Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On 2/2/2016 12:02 PM, H wrote: > What do people use as a programming editor on CentOS 6? My first > impression of kate was favorable, not only did it support the usual > programming and scripting languages but also markdown which I have I used gedit and Windows' Notepad for a long time until I

[CentOS] CentOS 7, NSF, "feature"

In the last month, we've discovered a new, a, "feature" in the version of the version of NFS with CentOS 7: on startup, if it cannot resolve a given host, it dies. It does not continue on up, with all the other hosts it's exporting to, and just log a message. Is there a workaround, or a

Re: [CentOS] nfs stuck, don't know what processes to kill

umount -fl /mount/point And configure it after with autofs Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 2, 2016, at 20:00, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > Try "umount -fl"('eff el') > >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Dave Burns wrote: >> >> My NFS

Re: [CentOS] nfs stuck, don't know what processes to kill

Dave Burns wrote: > My NFS server is up and other clients can access x. One particular client > can't. I tried to unmount the NFS share: > > [root@nfsclient ~]# umount -f /disk/x > umount2: Device or resource busy > umount.nfs: /disk/x: device is busy > umount2: Device or resource busy >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, NSF, "feature"

Ricardo J. Barberis wrote: > El Martes 02/02/2016, m.r...@5-cent.us escribió: >> In the last month, we've discovered a new, a, "feature" in the >> version of the version of NFS with CentOS 7: on startup, if it >> cannot resolve a given host, it dies. It does not continue on up, >> with all the

Re: [CentOS] In A UEFI World, "rm -rf /" Can Brick Your System

Once upon a time, Frank Cox said: > On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:18:09 + (UTC) > Tony Mountifield wrote: > > killing the UEFI stuff stops you ever being able to do a re-install on > > that box. Is that correct? > > Apparently so. Just to clarify: this appears to be a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, NSF, "feature"

El Martes 02/02/2016, m.r...@5-cent.us escribió: > In the last month, we've discovered a new, a, "feature" in the version > of the version of NFS with CentOS 7: on startup, if it cannot resolve a > given host, it dies. It does not continue on up, with all the other hosts > it's exporting to,

[CentOS] nfs stuck, don't know what processes to kill

My NFS server is up and other clients can access x. One particular client can't. I tried to unmount the NFS share: [root@nfsclient ~]# umount -f /disk/x umount2: Device or resource busy umount.nfs: /disk/x: device is busy umount2: Device or resource busy umount.nfs: /disk/x: device is busy If I

Re: [CentOS] nfs stuck, don't know what processes to kill

Try "umount -fl"('eff el') On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Dave Burns wrote: > My NFS server is up and other clients can access x. One particular client > can't. I tried to unmount the NFS share: > > [root@nfsclient ~]# umount -f /disk/x > umount2: Device or

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On 02/02/16 12:02, H wrote: > On 02/02/2016 03:50 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: >> On 02/02/2016 09:28 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: >>> CentOS is not a bleeding-edge distribution that constantly keeps >>> packages up to date with the upstream projects. If you want that, try >>> another distribution like

[CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

Dear All, Suppose I executed the command rm -rf / on my CentOS 7 box. After it did what it could, how much damage will be done to what I have (or _had_ rather ;-) on my hard drive? I'm going to describe simple experiment which was prompted in another thread. I need to say a few words before I

[CentOS] Measuring memory bandwidth utilization

I'd like to know what the cause of a particular DB server's slowdown might be. We've ruled out IOPs for the disks (~ 20%) and raw CPU load (top shows perhaps 1/2 of cores busy, but the system slows to a crawl. We're suspecting that we're simply running out of memory bandwidth but have no way

Re: [CentOS] Measuring memory bandwidth utilization

On 2/2/2016 5:34 PM, Benjamin Smith wrote: I'd like to know what the cause of a particular DB server's slowdown might be. We've ruled out IOPs for the disks (~ 20%) and raw CPU load (top shows perhaps 1/2 of cores busy, but the system slows to a crawl. We're suspecting that we're simply running

[CentOS] Re: Latest version of kate editor

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:02, H wrote: On 02/02/2016 03:50 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 02/02/2016 09:28 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > CentOS is not a bleeding-edge distribution that constantly keeps > packages up to date with the upstream projects. If you want that, try > another distribution

Re: [CentOS] I am not understanding the size of the iso

Yep, This is true, If I look at Fedora Gnome for example, which also ships all these(browser,libre, gnome etc), the final DVD version is just about 1.2 GB. That is what surprises me. On Wednesday 03 February 2016 08:52 AM, Peter wrote: > On 03/02/16 16:15, Ramaseshan S wrote: >> While the

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 01:22:44PM -0500, H wrote: > I have installed the kate editor on Centos 6.7 but it seems to be a > very old version, 3.3.4, installed as part of kdesdk. On Centos 7 I > can simply run 'yum install kate' but, alas, not on Centos 6. > > What is the recommended way of

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Update - Aide Link

Thanks! On 02/02/2016 08:40 AM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 02/02/2016 04:27 PM, Mike Thompson wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> My username is MikeThompson >> >> The link to configure Aide at the bottom of this page: >> https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/OS_Protection >> >> Is dead, and says its dead,

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Update - Aide Link

On 02/02/2016 04:27 PM, Mike Thompson wrote: Hello All, My username is MikeThompson The link to configure Aide at the bottom of this page: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/OS_Protection Is dead, and says its dead, however, the old link to http://www.bofh-hunter.com/2008/04/10/centos-5-and-aide/

[CentOS-docs] Wiki Update - Aide Link

Hello All, My username is MikeThompson The link to configure Aide at the bottom of this page: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/OS_Protection Is dead, and says its dead, however, the old link to http://www.bofh-hunter.com/2008/04/10/centos-5-and-aide/ now redirects to a malicious website. One of

Re: [CentOS-virt] CentOS 6 Virt SIG Xen 4.6 packages available in centos-virt-xen-testing

On 01/14/2016 06:57 PM, George Dunlap wrote: As mentioned yesterday, Xen 4.6 packages are now available for testing. These also include an update to libvirt 1.3.0, in line with what's available for CentOS 7. Please test, particularly the upgrade if you can, and report any problems here. To

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On 02/02/2016 09:28 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: CentOS is not a bleeding-edge distribution that constantly keeps packages up to date with the upstream projects. If you want that, try another distribution like Fedora. GNOME can get a rebase to a newer version, but KDE can't. this from a

Re: [CentOS] In A UEFI World, "rm -rf /" Can Brick Your System

In article <75d47fdc6a99f24f87a6465baf326d5018c50...@columba02.user.uu.se>, Sorin Srbu wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > > Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us > > Sent: den 1 februari 2016 20:34 > >

Re: [CentOS-virt] When will CentOS 7.1 become available as an AWS AMI?

On 01/28/2016 07:54 AM, Peter Weissbrod wrote: > I am in need of some AWS instances of this version. > > > > There are “community” instances of 7.1 but I would strongly prefer an > official release from CentOS team over trusting my base image to an > unknown publisher. > > Is there any

[CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

I have converted a physical machine to kvm, following instructions on the proxmox wiki. So far so good. Now I'm attempting to convert the vm from ide to virtio following the instructions here, http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Boot_from_virtio_block_device, with virtio-win-stable from Fedora. The

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On 02/02/2016 03:50 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 02/02/2016 09:28 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: CentOS is not a bleeding-edge distribution that constantly keeps packages up to date with the upstream projects. If you want that, try another distribution like Fedora. GNOME can get a rebase to a

Re: [CentOS] NICs order

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Chris Adams wrote: > > That's only necessary for things that are initialized in the initrd. > Unless you are using network boot, the initrd won't have any of the > network initialization, so rebuilding it is not necessary for changing >

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

isdtor writes: > > > The root certificates were updated since XP went out of support and > > that may be the issue. I would look for any entries on how people have > > fixed this in other cases. > > If that was the problem, driver installation wouldn't even start. But it > does, it just hangs

Re: [CentOS-virt] CentOS 6 Virt SIG Xen 4.6 packages available in centos-virt-xen-testing

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Manuel Wolfshant wrote: > On 01/14/2016 06:57 PM, George Dunlap wrote: >> >> As mentioned yesterday, Xen 4.6 packages are now available for >> testing. These also include an update to libvirt 1.3.0, in line with >> what's available for

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On 02/01/2016 08:20 PM, Yamaban wrote: On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 19:22, H wrote: I have installed the kate editor on Centos 6.7 but it seems to be a very old version, 3.3.4, installed as part of kdesdk. On Centos 7 I can simply run 'yum install kate' but, alas, not on Centos 6. What

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

Hi, I did many physical (Windows) to virtual (kvm) conversions before. The instructions in general are good here: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Boot_from_virtio_block_device , so yes, you must add a dummy ("fake") 2nd disk drive to the guest first, boot up the guest, install the virtio

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

Zoltan Frombach writes: > Hi, > > I did many physical (Windows) to virtual (kvm) conversions before. The > instructions in general are good here: > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Boot_from_virtio_block_device , so yes, you > must add a dummy ("fake") 2nd disk drive to the guest first, boot up the

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On 02/02/2016 12:56 AM, Mark LaPierre wrote: On 02/01/16 14:20, Yamaban wrote: On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 19:22, H wrote: I have installed the kate editor on Centos 6.7 but it seems to be a very old version, 3.3.4, installed as part of kdesdk. On Centos 7 I can simply run 'yum install

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

On 2/2/2016 12:05 PM, isdtor wrote: Zoltan Frombach writes: Hi, I did many physical (Windows) to virtual (kvm) conversions before. The instructions in general are good here: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Boot_from_virtio_block_device , so yes, you must add a dummy ("fake") 2nd disk drive to

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

> I'm not sure if that is going to make any difference. I use the latest > myself ( .112 ) > > Are you sure that the spinning wheel is not caused by the driver driver > signature verification? Maybe try to upgrade the "root certificates" via It's XP, not 7. Driver installation commences (pages

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

On 2 February 2016 at 05:16, isdtor wrote: > >> I'm not sure if that is going to make any difference. I use the latest >> myself ( .112 ) >> >> Are you sure that the spinning wheel is not caused by the driver driver >> signature verification? Maybe try to upgrade the "root

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:02:40 +0100 H wrote: > What do people use as a programming editor on CentOS 6? I personally use Geany and/or vim, depending on what I'm doing and how I'm doing it. You can find pre-compiled rpms for the latest version of geany for Centos 6 and 7 on my website if you

Re: [CentOS] In A UEFI World, "rm -rf /" Can Brick Your System

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:18:09 + (UTC) Tony Mountifield wrote: > killing the UEFI stuff stops you ever being able to do a re-install on that > box. Is that correct? Apparently so. > Is there no way to do a factory reset of the BIOS? Apparently not. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 06:02:40PM +0100, H wrote: > What do people use as a programming editor on CentOS 6? My first impression > of kate was favorable, not only did it support the usual programming and > scripting languages but also markdown which I have recently discovered... I don't want to

Re: [CentOS] I am not understanding the size of the iso

redhat (centos) ships lot's of stuff. you don't really need to install *everything* unless you have very specific needs.. 2016-02-03 8:15 GMT+02:00 Ramaseshan : > Yep, This is true, > If I look at Fedora Gnome for example, which also ships all > these(browser,libre,

Re: [CentOS] I am not understanding the size of the iso

On 2/2/2016 10:29 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: redhat (centos) ships lot's of stuff. you don't really need to install *everything* unless you have very specific needs.. I pretty much always install the 'minimal' ISO then install the specific packages I need with yum. lots of reasons, not the

Re: [CentOS] I am not understanding the size of the iso

On 03/02/16 16:15, Ramaseshan S wrote: > While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a > GUI about 4.3 GB. All the extra packages, libs, etc that are needed to support the GUI, plus the extra apps that are available to run in the GUI (such as LibreOffice, FireFox,

Re: [CentOS] I am not understanding the size of the iso

On 02/02/16 10:15 PM, Ramaseshan S wrote: > I suppose, CentOS 7 ships with DVD and minimal version. > > While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a > GUI about 4.3 GB. > > Isint it too huge for an OS ? Remember that it is based on upstream. Anyway, there is a LOT

Re: [CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

On 02/02/2016 04:57 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: Suppose I executed the command rm -rf / on my CentOS 7 box. After it did what it could, how much damage will be done to what I have (or _had_ rather ;-) on my hard drive? In your experiment, rm processed /boot and /data first, and then /proc,

Re: [CentOS] Measuring memory bandwidth utilization

On 02/02/2016 05:34 PM, Benjamin Smith wrote: We've ruled out IOPs for the disks (~ 20%) How did you measure that? What filesystem are you using? What is the disk / array configuration? Which database? If you run "iostat -x 2" what does a representative summary look like? and raw CPU

Re: [CentOS] Measuring memory bandwidth utilization

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 at 20:34 -, Benjamin Smith wrote: > Any idea? Wild guessing...How old a system? ~5 year old Nehalem? If so try: echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/zone_reclaim_mode For some memory performance diagnosing try 'sar': sar -B 10 There are lots of other sar options which might

[CentOS] I am not understanding the size of the iso

I suppose, CentOS 7 ships with DVD and minimal version. While the minimal version is just 700M, what makes the minimal along with a GUI about 4.3 GB. Isint it too huge for an OS ? -- Cheers -- S.Ramaseshan Engineer fractalio.com ramases...@fractalio.com

Re: [CentOS-virt] virtio not installing correctly

> The root certificates were updated since XP went out of support and > that may be the issue. I would look for any entries on how people have > fixed this in other cases. If that was the problem, driver installation wouldn't even start. But it does, it just hangs towards the end.