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Snag installing CentOS in a VirtualBox VM
by Mark 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

I spent most of the evening trying to boot a new install of CentOS in a VirtualBox VM. The VM recognizes the install DVD, runs it, asks for me to boot it and I type in <return> (or any number of other combinations, all of which fail in exactly the same way) and it continues to run up to the point shown in the attached screenshot. I've tried numerous different combinations of device alternatives, even turned off the virtual NIC, and no joy. I tried marking it as a Red Hat Linux and as Other Linux - same results. I know this isn't a VB forum, but I'm just wondering.... Thanks. Mark

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 69, Issue 7
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

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. CEBA-2010:0883 CentOS 5 x86_64 cmirror Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CEBA-2010:0883 CentOS 5 i386 cmirror Update (Karanbir Singh) 3. CESA-2010:0889 Important CentOS 5 i386 freetype Update (Karanbir Singh) 4. CESA-2010:0889 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 freetype Update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CEBA-2010:0886 CentOS 5 x86_64 dapl Update (Karanbir Singh) 6. CEBA-2010:0886 CentOS 5 i386 dapl Update (Karanbir Singh) 7. CEBA-2010:0885 CentOS 5 x86_64 initscripts Update (Karanbir Singh) 8. CEBA-2010:0885 CentOS 5 i386 initscripts Update (Karanbir Singh) 9. CESA-2010:0889 Important CentOS 4 i386 freetype - security update (Tru Huynh) 10. CESA-2010:0889 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 freetype - security update (Tru Huynh) 11. CESA-2010:0894 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 systemtap Update (Karanbir Singh) 12. CESA-2010:0894 Important CentOS 5 i386 systemtap Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:13:45 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2010:0883 CentOS 5 x86_64 cmirror Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101112171345.GA19080(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2010:0883 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0883.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 2b39f1b7447ede5211469b45ae9fb1db cmirror-1.1.39-8.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm Source: af16dcc51b0da82d1d7e55750012b8ed cmirror-1.1.39-8.el5_5.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:13:45 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2010:0883 CentOS 5 i386 cmirror Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101112171345.GA19066(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2010:0883 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0883.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 79f32f797b61a07c7143ac47d080ac69 cmirror-1.1.39-8.el5_5.1.i386.rpm Source: af16dcc51b0da82d1d7e55750012b8ed cmirror-1.1.39-8.el5_5.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:01:38 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2010:0889 Important CentOS 5 i386 freetype Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101116170138.GA10324(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2010:0889 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0889.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 9c8c93f93c94e7b5d7702a80f6601741 freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm b1fe2de666dc55c47841d0395a89b482 freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm d130d0e3f6391ac7caa7bd2d8d05b589 freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm Source: 3a19ad77ac022f78ca1adbdf39c19cb8 freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:01:39 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2010:0889 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 freetype Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101116170139.GA10338(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2010:0889 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0889.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: b8b5f883806ca4b5f7dfa235ff08c0db freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm af2cc3429b90bad95f9741c8b6325c20 freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm da89202293e76ac2cd7a8acf5351d5cd freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm 264af5226d97e11be5a63493cde43d7f freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm 0194f2799a458b56091d71b152690a14 freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm Source: 3a19ad77ac022f78ca1adbdf39c19cb8 freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:22:58 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2010:0886 CentOS 5 x86_64 dapl Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101116172258.GA10918(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2010:0886 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0886.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 6c9194376f7b6214a3bfe4c4f83144f2 compat-dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm b1a8cdb6b67d65856ce1f40b87adef9e compat-dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm 8c1d29ce21de333532ef6037dfb8192c compat-dapl-devel-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm abac44f8ecc27f5383a0e0e093036cd1 compat-dapl-devel-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm d9d8a373b86063bc7655df2ff6528832 compat-dapl-static-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm 02633b19bd109faa435ab5d1a713a303 compat-dapl-utils-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm 7b6a9e4968ce8c4c90c10db1f3049f37 dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm cf9236700ad96d4ba39f46d957e0116f dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm b6fa6be1c87acfdd279b1a4c6bf5bbaa dapl-devel-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm b4532efc9895b293debde6f5da3da45d dapl-devel-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm 9c99d53c491753a8d196b50d9c5a78c2 dapl-static-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm bd0a1ba2581d3d66ca008d375bcb1bfa dapl-utils-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm Source: 16823592e6507fae5236bbea9987f126 dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:22:58 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2010:0886 CentOS 5 i386 dapl Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101116172258.GA10903(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2010:0886 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0886.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 1ebb1cfad1f49a8355d6eff2c814b9b1 compat-dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm 7af2a207e7087ee339bf1443631a6777 compat-dapl-devel-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm 368c93205b90740d988633d062cfa957 compat-dapl-static-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm 6d71142017d23213c2c64b2aa5386e7c compat-dapl-utils-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm 56b46a7521f772a239402b5f2305bbaf dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm 55627e8a0bff3fccd9a66a629a203450 dapl-devel-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm 2ab30b263bbed66f36a2e79242e28314 dapl-static-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm fc40d3bbe3f0bccdd1ebc209acf19d6f dapl-utils-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.i386.rpm Source: 16823592e6507fae5236bbea9987f126 dapl-2.0.25-2.el5_5.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:35:04 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2010:0885 CentOS 5 x86_64 initscripts Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101116173504.GA11148(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2010:0885 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0885.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: a6e10c44a7120332c44be6bc425a58a7 initscripts-8.45.30-3.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm Source: c0c7f8a646ebea4ce14dcfece3b4c543 initscripts-8.45.30-3.el5.centos.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:35:03 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2010:0885 CentOS 5 i386 initscripts Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101116173503.GA11133(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2010:0885 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0885.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 42bffe6e6e6df6c324855ad921ff7951 initscripts-8.45.30-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm Source: c0c7f8a646ebea4ce14dcfece3b4c543 initscripts-8.45.30-3.el5.centos.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:37:49 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2010:0889 Important CentOS 4 i386 freetype - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20101116233749.GA19660(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2010:0889 freetype security update for CentOS 4 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0889.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-4 i386 installations by running the command: yum update freetype Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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yum update and iptables
by David McGuffey 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

I'm doing some testing in a lab which is isolated from the rest of my network (DMZ). I'm doing both inbound and outbound filtering at the firewall (CentOS +iptables). What protocols, ports and destination IP addresses does yum use to identify updates, and then actually go get them for installation? Looking at yum.conf and wireshark data, yum appears to go to a central site, look up the closest mirrors, then query the mirrors for the latest updates. Using wireshark it appears that http and tcp are used, but the addresses are all over the place (many mirrors). Is there a way to restrict the outbound traffic to a small number of mirrors? In other words, can I force yum to only check certain sites? If that is not so easy, I should be able to restrict the outbound traffic to a small set of addresses (yes/no?). DaveM

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easy httpd's problem
by 49163653 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

your guys: I can't see the direcotry under / produced by mkdir command via Internat Explorer, except the any direcotry and file that exist after the CentOS installation complete. This is my directory 's detail information: drwxr-xr-x root www-data root:object_r:default_t CenterRepo and my httpd's configuration information: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin gitserver DocumentRoot / <Directory /> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks includes order allow,deny AllowOverride None allow from all </Directory> ServerName dummy-host.example.com ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common </VirtualHost> I just make sure the the CenterRepo directory belong to the www-date group which run by httpd ,why can't I still access that directory? Thanks for your help! 2010-11-16 49163653

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Memtest86+ running time
by Keith Roberts 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to see if temperature changes will afect the test? Regards, Keith -- In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. This email was sent from my laptop with Centos 5.5

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Question about a hard drive error
by Gilbert Sebenste 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hey everyone, I just got one of these today: Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x08000000 Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: sda: Current: sense key: Medium Error Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Info fld=0x0 Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 3896150669 Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743752) Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743760) Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743768) Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743776) Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743784) Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743792) Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743800) Nov 10 16:07:54 stormy kernel: Read-error on swap-device (253:1:743808) My question is this: I have RAID00 set up, but don't really understand it well. This is how my disks are set up: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 1886608544 296733484 1492495120 17% / /dev/sda1 101086 19877 75990 21% /boot tmpfs 1684312 1204416 479896 72% /dev/shm Which one is having the trouble? Any ideas so I can swap it out? ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** E-mail: sebenste(a)weather.admin.niu.edu *** web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** *******************************************************************************

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Still have problems with secure NFS and Kerberos
by Hans Persson 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Both pc13267 and pc14113 run CentOS 5.5. On pc14113, my test user gets a home directory when logging in, but not on pc13267. But why? All logs below are from /var/log/messages. I have removed dates and stuff from the beginning of lines to make them more readable, and then grouped lines about the same thing from both machines. > pc13267 Using keytab file '/etc/krb5.keytab' > pc13267 INFO: Credentials in CC > 'MEMORY:/tmp/krb5cc_machine_IFM.LIU.SE' are good until > 1288959329 > pc14113 getting credentials for client with uid 2038 for server > triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc14113 CC file 'krb5cc_2038_R3Gzcw' being considered > pc14113 CC file 'krb5cc_2038_R3Gzcw' matches owner check and has > mtime of 1288949932 For some reason, only the broken machine appears to look in /etc/krb5.keytab (or at least it's the only one admitting to doing it). /etc/krb5.conf looks the same on both machines. /etc/krb5.keytab has the same rights (root.root, 600) and size on both machines, and as far as I can tell no differences in content: > [root@pc13267 ~]# klist -k -e > Keytab name: FILE:/etc/krb5.keytab > KVNO Principal > ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 20 host/pc13267.ad.ifm.liu.se(a)IFM.LIU.SE (DES cbc mode with RSA-MD5) > 6 nfs/pc13267.ad.ifm.liu.se(a)IFM.LIU.SE (DES cbc mode with CRC-32) > [root@pc14113 ~]# klist -k -e > Keytab name: FILE:/etc/krb5.keytab > KVNO Principal > ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 3 nfs/pc14113.ad.ifm.liu.se(a)IFM.LIU.SE (DES cbc mode with CRC-32) > 3 host/pc14113.ad.ifm.liu.se(a)IFM.LIU.SE (DES cbc mode with RSA-MD5) There are no differences in /etc/pam.d/ between the machines (except that the working machine apart from the files it should have also has a system-auth-ac~, but I have a hard time imagining that to be significant). > pc13267 using MEMORY:/tmp/krb5cc_machine_IFM.LIU.SE as credentials > cache for machine creds > pc13267 using environment variable to select krb5 ccache > MEMORY:/tmp/krb5cc_machine_IFM.LIU.SE > pc14113 using FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_2038_R3Gzcw as credentials cache for > client with uid 2038 for server triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc14113 using environment variable to select krb5 ccache > FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_2038_R3Gzcw The machine having problems save to memory, the working one to disk, and they use file names with a different structure. I suspect this to be relevant somehow, but I have no clue why they behave differently. > pc13267 creating context using fsuid 0 (save_uid 0) > pc13267 creating tcp client for server triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc13267 creating context with server nfs(a)triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc14113 creating context using fsuid 2038 (save_uid 0) > pc14113 creating tcp client for server triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc14113 creating context with server nfs(a)triangulum.ifm.liu.se The machine that works gets the uid right while the other one for some reason gets it to 0. Definitely wrong, but why? > pc13267 rpcsec_gss: gss_init_sec_context: (major) Unspecified GSS > failure. Minor code may provide more information - (minor) > Unknown code krb5 60 > pc13267 WARNING: Failed to create krb5 context for user with uid 0 > for server triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc13267 WARNING: Failed to create krb5 context for user with uid 0 > with credentials cache MEMORY:/tmp/krb5cc_machine_IFM.LIU.SE for > server triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc13267 WARNING: Failed to create krb5 context for user with uid 0 > with any credentials cache for server triangulum.ifm.liu.se > pc14113 DEBUG: serialize_krb5_ctx: lucid version! > pc14113 prepare_krb5_rfc1964_buffer: serializing keys with enctype 4 > and length 8 After this, things break down (which doesn't really surprise me). The question is, I guess, why the broken machine starts using uid 0 to begin with. There is also a difference in what tickets the user gets on the different machines. > [testson2@pc13267 /]$ klist > Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_2038_ch9xY3 > Default principal: testson2(a)IFM.LIU.SE > > Valid starting Expires Service principal > 11/05/10 10:34:46 11/06/10 10:34:46 krbtgt/IFM.LIU.SE(a)IFM.LIU.SE > > > Kerberos 4 ticket cache: /tmp/tkt2038 > klist: You have no tickets cached (non-working) > pc14113:/home/testson2> klist > Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_2038_R3Gzcw > Default principal: testson2(a)IFM.LIU.SE > > Valid starting Expires Service principal > 11/05/10 10:38:52 11/06/10 10:38:52 krbtgt/IFM.LIU.SE(a)IFM.LIU.SE > 11/05/10 10:38:52 11/06/10 10:38:52 nfs/triangulum.ifm.liu.se(a)IFM.LIU.SE > > > Kerberos 4 ticket cache: /tmp/tkt2038 > klist: You have no tickets cached (working) Ideas? I'm all out of 'em. Hans

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Disk operations very slow on Lenovo Thinkcentre
by Niki Kovacs 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hi, I'm currently trying to install CentOS 5.5 on a series of Lenovo Thinkcentre nettops. At first, the install CD boots OK without any options, but when it comes to formatting, the process can only be described as terribly slow... it took about half an hour to format the 160 GB disk. A few cups of coffee later, the system boots with the following messages on bootup (right at the beginning, when it says "Red Hat Nash starting...") : ****************** ... PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 7 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0 ... ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: no available legacy port ... ****************** And here's the output of lspci : ****************** 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) ****************** I'm not very proficient about hardware drivers. Most of the things I know about them is the mix of information I gathered over the years when they didn't work as expected. My haphazard guess here would be that the disk is somehow treated as IDE, not as SATA, thus making the read/write operations much slower than theoretically possible (which would mean that somewhere in the boot process, the wrong driver for the disk is loaded). But then, it's only my guess. Unfortunately, I don't have the slightest idea if there's a possibility to correct this behaviour a) during install, through some magic boot option maybe, and b) during normal operation once the system is installed. Blacklist something and add something else, my vague intuition says. Before going for CentOS 5.5, I booted and installed Fedora 14 on that machine, which runs very fast (at least for my standards). Cheers, Niki Kovacs

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Best way to configure proprietary NVidia driver on CentOS ?
by Nicolas Kovacs 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hi, What's the best (cleanest, easiest, whatever) way to install the proprietary NVidia driver on CentOS 5.5 ? Usually I'm using the RPMForge 3rd party repo and compile the odd missing package myself from a Fedora SRPM. But the nvidia packages look a bit like a mess. DKMS has errors in the startup script (looking for a nonexistent log_action_msg and the likes), so I wonder if it's best to just download the driver from nvidia.com and build it myself. Then I thought : I'd rather ask. Cheers, Niki -- http://www.kikinovak.net

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hwclock problem
by Jobst Schmalenbach 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hi. I run peridocally (from cron) on all of my machines 30 * * * * root /sbin/hwclock --systohc All of those machines in question take their time via NTP from the same local server, and that server gets its time from a ntp pool. Now I had to reboot a couple of them two days ago and to my surprise all had problems with the time upon booting. Here are the important files: [root@XXXXXX ~] #>l /etc/adjtime 0.001687 1289518202 0.000000 1289518202 LOCAL [root@XXXXXXX ~] #>l /etc/sysconfig/clock ZONE="Australia/Melbourne" UTC=false ARC=false So from my understanding the hwclock should contain the local time. [root@XXXXXX ~] #>date Fri Nov 12 11:26:23 EST 2010 [root@XXXXXX ~] #>hwclock Fri 12 Nov 2010 11:26:42 EST -0.167976 seconds [root@XXXXXX ~] #> However on boot I get the following: Nov 10 19:08:37 XXXXXX syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Nov 10 19:08:37 XXXXXX kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Nov 10 19:08:37 XXXXXX kernel: Linux version 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 (mockbuild(a)builder10.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4. 1.2-46)) #1 SMP Wed Jan 20 07:32:21 EST 2010 Nov 10 19:08:37 XXXXXX kernel: Command line: ro root=/dev/sda2 vga=791 Nov 10 19:08:37 XXXXXX kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: ... ... Nov 10 19:08:51 XXXXXX kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver Nov 10 08:08:52 XXXXXX ntpdate[2464]: step time server 192.168.1.1 offset -39599.950905 sec Nov 10 08:08:52 XXXXXX xinetd[2447]: xinetd Version 2.3.14 started with libwrap loadavg labeled-networking options compiled in. and off course dovecot falls over too "Time just moved backwards by 39599 seconds." Now, 39600s is 11 hours, which is (inc DST) *MY* offset from Greenwich. So what am I doing wrong? The idea of running hwclock is to make sure that exactly the problem with dovecot does NOT occur, and ntp does not have a coughing fit when the hardware clock is not close to the correct time upon booting. The last time I booted some of those machine was more than 200 days ago, so the hwclock will be skewed if I do not update it. Jobst -- Keyboard not found - please clean up desktop! | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, jobst(a)barrett.com.au, General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia

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