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Re: [CentOS] redhat / whitebox
by Brent L. Bates 31 May '07

31 May '07

I've kind of given up on RedHat after getting the "We don't support that", "I don't know", or "It's fixed in the next release" from RedHat `support'. I see better support from the user community on both the CentOS and Scientific Linux groups. Why pay RedHat for no support? -- 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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suggestion of service
by devel 31 May '07

31 May '07

I think that in hw_rng machines something like this is good (not via-rng): > #!/bin/bash > # > # chkconfig: 2345 20 80 > # description: Rngd daemon\ > # processname: rngd > # pidfile: /var/run/rngd.pid > # config: /etc/sysconfig/rngd > > # source function library > . /etc/init.d/functions > > RETVAL=0 > > start() { > echo -n $"Starting rngd services: " > modprobe via-rng > /sbin/rngd -b -o /dev/random -r /dev/hwrng > } > > stop() { > echo -n $"Kill rngd services: " > killproc rngd > } > > case "$1" in > start) > start > ;; > stop) > stop > ;; > restart|reload) > stop > start > ;; > condrestart) > if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/rngd ]; then > stop > start > fi > ;; > status) > status rngd > RETVAL=$? > ;; > *) > echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}" > exit 1 > esac > > exit $RETVAL -- -- Publicidad http://www.pas-world.com

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 27, Issue 15
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 31 May '07

31 May '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-2007:0391 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 file - security update (Johnny Hughes) 2. CESA-2007:0391 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 file - security update (Johnny Hughes) 3. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 quagga - security update (Johnny Hughes) 4. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 quagga - security update (Johnny Hughes) 5. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 quagga - security update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 quagga - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 quagga - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 quagga - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2007:0391 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 file - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) quagga - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2007:0391 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) file - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) quagga - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 13. CESA-2007:0344 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 evolution-data-server - security update (Johnny Hughes) 14. CESA-2007:0344 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 evolution-data-server - security update (Johnny Hughes) 15. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 quagga - security update (Johnny Hughes) 16. CESA-2007:0389 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 quagga - security update (Johnny Hughes) 17. CESA-2007:0391 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 file - security update (Johnny Hughes) 18. CESA-2007:0391 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 file - security update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:29:19 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:0391 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 file - security update To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1180549759.22871.15.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0391 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0391.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm src: file-4.10-3.0.2.el4.src.rpm

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RE: [CentOS] Repository CentOS
by Marco Anzolin 31 May '07

31 May '07

Ops... sorry. I found many rpm here... http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages.php -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Marco Anzolin Sent: mercoledì 30 maggio 2007 23.00 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Repository CentOS Hi all, i have a question for you. Is this site good for extend my repository for my Centos 4? Is it stable? Thanks all. Ciao _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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How the Centos 5.0's kickstart initrd.img is build??
by Guolin Cheng 31 May '07

31 May '07

Hi, Any one know how the Centos 5 kickstart initrd.img was built? I'll be very appreciated if any light can be shed on this topic. The basic problem to be solved here is: how to build a custom vmlinuz+initrd.img for Centos 5 kickstart with my own custom built kernel? I am not sure mkinitrd is the right tool for this purpose? If do, which are the modules I should include with '-preload' options? And if there are any extra files/steps I should include/follow for the initrd.img file? Not sure how the stage2.img is loaded by kernel after initrd.img is loaded and run. Please help. --Guolin

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cobbler or puppet in Centos5
by Karl R. Balsmeier 31 May '07

31 May '07

while i'm on a Centos5 kick, I was just curious if I simply needed to add a repo or if building these was a matter of waiting in terms of Centos5. Am trying hard to stay away from Fedora if possible... -krb

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RE: custom kernel for Centos 5 kickstart?
by Guolin Cheng 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi, Thanks a lot for your great suggestions. I've tried ksdevice options as well. It does work for some cases. But the main problems. We have tens different network/harddrive combinations. And so it turns a simple issue into a unmanageable complex. Originally we use a custom booting kernel plus in-house sysimager solution to handle it, custom kernel fix the detection sequence problem and sysimager dumps a few tarball/images to hard drives. If we can find a way to use a custom kernel to replace default Kickstart kernel+initrd.img. Then we can fix the problem very elegantly. Any ideas on hacking Kickstart initrd.img? --Guolin -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Byrne, Nicholas Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:40 PM To: Discussion list about Kickstart; centos(a)centos.org Subject: RE: custom kernel for Centos 5 kickstart? possibly "ksdevice=" which has a number of options that are useful but it depends on what exactly he's trying to achieve. The other method i thought of is to not setup network in main kickstart but instead do it with netconfig in %post where you can use the --hwaddr switch (and determine the target interface by it's mac address). Or perhaps, since anaconda does a good job of setting up interfaces for you, so just configure them up as you would like ignoring the fact that they may be pointing to the wrong NIC and then change /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/sysconfig/network-interfaces/ifcfg-ethX files in %post to suite your needs (again determine the target via mac address) The first 3 bytes of the mac addresses are the manufacture code so you should be able to work our a list for your hardware using http://coffer.com/mac_find/ ________________________________ From: kickstart-list-bounces(a)redhat.com on behalf of Callahan, Tom Sent: Wed 30/05/2007 18:58 To: Discussion list about Kickstart; centos(a)centos.org Subject: Re: custom kernel for Centos 5 kickstart? I remember there being an option to define which MAC addr is defined as eth0, etc. This was something you could define on the kickstart command line.... Check out the documentation for anaconda. On 5/30/07 1:49 PM, "Guolin Cheng" <guolin(a)alexa.com> wrote: Hi, Has any one tried to merge a custom kernel into vmlinuz/initrd.img for Centos 5 kickstart? Or similar Linux distribution? I am rebuilding a custom kernel from stock kernel source to build some hardware modules into static form, so that the hardware detection sequence can be altered in a hard way. Quick examples are: tg3 drivers will be loaded before e1000, 3w-9xxx be loaded before 3w-9xxx, etc. Please advice. If the object could be achieved through adjustment to /etc/modules.conf or similar files, then it could be even more fantastic. ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list ------------------------------- Tom Callahan TDS Engineering 410-229-1361 Tel 410-588-7605 Mobile 410-229-1512 Fax callahant(a)TESSCO.com TESSCO Your Total Source for Wireless http://www.tessco.com <http://www.tessco.com/> Network Infrastructure Equipment | Mobile Devices & Accessories | Installation, Test, Equipment & Supplies This e-mail is the property of Quadriga Worldwide Ltd, intended for the addressee only and confidential. Any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message or any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from Quadriga may be monitored. Quadriga cannot guarantee any message delivery method is secure or error-free. Information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. We do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions in this message and/or attachment that arise as a result of transmission. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Quadriga. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list

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custom kernel for Centos 5 kickstart?
by Guolin Cheng 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi, Has any one tried to merge a custom kernel into vmlinuz/initrd.img for Centos 5 kickstart? Or similar Linux distribution? I am rebuilding a custom kernel from stock kernel source to build some hardware modules into static form, so that the hardware detection sequence can be altered in a hard way. Quick examples are: tg3 drivers will be loaded before e1000, 3w-9xxx be loaded before 3w-9xxx, etc. Please advice. If the object could be achieved through adjustment to /etc/modules.conf or similar files, then it could be even more fantastic.

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verification
by l3000 30 May '07

30 May '07

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intel-compiled mysql rpm?
by Johnny Tan 30 May '07

30 May '07

Does anyone know if an RPM exists for the Intel C/C++ compiled version of mysql 5.x? Thanks! johnny

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GFS on 4.4 vs. C5
by Karl R. Balsmeier 30 May '07

30 May '07

I am doing research on getting an operational GFS setup on 3 servers I have centos 4.4/64 built on. I can of course upgrade the to 4.5, but is it smarter to try centos 5 for this or can I get away with getting this working on 4.4/4.5? (basically trying to eliminate the need to visit the colo.) -krb

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Repository CentOS
by Marco Anzolin 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi all, i have a question for you. Is this site good for extend my repository for my Centos 4? Is it stable? Thanks all. Ciao

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Centos DVD image... for NON bittorrent users?
by Gernot Stocker 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hello, could someone (some mirror) please provide DVD isos of the Centos5 also via ftp/http. The bittorent ports on out network are blocked and at the moment I couldn't find any DVD isos for "regular" download. Thanks, Gernot

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vmware tools in CentOS5 guest?
by Les Mikesell 30 May '07

30 May '07

Does anyone have vmware-tools from the recent server 1.03 release running in a CentOS5 guest VM? vmware-config-tools.pl goes through the motions except for building the vmhgfs module (which it says is only needed for mapping the host file system) but then X won't start up with the new configuration. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Re: Centos 5 OpenVPN / SElinux
by Bernd Bartmann 30 May '07

30 May '07

On 5/30/07, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh(a)redhat.com> wrote: > Easiest thing to do is update policy with these two rules. > > # grep openvpn /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M myopenvpn > # semodule -i myopenvpn.pp > > This will add the following rules: > allow openvpn_t pppd_t:fd use; > allow openvpn_t self:process execstack; > > The pppd_t:fd is probably a leaked file descriptor and could probably be > dontaudited. > The execstack is potentially a problem in openvpn_t. This is probably a > coding problem and should be reported as a bug/ Daniel, do you mean a bug in SElinux or OpenVPN? Best regards, Bernd.

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Xen and overall system load
by gen2 30 May '07

30 May '07

> In a CentOS 5 dom0, how does one find out the overall system load? xentop may help

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Centos 5 OpenVPN / SElinux
by Bernd Bartmann 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi, I'm running Centos 5 32bit and installed openvpn-2.0.9-1.el5.rf from Dag Wieers Repo. When OpenVPN is started during boot-up it just shows an SElinux related error message. When I start OpenVPN manually after the system has come up completely it works fine. Here are all the messages from /var/log/messages that are SElinux related: May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.395:10): avc: denied { use } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.395:11): avc: denied { use } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.395:12): avc: denied { use } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.458:13): avc: denied { execstack } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tclass=process May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.465:14): avc: denied { use } for pid=3014 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.465:15): avc: denied { use } for pid=3014 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.465:16): avc: denied { use } for pid=3014 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:39:15 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381151.466:17): avc: denied { execstack } for pid=3014 comm="openvpn" scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tclass=process May 28 21:40:06 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 21:40:06 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.319:10): avc: denied { use } for pid=3010 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.319:11): avc: denied { use } for pid=3010 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.319:12): avc: denied { use } for pid=3010 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.382:13): avc: denied { execstack } for pid=3010 comm="openvpn" scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tclass=process May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.390:14): avc: denied { use } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.390:15): avc: denied { use } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.390:16): avc: denied { use } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" name="null" dev=tmpfs ino=1396 scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:pppd_t:s0 tclass=fd May 28 21:44:26 srsblnfw01 kernel: audit(1180381461.390:17): avc: denied { execstack } for pid=3012 comm="openvpn" scontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:openvpn_t:s0 tclass=process May 28 22:18:52 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "use" access to /dev/null (pppd_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 5701a4da-1d96-4c86-9747-e31b3d5d2219 May 28 22:18:52 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:18:52 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "use" access to /dev/null (pppd_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 5701a4da-1d96-4c86-9747-e31b3d5d2219 May 28 22:18:52 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:26:00 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "use" access to /dev/null (pppd_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 5701a4da-1d96-4c86-9747-e31b3d5d2219 May 28 22:26:00 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:26:00 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "use" access to /dev/null (pppd_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 5701a4da-1d96-4c86-9747-e31b3d5d2219 May 28 22:26:00 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:42:03 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "use" access to /dev/null (pppd_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 5701a4da-1d96-4c86-9747-e31b3d5d2219 May 28 22:42:03 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:42:03 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "use" access to /dev/null (pppd_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 5701a4da-1d96-4c86-9747-e31b3d5d2219 May 28 22:42:03 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:42:05 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:42:05 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:56:42 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 May 28 22:56:42 srsblnfw01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/openvpn (openvpn_t) "execstack" access to <Unknown> (openvpn_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l 0b738097-f92a-44c4-952b-7247d88a40e0 In Centos4 one could enable / disable SElinux for certain services using system-config-securitylevel. This is not possible anymore in Centos5. One can only either enable or disable SElinux completely. Any ideas how to fix the problem so that OpenVPN starts-up correctly during boot-up? Best regards, Bernd

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HP DL380G4 with 4Gb RAM, how?
by Antonio da Silva Martins Junior 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi, I'm installing CentOS5 on a HP DL380-G4 server with 4Gb RAM. It had SLES9 on it, and SLES9 find all the RAM. But now CentOS5 x86_64 can't find all the RAM. From free: [root@Suzuka ~]# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3986376 1591996 2394380 0 113896 1180852 -/+ buffers/cache: 297248 3689128 Swap: 4194296 0 4194296 Can someone had a hint on where is the remaining memory? Thanks, Antonio. -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Antonio S. Martins Jr. - Support Analist | "Only The Shadow Knows | | Universidade Estadual de Maringá - Brasil| what evil lurks in the | | NPD - Núcleo de Processamento de Dados | Heart of Men!" | | E-Mail: asmartins(a)uem.br / shadow(a)uem.br | !!! Linux User: 52392 !!! | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antiv�rus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.

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wich apc ups?
by Euroka 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi, I want to buy a UPS wfor a PE2800 but I'm mnot sure wich one to choose. is 1000 VA enough or do I need the 1500 VA version? 1) APC Smart-UPS 1000 VA Black SMART UPS 1000 VA BLACK 1000 VA LINE-INTERACTIV [SUA1000I] 2) Power Supply Apc-ups 1500va Floorstand Incl Control Cable Usb And Com Port Output Power 980w Other suggestions are also welcome As long as they can talk to the apcd service of that centos 4.4 box. euroka

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Desperate to upgrade from RedHat 9 to CentOS 4.4
by Andy Allen 30 May '07

30 May '07

I'm desperately trying to upgrade from RedHat 9 to CentOS 4.4, but the one thing that's really causing me problems is migrating from Evolution 1.2.2 (bundled with RedHat 9) to 2.0.2 (bundled with CentOS 4.4. When running Evolution 2.0.2 for the first time, with Evolution 1.2.2 folders and files in evolution folder in same partition, the automatic migration process starts up and seems to run OK, migrating all folders up to Sent folder successfully. Then disaster - it terminates fatally (error message "..quit unexpectedly..." - no indication of what the problem is). I've even thought about installing Evolution 1.2.2 in CentOS 4.4 (because it works OK for my purposes!), but there are too many problems with this - even though I have the Evolution 1.2.2 rpm, it won't install in CentOS because of missing packages. I really want to upgrade my main system to CentOS 4.4 for the improvements it offers over RedHat 9, but this email thing is a real sticking point at the moment. Is this a known problem or bug with the migration process - should I give up trying to do this, forget about all my previous email stuff and just start again with Evolution 2.0.2? Any suggestions please? Andy

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Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ?
by Wei Yu 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi! In the release notes it is said RHDS will replace OpenLDAP. However, I can only find OpenLDAP in CentOS5. I tried to google the web but it returned nothing useful. Does anyone know about this? Thanks. Regards, Wei Yu

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Re: [Evolution] Desperate to upgrade from RedHat 9 to CentOS 4.4
by Andy Allen 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi Pete, Thanks for the reply - I take your point! I'll try moving the Sent folder elsewhere as you suggest and see if that fixes the problem - great if it does. Andy On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 11:38, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 11:19 +0100, Andy Allen wrote: > > I'm desperately trying to upgrade from RedHat 9 to CentOS 4.4, but the > > one thing that's really causing me problems is migrating from Evolution > > 1.2.2 (bundled with RedHat 9) to 2.0.2 (bundled with CentOS 4.4. > > The reason you aren't getting much help is because these versions are > ancient. The people who knew about them worked for Ximian, then Ximian > was bought by Novel, and the people who worked on Evolution at the time > have since been deployed elsewhere. > > > > > When running Evolution 2.0.2 for the first time, with Evolution 1.2.2 > > folders and files in evolution folder in same partition, the automatic > > migration process starts up and seems to run OK, migrating all folders > > up to Sent folder successfully. Then disaster - it terminates fatally > > (error message "..quit unexpectedly..." - no indication of what the > > problem is). > > Try moving the Sent folder from ~/evolution and see if it upgrades > everything successfully. Once you have the bulk of the system in place > you can import the Sent folder later - it is just an mbox file afterall. > > > > > I've even thought about installing Evolution 1.2.2 in CentOS 4.4 > > (because it works OK for my purposes!), but there are too many problems > > with this - even though I have the Evolution 1.2.2 rpm, it won't install > > in CentOS because of missing packages. I really want to upgrade my main > > system to CentOS 4.4 for the improvements it offers over RedHat 9, but > > this email thing is a real sticking point at the moment. > > Why don't you upgrade to CentOS 5 ? > > P. > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list(a)gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list

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The CentOS Project at Linux Tag 2007
by Johnny Hughes 30 May '07

30 May '07

LinuxTag 2007, the World's #1 Linux Expo and Conference, takes place in Berlin from the 30th of May until 2nd of June 2007. LinuxTag - since its beginning in 1996 - has been organized by a team of volunteers as a meeting point for Developers, commercial Linux Vendors and Users. This year's LinuxTag stands under the motto "Where .COM meets .ORG". The CentOS project will be represented at LinuxTag 2007 by four of our Core Development Team members (Lance Davis, Ralph Angenendt, Dag Wieers and Daniel De Kok) as well as by members of the CentOS community from Europe. The CentOS project will have a booth at LinuxTag (Booth 35 in Hall 12), where we will present our newest Release: CentOS 5. You can also see presentations about Xen, using CentOS 4.5 running inside of CentOS 5. Also some nice 3D graphics with compiz on the CentOS Desktop. We're open for discussions about our project, Enterprise Distributions in general and would like to answer any questions you have about our project. So if you are in Berlin and can attend LinuxTag - please feel free to join us at the CentOS booth. Website: http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/ Map: http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/en/besucher/ausstellung/gelaendeplan.html Hall 12 (CentOS is Booth 35): http://www.linuxtag.org/2007/fileadmin/linuxtag/downloads/besucher/Halle12.… Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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Remote system up/down monitoring tool?
by tony＠softins.clara.co.uk 30 May '07

30 May '07

I have a small number of boxes in different locations, and currently have a fairly crude cron job running on each, which does a ping of one or more of the other boxes, and if the ping fails, it emails me to say the other box might be down. It then emails me again the next time the other box appears to be up. Of course, this can't distinguish between the remote box really being down and there being a network problem somewhere between the local and remote boxes. I've been mulling over the idea of a more sophisticated scheme, where a number of boxes send each other messages, indicating not only their presence, but which other boxes they believe to be up. Then if a box goes down, the other boxes all see it has gone and agree that it really is down. However, if there is instead a network outage or routing flap so that a box is reachable from some places but not all, it might be possible to distinguish this case. So my question is: does anyone know of an existing too that does this sort of thing? Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony(a)softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony(a)mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org

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Oddity with kernel built under CentOS 5.0
by Mark Hull-Richter 30 May '07

30 May '07

Yesterday I found a need to have the NTFS module support in my CentOS 5.0 at home, so I happily installed the 8.1.4 source, prepped it (after deleting the rhel and olpc lines per Johnny's notice earlier in this list), made the config with a ".nx" version name using make menuconfig (copying the config from the SOURCES directory, editing it to include the # x86_64 line and copying it back), changing the spec file to make the release also have a ".nx" after the embedded one. The kernel built and installed without errors, but when it booted (this morning), there were massive errors. It did come up, but without the graphical desktop, so I went in and poked around and found 16 of these: May 29 07:58:28 localhost modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.nx.nx/modules.dep: No such file or directory ".nx.nx"????? The kernel rpm is this: -rw-r--r-- 1 mhr users 15318350 May 29 03:34 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.nx.x86_64.rpm and the running version is this: Linux mhrichter 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.nx.nx #1 SMP Tue May 29 03:11:28 PDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I got around this by creating a symlink: drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 May 29 08:31 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.nx/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 May 29 10:56 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.nx.nx -> 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.nx/ My question is: why is the kernel version getting that extra ".nx" in it? I didn't see this problem when I built my 5.0 test kernel at work, and I never saw anything like it in 4.4. Where did I go awry? -- Mark Hull-Richter DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-680-3001 - fax

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unattended install via nfs
by Dave 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hello, Does anyone have a guide for setting up an nfs server for unattended deployment of centos5? Basically what i want to do is boot a system from CD media, pass a boot parameter nfs, and ks= options then walk away, the box goes out to the nfs server, finds the kickstart file, reads, and does it. I've got several machines and i'd rather not do manual installs. Thanks. Dave.

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Re: [CentOS] raid
by Brent L. Bates 30 May '07

30 May '07

I tried for a very long time to set up a RAID 10 (striped mirror) during install and never figured out a way of doing it. I was trying to do this for `/'. Install only wants one level of RAID and can not seem to handle more than one. After the system was installed and up and running, I probably could have set up a mount point that was RAID 10, but not for `/'. -- 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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raid
by CentOS List 30 May '07

30 May '07

Hi, I have 4 x 500GB PATA Harddisk and I like to have them striped and mirrored. What is the best practise? Raid 0+1 or 1+0.. And how do i go about it? Thanks

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centosplus :: php5 + mysql4 :: possible?
by Lucas Chan 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi, I was wondering if anyone came across this problem before: I'm trying to install php5 from the centosplus repository but it wants me to upgrade from mysql4 to mysql5 (also provided by the centosplus repository). Has anyone come up with a good work-around for this? I'd like to have php5 and mysql4 talking to each other in the most yum/rpm friendly way possible. Note: While mysql5 will run my databases just fine, mysql4 is a fixed requirement for this project. Thanks, LC.

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Re: [CentOS] wich apc ups?
by Brent L. Bates 29 May '07

29 May '07

The do not say it because Watts = Volts x Amps ONLY in DC or 100% resistive AC loads. If it is an inductive load, it isn't that simple, that is why they have `VA', `Volts x Amps', ratings. There can be a phase difference between the voltage and current, thus the `Wattage' is less than the `VA' rating. A `1500VA' UPS is going to list less than `1500 Watts'. Just check out any UPS manufacturerer's specs. and the `VA' and wattage ratings will be different. To be safe, I take the voltage rating of the equipment and multiply it by the current rating to come up with the `VA' rating. I know APC says to not go over 80% of the UPS rated load, so take your `VA' value and divide by 0.80 to get the `VA' rating you want your UPS to be. This will probably give you an UPS a little bigger than you need, but it is better to be a bit too large than too small. -- 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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GFS: Howto - Help/ Inconsistent - Wiki Volunteer?
by Karl R. Balsmeier 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi, I am using this document along with the following links to try and assemble a GFS set of mahcines: 1. Log on as the root user. 2. Run up2date --installall --channel Label for Red Hat Cluster Suite. The following example shows running the command for i386 RPMs: # up2date --installall --channel rhel-i386-as-4-cluster 3. (Optional) If you are installing Red Hat GFS, run up2date --installall --channel Label for Red Hat GFS. The following example shows running the command for i386 RPMs: # up2date --installall --channel rhel-i386-as-4-gfs-6.1 -finding little or no information on google or centos site using good search keys, I reverted to using the following Centos RPMs: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/x86_64/RPMS/ which I set in my repository by: You can add the csgfs repository to your yum configuration by downloading the CentOS-csgfs.repo file and putting it in your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/CentOS-csgfs.repo and my issue is that adding packages one by one, I see other -kernel names like: cman-kernel <http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/x86_64/RPMS/cman-kernel-smp-2.6.9-4…>, <http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/x86_64/RPMS/dlm-kernel-2.6.9-42.12.…> dlm-kernel <http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/x86_64/RPMS/dlm-kernel-2.6.9-42.12.…> gnbd-kernel <http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/x86_64/RPMS/gnbd-kernel-largesmp-2.…> I simply went with: GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-58.2.centos4.x86_64.rpm <http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/x86_64/RPMS/GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-58…> Is this the right package -anyone want to make a GFS on Centos 4.5 HOWTO for use on the Wiki? -karl

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Getting Samba to work in CentOS 4.4
by Andy Allen 29 May '07

29 May '07

I'm trying to access files on a networked Windows machine from my linux box (CentOS 4.4) using SMBFS mounting but it doesn't work. I've checked the Service Configuration and there's no sign of the smb entry in the list. Do I have to install this additionally and if so how, as I thought it would be installed as part of the standard workstation package? Andy

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Can't start X with latest CentOS 50. kernel
by Dick Roth 29 May '07

29 May '07

Nvidia driver for 6200 LE video card. No problems with CentOS 4.5. When installed (not upgraded) 5.0 X would not start. X works fine with 2.6.18-8.1.3.el5 but only with xorg.conf as written for 4.5 Haven't seen traffic regarding this problem. Has anyone else seen this? Thanks, Dick -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin 1775

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SAMBA in CentOS 5, shared level
by devel 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hello, Anyone can work with samba enabled with shared level of identification? I can not work with samba, always access deny in security that should not ask for password but Windows XP ask for it. Incredible! Really works? -- -- Publicidad http://www.pas-world.com

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centos and jmicron
by Mark Quitoriano 29 May '07

29 May '07

hi does centos support jmicron? what should i pass to the kernel to make this work? thanks!

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Re: centos and http
by MrKiwi 29 May '07

29 May '07

>> Dave wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. Yah i do have apache running, your idea >>> certainly would make things easier. How did you set up the http area? >>> And where in it do you put the kickstart? I'd like this area to be >>> accessible to my local network only, internet users shouldn't be able >>> to access it or better yet even know it's there. >>> Thanks. >>> Dave >>> >>> >> i downloaded the centos5 iso, then; >> >> mount /path/to/CentOS-5.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso var/www/html/cd/0 -o loop,ro >> >> This gives you access to the install stuff at >> http://your.server.ip/cd/0 (i have centos4 at /cd/1 and other isos at >> /cd/2 and /cd/3 - keep your paths short to save typing!) >> >> Then you have to host the kickstart file too - i put mine at the root >> (/var/www/html ) but you may find it tidier to put it at >> /var/www/html/ks or similar. >> >> Then (bc you want to limit access) in your httpd.conf you will need a >> section like this (someone please correct this if it's wrong) >> >> <Location /ks> >> order deny,allow >> deny from all >> allow from 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 >> </Location> >> <Location /cd> >> allow from 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 >> order deny,allow >> deny from all >> </Location> >> >> Then you're ready to boot from any bootable v5 cd - i use cd 1 of 6 >> from the CentOS5 set of CD isos >> >> At the prompt i think it is >> #linux ks=http://your.ip/ks/whatever.cfg >> >> whatever.cfg would look like this; >> >> Note: Edit a least the following lines; >> url, rootpw, timezone >> >> You may want to grab anaconda.cfg from the root folder of your most >> recently installed CentOS5 installation and compare the lines (esp >> rootpw and timezone to get the spelling right) >> >> You may also want to comment out rootpw and the partition lines so >> that you are prompted to fill these in by hand. >> >> Regards, >> >> MrKiwi >> >> >> #======================================================== >> # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. >> >> install >> url --url http://your.ip/cd/0 >> lang en_US.UTF-8 >> keyboard us >> network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp >> rootpw --iscrypted blahblahblah >> firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp >> authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 >> selinux --disabled >> timezone Pacific/Auckland >> bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda >> # The following is the partition information you requested >> # Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed >> # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is >> # not guaranteed to work >> clearpart --linux --drives=sda >> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda >> part pv.9 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=sda >> volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=32768 pv.9 >> logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024 >> --grow >> logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 >> --size=1000 --grow --maxsize=1984 >> >> %packages >> @base >> @core >> @editors >> #======================================================== >> >> > Dave wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for your informative reply. I'll definitely go for that. One > thing, my web server area doesn't have 4+gb of room on it for this dvd. > What i'd like to do is have the mount point in /var/www/html/cd/0 like > you do, but 0 is a symlink to another drive in this case > /mnt/dvd-centos5, that's where the dvd will be mounted. But i don't > think apache will follow symlinks in this case, have you ever tried this? > Thanks. > Dave. > If the section <location /cd> contains the directive Options FollowSymLinks then it will (provided the perms allow this) There may be a simpler way - quicker too; Just setup as i mentioned but rather than mount the iso on /cd/0 , mount like this; mount /mnt/dvd-centos5 /var/www/html/cd/0 You can mount the centos stuff in multiple places too - i think maybe "options ro" may make this faster? as the webserver will only ever be reading the rpms etc from the centos5 area. Even simpler; If the centos data is its own partition/drive, just mount it right in the html folder from the get-go; mount /dev/hdb1 /var/www/html/cd/0 Regards, MrKiwi ps - pls make sure you reply to the list so everyone can benefit from the solution, and bottom post too.

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Looking for kernel SRPM
by Robert Nichols 29 May '07

29 May '07

Where is the SRPM for kernel-2.6.18-18.el5 ? I don't find it in the SRPMS directory on the updates mirrors. -- Bob Nichols Yes, "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.

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Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5
by Ioannis Vranos 29 May '07

29 May '07

Has anyone managed to install Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5.0 x86?

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Re: CentOS Digest, Vol 28, Issue 28
by ger rey 29 May '07

29 May '07

HI i'm so new to centos , Where can get it ? thank you centos-request(a)centos.org wrote: Send CentOS mailing list submissions to centos(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS digest..." Today's Topics: 1. raid (CentOS List) 2. Re: motherboard recommendation (CentOS List) 3. Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Niki Kovacs) 4. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Akemi Yagi) 5. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Marko A. Jennings) 6. Re: raid (Shawn Everett) 7. Firefox (centos(a)911networks.com) 8. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Niki Kovacs) 9. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Daniel de Kok) 10. Re: Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5 (DamianS) 11. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Niki Kovacs) 12. Re: Squid +Yum = apt-cacher? (Lorenzo) 13. Re: Firefox (Gunawan) 14. Problems setting up legacy NVidia card (Niki Kovacs) 15. Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? (Wei Yu) 16. Re: Squid +Yum = apt-cacher? (Lorenzo) 17. Re: SAMBA in CentOS 5, shared level (devel) 18. Re: Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? (Luciano Rocha) 19. Dependency problems (Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale) 20. Re: Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? (Martin Marques) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 22:42:57 +0800 From: "CentOS List" Subject: [CentOS] raid To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <06c701c7a06d$5348ae20$0201a8c0@dw> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi, I have 4 x 500GB PATA Harddisk and I like to have them striped and mirrored. What is the best practise? Raid 0+1 or 1+0.. And how do i go about it? Thanks ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 22:45:12 +0800 From: "CentOS List" Subject: Re: [CentOS] motherboard recommendation To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <06d501c7a06d$a3c25590$0201a8c0@dw> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original >can you recommend me motherboard that centos 4.x supports? the proc is inte >core 2 duo >3.2GHZ. Hi, I use a MSI P4M890. It has 2 PATA and 2 SATA. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 16:56:55 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS Mailing List Message-ID: <46599C37.30905(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi, I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB is also installed on the Debian side. On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is: hdb1 -> swap hdb2 -> /boot, ext2 hdb3 -> / , ext3 After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited menu.lst like this: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18 title CentOS 5 sur hdb3 root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5 Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'. I add that I've done many multiboot configurations before, so it's not the first time I have such a scenario. I thought, aha, maybe a typo. So I entered the GRUB shell and booted CentOS without problems, using tab completion. I double- and triple-checked after this, but I can't seem to find the error. The stanza seems OK, but still it won't work. Do you see a mistake that I don't see? Niki Kovacs -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 08:17:05 -0700 From: "Akemi Yagi" Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 5/27/07, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot > on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB > is also installed on the Debian side. > > On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose > manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is: > > hdb1 -> swap > hdb2 -> /boot, ext2 > hdb3 -> / , ext3 > > After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited > menu.lst like this: > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro > initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18 > > title CentOS 5 sur hdb3 > root (hd1,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5 > > Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'. > I add that I've done many multiboot configurations before, so it's not > the first time I have such a scenario. I thought, aha, maybe a typo. So > I entered the GRUB shell and booted CentOS without problems, using tab > completion. > > I double- and triple-checked after this, but I can't seem to find the > error. The stanza seems OK, but still it won't work. > > Do you see a mistake that I don't see? > > Niki Kovacs What is the /etc/fstab line for /dev/hdb3 like? Akemi ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 11:27:24 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marko A. Jennings" Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: centos(a)centos.org Message-ID: <40476.192.168.77.10.1180279644.squirrel(a)bluegargoyle.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 On Sun, May 27, 2007 10:56 am, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot > on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB > is also installed on the Debian side. > > On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose > manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is: > > hdb1 -> swap > hdb2 -> /boot, ext2 > hdb3 -> / , ext3 > > After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited > menu.lst like this: > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro > initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18 > > title CentOS 5 sur hdb3 > root (hd1,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5 > > Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'. Are you sure about the initrd line? All initrd files on my CentOS boxes have the .img extension. Unless you rebuilt yours and named it differently, that might be the problem. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 08:55:23 -0700 From: Shawn Everett Subject: Re: [CentOS] raid To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <200705270855.23460.shawn(a)tandac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Sunday 27 May 2007, CentOS List wrote: > Hi, > > I have 4 x 500GB PATA Harddisk and I like to have them striped and > mirrored. What is the best practise? Raid 0+1 or 1+0.. And how do i go > about it? > Raid 1 and then Raid 0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID Read the sectioon on RAID 1+0 Given: sda sdb sdc sdd Set up md0 (Raid1) (sda,sdb) Set up md1 (Raid1) (sdc,sdd) Set up md2 (Raid0) (md0,md1) Of course given the chance a hardware raid is better. :) Shawn ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:17:27 -0700 From: centos(a)911networks.com Subject: [CentOS] Firefox To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <20070527121727.60d22430(a)lilypad.911sqlserver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Any good set of instructions for upgrading from Firefox 1.5.0.10 to 2.0.0.3? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 21:35:22 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <4659DD7A.7020606(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Marko A. Jennings a écrit : > Are you sure about the initrd line? All initrd files on my CentOS boxes > have the .img extension. Unless you rebuilt yours and named it > differently, that might be the problem. And that WAS the problem. Curiously, I hesitated over it. In fact, Debian initrd files are called initrd.img-2.6.18-something... while CentOS initrd is initrd-2.6.18-something.img. Hence the confusion. Thanks very much! Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 21:45:21 +0200 From: Daniel de Kok Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <1180295121.5740.5.camel(a)mindbender.taickim.com> Content-Type: text/plain Hi Niki, On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 21:35 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > And that WAS the problem. Curiously, I hesitated over it. In fact, > Debian initrd files are called initrd.img-2.6.18-something... while > CentOS initrd is initrd-2.6.18-something.img. Hence the confusion. You could consider installing GRUB from CentOS in the MBR of the CentOS disk (though, the boot partition would be fine too), and add something like --- title CentOS root (hd1) makeactive chainloader +1 --- To your Debian GRUB configuration. This prevents that you'll have to update your Debian GRUB configuration again after n kernel updates (where n is the number set with the installonlyn yum plugin). -- Daniel ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:28:58 +1000 From: DamianS Subject: Re: [CentOS] Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5 To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <1180337338.6183.0.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain You should be able to install the FC6 package ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:36:32 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <465A8680.6000200(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Daniel de Kok a écrit : > > You could consider installing GRUB from CentOS in the MBR of the CentOS > disk (though, the boot partition would be fine too), and add something > like Thanks for the hint, Daniel. But the solution is only a temporary one. My goal is to become a distribution monogamist with CentOS and to completely migrate to it from Debian :o) Cheers, Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:41:40 +0200 From: Lorenzo Subject: Re: [CentOS] Squid +Yum = apt-cacher? To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <465A87B4.1080009(a)gmk.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Florin Andrei ha scritto: > Lorenzo wrote: >> So mrepo and PXE boot are really nice and funny, but they don't solve >> at all my need of bandwidth saving. > > Why don't you create your own repo mirror? That's what I used to do, > works pretty well. > See my other replay: again with few installations (around 10) this doesn't drive to bandwidth saving. ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 15:18:34 +0700 From: Gunawan Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <4505b0860705280118y3efd8edi7246214b59772715(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP; format=flowed On 5/28/07, centos(a)911networks.com wrote: > Any good set of instructions for upgrading from Firefox 1.5.0.10 to > 2.0.0.3? http://www.philoking.com/2006/11/15/how-to-update-to-firefox-20-on-fedora-c… swholt #12. February 25th, 2007 , at 8:40 AM . I did it a little different. Do these as root (or su). Download firefox-2.0.0.2.tar.gz from www.mozilla.com. Create /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.2 directory and extract the tarball there. Copy any extensions you have in /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.9/extensions to /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.2/extensions. Change two lines in /usr/bin/firefox: if [ -x "/usr/lib64/firefox-1.5.0.9/firefox-bin" ] to if [ -x "/usr/lib64/firefox-2.0.0.1/firefox-bin" ] MOZ_DIST_BIN="$MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-1.5.0.9$B!m(B to MOZ_DIST_BIN="$MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-2.0.0.1$B!m(B Now if something doesn't work for you you can just change /usr/bin/firefox back to point to the 1.5.0.9 directory. *G ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 10:57:22 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: [CentOS] Problems setting up legacy NVidia card To: CentOS Mailing List Message-ID: <465A9972.9060609(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi, Here's my video card: $ lspci | grep -i vga 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/Pro] (rev a3) Until now, I've used it on Slackware (10.0, 10.2, 11.0) and Debian (Sarge, Etch), and I've always managed to set it up fine. First, I checked if there were any precompiled nvidia drivers in the various repos (rpmforge, ...), but there seemed to be only recent drivers. So I went to the nvidia site and downloaded the corresponding driver for my card: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7185-pkg1.run I also updated my kernel, and then 'yum install kernel-devel gcc'. After doing this, it was time for 'init 3'. I started the installer: # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7185-pkg1.run I went through the steps like I've done a few times before, and it didn't complain about anything. I then opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf, searched for the Driver section and replaced "nv" by "nvidia". To be on the safe side, I rebooted. (I've had some strange GDM problems before when simply doing init 5). My default screen resolution on my 17'' flat monitor is 1024x768. (The CentOS installer defaulted to 1280x1024, but I manually edited xorg.conf to change it). Now, after starting X with the "nvidia" driver, curiously I had a resolution that looked more like 800x600 (and curiously reminded me of a default Windows 95 install :o)) I opened a console with Ctrl-Alt-F6, opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf to look for a mistake... and noticed something strange. xorg.conf looks now curiously amputated. Here's the whole file, or what's left of it: --8<------------------------------------------------- # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "ch" Option "XkbVariant" "fr" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection --8<------------------------------------------------- This leaves me a bit clueless. Where has my original xorg.conf (the long version) gone? Is there a way to get it back somehow? And where does this new - and severely truncated xorg.conf file come from? Any suggestions? Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:04:32 +0800 From: "Wei Yu" Subject: [CentOS] Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <65ec0b360705280204h6a236e4cg27a941b5fa82e11b(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi! In the release notes it is said RHDS will replace OpenLDAP. However, I can only find OpenLDAP in CentOS5. I tried to google the web but it returned nothing useful. Does anyone know about this? Thanks. Regards, Wei Yu

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Re: CentOS Digest, Vol 28, Issue 28
by ger rey 29 May '07

29 May '07

HI i'm so new to centos , Where can get it ? thank you centos-request(a)centos.org wrote: Send CentOS mailing list submissions to centos(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS digest..." Today's Topics: 1. raid (CentOS List) 2. Re: motherboard recommendation (CentOS List) 3. Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Niki Kovacs) 4. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Akemi Yagi) 5. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Marko A. Jennings) 6. Re: raid (Shawn Everett) 7. Firefox (centos(a)911networks.com) 8. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Niki Kovacs) 9. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Daniel de Kok) 10. Re: Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5 (DamianS) 11. Re: Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem (Niki Kovacs) 12. Re: Squid +Yum = apt-cacher? (Lorenzo) 13. Re: Firefox (Gunawan) 14. Problems setting up legacy NVidia card (Niki Kovacs) 15. Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? (Wei Yu) 16. Re: Squid +Yum = apt-cacher? (Lorenzo) 17. Re: SAMBA in CentOS 5, shared level (devel) 18. Re: Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? (Luciano Rocha) 19. Dependency problems (Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale) 20. Re: Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? (Martin Marques) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 22:42:57 +0800 From: "CentOS List" Subject: [CentOS] raid To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <06c701c7a06d$5348ae20$0201a8c0@dw> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi, I have 4 x 500GB PATA Harddisk and I like to have them striped and mirrored. What is the best practise? Raid 0+1 or 1+0.. And how do i go about it? Thanks ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 22:45:12 +0800 From: "CentOS List" Subject: Re: [CentOS] motherboard recommendation To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <06d501c7a06d$a3c25590$0201a8c0@dw> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original >can you recommend me motherboard that centos 4.x supports? the proc is inte >core 2 duo >3.2GHZ. Hi, I use a MSI P4M890. It has 2 PATA and 2 SATA. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 16:56:55 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS Mailing List Message-ID: <46599C37.30905(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi, I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB is also installed on the Debian side. On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is: hdb1 -> swap hdb2 -> /boot, ext2 hdb3 -> / , ext3 After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited menu.lst like this: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18 title CentOS 5 sur hdb3 root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5 Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'. I add that I've done many multiboot configurations before, so it's not the first time I have such a scenario. I thought, aha, maybe a typo. So I entered the GRUB shell and booted CentOS without problems, using tab completion. I double- and triple-checked after this, but I can't seem to find the error. The stanza seems OK, but still it won't work. Do you see a mistake that I don't see? Niki Kovacs -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 08:17:05 -0700 From: "Akemi Yagi" Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 5/27/07, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot > on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB > is also installed on the Debian side. > > On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose > manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is: > > hdb1 -> swap > hdb2 -> /boot, ext2 > hdb3 -> / , ext3 > > After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited > menu.lst like this: > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro > initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18 > > title CentOS 5 sur hdb3 > root (hd1,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5 > > Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'. > I add that I've done many multiboot configurations before, so it's not > the first time I have such a scenario. I thought, aha, maybe a typo. So > I entered the GRUB shell and booted CentOS without problems, using tab > completion. > > I double- and triple-checked after this, but I can't seem to find the > error. The stanza seems OK, but still it won't work. > > Do you see a mistake that I don't see? > > Niki Kovacs What is the /etc/fstab line for /dev/hdb3 like? Akemi ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 11:27:24 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marko A. Jennings" Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: centos(a)centos.org Message-ID: <40476.192.168.77.10.1180279644.squirrel(a)bluegargoyle.com> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 On Sun, May 27, 2007 10:56 am, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot > on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB > is also installed on the Debian side. > > On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose > manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is: > > hdb1 -> swap > hdb2 -> /boot, ext2 > hdb3 -> / , ext3 > > After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited > menu.lst like this: > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro > initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18 > > title CentOS 5 sur hdb3 > root (hd1,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5 > > Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'. Are you sure about the initrd line? All initrd files on my CentOS boxes have the .img extension. Unless you rebuilt yours and named it differently, that might be the problem. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 08:55:23 -0700 From: Shawn Everett Subject: Re: [CentOS] raid To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <200705270855.23460.shawn(a)tandac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Sunday 27 May 2007, CentOS List wrote: > Hi, > > I have 4 x 500GB PATA Harddisk and I like to have them striped and > mirrored. What is the best practise? Raid 0+1 or 1+0.. And how do i go > about it? > Raid 1 and then Raid 0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID Read the sectioon on RAID 1+0 Given: sda sdb sdc sdd Set up md0 (Raid1) (sda,sdb) Set up md1 (Raid1) (sdc,sdd) Set up md2 (Raid0) (md0,md1) Of course given the chance a hardware raid is better. :) Shawn ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:17:27 -0700 From: centos(a)911networks.com Subject: [CentOS] Firefox To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <20070527121727.60d22430(a)lilypad.911sqlserver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Any good set of instructions for upgrading from Firefox 1.5.0.10 to 2.0.0.3? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 21:35:22 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <4659DD7A.7020606(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Marko A. Jennings a écrit : > Are you sure about the initrd line? All initrd files on my CentOS boxes > have the .img extension. Unless you rebuilt yours and named it > differently, that might be the problem. And that WAS the problem. Curiously, I hesitated over it. In fact, Debian initrd files are called initrd.img-2.6.18-something... while CentOS initrd is initrd-2.6.18-something.img. Hence the confusion. Thanks very much! Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 21:45:21 +0200 From: Daniel de Kok Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <1180295121.5740.5.camel(a)mindbender.taickim.com> Content-Type: text/plain Hi Niki, On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 21:35 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > And that WAS the problem. Curiously, I hesitated over it. In fact, > Debian initrd files are called initrd.img-2.6.18-something... while > CentOS initrd is initrd-2.6.18-something.img. Hence the confusion. You could consider installing GRUB from CentOS in the MBR of the CentOS disk (though, the boot partition would be fine too), and add something like --- title CentOS root (hd1) makeactive chainloader +1 --- To your Debian GRUB configuration. This prevents that you'll have to update your Debian GRUB configuration again after n kernel updates (where n is the number set with the installonlyn yum plugin). -- Daniel ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:28:58 +1000 From: DamianS Subject: Re: [CentOS] Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5 To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <1180337338.6183.0.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain You should be able to install the FC6 package ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:36:32 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <465A8680.6000200(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Daniel de Kok a écrit : > > You could consider installing GRUB from CentOS in the MBR of the CentOS > disk (though, the boot partition would be fine too), and add something > like Thanks for the hint, Daniel. But the solution is only a temporary one. My goal is to become a distribution monogamist with CentOS and to completely migrate to it from Debian :o) Cheers, Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 09:41:40 +0200 From: Lorenzo Subject: Re: [CentOS] Squid +Yum = apt-cacher? To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <465A87B4.1080009(a)gmk.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Florin Andrei ha scritto: > Lorenzo wrote: >> So mrepo and PXE boot are really nice and funny, but they don't solve >> at all my need of bandwidth saving. > > Why don't you create your own repo mirror? That's what I used to do, > works pretty well. > See my other replay: again with few installations (around 10) this doesn't drive to bandwidth saving. ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 15:18:34 +0700 From: Gunawan Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <4505b0860705280118y3efd8edi7246214b59772715(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP; format=flowed On 5/28/07, centos(a)911networks.com wrote: > Any good set of instructions for upgrading from Firefox 1.5.0.10 to > 2.0.0.3? http://www.philoking.com/2006/11/15/how-to-update-to-firefox-20-on-fedora-c… swholt #12. February 25th, 2007 , at 8:40 AM . I did it a little different. Do these as root (or su). Download firefox-2.0.0.2.tar.gz from www.mozilla.com. Create /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.2 directory and extract the tarball there. Copy any extensions you have in /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.9/extensions to /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.2/extensions. Change two lines in /usr/bin/firefox: if [ -x "/usr/lib64/firefox-1.5.0.9/firefox-bin" ] to if [ -x "/usr/lib64/firefox-2.0.0.1/firefox-bin" ] MOZ_DIST_BIN="$MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-1.5.0.9$B!m(B to MOZ_DIST_BIN="$MOZ_LIB_DIR/firefox-2.0.0.1$B!m(B Now if something doesn't work for you you can just change /usr/bin/firefox back to point to the 1.5.0.9 directory. *G ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 10:57:22 +0200 From: Niki Kovacs Subject: [CentOS] Problems setting up legacy NVidia card To: CentOS Mailing List Message-ID: <465A9972.9060609(a)kikinovak.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi, Here's my video card: $ lspci | grep -i vga 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/Pro] (rev a3) Until now, I've used it on Slackware (10.0, 10.2, 11.0) and Debian (Sarge, Etch), and I've always managed to set it up fine. First, I checked if there were any precompiled nvidia drivers in the various repos (rpmforge, ...), but there seemed to be only recent drivers. So I went to the nvidia site and downloaded the corresponding driver for my card: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7185-pkg1.run I also updated my kernel, and then 'yum install kernel-devel gcc'. After doing this, it was time for 'init 3'. I started the installer: # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7185-pkg1.run I went through the steps like I've done a few times before, and it didn't complain about anything. I then opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf, searched for the Driver section and replaced "nv" by "nvidia". To be on the safe side, I rebooted. (I've had some strange GDM problems before when simply doing init 5). My default screen resolution on my 17'' flat monitor is 1024x768. (The CentOS installer defaulted to 1280x1024, but I manually edited xorg.conf to change it). Now, after starting X with the "nvidia" driver, curiously I had a resolution that looked more like 800x600 (and curiously reminded me of a default Windows 95 install :o)) I opened a console with Ctrl-Alt-F6, opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf to look for a mistake... and noticed something strange. xorg.conf looks now curiously amputated. Here's the whole file, or what's left of it: --8<------------------------------------------------- # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "ch" Option "XkbVariant" "fr" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection --8<------------------------------------------------- This leaves me a bit clueless. Where has my original xorg.conf (the long version) gone? Is there a way to get it back somehow? And where does this new - and severely truncated xorg.conf file come from? Any suggestions? Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu. ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:04:32 +0800 From: "Wei Yu" Subject: [CentOS] Where to find RHDS (Red Hat Directory Server) ? To: "CentOS mailing list" Message-ID: <65ec0b360705280204h6a236e4cg27a941b5fa82e11b(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi! In the release notes it is said RHDS will replace OpenLDAP. However, I can only find OpenLDAP in CentOS5. I tried to google the web but it returned nothing useful. Does anyone know about this? Thanks. Regards, Wei Yu

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Re: [CentOS] Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5
by Andy Goss 29 May '07

29 May '07

On Saturday 26 May 2007 22:00, centos-request(a)centos.org wrote: > > Has anyone managed to install Audacity 1.2.6 on CentOS 5.0 x86? I have the same problem, and have been haunting the DAG Red Hat/Fedora RPM package listings waiting for an RHEL 5 package for Audacity. I could presumably use the FC6 RPM, but I would prefer to stick with RHEL/CentOS. Another option I am looking at is Sweep, which plays back OK and looks like it does the same kind of thing as Audacity, but I can't make the record work, but then I'm trying to record from a mike. If I can get Krec to work from the mike then I don't need Audacity. All I need is patience and time, both lacking.

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Any HowTo for Getting Started With Xen?
by David Mackintosh 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi folks, Now that CentOS 5 is out with Xen, I can theoretically take better advantage of my nice Intel processor with the virtualization piece than I can with VMware Server. Ideally what I would like to do is install CentOS 5 as a dom0, then run my existing CentOS 4.x installation as a domU while I figure out how to do other interesting things (like install Solaris 10 and Windows as domU installations). Does anyone have any links to pages which might show me how to use Xen to run an existing, already-installed CentOS (or RedHat) under Xen as a domU? Thanks for any links or hints you might have. -- /\oo/\ / /()\ \ David Mackintosh | dave(a)xdroop.com | http://www.xdroop.com

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App for burning CD from MP3s
by Mark Hull-Richter 29 May '07

29 May '07

I would like to be able to make an audio CD directly from some mp3 files I have. I know that isn't the best way due to the lossy nature of the MP3 format, but that's ok for this purpose. K3b is supposed to be able to do this, but I got an unsupported file type error when I tried this. I installed the python-mad decoder that is listed in the k3b document, but I don't see how to get k3b to us it.... Thanks. -- Mark Hull-Richter DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-680-3001 - fax

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VT6420 sata_via problem
by Oren Held 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hello, A message was already posted here regarding this issue- I experience the same problem with 6 machines, all with Hitachi harddrive, VIA Motherboard which uses the sata_via driver: Once every few days each machine freezes or just stops reading from the HD and throws i/o error messages as pasted below. Note that the first "ata exception Emask" errors apear right after booting, when harddisks plays smoothly. the I/O errors apear only after few hours-days. Is it a known problem? (Already two posts regarding this)? Any solution or at least a way to check it? (I'm using CentOS5 with the latest updates) =============== ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x1 stat 0x51 err 0x4 (device error) ata1: EH complete ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x1 stat 0x51 err 0x4 (device error) ata1: EH complete ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x1 stat 0x51 err 0x4 (device error) ata1: EH complete ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x1 stat 0x51 err 0x4 (device error) ata1: EH complete ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x1 stat 0x51 err 0x4 (device error) ata1: EH complete ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xb0 Emask 0x1 stat 0x51 err 0x4 (device error) ata1: EH complete SCSI device sda: 160834367 512-byte hdwr sectors (82347 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back nfsd: last server has exited nfsd: unexporting all filesystems NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state recovery directory NFSD: starting 90-second grace period ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen ata1.00: (BMDMA stat 0x24) ata1.00: tag 0 cmd 0xca Emask 0x4 stat 0x40 err 0x0 (timeout) ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata1: soft resetting port ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata1: soft resetting port ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) ata1: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) ata1: soft resetting port ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) ata1.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) ata1.00: disabled ata1: EH complete sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00040000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 4840645 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578975 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00040000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 5065613 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 607096 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00040000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 17800565 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 2198965 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00040000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 4835797 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578369 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00040000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 4840653 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578976 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578977 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578978 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578979 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578980 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 Buffer I/O error on device sda2, logical block 578981 lost page write due to I/O error on sda2 sd 0:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00040000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 4841541 ========================= etc, etc.. Thanks - Oren

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New freenx-0.6.0 and NX-2.1.0
by Johnny Hughes 28 May '07

28 May '07

All, I have put in the testing repository a new version of freenx-0.6.0 and nx-2.1.0 for both CentOS-4 and CentOS-5. This is using one set of SRPMS to build on either CentOS-4 or CentOS-5 RPMS. To get files from the testing repository, see: http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories Make sure you have the .el4 packages if testing on CentOS-4 or the .el5 packages if testing in CentOS-5. Please submit comments to this tracker: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1307 Please test and report on these RPMS so we can move them into extras. Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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Problems setting up legacy NVidia card
by Niki Kovacs 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi, Here's my video card: $ lspci | grep -i vga 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/Pro] (rev a3) Until now, I've used it on Slackware (10.0, 10.2, 11.0) and Debian (Sarge, Etch), and I've always managed to set it up fine. First, I checked if there were any precompiled nvidia drivers in the various repos (rpmforge, ...), but there seemed to be only recent drivers. So I went to the nvidia site and downloaded the corresponding driver for my card: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7185-pkg1.run I also updated my kernel, and then 'yum install kernel-devel gcc'. After doing this, it was time for 'init 3'. I started the installer: # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7185-pkg1.run I went through the steps like I've done a few times before, and it didn't complain about anything. I then opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf, searched for the Driver section and replaced "nv" by "nvidia". To be on the safe side, I rebooted. (I've had some strange GDM problems before when simply doing init 5). My default screen resolution on my 17'' flat monitor is 1024x768. (The CentOS installer defaulted to 1280x1024, but I manually edited xorg.conf to change it). Now, after starting X with the "nvidia" driver, curiously I had a resolution that looked more like 800x600 (and curiously reminded me of a default Windows 95 install :o)) I opened a console with Ctrl-Alt-F6, opened /etc/X11/xorg.conf to look for a mistake... and noticed something strange. xorg.conf looks now curiously amputated. Here's the whole file, or what's left of it: --8<------------------------------------------------- # Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "ch" Option "XkbVariant" "fr" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection --8<------------------------------------------------- This leaves me a bit clueless. Where has my original xorg.conf (the long version) gone? Is there a way to get it back somehow? And where does this new - and severely truncated xorg.conf file come from? Any suggestions? Niki -- Dyslexics have more fnu.

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Dependency problems
by Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi folks, I use mock quite extensively to build RPM packages for CentOS (actually I use the plague build system, which in turn uses mock). I have a mirror of the whole CentOS tree (on mirrors.ircam.fr, which syncs directly from msync.centos.org) which my mock configs uses exclusively. When populating the mock chroot, I consistently get these errors for packages in updates (and not in the base tree): --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: freetype = 2.2.1-16.el5 for package: freetype-devel --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: freetype = 2.2.1-16.el5 is needed by package freetype-devel Cleaning up... Of course, both freetype and freetype-devel (in this instance, but I get the same error with other packages) are on the mirror server, and both are the same version. The problem goes away if I rebuild the repository metadata locally: createrepo /var/ftp/pub/CentOS/5/updates/x86_64 createrepo /var/ftp/pub/CentOS/5/updates/i386 I cannot really say how different my local metadata are from upstream; diff outputs so much data it is quite useless with this kind of files. So I guess the metadata are incomplete in some way on the master server, as I don't usually modify them in any way on my server; can anyone confirm this or tell me what I am doing wrong? I can supply the whole mock config files and the command used for populating the mirror server if needed. -- Arnaud

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Squid +Yum = apt-cacher?
by Lorenzo 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi all, I was wondering if would be possible to configure squid to co ope with yum so it recognize mirrors and it can cache rpm packages based on package name and maybe some other parameter to be sure that is the right package. Any ideas? Cheers, Lorenzo

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Firefox
by centos＠911networks.com 28 May '07

28 May '07

Any good set of instructions for upgrading from Firefox 1.5.0.10 to 2.0.0.3? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem
by Niki Kovacs 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi, I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB is also installed on the Debian side. On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is: hdb1 -> swap hdb2 -> /boot, ext2 hdb3 -> / , ext3 After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited menu.lst like this: <snip> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18 root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro initrd /initrd.img-2.6.18 title CentOS 5 sur hdb3 root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro initrd /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5 Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'. I add that I've done many multiboot configurations before, so it's not the first time I have such a scenario. I thought, aha, maybe a typo. So I entered the GRUB shell and booted CentOS without problems, using tab completion. I double- and triple-checked after this, but I can't seem to find the error. The stanza seems OK, but still it won't work. Do you see a mistake that I don't see? Niki Kovacs -- Dyslexics have more fnu.

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