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udev & libvolume packages not updating
by Ray Leventhal 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hi all, CentOS 5.2, not yet updated to 5.3. Based on the alert on udev, I attempted to update udev and libvolume packages with the following result. A check of what's currently on the system reveals udev-095-14.19.el5 which I believe to be the affected version. Is it just that it hasn't rolled out to all the mirrors yet? Thanks in advance, -Ray [root@wh01]# yum clean all Loading "downloadonly" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Cleaning up Everything [root@wh01 yum.repos.d]# yum install udev-095-14.20.el5_3.i386.rpm libvolume_d-095-14.20.el5_3.i386.rpm libvolume_id-devel-095-14.20.el5_3.i386.rpm Loading "downloadonly" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Determining fastest mirrors * base: mirror.steadfast.net * updates: centos.mirror.nac.net * addons: mirror.nyi.net * extras: mirror.atlanticmetro.net base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 878 kB 00:12 base : ################################################## 2508/2508 updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 101 kB 00:00 updates : ################################################## 156/156 addons 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz 157 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 90 kB 00:00 extras : ################################################## 298/298 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments No package udev-095-14.20.el5_3.i386.rpm available. No package libvolume_d-095-14.20.el5_3.i386.rpm available. No package libvolume_id-devel-095-14.20.el5_3.i386.rpm available. Nothing to do

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Cannot set user quotas
by Xn Nooby 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hello, I am having some trouble getting quota's to work. When I try to set the quota for a user, it does not show up when I run repquota. I am doing this on a Redhat (RHEL5) machine (I assume it is the same on Centos). I think I am missing a step, but this is what I am doing: (1) I add usrquota to the /etc/fstab file, then reboot LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 2 (2) Verify /home is /dev/hda3 /sbin/tune2fs -l /dev/hda3 | grep volume Filesystem volume name: /home (3) Create the user quota file quotacheck -cmu /home ls –l /home/aquota.user repquota /home [root@mail ~]# repquota /home *** Report for user quotas on device /dev/hda3 Block grace time: 7days; Inode grace time: 7days Block limits File limits User used soft hard grace used soft hard grace ---------------------------------------------------------------------- root -- 184224 0 0 4 0 0 12345 -- 208 0 0 49 0 0 54321 -- 172 0 0 40 0 0 (4) Turn on quotas quoataon /home (5) Add a user quota setquota -u 12345 10000 11000 0 0 -a /dev/hda3 (6) Recalculate the quotas quotaoff /home quotacheck -amu quotaon /home (7) Check if the quotas are active ls –l /home/aquota.user repquota /home [root@mail ~]# repquota /home *** Report for user quotas on device /dev/hda3 Block grace time: 7days; Inode grace time: 7days Block limits File limits User used soft hard grace used soft hard grace ---------------------------------------------------------------------- root -- 184224 0 0 4 0 0 12345 -- 208 0 0 49 0 0 54321 -- 172 0 0 40 0 0 (8) Shouldn't the limits look like this: ??? User used soft hard grace used soft hard grace ---------------------------------------------------------------------- root -- 184224 0 0 4 0 0 12345 -- 208 10000 11000 49 0 0 54321 -- 172 0 0 40 0 0

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Centos 5.3 NetworkManager success story
by Robert Moskowitz 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

In the past I have not been able to use NetworkManager. It failed to provide a connection to my WPA-PSK AP (hey don't argue WPA-PSK security with me, I helped right the spec on it, and wrote the paper on the attack on it! It works here, as I use it.). So I have continued to use my set of scripts and hand-coded wpa_supplicant.conf file. So I decided to give NetworkManager another chance given the upgrade and IT WORKS! WOW! Now when I come out of Hibernation, I have my network connection right away; I don't have to restart all sorts of services manually. Unfortunately, I am not at RSA to test it with their AES-8021X setup (my son's wedding monday kind of took precedence over going to a conference ;) ), so I don't know how it would work with that setup... But I am a happier camper right now!

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tg3 BCM5755 intermittantly stops working after upgrade to 5.3.
by Mangesh S. Umbarje 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Dear All, I am having a HP xw4400 with following ethernet controller as reported by lspci Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) This machine was running CentOS 5.2 without any problem. After updating the machine with yum update on 8 April, after which it is showing to be CentOS 5.3, this machine stops communicating intermittantly and I see the following message correspondingly in /var/log/messages Apr 18 10:30:07 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. Apr 18 10:30:10 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Apr 18 10:30:10 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. Apr 18 10:30:24 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. Apr 18 10:30:27 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Apr 18 10:30:27 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. Apr 18 10:30:29 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. Apr 18 10:30:32 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Apr 18 10:30:32 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. Apr 18 10:30:46 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. Apr 18 10:30:49 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Apr 18 10:30:49 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. Apr 18 10:30:50 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. Apr 18 10:30:52 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Apr 18 10:30:52 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. Apr 18 10:36:46 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. Apr 18 10:36:49 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Apr 18 10:36:49 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX. Apr 18 10:37:43 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is down. The interval for which it happens is about order of few minutes.The kernel it is running now is 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5. Can anybody help. Regards, Mangesh

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Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed
by JohnS 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 09:25 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf > >Of JohnS > >Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:42 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed > > > >> It's either Aopen or Asus. Can't tell just yet, there's a course going on > >> now on the computers. 8-) > >> > >> Would you mind elaborating on the killing part? > >----- > > > >If the board is an ASUS Press F8 during POST. That will then give you a > >Selection of Devices. > > Didn't follow your train of thought before. I do now. Thanks for clarifying. > 8-) ----- :-)

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Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed
by JohnS 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 10:02 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf > >Of JohnS > >Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 5:39 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed > > > > > >> Basically, what would I need to change in the how-to from apcmag.com > above?? > >> Thanks for any pointers. > >---- > >Just one question for you.. What brand of mother board do you have? > >There is a better way than trying to kill an OS via Grub or any boot > >loader via software. > > It's either Aopen or Asus. Can't tell just yet, there's a course going on > now on the computers. 8-) > > Would you mind elaborating on the killing part? ----- If the board is an ASUS Press F8 during POST. That will then give you a Selection of Devices. JohnStanley

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yum install openldap-clients error 5.2 to 5.3
by Jerry Geis 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

I am getting the following error when doing "yum -y install openldap-clients". The machine is still on 5.2 and not 5.3. I dont wish to disturb the machine that much at this time. Is there no easy way to install openldap-clients? Jerry ------------ Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package openldap-clients.x86_64 0:2.3.43-3.el5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: openldap = 2.3.43-3.el5 for package: openldap-clients --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package openldap.x86_64 0:2.3.43-3.el5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: openldap-clients x86_64 2.3.43-3.el5 base 220 k Updating for dependencies: openldap x86_64 2.3.43-3.el5 base 301 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 1 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 521 k Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/man/man5/ldap.conf.5.gz from install of openldap-2.3.43-3.el5 conflicts with file from package openldap-2.3.27-8 file /usr/share/man/man5/ldif.5.gz from install of openldap-2.3.43-3.el5 conflicts with file from package openldap-2.3.27-8

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OT Question about raid 5
by Per Qvindesland 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi List I am hoping that someone here could perhaps give me a straight answer on a question that someone asked me today I have always belived that if you have 5 hard drives 1 50gb second 50gb third 20gb fourth 60gb firth 30gb that the largest would then be the size of the smallest disk, not 80 or 100 or 120 for that matter or am I wrong here? Regards Per Qvindesland

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Re: [CentOS] OT Question about raid 5
by Per Qvindesland 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi All Thanks a lot for all your answers. So I was right but also a bit wrong :) Agan thanks a lot. Regards Per Qvindesland --- Original message follows --- SUBJECT: Re: [CentOS] OT Question about raid 5 FROM: Jerry Franz TO: "CentOS mailing list" DATE: 21-04-2009 21:28 Per Qvindesland wrote: > Hi List > > I am hoping that someone here could perhaps give me a straight answer > on a question that someone asked me today > > I have always belived that if you have 5 hard drives 1 50gb second > 50gb third 20gb fourth 60gb firth 30gb that the largest would then be > the size of the smallest disk, not 80 or 100 or 120 for that matter or > am I wrong here In general you are correct for simple 'out of the box' type configurations and for most hardware RAID controllers. But there are advanced tricks that can be played with 'hybrid' RAID levels that can achieve larger sizes from smaller drives. For your example drives of 2 x 50GB, 1 x 20GB, 1 x 60GB, and 1 x 30GB, using software RAID, you could use use linear mode to make one 50GB 'drive' out of the 30GB and the 20GB and then make a RAID5 out of the 2 X 50GB the 1 X 60GB and the 'fake' 1 x 50GB resulting in a RAID5 with 150GB available vs a naive 'just bang them together' as a 5 x 20GB RAID5 approach which would only give you 80GB. -- Benjamin Franz _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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gdm login as root automatically
by Jerry Geis 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi all, I was wondering if someone knows how to "automatically" login as root with gdm and gnome. I have been doing some searching, and havent been able to find a method. I dont want to login automatically all the time - its just part of install setup. 1) kickstart install 2) post section do somethings 3) setup so on reboot auto login as root 4) complete installing some things and REMOVE the auto root login. This is what I am looking at trying to do. I have it all working except the auto root login. I have looked at gdmsetup on centos 5.3 x86_64 and dont see a setup for it. I have setup gdm to auto login as a regular user but that doesnt work for me. How does one setup gdm to login as root automatically? Thanks, Jerry

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