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What to use on CentOS 6.2 w/ an Epson Stylus Photo 2200
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Epson doesn't seem to have one; I see an rpm at openprinting.org, but that .rpm d/l I started around 11:30 my time, and the d/l slowed, and slowed, and it's been at 21% and "1 hr 17 min to go" for it seems like close to half an hour. I d/l a tar.bz2, but I'm not sure I want to build and install it - my use of this printer is temporary, and I want to be able to uninstall it all. I also can't seem to find what some of the Epson drivers in the std. CentOS CUPS packages handle. Anyone have any pointers? mark

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How to rotate PHP error log - since it belongs to apache
by Alexander Farber 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello, I'm using CentOS 6.2 with the stock rpm php-5.3.3-3.el6_2.8.x86_64 and the following /etc/php.ini file: error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED display_errors = Off error_log = /var/log/php/php_errors.log and that file is very useful for me because I have many custom PHP-scripts at my site, but that file keeps growing too... :-) So my question is for how to rotate it (esp. since it should be owned by "apache" user) - what do you guys use? Regards Alex

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mysql
by Steve Clark 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello List, I see that installing mysql in Centos 6.x creates a mysql user with a login shell of /bin/bash. Is a default password also installed? I certainly hope not, but it makes me nervous. -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Director of Technology Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark(a)netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com

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rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog
by James B. Byrne 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf. # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron Why is there a "-" before /var/log/maillog? This character is not present before any of the other log files specified in /etc/rsyslog.conf. I have looked in the documents to discover the purpose of the leading "-" character in the mail log file specification but either I missed the reference or it is not there to be found. -- *** 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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custom kernel build
by Jerry Geis 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hi all, I have donwloaded 2.6.32.59 from kernel.org, extracted the source, did make menuconfig to select/deselect items then did make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install, make install and rebooted. first message I got was that ext4 was not supported. So I verified that ext4 was selected and it was. So I looked at the size of the /boot/initramfs* items. My custom one is really small compared to the normal one. My question is - what controls the items that get put in there (the initramfs stuff) when you do a "make install" for a custom kernel? Clearly it is not picking up the "normal" centos items that are in the other initramfs files. Thanks, Jerry

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gnome / gdm mess
by Philippe Naudin 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello, My first attempt to install Gnome is not a bright success. If I boot in runlevel 5, using gdm, I get the login screen, but after login I get sometimes only the root window (no icons, no toolbar, no menu, nothing but keyboard shortcuts), sometimes the icons are here but not the toolbars... If I use startx from runlevel 3, everything is fine. As I don't know Gnome, I have very probably messed something during install (CentOS-6, x86_64, using uptodate netinstall iso, starting from Minimal Desktop). But I have no clue about where to look, or how to debug it. Can someone point me to some useful doc ? P.S. I'm surprised to see gdm and X running on tty1 (in runlevel 5, not 3). Is it correct ? Thanks for your help, -- Philippe Naudin

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R packaging question
by Weiner, Michael 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

I have been working on packaging (for internal use only) multiple versions of R (eg 2.14.1, 2.14.2, 2.15.0) such that I can install these RPMs and provide the different versions of R (especially 2.14.x and 2.15.x) to the biostatisticians that require them. I have been messing around with the R.spec file but I have been unable to get the package to provide R in the location I would like: /usr/lib64/R-2.14.1/ /usr/lib64/R-2.15.0/ Now I know this can be done but I am just having some difficulty in getting it to work correctly. I have tried multiple variations in the spec playing with adding -%{version} to the paths within the spec file, as well as even using -libdir=/usr/lib64/R-%{version} which works to a point, but basically provides: /usr/lib64/R-2.14.1/R/ /usr/lib64/R-2.15.0/R/ I have attached the spec file I have been modifying and would appreciate any insights into getting this packaging correct. Thank you in advance for any assistance Michael Weiner =================================== Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Cleveland Clinic is ranked one of the top hospitals in America by U.S.News & World Report (2010). Visit us online at http://www.clevelandclinic.org for a complete listing of our services, staff and locations. Confidentiality Note: This message is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. Thank you.

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Dual NVidia cards, dual monitors
by Steven Chall 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

I've just installed CentOS 6.2 on an HP xw8600 with two NVidia GeForce 8800 GT video cards in it. I have two Dell monitors than ran configured as a single contiguous desktop when this was a Windows 7 machine. I've only been able to access one of the two monitors under CentOS, although the system demonstrates some awareness of the second GPU/monitor, because the second monitor shows the standard CentOS 6 image while the machine is running. In addition, when it's starting up or shutting down a large wait cursor is displayed in that second monitor, and also shows the message "shutting down..." when that's going on. However, the Display applet in the System | Preferences panel menu shows only the one monitor, and hitting the Detect Monitors button doesn't help. Just to test the obvious, I switched the DVI cables coming out of the two video cards and as you'd expect what shows in the two monitors is also switched. When I do an lspci at the command line I see at the bottom of the listing: 60:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2) 80:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2) And the output from xrandr is: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 1600, maximum 8192 x 8192 DVI-I-3 connected 2560x1600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 646mm x 406mm 2560x1600 59.9* 1280x800 59.9 DVI-I-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) I've done some considerable googling, and haven't found any discussions that offer a solution for my situation (dual video cards). I did see the following from almost two years ago saying X Windows just doesn't support it: >From http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.libdlo/448, Bernie Thompson says (on October 13, 2010): <begin quote> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Christoph Rissner <c.r@...<http://gmane.org/get-address.php?address=c.r%2dxV8MHogwf5Dk7%2b2FdBfRIA%40p…>> wrote: > I think I've read somewhere that even XRandR 1.3 isn't up to multi GPU > environments, so I guess Xinerama is the only option here. Yes, unfortunately that's the fundamental problem. http://superuser.com/questions/139818/ubuntu-10-04-not-detecting-multiple-m… I really only understand the low-level stuff (framebuffer driver), but here's my understanding ... The plumbing isn't there in X to support multiple graphics cards the way Windows has since Win 98. The main low-level features xorg needs are in the area of things like "GPU object" and "shatter" support to allow screens to be split across GPUs/framebuffers. Right now, with RandR hand-config, you can get multiple X screens [can't drag windows between them], one per-GPU, each of which can have multiple monitors connected if that particular GPU reports multiple outputs. With GPU object support, rendering could span GPUs and several GPUs could be merged into one X screen similar to the classical Xinerama setup. <end quote> So is this [still] the case? Is Xinerama a viable alternative? I'd also appreciate some help with the "RandR hand-config" that Bernie mentions. Thanks for any info you may be able to provide. -Steve Chall Senior Research Software Developer Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) Phone: 919-681-9639 Email: stevec(a)renci.org<mailto:stevec@renci.org>

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 88, Issue 1
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

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-2012:0704 CentOS 5 logrotate FASTTRACK Update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 10:57:01 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2012:0704 CentOS 5 logrotate FASTTRACK Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20120604105701.GA6612(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2012:0704 Upstream details at : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0704.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: 3636dffbf668ab9f4df199dbd39f7b9ea9afaab4181f0c1091c4e53a6cd65b91 logrotate-3.7.4-14.i386.rpm x86_64: 449b4d4a770318930cadf9c383bc7cde666956b992d022d77422b414fc89ea25 logrotate-3.7.4-14.x86_64.rpm Source: 886726b62013bf714e4f699c2bd74358001663a365e54e51084ecc4979a16668 logrotate-3.7.4-14.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 88, Issue 1 **********************************************

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Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6
by C. L. Martinez 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Hi all, I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store plain syslog logs. I have configured this under my.cnf: [mysqld] init_connect = 'SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci' init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8' character-set-server = utf8 collation-server = utf8_general_ci [client] default-character-set = utf8 but it doesn't seems to work ... Any idea?? Thanks.

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