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Re: [CentOS] kickstart on 6
by Lisandro Grullon 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

This is interesting, what is holding the config now? ------Original Message------ From: Mogens Kjaer Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] kickstart on 6 Sent: Jul 12, 2011 7:06 AM On 07/12/2011 12:52 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I am getting an error that "--depth does not take an option" on > kickstart for 6.0 > > This is my line in kickstart (works for 5.0) > xconfig --defaultdesktop=GNOME --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 > --startxonboot > > Why would they change that or is it broken? I guess you don't need that line as the xorg.conf file is no longer used. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, mk(a)lemo.dk http://www.lemo.dk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

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Source Device Driver during installation in CentOS 6
by Kaushal Shriyan 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi, I have loaded CentOS 6 on HP DL 180 G6 2U Server. How do i source device driver during installation. When i boot the system using CD/DVD, i do not see boot : prompt instead it says "Enter" and then select the installation method. Basically how do i force the installer to type linux dd at boot prompt. Please guide. Regards Kaushal

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Re: [CentOS] kickstart on 6
by Lisandro Grullon 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Why are you stating the desktop manager if gnome is default...? ------Original Message------ From: Jerry Geis Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS ML ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] kickstart on 6 Sent: Jul 12, 2011 6:52 AM I am getting an error that "--depth does not take an option" on kickstart for 6.0 This is my line in kickstart (works for 5.0) xconfig --defaultdesktop=GNOME --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 --startxonboot Why would they change that or is it broken? Jerry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

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curlftpfs
by James B. Byrne 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

CentOS-5.6 fuse-2.7.4-8.el5 fuse-curlftpfs-0.9.1-1.el5.rf I am trying to mount an ftp connection as a local file system using fuse and curlftpfs. I can connect to the remote system (an HP3000 running MPEiX 7.5) and the directory seems to mount but I cannot use it. What I get is an Input/output error: $ curlftpfs -v hahp3k01.harte-lyne.ca tmp/hp3000 * About to connect() to hahp3k01.harte-lyne.ca port 21 * Trying 192.168.1.102... * connected * Connected to hahp3k01.harte-lyne.ca (192.168.1.102) port 21 < 220 HP ARPA FTP Server [A0012H15] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 2000 [PASV SUPPORT] > USER FTPUSER.HARTLYNE < 331 Password required for FTPUSER.HARTLYNE. Syntax: userpass,acctpass > PASS xxxxxxxxxx < 230 User logged on > PWD < 257 "/HARTLYNE/CADEXJOB" is the current directory. * Entry path is '/HARTLYNE/CADEXJOB' * Connection #0 to host hahp3k01.harte-lyne.ca left intact $ $ ll tmp/hp3000 ls: reading directory tmp/hp3000: Input/output error total 0 Is this a problem with fusermount, curlftpfs the ftp server on the Hp3000 or something else? Suggestions as to what is wrong and how I can get this to work are most welcome. -- *** 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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Re: [CentOS] Installing from CD
by david 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Dear Gurus Thanks for the responses. I'll summarize what I've learned trying to install Centos6 on a Dell Optiplex GX 240 Review: a) I decried the lack of CD images for Centos6. b) I was informed that it's unlikely they'll be produced due to an upstream decision. c) I pointed out that the machine only had floppy, CD and HD boots capability. d) I got a suggestion to use the network method. Results: 1) PXE boot might work, but it seems that it's a lot of trouble setting up a PXE server. I'm still working on it. 2) The NET-INSTALL indeed did work, with the following gotchas: 2a) The URL to enter is not obvious. 2b) I tried the one at Stanford, and at uidaho, but they failed. 2c) Finally, http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.0/os/i386 worked. 3) SInce I had only a text install, various interesting and important programs were missing: ssh (which apparently is masquerading under the name "openssh-clients"), ftp and perl, which YUM got for me. 4) The module perl-Digest-MD5 was not in the repository. Was its removal intentional, or is it hiding in some other Centos6 repository? 5) The line-by-line notation during bootstrap is no longer shown. This makes it difficult to detect where hangups occur during the bootstrap process. Is there a way to display those notations in real time? Conclusion: I'm still trying David

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Clearlooks & Bluecurve icons missing from Centos 6
by Frank Cox 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

The Clearlooks and Bluecurve icon directories that were provided under Centos 5 that have disappeared on Centos 6. Clearlooks icons were provided by gnome-themes-2.16.0-1.fc6 and has disappeared with gnome-themes-2.28.1-6.el6.noarch, and Bluecurve icons were provided by redhat-artwork-5.1.0-28.el5.centos, which doesn't appear to exist at all with Centos 6. Were these icons removed for a reason? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER!

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Re: [CentOS] centos 6 boot and install on hp dl380 G4
by Florian 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi Mark, yes, the machine is enabled to boot from the stick. It boots and shows me the CentOS-Boot-Menue. Florian ------------ Am 11.07.2011 21:50, schrieb Mark Weaver: > On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 19:50 +0200, Florian wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> i downloaded centos6 x86_64. With DVD-iso1 i made a booteable usb-stick >> (universal usb installer 1.8.5.7). >> When i boot my HP ProLiant DL380 G4 from the stick, the CentOS boot >> screen comes up and and the message >> "Automatic boot in xx seconds..." appears. >> * When i do not hit any key, the seconds are counted to zero an then it >> starts again at 10 seconds - again and again. >> * When hitting return, a boot menu appears: >> 1) Boot >> 2) Boot (text mode) >> 3) Network Installation >> 4) Memory-Test >> 5) Boot from local drive >> Only Options "Memory-Test" and "Boot from local drive" work. >> When choosing Option 1,2,3 i'm always pushed back to the menu. >> >> How to install CentOS vom the stick? Please help me to find my mistake. >> Please tell me, if i can provide any information. >> >> Bye, >> Florian > Hi Florian, > > Did you enable the machine to boot from a USB device? With some machines > you actually have to tell it that you want a USB device to be one of the > boot devices. >

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Re: [CentOS] Triggering script from cron or web client
by Brian Mathis 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Kenneth Porter <shiva(a)sewingwitch.com> wrote: > I have a Bash script, currently run a couple times an hour from cron, that > pulls data from an old Windows DB by rsync, converts it to SQL, and injects > it into a MySQL DB for display in a LAMP-based app. (Make and Perl are also > involved to minimize the number of tables touched and to clean up the SQL > generated by Pxlib.) > > I'd like to add the ability to refresh the data immediately from the web > app, but I don't want it to trample on the periodic script and corrupt the > data. > > I figure the ideal way to do this is to run the script in a loop in its own > process, waiting on a semaphore that times out at the refresh period, and > poke the semaphore from the web app to have it run before the next periodic > cycle. > > Are there existing frameworks to wrap this kind of thing in? Something that > handles starting the loop at server startup, shutting it down at server > halt, and handles the IPC between the web server and the service script. Web page creates a temp file saying "update", then cron job runs once a minute looking for that file, kicks off update script, then deletes temp file. If you don't want to wait a full minute you could use 'incron' to monitor the temp directory and kick the update right away. Seems better than having something in a loop constantly checking. -☙ Brian Mathis ❧-

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Hard disk installation
by Timothy Murphy 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Has anyone installed CentOS-6 from the hard disk? I just tried this without success. I should say that I asked the question before about CentOS-5.6, and while I got many suggestions in reply, no-one actually said that they _had_ installed CentOS this way. What I did was to "mount -o loop" the DVD iso (which I checksum-ed) and copy isolinux/vmlinuz and isolinux/initrd.img , as well as the images/ directory, to /boot , and then added a simple stanza ------------------------ title CentOS-6 root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz text askmethod initrd /initrd.img ------------------------ The machine - I should have said that it is an HP MicroServer - boots fine, until it gets to "Waiting for hardware to initialize", at which point the screen goes blank and nothing appears to happen. I should say that the machine is running under CentOS-5.6, which I installed with a USB stick. I'm trying to install CentOS-6 on another partition. I shall try the USB stick method shortly. But I would be interested to know if anyone has actually installed CentOS-6 from the hard disk, and if so how. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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Updates... What? already?
by Mark Weaver 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Just had a good laugh. I'm sitting here at my desk working with my laptop sitting off to the side; I've just loaded C6 this morning and as I understand it C6 _just_ finished syncing on the mirrors over the weekend. I look up from an email I'm composing to see the updates alert being displayed. I won't repeat what first entered my head, but I couldn't help but laugh and think, "How the hell can there be updates already for an OS that just got released?" -- Mark Weaver Computer Information Systems & Services, Inc. mweaver(a)compinfosystems.com (717) 512-9718

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