Discuss May 2007

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Making rpm from tar.gz
by Ioannis Vranos 01 May '07

01 May '07

OS: CentOS 5 x86. I have read in some places that we can make an rpm package from tar.gz, by issuing rpmbuild -ta. However it doesn't seem to work. Any hints?

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Intel G965 chipset + ICH8
by Yoshizumi HAYAKAWA 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hello everyone ! I will buy a new PC for CentOS 5.0. I install Linux on PC for the first time. I do not have the skill of it. Here are my candidates of mabo : Intel DG965WH Intel DG965YCK Intel DG965WHMKR ASUS P5B-V All mabos have Intel G965 chipset + ICH8 Did anyone succeed to install CentOS 5.0 on these mabos, and to set up network configuration ? Could you give me any information about how to install CentOS 5.0 ? Thanks in advance. HAYAKAWA

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Re: CentOS 4.4 - added disk prevents system from booting past initrd
by Simen Timian Thoresen 01 May '07

01 May '07

centos-request(a)centos.org wrote: ... > > Thus fsck'ing /dev/sda1 does not bring any useful. But why? > > > > Why does the initrd insist on fsck'in /dev/sda1, when it should check > > LABEL=/? > > > > Is there something I'm not getting here? > it should be a grub problem: even if filesystems are now labelled, > grub enumerates present hard drives ... and have the same problems > than Lninux with sda becoming sdb. > Its configuration file (SATA:/boot/grub/menu.lst) should be updated as > well, especially the root keyword. > > grub is launched from the first bootable drive (/dev/sdb) that is saw > as disk hd(1) I guess. > > So in its configuration file, you should duplicate the default entry > (when installed on SATA standalone disk) and change "root hd(0,1)" > into "root hd(1,1)" > > To achieve it, boot from CD/DVD in rescue mode, mount manually your > /boot (in / perhaps) and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst > > my $0.02 > > Pierre Bourgin Hi Pierre, I thought about grub (but have not tried changing anything there yet), but am a bit uncertain if grub is the issue as - the BIOS boots the SATA disk, and reads the grub bootloader. - The grub bootloader loads both the kernel and the correct initrd - The kernel is told to mount LABEL=/ as root - It is while executing something in the initrd that system decides to fsck /dev/sda1 - Once /dev/sda1 is fsck-able (ie after changing the partition layout), the system boots without issues. The filesystem on /dev/sda1 does not at any time contain anything useful (it started out as just being an extended partition, and now is completely empty. At no time did it have any label set). Yours, -S -- Simen Thoresen, Dolphin ICS Systems Administration and Wulfkit Support

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problem with centos 4.4 and the time´s pc
by Orlando Mederos 01 May '07

01 May '07

I install centos 4.4 in a serveraltos9100, every thing was ok, but the watch´s time on the system is going very fast, the second goin very fast. The time in the bios setup is ok, the time go fine, but when I booting the centos 4.4 , the time is wrong, I repair with the command date, but minuts later all is crazy again Please I need help. Note: the time Zone is ok, this is set correctly with my country zone Este Mensaje se encuentra libre de Virus, Chequeado por MDaemon AntiVirus: AVirus: v2.2.7 Fuente del motor de AV: Alt-N Technologies, Ltd (excellent) Versión del motor de AV: 4.0.1.14 Servidor de Correo "Hotel Tuxpan".Varadero.Cuba

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Intel G965 chipset + ICH8 for CentOS 5.0
by Yoshizumi HAYAKAWA 01 May '07

01 May '07

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CentOS 5 single DVD for i386 and x86_64
by Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hello, I'd like to announce a release of a CentOS 5 DVD image, with i386 and x86_64 installations. This is an independent work, so please don't bother CentOS lists with bugs related to the installer only. Summary of changes: * i686 and x86_64 install from a single dvd (automatic detection on boot) * updates as of 2007-04-26 * no kdelibs-api-docs, openoffice.org, tetex-doc and most *-javadoc sha1sum: 63885249695c60a87443e304212d6cf9af678165 centos5_32and64.iso md5sum: 0db291c3e4f7dc4fb4e6ea052b77e95d centos5_32and64.iso torrent: ftp://ftp.gil.di.uminho.pt/pub/users/strange/centos/c5_32+64.torrent iso: ftp://ftp.gil.di.uminho.pt/pub/users/strange/centos/centos5_32and64.iso Detailed changes: * All rpms are the originals from CentOS 5. However, the *.i386.rpm and *.noarch.rpm for the x86_64 are the ones from the i386 DVD, not from the x86_64, as the contents are the same and the rpm headers differ only on the Build Date and/or Signature. * each install (x86_64 or i386) only has knowledge of rpms originally in their DVDs, so x86_64 installs won't be bloated with more i386 packages than the originals. * Some packages are missing. It's a pity some subpackages that don't depend on %arch are still built as .%arch.rpm, but there's nothing I'm willing to do about that. The missing packages are: - openoffice.org - tetex-doc - kdelibs-apidocs - Deployment_Guide, except for en_US and pt-BR - *-javadoc, except for: - java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-javadoc (required by eclipse) - bsh-javadoc and xmlrpc-javadoc (part of java-devel group) Note that both Deployment_Guide and openoffice.org have updates, so if you don't care about kdelibs-apidocs, tetex-doc and *-javadoc, you can still use this image as a local base. * The updates as of 2007-04-26 from CentOS replace their originals: - autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.43.0.2 - bind-9.3.3-8 - cups-1.2.4-11.5.1 - Deployment_Guide-(en-US and pt_BR)-5.0.0-21 - dhcp-3.0.5-5 - ekiga-2.0.2-7.0.2 - emacs-21.4-18.1 - evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.2 - file-4.17-9 - firefox-1.5.0.10-2.el5 - freetype-2.2.1-17 - gcc-4.1.1-52.el5.2 - gnupg-1.4.5-13 - kernel-2.6.18-8.1.1 - krb5-1.5-23 - libwpd-0.8.7-3 - libX11-1.0.3-8.0.1 - libXfont-1.2.2-1.0.2 - module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.16.0.1 - net-snmp-5.3.1-14.0.1 - nss-3.11.5-3.el5 - php-5.1.6-11 - postgresql-8.1.8-1 - samba-3.0.23c-2.el5.2 - spamassassin-3.1.8-2 - squid-2.6.STABLE6-4 - thunderbird-1.5.0.10-1.el5 - tzdata-2007d-1 - virt-manager-0.2.6-7.0.2 - wireshark-0.99.5-1 - xen-3.0.3-25.0.3 - xorg-x11-apps-7.1-4.0.1 - xorg-x11-server-1.1.1-48.13.0.1 - yelp-2.16.0-14.0.1 * automatic detection on boot for i386 or x86_64 install - default label linux now calls com32 module l32or64 (attachment l32or64.c) that selects 32 or 64 bits kernel according to long_mode flag in cpuid - new boot targets linux32 and linux64 that force 32 bit or 64 kernel * single 32 bits initrd for i386 and x86_64 - new /init (attachment renmod.c), that symlinks /modules to the correct version - /modules.i386 with the original modules from the i386 initrd - /modules.x86_64 with the original modules from the x86_64, but with the paths in modules.cgz changed to $kver/i686/ instead of the original $kver/x86_64/, as the anaconda loader was looking there for the modules (it's probably ignoring the run-time arch and relying on the compile time one) - the space savings from using a single initrd aren't that much (1.5), so using the two separated initrds is still feasible (and l32or64 supports it), but the x86_64 initrd needs it's .buildstamp replaced with the one from i386. * single 32 bits minstage2 and stage2 - anaconda support for space separated list of available archs in .discinfo (attachment discinfo.patch) (anaconda has at least 4 different places where it parses the .discinfo file. something should be done about that!) - yum support for repodata.%arch location (attachment repodata.arch.patch): -> repodata.i386 and repodata.x86_64 (there was a supposed fallback to repodata if no repodata.%arch existed, but it didn't work in my tests, so you won't be able to use these stages with original repositories for network installs (ln -s repodata repodata.x86_64 or repodata.i386 should be enough, though)) - runtime replacing of usr/lib/rpm/macros with the correct one for the arch (attachment rpm_macros.patch) usr/lib/rpm/macros.i386 from i386/images/stage2/usr/lib/rpm/macros usr/lib/rpm/macros.x86_64 from x86_64/images/stage2/usr/lib/rpm/macros ln -fs /tmp/rpmmacros usr/lib/rpm/macros - symlinks for directories or files with i386/i686 in their name, with i386/i686 replaced with x86_64 (not sure if this was needed, but I didn't feel like making more tests): ln -s i686-redhat-linux-gnu etc/gtk-2.0/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu ln -s i386-redhat-linux-gnu etc/pango/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu ln -s keymaps-override-i386 usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/keymaps-override-x86_64 ln -s screenfont-i386.gz usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/screenfont-x86_64.gz ln -s i386-redhat usr/share/grub/x86_64-redhat To recreate the image with your own packages or comps.xml: 1. populate the CentOS rpm directory with the rpms of your choosing; 2. call createrepo in the iso root dir: createrepo -g path_to_comps.xml . 3. rename repodata to repodata.i386 or repodata.x86_64 and fix the relative paths in repodata.%arch/repomd.xml: perl -pi -e 's/repodata/repodata.i386/g' repodata.i386/repomd.xml 4. repeate for the other arch. 5. create the iso: mkisofs -o ../centos5_32and64.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \ -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ -r -pad -J -joliet-long -V "CentOS" . 6. add checksum to iso: implantisomd5 ../centos5_32and64.iso 7. record it: growisofs -Z /dev/cdrom=../centos5_32and64.iso -- lfr 0/0

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Installed CentOS 5 today, question about an error I'm getting
by Preston Crawford 01 May '07

01 May '07

So I did a fresh install today. Decided to go ahead and upgrade. Everything seems okay save for three problems. #1 - I get a message during boot saying that an Intel microcode update didn't work. Something about not being able to find /proc/microcode. #2 - I can't use the Firefox extension HTML Parser. Anyone use this. #3 - Off and on GDM crashes and I get dropped into a prompt. Any ideas? Preston

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FreeNX authenticates but no desktop on centos 5 ??
by Jeremy Gray 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi all, I am new to CentOS and freeNX -- both look really awesome, a huge thanks to all the people making them happen. I am having a problem with freenx that appears to be specific to centos 5. my client authenticates but then no desktop comes up. however, when I connect to a similar machine running centos 4.4, I authenticate and the gnome desktop just pops up sweet as can be. I also have a vnc connection to my centos 5 workstation working, and can get a gnome desktop through vnc, and direct X11 connections are fine. the two nxserver machines have stable IP addresses, I have root access. the nxclient machine is a mac G4 PPC (which presumably makes no difference at all), with very recent download of the mac OS X client from nomachine. I followed the instructions for setting up freenx on centos 4.4 found here: http://linuxgazette.net/135/knaggs.html and it worked perfectly the first time I tried. the key steps were wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/i386/RPMS/nx-1.5.0-1.centos4.i386.… wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/i386/RPMS/freenx-0.5.0-10.c4.noarc… sudo rpm -Uvh nx-1.5.0-1.centos4.i386.rpm sudo rpm -Uvh freenx-0.5.0-10.c4.noarch.rpm plus a quick copy-paste of the client dsa key, and nxserver --adduser <me> For CentOS 5, I tried the yum-based instructions found at http://wiki.centos.org/FreeNX (which says that freenx only works with centos 4, and the bottom of page says "FreeNX (last edited 2007-02-08 23:38:36 by JohnnyHughes )" -- hopefully its just the wiki is out of date) I also tried adapting the above steps to use the centos 5 packages from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/extras/i386/RPMS/ freenx-0.5.0-13.el5.centos.i386.rpm 08-Apr-2007 11:00 66K nx-2.1.0-6.el5.centos.i386.rpm 08-Apr-2007 11:00 2.9M either way, I get authenticated but no desktop comes up in the X11 window on the client machine. (just to be explicit: using exactly the same client I do get a desktop on the centos 4.4 machine). While trying to connect, During this time, on the remote (CentOS) machine, its clear that something is happening, because "ps -ef | grep nx" on the server machine gives me root 5627 3378 0 10:38 ? 00:00:00 sshd: nx [priv] nx 5629 5627 0 10:38 ? 00:00:00 sshd: nx@notty nx 5630 5629 0 10:38 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/nxserver -c /usr/bin/nxserver nx 5771 5630 0 10:38 ? 00:00:00 sleep 60 jg 5800 5393 0 10:38 pts/1 00:00:00 grep nx I checked out a couple other things on the web on how to set it up and these did not help (they were very helpful, just not with my problem about the desktop not coming up). E.g., http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/ I also noted other posts about freenx on this list, but they did not seem to be relevant However, I note that at http://wiki.centos.org/FreeNX is says that freenx only works with centos 4, which I am hoping is simply out of date, as freenx is shipped as part of centos 5. I saw a post today saying that freenx is supposed to work exactly the same on CentOS 5 as per instructions for 4. hmmm. I've tried uninstalling freenx on the centOS 5 machine and reinstalling. any suggestions appreciated! many thanks, --Jeremy

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 Live CD
by Mark Rose 01 May '07

01 May '07

---- MrKiwi <mrkiwi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Mark, > > Can you please expand on 'primary os'? Do you mean you run > your day-to-day computing from a pen drive? Or you use > CentOS 4 as your primary os? > If the former is the case, i'd love to know more. > > > MrKiwi Actually, it is the former - at work, all the PCs are running a very locked-down Win XP install, so to bypass it and have the tools to actually do my job, I use my "Live USB". I basically followed the instructions posted in http://linux.web.psi.ch/livecd/usbdisk.html and use the CentOS Live CD iso. I used a 2G Lexar FireFly (1G partition formatted via FAT for the LiveCD and 1G /home via ext3). If I need to transfer files, I will copy them to the FAT partition. I hope this helps! Mark

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 Live CD
by Mark Rose 01 May '07

01 May '07

---- Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 11:20 -0400, Mark Rose wrote: > > Does anyone know if there are any plans to make a CentOS 5 Live CD, or better yet, if there is already one available? Thanks! > > > > There are plans to have one and we are testing it in QA now. Thanks for the info! I was able to make a live USB pendrive (Lexar FireFly) with the CentOS 4 Live CD, which I use as my primary OS, and plan on doing the same when the 5 Live CD is available. Mark

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