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CentOS 5 sysreport
by Alfred von Campe 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

I stumbled across this issue because I requested to install the sysreport package in my kickstart file. Anaconda complains that such a package doesn't exist. There is a bug report about this already (http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2492) but it's certainly a strange situation. 1. Anaconda doesn't think the package sysreport exists 2. yum thinks it exists: # yum list sysreport Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Available Packages sysreport.noarch 1.4.3-13.el5 base 3. But installing with yum fails: # yum install sysreport Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Package sos - 1.7-9.1.el5.noarch already installed and latest version Nothing to do 4. The sysreport file from the sos package fails to run: # sysreport Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/sysreport", line 31, in ? import sos.policyredhat ImportError: No module named sos.policyredhat 5. But if you extract /usr/sbin/sysreport from the sysreport package using rpm2cpio for instance, it works just fine. So it would be nice if yum would allow installing the sysreport package (see step 3 above) as that would appear to solve all the problems. Alfred

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Re: [CentOS] Looking for a howto site
by Bill Campbell 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007, Alfredo Perez wrote: >Hi > >I have been googling without success so I thought >to ask the following question to the list: > >I was wondering if any of you know of a site >that shows how to setup a wireless access point >using Centos. You might look at http://www.linux-sxs.org/ Bill -- INTERNET: bill(a)celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your consul, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget ye were our countrymen. -- Samuel Adams (American Patriot)

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blue-ray disk mounting
by Jerry Geis 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Is there a way to mount a blue-ray DVD? it says it is a UDF-fs Jerry

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LOTD with CentOS 5
by Michael A. Peters 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Howdy folks - I just moved my laptop from Fedora to CentOS. FC6 was running rather sweet, then they decided to EOL it, and F8 - while it had some nice new features, it was just way to quirky for me. I no longer enjoy re-installing the OS quite so often, hence my move to CentOS. So I installed CentOS 5 on my laptop, and built a bunch of packages, making "yet another" repo for CentOS. These are primarily straight rebuilds (in mock) of Fedora 8 source rpm's - taking care to avoid anything that conflicts with or replaces CentOS packages. I know there are a dozen or so addon repos already - and if you are happy with them, stick with them. My goal was to stay as close to Fedora 8 packaging for these addon packages as possible, benefiting from their packaging guidelines, and also to not replace the stable very well tested CentOS packages. [yjl-misc] does not replace any CentOS packages and has stuff from F8 everything like AbiWord, Gnumeric, Bluefish, BitTorrent, etc. as well as some multimedia related libraries. [yjl-livna] has rebuilds of stuff from rpm.livna.org - mostly multimedia related, including xine and totem-xine. Depends on [yjl-misc]. [yjl-php] has php 5.2.5 and does replace the CentOS php, it should probably only be used if something you are doing requires php 5.2.x. For those interested: http://www.pennywasted.info/centos/yjl.php

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Help with UML editor?
by Scott Ehrlich 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

A colleague, using CentOS 5 64-bit, installed by me, asked me for the following assistance: "The site I was trying to get to was http://www.eclipsedownload.com/. I downloaded the EclipseUML free version, but it's obviously not giving me the information I need. I have Java packages in Eclipse that I would like to display in a class diagram to show how they relate to one another. Theoretically, we have/had licenses for the Omondo tool. I believe the studio edition will do what I need. If we have no licenses, I can download the tool I used previously (http://www.soyatec.com/main.php) but that may have been the cause of my Eclipse crashing. Then again, it crashes once a day or so now, so I don't know if the Soyatec's eUML2 tool will make it any worse. If you find another tool I can use or test, please let me know. I could use it as soon as possible." Thanks for any assistance. Scott

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Re: [CentOS] Looking for a howto site
by MHR 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

On Dec 11, 2007 8:09 AM, Alfredo Perez <alfredoj69(a)rogers.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have been googling without success so I thought > to ask the following question to the list: > > I was wondering if any of you know of a site > that shows how to setup a wireless access point > using Centos. > Please clarify - are you asking how to use CentOS to access a wireless router, either to set it up or just to use it, or how to use a CentOS machine as a router to be a wireless access point? The former is pretty much just like any other router setup - open a browser to point at the router and set it up like any other (even Windows non-wizard setup). The latter I don't know. Thanks. mhr

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Problem with local base repo
by Robert Moskowitz 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Last night my rsync got some 'new' files for the base repo and new repodata. This morning, I set a server to upgrade from 5 to 5.1 by setting it to access my local base and updates repos. I got the following error: Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for openssh-clients to pack into transaction set. media://1195929637.060433%231/CentOS/openssh-clients-4.3p2-24.el5.i386.rpm: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media> Trying other mirror. Error: failed to retrieve CentOS/openssh-clients-4.3p2-24.el5.i386.rpm from base error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error unknown url type: media>

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locate rpm spec files
by Tom Brown 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hi I _have_ to use the following software versions on CentOS4 and RHEL4 Apache 2.0.53 mod_jk 1.2.22 Tomcat 5.5.9 Java 1.5.0_06 Can anyone point me to the spec files for these that i can use against the source tar balls or better yet a source rpm? thanks!

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unstable kernel after update to CentOS 4.5
by Kai Schaetzl 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

On Saturday I finally upgraded a machine from CentOS 4.3 (I think) to 4.5 via yum. Seemed to went fine. However, during the following night /home got mounted read-only because of an EXT3-fs error. The next night happened the same. Also, today, I saw the first-ever kernel crash on this machine. The machine is about three years old or so, went into production two years ago with CentOS 4.1 or so and has been rock stable since then. The fs errors, no kernel crashes, no other "weird" occurences. As the problems are now happening right after upgrading to a new kernel I rather suspect a bug in the kernel (or some module) than a hardware problem. No RAID, no LVM, a few partitions on an IDE disk. I didn't file it as a bug yet. I want to first gather some more information or get some help. Here are some details. Kernel was updated from 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL to 2.6.9-55.0.12.EL. There is not a single package update missing now. Dec 9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device hda3): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #1330023: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=10264, inode=808542775, rec_len=13621, name_len=100 Dec 9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: Aborting journal on device hda3. Dec 9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: ext3_abort called. Dec 9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device hda3): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal Dec 9 04:30:35 nx10 kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only The second error tonight happened about 5 minutes earlier. With exactly the same directory inode. http://www.google.de/search?as_q=centos+rec_len+4+0&hl=de&num=30&btnG=Googl… tory&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&saf e=images shows this error is very scarce (I also tried it with fedora and got a few more). It seems to be related to heavy disk i/o, but only under certain (hardware?) circumstances and may be a bug introduced in some Fedora kernel and this krept into RHEL/CentOS 4.4/4.5. Once this happens that filesystem (in my case /home) is read-only and the machine just hangs when one tries to shutdown (probably when unmounting) or remount ro (for a file check). After a hard reset the automatic fschk in dmesg lists only an few orphan inode cleanups. Also, I found that dmesg delivers me an output of the iptables logging (which is on kern.=debug) before the problem is fixed with a reset. Can I use fsdebug safely on that system while mounted? I'm not familiar with it and just stumbled over a mention of it. I tried it on a machine here on a mounted device and there was no problem. That other machine is in a remote data center, so options are a bit limited. The kernel crash from today starts like this: Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 8f38df23 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: printing eip: Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: c019190b Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: Modules linked in: ipt_REJECT ipt_limit ipt_state ipt_LOG iptable_filter ip_tables ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack md5 ipv6 autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc dm_mirror dm_mod button battery ac 8139too mii ext3 jbd ata_piix libata sd_mod scsi_mod Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: CPU: 0 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c019190b>] Not tainted VLI Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010282 (2.6.9-55.0.12.EL) Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: EIP is at seq_escape+0x21/0xaa Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: eax: 8f38df23 ebx: c0370260 ecx: d35a9151 edx: d35aa000 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: esi: c518c200 edi: c518c200 ebp: c032f9d9 esp: c63d9f28 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: Process mv (pid: 16585, threadinfo=c63d9000 task=cee5a1b0) Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: Stack: d35aa000 8f38df23 c0370260 c518c200 dfe08982 00000000 c018e0e3 c03702c0 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: c518c200 00000000 dfe08982 c019157f 00000151 00000000 00000400 b7fd5000 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: 0000000c 00000000 0000000b 00000000 c0371300 cea00b80 00000400 c63d9fac Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: Call Trace: Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: [<c018e0e3>] show_vfsmnt+0x28/0xf5 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: [<c019157f>] seq_read+0x1c3/0x2bd Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: [<c016c91b>] vfs_read+0xb6/0xe2 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: [<c016cb30>] sys_read+0x3c/0x62 Dec 10 10:30:01 nx10 kernel: [<c031b777>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb I wonder if I can go back to 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL. Should I expect problems with other updated packages? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

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watchdog on gigabyte motherboard
by Jerry Geis 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

All, I have an GigaByte motherboard GA-M61P-S3 and I was wondering if any kernel watchdog processes will work with that? Jerry ----------------------------- /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/ibmasr.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd_usb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/pcwd_pci.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/wdt_pci.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/i8xx_tco.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/machzwd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/w83977f_wdt.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/i6300esb.ko /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.ko

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Re: [CentOS] building a Xen guest image on straight LVM partitions?
by Ross S. W. Walker 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Amos, The quickest way to deploy a Xen VM requires a little more prep work... Use the regular (long) method as discussed. Most use an HVM to do the install but config it as a domU afterward as most installers only work reliably in a fully virtualized environment. Create an LVM based guest for each distribution/OS you plan to use. Then for each Xen guest you want to create take an LVM snapshot of the distribution/OS of choice and use that for the guest. This way guest deployment is very quick and disk space is conserved wisely. You can start with 1 or 2 GB snapshot and as space gets tight in the snapshot add more storage. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Tue Dec 11 01:50:01 2007 Subject: Re: [CentOS] building a Xen guest image on straight LVM partitions? On 11/12/2007, Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker(a)medallion.com> wrote: > Here is a good link: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Xen_DomU_Guide Ah and forgot to say "thank you" for the link. Looks useful. Cheers, --Amos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.

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Re: Samba Upgrade on Centos 3 Resolved
by Ben Mohilef 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

>> bugzilla.redhat.com and provide us with the bug number there? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ralph >> > >Red Hat Bug 389021 opened on 11-17-07. RedHat released updates for samba late last week: samba-2.2.12-1.21as.8.2 samba-3.0.9-1.3E.14.3 samba-3.0.25b-1.el4_6.4 samba-3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 They fixed the linux-linux directory panic issue with this update as well as a couple of new security issues. regards, benm

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 8
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

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-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 samba - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2007:1076 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 python - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 samba - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2007:1076 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 python - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 3 i386 samba - security and bug fix update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 samba - security and bug fix update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2007:1076 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 python - security update (Tru Huynh) 8. CESA-2007:1076 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 python - security update (Tru Huynh) 9. CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) samba - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) samba - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2007:1077-01: Moderate CentOS 2 i386 python security update (John Newbigin) 12. CESA-2007:1114-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 samba security and bug fix update (John Newbigin) 13. CESA-2007:1132-03: Low CentOS 2 i386 tzdata enhancement update (John Newbigin) 14. CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 5 x86_64 samba Update (Karanbir Singh) 15. CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 5 i386 samba Update (Karanbir Singh) 16. CESA-2007:1076 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) python - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 17. CESA-2007:1076 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) python - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:26:24 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1114 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 samba - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071210192624.GI16424(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1114 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1114.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/samba-3.0.9-1.3E.14.3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.14.3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.14.3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.14.3.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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re-installing a package without removing it?
by Amos Shapira 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hello, I've just noticed that the file /etc/ha.d/resource.d/drbddisk, which belongs to package drbd-8.0.6-1.el5.centos, is missing from one of my test machines: # rpm --verify drbd S.5....T c /etc/drbd.conf missing /etc/ha.d/resource.d/drbddisk I'm looking at this as an opporunity to learn something about RPM which bugged me for a while - in Debian, aptitude and apt-get provide options to re-install existing package without removing it. If I understand this correctly, then "rpm -i --force drbd-8.0.6-1.el5.centos.rpm" would re-install the package. Is this correct? The rpm solution would require me to find and manually download the rpm file. Is there a way to do this through yum? Thanks, --Amos

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Yum FTP concurrency
by Tom Lanyon 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Greetings, My chosen CentOS mirror has a limit of 5 max FTP connections per IP. A simple 'yum update' is hitting this limit and causing the whole update procedure to fail. Are there any settings to limit yum's FTP concurrency? Regards, Tom

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building a Xen guest image on straight LVM partitions?
by Amos Shapira 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hello, When I needed to build Xen guests under Debian I could follow more or less the instructions in http://preview.tinyurl.com/2oc48r and the advantage of this approach is that it allows me to setup the Xen guest directly on the LVM partition without making it consider the LVM partition as an entire disk with a partition table. The advantages of this approach are: 1. I can add more LVM's later, or share LVM's at the host level among multiple Xen guests. 2. I can easily grow/shrink the Xen guest's disks. 3. I can access the Xen guest's filesystem much more easily 5. Probably less overhead in having LVM->parition->LVM. But I didn't find a way to achieve this with CentOS 5's automatic tools. Is this supported by CentOS as a Xen host or do I have to find my own way? Thanks, --Amos

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Repository for debuginfo (CentOS 5.1)
by MHR 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

It has been suggested (elsewhere) that, to track down the nautilus problem I reported a while back, I need to install the nautilus debuginfo rpm. However, my yum can't find it. The only repositories I have set up on my machine are these: CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Media.repo kbs-CentOS-Extras.repo mirrors-rpmforge rpmforge.repo Do I need another one for debuginfo rpms? Thanks. mhr

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OT: Rsync question
by Steven Vishoot 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hello All, I have an off topic question about rsync and was wondering if i can get some kind person help with it. I have two servers with each server have three same directories on them /dir1/ /dir2/ /dir3/ . How would i achieve this by using rsync? I have tried rsync -avrt --delete server_ip:/dir1/ /dir2/ /dir3/ /dir1/ /dir2/ /dir3/ this does not do anything except give errors. Someone on IRC suggested i do a loop something like this, for i in "/dir1/ /dir2/ /dir3/"; do rsync -av $i root@server:${i};done but when i do it i do not get what i was expecting and also receive errors about not able to transfer files. I am not able to post the exact errors since it has been a while since i have attempted this and do not wish to screw stuff up right at the moment, but in general both say rsync cannot transfer files. So in general is there a way i can do multiple directories in one command or am i left with doing them each individual as in rsync -av server:/dir1/ /dir1/ and repeat for the rest of directories. or does someone know of a better way. my final goal is to have a cronjob do this. thanks steven

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SELinux and Perl script using sendmail
by Miark 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

I have a webpage feedback form that uses a Perl script to send e-mails with "| /usr/sbin/sendmail -t". It works just fine, but SELinux is complaining about it: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/postdrop (postfix_postdrop_t) "getattr" to pipe:[41117] (httpd_t) I'm a SELinux newb so I don't know what (if anything) to do about it. Suggestions? Miark

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keeping a mirror of the updates repo
by Kai Schaetzl 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

I have a local mirror of CentOS5 base and updates. Now with 5 having become 5.1 and in case I just want to keep on updating (at the moment) is it enough that I update the mirror of updates or do I also need an update of the base repo? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

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5.1 Upgrade Not Working?
by Scott Moseman 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

So both "yum upgrade" and "yum update" now are complete and there's no new packages. However, when I attempt to check my version, I'm still showing 5. # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final) I remember seeing 5.1 repositories being access for the upgrades. Is it possible my system did not upgrade? # uname -r 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.centos.plus Thanks, Scott

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How prevent loading of audio driver at boot?
by Steve Snyder 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

CentOS v5.1 insists on loading about a dozen audio-related drivers at boot time. Since this is a server machine, it will never run applications that require sound output. I tried setting "alias snd_cs46xx off" in modprobe.conf. Yet the system still loads that driver and the many, many other audio drivers that go with it. How can I disable the loading of audio drivers at boot time? Thanks.

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Re: [CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox
by Brent L. Bates 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

I've looked over the man page for `ssh' and `ssh_config' on several systems and I think people have it backwards. The pages I read indicate that `-X' is more secure than `-Y'. Under the `-X' part on several systems I have access to says: "For this reason, X11 forwarding is subjected to X11 SECURITY extension restrictions by default." The `-Y' says: "Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension controls." I would think being subjected to security controls would be more secure than not being subjected to them. -- 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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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 7
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

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. CEEA-2007:1132 CentOS 5 i386 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CEEA-2007:1132 CentOS 5 x86_64 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 22:42:18 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA-2007:1132 CentOS 5 i386 tzdata Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071209224218.GA10701(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2007:1132 Upstream details at : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2007-1132.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: f7ba3d210b6b54f3aace9688721b7857 tzdata-2007j-1.el5.noarch.rpm Source: 450e063e2298fa86366b8b43be382863 tzdata-2007j-1.el5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 22:42:18 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA-2007:1132 CentOS 5 x86_64 tzdata Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071209224218.GA10714(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2007:1132 Upstream details at : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2007-1132.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 0852d14cb630164af4bfa8435bfb5fed tzdata-2007j-1.el5.noarch.rpm Source: 450e063e2298fa86366b8b43be382863 tzdata-2007j-1.el5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 7 **********************************************

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centos 5.1 kernel crash on 2.6.23.9
by Jerry Geis 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hi all - looks like I have a kernel dieing on me. This is an AMD 6400+ with 4 GIG ram. I am using ext3 and software raid on 500G drives. (2) of them. I have an external 1T usb disk connected for backup. This is running 2.6.23.9 as I wanted to use kvm-amd. It has died on me twice. Funny thing is it happens when I am NOT using the machine. Any thoughts? Jerry -------------- Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: Assertion failure in journal_dirty_data() at fs/jbd/transaction.c:983: "jh->b_transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction" Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: kernel BUG at fs/jbd/transaction.c:983! Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: CPU 1 Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: Modules linked in: zttranscode nfsd exportfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss autofs4 hidp rfcomm l2cap bluetooth sunrpc wcusb wctdm wcfxo wcte11xp wct1xxp wcte12xp wct4xxp tor2 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink iptable_filter ip_tables ip6t_REJECT xt_tcpudp ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables cpufreq_ondemand dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video output sbs battery ac ipv6 lp shpchp snd_hda_intel snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm nvidia(P) snd_timer wctdm24xxp snd zaptel soundcore sr_mod forcedeth sg parport_pc snd_page_alloc crc_ccitt serio_raw cdrom parport i2c_nforce2 usb_storage i2c_core button sata_nv libata sd_mod scsi_mod raid1 ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: Pid: 5028, comm: rsync Tainted: P 2.6.23.9 #1 Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88034a3b>] [<ffffffff88034a3b>] :jbd:journal_dirty_data+0xad/0x1ed Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff810095edd7e8 EFLAGS: 00010292 Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: RAX: 0000000000000083 RBX: ffff81008e1f50c8 RCX: ffffffff81344c28 Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: RDX: 0000000100000000 RSI: 0000000000000096 RDI: ffffffff81344c20 Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: RBP: ffff81009b42fdf4 R08: ffffffff81344c28 R09: 00000002ffffffff Dec 8 22:23:57 devcentos5x64 kernel: R10: 0000000000000046 R11: ffffffff813b8000 R12: ffff8100c082b348 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: R13: ffff81010ce3cc00 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: FS: 00002ae6d4b2b560(0000) GS:ffff81011fa9a6c0(0000) knlGS:00000000f7f009a0 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: CR2: 00002aea6b0d30a8 CR3: 00000000959f0000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: Process rsync (pid: 5028, threadinfo ffff810095edc000, task ffff8100ccc78000) Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: Stack: 0000000000001000 ffff8100c082b348 ffff81008e1f50c8 ffff81008e1f50c8 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: ffff81008e1f50c8 ffffffff8804ff8f 0000000000001000 0000000000001000 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: 0000000000001000 ffffffff8804f437 ffffffff8804ffb4 0000000000001000 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: Call Trace: Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8804ff8f>] :ext3:ext3_journal_dirty_data+0xf/0x34 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8804f437>] :ext3:walk_page_buffers+0x65/0x8b Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8804ffb4>] :ext3:journal_dirty_data_fn+0x0/0xe Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff880521da>] :ext3:ext3_ordered_writepage+0x108/0x18c Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8106bf9a>] __writepage+0xa/0x23 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8106c4b8>] write_cache_pages+0x17b/0x2aa Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8106bf90>] __writepage+0x0/0x23 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8106c62a>] do_writepages+0x27/0x2d Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff810a8749>] __writeback_single_inode+0x1ba/0x332 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8805b7ea>] :ext3:__ext3_journal_dirty_metadata+0x1e/0x46 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff810a8c00>] sync_sb_inodes+0x1a3/0x261 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff810a9030>] writeback_inodes+0x82/0xd8 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8106c869>] balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr+0x114/0x1f4 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff81068168>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x62d/0x751 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff810685c8>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x33c/0x3a6 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff811ec26b>] sock_aio_read+0x10c/0x124 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff81068693>] generic_file_aio_write+0x61/0xc1 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8804e1ae>] :ext3:ext3_file_write+0x16/0x94 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8108d950>] do_sync_write+0xc9/0x10c Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8104912d>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8108e118>] vfs_write+0xce/0x157 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8108e676>] sys_write+0x45/0x6e Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: [<ffffffff8100bdfc>] tracesys+0xdc/0xe1 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: Code: 0f 0b eb fe 8b 45 0c 83 f8 01 76 09 83 f8 08 0f 85 eb 00 00 Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: RIP [<ffffffff88034a3b>] :jbd:journal_dirty_data+0xad/0x1ed Dec 8 22:23:58 devcentos5x64 kernel: RSP <ffff810095edd7e8>

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Trouble getting all my com-ports (ttyS*)
by Christopher Thorjussen 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

I just installed CentOS 5.1 on a Dell Vostro 200 (Intel G33) which has a Sunix PCI-Express (x1) 8-port RS-232 card installed. For me it looks like only 4 ports are recognized, but I'm not sure if it's even working with those 4. >From 'dmesg' I see this: ... Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 0000:04:00.0: ttyS0 at I/O 0xbf00 (irq = 177) is a 16550A 0000:04:00.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xbf08 (irq = 177) is a 16550A 0000:04:00.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xbe00 (irq = 177) is a 16550A 0000:04:00.0: ttyS3 at I/O 0xbe08 (irq = 177) is a 16550A Couldn't register serial port 0000:04:00.0: -28 ... [root@smse2e ~]# ls -la /dev/ttyS* crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Dec 6 2007 /dev/ttyS0 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Dec 6 2007 /dev/ttyS1 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Dec 6 2007 /dev/ttyS2 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Dec 6 2007 /dev/ttyS3 Link to the RS_232 card: http://www.sunix.com.tw/it/en/Product_Detail.php?cate=2&class_a_id=35&si d=459 How can I get the other 4 enabled? /Christopher Thorjussen Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to

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Re: [CentOS] SOLVED - Can't build CentOS 5.1 kernel from source
by MHR 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Problem solved (thanks to Jim and some careful thinking): I was building the 2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm kernel (the stock RHEL release source) instead of the 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.src.rpm (the CentOS update source). For the record, the problem was that the RHEL stock kernel source needs the rhel and olpc sections in the spec file that the CentOS kernel does not (if that makes no sense to you, read the wiki). Regards. mhr

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using vnc server and login kills X login
by Jerry Geis 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

I changed my X driver from nvidia to xv. Now when I vncviewer into my machine it KILLS my current logged in user. When I try to login it accepts my login looks like its going to do it then kills my X windows screen. When I reconnect I'm back at a login again. This is for my account user geis. If I login as root it all works fine. I was told to change from nvidia to nv as some other interaction was killing my machine with the nvidia drivers. Under the old nvidia driver I did not have an issue. Any ideas? Jerry

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CentOP 5.1 Problem with smbldap-passwd
by Sebastian Marten 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hi List, Yesterday i have upgraded from 5.0 to 5.1 and now i have a problem with smbldap-tools. I use smbldap-tools-0.9.4-1.el5.rf from rpmforge. Then i use smbldap-passwd <user> i get an error: smbldap-passwd test Changing UNIX and samba passwords for test New password: Retype new password: Use of uninitialized value in string at /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd line 277, <STDIN> line 2. Failed to modify UNIX password: shadowMax: value #0 invalid per syntax at /usr/sbin/smbldap-passwd line 285, <STDIN> line 2. In 5.0 it works without errors. I hope you can help me Tanks, Sebastian Here is the part of the file ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// # Update 'userPassword' field if ( $update_unix_passwd ) { my $shadowLastChange=int(time()/86400); my $modify; if ($< != 0) { $modify = $ldap_master->modify ( "$dn", changes => [ replace => [userPassword => "$hash_password"], replace => [shadowLastChange => "$shadowLastChange"] ] ); } else { $modify = $ldap_master->modify ( "$dn", changes => [ replace => [userPassword => "$hash_password"], replace => [shadowLastChange => "$shadowLastChange"], replace => [shadowMax => "$config{defaultMaxPasswordAge}"] ] ); } $modify->code && warn "Failed to modify UNIX password: ", $modify->error ; } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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are RPMForge and EPEL compatible?
by Florin Andrei 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Following Fabian's blog post re: RPMForge being rebuilt for EL5, I've a question: Are there any compatibility problems between RPMForge and EPEL? In other words, if I enabled EPEL previously, will I be able to enable RPMForge as well without running into trouble? -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

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KMIDI problem
by fred smith 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Hi gang! Running 5.1 with Gnome as the default desktop, but have installed KDE too so I can run kde apps. Kmidi is the default midi player, so if I click on a midi file in firefox it brings up KMIDI. KMIDI goes merrily along playing the file, but I get NO SOUND. My motherboard has built in audio but it's disabled and I"m using an old Audiopci 128 card which seems to work fine for everything else. (Why? because it sounds MUCH better than the ac97 junk) Clues for making midi work? 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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Asus P5K-VM & Centos 5.1 x86_64 freezes during yum install
by Vidar Normann 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

Hello, I'm trying to complete a minimal install of Centos 5.1 x86_64 on a Core 2 Duo 2.2Ghz running on an Asus P5K-VM motherboard - yes, this means it's the G33 chipset. (you can stop laughing now) I'm installing to two SATA-disks setup with Software Raid-1. I've installed an Intel NIC that is detected during install and I'm able to complete the install itself - mind you I have to add acpi=off and/or pci=nommconf or else the installer freezes (keyboard dies, even for numlock on/off) right before installing packages. I've also changed from IDE to AHCI in BIOS as suggested in this mailing-list - it doesn't seem to make a difference. So far the installer completes and I can log in after a reboot: I perform a yum update and at a random package it will freeze - The cursor is still blinking but I'm unable to exit yum with CTRL+C or change to another tty. As far as I know I should uprade to a newer kernel (currently using 2.6.18), but since I'm unable to install the packages needed to roll my own that's a bit difficult. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Best regards, Vidar Normann

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smartctl fails after update to 5.1
by Frank Büttner 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

Hello, after update to 5.1 the smartctl will fail. I get this output: smartctl --all -d ata /dev/sda smartctl version 5.36 [i686-redhat-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: HDS728080PLA380 Serial Number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Firmware Version: PF2OA69A User Capacity: 82.348.277.760 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1 Local Time is: Sun Dec 9 12:41:14 2007 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled Error SMART Status command failed Please get assistance from http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ Register values returned from SMART Status command are: CMD=0x50 FR =0xda NS =0x01 SC =0x00 CL =0x00 CH =0x00 SEL=0x10 A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options. On 5.0 all was ok. Any ideas?

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Error in xorg-x11-xinit
by Olaf Mueller 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

Hello, if login as user I get the following error message in ~/.xsession-errors*: /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession: line 15: unask: command not found Changing 'unask' to 'umask' seems to fix it. This happens under CentOS 5 and 5.1. regards Olaf

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kernel-vm.i686 5.0-->5.1 "Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-headers is needed by package glibc-headers"
by John Thomas 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Cough, cough, cough (I have a bit of a cold, please excuse me) Thanks for the great CentOS. I assume the following means I need to humbly ask for the kernel-vm for 5.1, but I am not certain. If so, I hereby humbly ask. --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers --> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 is needed by package glibc-headers Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-headers is needed by package glibc-headers CentOS5[root@somevbox ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-vm-headers-2.6.18-8.1.10.el5.vm.c5 kernel-vm-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 kernel-vm-2.6.18-8.1.14.el5.centos.plus kernel-vm-devel-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 -- Sincerely, John Thomas

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packages downgraded when going from 5.0 to 5.1
by Nicolas Thierry-Mieg 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Hello, I have a few packages where the latest updated version in 5.0 is greater than the current 5.1 version. Here is the list: package, installed version (from 5.0 updates), available (in 5.1) flac 1.1.2-28.el5_0.1 1.1.2-27 flac-devel 1.1.2-28.el5_0.1 1.1.2-27 hpijs 1.6.7-4.1.el5.3 1.6.7-4.1 libsane-hpaio 1.6.7-4.1.el5.3 1.6.7-4.1 thunderbird 1.5.0.12-5.el5.centos 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos I use mirrors.ircam.fr, and apt+synaptic but I don't think that's the reason (except perhaps for the hp stuff?) Is something wrong on my side? If not, should I downgrade those packages to the 5.1 versions? Thanks in advance cheers, Nicolas

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Sendmail: timeout waiting for input from local during Draining Input
by David Mackintosh 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Hi folks, I've recently replaced a RedHat EL 3.x system with a CentOS 5 system (fully yum'd as of Tuesday). This was a full-pave install, although we did copy the sendmail.mc from the original system. Now I get a lot of this in my logs: Dec 7 11:47:38 mail sendmail[20117]: lB7Gl6w0020116: timeout waiting for input from local during Draining Input The only thing even remotely credible is a Sendmail Known Bugs page which suggests it is a chatty local delivery agent, but since this is happening with outbound messages I don't think I believe this. Does anyone have any ideas what Sendmail is trying to tell me here? -- /\oo/\ / /()\ \ David Mackintosh | dave(a)xdroop.com | http://www.xdroop.com

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tick_divider
by Scott McClanahan 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Just installed CentOS 5.1 on VMware ESX and am attempting to play with the newly added tick_divider feature. It doesn't seem to be making any difference in the number of timer interrupts though. I set tick_divider=10 which should reduce the number of timer interrupts to 100. I wrote a nasty little scripts that queries /proc/interrupts every 1 second and still see an increase each second in about 1000 interrupts. The server is: uname -srvmpio Linux 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 #1 SMP Fri Nov 30 00:45:16 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Obviously not running 64bit. Only one cpu has been allocated to this vm. Has anybody else used this successfully?

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Re: [CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox
by Les Bell 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Les Mikesell <lesmikesell(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> What's a 'trusted' forwarding mean as opposed to any other kind? << A trusted X11 client will bypass the security controls specified in the X11 Security Extension Specification (see http://refspecs.freestandards.org/X11/security.pdf) In general, you don't want to enable this unless you have to. Notice that "trusted forwarding" trusts the users to all be good guys. (In fact, if you're on a trusted network, you shouldn't need to use SSH at all, since you trust the devices (and their users) attached to the network not to do nasty things like network sniffing, MitM attacks, etc.). Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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remote ssh to machine how display firefox
by Jerry Geis 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

I can ssh into a remote machine. I can start X on that machine with startx How do I then start firefox on that machine (from the ssh prompt) and have it display on my machine in my office. So I want to be using firefox on the remote machine but displaying the screen output from firefox in my office. Both boxes are running centos 5. how is that done? Jerry

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lmsensors sensors.conf file for gigabyte GA7N400 Pro2
by fred smith 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Having done my fresh 5.0 install a couple months ago I'm slowly getting things back in to working condition. Decided last night to try setting up lmsensors. Got it all set up (modules, etc taken care of) and it runs and reports values, but some of 'em a clearly wrong with the default sensors.conf Trying to use the old sensors.conf I used on Centos 4 produces even more whacked-out results, so I guess that's not the solution. Perusing the documentation, it seems that one can configure it properly only if one knows a lot more about the hardware than one typically knows. So, I'm wondering if anyone out there has a working config file for a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard that works on Centos 5.1? here's what I get with it as it stands right now: it8712-isa-0290 Adapter: ISA adapter VCore 1: +1.68 V (min = +1.42 V, max = +1.57 V) ALARM VCore 2: +2.54 V (min = +2.40 V, max = +2.61 V) +3.3V: +3.23 V (min = +3.14 V, max = +3.47 V) +5V: +4.99 V (min = +4.74 V, max = +5.25 V) +12V: +11.90 V (min = +11.39 V, max = +12.61 V) -12V: -15.70 V (min = -12.63 V, max = -11.41 V) ALARM -5V: -8.10 V (min = -5.26 V, max = -4.77 V) ALARM Stdby: +4.57 V (min = +4.76 V, max = +5.24 V) ALARM VBat: +4.08 V fan1: 2556 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 8) fan2: 2083 RPM (min = 3013 RPM, div = 8) ALARM fan3: 1591 RPM (min = 3013 RPM, div = 8) ALARM M/B Temp: +30°C (low = +15°C, high = +40°C) sensor = thermistor CPU Temp: +26°C (low = +15°C, high = +45°C) sensor = thermistor Temp3: +57°C (low = +15°C, high = +45°C) sensor = diode That -12v at -15.70 is pretty obviously wrong, as is the -5 at -8.10, and the other voltages getting ALARMs are probably wrong too, though not by as much. The MB and CPU temps shown by the BIOS are 29 and 53, so that 26 shown as CPU temp here is likely bogus. One wonders if the Temp3 is actually the CPU temp instead. (my old config used Temp2 for that, tho). Advice will be appreciated. Thanks! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------

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Re: [CentOS] Where are my VIM colors?
by David G. Miller 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Rainer Traut <tr.ml(a)gmx.de> wrote: > israel.garcia(a)cimex.com.cu schrieb: > >> > Maybe, it's stupid question but I've just installed CentOS5 and when I'm >> > going to edit some of my conf files I see no colors as it did in old >> > CentOS4x... >> > I'm using: >> > >> > [root@domian:~]$ echo $TERM >> > xterm >> > > Take a look at: > > # cat /etc/profile.d/vim.sh > if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" -o -n "$KSH_VERSION" -o -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then > [ -x /usr/bin/id ] || return > [ `/usr/bin/id -u` -le 100 ] && return > # for bash and zsh, only if no alias is already set > alias vi >/dev/null 2>&1 || alias vi=vim > fi > > So you do not get vim for root... > > Hth > Rainer Right answer. I just checked on my CentOS 4.5 box and: [root@fraud default]# which vi alias vi='vim' /usr/bin/vim but on my CentOS 5.1 box root gets: [root@bend etc]# which vi /bin/vi while users get: [dave@bend ~]# which vi vi: aliased to vim So vim is probably correctly installed on the 5.1 box but root no longer gets an alias to it. This is actually correct since root should be able to log in and have full functionality with just the programs in /bin, /sbin, etc. In particular, root shouldn't be dependent on anything under /usr. Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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rpc.idmapd error after upgrade to 5.1
by Olaf Mueller 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Hello, after upgrade from CentOS 5 to 5.1 I see the following error in /var/log/messages: 'rpc.idmapd[2330]: main: open(/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs): No such file or directory' The directory exists with the permissions dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 7 10:21 nfs So is this an owner/permisson problem? Should /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs be owned by rpcuser? # ls -al /var/lib/nfs/ total 24 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 7 10:21 . drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Dec 3 07:25 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 701 Dec 7 10:21 etab -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 685 Dec 3 07:24 rmtab drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Dec 7 10:21 rpc_pipefs drwx------ 4 rpcuser rpcuser 4096 Nov 12 07:37 statd -rw------- 1 root root 0 Nov 12 07:37 state drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 7 11:24 v4recovery -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 12 07:37 xtab My settings for /etc/sysconfig/nfs: SECURE_NFS="no" SECURE_NFS_MODS="noload" RPCMTAB="noload" RPCNFSDCOUNT=32 RPCNFSDPRIORITY=16 RPCMOUNTDOPTS="--nfs-version 4" RPCNFSDARGS="--port 2049 --no-nfs-version 3 --no-nfs-version 2" #RPCGSSDARGS="-vvv" #RPCSVCGSSDARGS="-vvv" MOUNTD_NFS_V2="no" MOUNTD_NFS_V3="no" regards Olaf

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

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-2007:1049 Important CentOS 3 ia64 kernel - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2007:1049 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) kernel - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 21:17:18 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1049 Important CentOS 3 ia64 kernel - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071207191718.GC16424(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1049 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21-53.EL.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.21-53.EL.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.21-53.EL.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-53.EL.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Chipset support for 6750 Intel CPUs
by Drew Weaver 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Howdy, We've noticed that the new chipsets required for the **50 series of intel processors is not supported in CentOS 5. We've tried the DG31 board which (realtek nic unsupported) DG33 no support for disk controller or NICs. We also tried the dx38bt and there was no support. Fedora 8 apparently works great with all of the boards we tried. My question is, will there these boards not be supported via the installer until CentOS 6? I realize that the driver support comes from upstream, but it would be cool if they made a easy way to use a newer/updated kernel in the installer. Thanks, -Drew

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yum upgrade fails on pm-utils dependancy
by James A. Peltier 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

I just tried to perform a yum upgrade on my CentOS 5 machine and it failed on a pm-utils >= 0.99.3-6 is needed by package hal error. I rsync my repos every night. This is the first time it's happened sudo yum -y upgrade Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading "priorities" plugin Setting up Upgrade Process Setting up repositories updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 74 kB 00:00 updates : ################################################## 128/128 Added 128 new packages, deleted 0 old in 4.23 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 798 kB 00:00 base : ################################################## 2334/2334 Added 2334 new packages, deleted 0 old in 58.26 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 157 B 00:00 Added 0 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.01 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 60 kB 00:00 extras : ################################################## 190/190 Added 190 new packages, deleted 0 old in 4.10 seconds 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for selinux-policy-targeted to pack into transaction set. selinux-policy-targeted-2 100% |=========================| 46 kB 00:00 ---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for samba-common to pack into transaction set. samba-common-3.0.25b-1.el 100% |=========================| 43 kB 00:00 ---> Package samba-common.i386 0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for hal to pack into transaction set. hal-0.5.8.1-25.el5_1.1.i3 100% |=========================| 43 kB 00:00 ---> Package hal.i386 0:0.5.8.1-25.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for pcre-devel to pack into transaction set. pcre-devel-6.6-2.el5_1.7. 100% |=========================| 10 kB 00:00 ---> Package pcre-devel.i386 0:6.6-2.el5_1.7 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for tetex to pack into transaction set. tetex-3.0-33.2.el5_1.2.i3 100% |=========================| 245 kB 00:00 ---> Package tetex.i386 0:3.0-33.2.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for kernel-devel to pack into transaction set. kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1. 100% |=========================| 746 kB 00:00 ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 set to be installed ---> Downloading header for tetex-dvips to pack into transaction set. tetex-dvips-3.0-33.2.el5_ 100% |=========================| 73 kB 00:00 ---> Package tetex-dvips.i386 0:3.0-33.2.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for ruby-libs to pack into transaction set. ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_1.1 100% |=========================| 74 kB 00:00 ---> Package ruby-libs.i386 0:1.8.5-5.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for selinux-policy to pack into transaction set. selinux-policy-2.4.6-106. 100% |=========================| 71 kB 00:00 ---> Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for cups-libs to pack into transaction set. cups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5 100% |=========================| 40 kB 00:00 ---> Package cups-libs.i386 1:1.2.4-11.14.el5_1.3 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for nscd to pack into transaction set. nscd-2.5-18.el5_1.1.i386. 100% |=========================| 104 kB 00:00 ---> Package nscd.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for cairo to pack into transaction set. cairo-1.2.4-3.el5_1.i386. 100% |=========================| 9.4 kB 00:00 ---> Package cairo.i386 0:1.2.4-3.el5_1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for poppler-utils to pack into transaction set. poppler-utils-0.5.4-4.3.e 100% |=========================| 7.1 kB 00:00 ---> Package poppler-utils.i386 0:0.5.4-4.3.el5_1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for openib to pack into transaction set. openib-1.2-6.el5_1.1.i386 100% |=========================| 12 kB 00:00 ---> Package openib.i386 0:1.2-6.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for glibc-devel to pack into transaction set. glibc-devel-2.5-18.el5_1. 100% |=========================| 109 kB 00:00 ---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for hal-gnome to pack into transaction set. hal-gnome-0.5.8.1-25.el5_ 100% |=========================| 24 kB 00:00 ---> Package hal-gnome.i386 0:0.5.8.1-25.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for net-snmp-libs to pack into transaction set. net-snmp-libs-5.3.1-19.el 100% |=========================| 27 kB 00:00 ---> Package net-snmp-libs.i386 1:5.3.1-19.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for ruby-mode to pack into transaction set. ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_1.1 100% |=========================| 21 kB 00:00 ---> Package ruby-mode.i386 0:1.8.5-5.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for samba to pack into transaction set. samba-3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.i 100% |=========================| 115 kB 00:00 ---> Package samba.i386 0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for ruby to pack into transaction set. ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_1.1.i386 100% |=========================| 36 kB 00:00 ---> Package ruby.i386 0:1.8.5-5.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for pcre to pack into transaction set. pcre-6.6-2.el5_1.7.i386.r 100% |=========================| 7.4 kB 00:00 ---> Package pcre.i386 0:6.6-2.el5_1.7 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for kdegraphics-devel to pack into transaction set. kdegraphics-devel-3.5.4-5 100% |=========================| 32 kB 00:00 ---> Package kdegraphics-devel.i386 7:3.5.4-5.el5_1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for kdebase-devel to pack into transaction set. kdebase-devel-3.5.4-15.el 100% |=========================| 62 kB 00:00 ---> Package kdebase-devel.i386 6:3.5.4-15.el5.centos.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for util-linux to pack into transaction set. util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_ 100% |=========================| 64 kB 00:00 ---> Package util-linux.i386 0:2.13-0.45.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for kernel-headers to pack into transaction set. kernel-headers-2.6.18-53. 100% |=========================| 167 kB 00:00 ---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for samba-client to pack into transaction set. samba-client-3.0.25b-1.el 100% |=========================| 38 kB 00:00 ---> Package samba-client.i386 0:3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for kdegraphics to pack into transaction set. kdegraphics-3.5.4-5.el5_1 100% |=========================| 106 kB 00:00 ---> Package kdegraphics.i386 7:3.5.4-5.el5_1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for glibc-common to pack into transaction set. glibc-common-2.5-18.el5_1 100% |=========================| 723 kB 00:00 ---> Package glibc-common.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for cairo-devel to pack into transaction set. cairo-devel-1.2.4-3.el5_1 100% |=========================| 15 kB 00:00 ---> Package cairo-devel.i386 0:1.2.4-3.el5_1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for telnet to pack into transaction set. telnet-0.17-39.el5.i386.r 100% |=========================| 7.7 kB 00:00 ---> Package telnet.i386 1:0.17-39.el5 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for libibverbs to pack into transaction set. libibverbs-1.1.1-6.el5_1. 100% |=========================| 8.5 kB 00:00 ---> Package libibverbs.i386 0:1.1.1-6.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for glibc-headers to pack into transaction set. glibc-headers-2.5-18.el5_ 100% |=========================| 142 kB 00:00 ---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for glibc to pack into transaction set. glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.i686 100% |=========================| 144 kB 00:00 ---> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-18.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for rsh to pack into transaction set. rsh-0.17-38.el5.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 10 kB 00:00 ---> Package rsh.i386 0:0.17-38.el5 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for xorg-x11-drv-keyboard to pack into transaction set. xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.1 100% |=========================| 3.7 kB 00:00 ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-keyboard.i386 0:1.1.0-3 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for firefox to pack into transaction set. firefox-1.5.0.12-7.el5.ce 100% |=========================| 99 kB 00:00 ---> Package firefox.i386 0:1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos set to be updated ---> Downloading header for htdig to pack into transaction set. htdig-3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1 100% |=========================| 23 kB 00:00 ---> Package htdig.i386 3:3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for rsh-server to pack into transaction set. rsh-server-0.17-38.el5.i3 100% |=========================| 12 kB 00:00 ---> Package rsh-server.i386 0:0.17-38.el5 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for tetex-latex to pack into transaction set. tetex-latex-3.0-33.2.el5_ 100% |=========================| 250 kB 00:00 ---> Package tetex-latex.i386 0:3.0-33.2.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for logrotate to pack into transaction set. logrotate-3.7.4-8.i386.rp 100% |=========================| 10 kB 00:00 ---> Package logrotate.i386 0:3.7.4-8 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for ruby-devel to pack into transaction set. ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_1. 100% |=========================| 22 kB 00:00 ---> Package ruby-devel.i386 0:1.8.5-5.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for tetex-fonts to pack into transaction set. tetex-fonts-3.0-33.2.el5_ 100% |=========================| 760 kB 00:00 ---> Package tetex-fonts.i386 0:3.0-33.2.el5_1.2 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for poppler to pack into transaction set. poppler-0.5.4-4.3.el5_1.i 100% |=========================| 25 kB 00:00 ---> Package poppler.i386 0:0.5.4-4.3.el5_1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for kernel to pack into transaction set. kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5. 100% |=========================| 254 kB 00:00 ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 set to be installed ---> Downloading header for hal-devel to pack into transaction set. hal-devel-0.5.8.1-25.el5_ 100% |=========================| 20 kB 00:00 ---> Package hal-devel.i386 0:0.5.8.1-25.el5_1.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for kdebase to pack into transaction set. kdebase-3.5.4-15.el5.cent 100% |=========================| 551 kB 00:00 ---> Package kdebase.i386 6:3.5.4-15.el5.centos.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: pm-utils >= 0.99.3-6 for package: hal --> Finished Dependency Resolution --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-8.el5 set to be erased ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-8.el5 set to be erased --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: pm-utils >= 0.99.3-6 for package: hal --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: pm-utils >= 0.99.3-6 is needed by package hal -- James A. Peltier Technical Director, RHCE SCIRF | GrUVi @ Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-3610 Fax : 778-782-3045 Mobile : 778-840-6434 E-Mail : jpeltier(a)cs.sfu.ca Website : http://gruvi.cs.sfu.ca | http://scirf.cs.sfu.ca MSN : subatomic_spam(a)hotmail.com

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LDAP and Automount
by Camron W. Fox 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Alle, I'm following the instructions in section 19.3.3.2 of the docs @ http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/s2-nfs-config-autofs…, but I cannot add the following entry in LDAP: dn: automountMapName=auto.home,dc=subaru,dc=nao,dc=ac,dc=jp objectClass: top objectClass: automountMap automountMapName: auto.home After looking at the schemas in /etc/openldap/schema, I find that "automountMapName" does not exist: [root@loa schema]# find . -exec grep auto {} \; -ls attributetype ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.25 NAME 'automountInformation' DESC 'Information used by the autofs automounter' objectclass ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.13 NAME 'automount' SUP top STRUCTURAL DESC 'An entry in an automounter map' MUST ( cn $ automountInformation ) objectclass ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.2312.4.2.2 NAME 'automountMap' SUP top STRUCTURAL DESC 'An group of related automount objects' 4425955 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 748 Nov 10 04:30 ./redhat/autofs.schema [root@loa schema]# The docs say RFC2307bis is the most recently established schema, but as far as I can tell, it has expired. I've found several references on line about nisMapName vs automountMapName, but I'd like to stay with what's documented. Am I missing something? We're trying to setup a server to use for both Linux and SPARC client authentication. Best Regards, Camron -- Camron W. Fox Hilo Office High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu America, INC. E-mail: cwfox(a)us.fujitsu.com

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Re: [CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox
by Les Bell 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Bill Campbell <centos(a)celestial.com> wrote: >> >(In fact, if you're on a trusted network, you shouldn't need to use SSH at >all, since you trust the devices (and their users) attached to the network >not to do nasty things like network sniffing, MitM attacks, etc.). True enough, but ssh makes the X11 DISPLAY things so easy! One doesn't have to much with xhosts and such. << Let me amplify (sorry for another post!): I was really making a point about the nature of trust, not the convenience of SSH. If you think you want to enabled trusted forwarding (-Y), ask yourself "Would I be happy telneting into this host?". If the answer is yes, then use trusted forwarding. If the answer is no, then don't. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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Re: [CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox
by Les Bell 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Bill Campbell <centos(a)celestial.com> wrote: >> True enough, but ssh makes the X11 DISPLAY things so easy! One doesn't have to much with xhosts and such. << Absolutely - you might *want* to use SSH for the convenience, but you shouldn't *need* to. I preach "SSH Everywhere" as SOP, even on trusted networks. This is probably the case almost everywhere, now that telnet is pretty much dead. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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Re: [CentOS] Re: SCSI bad block table display
by Ross S. W. Walker 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Google 'sdparam' -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Wed Dec 05 18:44:08 2007 Subject: RE: [CentOS] Re: SCSI bad block table display From: Scott Silva Sent: December 5, 2007 15:09 > > on 12/5/2007 12:13 PM Hugh E Cruickshank spake the following: > > Hi All: > > > > Is there a utility available that will allow for the dump/display of > > the bad track table of a SCSI drive. We had this capability on SCO > > OSR5 but I have not been able to locate anything similar for Linux. > > The closest I have found is the badblocks utility that is part of the > > e2fsprogs package but this appears to only test for bad blocks not > > display the current bad block table contents. > > > > I have done quite a bit of searching with Google but either it does > > not exist or (more than likely) I am using the wrong search parameters. > > > > TIA > > > > Regards, Hugh > > > Don't most modern drives cover up the bad blocks with controller > logic and > spare block substitutions? > All SCSI drives do this but what I am trying to do is display the contents of this "bad block" table. I have some suspect drives that had errors report but format fine at the controller level. I would like to see how many bad blocks the format encountered and remapped. If there are a large number of these then I do not want to use the drives in any critical applications. If the number is small then I will assume that the drive is basically fine to use and that the errors were localized. Since I posted my original inquiry I have discovered that some of the drive manufacturers have T&D utilities that might allow me to get at this information. The main problem here is that they tend to be Windows based which means that I will need to setup a Windows system just to test the drives. I would rather test them in the systems that the will be running in (one is CentOS 4.5 and one is RHEL3). Seagate does have an older utility that supposedly will run at the Linux CLI (their terminology) which I will be trying out. Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.

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