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rpmstrap & CentOS 4, feedback requested
by Sam Hart 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Hi everyone, I've been working on a tool similar to debootstrap but designed to work with RPM-based distributions. The intent of such a tool is to be able to bootstrap a basic working RPM-based system (I use it primarily for creating chroots for cross-distro development and testing, but it could also be used for simple installs or even upgrade and dep-closure tests). It's called "rpmstrap" and it currently works "pretty well" with i[3456]86 versions of Fedora Core 2, Fedora Core 3, and CentOS 4. You can get it here: http://hackers.progeny.com/~sam/rpmstrap/ QND instructions on using it to build a basic CentOS 4 chroot can be found here: http://trac.samhart.net/trac/wiki/rpmstrap_CentOS4 Up until now, it's primarily been an internal tool I've been using for cross-distro work, but I would like to release it more generally. Before I do this, however, I'd really love some feedback from some of the CentOS 4 community to be sure I haven't done anything too screwy with the basic CentOS 4 packages my CentOS 4 suite script installs. It's really intended to be an extremely basic system, but one which you can quickly chroot into and "yum install" whatever you need above and beyond... That being said, I essentially started with packages that I wanted and did my best to solve the deps for them, so I may be missing some things that "should" be in a basic CentOS 4 system. Feedback /probably/ isn't appropriate for the CentOS mailing list, so please just send them directly to me. KNOWN ISSUES: (so I don't get emails about them ;-) * x86_64 does not work on any of the suites except for /maybe/ FC2. I honestly haven't had access to an x86_64 box to test, and I also haven't had the need for x86_64 chroots. x86_64 patches would be gratefully accepted :-D * Several parameters are listed but not implemented yet. Things like excluding and adding packages are presently just planned. * It doesn't really determine the native architecture in a way I feel is as portable as in debootstrap. * The docs for writing new suite scripts (or even understanding what wacky stuff is going on in them) aren't there yet. -- ''''''''''''''''''''''''' .O. Sam Hart, sam(a)progeny.com ..O Progeny Linux Systems, Inc OOO <http://www.progeny.com/>

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OT: WIndows 2000 discussion list reference
by James B. Byrne 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

I have need of a place similar to this list to ask about a problem that I am experiencing with windows explorer (not MS-IE) subsequent to applying the latest updates from MicroSoft. I have googled the net but the problem is one of overwhelming opportunity rather than want. Do any of you have recommendations for a preferred source of online assistance for Windows 2000? Regards, Jim P.S. Thanks for the suggestions regarding removing user profiles for resolving obscure Foxfire difficulties. The problems seem to have all disappeared since doing this. JBB -- *** 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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2.6 Kernel Differences
by doug＠simflex.com 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

I am running CentOS 4, and trying to get an unsupported program running on it. This program makes a lot of socket calls and has to run as an unprivileged user. I think I remember reading somewhere that the 2.6 kernel requires superuser rights for some socket operations. Is there a way to disable this in the 2.6 kernel? Which ports require the superuser rights? Thanks, Doug

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 2, Issue 8
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '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-2005-0415-001: CentOS 3.3 end of life (Lance Davis) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 01:20:18 +0100 From: Lance Davis <lance(a)uklinux.net> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005-0415-001: CentOS 3.3 end of life To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <1113524417.6090.28.camel(a)centos3.wellhouse> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS 3.3 has been removed from the master mirror and a symlink created to update all users to CentOS 3.4 . This should propagate to all mirrors within a few hours. To update all you have to do is 'yum update' All of the security critical updates have already been applied to 3.3 so the rest are bugfix/enhancements . Lance

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PHPBB+Centos
by Joe Polk 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

I'm having a hard time getting PHPBB installed on Centos. We get the error that The PHP configuration on your server doesn't support the database type that you chose. We choose MySQL 3.x but get that error. Perhaps PHP4 isn't compatible with MySQL 3.23.58-1? -- <<JAV>>

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Strangest thing (crond every 5 min.)
by Mário Gamito 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Hi, I've installed CentOS-4 4 days ago. Now, every 5 minutes, crond opens and close a root session, with no other info. Example: Apr 14 16:25:01 tux crond(pam_unix)[4031]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Apr 14 16:25:02 tux crond(pam_unix)[4031]: session closed for user root Every five minutes the same thing. I have nothing in /etc/crontab that makes such a thing. Does anyone knows why is this happening and what is crond doing ? Any help would be apreciated. /etc/crontab: -------------------- [root@tux cron.daily]# cat /etc/crontab SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly 00 3 * * 5 root /usr/local/bin/backup [root@tux cron.daily]# -------------------------------------------- Warm Regards, Mário Gamito

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printer configuration crashes after Samsung install
by Arny Goldfein 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Hi, I just installed the Samsung linux ML-1710 driver on my Centos 3.4 system. I was intending to drive a printer conneted to a windows xp machine, over the network. Now that I've done the install, the printer configuration applet crashes as soon as I try to launch it. I get the following Traceback: # printconf Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/printconf", line 9, in ? import queueTree File "/usr/share/printconf/util/queueTree.py", line 946, in ? queueTree() File "/usr/share/printconf/util/queueTree.py", line 102, in __init__ if cups_import.import_needed (): File "/usr/share/printconf/util/cups_import.py", line 200, in import_needed which = which_spooler () File "/usr/share/printconf/util/cups_import.py", line 191, in which_spooler which = l.split ('.')[1].strip () IndexError: list index out of range How do I fix this? Arny

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Kernel Panic - not syncing: drivers -
by Gerald Waugh 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

I get a lot of these errors when running CentOS4. Kernel Panic - not syncing: drivers/ide/pci/pix.c:390 spin_lock (drivers/ide/ide.c:c306ad68) already locked by drivers/ide/ide- iops.c/1234. Must be something in the drivers or the kernel, it does not happen using 2.4.x kernels. Maybe some kind of a race condition? Anyone else see these? Gerald

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Where to find the appropriate FastCGI package for CentOS 4.0
by Vicki Stanfield 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

I have installed CentOS 4.0. I need FastCGI. I see mod_perl, but I need FastCGI. Can someone tell me where to find the appropriate package? The httpd version is 2.0.52-9 and Perl is 5.8.5. TIA, Vicki

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tftp - getting connection refused
by Jerry Geis 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

I did the following to setup the tftp server. Download tftp from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/tftp/tftp-0.40.bz2 tar -jxvf tftp-0.40.bz2 cd tftp-0.40 make make install mkdir /tftpboot chmod 777 /tftpboot chown nobody:nobody /tftpboot changed /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file to "disable no" service xinetd restart Now when I connect I get in /var/log/messages "tftpd: read(ack): Connection refused" I even rebooted - get same message I did "iptables -f" - get the same message Any ideas why I cannot connect? seems to be running. Jerry

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