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wget not in minimal install
by MrKiwi 08 May '07

08 May '07

Hi All, I used to always do a minimal install with v4.4, and wget (and other tools) was included. With v5 if i untick *everything* in the installation (incl "base") so that i can install from 1 cd, wget is not included. I couldn't make sense of any of the xml or xml.gz files on the installation cd. (/dev/cdrom/repodata/*), although they do mention wget as 'default' rather than 'mandatory' in one of the files. Which option should i tick to get wget? or should i just use a kickstart install and throw yum -y install wget dos2unix in the postinstall section? MrKiwi,

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CentOS 5: GDM starts, but console doesn't switch VTs
by Bart Schaefer 07 May '07

07 May '07

(2nd attempt, the mailing list is still bouncing some gmail SMTP servers because of the multihop DSBL.) Over the weekend I installed CentOS 5 on my hp pavilion ze5300. The graphical install went just fine, and everything (except wireless, haven't worked on that yet) seems to be working. However, on boot, the text console comes up. If I hit Alt-F7 manually, I'm switched to the graphical GDM login, and that logs me in to a Gnome session as usual -- but the console never automatically switches over to the GDM virtual terminal, as far as I can tell. Is anyone else experiencing this? It may be that this happens only with the Xen kernel and has something to do with rhgb itself switching into text mode because of the microcode module installation failure that has been discussed elsewhere.

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Zimbra MTA and Contact package?
by John Plemons 07 May '07

07 May '07

Does anyone have any feedback on the Zimbra MTA and Contact software? I just saw that Comcast is going to start using the software, I played with it over a year ago and dumped it. It seems to have been developed much further and works, open source and compiled for RedHat 4 Enterprise. Any feedback would be helpful... Thanks, john

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runuser: /dev/null permission denied when init script is run via service
by Karel Rank 07 May '07

07 May '07

Hi, I have problem with runuser utility and permission to /dev/null. runuser is called from init script. When init script is run /etc/init.d/callrec start, then there are no problems with permissions, but when init script is called via service callrec start. Then runuser starts complaining about permissions. runuser: /dev/null: Permission denied What is strange is that I do not redirect to /dev/null anywhere. Permissions to /dev/null are: crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Apr 16 16:39 /dev/null The difference between calling init script from command line and from service tool is that service calls script as parameter of env env -i LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin TERM=xterm /etc/init.d/callrec start CentOS is 4.3. Can somebody explain me where the problem is? Regards, Karel Rank

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adsl-setup (compaq presario sr5010nx)
by gary 07 May '07

07 May '07

I just bought a new cheap compaq presario sr5010nx and so far have been unable to get my dsl up and running on Centos5. pppoeconf on Ubuntu works just fine -- same machine -- same harddrive. I've run adsl-setup and system-config-network? (separately) numerous times without success. So far I suspect a missing driver but suppose it could also be a detection issue. Suggestions or workarounds appreciated. ----gary

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OT: Quick ext3 command
by Jeffrey B. Layton 06 May '07

06 May '07

Hello, Sorry for the off-topic, but I've just installed CentOS 5 on my home box and I want to put the journal on another drive. I created a software RAID-1 device, /dev/md1, and formatted an ext3 file system on it. Now I want to move the journal to /dev/hda5. I've googled for this and the process appears to be: mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -O journal_dev /dev/hda5 mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -J device=/dev/hda5 /dev/md1 Now, here's the fun part. I've already put data on /dev/md1. Will the above commands reformat /dev/md1? If so, is there an easy way to move the journal for /dev/md1 to a new partition? TIA! Jeff

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Using Yum for 4.4 FINAl to 5.0 FINAL upgrade
by Steve Finkelstein 06 May '07

06 May '07

Hi all, Is it possible to do the above yet? I'd much prefer this method over doing a clean install (although I know this is the preferred method.) Thanks, - sf

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fedora lifespan
by Abba Communications 06 May '07

06 May '07

Fyi, re: fedora lifespan http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/may/03/fedora_core_5_end_of_life - rh -- Abba Communications Spokane, WA www.abbacomm.net

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Trying to build custom Python 2.4.4 RPM
by Del Stoliker 06 May '07

06 May '07

I'm trying to build a custom RPM with a standalone Python 2.4.4 in the /opt directory to keep it isolated from the stock version of Python in CentOS 4.4. The end goal is to use it in conjunction with yet-to-be-built RPMS of the current versions of Zope and Plone. The spec file I've constructed allows me to build a RPM successfully, but when I try to install the RPM, it complains: error: Failed dependencies: /usr/local/bin/python is needed by python24-2.4.4-0.i386 I'm not sure if this is more of a Python or RPM issue. So, I'm hoping someone on the list knows enough about both to help me out. Here is my spec file: %define optdir /opt/Python-2.4.4 Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Name: python24 Version: 2.4.4 Release: 0 License: PSF - see LICENSE Group: Development/Languages URL: http://www.python.org/ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root Source: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/%{version}/Python-%{version}.tar.bz2 %description <SNIPPED> %prep %setup -q -n Python-%{version} %build ./configure \ --prefix=%{optdir} \ --exec-prefix=%{optdir} \ --with-readline \ --with-zlib make %install rm -rf %{buildroot} make \ prefix=%{optdir} \ exec_prefix=%{optdir} \ bindir=%{optdir}/bin \ includedir=%{optdir}/include \ libdir=%{optdir}/lib \ mandir=%{optdir}/man \ install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} %clean rm -rf %{buildroot} %files %defattr(-,root,root) /opt/* Thanks!

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Laptop non-graphic install init 5 to X not Gnome
by Robert Moskowitz 06 May '07

06 May '07

Well I got my 1st notebook install done. Since the video card takes 24Mb memory, installer would not go graphical (256-24=232). But I can now boot into character mode. an init 5 brings up X, but I am in the X environment, and I want to be in Gnome. What file am I to edit and what changes do I make? thanks.

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