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{SOLVED} Re: OT: SMART warning on hard drive, same warning for 2 1 /2 years
by Lanny Marcus 26 May '09

26 May '09

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > My wife's box has a very intermittent problem, when booting from the > Maxtor IDE hard drive. This has been going on for about 2 1/2 > years.... The box is a Compaq EVO D300v for the Enterprise. When it > boots, there is a SMART advisory from the BIOS that says failure is > immenient. Occasionally, it will not boot, because the BIOS does not > see the hard drive. I replaced the EIDE cable, but the problem of After I posted this yesterday, I turned my wife loose on her computer and it choked. Possibly a coincidence, after receiving SMART warnings for a couple of years, and it was ready to die. Thought I had 2 used hard drives, in perfect condition, but the first one I installed turned out to be DOA and now the other one is installed.. :-) Thanks to everyone who replied. As Mark (MHR) wrote, I too was skeptical of the SMART warnings from the BIOS and when I checked on the Compaq Support site, a couple of years ago, I was told the Compaq BIOS is very sensitive and there are a lot of false warnings. However, after checking the bad hard drive with smartctl yesterday, I am a believer in SMART warnings....

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gethostbyname clarification
by Joseph L. Casale 25 May '09

25 May '09

I have an issue, although it's a result of sketchy code in the sip implementation in Asterisk that's been around forever, I am sure I am going to have to fix it some other way as many people have waited with no fix yet from Digium. If a name resolution fails for a remote sip peer, the entire stack tanks and local sip phones don't work either. We have several sip trunks and an analog trunk for redundancy when the SIP providers are down. Problem is if the net connection is down *nothing* works. Most people suggest to run your own caching nameserver which we do. We had long outage and sure enough eventually all the sip phones couldn't connect. I fear in hard coding the remote sip peers in the hosts file incase that changes. The server was also restarted which I believe clears out the name server cache? Is there some way I can configure nsswitch.conf from "hosts: files dns" to something like "hosts: files dns file2" so if those ip's ever changed I would have time to figure it out and update the file unless another outage occurred at the same time :)? Anyone got a better idea how to solve this dilemma? Thanks! jlc

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lacie drive and CentOS 5.3 question...
by Ray Van Dolson 25 May '09

25 May '09

I'm adding a couple lacie external USB drives to my CentOS 5.3 system and running into a few issues... when I connect them, I see the following in dmesg: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11 usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice And that's it. No device assignment information, the usb-storage module does not appear to be loaded and I am unable to access the drive. I do see the following in lsusb: Bus 001 Device 011: ID 0451:6250 Texas Instruments, Inc. I'm assuming the kernel or udev doesn't know what to do with the given device ID and isn't correctly mapping it to the usb-storage module (I have manually loaded usb-storage with modprobe usb-storage prior to attaching the device). I found a post describing how to manually map a vendor id / device id to usb-storage, but it has to do with the old hotplug system from CentOS 4. Can anyone advise me on how I can tell my system the above device is a mass storage device? Do I need to write some udev rules? These drives work fine (automatically) on a Fedora 10 machine. Also, I am using the "plus" kernel on my CentOS machine. Thanks, Ray

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System hang during shutdown (halt)
by Camron W. Fox 25 May '09

25 May '09

Alle, I'm running V5.3 (newly installed) on an FJ E8020 laptop. The problem I have is when shutting down (*not* rebooting). NetworkManager fails to stop and after (during?) the postfix shutdown, the system seems to hang. I cannot access via another screen or remotely. I can't find any clues in the log files. I could use some suggestions on troubleshooting. Here are the active services: [cwfox@oprichnik ~]$ sudo /sbin/chkconfig --list | grep 3:on | sort acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off auditd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off dkms_autoinstaller 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off hplip 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off lm_sensors 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off lvm2-monitor 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off microcode_ctl 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off pcscd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off readahead_early 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off smartd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off sysstat 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off uuidd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off [cwfox@oprichnik ~]$ Best Regards, Camron -- Camron W. Fox Hilo Office High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu Management Services of America, Inc. E-mail: cwfox(a)us.fujitsu.com

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rsyslog expression based filters
by Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu 25 May '09

25 May '09

Hello All, Does the rsyslog version in CentOS 5 support expression based filters? I'm asking because a filter I believe should be working, isn't and I cannot figure out why. I'm trying to get the following expression working (might wrap): if $source == 'astappsrv2' and $programname == 'asterisk' then /var/log/asterisk/astappsrv2.log Every time I restart rsyslog, I get this error (slightly edited to make it fit): rsyslogd:unknown priority name "log" rsyslogd:the last error occured in /etc/rsyslog.conf, line 16 rsyslogd:warning: selector line without actions will be discarded The line rsyslog is having problems with is the expression based filter. astappsrv2 is the log client, and it's successfully sending it's logs to the remote log host (the one on which I'm having problems with the expression filter). I know the logs are coming in because I've setup property based filters that all work just fine. I can take this to the rsyslog list if need be. I wanted to try here first. Regards, Ranbir -- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Linux 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 13:46:04 up 1 day, 14:56, 4 users, load average: 1.03, 0.41, 0.14

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 51, Issue 11
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 25 May '09

25 May '09

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-2009:0258 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 thunderbird - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:0258 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 thunderbird - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2009:0329 Important CentOS 3 ia64 freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2009:1059 Important CentOS 3 ia64 pidgin - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2009:0329 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2009:1059 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) pidgin - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:09:51 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0258 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 thunderbird - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090525070951.GA29910(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:0258 thunderbird security update for CentOS 4 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0258.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.centos.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.centos.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-4 i386 installations by running the command: yum update thunderbird Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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OBM groupware on centos
by DNK 25 May '09

25 May '09

Have any of you tried out the OBM groupware stuff on centos? They have RHEL5 rpm's. http://obm.org/doku.php?id=start Also curious how it is as a groupware/exchange alternative.... d

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Re: [CentOS] Gnome terminal oddity
by James B. Byrne 25 May '09

25 May '09

On: Fri, 22 May 2009 16:58:26 +0000 (UTC), Beartooth <Beartooth(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > On Fri, 22 May 2009 12:49:43 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > >> I have the following gnome terminal profile settings: >> >> Backspace = ASCII DEL >> Delete Key = Escape Sequence > [....] >> I am fairly confident that the delete key worked in the same >> fashion for my usual user id up until quite recently. Does >> anyone know of why or how this behaviour could differ between >> two separate users in the same terminal window? > > I have my gnome-terminal (under Fedora, not CentOS) set to > Control-H and Escape Sequence; that works fine for all users here, > and does what I'm guessing you want. > That setting does not change the observed behaviour. If I su -l then the Escape Sequence DEL removes the character under the cursor and left shifts the line. If I am not the superuser, even in exactly the same gnome terminal window instance, then the DEL has no evident effect. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@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 3C3

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Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
by Robert Heller 25 May '09

25 May '09

At Mon, 25 May 2009 15:02:28 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> wrote: > > Content-language: sv > > > ---Executing: recode > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf > >Of William L. Maltby > >Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:24 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates? > > > >> >Probably not the best distro for Laptops, > >> >but many people on this list are using CentOS on their laptops. > >> > >> So what's considered to be the "best" choice for laptops? I understand > >> mileage may vary and so on, but I think there might maybe be a general > >> consensus at least? > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > > >Not likely on this list. More likely, a "preponderance", maybe even a > >"majority", but I wouldn't be surprised if even those aren't achieved. > >BTW, "general" is redundant with "consensus". > > I'm sorry. I'm not a native English speaker or writer. > > Ok, so what would you guys suggest using on a laptop, if CentOS was not an > option? I read in an earlier post where somebody suggested chosing distro > based on the hardware. Suppose this hardware is a Dell Latitude a few years > old, with no built-in wifi, but rather either a Dlink DFE-680TXD or a 3com > 3CRWE154G72. CentOS will work just fine. (Probably *any* distro will work just fine.) CentOS will work with older hardware. The only hardware that will be problematical will be winmodems -- *ALL* linux distros do badly with winmodems. It is a combination of lack of documentation about what is going on inside the winmodem and a serious lack of motivation: most Linux developers have real internet connections and no longer have an interest in dialup, plus *real* (RS232-based) modems are cheap and ALL of them work out-of-the-box. From many points of view, winmodems are pointless hardware. CentOS only has these problems WRT laptops (or desktops to a lesser extent): It is an 'conservitive' distro (same can be said about all of the RHEL-based distros). This means three *main* things: 1) Support for bleeding edge hardware might be a problem. Mostly things like sound cards, WiFi NICs, and (cheap) digital cameras. Most other hardware is 'standardized' enough to work on some level (eg video cards will work at basic resolution levels, etc.) RedHat does back port critical hardware drivers (things like mass storage controller drivers (SATA, SCSI, RAID, etc.)). 2) You won't get the most recent, hot, bleeding edge version of software. You also won't get buggy software either. No great loss IMHO. 3) RHEL distros will lack most of the flashy toys (eg fancy multi-media), including flashy eye-candy. Only 1 is really a 'problem' for laptops, since fresh off the showroom floor laptops tend to have all sorts of bleeding edge hardware. With a desktop one can mix-and-match compatible PCI cards, etc. and avoid or cure these problems. One *could* just snarf a suitable kernel from FC-land if one knows what one is doing, etc. 2 & 3 can be solved with a combination of CentOSPlus, epel, rpmforge, and lots of fun with rpmbuild and srpms from FC-land (or even more fun with tar & make and related tools). I've even dropped in RPMs from Mandrake and SUSE onto my system (rpmfind.net can be quite useful at times). I've even snarfed srpms from other distros and bashed them though rpmbuild, usually after tinkering with the .spec file. -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/

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Re: [CentOS] Auto-installing security updates?
by William L. Maltby 25 May '09

25 May '09

On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:02 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf > >Of William L. Maltby > ><snip> > > > >Not likely on this list. More likely, a "preponderance", maybe even a > >"majority", but I wouldn't be surprised if even those aren't achieved. > >BTW, "general" is redundant with "consensus". > > I'm sorry. I'm not a native English speaker or writer. NP. I was not trying to rebuke you. Many "native English speakers" make much more serious errors consistently. You do just fine. I make my share of mistakes - especially since I started using the web so long ago. > > Ok, so what would you guys suggest using on a laptop, if CentOS was not an > option? I read in an earlier post where somebody suggested chosing distro > based on the hardware. Suppose this hardware is a Dell Latitude a few years > old, with no built-in wifi, but rather either a Dlink DFE-680TXD or a 3com > 3CRWE154G72. I don't have one, but with the holiday in the US, you might not get many replies today. The last time this topic was raised, opinions were all over the place. If you google for "laptop" and Centos together with site:centos (maybe a few more words to narrow the search, like "distro", "preferred", etc.) in the google advanced search area (it has a specific box for the site so you can just enter "centos" there if you choose to do so) you'll probably find the previous thread fairly quickly. > <snip sig stuff> HTH -- Bill

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