[CentOS] howto use kvm-amd on centos 5.1

2008-04-18 Thread Jerry Geis
Is there a way to use kvm-amd on centos 5.1? I dont want to mess with XEN. I want the hardware virtualization that is on my AMD chip. I played with putting 2.6.24 and centos 5.1 on my AMD laptop, got kvm-amd and that works. However I want to put this on my desktop that is running

[CentOS] xinetd question

2008-04-29 Thread Jerry Geis
I am using centos 5.1 x86_64 I am wanting to restart xinetd when I do service xinetd restart it says xinetd unrecognized service when I do /etc/init.d/xinetd restart I get no such file or directory. How does one restart xinetd? THanks, Jerry ___

[CentOS] Re: xinetd question

2008-04-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: I am using centos 5.1 x86_64 I am wanting to restart xinetd when I do service xinetd restart it says xinetd unrecognized service when I do /etc/init.d/xinetd restart I get no such file or directory. How does one restart xinetd? THanks, Jerry Sorry - I got it. I first

[CentOS] alias for network on centos 4

2008-04-29 Thread Jerry Geis
I was playing with network alias on centos 4 - i386. When I activated the alias ifconfig showed the correct eth1:0 information However I was not able to ping the address Tried service network stop and start still not able to ping the address. After rebooting everything seems to be normal

[CentOS] kickstart question

2008-04-30 Thread Jerry Geis
I have a couple lines like: part / --ondisk=sda --fstype ext3 --size=2 --asprimary part swap --ondisk=sda --size=4000 --asprimary part /home --ondisk=sda --fstype ext3 --size=1 --asprimary --grow in my kickstart file. Is there a way to have 1 kickstart file that

[CentOS] Re: kickstart question

2008-04-30 Thread Jerry Geis
/ I have a couple lines like: // // part / --ondisk=sda --fstype ext3 --size=2 --asprimary // part swap --ondisk=sda --size=4000 --asprimary // part /home --ondisk=sda --fstype ext3 --size=1 --asprimary --grow // // in my kickstart file. // // Is there a way to have 1

[CentOS] RH9 to centos 5 386

2008-05-02 Thread Jerry Geis
I am testing the likelyhood of updating a couple RH9 systems to centos 5 386. I found at document that talked about updating to centos 4. steps being: 1.) backup 2.) rpm --import http://pubmirrors.reflected.net/centos/5/os/i386/RPM-GPG-KEY-centOS-5 rpm -Uvh --nodeps

[CentOS] has something happened to grep

2008-05-16 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, when I do a grep JERRY *.h nothing is returned which is what I expect. This is in my source directory... when I do a grep JERRY * every file is returned an a line printed even though there is no JERRY on the line. Then if I do a grep JERRY *.c just the 4 lines that have JERRY are

[CentOS] Re: has something happened to grep

2008-05-16 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / Hi all, // // when I do a grep JERRY *.h nothing is returned which is what I expect. // This is in my source directory... // when I do a grep JERRY * every file is returned an a line printed even // though there is no JERRY on the line. // Then if I do a grep JERRY *.c

[CentOS] Re: has something happened to grep

2008-05-16 Thread Jerry Geis
/ I tried rm *f and it is not removing it. No what? /rm -- -f THanks that removed the file and grep now has the correct behavior. Somehow the VIM start screen is in the -f file... Not sure how that happened but glad its gone. Have a great day all! Jerry

[CentOS] phenom anyone B3 stepping of course

2008-05-16 Thread Jerry Geis
I was considering getting a Phenom 2.4G and B3 stepping (cheap $219). I was wondering if anyone has been using it with centos 5.1 x86_64 and found them stable now. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] kickstart question with 2 network cards

2008-05-19 Thread Jerry Geis
I am using kickstart to automate installs. working nicely. I now have a box with 2 NIC cards and I am getting prompted for which nick to use. I have a line like: network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --hostname tmp.msgnet.com in my kickstart. This line does not seem to be enough to say

[CentOS] USB modem on centos

2008-05-27 Thread Jerry Geis
I am playing with a USR (us robotics) USB modem model 5637. in the past I used internal modems and had no issues. One this unit I plugged it in, dmesg says its recogized. I did ln -s /dev/ttyACM0 /dev/ttyS4 this works. I then did cu -l /dev/ttyS4 type AT and I get OK... looking good. When I ATDT

[CentOS] centos 5.1 i386 on a 1GIG flash

2008-05-28 Thread Jerry Geis
I have found this link http://owlriver.com/tips/tiny-centos for installing centos on a minimal system. I am looking at putting centos on a 1 GIG flash drive. The above page talks about removing packages after install to attain the small size. however, I am getting blocked at the install page

[CentOS] servercd i386 5.1

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
I am looking for the servercd for i386 centos 5.1 on the mirrors. Not finding it though. Can someone point me to it. Thanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / I am looking for the servercd for i386 centos 5.1 on the mirrors. // Not finding it though. // // Can someone point me to it. Thanks, // // Jerry / There is currently no serverCD for CentOS 5.1, but you can install from just the first CD if that helps. See here: http

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. // This unit has a vortex86 CPU. // When installing the unit finds the USB cdrom I type linux text and it // starts // vlinuz... // init // Screen goes black and the unit reboots. / Sounds like an i586 CPU which

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:46:53AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: / // I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. /http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabid/110/Default.aspx ? you won't make it with only 128 MB of RAM... is the cpu i686 compatible? Tru Tru, yes this is the box I

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / // On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:46:53AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: // / // I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. // /http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabid/110/Default.aspx ? // // you won't make it with only 128 MB of RAM... // is the cpu i686 compatible

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
now do: i586 text mem=128 when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior Loading vmlinuz Loading initrd and reboot. Am I not correctly specifying the kernel yet? Jerry

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / // now do: // // i586 text mem=128 // // // when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel // so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior // Loading vmlinuz // Loading initrd // and reboot. // // Am I not correctly specifying the kernel yet

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: / // now do: // // i586 text mem=128 // // // when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel // so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior // Loading vmlinuz // Loading initrd // and reboot. // // Am I not correctly specifying

[CentOS] centos RS232 to IP port program

2008-06-04 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, Is there a method in centos where a program can be started that listens on a given IP port and when something connects it will transfer data from the RS232 port to the IP port. reads and writes of course. Trying not to reinvent the wheel if I dont have to... Thanks, Jerry

[CentOS] centos 4 on ebox 2300sx

2008-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
hi all, I am attempting to install centos 4.4 on an ebox 2300sx. I start with i586 text everything starts up and then I get: No coprocessor found and no math emulation present. How do I get math emulation? THanks Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] Re: centos 4 on ebox 2300sx

2008-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 12:43 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: / I am attempting to install centos 4.4 on an ebox 2300sx. // I start with i586 text everything starts up and then I get: // No coprocessor found and no math emulation present. // // How do I get math emulation? / You build a kernel

[CentOS] Re: isolinux on a pendrive from disk 1

2008-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / Hi // // I just grabbed an 8gig thumb drive, took disk 1 centos 4 i386, // copied the isolinux directory files to my thumbdrive, then ran syslinux // -sf /dev/sdc1 // on the device plugged it into my laptop and it does not boot. // // Is there a step(s) I am missing

[CentOS] Re: isolinux on a pendrive from disk 1

2008-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: / Hi // // I just grabbed an 8gig thumb drive, took disk 1 centos 4 i386, // copied the isolinux directory files to my thumbdrive, then ran syslinux // -sf /dev/sdc1 // on the device plugged it into my laptop and it does not boot. // // Is there a step(s

[CentOS] Re: isolinux on a pendrive from disk 1

2008-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: / Hi // // I just grabbed an 8gig thumb drive, took disk 1 centos 4 i386, // copied the isolinux directory files to my thumbdrive, then ran syslinux // -sf /dev/sdc1 // on the device plugged it into my laptop and it does not boot

[CentOS] kernel compile for i586

2008-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
I created a i586 install image with qemu. I downloaded the SRPMS package for the kernel and installed it. I cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS rpmbuild -bp --target i586 kernelXXX.spec I does a bunch of things but it did not build a new kernel and put it in /boot I think I am missing a command to

[CentOS] Re: kernel compile for i586

2008-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
nate wrote: / Jerry Geis wrote: // I created a i586 install image with qemu. // I downloaded the SRPMS package for the kernel and installed it. // I cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS // rpmbuild -bp --target i586 kernelXXX.spec // I does a bunch of things but it did not build a new kernel and put

[CentOS] enter run level

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Geis
I have a centos 4 x86_64 machine that has been working fine. It has software RAID-1. Now when it boots I get the GRUB screen, I get the very first screen about loading Init then I get a prompt about: Enter Run Level: When I enter 3 nothing happens... This is obviously not a normal boot

[CentOS] Re: enter run level

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: I have a centos 4 x86_64 machine that has been working fine. It has software RAID-1. Now when it boots I get the GRUB screen, I get the very first screen about loading Init then I get a prompt about: Enter Run Level: When I enter 3 nothing happens... This is obviously

[CentOS] usb thumbdrive

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Geis
I have a bootable usb thumbdrive now... three partions, msdos for syslinux booting, ext3 and swap. How can I grab my QEMU installed centos 4 image and put it on the ext3 /dev/sdc2 partition on my thumbdrive? THanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] Re: usb thumbdrive

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / I have a bootable usb thumbdrive now... // three partions, msdos for syslinux booting, ext3 and swap. / I think it's a bad idea to put a swap partition on a flash drive... or is that obsolete knowledge? Its there by habit - and I hope I dont need it. Just investigating

[CentOS] usb thumbdrive

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, I am soo close. I have have made my custom kernel from a DIFFERENT machine, I have hte USB booting, I have 3 partitions, 1-fat12, 2 - ext3, 3 is swap. on booting it says: VFS cannot open root device NULL please append root= I tried root=/dev/sda2 and still nothing. Is there

[CentOS] Re: usb thumbdrive

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Jerry Geis wrote: / I am soo close. I have have made my custom kernel from a DIFFERENT // machine, I have hte USB booting, I have 3 partitions, 1-fat12, 2 - // ext3, 3 is swap. on booting it says: // // VFS cannot open root device NULL please append root

[CentOS] using /dev/hda system to build initrd for /dev/sda system

2008-06-06 Thread Jerry Geis
I think I have booting issues for my custom kernel on centos 4. the sda system cannot find the disk. I used a qemu image to build a centos 4 MATH_EMULATION kernel. This system has /dev/hda. The system I am putting the vmlinuz and initrd files on is a /dev/sda system. I dont think the initrd

[CentOS] what modules are needed in initrd to boot from USB thumb drive

2008-06-07 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi, What modules are needed in my mkinird command with --preload to boot from usb thumbdrive? THanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] getting device to boot from thumb drive

2008-06-14 Thread Jerry Geis
I have created a custom kernel as I needed to add floating point emulation to the kernel. I used the command below to create my initrd: mkinitrd --preload=ohci-hcd --preload=uhci-hcd --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=ext3 --preload=jbd --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod --preload=ata_piix

[CentOS] Re: getting device to boot from thumb drive

2008-06-14 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: I have created a custom kernel as I needed to add floating point emulation to the kernel. I used the command below to create my initrd: mkinitrd --preload=ohci-hcd --preload=uhci-hcd --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=ext3 --preload=jbd --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod

[CentOS] booting usb stick

2008-06-16 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, I have been trying to get a usb stick 8G to boot centos. I am as far a it boots and hangs at Switching to new root. I take the same USB stick and put it another PC and it boots fine. What might I look for as to why the machine hangs at switching to new root? Of course the machines are

[CentOS] Re: booting usb stick

2008-06-16 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi, On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:38 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: / Hi all, // // I have been trying to get a usb stick 8G to boot centos. // I am as far a it boots and hangs at Switching to new root. // // I take the same USB stick and put it another PC and it boots fine. // // What might I look

[CentOS] which centos for 486

2008-06-16 Thread Jerry Geis
What version of centos supported the i386 and i486 at install time? perhaps even a version that ran with math emulation? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] custom kernel cant find label /

2008-06-18 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, I installed centos 4.6 on a USB thumbdrive. It installed and booted after install. I then put a custom kernel on, build it as I should, on rebooting and selecting my kernel to load from grub I it starts up and all and the last error I get is: label / not found. What went wrong?

[CentOS] Re: custom kernel cant find label /

2008-06-18 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: Hi all, I installed centos 4.6 on a USB thumbdrive. It installed and booted after install. I then put a custom kernel on, build it as I should, on rebooting and selecting my kernel to load from grub I it starts up and all and the last error I get is: label / not found

[CentOS] Re: custom kernel cant find label /

2008-06-18 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / I installed centos 4.6 on a USB thumbdrive. // It installed and booted after install. // // I then put a custom kernel on, build it as I should, // on rebooting and selecting my kernel to load from grub I it starts up // and all // and the last error I get is: // // label

[CentOS] Re: howto use kvm-amd on centos 5.1

2008-06-18 Thread Jerry Geis
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Karanbir Singh mail-lists at karan.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos wrote: / Jerry Geis wrote: // // What went wrong? // // Also, I can see you are still doing your old ask on the list rather than // actually work out what the problem

[CentOS] question about expert install for 4.6

2008-06-19 Thread Jerry Geis
At the boot: install prompt for 4.6 there is a i586 option. there is also an expert option. If you use expert mode can you also specify i586 somehow? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] linux rescue on usb thumbdrive

2008-06-19 Thread Jerry Geis
I believe the same issue I see with running linux rescue on a USB drive is the same issue I am having why the thumb drive wont boot. When installing I have to use expert mode I just cant install directly as the USB disk is not seen. What happens extra in expert mode? some delay somewhere???

[CentOS] Re: linux rescue on usb thumbdrive

2008-06-19 Thread Jerry Geis
I am hoping this does the trick wow has this been a long process. http://fungliding.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_fungliding_archive.html Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] centos 4.6 - 586 install - how to get that to a 486 level if possible

2008-06-20 Thread Jerry Geis
Is there a method to get a 586 (i586 text) install to a 486 level? I am looking for information guidance on this. I have looked into using debian/386 which stinks in my opinion, slackware doesnt quite have it either. So I am wishing/hoping there is a NOT TO painful way to get a 586 install to

[CentOS] Re: centos 4.6 - 586 install - how to get that to a 486 level if possible

2008-06-21 Thread Jerry Geis
Sorry, I have no clue about your question. However, I have several AMD K6 chips (pentium-equivalent) lying around should you trip over a motherboard that'll run them. That would solve your 486 problem, I think, so let me know if such a chip would help you out. Fred - thanks for the offer -

[CentOS] bittorrent

2008-06-24 Thread Jerry Geis
Looks the only way now to grab a DVD is by torrent. What is the yum install name to get it on the machine? I have downloaded the torrent file, but what do I execute to grab the DVD? Thanks, great effort CentOS Team. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing

[CentOS] kickstart and lang

2008-06-30 Thread Jerry Geis
I have a line like: lang en_US.UTF-8 in my kickstart file. However it stops on that screen to prompt me. Everything else works fine... I am using centos 4.6. Is this line no longer correct? I am sure I got it from a anaconda file to start with. Jerry

[CentOS] Re: kickstart and lang

2008-07-01 Thread Jerry Geis
lang en_US.UTF-8 langsupport --default en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 Thanks I added the langsupport line this morning and tried it. It no longer stops at that screen. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] command for brand of monitor

2008-07-02 Thread Jerry Geis
Is there a linux command that would tell me what model of monitor is presently attached to my computer? Thought about automating different setups based on the monitor connected. X config files basically. Could be done with different kickstart files - but would like to not go there if I dont

[CentOS] upgrade to 5.2 now have gam_server how to turn it off

2008-07-02 Thread Jerry Geis
After upgrading to 5.2 I now have gam_server running. How do I turn it off? nothing with gam in /etc/init.d Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: command for brand of monitor

2008-07-02 Thread Jerry Geis
/ Is there a linux command that would tell me what model of monitor is // presently attached to my computer? // Thought about automating different setups based on the monitor // connected. X config files basically. // // Could be done with different kickstart files - but would like to not go

[CentOS] install from USB thumdrive

2008-07-08 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all Is there a procedure to use an 8GIG thumbdrive to copy the centos 5.2 dvd contents to the thumbdrive then run isolinux (or something like it) and be able to use the thumbdrive as the install media? Seems like it should work, however my machine only has syslinux not isolinux. yum

[CentOS] rtc in /proc/interrupts

2008-08-13 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi - I am using centos 4.6 on an ebox 4300. Everything seems to be working except the /proc/interrupts rtc is always constant. On other machines the rtc (which ztdummy from asterisk) is always incrementing. the uhci_hcd and ehci_hcd are both running. What can cause this? Jerry --

[CentOS] question between centos 4.6 i586 and denian edge

2008-08-14 Thread Jerry Geis
I have a strange situation. I am using centos 4.6 i586 with alsa 1.0.17 and asterisk 1.4.21.1 (only the console/dsp or soudn port). running centos 4.6 asterisk will seg fault after awhile. running debian edge with the same installed packages it does not seg fault. running x86_64 centos 4.6 and

[CentOS] kickstart and 5.2 x86_64 giving errors.

2008-08-16 Thread Jerry Geis
When I use my kickstart file (which works on 5.1 x86_64) with 5.2 I get the following error. I put my kickstart file at the end. Do I have something incomaptible in the file? jerry -- Traceback (most recent call first): File /usr/lib/anaconda/network.py,

[CentOS] centos 5.2 booting thumbdrive

2008-08-19 Thread Jerry Geis
Anyone have instructions or have been successful in booting centos 5.2 from an thumbdrive? I have instructions for centos 4 from http://fungliding.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_fungliding_archive.html and that worked. However, it doesnt seem to be working for centos 5.2. Thanks for any tips.

[CentOS] nash on centos 5.2

2008-08-19 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to use nash on centos 5.2 to demonstrate the problem I did: cd /sbin ln -sf /sbin/nash sleep export PATH=/sbin:$PATH sleep 5 and I get an error. Red Hat nash version 5.1.19.6 starting nash cannot open 5: no such file or directory Why doesnt that work? Thanks, Jerry

[CentOS] extlinux on centos 5.2

2008-08-20 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to use extlinux to boot a usb device. I ran the following on the device: mkdir -p /boot/extlinux extlinux /boot/extlinux cat /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin /dev/sde cp /boot/vmlinuz.latest.kernel /boot/extlinux/linux I then attempt to boot it and it starts going however I says kernel

[CentOS] kickstart error on 5.2 exception

2008-08-21 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi, I am trying to get my kickstart file that worked under 5.1 to work under 5.2 centos x86_64. This is the error that I get. On the screen it says Exception occured and gives me the option to save it. This is that file. I dont see any odd that would cause it to crash. Can anyone help. My

[CentOS] x86_64 and Thunderbird Trash folder.

2010-12-01 Thread Jerry Geis
I just ran into something odd, I have x86_64 5.5 running with Thunderbird. I am getting a message about can delete the email as Trash is FULL. The file size is 4G. Whats up with that I have the 64 bit executable running. file /usr/lib64/thunderbird-2.0.0.24/thunderbird-bin

Re: [CentOS] x86_64 and Thunderbird Trash folder.

2010-12-01 Thread Jerry Geis
Um, do you ever log out, or close firefox? For that matter, do you have it set to empty trash when done? Or do you ever manually compress folders/empty trash? mark or just leave it running for a year at a time? NO - your correct I dont log out it's got messages in there from way

[CentOS] copy old CF image to new CF device

2010-12-08 Thread Jerry Geis
I am using an 8G CF card. (I was using dd to duplicate the card with different size cards I was advised not to). So I wrote the script below which basically: 1) runs fdisk to setup the device 2) makes the ext3 file system and the swap 3) mounts my old image / filesystem and the new partition 4)

[CentOS] preparing to migrating to new system

2010-12-21 Thread Jerry Geis
hi all, I will be migrating my mail server from centos 4.8 to 6 when its released. Basically its just a number of users with their passwords. Their mail is downloaded to their clients and not stored on the server. What is the most sensible or correct way to migrate ALL the users to the new

[CentOS] changing background image

2010-12-23 Thread Jerry Geis
I'm running centos 5.5 - 64 on Nvidia hardware. I am getting video from totem mixed in with my background image when I stop totem. If I change the background back to the default it does not seem to happen. However, as soon as I change the background to something else like ladybug.jpg and run

[CentOS] donations

2010-12-27 Thread Jerry Geis
Just checked the donations page on main site. It still says waiting till mid 2010. Since we are past that was wondering if there was an update. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] what happened to the status

2011-01-04 Thread Jerry Geis
Hey - back to work today and just noticed the last status update for release 6 ( http://twitter.com/centos ) was way back on Dec 1. I know, I know, its ready when its ready and I'm fine with that just thought it was curious that Dec 1 was the last update. Everyone have a Great New Year! :)

[CentOS] using kvm

2011-01-04 Thread Jerry Geis
All - I am running a virtual windows 7 (pro 64) on centos 5.5 x86_64. I was hoping to run virtual XP inside windows7 in this configuration. I get an error about cannot start virtual XP when I try this. Do I not have something setup correctly or can I not run a double virtual environment?

Re: [CentOS] using kvm

2011-01-05 Thread Jerry Geis
I have not tried a VM within a VM (nested) although I have heard that it is possible. I guess the correct processor type could be passed with the -cpu parameter. -- Arun Khan I have tried -cpu phenum which does not run at all. and I tried -cpu core2duo which runs the guest but does not

[CentOS] usb 3

2011-01-10 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to plug a USB 2 device in a USB 3 slot. Nothing is being detected in lsusb. Is there something special I need to do? I am running centos 5.5 x86_64. I thought 3.0 was backward compatible. Nothing special about my device its an RS232 to USB device. It works in 2.0 slot. Thanks,

Re: [CentOS] usb 3

2011-01-10 Thread Jerry Geis
It is backwards compatible, but the chipset might not yet be supported. What does lsdev show for the port? I dont have lsdev - I do have lspci. Is this what you meant? 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7

Re: [CentOS] usb 3

2011-01-11 Thread Jerry Geis
I downloaded 2.6.34.8 - compiled and ran the new kernel making sure to enable XHCI and the device is now registered with lsusb. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] dirty screen

2011-01-13 Thread Jerry Geis
Is there a command that marks the screen as dirty and hopefully redraws it? If I do a control ALT F1 and the F7 this in effect redraws the screen. I am getting video artifacts that I think is in the nvidia driver. the switching console works - I was just hoping there is a more convenient way.

Re: [CentOS] dirty screen

2011-01-13 Thread Jerry Geis
Where - the entire monitor, or just an xterm (in which case, ctrl-L)? mark I see the video remaining all over the screen the entire monitor. xterm is not even running. The remaining video is mixed in with my firefox screen. I'll try the control L in a while. jerry

Re: [CentOS] dirty screen

2011-01-13 Thread Jerry Geis
I'll try the control L in a while. jerry Control L did not refresh the screen. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] hp laptop

2011-02-03 Thread Jerry Geis
I have a new hp laptop, I installed centos 5.5 on x86_64. I was only seeing one core in /proc/cpuinfo. The CPU is core i5 M450 which should be dual core. So I put a more recent kernel on the machine, 2.6.34.7 did the compile and all - rebooted and I still only see one core in /proc/cpuinfo. the

[CentOS] premature question on 5.6

2011-02-07 Thread Jerry Geis
What will be the correct way to migrate ext3 to ext4 going from 5.5 to 5.6? Will something after the update ask if you want to migrate the file systems? Looking forward to some file system speed ups with large files. Thanks Jerry ___ CentOS mailing

[CentOS] install 5.5 x86-64 on DL320 G6

2011-02-15 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to install on a DL320 proliant. The disk is not being recognized. It fails when setting up disk with no devices found. I dont get an sda or cciss either one. I tried to disable the on board smart array controller? That didnt seem to make a difference. Is there something special I

Re: [CentOS] install 5.5 x86-64 on DL320 G6

2011-02-15 Thread Jerry Geis
Haven't been on a Proliant in years, but if this is a RAID hardware card, like Dell's PERC, you *have* to hit ctrl-whatever, and create the RAID; the system's access to the drives is mediated completely through the controller, and until the controller knows what they are, it can't/won't tell

[CentOS] question on modules loaded

2011-03-11 Thread Jerry Geis
lsmod shows dm_raid45 66509 0 dm_message 6977 1 dm_raid45 dm_region_hash 15681 1 dm_raid45 dm_log 14529 3 dm_mirror,dm_raid45,dm_region_hash dm_mod 62201 4 dm_mirror,dm_multipath,dm_raid45,dm_log dm_mem_cache9537

[CentOS] script question

2011-03-31 Thread Jerry Geis
I can do simply search and replace with sed. However, I want to setup httpd.conf from a script that changes the default / which is presently: Directory / Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None /Directory and change it to the following: Directory / Order Deny,Allow Deny from

[CentOS] question on software raid

2011-04-01 Thread Jerry Geis
dmesg is not reporting any issues. The /proc/mdstat looks fine. md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] X blocks [2/2] [UU] however /var/log/messages says: smartd[3392] Device /dev/sda 20 offline uncorrectable sectors The machine is running fine.. raid array looks good - what is up with

[CentOS] firefox slow on 5.6

2011-04-10 Thread Jerry Geis
I have updated to 5.6 - GREAT job guys... when I do host slashdot.org for example it comes back immediately. when I enter slashdot.org on firefox it says Looking up slashdot.org for a LONG time like 15 or 20 seconds before continuing. I have set network.dns.disableIPv6 true. Any idea why

Re: [CentOS] firefox slow on 5.6

2011-04-11 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: I have updated to 5.6 - GREAT job guys... when I do host slashdot.org for example it comes back immediately. when I enter slashdot.org on firefox it says Looking up slashdot.org for a LONG time like 15 or 20 seconds before continuing. I have set network.dns.disableIPv6

[CentOS] whats the package that allows copy and paste between windows

2011-04-11 Thread Jerry Geis
What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste the paste is grey-ed or ghosted.

[CentOS] ext4 not on a bootable partition

2011-04-11 Thread Jerry Geis
Just tried running a configuration on 5.6 with ext4 as the / partitition. I got the error that cannot boot ext4 partition. bummer I know this is just a boot issue and make the ext3 but I was disappointed. Maybe 6.0 will have ext4 bootable. jerry

Re: [CentOS] whats the package that allows copy and paste between windows

2011-04-11 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: What is the package that allows copy and paste between windows? I think I need to yum reinstall it. after the 5.6 update I get the copy button when I right click - (for example in thunderbird) put when I then goto a console window and try to right click and paste

[CentOS] vncviewer package wit hcentos 5

2007-06-26 Thread Jerry Geis
I have xkeybindings running just fine on centos 5. I have vncviewer running in full screen mode showing another PC. When vncviewer is running is running it seems to override my xkeybindings. Is there a way to tell vncviewer to not bind to any keys?? The only keys I am binding is on the Keypad

[CentOS] evbug module on centos 5

2007-06-28 Thread Jerry Geis
How can I get the module evbug under centos 5? I was hoping it was there by default but it is not. Can I individually compile it? If so how. I havent done kernel modules before. evbug gives me all keyboard events in syslog. I tries a couple other keyloggers but it only gave me ps/2 keys not

[CentOS] howto X11 set verbositly level in xorg.conf file

2007-07-02 Thread Jerry Geis
All, I am looking for how to set the verbosity level IN the xorg.conf file??? I have found how to do it when starting X11 on the command line. However, the machine is remote. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] help with route on centos

2007-07-06 Thread Jerry Geis
I have 2 machines running centos. each machine has 2 network cards. Box 1: eth1: T1 connection 74.X.X.X eth0: office connection 192.X.X.X Box 2: eth1: Cable modem 24.X.X.X eth0: office connection 192.X.X.X How do I issue a route command on each box so it will use eth0 as the shortest route

[CentOS] question on kernel compile

2007-07-09 Thread Jerry Geis
I think I followed the directions on kernel compile (actually I downloaded 2.6.21.5). did the make oldconfig, did make menuconfig, did my compile and everything is working fine in that regard. My question now is how do I take that kernel configuration and use it for another machine that also

[CentOS] question on mplayer playing dvd amd 64 on centos 5

2007-07-12 Thread Jerry Geis
Gents, I can compile mplayer on centos 4.5 AMD 64 in native 64 bit mode and it plays the dvd, and also compile for 32 bit mode gcc -m32 on it also plays the dvd. mplayer dvd://1. I can compile mplayer on centos 5 AMD 64 in native 64 bit mode and it plays the dvd. However, when I compile

[CentOS] vlc on centos 4.5

2007-07-19 Thread Jerry Geis
Has anyone successfully gotten vlc to install on centos 4.X? I saw other posts on using rpms from places but I dont want to go there. I have downloaded from videolan ftp site the following: mpeg2dec libmad libfaad ffmpeg vlc I have configured and installed each package above. When I run vlc

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