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compaq r4000 and new kernel 2.6.14.5 (used to be sloowwww r4000)
by Jerry Geis 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

I finally got the time to try the new kernel. recompiled it and now the compaq r4000 seems like an amd 64 4000+. THe issues of sloowww ness seemed to have gone away. Jerry

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Multiple program instances or multiple log ins?
by Robert Moskowitz 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

This all comes out of figuring out how I might run Evolution like I run Eudora. I see where Evolution places its data in a hidden directory: ~/.evolution Now why it is felt necessary to put all of this stuff in hidden directories is beyond me. So it would seem that Evolution is treating each useid as a personality for the logged in user. Given the way Evolution organizes its data, I could create some more Linux users, and either: Give my main user file permissions to them and somehow run copies of Evolution using those /home/user directories. Anyone know how to do that? Or do I somehow have to have multiple simultaneous logins? And switch between them? I know there is a way to have 4 desktops....

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New CD-ROM drive causes kernel panic
by Alfred von Campe 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

I have a CentOS 4.2 system that had a bad CD-ROM drive. Every time I inserted a CD, the system would hang (no kernel panic, but no response to mouse, keyboard, or even the network - all I could do was hit the reset button). Today I replaced the CD-ROM drive with another I had lying around. The new drive is a 24x10x40 CD-RW. I don't know the exact model of the motherboard (I should have looked while I had the case open earlier this afternoon), but I know it's an Intel desktop motherboard that's at least 5 years old with a 1.7 GHz Pentium 4. Anyway, to make a long story short, now the system won't even boot! Here are the last few lines on the screen: Starting udev: [ OK ] Initializing hardware... storage network audio done [ OK ] Kernel panic - not syncing: drivers/ide/pci/piix.c:394: spin_lock (drivers/ide/ide.c:c037bb68) already locked by drivers/ide/ide-iops.c/ 1234 Any ideas how I can work around this? I've booted from the CentOS 4.2 CD #1 into rescue mode, but I don't know what I should look for next. Other than removing the CD-ROM drive, what can I do to fix this problem? Thanks in advance for any help, Alfred

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Re: [CentOS] App add/delete and changing from CD install to LAN
by Robert Moskowitz 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

At 08:42 PM 12/27/2005, Jim Perrin wrote: >On 12/27/05, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote: > > I just added a couple apps to a server and I was asked to insert CD > > #3. I had wanted to use HTTP to access the distro on my HTTP server. > > > > Now I want to install on another server, so I have a second chance to > > get this right.... > > > >Don't use the "Add or Remove Programs" menu option. It is horribly >broken, and provided because the upstream vendor provides the broken >app as well. Instead, open up a terminal of your choosing and use yum. And what do I ask for say for Thunderbird? yum install thunderbird ? >-- >Jim Perrin >System Architect - UIT >Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS(a)centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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On compiling for x86_64 on an i386...
by Maciej Żenczykowski 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Hi folks, Anyway, I have a main development system which is P4 based (without EM64T) and a dozen diskless Athlon 64's. I'd like to be able to compile kernel's, etc for the Athlons in x86_64 bit mode. Any idea how to arrange this? I've recompiled the src.rpm for binutils (added a single line "CARGS=--enable-targets=x86_64-linux" to the specfile) and "as --64" doesn't bork anymore, so I'm assuming I've got that right... I'm assuming I next have to do something to gcc? Haven't figured this out yet... Anything else needed? Holiday cheers, MaZe.

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RE: [CentOS] App add/delete and changing from CD install to LAN
by Robert Moskowitz 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

At 10:17 AM 12/28/2005, Bassett, Mark wrote: >I will have to figure out what else I had decided add and do that via >yum. >--------------------------- > >If you run yum upgrade you should correct any updates that previously >were not done properly. First, run yum update to get the most recent >repository information, then run yum upgrade. Oh, di not know about: yum upgrade I see I have more fiddling to do....

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RE: [CentOS] App add/delete and changing from CD install to LAN
by Bassett, Mark 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

-----Original Message----- Well, I KNOW that I updated system z9m9z with yum update, then came back and added BIND (which I left off in the initial install). But it DID fail on system Port3890 when trying to add Thunderbird and a few other odds and ends. I did just install Thunderbird with: yum install thunderbird I will have to figure out what else I had decided add and do that via yum. --------------------------- If you run yum upgrade you should correct any updates that previously were not done properly. First, run yum update to get the most recent repository information, then run yum upgrade.

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amd64 benchmarks
by Chris Mauritz 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Has anyone here benchmarked 64-bit 4.2 against a dual core opteron (or Athlon 64x2) vs a pair of physical single-core opterons? It's that time of year again....ordering new workstations. 8-) Cheers,

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Re: logwatch patch
by Sharon Kimble 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Robert Tate wrote on Sun, 25 Dec 2005 01:22:18 -0500: > >> I just installed CentOS a few weeks ago and am still learning about this >> distros' methods and such, but I vote for sending out a patch or fixed >> package for it. > > You should be aware that the Logwatch installed with RHEL and CentOS is > *quite* old. Logwatch current is at 7.1. I installed it two weeks ago or > so and it works fine. I don't remember getting any yum information, > though. I didn't notice that until you mentioned it. I'll check about this > when I'm back from vacation. Maybe it was just a period with no updates. > If you do any tuning and want to have that included in the source you > better patch against a current Logwatch and submit that diff. > All in all the logwatch scripts look very much like catering for RH > products, so I'd be a bit puzzled if a newer Logwatch would miss on this. > I installed it on Suse systems as well and had to tune it heavily to get > some decent reporting because it missed the log files and is very > dependant on applications logging to their own log file. > Becuase of this thread I installed the newest logwatch program and can confirm that it =does= show a yum output of what programs have been installed/removed, and it all works very well. Sharon. -- 11:49:22 up 3 days, 2:12, 1 user, load average: 1.48, 1.49, 1.45 A taste of linux http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ Centos 4.2, KDE 3.5.0-1.7, OpenOffice 2.0.1 Registered Linux user 334501

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App add/delete and changing from CD install to LAN
by Robert Moskowitz 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

I just added a couple apps to a server and I was asked to insert CD #3. I had wanted to use HTTP to access the distro on my HTTP server. Now I want to install on another server, so I have a second chance to get this right....

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