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Yum-Fastest Mirror
by Bo Lynch 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Is there a way to configure yum fastest mirror to only look for http mirrors not ftp? I have tried adding ftp and ftp:// to the exclude section in the config file with no luck. Any info would be much appreciated. Thank you -- Bo Lynch

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Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
by MHR 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

This morning I noticed that my (new in July) monitor was behaving strangely. At first, it was odd parts of web page graphics that didn't show up unless I scrolled up and down in the window, and then they weren't displayed with any consistency. Then I noticed that the screensaver failed to appear (computer was locked, but graphics never showed on the monitor). I tried running mplayer to play a movie I have on the system, and the window remained black (sound was fine). When I move a window, parts of it (pixels scattered across the window) don't refresh during the move OR even when it is done, unless I run the mouse over them or, in the case of the menu bar, click on one of the options. The nautilus window that sometimes comes up after a reboot was not fully painted with the text parts of the entries below the mouse cursor on the screen until I ran the mouse over them, and then only the ones I "touched" refreshed properly. During the system shutdown and restart, the text is scrambled beyond recognition, although the graphics during the boot, driver init and login screen are fine. Most of the screen after I log in shows up, unless the default terminal and nautilus windows show up, and then they're not all there (as above). DVI-VGA: same problem either way 2.6.18-92.1.10 - 92.1.13: likewise (makes no difference) The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from rpmforge (under dkms). The base system is an ECS nFORCE4M-A with an AMD Athlon 64x2 and 4GB of OCZ main memory. The newest parts are the main memory (upgraded from 2GB about two months ago) and the monitor (new in July). The m/b, COU and graphics card are all about 18 months old. I recently upgraded to the new 92.1.13 kernel. Question: Is this the monitor (most likely), the video card, the OS or the base system, or something else I have not considered? Is there a good video test program I can use to diagnose this properly? I have a two-year replacement warranty on the monitor, so I will use it if I need to, and I think it's still under the manufacturer's warranty anyway. Thanks. mhr

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RE: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
by Bowie Bailey 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote: > > If it is Oracle, Given the price of Oracle -- just purchase the RH > product. > It is common that the expensive packages are the most restrictive and > putative. FYI, Oracle runs just fine on CentOS. -- Bowie

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Half-OT: Modify several ldap entries
by Sergio Belkin 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hi, I want to fix several entries of mail attribute mail that have an error something like this: *john(a)domain.com *joe(a)domain.com *mary(a)domain.com and so on. I want to to change them to: john(a)domain.com joe(a)domain.com mary(a)domain.com (Delete asterisks) How can I perform it in one (or at least few) steps? thanks in advance! -- -- Open Kairos http://www.openkairos.com Watch More TV http://sebelk.blogspot.com Sergio Belkin -

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XDMCP - no GDM login, only gray screen with X
by Sean Carolan 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

I'm having trouble getting the GDM login screen to show up when I connect from a remote host. I'm using Xming on the local Windows machine, but every time I connect to the remote server all I get is a gray window with the X cursor. I have "Enable=true" in the [xdmcp] section of /etc/gdm/custom.conf. IPtables is disabled. I've googled around and read through the xdmcp page on tldp.org but have not come up with anything. Can anyone help with this issue?

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Firefox distorted printing
by Chris Geldenhuis 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hi, I am running a fully updated CentOS 4 box. Since the last few rounds of updates - upgrading to the latest Firefox, I find that I can not print Bank statements etc ( .ps files when saved to disk). The Bank's logo and any lines on the form print OK but the actual content is distorted beyond recognition - printing a series of special characters (!"$%&#'(") instead of transaction descriptions or amounts. Has anyone else experienced this or have a suggestion on how to fix the problem. Other preformatted documents like supplier invoices are also not printed as well formatted as before (html documents) but appear all squashed up instead of filling the page vertically. TIA ChrisG

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

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-2008:0890 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 wireshark - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2008:0890 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 wireshark - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:17:23 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0890 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 wireshark - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20081001181723.GA32164(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0890 wireshark security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update wireshark 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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how to set term environment for cronjobs?
by Rudi Ahlers 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hi, I'm running a crontjob on CentOS 5.2 server, which then connects to a webpage to run some stuff. It has to run this way, since the webpage is on a Windows server, and the Windows scheduled tasks doesn't work as well. It seems like the cronjob is working fine, except that the email output worries me a bit. This is what I get on email, Your Terminal type is unknown! Enter a terminal type: [vt100] TERMINAL TYPE IS SET TO vt100 (B)0[1;24r[m[?7h[?1h=[H[J[22B[J[H[K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [K [0;7mGetting http://billing/pipe/pop.php[m [22;53H [J[1A[0;7mLooking up billing[m [22;36H [J[1A[0;7mMaking HTTP connection to billing[m [J[1A[0;7mSending HTTP request.[m [22;22H [J[1A[0;7mHTTP request sent; waiting for response.[m [J [24;1H [?1l> So, the question is, how do I set the terminal type for a cronjob? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers

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mysql
by Mad Unix 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

I need to replicate MySQL DB of mulltiple server on SiteA to my DR-Site Site_B... all DB are alocated on RHEL,SuSE,Centos,Debian, FreeBSD servers. I need a script to take Multiple MySql DataBase Backup and then import to SiteB, the replica can be done as cold or hotbackup and cron it Thanks -- Madunix_at_Gmail Sysadmin "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" - Pablo Picasso "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window." - Steve Wozniak

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question about software Raid 1
by Nataraj 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Does software raid 1 compare checksums or otherwise verify that the same bits are coming from both disks during reads? What I'm interested in, is whether bit errors that were somehow undetected by the hardware would be detected by the raid 1 software. Thanks, Nataraj

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