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Chroot Install
by Marcus Moeller 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Good Morning, I want to update my CF-Microdrive for my router with CentOS (currently there is Slacky on it). I have attached the microdrive to my notebook using a pcmcia CF adapter. Within my CentOS installation the drive is detected correctly as ide_cf and all partitions are shown. But as the installer does not ship the necessary modules for a pcmcia ide installation i am searching for a way to either add these, or to prepare the device from my box within a chroot environment. Any ideas? Best Regards Marcus

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iFolder on Centos
by dnk 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Has anyone had a go with the iFolder stuff on Centos 5? I saw there used to be repos for Centos 4, but those are out of date. d

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CentOS automatically blocks port 80 out-of-the-box
by David M Lemcoe Jr. 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Maybe I just haven't installed enough distros, but the times I've installed CentOS, I've had to remember that by default, iptables is blocking inbound port 80 requests. This leads me to believe that I have a non-OS firewall error because I can ping but not http request. Is there a particular reason for this? Or is it a fail on my end? Thanks, David Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Issues with vsftpd install
by David Lemcoe 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

For an unrelated reason, I had to uninstall vsftpd from my CentOS 5.3 install. When I went "yum install vsftpd.i386", I get this: > [root@76-240-25-136]# yum install vsftpd.i386 > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net > * base: centos.mirrors.tds.net > * updates: ftp.lug.udel.edu > * addons: mirror.cs.vt.edu > * extras: styx.biochem.wfubmc.edu > Setting up Install Process > Parsing package install arguments > Resolving Dependencies > --> Running transaction check > ---> Package vsftpd.i386 0:2.0.5-12.el5 set to be updated > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? > yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 229, in user_main > errcode = main(args) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 145, in main > (result, resultmsgs) = base.buildTransaction() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 647, in > buildTransaction > (rescode, restring) = self.resolveDeps() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 696, in > resolveDeps > CheckDeps, checkinstalls, checkremoves, missing = > self._resolveRequires(errors) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 779, in > _resolveRequires > thisneeds = self._checkInstall(txmbr) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 851, in > _checkInstall > provs = self.tsInfo.getProvides(*req) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py", line 432, > in getProvides > result.update(self.getNewProvides(name, flag, version)) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/transactioninfo.py", line 414, > in getNewProvides > for pkg, hits in self.pkgSack.getProvides(name, flag, > version).iteritems(): > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 300, in > getProvides > return self._computeAggregateDictResult("getProvides", name, flags, > version) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 470, in > _computeAggregateDictResult > sackResult = apply(method, args) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 861, in > getProvides > return self._search("provides", name, flags, version) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in > newFunc > return func(*args, **kwargs) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 837, in > _search > for pkg in self.searchFiles(name, strict=True): > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in > newFunc > return func(*args, **kwargs) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 586, in > searchFiles > self._sql_pkgKey2po(rep, cur, pkgs) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 470, in > _sql_pkgKey2po > pkg = self._packageByKey(repo, ob['pkgKey']) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 413, in > _packageByKey > po = self.pc(repo, cur.fetchone()) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 68, in > __init__ > self._read_db_obj(db_obj) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 94, in > _read_db_obj > setattr(self, item, _share_data(db_obj[item])) > TypeError: unsubscriptable object > >From what I can see, this looks like an error with Python 2.4, but I don't know what to do Any help? Thanks, David

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Re: [CentOS] FreeIPA
by Per Qvindesland 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

I have heard rumours from some Red Hat employees that IPA will be integrated into Spacewalk this was about 1.5 months ago which would also make sense since Spacewalk is supposed to be their single point of management tool. But as I said it's rumours. Regards Per Qvindesland --- Original message follows --- SUBJECT: Re: [CentOS] FreeIPA FROM: Fabian Arrotin TO: "CentOS mailing list" DATE: 08-04-2009 13:26 Craig White wrote: > doing some googling, this seems to be about the most current/relevant > thing I have found wrt to running freeipa server on CentOS > > http://howtoforge.com/how-to-build-rhel-ipa-rpms-for-centos-5 > > which I'm not totally adverse to doing but I have to ask, is there > something packaged? (I've looked in 'testing' and in 'extras' and in > epel) > > Has anyone followed some other instructions? > > Craig > I spoke with Simo Sorce at the Fosdem event regarding that (having IPA/FreeIPA rpms sitting in the Extras repository) Due to the fact that Red Hat made it clear now that the actual RHEIPA will be discontinued (at least in its actual form and will probably change to something else ...) we still don't know what direction to take. Rebuilding FreeIPA is probably possible too but how long will that be possible ? FreeIPA isn't looking at being backward compatible and don't focus on RHEL interopability. It can probably work for a certain time, but surely not as long as an Enterprise timelife ... That's maybe worth discussing it though. On the other hand, centos-ds is in the testing repo for a while and there were not a lot of feedback : the plan is/was to move it to extras when enough testing/reports have hit the -devel list ... -- -- Fabian Arrotin idea=`grep -i clue /dev/brain` test -z "$idea" && echo "sorry, init 6 in progress" || sh ./answer.sh _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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3rd party DNS
by Dnk 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Please reply off list as this is ot from CentOS. Just looking or a recommendation of a 3rd party DNS provider (my client prefers free) with a web based control pannel (I doubt there is any other way). One of the important features is being able to set the ttl levels. I just have not used any, so I am not sure what to recommend to them. Thanks in advance. D

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS automatically blocks port 80 out-of-the-box
by David M Lemcoe Jr. 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Let me clarify. When I install the web server packages on a Cent install. ------Original Message------ From: Brian Mathis Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS Mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list Sent: Apr 7, 2009 19:00 Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS automatically blocks port 80 out-of-the-box On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:57 PM, David M Lemcoe Jr. <forum(a)lemcoe.com> wrote: > Maybe I just haven't installed enough distros, but the times I've installed CentOS, I've had to remember that by default, iptables is blocking inbound port 80 requests. This leads me to believe that I have a non-OS firewall error because I can ping but not http request. > > Is there a particular reason for this? Or is it a fail on my end? > > Thanks, > David Not every server is a web server. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Write to end of disk
by Joseph L. Casale 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

How can I write to the end of a disc such as dd would with a large seek quickly instead of reading/seeking to the end? Thanks! jlc

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USB Thumb Drive Confusion
by Al Sparks 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

I am running CentOS 4.7. I have a USB flash (thumb) drive that has a bunch of files placed there by Windows. I plugged it into the CentOS machine, and when I listed the files under "/media/usb-name", there was nothing there. I created an empty file: touch blah and it showed up when I did list it. I noticed, checking dmesg that it was attached to /dev/sdb. So I did a quick fdisk /dev/sdb I saw that it had a partition of type of W95 FAT16 under /dev/sdb1. How come I'm not able to see files placed on that device by XP/Vista machines when I plug it into the CentOS 4.7 machine, but I'm able to create a file on it, and list it? I did double-check and plugged that drive into my XP workstation and sure enough I was able to see all the files. === Al

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Re: [CentOS] 3rd party DNS
by David M Lemcoe Jr. 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

I would reccomend afraid.org. I use them for my few domains that don't have basic dns at the registrar level. ------Original Message------ From: Dnk Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS Mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list Sent: Apr 7, 2009 20:38 Subject: [CentOS] 3rd party DNS Please reply off list as this is ot from CentOS. Just looking or a recommendation of a 3rd party DNS provider (my client prefers free) with a web based control pannel (I doubt there is any other way). One of the important features is being able to set the ttl levels. I just have not used any, so I am not sure what to recommend to them. Thanks in advance. D _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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can't "make"
by Michael Klinosky 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Hello. I just fresh-installed 5.3 onto my laptop, and I have a problem trying to get wifi working. Be aware that I have 5.2 on it, and did the same process, and it worked great! I'm using http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/WirelessAR5007EG -- as I did for 5.2. The problem arises in section 6: [mpk@a3680 madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3968-20090402]$ make /bin/sh: line 0: cd: /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/build: No such file or directory Makefile.inc:66: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/build is missing, please set KERNELPATH. Stop. [mpk@a3680 madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3968-20090402]$ ls ath BuildCaps.inc hal kernelversion.c Makefile.kernel README release.h THANKS ath_hal contrib include Makefile net80211 README.dfs scripts tools ath_rate COPYRIGHT INSTALL Makefile.inc patch-kernel regression SNAPSHOT Q: 'make' can be run as $ - correct? In another terminal: [root@a3680 tmp]# whatprovides build -bash: whatprovides: command not found [root@a3680 tmp]# rpm -q gcc gcc-c++ make kernel-devel gcc-4.1.2-44.el5 gcc-c++-4.1.2-44.el5 make-3.81-3.el5 kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 I haven't a clue what's going on here, or how to fix it. Google's linux SE couldn't find any hits.

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Install CentOS directly from usb drive?
by Neil Aggarwal 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hello: I followed the instructions here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Installation_Guide/ch02s04s01.html to put isolinux on a usb drive. When I boot from the usb drive, the installer comes up and I can do a network install. I have to say that is very impressive! But, since I have a 4GB usb drive, I am thinking I can load the rest of the installation onto the usb drive so I do not have to use a network install. I searched the Internet but could not find any instructions on doing that. Can someone point me in the right direction? 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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How do I determine if I have to rebuild rpms for 5.3?
by Robert Moskowitz 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I built rpms for Miredo 1.1.5-1 on Centos 5.2 from the fc8 rpms. How do I determine if I have to rebuild it for Centos 5.3?

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Re: [CentOS] kernel update doesn't update grub.conf
by lincohn john 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I just updated kernel manually last evening: that is, directly using rpm and it did update the grub.conf. Well, you can always manually edit the grub.conf file, right? BTW: I managed to install 5.3 on the very first generation MAC PRO (xeon 2.66, XT1900) last weekend with old kernel: I took a detour in order to install it directly from CD iso. The system Hung several times and the DVD rom was NOT recognized. However, after updated to the newest kernel last evening, the DVD ram recognized and it did NOT hang any more: at least for about 6 hours. Cheers! Lincong --- On Tue, 4/7/09, JohnS <jses27(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: JohnS <jses27(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] kernel update doesn't update grub.conf > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos(a)centos.org> > Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 11:17 AM > > On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 18:35 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > Just updated another machine to 5.3, everything fine, > but grub.conf wasn't > > updated to the 128 kernel. It got a new modified date > and the kernel is > > there, but the content wasn't changed. > /etc/sysconfig/kernel contains the > > correct UPDATEDEFAULT=yes > > No errors in logs or during the update. No problem to > boot with this > > kernel once added. > > This is the first time I ever see this happen. > > Any clues? > > > > Kai > > > > This happened to me the other day when that kernel came > out. "init" > would not reload on the kernel update and yum stalled. > > I had reboot into the old kernel rpm -e the 128 kernel and > yum update > kernel again and all was fine. I do have to say this > machine was memory > limited and swapping on update bad. > > johnStanley > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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contradictory netfilter default policy
by Michael Klinosky 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I'm curious why CentOS contradicts its own (or, actually RH's) netfilter default policy. On http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/IPTables , at the end of section 1, it's stated that (generally) the default policy for INPUT is to DROP. So, why is it set to ACCEPT? Btw, Fedora is also this way.

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Re: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7
by forum＠lemcoe.com 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I bet it's availible in rpmforge. Not sure, but that might of been where I find it. ------Original Message------ From: Tom Brown Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS Mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list Sent: Apr 7, 2009 09:30 Subject: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7 I cant currently change the OS on this box but i need to have python 2.4 on it. Does anyone know if there is a python 2.4 rpm available for CentOS 4 ? thanks _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '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-2009:0337 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2009:0337 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2009:0337 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2009:0337 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2009:0337 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 php - security update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2009:0337 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 php - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2009:0338 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 php Update (Karanbir Singh) 8. CESA-2009:0338 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 php Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:44:07 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0337 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 php - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090406174407.GA27905(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0337 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0337.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/php-4.3.2-51.ent.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/php-devel-4.3.2-51.ent.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/php-imap-4.3.2-51.ent.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/php-ldap-4.3.2-51.ent.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/php-mysql-4.3.2-51.ent.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/php-odbc-4.3.2-51.ent.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/php-pgsql-4.3.2-51.ent.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Re: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7
by David M Lemcoe Jr. 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

In what regard? I just fixed my name. It's a Blackberry. ------Original Message------ From: Karanbir Singh Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS Mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list Sent: Apr 7, 2009 10:49 Subject: Re: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7 forum(a)lemcoe.com wrote: > I know you want an rpm, but have you tried compiling? have you tried an email client that works ? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7
by Tom Brown 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I cant currently change the OS on this box but i need to have python 2.4 on it. Does anyone know if there is a python 2.4 rpm available for CentOS 4 ? thanks

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Re: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7
by David M Lemcoe Jr. 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

So that would not include a Blackberry. Also, I have the mailing list as the only "to". Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Re: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7
by David M Lemcoe Jr. 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Like this? Sorry. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Re: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7
by forum＠lemcoe.com 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I know you want an rpm, but have you tried compiling? ------Original Message------ From: Tom Brown Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS Mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list Sent: Apr 7, 2009 10:16 Subject: Re: [CentOS] python 2.4 - CentOS 4.7 > Sorry. :O. I know I got that Python SOMEWHERE. > lets see how far i get building it from .src.rpm _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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service hpiod and hpssd
by Jerry Geis 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

on booting 5.3 I see these two services hpiod and hpssd starting. I dont need them and tried to do "chkconfig hpiod off" and and hpiod is not found. How do you turn these services off? Jerry

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vsFTPd and hidden files - standards compliant?
by Andrew Hull 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi Folks, I recently received a complaint regarding the vsFTP server I'm running on a CentOS 4.x box. The complaint was that it is improperly responding to the LIST command - it is not returning hidden (period prefixed) files in the directory listing. I investigated and found that vsFTPd would only return hidden files in the directory listing when it received the command "LIST -a". Reading RFC 959, it appears that the LIST command does not officially support any flags. I found the "force_dot_files" directive in the vsFTPd config file. Enabling the directive appears make vsFTPd RFC compliant with regards to responding to LIST -- returning all files and directories (even "dot files"). So I guess my question is: can anyone confirm that "LIST -a" really is contrary to the RFC? If so, does anyone know why $upstream_vendor would ship a default conf file that is standards non-compliant? Is there something I'm missing here? Thanks, Andy Hull

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Re: [CentOS] the 5.2 loaders
by forum＠lemcoe.com 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I would say that people know that 5.2 work and looking at changelogs, they don't see a real NEED to install 5.3. I personally always have the newest release though. One thing I would say to improve visibility, is making a bigger release. It took me a few days to find out that 5.3 was actually out. Maybe digg.com... Etc. ------Original Message------ From: Karanbir Singh Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS Mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list Sent: Apr 6, 2009 12:32 Subject: [CentOS] the 5.2 loaders Just looking around at log files and other places, I noticed today that there are still a lot of people installing and downloading 5.2. While a large number of installs would be since people already have the 5.2 media - thats fine, however, new downloads for 5.2 media today makes little sense ( to me ) - so whats going on here ? What can we do in order to better, faster, more visibly communicate the fact that 5.3 is the new target most people should be focusing on. I cam imagine there are people with specific needs and they would want the 5.2 media - but not a number so large, that its almost 80% of all the people downloading 5.3 these days. - KB _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Bug in yum Logwatch reporting
by Brett Serkez 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

I've been noticing yum updates on several servers I manage over the last few weeks, which I know I didn't perform and could not explain until this morning. At first I suspect a break-in, but found no other evidence or reason an intruder would run the yum updates I was viewing. Yum updates are logged in /var/log/yum.log, which is what Logwatch scans. Seems that the format of the log entries is: "MMM DD", the year is missing! This morning looking at this log sequentially I noticed I did do yum updates on Apr 02 and Apr 03 as reported in last night's logwatch, but not April of 2009, but rather April of 2008! Has anyone else noticed this behavior and/or know if there is a fix in progress for it? Brett

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Sending a postfix email to my domain.
by James Matthews 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi, I have setup postfix on my server (for my blog to send out emails) however I host my email on google apps. I want my server to be able to send emails towards my GoogleApps account but it's sending it to the user within the system (I know this is normal but I need it to be a bit different). Any Help Thanks James -- http://www.astorandblack.com

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Re: [CentOS] [OT] Godaddy hell...
by Chuck Munro 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

> Jason Pyeron" wrote: > > Can I get some recommendations: > > We are looking for a hosting provider (other than godaddy) with > > 1: SLA > 2: SSH access > 3: subversion/rsync or the ability to install binaries / compile source. > > Would like them to include http/https and email. > > Any suggestions? > > -Jason ------- If you want serious control over the machine and are willing to pay a bit more for a dedicated server, take a look at ServerBeach. They offer several operating systems, including CentOS, and give you control over the box to the point that you can even re-image the disk remotely if you truly screw something up. If you do something nasty to it and cause it to lock up, you can still remotely reboot. Hardware RAID-1 is available. You get out-of-the-box CentOS and are allowed to install pretty well anything you like, including virtual machines on top. If you need reverse DNS lookups you can request whatever response you'd like for the IP address(es) you have. Just be aware that what you get is simply a complete machine fully exposed to the Internet, and you're responsible for your own iptables firewalling, etc. Their support staff is friendly and responsive, but they expect you to be your own geek. For DNS service I use Nettica because they are relatively inexpensive and give you control over all of the records. I use GoDaddy strictly as a registrar, and have been very happy with the service, but I don't consider them a serious hosting provider because there's not enough control. I have used several of the free hosting and DNS services out there, but when it comes down to the crunch, you get what you pay for (CentOS is a great exception!) BTW, I have no connection with these companies, I just happen to like their services. A lot. Chuck

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acoread 9 slow printing
by Frank Cox 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

We use acroread on Centos 5 to print 11x17 plates for a printing press on a HP Laserjet 5100. acroread 8 (AdobeReader_enu-8.1.2-1.i486.rpm) prints a plate in between 60 and 90 seconds. acroread 9 (AdbeRdr9.1.0-1_i486linux_enu.rpm) prints the same plate in 10 to 15 minutes. I've tried this with several different PDF files and it's always the same result. Hooking the printer up with a parallel cable or with the HP Jetdirect network interface makes no noticeable difference. Something has turned the printing performance of acroread 9 into a slug. Is anyone else seeing this kind of behaviour? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

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Re: [CentOS] Sending a postfix email to my domain.
by forum＠lemcoe.com 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Not sure if this will solve it, but maybe try putting postfix on a different port. Maybe try using sendmail if postfix won't allow it to work. ------Original Message------ From: James Matthews Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS Mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list Sent: Apr 6, 2009 19:20 Subject: [CentOS] Sending a postfix email to my domain. Hi, I have setup postfix on my server (for my blog to send out emails) however I host my email on google apps. I want my server to be able to send emails towards my GoogleApps account but it's sending it to the user within the system (I know this is normal but I need it to be a bit different). Any Help Thanks James -- http://www.astorandblack.com <http://www.astorandblack.com> _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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Sendmail-SMTP, Cyrus-IMAPD and plus (+) addressing.
by James B. Byrne 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Has anyone on this list got sendmail and cyrus-imapd configured so that email addressed in the form username+folder(a)example.com gets delivered directly to cyrus' user.username.inbox.folder? I have been tinkering with this on and off for about a week and no matter what I have tried, all traffic addressed in the +folder format ends up in user.username.inbox instead. If anyone has gotten this to work then I would very much appreciate knowing the exact steps that you followed to implement it. 1. I am not changing smtp MTAs, the legions of fans of qmail and postfix notwithstanding. 2. Ditto for imap and dovecot. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3

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(no subject)
by James Matthews 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hi, I am trying to install postfix but I am not able to get the config screen to setup the base system. Is there a way to do it? -- http://www.astorandblack.com

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Re: [CentOS] [OT] Godaddy hell...
by Bowie Bailey 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Rainer Duffner wrote: > Am 03.04.2009 um 23:26 schrieb Karanbir Singh: > > > Rainer Duffner wrote: > > > > > How much space does a mirror need? > > > > Ideally, 4 disk 300 GB in a raid1+0 is on a decent network link is > > ideal. Otherwise 2x500gb's in raid1 work too. > > > So you need 1-2 TB. ummm....not quite. 4 x 300GB in raid 1+0 = 600GB 2 x 500GB in raid 1 = 500GB So, 500-600 GB. -- Bowie

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milter clamav borked?
by John R Pierce 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

hey, I upgraded a server to 5.3 from 5.2 today, its a mail server, and its using the rpmforge clamav milter... was getting errors in my mail log like... Apr 6 01:39:32 freescruz sendmail[12304]: n368dWxW012304: Milter (clamav): error connecting to filter: Connection refused by /var/clamav/clmilter.socket Apr 6 01:39:32 freescruz sendmail[12304]: n368dWxW012304: Milter (clamav): to error state Apr 6 01:39:32 freescruz sendmail[12304]: n368dWxW012304: Milter: initialization failed, temp failing commands I've disabled the milter until further notice.

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system-config-date-tui ??
by Michael A. Peters 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Remote box keeps reverting the localtime to Eastern (America/New_York). cd /etc rm localtime && ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC localtime fixes it - but it seems to revert from time to time, I presume from yum updates (or possibly an init script ??) In /etc/sysconfig there is a config file for it. I'd rather not manually edit it, it looks simple enough, but I'd rather use the tool if there is one. system-config-date wants to pull in ~ 20MB of stuff I don't want that looks like it is needed for a gui config tool, but yum can't find a system-config-date-tui alternative. Is there a text UI / console alternative, and what it is called? If not, where is the format for /etc/sysconfig/clock specified? Install is a xen image (originally CentOS 5.0), so selecting the desired local time at install wasn't an option. Right now it says: ZONE="America/New_York" UTC=false ARC=false Would changing ZONE to ZONE="UTC" be enough to keep my desired UTC localtime?

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Re: [CentOS] Newby- New install forgot Login - pwd
by James B. Byrne 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

On: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:48:18 -0500, Ron Blizzard <rb4centos(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh well, at least it made me feel good -- as someone gave a rat's > pajamas about breaking into my computer anyhow. > http://xkcd.com/538/ -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3

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Dependencies in 5,3
by Ron Loftin 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

First off, I want to express my appreciation for the dedication of the CentOS developers for providing us with the quality work they always do. This is a question and a request for explanation so that my little mind can understand what's going on. And for those inquiring minds who want to know, I have already filed bug reports. ;^> Over the weekend I went through several boxes here at home and upgraded from 5.2 to 5.3. I was a good boy and read the release notes first, followed the procedures recommended therein, and the upgrades went just fine. I have to say that I was less than ecstatic when I saw my desktop machines install NetworkManager and PPP where they had not been installed before. A bit of poking at the new situation led me to the conclusion that NetworkManager is now a requirement of Evolution, and PPP is a requirement of NetworkManager. Since these are desktop boxes that do not move around, and communicate via my in-house LAN over a single Ethernet interface, I don't see any pressing need for NetworkManager and PPP. I would appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this situation, since the only conclusion that I can draw so far is that this is unnecessary system bloat. As used to happen on the sun-net-manglers list in years past: Thanks in advance. -- Ron Loftin reloftin(a)twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly

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PHP framework for book sharing?
by Rogelio 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Several coworkers and I have scattered amongst us all sorts of resources related to the mesh stuff we do (RADIUS, networking, RF, antennas, microwave, R&S, Linux, etc), and most of these resources are in the form of PDF or Word docs. Is there a PHP framework that I can easily "yum install" on a CentOS box that would allow us to login and easily share these resources with each other? (Ideally, something like this would have an RSS feed so that we could get updates when a coworker uploads something.)

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What's special about port 19842?
by Anne Wilson 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

I've had umpteen IPs knocking on this door yesterday. The router blocked them, so it's not a problem, but why that port? Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase

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hwclock and util-linux on 5.3
by Jerry Geis 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

I am getting this error: hwclock --debug hwclock from util-linux-2.13-pre7 hwclock: Open of /dev/rtc failed, errno=16: Device or resource busy. No usable clock interface found. Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. [root@devcentos5x64 src]# uname -a Linux devcentos5x64.msgnet.com 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 10:41:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux rpm -qa | grep util-linux util-linux-2.13-0.50.el5 Doesnt util-linux need an updated package to 2.15? If not why am I getting this error? Jerry

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DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
by Sorin Srbu 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

I got the DKMS-system working and now have the Nvidia-drivers v173.08 installed (using rpmforge as suggested previously). Unfortunately this particular driver version gives me screen artifacts so as to make the screen more or less unreadable. Nvidia's proprietary drivers are now up to v180.44 and this version is fine with my test system. I really like the DKMS-system, as it enables me to keep kernel and gfx-drivers up-to-date on our course-lab computers doing 3D-molecular modeling. However if I can't make use of newer, and better, drivers this whole thing is borked for me... 8-/ My question is who updates those drivers, as the v173.08 Nvidia drivers are now almost a year old? Would there be any other good repo with more current drivers suitable for use with DKMS and CentOS? The repos I found are tagged with PCLinux, Mandriva and Ubuntu to name a few. I'm not quite sure these rpms would work with CentOS and the dkms install there. Any hints appreciated. Thanks. -- 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: # A child of five could understand this! Fetch me a child of five.

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how to get iptables rule to log actions?
by Rudi Ahlers 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hi all, I need to block access to an external IP address, on CentOS 5 with iptables, but can't seem to get it right. I have the following options in /etc/sysconfig/iptables: -A RH-Firewall-1-OUTPUT -d 87.89.180.50 -j LOG -A RH-Firewall-1-OUTPUT -d 87.89.180.50 - j DROP But when I restart iptables, I get the following errors: Flushing firewall rules: [OK] Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [OK] Unloading iptables modules: [OK] Applying iptables firewall rules: iptables-restore v1.3.5: Couldn't load target: 'RH-Firewall-1-OUTPUT':/lib/iptables/libipt_RH-Firewall-1-OUTPUT.so: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory. [FAILED] So, how can I block & log all outgoing traffic to this IP? The server is off line, and I only have remote access via KVM-over-IP to it. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers

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error from yum from 5.3
by Jerry Geis 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

I am getting the the following error on 5.3 x86_64 yum provides "*/identify" Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.steadfast.net * updates: ftp.lug.udel.edu * addons: centos.cs.wisc.edu * extras: centos.cs.wisc.edu Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 229, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 104, in main result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands() File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 343, in doCommands return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 511, in doCommand return base.provides(extcmds) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 737, in provides callback_has_matchfor=True) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1685, in searchPackageProvides where = self.pkgSack.searchAll(arg, False) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 420, in searchAll return self._computeAggregateListResult("searchAll", arg, query_type) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/packageSack.py", line 455, in _computeAggregateListResult sackResult = apply(method, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 459, in searchAll return self.searchPrco(name, 'provides') File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in newFunc return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 931, in searchPrco results.extend(self.searchFiles(name)) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 43, in newFunc return func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 586, in searchFiles self._sql_pkgKey2po(rep, cur, pkgs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 470, in _sql_pkgKey2po pkg = self._packageByKey(repo, ob['pkgKey']) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 413, in _packageByKey po = self.pc(repo, cur.fetchone()) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 68, in __init__ self._read_db_obj(db_obj) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/sqlitesack.py", line 94, in _read_db_obj setattr(self, item, _share_data(db_obj[item])) TypeError: unsubscriptable object Any ideas? jerry

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OT: Smar Phone/PDA Reco
by Joseph L. Casale 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

I need a new pda/smart phone that allows me to do some remote admin. Anyone know of anything that I can run a vpn and cli/ssh with? Thanks! jlc

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Re: [CentOS] Nvidia driver on CentOS 5.3 Solved
by Sorin Srbu 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Sorin Srbu >Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:52 PM >To: 'CentOS mailing list' >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Nvidia driver on CentOS 5.3 > >>the rpmforge driver *is* the proprietary nvidia driver. It's just nicely >>packaged in an rpm, with dkms for rebuilding when you get a new kernel. >>It's also not the latest version, which may or may not be a problem for >>you. It's working well enough for a lot of people, but YMMV. > >Thx, I'm trouble-shooting now. Dkms autoinstaller something-or-other didn't >go down too well. Looks promising though. 8-) It worked! Turns out I had some other Nvidia-driver already installed. Running "yum reinstall Nvidia-x11-drv" and "yum install kernel*" fixed it. Now /etc/X11/xorg.conf says it's using driver "nvidia" instead of "nv". Thanks for the help guys!

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Update Issue
by John Hinton 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

I seem to be able to get all of the 5.x update except for the kernel. Each attempt results in this... (1/1): kernel-2.6.18-128. 100% |=========================| 15 MB 00:16 http://centos.mirror.nac.net/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/centos/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirrors.rit.edu/centos/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.e…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirror.newnanutilities.org/pub/centos/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/centos/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirror.stanford.edu/yum/pub/centos/5.3/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. Error Downloading Packages: kernel - 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5.i686: failure: RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5.i686.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Is this just me? I've tried at different times from different machines and it seems that all other files are being downloaded just fine. Thanks Centos team! John Hinton

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Initial 5.3 install box froze at end of CD 3
by rock 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hi, With the 5.3 CDS I started an install got through to 98% of CD 3 but I was called away. Came back this morning and the box was on, but had frozen.. Every time I reboot, cold boot, I come up with black screen.. Vers 0.97 <grub> Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. TAB etc.. Is there a way I can get to CD 4 and continue the install, or am I back to the top again?? Thanks rock

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Can't install domUs in 5.3 dom0
by Tomasz Nowak 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hello. I can't install 5.3 domUs in 5.3 dom0 with the very same /etc/xen/domU.cfg and remote domU.ks that I've used in Centos 5.1. The only I've changed is Centos version (including new 5.3 xen kernel and initrd images). Results are that anaconda can't assing networki configuration to network interface (probably because of not seeing it) and such error messages in xend.log: [2009-04-04 12:45:42 xend 2999] DEBUG (blkif:27) exception looking up device number for xvda: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/xvda' Is there any way to fix this or shell I roll back to 5.1? -- Tomek

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5.3 upgrade - fuse and ipw3945 unistall
by Robert Moskowitz 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Fortunately I was starring at the screen during an upgrade and 'caught' the following set of messages. It is hard to remember what I installed fuse for, I think for webdav. My system has a ipw3945 pci card, wireless is working. Here are the messages: Uninstalling: fuse 2.7.4-1.nodist.rf (2.6.18-92.1.17.el5) (i686) -------- Uninstall Beginning -------- Module: fuse Version: 2.7.4-1.nodist.rf Kernel: 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5 (i686) ------------------------------------- Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel. Removing any linked weak-modules WARNING: Can't read module /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.17.el5/weak-updates/fuse.ko: No such file or directory WARNING: Can't read module /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.17.el5/weak-updates/fuse.ko: No such file or directory WARNING: No module dm-mem-cache found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-region_hash found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-message found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-raid45 found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-mem-cache found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-region_hash found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-message found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-raid45 found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-mem-cache found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-region_hash found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-message found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, continuing anyway WARNING: No module dm-raid45 found for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5, continuing anyway fuse.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.17.el5/extra/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. depmod.... DKMS: uninstall Completed. Uninstalling: ipw3945 1.2.1-1.nodist.rf (2.6.18-92.1.17.el5) (i686) Error! The module ipw3945 1.2.1-1.nodist.rf is not currently installed. This module is not currently ACTIVE for kernel 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5 (i686). Cleanup : kernel ##################### [368/592] Oh, dkms is installed and took quite a while to get past its startup, it seems to have been busy doing a lot of disk I/O on that 1st (and so far only) reboot after the upgrade.... Oh, 6 updates done, and 5 to go. 2 of those are very critical systems (DNS server and PPPoE gateway).

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centos 4.7 - logwatch - and perl script applytaidate
by RobertH 05 Apr '09

05 Apr '09

does anyone have a working perl script called applytaidate that works on latest centos 4 that they would please share? i am working on learning more about logwatch and the half dozen "applytaidate" scripts i have tried have all bombed and were not easily discernable to fix thanks in advance! - rh

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