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Custom CentOS5 DVD
by Paul 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hello, Does anyone have an up-to-date page describing, step by step, how to make a customized CentOS5 DVD? I noticed that CentOS5 already comes with ~240MB of updates. So for starters, I'd like to create a new DVD with all the current updates. (And I have other custom scripts I need to install on top of that). I've googled around and tried various suggestions on the net: http://sipx-wiki.calivia.com/index.php/A_Kickstart_CD_for_sipX_on_CentOS http://cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar/lateral/stories/38.html However, I have not been able to find step by step instructions for CentOS5. For example, genhdlist has been deprecated. Also, the centos-release-5.0.0 rpm grabs a new GPG key from the net, even though an identical one is already on the DVD. This creates problems on custom DVD's I've created thus far; I'd like to have an unattended install that doesn't require a network connection. Thanks very much in advance for your help, -- Paul

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Jigdoes of CentOS 4.4 and 5.0 i386/x86_64 CD/DVD available.
by Maciej Zenczykowski 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

I've gone through the trouble (after some 10 rounds I finally have something I'm happy with) and generated jigdo/template files for CentOS 5.0 iso's (CD/DVD i386/x86_64) (and CentOS 4.4 while I was at it: CD/DVD/ServerCD SRPMS/i386/x86_64). (and I started on this before the thread about creating the DVD's from the CD's started ;-) ) They are available at: http://tcs.uj.edu.pl/~buildcentos/centos-jigdo/ (I skipped the LiveCD since jigdo offers no size improvement here -- already for the ServerCD the template file is 125 MBs because of the different .img files inside the iso) These jigdo/template files should allow you to generate any of the listed cd/dvd isos from the publically available http://mirror.centos.org mirror site (which is DNS-aliased to something close to you). Jigdo will also allow using a local source of files (ie. an existing CD, etc...) You will need to install jigdo-file and jigdo-lite. It is available: - in package jigdo from dag's repository (rpmforge) for CentOS 4 (and others) - in package jigdo-file for debian/ubuntu (just apt-get it) - from the source website (both sources, and windows binaries, and statically linked linux binaries) http://atterer.net/jigdo/ Once installed usage is (...should be...) trivial: jigdo-lite --noask http://tcs.uj.edu.pl/~buildcentos/centos-jigdo/%.jigdo which will generate the requested (replace the % with what you want, see the http://tcs.uj.edu.pl/~buildcentos/centos-jigdo/ listing) iso file in the directory in which you run it. [If you have a local source of files you can skip the --noask and provide it when asked] Next step: get this included on the centos mirrors ;-) [hint hint] Afterwards: it would be nice to drop the iso files from the mirrors in their entirety and generate them on-the-fly using the JTE extensions package. Should be significant space-savings. [requires perl cgi in the hosting webserver, but should be very safe since it's all read-only access] Even later: it would be awesome if we could generate the jigdo/template during mkisofs (requires using a patched mkisofs). This would skip the slightly painful jigdo generation step (painful - because I have to download a local mirror of both the files and the CD/DVD images, much less painful to do it directly on the centos source/build system/mirrors) Both later steps are 95% there (the JTE jigit website/extensions/mkisofs patches/etc) and mostly require putting together rpms for EL4/5. (I'm going to be trying to put together a mkisofs-jte rpm which doesn't override the normal mkisofs rpm, but instead provides two files - /usr/bin/mkisofs-jte and it's manpage) This should also allow more customized images (like the rolled up updates) without increasing mirror space usage. Jigdo (combined with hardlinking identical files, which I believe is already done) should enable drastic reductions in centos HDD footprint. Comments? Cheers, Maciej Zenczykowski

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mirror rsync problem?
by John R Pierce 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

I've got an intranet mirror of centos, been updating it periodically, recently my updates started failing... I've tried several different mirrors as sources, but each time, the update fails at some random point with this error... rsync: read error: Connection timed out (145) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(614) [receiver=2.6.8] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (1605001 bytes received so far) [generator] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463) [generator=2.6.8] per a bit of googling, it appears this may be a generic 2.6.8 error, as explained here... http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg16205.html for what its worth, my local mirror server is actually a Sun ultrasparc running Solaris 10, with its built in rsync 2.6.8, which appears to be the same version as is running on the centos mirror servers.

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Intel 2915
by centos＠911networks.com 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

I am installing CentOS5 on a dell Lattitude D610. dmesg: recognizes the the wireless Intel 2915: ipw2200: Detected Intel Pro/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection I have googled for ipw2915 and centos5 OR rhel5, can't find instructions for installing the firmware. Should the firmware be installed from the CDs? Any suggestion? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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printconf
by Mark Snyder 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Does anyone know of a command line tool for printer configuration for CentOS 5. I have used "printconf-tui --Xexport > printers.xml" to copy my printer setup in CentOS 4.x (then Ximport to bring it back), but this no longer works in CentOS 5 and I would really like to retain this functionality. Can I re-install this tool or will it not work with the new CUPS? Is there an alternative? Do I have to re-configure all my printers by hand and discard my printers.xml files? Any help will be appreciated. Mark Snyder JMK Computerized TDIS

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CentOS 5 upgrade from 4.4 fails. Cannot mount /dev/md1 root partition
by B.J. McClure 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Have completed two clean installs of CentOS 5 with no issues (other than permissions on ~/.ssh directory. One 32 bit system, one 64 bit. When I tried an upgrade from 4.4 on 64 bit system with two SATA drives in Raid 1 configuration, anaconda could not mount the root partition /dev/md1. The error message suggested it was because the partition was not formated which is obviously not correct. Any thoughts appreciated. Thanks in advance. B.J. McClure CentOS 4.4, Linux 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp x86_64 19:37:58 up 10 min, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.19, 0.14

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acpitool
by Jerry Geis 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

I downloaded and installed acpitool when I run it I get Battery Status <not available> AC Adapter <not availble> Thermal Info <not available> I was trying to find out how hot the CPU is? Any ideas how to get this information? THanks, jerry

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Java installs but won't play
by Benjamin Sher 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Dear friends: I installed Sun's Java manually by downloading their Red Hat RPM. I followed instructions and the install came off fine (Done!), but when I try to play it, it won't work. I imagine that I probably need to create a symbolic link to the plugin. Here is the info: [sher@localhost ~]$ whereis java java: /usr/bin/java /etc/java /usr/lib/java /usr/share/java [sher@localhost ~]$ Could you please help me by suggesting the command and link for this? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin Sher sher07(a)mindspring.com

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regarding samba
by CentOS List 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi SMB can replicate share folder with all the security? ie user security and files and replicate? last can SMB be a DFS? regards and thanks

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yum and wildcard problems
by Brian Barnes 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

I am having trouble using wildcards ("*") with yum in Centos 5. Listing or installing packages using them just immeidately fails with a "No match" error, and I'm not sure why. Here is an example. Any comments? I'd love to fix this. [root@granta ~]# ps -e | grep yum 2706 ? 00:00:22 yum-updatesd [root@granta ~]# yum list | grep kern kernel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed kernel-devel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed kernel-headers.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 updates kernel-xen.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 updates kernel-xen-devel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 updates yum-kernel-module.noarch 1.0.3-1.el5.centos extras [root@granta ~]# yum list kern* yum: No match. [root@granta ~]# yum list kernel Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Installed Packages kernel.x86_64 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 installed [root@granta ~]# Similarly, something like "yum install xorg-x11-font*" would fail with a "No match" error, but the packages show up in a full list. The machine is a fresh x86_64 install from DVD, yesterday. I previously ran CentOS 4.4 on it with no problems. -Brian

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moving CentOS to a larger disk
by Dave 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hello, I've got a CentOS 4.4 box that it's drive is dying. This machine has a lot of customizations done to it, custom configs and the like and i'd rather not have to do a full reinstall or manually copy over settings files. What i'm wondering is is there a way i can set up the new disk, make it bootable, then transfer the entire system over to it? I would then pull out the failing drive set the new one to be master, and go on with things? Recently i've had to do this on a FreeBSD system for pretty much the same reason, all data and settings went over fine and i'd like to have the same success here. Thanks. Dave.

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by Kai Yang Tay 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

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where is xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.7.i386?
by Garrick Staples 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi all, I don't see xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.7.i386.rpm in the CentOS4 x86_64 updates repo. It is listed in the security announcement: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-April/013658.html I see the 4 other i386 packages there: devel, deprecated-libs, Mesa-libGL, and Mesa-libGLU. Just the libs package is missing. -- Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin University of Southern California

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RE: Winbond W83792AG
by Gerald Waugh 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

> > Looking for a driver/s for Winbond W83792AG > Or a how2 for CentOS. More info OS is CentOS4.4 Running on tyan gs14 Kernel 2.6.9-42.0.10.Elsmp BIOS version 1.19 Gerald -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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acpitool
by Jerry Geis 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

>On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 at 10:33am, Jerry Geis wrote >>/ I downloaded and installed acpitool />>/ />>/ when I run it I get />>/ />>/ Battery Status <not available> />>/ AC Adapter <not availble> />>/ Thermal Info <not available> />>/ />>/ I was trying to find out how hot the CPU is? />>/ Any ideas how to get this information?> / >Erm, what version of CentOS and what hardware do you have? In any case, >often times this info is in plain text in various places in /proc/acpi. Sorry - many things going on today... I am running Centos 5 Asus M2n_MX motherboard amd 6000+ I find nothing of value in the /proc/acpi directory tree. again <not available> Jerry

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Winbond W83792AG
by Gerald Waugh 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi, Looking for a driver/s for Winbond W83792AG Or a how2 for CentOS. TIA Gerald -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CentOS 3 - net-snmp startup issue
by Tom Brown 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi I have been using snmp for 'years' but never came accross this issue before. On starting i get this Apr 17 15:42:20 server snmpd: snmpd startup succeeded Apr 17 15:42:21 server snmpd[29630]: Error opening specified endpoint "udp:161" Apr 17 15:42:21 server snmpd[29630]: Server Exiting with code 1 i have googled this but cant find a solution - does anyone have any hints? thanks

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vmware server 1.02 on CentOS 5 x64
by Juan C. Valido 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Does VMware Server installs correctly on CentOS 5 x64 or are there any Gotchas!!!

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Formatting hdb?
by Benjamin Sher 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Dear friends: Using Centos 5. I have two physical drives. During install, I made sure to check hdb as well as hda. Both were listed as partitions (which is correct). But my fstab file does not show hdb. How do I make sure that hdb has been formatted and is part of my file system. If hdb is not formatted, how do I format it, please. Sorry for the question. I am a newbie. d[sher@localhost ~]$ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 74560920 5339640 65372680 8% / /dev/hda1 101086 11997 83870 13% /boot tmpfs 237428 0 237428 0% /dev/shm [sher@localhost ~]$ [sher@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/fstab /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin Sher sher07(a)mindspring.com

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Red Hat Directory Server + Fedora Directory Server version correlation?
by Rubin 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knows about version-number correlation between RHDS and FDS. I've sofar been quite unable to find anything about it. The latest version of seems to be 7.1SP3: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ And the latest version of FD seems to be 1.0.4: http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Download Most sources I could find state that "FDS and RHDS are identical" but don't delve deeper. So, is FDS 1.0.4 equal to RHDS 7.1SP3? If not, what happens to bugs fixed in FDS? Are the features the same in FDS and RHDS? Greets, Rubin.

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How to upgrate to CentOS 5 from CentOS 4.4 by using yum.
by Indunil Jayasooriya 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi, My all boxes are running CentOS 4.4. When They were running CentOS 4.3. it upgraded to CentOS 4.4 due to yum. But, This time, My all boxes are still running CentOS 4.4. I did below commands, But no luck yet. [root@mailgw yum.repos.d]# yum update Loading "protectbase" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - i386 - ATrpms Finished 218 packages excluded due to repository protections No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion [root@mailgw yum.repos.d]# yum upgrade Loading "protectbase" plugin Setting up Upgrade Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - i386 - ATrpms Finished 218 packages excluded due to repository protections No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion [root@mailgw yum.repos.d]# yum update kernel-smp Loading "protectbase" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - i386 - ATrpms Finished 218 packages excluded due to repository protections Could not find update match for kernel-smp No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion My all boxes still have below kernel. [root@mailgw yum.repos.d]# uname -r 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp So I want to know how to upgrade to centOS 5 by using yum. Pls note that I do not need a fresh install. here are my .repo files. [root@mailgw ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo # CentOS-Base.repo # # This file uses a new mirrorlist system developed by Lance Davis for CentOS. # The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the # update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and # geographically close to the client. You should use this for CentOS updates # unless you are manually picking other mirrors. # # If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the # remarked out baseurl= line instead. # # [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo =os #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 protect=1 #released updates [update] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updat… #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 protect=1 #packages used/produced in the build but not released [addons] name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 protect=0 #additional packages that may be useful [extras] name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 protect=0 #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=cento… #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 protect=0 #contrib - packages by Centos Users [contrib] name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib mirrorlist= http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contr… #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 protect=0 [root@mailgw ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/extra.repo [dag] name=Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux baseurl= http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/dag gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 gpgkey= http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt protect=0 [atrpms] name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable gpgkey= http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms gpgcheck=1 exclude=perl-Compress-Zlib protect=0 Pls help to so;ve this issue. -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 26, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '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-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 cups - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 cups - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 freetype - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 freetype - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 3 ia64 php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 4 ia64 php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 13. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 14. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 15. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 3 i386 php - security update (Tru Huynh) 16. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 php - security update (Tru Huynh) 17. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 18. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) php - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 19. CESA-2007:0154-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 php security update (John Newbigin) 20. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 php - security update (Johnny Hughes) 21. CESA-2007:0155 Important CentOS 4 i386 php - security update (Johnny Hughes) 22. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 freetype - security update (Johnny Hughes) 23. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 freetype - security update (Johnny Hughes) 24. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 cups - security update (Johnny Hughes) 25. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 cups - security update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:43:40 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 cups - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20070416124340.GA8566(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0123 cups security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0123.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.42.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.42.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.42.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.42.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update cups\* Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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apache on CentOS 5
by CentOS List 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi, While error recieve while start/stop/restart apache. [root@beyond ]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Starting httpd: shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory Any solution? Thanks

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Yum issue on CentOS 5, x86_64
by Styma, Robert E (Robert) 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

I just loaded CentOS 5 on a new x86_64 machine I built for my wife. I am converting her from the dark $ide. :-) I started getting the following messages from yum: ]: yum update Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package subversion.x86_64 0:1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ======================================================================== ===== Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================== ===== Updating: subversion x86_64 1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf rpmforge 4.4 M Transaction Summary ======================================================================== ===== Install 0 Package(s) Update 1 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 4.4 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psvn.el from install of subversion-1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 file /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/psvn.el from install of subversion-1.4.3-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 Error Summary ------------- [styma14]: rpm -e subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 error: "subversion-1.4.2-2.el5" specifies multiple packages [styma14]: rpm -qa | grep subversion subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 ###################################### It appears I have a package installed twice. I tried the normal "rpm is damaged" sequence of: rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* db_verify /var/lib/rpm/Packages rpm --rebuilddb But that did not help the situation. Are there any suggestions on how to get rid of this one piece and get past this error? I tried a -f on the rpm -e and it failed the same way. Bob Styma

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Java installs but won't play -- update
by Benjamin Sher 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Dear friends: I created a symbolic link from /usr/bin/java to ~/.mozilla/plugins/java but still Java does not work. Please see data below. Thank you so much. Benjamin [sher@localhost .mozilla]$ ls firefox mozver.dat plugins [sher@localhost .mozilla]$ cd plugins [sher@localhost plugins]$ ls flashplayer.xpt java libflashplayer.so [sher@localhost plugins]$ ls -l total 6892 -rw-r--r-- 1 sher sher 856 Dec 15 13:51 flashplayer.xpt lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 16 16:22 java -> java -rwxr-xr-x 1 sher sher 7040080 Dec 15 13:51 libflashplayer.so [sher@localhost plugins]$ ------------------------------------------------ I installed Sun's Java manually by downloading their Red Hat RPM. I followed instructions and the install came off fine (Done!), but when I try to play it, it won't work. I imagine that I probably need to create a symbolic link to the plugin. Here is the info: [sher@localhost ~]$ whereis java java: /usr/bin/java /etc/java /usr/lib/java /usr/share/java [sher@localhost ~]$ Could you please help me by suggesting the command and link for this? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin Sher sher07(a)mindspring.com

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yum-plugin-fastestmirror and CentOS 5
by David Hrbáč 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi, are we going to have yum-plugin-fastestmirror on C5? Thanks, David Hrbáč

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virt-install can't work with phy:/dev/bla/bla. bug or feature?
by Alexander Benaguev 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi list. in centos 5 final virt-install offer only file-based disk for domUs, but in centos 5 beta I could use phy:/dev/... I can't see any common sense in this "feature" (if it's not a bug, 'cose). Share your considerations, please. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJIaI4DJ/LCkjclMRArByAKDEmGFVxSIeC3ci/MhpD+5Z+syEJACfYr4c YR0HvbrlkAQeGvSzqxp03B8= =9JxP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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MySQL 5.0.22 on CentOS 4.4
by Joseph Cheng 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi...I was pleased to see MySQL 5.0.22 and PHP5 in CentOS 5.0 and as much as I need these updates I think I should be safe and not upgrade until CentOS 5.1 is released. But for now I am running CentOS 4.4 with stock MySQL and PHP rpm packages. I need to upgrade MySQL to 5.0 and I noticed there is a mysql-server- 5.0.22-1.centos.1.i386.rpm package in the centosplus directory. There is also a mysql-server-5.0.27-1.el4.centos.i386.rpm package but I think I should stick to .22 so that the eventual upgrade to CentOS 5.1 will be easier. I have two questions for any of the MySQL administrators running CentOS 4.4... 1. What has been your experience like with the mysql-server-5.0.22- 1.centos.1.i386.rpm centosplus package on high load sites? 2. Is it better to just use the official RPM from MySQL instead? http://mysql.org/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/MySQL-server-community-5.0.37- 0.rhel4.i386.rpm/from/pick My concern with the official MySQL rpm is that it's version 5.0.37 and will be different from the one in CentOS 5.1 So for now I think I would like to use 5.0.22 with stock PHP 4.3.9 then later upgrade PHP to version 5.1 also from centosplus. Any performance or stability reason not to? Please share your experience and opinions. TIA!

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ALT TAB on centos 5
by Jerry Geis 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

HI all, using centos 5 something is when doing ALT+TAB the window goes black instead of an outline border. Where is this setting to control this behaviour? Thanks, Jerry

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Upgrade 4.4 to 5.0 (Error in transaction)
by bgschaid_lists＠ice-sf.at 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi! I'm having a problem upgrading an existing 4.4 installation to 5.0. - The machine is a x86_64 architecture - I'm upgrading from a DVD - I've used the same DVD to sucessfully upgrade another machine (therefor I'm pretty sure that it is OK) - The error occurs on both DVD-drives on the machine (therefor I think its not a problem with a particular DVD-drive) I'm clicking through the upgrade dialogs. Then the machine prepares to install the packages. At the end of this a dialog-box appears: Error running transaction There was an error running your transaction for the following reason(s): Apart from that text there is only a Reboot-button (no explanation) On the other virtual terminals there is nothing unusual (last line in Ctrl+Alt+F3 is "Preparing to install packages") The /root/upgrade.log is empty. My guess is that there might be some packages that offend the installer (there are some non-standard packages on the machine, don't shout at me: I know that's bad (amongst them a 32-bit firefox)). Is there a way to find out which packages are the bad ones? Any tips would be most welcome. Thanks PS: What I'm trying right now is removing the worst offenders and retry the upgrade procedure in text mode.

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Hardware-independent server installation
by Kenneth Porter 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

I don't have a system similar to my active server, and I'd like to install CentOS to a new drive on a spare system and then load that disk in my server once it's configured with the services I need. How hardware-independent is a server installation? What should I look out for when doing this? I've been using Linux on servers for several years and am a software/hardware integrator by day. It seems like this should be trivial but I'd like to know if I'm missing any obvious gotchas. I'm guessing the biggest issue is associating eth names with actual devices (modules.conf?), since the systems are unlikely to use the same Ethernet hardware.

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Machine SLOWWWS and then stops after a few minutes running centos 5.
by Jerry Geis 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi all, I had asked the other day about my new machine amd 6000+ and strangely SLOWWING down then eventually stopping. I have tried a new 500W power supply, I took out the extra video card, and just used the one on the motherboard (both are nvidia one with DVI one RGB). I took out all the RAM and tried differnent RAM. I ran memtest86 (ran fine until the machine turn off). Harddrives should be fine since they are not active during memtest86. THe temperature on the CPU has never been higher that 118 degrees. This is after it turns off and I go into the hardware monitor. I reset the BIOS settings or loaded defaults. I did download from ASUS the current BIOS for the M2N-MX motherboard. I cannot change the mother board or processor without buying a new one. It is SO STRANGE that the system slows DOWN before shutting off. I run a continuous compile and use the time command to time it. The compile starts at about 16 seconds and SLOWS DOWN to 30 seconds right before turning off. cpuspeed is not running on the box. If anything its supposed to speed up not down. Is there anything else to try or any suggestions. I also boot centos 5 with "noapic" on the kernel line. Jerry

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yum-arch for CentOS5?
by carlopmart 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi all, Somebody knows where I can find yum-arch for CentOS 5?? I need to generate rpm headers for my rhel3 and centos3 based servers ... Many thanks. -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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Software Updater vs. Add/Remove vs. Yum(ex)
by Benjamin Sher 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Dear friends: Just installed Centos 5. Very impressed but as a newbie I am a bit confused about the the role of the Software Updater vs. Add/Remove and Yum(ex). Which one do I use to update the installed programs, please? Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin Sher sher07(a)mindspring.com

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Why so many updates already for CentOS 5
by Mário Gamito 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi, I've just installed CentOS 5. I issued a yum update, and to my astonishment there are already 75 MB of updates. And i didn't even installed X. Why is this ? Warm Regards -- :wq! Mário Gamito

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sendmail smrsh symlinks not working against php scripts
by dan1 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hello. I am trying to forward the e-mails received to one address towards a php script. I am trying all I can but nothing does. I have edited my /etc/aliases file and added this line. ecard-bounce: "|/usr/bin/php /etc/smrsh/ecardbounce.php" Then, of course I do a 'newaliases'. In my /etc/smrsh I have placed the symbolic link defined above, which has been created this way: ln -s /home/my/scripts/ecardbounce.php /etc/smrsh/ecardbounce.php When using this configuration, I get the following error back by email: ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/usr/bin/php /etc/smrsh/ecardbounce.php" (reason: 255) (expanded from: <ecard-bounce(a)myserver.com>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- Status: 404 Content-type: text/html X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.9 No input file specified. 554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 255 However, if I put a hardlink instead of the symlink, all works fine! The permissions of the symlink and the file linekd are all 777. Has anyone already had this problem before, or would anyone have an idea of the problem? Thanks, Daniel

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Cpuspeed
by Mark Hull-Richter 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

How necessary is it to run this gem on a desktop with a constant power supply? It doesn't seem to be all that useful, except if there's some significant power consumption advantage to lowering the cpu speed. Doesn't the CPU run at full speed unless throttled down by temperature, or is that what this thing does (for desktops)? Thanks. Mark Hull-Richter, Linux Kernel Engineer DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-330-7691 - fax

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new machine just turns off after some time.
by Jerry Geis 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi all... I have a new machine for centos 5. amd 6000+, 2 gig and 750GIG drives. Price is quite reasonable... Anyway... centos 5 installs fine, I was running fine then the machine just turned off. I tried to run a video for the last 8 hours on it waiting to happen again and it worked just fine. I then did a continues compile with a batch file and after a few minutes it just turned off... I saw the length of time to do the compiles was increasing. At the end about 10 seconds extra than the time when I first started.... I immediately jumped into the hardware monitor for CPU temp and it is registering 45C. around 114 F. Seems OK at this point.. I have heard before RAM or power supply. Do these symptoms still point to that? Does the power supply seem more likely than RAM? The RAM is DD2 Corsair. I am doubtful that the kernel just died or something for froze as the machine TURNS OFF. THanks for any tips. Jerry

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Wow, virt-managerin Centos5 is very fussy!
by Stephen Harris 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

If I tell it to use an NFS source (eg nfs://server/mnt/cdrom) then itin Centos5 tries to do a CIFS mount instead (I can see it running mount.cifs and in the xterm I ran virt-manager from it then asks for a password). Wow. If I tell it to use an lvm2 volume (/dev/VolGroup00/xentest - already created at 1Gb) then it goes through, calculates the amount of space required etc etc and then barfs with no error message beyond "transaction error". The only way I can get it to work is by letting it create a file (eg /xen/test1) and installing via http (why doesn't it allow file:// type install sources? Hmmph!). (Note: I have selinux disabled, so that shouldn't be a problem). Fortunately that succeeded; I told it to install the guest without lvm, and so I could then losetup the file to get to the raw filesystem after the install completed and do a dump. In future I can make a file system from this template and build my own config file, avoiding virt-manager totally. virt-manager... guh! -- rgds Stephen

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Red Hat Directory Server
by Noah Gift 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Anyone played with or know the status of Red Hat Directory Server on CentOS 5? I had some problems getting this to work on CentOS 4.4, but am very interested in using this instead of regular OpenLDAP as it supports two way synchronization to Active Directory. Noah

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Archiving mail
by Ugo Bellavance 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi, Is anyone archiving e-mails? We use Sendmail+MailScanner on CentOS 3 and 4, and we'd appreciate any advice. Regards, Ugo

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Adding MP3 Support to Rhythmbox
by Juan C. Valido 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Now that my CentOS 5 server is up and running and playing nicely with Windows, it's time for fun. What's the easiest way to add MP3 support to the Rhythmbox Music Player.

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How to create a virtual machine? (Centos-5-beta-xen)
by Matthew Berg 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

> I used the "virt-install" command, and every went fine until the moment to > create the partitions on the virtual disk (file "/var/xen/fc6.iso" with > 10GB). No matter with option I choose: remove all partitions, remove linux > partitions, use free space, etc, does not work. The message is: > "An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on wihich to create new > filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of the problem." The selinux policy restricts the location of image files. >From /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: /var/lib/xen/images(/.*)? system_u:object_r:xen_image_t:s0 I ran into the same issue. :) Matt

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Centos5 NFS install from loop-back mounted DVD image fails
by Bernd Bartmann 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

NFS install from a loop-back mounted DVD image fails for me when it actually tries to start the RPM install process. I come to the point where anaconda checks the package dependencies, then it tells that the install process will be started in some minutes and the last thing I see is a message similar to: Preparing transaction from install media. Then this message box disappears and the install process is stalled. On text console #4 I see these two last lines: <5>SQUASHFS error: sb_bread failed reading block 0xb085 <5>SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page block 2c11bde, size fbb7 This happens on a x86_64 install, but I get a similar message when I try to install a i386 Centos5. Both DVD images were downloaded using Bittorrent and the sha1sums and md5sums are all correct. The NFS server is RHES4.4 i386. Any ideas how to fix this problem? Best regards, Bernd.

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DVD install via NFS asks for CD #1 ISO
by Marco Fais 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi all, I'm installing Centos 5.0 (fresh install) x86_64 via NFS. I've downloaded just the DVD iso via bittorrent, but when it starts the graphical installation phase an error message appears telling me that anaconda can't find the CD iso in the remote server. Seems that's looking for Centos-5.0-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso, I'm downloading it right now to go ahead but... I think I'm doing something wrong or there is some problems in the NFS DVD install... Anyway, thanks for the great work folks! Let me know if you need more informations, bye!

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Problem installing CentOS 5.0
by Varian 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

I decided to replace Suse 10.1 with Centos 5.0 on my file server. Im getting stuck right after I select the keyboard layout. I get the following message on the console: /dev/sdb: "sil" and "pdc" formats discovered ( using pdc)! and it just hangs there. I think sil and pdc are referring to the onboard raid chips that the drive was attached to. This drive was used in a machine with a Silicon Image raid chip and a Promise raid chipset in the past, now its attached to onboard nvidia based controller but not in raid mode. I tried to low level format the drive and it sill did not work. Any ideas, I don't have this problem with Suse or Freebsd.

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Hot swapping drives
by Ashley M. Kirchner 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

If I have a board that supports hot swapping SATA drives, what do I need to have in terms of installed utilities for it to work with CentOS 4? (There's all kinds of information from the board's manual for things like Windows flavors, but nothing on unix, as to always...) -- W | It's not a bug - it's an undocumented feature. +-------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@pcraft.com> . 303.442.6410 x130 IT Director / SysAdmin / Websmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Imaging . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.

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Beta upgrade (could not find a decent answer yet)
by Evans Mitchell 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Greetings All from Florida. As of tonight, Sunday April 14th, 07, I finished loading the dvd iso of 5 beta (or 4.92 as it is shown to be) and went archive diving to see what was up with the updater not finding the 4.92 files on the mirrors.. I only saw a few notes about removing a dev file and something else, then a comment about removing an image file, then a comment about not doing it in X as there is a bug....... Has anyone find a simple way to force yum to update without looking at the current version?? or at least telling the system to go get centos 5 even thou it is 4.92?? Any ideas would be great, as I am trying to take a crack at upgrading my Knopixx FADCA box to CentOS and seeing what all I can make out of the thing.... ALSO how do I go about enabling ax25 kernel support with the CentOS 5 releases??? Full of questions and what not... nah, just wanting to make use of this stuff before I upgrade my IRLP nodes to CentOS 4 that was just released to us recently from irlp.net 73 Evans Mitchell kd4efm / afa2th FL / WQFK-894 GMRS Lakeland, FL. USA

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Looking for a better way to build
by Mark Hull-Richter 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

I have been following the wiki on how to build a custom kernel, and it works great. Except, I am doing ongoing work with the internals of the kernel, and it is really awkward to set up a change and then build it using the standard methodology (edit the file to change, diff it against the original to make a patch file, rebuild the whole thing). Isn't there a way (and what is it) to play around with the kernel source files until they are in the shape I want them to be in, and THEN go through the whole build process again. Thanks. Mark Hull-Richter, Linux Kernel Engineer DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-330-7691 - fax

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Scripts to generate exact copy of CentOS-5.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso from CD images
by Wojtek.Pilorz 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

I am enclosing scripts and config files to generate exact copy of CentOS 5.0 i386 installation DVD image, that is CentOS-5.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso if you have CD images for i386. If there is interest I can post the same for x86_64. Please follow README files for instructions. All the scripts are GPL. SHA1 for attached files: 439f7b0bd50722388a2836eedafeb1c227f97385 *00_README.txt 520e805b4c9386d1e08b3741337ee83afe60547d *DVDgen_bin_i386.tar.bz2 Best regards, Wojtek Pilorz

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