects.centos.org/trac ?. It is not directly related to CentOS distribution but it would be very nice to learn manage it online with others, inside CentOS realm. Cheers, al.

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CentOS-5 i586 status?
by Adam Foran 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Hey all, I just had pretty poor luck installing CentOS-5 on one of these: http://koolu.com/Koolu-WE-Appliance/Works-Everywhere-Appliance.html I'm trying to turn this into a home server/router and think CentOS (with its long support cycles) is an ideal distribution for this sort of application. The catch, of course, is that its a AMD Geode (hence i586) based system, so the install doesn't get very far. I saw there was a recent thread on this list about i586 support for CentOS-5 and I was wondering if there is anyone currently working on that. If there is I'd be interested in helping out. Thanks, Adam

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Location of test/pre-release RHEL4 kernels?
by James Pearson 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

There used to be pre-release RHEL4 kernels at <http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/> - but that URL is no longer available. Does anyone know if these kernels RPMS are available elsewhere? Thanks James Pearson

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