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CentOS-3 errata - updated samba packages fix vulnerabilities
by Lance Davis 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

There are updated samba packages for CentOS 3.3 (and added to 3.1) https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-467.html refers Updated files are :- samba-3.0.7-1.3E.i386.rpm samba-client-3.0.7-1.3E.i386.rpm samba-common-3.0.7-1.3E.i386.rpm samba-swat-3.0.7-1.3E.i386.rpm samba-3.0.7-1.3E.i386.rpm all in updates/i386/RPMS/ These are available at http://mirror.centos.org/3.1/ and should be on all mirrors within a few hours. To update to the latest version 'yum update samba' should be sufficient.

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CPAN problems?
by Ulrik S. Kofod 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Sorry if this is off topic, but the cpan mail list seems quite ded, and I was wondering if any of you have had the same problem. when ever I do a perl -MCPAN -e "install Bundle::CPAN" I get this error: ---------------------------------- Net::Telnet is up to date. Net::Cmd is up to date. Bundle summary: The following items in bundle Bundle::libnet had installation problems: Data::Dumper Term::ReadKey is up to date. Term::ReadLine::Perl is up to date. CPAN is up to date. Bundle summary: The following items in bundle Bundle::CPAN had installation problems: Digest::MD5 Bundle::libnet and the following items had problems during recursive bundle calls: Data::Dumper ---------------------------------- I have done it on my redhat9 and centos-3.3 box and both gave same error? Anybody out there have a solution ? brgds Ulrik

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network card / kudzu
by Ulrik S. Kofod 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

When I have installed centOS, Kudzu says my network cards have been removed, and right after it finds them again and asks me to configure them? It looks like it is the same thing it finds that it just said was removed. There are 3 Relatek|RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ cards in there and it is all of them it will remove and reconfigure. It doesn't matter if I select ignore or reconfigure them, they still work after the reboot. It is just a little strange and seems a little buggy ;) brgds Ulrik

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Re: did I write that nVIDIA cards never work?
by Rick Graves 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Denis, You wrote: > You may have problems on your side...but you can't generalise and say that it does not work. Maybe you have me confused with someone else. I did not write or imply that nVIDIA cards never work. Rather, I wrote that they may not work. By this, I meant that they do not work with some monitors. I checked what I wrote, and I believe the above paragraph is correct. If you disagree with me and stand by your statement, please refer me to the sentence(s) that I wrote that back you up. In addition to me, two people have written to the group recently about the nVIDIA problem. They can vouch for the fact that there is sometimes a problem. I agree that nVIDIA cards work for many people (including for me, which I also wrote). But the fact that they work for many people does not solve the problem when one does not work with a specific monitor. This topic is near and dear to my heart, as I first encountered the problem when I was trying to install CentOS on machine with an nVIDIA card and using a monitor with which nVIDIA cards do not work (my Mag DX1495). At the beginning, I did not know that the card was the problem, I only knew that the screen went blank toward the end of the install. In addition to trying to solve the problem by tweeking the XF86Config file (boy, was that futile!), it literally took me hours of parts swapping, distribution swapping, and OS swapping (trying Windows too), to finally figure out that the nVIDIA card was the problem. (Some might say that the card/monitor combination was the problem, but Windows has no problem with the combination.) Maybe my frustration with nVIDIA cards shows, and as a result, my emails on this topic are easily misinterpreted. Rick > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:38:24 -0400 > From: "Denis E. Pilon" <dpilon(a)dpilon.com> > To: Rick Graves <gravesricharde(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: centos(a)caosity.org > Subject: Re: [Centos] Re: nVIDIA on Linux -- less is more > > Rick, > > Because the nVIDIA does not work for you doesn't mean it does not > work.. > > I have been using the nVIDIA driver since i installed pre 3.1(the > beta's) and have not had any issues...so please.... do not state that > is > does not work...it does. You may have problems on your side...but you > can't generalise and say that it does not work. Take a poll and see > how > many people have it working. > > DP >

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glibc-debug is missing from 3.3
by Farkas Levente 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

hi, it seems that glibc-debug missing from 3.3 while it's in 3.1 so automatic yum update is not working (missing package). it's just a fault or it's missing "by desing"? yours. -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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Re: nVIDIA on Linux -- less is more
by Rick Graves 23 Sep '04

23 Sep '04

Christopher, I have a couple of other points. My recent email with the subject "nVIDIA on CentOS 3.3" was specifically in response to Kevin Wood's Fri, 17 Sep 2004 email with the subject "Does the nvidia graphic card problem still exist with CentOS-3.3?". The wording of my email came out wrong because I was responding to Kevin's email (which I copy below, along with my response on Sunday). As you can see from Kevin's email, he had problems with nVIDIA cards, and he was wondering whether CentOS 3.3 would resolve them. So I was writing to let him know the answer (No!). I looked up the prior discussion of nVIDIA cards in the mail digest. For the record, they are available here: http://www.caosity.org/pipermail/centos/ CentOS digest, Vol 1 #65 - 3 msgs Fri, 18 Jun 2004 CentOS digest, Vol 1 #66 - 7 msgs Sat, 19 Jun 2004 CentOS digest, Vol 1 #67 - 3 msgs Mon, 21 Jun 2004 Rick Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 05:02:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rick Graves" <gravesricharde(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: nVIDIA on CentOS 3.3 To: centos(a)caosity.org Kevin, > Will the same problems exist with CentOS-3.3 > that existed in CentOS-3.1 regarding the nvidia > graphics cards. I can try it later this week (assuming that CentOS-3.3 is fully ready to go by then). At the office, I have all the components of my "hardware combination from hell," and it would be easy to get them all onto the test bench. Rick > Message: 2 > From: kevin <kwood(a)free.fr> > Reply-To: kwood(a)free.fr > To: centos(a)caosity.org > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:50:06 +0200 > Subject: [Centos] Does the nvidia graphic card > problem still exist with CentOS-3.3 > > Will the same problems exist with CentOS-3.3 > that existed in CentOS-3.1 regarding the nvidia > graphics cards. > > As I have quite a few, thought I would ask. > > Kevin Wood.

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Web & Mail
by Beth Curotto 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

I have just set up a box - HOSTNAME mail.abni.com It has Qmail setup. I also want this box to serve as the host for our website - abni.com Can someone point me in the direction of where to go next. I am unsure if HOSTNAME will be a problem as a web server. Currently I have loaded a html doc in - /var/www/html, but I had to load from cd directly on this machine. Is is neccessary to setup ftp to be able to upload html from remote system? Don't know if this is important at this point - but this system is NAT'd to an internal ip. Heck of a 1st Linux project, huh. That's for all the advice. Beth

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RE:[Centos] nVIDIA on CentOS 3.3
by kevin 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Thank you for the answer to my question, it is much appreciated. Although there are solutions to the problem as other people point out. I don't see the point in using a graphics card which works with drivers that have to be rebuilt everytime the kernel is updated. I've been there and done it, it is unnecessary in 2004. Kevin Wood. Hey, This was exactly the situation under CentOS 3.1. Moral of the nVIDIA story: if the monitor/display card/motherboard combination works for you, great. If not, using a display card from a different manufacturer may be the best solution. IMHO. Rick

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Re: [Centos] nVIDIA on CentOS 3.3
by Rick Graves 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Christopher, The wording of my email came out wrong. I did not intend to cast aspersions on CentOS. I wrote to the CentOS and/or cAos mailing lists some months ago on this topic, and I also put up an FAQ on the problem (which you can find in the FAQ's under Installation). In my mind, my message yesterday was in the context of my prior emails and the FAQ. Back then, I went through hours of trial and error tests, and I found exactly the same problem with exactly the same hardware when I was running Fedora 1 (and perhaps Debian as well -- on Debian, I am not sure, but I am 100% sure about Fedora). So I concluded then that this is not a CentOS or cAos problem, but at least a RedHat problem and maybe a Linux problem. > First of all, I'd be interested to see where your > conclusion that your monitor doesn't work with an > nVidia card in linux came from -- what > exactly did you experience/test to come to this > statement? I believe my prior email answers your question in detail.

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Re: [Centos] Re: kernel question
by C.M. Connelly 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "BS" == Bart Schaefer <schaefer+centos(a)zanshin.com> BS> (1) Is the aforementioned kernel patch already present in BS> the CentOS-3.3 kernels? It seems like it's in the 3.1 series kernels vosill% ll /proc/sys/vm/pagecache - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 21 12:11 /proc/sys/vm/pagecache Values default to 1, 15, 100, but can be reset with the command you suggested. I'll let you know if I notice any changes. Claire *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Claire Connelly cmc(a)math.hmc.edu Systems Administrator (909) 621-8754 Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFBUH0LB0pE8d7vd8wRAir2AJ9IXeK3oc9DLdqFCf4UBpBdCeEvdACeII2U Xay8fJskLdJxu+EPWzMBo7o= =QOY6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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nVIDIA on CentOS 3.3
by Rick Graves 22 Sep '04

22 Sep '04

Hey, I tried it. The short answer is that nVIDIA cards are OK for text, but may not work at all under X. I downloaded the 3.3 ISO's, and burned new CD's. I did an X desktop install on a test bench P3 600 MHz system with a 4.3 gig drive. I did the install with a known-to-work Voodoo Banshee card to get the system going. I used a Mag DX1495 monitor, which I know does not to work on Linux with nVIDIA cards (but which works just fine running Windows with nVIDIA cards). Everything installed OK with only a minor glitch toward the end (just when going into the reboot, after setting up the monitor and display card, there were some messages about cannot find some graphics files). After going into my regular user account and adjusting some preferences, I shut the system down, replaced the Voodoo Banshee card with an nVIDIA Riva TNT 2 card, and restarted the computer. During startup, kudzu detected the hardware change, and configured the machine for the new card following my confirmation. (Windows can do this automatically, why not Linux?) Sure enough, when X tried to load, the screen went blank. Not only did the screen go blank for the X console #7, but the screen was blank for the 6 other consoles as well. I knew this because I could change to my favorite with F2, then Ctl-Alt-del to reboot. The screen stayed blank until the computer began the new boot, when the screen came back. This was exactly the situation under CentOS 3.1. Moral of the nVIDIA story: if the monitor/display card/motherboard combination works for you, great. If not, using a display card from a different manufacturer may be the best solution. IMHO. Rick

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Re: kernel question
by Bart Schaefer 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

William Warren wrote: > An interesting bug in RHEL 3(which affects CentOS 3) has been > bantered around for a while. There are some kernel > patches(beyond my scope right now) or some echo statements tht > are used(this helped my situation). > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89226 I don't have any direct feedback on Warren's [not excerpted] question about using other kernels, but I have some feedback on the echo statements that he mentions. I had been noticing that memory-intensive apps such as Mozilla were taking a very long time to swap back in after having been idle overnight -- more than a couple of minutes, often, when I would switch desktops for the first time each day to the one where I keep Moz running, before the window would refresh. Scanning through the bugzilla report, I saw the kernel patch that changes the vm.pagecache defaults. So I executed echo "1 5 10" > /proc/sys/vm/pagecache My applications are now MUCH more responsive; there's never a delay before the Mozilla window refreshes, and VMware works noticeably better. If you are running CentOS 3.1 or RHEL3, you might want to try this, even if you aren't seeing serious problems with swapping. This brings me to two questions: (1) Is the aforementioned kernel patch already present in the CentOS-3.3 kernels? (2) (Somwhat OT) Is there an equivalent pagecache tweak for RedHat 9? The /proc/sys/vm/pagecache "device" is not present in RH9.

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Centos-3.3 i386 CDs
by Petr "Qaxi" Klima 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Hi Just wondering why there are two diferent version of file comps #ll iso/mnt-cd1/RedHat/RPMS/comps-3.0.0centos-0.20040916.i386.rpm -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6821992 Sep 16 19:11 iso/mnt-cd1/RedHat/RPMS/comps-3.0.0centos-0.20040916.i386.rpm #ll iso/mnt-cd3/RedHat/RPMS/comps-3.0.0centos-0.20040916.i386.rpm -r--r--r-- 2 root root 6809965 Sep 16 18:52 iso/mnt-cd3/RedHat/RPMS/comps-3.0.0centos-0.20040916.i386.rpm # Which is the right? Petr Klima

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CentOS-3.3
by Bill Wichser 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Thank you for the long awaited x86_64 port! Looking through the RedHat pages concerning their EL releases, I find that the ES and WS versions claim to support only 2 CPUs while the AS version supports, well, more. With the CentOS releases following the ES releases, can I assume that this too is limited to two CPUs? Is this a kernel issue or something else? Should I be thinking of loading a non-CentOS release on a quad Opteron box? Thanks, Bill

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kernel update
by William Warren 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

My kernel was grabbed by the installer and properly isntalled..what threw me was tht only kernel utils was mentioned during the header download..:) William -- 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"

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yum configuration files lost while/after updating ?
by Martin Hamant 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

Hello centOS users, Today i've installed a fresh centos 3.1, and modified the [update] section of my/etc/yum.conf, to point on my own update repository. My update repository (3.1) contains exactly the same content that the official one. Update was successful but now /etc/yum.conf is missing :( Here it is what i've noticed during the update process: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 3.1 (final) #yum update [...] warning: /etc/yum.conf created as /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew yum 100 % done 96/191 [...] warning: /etc/centos-base-yum.conf saved as /etc/centos-base-yum.conf.rpmsave Completing update for yum - 110/191 [...] Transaction(s) Complete # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 3.3 (final) => files /etc/yum.conf* /etc/yum.conf -> /etc/centos-base-yum.conf ( Broken link! read the rest) /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew /etc/yum.conf-SAVE => files /etc/centos* /etc/centos-base-yum.conf.rpmsave /etc/centos-yum.conf I don't understand what happened :-O An idea ? -- Martin

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SATA RAID Card
by Harris 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

anyone have experiences installing SATA raid card with CentOS/RHEL? I am considering Promise FastTrak S150 Tx2 plus, FastTrack 2200 or FastTrack S150 Sx4 Which one of these ( or any othe brand) can ensure smooth install of CentOS without problems, thanks. :)Harris LIU

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kernel update
by William Warren 21 Sep '04

21 Sep '04

an updated kernel was released in U#..however when i did yum update it did not grab the actual kernel only kernel utils..What do i need to do to make yum grab the kernel as well during the update process? -- 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"

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Hostname Question?
by Beth Curotto 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

Is there just one file that stores the Hostname globally? Or if I needed to change the Hostname would I need to update several different files? I am currently using 3.1 Thanks to all.

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centos 3.3 and updates for 3.1
by seth vidal 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

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Helping out?
by Shawn M. Jones 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

Wow, three threads in two days, I promise to be less loquacious from now on. Anyways, I've decided to run CentOS over Whitebox on my firewall because of the timeliness of updates. Is there some way I can assist in the CentOS effort? It would be nice if there were a "wanted" section on y'all's web site detailing ways to assist with CentOS, if any. --Shawn -- -- Shawn M. Jones <smj(a)littleprojects.org> http://www.littleprojects.org

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should I rush to update to Centos 3.3
by Alex Georgiev 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

as there were many reports of broken packages, and kernel panics on Taroon mail list Kind Regards. A. Georgiev

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 20 Sep '04

20 Sep '04

These packages have been rebuilt but should be the same as the previous release: Xconfigurator These packages have been modified: initscripts If /etc/centos-release is missing then /etc/redhat-release is used instead. An error about the missing file is no longer displayed. Files available: Xconfigurator-4.9.41-1.c2.1.i386.rpm initscripts-6.47.10-1.c2.2.i386.rpm The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin - Computer Systems Officer School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)caosity.org http://www.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Re: nVIDIA on CentOS 3.3
by Rick Graves 19 Sep '04

19 Sep '04

Kevin, > Will the same problems exist with CentOS-3.3 > that existed in CentOS-3.1 regarding the nvidia > graphics cards. I can try it later this week (assuming that CentOS-3.3 is fully ready to go by then). At the office, I have all the components of my "hardware combination from hell," and it would be easy to get them all onto the test bench. Rick > Message: 2 > From: kevin <kwood(a)free.fr> > Reply-To: kwood(a)free.fr > To: centos(a)caosity.org > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:50:06 +0200 > Subject: [Centos] Does the nvidia graphic card > problem still exist with CentOS-3.3 > > Will the same problems exist with CentOS-3.3 > that existed in CentOS-3.1 regarding the nvidia > graphics cards. > > As I have quite a few, thought I would ask. > > Kevin Wood.

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error in cron.daily email report
by chris weisiger 19 Sep '04

19 Sep '04

after i updated to 3.3....in my daily email report for /etc/cron.daily i get the following: many times over anyone know what may be causing it? i have search google zcat: stdout: Broken pipe then the last thing to show is my script to run my awstats updates i didnt have this problem before i updated to 3.3 i have read on google that i might be a $LANG setting issue

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re:[Centos] centos 3.3 and 3.1
by cweisiger＠i-55.com 18 Sep '04

18 Sep '04

i have not made any changes my yum.conf file, still using the default one that is installed. so i should be ok after everything is released?

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centOS-3.3 isos
by cweisiger＠i-55.com 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

are the centOS-3.3 isos available and ready for download? i need to d/l a set and didnt want to download the 3.1 isos if the 3.3 isos are available now.

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Have question about centOS-3.3
by cweisiger＠i-55.com 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

I am currently running centOS-3.1. I have not received any package updates since Sept 1. Is this in part due to creating new isos which would be named centOS-3.3. How would I go about updating my system from centOS-3.1 to centOS-3.3, or would I even need to and just keep downloading updates like i do now. My system is running very smoothly with no errors or issues, I was just wondering why there hasnt been any package updates available. Would it be necessary to download the new isos and upgrade my system? Will the package updates be available still for centOS-3.1.

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Re: [Centos] Have question about centOS-3.3
by cweisiger＠i-55.com 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

so i can just edit my yum.conf file replacing $releasever with 3.3, run yum update and ill be running 3.3? also, i should have any unusual issues?

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centos 3.3 and 3.1
by seth vidal 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Hi all, Here's what's going on. The 3.3 tree is built. All the updates are built. It's all ready to go. I'm going to merge in all the package changes from 3.1 to 3.3 (including centos-release) into the 3.1/updates path. Then when you run yum update you'll be running 3.3. However! If your /etc/yum.conf file does not use $releasever to specify repositories then you won't get any new updates to 3.3. More announcements coming as I have time. Sorry. -sv

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Does the nvidia graphic card problem still exist with CentOS-3.3
by kevin 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Will the same problems exist with CentOS-3.3 that existed in CentOS-3.1 regarding the nvidia graphics cards. As I have quite a few, thought I would ask. Kevin Wood.

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CentOS-3.3 install went smoothly
by kevin 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Just thought I would let you know that I just finished my first install of CentOS-3.3 using the new iso images, an everything install went okay. Thanks for all your hard work. Kevin Wood

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CentOS-3 versions 3.2 & 3.3
by Rick Graves 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Hey, I thought I had been paying attention, but I do not know what is going on. On the mirrors, under centos-3, we now have directories named 3.1, 3.2 & 3.3. The CentOS-3 I have been using for some months came from 3.1. The 3.2 directory is dated September 11th and seems to be empty. The 3.3 directory is dated September 16th and has stuff in it, such as rpm's, but no header files for yum. If someone would kindly explain what is going on, I would update the web site with a news item if appropriate. Thanks, Rick

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apt repositories
by Michael Rock 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

Hi, does anyone have plans on adding an apt repository? I used apt-get with Synaptic RH8 with fedoralegacy.org which made things so much easier to manage compared to yum/up2date. Freshrpms provides some instructions here: http://freshrpms.net/apt/server/ Unfortunately I do not have the bandwidth to offer it myself. btw - does anyone have an idea why up2date says it wants to downgrade after the all the updates completed. posted here: http://caosity.org/pipermail/centos/2004-September/000564.html I hope to get this resolved before rolling out any more Centos machines. thx __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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kernel question
by William Warren 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

An interesting bug in RHEL 3(which affects CentOS 3) has been bantered around for a while. There are some kernel patches(beyond my scope right now) or some echo statements tht are used(this helped my situation). The newest 2.4.x kernels have these patches incorporated. Would centOS 3 go nuts if i installed the latest kernel from kernel.org? <btw the issue is that the 2.4.xx kernels ahve a tendency to fill up ram with cache..which is normal. The bug is that the kernel then refuses to rlease the cache and instead starts swapping...which i have noticed in my little install here. What i did to fix it as a workaround(noted in the buzilla report here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89226 is to send the following command at the command line: (echo 1 10 10 >/proc/sys/vm/pagecache) I have noticed this is another RH9 server i ahve access to and will be trying it on that box too as well as my linux firewall.> -- 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"

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CentOS 3 updates
by William Warren 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

I have noticed various RHEL linux notices being posted..I know the CentOS people are busy...I was wondering if CentOS 3 will ahve the corresponding updates available in the next week?(trying to be conservative in my question) -- 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"

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded the the centos mirror: RHSA-2004:465-01 Updated imlib package fixes security vulnerability Files available: imlib-1.9.13-4.2.i386.rpm imlib-cfgeditor-1.9.13-4.2.i386.rpm imlib-devel-1.9.13-4.2.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin - Computer Systems Officer School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded the the centos mirror: RHSA-2004:464-01 Updated mc package resolves security vulnerabilities Files available: mc-4.5.51-36.4.i386.rpm gmc-4.5.51-36.4.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin - Computer Systems Officer School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded the the centos mirror: RHSA-2004:447-01 Updated gdk-pixbuf packages fix security flaws Files available: gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-11.1.2E.i386.rpm gdk-pixbuf-devel-0.22.0-11.1.2E.i386.rpm gdk-pixbuf-gnome-0.22.0-11.1.2E.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin - Computer Systems Officer School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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Create Distro
by Beth Curotto 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Is there a novice level way to produce a distro/copy/whatever of an installation so that I can duplicate it on a new box? Is there a hard drive copy application that can copy linux drives? Beth

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Re: RedHat/CentOS family tree
by Rick Graves 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

John, Your RedHat/CentOS family tree looks great! Even people who are not trying to migrate might want to take a look. For those who have not seen it yet, it is at the bottom of John's migration page, http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/centos-2/migration.htm For a general understanding how the different versions relate to each other, that picture is worth 1,000 words, easy. Thanks, Rick --- centos-request(a)caosity.org wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:35:21 +1000 > From: John Newbigin <jn(a)it.swin.edu.au> > To: seth vidal <skvidal(a)phy.duke.edu> > Cc: centos(a)caosity.org > Subject: Re: [Centos] Using yum to do downgrades > > Thanks for your reply. I guess for now I will stick > with my bash > script. I'll put it up on my web site > http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/centos-2/migration.htm > > John. >

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RE: Getting kernel panic when installer starts formatting partitions. Was: [Centos] How to get 3Ware 9500S controller card working in CentOS 3.1?
by David Corredor 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

In regard of the e-mail sent on Jul/16/04 about the 3Ware 9500S. Has anyone experienced/solved this issue ?? I'm having a similar problem, I already have the system installed on a separate disk, now I want to make the filesystem on the RAID partition (using 3Ware 9500S-8). First I had the problem that the card will keep resetting after continous timeouts whenever I tried loading the module (compiled from source, in up-mode, driver v.9.2 from 3Ware's website). The solution to this was to disable APIC on the motherboard (or boot linux without APIC support). So, now the module loads ok (I've tried SMP and ENT versions, I'm using kernel 2.4.21-15.0.4-ELsmp). But the timeout and reset problem start happening again when I try to create the filesystem on the RAID partition. I can cancel the mkfs operation, but then I get a kernel panic if I try to unload the module (rmmod 3w-9xxx), just like the problem that the previous poster had. Any ideas or input would be appreciated. David

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Using yum to do downgrades
by John Newbigin 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

This is a yum question but relates to some work I am doing with CentOS and other recent discussions on this list so I though I would post here first. Basically I am attempting a Red Hat 7.2 -> CentOS-2 upgrade. So far it has worked like a charm. The problem is though that yum (no doubt by design) will not downgrade packages to the CentOS versions. The problem is that some old RPMs have 72 in the release (for Red Hat 7.2) and the newer package as 21 in the release (For Enterprise Linux 2.1). Some others are updates to 7.2 which increased the version number where as 2.1 got a backported fix and increased release number. Is there a way to make yum always select a particular Vendor or Distribution? What about using yum to do an explicit downgrade "yum install mypackage-version-oldrelease"? Also, this is an rpm question, does anyone know if I can do "rpm --erase redhat-logos" and "rpm -i centos-logos" at the same time? If I put an obsoletes: tag into centos-logos will yum do that for me? Is that a good idea? At the moment I have a bash script which trys to work out the downgrade rpm commands but I can not check dependencies. Any other suggestions, tips or tricks would be appreciated. John. -- John Newbigin - Computer Systems Officer School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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XF86Setup
by dan1 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Hello. I am looking for the famous XF86Setup command used on RedHat 7.1 (for XFree86) but I didn't find it on CentOS 3.1. Did it change into something else ? Else how can I configure my monitor, mouse, video card settings ? Same questions for starting the hardware material configurator. How can I force it to run ? I know that it runs automatically at boot when we change a card or device, but how to force starting this program manually ? Thanks, Daniel

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I hope this turns out as well as LSB maintiners hope it does
by William Warren 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1645533,00.asp?kc=ewnws091404dtx1k0000… -- 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"

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up2date-4.2-33-1.centos.3.1
by Michael Rock 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

After installing from CD I ran up2date and it looks like I got everything updated. For some reason the up2date icon stays red and tells me that I have up2date-4.2-33-1.centos.3.1 installed but latest version is up2date-4.5.1.centos.3.1 which is the old version of up2date. All the files it wants me to up2date to are the old files. Is this normal for Centos and will it correct itself when new updates come out? thanks all. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com

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RHN-like system for CentOS?
by Troy Engel 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Team, Is anyone aware of a Red Hat Network alike system of server package update status that could be adapted for CentOS3? I'm not interested in the complete management aspect (channels, scheduling remote updates, etc) but merely the ability to see your list of systems and determine which are out of date with XXX packages. If you happen to manage a large-ish number of RHES3 systems, you know what a boon this is. ;) Ideas? Thx, -te -- Troy Engel | Systems Engineer Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com

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RE: [Centos] Upgrading Fedora Core 1 to CentOS
by Ho Chaw Ming 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Yes it is all the reason why we want to change to Centos (longer EOL), and we think the stability in RHE should be worth something. It's not always the best to run the newest and the best especially on a production server. So is there anyway to do it other than from yum or to manually force install all the rpm downloaded in the cache? Thanks. regards -----Original Message----- From: centos-admin(a)caosity.org [mailto:centos-admin@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes Sent: 14 September 2004 19:38 To: CentOS Users Subject: Re: [Centos] Upgrading Fedora Core 1 to CentOS On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 06:24, William Warren wrote: > depends on your definition of downlgrade..i see it as the > oposite..fedora's lifecycle is not nearly as long as RHEL 3..:) Agreed, from a stability and lifecycle perspective, CentOS is much better than (and in my opinion an upgrade to) Fedora Core 1. But from a package perspective, many of the items in an up2date Fedora Core 1 install are newer than the packages in CentOS, so they won't upgrade via yum (since the installed Fedora Core 1 packages are already newer). > > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 20:51, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > >>It is a downgrade and not an upgrade to go from CentOS to Fedora > >>Core 1 ... CentOS is an upgrade from RedHat 9 but a Downgrade from FC1. > > > > > > I meant that it is a downgrade to go from FC1 to CentOS ... as RHEL > > 3 was released from RedHat 9.0 code, then FC1 was released later. > > > > Johnny Hughes _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)caosity.org http://www.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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CentOS 3.1: sshd and pam /etc/security/limits.conf file descriptor settings problem
by Sean Staats 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Why can't non-uid 0 users have more than 1024 file descriptors when logging in via ssh? I'm trying to allow a user to have a hard limit of 8192 file descriptors(system defaults to 1024) via the following setting in /etc/security/limits.conf: jdoe hard nofile 8192 But when jdoe logs in via ssh and does 'ulimit -Hn' he gets '1024' as a response. If he tries to set it with 'ulimit -Hn 8192' he gets an 'Operation not permitted' error. If jdoe instead telnets to the box, he gets the hard limit of 8192 file descriptors. Here is what happens when I set the hard limit to 512 in limits.conf: jdoe hard nofile 512 When jdoe logs in via ssh, he gets a hard limit of 512 file descriptors. The same goes for telnet. So ssh is certainly reading the limits.conf file and applying the settings, so long as nofile <= 1024. Why won't ssh allow users to have more than 1024 file descriptors??? Many thanks! -Sean

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Kickstart and aliased network interfaces
by Ralph Angenendt 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Hi, small(?) problem here: We have several servers which have aliased interfaces (e.g. gigabit: one alias points to the net the backupserver is in, the other one "connects" to the filer the machine needs for work). So I'd like to generate this setup with kickstart (yes, I *could* do that with cfengine or other tools, but want to have the general config in kickstart). Alas: network --bootproto=static --device=eth1:0 --ip=10.65.193.166 --netmask=255.255.255.0 isn't really taken well by anaconda, it barfs up some python-backtrace and stops the installation (it would be neat, if this would be handled friendlier, as in "would you like to continue even though I don't know what you mean"). Any solution for that? Ralph -- Ralph Angenendt......ra(a)br-online.de | .."Text processing has made it possible Bayerischer Rundfunk...HA-Multimedia | ....to right-justify any idea, even one Rundfunkplatz 1........80300 München | .which cannot be justified on any other Tl:089.5900.16023..Fx:089.5900.16240 | ..........grounds." -- J. Finnegan, USC

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