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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 7, Issue 13
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

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-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 i386 mozilla - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 mozilla - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 i386 firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CENTOSPLUS CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2005:789-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 mozilla security update (John Newbigin) 10. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) mozilla - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 4 i386 firefox security update (Karanbir Singh) 13. CESA-2005:785 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 firefox security update (Karanbir Singh) 14. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 i386 Mozilla - security update (Karanbir Singh) 15. CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 Mozilla - security update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:45:24 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:789 Critical CentOS 3 i386 mozilla - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050922224524.GA32714(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:789 mozilla security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-789.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-chat-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-devel-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-dom-inspector-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-js-debugger-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-mail-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nspr-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nspr-devel-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nss-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mozilla-nss-devel-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/mozilla-1.7.12-1.1.3.2.centos3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update mozilla\* 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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Problem with gnome
by Jean Lee 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hi all, I am using Centos 4.1 with Gnome and my updates are OK (When I do yum update, I have nothing anymore) Normally, with GNOME there's a task bar in the bottom of the screen. If we open an application and we minimize its window, it is always avalaible in this task bar. There are other things in this task bar : a button on the left which is used to minimize all the opened windows and 4 buttons on the right which are used to change the workspace. Yesterday, I had a problem with the station and I had to shut it down with the power button of the Linux station. After a restart, I had a message telling me that there were three applications which were shutted down uncleanly (I don't remember which) and know there is nothing anymore in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen (it is gray). The error message doesn't appear anymore. Does anybody already had this problem ? What can I do to restart this taskbar ? Thank you for your help. Jean LEE

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compatible wireless devices
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Can anyone recommend compatible wireless cards for desktops? Also what software/packages/etcwould I need to get the devices working? I have the centrino ipw2200 pkg running nicely on my laptop, I suspect that none of the desktop wireless cards will be this easy... Thanks in advance for any advice. ========================================== Your Mouse Has Moved. Windows must restart to affect the change(s). Reboot now [y/Y] ==========================================

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RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool
by Todd Reed 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Try OpenNMS. Nagios and Zabbix can also do historical data, although I'm not sure about SNMP. I've tried using both and by dar, I feel that OpenNMS is easier to work with. The installation of Tomcat and Java is the hardest item. I do know that OpenNMS can do SNMP. Pretty much, I give OpenNMS the IP address and it finds the common services. You may have to go in and define custom services (I had to since my Oracle servers have multiple listener ports). It will try the default SNMP string, but if you change it, there is a web form to change it. You can also enter your asset information through the web form. You can also create custom reports that can be called on the fly. Check out http://www.opennms.org for the screen shots and more information. I've been working with it for about 2 weeks and already I'm able to do more with it than Nagios or Zabbix. The only thing I liked about Nagios is the WRML graph, but I mainly want to see a status grid and that's it. --Todd -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:29 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 14:21, Todd Reed wrote: > I previously used Nagios and because of the painful configurations, I found > OpenNMS. It does all I need and more, being more easier than Nagios. It > uses PostgreSQL and runs on top of Tomcat4. Do any of these alternatives combine the ability to monitor current status with a grid-like display of many systems and services with notification alarms and also keep long-term historical graphs of values? I'm currently running spong for notifications/status and cacti for history/graphs, but I'd like to find something that does both with one snmp query. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Re: [CentOS] OT Apache Question
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

I have selinux set to warn only On Thursday 22 September 2005 21:58, you wrote: > this is a selinux issue. you need to adjust it's rules. > > > > ------------ Original Message ------------ > > > Date: Thursday, September 22, 2005 09:42:56 PM -0600 > > From: kevin.kempter(a)dataintellect.com > > To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> > > Subject: [CentOS] OT Apache Question > > > > Hi LIst; > > > > I would like to bring apache up to listen on an lternate port (like 81 > > instead of 80) however if I change the listen value in the httpd.conf > > file then it fails to start saying that : > > > > (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address :81 > > > > any Ideas?? > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS(a)centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ---------- End Original Message ----------

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Re: [CentOS] OT Apache Question
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

On Thursday 22 September 2005 21:59, you wrote: > kevin.kempter(a)dataintellect.com wrote: > > Hi LIst; > > > > I would like to bring apache up to listen on an lternate port (like 81 > > instead of 80) however if I change the listen value in the httpd.conf > > file then it fails to start saying that : > > > > (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address :81 > > > > any Ideas?? > > you're starting it as root, right? > > firewall? > > Maurice I dont have a firewall enabled on this box

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RE: [CentOS] Recommendation On Ping And Alert Tool
by Bowie Bailey 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

From: Kennedy Clark [mailto:hkclark@gmail.com] > > Great thread. Thanks to all for their input! > > Bryan asks a good question about whether we are looking for a > full SNMP tool. Actually, we have some pretty big systems > that already handle those functions. For this project, we > are just looking for ping-type "is it up or down" information > on a "subset of the overall network." > > It looks like Jacob's recommendation for Mon could be spot > on. But, that being said, OpenNMS and Zabbix look pretty > cool and worth a look (possibly for other projects with more > complex needs). Re a script, I was going to do something > like that if I couldn't get anything here :-) but I was > trying to avoid having to add in the "don't send and email > every time it checks during a prolonged outage" (just send at > the beginning and maybe the end). I'll second the recommendation of Mon. It is simple and powerful with very few requirements. Mon.cgi will give you web-based access to the status information. It also has the advantage of being written in Perl, so making minor changes to the monitoring or alerting routines is very easy. The logic to only notify once (or twice, or three times) per outage is built-in. You can also change the notification routines based on the time of day and/or day of the week. For instance, I set mine so that it doesn't bother notifying me about scheduled daily reboots of some of the servers. Bowie

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When RHCS will be out?
by carlopmart＠gmail.com 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi all, Somebody knows when RHCS for CentOS 4 will be out??? -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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Re: [CentOS] Kernel building
by Brian T. Brunner 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I've needed int0 (timer) to be sharable, and to change the basic timing interval, so I've had to modify & compile kernels from 7.1->7.3 Since the hardware had 64MB RAM as a fixed limit, stripping the kernel of unnecessary stuff was also helpful. I''ve not yet dug that far with my new CentOS. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> lesmikesell(a)gmail.com 09/22/05 02:16PM >>> On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 10:57, Sam Drinkard wrote: > Les, is there any performance hit by using the stock kernel? One reason > I ask, is the application that hopefully will be running if we can get > the compile done is very number-crunching intensive. In fact, that is > about all it does do aside from generating a few files. Altho I've got > more than adequate horsepower to handle the job, I was just curious if > there were any "standard reasons" to either build or not build. I haven't built a custom kernel since the modular approach included everything I needed somewhere in the RedHat 6.x era. I can't think of any reason to do it other than needing to add drivers that won't work as modules. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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watchdog for centos 4.1 and D865 intel motherboard
by Jerry Geis 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I have seem from searching hints that there is a built in watchdog on the intel 865 motherboards. I cant find info on how to activate it and use it. Can someone point me in the right direction? THanks,

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Kernel building
by Sam Drinkard 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I have not even decided if I want to undertake a kernel build, but for the sake of discussion, if everything happens to be in the stock kernel, why, other than file bloat, would you want to build a custom kernel? In FreeBSD, you can remove all those devices and drivers that are not needed, and, depending on how much stuff you add or delete, can make a decent size reduction in the kernel itself. I'm not smart enough to know if there is a performance trade-off with a whole bunch of unneeded modules or drivers in the kernel, but perhaps common sense tells me that there must be some kind of performance hit otherwise. Kernel building in Linux is very much different from the BSD camps, and I'll admit I'm not sure I understand enough about the Linux build process to undertake it. Comments appreciated...... -- Snowman

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Re: [CentOS] Mailing list guidelines and moderation
by Brian T. Brunner 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> rickm(a)gethen.net 09/21/05 05:25PM >>> On 9/16/05 9:30 PM, "Karanbir Singh" <kbsingh(a)centos.org> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I am looking to put together a set of guidelines for posting on the > CentOS Mailing Lists. The aim being that we come up with a framework > that is then enforceable by a moderator, should the need arise. > > Blanket user / thread moderation is something that I dont really want to > enforce here - but might be a necessary evil, over a short period of > time. End of the day, we are all educated sensible people - it should > not be too much to expect adherence to a reasonable set of guidelines. > > We also need contributions from the community to help on this effort, > the developers are already very stretched, and as has already been > pointed out - there are going to be other people, better qualified to > handle this role of moderator. If you are such a person - please get in > touch with me off-list, the sooner the better. 1. Don't be excessively annoying. 2. Don't be too easily annoyed. 3. Be generous with techical details that help the poster get the desired results. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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importing mails from a outlook express .dbx files
by Fatih Olcer 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi, i need to import mails from outlook express .dbx files to thunderbird, kmail or and other email client. thanks.

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deleting selected partition in kickstart
by Tony Schreiner 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I am trying kickstart for the first time, and am running into something I don't see described in the documentation. Somewhere between me and my purchasing department and Dell, my order for 6 PE 1850s was changed from "no installed OS" to WIndows. So I received the boxes with Windows pre-installed. I would like to delete the NTFS partition with Windows, but keep the Dell Utility partition on the first partition. In the documentation for kickstart, I see options for deleting linux partitions deleting all partitions but not one for deleting one or more specific partitions. Am I right about this? Thanks, Tony Schreiner Boston College

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Library
by Sam Drinkard 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Can someone tell me where I can find glibc-2.3.3 for either x86-64 or most likely i386. My yum stuff must be broken, or I don't know how to use it cause it can't find the lib. I'm looking on the CD's also, but so far, no luck. Thanks... -- Snowman

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Mailing list guidelines and moderation
by Karanbir Singh 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hey Guys, I am looking to put together a set of guidelines for posting on the CentOS Mailing Lists. The aim being that we come up with a framework that is then enforceable by a moderator, should the need arise. Blanket user / thread moderation is something that I dont really want to enforce here - but might be a necessary evil, over a short period of time. End of the day, we are all educated sensible people - it should not be too much to expect adherence to a reasonable set of guidelines. We also need contributions from the community to help on this effort, the developers are already very stretched, and as has already been pointed out - there are going to be other people, better qualified to handle this role of moderator. If you are such a person - please get in touch with me off-list, the sooner the better. - K

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XFCE 4.2 for CENTOS 3.4
by Primorec 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi, I would like to get xfce 4.2 desktop for CENTOS 3.4 in RPM format. I did google the net to no avail. Any hint ? Idea ? Igor

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Java -- again
by Sam Drinkard 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I must have something screwed up. When I try to yum the jave jre, it appears that its not finding the file. Below is the output from my command. I set the yum configuration from the web link someone posted, which is below the command output. Appreciate any help.. Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # yum install j2re mozilla-j2re Setting up Install Process Setting up Repos not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - gpgcheck=1 not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - enabled=1 dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 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 dag : ################################################## 2435/2435 update : ################################################## 186/186 base : ################################################## 1600/1600 extras : ################################################## 23/23 Parsing package install arguments No Match for argument: j2re No Match for argument: mozilla-j2re Nothing to do ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From /etc/yum.repos.d # cat dag.repo [dag] name=Dag RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/dag gpgcheck=1 enabled=1

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php4-cli package
by Andy Masiar 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi list, Was anyone successful in building and running a php4-cli rpm package for centos? I need it to run some php scripts via cronjob. Thanks! Andy

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firefox and mplayer failures
by Collins Richey 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Does anyone else have problems with playing video/audio files under firefox with mplayer? Almost everything I try (the latest were some .asf and .wmv clips) craps out under firefox, but if I save to disk and play with mplayer, they work just fine. CentOS 4.1 with latest updates and the following related to the problem. mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.0.rf mplayerplug-in-3.11-1.2.el4.rf mplayer-1.0-0.17.pre7.2.el4.rf firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.centos4 -- Collins Richey Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan

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Bryan Smith: Thanks for the IPCop recommendation
by Bill Maltby 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

A few weeks back I had tried to install CentOS on my old AMD 5x6x (equiv to P75 performance) with plans to use it as my firewall and router. Because there were some problems relating to RPM compile architecture (apparently), I posted and Bryan suggested IPCop, even at peril to his life on these lists ;-) according to him. ;-) ;-) Just wanted to tell him thanks, it's worked out well. Had three old ISA NICs (3Com combos BNC and TP), configured them for 3 different IRQs and IOBEG addresses and have it working beautifully. Have 3 zones and a recent download of several files sized *teen megabytes and larger gave me throughput of 590-600 KB/sec off my cable modem. I am out in the low-density boonies, but I still feel this is fairly impressive. They even have a boot diskette available to support those old BIOS that won't boot CDs, as this unit was. So, thanks Bryan. I'm trying to configure a backup unit on an old Aptiva DX2/66. Have 1 ISA Etherjet. Need a couple more ISA NICS that are configurable for IRQ/IOBASE. Anyone that wants to put two old good ISA NICS into a home where they will be cared for and appreciated, send me an email with details, if config diskette available (even if off the net), price, etc. I'll pay shipping too. Remove the underscores in the following address. w_ild-_bi_ll_(a)_tra_id._rr._c_o_m TIA

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Re: [CentOS] is there a possible solution to convert intel pro 2200 dsl winmodem to run under CentOS / linux?
by Robert 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

greetings, in regards to the question(s) i have posted to the list in in June and today in terms of the Intel Pro/DSL 2200 modem it is an internal pci card that is a dsl modem... or pry more correctly a dsl "winmodem"... it is not the intel product that is mentioned at this site... http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ a friend of mine mentioned this site... so... as you can tell there is an issue when doing searches between the intel pro/dsl 2200 modem and the intel pro/wireless 2200 units i think what i am struggling to do is find out if it is possible to load a CentOS box in such a WINEmulation or other emulation way and get this card to function on a CentOS box so i can turn cheap PCs into inexpensive gateways with this card... or, can someone recommend another internal DSL modem that i can do this with that supports DMT and works with CentOS - linux to be more specific ?? thanks in advance for any direction or pointers. - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computers & Internet Sales/Service www.abbacomm.net

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nautilus quit unexpectedly
by Jerry Geis 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I am getting sometimes a message about nautilus quiting unexpectedly. This is striaght centos 4.1 Any Ideas on what might be happening there. Jerry

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FWIW...
by Dave Laird 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Good morning, everyone... Perhaps this will either help or encourage others interested in using CentOS as a networked workstation. It is based upon my experiences, and all other disclaimers apply. 1. I did a basic workstation install from 4.1 CD's deploying KDE and Gnome desktops and, other than a few minor issues, mostly of my making, everything went smoothly. The install process is excellent, fairly cogent and straightforward. 2. I have used the Rekall database development application with MySQL for nearly a year under various permutations of Linux, most notably Debian and Mandriva. Since it is not delivered with CentOS, I was forced to locate and download the source. I also downloaded and compiled the xbase and xbsql (auxiliary utilities for Xbase) packages with no problems encountered, whatsoever. 3. Another favored application, the Pan Newsreader, has a dependency, the gnet libraries, which I found as a RedHat RPM, on rpmfind.net. Then I simply downloaded the latest Pan build, which has a number of bug fixes in BETA, and installed it from RPM. If you are going to use the latest Pan builds, you will need gnet >=2.04. [Glitches encountered] 1. I have not had the time to RTFM about XSane and its wicked permissions, yet. For the moment, however, I am resorting to firing off XSane as the super-user, since it will not work otherwise. I know it's in the manuals, I just haven't had the time to read the manuals that much, yet. ;-) 2. Of course, as nearly always is the case, regardless of which platform I've been using, I had to manually install the Java runtime and create a link for it in my Firefox configuration. It's not really a glitch; more like it is a fact of life. 3. KDE's kdetoys doesn't apparently come with CentOS. However, that is a project for yet another day, when I have time to truly explore it further. I probably will have to install it from source if I want the weather in my task bar. <sigh> I tried to install it from source, and there are errors from the source. Oh, well. Life goes on. Dave -- Dave Laird (Dave(a)kharma.net) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project An automatic & random fortune for the Minute: Life is like an egg stain on your chin -- you can lick it, but it still won't go away.

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Evolution
by Sam Drinkard 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

When I set up the Evolution mail agent, I could find no way to change the outbound port from 25 to 587. I have to do this due to port 25 being blocked by the cable company. Thunderbird is no problem. Altho I don't particularly use Evolution as a mail agent, there are times when I might use it, but its worthless without being able to send mail out to my server. Did I miss something in the options or setup or is there no provisions for changing the smtp port to another port? -- Snowman

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OT - Tool to pull data from the web?
by kevin.kempter＠dataintellect.com 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi all; I would like to pull data from some specific web pages that have for sale ads and insert the data into a database. Anyone know ofany tools that can help me with this?

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ThinClients: Java Appletes and JavaScript
by Todd Cary 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Has there been any Blogs or other discussions about Java Applets vs JavaScript? If appears (and I stress "appears") that JavaScript is getting the attention due to Googles use of AJAX and Java Applets do not have the same popularity. The reason I ask is that I have contemplated trying my hand at some Applets for my client as well as using some inline Java in Web pages. Any references are appreciated..... -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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Can't get JRE to install so that FireFox sees it
by Dave Gutteridge 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hot on the heels of the success of getting sound to work with FireFox, I am on to getting Java applets to run. When I go to a page with a Java applet, I get the little Rubik's cube- like icon that says I can click to download. So I do, but FireFox says it can't find it, so I have to install manually. I click on Manual install and I'm taken to a page that allows me to download the RPM within a ".bin" file. That's new to me, but I'm game. I download it and follow the install instructions. It makes me create a /usr/java directory, and open the .bin file there. I have to go through a whole license text file, but in the end it says it's installed. I check in the directory, and there's a jre directory and an RPM file. I wonder why the RPM file is there if it's already installed. I try to install using RPM, and it says it's already installed, so I decide I believe it. I re-open FireFox... and going to the same web page I was at before with the Java applet, I'm presented with the same screen saying I need to install the plug in. What am I doing wrong with the installation? Dave

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Just can't get sound working in Firefox
by Dave Gutteridge 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I have been all up and down my Firefox options, and all up and down whatever sound card configurations I could find in Gnome. And I just can't get sound to work. Whether it's a Flash animation, a Quicktime movie, or anything, they all run, but no sound. All other applications that run sound, like Xine or XMMS, work fine (although mysteriously XMMS every now and again loses it's connection to my sound device.) When I look on Google for help, every FireFox related page ultimately says "check your sound configuration" without much more to offer. I'm totally stumped. I'm not even sure where to look anymore. Any suggestions? Dave

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Safe to use gstreamer repository for RH or Fedora?
by Dave Gutteridge 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I'd like to install "Gstreamer" so that I can get MP3 support in Rhythmbox. At least, I'm led to believe MP3 support comes with installing Gstreamer from Rhythmbox's FAQ. But when I get to the Gstreamer download page: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/ ... it says: "Do not compile from source yourself unless you are certain you have to or want to" Okay, fine. So I look for an RPM. But it doesn't have those, it only has repositories for Fedora and Red Hat. A while back I messed up my system by installing repositories for Fedora, so I'm wary of doing that kind of thing again. I tried a YUM search for gstreamer to see if it was available on DAG, but no luck there. Does this mean I fall into the category of compiling myself because I have to? The warning on the web site makes it sound like this is something for experts to do. Dave

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Uniprocessor kernel booted after YUM update
by Dr R L Oswald 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Mystery Solved! Karanbir Singh gave a clue by suggesting the dsiabling of the splash screen at which point the magic word "LILO" flashed up briefly on the screen. It appears that the machines which were affected all had lilo installed but not configured as bootloader. These machines are all configured identically using a kickstart script. This script does not have lilo enabled in the bootloader. How they actually came to have lilo installed is a bit of a mystery as all the rest plainly do not have it. However when the kernel update was installed by yum, it looked for a bootloader & picked on lilo instead of grub in machines with lilo installed. I the log files of affected systems: Kernel Updated/Installed, checking for bootloader Lilo found - adding kernel to lilo and making it the default Thanks for help Les

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is there a possible solution to convert intel pro 2200 dsl winmodem to run under CentOS / linux?
by Robert 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

greetings the subject says it all and i asked this back in June and i still have not found anything or useful direction in my searching... so i need to ask again. where is big Bryan when you need him? :-) ummm i am willing to "emulate" if i have to yet i would still just need some pointers or directions... anything please. these Intel Pro 2200 DSL modems are just so inexpensive that i cannot leave any stone unturned. has anyone done this before where you run linux project MS emulation opsys under linux to utilize hardware such as this that only runs under MS opsys? any help will surely be appreciated. tia and kind regards, - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computers & Internet Sales/Service www.abbacomm.net

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Mixing SCSI devices on a single i/f
by James B. Byrne 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I have an external HP SureStore DLT VS80 with a SCSI LVD 68 pin interface and an external HP SureStore DAT24 with a SCSI Centronics 50 pin Narrow SE interface. The cable for the DAT has a Centronics connector at one end and a 68 Pin Wide to Narrow terminated connector at the other. The cable for the DLT has a LVD/SE 68 pin connector at both ends. I have terminator blocks for both devices. If I connect the devices thus: terminator --> DAT --> DLT --> scsi_hostadapter (boot hangs) Then the system hangs when booting. I can get the system to boot up form this point by turning off both external tape drives. If I connect the devices individually then the host boots and the system can access which ever is attached to the host. terminator --> DLT --> scsi_hostadapter (boots, device accessible) terminator --> DAT --> scsi_hostadapter (boots, device accessible) My question is: Is it possible to daisy-chain these two devices to the host in manner that permits the system to boot and access both; and if so, how does one accomplish this? Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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RE: [CentOS] Recommendation for HTML editor (a better approach?)
by Bowie Bailey 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

From: Scot L. Harris [mailto:webid@cfl.rr.com] > > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 23:45, Greg Knaddison wrote: > > On 9/20/05, Dave Gutteridge <dave(a)tokyocomedy.com> wrote: > > > Which is my long winded way of coming around to asking - what would be > > > the best approach to uploading data from my machine in this > > > circumstance? Is there an FTP utility that, like GoLive, will track > > > which documents have been modified since last upload and send only > > > those? > > > > Why not use find and -mtime to get a list of files that were modified > > and then FTP that? > > > > If you combined that with a "touch" of all files at the end you could > > keep good track of what needed to be uploaded. > > > > Really though, everyone else is right, rsync is probably the way to go. > > > > Sorry if this was already suggested, but Quanta plus will do what you > are asking. It tracks the files being edited and uploads only those > that have been changed. I believe they moved Quanta plus into one of > the kde packages but it runs under gnome just fine. If you use Eclipse for editing, there is a plugin that will let you use the "export" option to ftp (or sftp) only the changed files. Bowie

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CentOS4 and Apache-DBI
by David Hiltz 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Has anybody gotten Apache-DBI to work under CentOS4? My installed rpms are: httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.centos4 (came with CentOS4) mod_perl-1.99_16-4.centos4 (came with CentOS4) perl-Apache-DBI-0.94-1.2.el4.rf (from Dag's site) --this includes Apache::DBI and Apache::AuthDBI In my '/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf' file, I added: PerlModule Apache::DBI PerlModule Apache::AuthDBI ..but when I restart Apache I get: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can't locate Apache/Constants.pm in @INC... ... BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/Apache/AuthDBI.pm line 21. ... Can't load Perl module Apache::AuthDBI ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I read that there is a conflict between Apache2 (httpd-2.0.52-12.1) and mod_perl which v1.99 (still pre-v2). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any help would be greatly appreciated. ---- David Hiltz dhiltz(a)whsun1.wh.whoi.edu

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Uniprocessor kernel booted after YUM update
by Dr R L Oswald 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

We have Xeon IA32 dual-processor servers running Centos 3.5 in an HPC batch-only compute grid configuration . We have yum update operating automatically with default updates being applied weekly. Because of the workload pattern of long-runing jobs, the servers tend to stay up without a reboot for very long periods. Recently, yum installed an updated kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp; when we got around to rebooting, we found that some of the machines were running the uniprocessor kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL , showing only a single cpu. The grub.conf file had been modified in the usual pushdown manner but the default kernel had been set at #2 instead of #0. Bizzarely, some of the systems DID boot the upgraded SMP kernel as expected. Here is the grub.conf from an affected server: default=2 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title CentOS (2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp.img title CentOS (2.4.21-32.0.1.EL) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.img title CentOS-3 (2.4.21-32.ELsmp) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.21-32.ELsmp.img title CentOS-3-up (2.4.21-32.EL) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.EL ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.21-32.EL.img Changing the default back to 0 has no effect, it still boots the 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL kernel and not the required SMP one. However, if we use the interactive GRUB boot menu & select the correct kernel interactively, it then boots SMP OK with both processors and all memory available. I tried the obvious ploy of removing the last three kernel entries in grub.conf & setting default=0 but it still manages to boot the 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL UP kernel even though it is no longer in the kernel menu list. We think we will disable automatic yum kernel updates in future , but meanwhile, has anyone any suggestions or experiences to share on this apart from a complete re-install of each affected node? Les Oswald

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upgrade release to upstream to CentOS timeframes?
by Robert 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

greetings i used to use slackware years ago. i would still use it in conjunction with CentOS etc if i had more time and extra financial resources. thing is, years ago i used to subscribe to reminder emails from packages like Apache httpd etc and they would tickle me when new releases or betas were available. i still get emails from them... anyways, the question i am wondering is... when a mainstream package like Apache httpd is upgraded to a newer version and released by the package maintainers, how long does it take for that to be picked up by our "upstream" and then incorporated and pushed to CentOS availability? thanks in advance - rh -- Robert - Abba Communications Computers & Internet Sales/Service www.abbacomm.net

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RE: [CentOS] Centos 3 samba upgrade
by Colht, Charles 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I'm specifically looking at the winbindd improvements. Mine keeps dying. I have a work around but most questions to the samba list get answered with: upgrade to 3.0.20... I am considering upgrading (reinstalling) to centos 4 but that only gets me to 3.0.10. I can wait a bit but upgrading some packages is always is always daunting. chuck -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:22 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos 3 samba upgrade On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 16:14 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 13:07 -0800, Colht, Charles wrote: > > I want to upgrade my samba installation from 3.0.9-1.3E.3 to 3.0.20 > > without breaking anything along the way :) Any suggestions about order > > of installation? It looks like I will have to nodeps at least some of > > the packages. I have everything working with our AD environment so I > > don't want to disturb it if possible. > > > > Is there something in this version of Samba that you need? If not, > security updates are backported: > > http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html > > So, I would not upgrade beyond the version that is included with > CentOS ... > > If I was going to upgrade because there was a feature I HAD TO HAVE, I > would only use other RH based upgrades ... like the one from CentOS-4 or > the versions from FC4 or FC5 beta only (and rebuild the RPMS from the > SRPMS). ---- 3.0.20 has a bunch of fixes for interacting with AD environments which is what is driving his interest. I would expect that RHEL will adopt it probably soon after 3.0.20b happens. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos *********************************************************************************** This transmittal may contain confidential information intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmittal in error; any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmittal is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply or by telephone (collect at 907-564-1000) and ask to speak with the message sender. In addition, please immediately delete this message and all attachments. Thank you. ACS

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php with oci8 support
by Thomas Jackson 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I am attempting to build php with oracle oci8 support. I've installed the oracle installclient basic and devel rpms. When kicking off the srpm buid I am using the following... rpmbuild --with oci8 --rebuild php-4.3.9-3.8.src.rpm While on an FC 4 box this works and I end up with a php-oci8 pkg that is fully functional. However on CentOS 4.1 the build isn't actually building with oci8 and fails with .... File not found: /var/tmp/php-root/usr/lib/php4/oci8.so I've played around with the spec file and it looks like this could be the culprit. Has anyone got this to work besides building from source?

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Centos 3 samba upgrade
by Colht, Charles 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I want to upgrade my samba installation from 3.0.9-1.3E.3 to 3.0.20 without breaking anything along the way :) Any suggestions about order of installation? It looks like I will have to nodeps at least some of the packages. I have everything working with our AD environment so I don't want to disturb it if possible. Thanks in advance, Chuck *********************************************************************************** This transmittal may contain confidential information intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmittal in error; any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this transmittal is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply or by telephone (collect at 907-564-1000) and ask to speak with the message sender. In addition, please immediately delete this message and all attachments. Thank you. ACS

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[3.5 Server] Problem with libjpeg.a or absence of
by Sean Rima 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Hello CentOS, I am trying to compile zoneminder which requires libjpeg.a I jave libjpeg.so installed okay. Is there a package or do I have to recompile the libjpeg package Sean -- +---------------------------------------------------+ |VOIP= FreeWorldDial: 689482 VOIPBUSTER: thecivvie | |GPG Key http://thecivvie.fastmail.fm/thecivvie.asc | +---------------------------------------------------+ Strange things happen under the midnight sun when Men and Dogs go hunting for gold

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Re: [CentOS] upgrade problem
by Brian T. Brunner 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

>>>>mike.mccarty(a)sbcglobal.net 09/20/05 11:16AM >>> > ***pedantic*** I have to get the compiler to compile the code, the language definition won't do that. > ***pragmatic*** I'm here to drain the swamp, not analyze the alligators. > ***overall** How did the compilers change in what they tolerate. Certainly. I didn't mean something silly like "Well, the compiler is broken today. I guess I'll go home and watch TV." ***Good... because I don't have one (Troglodyte!)*** If the compiler is broken, then it will soon be fixed. ***Until then I gotta adapt code that worked with one broken compiler to another broken compiler. > Also, the C Language did not recently change. > > ***the compiler is the cop, the language definition is the law*** Cops which break the law go to jail just like everyone else. Eventually, the cops enforce the law as written. ***I'm going to guess: you're white, male, and economically rather well off. ***Because of this, your "world" basically "works" and crooked cops are the exception that get brought to justice for breaking the rules. ***(some) Cops ignoring (some of) the law is the way things are; in some places that *is* the rule the judges uphold. BTDT. ***It isn't what's wanted, it's what is. All compilers are partly broken, yes? ***Microsoft fixes theirs faster because they're a bigger corporation, Yes? Or is it a law unto itself immune to outside judgment? ***GCC will improve. It will go from broken to broken-differently. ***It is (truthfully) believed that the subsequent implementations are broken less where they were broken before, and increases in breakage come in part from new technology (HT/MP/SSE/etc) ***A summary of the brokenness in 2.96 addressed in 3.4 is what's wanted. what you had looks like it should have worked. But the compiler seems to have an internal problem. If "{0}" works, then "{((MsgIdT)0)}" should also work. *** We agree. When theory meets reality, theory ALWAYS wins, and reality NEVER cares. I'd suggest creating a minimal file which reproduces the problem and filing an error report. In the meantime, I'd change the source to look like this: *** I'll have to do this: experiment my way around this newer, differently-broken compiler. ***Why? Because the summary-of-changes I seek appears to not have been created. >>Why the compiler decided we can't initialize an auto union with a >>type-cast scalar when we used to do so with no problem >>*should* have been recorded somewhere, if so, that document >>*should* give me other clues about what's making the 3.x compiler >>barf on this 2.96-happy code. I find the "-D_GCC_" to be highly suspicious for these reasons (at least) **Trimming the compiler option line is one thing I'll try. I wouldn't duplicate the message id like that, ***It allows testing the message ID whether you've got a pointer-to-the-union OR a pointer-to-a-subordinate-structure. The message you reported sounds like an internal error. ***The "can't find register to spill" came from other code. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Re: [CentOS] upgrade problem
by Brian T. Brunner 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

My mailer has no quoted-text-prefix capability. ***embedded replies*** Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mike.mccarty(a)sbcglobal.net 09/20/05 11:16AM >>> Brian T. Brunner wrote: > My desire is NOT to remain rooted in the past. Hence > my interest in changing my code to meet the compiler of today. You should not use what some compiler accepts as your guide for writing code. You should use the Language Definition. ***pedantic*** I have to get the compiler to compile the code, the language definition won't do that. ***pragmatic*** I'm here to drain the swamp, not analyze the alligators. ***overall** How did the compilers change in what they tolerate. See below. > If I'm killing the 3.x compiler with code that 2.96 accepted, > it ought to be from well-known (by now) reasons like > Also, the C Language did not recently change. ***the compiler is the cop, the language definition is the law*** > Known problem and solution: (amended to clarify my mumbling, for which I apologize) > > We have typedef char MsgIdT > We use a message that is a union comprising a > MsgIdT MsgId; > and the > 117 message structures, (each of which has a MsgIdT MsgId as the first element); > we had a null message number macro #define MSG_NULL ((MsgIdT)0) > under 2.96 we could allocate a message union, and initialize it with > union msgstructT msg = {MSG_NULL}; // the 3.x compiler barfs on this but 2.96 didn't care > so now we say > union msgstructT msg = {0}; // the 3.x compiler is happy with this. So is 2.96 > > Why the compiler decided we can't initialize an auto union with a > type-cast scalar when we used to do so with no problem > *should* have been recorded somewhere, if so, that document > *should* give me other clues about what's making the 3.x compiler > barf on this 2.96-happy code. Your guide to writing proper code should not be what a compiler accepts, but what the language definition specifies. ***the compiler creates the marketable product, that's what I have to please.*** ***As a theorist, the C and C++ language definitions (law) are fascinating*** ***As an engineer porting 2.96 code to a 3.4 compiler, the (get this)*** ***LANGUAGE DEFINITION IS UTTERLY IRRELEVANT*** ***I've met plenty of cops to whom the law is irrelevant, we do things his way or there's trouble.*** ***the compiler is my cop. He's the one I have to please.*** gcc --ansi --pedantic -Wall to get maximum conformance and portability of my code. ***this is what I inherited: ***COMPILER_OPTIONS = -D_GCC_ -g -g3 -pipe -march=i586 -fstack-check -fcse-follow-jumps -fexpensive-optimizations -fcse-skip-blocks -fforce-mem -frerun-cse-after-loop -fschedule-insns -fschedule-insns2 -fshort-enums -fstrength-reduce -fthread-jumps -fverbose-asm -O2 -Wall -Waggregate-return -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wconversion -Winline -Wpointer-arith -Wshadow -Wwrite-strings *** probably more than I need, I might take a (sub) project of stripping this list down to just those needed to get in-spec performance of the object code. ** neither ansi nor pedantic are currently in the list of options. should be reported as a defect. ***My mission is to get the code running under the new compiler. The code pleased the 2.96 compiler. Things worked! ***Now, the new compiler is really displeased with my code. ***I'd like to know what the differences are in the two compiler versions relative to what (possibly) non-conforming code is no longer tolerated. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Re: [CentOS] upgrade problem
by Brian T. Brunner 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Currently we have RH7.3 with compiler gcc 2.96.x My mission, should I choose to accept it, involves moving our embedded application to CentOS 4.1 with gcc 3.x Problem is that about 1/2 million lines of code that gcc 2.96 accepts gives fatal fits to the gcc 3.x compiler from CentOS 4.1 I don't know how many fatal fits, as some disguise others etc. "Can't find register to spill" is a common exit-barf from gcc 3.x. What I'd like to find is a comparison of gcc 2.96.x to 3.x from the perspective of porting something from RH7.x to CentOS/RHEL 4.x What I did was make a fresh install of CentOS 4.1 and then load the source code for the application and try to make. What gcc 2.96 compiler assumed about the underlying OS, and what gcc 3.x assumes about the underlying OS, may be relatively skew. Whether any of the application code assumes a 2.96 set of assumptions, where this set of assumptions is broken under 3.x, is unknown (and is the kind of detail I'd like to see in the above-hinted-at porting guide). Links? Pointers? Tips? Clues? Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Re: [CentOS] OT - where to buy linux HW
by Doug Ferrell 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

I usually pick up dell severs cheap (check out the wall street journal for discounts) and have had all flavors running on them. Just Installed CentOS _BQ on one the other day and it's working like a champ. ...DOUG

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Re: [CentOS] upgrade problem
by Brian T. Brunner 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

My desire is NOT to remain rooted in the past. Hence my interest in changing my code to meet the compiler of today. If I'm killing the 3.x compiler with code that 2.96 accepted, it ought to be from well-known (by now) reasons like (I'm making this up for an example) "memset used to be a routine but now it is a macro ..:. don't give it macro parameters." Known problem and solution: We use a message that is a union comprising a char MsgIdT and the 117 message structures, (each of which has a char MsgIdT as the first element); we had a null message number macro #define MSG_NULL ((MsgIdT)0) under 2.96 we could allocate a message union, and initialize it with union msgstructT msg = {MSG_NULL}; // the 3.x compiler barfs on this so now we say union msgstructT msg = {0}; // the 3.x compiler is happy with this. Why the compiler decided we can't initialize an auto union with a type-cast scalar when we used to do so with no problem *should* have been recorded somewhere, if so, that document *should* give me other clues about what's making the 3.x compiler barf on this 2.96-happy code. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mike.mccarty(a)sbcglobal.net 09/19/05 05:39PM >>> Brian T. Brunner wrote: > Currently we have RH7.3 with compiler gcc 2.96.x > > My mission, should I choose to accept it, involves moving > our embedded application to CentOS 4.1 with gcc 3.x > > Problem is that about 1/2 million lines of code that gcc 2.96 > accepts gives fatal fits to the gcc 3.x compiler from CentOS 4.1 > > I don't know how many fatal fits, as some disguise others etc. > "Can't find register to spill" is a common exit-barf from gcc 3.x. Frankly, that sounds like an internal error in the compiler. Either the register allocater, the temporary creator, or the register spiller seems to be failing to do its job. This does not appear to me to be a porting problem, but a defective compiler. Is there any reason you must use the later compiler? [snip] Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Repositories
by Sam Drinkard 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Being very new to yum, I have to ask the question, where do you locate the various yum repositories, and once you know where they are, is there a standard configure file per-se, that needs to be added to the yum.conf. Any pointers appreciated. Sam -- Snowman

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Re: [CentOS] upgrade problem
by Brian T. Brunner 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

As to whether C or C++ changed between when 2.96 came out and Centos 4.1, there is another conundrum: Does the compiler define the language, or vice versa? Acknowledging the human factor in the implementation of the compiler, we ought to stipulate that both 2.96 and 3.x are B - R - O - K - E - N; the question I've asked is in what way is 3.x different in how it's broken compared to 2.96 2.96 allowed some things not strictly kosher under the C/C++ language definitions, some of these are no longer winked at by the 3.x compiler. I'm looking for a pragmatic answer, not a theorist answer, about the differences between 2.96 and 3.x. Since nothing is coming to mind among the Notable Ones here, I'll take my question to the compiler groups... Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mike.mccarty(a)sbcglobal.net 09/20/05 10:33AM >>> Brian T. Brunner wrote: > This advice completely misses my point. I think you missed the point. >>What I'd like to find is a comparison of gcc 2.96.x to 3.x from the >>perspective of porting something from RH7.x to CentOS/RHEL 4.x > > > I don't want my code to stay rooted in The Dead Past. > I want to know what kinds of things changed to give me clues > how to CHANGE MY CODE TO FIT TODAY. The C programming language did not change. The most likely reason your code won't compile is that the compiler is B-R-O-K-E-N. [snip] Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Re: [CentOS] upgrade problem
by Brian T. Brunner 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

This advice completely misses my point. > What I'd like to find is a comparison of gcc 2.96.x to 3.x from the > perspective of porting something from RH7.x to CentOS/RHEL 4.x I don't want my code to stay rooted in The Dead Past. I want to know what kinds of things changed to give me clues how to CHANGE MY CODE TO FIT TODAY. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com 09/19/05 04:46PM >>> On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 11:53 -0700, Brian T. Brunner wrote: > Currently we have RH7.3 with compiler gcc 2.96.x > > My mission, should I choose to accept it, involves moving > our embedded application to CentOS 4.1 with gcc 3.x > > Problem is that about 1/2 million lines of code that gcc 2.96 > accepts gives fatal fits to the gcc 3.x compiler from CentOS 4.1 > > I don't know how many fatal fits, as some disguise others etc. > "Can't find register to spill" is a common exit-barf from gcc 3.x. > > What I'd like to find is a comparison of gcc 2.96.x to 3.x from the > perspective of porting something from RH7.x to CentOS/RHEL 4.x > > What I did was make a fresh install of CentOS 4.1 and then load > the source code for the application and try to make. What gcc 2.96 > compiler assumed about the underlying OS, and what gcc 3.x > assumes about the underlying OS, may be relatively skew. Whether > any of the application code assumes a 2.96 set of assumptions, where > this set of assumptions is broken under 3.x, is unknown (and is the > kind of detail I'd like to see in the above-hinted-at porting guide). > > Links? Pointers? Tips? Clues? Brian, There is a compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2 ... so you might be able to install that and run your applications. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Vsftp is not writing a log file
by Todd Cary 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

No doubt I am making some stupid mistake in the log file, but I cannot get vsftp to create a log file showing the transfers. Here is my conf file: # Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf # # The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file # loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable. # Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults. # # READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options. # Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's # capabilities. # # Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out). anonymous_enable=NO # # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in. local_enable=YES # # Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command. write_enable=YES # # Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022, # if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's) local_umask=022 # # Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only # has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will # obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user. #anon_upload_enable=YES # # Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create # new directories. #anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES # # Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they # go into a certain directory. dirmessage_enable=YES # # Activate logging of uploads/downloads. xferlog_enable=YES # # Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data). connect_from_port_20=YES # # If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by # a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not # recommended! #chown_uploads=YES #chown_username=whoever # # You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown # below. xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log # # If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format xferlog_std_format=YES # # You may change the default value for timing out an idle session. #idle_session_timeout=600 # # You may change the default value for timing out a data connection. #data_connection_timeout=120 # # It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the # ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user. #nopriv_user=ftpsecure # # Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not # recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it, # however, may confuse older FTP clients. #async_abor_enable=YES # # By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore # the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII # mangling on files when in ASCII mode. # Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties # to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in # ASCII mode. # These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish # to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking), # without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be # on the client anyway.. #ascii_upload_enable=YES #ascii_download_enable=YES # # You may fully customise the login banner string: #ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service. # # You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently # useful for combatting certain DoS attacks. #deny_email_enable=YES # (default follows) #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails # # You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home # directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of # users to NOT chroot(). #chroot_list_enable=YES # (default follows) #chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list # # You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by # default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large # sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume # the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it. #ls_recurse_enable=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd userlist_enable=YES chroot_local_user=YES #enable for standalone mode listen=YES tcp_wrappers=YES -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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