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Centos 4.3 + KDE + mtrr error
by Leonardo Vilela Pinheiro 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hello. I'm running Centos 4.3 with KDE from CentOS. There're some "unsupported" packages, like kernel 2.6.9-34.108.plus.c4smp, Picasa and Google Earth. Picasa and Google Earth had never showed critical problems (before), although they're beta versions. Today, I started Picasa and Google Earth at the same time, and the X became a black screen, like it was killed and was just trying to start again, but couldn't. The xdm mouse cursor showed up, but suddenly disappeared again, and this was looping forever. Then I went into another computer, 'ssh'ed into that one, and typed 'dmesg'. The last important lines are these: application Picasa2 uses obsolete OSS audio interface [drm:i915_wait_irq] *ERROR* i915_wait_irq: EBUSY -- rec: 3123 emitted: 3125 mtrr: base(0x80020000) is not aligned on a size(0x300000) boundary (this last line kept repeating many times) 'top' showed almost 100% for process X, that disappeared and appeared again with a different PID. It seems that X got killed for some reason, and xdm was trying to start up again, but got killed every time with that mtrr error. My video is Intel 945 onboard, but I guess it uses Intel 915 driver, so that i915 makes sense. I think this problem has to do with the video card/driver. Could someone explain to me what may have happened ? -- Vilela

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Re: Messages are bouncing
by Karanbir Singh 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've had a few messages sent to the list bounce. Looks like the centos > mail server IP is blacklisted. Here's the error: > > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com. > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following > addresses. > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. > > <centos(a)centos.org>: > 72.21.40.12 does not like recipient. > Remote host said: 554 Service unavailable; Client host [68.142.225.207] > blocked using multihop.dsbl.org; http://dsbl.org/listing?68.142.225.207 > Giving up on 72.21.40.12. > > Anyone else notice this? > > Regards, > > Ranbir > could you please follow this up with the BlockList people and find out whats going on please ? if you need anything from this end, feel free to ask. -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net

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packaging of centos
by PV Juliet 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hi All, how i can package CentOS with two RPMs of same name like one is default kernel rpm and another one is compiled kernel rpm ?? Thanks in Advance Regards juliet

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Problem with Yum
by Rajeev R Veedu 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hi I have a problem with Yum update or install and the error message is as below. The same will work if I do U2date install Package name. But yum wouldn't do.! This problem exists with every install or update I do with Yum. Can some one direct me where am I going wrong? Thanks Rajeev [root@Projects03 Download]# yum install perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64 Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for perl-DBI to pack into transaction set. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:03 http://centosv.centos.org/centos/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x 86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. http://centos.lsrv.co.il/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp m: [Errno 4] IOError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:28 http://centosg.centos.org/centos/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x 86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:14 http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/centos/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPM S/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:03 http://centost.centos.org/centos/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x 86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:03 http://centos.intergenia.de/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64 .rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:04 http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/centos/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-D BI-1.40-8.x86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:04 http://centosb2.centos.org/centos/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8. x86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:05 http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/centos.org/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DB I-1.40-8.x86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rp 100% |=========================| 467 kB 00:02 http://centose.centos.org/centos/4.3/os/x86_64/CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x 86_64.rpm: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. Error: failure: CentOS/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.40-8.x86_64.rpm from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 18, Issue 13
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

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-2006:0635 Important CentOS 3 i386 XFree86 - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2006:0635 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 XFree86 - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:09:22 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2006:0635 Important CentOS 3 i386 XFree86 - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20060822120921.GA24380(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2006:0635 XFree86 security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0635.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-base-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-devel-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-doc-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-font-utils-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-libs-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-libs-data-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-sdk-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-syriac-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-tools-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-twm-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-xauth-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-xdm-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-xfs-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-Xnest-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/XFree86-Xvfb-4.3.0-111.EL.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/XFree86-4.3.0-111.EL.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update XFree86\* 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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centos 4.3 on esx server high load early hours carn't connect.
by Andy Dean 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hi posted this on the forum but then found the mailing list :-) so hope it's ok to post to the list aswell. we have a centos 4.3 server running samba, winbind and squid authenticating by winbind to our NT domain. Once in a while in the early hours it has the below error in /var/log/messages this causes the machine to fail and we carn't connect to it. It's double dutch to me, hopefully someone on here will have a suggestion though. TIA Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000024 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: printing eip: Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: c0187833 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: *pde = 1859f067 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: Modules linked in: md5 ipv6 autofs4 sunrpc button battery ac shpchp pcnet32 mii floppy dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror ext3 jbd dm_mod mptscs$ Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: CPU: 0 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c0187833>] Not tainted VLI Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: EFLAGS: 00000283 (2.6.9-34.0.2.EL) Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: EIP is at iput+0x14/0x61 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: d5b68bf4 ecx: d5b68c04 edx: d5b68c04 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: esi: d5b68bf4 edi: 00000074 ebp: efeee9e0 esp: c17f5eec Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: Process kswapd0 (pid: 28, threadinfo=c17f5000 task=c17de0b0) Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: Stack: dc8ba048 c0182a6d 00000000 000000d8 00000000 c01834b2 c0152e0b 0017ed00 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: 00000000 000001fe 00000000 00000bff 000000d0 00000020 c0360ba0 00000000 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: c0360ba0 00000000 c015444b c01131cc 00000bff c17f5f9c 0000000d 00000000 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: Call Trace: Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c0182a6d>] prune_dcache+0x2fe/0x49d Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c01834b2>] shrink_dcache_memory+0x14/0x2b Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c0152e0b>] shrink_slab+0xf7/0x14c Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c015444b>] balance_pgdat+0x1b3/0x2cb Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c01131cc>] sched_clock+0x30/0x73 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c015461c>] kswapd+0xb9/0xbb Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c011e867>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c031139a>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x14 Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c011e867>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c0154563>] kswapd+0x0/0xbb Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: [<c01041dd>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: Code: 5b 5e e9 18 de ff ff 83 78 24 00 75 05 e9 4e fb ff ff e9 72 fd ff ff 53 85 c0 89 c3 74 58 83 bb 9c 01 00 00 20 8b 80 d4 00 00 00 <8b>$ Aug 22 04:03:15 wssproxy kernel: <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000024 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: printing eip: Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: c0187833 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: *pde = 00000000 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: Oops: 0000 [#2] Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: Modules linked in: md5 ipv6 autofs4 sunrpc button battery ac shpchp pcnet32 mii floppy dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror ext3 jbd dm_mod mptscs$ Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: CPU: 0 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c0187833>] Not tainted VLI Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: EFLAGS: 00000283 (2.6.9-34.0.2.EL) Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: EIP is at iput+0x14/0x61 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: d5b6868c ecx: d5b6869c edx: d5b6869c Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: esi: d5b6868c edi: 00000080 ebp: efeee9e0 esp: ccd32cf4 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: Process prelink (pid: 1580, threadinfo=ccd32000 task=c7e74c50) Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: Stack: dc8bad68 c0182a6d 00000000 00000080 00000000 c01834b2 c0152e0b 0017d400 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: 00000000 00000008 00000000 0002b94a 000001d2 00000020 c0360fbc 000001d2 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: 0000000b ccd32db0 c01541c8 0002b94a 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000020 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: Call Trace: Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0182a6d>] prune_dcache+0x2fe/0x49d Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c01834b2>] shrink_dcache_memory+0x14/0x2b Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0152e0b>] shrink_slab+0xf7/0x14c Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c01541c8>] try_to_free_pages+0xb9/0x189 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c014c3aa>] __alloc_pages+0x1fe/0x2f7 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c014f250>] do_page_cache_readahead+0x14b/0x262 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c014f4cb>] page_cache_readahead+0x164/0x20a Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c014872e>] do_generic_mapping_read+0x11c/0x403 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0148c3e>] __generic_file_aio_read+0x160/0x17a Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0148a15>] file_read_actor+0x0/0xc9 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0148c98>] generic_file_aio_read+0x40/0x47 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0168a4a>] do_sync_read+0x97/0xc9 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0179a94>] open_namei+0x2c5/0x542 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0167c76>] filp_open+0x5c/0x70 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c011e867>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2d Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0168b32>] vfs_read+0xb6/0xe2 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c0168d45>] sys_read+0x3c/0x62 Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: [<c031147b>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: Code: 5b 5e e9 18 de ff ff 83 78 24 00 75 05 e9 4e fb ff ff e9 72 fd ff ff 53 85 c0 89 c3 74 58 83 bb 9c 01 00 00 20 8b 80 d4 00 00 00 <8b>$ Aug 22 04:03:16 wssproxy kernel: <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds Aug 22 04:03:18 wssproxy ntpd[1937]: sendto(193.13.9.98): Bad file descriptor Cheers Andy Dean E-Mail Disclaimer: The information in this e-mail is confidential, and may be legally privileged. 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RE: [CentOS] Struggling with javac
by Mark Schoonover 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

John Hinton wrote: > I've installed jdk-1_5_0_08-linux-i586.rpm and Tomcat. > > Working through some initial test install programs, I am finding that > I can't seem to compile .java files into classes. > > For instance... > > javac -classpath /usr/local/tomcat/common/lib/servlet.jar > HelloWorld.java > > as instructed fails with a > > gij: unrecognized option -- `-classpath' > Try `gij --help' for more information. > > So then I notice there is no servlet.jar file, but instead a > servlet-api.jar.. I change the command and it fails with the same > problem. Trying the command without the -class and without the path > fails with path errors. So it's sort of like this -classpath switch is > either pathed wrong somewhere or is deprecated? > > This is on a CentOS 3 server. Anybody run into this? Do you have a > solution? > > Thanks, > John Hinton John, As a guess, how about --classpath?? You're showing -classpath.... I'm just guessing, don't program in Java... Mark

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Problem after installing audacity
by Kari Salovaara 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hi, I installed audacity and after installation I get an error message. Whole sequence below. What to do ? I'm using Centos 4.3 updated to current level and this installation was done under root (su). --- "log" starting --- ># yum install audacity Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for audacity to pack into transaction set. audacity-1.2.4b-1.2.el4.r 100% |=========================| 12 kB 00:00 ---> Package audacity.i386 0:1.2.4b-1.2.el4.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libid3tag.so.0 for package: audacity --> Processing Dependency: libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0 for package: audacity --> Processing Dependency: libsndfile.so.1 for package: audacity --> Processing Dependency: wxGTK >= 2.4.0 for package: audacity --> Processing Dependency: libsndfile.so.1(libsndfile.so.1.0) for package: audacity --> Processing Dependency: libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0(WXGTK_2.4) for package: audacity --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for libid3tag to pack into transaction set. libid3tag-0.15.1b-3.2.el4 100% |=========================| 3.7 kB 00:00 ---> Package libid3tag.i386 0:0.15.1b-3.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Downloading header for libsndfile to pack into transaction set. libsndfile-1.0.16-1.el4.r 100% |=========================| 4.9 kB 00:00 ---> Package libsndfile.i386 0:1.0.16-1.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Downloading header for wxGTK to pack into transaction set. wxGTK-2.4.2-8.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 5.3 kB 00:00 ---> Package wxGTK.i386 0:2.4.2-8 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: wxGTK-common = 2.4.2-8 for package: wxGTK --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for wxGTK-common to pack into transaction set. wxGTK-common-2.4.2-8.i386 100% |=========================| 9.6 kB 00:00 ---> Package wxGTK-common.i386 0:2.4.2-8 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: audacity i386 1.2.4b-1.2.el4.rf dag 1.9 M Installing for dependencies: libid3tag i386 0.15.1b-3.2.el4.rf dag 49 k libsndfile i386 1.0.16-1.el4.rf dag 227 k wxGTK i386 2.4.2-8 kbs-CentOS-Extras 1.6 M wxGTK-common i386 2.4.2-8 kbs-CentOS-Extras 517 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 5 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 4.3 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/5): libid3tag-0.15.1b- 100% |=========================| 49 kB 00:00 (2/5): audacity-1.2.4b-1. 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 00:09 (3/5): wxGTK-common-2.4.2 100% |=========================| 517 kB 00:03 (4/5): libsndfile-1.0.16- 100% |=========================| 227 kB 00:01 (5/5): wxGTK-2.4.2-8.i386 100% |=========================| 1.6 MB 00:08 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: libsndfile ######################### [1/5] /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkdeinit_keditbookmarks.so.#prelink#.UsdrGb is empty, not checked. Installing: wxGTK-common ######################### [2/5] Installing: wxGTK ######################### [3/5] /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkdeinit_keditbookmarks.so.#prelink#.UsdrGb is empty, not checked. Installing: libid3tag ######################### [4/5] /sbin/ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkdeinit_keditbookmarks.so.#prelink#.UsdrGb is empty, not checked. Installing: audacity ######################### [5/5] Installed: audacity.i386 0:1.2.4b-1.2.el4.rf Dependency Installed: libid3tag.i386 0:0.15.1b-3.2.el4.rf libsndfile.i386 0:1.0.16-1.el4.rf wxGTK.i386 0:2.4.2-8 wxGTK-common.i386 0:2.4.2-8 Complete! ># audacity audacity: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk2_xrc-2.6.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory -- end of "log" --- If I understand right something bad in audacity specs due yum didn't install needed library or they are wrong version ? Regards, Kari -- Kari Salovaara Hanko, Finland

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RE: [CentOS] Very slow on I/O?
by Nielsen, Steve 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

In general what is the best way to see what has changed in a new CentOS kernel? (apart from looking at the %changelog) Steve -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:07 PM To: CentOS ML Subject: Re: [CentOS] Very slow on I/O? On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 11:52 -0700, David King wrote: > >> Just one more piece of information: a simple recompile isn't what > >> has fixed the problem every time, the recompile has involved an > >> upgrade to 2.6.16 as well > > There is a bad patch to the vm that makes the box use swap even > > when there is free RAM space available. Maybe that is what you are > > seeing. > > I don't think so, swap usage is only 440k > > > The fix will be in the 4.4 release kernel. > > What kernel version will be in 4.4? I can look this up myself too if > someone can kindly give me a pointer :) > _______________________________________________ 2.6.9-42.EL (on the 4.4 CD when released) or 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL (new out today ... will be an update)

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Very slow on I/O?
by David King 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

I seem to be having a problem with CentOS releases 4.2 and 4.3. On a fresh install (on two very different pieces of hardware, one Dell PowerEdge server and one Compaq Presario), the system seems to be extremely slow. It happens primarily during any hard disk I/O. It's slow enough that my mouse skips slowly instead of moving smoothly, and I am unable to type. It seems to freeze for milliseconds at a time, which makes typing difficult because while it is frozen it seems to not accept keystrokes (that is, if I type the letter 'f' twelve times, only four of them may appear, depending on timing). It may be unrelated, but the clock seems to go more slowly during I/O as well (i.e. during times of I/O the clock runs behind more and more). If I were to extract a large tarball, I would have to wait for the while thing to finish before I could interact with the system at all A simple recompile of the kernel from kernel.org sources (which, as you can imagine, takes quite a long time) fixes the problem entirely, though. So is there something that differs wildly regarding the I/O scheduler between the stock CentOS kernel and the stock kernel from kernel.org? It would really be more convenient to be able to keep our kernel up- to-date automatically using the built-in packaging tools, so I hope that someone has seen the problem and has a work-around

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Unable to open group file for writing
by Peter W. Merritt 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hello, Fresh install of 4.3, suddenly I can't modify the group file groupadd: unable to open group file grpck: cannot open file /etc/group removed /etc/group.lock /etc/gshadow.lock /etc/.pwd.lock Am I missing something ? Thanks in advance Peter

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linuxiso.ogr & docs
by Charles Sliger 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

The Readme file for the centos iso files says to get the docs for md5sum and CD burning from linusiso.org The linuxiso.org site has been down for many days. Is there an alternate site where these docs can be accessed? Charles L. Sliger, Information Systems Engineer, chaz(a)bctonline.com "No matter where you go, there you are..."

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Cool 'n Quiet
by Centos-admin 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hey all, Since moving a 4.3 x86-64 install from a single athlon64 to a new dual core AMD cpu it would appear that cool'n quiet is having trouble as is shown in the system logs; powernow-k8: ignoring illegal change in lo freq table-2 to 0x2 powernow-k8: transition frequency failed Any ideas ? Cheers, Brian.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 18, Issue 12
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

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-2006:0635-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 XFree86 security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:31:14 +1000 From: John Newbigin <jnewbigin(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2006:0635-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 XFree86 security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <44EA5052.30501(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the centos mirror: RHSA-2006:0635-01 Important: XFree86 security update Files available: XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-devel-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-doc-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-libs-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-tools-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-twm-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-xdm-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-xf86cfg-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-xfs-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-Xnest-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm XFree86-Xvfb-4.1.0-76.EL.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 18, Issue 12 ***********************************************

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CentOSPlus kernel - Request for input
by Johnny Hughes 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

OK, I am building the new CentOSPlus kernel for i386/x86_64. It is based on the 2.6.9-42.EL kernel that will be part of CentOS-4.4. Currently it has all the features of the older plus kernels and all the items turned on by the upstream provider in their main kernel ... except that XFS is being removed from this kernel (and added by a standalone module that has newer sgi code for xfs). I am not going to add patches to the kernel, but I will entertain requests to turn on features that are included and require users to have to recompile their kernels (that don't require adding patches). If you currently have to change the config file and recompile the kernel, tell me the config items you are turning on and I will see if I can roll them into the new CentOSPlus kernel. I need all the input in the next few days ... so don't put it off :) Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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syslogd/klogd problem on CentOS4.3
by Jeff Liu 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hi all, I have installed a CentOS4.3 box and migrated some application from FC1 to the new box, everything else runs perfectly except syslogd/klogd. /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog starts without any problem, but there is nothing logged into /var/log/messages, even I restart the service. However, I tried to shut the service down and run "syslogd -m 0 &" and "klogd -x &" as root from shell, it works good. I have spent a lot of time, but still can not figure out why it does not work when starts by init as a daemon. Anybody had the same issue before? Any suggestion is highly appreciated. Thanks, Jeff L

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[OT] RedHat's licence, CentOS rebuild
by Alain Reguera 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hello, I've been talking with some friends about the Redhat's SRPMs release issue. I've been reading the trademarks and some points of GPL. But get some confusion around the questions: Is redhat forced to release the sources of its product? Is redhat forced, due GPL licence, to make the sources of its product available to others (including those who don't buy the distro), and permit changes whenever the trademark guidelines were respected? There is some legal arguments that force the redhat's sources to be released. Is redhat's sources released by its kindness or because there is some legal document that enforced that. In a past post, I read that even if redhat close the distro, it has to release the sources to the client how buy the distro, so he/she would rebuild it and release a new one based on it as totally free. So, will CentOS have to buy the redhat distro to rebuild it and release it for free to the community in a close case ? Have we some guarantee that redhat will not close the srpms and the rebuilding will be safe ?. What does CentOS mean with: CentOS has no relationship with Red Hat(r), Inc. or RHEL. What happen with those countries that are not allowed to use redhat, can they use CentOS ? does redhat want this ? is this permitted by some legal argument. I'll really appreciate your comments about this, feel like I am in a neuronal crusade with this topic. my Regards to you and your Time Al.

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using windbind to connect to AD
by James Marcinek 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hello, After a couple of years using Samba as a DC I figured I would start working it the other way around. I'm using CentOS, the latest and tried to use the GUI manager. I am sort of confused as there are acutally 2 windows. I filled out both and supplied the name of the AD administrator. Do I just put the AD domain in there with .realm after it? (eg testdomain.com.realm)? I tried with and without I then tried to login with an AD user, but used his username only (eg user1) but it didn't work. I am assuming that with this type of authentication, I will be able to login with user's from the AD directory... Has anyone worked with this setup before? Thanks, James

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CentOS 4.4
by Shriramana Sharma 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

I only now joined the list, hello all! I saw in the MARC archives that the release of CentOS 4.4 was discussed, and promised to be about 2 weeks after the release by RH. Since the RH announcement was on Aug 10, I hope we can start downloading by Aug 24? -- Tux #395953 resides at http://samvit.org playing with KDE 3.54 on SUSE Linux 10.1 $ date [] CCE +2006-08-21 W34-1 UTC+0530

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OT Clarkconnect Firewall/Router updates
by w.arkwolf 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hello All, I have several Centos boxes I am very pleased with. I run another box with the Clarkconnect distribution as a dedicated firewall. Since the Clarkconnect distro is built from Centos I was wondering if anyone knows what needs to be installed on this box so that I could use yum to keep it up to date? Apologies if this is not the proper venue for this question. -Arkwolf

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Configuring Login to access Samba
by mbneto 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi, I'd like to use CentOS in my machines but I'd like to login using the same user/pass. Is it possible to configure KDM/GDM/whatever to check the user/password in my local samba. I would not want to create and mantain users in sync with a central passwd/shadow. Thanks.

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Anyone gotten qemu to operate in bride network mode on centos 4
by Jerry Geis 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

I have been asking on the qemu list how to get bridge network mode working under centos 4... To no avail. The following script is what I have tried as my /etc/qemu-ifup. It supposedly worked for fedora. #!/bin/sh # # qemu_up # # script to bring up the tun device in QEMU in bridged mode # # This script bridges eth0 and tap0. First take eth0 down, then bring it up with IP 0.0.0.0 # /sbin/ifdown eth0 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up # # Bring up tap0 with IP 0.0.0.0, create bridge br0 and add interfaces eth0 and tap0 # /sbin/ifconfig tap0 0.0.0.0 promisc up /usr/sbin/brctl addbr br0 /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 eth0 /usr/sbin/brctl addif br0 tap0 # # As we have only a single bridge and loops are not possible, turn spanning tree protocol off # /usr/sbin/brctl stp br0 off # # Bring up the bridge with IP 192.168.1.10 and add the default route # /sbin/ifconfig br0 192.168.1.10 up /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.1 #stop firewalls /sbin/service firestarter stop /sbin/service iptables stop Does anyone have qemu working in a bridged network mode and can share... I would appreciate it. When I boot my guest OS I do not get a DHCP address. Jerry

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connecting linux console using serial port (NOW PPP)
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Alex, in this case of setting up PPP on my linux, do I have to run "s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -n 2 -s 115200 /dev/ttyS0 " in inittab file? Thanks again; Regards; Israel Quoting israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> : > Alex, thanks for your soon answer, but in case I want to configure PPP > on this server, what files do I have to configure? > Can I login in this server using SSHD over a PPP conection? First you'd uncomment that /AutoPPP/ line in login.config file. Depending if you want to allow or not direct login on modem line, you'd eiteher leave or comment out the "/bin/login" line at the end of a file. Than you'd need to install pppd and configure it. You'd go to /etc/ppp. Edit options and options.ttyS0 files, and probably take a look into chap-secrets and pap-secrets (by default they should be setup as fallthrough to /etc/passwd, unless you changed them). You might put something like this into options file: lock crtscts proxyarp 1.2.3.4: And something like this into options.ttyS0 file: :1.2.3.5 Change 1.2.3.4 to be the IP address of the server (box where the modem is). 1.2.3.5 is the IP address that will be assigned to the client that connected from ttyS0. Make sure both addresses are on the same subnet. And you should be set to go.

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Connecting CentOS to IPSEC VPN (Checkpoint FW1)
by Dag Wieers 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi, Does anyone have experience using IPSEC on CentOS in order to connect to vendor IPSEC-based VPN products (specifically Checkpoint FW1) ? Is the included IPSEC implementation sufficient, or do people have to rely on OpenSWAN or FreeSWAN ? I'd be testing tomorrow and I'm interested with experiences others have had and things to look out for. Thanks in advance, -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]

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[Fwd: Re: [CentOS] Connecting CentOS to IPSEC VPN (Checkpoint FW1)]
by carlopmart 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Sorry Dag, it is possible to use linux as a roadwarrior client: http://www.fw-1.de/aerasec/ng/vpn-racoon/CP-VPN1-NG-Linux-racoon-roadwarrio… -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [CentOS] Connecting CentOS to IPSEC VPN (Checkpoint FW1) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:20:55 +0200 From: carlopmart <carlopmart(a)gmail.com> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0608211506400.10079(a)horsea.3ti.be> Dag, Using Openswan, racoon, etc ... as a IPSEC gateway to interoperate with CP FW-1 NG R55, NGX and so on is possible, but it is not possible to configure as a roadwarrior linux client. Bye. Dag Wieers wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have experience using IPSEC on CentOS in order to connect to > vendor IPSEC-based VPN products (specifically Checkpoint FW1) ? > > Is the included IPSEC implementation sufficient, or do people have to rely > on OpenSWAN or FreeSWAN ? I'd be testing tomorrow and I'm interested with > experiences others have had and things to look out for. > > Thanks in advance, > -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- > [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power] > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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FW: FDISK Help please in Centos 4.3
by Rajeev R Veedu 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi, Is it possible to create one raid volume of 3.3 TB (9550SX-8lp X WD5000YS - 8nos) and create a file system with ext3? (CentOs4.3 64bit) The maximum I am getting is 1.24tb and fdisk returns no more space available. But when I say fdisk /dev/sda it list full size of 3.3 TB. But I can not create partitions more than 1.24TB. Any idea? Thanks Rajeev

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Flash streams sound distorted
by fredex 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

Hi gang! I'm hoping for some advice here,... I've been having this problem for a while and have come to the point where I need someone else's guidance/suggestions/help... I'm running a Cenotos-4 system. It was originally a TAO Linux-1 system, that was upgraded to Tao-4, and subsequently switched (via yum, using the procedure created by the Tao maintainer with--I assume--assitance from the Centos maintainers) to Centos-4. Ever since the upgrade from tao-1 to tao-4, Flash audio is horribly distorted. I've reinstalled the flash-7 plugin more than once, most recently today. Today I also went through the entire system making sure there is only a single copy of the files flashplayer.xpt and libflashplayer.so, and that they are the newest ones from today. What brings it to a head today is that my local NPR station appears to have switched to providing their audio stream as flash. At least I am no longer offered any choice (it used to allow us to choose windows media, real, or quicktime, all of which worked with mplayer), flash being what I get. I'm open to suggestions. Thanks in advance! Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------

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build Centos source/rpms from scratch...
by bruce 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

Hi... as a project, i'm trying to find the Centos Source code/rpms, in droder to completely build the OS from scratch. I'm going to also want to build the OS in the debug mode. can someone point me to the codebase, as well as any docs that cover the overall process.... it's been quite awhile since i've done this process... thanks

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RPMforge for RHEL4: libevent dependency problem
by Bart Schaefer 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

---> Package libevent.i386 0:1.1b-1.el4.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libevent-1.1a.so.1 for package: tor --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: libevent-1.1a.so.1 is needed by package tor

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RE: [CentOS] amavisd for CENTOS or spamassassin
by Wright, Paul 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

> I just rebuilt my mail server with postfix and cyrus-imapd. Can anyone > tell me how to setup spamassassin or amavisd for this? > Here is the guide I used - it only took minor tweaking for my Centos-amavisd-postfix box. http://www.akadia.com/services/postfix_amavisd.html Regards, Paul

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Updating Kernel with Up2date
by Rajeev R Veedu 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

Hi, I have installed Centos 4.3 64bit with Kernel 2.6.9-34 using a driver disk for 3ware raid controller. I had partitioned this raid disk with Parted, and made ext3 file system on it. mounted and updated in /etc/fstab. It automatically mounts when I reboot the machine. Now when I do an up2date and update the kernel to 2.6.9-34-0.2 the system doesn't recognize the raid disk. I have checked the /lib/modules/2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi folder and found the files 3w.9xxx.ko and 3w.xxxx.ko. But when the system boots with the new kernel it doesn't detect the 3 ware Raid disk. Any idea why this could happen. ? Thanks Rajeev R Veedu

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amavisd for CENTOS or spamassassin
by James Marcinek 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

Hello all, I just rebuilt my mail server with postfix and cyrus-imapd. Can anyone tell me how to setup spamassassin or amavisd for this? Thanks, James

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CentOS vs. Nokia Phones
by Rodrigo Barbosa 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have been trying to access my Nokia 6230 using a DKU-2 data cable from CentOS, with some weird results. Interesting thing is that I have VMWare installed on this machine and, if I install the Nokia Suite inside it, it can access the phone without problems. So all hardware related parts are working. Anyway, kernel load the cdc_acm module, and gives me /dev/ttyACM0. Accessing this tty (cu -l, minicom, take your pick), I can issue AT commands and get responses. So far so good. But then I try to access it using some software (gnokii, obex, gammu), it simply won't work. Trying to use usbserial instead of cdc_acm gives exactly the same result. Does anyone has any better experience with this setup ? TIA, - -- Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE5m7kpdyWzQ5b5ckRAmogAJ9CdosIhqY+dvFAOc9uN37ZTcbmyQCeKUTy 8EyZhE9sGV5QLJbRyWffxF8= =9IZQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Tape backup question.
by Geert Batsleer 20 Aug '06

20 Aug '06

Hello, I want to backup my PE2800 on tape but I'm not sure how to do this. My PE2800 has a RAID5 setup with 2 72GB SCSI disks and a Seagate DAT-2 72GB internal tape-streamer and I'm running Centos 4.3 with the latest yum updates. I'm not sure if this tape-streamer is recognised by the OS properly because it doesn't show up along with my DVD/floppy I also recieved with the server a copy of Galaxy Express software from Dell but from what it looks this seems to be more of a client/server backupprogram and not really functional on a standalone server. So how does one backs up + restores a complete HD (incl. MBR) like a ghost image or something on a tape. Any good software or howto's you can suggest would be much appreciated. kind regards, Geert

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Big load
by Marek Dabrowski 19 Aug '06

19 Aug '06

Hello friends I've problem with my Centos 4.3. On start some information: 1. serwer HP DL 380 x Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.40GHz 2. RAM 4GB 3. HDD storage FC 4. kernel 2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP This serwer is working with another one (that some configuration) in RHEL cluster (locking by DLM), as a file serwer with samba-3.0.22. Samba have about 100 simultaneus sessions. Problem is with load of my system. It's growing up. I disabled/enabled samba processes, disabled backup system, disabled antyvirus for samba, but this didn't help. CPU utilization is 5-10%, ram utilization ~2GB. I don't have any idea what's wrong. Any suggestion? Regards Marek Sorry for my english

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info: Apache 2 bandwidth limitation problems solved
by dan1 19 Aug '06

19 Aug '06

Hello all, Just a little info for users of Apache 2 amoung you who use bandwidth limitation, mainly ISPs. I was using mod_bwshare (old: bw_share), one of the only bandwidth limitation by IP available, during one year with big problems for the bandwidth limitation (by IP and maximum amount), on CentOS 4. That introduced a slowness on the apache server and depending on the main DNS used, it did result in pages being stuck for about 5 seconds every so often. It was hard to define where the problem came from (apache, php, mysql, etc..). Now the problem has been found, and this has been solved in mod_bwshare V0.2.0. It did force a double hostname lookup before, which was not needed and slowed down the user's response time of apache. The DNS requests are now also much less frequent, only one per new IP logged, instead of more than 10 per seconds before. I think that now it is very reliable (tested on my production server), and thus it might interest some of you. Hope this helps someone, sorry if it disturbs anybody but I felt this important to tell it here as I had no answer when I posted my requests to find the solution. Greetings, Daniel

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extending ext3 filesystem on logical volume
by James Marcinek 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

hello all, I am trying to expand my /var file system which resides on a logical volume. I successfully issued the lvextend command. However when I try to issue the ext2online command I receive a return code of 3 which the man pages indicates: ext2online /var ext2online v1.1.18 - 2001/03/18 for EXT2FS 0.5b ext2online: group 0, block 7 not reserved ext2online: unable to resize /dev/mapper/root_vg-lv_var echo $? 3 3 Error in pre-resizing (user space) operation Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. I would prefer doing this online... thanks, James

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connecting linux console using serial port (NOW PPP)
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Alex, thanks for your soon answer, but in case I want to configure PPP on this server, what files do I have to configure? Can I login in this server using SSHD over a PPP conection? Regards; Israel > Just terminal access -> I want to login in my linux server connecting > through the modem connected in /dev/ttyS0 Not sure if this is complete. Install mgetty if not already present on your system. Go to /etc/mgetty+sendfax directory. If you have CallerID feature on your phone line (and you should get it if you don't have it yet), edit dialin.config file and add telephone numbers you will be dialing from. At least this will prevent clueless script-kiddies from getting login prompt on your modem line. I know that some of my modems get regullary probed from strange phone numbers (and those are dedicated modem lines -- no voice calls on them, not listed in white pages, too often on too many lines to be the simple case of wrong number). While there, check login.config file. If you don't want PPP on it, make sure /AutoPPP/ is commented (should be default). Make sure "* - - /bin/login @" line is not commented (should be last line in the default config file). That's the line that will give you login prompt. Edit /etc/inittab and add something like this: s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -n 2 -s 115200 /dev/ttyS0 The "-n 2" tells mgetty to pick up the phone after second ring. You need to wait till second ring because telephone company sends CallerID information between first and second ring. If you configured mgetty to answer after first ring, it would never get CallerID information. Execute "telinit q" as root (this tells init process to reread inittab file). Configure and connect modem and you should be set to go. I do not recommend allowing root to login directly from modem line (could be configured by editing /etc/securetty and /etc/security/access.conf files if needed, but not wise idea). Login as normal user, than su to root. --

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connecting linux console using serial port
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

uoting israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu: > Hi, I have a serial modem connected to /dev/ttyS0 on my CentOS server, I > want to set up this server to allow connections through this serial > modem but only to the console.... (I want to log in)... > > PS: I don't want PPP, I just want to get my linux console through this > serial modem... > > What do I have to configure on my linux? >Hmmm... Do you want *console* (as in /dev/console) or just terminal >access (as in /dev/ttySO)? Just terminal access -> I want to login in my linux server connecting through the modem connected in /dev/ttyS0 -- NOTICE: If you are not intended recipient, you are hereby notified that by reading this message you agreed not to disturb frogs during mating season. For more info, visit http://www.8-P.ca

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new centos 4.4 kernel
by Jerry Geis 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

I have heard rumblings about the new kernel for 4.4 A change was made to the kernel for disk I/O to make it better/faster. I havnt heard/seen anything about what that really translates to. Any thoughts/opinions on this. jerry

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RE: Re: [CentOS] connecting linux console using serial port
by pctech＠mybellybutton.com 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

>Quoting israel.garcia(a)cimex.com.cu: > >> Hi, I have a serial modem connected to /dev/ttyS0 on my CentOS server, I >> want to set up this server to allow connections through this serial >> modem but only to the console.... (I want to log in)... >> >> PS: I don't want PPP, I just want to get my linux console through this >> serial modem... >> >> What do I have to configure on my linux? > >Hmmm... Do you want *console* (as in /dev/console) or just terminal >access (as in /dev/ttySO)? > The easy way is to configure the modem so that it is in Auto-Answer mode all of the time. Once it is in auto-answer mode it will answer when you dial it and then you will see what the is transmitted to it via the serial cable. Then follow the instructions for setting up Linux to use the serial port for output/input. If you don't have that information at your fingertips it is as follows: 2.3 Configuring Headless Operation By configuring “headless” operating we will be able to manage the system via a cable plugged into the serial port of the system. This obviates the need to plug a keyboard and monitor into it to perform changes. Thus the term “headless”. 2.3.1 Changes to /etc/inittab The /etc/inittab file contains settings that get applied to the Operating Systems at boot time. There are some changes that need to be made to these settings. In order to edit the /etc/inittab file type: vi /etc/inittab Typing this command will open the /etc/inittab file for editing. As stated earlier the 18th line down is the run level line. Add the following line to the file: S0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 9600 linux This line sets the Operating System to be able to send boot time information to the serial port in addition to the console. After you have made these changes to the /etc/inittab file press the colon (: ) key and then type wq to quit vi and save the changes. 2.3.2 Changes to /etc/securetty The /etc/securetty sets the controls for which TTY devices that the root account can log on via. In order for us to be able to log onto the serial console as root or to be able to su to root we must add a line to the file. In order to edit the /etc/secuertty file type: vi /etc/securetty Typing this command will open the /etc/secuertty file for editing. Add the following line to the end of the file: ttyS0 This line sets the Operating System to allow root to log on to the serial port in addition to the console. After you have made these changes to the /etc/securetty file press the colon (: ) key and then type wq to quit vi and save the changes. 2.3.3 Changes to the Boot Loader In order for boot-time messages to be sent to the console, including the boot loader information some changes must be made to the configuration file for it. The boot loader that CentOS uses is GRUB. As such, the configuration file is /etc/grub.conf. The first change that we must make is to add some lines after the timeout line in the GRUB configuration file. In order to edit the /etc/grub.conf file type: vi /etc/grub.conf Typing this command will open the /etc/grub.conf file for editing. Add the following two lines after the timeout line in the configuration file: serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 terminal --timeout=5 serial console Another change that we must make in the GRUB configuration file is to tell the kernel to send out all kernel-level messages to the serial port in addition to the console. That is done by adding the following line to the end of the kernel line: console=tty1 console=ttyS0 After you have made these changes to the /etc/grub.conf file press the colon (: ) key and then type wq to quit vi and save the changes. Once you have made these changes reboot the system by typing by typing: reboot The system will now reboot. >-- >NOTICE: If you are not intended recipient, you are hereby notified >that by reading this message you agreed not to disturb frogs during >mating season. For more info, visit http://www.8-P.ca/ > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS(a)centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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connecting linux console using serial port
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hi, I have a serial modem connected to /dev/ttyS0 on my CentOS server, I want to set up this server to allow connections through this serial modem but only to the console.... (I want to log in)... PS: I don't want PPP, I just want to get my linux console through this serial modem... What do I have to configure on my linux? Thanks for your time Regards; Israel

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change default columns in init 3?
by Yiorgos Stamoulis 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hello list, How can I change the init 3 shell default $COLUMNS ? (I am trying to wean myself from GUI) Thanks

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Netdump
by bruce 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

hi... has anyone ever used netdump?

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Tomcat Virtualhost Question
by John Hinton 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

I have tomcat up and running (manager operational) and am serving genuine Apache Tomcat Error Reports from a virtualhost. :) So, it looks like I'm good up to the point of creating a WEB-INF directory inside of the virtual docroot. Can someone tell me how this should be done? Permissions.. contents.. or if I'm just supposed to pull this from somewhere in the Tomcat installation? I have googled my butt off and not found a thing about how this directory should be created. Thanks, John Hinton

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Upgrading GFS/RHCS for CentOS
by carlopmart 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Hi all, Somebody knows when RHCS and GFS kernel dependant packages will be upgraded to use it with kernel version 2.6.9-34.0.2?? I nee to update my kernels due to security policy on my company and recent vulnerabilities discovered .... many thanks. -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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CentOSPlus kernel - Request for input
by Jerry Geis 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Johnny, If you could change the following config in the new kernel: Device Drivers -> Character Devices -> Serial Drivers change Max number of 8250 serial ports from 4 to 36 change Number of 8250 serial ports to register at runtime from 4 to 36 Thanks, jerry

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Re: [CentOS] Help: Marvell sk98lin driver missing from Centos 3 PXE initrd.img
by Ian Kaufman 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi Mike, It may not be what you did, but rather the sk98lin drivers being horribly broken, especially with the newer Yukon 88E805X gigabit NICs. I just struggled with a backported version of the sky2 driver in the 2.6.9-34.0.2 kernel and the 88E8055 Yukon NIC (as found on the latest Fujitsu T4210 tablet convertible). Unfortunately, the backported drivers I was sent only go back as far as 2.6.7 for compatibility. John Linville at Red Hat has some 2.4.21-44 test kernels that have slightly newer sky2 drivers: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel3/ I used his RHEL4 test kernels and it worked well, but alas other issues kept me from using it, and I had to backport the driver myself. Ian

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netdump rpms..
by bruce 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

hi... can someone tell me if the netdump rpms for centos are the same as the rhel4 rpms. also, are the rpms on the various rpm sites (atrpms/rpmfind.net/etc...) the same as the rhel4 rpms... thanks

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Strange apache behaviour
by Christian Nygaard 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi Centos folks! I'm trying to get a file with wget from Apache on Centos 3 and it doesnt succed. What could be the cause of this what is the resource that is not available, whats your oppinion? strace short output --------------------------- read(14, "GET /centos/3/os/i386/heade"..., 8000) = 133 read(5, 0xbfff99f3, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) strace longer output of the same ------------------------------------------------ writev(14, [{"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nDate: Thu, 17 A"..., 269}], 1) = 269 sendfile(14, 15, [0], 18475) = 18475 setsockopt(14, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK, [0], 4) = 0 setsockopt(14, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0 brk(0) = 0x9524000 brk(0x9546000) = 0x9546000 write(9, "192.168.0.4 - - [18/Aug/2006:00"..., 151) = 151 shutdown(14, 1 /* send */) = 0 poll([{fd=14, events=POLLIN}], 1, 2000) = 0 close(14) = 0 read(5, 0xbfffb313, 1) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) close(15) = 0 semop(1048577, 0x79e6bc, 1 <unfinished ...> Thanks for your input Chris

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