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backups and md5 all in one while splitting
by Ruslan Sivak 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

I'm trying to back up our svn repositories, and I found a nice little backup command line bzip's the backup and creates the md5 hash all in one: svnadmin dump --deltas /repo |bzip2 |tee dump.bz2 | md5sum >dump.md5 The problem is I need to split the backups, so this doesn't really work. Is there perhaps another way of piping things to allow for splitting of the backups? Currently I'm doing something like this svnadmin dump --deltas /repo |bzip2 |split - -b 64m cat *.bz2* | md5sum >dump.md5 Is there a way to do this all in one step? Russ

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heartbeat 1.2.5 on CentOS 5?
by Amos Shapira 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Hello, Has anyone got Heartbeat 1.2.5 (latest Heartbeat 1 version) to compile and run on CentOS 5? I downloaded the source but hit difficulties compiling it, presumebly because it was never quite tweaked to run on the latest version. Thanks, --Amos

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mp3 plugin for Rythmbox or Totem?
by Andrew Allen 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Can anybody please suggest a suitable plugin to enable playing of mp3 files with either Totem or Rythmbox. Both of these come as part of the CentOS 5 package, but strangely neither has the necessary plugin for mp3, which surely is a common enough format in the music world? Thanks, Andy

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yumex in CentOS 5.1 "extras" repository
by Ioannis Vranos 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Hi, there isn't any version of yumex in 5.1 extras directory. Perhaps it is time for version 2.0.3?

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SSH question
by Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

On my logwatch that I have emailed to me, I see a line where I'm showed logging in via a known ip address, and when I log in from my laptop through my EV-DO card wirelessly, the computer show log in as ok, but it can not translate the ip from the aircard and marks the log in as a possible hack attempt. How do you go in and set a network subnet as a valid ip block and not an attack attempt? Thanks, Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/WQFK-894 D-Star Gateway Admin KJ4ACN Central Florida

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repo location for gnome package manager
by Robert Moskowitz 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Where does the package manager in gnome look for its repos? I have my local repos, and of course I want to get packages from there. I have set up yum to use them, but cannot see how the package manager is configured.

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NOSSO(r) compression
by Ruslan Sivak 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

I just downloaded solaris. They have two versions, the split DVD that comes with two 1.2GB zipped chunks and an exe which is 1.2GB but uncompresses to the full 2.5+GB. I found some info on them here: http://www.nosltd.com/nosso.html Any idea how they achieve such great compression? Looks like they're using a proprietary algorithm and don't offer any downloads. Also looks like it's windows only. Is there a linux/open source alternative out there? Russ

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Re: [CentOS] Need a blog server
by David G. Miller 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Steven Haigh <netwiz(a)crc.id.au> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 08:46:17AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> > I want to put up my own blog server. >> > >> > What is available? I have searched the our 'standard' 3rd party repos and >> > have not noticed anything... >> > > The best featured and easiest to setup blog software would have to be wordpress. > You can download it at www.wordpress.org - it requires apache + php + mysql. > > There's a hell of a lot of support for it, and it's very quick to get going. > > -- Steven Haigh Another vote for WordPress here but a good resource for comparing the choices is at: http://asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm I pulled down the tarball for WordPress on 27 November and had it up and running fairly quickly (but not within their "five minute" install). Appropriately, I documented why it took me a little longer on my blog once it was running: http://davenjudy.org/wordpress/?p=9 Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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Re: [CentOS] weird load values
by Ross S. W. Walker 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

IO load takes IO wait into it's calculation, so it may be a writer process hammering the disks which are under powered for the IO load. Run an iostat under these situations to find the disks causing the high waits. -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 09:39:41 2007 Subject: [CentOS] weird load values Hi List, I'm stumped by this: load average: 10.65, 594.71, 526.58 We're monitoring load every ~3 minutes. It'll be fine (i.e. something like load average: 2.14, 1.27, 1.03), and then in a single sample, jump to something like the above. This seems to happen once a week or so on a few different servers (all running in a similar application). I've never seen the 1 minute sample spike as high as the 5 or 15 minute samples. Seeing as that last value is a 15 minute period, well, it doesn't seem possible that one can have a 500+ 15 minute sample without having observed a spike in the 5 minute sample at least 5 minutes before. Also, there aren't 500+ processes on these systems -- it's typically around 100 total processes (ps auxw | wc -l). (Is there a way to see the total count of kernel-level threads?) Thoughts? best, Jeff Linux someHostName 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jul 10 06:39:17 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux CentOS release 5 (Final) 09:31:15 up 65 days, 17:45, 2 users, load average: 0.92, 200.91, 371.30 _______________________________________________ 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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Install CentOS based distro
by Mário Gamito 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Hi, I'm making a dedicated distribution based on CentOS 5.1 My doubt is about the installation of the "new" distro. I was thinking about a (K)ubuntu kind of way: the CD/DVD boots, a graphical interface appears with an "Install" button, just a click on it and then just wait to finish. Now, I'd like to avoid building RPMs for my added software. Is this possible this way ? Other suggestions are welcome. Any help would be appreciated. Warm Regards, Mário Gamito

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Using systemtap under Xen / Centos 5.1?
by Christian Nygaard 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

I'm trying to use systemtap to monitor per process diskio performance, however when trying to start stap it says I need kernel debug packages installed. Where can I find the kernel-xen-debuginfo and kernel-debuginfo-common packages for 5.1? Greets, Chris

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 05 Dec '07

05 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-2007:1095 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 htdig Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CESA-2007:1095 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 htdig Update (Karanbir Singh) 3. CentOS-5.1 x86_64 cd isos refresh (Karanbir Singh) 4. CEBA-2007:1106 CentOS 5 i386 gfs-kmod Update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CEBA-2007:1106 CentOS 5 x86_64 gfs-kmod Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 00:29:23 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1095 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 htdig Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071205002923.GA14374(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1095 Moderate Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1095.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 9cb4b14b7e1a32596705f2ed6882f7ef htdig-3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1.x86_64.rpm b96548484dfaf007eb3d4c362ed577f8 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1.x86_64.rpm Source: 00badca9e41aba302819de85f7935ce2 htdig-3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 00:29:23 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1095 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 htdig Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071205002923.GA14361(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1095 Moderate Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1095.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: b4b53fd6444cd16ca1ba49ff3326f2ca htdig-3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1.i386.rpm 70f178075fab7be728b9bcdfff7f25ca htdig-web-3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1.i386.rpm Source: 00badca9e41aba302819de85f7935ce2 htdig-3.2.0b6-9.0.1.el5_1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:42:04 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CentOS-5.1 x86_64 cd isos refresh To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <4755F3DC.6010606(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Earlier today we found an issue with the CentOS-5.1 x86_64 CD iso set, distributed via direct download, wherein CD-2 was not passing tests, to rectify the issue we have refreshed the images on all mirrors. The changes have now propagated through the mirror network. md5sum and sha1sum's published have also been updated to reflect this change. x86_64 CD isos distributed via bittorrent are not affected by this issue. x86_64 DVD isos distributed via bittorrent and direct downloads are not affected by this issue None of the i386 iso images are affected by this issue. The correct MD5's for x86_64 CD ISOS are : 2318b7edf7f32def4a35897f69ecf06e CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso 0053faafc4c31d4e47d3d86f9f9a9af7 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-2of7.iso 560c3b5057050dab6ba76495f46f409c CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-3of7.iso e5fb3d243befb79de70e06009c77e474 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-4of7.iso b752135296ad9472105d6c0a8f5157b5 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-5of7.iso 20e08026628b60e4586bffc446cdd566 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-6of7.iso 5008fbaca9671e26dfaa4e24b2c2267f CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-7of7.iso -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 01:30:20 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2007:1106 CentOS 5 i386 gfs-kmod Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071205013020.GA15773(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2007:1106 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-1106.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 16fb682b46238bf436b4419eeefb6e85 kmod-gfs-0.1.19-7.el5_1.1.i686.rpm 27be8c2b75549a8e85336f003b828e44 kmod-gfs-PAE-0.1.19-7.el5_1.1.i686.rpm 6985a7c8cc97e2aa1ccb3a0dacacad60 kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.19-7.el5_1.1.i686.rpm Source: e5d001471a3c08c684ecdc3263f51603 gfs-kmod-0.1.19-7.el5_1.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 01:30:20 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2007:1106 CentOS 5 x86_64 gfs-kmod Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071205013020.GA15790(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2007:1106 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-1106.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 6ff04354796d6d04e5d2102945a1ca92 kmod-gfs-0.1.19-7.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm 98c7691caf1a75034d4218db10413aa0 kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.19-7.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm Source: e5d001471a3c08c684ecdc3263f51603 gfs-kmod-0.1.19-7.el5_1.1.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 5 **********************************************

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yum update repo problems
by Vahur Jõesalu 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Hi I noticed today that all my Centos servers are giving same error on "yum update". Error is: ---------------------------------- Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories rpmforge 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=os error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base ---------------------------------- Servers are scattered around in different networks. Yum update has been workin OK on all of them. Centos 4.5 servers are giving similar error, but with less detail. Servers are relaying heavily on DNS for everyday work, so that should rule out DNS issues (all are running caching-nameservers). Is there any problem with repos? Anybody else having same erors? all the best Vahur

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Filesystem for Maildir
by Heitor Augusto M Cardozo 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

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Another question
by Mário Gamito 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Hi, If i install CentOS 5.1 and then install some extra software, how can I rebuild a bootable ISO version of the modified installation ? Any help would be appreciated. Warm Regards, Mário Gamito

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SORK from Extras
by Camron W. Fox 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Alle, Are there any plans to add Horde's SORK to CentOS Extras? Best Regards, Camron -- Camron W. Fox Hilo Office High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu America, INC. E-mail: cwfox(a)us.fujitsu.com Phone: (808) 934-4102 Cell: (808) 937-5026

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backup / compressed copy
by Andreas Kuntzagk 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Hi, I think about buying a NAS-server from Sun. To backup this server I want to use our central to-tape backup. For whatever reason ppl are asking me to make one compressed copy to disk and only backup this copy. So to reduce load I'd like to have a script that: identifies changed files only (using md5?) copies them and compresses them storeBackup.pl does something similar, but keeps versions and creates hardlinks between them. (Is storeBackup in any CentOS repo? I know it from my SuSE box) Any ideas? Do I have to change storeBackup to my needs? (Would really hate that, because I'm not a Perl man) regards, Andreas

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SD cards
by centos＠911networks.com 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Hi, I am trying to read a 4gb SD HD card class 6 [hispeed], and Centos 5.1 does not recognize it. with dmesg|less I get [1616752.815569] sdf: Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00 [1616752.815571] sdf: assuming drive cache: write through [1616754.813229] sdf : READ CAPACITY failed. [1616754.813231] sdf : status=0, message=00, host=1, driver=00 [1616754.813240] sdf : sense not available. When I connect through the same hardware a just 1Gb SD card, it's ok. Any suggestion? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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HELP! Group info problem
by Robert Moskowitz 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

I just tried an install from my local repo (boot from CD 1, use http method), and it failed right after entering the root password setting with: Unable to read group information from repositories. This is a problem with the generation of your install tree. Reboot So now what? Is there something I can just extract from the isos? (remember I did that rsync). Is this caused by running createrepo after I copied the CDs, and before I did the rsync -r (so perhaps my tree info files are newer than those on mirror.centos.org)? HELP?

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Download of updates
by Rajagopal Swaminathan 05 Dec '07

05 Dec '07

Greetings, I have noticed that Fedora updates with "yum update" often runs into 500+MB of downloads. I would like to know from the members of this list as to how much should a CentOs update size would be if I download a DVD ISO image and install with it (As it is a DVD download -- I can't use Bittorrent as I am sitting behind a firewall which I don't control -- takes more than 26 hours for download) regards Rajagopal

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Question on syncing my local repo
by Robert Moskowitz 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I have read various howtos on setting up a local mirror of the Centos base and update repos. I think I have them, I have followed the directory tree that I see on mirrors.centos.org: centos/5.1/os/i386/ centos/5.1/updates/i386/ I set up the base tree by copying the ISOs to centos/5.1/os/i386/; interestingly centos/5.1/os/i386/isolinux/ has the ISOs, 2-6. Don't know how those got there.... Now my questions: I used the following rsync to populate centos/5.1/updates/i386/ rsync -av rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/updates/i386/ \ --exclude=debug/ /repos/centos/5.1/updates/i386 over 300mb was downloaded for the rpms directory. and then I updated centos/5.1/os/i386/ rsync -avu rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/os/i386/ \ --exclude=debug/ /repos/centos/5.1/os/i386 Not the inclusion of the -u option. I first did this with the -n option and not the -u option and noticed a lot of rpms to be downloaded for the base. I then added the -u and only one rpm. So this question is: when using rsync to mirror the base and update repos, should the -u option be used? Next for the web server. I tried to use thttpd, thinking I just needed a httpd server on this box to dish out the repos. But thttpd seems to refuse to use symlinks (I have the repos on their own partition), so I fell back to good old apache (running everything at default with a symlink to /repo/centos). So this question is: what is available in a nice, light, httpd server that can handle a symlink? Finally. I looked at mrepo, but it seems to be designed to serve the repos from the isos. I did not want to do that and thus rolled my own for now. So is there any value for me to go and use mrepo? Oh, and will I need createrepo anymore for the base and update repos? thanks! Finally a local repo. The cost of the downloads for upgrading to 5.1 supplied the push!

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Re: [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS-5.1 i386 and x86_64
by James A. Peltier 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Karanbir Singh wrote: > > We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.1 > for the i386 and x86_64 Architectures. > > CentOS-5.1 is based on the upstream release 5.1, and includes packages > from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream > repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end > users to work with. And the option to further enable external > repositories at install time is now available in the installer. > > Further Arch support for PowerPC, IA64 and Sparc are planned and will > be released soon. These arch's will follow the existing pattern of > release to Beta first, and then to Final. > > This is the first release where we are also publishing a special > netinstall iso that can be used to start a remote install. Its > included in the isos/ directory. This iso is in addition to the > boot.iso published in the images/ directory of the distribution - > there are no changes to that file. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > Verification of downloads and media > > We highly recommend that all forms of downloads be verified before > use. Both md5sum and sha1sum for all isos and torrents released by the > CentOS project are published at the same location as the isos and > torrents themselves. md5sum and sha1sum verification tools are > available for all major platforms. As an added option, but not a > replacement to the md5sum/sha1sum process, its possible to check media > during install time. > > All rpms published by the CentOS project are signed with a gpg key, > and by default we configure yum to verify this signature on package > download. In order to check that this is operating as normal ensure > that each repository section includes two lines that look exactly like > this : > > gpgcheck=1 > gpgsignature=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 > > Note: 1) url to the gpg key will never point at an external non > .centos.org machine. > 2) a copy of the gpg key is also provided on the install media, > and installed as /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5, however do the > possibility of compromised media we recommend you still verify that > key with the one hosted on http://mirror.centos.org/ > > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > Download Instructions: > > First a request from us : When possible, consider using torrents to > run the downloads. Not only does it help the community and keeps > mirrors from running up high bandiwdth bills, in most cases you will > find its also the fastest means to download the distro. > > Via BitTorrent : > Torrents are available for i386 at > http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/i386/ > and for x86_64 at http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/x86_64/ > > Via direct download: > Due to bandwidth considerations the CentOS Project does not publish > ISOS directly from our network machines. However direct downloads are > available from external mirrors over http, ftp and rsync, and a geoip > based list is available at > http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/ to give you the best > predictable match ( and only lists mirrors that are updated already, > so you dont need to go looking for a mirror with all the isos you want > ! ) > > Some mirrors also publish DVD images that can be downloaded > directly. Refer to the mirrors list page at > http://www.centos.org/mirrors for more details Mirrors that offer > DVD's are clearly marked on the page. > > ----------------------------------------------- > i386 ISOS and their sha1sum's are : > > 18dbc08071f381b327e7d591d6921f125ff43359 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-1of6.iso > 87f1fa3cd42fbfb6d9d12d7d4440101aba2e4647 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-2of6.iso > ec4b1875de5bf9da3fcedad66a0ed61f59d07dd3 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-3of6.iso > 077179429ef46e8aee6726a64aaf461a4f44a668 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-4of6.iso > bcc3b5d839b56638419eee09fa933c90005f291d CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-5of6.iso > c6b62bbf82cc850d2855705934a0e4b04f0abfe3 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-6of6.iso > 0a07e11a43515e772eb392e5b9261ecc52980b7c CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-DVD.iso > e010156ae3bb7499c057f25cc3b42bd66bb686b7 CentOS-5.1-i386-netinstall.iso > > ----------------------------------------------- > x86_64 ISOS and their sha1sum's are : > > 7e70ca98f6042342159a6705cc10eae9b937a12f CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso > eaec3219d9ee29ead7d79e87674ea1b289cddb2f CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-2of7.iso > 89d922359fab8668bf5aee594de3e3bdad8b27f0 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-3of7.iso > 6a7d55cbcaf4412001ed276c20d299e1c48aa2cd CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-4of7.iso > 018c877063e1893785ba28859552f0ec73b101f6 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-5of7.iso > d5daca1b6341b290d090162441078b6c6a054827 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-6of7.iso > 1ab34cf0977aa966436dd0d3b54a7f56e99f3344 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-7of7.iso > 22403c5d46fd620e3d7156a8df0f73889680a20d CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso > da61e6c3d0b119da59804144cf7d42478cf812c8 > CentOS-5.1-x86_64-netinstall.iso > > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > Release Notes: > > The distro release notes are only available online at > http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.1/ The release > notes include important changelog info as well as notes about the > installer and outcomes from test situations which the centos-qa team > worked through. Its considered essential reading. > > Upstream release notes are available in the NOTES/ directory of the > install media, as well as online at http://www.centos.org/docs/5/ . > These include release specific technologies, new features in the > distro and other misc infomation that can help you better utilise the > distro. Always something worth reading. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > How to get help with CentOS > > The best place to start when looking for help with CentOS is at the > wiki ( http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp ) which lists various > options and communities who might be able to help. If you think there > is a bug in the system, do report it at http://bugs.centos.org/ - but > keep in mind that the bugs system is *not* a support mechanism. > > Friendly URL's : > http://wiki.centos.org/ > http://www.centos.org/ > http://bugs.centos.org/ > http://www.centos.org/donate > http://lists.centos.org/ > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++ > And a big thanks to everyone who contributed to the distro, including > the translation teams, the qa team, the CentOS Developers and all the > users out there. > > Enjoy! > > Congratulations CentOS Team! I'm waiting for my rsync mirror to finally get 5.1 available and looking forward to the IA64 release when it becomes available! :)

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what centos realease for xeon ?
by fde 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi, I'd like to install centos 5 on a HP proliant ml370 server with a xeon cpu, is it ok the install-dvd for x86_64 architecture ? The server will be a samba server plus virtualization. -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: In REGALO 'All the Good Thing' di NELLY FURTADO Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=6617&d=4-12

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apologies
by Francesco Camisa 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I was trying to contribute to another post and messed up. The remark on the natiquette still stands, especially toward first offenders ;-). I know it's difficult to keep track of new felons vs. three strikers... -- Francesco Camisa Direttore Amministrativo Policlinico San Marco via Zanotto 40 30173 Mestre-VE

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Outdated packages on 5.1
by Heitor A. M. Cardozo 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi, A package verification on recently CentOS 5.1 reveals that some packages is outdated comparing with the 5.0. Here are some examples: 5.0 5.1 tzdata-2007h-1.el5 tzdata-2007d-1.el5 libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_0.1 libpng-1.2.10-7.0.2 perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 perl-5.8.8-10 The "updates" directory on CentOS 5.1 repository does not contain the latest versions of some packages available for 5.0. Any reason for this or should I just wait for the release of these updates? Regards, Heitor A. M. Cardozo

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Where can I get perl(Gnome)
by Robert Moskowitz 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

yum install gnome-crontab (which is on rpmforge) is missing: Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Gnome) is needed by package gnome-crontab where can I pick this up?

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Need a blog server
by Robert Moskowitz 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I want to put up my own blog server. What is available? I have searched the our 'standard' 3rd party repos and have not noticed anything...

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obtuse-smtpd & Postfix
by Manuel Leon 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi, people. I want to thank every one in the list, specially to Barry Brimer and Bill Campbell for their good advices. I will install CENTOS 5.1 and will try their recommendations. I must state that I would like to use Postfix in my box and I think it will fulfill the needed requisites (if I learn first what are "smtpd_restrictions_classes" and the other tips I received .. J ). Thanks to all, again. M. Leon

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Help to restore mysql data on CentOS 5
by Indunil Jayasooriya 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi , Help is needed to restore mysql data This is the the setup. 2 Servers running on CentOS. one server has both apache an mysql. the other server only has mysql database. This server has about 12000 records in the database. Last week, It had about 6000 records. then, Someone has backed up these 6000 records to the web server. Now , We need to backup all 12000 records to the webserver. How to archive this task? If I restore these 12000 records to the web server, it already has 6000 records. Then, whall will happen? Shoud I override them? Remember, this is a PRODUCTION SERVER.. I should do it properly. I think I will have to do following steps. first, I will have to dump the mysql server backup from database server. This is the command I will have to enter from the database server. * mysqldump -u root -p databasename > database.txt* then, I will have to mount a flash drive and copy *database.txt* to the flash drive. Then, I will have to go to the web server and mount it there. Then, finnaly, I have to restore *database.txt* to web server as follows. *mysql -u root -p databasename < databas.txt* Am I RIGHT? This data is extremely essential. I should be able to do it properly. Any IDEAS? -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya

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CentOS 4.5 - ProLiant DL585 G2 - Mouse Issue
by Tom Brown 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi OK another issue trying to get X going on these boxes. It seems to be a HP issue but if anyone knows a solution that would be great. I am using the iLo interface and the hpmouse-1.1.0-73.noarch.rpm driver. As root i can startx and all is well, however when starting X as the oracle user it fails with the following error Exec fail for command "/opt/hp/hpmouse/hpmouse-helper" Permission Denied This is indeed only accessible by root it seems so does anyone know how non root users are supposed to use the mouse on HP boxes? thanks

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 4
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 04 Dec '07

04 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-2007:1095 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 htdig - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2007:1095 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) htdig - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2007:1049 Important CentOS 3 i386 kernel - security and bug fix update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2007:1049 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 kernel - security and bug fix update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 18:39:25 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1095 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 htdig - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071203163925.GA16424(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1095 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1095.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/htdig-3.2.0b6-4.c4.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/htdig-web-3.2.0b6-4.c4.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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CentOS 4.5 (RHEL 4.5) - x86_64 - Login issue
by Tom Brown 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi Strange problem here i think but - I can ssh in to the box fine as root and other users eg oracle BUT i am trying to login to the console to install oracle using X but i cant and i see this in the logs hostname su(pam_unix)[20237]: session closed for user oracle and also hostname login[19841]: Module is unknown so the pwd is not accepted and the connection on the console terminated straight away. I have added this to my pam.d login file session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so So i presume this is what is causing the issue but does anyone know which module may be missing? # rpm -qa | grep pam pam_ccreds-3-3.rhel4.2 pam-0.77-66.21 pam_krb5-2.1.8-1 pam_smb-1.1.7-5 pam_passwdqc-0.7.5-2 thanks

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Cannot boot after upgrading to Centos 5.1
by Mogens Kjaer 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

My local centos mirror (ftp.crc.dk) failed to boot after having upgraded from centos 5.0 to 5.1 (i386). It just displays GRUB The cursor is positioned to the right of a space after GRUB, and no input is accepted. I've tried booting in rescue mode and run: chroot /mnt/sysimage grub-install /dev/cciss/c0d0 This completes without errors, but still it can't boot. It's a HP/Compaq Proliant ML370 with a smartarray 5312 controller. HELP! Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk(a)crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk

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5.1 - kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.centos.plus.i686.rpm: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download
by John Thomas 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Thank you for the great CentOS. When trying to update from 5.0 to 5.1, I get an error regarding the centos.plus kernel and headers, "[Errno -1] Package does not match intended download". What'd I do? The end of the yum update results below: Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 11 Package(s) Update 171 Package(s) Remove 2 Package(s) Total download size: 419 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/2): kernel-2.6.18-53.e 100% |=========================| 15 MB 00:17 http://mirror.icann.org/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53.el…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. http://centos-distro.cavecreek.net/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. (1/2): kernel-2.6.18-53.e 100% |=========================| 15 MB 00:00 ftp://repo.bioinformatics.upenn.edu/pub/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/ker…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://yum.singlehop.com/CentOS/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53.e…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://dds.gina.alaska.edu/public/mirrors/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/k…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://centos.mirrors.redwire.net/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://pubmirrors.reflected.net/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/CentOS/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirrors.probonic.com/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-5…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. (2/2): kernel-headers-2.6 100% |=========================| 781 kB 00:01 http://mirror.icann.org/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.6.…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. http://centos-distro.cavecreek.net/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-h…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. (2/2): kernel-headers-2.6 100% |=========================| 781 kB 00:00 ftp://repo.bioinformatics.upenn.edu/pub/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/ker…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.6.1…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://yum.singlehop.com/CentOS/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.6…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://dds.gina.alaska.edu/public/mirrors/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/k…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://centos.mirrors.redwire.net/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-headers-2…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://pubmirrors.reflected.net/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-head…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/CentOS/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-header…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirrors.probonic.com/centos/5.1/centosplus/i386/RPMS/kernel-headers-…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. Error Downloading Packages: kernel-headers - 2.6.18-53.el5.centos.plus.i386: failure: RPMS/kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.el5.centos.plus.i386.rpm from centosplus: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. kernel - 2.6.18-53.el5.centos.plus.i686: failure: RPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.centos.plus.i686.rpm from centosplus: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. -- Sincerely, John Thomas

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Can't build CentOS 5.1 kernel from source
by MHR 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I pulled down the kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm source to build my usual custom kernel (adds NTFS wwrite support) and it does not build. Whether I include the NTFS or just build from the source with no changes (other than make oldconfig and adding the # x86_64 line), I get this error every time: Building modules, stage 2. + mkdir -p /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/usr/lib/debug/boot + mkdir -p /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/usr/lib/debug/boot + mkdir -p /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/boot + install -m 644 .config /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/boot/config- 2.6.18-53.el5.nx + install -m 644 System.map /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root /boot/System.map-2.6.18-53.el5.nx + touch /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/boot/initrd- 2.6.18-53.el5.nx.img + cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.el5.nx + '[' -f arch/x86_64/boot/zImage.stub ']' + '[' '' == kdump ']' + mkdir -p /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/lib/modules/2.6.18- 53.el5.nx + make -s ARCH=x86_64 INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-rootmodules_install KERNELRELEASE= 2.6.18-53.el5.nx + echo '**** GENERATING kernel ABI metadata ****' **** GENERATING kernel ABI metadata **** + gzip -c9 + chmod 0755 /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/kabitool + '[' '!' -e /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/kabi_whitelist_x86_64 ']' + cp /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/kabi_whitelist_x86_64 /var/tmp/kernel- 2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/kabi_whitelist + rm -f /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-kabideps + /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/kabitool -b . -d /var/tmp/kernel- 2.6.18-53.el5.nx-kabideps -k 2.6.18-53.el5.nx -w /var/tmp/kernel- 2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/kabi_whitelist nm: net/decnet/built-in.o: no symbols nm: net/dccp/ccids/built-in.o: no symbols nm: net/dccp/built-in.o: no symbols nm: sound/core/built-in.o: no symbols nm: drivers/isdn/hardware/built-in.o: no symbols nm: drivers/i2c/built-in.o: no symbols nm: drivers/media/dvb/built-in.o: no symbols nm: drivers/media/built-in.o: no symbols nm: drivers/scsi/built-in.o: no symbols nm: drivers/net/wireless/built-in.o: no symbols nm: drivers/message/built-in.o: no symbols + echo '**** kABI checking is enabled in kernel SPEC file. ****' **** kABI checking is enabled in kernel SPEC file. **** + chmod 0755 /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/check-kabi + '[' -e /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/Module.kabi_x86_64 ']' + cp /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/Module.kabi_x86_64 /var/tmp/kernel- 2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/Module.kabi + /home/rpmbuild/SOURCES/check-kabi -k /var/tmp/kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.nx-root/Module.kabi -s Module.symvers *** ERROR - ABI BREAKAGE WAS DETECTED *** The following symbols have been changed (this will cause an ABI breakage): cfi_varsize_frob unregister_mtd_chip_driver cfi_read_pri register_mtd_chip_driver mtd_do_chip_probe do_map_probe + exit 1 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.2757 (%build) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.2757 (%build) Should I exclude the kabi (and if so why is it not excluded by default)? What else did I miss? Thanks. mhr PS: I know I could build that as a module, but that shouldn't make the kernel build fail....

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Re: [CentOS] Announcing the CentOS on Laptops initiative
by Dag Wieers 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Alfredo Perez wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 07:02:40PM +0100, Dag Wieers wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Johnny Tan wrote: > > > Lorenzo Quatrini wrote: > > > > I'm actually using CentOS on 2 laptops, and I have really few issues: > > > > on the newer one (a Lenovo) the only thing that doesn't work is sound (I > > > > know the newer alsa drivers would work, but I'm too lazy to install them: > > > > I'll wait for the updates) but it isn't a big deal: I'm using it for work, > > > > and I don't need sound > > > > > > Or, if we create a page on there, should multiple entries of the same laptop > > > model go on the same line somehow? > > > > What I prefer is to have one single page per Laptop model. And a different > > section for each CentOS version (starting with the latest, CentOS-5 > > first). > > > > If people have their own blog articles or webpages about their laptop > > model, I would like to have this information reside inside of that page > > (now they are on the index page temporarily). > > > > Sadly, for now, you have to request access to be allowed to create or edit > > these pages. I hope in the future we will have a more liberal view wrt. > > the wiki. > > > > PS I created this structure for your X60 for now, I plan to add my own > > laptops soon (but it does not include a X60). If you can add your > > information to this existing page, I am sure this is very valuable for > > another X60 owner. > > Last weekend I tried to install Centos 5.0 into my old Toshiba 4200. > No luck. The installation process stop in different places. > > Any recommendations? Do you have more information ? Where exactly did it stop ? What was in the log ? Maybe try again with CentOS 5.1 ? > I tried Startcom which is also redhat based and the installation > process ended successfully. Not sure if StartCom is RHEL. They have a release called 5.0.6, but no clue to what that matches. What version of StartCom did you use ? > I will keep trying to see if I can get my laptop to run Centos. > I will also share my findings when trying to get my laptop to connect > to the internet using bcm43xx using fwcutter, if that is ok you guys? Great. -- -- dag wieers, dag(a)centos.org, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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[Fwd: dovecot errors after upgrade to 5.1]
by Gregory P. Ennis 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Everyone, Looks like my Centos 5.0 mail server upgraded automatically last night to 5.1. It appears to have worked normally until about 16:00 CST when dovecot began to fail. I have rebooted the system to be able to use the 5.1 kernel, but dovecot still continues to fail. Has anyone else made this observation? My log entries are below Thanks in advance!!!! Greg Ennis ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 3 19:11:29 Mail dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slo wing down for now Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: imap-login: imap-login: error while loading shared libraries: libsepol.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allo cate memory Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail last message repeated 2 times Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: pop3-login: pop3-login: error while loading shared libraries: libsepol.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allo cate memory Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail last message repeated 2 times Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7342 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7343 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7344 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7345 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7346 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7347 (login) returned error 127 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you have SELinux turned on? If so, do things begin working if you turn it off? Best, ------------------------------------------------------------------- Good suggestion, but I do have it disabled. I have SeLinux on my wish list to understand, but for now it is disabled. Greg

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dovecot errors after upgrade to 5.1
by Gregory P. Ennis 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Everyone, Looks like my Centos 5.0 mail server upgraded automatically last night to 5.1. It appears to have worked normally until about 16:00 CST when dovecot began to fail. I have rebooted the system to be able to use the 5.1 kernel, but dovecot still continues to fail. Has anyone else made this observation? My log entries are below Thanks in advance!!!! Greg Ennis ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 3 19:11:29 Mail dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slo wing down for now Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: imap-login: imap-login: error while loading shared libraries: libsepol.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allo cate memory Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail last message repeated 2 times Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: pop3-login: pop3-login: error while loading shared libraries: libsepol.so.1: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allo cate memory Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail last message repeated 2 times Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7342 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7343 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7344 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7345 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7346 (login) returned error 127 Dec 3 19:11:30 Mail dovecot: child 7347 (login) returned error 127

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Silly question about 5.1
by David G. Miller 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I just rebooted my desktop system to pick up the 5.1 kernel, etc. One oddity I noticed is that the contents of /etc/redhat-release still says: [root@bend etc]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final) but: [root@bend etc]# rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/redhat-release centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 On my CentOS 4 box, /etc/redhat-release says: [dave@fraud ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 4.5 (Final) Shouldn't /etc/redhat-release on the CentOS 5 box say "5.1?" Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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Scary memory requirements for 5.1 graphic install
by Robert Moskowitz 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

It is listed as a known issue, but I have a lot of 256Mb systems where I have used the graphic installer.... OUCH! And when this is fixed (I really hope), it will mean some new ISOs to download?

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Missing samba security update
by Marc Deslauriers 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi, In November, upstream released RHSA-2007:1016-4 containing critical samba updates for v4. I see the CentOS released packages and announcement for ia64, but none for i386 or x86_64. Were they overlooked? Am I not looking right? Thanks! Marc.

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CentOS 5 and removing sendmail
by Joseph L. Casale 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi, I want to build a spam gateway for my mail server using postfix. I issued an rpm -e sendmail and got the following output: # rpm -e sendmail error: Failed dependencies: /usr/sbin/sendmail is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-3.1-12.2.EL.el5.centos.i386 smtpdaemon is needed by (installed) mutt-1.4.2.2-3.el5.i386 smtpdaemon is needed by (installed) fetchmail-6.3.6-1.el5.i386 smtpdaemon is needed by (installed) mdadm-2.5.4-3.el5.i386 How does one replace sendmail with postfix (I am hoping to install from source using the latest version)? Thanks! jlc

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Local repository via createrepo assumes apache?
by Robert Moskowitz 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I am looking at the howtos for using createrepo to make a local repository. Like the one at: http://jazzz1s.blogspot.com/2007/10/creating-local-yum-repository-centos.ht… It seems that I need to run apache on the repository server. But I can basically run with defaults? All the howtos I have found address [base] and [update] but not others like [add-on] should those be set up as well?

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pcre vs. regexp for Postfix checks
by Miark 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

What are your opinions on pcre vs regexp for header_, body_, and mime_checks in Postfix? I looked at the regexp_table and prce_table man pages, and see almost no difference other than the available flags. Miark

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Does Redhat have a list of changed packages in 5.1?
by Robert Moskowitz 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

The information at: http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.1 is great. Does RH have something that shows what has changed with them from 5.0 to 5.1? So far I have only found: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-5.1-Manual/manual/doc000.html Like what release of Firefox, etc.

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system-config-network on 5.1
by Jerry Geis 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Looks like there are NO command line options on system-config-network. Like -d eth0 or -d eth1 I used those alot when 2 network cards are in a box. Can netconfig be brought back to life? Can I just install the one from 5.0 on new boxes?\ Jerry

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what happened to netconfig in 5.1
by Jerry Geis 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

> > I am doing a yum install netconfig on the new 5.1 > and nothing gets installed. Was it removed? replaced with something else? > > yum provides netconfig does not show a "bin" command just false matches. > > Is there a new command? > > Thanks, > > Jerry Looks like system-config-network has replaced it. AHHH! when I run this command it does not show my eth0 as forcedeth it is showing my T1 digium card as eth0. Very shocked this command was removed from 5.0 to 5.1 release. What are they thinking? Jerry

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what happened to netconfig in 5.1
by Jerry Geis 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

> > >/ > />/ I am doing a yum install netconfig on the new 5.1 > />/ and nothing gets installed. Was it removed? replaced with something else? > />/ > />/ yum provides netconfig does not show a "bin" command just false matches. > />/ > />/ Is there a new command? > />/ > />/ Thanks, > />/ > />/ Jerry > / > > Looks like system-config-network has replaced it. AHHH! > when I run this command it does not show my eth0 as forcedeth > it is showing my T1 digium card as eth0. > > Very shocked this command was removed from 5.0 to 5.1 release. What are > they thinking? To make matters worse - I just ran system-config-network. It does not automatically stop the existing dhcpclient running. Netconfig used to do this. I used to let DHCP run to setup the box as I install the OS. Later when I receive IP information - I would just run netconfig. then do service network restart and the box would be live. When I run system-config-network it gives me errors about the dhcpclient still running. Jerry

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what happened to netconfig in 5.1
by Jerry Geis 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

I am doing a yum install netconfig on the new 5.1 and nothing gets installed. Was it removed? replaced with something else? yum provides netconfig does not show a "bin" command just false matches. Is there a new command? Thanks, Jerry

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CentOS 5.1 /etc/redhat-release file
by Greg Bailey 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Just noticed on a freshly updated CentOS 5.1 system: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final) # rpm -qi centos-release Name : centos-release Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 5 Vendor: CentOS Release : 1.0.el5.centos.1 Build Date: Thu 22 Nov 2007 06:32:15 PM MST Install Date: Mon 03 Dec 2007 08:10:09 AM MST Build Host: builder6 Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1.src.rpm Size : 35279 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 22 Nov 2007 06:38:41 PM MST, Key ID a8a447dce8562897 Summary : CentOS release file Description : CentOS release files Was this intentional? I was expecting the tag "5.1" to show up somewhere in /etc/redhat-release ... -Greg

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