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[CentOS-announce] CentOS 5 i386 - The CentOS-5.3 i386 Live CD is released
by Radu-Cristian FOTESCU 27 May '09

27 May '09

Umm... is there any rational reason to only announce the CentOS-5.3 Live CD on May 27, when it was available since May 19, and Patrice has updated the Release Notes on the same May 19? The CD date is indeed 19-May-2009 02:50 and I've found it on May 21 on all the mirrors I've checked. I was persuaded that the only 5.3 LiveCD available was from ScientificLinux, and I've checked with CentOS just be reflex. To my surprise, 5.3 LiveCD was available, but not announced! Also, how come it only includes FF 3.0.6? This is terribly weird IMHO. Best regards, R-C __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.

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[OT] DR
by Scott McClanahan 26 May '09

26 May '09

I remember a thread many months ago where someone asked about a disaster recovery template or guide and several people on this list linked some really good content. I can't seem to find that thread now and neglected to make note of the links but I do recall that some of the guides came from a site that had many other "industry best practices" type guides. Any insight here or do you need more info? Thanks.

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Re: [CentOS] Preventing hour-long fsck on ext3-filesystem
by Bernhard Gschaider 26 May '09

26 May '09

Thank you all for your quick answers (you guys must have started typing BEFORE I hit the Send-button). The general consensus seems to be "If you can start anew: use XFS". This leaves one question: as the XFS is not included in the standard-kernel which option offers the "smoothest sailing" (especially during kernel-updates): - kernel from centosplus - kmod-xfs from centosplus - kmod-xfs from extras Bernhard >>>>> On Thu, 14 May 2009 11:57:49 -0400 >>>>> "BLB" == Brent L Bates <blbates(a)vigyan.com> wrote: BLB> I strongly recommend XFS over ext[23] ANY day. XFS is BLB> faster, more robust, and more dependable than ext. I've used BLB> it for years and it is rock solid. I've had it work through BLB> failing disk drives and number system crashes (caused by BLB> faulty memory). It takes a licking and keeps on ticking. BLB> :-) No need to `fsck' the drive. If there are any file BLB> system problems, one can run xfs_check with a live system. BLB> It isn't recommended as it can give false positives for a BLB> live running file system, but it can help if needed. BLB> xfs_repair has to be run on an unmounted file system, BLB> however, I've almost never needed to use xfs_check or BLB> xfs_repair. XFS has over a decade and pentabytes of use BLB> behind it. I wouldn't use any other file system. BLB> -- BLB> Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.) M.S. 912 Phone:(757) BLB> 865-1400, x204 NASA Langley Research Center FAX:(757) BLB> 865-8177 Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001 Email: BLB> B.L.BATES(a)larc.nasa.gov http://www.vigyan.com/~blbates/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DI Bernhard F.W. Gschaider --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMail: Bernhard.Gschaider(a)ice-sf.at WWW : www.ice-sf.at Jabber : bgschaid(a)jabber.org Tel: +43(3842)98282-42 Fax: +43(3842)98282-02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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mock rebuild of rsyslog dies
by Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hi All, I'm not sure where I should ask this, so I'll try here and the Fedora list. I'm using mock-0.6.13-1.el5_2.3 on a CentOS 5 box to rebuild i386 and x86_64 versions of rsyslog-3.21.10-2.fc10.src.rpm. But, the mock build always dies (for both archs) with the following error: No Package Found for librelp-devel Cannot find build req librelp-devel. Exiting. I can install that library on CentOS 5 outside of mock. I can even rebuild the SRPM outside of mock. So, I don't think there is a problem with the SRPM, but maybe there is. I don't know. :( Does anyone know why librelp-devel wouldn't be found? Regards, Ranbir -- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Linux 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 15:22:34 up 2 days, 16:33, 4 users, load average: 1.11, 1.06, 0.67

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 51, Issue 12
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 26 May '09

26 May '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:0329 Important CentOS 4 ia64 freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2009:1060 Important CentOS 4 ia64 pidgin - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2009:0258 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 thunderbird - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2009:0329 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2009:0258 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) thunderbird - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 19:35:02 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0329 Important CentOS 4 ia64 freetype - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090525163502.GQ18516(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0329 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/freetype-2.1.9-10.el4.7.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/freetype-demos-2.1.9-10.el4.7.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/freetype-devel-2.1.9-10.el4.7.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/freetype-utils-2.1.9-10.el4.7.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Photo browser
by centos＠911networks.com 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hi, Can somebody recommend a photo browser. It needs to support CR2, NEF, PEF and DNG formats. I'm looking for something like Infranview, but for Linux. -- Thanks

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Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
by Robert Heller 26 May '09

26 May '09

At Tue, 26 May 2009 12:05:15 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> wrote: > > Content-Language: sv > > > ---Executing: recode > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf > >Of Robert Heller > >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 4:42 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Cc: 'CentOS mailing list' > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates? > > > >> The firmware you mention, is that used with dkms or something like that? > > > >I'm not sure what the firmware does exactly. Look in your > >/var/log/messages file. There will be some mention of 'failed to load > >firmware' associated with the driver load. You need to have a > >partitular file living in /lib/firmware/ -- the name is wired into the > >driver. The SMC Ez Connect card needed something called isl3890. I > >don't remember where I got this. My Intel card needed ipw2100-1.3*, > >this I got off a site after googling for 'firmware ipw2100' (or > >something like that). Getting the Intel was easy -- there is a web > >site with all of the info needed. Getting the prism firware was a bit > >of a hassle. You might have to unpack a file from the CD that came > >with the WiFi card -- this means you need some Windows tool to > >unpack/install it someplace and then copy the magic file from where the > >Windows installer/unpacker puts it to your Linux box and make sure it > >has the proper name. It is important to get the correct version for > >your card. > > So Intel seems to be the way to go if you want to make wifi relatively > painless to install and get working on linux? YES!!! The only modern card with a fully open-source driver. > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/

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resolving names it is really slow slow with CentOS5.x using named
by carlopmart 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hi all, I have a problem using named with different CentOS5 servers (2 servers): all they are really slow to resolv any internet address and most of time fails to resolv. This situation differs if I use "forwarders" servers like opendns: resolving names it is really really quickly. And I don't understand why. On the other hand I have tested three DNS servers using Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Ubuntu hardy and these problems doesn't occurs (I don't need to configure forwarders on any of them): all resolves any name and really fast. IPv6 is disabled on both CentOS servers. Somebody knows why these dns servers are slow?? Thanks. -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
by JohnS 26 May '09

26 May '09

On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:02 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf > >Of William L. Maltby > >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:24 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates? > > > >> >Probably not the best distro for Laptops, > >> >but many people on this list are using CentOS on their laptops. > >> > >> So what's considered to be the "best" choice for laptops? I understand > >> mileage may vary and so on, but I think there might maybe be a general > >> consensus at least? > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > > >Not likely on this list. More likely, a "preponderance", maybe even a > >"majority", but I wouldn't be surprised if even those aren't achieved. > >BTW, "general" is redundant with "consensus". > > I'm sorry. I'm not a native English speaker or writer. > > Ok, so what would you guys suggest using on a laptop, if CentOS was not an > option? I read in an earlier post where somebody suggested chosing distro > based on the hardware. Suppose this hardware is a Dell Latitude a few years > old, with no built-in wifi, but rather either a Dlink DFE-680TXD or a 3com > 3CRWE154G72. --- What do you mean a few years old? I have 2 Dell Latitude LS's that work work fine out of the box with CentOS 4.7 and 5.3. They barely meet the i686 cutoff date. JohnStanley

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Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
by Robert Heller 26 May '09

26 May '09

At Mon, 25 May 2009 15:05:25 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> wrote: > > Content-language: sv > > > ---Executing: recode > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf > >Of Robert Heller > >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:52 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Cc: 'CentOS mailing list' > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates? > > > >The *Intel* WiFi-NIC (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini > >PCI Adapter) on my IBM Thinkpad X31 worked mostly out-of-the-box. I > >just needed to download the firmware and I was up. So did the SMC Ez > >Connect PCMCIA card I used on my previos laptop (I think it was a > >prism54 flavor), also once I snarfed the proper firmware for it. > > I think the prism-variety you mention is what's used with the wifi-NIC on a > desktop I have, that I wanted to run MythTV on but haven't had any luck with > yet. > > The firmware you mention, is that used with dkms or something like that? I'm not sure what the firmware does exactly. Look in your /var/log/messages file. There will be some mention of 'failed to load firmware' associated with the driver load. You need to have a partitular file living in /lib/firmware/ -- the name is wired into the driver. The SMC Ez Connect card needed something called isl3890. I don't remember where I got this. My Intel card needed ipw2100-1.3*, this I got off a site after googling for 'firmware ipw2100' (or something like that). Getting the Intel was easy -- there is a web site with all of the info needed. Getting the prism firware was a bit of a hassle. You might have to unpack a file from the CD that came with the WiFi card -- this means you need some Windows tool to unpack/install it someplace and then copy the magic file from where the Windows installer/unpacker puts it to your Linux box and make sure it has the proper name. It is important to get the correct version for your card. -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/

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