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X just died then restarted
by fred smith 01 May '08

01 May '08

Just had a weird thing happen that I've never encountered before. Running Centos 5.x (updated) on 32-bit (Athlon XP). Was going along in Firefox when suddenly my screen went black and the hard drive light came on mostly steady for several seconds. After a little bit I got back the X login screen. It normally comes up on F7, but F7 was dead (with some text I'll paste in below in case it means anything to someone) and (since I have another dedicated app on F8) it came up on F9. The last few entries in /var/log/messages, which are about the right time, are: Apr 30 18:34:44 hostname restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory Apr 30 18:34:52 hostname kernel: NVRM: not using NVAGP, an AGPGART backend is loaded! Apr 30 18:35:10 hostname gconfd (username-32302): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Apr 30 18:35:10 hostname gconfd (username-32302): Exiting Apr 30 18:36:59 hostname restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 8990 user 'username' Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/username/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Apr 30 18:37:27 hostname pcscd: winscard.c:219:SCardConnect() Reader E-Gate 0 0 Not Found Apr 30 18:37:27 hostname last message repeated 4 times Apr 30 18:37:30 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/username/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 and the stuff on the F7 screen is (hard to read and surely incomplete): b7913000-b7a52000 rw-p b7913000 00:00 0 b7a52000-b7a7c000 rw-s 00000000 00:08 192315392 /SYSV00000000 (deleted) b7a7c000-b7abc000 rw-s d3f90000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7abc000-b7ac0000 rw-s d0500000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7ac0000-b7fc0000 rw-s d0000000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fc0000-b7fd0000 rw-s e4800000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fd0000-b7fd4000 rw-p b7fd0000 00:00 0 b7fd4000-b7fd5000 rw-s e4682000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fd5000-b7fd6000 rw-s e4680000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fd6000-b7fde000 rw-s 240bb000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fde000-b7fdf000 rw-s 1dc43000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fdf000-b7fef000 rw-s 24730000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 bf864000-bf87f000 rwxp bf864000 00:00 0 [stack] bf87f000-bf881000 rw-p bf87f000 00:00 0 So since the stuff from /var/log/messages mentions agpgart and this stuff from F7 mentions /dev/nvidia, I'm guessing the nvidia drivers had some kind of brain fart (:) ?? FWIW, I'm running the Nvidia 96.43.01 drivers, direct from Nvidia and not any repository. Any ideas? Thanks! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------

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RE: [CentOS] DVD reader: Hardware problem or OS glitch?
by Lanny Marcus 01 May '08

01 May '08

On 29 April 2008, Alan Bartlett" <ajb.stxs AT googlemail.com> wrote: >Message: 38 > <4e2e72e80804291418v5053fc45j4a56b111168e662b(a)mail.gmail.com> <snip> > However, if you're using Gnome then please have a look at System --> > Preferences --> Removable Drives and Media >I know that there is a difference in the automount of a data CD/DVD when the >user is root (basically it doesn't, you would have to right-click on the >icon and select mount manually) and when the user is a normal user >(automount err automounts). I use GNOME 99% of the time, but KDE is also installed and the problem is the same, with either Desktop. System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media shows: The top three (3) boxes are checked, for Removable Storage

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determining correct size for LV copy operations
by Kai Schaetzl 01 May '08

01 May '08

I have some problems with copying LV volumes and determining correct size. For instance, if I want to copy an LV from one machine to another. I dd the LV to a file on the other machine, then dd the file to the new LV. That fails, because a few MB are missing. source: LV Name /dev/VolGroup01/LogVol01 LV Size 4.62 GB target: LV Name /dev/xenvm/lvmtest1 LV Size 4.62 GB Both were created with lvcreate -L 4.62GB, but there's obviously a small rounding or whatever difference. The size of the physical extents seems to be different. I can determine the size of the output file -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4966055936 Apr 30 21:19 lvmtest1.img That is 4849664K which is the smallest size unit that lvcreate accepts. lvcreate -L 4849664K --name lvmtest1 xenvm - and then it fits. But I hope there's a better way to determine the *exact* size? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

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CentOS 4.5 - mounting remote windows fileserver using smb or cifs
by Tom Brown 01 May '08

01 May '08

Hi I need to mount a windows share on a CentOS 4.5 box running stock kernel etc - I have tried using cifs and also smbfs My fstab looks like //share/name /mount/point smbfs username=user,password=password,uid=useridhere 0 0 or the same using cifs When i try and mount that i get the following errors depending on the share type smbfs: mount_data version 1919251317 is not supported CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22 i would have thought that cifs was the way forward but any ideas? These use creds are being used on an ancient 7.3 box and they work fine thanks

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Boot disk changes from /dev/sda during install to /dev/sdb on first boot
by Jeff Larsen 01 May '08

01 May '08

CentOS 4.6 x86_64, Dell PE2950 with DRAC5, onboard SAS RAID 1, 2 arrays. After booting installed system, /dev/sda exists but does not appear to be a hard disk. fdisk -l displays nothing for sda. CentOS is on /dev/sdb and the second RAID 1 array is now /dev/sdc. It's been suggested (in the Dell Linux mailing list) that it is related to the virtual CD device of the DRAC. But why would it change after install? Is it perhaps a difference in drivers that are available in the installer vs. the live kernel? How can I find out what /dev/sda is? Any way to force the drive order from the CentOS side? No relevant options that I have found in BIOS or RAID setup. bash-3.00# ls -l /dev/sd* brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Apr 29 05:15 /dev/sda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 16 Apr 29 05:15 /dev/sdb brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 17 Apr 29 05:15 /dev/sdb1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 18 Apr 29 05:15 /dev/sdb2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 19 Apr 29 05:15 /dev/sdb3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 32 Apr 29 05:15 /dev/sdc /dev/cdrom points at /dev/hda mount /dev/sda /mnt yeilds 'No medium found' When virtual CD media is connected via DRAC, it is found at /dev/cdrom1 which links to /dev/scd0 -- Jeff

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kickstart question
by Jerry Geis 01 May '08

01 May '08

I have a couple lines like: part / --ondisk=sda --fstype ext3 --size=20000 --asprimary part swap --ondisk=sda --size=4000 --asprimary part /home --ondisk=sda --fstype ext3 --size=1 --asprimary --grow in my kickstart file. Is there a way to have 1 kickstart file that works for hda and sda both??? So I would like to have 1 kickstart file that works for either a hda install or sda install. Thanks, Jerry

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Turning off Win2008 machines from a CentOS box
by Joseph L. Casale 01 May '08

01 May '08

I understand this may be able to be done with Samba? Anyone know the syntax for a CentOS 5.1 Samba client and what needs to be done to Windows 2008 Server to allow this (I suspect out of the box it wouldn't allow it)? I was hoping to use SSH with keys and script the login and execution of the native win shutdown command, but I have had troubles making any of the usual win SSH Daemons work under Windows 2008 Server x64. Any ideas would be appreciated! jlc

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RE: [CentOS] DVD reader: Hardware problem or OS glitch?
by Lanny Marcus 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

On 29 April 2008, "John" <jses2 ATgmail.com> wrote >Message: 42 > Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:43:43 -0400 > Message-ID: <006901c8aa42$1a387450$0700a8c0@ethan27> >Well I seen a few post back today but can't tell from heads ot tails what's >what of it. > I seen where there was "Dell" in the command prompt machine name?? Yes. Dell Dimension 4300. My box is a Dell Dimension 2400. >By any chance is any type of Dell Virtual Media Drive Software installed on >the machine if it's a dell machine? It's a longshot guess if it is a dell it >may be causing you problems. No. That's not installed. I wiped the hard drives last Thanksgiving and probably that wasn't the first time, after receiving the machines. >Also please post you fstab and mtab files. It may be helpful in pointing out > the problem. Also have you run yum update on the machine? fstab: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 mtab: /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/hda3 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 John: As I posted about one hour ago, today I moved the Teac DV-516D DVD/CD reader to my box. Exactly the same problem there. I'm not sure if the drive is sick (I think it is OK, but I will try, ASAP, to find TEAC Diagnostics for it and run that) or if it is something in the Kernel or elsewhere in CentOS 5 that does not support the Teac drive. I have not run YUM update to update everything. Possibly I will do that tonight and let it go all night. Thank you! Lanny

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problem installation of mplayer
by Mamun 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Guys, I already installed CentOs,but can anyone give a sample of repo files and priorities.conf file. As for this 2 files i am unable to install mplayer. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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dmidecode for CentOS 2.1? [hardware serial number and type]
by Simon Jolle 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hi CentOS users I have here old CentOS 2.1 server on IBM Xseries 336. How to see serial number and machine type? It seems that "dmidecode" is not available for CentOS 2.1 cheers Simon -- XMPP: sjolle(a)swissjabber.org

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