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RE: [CentOS] Auth/Security tool at first boot
by Damien Solodow 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

'setup' -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:22 PM To: 'centos(a)centos.org' Subject: [CentOS] Auth/Security tool at first boot What is the name of this tool that appears when you reboot from install and allows you to setup your selinux, iptables and auth configuration? Thanks! jlc _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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RE: [CentOS] Re: install issues
by Damien Solodow 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Yep. Just grab the 'netinstall' iso file and burn it. (It's about 7mb) -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of William Warren Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:15 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: install issues I just realized the old server had a cd rom not dvd..:( I wonder if i can install directly from one of the mirrors over http? Scott Silva wrote: > on 1/24/2008 2:17 PM William Warren spake the following: >> well it boots onto my athlon64 system. what's weird is no centos dvd >> will install..they all die at that point. The centos 32 bit CD's also >> work fine. I guess something in this machine does not like centos >> dvd's. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm starting the centos 64 bit cd >> set torrent now but if i can find a solution in the next 6 >> hours(burning and downloading time) i'd be highly appreciative. >> >> Wiliam >> >> William Warren wrote: >>> I have a new dell t105(opty 1210's with 4 gigs of ram..sata hdd's and >>> sata dvd-rom). I can bot to the Cent 5 64 bit dvd fine but once it >>> asks where the install image is i tell it cd-rom..then it rejects the >>> dvd spits it out and tells me it's not there. the same happens on 32 >>> bit. I have downloaded centos5 twice now, md5 verified..and even >>> burned at 1x(that took forever). Any ideas as to why it refuses to >>> see a disk that's there, properly burned, and verified? >>> >>> >> > If you have another server available, you can loop mount the dvd and > share it by HTTP. In the images directory is a boot.iso that you can > burn to CD and do network installs. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Registered Microsoft Partner My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Yum update fails on perl-gettext
by Steve Searle 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Foe a while now, yum update has been failing on the perl-gettext package with: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so from install of perl-gettext-1.05-1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package perl-Locale-gettext-1.05-1.el5.rf Can anyone give me any advice in how to solve this? Full output follows: # yum update perl-gettext Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package perl-gettext.i386 0:1.05-1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Updating: perl-gettext i386 1.05-1.el5.rf rpmforge 39 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 1 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 39 k Is this ok [y/N]: Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Is this ok [y/N]: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/Locale/gettext/gettext.so from install of perl-gettext-1.05-1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package perl-Locale-gettext-1.05-1.el5.rf Error Summary ------------- Thanks Steve -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting a bad thing? 16:05:50 up 17:30, 2 users, load average: 0.27, 0.16, 0.06

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install isues
by William Warren 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

I have a new dell t105(opty 1210's with 4 gigs of ram..sata hdd's and sata dvd-rom). I can bot to the Cent 5 64 bit dvd fine but once it asks where the install image is i tell it cd-rom..then it rejects the dvd spits it out and tells me it's not there. the same happens on 32 bit. I have downloaded centos5 twice now, md5 verified..and even burned at 1x(that took forever). Any ideas as to why it refuses to see a disk that's there, properly burned, and verified? -- Registered Microsoft Partner My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17

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RE: [CentOS] Re: install issues
by Damien Solodow 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Are you trying to install the 64-bit or the 32-bit? While the install is running, some of the other virtual consoles display logs and error information. What do those show when the install rejects your disk? What result did you get trying from the HTTP install? -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of William Warren Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:37 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: install issues it's a bit more complex..i had to manually enter the mirror information..but that's exceedingly minor..<G. I ma not installing centos 5 64 bit. i would like to know why no 64 bit cd or dvd will not install. Damien Solodow wrote: > Yep. Just grab the 'netinstall' iso file and burn it. (It's about 7mb) > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf > Of William Warren > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:15 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: install issues > > I just realized the old server had a cd rom not dvd..:( > > I wonder if i can install directly from one of the mirrors over http? > > > Scott Silva wrote: >> on 1/24/2008 2:17 PM William Warren spake the following: >>> well it boots onto my athlon64 system. what's weird is no centos dvd >>> will install..they all die at that point. The centos 32 bit CD's also >>> work fine. I guess something in this machine does not like centos >>> dvd's. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm starting the centos 64 bit cd >>> set torrent now but if i can find a solution in the next 6 >>> hours(burning and downloading time) i'd be highly appreciative. >>> >>> Wiliam >>> >>> William Warren wrote: >>>> I have a new dell t105(opty 1210's with 4 gigs of ram..sata hdd's and >>>> sata dvd-rom). I can bot to the Cent 5 64 bit dvd fine but once it >>>> asks where the install image is i tell it cd-rom..then it rejects the >>>> dvd spits it out and tells me it's not there. the same happens on 32 >>>> bit. I have downloaded centos5 twice now, md5 verified..and even >>>> burned at 1x(that took forever). Any ideas as to why it refuses to >>>> see a disk that's there, properly burned, and verified? >>>> >>>> >> If you have another server available, you can loop mount the dvd and >> share it by HTTP. In the images directory is a boot.iso that you can >> burn to CD and do network installs. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS(a)centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Registered Microsoft Partner My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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RE: [CentOS] Protection for removable hard drive
by Bowie Bailey 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Brian Mathis wrote: > On Jan 24, 2008 4:54 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey(a)buc.com> wrote: > > My apologies if this is a bit off topic... > > > > I am going to start doing backups to removable hard drives and I > > will need to send these hard drives to an off-site storage > > facility. I am looking for some way to protect the drives after I > > pull them out of the system. I was hoping to find some kind of > > clamshell enclosure similar to what is used with external hard > > drives, but so far I haven't found anything. Do you guys know of > > anything like this? How do you protect your removable drives when > > they are not in the computer? > > > > -- > > Bowie > > When you buy drives at retail, they come packed in about 3 inches of > foam on all sides around. If you have any of those boxes laying > around with the foam, use that. Also make sure to put them in > anti-static bags. Good idea, but I generally by OEM drives and they come packed in bubble wrap and foam peanuts. Besides, I was hoping for something a bit smaller than those boxes. -- Bowie

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Protection for removable hard drive
by Bowie Bailey 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

My apologies if this is a bit off topic... I am going to start doing backups to removable hard drives and I will need to send these hard drives to an off-site storage facility. I am looking for some way to protect the drives after I pull them out of the system. I was hoping to find some kind of clamshell enclosure similar to what is used with external hard drives, but so far I haven't found anything. Do you guys know of anything like this? How do you protect your removable drives when they are not in the computer? -- Bowie

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Could not connect to host box.domain.tld
by Anne Wilson 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

I have used fetchmail/procmail/postfix/dovecot/kmail for some time on my mail server, and have set this up on three or four machines in the past. I'm now setting up a new server and having problems. I've reached the thinking-in-circles stage, so need a prompt. The box in question is called borg2.lydgate.lan, and resides at 192.168.0.40. I can ping both borg2.lydgate.lan and 192.168.0.40, yet kmail tells me that it cannot connect to it, either by name or ip. /etc/hosts has correct lines for the box. It has to be something pretty basic, but I can't think what, unless it is either an selinux problem or ipv6 problem. I know that in FC6 I turned ipv6 off (I'd have to search to find how to do that again). Anne

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Problems with yum not updating properly
by MHR 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Has anyone else seen this? I recently got the announcement about the xorg 1.5 update being available, so I ran yum update to get it. To my surprise, I found that yum did not see it at all. With some help from Karanbir (thanks again), we decided there might be something wrong with my repo path, so I checked it against the older one I had from 5.0 (which I saved, for some reason) and found that the new ones did not have protect or enable commands in them, so I added them to match my 5.0 ones. Yum suddenyl found the xorg 1.5 updates and installed them. But now, yum can't see the wireshark update, and although I probably don't need it since I don't use that (AFAIK), yum does not see that one, but suddenly it sees a kernel update (2.6.18-53.1.6). Anyone have a clue why this might be (or what I should post here to help clera it up)? Here is my CentOS-Base.repo: # CentOS-Base.repo # # This file uses a new mirrorlist system developed by Lance Davis for CentOS. # The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the # update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and # geographically close to the client. You should use this for CentOS updates # unless you are manually picking other mirrors. # # If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the # remarked out baseurl= line instead. # # [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 protect=1 #enabled=1 #released updates [updates] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updat… #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 protect=1 #enabled=1 #packages used/produced in the build but not released [addons] name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 protect=0 #enabled=0 #additional packages that may be useful [extras] name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 protect=0 #enabled=0 #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=cento… #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 protect=0 enabled=0 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 All help appreciated. mhr

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vlc
by jarmo 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Anyone else got this, vlc do not start...? Here's the output.. VLC media player 0.8.6d Janus The program '.' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'. (Details: serial 280 error_code 11 request_code 146 minor_code 5) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) Jarmo Ah Looked around and seems to be xorg problem. This begun after last xorg update and nade my vlc unusable. Known bug in xorg, possible updates coming soon into centos5? Got bug info from suse's bugzilla... https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345131 Jarmo

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