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Converting CD <=> DVD
by Wojciech Pilorz 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi, I am enclosing scripts and config files to generate exact copy of CentOS 5.0 i386 installation DVD image, that is CentOS-5.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso if you have CD images for i386. linux system is required to run them. If there is interest I can post the same for x86_64. Please follow README files for instructions. All the scripts are GPL. SHA1 for attached files: 439f7b0bd50722388a2836eedafeb1c227f97385 *00_README.txt 520e805b4c9386d1e08b3741337ee83afe60547d *DVDgen_bin_i386.tar.bz2 I am wondering if you would consider the scripts appropriate for inclusion on CentOS servers, so that people who need both DVD and CD could download jost one of them (after simplifications made possible by having all needed files on http / ftp / rsync servers ) [ The scripts would be simplified, if needed files, which are now obtained with curl, could be included. They are too large for inclusion in mail, so used the curl approach. ] I am also considering writing a script which would generate DVD iso image directly from CD iso files, without requiring individual files (which are now accessed via loopback mouting or copying from mounted media). Such script could be then run on any machine with perl installed, even most non-linux one. I can see from mail posting that a lot of people use non-linux machines for downloading, so maybe this would be valuable. Best regards, Wojtek Pilorz

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Re: [CentOS-devel] Centos 5 RPM Submission - pdftk-1.12-1.src.rpm
by Les Bell 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos(a)br-online.de> wrote: >> Na, let us rather keep that on-list :) << Done. ;) Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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Re: [CentOS-devel] Centos 5 RPM Submission - pdftk-1.12-1.src.rpm
by Les Bell 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Karanbir Singh <mail-lists(a)karan.org> wrote: >> Thanks for this, I'll look at this shortly - although, my gcj skills are rather non-existent! << Mine too; I've always regarded gcj as somewhat perverse. But the patch only fixes the Java equivalent of a #include so it doesn't change any program logic. I've done some basic testing of the compiled binary and it works for my needs, so it's probably OK. It may well build for 4.4, too - it certainly did before the patch was added, but I only have one 4.4 machine left here and it's running our Asterisk server so I'm not about to load it with RPM builds. I may have some other srpm's to contribute in due course; I kept supporting RH9 for some time with my own rpm's and may have to rebuild some other packages as I upgrade various systems around here. I think folks have got most things covered, though, and your own repo certainly saved me a lot of work when I first started doing things with CentOS - thanks! Feel free to contact me off-list if there are any problems with that srpm, obviously. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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Centos 5 RPM Submission - pdftk-1.12-1.src.rpm
by Les Bell 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Spec file: --------------------------------------------------------- Summary: pdftk - the pdf tool kit Name: pdftk Version: 1.12 Release: 1 Packager: Les Bell (lesbell(a)lesbell.com.au) License: GPL URL: http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 Patch0: gcj4.patch Group: Applications/Publishing BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root Requires: libgcj BuildRequires: gcc-java BuildRequires: libgcj-devel %description If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to: * Merge PDF Documents * Split PDF Pages into a New Document * Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required) * Encrypt Output as Desired * Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages * Report on PDF Metrics, including Metadata and Bookmarks * Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams * Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible) Pdftk is also an example of how to use a library of Java classes in a stand-alone C++ program. Specifically, it demonstrates how GCJ and CNI allow C++ code to use iText's (itext-paulo) Java classes. %prep %setup -q %patch0 -p1 %build unset CLASSPATH && cd pdftk && make -f Makefile.RedHat && cd - %install rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir} mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man1 install -m 0755 pdftk/pdftk $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/pdftk install -m 0644 debian/pdftk.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man1/pdftk.1 gzip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man1/pdftk.1 %clean rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT %files %defattr(-,root,root) %doc pdftk.1.html pdftk.1.notes pdftk.1.txt %{_bindir}/* %{_mandir}/man1/* --------------------------------------------------------- Source RPM URL: http://www.lesbell.org/pdftk-1.12-1.src.rpm Binary RPM's are also available at http://www.lesbell.org if anyone just can't wait. Back-story: I had pdftk working fine under CentOS 4.4, but upgrading to 5.0 (with gcj 4.1.1) broke the compile process with the following error: PngImage.java:568: error: Class 'ImgRaw' not found in type declaration. So I googled like crazy, worked out a fix, tested it, built a patch file and packaged it up to save others the trouble. There is a spec file for pdftk at svn.rpmforge.net, but it does not use a patch for this problem. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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Czech - release notes and install slides
by David Hrbáč 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi, I'd like to ask about %subj%. I'm translator of Czech version and right now I'm testing CentOS 5.0 and I see there are no Czech RN nor localized slides during the install process. I makes me sad, David Hrbáč

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CD to DVD script
by Phil Schaffner 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

The script below, a mod of http://merlin.fit.vutbr.cz/mirrors/centos/build/mkdvdiso.sh mentioned in http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-docs/2006-September/000039.html works for me to create a DVD ISO from a set of C5 CD ISOs. The repo-tree part is still not working. Any advice appreciated. Phil --------------------------------- mkdvdiso.sh ----------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash # by Chris Kloiber <ckloiber(a)redhat.com> # A quick hack that will create a bootable DVD iso of a Red Hat Linux # Distribution. Feed it either a directory containing the downloaded # iso files of a distribution, or point it at a directory containing # the "RedHat", "isolinux", and "images" directories. # This version only works with "isolinux" based Red Hat Linux versions. # Lots of disk space required to work, 3X the distribution size at least. # GPL version 2 applies. No warranties, yadda, yadda. Have fun. # Modified to add sanity checks and fix CentOS4 syntax errors # by Phil Schaffner <p.r.schaffner(a)larc.nasa.gov> # TODO: # Add checks for available disk space on devices holding output and # temp files. # Add optional 3rd parameter to specify location of temp directory if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then echo "Usage: `basename $0` source /destination/DVD.iso" echo "" echo " The 'source' can be either a directory containing a single" echo " set of isos, or an exploded tree like an ftp site." exit 1 fi DVD_DIR=`dirname $2` DVD_FILE=`basename $2` echo "DVD directory is $DVD_DIR" echo "ISO file is $DVD_FILE" if [ "$DVD_DIR" = "." ]; then echo "Destinaton Directory $DVD_DIR does not exist" exit 1 else if [ ! -d "/$DVD_DIR" ]; then echo "Destinaton Directory $DVD_DIR must be an absolute path" exit 1 else if [ "$DVD_FILE" = "" ] || [ -d "$DVD_DIR/$DVD_FILE" ]; then echo "Null ISO file name." exit 1 fi fi fi # exit 1 cleanup() { [ ${LOOP:=/tmp/loop} = "/" ] && echo "LOOP mount point = \/, dying!" && exit [ -d $LOOP ] && rm -rf $LOOP [ ${DVD:=~/mkrhdvd} = "/" ] && echo "DVD data location is \/, dying!" && exit [ -d $DVD ] && rm -rf $DVD } cleanup mkdir -p $LOOP mkdir -p $DVD if [ ! `ls $1/*.iso >&/dev/null` ] && [ $? = 0 ]; then echo "Found ISO CD images..." CDS=`expr 0` DISKS="1" for f in `ls $1/*.iso`; do mount -o loop $f $LOOP cp -av $LOOP/* $DVD if [ -f $LOOP/.discinfo ]; then cp -av $LOOP/.discinfo $DVD CDS=`expr $CDS + 1` if [ $CDS != 1 ] ; then DISKS=`echo ${DISKS},${CDS}` fi fi umount $LOOP done if [ -e $DVD/.discinfo ]; then awk '{ if ( NR == 4 ) { print disks } else { print ; } }' disks="$DISKS" \ $DVD/.discinfo > $DVD/.discinfo.new mv $DVD/.discinfo.new $DVD/.discinfo fi else if [ -f $1/isolinux/isolinux.bin ]; then echo "Found FTP-like tree..." cp -av $1/* $DVD [ -e $1/.discinfo ] && cp -av $1/.discinfo $DVD else echo "Error: No CD images nor FTP-like tree found in $1" cleanup exit 1 fi fi rm -rf $DVD/isolinux/boot.cat find $DVD -name TRANS.TBL | xargs rm -f cd $DVD mkisofs -J -R -v -T -o $2 -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \ -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 \ -boot-info-table . /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/implantisomd5 --force $2 echo "Image complete, start cleanup..." cleanup echo "" echo "Process Complete!" echo "Wrote DVD ISO image to $DVD_DIR/$DVD_FILE" echo "" --------------------------------- mkdvdiso.sh -----------------------------------------

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Re: www.centos.org - Contact the CentOS Development Team Form
by Ken Dreyer 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Hello, Firstly, allow me to congratulate you all on the release of 5.0! About a year ago I requested the CentOS team consent to adding the CentOS logo to Wikipedia's CentOS article. Images can be posted and still retain the trademark. For some examples of the different types of logos and their license templages, you can see the following pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glogo-small.png - Gentoo logo, copyrighted, used under fair use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ubuntu_Logo.svg - Ubuntu logo, copyrighted, used under fair use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Debian-logo.svg - Debian logo, copyrighted, used under the "Debian Open Use Logo License" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wilber-huge-alpha.png - GIMP logo, used under the GPL license Essentially, Wikipedia can have logos that are under a variety of licenses. If you give your approval, I'll post a copy of the logo under the license of your choice. - Ken Dreyer On 4/30/06, Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> wrote: > Ken Dreyer wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Logos can be posted to Wikipedia that fall under either Fair Use > > (copyrighted), GFDL, Creative Commons, or Public Domain. I assume that > > CentOS will allow the use of their logo under the Copyright/Fair Use > > provision. > > > > There are many images that are posted to Wikipedia that are copyrighted > > and used under terms of the Fair Use provision. Some of the logos have a > > generic tag that explains that the image is copyrighted and used under > > Fair Use. Some examples of these are the Ubuntu logo ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UbuntuLogo.svg) the Slackware logo ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Slackware.jpg > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Slackware.jpg>), the Mandriva logo > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mandriva_logo.png) the SUSE logo ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SuSE-logo.png) and the GIMP logo > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GIMPLogo.png) > > > > Other images have tags that give specific rationale for their use. For > > example, the Debian logo ( > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Debian_Open_Logo.png > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Debian_Open_Logo.png>) contains a > > specific statement that describes the rationale for Fair Use: > > > > Debian Open Use Logo License > > > > Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public Interest > > > > This logo or a modified version may be used by anyone to refer to > > the Debian project, but does not indicate endorsement by the project. > > > > Note: we would appreciate that you make the image a link to > > http://www.debian.org/ if you use it on a web page. > > > > > > CentOS should feel free to include any stipulations for use of their > > logo as well. > > > > * A brief explanation of Wikipedia's Fair Use policy is listed here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Fair_use_materials_and_sp… > > * For more information on copyrights related to logos, please see > > the Wikipedia policy located at > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Logos. > > * For Wikipedia's general copyright page, please see > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights . > > > > > > Thank you very much for your time! > > > > - Ken Dreyer > > > > > > On 4/30/06, *Karanbir Singh* < kbsingh(a)centos.org > > <mailto:kbsingh@centos.org>> wrote: > > > > Ken Dreyer wrote: > > > Ken Dreyer submitted the following Information: > > > Email ktdreyer(a)gmail.com <mailto:ktdreyer@gmail.com> > > > URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS > > > Comments > > > > > > Hello, > > > I have read http://centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=49, > > and I would like permission to include a version of the CentOS icon > > on the wikipedia article on CentOS. Thank you for maintaining such a > > fine distribution! > > > - Ken Dreyer > > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/graphics/ - CentOS logo page > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS> - current wikipedia article > > > > > > > does posting the logo on the wikipedia.org <http://wikipedia.org> > > website make it a Creative > > Commons licensed image then ? ( we dont want that to happen ) > > > > > > I am trying to work at this end, on the logo issue - its not a decision > for me to make, i am a tech guy. Someone else makes these sort of > decisions. Will get back to you with whatever i can dig up - or get > someone to get back to you. > > - K >

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C-5-Final freeze
by Karanbir Singh 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

1700hrs UTC Mar 28th 2007 - Final cut off for C5Final, anything needed or being worked on needs to be committed in by then. - KB -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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sata_mv error recovery issues
by Lennert Buytenhek 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

(please CC on replies, I'm not subscribed to linux-ide@) Hi, sata_mv (driving two 8-port Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 PCI-X adapters) in 2.6.18-1.2747.el5 (RHEL/CentOS 5 beta kernel) didn't respond too well to one of the attached disks experiencing what seems to be a head crash. Apr 4 13:52:20 duality kernel: ata5: Entering mv_eng_timeout Apr 4 13:52:20 duality kernel: mmio_base f8980000 ap f7b442dc qc f7b44cf8 scsi_cmnd e719ee00 &cmnd e719ee38 Apr 4 13:52:30 duality kernel: ata5: no sense translation for status: 0x40 Apr 4 13:52:30 duality kernel: ata5: translated ATA stat/err 0x40/00 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00 Apr 4 13:52:30 duality kernel: ata5: status=0x40 { DriveReady } Apr 4 13:52:30 duality kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x08000002 Apr 4 13:52:30 duality kernel: sde: Current: sense key: Aborted Command Apr 4 13:52:30 duality kernel: Additional sense: No additional sense information Apr 4 13:52:30 duality kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 684432191 At this point, the machine got into an endless loop where it would completely freeze for a couple of seconds every minute or so (busy wait in kernel space?), during which time it wouldn't respond to keyboard input, ping packets or any other input. Every time when it unfroze after being frozen for a couple of seconds, it would spit out a similar mv_eng_timeout message as above, and it would reply to the ping packets sent to it while it was frozen (i.e. a sudden burst of ping reply packets with ping times of 1ms, 1001ms, 2001ms, 3001ms, 4001ms, 5001ms etc), which makes me think it was just spinning in kernelspace somewhere. Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#3! Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c04051ba>] dump_trace+0x69/0x1af Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c0405318>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x18/0x2c Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c04058cc>] show_trace+0xf/0x11 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c04059c9>] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c044d4da>] softlockup_tick+0xa6/0xb4 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c042e32a>] update_process_times+0x39/0x5c Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c04188d4>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5c/0x64 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c0404a8b>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x24 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: DWARF2 unwinder stuck at apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x24 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: Leftover inexact backtrace: Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c0610468>] _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<f88cea77>] mv_eng_timeout+0xac/0x105 [sata_mv] Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<f888728d>] scsi_error_handler+0x0/0x9c7 [scsi_mod] Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<f88f8fdc>] ata_scsi_error+0x3c6/0x4be [libata] Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<f8884217>] __scsi_iterate_devices+0x50/0x58 [scsi_mod] Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<f888728d>] scsi_error_handler+0x0/0x9c7 [scsi_mod] Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<f888732c>] scsi_error_handler+0x9f/0x9c7 [scsi_mod] Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c041e4f6>] complete+0x2b/0x3d Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<f888728d>] scsi_error_handler+0x0/0x9c7 [scsi_mod] Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c0436620>] kthread+0xc0/0xec Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c0436560>] kthread+0x0/0xec Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: [<c0404d63>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Apr 4 13:56:02 duality kernel: ======================= All I/O to the RAID array that this disk was a member of (12 disk 6TB software RAID6 array) froze completely. It did mark the broken disk failed, but didn't recover from the failure. I had to reboot the box with the power switch, as '/sbin/reboot -f' via ssh would also get stuck in D state. Any other info I can give? I still have the crashed disk in case anyone wants me to do some tests with it.. thanks, Lennert

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5 for ppc
by Zenon Panoussis 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

First post here, so hi everyone. Mostly by accident I started compiling PNAEL-5 for ppc, first on a Mac G4 and then, when I run into the multilib requirements, also on a G5. The ppc variant is going well, ppc64 is a huge pile of headaches. So I figured, better ask around first: - Is anyone else working on what could be CentOS-5.ppc? Am I duplicating effort or could this be useful? - CentOS-4 has no ppc binaries. Is it due to lack of hardware and/or time or is it a technical or political decision? In other words, if I manage to complete CentOS-5.ppc, would the core team be interested in adding it to the binary distribution? - Are the Centified PNAEL-5 SRPMS available somewhere, so I can avoid building trademarked packages that I would later have to rebuild again? - Is CentOS-5 being built with --define "dist .el5" and --define "rhel 5" or with some non-PNAEL designation? If you have tried this and run into unbuildable ppc64 packages, I'd love to hear whether/how you got around the problem with e.g. binutils and elfutils. Z

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