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setxkbmap not accepting layout "de"
by Dirk 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Hi all, when I try to use Xnest with setxkbmap to force a Germany keyboard layout, I get the error > Error loading new keyboard description The complete command I am using is > ssh -X -C -l $USER $HOST -n "Xnest :1 -ac -geometry 1440x850 -once > -query localhost & setxkbmap -layout de" I also tried with "setxkbmap de" in the end, but no difference. So this might have been the right syntax to set a different keyboard layout, but somehow it did not work - do I understand the error message right? There is no error or hint in the Xorg log file(s). Any hint or help is appreciated. Dirk

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CentOS 5.9 and google-authenticator
by Stephen Harris 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

I'm playing with google-authenticator libpam https://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/ It appears to be failing the "make test" on CentOS 5.9 32bit. ./pam_google_authenticator_unittest Testing base32 encoding Testing base32 decoding Testing HMAC_SHA1 Loading PAM module Running tests, querying for verification code Testing failed login attempt Testing required number of digits Testing a blank response Test handling of missing state files Testing successful login Testing WINDOW_SIZE option Testing DISALLOW_REUSE option Testing RATE_LIMIT option Testing TIME_SKEW pam_google_authenticator_unittest: pam_google_authenticator_unittest.c:137: verify_prompts_shown: Assertion `num_prompts_shown == expected_prompts_shown' failed. Invalid verification code make: *** [test] Error 1 Playing with the code... // Test TIME_SKEW option puts("Testing TIME_SKEW"); for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) { set_time((12000 + i)*30); char buf[7]; response = buf; sprintf(response, "%06d", compute_code(binary_secret, binary_secret_len, 11000 + i)); assert(pam_sm_open_session(NULL, 0, targc, targv) == (i >= 2 ? PAM_SUCCESS : PAM_SESSION_ERR)); verify_prompts_shown(expected_good_prompts_shown); } Up to here works fine... set_time(12010 * 30); char buf[7]; response = buf; sprintf(response, "%06d", compute_code(binary_secret, binary_secret_len, 11010)); assert(pam_sm_open_session(NULL, 0, 1, (const char *[]){ "noskewadj", 0 }) == PAM_SESSION_ERR); verify_prompts_shown(0); This is where it fails. The same code works correctly without error on CentOS 6.4 64bit. Has anyone else managed to pass the tests on 5.9 32bit? -- rgds Stephen

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gspca and motion
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

We recently rebooted a lot of systems with the new kernel in 6.4, 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.x86_64. Suddenly, we're having real problems with our cheap surveillance cameras in the "computer labs". What I see of video and jpg is only about 20%-25% of the top of the picture, and the rest is green. When the service starts, I see, in both dmesg and /var/log/messages, gspca: bandwidth not wide enough - trying again And they worked fine before. Anyone else seeing this, or have some thoughts on how I can attack the problem? The most recent post with this error I can find is from '10, and isn't really relevant. Oh, and at least one's on a Dell R420, I think, while another's on an old Penguin, an Altus 1300, I think, so it's not specific to one set of hardware. mark

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CentOS 6 SFF motherboard or complete system
by Glenn Eychaner 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

I am trying to assemble or purchase a set of CentOS 6 compatible SFF workstations, and am finding it incredibly frustrating to do so. hardware.redhat.com is so slow as to be useless and provides almost no information about each of the 1,300 or so products listed in their database; clicking through them one at a time is incredibly frustrating (and about half of them are discontinued or out of stock when I actually go looking for them, like the Intel DQ series motherboards I was interested in). Vendor web sites are almost no use; they trumpet their Windows 8 compatibility all over the site, but finding information about Linux compatibility is next to impossible. My requirements aren't overwhelming; an i7 processor, four memeory slots preferred, dual 24" (1920x1200) monitor capability, and dual ethernet (or an expansion slot for a second Ethernet card). Anyone have any advice on how to attack this these days? I've been out of the hardware-purchase game on the Linux side for years, and most of my bookmarks no longer point anywhere useful, sadly. -G. -- Glenn Eychaner (geychaner(a)lco.cl) Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory

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Re: [CentOS] [CentOS-announce] CESA-2013:0981 Critical CentOS 5 xulrunner Update
by Leonard den Ottolander 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Hello Johnny, On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 02:32 +0000, Johnny Hughes wrote: > CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2013:0981 Critical > > Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0981.html Upstream report concerns both C5 and C6 but I only see updates for C5. Is this an oversight or are the C6 packages still in the pipeline? Same for Thunderbird http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0982.html Regards, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research

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Server hangs after installing KVM
by Guy Boisvert 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Hi, I just received a Supermicro server back from factory repair. Installed CentOS 6.3 x86_64 fresh from DVD (tried with 6.4, same result). Everything goes fine until i install Virtualization* yum groups. Virtualization is enabled in BIOS. Server boots, CentOS loads and i have even a login prompt. If i'm fast enough to enter login name and password, shell works for about 10 sec. Then, it seems to hang. Pressing CTRL-C seems to work as i see it on screen (CTRL-C text). I'm used to Xen in CentOS 5 where we can choose a non-Xen kernel at boot time. With CentOS 6 and KVM, i'm kinda lost! I Googled a lot and didn't find anything to disable KVM / select a a non-KVM kernel a boot up time. The server has been repaired but i'm not sure if there is still other problems that prevent KVM to work. I know that they installed the last BIOS version. I have other identical servers that works well with KVM. I tried to disable all i saw for virtualization support in BIOS, result is the same. I did memtest86 tests without problem. Here are the specs: Supermicro 6026T-3RF (mainboard X8DT3-S) BIOS 03/17/12 15:50:21 Ver 2.1 Xeon E5520 Kingston 12 Gig RAM (Triple Channel) LSI 9240-8i What should i do to debug this? Any pointers, URL, etc would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all. Guy Boisvert, ing. IngTegration inc. http://www.ingtegration.com

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Http tunnel via a http proxy to another http proxy server
by Heng Su 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Hi All, Is that possible create a http tunnel to remote http tunnel server via a middle http proxy? Here is my situation : My Company only allow http protocol and they created a http proxy server. So when we want to access internet we have to set the http proxy settings for the browser or application. Now I want to access outside without restrictions of http protocol and also not limited to 80 port. As they blocked the ssh, so the SSH reverse binding is not possible. So is that possible to create a http tunnel via the http proxy of my company and aim to my own server outside? Or there is any other good idea? Thank you very much. -- Thanks & Best Regards, Su Heng

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Re: [CentOS] Server hangs after installing KVM
by Guy Boisvert 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Le 2013-06-27 10:39, Reindl Harald a écrit : > > Am 27.06.2013 16:26, schrieb Guy Boisvert: >> As for Supermicro, i was using Tyan before but their support (and >> associated website) was very bad (last time i used it was 2 years ago, >> maybe it's better now, dunno...). If we exclude Supermicro and Tyan, >> i'm not sure were i could go for "OEM" servers. I don't like HP, Dell, >> etc.: Expensive and they use a lot of "for them only" parts + they try >> to sell packages that are often not what i want > your choice - you get what you pay for > > these days someone buys a HP Pro Liant with a vSphere license > or install VMware ESXi in the free version and install his > operating systems on top of it which is a scaleable solution > and can be upgraded to a cluster with HA, SAN storages whatever > without ever re-install the guest systems > > but you get what you paied for............... I kicked out VMWare and their "Windoze" tools i hate (i know that now they offer a VM with command line tools). I'm not saying VMWare is not good though, it's just i hate their tools. On top of that, it can cost a lot of money. But they have the features! I moved to KVM and i'd say i like it a lot. I'm planning to test OpenStack. For storage, big names (3Par, Netapp, etc) offer nice things but it is rather expensive. I'm testing iSCSI servers with DRDB, STONITH, etc. Idea is to use commodity hardware and standard software. Nothing new and i'm not against commercial solution with support and all. It's just we try to offer affordable and open solutions.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 100, Issue 12
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

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-2013:0984 CentOS 5 httpd Update (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEBA-2013:0985 CentOS 6 squid Update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:56:43 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2013:0984 CentOS 5 httpd Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20130626145643.GA26480(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2013:0984 Upstream details at : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0984.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: 284028883141d39f54f204571e71ceb39a6e91e48b69aa9d733fbeffd1fc4115 httpd-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.i386.rpm 45f358b3dffa6be6d5bb58cef6846825a613e89529a0b57735e31fd589400187 httpd-devel-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.i386.rpm 101d767ab2188de5a2b557c9c0714c2dd0b7390fbe5626df2d96c780a0fcb4e3 httpd-manual-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.i386.rpm 28b649a1598e2400a149fe1ef56d86007bb010eddb0e12704f73a2d474a2b9ea mod_ssl-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.i386.rpm x86_64: a20b8ed796ee571e73ca2d7e4e088bfe9dda90fff997ef7185ccb4ea5da64b6e httpd-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm 45f358b3dffa6be6d5bb58cef6846825a613e89529a0b57735e31fd589400187 httpd-devel-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.i386.rpm 15cd9ec11b6d71b2b64f01860f541b0d4c213beefa2240d31a07a5f25f4ef8c6 httpd-devel-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm 03bae79cd66471862de8792894b6d532a93f5120e5739494b949f4b026eae1bb httpd-manual-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm 1f990bc6e68f1453a02391f97094d82f5f017c2cdbe02c9d3831259635f22652 mod_ssl-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm Source: ba408472eaf0860c4d974dca40bb60730dc9a3579b75cbadc36b3b50c4132a54 httpd-2.2.3-81.el5.centos.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:40:18 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2013:0985 CentOS 6 squid Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20130626154018.GA12204(a)n04.lon1.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2013:0985 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0985.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: ea53c4abdee4659145833cb68c8c8e4b474914ed3831f6df92de11b2c06fafa3 squid-3.1.10-18.el6_4.i686.rpm x86_64: 7fc40d7debab3a272d782a791a3b31b2ecd485f86317d7b6571bf0788932c98b squid-3.1.10-18.el6_4.x86_64.rpm Source: ce551e9cbc5889c21eb223d92bd9421a4b237066b83105cbcd6be81f4af97795 squid-3.1.10-18.el6_4.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 100, Issue 12 ************************************************

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15 min pause during boot - Setting up logical volume management
by aurfalien 27 Jun '13

27 Jun '13

Hi all, I rebooted a server having a 20TB XFS volume under LVM and wait about 15 min to boot. It stays at; Setting up logical volume management For 15 min then proceeds to boot fine. During this time, I see the 14 disks of the 20TB volume flashing quickly as though being read. Nothing in my logs to indicate bad behavior. I am running the latest 6,4 kernel. Any one see this before? - aurf

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