- Discuss - lists.centos.org

Vsftp is not writing a log file
by Todd Cary 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

No doubt I am making some stupid mistake in the log file, but I cannot get vsftp to create a log file showing the transfers. Here is my conf file: # Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf # # The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file # loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable. # Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults. # # READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options. # Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's # capabilities. # # Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out). anonymous_enable=NO # # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in. local_enable=YES # # Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command. write_enable=YES # # Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022, # if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's) local_umask=022 # # Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only # has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will # obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user. #anon_upload_enable=YES # # Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create # new directories. #anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES # # Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they # go into a certain directory. dirmessage_enable=YES # # Activate logging of uploads/downloads. xferlog_enable=YES # # Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data). connect_from_port_20=YES # # If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by # a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not # recommended! #chown_uploads=YES #chown_username=whoever # # You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown # below. xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log # # If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format xferlog_std_format=YES # # You may change the default value for timing out an idle session. #idle_session_timeout=600 # # You may change the default value for timing out a data connection. #data_connection_timeout=120 # # It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the # ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user. #nopriv_user=ftpsecure # # Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not # recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it, # however, may confuse older FTP clients. #async_abor_enable=YES # # By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore # the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII # mangling on files when in ASCII mode. # Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties # to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in # ASCII mode. # These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish # to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking), # without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be # on the client anyway.. #ascii_upload_enable=YES #ascii_download_enable=YES # # You may fully customise the login banner string: #ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service. # # You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently # useful for combatting certain DoS attacks. #deny_email_enable=YES # (default follows) #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails # # You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home # directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of # users to NOT chroot(). #chroot_list_enable=YES # (default follows) #chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list # # You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by # default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large # sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume # the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it. #ls_recurse_enable=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd userlist_enable=YES chroot_local_user=YES #enable for standalone mode listen=YES tcp_wrappers=YES -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

3 5

x86_64 rpms
by John Logsdon 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I have just loaded up CentOS4.1 on a PE1850 with twin Intel x86_64's. When I came to clean out those packages I didn't want (because some always creep in however careful you are), apart from those with dependencies, I notice a lot of cases where there are two packages of the same name installed - one clearly an x86 package and one an x86_64 package. eg apr Is this intentional and if it is, how do I remove using rpm -e those packages with duplicate modules without removing those that will break dependencies? TIA John John Logsdon "Try to make things as simple Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK as possible but not simpler" j.logsdon(a)quantex-research.com a.einstein(a)relativity.org +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675 www.quantex-research.com

3 2

Re: Promise SATA support
by Admin 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Hello, On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:28:18 +0200, Admin/Jan Erik wrote: > I have a Promise SATA 300 TX ( NOT raid ) that do have RHEL4 driver, but > this driver doesn't work with CentOS4 I have a Promise SATAII 150 TX4 controller which I belive is somewhat similar to your controller. And judging from http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productID=129&cate gory=all&os=100 the two controllers use the same driver. My controller wasn't supported by the first CentOS 4 (4.0) release, but with CentOS 4.1, things work fine out of the box, with no need to try to install special vendor drivers. By the way: The driver (kernel module) is called "sata_promise" on my system. Have you tried simply forgetting about the vendor's driver files, and just install CentOS 4.1, perhaps telling it to use the "sata_promise" driver, if manual intervention is needed? -- Greetings from Troels Arvin Hello Troels Arvin Maybe the promise SATA driver that is in CentOS is obsolete? Because it dosen't recognise my SATA card at all Here is theoutput from lspci: # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333] 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP] 00:07.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc.: Unknown device 3d17 (rev 02) 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05) 00:0b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) 00:0b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) 00:0b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) 00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) 00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Trio 64 3D (rev 01) As you can see on line 3 there is Unknown mass storage controller. It's recognised as Promise, but that's all Any clues? B.T.W I have emailed support at promise and here is their reply: Hi The SATA300 TX card dose not support Kernel 2.6 only Kernel 2.4. Regards Jan Erik

1 0

install not recognizing RHEL
by Craig White 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I am trying to install ArcServe 11 for Linux [root@linserv1 cdrom]# ./install Much license gibberish removed... ENTER NO (N) TO HALT THE INSTALLATION PROCESS. Please enter your choice:[Y|N] (default: N)Y Do you want to view the installation notes? (y/n):(default: y) N Cannot identify your Linux distribution or it is not yet supported. [root@linserv1 cdrom]# cat /etc/issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 5) Kernel \r on an \m [root@linserv1 cdrom]# cat /etc/issue.net Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 5) Kernel \r on an \m [root@linserv1 cdrom]# uname -a Linux linserv1.mullenpr.com 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed May 25 14:26:33 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Any suggestions? (this is a centOS 3.5 system)... # cat /etc/issue.bak CentOS release 3.5 (Final) Kernel \r on an \m Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

5 9

pam and sasl2-sample-server failure
by scott.list 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I'm setting up a postfix server using "The Book of Postfix". In ch 15 there is a section on testing saslauthd which I can't get to work. I can get it to work using shadow password authentication, but it fails on pam. I don't kow squat about troubleshooting pam. Any PAM wizzes out there that can help? I saw a unrelated post talking about something needing to be in the pam sasl group. Had no idea what that meant. sasl ins't a user, or group. I setup and try saslauthd -m /var/run/saslauthd -a pam -d sasl2-sample-server -s rcmd -p 8000 sasl2-sample-client -s rcmd -p 8000 -m LOGIN 127.0.0.1 If I set "-a shadow" it works. So I assume I have saslauthd working at least. But, if I set "-a pam" as listed above, it fails I believe it may be a PAM issue, could be sasl, but I'm hoping maybe someone will see the easy answer. I have in /etc/pam.d/smtp #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth Also: # saslauthd -v saslauthd 2.1.19 authentication mechanisms: getpwent kerberos5 pam rimap shadow ldap And /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf (also linked to sample.conf) # cat smtpd.conf loglevel: 7 pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN Here are the results of a failed attempt: ------------------------------------- # saslauthd -m /var/run/saslauthd -a pam -d saslauthd[3176] :main : num_procs : 5 saslauthd[3176] :main : mech_option: NULL saslauthd[3176] :main : run_path : /var/run/saslauthd saslauthd[3176] :main : auth_mech : pam saslauthd[3176] :ipc_init : using accept lock file: /var/run/saslauthd/mux.accept saslauthd[3176] :detach_tty : master pid is: 0 saslauthd[3176] :ipc_init : listening on socket: /var/run/saslauthd/mux saslauthd[3176] :main : using process model saslauthd[3177] :get_accept_lock : acquired accept lock saslauthd[3176] :have_baby : forked child: 3177 saslauthd[3176] :have_baby : forked child: 3178 saslauthd[3176] :have_baby : forked child: 3179 saslauthd[3176] :have_baby : forked child: 3180 saslauthd[3177] :rel_accept_lock : released accept lock saslauthd[3177] :do_auth : auth failure: [user=testuser] [service=rcmd] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error] # sasl2-sample-server -s rcmd -p 8000 trying 2, 1, 6 trying 10, 1, 6 socket: Address family not supported by protocol accepted new connection send: {11} PLAIN LOGIN recv: {5} LOGIN recv: {1} N send: {9} Username: recv: {7} testuser send: {9} Password: recv: {6} xxxxxx performing SASL negotiation: authentication failureclosing connection # sasl2-sample-client -s rcmd -p 8000 -m LOGIN 127.0.0.1 receiving capability list... recv: {11} PLAIN LOGIN PLAIN LOGIN send: {5} LOGIN send: {1} N recv: {9} Username: please enter an authentication id: testuser Password: send: {7} testuser recv: {9} Password: send: {6} xxxxxx authentication failed closing connection -------------- # From syslog: Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: main : num_procs : 5 Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: main : mech_option: NULL Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: main : run_path : /var/run/saslauthd Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: main : auth_mech : pam Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: ipc_init : using accept lock file: /var/run/saslauthd/mux.accept Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: detach_tty : master pid is: 0 Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: ipc_init : listening on socket: /var/run/saslauthd/mux Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: main : using process model Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3210]: get_accept_lock : acquired accept lock Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: have_baby : forked child: 3210 Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: have_baby : forked child: 3211 Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: have_baby : forked child: 3212 Sep 19 09:33:45 tn1 saslauthd[3209]: have_baby : forked child: 3213 Sep 19 09:34:03 tn1 saslauthd[3210]: rel_accept_lock : released accept lock Sep 19 09:34:03 tn1 saslauthd[3210]: DEBUG: auth_pam: pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure Sep 19 09:34:03 tn1 saslauthd[3210]: do_auth : auth failure: [user=testuser] [service=rcmd] [realm=] [mech=pam] [reason=PAM auth error] Sep 19 09:34:03 tn1 saslauthd[3210]: get_accept_lock : acquired accept lock

3 2

Way to tell if monitor is on or off???
by Jerry Geis 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I am looking for a way to tell if the monitor is on or off? xset q - seems to only work if DPMS turns off the monitor. If I or someone actually turns off the monitor xset q still shows on. If I do xset dpms force off ; sleep 5; xset q the monitor shows off. So is there a way to tell if the monitor is actually on or off? Thanks, Jerry

1 0

Apache error
by HaraldFinnås 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Anyone seen these errors from apache before? *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0a2e4320 *** *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0a2e2068 *** [Mon Sep 19 13:29:48 2005] [notice] child pid 334 exit signal Aborted (6) [Mon Sep 19 13:29:48 2005] [notice] child pid 335 exit signal Aborted (6) This is CentOS 4.1 with all updates applied. Happens when trying to log on to the latest egroupware from cvs (from head). Regards, Harald

1 0

Installing Java on X86_64 CentOS 4.1
by Kai 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

I have some problems installing java support to my browser (firefox). This support I installed with no problem when running the 32 bit version on the same machine, but now I can't find the plugin. I running on S754 - AMD XP3000 this is the file i download: jre-1_5_0_04-linux-amd64.bin And I am following the installation instructions from this link: http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml Everything seems to install perfectly, but the libjavaplugin_oji.so is not included, I can't find. Maybe there is an other file to link up to? If someone has the answer, please! kai

10 14

Policy based routing
by Hugo Perez Casanova 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Hi. Any one doing policy based routing in Centos 4.1? RHEL 3.4 does ok, but same configuration in CentOS 4.1 does not work. Is there something missing in kernel 2.6? Regards.

1 0

[OT] DirectDial.com ....
by William A. Mahaffey III 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

.... does anyone onlist have any 1st-hand experience (good or bad) w/ DirectDial.com for procuring computer components ? Thanks in advance :-). I am interested in them as a potential source for parts to build an Opteron box running Linux, probably CentOS, to bring this slightly on topic .... -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!

6 8

Re: [CentOS] OT - where to buy linux HW
by Brian T. Brunner 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

I build my own. That way, all corner-cutting cost-saving decisions are ones *I* make. Is this an option for you? (I learn more that way, which means, I make mistakes). Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> kevin.kempter(a)dataintellect.com 09/15/05 06:21PM >>> Hi List; Anyone know of any good retail or online outlets to but Linux desktops/servers. I would like to acquire another low cost dev box and I refuse to give the M$ chronies any of my money. Thanks for your advice... _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

3 2

Equivalent command or file
by Sam Drinkard 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

List, is there an equivalent on Linux as "watch" under FreeBSD, as well as the "snp" or snoop device that permits one to watch what is going on in another terminal? Yes there are privacy issues here, but in a home system with a couple of folks logged in trying to help with compiling stuff, it'd be nice to see what and how they are doing it. Thanks... -- Snowman

3 3

YUM error - are repositories down or something?
by Dave Gutteridge 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Following advice on how to ensure that PHP and MySQL are on my machine and working correctly, I ran the following YUM command, with the subsequent error: [root@localhost ~]# yum install php php-mysql httpd mysqlclient10 mysql- server Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (113, 'No route to host')> Trying other mirror. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: dag failure: repodata/repomd.xml from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Unless I am misunderstanding this error (which is quite likely), it seems to indicate that YUM can not reach the online repositories. Is that the case? Or does the problem reside on my end? Dave

5 8

plan of action?
by Robert 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

greetings, can someone(s) in authority please come up with a plan(s) of action in regards to this list medium? unfortunately this list has pretty much reached the point of no return and has become virtually useless. - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computers & Internet Sales/Service www.abbacomm.net

18 21

RE: [CentOS] YUM error - are repositories down or something?
by ABOKHALAF, Nassri Abdellatif 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

It seems your network is not working, and yum can't reach it's repositories. Make shore you can ping google.com or similar ! If not, check your network configuration. Nassri > > [root@localhost ~]# yum install php php-mysql httpd mysqlclient10 mysql- > server > Setting up Install Process > Setting up Repos > http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] > IOError: <urlopen error (113, 'No route to host')> > Trying other mirror. > Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: dag > failure: repodata/repomd.xml from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to > try. > > Unless I am misunderstanding this error (which is quite likely), it > seems to indicate that YUM can not reach the online repositories. Is > that the case? > > Or does the problem reside on my end? > > Dave

2 1

RE: [CentOS] Are PHP and MySQL running on my CentOS installation?
by ABOKHALAF, Nassri Abdellatif 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Dave, What you need is php, msql & apache. You can install all the packages via using yum First execute yum install php php-mysql httpd mysqlclient10 mysql-server yum will resolve all dependences for you and probably will install some additional packages that you may need. If you have some packages already installed yum will tell you ! After installation, you will have to start several services: service httpd start service mysqld start to test that your webserver is running you can use your local browser httpd://localhost the best way to test php is to put a phpinfo.php file in your webserver document root usually in /var/www/html/. Do the following: vi /var/www/html/phpinfo.php insert in the first line: <? phpinfo(); ?> To test php do the following: httpd://localhost/phpinfo.php it will show you your php configuration. Nassri > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Dave Gutteridge > Sent: sexta-feira, 16 de Setembro de 2005 11:52 > To: centos(a)centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Are PHP and MySQL running on my CentOS installation? > > > When I was installing CentOS, I noticed among the list of components > that PHP and MySQL were available. I made sure they were selected > because I develop a lot of web sites in PHP/MySQL, but I always do my > testing on the server side. I thought it would be kind of cool if I > could do the testing and development on my home machine. > > Which is a long way of saying that I think I have PHP/MySQL on my > machine, but have no idea what the heck to do with them. I mean, I can > script PHP and write queries for MySQL, but don't know anything about > their set up and installation. > > I wrote a small test HTML page with basic head and body information, and > simply this PHP in the body: > <?php > echo 'hello world': > ?> > And then opened it in FireFox. As expected, it didn't display anything. > > So I went to my trusty friend, Google, and asked about it. But it's one > of those cases where people seem to assume that it's already installed, > and if it's installed, it's already working. The PHP site itself says > "We do not distribute UNIX/Linux binaries. Most Linux distributions come > with PHP these days" and then not much else about running it. > > Am I going to find myself in a whole new world of confusing settings and > configurations if I try to get PHP working on my home machine? > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

11 13

Update/upgrade paths?
by Dave Laird 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Good afternoon, Netizens... I have a number of 3.3 CentOS boxes that are quite a substantial distance from my home office. Short of physically going to those sites with a fresh set of CD's in hand, is there a method of remotely (via secure SSH) updating not only the files but the distribution as well, say to 4.1? Can you do a distribution update without using CD's? After a few weeks of experimenting with CentOS 4.1 I am really motivated to upgrade, if for no other reason than the fresh kernel and x.org, to name just a few. Dave -- Dave Laird (Dave(a)kharma.net) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project An automatic & random fortune for the Minute: When I was little, I went into a pet shop and they asked how big I'd get. -- Rodney Dangerfield

5 6

RE: [CentOS] CentOS + GFS + EtherDrive
by Bowie Bailey 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

From: John Newbigin [mailto:jnewbigin@ict.swin.edu.au] > > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > I am considering building a pair of storage servers that will be > > using CentOS and GFS to share the storage from a Coraid > > (SATA+Raid) EtherDrive shelf. Has anyone else tried such a setup? > > > > Is GFS stable enough to use in a production environment? > > > > There is a build of GFS 6.1 at http://rpm.karan.org/el4/csgfs/. Has anyone > > used this? Is it stable? > > > Will I run into any problems if I use CentOS 3.5 with it's GFS package to > > access a shared 5TB filesystem? > > > > I've been googling on this stuff off and on for a month now. I've found a > > bunch of conflicting and confusing information, but no clear answers. I've > > been kind of hoping that the new GFS 6.1 packages would be released while I > > was waiting... :) > > If you are using CentOS 3.5 then you want the el3 version of > GFS from here: > http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3/csgfs/ Right. The version I referenced would be for CentOS 4.1. > This is only GFS 6.0 but it works well. It looks like there are > lots of differences in 6.1 so I don't think it will work out of the > box on CentOS-3. > > I use GFS with GNBD and it works OK. Some of the nodes are 2 hops > away over the ethernet and they can sometimes be a bit slow. They > also lock up if the network goes down (no hardware fencing). What is GNBD? > The servers are in the same rack and work well together. > > I don't know the maximum filesystem size, or if your hardware is > supported but read the docs and it won't cost you anything to try it. Actually, I'm trying to determine workability before I spend money on the storage hardware, so it will cost me quite a bit to try it. Does anyone know the maximum filesystem size for CentOS 3.5 and GFS 6.0? Bowie

2 1

PXE Install CentOS-4.1
by John Newbigin 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

I am setting up CentOS-4.1 so I can install it via PXE Boot. I have everything working except the only packages available for selection is the Minimal set. The other groups are grayed out and can't be selected. Any ideas? I have also discovered that anaconda does not follow http redirects which is a bit annoying. John. -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

4 4

postrotate error
by Manny Tau 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

Running CentOS 4 w/ BlueQuartz on a whitebox, and getting this cron.daily email: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: error running postrotate script Is this a common problem? Thoughts on a typical solution? thnx, Manny

2 1

Promise SATA support
by Admin 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

Hi List I have a Promise SATA 300 TX ( NOT raid ) that do have RHEL4 driver, but this driver doesn’t work with CentOS4 Why? What can I do to get a driver that works? SATAII150/SATA300 TX series RHEL4 32-bit Driver http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productID=139&cate gory=all&os=100# This one should be for the correct 2.6 kernel, but it's no go I get this error: #sh install Promise SATA II 150/300 Driver Installation...failed No suitable driver found make sure driver disk or kernel version is right ***************************** MVH / Regards Jan Erik *****************************

3 2

how do I install mailman in a mail cluster
by Robin Mordasiewicz 18 Sep '05

18 Sep '05

I am trying to figure out the best way to install Mailman, or any other mailing list software in a mail cluster, i.e. two postfix smtp gatways, two squirrelmail webmail servers, failover cyrus imap servers.. I initially installed it on the same machine as the imap server since this is where the mail ends up and only is delivered through one machine. I have other just technical kludges, like propogating the mailman aliases to the smtp gateway so that it knows what is a local user. i.e. the smtp gateways check ldap to see if a local destination is actually valid before sending the mail to the cyrus mailstore via a postfix relay... How are other people solving this ?

1 0

Are PHP and MySQL running on my CentOS installation?
by Dave Gutteridge 17 Sep '05

17 Sep '05

When I was installing CentOS, I noticed among the list of components that PHP and MySQL were available. I made sure they were selected because I develop a lot of web sites in PHP/MySQL, but I always do my testing on the server side. I thought it would be kind of cool if I could do the testing and development on my home machine. Which is a long way of saying that I think I have PHP/MySQL on my machine, but have no idea what the heck to do with them. I mean, I can script PHP and write queries for MySQL, but don't know anything about their set up and installation. I wrote a small test HTML page with basic head and body information, and simply this PHP in the body: <?php echo 'hello world': ?> And then opened it in FireFox. As expected, it didn't display anything. So I went to my trusty friend, Google, and asked about it. But it's one of those cases where people seem to assume that it's already installed, and if it's installed, it's already working. The PHP site itself says "We do not distribute UNIX/Linux binaries. Most Linux distributions come with PHP these days" and then not much else about running it. Am I going to find myself in a whole new world of confusing settings and configurations if I try to get PHP working on my home machine? Dave

11 16

RE: [CentOS] Equivalent command or file
by Marc Powell 17 Sep '05

17 Sep '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Sam Drinkard > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:42 PM > To: CentOS(a)centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Equivalent command or file > > List, is there an equivalent on Linux as "watch" under FreeBSD, as > well > as the "snp" or snoop device that permits one to watch what is going > on > in another terminal? Yes there are privacy issues here, but in a home > system with a couple of folks logged in trying to help with compiling > stuff, it'd be nice to see what and how they are doing it. Screen is an option. Both of you log in with the same username; you as the root user 'su - username' will work. One of you execute 'screen', the other execute 'screen -x' afterward. -- Marc

3 4

Portsentry cause IPTable Reloads
by Todd Reed 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

I'm having some trouble with portsentry on CentOS. I've installed it and configured it to ignore my network. However, every 20 minutes, it reloads my iptables and basically kills any SSH sessions, etc. Any suggestions? Thanks, Todd

1 0

Two strange behaviours with dovecot+postfix+squirrelmail
by Francisco Neira 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, About a week ago I was forced to migrate my main (production) email server from RH9 to Centos4.1. The installation has dovecot-0.99.11 + postfix-2.1.5 and >600 mbox accessed email accounts. Number 1. Some users accessing thru squirremail (installed in my webserver) can read their INBOX at /var/spool/mail directory but when trying to delete a message they receive the following error message from squirrelmail: ERROR: Could not complete request. Consulta: COPY 1279 "mail/Trash" Reason Given: Internal error occured. Error report written to server log. [2005-09-16 15:08:04] and the error logged is the following: Sep 16 15:09:27 mail imap(username): mkdir_parents(/home/username//mail/.imap/Trash) failed: Permission denied I never stated that .imap/Trash when configuring dovecot and the strangest thing is that my account, as most of others, can delete messages moving from /var/spool/mail/my_name to /home/my_name/mail/Trash Number 2. Randomly, some users connecting from Mozilla Thunderbird via IMAP get an error message telling that there has been an error connecting to INBOX. Watching the maillog I found the following: Sep 16 13:07:43 mail imap(otheruser): File isn't in mbox format: /var/spool/mail/otheruser I accessed the user's inbox file with vi and found that there was a "--604" at the beginning of the file. In other case I found that the file was beginning with a truncated email message. Trying to "walk on the safer side", I changed the mbox_lock setting from "fcntl" to "dotlock" in the /etc/dovecot.conf file. Any suggestions and comments about his will be highly appreciated. Forgive me about my English, it is not my native lanaguage. Regards, - -- Francisco Neira B. Administrador de Red Defensoria del Pueblo Lima, Peru, -05:00 UTC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDKyxz6PLP4IwWB7QRAiMKAJ482XebJMAE7WReJ+z/5DtIsqOgXACdFBx9 VhoveuSay6KBFcaNNinXa+A= =XUV0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

1 0

Capturing audio streams with Linux?
by Preston Crawford 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

So I got a new Pocket PC this weekend (yes, you read that right, sorry, don't like the Palms on offer currently and I can at least install software on it via Windows on VMWare). One of the main things I wanted to do with it is get Audible.com again and listen to All Things Considered from NPR on the way home like I used to. Now I find out they not only don't have an agreement with Audible any longer where I can pay them for this service, but now they are podcasting, but not the whole show. *sigh* So what to do.... My thinking is to capture the stream from local affiliate and time shift until I leave work. But how do I do this (I know how to use dump with mplayer for this) without getting one gigantic file? Anyone have any experience with this? Preston

12 30

Server Replication: CenOS, coda? lustre?
by Manuel BERTRAND 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Hi list, our lab is divided in two sites and we would like to have a clone of the mail server on the second site for redundancy only (used in case of a lost of connectivity with the primary mail server, with the MX entries in the DNS the clone will receive the mails instead). The problem(s) comes with the mail partition who must be replicated and synchronized over the time (and over the net) to the cloned mail server, so the users can still access their mails while we deal with the primary server. My search leads me to the coda FS (and maybe the lustre solution, but we only use opensource soft so it may only be the one year old version - which is open...). Is there on the list people who are doing such things and if you are, can you give me some clues? What I think is something like a 'one read - multiple writes' FS who can handle the flow of mails and securely replicates it to the clone server. Do we have no choice but to tolerate the lost of some emails when the primary server stops responding? btw is it realistic? Thanks, Manuel

2 1

php and mysql ok but display ? instead of a vowel with accent
by Luis Alejandro Cazzola 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

php and mysql ok but display the character ? instead of a vowel with accent, i dont know why, i think that mybe can be the configuration of de php.ini, but why? if somebody can helpme, i will be very thankful. bye

3 2

Boot/init problem with IBM Netfinity 4500
by Will McDonald 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

I hope the CentOS people don't mind me cross-posting for their input. I've just done a clean, text-mode minimal WBEL4 install on an IBM Netfinity 4500, essentially the same hardware as an xSeries 340. The install went fine but now the box will boot, run through the initrd init sequence, perform its switchroot then hang here... SELinux: Initializing. SELinux: Starting in permissive mode I don't think it's an SELinux issue though, booting with selinux=0 the system just hangs after the switchroot because it's not initializing SELinux at all. It's what's coming next that's causing the problem. On a working system (different hardware) the next stage is INIT... INIT: version 2.85 booting I've tried adding some debug echo lines into rc.sysinit incase it's something in there causing the problem but the init process doesn't appear to be getting that far. So, somewhere between the initrd's switchroot and spawning INIT something's broke. It'll boot into rescue mount and I can chroot into the root filesystem and everything in there seems to be as it should. I've tried booting with selinux=0, noapic and noprobe with no change. Where next? All suggestions appreciated. Will.

2 3

Why is yum not liked by some?
by Todd Cary 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

I have seen messages posted on the Fedora oriented forums that imply that "yum" is antiquated. Not being a Linux guru, I do not have the experience to make a thorough evaluation, but so far it has been just great. Todd -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

43 236

CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 12
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 16 Sep '05

16 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-2005:766 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2005:766-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 squid security update (John Newbigin) 3. CESA-2005:501 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) XFree86 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2005:773-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 mod_ssl security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:11:32 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) squid - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050915121132.GA15823(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:766 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: updates/s390/RPMS/squid-2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.14.s390.rpm s390x: updates/s390x/RPMS/squid-2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.14.s390x.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

1 0

ppc questions
by Karanbir Singh 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Chris Mauritz wrote: > > The 32bit PPC release is for the older G3/G4 macs, no? I've got a > pile of unused G4 400-800mhz powermacs just sitting around The ppc32 distro will work on any NewWorld G3, G4 based machine ( and 32bit ibm power, like the older rs6k's ) - it _also_ works fine on the MacMini and G4 Xserve's. With some common sense tweaks, a G4 450Mhz is a very usable machine running CentOS4 in 386MB of ram. Much more usable than OSX Tiger. > that I'd love to > get some use out of, but I don't think they'd be very responsive with > OSX tiger. how much of Ram do these machines have ? if its anything >=256 megs, you have very functional and usable desktop machines there. > My children's school has a lab full of Macs so I'm > wondering if I donated the machines, installed CentOS and then > volunteered some > time each week to train someone how to maintain them, that might be > better than having them collect dust at the office. Sounds like a plan, go for it - if you have any issues, feel free to drop a message here or come find us on #centos-ppc / #centos on irc.freenode.net > As for PPC64, has anyone done benchmarking between a ppc64 and OSX > system on the same G5 hardware? Linux wins hands down. I am sitting typing this out on a Dual G5 2ghz, and I find Linux to be much more responsive than OSX. anandtech had a write-up recently where they compared OSX Server to Linux on the server side of things, iirc correctly - Linux came out on top. A bit of googling should dig up the exact article. - K

4 4

OT - where to buy linux HW
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Hi List; Anyone know of any good retail or online outlets to but Linux desktops/servers. I would like to acquire another low cost dev box and I refuse to give the M$ chronies any of my money. Thanks for your advice...

3 2

CentOS 4U2 timing.
by Lamar Owen 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Any idea on timing of 4U2? Reason being is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140002 and a pair of DPT SmartRAID V Milleniums. -- Lamar Owen Director of Information Technology Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu

13 27

Can someone point me in the direction of a quick postfix/fetchmail setup example?
by Preston Crawford 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

I need to start doing some email filtering. Can someone point me in the direction of how to do this if they have a link handy? If not I'll Google anyway, but I thought I'd ask just in case. Preston

3 4

OT: Proftpd and Iptables
by Ed Morrison 16 Sep '05

16 Sep '05

Hi Peoples, I'm still beating my head with the Proftpd although I have solved my orininal issue. That turned out to be an iptables issue and I'm beginning to wonder if iptables is playing with me again. I have an FTP server that allows anonymous downloads and with specific accounts able to upload to the anonymous directory. The problem is, those users cannot upload. I have attached my proftpd conf file and my iptables for those willing to take a look and provide some feedback: Thanks for any feedback. Iptables: #!/bin/bash # Make sure modules are loaded insmod ip_tables insmod ip_conntrack insmod ip_conntrack_ftp insmod ipt_state # Flush any existing rules iptables -F # Block x.x.x.x/x.x.x.x iptables -A INPUT -s 194.150.236.171 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 213.193.230.2 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 205.134.230.2 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 201.15.13.42 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 61.100.12.125 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 193.136.200.48 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 61.218.41.152 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 61.183.22.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 80.228.206.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 67.94.106.0/24 -j DROP # Allow other traffic # iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 20 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --sport 21 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 21 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT #Drop all other traffic #iptables -A INPUT -j DROP Proftpd conf: AuthPAMAuthoritative on IdentLookups off UseReverseDNS off Port 21 Umask 022 ListOptions "-a" AllowRetrieveRestart on AllowStoreRestart on MaxInstances 20 User nobody Group nobody ScoreboardFile /var/run/proftpd.score <Global> AllowOverwrite yes <Limit ALL SITE_CHMOD> AllowAll </Limit> </Global> LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b" LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s" TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/xferlog ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/access.log WRITE,READ ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/auth.log AUTH auth UseFTPUsers off <Anonymous /var/ftp/pub> AnonRequirePassword on User gps Group gps #DefaultChdir /var/ftp/pub/ RequireValidShell off <Limit STOR> AllowAll </Limit> <Limit WRITE> AllowAll </Limit> </Anonymous> <Anonymous ~ftp> User ftp Group ftp AccessGrantMsg "Anonymous login ok, restrictions apply." UserAlias anonymous ftp DefaultChdir /pub/ RequireValidShell off AnonRequirePassword off <Limit LOGIN> AllowAll </Limit> <Limit WRITE> DenyAll </Limit> <Limit STOR> DenyAll </Limit> <Limit READ> AllowAll </Limit> </Anonymous>

2 2

[OT] Can we end this now, please ? (Was: [CentOS] Why is yum not liked by some?)
by Rohan Walsh 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Dag said: > Please everybody involved, go private. Little has been added since > the first few posts and it's getting boring. Besides, I'm sure as > soon as this is a private discussion it dies silently as no honor > has to be defended. I agree. One point (and my addition) from 'Skill with People' by Les Giblin from the section '7 musts for successful criticism' - 1. Criticism should be made in absolute privacy. technical corrections on the list, correction re manners, attitude, etc etc off list My observation is that on this list criticism of manners etc ALWAYS makes the problem worse, technical discussion gets left behind in favour of a flame war, the exact opposite of the stated intention of the criticism. Dag's comments sums up why nicely. Figure it out already! For those of you who deal regularly with customers, particularly if you're self employed or paid by contract, I highly recommend getting this booklet. It takes about 15 minutes to read, so can be done regularly before talking to a new client, going for job interview etc. I have no doubt it can cause a sharp increase in income for many people. ISBN 187 682 5278 Since this is already offtopic, if anyone really needs to reply, off list is probably best. regards Rohan

1 0

SMART error (OfflineUncorrectableSector) detected on host: SMART error (CurrentPendingSector) detected on host
by Abilash Praveen M 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hello, SMART error (OfflineUncorrectableSector) detected on host: *************************************************************************** The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon: Device: /dev/hdb, 2 Offline uncorrectable sectors For details see host's SYSLOG (default: /var/log/messages). You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation. No additional email messages about this problem will be sent. SMART error (CurrentPendingSector) detected on host: ********************************************************************* The following warning/error was logged by the smartd daemon: Device: /dev/hdb, 2 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors For details see host's SYSLOG (default: /var/log/messages). You can also use the smartctl utility for further investigation. No additional email messages about this problem will be sent. I tried to smartcl.. but it won't let me in to the mounted partition. Please help! Is this a very serious issue? It was a very new HDD and I wonder how I got the uncorrectable sectors. Should I have to replace my HDD? Thanks, Abilash Praveen M

2 1

GFS version compatibility
by Bowie Bailey 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Can a GFS 6.0 and GFS 6.1 system share the same storage? I'm considering building my system using GFS 6.0 and then migrating up to 6.1 when it is more stable. I would prefer to migrate the machines one by one to avoid any overall downtime, but this would mean that some nodes would be 6.0 and other nodes would be 6.1. Will this work, or would I need to take everything down and migrate all of the nodes at once? Is there a better place for this question? Bowie

1 0

RE: [CentOS] Portsentry
by Todd Reed 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Try going to ftp://www.falsehope.net/home/tengel/portsentry/CentOS4/ portsentry-1.2-1.te.i386.rpm I had the same trouble. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Manny Tau Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:59 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Portsentry >I'm running CentOS 4 with Blue Quartz on a white box, and having problems >with installing Portsentry vi the .tar.gz route. Various errors, etc. > >Anyone here know of a source, like an RPM or something, for Portsentry for >CentOS? >... or a similar app? > > > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.falsehope.net/home/tengel/portsentry/Cent OS4/ portsentry-1.2-1.te.i386.rpm Unfortunately, I get an error ... can't find the ftp site ... with the above link, and also via their site ... Manny _______________________________________________ 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

1 0

RE: [CentOS] Portsentry
by Todd Reed 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Try going to ftp://www.falsehope.net/home/tengel/portsentry/CentOS4/ portsentry-1.2-1.te.i386.rpm I had the same trouble. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Manny Tau Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:59 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Portsentry >I'm running CentOS 4 with Blue Quartz on a white box, and having problems >with installing Portsentry vi the .tar.gz route. Various errors, etc. > >Anyone here know of a source, like an RPM or something, for Portsentry for >CentOS? >... or a similar app? > > > ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.falsehope.net/home/tengel/portsentry/Cent OS4/ portsentry-1.2-1.te.i386.rpm Unfortunately, I get an error ... can't find the ftp site ... with the above link, and also via their site ... Manny _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

1 0

how to tell if a file is older than 30 days?
by Jerry Geis 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

I am trying to find out how to tell if a given file is 30 days or older. How is that type of thing done in shell scripts. Thanks, Jerry

4 3

RE: [CentOS] how to tell if a file is older than 30 days?
by Bowie Bailey 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

From: Jerry Geis [mailto:geisj@pagestation.com] > > I am trying to find out how to tell if a given file is 30 days or older. > How is that type of thing done in shell scripts. find directoryname -mtime +30 -print Will list all files in a directory that have not been modified in the last 30 days. Read the man page for 'find'. It can find files based on almost anything. Bowie

1 0

Portsentry
by Manny Tau 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

I'm running CentOS 4 with Blue Quartz on a white box, and having problems with installing Portsentry vi the .tar.gz route. Various errors, etc. Anyone here know of a source, like an RPM or something, for Portsentry for CentOS? ... or a similar app? thnx, Manny

2 2

Hostsentry RPM?
by Todd Reed 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

On that Portsentry subject, anybody ran across an updated hostsentry rpm?

1 0

Disk problem has stopped 'df' from working
by Nigel kendrick 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hi folks, probably not CentOS specific but any help appreciated: One of our CentOS4 servers crashed and when checked there was a disk problem which turned out to be a faulty SATA cable on one of the RAID 1 drives. This was sorted and the server brought back up after the usual disk checks and all has been well for the last week. Today, however, I tried 'df -h' and got: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on df: `': No such file or directory I can't recall whether I tried the command just after the server was restarted (ie: whether this is a new problem) but any pointers towards possible causes/fixes would be appreciated. Thanks

2 2

CentOS 4U2 timing. -- Cell != PowerPC 64
by Bryan J. Smith 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Ed Clarke wrote: > The ppc64 arch is likely to become much more important > once the Sony-Toshiba-IBM processor gets into consumer > hands. Understand that "Cell" is not a "generic" CPU. It is a configuration-fixed "Power-based core" with vector units attached. In a nutshell, it's like having a "moderate performing" single CPU platform with specialized SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) units. You have to write software to take advantage of those units, and compiler-based optimizations are _un_likely to give you much without such coding. > The new Sony playstation is supposed to use it Yes, because a console platform will have libraries written specifically for the vector units, and titles written to take advantage of those libraries. Whether or not those libraries -- in part or in full -- are released by Sony to the community is anyone's guess at this point. If Sony follows its history, it will release a $20,000+ developer system with those libraries (no, the $200 Linux kit for the PS/2 was not the full development kit ;-). > and I have seen Linux running on at least the simulator. The PS/3 is supposed to run a release of Linux. The PS/2 development kit was Linux-based, but the PS/3 is the first that is a Linux target. I'm sure GNU/Linux was chosen because it allows them to build a quick target for the new Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), while leveraging much of the existing Power/PowerPC GCC target and OS. There were rumors that the PS/3 might run MacOS X as a set-top unit. I could be to to leverage the existing "desktop" MacOS X apps, using largely just the core (no vector processing) as a "moderately performing" Mac system. But I don't know if the Cell's Power core is PowerPC (Power is _not_ fully ISA compatible with PowerPC), no one has given me a straight answer on that. So I seriously doubt it. Unless there is some "virtualization" mode to their Linux codebase that lets them run a MacOS X instance to them run those apps. That might be more feasible. > This is an extremely powerful chip - similar to an eight > way SMP ppc. Sorry, don't mean to cross you, but that's an oversimplification that simply isn't remotely true. It is a single Power core with vector units -- nothing like a multi-core solution. Only Microsoft's XBox 360 is a 3-way multi-core Power CPU. The PS/3 is a Power core with vector units attached, radically different. > http://www.blachford.info/computer/Cell/Cell3_v2.html That's a good link, but even he doesn't know what the final ISA will look like. I also don't think he realizes that the inprecise nature of the vector units will limit the potential of the Cell for many scientific/engineering applications. 19GFLOPS is great, unless you actually need precision. E.g., you could _never_ use the Cell for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), which was one of the first and most linearly scaling applications for Linux clusters. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)

1 0

automount[18592]: failed to mount /home/.hidden
by Allison Maury 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Hi! My /var/log/messages files are being filled up with the following error... Sep 15 10:39:53 comp automount[15138]: >> mount: server:/home/.hidden failed, reason given by server: Permission denied Sep 15 10:39:53 comp automount[15138]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure server:/home/.hidden on /home/.hidden Sep 15 10:39:53 comp automount[15138]: failed to mount /home/.hidden What is /home/.hidden? Why can't it be mounted? And, can I simply delete it? Basically, what is this error from and how can I stop it from occurring? Thanks in advance for any help.

2 3

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4U2 timing.
by Brian T. Brunner 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

Also, Upi, people need more than work, they need work patterns. Making arch releases in a particular order is safer than an 'as available' order in many cases. So the particular order is 'i386 first'. If you were a (co)developer/tester/maintainer/distributor, your work pattern would be significant. So: Help row the boat, or (happily) enjoy the scenery. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> Jay.Hilliard(a)disney.com 09/15/05 01:47AM >>> Pasi Pirhonen wrote: > Hi, > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 05:52:15PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >>We usually release our first arch (i386) with a week of the upstream >>release and our other arches within a week after the first arch release. >> > > > I find it a bit offensive when it's brough out as it is above. > It really should be 'we have a policy of releasing i386 first > even when anything else would be ready before'. > Well, I appreciate the efforts of Johnny H. and if it takes a week or two, regardless of ARCH, so be it. He's doing a lot. What happens if he needs an extended vacation? He *is* CentOS, you know (that's not sarcasm). -- Jay _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

2 1

CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 11
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 15 Sep '05

15 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-2005:766 Important CentOS 3 ia64 squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 4 ia64 squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 3 i386 squid - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 squid - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2005:501 Important CentOS 3 i386 XFree86 - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2005:501 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 XFree86 - security update (Tru Huynh) 8. CESA-2005:501 Important CentOS 3 ia64 XFree86 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 4 i386 squid - security update (Johnny Hughes) 10. CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 squid - security update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:25:45 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:766 Important CentOS 3 ia64 squid - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050915092545.GW15823(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:766 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: files: updates/ia64/RPMS/squid-2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.14.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

1 0

SunFire X2100 and X4100
by Chris Mauritz 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Anyone seen either of these "in the wild" yet? RHEL3/RHEL4 are install options so I'm assuming CentOS will just work out of the box, but I thought I'd ask here. The 2100 seems like a viable alternative to whitebox 1RU boxes that we currently use, especially with the new dual core processors. Cheers,

4 5

Does Red Hat care about kernel bugs in CentOS?
by Greg Bailey 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

In the course of troubleshooting a netfilter problem, I've run into a scenario where I can reliably generate an oops with the netfilter module(s). I generally like perusing the bugs on Red Hat's bugzilla system because I can usually find solutions or patches to issues I encounter there. In this case, I couldn't. What do CentOS users do when they discover bugs? Will Red Hat consider it? Do I file it against "Red Hat Enterprise 3" if I'm running CentOS 3.5? I'm concerned if things like System.map, etc. don't match between the RHEL kernel and the CentOS kernel. Any suggestions? Thanks, Greg

2 1

Netcdf
by Sam Drinkard 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Can anyone tell me if there exists an rpm for netcdf-3.6.0-p1 for Centos x86-64? Also, are there any details of what was used to compile it, i.e., ifort, pgf, g77, etc. I'm looking for a version compiled with ifort... Sam -- Snowman

4 5

RE: [CentOS] kickstart editor
by Ash Christopher 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Add this to your kickstart file. #Disable SELinux (Secure Linux). selinux --disabled -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Geis Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:33 PM To: centos(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS] kickstart editor Hi, I played with the kickstart configuration editor today. (4.1) I the firewall section I dont see the controls for SELinux? AM I missing something? Where can I control that. I want to disable it in this case. Thanks, Jerry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

1 0

kickstart editor
by Jerry Geis 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Hi, I played with the kickstart configuration editor today. (4.1) I the firewall section I dont see the controls for SELinux? AM I missing something? Where can I control that. I want to disable it in this case. Thanks, Jerry

1 0

4.1 x86_64 and stability
by Ryan Lum 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Dear All, I have previous posted on here before about some of the problems I have been have with various services in 4.1 particularly, PCMCIA, XFS, and Netowrk. I have a nf4x mobo with an amd semprom 3000+. The video card is an Asus radeon x500 (uses the x300 drivers). I have also tried fedora core 4 as well which the same repeatable results. Basically the problem is the services freeze when they start up, but if I removed them from init.d the computer starts fine and they start fine manually. Yet, when I get going I have several various ata errors, and lets not even think about running gnome which just locks up and hangs. My question is: is the hardware support for x86_64 as good as i386. I just installed i386 4.1 without a hang or any problems. thanks

5 6

OT - has my email domain been hijacked?
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Returned mail: User unknown Hi List; I keep getting emails similar to the text below. I/We own the domain dataintellect.com and we have email addresses setup however I always see a bogus dataintellect.com email address as the sender. -or is this simply a random spam email? Thanks in advance for any advice... ========================================= From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON(a)aol.com> To: carina_x(a)dataintellect.com Date: Today 13:31:26 Spam Status: Spamassassin 0% probability of being spam. Full report: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=no version=3.0.4 The original message was received at Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:31:23 -0400 (EDT) from client-201.230.112.161.speedy.net.pe [201.230.112.161] *** ATTENTION *** Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----". The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a general translation for other e-mail servers. Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail administrator. --AOL Postmaster ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <acardi(a)cs.com> <adorablealicia(a)cs.com> <aclaudet(a)cs.com> <acarter5(a)cs.com> <acrader(a)cs.com> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to air-yg01.mail.aol.com.: >>> RCPT To:<acrader(a)cs.com> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 <acrader(a)cs.com>... User unknown >>> RCPT To:<acarter5(a)cs.com> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 <acarter5(a)cs.com>... User unknown >>> RCPT To:<aclaudet(a)cs.com> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 <aclaudet(a)cs.com>... User unknown >>> RCPT To:<adorablealicia(a)cs.com> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 <adorablealicia(a)cs.com>... User unknown >>> RCPT To:<acardi(a)cs.com> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 <acardi(a)cs.com>... User unknown unnamed Received: from client-201.230.112.161.speedy.net.pe (client-201.230.112.161.speedy.net.pe [201.230.112.161]) by rly-yg02.mx.aol.com (v107.10) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYG23-26f43287a8232f; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:31:21 -0400 Received: from mail.strawberrysampler.com ([64.118.71.80]) by 201.230.112.161 with ESMTP id 4868741; Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:21:59 -0100 Received: (qmail 73986 invoked by uid 5164); Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:21:59 -0100 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:21:59 -0100 Message-ID: <20050914.68664.carina_x(a)dataintellect.com> From: "Men of Focus" <carina_x(a)dataintellect.com> Sender: carina_x(a)dataintellect.com To: acardi(a)cs.com, adorablealicia(a)cs.com, aclaudet(a)cs.com, acarter5(a)cs.com, acrader(a)cs.com X-Responder-ID: 14 Subject: Living without concerns! Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" X-AOL-IP: 201.230.112.161 X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 1:2:306687321:10737418 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 3

3 2

errors received in logs
by Steven Vishoot 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

now that i am done ranting. i have a question. I received this error today and i think it was today only so far, but the error is as follows. hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04Aborted Command i did some googling and found some stuff...but some said go out and get another drive this one is going to hard drive heaven very soon... and other said it could be a software doing this and keep an eye on it. then i saw some say about a program called smartctl. is this a program that centos has...if not what is it and where is a good place to get it and is it worth running it? i am running centos 3.5 120gig maxtor. with a 1.8 intel cpu 512 mem. Steven "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows or better'. So I installed Linux."

6 14

Does anyone use VMWare 4.5.2 on CentOS 4?
by Preston Crawford 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

I'm trying to use my copy and whenever I reboot I have to reconfigure everything again using vmware-config.pl. Any idea why I might have to do this? Is there something about the way services are setup under CentOS 4 or something? Preston

6 8

RE: [CentOS] X11 forwarding
by Bob Pierce 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

I would recommend cygwin/X. I use it almost every day at work through a putty ssh tunnel and I'm very happy with it. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Todd Reed Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:11 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] X11 forwarding Do I need an xserver running on my windows box? That may be my problem. If so, could someone suggest one. I did a quick search and I found several that you have to pay for. --Todd -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sean O'Connell Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:02 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] X11 forwarding On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 12:55 -0500, Todd Reed wrote: > I need to enable forward the xWindows through my SSH session, but I'm > having trouble. I'm using Putty and I've configured it to allow > enable x11 forwarding through the ssh tunnel. I've also edited the > /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set X11Forwarding yes. After doing this, > it's not working. I'm sure there's quite a bit not doing. Could > anybody offer any guidance? This is my first attempt to do this. Todd- What errors are you getting when try to launch an X application? Are you running an X server on your windows machine? Have you restarted sshd since changing sshd_config? -- Sean _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

2 1

RE: [CentOS] X11 forwarding
by Todd Reed 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Do I need an xserver running on my windows box? That may be my problem. If so, could someone suggest one. I did a quick search and I found several that you have to pay for. --Todd -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sean O'Connell Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:02 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] X11 forwarding On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 12:55 -0500, Todd Reed wrote: > I need to enable forward the xWindows through my SSH session, but I'm > having trouble. I'm using Putty and I've configured it to allow > enable x11 forwarding through the ssh tunnel. I've also edited > the /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set X11Forwarding yes. After doing this, > it's not working. I'm sure there's quite a bit not doing. Could > anybody offer any guidance? This is my first attempt to do this. Todd- What errors are you getting when try to launch an X application? Are you running an X server on your windows machine? Have you restarted sshd since changing sshd_config? -- Sean _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

4 3

X11 forwarding
by Todd Reed 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

I need to enable forward the xWindows through my SSH session, but I'm having trouble. I'm using Putty and I've configured it to allow enable x11 forwarding through the ssh tunnel. I've also edited the /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set X11Forwarding yes. After doing this, it's not working. I'm sure there's quite a bit not doing. Could anybody offer any guidance? This is my first attempt to do this. Thanks, Todd

4 3

Tyan Thunder K8SE S2892 lm_sensors Config
by Kirk Bocek 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Tyan has posted a lm_sensors config file for the Thunder K8SE S2892 at ftp://ftp.tyan.com/software/lms/lms_s2892.conf However when I ran the sensors command on my S2892 I was getting a readout for an adt7463 chip that wasn't referenced in the config file. I emailed Raphael Deng at Tyan asking him to confirm the manual edit needed to get sensors.conf to refer to the adt7463 chip. His reply was: > It's ok. You know, lm85 and adt7463 are pretty similar. > Sometimes, hardware designer or manufactory guys will use them mixed. So, in Raphael's sensors.conf replace the line 'chip "lm85-i2c-*-2e"' with 'chip "adt7463-i2c-*-2e"' and all will be well. Kirk Bocek

1 0

centos 4 and BlueQuartz 5100R
by Daniel Wright 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Anyone running this? http://bluequartz.org/ . Looking for pros and cons!! Thanks Dan

2 1

mkfs.ext3 on a 9TB volume
by Francois Caen 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Hello, I have: CentOS4.1 x86_64 directly-attached Infortrend 9TB array QLogic HBA seen as sdb GPT label created in parted I want one single 9TB ext3 partition. I am experiencing crazy behavior from mke2fs / mkfs.ext3 (tried both). If I create partitions in parted up to approx 4,100,000 MB in parted, mkfs.ext3 works great. It lists the right number of blocks and creates a filesystem that fills the partition. Any partition approx 4,200,000 MB and larger, mkfs.ext3 sees a totally random number of blocks, equivalent to a few hundred GBs of space. It create healthy partitions, but they are way too small!!! >From dmesg to parted, I can see the system recognizes the hardware properly, including the number of blocks. And I know the upper limit of ext3 is 16TB, not 4! What am I doing wrong? What wall am I hitting around 4TB? HELP!!! Thanks, Francois Caen output of a few commands: (parted) p Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-9149550.000 megabytes Disk label type: gpt Minor Start End Filesystem Name Flags 1 0.017 4100000.000 ext3 <------ 4TB partition 2 4100000.000 9149549.983 <------- 5TB partition # mke2fs -n /dev/sdb1 mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 524812288 inodes, 1049599995 blocks <------------ GOOD!!!! 9530326 blocks (0.91%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296 32032 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 16384 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968, 102400000, 214990848, 512000000, 550731776, 644972544 # mke2fs -n /dev/sdb2 mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 109477888 inodes, 218942971 blocks <-------- BAD!!!!! only 830GB!!! 10947148 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296 6682 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 16384 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968, 102400000, 214990848

9 31

CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 10
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 14 Sep '05

14 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-2005:396 Important CentOS 4 ia64 xorg-x11 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CENTOSPLUS - CESA-2005:768 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2005:396 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 xorg-x11 - security update (Johnny Hughes) 4. CESA-2005:396 Important CentOS 4 i386 xorg-x11 - security update (Johnny Hughes) 5. CESA-2005:396 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) xorg-x11 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2005:329-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 XFree86 security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:53:55 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:396 Important CentOS 4 ia64 xorg-x11 - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050913185355.GT15823(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:396 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-396.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: files: updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-Xdmx-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-doc-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-sdk-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.16.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

1 0

D-link dfe-580tx
by Petr Klíma 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

Hi does anybody use %SUBJ in Centos 4.0 ? -- Petr Klíma e-mail: qaxi(a)seznam.cz

1 0

slmodem and CentOS 4 (for reference)
by Rodrigo Barbosa 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Keywords: slmodem, linmodem, amr, slamr, winmodem Okey, just posting this for future reference, in case someone tries to search the list on this subject. To have slmodemd working on CentOS 4.1 (not sure about ver 4), all that is needed is to edit the file drivers/amrmo_init.c, replacing every instance of KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,10) to KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,9). That will stop with the symbol errors when trying to load slamr.ko. - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob(a)suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDJ5ZNpdyWzQ5b5ckRAhXcAKDCbgc6pMLYJWSlEZRjNMM5kIR/xgCcDNIG /00aPqN8xzliIgSJdX/mJQg= =BLZC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

1 0

sugarcrm in centos 4
by Mark Quitoriano 14 Sep '05

14 Sep '05

anyone got a howto for this? i can't find one even in there own site -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA http://www.atamanetworks.com Fan the flame... http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441

4 4

CentOS and OpenICDL
by Sean Wheller 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hello, Just wanting to introduce the CentOS community to the OpenICDL project in the hope that we may be able to collaborate. OpenICDL is an open source project that aims to develop and maintain a Free/Open Source version of the training materials used to ready students for the International Computer Driving License certification. We are presently developing release 2.0 of the OpenICDL courseware http://icdl.tsf.org.za/devcourseware.html Module 2 is of particular interest to distros and desktops. The first version of module 2 was written for MDK. http://icdl.tsf.org.za/devcourses/mod2/mandrake/module2-all.html Since then we have received a contribution for RedHat/Fedora http://icdl.tsf.org.za/devcourses/mod2/redhat/module2-all.html Another for Ubuntu. If possible, we would like to extend the possibility to every distro to have a version of module 2 that they can call their own. Since the RedHat/Fedora version is nearly finished, the work to derive a CentOS version would not be that large. If you are interested, or have any ideas, I am interested in hearing from you. Please discuss on centos(a)centos.org for now. Thanks, -- Sean Wheller Technical Author sean(a)inwords.co.za 084-854-9408 http://www.inwords.co.za Registered Linux User #375355

1 0

CentOS-4 + 3ware 7810 not quite working
by Jim Bartus 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

The module loads and the disks are accessible no problem, but the 3dm monitoring utility runs for about 30 seconds before the processes just disappear. Nothing in messages. I tried updating to the latest firmware but it made no difference. Has anyone gotten the 3dm utility working on centos4? Is this a 2.6 thing? -jim

3 12

Mailinglist moderation
by Dag Wieers 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi, I think the time (150 messages and counting) has come to ask someone of the CentOS team to start moderating this list. I don't mind people discussing whatever topic they like, but not at the expense of the mailinglist and its members. I don't think the topic really doesn't matter in these discussions, and if done in private they would stand for long anyway. I would propose someone who has authority of moderating people to send out a warning when a thread has to end (eg. when people start repeating themselves or insults become the main theme) and if necessary temporarily moderate these people/the thread. I think the mere existence of such a moderator could be sufficient to end lasting threads like the previous. Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]

13 21

new dell inspiron 2100 intel 915 mobile chipset
by Jerry Geis 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

All. I just got my new 2100 from dell. Nice little box. PLugged my centos 4.1 in and went rather smooth. However, my X windows screen flickers. I noticed it did the vesa driver. SO I went out to intel and downloaded the mobile 915 for linux. Followed the install directions. and it spit a couple errors about not succeeding. Nothing useful in the text. My laptop is still in vesa mode. Has anyone trid to install Centos with the Intel mobile chip 915 or have any suggestions? Thanks, Jerry

1 0

ATI X550 chipset
by Aleksandar Milivojevic 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi, I'm about to buy new video card, and was looking at ATI PCI-E Radeon X550. However, I don't see that particular chipset mentioned anywhere in docs. The X300 is there, as well as X600 and X800. Does anybody have Radeon X550 card running under CentOS 4? With 3D acceleration? Thanks, Aleksandar Milivojevic ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

3 5

Newbie
by Abilash Praveen M 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

heya, i'm a newbie to Linux itself and I've chosen CENTOS. It took me around 6 hours to find a CentOS4 cd..lol. I've got my server up and running now (but took me 4 whole days..lol again). Alright, I might need your help... so.. good luck y'all. lata

1 0

Integrating a Raid Driver
by Edward Diener 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

It appears that CentOS is having problems with my hard disks, which I have off of an HPT 374 Raid controller but with no Raid stripes created, ie. I am just using it as an IDE controller. There is the latest Linux open source for the HPT 374 on Highpoint's web site, which I have downladed. While I understand 'make' and am a programmer myself, I understand nothing about the Linux kernel or device drivers. My questions are: 1) How can I tell if and what support CentOS 4.1 and the 2.6 kernel has for the HPT 374 ? 2) How do I install the kernel source package and building tools as the instructions tell me to do ? 3) Anybody know what "cross-controller RAID" means ? There is a Make option for turning it on. 4) Once the driver is loaded by using 'insmod', is it automatically loaded each time I boot the system ? 5) Is there a good source, Internet or books, for these questions ? I do not feel great about fiddling with the kernel and drivers but CentOS 4.1 does not work well with my hard disks and I am hoping by updating the system it will again.

1 0

RE: [CentOS] Re: Install Trouble
by Todd Reed 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

I actually tried the torrent files very first...faster download! I finally figured it out. I finally tried a new CD drive. It's working. Apparently, the old drive and drive I tried were both bad. It still doesn't make sense that it wouldn't work in the other system. I guess that will be another day, though! Thanks for all that responded. --Todd -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Greg Knaddison Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:10 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Re: Install Trouble Can you use bittorrent to download the files? It provides a hash-check of the file as part of the transfer so you can be more certain that the download is correct. The other question is that your burner might be doing something weird. It is certainly very strange that the disks work fine in VMWare, but the rest of the clues point to a bad disk. Regards, Greg _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

1 0

Install Trouble
by Todd Reed 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

I've download the 4 CD ISO images from 3 different mirrors, tried burning the ISO's on different computers, and I still get the same errors. When I go to boot up with the CD1, I eventually get a Call Trace and then a kernel panic: not syncing: fatal exception in interrupt. It points to the CDROM or the CD itself. I can boot up with Knoppix and Mepis fine. The other odd thing is that these same CD's will boot up fine in VM Ware. The last odd thing is that I've got a system running CentOS. For grins and giggles, I booted up with the CD's on it and I got the same error. I do get the very first boot: screen where I hit <enter> after that, it bombs out after it detects and loads some other items. It never gets to the Check Media screen I can't tell if I'm dealing with a hardware problem or if it's a problem with the ISO's. Nothing makes sense! Any help is appreciated.

2 1

Command for physical (hard) disk information
by Truejack 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi Folks, How can I get the hard disk information like, its serial number, description ...through a command that like the kind of information we get on Solaris thro' 'iostat -En'. Thanks for any help,

3 2

The role of /.autorelabel
by Todd Cary 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

I could not get vsftpd to start; kept getting the "vsftpd Dead Subsys Locked" error. On doing a Google search, I came across a fix (lost the site unfortunately) and as I recall, it has something to do with copying a file and having the incorrect SElinux settings (I have SElinux disabled). The fix was to do a fixfiles, relabel (commands that I have never used) or a touch of "/.autorelabel" and rebooting. It worked, but I have no idea of what I did (my lack of in depth knowledge of Linux). Todd ** -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

5 5

Re: [CentOS] mkfs.ext3 on a 9TB volume
by Brian T. Brunner 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Agreed: If ANYBODY knows an info-to-man method please post. Second-runner-up: info-to-html would work (html is what info tries to emulate in text-only mode...) Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> wam(a)HiWAAY.net 09/13/05 10:35AM >>> Brian T. Brunner wrote: >Add to your soap-box: the standard 'man' is disregarded, you are left to use (non-standard) info. I have tried to find tools to convert info pages to man, but no luck. I *think* there are tex-to-man tools, but the tex data (from which info documents normally come) isn't always installed .... The combination of man & less is about the best text-based info system I could dream up. Oh well .... -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!! ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

1 0

Re: [CentOS] mkfs.ext3 on a 9TB volume
by Brian T. Brunner 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Add to your soap-box: the standard 'man' is disregarded, you are left to use (non-standard) info. There's a man -k call, I haven't found an info -k equivalent. Yes, there's a great calling for thankless man page writing in the *nix world. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> wam(a)HiWAAY.net 09/13/05 08:24AM >>> Chris Mauritz wrote: <snip> > > Perhaps I'm just extremely lucky, but I've not run into this magic 1TB > barrier that I see bandied about here. Heck, if you're willing to > roll the dice on Hitachi drives, you can get a terabyte these days > with just 2 hard disks in the array with RAID0 or 3 disks with RAID5. > Unfortunately, a lot of the documentation and FAQs are quite out of > date which can lead to some confusion. Grrrrrrrrrrr, 1 of my *long time* complaints w/ Linux (any Linux, apparently) is that nobody bothers to keep man-pages/FAQS/other-documentation up to date. The cron(8) on my SuSE 9.2 P4 is dated 1996 (!!!). I lay this at the feet of the distro folks myself, but none of them have taken it up :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

2 1

New to the list and one quick question
by cajun 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi all, Let me start off with a little back ground. I am running right now RH9 fully updated on a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC with 512megs of Ram, 18G SCSI HD. I run this at home so this is no critical server, unless you ask my girls when I have it down, I have been debating on upgrading to Fedora until I started looking at CentOS. I have download the ISO and burned them with X-CD-Roast. Here is my question: I tried running the mediacheck on the cd's and it would lock up right before the media check screen appears. I have googled and tried the ide=nodma and other options, but to still no avial. I also ran memtest86, now here is where the kicker is. It did show there was some errors, and these I will check out. But I then got a wild idea and pulled out my 1st CD of RH9, dropped it into the CD drive and at the boot prompt ran media check. RH9 disk 1 checked out fine, so I dropped in the CentOS disk 1 and ran it. It checked out fine and so did all the rest of them. Is this a vaild test?? Or am I just blowing in the wind here?? Thanks for any input into this matter!! Lee Perez Still learning!!!

5 8

OT: setting up a bridge
by carlopmart＠gmail.com 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

hi all, I am using centos3.5 for my firewall home. I would like to do some tests with bridge firewalling. When i try to create the bridge, brctl givtes me this error: br_add_bridge: Package not installed. i find some answers about this error, but the most important is the one that says driver is not loaded into kernel. In my /boot/config-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL file appears compiled as a module, but how can i load it with modprobe?? .... :(( Thanky you -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

3 3

OT: ProFTPD web browser login
by Ed Morrison 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

I'm setting up a ftp server. I need to be able to have people have a non interactive login through a web browser into a chrooted directory i.e. ftp://somewhere.com. I also need to have a URL that will auto login a user to a chrooted directory. These chrooted directories will be RO for all anonymous access. That said I also need to have a staff account that has upload rights to these directories. Before I was able to use with Windowz FTP servers: ftp://user:password@somewhere.com. This does not pass with proftpd or vsftpd. Are there conf entries that will allow these? I know there are security risks associated with this but it is an environment I have to deal with anyway. Conf file: # This is the ProFTPD configuration file # $Id: proftpd.conf,v 1.1 2004/02/26 17:54:30 thias Exp $ ServerName "ProFTPD server" ServerIdent on "FTP Server ready." ServerAdmin root@localhost ServerType standalone DefaultServer on AccessGrantMsg "User %u logged in." DeferWelcome off DefaultRoot ~ !adm AuthPAMAuthoritative on IdentLookups off UseReverseDNS off Port 21 Umask 022 ListOptions "-a" AllowRetrieveRestart on AllowStoreRestart on MaxInstances 20 User nobody Group nobody ScoreboardFile /var/run/proftpd.score <Global> AllowOverwrite yes <Limit ALL SITE_CHMOD> AllowAll </Limit> </Global> LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b" LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s" <Anonymous ~ftp> <Limit LOGIN> AllowAll </Limit> User ftp Group ftp AccessGrantMsg "Anonymous login ok, restrictions apply." UserAlias anonymous ftp DefaultChdir /pub <Limit WRITE SITE_CHMOD> DenyAll </Limit> <Limit STOR> DenyAll </Limit> <Limit READ> AllowAll </Limit> </Anonymous> Thanks, Ed

2 2

S-ata controller
by Admin 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Hi List I have a problem with 2 drivers 1. Intel 1000 GT dosen't work correctly 2 Promise SATA 300 TX2 plus/TX4 dosen't work This is not a RAID card, just an S-ata controller for a new s-ata Hitachi 500 Gb drive I have tried CentOS-4.1 kernel, but sadly nothing Any clues anyone? Cheers Jan Erik

1 0

Does a list of compatible motherboards
by Todd Cary 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Is there a list of compatible motherboards? My Abit BE7 is not compatible with either Centos 4.1 or Fedora 3; just RH 9. Any suggestions are welcomed.... Todd -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

3 7

hourly log
by Robert 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

greetings on a simple CentOS 4 DNS server install i have the below info. crontab -l "shows nothing" pico /etc/crontab shows... SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly i have searched and looked and fiddled yet... ummm dunno... ...and i have nothing in /etc/cron.hourly or /etc/cron.d among other places yet ever hour my logfile gets touched so to speak with this stuff and i have virtually every daemon shutoff so i am trying to figure out what it is that is doing this and would sincerely appreciate any help. what did i space or forget please? Sep 11 05:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27023]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 05:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27023]: session closed for user root Sep 11 06:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27027]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 06:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27027]: session closed for user root Sep 11 07:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27031]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 07:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27031]: session closed for user root Sep 11 08:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27035]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Sep 11 08:01:01 ns1 crond(pam_unix)[27035]: session closed for user root im sure i am missing something really simple. tia and regards, - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computers & Internet Sales/Service www.abbacomm.net

2 1

Rpms for Teamspeak
by denis＠croombs.org 13 Sep '05

13 Sep '05

Any clues where I can find rpms for this (on Centos 4.x), I have tried a number of different site with no luck. Many thanks Denis

3 2

Boot process slow with rhgb quiet on
by Dave Gutteridge 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

If I boot with "rhgb quiet" off, my computer boots in 1 minute and 30 seconds. If I boot with "rhgb quiet" on, my computer boots in 3m11s. That's a long time to wait. Significantly, when booting with "rhgb quiet", right at the moment X takes over, there is a 1m36s pause where the screen is blank except for the hourglass cursor turning around and around. Of course, if my main priority was to simply boot quickly, I would simply remove the "rhgb quiet" option from the boot process. And I'm not opposed to doing that. However, this pause only started happening recently, so I wonder why it exists at all. When booting with "rhgb quiet" off, I tried to look for any errors or indications of a problem, but it seemed to boot mostly without pause or error. There was one message which was like an error warning, which said something about a "microcode device doesn't exist?". But text was moving across the screen quickly and I couldn't write down exactly what it said. Before I give in and remove the "rhgb quiet" option permanently, is there any way I might be able to diagnose and fix this delay problem? I'd rather be telling the computer how to boot, instead of it telling me. Dave

2 1

Hard drive DMA messages upon shutdown
by Edward Diener 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I have 4 hard drives on my system. CentOS is in a logical partition on the first hard drive and there is a swap partition in a logical partition on the first hard drive which I have also told it to use. The other three hard drives contain various partitions, all of which I have hidden from CentOS which are primary partitions. I have as well hidden the primary partitions on the first hard drive also. While there are other Linux parttions I do not want CentOS to use them in any way right now. Yet when I restart or shutdown CentOS I get messages saying that there are DMA errors waiting for some hard disk event on another hard dribe before the OS eventually reboots or shuts down my system. I have checked the mount and nothing but the two partitions with which I have set up to run CentOS are mounted. Why then is CentOS trying to access other hard drives upon shutdown ? Is there some way that I can curtail the OS from doing so ?

1 0

Re: [CentOS] x86_64 Question (Solved)
by Brian T. Brunner 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hmmm... Looking at drivers/human.c starting at line 666 if (human.state_test(ALIVE)) then if (eval_actions(DUMB)) dumber(); else human.state_set(DEAD); Get used to it. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> ethericalzen(a)gmail.com 09/12/05 03:06PM >>> Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 12:05 -0500, Alex White wrote: > >>Is there some linkage anyone can pass to me that tells me (not >>necessarily step by step) what options to pass to rpmbuild if I want >>to build a 32-bit app on the athlon64? > > > setarch i386 rpmbuild ... Well then, that was stupid of me. Told you it my dumb question of the year. I will refrain from stupidity for the rest of the year thank you very much. Sincerely, Alex White _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

1 0

php 5.0.5
by Bob Pierce 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I see php 5.0.5 has been released. Are there plans to include this update in the centosplus repo for Centos4? Bob Pierce Systems Analyst Westman Communications Group pierceb(a)westmancom.com

2 1

Failing "yum --installroot=/mnt groupinstall base"
by Jesse Waters 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hello all, trying to do the below command. yum --installroot=/mnt groupinstall base i receive this error message. "You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing. However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to download the keys for packages you wish to install and install them. You can do that by running the command: rpm --import public.gpg.key" I have already imported the gpg keys in: /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG* /usr/share/doc/centos-release-4/RPM-GPG* I can yum install <package> without issue but when I try the groupinstall option it fails any suggestions? Regards, Jesse Waters

2 2

x86_64 Question
by Alex White 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

Hello All, It's time for my stupid question of the year. I just swapped over to an Athlon64 proc. I went to compile a src rpm and it bombs out. Now, rather than have anyone troubleshoot this and add noise to the list, I'm fairly certain what it's been answered before by someone. I tried google and never did see a true answer. what I do see is stuff about mozilla mostly and associated plugins. This isn't solving my problem. Is there some linkage anyone can pass to me that tells me (not necessarily step by step) what options to pass to rpmbuild if I want to build a 32-bit app on the athlon64? I assumed it was --target i686 or somethin' similar but all of the options I've tried with target result in the same failure. Namely: checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables Or I get the following when passing no options to rpmbuild at all other than building the binary: Invalid configuration `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown' not recognized I've already managed to build gaim 1.5.0 (as a test) and it builds and installs fine. So I'm confuzzled. I'm sure it's something hugenormously ignorant and dumb on my part. Englighten me please. CentOS-4 (current on all updates) Sincerely, Alex White

2 2

snmp interface values on x86_64?
by Les Mikesell 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

I'm trying to graph the interface traffic from centos 3.5 x86_64 boxes using snmp and cacti (running on an x86 box). Everything starts out OK after a reboot, but it looks like after the total traffic out passes 2^32 bytes the values returned in snmp 5-minute rates go crazy. Is this a known bug, and if not, where should it be reported? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

1 0

One day left to vote for CentOS
by lance＠uklinux.net 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

CentOS has been nominated for an award in the Linux User awards. Please vote for CentOS !! Voting finishes tomorrow - 13th September. Please vote at :- http://www.linuxawards.co.uk/index.php You will need to vote for all categories otherwise the vote wont count. Thanks Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.

2 1

Re: [Cantos] Boot process slow with RGB quiet on
by Brian T. Brunner 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

[quote]"microcode device doesn't exist?"[/quote] Try grepping for 'microcode' in /var/log/messages, try dmesg | grep microcode, either or both may give you the exact text. chkconfig --list | grep microcode may also give you a hit, if yes, the problem is easy to cure: turn off the service (man chkconfig). If these don't give hits, then it's time to build a kernel for your hardware and desires, switching 'microcode' stuff off. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> dave(a)tokyocomedy.com 09/12/05 09:31AM >>> If I boot with "rhgb quiet" off, my computer boots in 1 minute and 30 seconds. If I boot with "rhgb quiet" on, my computer boots in 3m11s. That's a long time to wait. Significantly, when booting with "rhgb quiet", right at the moment X takes over, there is a 1m36s pause where the screen is blank except for the hourglass cursor turning around and around. Of course, if my main priority was to simply boot quickly, I would simply remove the "rhgb quiet" option from the boot process. And I'm not opposed to doing that. However, this pause only started happening recently, so I wonder why it exists at all. When booting with "rhgb quiet" off, I tried to look for any errors or indications of a problem, but it seemed to boot mostly without pause or error. There was one message which was like an error warning, which said something about a "microcode device doesn't exist?". But text was moving across the screen quickly and I couldn't write down exactly what it said. Before I give in and remove the "rhgb quiet" option permanently, is there any way I might be able to diagnose and fix this delay problem? I'd rather be telling the computer how to boot, instead of it telling me. Dave _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

3 2

CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 12 Sep '05

12 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-2005:769-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 mozilla security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:22:26 +1000 From: John Newbigin <jnewbigin(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:769-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 mozilla security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <4324BC32.1060601(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the centos mirror: RHSA-2005:769-01 Critical: mozilla security update Files available: mozilla-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-chat-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-devel-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-dom-inspector-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-js-debugger-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-mail-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nspr-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nspr-devel-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nss-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nss-devel-1.7.10-1.1.2.2.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 9 *********************************************

1 0

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Discuss