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CENTOS 3.5 (AMD64) NFS install issue
by Dr R L Oswald 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

We operate a cluster of Sun Xeon IA32 servers with Centos 3.5. Nodes are installed via a host-specific kickstart script which is generated for each node from a master template. Thus all kickstart scripts are clones of the master, edited for hostname, IP address etc only. The CENTOS 3.5 ISO images are exported from a server & that remote NFS mount is also configured in the master template. This works perfectly well & a fully automated installation requiring no operator intervention results. We recently added some new Opteron nodes to give us some 64-bit capability. These of course, use a slightly different master kickstart template as they mount up a different ISO directory from the NFS server, which contains the x86_64 version of Centos 3.5. When we install these 64-bit nodes, however, we get the message: "that directory could not be mounted from the server". On hitting OK we get the usual dialogue box which displays our chosen server IP and the correct x86_64 ISO directory, if we OK that, the NFS installation proceeds unattended as normal. I think we saw a similar thing with redHat 9 NFS kickstart installations but it was quite variable. Anyone seen that with CENTOS3 or RHEL3 & got any clues ? TIA Les

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DPMS or hardware
by Sam Drinkard 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

List, I've been bugged by the fact that the dpms function will not work on this machine, and perhaps now I have some clue as to why. Looking at the Xorg.0.log, I see where "Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)" which tells me perhaps this is the reason why it won't turn off the monitor. Also, this line prior to the other. `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/". That part I can maybe fix, but I have no clue what should be in the /dev/apm. The only thing that will happen is the monitor will go into screeensaver mode, or if no saver selected, it will do nothing, not even blank. What should the /dev/apm contain? Where does it pick up the info as to what should be in there, from a probe of the hardware? That said, does the fact that I'm using a custom video driver from ATI make any difference? -- Snowman

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Mirrordir with CentOS 4
by dan1 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hello everybody. I have been using Mirrordir for a long time and I wanted to know if some of you have been able to use it on a CentOS 4 system. When I try to mirror something, I receive the following error: [root@box scripts]# mirrordir ./test ./test2 Segmentation fault I have downloaded the RPM from here (version 0.10.41-1) : ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/backup/ Is there any other RPM compatible with CentOS 4 ? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Daniel

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Moving a Centos 3.5 instalation with software raid 1 array + LVM from a pIII to a pIV computer.
by Alexander Georgiev 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hi All, We have an old Centos 3.5 file and database server, running on a pIII computer with Intel 820 mother board. It has a software raid 1(mirror) + LVM on two IDE hard disk. I want to upgrade to a newer computer with pIV - 2.4GHz on a Intel D848PMB mother board. Should I expect any problems if I just move the array from the old machine to the new and boot there? Should I do any preparations(I know I must do a full backup), before moving the disks? Best regards! ageorgiev

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Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool
by Kennedy Clark 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

A bit off topic, but I keep looking for an answer to this question and coming up with nothing... so I thought I would go to the gurus. :-) Can anyone recommend a good package for pinging other devices and sending an email/alert when they go down? I'm aware of all kinds of more complex things with GUIs and a zillion other bells and whistles we aren't looking for, but we just want a simple tool (could be daemon or something run from cron) that runs every 1 - 5 minutes and alerts us when stuff disappears. Would need some basic logic like only sending one email/alert when something goes down (vs sending an email every 1-5 minutes until it comes back up). :-) We need to avoid a requirement for an X-windows GUI, but a web-GUI would probably be fine (a GUI-less command-line thing would probably be best). TIA, KC

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RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool
by ABOKHALAF, Nassri Abdellatif 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Just wanted to add one more tool to make this threat complete. See Opmanager at http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/opmanager/ The free edition is really nice if you have a small network to monitor. Nassri > > Try the following .. It rocks .. > > JFFNMS > > http://jffnms.sourceforge.net > > > Very powerful tool .. > > BRW > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Todd Reed > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:38 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool > > Try OpenNMS. Nagios and Zabbix can also do historical data, > although I'm not sure about SNMP. I've tried using both and > by dar, I feel that OpenNMS is easier to work with. The > installation of Tomcat and Java is the hardest item. I do > know that OpenNMS can do SNMP. Pretty much, I give OpenNMS > the IP address and it finds the common services. You may > have to go in and define custom services (I had to since my > Oracle servers have multiple listener ports). It will try > the default SNMP string, but if you change it, there is a web > form to change it. You can also enter your asset information > through the web form. > > You can also create custom reports that can be called on the fly. > > Check out http://www.opennms.org for the screen shots and > more information. > > > I've been working with it for about 2 weeks and already I'm > able to do more with it than Nagios or Zabbix. The only > thing I liked about Nagios is the WRML graph, but I mainly > want to see a status grid and that's it. > > --Todd > > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:29 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool > > On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 14:21, Todd Reed wrote: > > I previously used Nagios and because of the painful > configurations, I > found > > OpenNMS. It does all I need and more, being more easier > than Nagios. > > It uses PostgreSQL and runs on top of Tomcat4. > > Do any of these alternatives combine the ability to monitor > current status with a grid-like display of many systems and > services with notification alarms and also keep long-term > historical graphs of > values? I'm currently running spong for notifications/status and > cacti for history/graphs, but I'd like to find something that > does both with one snmp query. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell(a)gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 13
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

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. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 i386 mozilla - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 mozilla - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 i386 firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CENTOSPLUS CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2005:789-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 mozilla security update (John Newbigin) 10. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 4 i386 firefox security update (Karanbir Singh) 13. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 firefox security update (Karanbir Singh) 14. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 i386 Mozilla - security update (Karanbir Singh) 15. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 Mozilla - security update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:45:24 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 i386 mozilla - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050922224524.GA32714(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:789 mozilla security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-789.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-chat-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-devel-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-dom-inspector-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-js-debugger-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-mail-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nspr-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nspr-devel-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nss-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nss-devel-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/mozilla-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update mozilla\* Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Problem with gnome
by Jean Lee 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hi all, I am using Centos 4.1 with Gnome and my updates are OK (When I do yum update, I have nothing anymore) Normally, with GNOME there's a task bar in the bottom of the screen. If we open an application and we minimize its window, it is always avalaible in this task bar. There are other things in this task bar : a button on the left which is used to minimize all the opened windows and 4 buttons on the right which are used to change the workspace. Yesterday, I had a problem with the station and I had to shut it down with the power button of the Linux station. After a restart, I had a message telling me that there were three applications which were shutted down uncleanly (I don't remember which) and know there is nothing anymore in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen (it is gray). The error message doesn't appear anymore. Does anybody already had this problem ? What can I do to restart this taskbar ? Thank you for your help. Jean LEE

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compatible wireless devices
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Can anyone recommend compatible wireless cards for desktops? Also what software/packages/etcwould I need to get the devices working? I have the centrino ipw2200 pkg running nicely on my laptop, I suspect that none of the desktop wireless cards will be this easy... Thanks in advance for any advice. ========================================== Your Mouse Has Moved. Windows must restart to affect the change(s). Reboot now [y/Y] ==========================================

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RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool
by Todd Reed 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Try OpenNMS. Nagios and Zabbix can also do historical data, although I'm not sure about SNMP. I've tried using both and by dar, I feel that OpenNMS is easier to work with. The installation of Tomcat and Java is the hardest item. I do know that OpenNMS can do SNMP. Pretty much, I give OpenNMS the IP address and it finds the common services. You may have to go in and define custom services (I had to since my Oracle servers have multiple listener ports). It will try the default SNMP string, but if you change it, there is a web form to change it. You can also enter your asset information through the web form. You can also create custom reports that can be called on the fly. Check out http://www.opennms.org for the screen shots and more information. I've been working with it for about 2 weeks and already I'm able to do more with it than Nagios or Zabbix. The only thing I liked about Nagios is the WRML graph, but I mainly want to see a status grid and that's it. --Todd -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:29 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 14:21, Todd Reed wrote: > I previously used Nagios and because of the painful configurations, I found > OpenNMS. It does all I need and more, being more easier than Nagios. It > uses PostgreSQL and runs on top of Tomcat4. Do any of these alternatives combine the ability to monitor current status with a grid-like display of many systems and services with notification alarms and also keep long-term historical graphs of values? I'm currently running spong for notifications/status and cacti for history/graphs, but I'd like to find something that does both with one snmp query. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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