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cache flush command
by William Warren 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

is there a CLI command you can pass to a linux system(specifically CentOS 3) that will force it to flush the memory file cache and/or swap file without rebooting? -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape"

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CentOS-2 and 3ware 9000
by Scott Lewis 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

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Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Beta 1 Public Availability (fwd)
by Lance Davis 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

-- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:44:37 -0400 From: taroon-beta-list(a)redhat.com To: taroon-beta-list(a)redhat.com Subject: Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Beta 1 Public Availability Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 4) Beta 1 milestone. This is a public beta. Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone who may be interested in testing this beta release. Red Hat Enterprise Linux v. 4 Beta is a preview of the next generation of Red Hat's comprehensive suite of enterprise operating systems -- designed for mission-critical enterprise computing and certified by top enterprise software vendors. More information on the current Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 and version 2.1 products is available at: http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/ This announcement includes details on obtaining the beta software, reporting bugs, and communicating with Red Hat and other testers via mailing lists during the beta period. * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is the first RHEL release based on the 2.6 Linux kernel. We are particularly interested in feedback on hardware compatibility including sound, video, networking, storage device, and USB support on both server and desktop-class systems. * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta 1 includes updated version of many major system components, including: - Kernel 2.6.8 - gcc 3.4.1 - GNU libc 2.3.3 - GNOME 2.8 release candidate - OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 - Evolution 1.5.94 - Mozilla 1.7.2, Firefox 0.9.3, and Epiphany 1.3.8 - X.org X11 6.8.0 * This beta release supports a wide range of hardware platforms, including: - 32-bit x86-compatible (i386/i686) - 64-bit AMD64 and Intel EM64T (x86_64) - 64-bit Intel Itanium2 (ia64) - 64-bit IBM eServer iSeries and pSeries and POWER (ppc64) - 31-bit IBM S/390 (s390) - 64-bit IBM eServer zSeries (s390x) * This beta release is available in the four product variants, all of which are part of the RHEL 4 product family: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (for x86, AMD64/EM64T, ia64, ppc64, s390, s390x) - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (for x86, AMD64/EM64T, ia64) - Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (for x86, AMD64/EM64T, ia64) - Red Hat Desktop (for x86, AMD64/EM64T) * Note that the AS and ES distributions contain a superset of the packages found in the WS and Desktop distributions. For a detailed description of the relative features of the AS, ES, WS and Desktop products, please consult: http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/ * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta 1 includes support for Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux). By default, SELinux is enabled with a targeted policy that secures key system services. These developer resources provide more information on SELinux: - Fedora SELinux FAQ http://people.redhat.com/kwade/fedora-docs/selinux-faq-en/ - NSA SELinux main website: http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/ - NSA SELinux FAQ: http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/info/faq.cfm * Runtime support for 32-bit applications on the 64-bit Intel Itanium2 architecture is provided via the Intel IA-32 Execution Layer. A beta version of the IA-32 Execution Layer RPM package, for testing in conjunction with this beta release, is available at the following FTP location: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/nahant/en/Extras * Note that specific features, packages, and naming are subject to change before the final release. The supplied beta packages and CD images are intended for testing purposes only. We ask that you report bugs in the Beta 1 release as soon as possible, so that fixes can be included in the next beta release. Please remember that this early access software is not supported and is not intended for production environments! Please do not publish any benchmark or performance results based on this beta release. Upgrades will *not* be supported from this beta software to subsequent beta releases or official releases. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Beta 1 is available for download via FTP and Red Hat Network. FTP Availability ---------------- Installable binary ISO images, binary RPM packages, and source RPM packages are available at the Red Hat FTP site, as well as select Red Hat FTP mirrors worldwide: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/nahant Red Hat Network Availability and Updates ---------------------------------------- Installable binary and source ISO images are also available via Red Hat Network at: https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/download_isos_full.pxt You will be required to login using a valid RHN account, or create a new one. During the beta period, we will also be supplying updated packages via Red Hat Network channels. We strongly encourage you to register your system with Red Hat Network at installation time, and use the Red Hat Update Agent (up2date) to keep your systems up-to-date with the latest beta packages. Help on using the Red Hat Update Agent is available at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/3.4/ch-up2date.html Note that Red Hat Network service entitlements are required for each system registered for updates with RHN, Beta or otherwise. Each RHN account includes a single demo entitlement, and paid RHEL enterprise entitlements can optionally be used to subscribe additional systems to the RHEL 4 Beta channels for updates. Bug Reporting ------------- To ensure accurate tracking and follow-up, please report all bugs via Red Hat's web-based Bugzilla tool. To report a bug: 1. Login to the Bugzilla home page at http://bugzilla.redhat.com. If you don't have an existing account, simply create one by following the link on this page. 2. On the Bugzilla home page, choose the "New" tab. Proceed to Step 3, "Choosing Your Product" by clicking that button at the bottom of the page. 3. Choose "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Public Beta". Proceed to Step 4, "Choosing Component" by clicking that button at the bottom of the web page. 4. Choose the component against which you wish to report a problem, such as kernel, glibc, etc. 5. Scroll the page to Step 5, "Choosing Version and Architecture". In the Version field, choose 'rhel4-beta1'. Choose the appropriate architecture. Proceed to Step 6, "Additional Info", by clicking that button at the bottom of the web page. 6. Provide the information about the problem you're reporting by entering information in the appropriate fields. Then click the "Open Bugzilla Entry Form" button. In the summary of the bug, and in the text describing your problem, please state clearly that you are using a *BETA* package and provide the full package versions of any components you are experiencing problems with (as packages may be updated during the beta period). Check to make sure that all information is accurate and click the "Commit" button to submit your problem report. Mailing List ------------ Red Hat has created a public mailing list for general discussion of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Beta releases. To subscribe to nahant-beta-list, send mail to nahant-beta-list-request(a)redhat.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or subscribe using the web-based mailing list interface at: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nahant-beta-list/ Thank you for your interest in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux v. 4 beta program. We look forward to working with you to ensure a high quality release! Sincerely, The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team -- Taroon-beta-list mailing list Taroon-beta-list(a)redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-beta-list

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Re: [Centos] dag repository for java applet
by Dag Wieers 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Rick Graves wrote: > > Please change $releasever manually by '3', and > > everything should work. > > That seems to have fixed accessing your repository. > > I only typed > > yum list j2re > > and now it is downloading lots of headers. > > I stopped it by pressing Ctrl-c many times fast. > > I think I am up to date with CentOS 3.3. There are > lots of entries in yum.log dated September 21st. That's yum, it will start downloading all the headers of the packages that are new (in your case about 1200) and scares the shit out of users by displaying all that :) I understand your reaction, the default behaviour should be less verbose. (apt is not better in a lot of those regards either) > What if I only want to access the java packages from > your repository, and everything else from a yum > mirror? Well, maybe downloading them manually would be te easiest in this case. You understand that I cannot make a repository for each package :) If you're concerned about the few core packages that are replaced, there is a Yum patch in TaoLinux that allows to protect the base system by not replace Red Hat core packages by third party ones. I'm only doing that for tools like lftp, rsync and a few others. (Tools that have been drastically improved since the RHEL3 release and most people want to use anyway). But of course that is more a personal liking and especially if you have paid for Red Hat support that may not be what you want. Still since it can be done automatically, I think this logic should go into Yum instead of the overhead you get from maintaining a second repository. Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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NeTraverse Win4Lin 5.0
by Dan 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Anybody get win4lin 5.0 running on CentOs? I have a Ibm Thinkpad 600 running centos 3.3. I tried running the win4lin installer which downloaded a supported kernel and installed but when I went to reboot the laptop, the drivers for my wireless card were missing along with usb support. Then when the laptop went into run level 5 nothing happens. Then the x server throughs an error about a bad config. So I cancel it and it doesn't even go to the cl login. I have also tried to patch the source that I downloaded from yum and the wireless and usb work, but still having the problems with the x server. I am fairly familiar with linux but not to familiar with the x server stuff. I was just wondering if someone had successfully got it to work and if they can tell me what they did, or have somebody point me into the right direction of where to look. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dan

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Re: CentOS-2 to CentOS-3 migration
by Rick Graves 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Beau, > Subject: Re: [Centos] HOWTO? Upgrade Centos-2 to > Centos-3 John Newbin has been working on a migration center. It may have some useful information; get it here: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/centos-2/migration.htm > Correct me if I am wrong, but centos 2 > is based off or redhat 7.2, so it may work. Check out the CentOS/RedHat family tree at the bottom of the migration center. BTW, I recently did a desktop install RedHat 9 to CentOS-3 migration as an experiment. There were come package incompatibilities that blocked the migration via YUM, so I did "yum remove" on each package that yum complained about. After removing a couple of rpm's, the migration went ahead. Afterward, I did "yum install" to put the packages back that I had removed. That seems to be a successful approach. Rick > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:29:05 +1000 > From: Beau Henderson <silentbob(a)gmail.com> > Reply-To: Beau Henderson <silentbob(a)gmail.com> > To: centos(a)caosity.org > Subject: Re: [Centos] HOWTO? Upgrade Centos-2 to > Centos-3 > > I wrote a pretty simple howto for redhat 9 - centos > 3.1 a while back. > I know of a few that have gone from 7.3 to centos > 3.1, with this > howto, so perhaps it may help in your case. Correct > me if I am wrong > but centos 2 is based off or redhat 7.2, so it may > work. Of course, i > wouldn't try this on a production box first off: > > http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=276534 > >

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java applet on CentOS-3
by Rick Graves 26 Sep '04

26 Sep '04

Hey, Has anyone installed a java applet on a CentOS-3? http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ASP/contribs/9/i386/j2re-java-plugin-1.4.2_02-… I need a java applet for some functionality accessing my SmoothWall firewall from a workstation on the internal network. Has anyone set YUM up to watch for updates? Thanks, Rick

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Re: more about nVIDIA on Linux^h^h^h^h^h RedHat
by Rick Graves 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Hey, I have two bits of info that suggest this is more of a RedHat problem than a Linux problem: 1) A high school friend had exactly this problem (screen when blank when booting up) on a computer running RedHat 9. (A different monitor had been used to install RedHat 9, and that monitor worked OK. Later, my high school friend got a different monitor, which went blank on boot up.) I solved the problem for my friend by swapping his nVIDIA card for a Voodoo Banshee. (And then I upgraded him to CentOS-3.) 2) I tried doing a Debian X desktop install on my test bench system with the nVIDIA TNT2 card plugged in. Debian's X install is more manual (less automatic) than under CentOS. I had to tell it which driver to use ("nv"), which I found by looking it up via Google. Debian could not get X to load -- after the screen flashed several times, Debian gave up and dumped me onto a text prompt with some messages on the screen. Maybe it is fair to say that it is a Linux problem, which RedHat 9 and its descendants do not handle well. Rick

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Fastrak TX2000 & CentOS 3.3
by Beth Curotto 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

Trying to install FastTrak TX2000 in box with CentOS 3.3 (kernal 2.4.21-20.EL.c0) install. Just downloaded Redhat 8/9 driver from Promise. But "sh install" says correct driver not found on diskette. Any suggestions? Thaks

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FastTrak TX200 driver
by Beth Curotto 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

Trying to install FastTrak TX2000 in box with CentOS 3.3 install. Just downloaded Redhat 8/9 driver from Promise but install says correct driver not found. Any suggestions? Is there a command to scroll --help files by the page... like DOS has /p

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