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Screensave issue in Centos 4.5
by fred smith 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi! I've got a Centos 4.5 box at work. I recently got a new LCD monitor and since that time have been having screen saver problems (they might have been occurring with the older CRT too but if so I didn't notice.) I've set it up to use "blank screen" only, to go to black screen in 20 minutes. Then I set up powersave to progress through the three modes at short intervals so that after an hour the display should be powered off. If I sit there and watch it (say, e.g. I'm busy doing paperwork and don't use the computer for a while :) it'll do exactly that, i.e., the display goes OFF. So, I leave at the end of the day. When I come in the next morning the screen is NOT powered off, the power light is on (not yellow, not off) and every little while an OSD window pops up saying it's getting no video signal. So, somewhere between going off in the short-term and being idle for 12-14 hours overnight, something goes awry and the display appears to get turned back on. Anyone got any idea how I can figure this one out? I have very similar settings at home (now on Centos 5, but also previously on Centos 4.5) and have not observed that behavior. Different computer, different video card, different monitor, though I don't see what difference it should make.... Thanks! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------

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LD_ASSUME_KERNEL library issues CentOS 5 x86_64
by Bill Campbell 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I'm trying to get the Syspro/Encore MRP software running on a new CentOS 5 x86_64 system which uses an ODBC package built with old glibc/errno libraries. I have this same software running on a Suse Linux Enterprise 9 SP3 system using LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1, but when I try this on CentOS 5 it results in many unidentified libraries including libc.so.6, librt... etc. My guess is that there are packages that support these compatibility libraries, and, silly me, I thought these might be in the compat-glibc package, but that doesn't work. Any suggestions? Bill -- INTERNET: bill(a)celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 If you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you -- Benjamin Franklin

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Taking file from pyhsical disk to new virtual disk
by Jerry Geis 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi I am playing with virtualization on centos 5. I have an old redhat 7 system I still need so I want to virtualize it. I found the old disk, installed in the virtual environment but found I had done some additions WAY back. I want to be sure my virtual system is exactly the same as the ACTUAL system. Do I use cpio on the actual system to grab everything and then put that back on the virtual system? What would the format of the command be to grab it and extract it? I have never used cpio and dont want to screw something up. Is there a better way? Jerry

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change /opt to /win Was: Re: SOLVED: Re: [CentOS] Installing Google's Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5
by Lanny Marcus 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

On 06 November 2007 , John R Pierce <pierce(a)hogranch.com> wrote: >indeed. in some filename/directory standard or another who's name >escapes me, /opt is the standard place to install non-core distribution >software packages ... linux people often use /usr/local for this, but >/usr/local is intended for site specific stuff, which software packages >really aren't. John: Thank you for the above explanation! As I just wrote, I made that mistake about 2 1/2 years ago. I will change it, from /opt to /win and hopefully won't repeat that same mistake! -- Lanny --------------------------------------------------------- Over 800 Magazine titles up to 85% off http://lowcostmagazines.com/

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change /opt to /win Was: Re: SOLVED: Re: [CentOS] Installing Google's Picasa for Linux
by Lanny Marcus 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

On 06 November 2007, Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org> wrote: >Use something else for that, not /opt. Just make up some directory name, >unmount /opt, re-mount the FAT32 partition under the new directory, and >then leave /opt alone. I will do that! I made that mistake about 2 1/2 years ago, but this is the first time something tried to install into /opt. Picasa installed, without any problems, on the boxes of my wife and daughter. Thank you! -- Lanny --------------------------------------------------------- Over 800 Magazine titles up to 85% off http://lowcostmagazines.com/

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connect: Invalid argument (ping local interface)
by Simon Jolle 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi Centos Users # ping 10.104.89.146 connect: Invalid argument The Server has normal network connectivity. I ssh into it over this interface. Strace output on Pastebin [0]. SELinux is disabled. Centos 4.3 cheers Simon [0] http://pastebin.com/m720052a8 -- XMPP: sjolle(a)swissjabber.org

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 33, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

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. yum 2.4 for CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2007:1022 Important CentOS 4 ia64 cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2007:1025 Important CentOS 4 ia64 gpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2007:1029 Important CentOS 4 ia64 xpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2007:1023 Important CentOS 3 ia64 cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2007:1028 Important CentOS 3 ia64 tetex - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2007:1030 Important CentOS 3 ia64 xpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2007:1022 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2007:1025 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) gpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2007:1029 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) xpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2007:1023 Important CentOS 3 i386 cups - security update (Tru Huynh) 12. CESA-2007:1023 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 cups - security update (Tru Huynh) 13. CESA-2007:1030 Important CentOS 3 i386 xpdf - security update (Tru Huynh) 14. CESA-2007:1030 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 xpdf - security update (Tru Huynh) 15. CESA-2007:1028 Important CentOS 3 i386 tetex - security update (Tru Huynh) 16. CESA-2007:1028 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 tetex - security update (Tru Huynh) 17. CESA-2007:1023 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 18. CESA-2007:1028 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) tetex - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 19. CESA-2007:1030 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) xpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:13:09 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] yum 2.4 for CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 (CENTOSPLUS only) To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071107181309.GA27668(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, yum-2.4 and required dependancies for CentOS-3 are now available for i386 and x86_64 in the centosplus repository. The default version still is 2.0, nothing changes for those who don't want/need the new features (for example: fastestmirror, priorities and protectbase). For those who don't want to update to yum-2.4 but still use the centosplus repository, add to your /etc/yum.conf the line: exclude= yum The old metadata for yum-2.0 (yum-arch) and the new metadata for yum-2.4 (createrepo) are BOTH generated on all the CentOS-3 repositories on the centos.org mirrors. Caveat: the 3rd parties repositories using only yum-2.0 metadata will NOT be compatible with the yum-2.4 until their respective maintainers also create the new metadata. yum update procedure: 1) enable the centosplus repository in /etc/yum.conf #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 2) update # yum update 3) fix the yum.conf file: # mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf-2.0.x # mv /etc/yum.conf.rpmnew /etc/yum.conf 4) optionally re-add the custom repositories to /etc/yum.repos.d Cheers, The CentOS team -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Bandwidth optimisation
by Ioannis Vranos 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

OS: CentOS 5.0 x86. Hi, I am using CentOS 5.0 at home, ADSL ~16 Mbps/~1 Mbps Internet connection and my ping time to my ISP is 160-170 msec. When downloading something with Firefox, I am getting download speeds of about 100-180 KB/sec (for example when downloading SP2 of XP from MS server). Are the CentOS networking settings OK for this kind of latency, or do I have to change some settings? Thanks in advance.

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Diskless Sharedroot Cluster
by Mark Hlawatschek 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi all! We have just released new updates for the yum channel of the open-sharedroot software for CentOS4 and CentOS5. With the open-sharedroot software package, you can build up a NFS or GFS based diskless sharedroot cluster with CentOS4 and CentOS5. It also contains a toolset to clone or backup entire diskless sharedroot clusters. Open Sharedroot homepage: http://open-sharedroot.org/ Description of the software channel: http://open-sharedroot.org/faq/can-i-use-yum-or-up2date-to-install-the-soft… Mini HowTo for RHEL5/CentOS5 sharedroot clusters: http://open-sharedroot.org/documentation/rhel5-gfs-shared-root-mini-howto/v… Feel free to download the software and have a lot of fun installing your sharedroot clusters !! Mark -- Gruss / Regards, Dipl.-Ing. Mark Hlawatschek http://www.atix.de/ http://www.open-sharedroot.org/ ** ATIX Informationstechnologie und Consulting AG Einsteinstr. 10 85716 Unterschleissheim Deutschland/Germany

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.0 - Yum install using the install cd's as the RPM source
by Keith Christian 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Pryor <tlviewer(a)yahoo.com> To: centos(a)centos.org Sent: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 11:51:56 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.0 - Yum install using the install cd's as the RPM source Keith, --- Keith Christian <keithchristian(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > What is the mechanism or procedure for installing > additional packages from the six CentOS 5.0 CD's > using Yum, assuming a secured server with no outside > internet connection? > > Debian based distributions are able to use the > package manager to search for and install from the > CD's, and I'm looking for the CentOS equivalent. > > Obviously, it's possible to install "manually" from > a CD with: > > mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom > cd /media/cdrom/CentOS > rpm -U foobar-1.2.3.-4.5.el5.i386.rpm > > Yum has such good dependency checking I'd like to > know of a way to use it if possible. > Checkout the file /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo there are several pre-set mount points for your ISO mounts. For my DVD I use /mnt/repo I see above you have the right mount for an ISO. Then to point YUM to your media repo use #yum install SomeRPM --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-media if you want to ban external access, the disablerepo token is the key. -- Mark Hi Mark, Thanks for the info, I'll put it in my hints file. =========Keith

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