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What will the upgrade to 5.2 be like?
by Robert Moskowitz 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I have a few servers that I really have to build already. Got to buckle down and get it done; no more waiting for 5.2 as a 'reason' to put it off for another day. I will be building a local repository for 5.2 as soon as the ISOs are posted (well as soon as my 768Kb DSL link will allow), so what am I looking at for the 'cost' of the upgrade?

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Autofs and mount/umount entries in the nfs server logs
by Rob Lines 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I am using autofs for a number of machines connecting nfs shares. All the mount and unmount log entries on the server are being saved to /var/log/messages currently. This is becoming a bit of a pain because as the number of hosts increase and various monitoring scripts check to be sure that they have access to the nfs shares it is filling up messages on the nfs server. I would like to continue to see these messages but I would like to see them put else where but looking through the documentation for syslog I couldn't find any way to separate just those messages out. I assume(hope) that someone else has run into this problem and found a way around it. My googlefoo has failed me on this one though I might just not be looking for the right thing. Thanks, Rob

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Re: [CentOS] Re: netboot, vnc and no keyboard/mouse/monitor
by Tim Nelson 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Has a wiki entry been created for this yet? A search of wiki.centos.org hasn't come up with anything useful. Either my search skills are sub-par or it isn't there... :-) Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105 ----- Original Message ----- From: "dnk" <d.k.emaillists(a)gmail.com> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 4:12:36 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: netboot, vnc and no keyboard/mouse/monitor On 9-Jun-08, at 1:55 PM, Scott Silva wrote: > on 6-9-2008 12:55 PM dnk spake the following: >> hey guys, >> I just created a custom netboot cd, that launches and loads from a >> http source, but connects to a vnc listening viewer. All in all, >> not hard to do, but what is different with this one is that it >> skips the media check, has no prompts and allows you to start the >> install on a machine that has no keyboard/mouse/monitor. Was handy >> for me as when i have some boxes to load, I just plug in power and >> ethernet in the corner (or where ever I have room) and go through >> the install. >> I know it also works with a cd as a source (if you use it from cd >> 1), and assume it would also work with a DVD (have not tested yet). >> If you would like it, I can add to the wiki if anyone would like it. >> DNK > Please add this, as I never could get the media check skipped on a > local CD install without a kickstart file. > Yeah that one was a real pain to get around. Well more of a pain due to hunting down the actual method.... the command is easy... once you know what it is. dnk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Logitech cordless desktop ex 90
by jarmo 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Anyone using ex 90? I have it running, no problem. Only mouse was little tricky, namely in X. But jut a little change in xorg.conf and everything works fine (CO 5.1 desktop install with vanilla kernel). Now would like to get keyboards extra buttons in use. Question is, anyone configured it allready, or do I have to invent wheel? again :D Jarmo

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New convert
by Matt Harwood 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

All, Apologies for cluttering the list, but I just wanted to say hello and prepare all for a barage of silly discussions from a tech-hypochondriac! We have recently purchased two servers running CentOS, and as I'm from more of a Debian based background, it would be good if someone could point out the two or three main differences please? I'm reading up on the package management as I type, but any quick tips and tricks for (web) server admin with CentOS would be magic. Sorry for being cheeky! Hope everyone is well, too. -- *Matt Harwood* Designer, NannyGroup Limited Mob: 07887 817769

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mdbtools on CentOS
by Nigel Kendrick 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

Morning everyone, I was hoping to use mdbtools to extract data from some Access databases overnight. I have yum installed the tools from Dag and also downloaded and (eventually!) compiled the latest release from the mdbtools web site, but I either get 'buffer overflow' errors or no output from most of the tools. I have been trying to cvs checkout the latest development version but sourceforge's cvs login keeps timing out. Is anyone hereabouts using mdbtools successfully, or can anyone suggest any other tools that will dump access databases on a scheduled basis? I have done test migrations using the MySQL gui tools and that works fine, but I don't think the operation can be scripted. On a side note, I also need to do the same for MS-SQL data - does anyone have any favourite tools for automating data extraction? Everything ultimately needs to end up in a MySQL database Any advice appreciated. Thanks Nigel Kendrick

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OT: Web page and firefox problem
by Anne Wilson 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I have been asked to put a club's membership form on their web, but firefox displays it as scaled to 23% and it prints at that scale. Can anyone tell me why? Thanks Anne

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Recent problems printing to HP 7310 port 9100
by Robert Moskowitz 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I have been printing to this printer for years it seems. Recently, printing from Firefox would hang in the print que, but other prints would go behind the hung job. Deleting the hung print job would not seem to change the que until I rebooted. Now I have an OpenOffice job stuck as well. I am using the recommended hpijs device driver. Any ideas what may be wrong here? I am going to have to email this spreadsheet over to my XP system and print from there. How embarrassing.

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Command line logging program suggestions?
by Rob Lines 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

I am looking for an app that would run from the terminal and would emulate a bash shell (or pass everything to the shell) that would allow me to set a log file and then record all my input and the output to the screen from the commands. As an added bonus if it would allow me to run it from two terminals (or more) on the same machine and log all the input and output to the same file while still displaying it on the screen that would be great. The goal being that when making changes or diagnosing a problem it can sometimes become hard to tell what command came when especially when you have more than one termial session open. While using putty with a really large buffer helps it doesn't deal well with the two terminal issue or disconnected sessions. Anyone know of an app like this or any suggestions that could be added to my bashrc to provide the functionality? Thanks, Rob

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rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refused
by suresh.tattikota＠info-spectrum.com 20 Jun '08

20 Jun '08

hi wile i am running the command rndc reload i am getting the error rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refuse any one can suggest where i am doing wrong this is my rndc.conf key "rndckey" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "fKZfrqGy9VOPOLA3pgDACA=="; }; options { default-key "rndckey"; default-server 127.0.0.1; default-port 953; }; this my named.conf key "rndckey" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "fKZfrqGy9VOPOLA3pgDACA=="; }; controls { inet 172.18.3.57 port 953 allow { 172.18.3.57; } keys { "rndckey"; }; }; thank u

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