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Installation problems on old IBM server
by HaraldFinnås 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I'm trying to install CentOS 4.2 on an old IBM x300 server, but it hangs during the boot from cd. The last entries I can see before it dies are the two "agpgart" lines. I've been playing around with bios settings (video settings and serial settings since the serial driver is the next thing going on in the kernel) and boot params (noapic, acpi=off etc) but I just can't get this thing up and running. It's been working like a charm (and still does) with CentOS 3. Any tips? Regards, Harald

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CentOS 4.2 issues
by Mickael Maddison 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hello CentOS, I've just taken 2 old servers running CentOS 3.x, wiped it out, and installed CentOS 4.1 The systems seemed to work fine with CentOS 4.1, but when I proceeded to run yum -y update, all the RPM's (101) download and seem to install fine - however, upon reboot, partitions such as /usr/ and /var will not mount (ext3). These machines both use the Intel S875WP1 P4 Mainboards. Both use SATA Drives. One uses the promise controller (which on install seems to find a suitable driver). Anyway, I've also tried installing directly from the CentOS 4.2 Server CD, same issue. Install goes fine, but bootup won't mount /var Any idea what this is all about? -- Best regards, Mickael mailto:centos@silverservers.com

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iscsi-tools
by Maarten van Lieshout 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hi, Is there a reason why the iscsi-initiator-utils from RHEL differs from the original linux-iscsi one? I miss the mount-all and umount-all scripts. Without these, how can you safely reboot your server??? You're going to run into problems if you reboot your server without first umounting the iscsi-drives. cheers, -- Maarten

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Re: [CentOS] A minor beef
by James B. Byrne 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:03:21 -0500, "Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Illegal redistribution is illegal redistribution. It's not > debatable. I would point out, tongue in cheek, that the practitioners of an entire profession make a very good living by assuming otherwise. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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kde-file manager su mode
by rado 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

hi y'all, ...realize that maybe I should go to kde w/this but then, I do run centos on my systems soooo... kk I like to run kde's file manager in super user mode. On one of my systems, it's acting it's ass...as my default editor I do use kwrite and I normally set that up to open any text type file w/that but for some reason, on this one certain system, I can't navigate among the folders. I double click on a folder as I normally do and it just throws me into kwrite instead on just navigating down the tree. Just wondering if any of y'all might have some ideas to correct this simply. I just can't seem to find the right config option to do it. thx John Rose -- ...and I woke up 2 days later in the back yard talking to Elvis!

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cdrecord Error (Permissions?)
by Alex White 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

List, Sorry to trouble anyone, a google on my error from k3b lead me to a permissions issue, but after searching through several of the links (including a few forums) I've failed to turn up exactly what the permissions should be or if that is even an accurate solution. When running k3b I get an error stating that cdrecord did not exit properly. And k3b will not burn a cd. Running cdrecord from the command line as such: /usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/hdd speed=40 -dao driveropts=burnfree -eject -data /home/fakeuser/cdimage.iso I am met with a Segmentation fault. There is no other error obviously. Any ideas? I'm running this as a regular user. Root does not encounter this problem. So the iso is perfectly fine. I am under the assumption that I inadvertently changed the permissions of cdrecord or somethin' else stupid happened. What permissions does cdrecord need to be run as a regular user or should I be using sudo to burn a cd using cdrecord anyhow? Should cdrecord be suid? Sorry to bother! Alex White

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wireless protection with mixed network and is AES or TKIP better or other??
by Robert 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

greetings in setting up a mixed network of CentOS, WinThings, Cisco, and more... i need a lil' feedback please re: practical wireless WPA settings... i always just used WPA PSK and TKIP by defauly (never thought about any issues here before, DUH!) yet i have done some reading while searching recently and it appeared to inform me that ummmm if using WPA-PSK that one should use AES instead of TKIP will i have issues/problems either way with installing CentOS in a wireless manner using AES or TKIP for that matter? again, most of this is about AES vs. TKIP from a engineering, performance, reliability and more standpoint... then of course CentOS integration etc... wisdom and comments from the list please? thank you in advance and kind regards, - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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DAG repo problem
by Dominik Składanowski 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hello list. Anybody noticed broken checksum in DAG repo? Since Saturday I can't update few packages from DAG repo. I tried other mirror - result the same: Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 17 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 5.0 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): perl-MIME-tools-5. 100% |=========================| 268 kB 00:04 http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS/perl-MIME-tools-5.418-1.2.el4.…: [Errno -1] Package does not match checksum Trying other mirror. Error Downloading Packages: perl-MIME-tools - 5.418-1.2.el4.rf.noarch: failure: RPMS/perl-MIME-tools-5.418-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Regards -- ____________________________________________________________________ D o m i n i k S k ł a d a n o w s k i

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 15
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

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. CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:16:54 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1133122614.32526.33.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2005:1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE - Enhancement Update (Extras Only) This update is for the version of XFCE is that is included in the Extras repo for CentOS-4 ... this is not an update to the main CentOS-4 repo. The XFCE-4.2 desktop environment is being upgraded from 4.2.1 to 4.2.3. There are some new features added including xfcalendar and xfce4-mixer. This version is based on the XFCE-4 sources that are included in Fedora Core (tm) 4 extras and will continue to track against that version throughout it's lifetime. The older version that this update replaces was from Fedora Core (tm) 3 sources. The following files are updated and syncing to the mirrors: i386: dbh-1.0.24-1.c4.i386.rpm dbh-devel-1.0.24-1.c4.i386.rpm gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4mcs-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4mcs-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4util-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4util-devel-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfcegui4-4.2.3-2.c4.i386.rpm libxfcegui4-devel-4.2.3-2.c4.i386.rpm xfcalendar-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-appfinder-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-iconbox-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.3-1.c4.noarch.rpm xfce4-mixer-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-panel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-panel-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-engines-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-systray-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-toys-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-utils-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfdesktop-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xffm-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfprint-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfwm4-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm xfwm4-themes-4.2.3-1.c4.noarch.rpm src: dbh-1.0.24-1.c4.src.rpm gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8-1.c4.src.rpm libxfce4mcs-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm libxfce4util-4.2.3.2-1.c4.src.rpm libxfcegui4-4.2.3-2.c4.src.rpm xfcalendar-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-appfinder-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-iconbox-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-mixer-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-panel-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-session-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-systray-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-toys-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-utils-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfdesktop-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xffm-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfprint-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfwm4-4.2.3.2-1.c4.src.rpm xfwm4-themes-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm

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Problem enabling write-back cache for IBM ServeRAID controller in CENTOS 4.2
by Radu Radutiu 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi, I have just upgraded an IBM Xseries x225 server to CentOS 4.2 (from CentOS 3.6) and found out that write back cache is not enabled for the drive representing the RAID array. The RAID controller has 128 MB battery backed cache. Write back cache is enabled in the controller configuration (using the IBM boot cd) and verified using the IBM RaidManager utility, but the boot messages show that the cache setup is write-through instead of write-back. scsi0 : IBM PCI ServeRAID 7.10.18 Build 731 <ServeRAID 6i> Vendor: IBM Model: SERVERAID Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sda: 213288960 512-byte hdwr sectors (109204 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through sda: sda1 sda2 If I boot CentOS 3.6 in rescue mode I have write back cache enabled. I have tried to use the sdparm utility to enable write back cache but it says that this parameter is not changeable. sdparm --get=WCE /dev/sda -6 /dev/sda: IBM SERVERAID 1.00 WCE 0 [Changeable: n, def: 0, saved: 0] I have looked at the ips module parameters but none seem to affect the write cache. Any ideas how to enable write back cache? Thanks, Radu

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