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Booting into GNOME
by Todd Cary 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

First let me thank those who have been of great help in getting a better understanding of loading Linux and using yum. In order to avoid having a read error from the installer after well along the process, I decided to try loading the minimal Linux and then installing what I need. But that is requiring me to expand my knowlege about the installation/boot process (not a bad thing). So, I used yum to install the GNOME grouplist and I set the ID in inittab to 5 so it would boot in the graphical mode. That did not happen, so I loaded the X-Window grouplist and it did bring me into the graphical mode (after asking me the setup questions I usually get when I do an install in the Graphical mod). Why are the questions asked at this point? Not when I was in the text/minimal mode. Since I have never done a text install, I do not know what I would have had to do to have the questions asked if I had stayed in the text mode (as I guess many do for a server only install). Now my main question is "how do I get Linux to come up in Gnome"? It is coming up in what I suspect is X-Windows. Again, many thanks for your help and patience.... -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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YUM: public key not available for perl-XML-Parser
by Todd Cary 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

I am not sure how to fix this problem: When I do a yum command, almost all of the packages are installed, but I get *public key not available for perl-XML-Parser *How do I get that particular key? Todd -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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Using YUM
by duffmckagan 16 Aug '05

16 Aug '05

I haven't configured YUM . How do I do it? Sorry if this is a really stupid question, but I have no idea about it. Moreover, I would also like to use APT afterwards. I really want to try both of these. I have used apt-get before many a times, but never used YUM. Can anybody post the procedure to get this working? Which repositories to be added, how it is to be configured? And yes, how do i use the apt-get on Cent OS too. Note that I will be using only one at a time. And I will keep the other thing for future reference. Thank you. -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone."

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Best way to add/update an installation
by Todd Cary 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

In an effort to prevent getting many minutes into an installation only to have a CD read fail (I did verify the CD's first), I did a minimal install. Can I use the minimal install to add the necessay packages for a HTTP server and graphical interface? Todd -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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Kickstart, package always selected
by Fong Vang 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

I'm trying to kickstart a Centos 4.1 system with the minimum set of packages. I have no use for ypbind so I'm trying to prevent from being installed, but kickstart/anaconda always insist on its installation (complaining that the package is missing). This is the %packages section of my ks file so far: %packages #-@ dialup kernel grub e2fsprogs lvm2 -slocate -bluez-utils -bluez-bluefw -bluez-hcidump-1.11-1.i386.rpm -isdn4k-utils -pcmcia-cs -ppp -wvdial -ypbind as you can see, ypbind is deselected in the ks file. Is ypbind a mandatory package? In the RPMS directory, I tried to determine what package may be requiring ypbind, but I could find any. This is what I used to determine what package may be requiring it: cd CentOS/RPMS for i in *.rpm; do echo ---------------- $i; rpm -qp --requires $i 2>/dev/null | grep ypbind && echo ******** $i *******;done

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Re: [CentOS] Best way to add/update an installation
by Jeff Stacey 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

edit /etc/inittab and change id:3:initdefault: to id:5:initdefault: * Jeff >>> todd(a)aristesoftware.com 8/15/2005 3:28:18 PM >>> Many thanks! Currently I am downloading the "GNOME Desktop Environment", so once that is done, I'll try your suggestion. By the way, I have forgotten where/how to modify the boot process so that it brings up GNOME instead of the text mode. Todd Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: >On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:15 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > > >>Is "man yum" the best way to "learn" about the suggestions? Or is >>there another source? >> >> > >There's a couple. Here's one: > >http://fedora.ivazquez.net/content/view/26/30/ > > > >>Since I have the rpm's on CD's, is there a way to set up a list as >>suggested, but use the local rpm's? >> >> > >Copy the packages to a local dir and run yum-arch (C3) or createrepo >(C4) on the dir. Then modify /etc/yum.conf (C3) >or /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo (C4) to point to the dir. Note that yum >*does* recognize the file: protocol (e.g., file:///some/path) so you >don't need a web or FTP server. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS(a)centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Ariste Software 200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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ethernet interfaces swapped around
by sudo Yang 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

One of my systems have two onboard NICs which uses the e100 and e1000 drivers (yes, the interfaces are not the same). This system kickstart fine with CentOS 3.x. I recently tried to rekick it with CentOS 4.x but was unsuccessful in doing so. When kicking CentOS 4.1, the interfaces are swapped around, i.e. eth0 becomes eth1 and eth1 becomes eth0 (as described at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104888957013124&w=2) Is there a way to fix the interface during kickstart? Unfortunately, because we have so many different types of systems, simply swapping the cables is not a good idea because it complicates management.

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DVD-RAM writer software for CentOS4
by James B. Byrne 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

Firstly, let me thank all of the individuals who assisted me in various matters regarding find, tar and ssh last week. Your contributions were truly invaluable and I learned a great deal thereby. The reason for that brief flurry of activity was an administrative and technical move to store-to-disc from store-to-tape for our server backups. We presently use a mix of store to disc on various servers and store to tape depending upon the point of origin; store-to-disc for MS- Windows and Linux, store to tape for our HP3000 mid-range. These disparate backup strategies are now being marshalled onto a pair of Linux servers, one on-site and one at a remote location. At this juncture we are contemplating methods of creating off-line archives as well. In this regard I seek your advice regarding the suitability of employing an LG model GSA-4163B multi-format DVD drive as a backup device using DVD-RAM 120mm media. Specifically I wish to know what software is available under Centos4 to record to this drive and which of those are preferred for this sort of application and how suitable each is for untended backups. I understand that DVD ram has a ~4GB limit and that filesets in excess of that naturally require a disc change. We also are looking at tape systems. The idea is that we will end up with a four stage backup process. 1. Daily automated backups of each server over the network to a local high capacity linux server devoted to hosting the backup volumes. 2. Daily automated moving of certain critical, volatile backup sets from those on-line local stores via ssh to an off-site server performing the same function. 3. Daily semi- automated (somebody has to change the disc) stores of less critical and only somewhat volatile data onto DVD kept on-site in a fireproof vault. 4. Semi-automated archiving of the rest onto tape on a weekly basis and moving these off-site (the backup job is automatically scheduled but the media has to be manually handled). We currently use an internal DDS3 tape unit for store-to-tape and are considering changing to an external DLT drive. I would welcome comments regarding a suitable choice of external DLT tape drives for this application. We have used an external SCSI DLT device in the past but this device needs to be replaced and are open to alternatives. The total volume of data handled by all these these processes is not prohibitively large. We are speaking of tens of giga-bytes (~40GB) over all. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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How can I make these command prompt settings into universal settings?
by Dave Gutteridge 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

I've got it so that I can enable Japanese input into an application by typing the following at a command prompt (with FireFox, for example): [dave@localhost ~]$ kinput2 -canna & [1] 10631 [dave@localhost ~]$ XMODIFIERS='@im=kinput2' LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 firefox However, I would rather not have to type in all that craziness each time I want to start an application. Further, instead of having to configure each application individually, it would be better to have this setting just on all the time for every application, both existing and new. I was under the impression this was possible. Following advice gained elswhere, I thought I could put the following into /etc/X11/Xresources: ! Japanese Input #!/bin/sh XMODIFIERS='@im=kinput2' LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 kinput2 -canna & But doing so results in Japanese input not being available for any application. I'm using KDE, and I learned that I should be able to put any shell script in the ~/.kde/Autostart/ directory and have it launch on start. So I put a file there called j-input.sh, changed it's permissions with chmod 755, and put the same commands that I had in Xresources. But still no result. Long story short: How do I get these command line settings to be permanently on: XMODIFIERS='@im=kinput2' LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 kinput2 -canna & Dave

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I've lost control of Gnome
by Dave Gutteridge 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

I tried out KDE for a while, but eventually found that it was not to my liking. I've switched back to Gnome, but it seems to me that options I used to have in the panel aren't available anymore. I'm not totally sure, but isn't there supposed to be some sort of Gnome (Nautilus?) control center? A place where I can adjust the themes, screen savers, and that sort of thing? I was sure it was there, and now I can't find it, and I'm lost about exactly which problem I should be fixing. Should there be a theme manager? If so where? I came across a theme switcher application, installed the RPM, and I can't find it in the applications menu either. Is Gnome upset with me for having been with KDE behind it's back? Dave

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Re: Firefox, Flash and Java on CentOS 4.1 x86-64
by karl＠streetlampsoftware.com 15 Aug '05

15 Aug '05

>On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 22:05 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> Karl S. Katzke wrote: >> >> > First of all, I just want to say *again* how happy I am with CentOS. >> > Across our boxes and our clients boxes, we're running it on more than >> > 20 machines at the moment and it's by far the most painless OS to >> > administer in detail that I've ever used. (Of course, I'm an old Slak >> > hat, but ...) Thanks so much to the community and the maintainers. >> > >> > We've recently run into a problem with a dual-opteron system that is >> > running LTSP and serving up X and Firefox to a whole bunch of diskless >> > clients. We're using the x86-64 build of CentOS, with the appropriate >> > Firefox package. The client users have all been asking for Flash, >> > since many websites are unusable without Flash these days ... but >> > there's no 64-bit build of the Flash plugin. (Thanks, Macromedia! You >> > suck!) >> > >> > What's the best way to provide Flash (and maybe Java?) with Firefox on >> > this server box? How big will the performance hit be from running >> > non-64 bit packages? Any specific tips & hints? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > -Karl Katzke >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> You could run the 32-bit Firefox & 32-bit plugins, they are *supposed* >> to work seamlessly under the x86_64 OS. YMMV & all that. I have seen >> much talk about this on the SuSE AMD64 list, and this recommendation has >> floated out more than once. >> >Right ... the only option would be to remove the x86_64 firefox and >install the i386 one ... but that might require MANY other i386 >libraries. (I can't test it here). > >Tell them to get over it is another option :) > >Should not be a huge performance issue ... at least I haven't noticed >any earth shattering performance enhancements between the x86_64 and >i386 distros when installed on x86_64 machines (that one could feel via >the GUI screen). Unfortunately, telling them to get over it ain't anywhere near an option here. If it was my office ... well, I've worked without flash for aeons because I don't like it and I just don't visit sites that use it exclusively. But this client of mine is a sales company and needs to visit these sites. I guess we'll work on it over the weekend to see if we can solve the dependency nightmare and get it up and running. It's too bad we don't have another 64-bit system hanging around to test on. Thanks! -Karl Katzke

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expert guideance needed on arrays with CentOS 4 installed on dual processor compaq server
by Robert Hanson 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

greetings, as most know i have some older dual processor Compaq playtoys that i am deploying CentOS 4 on and doing some real world'ish simulation of failure and regular server environment testing. i have searched www on some things to no avail so off to the experts for some guideance please? case of: a dual Pentium 3 processor 1850R with a smart array 221 controller and quantity (4) 18 Gig SCSI hard drives in default specs RAID5 array created by the controller and Compaq Smartstart CD and i set the RAID rebuild to "highest priority"... Then, i do a custom install without Gnome or KDE of course. linux text lowres nousb nousbstorage skipddc install CentOS 4 using autopartition with a /boot 1024MB i.e. 1Gig / approx 50,000MB i.e. 50Gig everything installed perfect and i rpm --import /usr/share/doc/centos-release-4/RPM-GPG-KEY imported the key and do a full yum update to latest greatest CentOS 4 packages.... Now, i am trying to get some perspective and pointers so i can learn more how to better understand what i really have here. i know i have a lot to learn in regards to managing RAID5 on CentOS 4 Should I have autopartitioned? Is LVM the best way to manage RAID5 on CentOS? What other tools are there on a default CentOS 4 install to manage my array? What tools should i install with yum install to learn more and help me with this situation? If i shutdown the machine, and yank out any drive, and replace it with an identical drive and fire the unit back up, it asks me if i want to rebuild the data. Are these Compaq arrays "hot swap" like i think they are? How "long" does that usually take for it to rebuild by the controller? Hours? Days? Months? ;-> Remember, this is a (4) 18gig drive system. Should I allow the machine to be in production, online, up and running while it is rebuilding the 4th disk? Yes, I get the error from the kernel... non fatal error on ida/c0d0 ....while the machine appears to be rebuilding the 4th disk in the array... What other CentOS software tools should I be aware of to help me here? I really really appreciate your help and pointers and will go check out all of the documentation that you folks will point me to. Please remember, these boxes are not "in production" right now, so this is not an emergency, yet i am trying to simulate a production environment for obvious reaasons. Thank you in advance and kind regards, - rh -- Robert Hanson Abba Communications http://www.abbacomm.net

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SD Card Reader not being recognized
by Dave Gutteridge 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

I have a USB card reader that handles various card media, like SD cards, Sony Memory Sticks, and two other formats that I can't even remember what they are. I pretty much exclusively use it for SD cards. With Fedora, when I plugged the card reader into the USB port, and then inserted an SD card, it would automatically come up on the desk top. However, this is not the case with CentOS. Nothing comes up. Naturally, I searched Google for information, hoping that maybe it was just a matter of downloading an RPM or something. But I did not come across any information that helped. Is there a setting that I need to activate in order for CentOS to recognize SD Cards and/or the USB card reader? Dave

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quick question on RAID 1
by Ulrik S. Kofod 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

I have 3 disks that I want to setup in a raid 1, my questions is should I setup the 3rd disk as a spare-disk or should I mirror all 3 disks all the time? Will it perform *much* better to only mirror two and have the 3rd as a spare. Is it not safer to mirror all 3 drives all the time ?

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CentOS-4.1 Beta for Alpha arch
by Pasi Pirhonen 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

Hi, As usually, i haven't heard of anything about it. I can see that someone has downloaded it, but nothing more. I am now poking you once again to _say_ something about it. My vacation is coming near and the summer isn't afecting to temperature of my machine room so much anymore, so i intend to nail this to official release at time of CentOS-4.2 update release cycle. But i can't fix things i don't even know being broken. I do have things like compat-glibc now, but if there isn't going to be any feedback, i'll just package it with the fixes i do find necessary. Don't get this ranting wrong. I am just poking for info to make things better. -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

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OT: Good flash mp3 player for linux
by Mark Belanger 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

Can anyone recommend an flash mp3 player with around a 1 gig of memory that will work easily with linux. I had a a RAVE-MP that I was fairly happy with .... until I stepped on it :(. TIA, -Mark

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SSH hostname login
by Kai 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

I run CentOS 4.1 on a remote server and did a minimal installation. My problem is that I can not login using the HOSTNAME, must use the IP. 1. edited the - /etc/sysconfig/network 2. changed - HOSTNAME=a266 3. restarted the network Looks ok, hostname appears when logged on via IP, but can't use the HOSTNAME to log on from client. --- [kai@localhost ~]$ ssh a266 ssh: a266: Name or service not known --- [kai@localhost ~]$ ssh 192.168.0.101 kai(a)192.168.0.101's password: Last login: Sat Aug 13 17:13:09 2005 from 192.168.0.102 [kai@a266 ~]$ --- I can't figure out where I missed out. kai

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Re: [CentOS] MPPE required, but kernel has no support.
by James B. Byrne 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:36:41 -0400 Tony Schreiner <schreian(a)bc.edu> wrote: > The sourceforge page http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ I am going the other way - from MS-Windows client to Linux Server VPN host - but this site has a module for redhat 9 kernel listed. Is this suitable for CentOS 4? Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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Where to go for KDE questions.
by Dave Gutteridge 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to log in on the KDE forums on the KDE web site. Unfortunately, despite having registered, my account is not "activated", and I can't post threads. I am also not able to email the forum administrator, as one ironically has to be an activated member to do so. I've also noticed that trying to search their forums results in a MySQL error. So does anyone have a recommendation for a different group or community on line where KDE questions would be welcome? Dave

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cyrus-imapd - unable to connect to POP3
by Arun K. Khan 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

This is the first time I am using cyrus-imapd package. I am unable to retrieve messages (pop3). At first, I had not entered the cyrus-master in /etc/hosts.allow and was getting connection refused. After adding the entry I am able to connect to port 110 but for some reason the pop3 server is failing the password authentication (see below). With the same userid/passwd I am able to ssh into the server. What other configuration am I missing. $ telnet 192.168.1.21 110 Trying 192.168.1.21... Connected to 192.168.1.21. Escape character is '^]'. +OK saraswati.surya-group.com Cyrus POP3 v2.2.12-Invoca-RPM-2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1 server ready <82952692.1123769502(a)saraswati.surya-group.com> USER arunk +OK Name is a valid mailbox PASS ******** -ERR [AUTH] Invalid login TIA, -- Arun Khan <knura(a)yahoo.com> Linux is a wigwam: No Windows, No Gates, Apache inside.

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Setting up YUM or APT
by duffmckagan 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

I am using Cent oS 4 and I would like to setup the YUM repositories. Can anybody help me setup YUM? THat would be to install software, add repositories, and such necessary stuff. I know how to use apt-get, but not on Cent OS ( I will use either YUM or APT, at a time, but learn both of them, sooner or later.) Thank you. -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone."

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Install pauses at "Determining hostname and domain"
by Fong Vang 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

For some reason, CentOS 4.1 waits approximately 3-5 min at the "Determining host name and domain" during kickstart. RedHat 7.1, RedHat 9.0, RedHat Enterprise 3.0, and even CentOS 4.0 do not have this problem using the same kickstart server (my kickstart server is configured to kick all of them). Does anyone know why CentOS 4.1 is particularly slow at this stage of kickstart? Thanks for any help.

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Kicker crashes on 3.4.2
by duffmckagan 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

I recently upgraded to KDE 3.4.2 (all manually) I know this is not a KDE Centric Mailing List, but I tried searching the Web for this error. Moreover, I can't get to the KDE Forum. :( Kicker application crashes on logout. Got a lot of takers, but no solution for that. Does anybody know a solution for this one? (This is a known bug, but I really did not find any solution.) -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone."

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migrating thousands of users to openldap in centos!
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

List, I have 15 Tru64 Database Servers in different places all over my country, I also have thousands of users in all this servers, Now it's really a pain to administrate all this accounts in all servers, so I decided to install one CentOS server with openldap. My questions are: 1. Is it possible to migrate all users from Tru64 to one Centos/openldap server? 2. Do I have to install openldap in all servers in order to authenticate local users even though the link (between the server and ldap server goes down) and then replicate each other? 3. What is the best configuration of LDAP to fit this? 4. Is there any (Open Sorce) APP which do that? 5. Can I migrate all users using the migration tools from openldap soft in Tru64? Any help will be appreciate. Thanks in advance Regards, Israel

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Bind Setup
by William Warren 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

I highly appreciate everyone's help in the caching name server bit. Building on that one: Everyone knows my issues that i am having in terms of reverse lookup so the windows clients won't freak. I have decided to switch focus..as it seemed to make sense. I am now looking to setup a full DNS server for my internal network. Everything is actually set statically via DHCP using MAC addresses.(see attached jpeg). Do i have to manually enter every machine or can the dns populate the names and ips via dhcp? -- 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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Remote archiving with tar over ssh
by James B. Byrne 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

I am trying to create a one line command that will: 1. Find all files ending in .conf 2. tar these over ssh to a remote server. I have reached this point in my trials. a. I can find the files. b. I can tar them locally. c. I can get a simple fileset tar'ed to a remote server over ssh using tar -zvcf - /some/fileset | ssh host.domain.tld "cat > /backup/tarfile.tar.gz d. I cannot get tar to pipe find'ed files to the remote server over ssh. My current command line looks like this. find / -name "*.conf" | xargs -t tar -zcvf - | ssh \ hostname.domain.tld \ "cat > /var/spool/lvm_backups/hostname.city/confs.$(date +'%Y%m%d').tar.gz" I have tried replacing "tar -zcvf -" with "tar -zcvf - {}" and "tar - zcvf {}" to no avail. The problem is that tar does not see the pipe to ssh and exits with signal 13. What am I missing? Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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Mail server problem on CentOS 4.1
by Dominik Składanowski 13 Aug '05

13 Aug '05

Hello list. I'm configuring mail server on CentOS 4.1 (migration from SuSE). Configuration of postfix with sasl is OK - server receive and sent mails using TLS and SASL authentication. Problems: 1. When mail arrives to server it don't go to Amavis-new (from Dag repo). I added lines to master.cf as described here: http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/README.postfix.txt and Amavis and postfix daemons starts fine. Mails just go to mailboxes bypassing Amavis-new. 2. When I try to receive mail from server through pop3 (110 tcp) or pop3s (995 tcp) (cyrus-imapd), I get an alert message: *Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server mail.domain.com responded: Unable to locate maildrop: Mailbox does not exist* 3. How to setup: when sending mails from server console (pine or mutt) have to use sasl authentication? 4. Where are cert files used by cyrus-imapd to secure pop3s connection. I need to use my own certs. 5. After login to squirrelmail I get this http://www.ch.pw.edu.pl/~dominik/squirrelmail.png screen Regards -- ____________________________________________________________________ D o m i n i k S k ł a d a n o w s k i

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Remote archiving with tar over ssh
by James B. Byrne 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Ok. I discovered how to make exclusions work via find: find / $ -name "*.conf" -a -not -name "ld.so.conf" $ -type f - print That should also fix any problems with directories ending in .conf. -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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CentOS] Remote archiving with tar over ssh
by James B. Byrne 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

> On Fri Aug 12 17:14:00 UTC 2005 Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com wrote: > > How about > > tar c $(find / -name \*.conf) | ssh host.com "gzip -c > file.tar.gz" Thank you very much, this worked. I have two supplementary questions. First, what is the significance of the $() construct in bash and how does it interact with tar? Does it take the place of standard input based on its position in the utility call? Second, is there a way to exclude certain file names from matching that otherwise do? I have tried: $(find / -name /*.conf && !*.so.conf) and several variants without any success. I am not using rsync, yet, due to lack of familiarity with it and a pressing need to get something working now. Once the essentials are in place then I will look at alternatives. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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RE: [CentOS] CentOS] Remote archiving with tar over ssh
by Joshua Hirsh 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Hi James, > > tar c $(find / -name \*.conf) | ssh host.com "gzip -c > file.tar.gz" > > Thank you very much, this worked. I have two supplementary > questions. First, what is the significance of the $() construct in > bash and how does it interact with tar? Does it take the place of > standard input based on its position in the utility call? In this command, the $() construct is used to return files via find to the command line for tar. It's most often used to assign variables with the value of returned commands. ie FOO=$(netstat), where by $FOO is now assigned the output of netstat. Since this is a remote command, it's neccessary to do it this way. If you were running this locally only, these two commands would be identical: tar -cvf foobar.tar `find / -name \*.conf` tar -cvf foobar.tar $(find / -name \*.conf) > Second, is there a way to exclude certain file names from matching > that otherwise do? I have tried: > > $(find / -name /*.conf && !*.so.conf) There sure is, but try something like this instead: tar c $(find / -name \*.conf -not -name \*.so.conf) | ssh host.com "gzip -c > file.tar.gz" Cheers, -Joshua

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RE: [CentOS] Need a CONFIRMED working hardware sata raid10 card
by Drew Weaver 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Just need to make sure I can plug it in and go.. -Drew -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Will McDonald Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:27 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need a CONFIRMED working hardware sata raid10 card On 12/08/05, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver(a)thenap.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a card that actually works with CentOS 4 > that supports Raid10? I don't think CentOS support software raid 10 from the > installer. We've got a 3ware 8006-2LP [1] running under WBEL so the rest of that family should be fine under CentOS too. Took a little bit of pissing about under FC1 to get it working properly but then we just tar-ed everything off the internal disks onto SATA disks while we rebuilt the box. We just wanted it for JBOD which is why we plumped for the lower port capacity card but one of the cards with a higher port count should serve you well. The CLI's great (though readline support would be nice ;)). Does exactly what you'd want it to, you can rescan the bus, add and remove disks on-the-fly if they're in appropriate hot-swap bays (with one or 2 provisos for non-JBOD). Docs for the CLI's features for the 7/8000 series (9000 series uses different software) are here... http://www.3ware.com/support/UserDocs/CLI_UG.pdf 3ware also have a 4 disk drive, 3 5.25" drive bay drive cage [2] available, though we used 2 Vantec EZ-Swap SATA bays. The Vantec bays are a *little* flimsy but do the job well enough. Will. [1] http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata8000.asp [2] http://www.3ware.com/products/ata.asp [3] http://www.vantecusa.com/product-storage.html (MRK-200ST-BK) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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FreeNX
by Dominik Składanowski 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Hello list. Does anybody use FreeNX on CentOS? Is there any rpm form CentOS 4.1? Regards -- ____________________________________________________________________ D o m i n i k S k ł a d a n o w s k i

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Problem connecting a USB modem.
by Fernando Lança 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Hi I'm trying to connect a USB CDMA modem (z010) to a CentOS 4.1 (kernel 2.6.9-11.EL) and I can't talk to the modem. I tried the same modem under Fedora Core 1 (2.4.22-1.2199.nptl) and it works like a charm. The only difference is /dev/ttyACM0 for CentOS and /dev/input/ttyACM0 for the Fedora. Any help would be appreciated. Tank's. Fernando Lança Some debug info: CentOS: /var/log/messages --> Aug 11 17:47:34 c4 kernel: usb 3-3: new full speed USB device using address 4 Aug 11 17:47:35 c4 kernel: drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: Ignoring extra header Aug 11 17:47:35 c4 kernel: cdc_acm 3-3:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Aug 11 17:47:35 c4 kernel: usbcore: registered new driver cdc_acm Aug 11 17:47:35 c4 kernel: drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.23:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters ............. Aug 11 17:50:04 c4 ifup-ppp: pppd started for mymodem on /dev/ttyACM0 at 57600 Aug 11 17:50:04 c4 pppd[3019]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0 Aug 11 17:50:05 c4 wvdial[3034]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 Aug 11 17:50:05 c4 wvdial[3034]: Initializing modem. Aug 11 17:50:05 c4 wvdial[3034]: Sending: ATZ Aug 11 17:50:10 c4 wvdial[3034]: Sending: ATQ0 Aug 11 17:50:11 c4 wvdial[3034]: Re-Sending: ATZ Aug 11 17:50:16 c4 wvdial[3034]: Modem not responding. Aug 11 17:50:16 c4 pppd[3019]: Connect script failed Aug 11 17:50:17 c4 pppd[3019]: Exit. /etc/wvdial.conf [Modem0] Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 Baud = 57600 SetVolume = 0 Dial Command = ATDT Init1 = ATZ Init3 = ATM0 FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) [Dialer mymodem] Username = XXXXXXXXX Password = xxxx Phone = XXXXX Stupid Mode = 1 Inherits = Modem0 ----------------------------------------- Fedora Core 1: /var/log/messages --> Aug 11 09:54:58 c1 kernel: usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=9 (error=-110) Aug 11 09:54:59 c1 kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.0-1, assigned address 10 Aug 11 09:54:59 c1 kernel: ttyACM0: USB ACM device Aug 11 09:55:03 c1 kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000a80, flags 0, urb eaa4fa00, burb eaa4f480 Aug 11 09:55:03 c1 usb.agent[11124]: missing kernel or user mode driver acm Aug 11 09:55:03 c1 usb.agent[11125]: missing kernel or user mode driver acm .......... Aug 11 09:55:51 c1 ifup-ppp: pppd started for mymodem on /dev/input/ttyACM0 at 57600 Aug 11 09:55:52 c1 pppd[12546]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.53 Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: Initializing modem. Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: Sending: ATZ Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: ATZ Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: OK Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: Sending: ATM0 Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: ATM0 Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: OK Aug 11 09:55:53 c1 wvdial[12567]: Modem initialized. /etc/wvdial.conf [Modem0] Modem = /dev/input/ttyACM0 Baud = 57600 SetVolume = 0 Dial Command = ATDT Init1 = ATZ Init3 = ATM0 FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS) [Dialer mymodem] Username = XXXXXXXX Password = xxxxx Phone = xxxx Stupid Mode = 1 Inherits = Modem0

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Need a CONFIRMED working hardware sata raid10 card
by Drew Weaver 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Does anyone know of a card that actually works with CentOS 4 that supports Raid10? I don't think CentOS support software raid 10 from the installer. Thanks, -Drew

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OpenLDAP - building from src rpm fails (internal compiler error)
by Sean Staats 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

I'm trying to enable ACI in openldap by: 1) Install the source rpm (rpm -ivh http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4/os/SRPMS/openldap-2.2.13-2.src.rpm) 2) Modify the spec file to include '--enable-aci' in the appropriate locations. I have even tried with the original (no aci) spec file. 3) Running 'rpmbuild -bb openldap.spec, which fails with the following output: <snip> /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../db/db_auto.c ../db/db.c: In function `__db_master_update': ../db/db.c:661: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <URL:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> for instructions. cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../db/db_auto.c -fPIC -DPIC -o db_auto.o echo timestamp > btree_auto.lo /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../common/db_byteorder.c cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../common/db_byteorder.c -fPIC -DPIC -o db_byteorder.o echo timestamp > db_byteorder.lo /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../db/db_cam.c echo timestamp > db_am.lo /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../db/db_conv.c cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../db/db_cam.c -fPIC -DPIC -o db_cam.o cc -c -I. -I./../include -I./../include_auto -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -D_REENTRANT -fPIC ../db/db_conv.c -fPIC -DPIC -o db_conv.o The bug is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem. make: *** [db.o] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... echo timestamp > db_auto.lo echo timestamp > db_conv.lo echo timestamp > db_cam.lo error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.90507 (%build) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.90507 (%build) Could somebody point me in the right direction on how to fix or get around this problem? Many thanks! -SS

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Compiling lirc on centos 4.1 - SOVLED
by Jerry Geis 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

I used the following command to solvee the missing kernel problem. ./configure --with-port=0x3f8 --with-irq=4 --with-transmitter --enable-sandboxed --with-driver=serial --with-kerneldir=/lib/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/build Things are going much better now.. Jerry ---------- Karanbir, I am still having problems. I grabbed the rpm and installed it. I could not get a /dev/lircd device. I put the lirc.rules in /etc/udev/... even rebooted and still not there. I then grabbed the src rpm, went through the normal stuff and tried to run ./configure and it tells me I need the kernel source installed. I have the kernel source installed. I am just selecting the default of serial when I run ./configure. I would like to do this from the source package - but the kernel source keeps stopping that... Any further ideas? Jerry Jerry Geis wrote: >// I am trying to compile lirc.0.7.1 from www.lirc.org and it is indiacting //>/ that />/ kernel source is not installed. />/ />/ I then installed kernel source and ran the ./configure again. Same message />/ about kernel not being installed. />/ />/ ANyone compiled lirc.0.7.1 on centos 4.1? / You can get a pre-built lirc-0.7.1 for i386 at : http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/L.gro… the source for it is http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/SRPMS/lirc-0.7.1-1.src.rpm You might want to take a look at how its packaged, make changes etc in the .spec and rebuild for your own needs.

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Re: [CentOS] Need Dual Boot Installation Help
by Jeff Stacey 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Adding title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 to /etc/grub.conf has always worked for me on every dual boot Win2k, XP, 2k3 / linux boxes I have ever built. Install Windows first then install Linux. You do not need a kernel that has NTFS support and you don't have to play with NTLDR. I know that this goes against just about every Dual-Boot HOWTO you will find on the net. It just works. It has on every dual-boot install I have ever done. Jeff >>> mckagan(a)gmail.com 8/12/2005 9:09:25 AM >>> On 8/12/05, Tony Schreiner <schreian(a)bc.edu> wrote: > On Aug 12, 2005, at 9:44 AM, David Evennou wrote: > > > OK, thanks! > > > > Yes, I would like the information to get Windows XP running after > > installing > > GRUB on the MBR. > > > > > Add these lines to your /etc/grub.conf > > title Windows XP > rootnoverify (hd0,1) > chainloader +1 > > > making sure to substitute the right partition name for (hd0,1) Doing this alone won't help, as the Cent OS kernel doesn't have support for NTFS File System. (Which Windows XP Uses by default) I think following the instructions in my previous post should help. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone." _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Compiling lirc on centos 4.1
by Jerry Geis 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Karanbir, I am still having problems. I grabbed the rpm and installed it. I could not get a /dev/lircd device. I put the lirc.rules in /etc/udev/... even rebooted and still not there. I then grabbed the src rpm, went through the normal stuff and tried to run ./configure and it tells me I need the kernel source installed. I have the kernel source installed. I am just selecting the default of serial when I run ./configure. I would like to do this from the source package - but the kernel source keeps stopping that... Any further ideas? Jerry Jerry Geis wrote: >/ I am trying to compile lirc.0.7.1 from www.lirc.org and it is indiacting />/ that />/ kernel source is not installed. />/ />/ I then installed kernel source and ran the ./configure again. Same message />/ about kernel not being installed. />/ />/ ANyone compiled lirc.0.7.1 on centos 4.1? / You can get a pre-built lirc-0.7.1 for i386 at : http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/L.gro… the source for it is http://centos.karan.org/el4/extras/stable/i386/SRPMS/lirc-0.7.1-1.src.rpm You might want to take a look at how its packaged, make changes etc in the .spec and rebuild for your own needs. - KB -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ GnuPG Public Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc

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Default session different for each user.
by duffmckagan 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Can I define a default session for each user seperately? Or do they compulsorily have to follow the Default system session. If this can be done, tell me what all files need to be edited. -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone."

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Big problem with adaptec SATA RAID 1210SA
by ML 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I've a HP NETSERVER E800 with 1 disk scsi and two sata disk connected to the 1210sa raid controller. i install centos 4 FINAL with "driverdisk" parameter and i choose the 1210sa driver the server think, but even though it's unable to charge... why? as the scsi driver symbios work fine with other disk... Put aside the original driver distribuited with the controller because centos installer not like that... I hope in your experience... thanks -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC/JHfpWedLVDIPCoRAt7UAKCpbK5oewFwDP0/9tJL/16W2UPT4wCfehOT yxgCE867Fawp+OOI+sV79zs= =ktAz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 6, Issue 7
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '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-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) ethereal - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) ethereal - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:18:39 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:687 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) ethereal - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050811171839.GJ22588(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:687 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-687.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: updates/s390/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390.rpm s390x: updates/s390x/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/ethereal-gnome-0.10.12-1.EL4.1.s390x.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

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How to prevent loading qla2300.o module
by Alfred von Campe 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

I apologize in advance as this is not really at CentOS specific issue, but I don't know where else to turn. We are configuring some Dell 1850s for a customer, and they have all been configured with a QLogic dual channel HBA. But no storage has been (or will be in the near future) attached to these HBAs. During the boot process (both for the kickstart and after the OS has been installed), there is a 2 minute delay (1 minute for each channel) while the qla2300.o module is loaded and the HBA probes for any attached storage. How can I configure the kernel to ignore the QLogic HBA? It's not that critical for the kickstart process (although that would be nice too). Thanks, Alfred

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Compileing lirc on centos 4.1
by Jerry Geis 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

I am trying to compile lirc.0.7.1 from www.lirc.org and it is indiacting that kernel source is not installed. I then installed kernel source and ran the ./configure again. Same message about kernel not being installed. ANyone compiled lirc.0.7.1 on centos 4.1? OR want to try downloading it (very small) and try running ./configure. Just select save default config and run configure on the first menu. default should be a serial control setup. THanks, Jerry

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ACPI Power Off called.
by duffmckagan 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

I know this mesage is quite common, but i do get this at shutdown. (Discussed many times on the forums as such.) But still, please provide a "quickfix" acpi power off called, and then the computer simply stays on there, and doesn't shutdown. can anybody help me find a quick fix for this? I am in quite a hurry at the moment, and need urgent help. Thanks . -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone."

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Re: export user from Active Directory
by Bryan J. Smith 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith(a)ieee.org> wrote: > Fedora Directory Server is out now and does exactly this. > I posted the link to the manual earlier. BTW, you can run Fedora Directory Server on Windows 2000 itself! You don't have to run Linux, although you could start by using Windows 2000, then synchronizing to Linux later. You'll also need a service on your ADS DC side for the ADS-LDAP synchronization. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)

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aacraid strangeness
by Aleksandar Milivojevic 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

I've just had an strange thing with Adapted 2200 RAID controller (with optional battery module installed). Basically, new card, worked perfectly for weeks, several reboots and stuff. Then all the sudden, when I rebooted machine this today, system would simply freeze during boot. BIOS showed the card initialized properly, kernel module was loaded (from initrd) and it found all of the arrays, and then the system would freeze at "initializing hardware: storage" step. Booting in rescue mode would freeze just after kernel was loaded. Opened box, unplugged the card, booted without it, system works. Plugged it back in, and now everything works perfectly again!? Most likely it's not "baddly plugged card". I've visually checked for that, the card was plugged seated properly in PCI slot. Both the motherboard and card are just weeks old, so I would rule out oxydation on the connectors. Anyhow, BIOS initialization was fine, and BIOS utilities worked perfectly. Device driver behaving strangly? Anybody else saw the same problem, or even better yet, knows of an solution ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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pptpd install
by Kevin Anderson 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

I'm using Centos4.1 kernel 2.6.9-11.106 and I'm trying to install a pptpd, but have run into a snag. the following is where I'm stuck. [root@centosserver noarch]# rpm --install kernel_ppp_mppe-0.0.5-2dkms.noarch.rpm Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/kernel_ppp_mppe/0.0.5/source -> /usr/src/kernel_ppp_mppe-0.0.5 DKMS: add Completed. Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed. So I then Try to install kernel-sourcecode from yum which will then download but say bad key, or it will hang. I tested yum on other packages and it works fine. I also downloaded from rpm.pbone.net and got: rpm -ivh kernel-sourcecode-2.6.9-11.EL.noarch.rpm error: kernel-sourcecode-2.6.9-11.EL.noarch.rpm: V3 DSA signature: BAD, key ID 443e1821 error: kernel-sourcecode-2.6.9-11.EL.noarch.rpm cannot be installed. Anyone know away around this, I'm also willing to recompile the kernel but I'm not sure if that will help. I have been following the following link for instructions on installing mppe http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-fedora-core-3.phtml Thanks, Kevin

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MPPE required, but kernel has no support.
by James B. Byrne 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Ok, on to new swamps. I would like to enable PPTP on CentOS4 to accept connections from clients running MicroSoft Win2K and XP pro from outside our firewall. I am testing pptpd-1.2.3-0 and tells me that I need kernel support for MPPE, which I suppose is MicroSoft's own form of PtoP encryption. Is there a way of doing this without rebuilding the kernel? If so, how? Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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Firefox, Flash and Java on CentOS 4.1 x86-64
by Karl S. Katzke 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

First of all, I just want to say *again* how happy I am with CentOS. Across our boxes and our clients boxes, we're running it on more than 20 machines at the moment and it's by far the most painless OS to administer in detail that I've ever used. (Of course, I'm an old Slak hat, but ...) Thanks so much to the community and the maintainers. We've recently run into a problem with a dual-opteron system that is running LTSP and serving up X and Firefox to a whole bunch of diskless clients. We're using the x86-64 build of CentOS, with the appropriate Firefox package. The client users have all been asking for Flash, since many websites are unusable without Flash these days ... but there's no 64-bit build of the Flash plugin. (Thanks, Macromedia! You suck!) What's the best way to provide Flash (and maybe Java?) with Firefox on this server box? How big will the performance hit be from running non-64 bit packages? Any specific tips & hints? Thanks! -Karl Katzke

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host controller halted... scarry error
by Ulrik S. Kofod 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Yesterday i was copying a few dump files (backups) about 1GB in size from my centOS 3.4, on a samba share, to my windows, when the centOS box stopped responding. The HDD LED was on and after I connected a monitor all I could see was this error message over and over again: "usb-uhci.c: host controller halted, trying to restart" I wasn't able to login or anything, so I saw no other solution than pressing the reset button. When it rebooted it forced a hdd check, but was unable to mount /dev/hde2 (that useually mounts on /var !) and pretty much nothing works without /var. The error message mount gave was something like "Unable to mount /dev/hde2: invalid argument". The files I was copying are located on /dev/md0 (raid 0 over 4 disks) and that still worked fine, / is mounted on /dev/hde1 and that also worked as expected. I removed /var from /etc/fstab and restored a backup of /var to the dir /var and then I could boot normally again. Trying to save what was on /dev/hdde2 I ran a e2fsck -p /dev/hde2 and that corrected a ton of errors (deleted a lot of data), I then mounted /dev/hde2 to another folder and restored my backups so I only lost a few hours of data. After I added /var to /etc/fstab again everything worked as normal again. My question is happened!? and what can I do to avoid this again? If /dev/hde2 had been a RAID 1 would it then have rebuild? Should I move /var to a RAID 1? I have copied large files like this before without problems, was it just bad luck or should I expect it to do this again? /dev/hde is attached to a cheap ide ultra ata 133 pci controller card (Silicon Image) that has worked flawlessly for about a year. Can that be broken? Right now it seems OK again. I have a replacement for it but I would rather not replace it if it isnt necessary. Any suggestions are appreciated. Best regards Ulrik PS. Try backups! You wont regret it :) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.

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