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host controller halted... scarry error
by Ulrik S. Kofod 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Yesterday i was copying a few dump files (backups) about 1GB in size from my centOS 3.4, on a samba share, to my windows, when the centOS box stopped responding. The HDD LED was on and after I connected a monitor all I could see was this error message over and over again: "usb-uhci.c: host controller halted, trying to restart" I wasn't able to login or anything, so I saw no other solution than pressing the reset button. When it rebooted it forced a hdd check, but was unable to mount /dev/hde2 (that useually mounts on /var !) and pretty much nothing works without /var. The error message mount gave was something like "Unable to mount /dev/hde2: invalid argument". The files I was copying are located on /dev/md0 (raid 0 over 4 disks) and that still worked fine, / is mounted on /dev/hde1 and that also worked as expected. I removed /var from /etc/fstab and restored a backup of /var to the dir /var and then I could boot normally again. Trying to save what was on /dev/hdde2 I ran a e2fsck -p /dev/hde2 and that corrected a ton of errors (deleted a lot of data), I then mounted /dev/hde2 to another folder and restored my backups so I only lost a few hours of data. After I added /var to /etc/fstab again everything worked as normal again. My question is happened!? and what can I do to avoid this again? If /dev/hde2 had been a RAID 1 would it then have rebuild? Should I move /var to a RAID 1? I have copied large files like this before without problems, was it just bad luck or should I expect it to do this again? /dev/hde is attached to a cheap ide ultra ata 133 pci controller card (Silicon Image) that has worked flawlessly for about a year. Can that be broken? Right now it seems OK again. I have a replacement for it but I would rather not replace it if it isnt necessary. Any suggestions are appreciated. Best regards Ulrik PS. Try backups! You wont regret it :) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 6, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '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-2005:627 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 gaim - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 gaim - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) gaim - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) gaim - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 ethereal - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 ethereal - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2005:708 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 gpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2005:708 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) gpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 ethereal - security update (Johnny Hughes) 10. CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 ethereal - security update (Johnny Hughes) 11. CESA-2005:708 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 gpdf - security update (Johnny Hughes) 12. CESA-2005:708 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 gpdf - security update (Johnny Hughes) 13. CESA-2005:687-01: Moderate CentOS 2 i386 ethereal security update (John Newbigin) 14. CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 ethereal security update (seth vidal) 15. CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 ethereal security update (seth vidal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:14:23 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 gaim - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050810141423.GB22588(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:627 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: files: updates/ia64/RPMS/gaim-1.3.1-0.el3.3.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

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CentOS news groups?
by Petr Klíma 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Hi Are there any CentOS news groups with the same content as this mailing list? Petr Klíma e-mail: qaxi(a)seznam.cz

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CentOS news groups?
by Petr Klíma 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Hi Are there any CentOS news groups with the same content as this mailing list? Petr Klíma e-mail: qaxi(a)seznam.cz

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CentOS 4 HTTPD strange dependencies problem
by Petr Klíma 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Hello i found a problem with dependencies in Centos 4 What I did: I installed CentOS from my >>> 4.0 <<< CD media with httpd server. this are installed versions: httpd-2.0.52-9.ent.centos4.1.i386.rpm and one of its dependecy apr-0.9.4-24.1.i386.rpm then I tried make update "yum update" and I get ... ... ... --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: apr >= 0.9.4-24.2 for package: httpd --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: apr >= 0.9.4-24.2 is needed by package httpd I discovered that this RPM in centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/ httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.centos4.i386.rpm depends on apr-0.9.4-24.2 but apr-0.9.4-24.2 is not in updates directory ... there is apr-0.9.4-24.3.i386.rpm in centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/ which is in Centos 4.1 But my system is 4.0 and it never even listen about apr-0.9.4-24.3. My yum knows only update directory centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/ and its CD media. Did I something wrong? Petr Klíma e-mail: qaxi(a)seznam.cz

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Setting X in 1024x768 60 hz refresh for LCD TV viewing
by Jerry Geis 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

I am trying to hook up linux to an LCD 1333x768 LCD TV. XP in 1024x768 show up just fine. X does not. I have set the screen preferences to 1024x768. I have edited the xorf.conf file instead of have a range from 50 - 70 I change it to be only 60. I start X and it still comes up on my A70F monitor but still will not show on my LCD TV. xvidtune does not run on this PC. It says something about "video modes are not tunable on this chip". My PC at this time is a dell SC420. Thanks for any input as to get the display working on the LCD TV under linux.

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MailScanner and SpamAssassin
by James B. Byrne 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

I acknowledge beforehand that this list is not the primary place to discuss these specific applications, but I am pressed for time and many of you have a great deal of experience with these two products. We have MailScanner configured to use SpamAssassin and it works exactly as we wanted. Up until now. I now need to allow messages classified as spam to be delivered to a single mailbox. I tried to do this by configuring an allowed address in SpamAssassin via the webmin interface and restarting the MailScanner service (even though as spamd is not running this should not matter). This change has not been effected. Test messages containing spam are still being trapped by MailScanner and discarded. I do not wish to change the entire system settings to allow one address (the abuse reporting address) to get this type of mail. How do I accomplish this within MailScanner. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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compiling rpms
by Mark Quitoriano 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

Hi! i compiled rpms like postfix with mysql support. My problem is when i compile programs i can't distinguish the difference between postfix w/o mysql and postfix w/ mysql because they have the same filename(postfix-2.x.x.i386.rpm), what i like to happen is when i compile postfix w/ mysql support it will show something like postfix-mysql-2.x.x.i386.rpm. so when i install and try to query it, it will show postfix-mysql-2.x.x not just postfix-2.x.x. what file should i edit to make this happen? TIA -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA http://www.atamanetworks.com Fan the flame... http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441

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Making Driver Disks
by William 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

List, I have attempted to make my own megaraid driver disk for a Dell PowerEdge 2300. The procedure I'm using is detailed at the end of this message. In short, I followed samples that I collected after Googling around. The problem I face is that the CentOS 4 installer can't seem to mount the driver disk after I have created it. It gives no information other than, "Cannot mount /dev/fd0", so I don't know where to look to troubleshoot this. If there is a documented procedure for creating good driver disks for CentOS 4, I would very much like to read them; I simply haven't been able to find any, yet. Otherwise, please review the procedure I have detailed in this message to spot the flaw. Thanks!! The procedure I have used to create this driver disk is as follows: ## Log into a machine that is running the 2.6.9-11.EL kernel (e.g.: a working CentOS 4 box). # yum install kernel-devel ## Download the megaraid source from the ALMOST useful (doesn't work because we can't seem to Alt+F2 to get to a bash shell, as described): http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4-Installing-RHEL4-on-Sys… # cd /usr/src # wget http://www.tuxyturvy.com/files/megaraid.tar.bz2 # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules/2.6.9-11.EL # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELhugemem # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp # cd /usr/src/megaraid # tar jxvfp /usr/src/megaraid.tar.bz2 ## Ignore all warnings. # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules # cp megaraid.o dd/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/ # rm -f *.o *.ko ## Ignore all warnings. # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.ELhugemem/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules # cp megaraid.o dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELhugemem/ # rm -f *.o *.ko ## Ignore all warnings. # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules # cp megaraid.o dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp/ # rm -f *.o *.ko # cd dd/modules/ # find . -type f | cpio -o -H crc | gzip -n9 > ../modules.cgz # cd .. # rm -rf modules/ # echo "LSI MegaRAID driver disk for CentOS 4.0" > centos-4 # vim modinfo ---- add ---- Version 0 megaraid scsi "LSI MegaRAID for Legacy Dell PowerEdge Servers" ------------- # vim pcitable ---- add ---- 0x101e 0x1960 "megaraid" "AMI|MegaRAID (OEM)" 0x101e 0x9010 "megaraid" "AMI|MegaRAID" 0x101e 0x9060 "megaraid" "AMI|MegaRAID" 0x8086 0x1960 "megaraid" "AMI|Megaraid" ------------- # touch modules.dep # chmod 0755 * ## Insert a floppy disk into your floppy disk drive. # fdformat -n /dev/fd0u1440 # mkfs -t ext3 /dev/fd0u1440 # mount /dev/fd0u1440 /media/floppy # rm -rf /media/floppy/* # cp * /media/floppy/ # umount /media/floppy ## Done making the Driver Disk. ## Insert disk 1 of the CentOS 4 install set into your Dell PowerEdge box and reboot the machine. ## At the CentOS 4 install prompt, insert the Driver Disk into the machine and type: > linux dd ## Error: Cannot mount /dev/fd0 ?!

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additional boot options with older Compaq 1850R and DL360 and DL380 units
by Robert Hanson 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

greetings does the list at this url cover *all* options or are there some hidden or newer ones by chance? http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-4/ap-bootopts.html i am playing with CentOS 4 on some Compaq dual PIII hardware. The first unit is an 1850R with dual 500Mhz. If you need more info please let me know. it is a basic unit with raid controller and a Gig of DRAM etc. may i ask what others are putting in their "additional boot options" so that the units can he remotely shutdown to power off and/or rebooted without hanging please? also, any _extra_ tips and tricks are certainly welcome. again, i am grateful to those people that have been helping me off-list as well! take care and kind regards, -- Robert Hanson Abba Communications http://www.abbacomm.net

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