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CentOS5, kernel update and 3ware driver
by Florin Andrei 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

I'm using CentOS5 64bit on a system with a 3ware 9650SE card. I installed the OS using the driver disk files provided by 3ware. It worked fine with the original CentOS5 kernel. After doing a "yum update", which also installed an updated kernel, the system didn't work after a reboot, using the new kernel. I rebooted the old kernel, moved the 3w-9xxx.ko file from /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/updates to /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.1.1.el5/updates then did this: mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.1.el5.img 2.6.18-8.1.1.el5 The initrd image for the new kernel was rebuilt without apparent issues. I booted up the new kernel and now it seems to work fine. So here's my question: The system _appears_ to work fine with the updated kernel and the driver module from 3ware that was made for the original kernel. But this is a machine that is supposed to be very reliable, so I'm wondering, do I have to rebuild the driver for the new kernel, or can I just use the existing driver version without problems? The emphasis here is on reliability. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

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Multimedia on Centos 5
by Benjamin Sher 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Dear friends: Is there a single source for the multimedia applications that are not included with Centos 5: RealPlayer, Mplayer, mplayerplug-in, Acrobat Reader, Java, libdvdcss, etc.? Would appreciate your help. Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin Sher sher07(a)mindspring.com

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Via C3 and CentOS5
by centos＠911networks.com 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Hi, I have an Asus terminator C3 with 512Mb. It has a Via P3-800Mhz CPU, with a VIA chipset. It's currently running FC6. I wanted to wipe the machine and install CentOS5. It boots from the CD to the linux prompt, then it fully loads vmlinux, then starts initrd.img, and somewhere at that point it reboots. I have tried: noapic, noapm, noprobe. Same, somewhere during initrd.img or at then end of it [it's half way through the dots on the second line] it reboots. What I don't understand is it works with FC6! Any suggestion? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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Cusor not synced up ... and installs crashing
by Alan Bunch 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

I have Centos 5 loaded and running virt-manager. I setup a new instance and the install starts but my X cursor is not aligned with my "arrow" pointer. I am running cygwin X server on my PC. Also I can not get a new virtual machine installed. I get the machine created and the install is running. When I get to the software selection screen I select the software to be installed and click "Next" and then the process hangs. After a few minutes I get a Python error. "An unhanded exception has occurred. This is most likely a bug" etc. I have saved a copy of the system state to a remote host and will post a bug as requested. I had checked the install extra package from Centos.. Based on the line "RepoError: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: PackagesfromCentOSExtras" in the state file I restarted the install without checking the box for Centos extra and it ran fine util after the firstboot package was installed. then It crashed again. The suspect line in the state file seems like "IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/mnt/sysimage/boot/grub/grub.conf". that one I really don't understand This is bug 0001928 in the bug tracker Any ideas on ether of these issues ? alabun

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Zombie process(centos 5)
by 李乐 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

There is always two zombie process in my system.I don't kill them.Is there the same problem in your system. PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 2444 ? Z 0:00 [Xsession] <defunct> 2551 ? Z 0:00 [netstat] <defunct>

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Intel EXPI9014PTBLK + CentOS 5.
by Drew Weaver 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Hi, does anyone have any experience with this 4 port NIC card by Intel with CentOS 5 or experience with any 4 port NIC card that works 'out of the box' with CentOS 5? Thanks, -Drew

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Re: off topic / fighthing Nvidia
by Phil Schaffner 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 12:53 +0200, Patrick Moelands wrote: > I know this shouldn't be probably posted here, but hey, I like to live > on the edge ;-) > Anyone got Nnvidia (legacy) drivers working with C5.0? > > I have been fighting yesterday evening + part of this early morning > and didn't get anywhere. > Tonight I will dive in again of course, but perhaps someone been there already? > > The topic at Nvidia's forum > (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490) doesn't seem > to work (installer complaining about missing pkgconfig which I can't > seem to install). > > The Livna drivers are no option (just like with the original legacy > driver) that too would require updating after a kernel-update. Have you tried the RPMforge package? nvidia-x11-drv-96xx.i386 1.0.9631-1.nodist.rf rpmforge The dkms approach takes some of the pain out of rebuilding modules for new kernels. Phil

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3Ware ext3 performance with CentOS 5
by chrism＠imntv.com 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

Oddly enough, the performance of a 3Ware 9550SX controller seems to have improved when switching from 64-bit to 32-bit CentOS 5. This is a RAID0 device with 8 x 500gig barracudas and the noatime and data=writeback tweaks to that device in /etc/fstab. It's also quite a bit better than results on the same machine using CentOS 4.4 (64-bit). This partition is used to store scratch data consisting of large uncompressed video files so the fast block reads/writes are a real help. Nice job fellas! [localhost data]$ /usr/sbin/bonnie++ -f Writing intelligently...done Rewriting...done Reading intelligently...done start 'em...done...done...done... Create files in sequential order...done. Stat files in sequential order...done. Delete files in sequential order...done. Create files in random order...done. Stat files in random order...done. Delete files in random order...done. Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP localhost.locald 4G 269292 97 182099 64 474707 72 676.3 1 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ +++++ +++ localhost.localdomain,4G,,,269292,97,182099,64,,,474707,72,676.3,1,16,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,+++++,+++

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 26, Issue 7
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '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. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 freetype - security update (Johnny Hughes) 2. CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 freetype - security update (Johnny Hughes) 3. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 cups - security update (Johnny Hughes) 4. CESA-2007:0123 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 cups - security update (Johnny Hughes) 5. CESA-2007:0157 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 xorg-x11-apps and libX11 - security update (Johnny Hughes) 6. CESA-2007:0157 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 xorg-x11-apps and libX11 - security update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:40:38 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:0150 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 freetype - security update To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1176824438.3379.288.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0150 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0150.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: freetype-2.2.1-17.el5.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-17.el5.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-17.el5.i386.rpm src: freetype-2.2.1-17.el5.src.rpm

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32-bit vs 64-bit CentOS on 64-bit hardware
by chrism＠imntv.com 18 Apr '07

18 Apr '07

I was asked this question today and frankly, I didn't know the answer. So I thought I'd post it here.... If you don't need to access greater than 4GB RAM, is there any benefit to running the 64-bit version of CentOS vs the 32-bit one? That's assuming, of course, that the target machine utilizes a 64-bit capable processor. I hadn't seen any noticeable difference, but I haven't done any benchmarking either. On a desktop machine, the 32-bit version seems preferable since there are closed source creature comfort apps that are not yet available in 64-bit land, correct? Cheers,

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