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Yum errors trying to install yum-priorities
by MHR 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

What does this mean (CentOS 5.2, all the latest updates, for which yum worked just fine): yum install yum-priorities Password: Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de * base: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com * updates: mirrors.easynews.com * addons: linux.mirrors.es.net * extras: mirror.dhsrv.com Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package yum-priorities.noarch 0:1.1.10-9.el5.centos set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: yum-priorities noarch 1.1.10-9.el5.centos base 11 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 11 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): yum-priorities-1.1 100% |=========================| 2.6 kB 00:00 http://mirror.sanctuaryhost.com/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. (1/1): yum-priorities-1.1 100% |=========================| 11 kB 00:00 http://updates.interworx.info/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. http://holmes.umflint.edu/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.10-9…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirrors.combinetworks.com/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirror.atlanticmetro.net/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. (1/1): yum-priorities-1.1 100% |=========================| 11 kB 00:00 ftp://mirror.atlantic.net/pub/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. http://mirrors.serveraxis.net/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://mirrors.liquidweb.com/CentOS/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.1…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. http://centos.mirrors.tds.net/pub/linux/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-prior…: [Errno 9] Requested Range Not Satisfiable Trying other mirror. (1/1): yum-priorities-1.1 100% |=========================| 11 kB 00:00 ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.10…: [Errno -1] Package does not match intended download Trying other mirror. Error Downloading Packages: yum-priorities - 1.1.10-9.el5.centos.noarch: failure: CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.10-9.el5.centos.noarch.rpm from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Thanks. mhr

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URGENT: libdvdcss install hosed /var [SOLVED]
by MHR 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

I found it - there has to be a /var/lib/nfs directory with a few subdirectories under it. Once I had created them all, I could run rpc.statd, and that unfroze everything. Thanks to all, esp. Bill for mentioning rpc - that was the clue for me. mhr

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Information about ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in CentOS 5
by Filipe Brandenburger 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Hi, We are porting some applications from CentOS 4 to CentOS 5, the applications use mmap, and we found out that they sometimes crash in CentOS 5. We found out that this is due to the fact that CentOS 5 does randomization of the address space when loading binaries, libraries, and when using mmap, so that is what's causing our problem. The thing is, I'm trying to google for it, but I did not find any useful information on ASLR present in CentOS 5/RHEL 5/Linux 2.6.18. If anyone has any good pointers on reliable information on what does that code do, how to configure/tweak it, or how to use mmap properly to work around the issues, I would really appreciate it. In particular, if there is a switch/option that would allow us to disable it for some binaries/libraries only, it would be great, since this could allow us to do the upgrade sooner and try to find the proper fix for the problem later. Thanks! Filipe

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Centos directory server
by Per Qvindesland 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Hello List, I really hope that someone could shed some light here on where I am going rong, I have setup 2 directory servers one so that I can replicate from one to the other I have followed the manual to the letter (i think, well I have read and re-read it so many times now) from this place http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/8.0/Managing_Replication-C… but I still get errors, in the log on the supplier server it says the following NSMMReplicationPlugin - agmt="cn=sms.viasat.se" (ldap2:389): Replication bind to cn=Replication Manager on consumer failed: 32 () but I am not sure what I have done rong, has anyone got any idea of what I am doing rong? Kind regards Per Qvindesland

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yum-updatesd or similar for CentOS 4
by Alexander Farber 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Hello, we have enabled yum-updatesd on our dozen real and virtual machines running CentOS 5.2 some time ago and are very satisfied: afarber@ablsw01:~> grep -v ^# /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf [main] run_interval = 7200 updaterefresh = 1200 emit_via = email dbus_listener = no do_update = yes do_download = yes do_download_deps = yes (it would be good to make it use the proxy though...) My plan is to keep the update mails and if anything goes wrong, install the older packages. But until now I never needed to do that :-) However we have few machines running CentOS 4.7 which we can't upgrade to 5 (because of Oracle 9 etc.) Is there some similar service available? Or has anybody experience in putting "yum -y update" into crontab for CentOS 4? Any good advices? Thank you Alex

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network driver needed at install time
by Jerry Geis 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

I am wanting to use a motherboard that uses the 8111b reaktek chip. http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/RealTekRTL8111b This was great information. My question is now that I have a compiled module for centos 5.2 is there any way I can include that module in a DVD or load the module from USB at the installation time??? I use kickstart and that needs to work over the network. Is there an easy way to load a network driver at install from USB or something like that? Jerry

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Is 4GB memory the 64bit switch tipping point?
by Kenneth Burgener 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

I am curious what should be the benchmark for making the choice of switching from 32bit to 64bit Linux? I have a few assumptions below. Is my logic sound? (This is a follow up to the "Adding RAM" thread) Assumptions: 1. 4GB Memory. The main benefit of 64bit mode is the ability to address more than 4GB of RAM. I assume that you use 64bit mode if you want to *efficiently* have more than 4GB of RAM, or intend to upgrade past 4GB in the foreseeable future. (I emphasize "efficiently" because PAE is an option, if you are desperate to keep 32bit mode with more RAM) 2. Overhead. It is my assumption that 64bit has more "overhead", being that the registers are now 64bits long, instead of 32bit, which would mean more bits to pass around the system. So if you have less than 4GB of RAM, 32bit mode would perform better than 64bit mode. 3. Compatibility. Linux has made incredible strides to make 64bit Linux very robust and compatible, but I still occasionally see binary applications/plugins/drivers that popup which are 32bit mode only. This is usually only a problem with Desktop systems that want bleeding edge, or not as well supported software. 4. Desktop vs Servers. Current "desktops" machines generally have around 2GB of RAM, or less. Current "server" machines generally have around 2GB of RAM, or more (much more). Because of the overhead (#2) and compatibility (#3) I would think that Desktops would benefit from using 32bit mode, and Servers would benefit from 64bit mode. Is my logic sound? Thanks, Kenneth

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Re: [CentOS] pop3 attack
by David G. Miller 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Toby Bluhm <tkb(a)alltechmedusa.com> wrote: > Or switch to postfix. I plunked "relayhost = smtp-server.roadrunner.com" > into main.cf & away it went. Having read the rest of the thread, I respond at the risk of furthering the flames. The sendmail configuration line is just as trivial: define('SMART_HOST','[smarthost.example.net]')dnl Check the quoting since the article uses matching left and right single quotes which is probably a figment of the editor used for writing the article. Here's the reference if you'd like more information: http://www.elandsys.com/resources/sendmail/smarthost.html Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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Re: [CentOS] [users] URGENT: Installed libdvdcss from rpmforge and k3b trashed /
by Dag Wieers 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, MHR wrote: > I am running CentOS 5.2 with all the latest updates with the GNOME DE > and k3b. I put a DVD in the tray and tried to make a copy, but k3b > says it can't copy an encrypted disk. > > So, I installed libdvdcss from rpmforge: > > libdvdcss.i386 1.2.9-2.el5.rf rpmforge > > When I restarted k3b, it hung. After several minutes of waiting for > it to respond, I found that the whole system had become unresponsive - > no mouse movement or clicks, nor keyboard keys recognized. Unable to > do anything else with the system, I rebooted it. > > When the system came up, there were problems in /, so I had to run > e2fsck manually on /, and it found and fixed a whole slew of errors. > However, when the system rebooted after a successful fsck, there are > now errors in efforts to access various files and directories under > /var, mostly in /var/lock, but also /var/gdm (meaning no graphics), > all kinds of daemons are not starting up, and so on. > > Has anyone else seen anything like this? This is my primary desktop > system at work (I'm using my backup system at the moment), and I need > to have it back up a.s.a.p. Any suggestions? Why would this be related to libdvdcss ? I really do not see any link between the filesystem problems and libdvdcss. In the thread on the centos mailinglist you already identified the slowness to be related to an NFS mount. What if your system had filesystem errors all along, and when you installed the libdvdcss package it triggered these error into a fatal state. When you rebooted, the filesystem is being checked since it was no longer clean. You ran fsck without first doing fsck -N to see what would happen. The filesystem check also found out about all the other filesystem errors, and damaged files and brought the filesystem into a state where you see the problems you described. I would think you have had hardware problems, (or maybe your sudden reboot triggered a filesystem bug). Again, I seriously doubt the problems you have had are related to the libdvdcss RPM package. And without any proof I don't feel tempted to take any action. -- -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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URGENT: libdvdcss install hosed /var
by MHR 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

I am running CentOS 5/2 (latest updates) with the GNOME DE on a 32-bit machine (at work). I have k3b installed, and I was trying to copy a DVD earlier this morning, but k3b said it couldn't read encrypted DVDs. So, I installed libdvdcss from rpmforge and restarted k3b. It hung the system. I rebooted, and / had been damaged. After running e2fsck from the repair prompt, I rebooted and a whole slew of errors revolving around various /var directories that did not ecist occurred. I have been trying to repair /var, and so far with a fair modicum of success, but I've hit an interesting wall - two, actually. 1) The gdm refuses to come up. It claims that "Server Authorization directory (daemon/ServAuthDir) is set to /var/gdm, but this does not exist...." However: # ll -d /var/gdm drwxrwx--T 2 root gdm 4096 Dec 11 10:31 /var/gdm # ll /var/gdm total 8 -rw-r----- 1 root root 45 Nov 26 10:47 :0.Xauth -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63 Dec 11 09:14 :0.Xservers This is identical to my backup system (which is not surprising - I set up the dir and copied the files from here - was that a bad idea?). 2) The following daemons fail to start: auditd, NFS statd, avahi and HAL. I've tried to pin down why the avahi daemon won't start because it keeps logging permissions errors trying to create the pid file /var/run/avahi-daemon//pid, but the setup of /var /var/run and /var/run/avahi-daemon are all identical to this (backup) machine. Any suggestions? Or is there a better, more comprehensive repair facility available? BTW, OT: Does anyone know why this might have happened? I have all this installed at home, no problems whatsoever (libdvdcss works seamlessly with all my DVD tools, including k3b). Thanks! mhr

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