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yum hangs and results in problems
by Gary Stainburn 29 May '18

29 May '18

My live mail server was due an update so I ran yum update All seemed file so I told it to proceed. HOwever it then hung for over 30 minutes. I stopped the update and tried again. It complained about problems with the update, so I tried yum --skip-broken -y update which then hung at a different place. After some Googling I tried yum-complete-transaction and package-cleanup --cleandupes both of which failed. I then using my "Microsoft" head I thought I'd try rebooting to see if that fixes it. This of course was a big mistake as my server now crashes on bootup. I have managed to get it back up and running by selecting a version of the kernel that is 3 versions old. I have now tried yum history yum history remove 115 (which failed) package-cleanup --cleandupes (which failed) yum-complete-transaction (which failed) yum-complete-transaction --cleanup-only (which worked) followed by [root@ollie2 /]# package-cleanup --problems Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Package 1:NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64 has installed conflicts NetworkManager-libnm < ('1', '1.10.2', '14.el7_5'): 1:NetworkManager-libnm-1.8.0-11.el7_4.x86_64 Package avahi-glib-0.6.31-19.el7.x86_64 has installed conflicts avahi < ('0', '0.6.31', '19.el7'): avahi-0.6.31-17.el7.x86_64 Package ipa-common-4.5.0-22.el7.centos.noarch has installed conflicts freeipa-common: ipa-common-4.5.4-10.el7.centos.1.noarch Package ipa-common-4.5.4-10.el7.centos.1.noarch has installed conflicts freeipa-common: ipa-common-4.5.0-22.el7.centos.noarch Package ipa-common-4.5.4-10.el7.centos.1.noarch has installed conflicts freeipa-python < ('0', '4.5.4', None): ipa-python-compat-4.5.0-22.el7.centos.noarch Package python2-ipalib-4.5.4-10.el7.centos.1.noarch has installed conflicts freeipa-python < ('0', '4.5.4', None): ipa-python-compat-4.5.0-22.el7.centos.noarch [root@ollie2 /]# I'm now running yum check which has also taken 30 minutes so far. Questions 1) Any ideas why my yum runs keep hanging, and what I can do to fix it? 2) How do I go about fixing the problems listed above? 3) What do I need to do to get my server back in a safe, consistant state?

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Mailing list config question / minor rant
by Robert Heller 28 May '18

28 May '18

The centos(a)centos.org seems to be *uniquely* configured to hold messages with a (single) CC to self. ALL of the other mailing lists I am on have no problem with a CC to self. My mailer software is configured to CC to myself. This is *only* a problem with the CentOS list. Why is this? Yes, I know it is *normal* to configure Mailman to hold messages with a *long* CC list, since that is a common tactic by spammers. But a CC of one? Really? Do spammers bother with CC's with only one address? -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller(a)deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services

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Various applications freeze regularly since CentOS 7.5 update
by Frank Thommen 28 May '18

28 May '18

Hi, since we have upgraded to CentOS 7.5 (from CentOS 7.4), we experience frequent, but not reproducible, freezes of various applications: Thunderbird, Firefox, LibreOffice. Usually the application process keeps running with PPID 1 w/o being killable (not even with SIGKILL). Freezes of Thunderbird are usually followed by Firefox crashing a few minutes later. The only possible solution we found is a complete workstation reboot :-(. Other problems are that many Gnome extensions are not working any more and also cannot be installed from extensions.gnome.org any more and logging in via gdm (LDAP, homedirectories on NFS share) is considerably slower than with 7.4. I don't know if these issues are related, if they are symptoms of a more global problem and I am at a loss on how to debug them, as they appear from time to time but not not reproducibly.. Any hints or reports of own experiences are highly appreciated. Cheers frank

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Clone a custom CentOS 7 desktop using G4L over FTP
by Nicolas Kovacs 28 May '18

28 May '18

Hi, A couple months ago, I migrated our local school (two servers, 20 desktop clients) from Slackware 14.1 to CentOS 7. The desktop clients are running a customized lightweight desktop based on Xfce: https://blog.microlinux.fr/poste-de-travail-xfce-centos-7/ Home directories are all on the server, and authentication is centralized. Everything works fine so far. With Slackware I had found a neat trick to install the desktop clients. First I installed and configured one single client PC from start to finish. The I zeroed all the unused sectors on the disk, using something like this: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/0bits bs=20M ; rm -f /0bits Then I sent the disk image to a local FTP server using G4L (Ghost4Linux). On all the other desktops PCs, I could then "import" the G4L image, and the system was ready to use. Under Slackware, the only thing I had to make sure was to remove the one bit of hardcoded system information before uploading the image: # rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules Now I tried to do this with CentOS, but I failed miserably. The system wouldn't even start, since GRUB uses UUIDs and not /dev/sdX like Slackware's bone-headed LILO boot manager. So here's my question to the guru admins on this list. On a standard CentOS desktop, what would I have to tweak in order to be able to clone my system bit for bit, as is ? Cheers, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info(a)microlinux.fr Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32

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Yum list installed lies to me
by Fred Smith 27 May '18

27 May '18

when I do "yum list installed" I get a lot of stuff, including this excerpt: wqy-zenhei-fonts.noarch 0.9.46-11.el7 @anaconda wvdial.x86_64 1.61-9.el7 @anaconda wxBase.x86_64 2.8.12-20.el7 @epel wxBase3.x86_64 3.0.2-15.el7 @epel wxGTK.x86_64 2.8.12-20.el7 @epel wxGTK-gl.x86_64 2.8.12-20.el7 @epel wxGTK-media.x86_64 2.8.12-20.el7 @epel wxGTK3.x86_64 3.0.2-15.el7 @epel wxGTK3-debuginfo.x86_64 3.0.2-15.el7 @epel-debuginfo wxGTK3-devel.x86_64 3.0.2-15.el7 @epel wxGTK3-gl.x86_64 3.0.2-15.el7 @epel wxGTK3-media.x86_64 3.0.2-15.el7 @epel wxPython.x86_64 2.8.12.0-9.el7 @epel x264.x86_64 0.142-11.20141221git6a301b6.el7.nux @nux-dextop however if I do: yum install wxWidgets wxWidgets-devel it says: Package wxGTK3-3.0.2-15.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package wxGTK3-devel-3.0.2-15.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version so this is confusing to my feeble old brain: what's going on here? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------

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Re: [CentOS] Update announcement request - correction...
by Albert McCann 26 May '18

26 May '18

> Related to that, a new kernel was released to the Centosplus repo, kernel- > plus-3.10.0-862.2.3.el7.centos.plus, but perf and python-perf were not > updated for the new kernel. Is this an oversight? perf doesn't complain > about mismatched versions though. "kernel-plus-3.10.0-862.3.2.el7.centos.plus" not ".2.3.". Al McCann There's been a circus in my head since the day I was born.

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Vsftpd vs. iptables firewall script
by Nicolas Kovacs 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hi, I'm currently setting up a local FTP server, to receive disk images sent with G4L (Ghost4Linux). This server has been running Slackware Linux before, and the Vsftpd setup was relatively simple. With CentOS things seem to be slightly different, so I'm currently trying to work things out. For the moment, two things seem to be creating problems, the simple iptables firewall and SELinux. When I disable the firewall and SELinux, Vsftp works as expected. So far so good. Now let's tackle this one dragon at a time. First the firewall. I'm starting with a very simple firewall script that looks somewhat like this. I'm linking to the template, I won't copy/paste the whole thing here. https://github.com/kikinovak/centos-7-server-lan/blob/master/config/firewal… Under Slackware, the iptables rule for a local FTP server looked like this: modprobe ip_conntrack iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -i $IFACE_LAN --dport 21 -j ACCEPT I tried this, but to no avail. Can't connect to my server. I googled a bit, and I found out that there seem to be quite many different answers about the subject of "how do I configure my firewall for Vsftpd". Any suggestions ? Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info(a)microlinux.fr Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32

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Update announcement request
by Albert McCann 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hi, Can the updated files added to the Centosplus repo be sent to the announcement list please? I can't find them announced in any of the other lists. Related to that, a new kernel was released to the Centosplus repo, kernel-plus-3.10.0-862.2.3.el7.centos.plus, but perf and python-perf were not updated for the new kernel. Is this an oversight? perf doesn't complain about mismatched versions though. Thanks! Al McCann Wear a Kilt, but carry a big Bagpipe.

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New mail server slow connecting to web server
by Gary Stainburn 25 May '18

25 May '18

Having successfully killed my (Centos 7) mail server I have had to build a new one. Thankfully I had a server build that I was about to start configuring as my new web server. I appear to have set everything up okay, Exim, SpamAssassin, ClamAv, Dovecot, Postgresql, httpd etc. Everything appears fine apart from when I try to connect to my web server. Whatever tried to connect suffers from a delay, and either times out or works eventually. I started off with problems connecting Exim to Postgresql on the web server. I then found that I couldn't connect using psql, or using Perl DBD-Pg. I then found I couldn't SSH or SCP, dispite them both being on the same subnet. The more I use the new system, better it appears to be, but the delay is still there. name resolution isn't the problem as I can nslookup both ways without problems, and specifying IP addresses makes no difference. For testing I have disabled the firewall and selinux and that made no difference. If I try to connect the other way there is no delay, but I cannot access the Postgresql server on my new mail server from the web server. Anyone got any ideas?

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How to build nss-util.i686 on Centos 7 with mock
by Martin Vogt 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hello list, I'm currently trying to build the i686 version of http://vault.centos.org/7.5.1804/os/Source/SPackages/nss-util-3.34.0-2.el7.… The x86_86 version works with mock, but I cannot figure out how to build the i686 version. best regards, Martin

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