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Unsupported Kernel for X86_64 and i386
by Johnny Hughes 12 May '05

12 May '05

All, There have been many requests for added kernel features that the upstream provider left out of the standard kernel. (ReiserFS, Video4Linux, Firewire support, XFS, NTFS, JFS, etc.). We want the main release CDs to contain a standard kernel for compatibility and stability reasons. CentOS is created as a clone, and it needs to be as close as possible to the upstream distro. That being said, the 2.6.9 kernel has lots of features that are not turned on in the default kernel. Until now the answer has been ... if you want that, you must make recompile the kernel yourself. Well ... now there is another option for x86_64 and i386. I have created an unsupported kernel for the CentOS-4 i386 and x86_64 distros. It is in the CentOS-Plus repository and is the latest released CentOS-4 Kernel (currently 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL), with the configuration files modified to turn on optional modules. It is called: kernel-2.6.9-5.0.5.106.unsupported Turned on (as kernel modules) are the following: NTFS XFS JFS ReiserFS UFS (FreeBSD default file system ... Read Only) BeOS (Read Only) Video4Linux and all supported cards (including Video, Audio, Radio and DVB) all Video Cards all Alsa Sound Cards Support for AppleTalk and DECNET ----------------------- I am running this kernel on 5 machines for testing and have had no problems ... but it is NOT officially supported by CentOS {even less than the other stuff :)} You should evaluate whether you want to use this kernel ... and you should test it appropriately prior to putting it on any important machines :) We are also working on a Single CD version of CentOS-4 (similar to the CentOS-3.4 Server ISO). This CD will have as much stuff as we can fit on a single CD that can be used to set up a server (no X though). All other programs will be available via the standard CentOS repositories using the "yum groupinstall" feature. It is my plan to take that CentOS-4 Single Server Edition CD as a template and make one (called Single Server unsupported) that will boot with this kernel (and contain XFS tools, JFS tools, ReiserFS tools) so that people who know how can install reisferfs, XFS, or JFS partitions via the command line at install time. If you are going to use this kernel, you need to enable the CentOS-Plus repo from your chosen install method ... for yum, you can do it via the command line: yum --enablerepo=centosplus install kernel The tools for XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS are also now in the CentOS-Plus repository. This should make CentOS a more robust desktop solution :) Some notes: I will update this kernel after normal kernel updates have been completed, it may be a day or 2 later. So if you are using features of this kernel (like ReiserFS, XFS, etc.) then you may want to turn off auto kernel updates, as a new version of the main kernel will be installed when available. You can do this in Up2date, yum and apt inside the config files. You can also get it via http from your favorite CentOS mirror in the CentOS-Plus repository or from here (i386): http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/i386/RPMS/ or here (x86_64): http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/x86_64/RPMS/ Source RPM is here: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/SRPMS/ Enjoy, Johnny Hughes

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RE: [CentOS] Hewlett Packard Server support packs
by Mark A. Lewis 12 May '05

12 May '05

I recently spent 2 days fighting with a bug in CentOS 4 relating to the PSP for RHEL4. I am still putting the details together, but there is definitely a bug that impacts the Qlogic 2214 HBA driver under CentOS 4, but not RHEL 4. That being said, I was able to install PSPs on a DL580 G2 under Centos 3 and 4 by changing redhat/centos-release. > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Chris Hammond > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:40 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] Hewlett Packard Server support packs > > I am trying to install the HP PSP on a CentOS 3.4 server but > it keeps telling me, only on certain rpms mind you, that the > OS is not supported. I have made the modifications to > redhat-release which cleared up some of the initial errors I > was having but not all. Where else would the rpms be getting > the OS info from? Better yet, has anyone managed to get the > Linux PSP to install on a CentOS box? > > Thanks > Chris > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous > content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Software RAID on Centos-4/Proliant ML330 (FINAL)
by Nigel Kendrick 12 May '05

12 May '05

Thanks again to everyone who offered help with this - I have ended up with one drive on the integrated MegaRAID controller and one on the ITE8212 plug-in card and this works fine. Nigel

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 12 May '05

12 May '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. CESA-2005:429 Critical CentOS 4 i386 gaim - security update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CESA-2005:429 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 gaim - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2005:429 Critical CentOS 3 i386 gaim - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2005:417 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 tcpdump - security update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CESA-2005:421 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 tcpdump - security update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2005:421 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 tcpdump - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA=2004:412 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 openmotif - security update (Tru Huynh) 8. CESA=2004:412 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 openmotif - security update (Tru Huynh) 9. CESA-2005:429 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 gaim - security update (Johnny Hughes) 10. CESA-2005:417 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 tcpdump - security update (Johnny Hughes) 11. CESA-2005:412 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 and x86_64 openmotif - security update (Johnny Hughes) 12. CESA-2005:417 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 tcpdump - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 13. CESA-2005:417 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 tcpdump - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 14. CESA-2005:429 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 gaim - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 15. CESA-2005:429 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 gaim - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 16. CESA-2005:417 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) tcpdump - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 17. CESA-2005:412 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 openmotif - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 18. CESA-2005:412 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 openmotif - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 19. CESA-2005:432-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 gaim security update (John Newbigin) 20. CESA-2005:429 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) gaim - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 21. CESA-2005:412 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) openmotif - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 15:48:17 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:429 Critical CentOS 4 i386 gaim - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <42821B31.7060202(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:429 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: gaim-1.2.1-6.el4.i386.rpm src: gaim-1.2.1-6.el4.src.rpm To get the update run : yum update gaim - -- Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Web: http://www.centos.org/ irc: #centos @ irc.freenode.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCghsxI2ImR47onK8RAhyrAJ0eBu2KEOEtRkJMFv3XG3qcYh2niACfYA1Q TvOIKAOLI+TBJUUtJYHgBXk= =MvEG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 16:59:00 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:429 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 gaim - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050511145900.GA14981(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:429 gaim security update for CentOS 3 x86_64: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: updates/x86_64/RPMS/gaim-1.2.1-6.el3.x86_64.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/gaim-1.2.1-6.el3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 x86_64 installations by running the command: yum update gaim Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Hewlett Packard Server support packs
by Chris Hammond 12 May '05

12 May '05

I am trying to install the HP PSP on a CentOS 3.4 server but it keeps telling me, only on certain rpms mind you, that the OS is not supported. I have made the modifications to redhat-release which cleared up some of the initial errors I was having but not all. Where else would the rpms be getting the OS info from? Better yet, has anyone managed to get the Linux PSP to install on a CentOS box? Thanks Chris

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RE: [CentOS] LAN based In/Out board
by Marc Powell 11 May '05

11 May '05

Did either of you see these when you were searching? http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=in+out+board&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y =0 -- Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Ty R. McMichael > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:54 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] LAN based In/Out board > > Greg, > > > I apologize for any ambiguity; your description is exactly what I am > looking for. Thanks > > Ty > > > On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 22:19 -0600, Greg Knaddison wrote: > > On 5/10/05, Ty R. McMichael <ty_mcmichael(a)po.cfec.state.ak.us> wrote: > > > Can anyone recommend an electronic In/Out board for a small office (32 > > > people). Needs to run on a 3.4 CentOS server, preferably free. :) > > > > > > I'm not hung up on the technology, could be Java, Perl, PHP, etc. > > > > > Are you looking for an application to run on an intranet that would > > keep track of where the people in your office are currently located? > > So that someone could update their status as "out to lunch until 1:00" > > or "out for doctor's appointment from 2:00 to 3:30" or something like > > that? It's not clear to me from your post what you are looking for. > > > > If that _is_ what you are looking for...I don't know of it and > > couldn't find it anywhere. I'd be interested in whatever you find. > > > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS(a)centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS Live?
by Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith＠ieee.org> 11 May '05

11 May '05

From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com> > I was looking at that :) > Question is ... does it really serve a purpose? > The purpose of the distro is to install on servers and workstations. A > live CD doesn't do that. Knoppix is very good in this market, so I > think the usefulness is limited. Especially since there are already "Fedora Live" CDs anyway. One of the reasons for RHEL is for a fixed, integrated tested package set based on but beyond that of Fedora Core. If I want to start playing around with a "customized" Fedora-based distro, then I'm just going to go with Fedora itself, instead of RHEL (or CentOS). > BUT ... one good thing it would do is allow you an easy way to see if > your hardware works without downloading the whole shebang ... which is a > positive. "Fedora Live CDs" should do the same. Just line up the kernel version. > We may look at doing this after CentOS-4.1 is done and I have some of > the automated scripts working the way I want. The more CentOS would get away from RHEL, the more I'd just do my own configuration management from Fedora Core instead. I mean, I've built equivalent APT-RPM repositories of Fedora Core by lining up the packages. The reason why I like to use CentOS is so I don't have to do my own configuration management of Fedora Core to get the same thing of RHEL. It saves me a lot of effort. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org

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Fwd: usb 2.0 hardware problem
by Michel Daggelinckx 11 May '05

11 May '05

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michel Daggelinckx <03taxi(a)gmail.com> Date: May 11, 2005 11:43 PM Subject: usb 2.0 hardware problem To: CentOS discussion and information list <centos(a)caosity.org> i just installed a trust usb 2.0 card in my dell poweredge 2400 centos 3.4 detected the card and loaded all needed kernel modules after this the systeems slowed down to almost being unuseable. also it detects plugged in devices (usb thumbrive and samsung usb dvd writer) but doesn't allow acces (to thumbdrive) or just goes into error (samsung dvd writer). any ideas

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Re: [CentOS] SATA RAID on CentOS!
by Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith＠ieee.org> 11 May '05

11 May '05

From: israel.garcia(a)cimex.com.cu > I want to install CentOS 4.0 on my new server (two SATA hdds, Intel 865 > mainboard), now, I want to configure a RAID 1 using this hardware..., my > question is: > 1. Setting up a RAID 1 on SATA hdds is different from a normal hdds > (PATA)? SATA channels are designed to be legacy compatible with software for legacy ATA channels, _unless_ you put them in Advanced Host Controller Interface mode. In AHCI, instead of individual I/O ports, the system presents a single device of up to 32 devices, along with some capabilities for each drive (e.g., native command queuing, NCQ). In legacy ATA mode, each drive is assigned a device. AHCI support varies in Linux right now (i.e., don't use yet!). True Hardware ATA RAID controllers provide queuing natively, since they are queuing with an on-board intelligence (microcontroller or ASIC), and not just a "dumb" interface to the drive. In essence, the "intelligence" moves from the driver to the on-board firmware, and the OS driver becomes "dumb" (and GPL as a result ;-). > 2. Is there some SATA RAID Linux Howto available? The same HOWTOs/documentation for LVM/MD applies regardless of ATA, SATA or SCSI when using software LVM and/or MD. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org

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Re: [CentOS] Hewlett Packard Server support packs
by Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith＠ieee.org> 11 May '05

11 May '05

From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com> > maybe /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net are typically generated on Fedora-based systems in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit at boot-time using uname and/or /etc/*-release. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org

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