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Using CentOS 4.4 on very old Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop; would like suggestions regarding using KDE/GNOME in low RAM and low disk situation
by Kenneth Wolcott 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Hi; I'm new to the CentOS list and I only have experience with CentOS 4.3/4.4 on desktops. I just installed CentOS 4.4 on a very old Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop. I choose the desktop option and then deleted the kde and gnome packages because I have only 192mb RAM and 4gb disk (total). I'd like suggestions on how to maximize the effective usage of the laptop with CentOS 4.4...as a minimum I want to do secure wireless web browsing. If KDE or GNOME needs more disk/RAM than I have available is XCFE the only alternative to the bleak Motif experience? I don't have any money to get a better laptop or to upgrade the RAM and/or disk at this time. Thanks, Ken Wolcott

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FOSDEM Request For Proposal
by Dag Wieers 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Hi, For those attending FOSDEM either as volunteer or as a participant, we are looking for interesting presentations about CentOS. If you're interested for one or more topics, please contact me. The deadline for the proposal is Tuesday 23 january 2007. In our developers room (that we share with Fedora) we have about 6 slots of 50mins available that we can divide in 12 slots of 20mins if necessary. More information is available in the wiki at: http://wiki.centos.org/Events/Fosdem2007 We organise a pre-FOSDEM meeting on friday with CentOS and Fedora people in Brussels, more info about that at: http://wiki.centos.org/Events/PreFosdem2007 Below is more information about the deadline for the FOSDEM organisation as well as the insurance rules for those that bring hardware for the booth or for the devroom. Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pascal Bleser <loki(a)fosdem.org> To: fhornain(a)axen.info, dag(a)wieers.com, chitlesh(a)fedoraproject.org Organization: FOSDEM Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 03:33:34 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20060911) Subject: [FOSDEM Devrooms] Hardware insurance + Schedule deadline X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 First of all, wishing you a happy new year to you, your family and friends ;) Hardware Insurance ================== As we did at past editions of FOSDEM, we again provide an insurance for the hardware you'll bring along. That insurance - - is free of charge for you - - is intended for speakers in your devroom (we can't pay the insurance for the 4000+ visitors ;)) What we need from you is, for each device: - - the name and email address of the owner - - the type of device (notebook, network switch, PDA, ...) - - the vendor and name of the device (e.g. Dell Latitude D800) - - some sort of unique identifier that is visible on the device (typically the serial number) - - an estimation of its current value, in EUR Note that our insurance will only cover the hardware for which we've received the information as above *before Mon 19 Feb*. Schedule deadline ================= The deadline for sending us your devroom schedule is *Sat 3rd February* That gives us a week to hack all the data into our CMS and possibly make some adjustments afterwards. Please understand that we have to encode all the data and that we'd like to have all the information available on the website for visitors 2-3 weeks before the event. Note that if you already have part of the schedule, you can already send us that information (so we can start adding the content now ;)), even if you don't know yet at what time the talk will take place. Please submit it to me (loki(a)fosdem.org) before Sat 3rd February by email, as plain text. The better structured, the easier it will be for us to encode the data ;) For each talk/activity in your devroom, we need the following information: * TALK: - - at what time the talk starts and when it ends (or the duration) - - the title of the talk/activity - - an abstract (1-2 lines that shortly explain the topic) - - a somewhat longer description (as long as you wish) - - optional: some HTTP links (related links, project website, blog, ...) * SPEAKER(S) (obviously, for each speaker): - - the full name of the speaker(s) - - if possible and if the speakers don't mind, also send us their email address (it will _not_ be disclosed and only _possibly_ used by us, e.g. to ask for the slides or such) - - an abstract for the speaker (e.g. "Homer Simpson is the lead developer on the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant project and contributes to a few other FOSS projects such as Futurama and Southpark") - - a somewhat longer bio of the speaker - - optional: a photo or a link to a photo - - optional: some HTTP links (website, blog, ...) As said, please submit it as plain text. Please send us the speaker abstract + bio in the 3rd form, e.g. "Homer Simpson is the lead developer..." instead of "I'm the lead developer...". Reference embedded URLs in abstracts and descriptions using the following form: "Homer Simpson is the lead developer on the [http://simpsons.name/springfield/ Springfield town] project." ([URL description] instead of using <a href="...">...</a>) Examples for abstract/description of talks: http://fosdem.org/2007/schedule/events/21 http://fosdem.org/2007/schedule/events/27 http://fosdem.org/2007/schedule/events/23 Examples for abstract/bio/links of speakers: http://fosdem.org/2007/schedule/speakers/jim+gettys http://fosdem.org/2007/schedule/speakers/federico+mena+quintero http://fosdem.org/2007/schedule/speakers/oyvind+kolas Thanks for your cooperation ;) cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser <loki(a)fosdem.org> http://www.fosdem.org /\\ FOSDEM 2007 :: 24 + 25 February 2007 in Brussels _\_v Free and Opensource Software Developers European Meeting -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFmHL+r3NMWliFcXcRAm7UAJ9j6uuJy8Hkag9KPC9j150Y8Z70GgCgpHJp RI8xA337GQsPq3mD4K4/48g= =usLr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Default gateway set incorrectly
by Theo Band [Xanadu Wireless] 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

I try to setup networking with a fresh CENTOS4.4 installation. Upto now I have 20 installations, most of them FC3/FC4 and RHEL3. I noticed that the default gateway is not setup properly when using Centos. [root@raaf ~]# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.101.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 default 192.168.101.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth1 Networking is setup done by using dhcp, and this seems to work OK. Problem is however that the gateway should be 192.168.101.2 and not 192.168.101.1 (does not exist). If I manually add the gateway, networking is OK: route add default gw 192.168.101.2 eth1 [root@raaf ~]# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.101.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 default scholekster 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 default 192.168.101.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth1 (scholekster=192.168.101.2) If I issue "service restart network". The added gateway is removed again. I understand that I can fix this default gateway, but that is not what I want. I also tried to manually start dhclient: [root@raaf ~]# dhclient eth1 .... Listening on LPF/eth1/00:15:f2:******** Sending on LPF/eth1/00:15:f2:******** Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.101.2 bound to 192.168.101.221 -- renewal in 294560 seconds. But now my default gateway is added correctly! So is dhclient not used by the networking scripts?? Anyone got an idea of how I could debug this further? The reason I use eth1, is that the machine has two interfaces and is dual bootable. The FC4 installation seems to have a different idea of which adapter should be eth0... Thanks, Theo PS. The error message it started with, for google :-) [root@raaf ~]# yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (113, 'No route to host')>

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Winbind / kerb eros
by Daniel Teixeira 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

hi' Ive followed the steps from http://weblog.bignerdranch.com/?p=6 <http://weblog.bignerdranch.com/?p=6&page=2> &page=2 and http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=92804 I'm trying to login as a domain user in x (gdm) If a boot the pc and try to login i get the following error in /var/log/messages: Jan 9 13:10:35 zgltsp03 gdm(pam_unix)[2812]: check pass; user unknown Jan 9 13:10:35 zgltsp03 gdm(pam_unix)[2812]: authentication failure; logname= u id=0 euid=0 tty=ws001.domain.lan:0 ruser= rhost=ws001.domain.lan Jan 9 13:10:35 zgltsp03 pam_winbind[2812]: user 'domain+daniel' granted access Jan 9 13:10:35 zgltsp03 gdm(pam_unix)[2812]: could not identify user (from getpwnam(domain+daniel)) Jan 9 13:10:35 zgltsp03 gdm-binary[2812]: Couldn't set acct. mgmt for domain+daniel now if i call in a shell de command "wbinfo -u -g" and then try to login everything works fine! almost as if the wbinfo would remind the server that those users could login.. after a few minutes (2 or 3) i try to login again with the same user and it doesnt work again!! this line is quite strange, no? .... could not identify user (from getpwnam(domain+daniel)) my krb5 file: [logging] default = FILE:/var/log/krb5libs.log kdc = FILE:/var/log/krb5kdc.log admin_server = FILE:/var/log/kadmind.log [libdefaults] ticket_lifetime = 24000 default_realm = domain.LAN # default_tgs_enctypes = des-cbc-crc des-cbc-md5 # default_tkt_enctypes = des-cbc-crc des-cbc-md5 forwardable = true proxiable = true dns_lookup_realm = true dns_lookup_kdc = true [realms] domain.LAN = { kdc = 10.0.0.100:88 # admin_server = 10.0.0.100:749 default_domain = domain.lan } [domain_realm] .domain.lan = DOMAIN.LAN domain.lan = DOMAIN.LAN [kdc] profile = /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kdc.conf [appdefaults] pam = { debug = false ticket_lifetime = 36000 renew_lifetime = 36000 forwardable = true krb4_convert = false } and my smb.conf file: [global] workgroup = DOMAIN netbios name = SERVIDORES server string = LTSP Server winbind separator = + dns proxy = no idmap uid = 16777216-33554431 idmap gid = 16777216-33554431 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes template shell = /bin/bash winbind use default domain = no # username map = /etc/samba/smbusers security = ads encrypt passwords = yes realm = DOMAIN.LAN password server = controller.domain.lan socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 local master = no domain master = False preferred master = False printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes proxy = no PS: i replaced the real domain name with "domain" many thanks!

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Broadcast UDP on command line
by Jerry Geis 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

What command line command is available to broadcast a UDP packet on port 36? I can use a command like "nc -u -l -p 36" to listen to the responses but I can't figure out how to send out the broadcast packet for the devices to say "I'm here" back to me. THanks, Jerry

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lm_sensors with k8v se
by kenkensmile＠netscape.net 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

hi there, i am using k8v se with amd64 3000+. i installed centos 4.4 onto my computer. my computer initially worked very well, but Cool'n'Quiet™ on my computer does not work after installing lm_sensors. it means that the cpu fan is blowing and core voltage is maxmam (1.47v?) ALL THE TIME. there is no strange log on /var/log/messages. how can i solve this problem out? is there anybody experiencing the problem? if you know a solution, would you please tell me the solution.??? regards joe ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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5-beta or 4.4 for a new user?
by Patrick Useldinger 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Hello, I am a Slackware user who's interested in learning CentOS. At this point it is for intellectual curiosity only and not for any real work so the machine need not be 100% stable at this point. It's most probably going to be an installation into VMWare. Given that, I thought I'd wait for 5-beta (mid-Jan'07) and start with that. Will it be possible to upgrade from 5-beta to 5.0? Or would you advise me to start with 4.4? Regards, Patrick

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Updating PHP
by Todd Cary 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

My version of Centos (4.4) comes with php 4.3.9. Since I run Interbase on the server, I need to recompile the php with Interbase. The only php I have found is 4.4 which I have downloaded and untarred as well as configuring it with Interbase, doing the make and make install. Where I am lost is on having Apache (httpd) use it rather than the 4.3.9 ( http://209.204.172.137:82/testphp.php ). When I do the make install, where does it go? Many thanks for any help you can offer.... Todd -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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centos 3.3 to 4.x?
by R Lists06 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Greetings, A friend of mine is running 3.3 He asked what I thought about going to 4.4 I imagine it is best to backup and fresh install and migrate old configs and data What is the wisdom on the list I remember going from beta 3 to 3 a long time ago. Anyone ever upgrade from 3.x to 4.x without problem and how so? I didn't see a lot on the www other than some apt-get info Thanks in advance - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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Re: [CentOS] 3ware 9650SE success - D945GTP note
by David Thompson 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

David Thompson wrote: > >I had posted a question recently on this list regarding the new series of >cards from 3ware, and wanted to follow up with some real-world results. <snip> Yes, the 9650SE runs on an Intel D945GTP in the PCIe x16 slot. However, the technical reference for the D945GTP motherboard clearly states, on page 61 of D1407001US-1.pdf, topic 2.8.2.2 "Add-in Card Connectors", (quoted): "NOTE: The PCI Express x16 connector is configured to support only a PCI Express x1 link when the Intel GMA950 graphics controller is enabled." Who me, accuse Intel of artificially crippling their desktop motherboard performance to boost "$erver" motherboard $ale$? I wouldn't do that. For this application, PCIe x1 performance will probably be enough, but anyone thinking about using intel x16 slots for anything except video may want to take note. I'm just glad Intel is reserving the PCIe x16 performance for the screaming GMA950 on-board video. Bad Intel. No biscuit. Now checking into other vendors, Dave Thompson UW-Madison

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