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gnome desktop XDMCP in domU
by David Hláčik 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

Hello, i have CentOS on xen as domU, i have installed "yum groupinstall Gnome Desktop ... " . I want to access Gnome Desktoup through XDMCP protocol, but unfortunately X server will not start when there is no graphical output where to start. How can i solve this problem? And of course i have edited gdm.conf and added to [XDMCP] Enable = True. Thanks in advance! David

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Automatic site selection for dowload
by tech 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

I would like to ask that more flexibility be built into automatically choosing sites for downloading. I have just upgraded to CentOS 5.2. When I look for a mirror, I get many choices from Taiwan. Since I am in Hong Kong this makes sense geographically but .... not in terms of bandwidth. Although Taiwan is very close, it is almost the slowest connection I can make. Some .jp sites are good but I find .sg or the US is usually best. This morning I tried to update to the new kernel (92.1.6). My system seemed to die during the download. After some investigation, I found that Yum et al is being defaulted to .tw sites. (base, updates, add ons all go to .tw.) I have now been sitting at base primary.xml.gz for over 15 minutes and am only about 50% done. Is it possible when deciding these default sites to look at actual bandwidth and not just geographical closeness? Mel

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/etc/passwd.rpmnew changes "x" to "*"
by Matt Seitz (matseitz) 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

What would be the effect of changing the password field in "/etc/passwd" from "x" to "*"? I noticed I have an "/etc/passwd.rpmnew" file which changes the password of many service accounts from "x" to "*". I am wondering if I should merge those changes into my "/etc/passwd" file. -- Matt Seitz Manager, File System Virtualization Cisco Systems, Inc. .:|:.:|:.

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28 Jun '08

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5.1 -> 5.2 Upgrade oddity
by James B. Byrne 28 Jun '08

28 Jun '08

yum upgrade -y yada yada yada .... then lots of errors like: /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/fr/gdm.xml:173: parser error : Entity 'eacute' not defined and so on until Document is not well-formed XML: /usr/share/gnome/help/gdm/it/gdm.xml Updating : amtu ##################### [173/520] Updating : grub ##################### [174/520] ... Is this expected, acceptable, or a bomb waiting to go off later? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@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 3C3

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New USB ethernet adapter
by Robert Moskowitz 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

I got a new USB ethernet adapter from ebay, the ad said RealTek chipset, so I thought I would chance it. Well, my 5.2 system does not recognize the USB device. At all. What do I need to do? I checked the driver CD and the XP driver directory's .inf file has the following: ; ASIX AX88172 USB2 to Fast Ethernet Adapter * ; * ; Copyright 2001-2003, ASIX Electronics Corporation * ; ; Version: 2.0.0.5 ;**************************************************************** [Version] Signature = "$Windows NT$" CatalogFile = ax88172xp.cat Class = Net ClassGUID = {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} Provider = %ASIX% ;LayoutFile = layout.inf DriverVer = 05/22/2003, 2.0.0.5 [Manufacturer] %ASIX% = USB [ControlFlags] ExcludeFromSelect = USB\VID_0B95&PID_1720 [USB] %AX88172.DeviceDesc% = AX88172.Ndi,USB\VID_0B95&PID_1720 ;**************************************************************** ; Win98 main sections * ;**************************************************************** [AX88172.Ndi] AddReg = AX88172.Reg, AX88172.Con.Reg ;, AX88172.Params DeviceID = USB\VID_0B95&PID_1720 How can I tell if this is a RealTek chipset and more importantly, getting it working?

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Open Source Video Codec and Container (alternative to Xvid)
by Simon Jolle sjolle 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Hi CentOS users I am running a forum with small video clips (from YouTube and others). I convert those Macromedia Flash videos with: $ mencoder example.flv -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1000:autoaspect -vf pp=lb -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:preset=standard -o example.avi I use mencoder RPM from Dag Wieers 1) Its very generic command line to convert videos. What would you improve? The size is much bigger than the original FLV :( 2) Is there a real open source format what I should prefer? Can you say something about its quality? 3) Whats the most painless format for exchanging videos with Win, Mac and Linux users? cheers Simon

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Yogunluk: Re: [CentOS] 5.1 to 5.2 upgrade - perfectly smoothe
by tapsin＠hostunuz.com 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

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Redhat directory server with windows2003 ads passsync error
by lingu 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Hi, I am trying to integrate RHDS 8.0 with windows 2003 ads on centos 5.1 as per the centos documentation for user/group and password sync from windows ADS. I am using windows sync and Passsync . But i am facing problem with the certificate creation. *########################################################################## Followed the below step in centos box runing rhds to setup ssl.* ########################################################################### - vi pin.txt secretpw - Create a noise file for the encryption vi noise.txt dsadasdasdasdadasdasdasdasdsadfwerwerjfdksdjfksdlfhjsdk - Create the key and certificate databases database certutil -N -d . -f pin.txt (results, makes 3 files with db extension) - Generate the encryption key certutil -G -d . -z noise.txt -f pin.txt - Generate the self-signed CA certificate certutil -S -n "CA Certificate" -s "cn=CAcert" -x -t "CT,," -m 1000 -v 9999 -d . -z noise.txt -f pin.txt (generates CA certificate and puts into db stores, can be verified with: certutil –L –d . –n "Certificate Name", where Certificate Name is CA Certificate) - Generate the Directory Server Client Certificate certutil -S -n "server-cert" -s "cn=FQDN,cn=Directory Server" -c "CA Certificate" -t "u,u,u" -m 1001 -v 9999 -d . -z noise.txt -f pin.txt - Convert to pkcs12 format (note these files will be used within the AD system, and the prompted password for the commands below will need to match password in pin.txt file) pk12util -d . -o cacert.pk12 -n "CA Certificate" pk12util -d . -o dscert.pk12 -n "server-cert" ############################################################################################################################### *After that when i executed ldapsearch -x -ZZ it showing all the entries properly on rhds centos box, so its indicates ssl was perfectly configured on RHDS* ################################################################################################################################## *STEPS FOLLOWED ON WINDOWS 2003 ADS BOX to **Set up SSL on the Active Directory Server* * * - Install a certificate authority in the Windows Components section in Add/Remove Programs . - Select the Enterprise Root CA option. - Make sure to use the hostname as the DN serverX and then for the domain dc=example,dc=com (note, this should resemble your FQDN) - Reboot Windows Machine - Log back in to the box...give it a little while, it's windows :-) - Got to Start>>Run>>mmc - Under File>>Add/Remove Snap-in - Click Add, Click Certificates, Click Add, Click Computer Account, Click Next and finish - Go to Trusted Root Certificates>>Certificates>>Right Click>>All Tasks>>Import - Go to where you copied the pk12 files from earlier and import the cacert.pk12 [CREATED IN RHDS RUNNING ON CENTOS ] *Create DB Stores For PassSync in windows 2003 ads server* - Copy .pk12 files that were put on Windows system to C:\Program Files\Red Hat Directory Password Synchronization\ - In this directory run certutil -d . -N (from dos command) - This creates empty db stores, next run the following to import your dscert.pk12 into the key store pk12util -d . -i dscert.pk12 - Then give trusted peer status to the server certutil -d . -M -n server-cert -t "P,P,P" *ERROR When i executed the above command on windows 2003 ads box it giving me following error certutil.exe unable to decode trust strings error 0 Also the certificate created from centos box using certutil is showing validation date and expiration date as current date and time in both CA Cert and Server-cert i checked the certificate content by using certutil –L –d . –n "Certificate Name" certutil –L –d . –n "Server-cert" Plz help me how to troubleshoot this error. Regards lingu *

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Yogunluk: [CentOS] How/when to file bugs on upstream bugzilla?
by tapsin＠hostunuz.com 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

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