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Re: Yet another yum/rpm update problem
by Blaž Bogataj 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

rpmdb --initdb work for me Blaž Bogataj ----------- Alfred von Campe wrote: "I am in the process of updating a dozen or so workstations from CentOS 4.3 to CentOS 4.4. I set up a local YUM repository, and have been able to successfully update all systems except for one. Both yum and rpm either hang or core dump on this system. I've done a "yum clean all" and an "rpm --rebuilddb" (after deleting the __db files). I was able to successfully update yum itself, but now even a "yum --version" or "rpm -q yum" hang and can only be killed with a "kill -9 <pid>". Any suggestions on how to proceed? I had no problems on any of the other systems, and they were all configured the same way. I wonder if I may have screwed up when trying to clean up the RPM database (I was following instructions posted a few months ago to this mailing list)... Alfred"

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How to change where yum gets it's data
by Todd Cary 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

When I run yum update (as I said in a previous message), I get some errors stating that I have dependencies. One viewer stated that I am getting yum data that is out of date. Where is the config file that holds this data and what is the correct location? Todd -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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Re: [CentOS] Re: PCI unable to handle 64bit address space for
by RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

hello again all i checked the adaptec site and the SCSI card is 64bit and has the newest version of the firmware installed. ----- RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN <luck(a)computerking.ca> wrote: > ----- Scott Silva <ssilva(a)sgvwater.com> wrote: > > RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN spake the following on 10/2/2006 3:57 PM: > > > > > > ----- Scott Silva <ssilva(a)sgvwater.com> wrote: > > >> RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN spake the following on 10/2/2006 1:04 PM: > > >>> Hello all this is my first post to this list so i would like to > > than > > >> you all in advance for your time and consideration. > > >>> I am in the process of building a new server and have purchased > > some > > >> used hardware. There seems to be some hardware issuses and i am > > >> hoping nothing was damaged during shipping. However i am in > > contact > > >> with intel and we are tring to figure out the exact problem via > > >> email. > > >>> So i have insalled centos 4 from the four CD set and have done > > all > > >> the updates through the GUI. I must say a GUI in Linux land is > > nice > > >> have been working mostly on old FreeBSD boxes none of which have > > GUI > > >> installed. Anyways the above mentioned hardware is this > > >>> INTEL SR2300 CHASSIS > > >>> INTEL SE7500WV2 MAINBOARD > > >>> INTEL (DUAL) XEON P4 2GHZ CPU > > >>> HP 1G ECC RAM > > >>> ADAPTEC 29160LP SCSI CONTROLLER > > >>> PROMISE FASTRAC 2000TX has nothing attached to it > > >> anyhow. > > >>> I have four Seagate Cheetas 147G 10.6K SCSI harddrive most are > > >> firmware version 0006 (been meaning to update this to 00007 > before > > i > > >> go to production) > > >>> HERE IS MY PROBLEM ======================================= > > >>> > > >>> When i boot up the machine i get this error off the getgo > > >>> > > >>> PCI unable to handle 64bit address space for > > >>> > > >>> ========================================================== > > >>> > > >>> Everything seems to work fine but i am woundering before i go > any > > >> further should i be installing the 64bit version of Centos on > this > > >> machine? Is there a 64 version of Centos? anyways any help or > > advice > > >> on this matter is greatly apprciated. > > >>> ps if anyone is familiar with this mainboard and hardware setup > i > > >> would love some insight as to the was the BIOS error event codes > > that > > >> this machine keeps spiting out at me mean. > > >>> Thank you in advance > > >>> > > >> Could you have a 32 bit PCI card in a 64 bit slot? > > >> It should work, but I would suspect it is the promise card. You > > could > > >> try > > >> moving it about and see what happens. > > > > > > Umm it is a server board with full card hieght riser card plugged > in > > to what i think is the 64 bit slot on the mainboard. Howerver > nothing > > is in any of the slots on the riser card. There is also another > > halfhieght riser card that has the adaptec SCSI card plugged into > it > > but that is all. > > > > > > > > >> Also, I think that card has an onboard promise controller. So > > maybe > > >> try > > >> pulling the promise card, since nothing is attached. > > > > > > Pretty sure the promise controller is built into the mainboard as > > the only card i can see plugged in is the Adaptec 29160LP. Cannot > > find a way to uplug or disable this card in the bios. > > > > > >> You could try any other cards that aren't needed to boot the > > system, > > >> adding > > >> them one at a time until you error again. > > > the error is there with the onboard fasttrac card and the SCSI > card > > but the SCSI card is needed to boot centos. I also tried removing > the > > full hieght riser card that had nothing pluged into it but still > get > > the same error. > > > > > > > > >> -- > > >> > > >> MailScanner is like deodorant... > > >> You hope everybody uses it, and > > >> you notice quickly if they don't!!!! > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> CentOS mailing list > > >> CentOS(a)centos.org > > >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > > Looking at what looks to be the board you mention, both of the > slots > > are > > PCI-X. Are the riser cards the proper ones for the board? > They came with the board fit very nice in the case almost positive > these are the right risers. > > As for the scsi card, it looks to be a 64 bit pci card. > > Does the board have built-in scsi or IDE? Intel made versions with > > either. > built in IDE i think has a spot for a floppy and 1 ide also has two > more ide guessing those are for the fasttrac tx2000 > > Maybe you could boot from a live CD or floppy on the on-board > > controller, and > > see if it starts. > > Not sure what you mean i know what a live boot CD is but would i not > have to boot using a centos os to see if i can get the same error. > > Just incase i did not make it clear before the system does boot centos > OK it just pauses and spits out that error everytime. > > If the only card installed is the scsi card, then I > > would > > have to suspect it. > > The SCSI card came with the sysetem as well think it was issued by > intel but not sure. The only other device in the system is the built > in fasttrax and of course the 2 intel nics and a rage something video > card everything is built in except the SCSI. I am going to see if > there is a firmware update to that card somewhere but doubt it will > help. I have updated all of the other firmware on the board and > chassis. > > The problem is the board is tying to map in a pci > > cards > > address space into the memory map so the card can have i/o with the > > rest of > > the system. Is the system's bios up to date? > > PCI-X is supposed to be backward compatible with PCI, but some > things > > just > > don't work that way. > > > > -- > > > > MailScanner is like deodorant... > > You hope everybody uses it, and > > you notice quickly if they don't!!!! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS(a)centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- > Computer King/CaNMail > > http://www.computerking.ca http://www.canmail.org > > Sales, Service, and Hosting > Email, Data, and Web Packages > Ask about web design specials > > Affiliates > http://www.computerking.ca/pages/links/affiliates/affiliates.htm > > Maybe Computer Science should be in the College of Theology. -- R. S. > Barton > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Computer King/CaNMail http://www.computerking.ca http://www.canmail.org Sales, Service, and Hosting Email, Data, and Web Packages Ask about web design specials Affiliates http://www.computerking.ca/pages/links/affiliates/affiliates.htm Maybe Computer Science should be in the College of Theology. -- R. S. Barton

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Yet another yum/rpm update problem
by Alfred von Campe 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

I am in the process of updating a dozen or so workstations from CentOS 4.3 to CentOS 4.4. I set up a local YUM repository, and have been able to successfully update all systems except for one. Both yum and rpm either hang or core dump on this system. I've done a "yum clean all" and an "rpm --rebuilddb" (after deleting the __db files). I was able to successfully update yum itself, but now even a "yum --version" or "rpm -q yum" hang and can only be killed with a "kill -9 <pid>". Any suggestions on how to proceed? I had no problems on any of the other systems, and they were all configured the same way. I wonder if I may have screwed up when trying to clean up the RPM database (I was following instructions posted a few months ago to this mailing list)... Alfred

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VM differences between CentOS and current vanilla
by Steve Bergman 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

After running into some VM problems with the new CentOS 4.4 kernel, which I suspect are VMWare related, I built 2.6.16.29 using the FC5 .config file for 2.6.15 and "make oldconfig". It seems to have resolved the "page allocation failure" problem. But I find its behavior to be a bit odd. This is a 4GB system. min_free_kb is at the default, which is 3841. So I would expect Free memory to hover around 4MB. However, instead, it seems to seek out about 150M free. If I do a dd from /dev/md0 to /dev/null, the free memory does drop to around 25MB. But then, as the system is used, it drifts back to... about 150M. Swap varies between 100M and 500M, and buffer+cache runs around 500M. I'm pretty sure that we access enough different data that it should be using some of the 150M free for buffers+cache. Swappiness is set to the default 60. Any comments? Thanks, Steve

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RE: [CentOS] DELL M90 wifi - CentOS 4.4
by Paul Malinowski 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hello Rachid, Module for Intel 3945 is only for kernels above 2.6.15. I'm afraid that you will have to change the kernel (compile your own one) It's funny for me that Intel 3945ABG is so popular and common Linux dists doesn't support that wireless card. Paul -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of MOKRANI Rachid Sent: 03 October 2006 08:56 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] DELL M90 wifi - CentOS 4.4 Hi, I received à Dell laptop M90. The wifi card is not reconized. (Intel 3945ABG) I'm using CentOS 4.4 - kernel 2.6.9 I saw some solutions on the web but I need to change the kernel. http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ Is there a solution to make this card working with the same kernel ? Regards. __________________________ Ce message (et toutes ses pièces jointes éventuelles) est confidentiel et établi à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme à sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. L'IFP décline toute responsabilité au titre de ce message. This message and any attachments (the message) are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. IFP should not be liable for this message. Visitez notre site Web / Visit our web site : http://www.ifp.fr __________________________ _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos This e-mail and all attachments have been scanned by the HighSpeed Office virus scanning service powered by MessageLabs and no known viruses were detected. This electronic message transmission contains information from Fish4 Trading Limited and/or other Fish4 affiliated companies (specifically Fish4Homes Ltd, Fish4Cars Ltd, Fish4Jobs Ltd and Fish4 Ltd) that may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended solely for the recipient and use by any other party is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this electronic message transmission is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message transmission in error, please notify Fish4 immediately by telephone (0208 600 7000) or by electronic mail (administrator(a)fish4.co.uk). Thank you. This e-mail and all attachments have been scanned by the HighSpeed Office virus scanning service powered by MessageLabs and no known viruses were detected.

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yum libxml2mod
by Jesus Bernardo Ruiz Flores 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

I have a problem using yum. it gives me the following error [root@mail1 src]# yum update yum There was a problem importing one of the Python modules required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libxml2mod.so: undefined symbol: xmlNewDocPI Please install a package which provides this module, or verify that the module is installed correctly. It's possible that the above module doesn't match the current version of Python, which is: 2.3.4 (#1, Mar 10 2006, 06:12:09) [GCC 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)] If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to the yum faq at: http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq I have looked in Internet and others forums but i couldn't find any answer on how to fix this error.

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Re: [CentOS] Installing Java 1.4.2
by Robert Moskowitz 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Back home and back working on my servers.... At 11:13 AM 1/6/2006, Jim Perrin wrote: >On 1/6/06, Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote: > > At 10:45 AM 1/6/2006, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > > > > > > >Unfortunately, that won't do. That java implementation you see is the > > >GNU one. For Scalix, you will need Sun's JDK. You can get it at > > >www.java.com, if I recall. > > > > thanks. Does that mean I unistall the GNU one? Or installing the > > SUN one will 'override' the GNU one. > >No you don't need to uninstall the gnu one. Java on rhel uses (or >should, in a perfect world) the alternatives framework, which allows >for multiple programs to provide an application or utility. That said, >the java packages from sun are a bit braindead. You can get the java >sdk rpm or bin from sun and install it but it won't do much for you, >and it doesn't put java in a place where the system can "Just use it". >The best way is to get the sun java sdk package, and then get the sun >java compat rpm from jpackage.org -> >http://jpackage.org/rpm.php?id=3320 > >This rpm tells your system all about the sun install and sets things >up for you in alternatives so that you can begin using your shiny new >non-GNU java. How can I be sure of the dependencies? What yum command would I run afterwards? How do I get updates to this rpm over time? thanks!

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DELL M90 wifi - CentOS 4.4
by MOKRANI Rachid 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, I received à Dell laptop M90. The wifi card is not reconized. (Intel 3945ABG) I'm using CentOS 4.4 - kernel 2.6.9 I saw some solutions on the web but I need to change the kernel. http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/ Is there a solution to make this card working with the same kernel ? Regards. __________________________ Ce message (et toutes ses pièces jointes éventuelles) est confidentiel et établi à l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme à sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. L'IFP décline toute responsabilité au titre de ce message. This message and any attachments (the message) are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. IFP should not be liable for this message. Visitez notre site Web / Visit our web site : http://www.ifp.fr __________________________

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Dell's SAS 5IR and CentOS
by Francois Caen 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hello, Has anyone here installed CentOS on a Dell Poweredge with a SAS 5IR controller? Does it work? With what driver? Is this real hardware RAID? Thanks, -- Francois Caen, RHCE, CCNA SpiderMaker, LLC

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