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Network Install Procedure Question
by Kaplan, Andrew H. 14 May '09

14 May '09

Hi there -- I wanted to do a netinstall of the 5.3 release, and the source that I had in mind was either an ftp or http site. When going through this procedure, am I going to download the .iso images from one of the mirror sites or is/are there a directory(ies) at another site(s) that I should specify as the source of the files? Thanks. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.

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Problem booting 2.6.30-rc5 kernel
by Jeff Layton 14 May '09

14 May '09

Good morning! I know I'm on the bleeding edge, but I'm having trouble getting the 2.6.30-rc5 kernel to boot on my CentOS 5.3 box. It's a dual-socket Nehalem box with the Tylersburg chipset (Supermicro board). I installed CentOS 5.3 on it with no problems - boots and runs fine. But I wanted to take a look at the 2.6.30-rc5 kernel and try out some new stuff. After a few go around's with 2.6.30-rc5 the closest I can get it to boot is that I receive the following typing from my notes, so please excuse my typos): Red Hat nash version 5.1.19.6 starting insmod : error inserting '/lib/dm-region-hash.ko' : -1 File exists Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Volume gruop "VolGroup00" not found mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory setuproot: mount failed: No such file or directory Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! I think this all boils down to the missing module. But I can't seem to find it in the 2.6.30-rc5 kernel. Any ideas? Thanks! Jeff

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Possible SAN Issue
by Alan Bartlett 14 May '09

14 May '09

Just a quick ping to the general m/l. Is there a SAN expert out there who could spare some time to have a look at this forum post, please? URL -- http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=20273&forum=39 Alan.

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Re: [CentOS] Postfix: user unknown
by nate 14 May '09

14 May '09

Manuel Monteiro wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I have a mail server based on a CentOS 5.3 machine with postfix. > > > > Most of our users are on LDAP (on localhost) but we also have some local > users and we are using PAM for authentication. Are you running nscd on the server? That should smooth out LDAP blips, though I would disable nscd's dns caching in /etc/nscd.conf Is postfix configured to talk directly to LDAP ? What does the configuration look like? nate

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Dual-booting CentOS and WinXP
by Sorin Srbu 14 May '09

14 May '09

Hi all, You know how I asked about procedures to build a dual-boot system with CentOS and WinXP a while ago? Well, I I've begun with a test machine. What I had from start was a working CentOS 5.3 32b system. What I did was to just add another empty drive configured as slave and then boot from the Windows install cd. The most curious thing happened now, I get a blank screen after the Windows installer screen saying something about "Setting up install procedure..." just at the beginning. That is to say, this happens only if the hd with CentOS is connected to power. If I disconnect the power connector to the CentOS drive, the Windows installer happily goes on. Is this to be expected, that Windows won't install if it sees a hd with another OS as master? Thanks for any hints. -- BW, Sorin ----------------------------------------------------------- # Sorin Srbu [Sysadmin, Systems Engineer] # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >3 signals> GSM # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile: +46 (0)701-718023 # Box 574, Uppsala University, Fax: +46 (0)18-4714482 # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b # Web: http://www.orgfarm.uu.se ----------------------------------------------------------- # () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail # /\ # # MotD follows: # This label is not a significant source of information.

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if no NFS server clients are waiting..
by Michael Casey 14 May '09

14 May '09

What can I do, If the NFS server is rebooting/offline? I mean the clients just wait and wait and wait... I tried to set timeo=5,retrans=2 mount options when mounting nfs in fstab on client side = still no luck, clients are just waiting... Can I set a timeout somewhere? :D Thank you for any tips

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Re: [CentOS] File compare word by word
by Brent L. Bates 14 May '09

14 May '09

Find the `spiff' utility. It will compare files word by word and highlight ONLY the word differences. One can also compare numbers and change the resolution of the comparison. This lets the text "1.0" equally compare to "0.1e+1" or even "0.99999", if the fudge factor is large enough in the second case. -- Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.) M.S. 912 Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204 NASA Langley Research Center FAX:(757) 865-8177 Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001 Email: B.L.BATES(a)larc.nasa.gov http://www.vigyan.com/~blbates/

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5.3 and XFS
by Joseph L. Casale 14 May '09

14 May '09

Looking at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469401 has me a bit unsure about the kmod for 5.3's kernel, is not expected to appear? Thanks! jlc

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Postfix: user unknown
by Manuel Monteiro 14 May '09

14 May '09

Dear all, I have a mail server based on a CentOS 5.3 machine with postfix. Most of our users are on LDAP (on localhost) but we also have some local users and we are using PAM for authentication. Sometimes emails are not delivered to an user (happens either with users on LDAP or local users on shadow) with error "unknown user" (sometimes the error comes from smtpd and sometimes from procmail when writing to an users' folder): ----- Apr 23 16:00:37 mail postfix/smtpd[6707]: D62A676856C: reject: RCPT from unknown[116.23.241.165]: 550 5.1.1 <xxxxx(a)astro.up.pt>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table; from=<DianncartePickens(a)sunshinemillions.com> to=< xxxxx(a)astro.up.pt > proto=SMTP helo=<b826affb8c4a402> ----- May 4 05:53:08 mail postfix/local[13781]: E33F776882D: to=<xxxxx(a)astro.up.pt>, relay=local, delay=0.03, delays=0.01/0/0/0.02, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown. Command output: procmail: Unknown user "xxxxx" ) ----- It seems that sometimes the system (postfix? procmail? ???) can't retrieve user information. Any ideas on what might be causing this? Thanks! Cheers, Manuel Monteiro

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Remote Desktop on CentOS 5.3
by Alfred von Campe 14 May '09

14 May '09

Does anyone have remote desktop connectivity working in CentOS 5.3? I'm using the Gnome desktop and have configured the Remote Deskop Preferences to "Allow other users to view your desktop" and "Allow other users to control your desktop". The configuration dialog box says that "Users can view your desktop using this command: vncviewer HOSTNAME.domain.com:0". However, when I try to connect to it from another host, I always get a "Connection reset by peer" error message. I've tried various different clients an operation systems, and I get the same result. I disabled the firewall completely for this test (service iptables stop) so I know it's not a firewall issue. Then again, I don't see a vncserver process running either, so that may be the issue. This was working on CentOS 5.2. What do I need to do to access my existing desktop on my CentOS 5.3 system remotely? I don't need to use VNC, but I do want to access the existing session and not a separate desktop (i.e., by starting a vncserver process). Thanks, Alfred

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File compare word by word
by MHR 14 May '09

14 May '09

Is there a utility that compares files word by word, instead of whole lines or single bytes? I found that I can simulate this by replacing all the spaces in a file with linefeeds, then 'diff -B' the results, but that's kind of awkward and hard to read when differences that matter come up. (For the record, I tried using OOo's document comparer, converting to text and using diff, and a few others, but none of them worked. I used to think that running text files through fmt would help, but fmt is strangely inconsistent as to where it breaks lines, even when the content within a line or two is identical.) Thanks. mhr

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 installation on HP DL380 R05 server
by Nguyen Hai Chau 13 May '09

13 May '09

Thanks to Joseph and Nate for helpful answers. A stupid question: I do not receive your mails although already subsribed to this list. I read your answers on mail archive. I set up my account to receive email from list but it seems not work. Chau

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Calendar server
by Bowie Bailey 13 May '09

13 May '09

I recently switched to using Thunderbird for my email and installed the Lightning calendar add-on. Now all I need is a remote calendar server. I just need a simple server to support a few personal calendars and a shared calendar. Any recommendations for a CentOS / Apache based calendar server? -- Bowie

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Re: [CentOS] can non-owner change file group setup?
by mcclnx mcc 13 May '09

13 May '09

I don't think that is true: (my login ID are member of DBA and OINSTALL group) $ ls -al total 13936 drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 4096 May 13 04:02 . drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 4096 Feb 11 15:36 .. -rwxrwxr-- 1 oracle dba 9 May 11 20:50 aabb $ chgrp oinstall aabb chgrp: changing group of `aabb': Operation not permitted --- 09/5/12 (二)，Les Mikesell <lesmikesell(a)gmail.com> 寫道： > 寄件者: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell(a)gmail.com> > 主旨: Re: [CentOS] can non-owner change file group setup? > 收件者: "CentOS mailing list" <centos(a)centos.org> > 日期: 2009年5月12日,二,下午3:38 > nate wrote: > > mcclnx mcc wrote: > >> We are tried to count how many files belong to > certain group. Our system > >> administrator told us "non-owner" can easy change > file group name to > >> another. I have been tried several > combination and never successful (only > >> ROOT can change file group to other name). > >> > >> Does anyone know how "no-owner" can change file > group name? > > > > If the "no-owner" user has write access to the file > they could > > copy the file to a new file name(thus getting > ownership of the > > file), and overwriting the original file with the new > file. > > You need write access in the directory, but only read > access to the > original file to do this. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell(a)gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 付費才容量無上限？Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱2.0免費給你，信件永遠不必刪！ http://tw.mg0.mail.yahoo.com/dc/landing

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Re: [CentOS] can non-owner change file group setup?
by mcclnx mcc 13 May '09

13 May '09

we plan to count how many files belong to that group. For example HR or Finance. --- 09/5/12 (二)，Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden(a)gmail.com> 寫道： > 寄件者: Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden(a)gmail.com> > 主旨: Re: [CentOS] can non-owner change file group setup? > 收件者: "CentOS mailing list" <centos(a)centos.org> > 日期: 2009年5月12日,二,下午3:13 > 2009/5/12 mcclnx mcc <mcclnx(a)yahoo.com.tw>: > > Does anyone know how "no-owner" can change file group > name? > > I believe that is not possible. > > What exactly are you trying to accomplish? > > Filipe > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 付費才容量無上限？Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱2.0免費給你，信件永遠不必刪！ http://tw.mg0.mail.yahoo.com/dc/landing

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Re: [CentOS] can non-owner change file group setup?
by mcclnx mcc 13 May '09

13 May '09

I don't think that is true: (my login ID are member of DBA and OINSTALL group) $ ls -al total 13936 drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 4096 May 13 04:02 . drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 4096 Feb 11 15:36 .. -rwxrwxr-- 1 oracle dba 9 May 11 20:50 aabb $ chgrp oinstall aabb chgrp: changing group of `aabb': Operation not permitted --- 09/5/12 (二)，nate <centos(a)linuxpowered.net> 寫道： > 寄件者: nate <centos(a)linuxpowered.net> > 主旨: Re: [CentOS] can non-owner change file group setup? > 收件者: centos(a)centos.org > 日期: 2009年5月12日,二,下午5:49 > Scott Silva wrote: > > > But if you only have read access to the original file, > can you overwrite it? > > If you have write access to the directory yes you should be > able > to, if you only have read access to the directory I would > expect > not. > > nate > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 付費才容量無上限？Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱2.0免費給你，信件永遠不必刪！ http://tw.mg0.mail.yahoo.com/dc/landing

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[Fwd: Re: How to generate a .template and .jigdo from an iso image?]
by Marcelo M. Garcia 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hi Ralph I received this e-mail from Fedora Infrastructure list. My problem at that moment was a proper syntax for the jigdo-file command. Using the their script as reference, I made a simpler one to test the command[1]. And it's working: newt (Linux) $pwd; ls -l *.jigdo *.template /users/newt2/mgarcia/iso/dvd -rw-r--r-- 1 mgarcia slocate 214226 May 13 13:44 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.jigdo -rw-r--r-- 1 mgarcia slocate 196853099 May 13 13:44 CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.template newt (Linux) $ I copy all the files in CentOS directory of the image to the directory "/users/newt2/mgarcia/iso/os", so I could export as NFS. I don't know if there is a better way to test, but what I did was to create a centos.conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d[2]. Then in the machine called prost, issued the command: [root@prost ~]# jigdo-lite http://newt/centos/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.jigdo Jigsaw Download "lite" Copyright (C) 2001-2005 | jigdo@ Richard Atterer | atterer.net (...) Regards mg. [1] *=====* #!/bin/sh ISO_DIR=/newt2/mgarcia/iso/dvd/CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso ARCH=i386 jigdo-file make-template \ --image=${ISO_DIR} \ /users/newt2/mgarcia/iso/os \ --label "Base-${ARCH}"="/users/newt2/mgarcia/iso/os" \ --uri "Base-${ARCH}"="http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/i386" \ --force *=====* [2] Alias /centos "/users/newt2/mgarcia/iso/dvd/" <Directory "/users/newt2/mgarcia/iso/dvd/"> Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: How to generate a .template and .jigdo from an iso image? Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 15:22:27 +0200 From: Jeroen van Meeuwen <kanarip(a)kanarip.com> Reply-To: Fedora Infrastructure <fedora-infrastructure-list(a)redhat.com> To: Fedora Infrastructure <fedora-infrastructure-list(a)redhat.com> References: <4A034BEA.4000906(a)googlemail.com> <1241740929.12122.349.camel(a)ignacio.lan> <4A03D29D.7060408(a)googlemail.com> On 05/08/2009 08:35 AM, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: > Hi > > I read the man page. It says that I have to specify only one of the > options "-i", "-j" or "-t". OK. If I use only -i, my template has the > same size of image, then there is no point in using jigdo. There must be > something more. > > My question is how Fedora generates the .template with only 11.1M? The > command "jigdo-file -i CentOS-5.3-i386-bin-DVD.iso" it's not enough. > Attached is the script Fedora Unity uses to jigdofy it's Re-Spins. Note the "function jigdofy()" in the top that may just help you get the syntax right. Note the double slash in the two directories passed to the "jigdo-file make-template" command, which functions as a delimiter for jigdo-file, so that in the --label parameter, we can 'label' the path and then attach a URI (--uri) to be used in the resulting .jigdo file instead. $1 is the (fully qualified) path to the .iso image, $2 is the base architecture for the .iso image (i386, x86_64 or ppc in our case), and ${version} is the Fedora $releasever (9 or 10 right now). Also note that /data/os/distr/fedora is a local, full mirror and that /data/os/archive/fedora is a local, full archive (with package files that have been removed from the mirror because for example they've expired and have been superseeded by another update to said package). Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list

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LVM, SATA controllers and BIOS devices
by Chris Boyd 13 May '09

13 May '09

So I have an issue with CentOS 5.3 i386, LVM, and SATA. Boot device is a 200GB ATA disk on hda2. I've added a couple of disks with the on-the-mobo SATA controller ports and grown the EXT3 fs with system-config-lvm. Then, as an experiment, I added a PCI SATA controller and an additional disk. Ran system-config-lvm, added the new space to the existing VolGroup00, and all was good. Feeling confident, I shut the box down and plugged another disk in to the PCI SATA controller. On reboot, I was greeted with a kernel panic since the OS could not find "really-long-label." Removing the new SATA disk did not fix the issue. Digging about a bit with the box booted from CD in rescue mode, it appears that the LVM filesystem is intact, but the BIOS device letters (sda, sdb, sdc, etc) are scrambled in the LVM configuration somehow. After running "lvm pv<something>" I figured out that the BIOS drive letters currently assigned don't match what's in /etc/lvm/backup, archive, and so on. Obviously there's some way to read the VolGroup info from the disks, since "linux rescue" can mount the volume VolGroup00. I've tired vgrestore, but I'm still getting a kernel panic on boot from disk. What's the best way to get the LVM/BIOS config sorted out so that the system can boot up? Thanks for any hints. --Chris

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CentOS 5.3 installation on HP DL380 R05 server
by Nguyen Hai Chau 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hi All I will need to install CentOS 5.3 on HP DL380 R05 server with RAID-1 required. I am a newbie to CentOS / HP servers, need your help: - Does CentOS 5.3 work smoothly with HP DL380 server especially recognizing SAS disks and hardware RAID-1 features? From you experience, do you have to use HP Storage Drivers provided for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5? - How is HP hardware RAID-1's performance? Should I use HP's hardware RAID or software RAID in this case? Thanks a lot and looking forward to your answers. Chau My server configuration: HP DL380R05 E5420 2GB Base AP Server (1) Quad-Core IntelR XeonR Processor E5420 Two Embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit / 2 GB (2 x 1 GB) PC2-5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs (DDR2-667)/HP Smart Array P400/256MB Controller /Rack (2U)/Hot Plug Fully Redundant Fans Standard Two HP 146GB 10k 2.5 SAS HP SP HDD HP 1000W IEC C14 Cord RPS Kit

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High CPU usage by lftp
by Rajagopal Swaminathan 13 May '09

13 May '09

Greetings, I have written a script using lftp to mirror one directory from a ftp site. I do not have access to the server except for being a humble user. This is running on a fully updated Centos 5.3 box. I am using whatever is provided by the repositories. I noticed that lftp consumes almost all of cpu times I found this while searching for a solution. http://www.mail-archive.com/lftp%40uniyar.ac.ru/msg02101.html Could it be this reason? if its not has anybody else observed what I have described? What are the possible ways of getting around . I am using --parallel=10 in the mirror sub-command of lftp TIA Rajagopal

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yum dependency problem on 5.3
by fred smith 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hi! I've got three Centos-5.3 machines. one of' em ran the latest updates without trouble. the other two are giving me grief. both giving the same error: # yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp.lug.udel.edu * updates: mirror.icpl.org * addons: www.gtlib.gatech.edu * extras: mirror.highspeedweb.net Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package kexec-tools.i386 0:1.102pre-56.el5_3.2 set to be updated ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 set to be installed ---> Package audit-libs.i386 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated ---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 set to be updated ---> Package file.i386 0:4.17-15.el5_3.1 set to be updated ---> Package audit-libs-python.i386 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 set to be installed ---> Package sos.noarch 0:1.7-9.16.el5_3.5 set to be updated ---> Package pango.i386 0:1.14.9-5.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package audit.i386 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime for package: httpd --> Finished Dependency Resolution httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime is needed by package httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime is needed by package httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 (installed) I don't get this: /usr/share/magic/mime exists. it's not trying to install or update httpd. where is it getting this dependency problem from? More importantly, how do I resolve it? Thanks! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ------------------------ ---- Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. ----------------------------- Isaiah 40:28 (niv) -----------------------------

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Re: [CentOS] regex help
by nate 13 May '09

13 May '09

Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>/dev.*5$ > > Thanks, I don't know what I was thinking. Been looking at this script > too long and I wanna go home:) I got it anyway with grep '^/dev.*1$' Wouldn't that match something like /dev/sda11 ? I tried a few variations though didn't figure out the exact syntax(so used to perl regex) to match exactly 1 number at the end of the line. nate

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regex help
by Joseph L. Casale 13 May '09

13 May '09

I need a little help, trying to search for a line that begins with /dev and ends with a single digit that I will choose, like 5. I can search for ^/dev and 5$ but I am having trouble forming the combined search pattern using egrep. Any ideas? Thanks! jlc

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 nVidia GeForce 7300GS resolution problem
by Dick Holland 12 May '09

12 May '09

On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 09:30 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf > >Of William L. Maltby > >Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 8:37 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 nVidia GeForce 7300GS resolution problem > > > >> The monitor is OK as it's attached via a KVM switch to another machine - > >> also with an nVidia card - and it displays perfectly on that. > > Sometime the OS can't "read" the monitor properly and doesn't set it up > accordingly. Try connecting the monitor directly to your KVM-switch and let > the OS rescan it. After, connect it back to the switch. Or just force the > correct resolution. > > HTH. I've copied the xorg.conf from the working system to the failing one, and got the same result. Thanks for the tips on the KVM - it hadn't occurred to me that it could be a problem. When I can get to rip the place up, I'll attach the monitor directly to the machine and see if that solves it. Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. -- =============================================== Dick Holland work: dholland(a)latentzero.com home: dick(a)xegetix.com (PGP Key ID: 0xE362C267) Skype: dick_at_home http://www.linkedin.com/in/dickholland ===============================================

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iso creation with dd
by Al Sparks 12 May '09

12 May '09

I placed a CD in a drive. I ran sudo dd sudo dd if=/dev/cdrom of=HMI_B_Image_File_4-23-09_disk_1.iso It completed. I then transferred the ISO file to an XP machine, use Sonic to burn the ISO file to another CD, and there was a file missing (the largest) in the burned CD. Seems like the data got transferred through the dd, but not a file name. What might I be doing wrong? === Al

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Agentless Inventory
by Joseph L. Casale 12 May '09

12 May '09

Anyone know of an OS/Software inventory tool that supports Linux and Windows that is agentless? Thanks, jlc

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Hardening
by Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hi All, What tips does everyone have on hardening a CenOS Server that is running web, e-mail, ssh, ftp, mysql, coldfusion and will be processing payments from www? -Jason

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Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime
by Robert Moskowitz 12 May '09

12 May '09

Can someone help me figure out what I have to do about to get update to work with this happening: Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package kexec-tools.i386 0:1.102pre-56.el5_3.2 set to be updated ---> Package file.i386 0:4.17-15.el5_3.1 set to be updated ---> Package pango.i386 0:1.14.9-5.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package pango-devel.i386 0:1.14.9-5.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Package audit-libs.i386 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated ---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 set to be updated ---> Package sos.noarch 0:1.7-9.16.el5_3.5 set to be updated ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 set to be installed ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 set to be installed ---> Package audit.i386 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated ---> Package audit-libs-python.i386 0:1.7.7-6.el5_3.3 set to be updated filelists.xml.gz | 3.5 MB 00:46 filelists.xml.gz | 133 kB 00:00 filelists.xml.gz | 1.0 MB 00:00 --> Processing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime for package: httpd --> Finished Dependency Resolution httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime is needed by package httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 (installed) --> Running transaction check ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 set to be erased ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5 set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime for package: httpd --> Finished Dependency Resolution httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime is needed by package httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/share/magic.mime is needed by package httpd-2.2.3-22.el5.centos.i386 (installed)

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CentOS 5.2 nVidia GeForce 7300GS resolution problem
by Dick Holland 12 May '09

12 May '09

I have a Gigabyte nVidia GeForce 7300GS on an Intel DG965WHMKR mobo attached to an LG Flatron LG204WT widescreen monitor. I'm driving the monitor at 1680*1050, and the picture is compressed into the right-hand two-thirds of the screen. The monitor is OK as it's attached via a KVM switch to another machine - also with an nVidia card - and it displays perfectly on that. It looks like some sort of scan rate problem - anyone experienced this? If so, anyone know the solution? TIA -- Dick Holland

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ssh ServerTimeOut
by grace rante 12 May '09

12 May '09

There's a debian specific flag for ssh called 'ServerTimeOut' which allows ssh to give up if no data from the server is received for the specified number of seconds. Does anybody know the equivalent option for centos-ssh? thanks, grace

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svnsync not using config dir
by Neil Aggarwal 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hello: I tried posting this to the subversion mailing list, but that does not seem to be taking the post so I am hoping this list can help. I am using svnsync installed using yum on my CentOS 5 server. I am trying to tell the sync command to save the certificates and credentials in a directory, but it does not seem to be doing so. I created a directory /usr/local/svn/MyProject.config To run the sync, I used this command: /usr/bin/svnsync sync https://svn2.jammconsulting.com/svn/MyProject --config-dir /usr/local/svn/MyProject.config --username svnsync When I issue the command, it asks me to accept the certificate. I told it to accept permanently and gave the svnsync password when prompted. But, nothing was saved in the config directory and when I issue the command again, it still asks me to accept the certificate and the password for the svnsync user account. Any ideas why this is not working? Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. Visit http://www.spammilter.com for details.

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{SOLVED} Re: OT: Photo Editor to reduce 272 photos to VGA at once
by Lanny Marcus 12 May '09

12 May '09

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I returned from Bogotá and have a Folder with 272 photos that total > 419.9 MB. I would like to email them to several people who were there > for the concerts I attended. I have Picasa, gThumb (not really an > Editor but I believe it can reduce the quality of photos) and The GIMP <snip. I used Google's Picasa last night, to put the photos on picasaweb.google.com as was suggested. The recommended upload size is 1600 pixels. The original files totaled 419.9 MB and the uploaded files 99 MB. The version of Picasa I have on Linux is 2.7 and I did not see the "Upload" button, so I copied the folder to the NTFS partition and used Picasa 3 on M$ Windows. I need to see if there is a newer version of Picasa for Linux..... I wrote to the Webmaster and the Singer who has the Blog, that if they need me to send any of the photos to them in email, for better quality, I will, but in general, as everyone here mentioned, this eliminated a lot of Bandwidth and the photos are online, for all of the Forum members and for the Artist and his staff. Thanks to everyone, for their ideas about ImageMagick and about posting online!

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is it possible to resive a PV in LVM and add more LV's ?
by Rudi Ahlers 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi all I have a remote server (i.e SSH access only) which was incorrectly partitioned and I urgently need to get it up and running. It's got a 500GB HDD, but the PV is only 10GB big, so I can't add more LV's to to. P.S. This is on LVM, btw. [root@nd11176 ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 33 265041 83 Linux /dev/sda2 34 1338 10482412+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda3 1339 1860 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris [root@nd11176 ~]# pvscan PV /dev/sda2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [9.97 GB / 0 free] Total: 1 [9.97 GB] / in use: 1 [9.97 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] [root@nd11176 ~]# vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2 [root@nd11176 ~]# lvscan ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00' [9.97 GB] inherit So, my question is, if I extend the Physical Volume, what else do I need todo in order to add more Logical Volume's? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532

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Disabling Spamassassin on outbound email
by John Hinton 11 May '09

11 May '09

Does anybody have a good method for disabling SA checks on outbound email under sendmail running the spamass milter? Some of our Vhost accounts are getting flagged as spam on the way out due to being on a dirty ISP network. John Hinton

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alsamixer and multiple audio cards
by Marko Vojinovic 11 May '09

11 May '09

When I run kmix, there is a drop-down box in the upper right corner that lets me choose the audio device that kmix will be adjusting. If, however, I try to use alsamixer instead of kmix, there is only one (default) device that I can adjust. How can I tell to alsamixer that I want to adjust the volume of another card? And yes, this is related to my system-config-soundcard question... :-) Best, :-) Marko

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Questions wrt system-config-soundcard
by Marko Vojinovic 11 May '09

11 May '09

1) What exactly happens when I press the "reload audio drivers" button? I want a command-line analogue, so that I can do it remotely, via ssh (and no X forwarding). 2) How to manually set the order of sound cards and the default one, again using only command line, as I would do in the GUI of system-config-soundcard? 3) Why don't the settings made there stick? I have three to four sound devices (two pci and one or two usb, depending on what is plugged in), and on every reboot cards tend to get shuffled and the wrong one is typically the default. 3) Is there maybe a system-config-soundcard-tui or something equivalent which would make my life easier and make the first two questions obsolete? 4) Why there is no man page for system-config-soundcard? I would really appreciate some help with this. CentOS 5.3, if it matters. Best, :-) Marko

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Upgrade mail server to new machine
by Thom Paine 11 May '09

11 May '09

I have an old RHEL3 box that I am upgrading to CentOS5. I picked up a new Dell Poweredge R200 to use for that. Is there an easy way to copy all the user accounts and existing mail from the old server to the new one? Thanks. -- -=/>Thom

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yum update freeze...
by John Doe 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi, my yum update freezed on the mkinitrd (second time it happens in 5.3): Running Transaction Updating : kernel-headers [ 1/22] Updating : viewvc [ 2/22] Updating : sos [ 3/22] Installing : kernel-devel [ 4/22] Installing : kernel [ 5/22] S+ \_ /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum update S+ \_ /bin/sh /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.78758 2 S+ \_ /bin/bash /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 S+ \_ /bin/bash --norc /sbin/mkinitrd --allow-missing -f /boot/initrd-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.img 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 S+ \_ /bin/bash --norc /sbin/mkinitrd --allow-missing -f /boot/initrd-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.img 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5 D+ \_ lvm.static lvs --ignorelockingfailure --noheadings -o vg_name /dev/md1 I tried to strace the dead process but it did not show anything... I tried to kill it but failed. I interrupted yum but the lvm.static is still there... Any idea what could be happening? And why does it call lvm...? I don't use lvm, just software raid1. Thx, JD

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How to run command as apache?
by Neil Aggarwal 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hello: I have a subversion repository set up in /usr/local/svn/MyProject. For security, I have that directory set to apache as the owner and group and all files are mode 700. I need to run a svnsync command as the apache user so it may write to the repository. I tried this command: su apache -c "/usr/bin/svnsync sync https://svn2.jammconsulting.com/svn/MyProject" But I get this message from the su command: This account is currently not available. I am guessing this happens because the apache account is set with no password and a nologin shell. How can I run a command as the apache user? Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. Visit http://www.spammilter.com for details.

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Best mobile SSH client?
by Sean Carolan 10 May '09

10 May '09

I'm up for a cell phone contract renewal and am considering upgrading my handset. I looked at some devices at my local AT&T store but nothing really jumped out at me. I'm particularly interested in a cell phone that has a reliable ssh client, with ssh-agent and public key authentication abilities. Those of you who administer systems remotely, what mobile ssh client do you recommend? What phone would you recommend?

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 51, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 09 May '09

09 May '09

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-2009:0476 Important CentOS 3 i386 pango - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 pango - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CEBA-2009:0467 CentOS 5 i386 kexec-tool Update (Karanbir Singh) 4. CEBA-2009:0467 CentOS 5 x86_64 kexec-tool Update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CEBA-2009:0475 CentOS 5 i386 audit Update (Karanbir Singh) 6. CEBA-2009:0475 CentOS 5 x86_64 audit Update (Karanbir Singh) 7. CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 5 i386 pango Update (Karanbir Singh) 8. CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 pango Update (Karanbir Singh) 9. CEBA-2009:0461 CentOS 5 i386 sos Update (Karanbir Singh) 10. CEBA-2009:0461 CentOS 5 x86_64 sos Update (Karanbir Singh) 11. CEBA-2009:0456 CentOS 5 i386 file Update (Karanbir Singh) 12. CEBA-2009:0456 CentOS 5 x86_64 file Update (Karanbir Singh) 13. CESA-2009:0474 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 acpid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 14. CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 3 ia64 pango - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 15. CESA-2009:0474 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 acpid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 16. CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 4 ia64 pango - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 17. CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) pango - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 18. CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) pango - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 23:06:55 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0476 Important CentOS 3 i386 pango - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090508210655.GV12652(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:0476 pango security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0476.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/pango-1.2.5-8.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/pango-devel-1.2.5-8.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/pango-1.2.5-8.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update pango\* Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Bash Script help...
by Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi All, I need to write a script that I will manually start (or a cron job in future) but I need it to do a number of things in order one after another. How do i do that so everything gets dont as the steps depend on each other. Example: cd /system_backups/ tar cvf apache-conf.tar /etc/httpd/conf/* gzip -v9 apache-conf.tar tar cvf apache-data.tar /var/www/* gzip -v9 apache-data.tar then last step... tar cvf <current_date>-system_backup.tar <all> the gzip files above gzip -v9 <current_date>-system_backup.tar scp <current_date>-system_backup.tar.gz user@10.0.0.1:/. etc...etc.... My questions: 1. How do I execute each statement and make sure subsequent statements are not executed until the previous is done? 2. How do I error check so if a step fails the script stops? 3. Since I run an SMTP Server on this box can I e-mail myself from bash the nightly results? 4. when I want to run the scp to send over the file to another machine for safety, how can I have it know the password to the machine I am scp'ing to? My mind is going crazy sort of with the things that I could do to protect myself in case of a system failure and making restoring easier. Can anyone provide insight for me? -Jason

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openldap 5.1 crashing
by Agnello George 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi One of our server opneldap seems to crash ... following is info about my ldap. nss_ldap-253-3 php-ldap-5.1.6-5.el5 openldap-2.4.11-1.3.el5 openldap-servers-2.4.11-1.3.el5 compat-openldap-2.4.11_2.3.27-1.3.el5 openldap-clients-2.4.11-1.3.el5 openldap-devel-2.4.11-1.3.el5 And m getting error on command slapcat [root@ ldap]# slapcat bdb_db_open: DB_CONFIG for suffix "o=nerv_ldap" has changed. Performing database recovery to activate new settings. bdb_db_open: database "o=nerv_ldap": recovery skipped in read-only mode. Run manual recovery if errors are encountered. bdb(o=nerv_ldap): Logging region out of memory; you may need to increase its size bdb_db_open: database "o=nerv_ldap": db_open(/var/lib/ldap/id2entry.bdb) failed: Cannot allocate memory (12). backend_startup_one: bi_db_open failed! (12) slap_startup failed has any one faced any similar issue !! . Thanks a million -- Regards Agnello D'souza

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 51, Issue 4
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 08 May '09

08 May '09

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-2009:0473 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 kernel Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CESA-2009:0473 Important CentOS 5 i386 kernel Update (Karanbir Singh) 3. CESA-2009:0474 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 acpid - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:35:31 -0400 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0473 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 kernel Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090507183531.GA16726(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0473 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: e998a7bb8b781b36b349b96b8746e6e1 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm 610c95fc3ce212ac2c18daf5587c76b5 kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm 76a36866da0ca71c1a6d645ae6bf4f5f kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm 23d00b4ace5501149b7920722790e165 kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm 7ed5446f0a7a7bc09dd5723705acf5a4 kernel-doc-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.noarch.rpm 0d07b190c43a4107899b0273822fba0b kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm 0e20e30a7cb699474e33df0f8d0230cf kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm c9177740c71ebf22ed4b2c5d58e31f1d kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.x86_64.rpm Source: 3cf9c405b5b83369f87eb1af7a8bec25 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:35:31 -0400 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0473 Important CentOS 5 i386 kernel Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090507183531.GA16711(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0473 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 0f4cd2e2d8a703769bdf5a145efbfb81 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm 13e7d81102cd5d6d472c840edd75295e kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm 3b828025b39f9edeb337bb7380b1efc6 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm 230845dd5564b87547037694a2012cab kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm 5758bcc0ba307c94434ec8b160af1a4c kernel-doc-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.noarch.rpm 91de67af97db6e837952b2cb0a28ace9 kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i386.rpm 97cd73d65d63e2be3df1681bd17c66f1 kernel-PAE-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm 518877c49701b5c22fcbf4973cff3295 kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm 82e5f77efabbace17be1fe3091ccfbd0 kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm d41beb78e62cabe8565efd129b8f53d3 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.i686.rpm Source: 3cf9c405b5b83369f87eb1af7a8bec25 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.10.el5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 22:36:32 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0474 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 acpid - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090507203632.GA2025(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:0474 acpid security update for CentOS 3 x86_64: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0474.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: updates/x86_64/RPMS/acpid-1.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/acpid-1.0.2-4.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 x86_64 installations by running the command: yum update acpid Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Adding an 'official' CentOS image to the Amazon EC2 (Electronic Compute Cloud)
by Jason Aubrey 08 May '09

08 May '09

I'm starting to use the EC2 cloud (as are others) and noticed that all the available CentOS images seem to be of dubious origin. I think it would further the reputation and popularity of CentOS if it were represented in an official way. In case people aren't aware, when you create an AWS (Amazon Web Services) account there's a management console that shows a list of available images. Of this list, some are published by Amazon, others are uploaded anonymously, or you can upload your own. Given the dubious nature of an anonymous image and a lack of an Amazon image for CentOS, I'm left in the third camp - creating/bundling/uploading my own. Luckily I have the required 64 bit hardware to generate a 64 bit image! Selfishly I'd love to just start up an existing image published by centos.org but one's not available. Interestingly one is available from Amazon for both Fedora and Windows. Jason

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Installing xfce on CentOS 5.3?
by James Pearson 08 May '09

08 May '09

I would like to install xfce from the "extras" repo - but when I run: yum groupinstall XFCE-4.4 I get: Warning: Group XFCE-4.4 does not exist. Also 'yum grouplist' appears to only show the base groups ... Is there anything else I have to do to install xfce? Thanks James Pearson

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domU corrupt after server crash, help needed trying to recover domU LVM
by Rudi Ahlers 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi all, One of our Dell servers has failed badly, and one of the domU's has been corrupted in the process. It boots up to a point and then gives me a kernel panic: Loading dm-zero.ko module Loading dm-snapshot.ko module Scanning and configuring dmraid supported devices Scanning logical volumes Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... No volume groups found Activating logical volumes Volume group "VolGroup00" not found Creating root device. Mounting root filesystem. mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' Setting up other filesystems. Setting up new root fs setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory Switching to new root and running init. unmounting old /dev unmounting old /proc unmounting old /sys switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! It shows up as a Zombie: [root@xen ~]# xm list Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s) Domain-0 0 1439 1 r----- 329.0 Zombie-hfserver2 15 1024 1 ----c- 0.5 hfdns02 10 519 2 r----- 1552.8 I can't mount either: root@xen ~]# mount /dev/data/hf hfdns02 hfserver2 [root@xen ~]# mount /dev/data/hfserver2 /mnt/cpanel/ mount: you must specify the filesystem type [root@xen ~]# mount -o loop /dev/data/hfserver2 /mnt/cpanel/ mount: you must specify the filesystem type Here's the output of the LVM partitions: [root@xen ~]# lvscan ACTIVE '/dev/data/cpanel002' [100.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/data/windows2003_web' [30.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/data/storage' [50.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE Original '/dev/data/hfserver2' [30.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/data/hfdns02' [30.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/data/pluto' [30.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE Snapshot '/dev/data/pluto_s' [30.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/system/root' [39.06 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/system/swap' [9.75 GB] inherit [root@xen ~]# vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "data" using metadata type lvm2 Found volume group "system" using metadata type lvm2 [root@xen ~]# Does anyone know how to fix a LVM like this? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532

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OS2 filesystems?
by Julian Thomas 08 May '09

08 May '09

Has anyone managed to access OS2 HPFS and OS2 JFS filesystems from Centos? This is a multiple boot system with Centos, XP, and OS2. Tnx -- Julian Thomas: jt(a)jt-mj.net http://jt-mj.net In the beautiful Genesee Valley of Western New York State! -- -- Hex dump: Where witches put used curses...

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Hibernate Timeout
by James Bensley 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi Guys n Gals, I've been trying to find out how to set the timeout value for how long my machine will wait before it goes into hibernation via the terminal but I can't find it anywhere? Does any one know? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, James ;) -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V- PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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Re: [CentOS] timezone "Europe/London" ntpdate
by Yuri Timofeev 08 May '09

08 May '09

I setup to the timezone, date and time. And now I want to add synchronize time with the time-server. I want to change with daylight savings/summer time. 2009/5/8, lists-centos <replies-lists-a2z2-centos(a)listmail.innovate.net>: > is this the first time you've run ntpdate (or equiv) in a bit over a > month? > > "london" goes on "summer time" toward the end of march, so switches > to gmt+1 at that point, so it would be 22:nn now in "london time", > while it's 21:nn GMT. > > if you want your machine to not change with daylight savings/summer > time you need to select GMT or UTC, rather than a country-specific > timezone. > > - Rick > > > > ------------ Original Message ------------ >> Date: Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:43:58 PM +0300 >> From: Yuri Timofeev <tim4dev(a)gmail.com> >> To: centos <centos(a)centos.org> >> Subject: [CentOS] timezone "Europe/London" ntpdate >> >> Hi >> >> CentOS 5.3 with latest updates. >> >> I have a problem with the time zone on dedicated server. >> I had to setup the timezone using system-config-date to >> "Europe/London" and "System clock uses UTC" == checked >> >># date; date -u; hwclock --show; hwclock --show --utc; zdump >># /etc/localtime >> Thu May 7 21:29:47 GMT 2009 >> Thu May 7 21:29:47 UTC 2009 >> Thu 07 May 2009 09:29:48 PM GMT -0.411568 seconds >> Thu 07 May 2009 09:29:49 PM GMT -0.997482 seconds >> /etc/localtime Thu May 7 21:29:48 2009 GMT >> >># cat /etc/sysconfig/clock >> ZONE="Europe/London" >> UTC=true >> ARC=false >> >># cat /etc/adjtime >> -3525.635197 1241730131 0.000000 >> 1241730131 >> UTC >> >># strings /etc/localtime >> TZif2 >> TZif2 >> GMT0 >> >># ntpdate -q 0.centos.pool.ntp.org >> 7 May 21:14:51 ntpdate[12689]: step time server 195.42.115.77 >> offset -3638.766689 sec >> >> Why -3638 sec ? >> >> thanks. > > ------------ End Original Message ------------ > > > -- with best regards

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