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CentOS-4 for ppc32
by Barry Brimer 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Can anyone tell me how the ppc32 version of CentOS-4 is coming along? Thanks, Barry

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Update among protected repos (with yum-protectbase-plugin)
by Alain Reguera 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Hello, >From http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumPlugins ---- This plugin allows certain repositories to be protected. Packages in the protected repositories can't be overridden by packages in non-protected repositories even if the non-protected repo has a later version. --- But jumps a doubt to me, can be updated packages among different protected repos? Suppose you have 2 protected repos A and B. First you install package pkg-N.rpm from repo A, then in repo B there is an update to the pkg-N.rpm which you installed from repo A. Is this update permitted? Greetings

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KDE auot-login
by Ryan 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Does anyone know how (in CentOS 4.3) to setup gdm to auto-login a local user with the KDE desktop? thanks

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convert from fedora with reiserfs to centos-4.3
by Robin Mordasiewicz 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

I upgraded a box running fedora core 2 to Centos-4.3 The fedora core box has a reiserfs file system, which I am assuming is not supported in the CentOS kernel. I tried the unsupported kernel but I still get a kernel panic. Can I either convert to ext3, or possibly install something that will make my reiserfs filesystem work ? --

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installing MySQL on 4.3 OR 'am I braindead or what?'
by Alexandru E. Ungur 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi all, On a fresh CentOS 4.3 box, suddenly what should have took usually around 60 seconds, now it makes me wonder if I can still perform simple sysadmin tasks, or should I get a long vacantion... # yum groupinstall "MySQL Database" Repository update is listed more than once in the configuration Repository base is listed more than once in the configuration Repository addons is listed more than once in the configuration Repository extras is listed more than once in the configuration Setting up Group Process Setting up repositories update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Passing package list to Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package libdbi-dbd-mysql.i386 0:0.6.5-10.RHEL4.1 set to be updated ---> Package MyODBC.i386 0:2.50.39-21.RHEL4.1 set to be updated ---> Package rsync.i386 0:2.6.7-2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package MySQL-python.i386 0:1.0.0-1.RHEL4.1 set to be updated ---> Package lftp.i386 0:3.4.2-1.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package sendmail.i386 0:8.13.1-3.RHEL4.3 set to be updated ---> Package perl-DBD-MySQL.i386 0:2.9004-3.1 set to be updated ---> Package unixODBC.i386 0:2.2.11-1.RHEL4.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.14 for package: perl-DBD-MySQL --> Processing Dependency: mysqlclient10 for package: MySQL-python --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: MySQL-python --> Processing Dependency: perl(String::CRC32) for package: lftp --> Processing Dependency: libdbi = 0.6.5-10.RHEL4.1 for package: libdbi-dbd-mysql --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: libdbi-dbd-mysql --> Processing Dependency: mx for package: MySQL-python --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: MyODBC --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package mx.i386 0:2.0.5-3 set to be updated ---> Package libdbi.i386 0:0.6.5-10.RHEL4.1 set to be updated ---> Package perl-String-CRC32.i386 0:1.3-1.2.el4.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.14 for package: perl-DBD-MySQL --> Processing Dependency: mysqlclient10 for package: MySQL-python --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: libdbi-dbd-mysql --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: MySQL-python --> Processing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 for package: MyODBC --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.14 is needed by package perl-DBD-MySQL Error: Missing Dependency: mysqlclient10 is needed by package MySQL-python Error: Missing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by package MySQL-python Error: Missing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by package libdbi-dbd-mysql Error: Missing Dependency: libmysqlclient.so.10 is needed by package MyODBC Anybody have any ideea why this happens? This is a fresh install, no update, no nothing. Thank you in advance, Alex

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Centos 4 on Tyan S2895 with sata
by Gavin Carr 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone out there has got Centos 4 installed on a Tyan S2895 (that's a Thunder K8WE) motherboard on sata disks? I know about the forcedeth bug, but I'm getting installation hangs at random spots in the install, even off CD, in what seem to be nv_sata timeout problems. SuSE 10 is rock solid on the same box, so I don't think it's hardware, and I've tried two different sets of disks to rule out disk problems. Latest bios updates - tried both 1.02 and 1.03. Any success stories out there? Cheers, Gavin

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Need help installing rrdtools
by Chris Peikert 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

I am trying to install OpenNMS on Centos 4. The problem I am having now is I need to install rrdtools 1.2.7. Only problem is it doesn't come with a .bin or .rpm file to install it with. I have been trying to find someone who can help me install this program. If someone out there has successfully installed it please let me know so I can find out how you did it. Thanks

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CentOS 4.3 and apt-get
by Ralph Alvy 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

I see very clearly how yum accesses the CentOS repos when I look in /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo But I don't see any equivalent file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d All I have in that directory are list files like dag.list dries.list freshrpms.list ...etc.. How does apt-get know where to look for CentOS repo stuff?

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php + firebird/interbase
by Yiorgos Stamoulis 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

is there an easy way (yum install . . .) to add firebird/interbase support to php ? Everything that google came up with suggests downloading php sources and compiling with --with-interbase=/opt/... I 'd rather not do this as I would like to keep php yummable I have php php-5.0.4-5.centos4 thanx

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SELinux Problems (Was: [CentOS] Forum Decorum: a reminder seems appropriate.)
by Rodrigo Barbosa 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 07:06:23PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > SELinux has not been a problem for me on CentOS 4, RHEL 4 or FC-3 or > FC-4. There have been some changes with respect to SELinux in FC-5 > including new tools and new policies and I haven't grappled with them > yet but so far, SELinux hasn't created any obstacles that weren't > relatively easy to solve, and yes, there were times I needed some help. So, here is a interesting one for you :) In one of my CentOS machines (originally installed with 4.0, not 4.3), several of my files lost their selinux context information. Several others are with wrong values. Is there a way to restore the original selinux context on these files ? Maybe using RPM (even tho I don't think the value is stored on the RPM database, I'm not sure). Of course, reinstalling the machine is always an option, but since it is located on a datacenter (on another country), that might be a bit of a PITA. TIA, PS.: Another one for the "Good Thing(TM)": Never hijack threads. If you want to use the content of one e-mail to start a new thread, always remove the "In-Reply-To:" header line. :) - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob(a)suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEK06/pdyWzQ5b5ckRAoImAJ9AnKTrzjfXpaxDioU0bt/M4kMjPACfW01y VF6zgElVme4QgtyLrjxoWbc= =V31j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Has anybody recompiled Centos' default kernel on x86_64
by Bogdan Nicolescu 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

I haven't been able to recompile Centos' default kernel on 4.2, nor on 4.3 on an x86_64 The process fails with two different problems: 1. 'cannot find -lqt' error 2. offset.h.tmp missing Kind of weird not being able to recompile an integral part of the system on a system which is entirely based on recompilation. Based on second hand reports vanila kernel seems to compile o.k., but I don't want to go vanila if I don't have to.

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(OT) i586 kernel
by Robert 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

What incantations are used to build vmlzi586 and initi586.img found in the isolinux directory of the CentOS 4.3 DVD? I have an old K6-2 box that runs CentOS 4.3 fine but because of a few features, I'd really prefer to run FC5 on that machine and it won't install -- which is the reason for the (OT) in the subject. I found this blurb in the specs file: ---------------- %define KVERREL %{PACKAGE_VERSION}-%{PACKAGE_RELEASE} # groups of related archs # Added i586 kernel support (CentOS-4) #%define all_x86 i686 %define all_x86 i586 i686 # Override generic defaults with per-arch defaults ------------------ but somehow, that seems like too much magic in a too-small package. There must be a lot more to it!

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Using /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
by Oliver Schulze L. 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi, I wonder how does Centos4/RHEL4 manage iproute2's /etc/iproute2/rt_tables file? Does it has any scripts? It is used in ifup o initscripts? Many Thanks Oliver -- Oliver Schulze L. <oliver(a)samera.com.py>

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Metamail
by Fajar Priyanto 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi all, I'm setting up Hylafax with Centos4.2. Seems like it requires a package called metamail. I visited rpmfind.net but confused which package should I choose. There are one for RH4.2, RHEL AS 2.1. Curiously, there's none for FC. Thanks. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 17:11:39 up 6:15, 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org

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I am computer literate!
by Rodrigo Barbosa 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/tuttle_centos/ Why, oh why Johnny didn't you let him actually CALL the FBI ? It would have been a great show. I bet the FBI computer forensice professionals would have some great fun :) - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob(a)suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEJJ92pdyWzQ5b5ckRAocEAJ9ppA0jdbjHuPt8rNIhz+fEdDVBrACfc/rK NbqG1dPsG/3M3swNTLsrPbg= =JWCL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Dante Socks server
by Mace Eliason 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi, I am running centos server 4.2 and I have installed dante-server socks proxy I yumed it off a dag repo. The problem I am having is configuring it. I have edited the sockd.conf file but it still tells me that I don't have an internal address setup. Does anyone have any suggestions. am I editing the wrong config file. if I do a locate sock*.conf I get the following list /etc/sockd.conf (this one was created by webmin plugin I downloaded for editing dante) /user/share/doc/dante-server-1.1.18/sockd.conf (this is the one I edited) /etc/socks.conf /user/share/doc/dante-1.0.18/socks.conf If anyone can help I would really appreciate it. Mace

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Kernel RPM
by PV Juliet 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi All, I have mailed same problem before also . I want to make the rpm for the kernel . so i took kernel source of bz2 format . IAfter unzipping i applied the following commands, make menuconfig and make rpm. So it created the RPM for kernel . But it's not updating the grub.conf and also not creating the initrd.img. After installing the rpm ,i have manually create the initrd.img and and changed the grub.conf . I want to know some informations like when the initrd.img creates ?? Can anyone knows how it can changed ?? Thanks in advance Regards juliet

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OT: New article: Let's block cracker using denyhosts
by Fajar Priyanto 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Dear all, I have written an article how to block cracker using denyhosts. This is the excerpts: Internet is a cruel world. Server owner that is always connected to the internet knows this. Crackers are always trying to hack into our server day and night, 24 hours, 365 days non-stop. How do we secure our server? There are many ways to do it, one of them is using denyhosts. With it, we can block those crackers after certain amount of failed login attempts. The article can be found at: http://linux2.arinet.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132&Item… Knowledge belongs to everyone, -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 21:26:21 up 12:02, 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org

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plesk on Centos
by William Warren 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Has anyone been able to get plesk to work on Centos? I am having a heck of a time getting it to install. -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/

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RE: [CentOS] network monitoring systems
by Miskell, Craig 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

> > It might be helpful if you could say what your monitoring > > requirements are? > > > > Camron W. Fox > > Hilo Office > > High Performance Computing Group > > Fujitsu America, INC. > > E-mail: cwfox(a)us.fujitsu.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS(a)centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > I don't really have any, I was just curious as to what was > popular among > CentOS users. > > If I had to give some requirements.... > - Free (as in speech and beer) or low cost > - SNMP capable > - ping / fping options > - GUI (http, I'd guess) of some sort for monitoring > - TCP connect options Checkout http://www.opennms.org/ It may suit your needs, Craig ======================================================================= Attention: The information contained in this message and/or attachments from AgResearch Limited is intended only for the persons or entities to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipients is prohibited by AgResearch Limited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. =======================================================================

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RE: [CentOS] Interesting story re CentOS
by Mike Kercher 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ralph Alvy > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:18 PM > To: centos(a)centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Interesting story re CentOS > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/tuttle_centos/ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Guess you missed the "I am computer literate" thread from last week :) Mike

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XFS only module needed for CentOS 4.3 kernel
by Fong Vang 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

The dev.centos.org site has the XFS kernel module RPMS for the CentOS 4.1 and 4.2 kernels. Will there be one for the kernel that shipped with CentOS 4.3? This is one of the 4.2 XFS kernel module RPM, e.g.: kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp-0.1-1.i686.rpm

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NFS client monitor script?
by Troy Engel 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

I'm having a problem with a flaky NFS server, I'd like to monitor the mounts from a client. Before I roll up my sleeves and start re-writing this: http://www.deadcat.net/viewfile.php?fileid=940 ...to work standalone (non-big brother), has anyone seen a script already floating around out there? thx! -te -- Troy Engel | Systems Engineer Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com

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system hangs on boot
by Fong Vang 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

I have a couple of systems here that are refusing to boot after the installation of CentOS 4.3 when done through Kickstart. They boot fine when installed from CD. The boot hangs after grub loads the kernel and initrd. The cursor is still flashing. The strange thing is that the same drive containing the OS installation boots fine when moved to a slightly older system (older system uses Nacona CPU. New system uses Irwindale CPU. Both use the same motherboard). Any idea how to troubleshoot it at this point? I've tried disabling USB, APIC, etc. without much luck. Thanks for any help.

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centosplus 4.3/x86_64 kernel-doc missing?
by David Thompson 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hi all. I don't see a kernel-doc package for the 34.106.unsupported kernel for amd64. Is that an oversight or did centosplus decide not to include it? There is a kernel-doc for 34.EL in the main centos tree.. Thanks much. Dave Thompson UW-Madison

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Interesting story re CentOS
by Ralph Alvy 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/tuttle_centos/

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Timeout when downloading messages
by spart cus 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hi To All Gurus, Im encountering some problems on my mailserver. When my clients are downloading their emails, when they reach around 15 mails downloaded somehow the connection stops. Im using Centos4.2, Postfix and Dovecot. Any one experiece these ? tia --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

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horde from CentOS Extras *security update required*
by Alexander Dalloz 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hi all, hi Johnny, Do we soon see a horde security update package in CentOS Extras for the recent vulnerability? http://www.horde.org/horde/ Maybe too other framework component updates of releases by 6th March? :) Cheers Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC2smp Serendipity 00:17:25 up 16 days, 1:05, load average: 0.20, 0.20, 0.27

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cfengine
by Tom Brown 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Anyone ever implimented cfengine on 4.x ? I am just looking for background and if there are any traps to fall into? thanks

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GRUB issue
by Imtiyaz Ansari 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hi all, I have created a custom CD of centos. The CD instals properly but doesn't ask for ethernet card configuration, further when installation completes and system reboots then first the GRUB comes and on selecting the kernel 2.6.9 it shows the error Filesystem type is ext2fs, type is 0X03 Error 15 ........... Press any key to continue And on pressing any key it reboots. Can anybody help ? Regards Imtiyaz

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Building php-5.1.2-5 and php-pear-5.1.2-5 rpms
by Mike Stankovic 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

I want to build the php-5.1.2-5 and php-pear-5.1.2-5 from the fedora devel SRPM's on CentOS 4.3. Whilst the php-5.1.2-5 builds from the php-5.1.2-5 SRPM, the 1.4.6-2 php-pear builds a php-pear-1.4.6-2 instead of php-pear-5.1.2-5 What am i doing wrong? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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CentOS 4.3 Upgrade vs Clean Reinstall
by Mike Stankovic 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

I upgraded via yum on a previously cleanly installed 4.2 and hhave had no issues. No dupliicate rpms. Has anyone had problems? I suppose had this been a 4 -> 4.1 -> 4.2 -> 4.3 this would be different. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Forum Decorum: a reminder seems appropriate.
by William L. Maltby 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

I point to the following *not* as a license for more experienced folks to become inordinately rude or terse with those who don't stick closely to the guidelines presented, but in the hope that some of the newer folks may have been ignorant of some of these "net common courtesies". My goal is that we'll see "better" questions than some of what we've had. It starts here http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#asking and goes through here Don't ask people to reply by private e-mail There is more of interest and there are postings on the web that are shorter and more focused on the "do your homework and reports pertinent data", but I'm getting the feeling that a general reminder is in order. HTH and no offense targeted at/to anybody. Bill

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Re: [CentOS] cfengine
by Alex Laslavic (Lenox) 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Works like a charm. I pulled a spec file off of dag, and modified it for my purposes, and built an RPM for it. There are still plenty of traps, but no more than with cfengine on any other system =). On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:00 +0100, Tom Brown wrote: > Anyone ever implimented cfengine on 4.x ? I am just looking for > background and if there are any traps to fall into? > > thanks > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- *********************************** * Alex Laslavic * Linux Engineer * WorldTravel BTI * x49511 * gpg/pgp key at * http://keys.jumpbox.net ***********************************

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getfullcomps.py
by James Olin Oden 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Just started trying to build Centos 4.x based distros (was doing this with Centos 3.x before), and I noticed that getfullcomps.py is gone from the comps-extras package. Is this no longer necessary? How does one automate the building of the comps.xml file now? Any pointers to new docs, because the old ones seem to still mention getfullcomps.py? Thanks...james

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What process is "x 1 0"?
by Henri Quan 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hi there. Installed CentOS4 and was going through the process list and noticed this entry. root 2440 2428 0 12:18 ? 00:00:00 x 1 0 What is it and why does it have such a mysterious entry? Thanks.

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Indiana timezone changing
by Jerry Geis 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

I have a couple questions... I am in Indiana and our time zone is changing. I used to choose America/Indiana/Indianapolis as the zone and we are changing to Eastern. Question 1) Is there a command line only way to change my timezone? I dont have access to X to run system-config-time. Doing a "system-config-time --help" or "system-config-time -h" did not give any information. Question 2) If the server is setup for NTP I presume I still have to change the time zone. Since Indiana-East is going away are the NTP time servers smart enough to know that Indiana-East is now just Eastern? Basically - do I have to change anything on my machines or does NTP just do it for me? Thanks, Jerry

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mdadm and smtp yum update issue
by Robert Hanson 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

greetings i have a newer centos 4.2 server using qmail for smtp the /etc/yum.conf has this in it exclude=spamassassin exim postfix sendmail so when i do a yum update to go to 4.3 i get this --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: smtpdaemon for package: mdadm --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: smtpdaemon is needed by package mdadm how should i procede from here? evidentally mdadm wants a known smtp function as i do not get this error until i stuff exim and postfix and sendmail in the exclude should i undo exim in /etc/yum.conf exclude and then after exim is installed then remove it? with rpm -e --nodeps exim or another way? yum remove exim or? thanks in advance... - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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ATI Radeon IGP 350M resolution problems
by Robert Moskowitz 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

My HP 4010 and the IGP 350M video card. I can only get it to go into 800x600 mode. At one time, Resolution Display (gnome desktop) was giving me an option of 1024x768 and if I selected it the monitor went crazy. Now I don't even get that higher resolution as an option. I have searched far and wide for information on this card and the Radeon linux driver. No help at all. My /etc/sysconf/hwconf has: class: VIDEO bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: Card:ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M desc: "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M" vendorId: 1002 deviceId: 4337 subVendorId: 0e11 subDeviceId: 005a pciType: 1 pcidom: 0 pcibus: 1 pcidev: 5 pcifn: 0 I might suspect that changing one of those values will give what I want. But I cannot find any information on what this all means. I have also read where some 3x0M owners have switched to the generic VESA driver with better success. I tried that and did not get a 1024x768 option to even try. Oh, I also tried the SystemTools -> Display utility, (this is what I used to switch drivers) and it also did not offer 1024x768. help? Pointers?

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Re: [CentOS] Method for autoinstalling new updates at install time(or very near to it)
by Alex Laslavic (Lenox) 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 10:26 -0500, Jay Lee wrote: > I have CentOS 4.3 as well as RHEL4u3 and FC5 setup on my PXE/HTTP Server > automating the install process. However, I'd also like to apply any > post update RPMS during installation also. Is there any easy method to > do this with out having to recreate the hdlist and other installation > files? My desire would be to have a updates directory that I can put > packages into and CentOS would check to see if a newer version of the > RPM exists in /updates. Any thoughts? Anaconda seems to exclusively build off of the hdlist, so you would have to rebuild it if you want to come out of the anaconda install with a fully patched system. I do this for Centos4 with no major problems. If you like, I can send you the commands that you need to run to do this. I actually keep a full package respository locally for Centos, and nightly pull down all the updates, and rebuild the hdlist, and yum headers. When I build servers, I use kickstart off of my own repository. 0 -> fully patched centos4 server in 5 - 10 minutes, depending on what is installed =). I then keep servers updated with yum, off of the same repository. > > My goal is to get away from the need to download 200+ megabytes of > updates after each install. I know I could setup my own yum updates > server and then point each new install at that instead of the mirrors > but I wanted something slightly more automated. Can anyone else tell me > how their doing this? If you use kickstart, you can always add a yum -y update in the %post section. You'd still have to download 200MB of data, but at least it would be part of the build. > > Jay > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- *********************************** * Alex Laslavic * Linux Engineer * WorldTravel BTI * x49511 * gpg/pgp key at * http://keys.jumpbox.net ***********************************

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Method for autoinstalling new updates at install time (or very near to it)
by Jay Lee 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

I have CentOS 4.3 as well as RHEL4u3 and FC5 setup on my PXE/HTTP Server automating the install process. However, I'd also like to apply any post update RPMS during installation also. Is there any easy method to do this with out having to recreate the hdlist and other installation files? My desire would be to have a updates directory that I can put packages into and CentOS would check to see if a newer version of the RPM exists in /updates. Any thoughts? My goal is to get away from the need to download 200+ megabytes of updates after each install. I know I could setup my own yum updates server and then point each new install at that instead of the mirrors but I wanted something slightly more automated. Can anyone else tell me how their doing this? Jay

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AIDE Reports changed:/boot/grub/stage2
by John Thomas 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

My daily AIDE report suggests Grub's stage2 file has changed. Could I trouble you for your opinion about how concerned I should be and what to do if your concern is moderate or higher? File: /boot/grub/stage2 MD5 : Mlkt9ZVo59SSjvodt+956Q== , yIQIMP6TUHG5BegtoOk0ug== SHA1 : ZxehaXSXcnH/WlcInHpFnyT1vcg= , dReBGlO3DIAB+mjsxUWioB8NlbE=

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dovecot vs Cyrus-Imapd
by Bob Pierce 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

I'm just preparing to build a new mail server for use at an ISP handling over 10,000 mailboxes and several domains. We're currently using Qmail, but we'd like to move away from that since we have now changed our inbound mail systems over to Postfix. Postfix will be receiving the mail, and I'm trying to decide between Dovecot and Cyrus-Imapd for the POP & IMAP service. Does anybody have any advice or opinions about which of these two packages would be better for a large installation. I'd prefer if the package could tie into MySQL for user authentication, and all mailboxes will be virtual in the sense that they won't have local system accounts. Thanks for your help. Bob.

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Server spontaneously rebooting under RHEL-4
by Benjamin J. Weiss 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hey, y'all! :) I've got an RHEL-4 server (yep, I know it's not CentOS, but hey we gotta send some money RH's way to keep CentOS up and going! ) that's running Oracle 10g. This same hardware worked just fine for over a year running RHEL-AS-2.1 and Oracle 9i. Now we're getting spontaneous reboots when running oracle processes that eat up a bunch of resources. I don't know where to go from here. It's got dual hyper-threading processors set to hyperthreading mode, and I understand that the 2.6 kernel used to have HT issues, but I thought that'd been solved. The kernel we're running is: 2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp (yeah, not the latest, I haven't had a chance lately to test and update the patches). I think the kernel settings are correct, what with 4gigs of ram: [root@sibrsdbs etc]# cat sysctl.conf # Kernel sysctl configuration file for Red Hat Linux # # For binary values, 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled. See sysctl(8) and # sysctl.conf(5) for more details. # Controls IP packet forwarding net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 # Controls source route verification net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1 # Do not accept source routing net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0 # Controls the System Request debugging functionality of the kernel kernel.sysrq = 0 # Controls whether core dumps will append the PID to the core filename. # Useful for debugging multi-threaded applications. kernel.core_uses_pid = 1 # oracle settings kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmax = 2147483648 kernel.shmmni = 4096 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 #fs.file-max = 65536 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000 net.core.rmem_default=262144 net.core.wmem_default=262144 net.core.rmem_max=262144 net.core.wmem_max=262144 I don't know how to look for the core dump, if there was one. I don't see anything named 'core' in the /root directory. I'm sucking wind, any suggestions? Thanks! Ben

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Re: CentOS Digest, Vol 14, Issue 29 (Automated Response: Vacation Notice)
by Ray Embertson 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

I will be out of the office, returning April 3rd.

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High CPU usage for migration kernel process
by Andy Armstrong 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

I've got a CentOS 4.3 box here which is exhibiting crazy (I think) CPU load on one of the four migration kernel processes: # ps ax | grep migration 2 ? S 0:08 [migration/0] 4 ? S 112:23 [migration/1] 6 ? S 2:48 [migration/2] 8 ? S 0:11 [migration/3] It's running kernel 2.6.9-34.ELsmp. Does anyone have any idea what might cause that? Thanks :) -- Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

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Another server hosed
by centos＠911networks.com 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hi, Just upgraded a remote 4.1 server [basically Samba] with yum update. Went through the process and every showed OK, when I did a restart, the only thing working is ping. I could ping it, but that's it. Could not connect anymore through SSH, could not connect through SMB. My smb.conf is still there and it still shows my settings. Testparm -L reports the correct info, but nobody can connect. I now have the server being shipped back. Anybody also having problems? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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Looking more repositories
by Josep M. 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hello. I´m newbie in centos, I would like know more repositories as DAG repository and if there is conflicts using several repositories. Thanks Josep --------------------------------- LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com

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Not able to install Centos 4.2
by Ravi Kumar. 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hi, Last week I bought a new system & downloaded Centos 4.2. Here is the detailed configuration of the PC: a) Seagate 80GB Sata HDD: Model Number:ST3808110AS b) ASUS ADN-VM Mother board c) AMD 3000+ 64bit d) Other things are common & dont think they are required in this context. I am not able to install Centos 4.2. After the step to check install media, I get this message: "No hard drives have been found. You probably need to manually choose device drivers for the installation to succeed. Would you like to select drivers now?" If I choose yes, I am shown a list of device drivers. I tried some of them, but nothing worked. I have tried installing both 32 bit & 64 bit versions of Centos 4.2. Each of them gave the same message. I googled a bit, but could not get anything to work for me. The HDD is installed properly. I was able to install another flavor of Linux (Mandriva). I did not try with Centos 4.3 because I have heard that Centos 4.2 fully supports SATA disks. Please help, Thanks & regards, Ravi.

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Kernel RPM
by PV Juliet 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Hi All, I am having the source code of kernel with patched(2.6.9). After untar iin kernels directory . I tried to make the rpm of the kernel with changing the extraversion in Makefile. After that i run the command "make rpm" . I made the kernel rpm but ii made the distribution . But it gives the kernel panic . I made the initrd manually so it worked . please give me some idea how can i make the initrd image ... Thanks in Advance Juliet

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