RE: [CentOS-docs] potential wiki on encryption
This is a newer version of the proposed whole disk encryption HowTo. I have added a section that attempts to combine the information in http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/EncryptedFilesystem. All information has not been incorporated, but I tried to keep the instructions for having non-root partitions consistent with the steps and methods outlined earlier in the document. I think that this does allow for additional encrypted partitions as described in the TipsAndTricks document. Here's the latest version. Whole (Most) Disk Encryption on CentOS 5 This document is in the process of being developed Credit To Others The primary source for this document was http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/cryptoroot-f8/. It was heavily used but adapted to CentOS5 and with some changes which simplify and improve the process. Other sources that were used are http://musialek.org/?p=3 and http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2008/05/encrypting-linux-root-partition-with.html. Summary This document contains step by step instructions for encrypting the entire disk including swap space with the exception of the /boot partition on CentOS 5. It assumes that you are planning to encrypt your disk from install and that your disk is /dev/sda. This document was created with with CentOS 5.0 before any patches or updates were applied. There are some optional components within this document that are not technically necessary for encrypting the disk. Those components can be ignored for testing, but they should be followed on any “real” systems. The end of the document contains optional configurations. This is useful if you prefer to have additional partitions on the disk. The step by step instructions will leave a disk with two partitions, /boot (/dev/sda1) and an LVM (/dev/sda2) partition which contains all system volumes. The optional section will contain the differences needed to have an additional partition (/dev/sda3) which may be used as a data store, NFS share, etc. Step One: Prepare the disk The first step is to prepare the disk. The installer partitioning software doesn't have the flexibility to be able to do this, so you will need to switch to the shell and perform the setup manually. Once the installer has moved into the GUI, press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get a command prompt. OPTIONAL – Overwrite and randomize the entire disk. Use shred or dd to overwrite the disk. The technical merits of multiple overwrites of shred vs. using /dev/random with dd are beyond the scope of this document. The default options of shred take a very, very long time to run. The time to complete on any sizeable disk would likely be measured in days. This note applies to all statements about radomizing the disks or partitions in this document. # shred -v /dev/sda or # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda Use fdisk to create the partitions for install. You will need to create a /boot partition and an LVM partition at the end of the disk. The gap in between the two partitions will become your encrypted file-system. This document will refer to the boot partition as /dev/sda1 and the install partition at the end of the disk as /dev/sda3. The encrypted partition will become /dev/sda2. The partition at the end of the disk should be smaller than the empty space between /boot and your LVM partition so that there is room for the meta-data associated with the encryption. The LVM partition really only needs to be large enough to install the system. You will be able to expand the system volumes if you like after you have a working, encrypted system. # fdisk /dev/sda RedHat documentation recommends 100MB for the boot partition. Over time, the /boot partition can fill up as a result of updated kernels if it is not regularly cleaned. Using a larger /boot partition may be beneficial. /dev/sda1 should be of type 83 (Linux) and should be bootable. /dev/sda3 should have sufficient space to perform the installation. The partition type of /dev/sda3 should be 8e (Linux LVM). When done, it should look something like: DeviceBoot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 65 521955 83 Linux /dev/sda3 2 3040183554065 8e Linux LVM If you are not familiar with the fdisk commands, you can type “?” at the fdisk prompt to see a list of commands. Once you have the disk partitioned correctly (view the partition table with the “p” command within fdisk), remember to write the partition table while exiting with the “w” command. Return to the GUI to complete the installation. Press Ctrl-Alt-F6 to return to the GUI. Step Two: Installing the OS The installation must be done using the graphical installer because the text installer doesn't allow a custom installation to use LVM. For the partitioning, select “Custom”, and tell it to format sda1 as /boot, and sda3 as an LVM physical partition. Then use the “LVM” button to create a volume group,
[CentOS-es] sin acceso a samba desde fuera de la red
Buenos días amigos; soy novato en linux y espero que puedan ayudarme. Mi problema es que no puedo acceder desde mi casa a mis archivos compartidos con samba; esto ocurrio luego de realizar una actualización de mi servidor con yum. He revisado la configuración, pense que podía ser el router, pero puedo conectarme con ssh a mi server, incluso no estan habilitados los servicios de iptables ni selinux. Probe cambiando la validación con share en lugar de user y tampoco me sirvio. No tengo ningun problema de conexion en la red interna. Mil gracias por la ayuda que me puedan brindar. Atte. Fred García Natividad ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
Re: [CentOS-es] Squid y ftp
Saludos. Conrespecto al ftp.proxy y el Frox las ultimas actualizaciones son del 2005. No se me parece como desatendido. No existe otro que este mas actual. -Original Message- From: Carlos Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: centos-es@centos.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:44:04 -0500 Subject: Re: [CentOS-es] Squid y ftp Saludos. 1) Revisa la directiva no cache y combinala con una ACL que identifique el trafico FTP 2) Hasta donde recuerdo squid es únicamente un proxy HTTP con soporte limitado para FTP. En otras palabras, hacer uploads FTP y administrar carpetas y archivos por FTP no es posible Tienes entonces dos opciones: a) permites conexion directa a los FTP que quieres administrar sin que pasen por squid y colocas en la lista de sitios que no pasan por el proxy del navegador el nombre y/o IP del sitio FTP b) Implementas un proxy FTP como Frox o ftp.proxy (me da la impresión de que son la misma cosa) y usas un cliente FTP y no un navegador como explorer (ojo que un cliente FTP y un explorador son dos cosas distintas y funcionan muy distinto ante un proxy FTP) Hasta la proxima. Carlos. 2008/9/2 Enrique Rosario [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Saludos. Necesito me ayuden en dos cosas. 1- Como hacer para que squid no me cachee el contenido de los sitios FTP que visito. 2- Como hago para poder subir cosas a un ftp remoto pasando como proxy por el squid. Con cliente Iexplorer o Firefox. ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listscentos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es [http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es] ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
[CentOS-es] Servidor de llaves
Hola, sobre el tema de gpg, he visto que hay formas de subir las llaves a sitios publicos mediante el protocolo hkp, mi consulta es que software usan para implementar un servidor que permita aceptar ese protocolo Dicho de otra forma con que herramienta puedo montar mi servidor de llaves (keyserver), sobre Centos Fancis ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
[CentOS-es] Controlador de Dominio
Holas gente, una consulta tengo la obligación de implementar un controlador de dominio, pero ahora por un tema de costos, se ha tomado la opción de poder realizar el CD en Linux, ahora no se si se puede hacer eso en linux. Agradezco desde ya su ayuda.. estamos alando. -- * * Saludos, *Wilder Deza* *GAMMA CARGO SAC*** */Área/**/ de /**/Sistemas/* Phone: + 51 (1) 222 4176 ext. /205* */ Fax : + 51 (1) 221 4955 Nextel: 51 (1) 403*8302 Visit us on: www.gammacargo.com http://www.gammacargo.com/ E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /“Su opinión es importante para nosotros, en/ / caso consultas / sugerencias / comentarios/ /favor escribir a: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]”/ ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
Re: [CentOS-es] Squid y ftp
Saludos. Es cierto. Hace ya buen rato que no actualizan esos proxies FTP. Desafortunadamente no hay mas de donde escoger o yo no logre encontrar otra alternativa diferente. La buena noticia es que frox, funciona muy bien y es bastante estable a pesar de tener 3 años de no ser modificado. Hasta la proxima. Carlos. 2008/9/4 Enrique Rosario [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saludos. Conrespecto al ftp.proxy y el Frox las ultimas actualizaciones son del 2005. No se me parece como desatendido. No existe otro que este mas actual. -Original Message- From: Carlos Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: centos-es@centos.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:44:04 -0500 Subject: Re: [CentOS-es] Squid y ftp Saludos. 1) Revisa la directiva no cache y combinala con una ACL que identifique el trafico FTP 2) Hasta donde recuerdo squid es únicamente un proxy HTTP con soporte limitado para FTP. En otras palabras, hacer uploads FTP y administrar carpetas y archivos por FTP no es posible Tienes entonces dos opciones: a) permites conexion directa a los FTP que quieres administrar sin que pasen por squid y colocas en la lista de sitios que no pasan por el proxy del navegador el nombre y/o IP del sitio FTP b) Implementas un proxy FTP como Frox o ftp.proxy (me da la impresión de que son la misma cosa) y usas un cliente FTP y no un navegador como explorer (ojo que un cliente FTP y un explorador son dos cosas distintas y funcionan muy distinto ante un proxy FTP) Hasta la proxima. Carlos. 2008/9/2 Enrique Rosario [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saludos. Necesito me ayuden en dos cosas. 1- Como hacer para que squid no me cachee el contenido de los sitios FTP que visito. 2- Como hago para poder subir cosas a un ftp remoto pasando como proxy por el squid. Con cliente Iexplorer o Firefox. ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://listscentos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-eshttp://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
Re: [CentOS-es] Controlador de Dominio
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 15:55 -0500, Wilder Deza wrote: Holas gente, una consulta tengo la obligación de implementar un controlador de dominio, pero ahora por un tema de costos, se ha tomado la opción de poder realizar el CD en Linux, ahora no se si se puede hacer eso en linux. si es posible http://www.samba.org http://www.google.com/search?q=samba+pdc -- BlackHand powered by Linux and lots of GNU/Force ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
Re: [CentOS-es] sin acceso a samba desde fuera de la red
Hola 2008/9/4 Fred Alexander García Natividad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Buenos días amigos; soy novato en linux y espero que puedan ayudarme. Mi problema es que no puedo acceder desde mi casa a mis archivos compartidos con samba; esto ocurrio luego de realizar una actualización de mi servidor con yum. He revisado la configuración, pense que podía ser el router, pero puedo conectarme con ssh a mi server, incluso no estan habilitados los servicios de iptables ni selinux. Probe cambiando la validación con share en lugar de user y tampoco me sirvio. No tengo ningun problema de conexion en la red interna. Mil gracias por la ayuda que me puedan brindar. Atte. Fred García Natividad ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
Re: [CentOS-es] sin acceso a samba desde fuera de la red
Hola de nuevo revisaste los log??? tail -f /var/log/samba/smb.log y tail -f /var/log/samba/nmb.log, parece que son esos Tambien un hace tail -f /var/log/messages... el parametro hostallow e interfaces agregaste tu ip o red???... es lo que te puedo decir con la informacion que envisate... Atte. Mario 2008/9/4 Mario Ganga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hola 2008/9/4 Fred Alexander García Natividad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Buenos días amigos; soy novato en linux y espero que puedan ayudarme. Mi problema es que no puedo acceder desde mi casa a mis archivos compartidos con samba; esto ocurrio luego de realizar una actualización de mi servidor con yum. He revisado la configuración, pense que podía ser el router, pero puedo conectarme con ssh a mi server, incluso no estan habilitados los servicios de iptables ni selinux. Probe cambiando la validación con share en lugar de user y tampoco me sirvio. No tengo ningun problema de conexion en la red interna. Mil gracias por la ayuda que me puedan brindar. Atte. Fred García Natividad ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es ___ CentOS-es mailing list CentOS-es@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-es
Re: [CentOS] How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
M. Fioretti wrote:
Hi,
there is a remote (VPS) Centos 4.2 server which *may* have been
compromised. Reinstalling everything from scratch isn't a problem, it
may even be an occasion to improve a few things, the question is
another.
I use rkhunter and chkrootkit. I run them regularly.
If you keep your machine clean, then your backups will be, too.
If you get compromised, then your backups since compromise are
suspect.
Mike
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Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Marco Fretz [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, we had the same problem with newer HP pcs and servers (broadcom nics). pxe works well on broadcom, the install not. doesn't matter if you're using kickstart or manual install. the problem was in centos 4.2. after updating the install environment to 4.5 the problem was gone... so it was a driver issue! the install kernel is not exactly the normal linux kernel i think. if anaconda just says that it cannot find install image, etc. the system has no connectivity at this time. hope this is helpful... bests marco Paolo Supino wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Romeo Ninov [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Romeo Ninov [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM, nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo Supino wrote: Hi Nate 3: After the error comes up I get the HTTP setup configuration screen with the source website (in IP) and CentOS directory as I entered them in the pxeconfiguration file and as it appears in the kickstart configuration file and all I have to do is press the 'OK' button to continue the installation to a successful completion. If that's the case the next most likely culprit is url --url http://192.168.11.1/source Just because the PXE boot loader can download the kickstart config does not mean that the installation process will work with that NIC. Also I've had lots of broadcom systems not work with kickstart over the years, it's not uncommon for newer systems to have newer revs of the chipsets and those revs not being supported by the installer. But it sounds like in your case it does work, so I would look at the url above, as it likely is the cause of the problem. Check the http access logs on the server for 404s and similar errors. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org mailto:CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi Nate After figuring what I was doing wrong (see previous reply ...) I started going through each of my systems in order to boot them and install CentOS 5.2 on each. For the most part it works, but only for the most part? Because once in a few boots (not machine specific) anaconda stops and either asks me what interface it needs to configure
Re: [CentOS] VMWare Server doesn't like new CentOS installation?
On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 06:22:19PM -0700, MHR wrote: I just got a nice, shiny new machine at work, a Core 2 Duo, on which I ... went and got the latest VMWare Server, 1.0.7, from VMWare, pulled down their rpm, installed it, and ran vmware-config.pl, which is what I have to do (at home) after every new kernel install, too. ... If you do have inetd or xinetd installed, make sure that /etc/inetd.conf or /etc/xinetd.d exists. The configuration will continue, but you should re-run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl after you fix the super-server. You don't have xinetd installed (not installed by default). rpm -q xinetd || yum install xinetd and re-run vmware-config.pl btw, if you have SElinux enforced you will probably need to run: restorecon -v /etc/services Cheers, Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xBEFA581B pgp9pq829ykjp.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
Lanny Marcus wrote: snip However, in the imap.gmail.com folder INBOX.msf file properties, Type is shown as C source code and MIME type is shown as text/x-csrc This is irrelevant, whatever tool you are using to see the type of that file is wrong. If someone on the list can point me to where the mbox files for Thunderbird on Linux are located, that will be much appreciated. You didn't tell us where you're looking, so I can't be sure... But I suspect you're looking in the right place. However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mysql
However, am thinking to do the following mysqlhotcopy --allowold --flushlog -u lt;username --password=lt;password lt;dbname /var/backups/mysql/ or /usr/bin/mysqldump -u -p --all-databases -a /var/backups/mysql/$(date +%Y%m%d).sql tar cf - /var/backups/mysql/$(date +%Y%m%d).sql | gzip -c /misc/backups/MySQL/$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz Any recommendation On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Jim Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Mad Unix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to replicate MySQL DB of mulltiple server on SiteA to my DR-Site Site_B... all DB are alocated on RHEL,SuSE,Centos,Debian, FreeBSD servers. I need a script to take Multiple MySql DataBase Backup and then import to SiteB, the replica can be done as cold or hotbackup and cron it Thanks I'm sure there are several folks on the list who would be willing to contract out for the creation of such a script. If you're looking for cheaper stuff though, you might want to have a look at maatkit or zmanda. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Madunix_at_Gmail Sysadmin Computers are useless. They can only give you answers - Pablo Picasso Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. - Steve Wozniak ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Romeo Ninov [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Marco Fretz [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, we had the same problem with newer HP pcs and servers (broadcom nics). pxe works well on broadcom, the install not. doesn't matter if you're using kickstart or manual install. the problem was in centos 4.2. after updating the install environment to 4.5 the problem was gone... so it was a driver issue! the install kernel is not exactly the normal linux kernel i think. if anaconda just says that it cannot find install image, etc. the system has no connectivity at this time. hope this is helpful... bests marco Paolo Supino wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Romeo Ninov [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Romeo Ninov [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM, nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo Supino wrote: Hi Nate 3: After the error comes up I get the HTTP setup configuration screen with the source website (in IP) and CentOS directory as I entered them in the pxeconfiguration file and as it appears in the kickstart configuration file and all I have to do is press the 'OK' button to continue the installation to a successful completion. If that's the case the next most likely culprit is url --url http://192.168.11.1/source Just because the PXE boot loader can download the kickstart config does not mean that the installation process will work with that NIC. Also I've had lots of broadcom systems not work with kickstart over
Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
Paolo Supino wrote: On the other hand if you were right about it than RHEL/CentOS/Fedora installation would be unsuitable in any multihome configuration because it would map ETH devices differently (albeit once in a while) which means one whould have to swtich the cables because of network device remapping!!! and that isn't something users and corporations that use REHL (and there are many of those) would be willing to live with :-) (please PLEASE trim quoted articles to just what you're commenting on, like I have above). I've /never/ seen RHEL/CentOS or any of its predecessors renumber ethernet ports on a working system.. I've seen it number them backwards, such that eth0 was the port labeled '1' outside the chassis and eth1 was port '0', but it was extremely consistent about this (one specific case of this I remember is RHEL2.1 or 3 on a Intel SE7501WV2 dual xeon board). I've had a pile of different RH linux configurations running on various servers for 10 or more years. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Romeo Ninov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paolo, this problem occur only in RHEL/CentOS/other RH based distros and not in Slack, SuSE, Debian, etc. I was not going deeper in the problem, but that is the reality. BTW: You can play with MAC address in incfg files, but this is applicable only on already installed machine.About Your remarc for corporations and RH - you are right, but how often servers are restarted? :-) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi Romeo Not often :-) but I know of thousand of multihomed systems that are installed via kickstart and never heard of issues like the ones you describe and if it was a problem Red Hat would have fixed it a long time ago because it would have seriously heart their bottom line ... -- ttyl Paolo ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote / napísal(a): Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd scribbled on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:13 PM: 2) Why can you possibly help if you yourself are a newbie? It's just the blind leading the blind. I've noticed that sometimes only a not-so-new-newbie can help another newbie. A pro can sometimes not see the problem from the newbies perspective, or relate even, for the reason he or she *is* a pro and passed the obstacles years ago. Get my drift? Absolute true, but very often newbie ever if find/detect the problem give stupid/dangerous/senseless solution/idea. SO maybe there should be some balance and cooperation :-) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Romeo Ninov a écrit : Absolute true, but very often newbie ever if find/detect the problem give stupid/dangerous/senseless solution/idea. Reminds me of what happens in Ubuntu forums and the likes on a daily basis. User A: Help! 3D acceleration doesn't work! Compiz no works! User B: Try to reinstall your system. User A: I did what you said, but it still doesn't work! User C: You must recompile your kernel I think. User A: What does recompile mean? I'm sure Eugene Ionesco would have enjoyed these forums :oD Cheers, Niki Kovacs ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Adding patch to Centos Kernel - early build failure
Tru Huynh wrote Here it goes (testing key signed and not gone through the regular built system): http://people.centos.org/tru/kernel+bz453094/ Cheers, Tru Thank you, thats great. From what i can tell looking at the .spec it is almost identical to the one I have built (although I only built base). I've been running my kernel over night and hammering the nfs with no errors, so looks like this has solved the issue. What is the best way of letting people know about the availability of this kernel, as it must be a quite widespread problem? cheers Dunc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Romeo Ninov scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:36 AM: 2) Why can you possibly help if you yourself are a newbie? It's just the blind leading the blind. I've noticed that sometimes only a not-so-new-newbie can help another newbie. A pro can sometimes not see the problem from the newbies perspective, or relate even, for the reason he or she *is* a pro and passed the obstacles years ago. Get my drift? Absolute true, but very often newbie ever if find/detect the problem give stupid/dangerous/senseless solution/idea. SO maybe there should be some balance and cooperation :-) Definitely! Cut them some slack, we've all been there at one point or other. 8-) smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
On Thursday 04 September 2008 10:03:50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Romeo Ninov scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:36 AM: 2) Why can you possibly help if you yourself are a newbie? It's just the blind leading the blind. I've noticed that sometimes only a not-so-new-newbie can help another newbie. A pro can sometimes not see the problem from the newbies perspective, or relate even, for the reason he or she *is* a pro and passed the obstacles years ago. Get my drift? Absolute true, but very often newbie ever if find/detect the problem give stupid/dangerous/senseless solution/idea. SO maybe there should be some balance and cooperation :-) Definitely! Cut them some slack, we've all been there at one point or other. 8-) It's good that a newbie wants to help other newbies. As for the quality of information, I've seen people who have several years of experience give advice that was true years ago but completely wrong now. A newbie basing his information on what he learned as working for him will at least be up to date. Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Anne Wilson wrote / napísal(a): On Thursday 04 September 2008 10:03:50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Romeo Ninov scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:36 AM: 2) Why can you possibly help if you yourself are a newbie? It's just the blind leading the blind. I've noticed that sometimes only a not-so-new-newbie can help another newbie. A pro can sometimes not see the problem from the newbies perspective, or relate even, for the reason he or she *is* a pro and passed the obstacles years ago. Get my drift? Absolute true, but very often newbie ever if find/detect the problem give stupid/dangerous/senseless solution/idea. SO maybe there should be some balance and cooperation :-) Definitely! Cut them some slack, we've all been there at one point or other. 8-) It's good that a newbie wants to help other newbies. As for the quality of information, I've seen people who have several years of experience give advice that was true years ago but completely wrong now. A newbie basing his information on what he learned as working for him will at least be up to date. Anne, that's true too, but usually information and experience of newbie ever it is contemporary is not enough for resolve mid or high complexity problems. The only advantage will be for some very general notes and suggestions. And ever in this case the advise can be wrong or useless (as example - filesystems sizing) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
On Thursday 04 September 2008 10:30:41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so this list should be kept a bit more professional than the others. I might be touching the zealot/religious angle here. 8-) My opinion is that Ubuntu is to linux what etch-a-sketch is to personal computers. Sort of. ;-) And my opinion is that knocking other distros is not a professional attitude. Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
On Thursday 04 September 2008 10:22:11 Romeo Ninov wrote: It's good that a newbie wants to help other newbies. As for the quality of information, I've seen people who have several years of experience give advice that was true years ago but completely wrong now. A newbie basing his information on what he learned as working for him will at least be up to date. Anne, that's true too, but usually information and experience of newbie ever it is contemporary is not enough for resolve mid or high complexity problems. The only advantage will be for some very general notes and suggestions. And ever in this case the advise can be wrong or useless (as example - filesystems sizing) Mid or high complexity problems are not likely to be covered in such a site, though, are they? And the advice is no more likely to be wrong than much advice I've seen from seasoned linuxers. The big problem is that it takes a while for users to get to know which particular advisors to believe. On one high-volume list I read I would never follow three quarters of the advice I see there (and no, it's not a ubuntu list), whereas there are maybe half a dozen contributors that I would trust utterly. The newbie doesn't know that. Meanwhile, hostile reception of well-meaning efforts does put off a great many newbies, which is a real shame. Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Anne Wilson scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:39 AM: On Thursday 04 September 2008 10:30:41 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so this list should be kept a bit more professional than the others. I might be touching the zealot/religious angle here. 8-) My opinion is that Ubuntu is to linux what etch-a-sketch is to personal computers. Sort of. ;-) And my opinion is that knocking other distros is not a professional attitude. Perhaps not. I felt this discussion needed some lightening up though. 8-) smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Anne Wilson scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:44 AM: Meanwhile, hostile reception of well-meaning efforts does put off a great many newbies, which is a real shame. Well said! (That's what I was trying to say initially but didn't quite succeed.) smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Anne Wilson a écrit : Meanwhile, hostile reception of well-meaning efforts does put off a great many newbies, which is a real shame. I wouldn't call it hostility. More in the sense of a polite - and sane - scepticism. There's a French saying which may illustrate this: Hell is paved with good intentions. Aside, slightly OT: I share my time between working as a (100% GNU/Linux) sysadmin and working as a journalist for various IT magazines. I just signed a contract with the biggest french computer book editor, for a series of two computer books about Linux, a bit in the vein of Carla Schroder's and Michael Stutz' cookbook approach. Aim: take the newbie by the hand and teach him - or her - what (s)he has to know, step by step. All the practical examples (recipes) in the book, basic as well as advanced concepts, desktop and server configurations, will be based on CentOS 5. Preview of coming attractions (scheduled for Feb 2009): www.kikinovak.net/download/LinuxAuxPetitsOignons.pdf (french) www.kikinovak.net/download/Captures.tar.gz So, to answer the question above: IMNSHO, the best advice comes from an expert who *can* think like a newbie. (At work, I usually deal with the opposite paradigm :oD) Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)
On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 10:11:26PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 09:38 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: On Wed, Sep 03, 2008, Ric Moore wrote: On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 11:19 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: For shame! WfW was 3.11, 3.1.1, IIRC actually, there was a 3.10 and 3.11 release of Windows for Workgroups. The 3.11 release introduced the use of 32 bit protected mode implementation of the network stack and file system via extensive use of VxD drivers, and set the stage for Windows95 where almost the whole OS kernel ran in VxD space (prior versions used 16bit realmode IO components from MSDOS). Anyone ever see wabi running win3.1 under Linux?? THAT was a show stopper. It came with Caldera's releases. Mighty nifty it was. Ric I don't think I ever ran Wabi on Caldera, but did on SCO OpenServer 5.0.x. Whatcha doin' over here Ric? Normally I see you on the linux-sxs list. I fled my harsh mistress Fedora! It's not a platform to try and do devel work on, or as a server. I need the quiet sedate life where things work today like they did yesterday. grins I'll certainly live longer. No clue how, why or who, but Xvfb refused to work with F7 and with CentOS it works like a charm, out of the box, with java.net's Wonderland program. No clue why, but if it breaks in the future, I'll know where upstream it came from. cackles Ric Welcome to CentOS-land, Ric! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- pgpVgkNoLLL9L.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Niki Kovacs scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:16 PM: So, to answer the question above: IMNSHO, the best advice comes from an expert who *can* think like a newbie. (At work, I usually deal with the opposite paradigm :oD) There is no more dangerous user than a user that knows *a little* about computers and who tries to fix stuff for himself (it's usually a he). Every now and then I get a few of those users at the departments I support, and I make a point of usually taking them down to the ground again as fast as I can. As a sysadmin I'm not only helping users with everything IT, I also help them accept things they can't change. 8-) -- Best Wishes Sorin - http://home-skynet.servehttp.com/ Proud member of TEAM OS/2. Mountainbiker [Kona Kilauea - Member of Equipe Les Cafards VTT] Motorcyclist [Honda VFR750F-'97] MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, A+ [Knowledge is power!] - () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ MotD: Those of you that think you know everything, are annoying to those of us that do. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anne Wilson scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:44 AM: Meanwhile, hostile reception of well-meaning efforts does put off a great many newbies, which is a real shame. Well said! (That's what I was trying to say initially but didn't quite succeed.) Pffft. n00b. :-P /always one to throw gas on a fire :-) -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] kickstart problems
I've /never/ seen RHEL/CentOS or any of its predecessors renumber ethernet ports on a working system.. Yeah, I have never seen it renumber either? I've seen it number them backwards, such that eth0 was the port labeled '1' outside the chassis and eth1 was port '0', but it was extremely consistent about this (one specific case of this I remember is RHEL2.1 or 3 on a Intel SE7501WV2 dual xeon board). I've had a pile of different RH linux configurations running on various servers for 10 or more years. Here is a good explanation about this: http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=encc=ustaskId=115prodSeriesId=254896prodTypeId=15351objectID=c01430330 jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] swap memory crash
Dear all, I am getting below syslog error on my oracle database server running on RHEL4U5. During this time my swap shows zero on both available and free in the top command output , result in total system hang. can any one guide me how to fix this issue of memory and exactly what this error indicates?? ERROR FROM SYSLOG # Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: cpu 7 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16 Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Free pages: 16000kB (2560kB HighMem) Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Active:1433949 inactive:40363 dirty:1 writeback:0 unstable:0 free:4 000 slab:24910 mapped:1405036 pagetables:565097 Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: DMA free:12544kB min:16kB low:32kB high:48kB active:0kB inactive:0k B present:16384kB pages_scanned:1878896 all_unreclaimable? yes Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Normal free:896kB min:928kB low:1856kB high:2784kB active:736kB ina ctive:208kB present:901120kB pages_scanned:1889 all_unreclaimable? yes Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: HighMem free:2560kB min:512kB low:1024kB high:1536kB active:5735060 kB inactive:161244kB present:8257532kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: protections[]: 0 0 0 Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: DMA: 2*4kB 5*8kB 3*16kB 3*32kB 3*64kB 3*128kB 2*256kB 0*512kB 1*102 4kB 1*2048kB 2*4096kB = 12544kB Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Normal: 0*4kB 28*8kB 2*16kB 0*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 0*256kB 1*512kB 0 *1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 896kB Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: HighMem: 512*4kB 8*8kB 2*16kB 1*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 2560kB Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Swap cache: add 26913978, delete 26700605, find 10635368/14522876, race 848+1364 Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: 0 bounce buffer pages Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Free swap: 14593184kB Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: 2293759 pages of RAM Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: 1867351 pages of HIGHMEM Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: 216549 reserved pages Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: 44388024 pages shared Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: 213522 pages swap cached Aug 30 15:46:20 crmdb kernel: Out of Memory: Killed process 22462 (oracle). ## Regards lingu ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
John R Pierce wrote: Paolo Supino wrote: On the other hand if you were right about it than RHEL/CentOS/Fedora installation would be unsuitable in any multihome configuration because it would map ETH devices differently (albeit once in a while) which means one whould have to swtich the cables because of network device remapping!!! and that isn't something users and corporations that use REHL (and there are many of those) would be willing to live with :-) (please PLEASE trim quoted articles to just what you're commenting on, like I have above). I've /never/ seen RHEL/CentOS or any of its predecessors renumber ethernet ports on a working system.. I've seen it number them backwards, such that eth0 was the port labeled '1' outside the chassis and eth1 was port '0', but it was extremely consistent about this (one specific case of this I remember is RHEL2.1 or 3 on a Intel SE7501WV2 dual xeon board). I've had a pile of different RH linux configurations running on various servers for 10 or more years. The behavior changed when the system started using udev. Devices are detected in parallel in more or less random order now. However, the MAC address of each NIC is normally stored in the corresponding /etc/sysconfig/network.scripts/ifcfg-ethxx file and they are renamed to match the device specified in the files as they are activated. Kickstarting is a special case since these files don't exist yet, but you can specify ksdevice either by mac address or as bootif, meaning the interface where the pxe boot happened, according to: http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_531.shtm -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Compiling v6tun from KAME
I need vtun working over IPv6. The version from rpmforge does not seem to support IPv6 (binds to 0.0.0.0:5000 if I specify binding to the interface, and won't let me put in an IPv6 address for address binding). So I was pointed to the KAME (which does not provide any FC/RHEL support. The person who sent me there provided a makefile that he said works on Linux, but did not work for me: Makefile from KAME: install_dir = /usr/local/v6/bin v6tun: v6tun.o cc -o $@ $ install: v6tun -rm -f $(install_dir)/v6tun install -c -o root -g wheel -m 04710 v6tun $(install_dir) clean: -rm -f *.o v6tun Makefile from contact: v6tun: v6tun.o gcc v6tun.c v6tun.h -o v6tun install: v6tun -rm -f $(install_dir)/v6tun install -c -o root -g wheel -m 04710 v6tun $(install_dir) clean: 6tun: v6tun.o-rm -f *.o v6tun gcc v6tun.c v6tun.h -o v6tun install: v6tun -rm -f $(install_dir)/v6tun install -c -o root -g wheel -m 04710 v6tun $(install_dir) clean: -rm -f *.o v6tun I changed the install_dir to /usr/local/bin I had put the makefile, v6tun.c, v6tun.h in /root/v6tun and as root issued make install. I got the following error: Makefile:10: *** target pattern contains no '%'. Stop. What is missing to get this compiled? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: Help me
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 06:36:45PM +0100, Martyn Hare wrote: Top is preferred, it's a standard just like it's a standard to put: Its possible you have only been exposed to a very narrow slice of Internet life. Please see the IETF document RFC-1855 Section 3 3.0 One-to-Many Communication http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html I would recommend top posting. So would I - BUT -- ONLY FOR emails between yourself an another person, NOT a technical email list. The appropriate solution has already been settled on, and has been in place for 30 years, as seen in the RFC above. Keep in mind that technical emails lists are different than one to one email dialogs and affect hundreds (and sometimes K's) of other people every time you send an email. Top posting to a technical email list is very very bad form. Of course, so is failing to trim the email! :-) Jeff Kinz ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] What is the minimum ISO to build a server?
Florin Andrei a écrit : Often I just use the first CD (out of the regular set of install CDs). http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/centos/5.2/isos/i386/CentOS-5.2-i386-bin-1of6.iso Choose customize package groups (or whatever is the name of that option) and then unselect all package groups except Base. This will give you a relatively minimal system. If you want to install anything after that, just do a yum install. That's one of the very few drawbacks from CentOS, compared to other distros. If you're a non-english user, you have to use either a DVD or the set of CDs. When I install either a server or a desktop, I always start out from a minimal system (that is, everything unchecked except 'Base'). CentOS 5.1 needed CDs 1, 4 and 5 to do a minimal install. With CentOS 5.2, CDs 1, 3 and 4 are needed. Two extra CDs to install a total amount of three localization packages. And there seems to be no way to abort the install after CD1 and then fetch the remaining packages (which ones?) from the internet. But then, as german writer Kurt Tucholsky said (referring to a beautiful woman): she only lacked a flaw to be perfect. :o) Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Nagios 3 RPMs
Is anyone working on Nagios 3.x RPMs? If not, perhaps I'll whip some up and submit them to some appropriate repository. Geoff Galitz Blankenheim NRW, Deutschland http://www.galitz.org ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nagios 3 RPMs
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Geoff Galitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone working on Nagios 3.x RPMs? If not, perhaps I'll whip some up and submit them to some appropriate repository. There are a couple working nagios3 spec files that were passed around on the rpmforge mailing list. It was determined to wait a bit for nagios3 to cool off some and get some bug fixes. Also there were some variable changes between nagios 2.x and nagios 3.x, so updates became an issue. The specs in the mailing list address these and should work for you. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Adding patch to Centos Kernel - early build failure
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:52 AM, Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tru Huynh wrote Here it goes (testing key signed and not gone through the regular built system): http://people.centos.org/tru/kernel+bz453094/ Cheers, Tru Thank you, thats great. From what i can tell looking at the .spec it is almost identical to the one I have built (although I only built base). I've been running my kernel over night and hammering the nfs with no errors, so looks like this has solved the issue. What is the best way of letting people know about the availability of this kernel, as it must be a quite widespread problem? According to the upstream bugzilla, the fix will be in kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5. We don't know how soon it will come out but ... Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] swap memory crash
lingu wrote: Dear all, I am getting below syslog error on my oracle database server running on RHEL4U5. During this time my swap shows zero on both available and free in the top command output , result in total system hang. can any one guide me how to fix this issue of memory and exactly what this error indicates?? It indicates that you ran out of memory. 1) add more memory and/or 2) monitor the system closely to determine what is using all of the available memory and either configure it not to, kill it, or don't run it at all. The system sometimes(depending on kernel version) tries to kill processes it thinks might be related to the excessive memory usage, to prevent the total system hang, but it's not always successful. I use nagios for threshold alerting, and it has a handy check_swap monitor, I use it to alert when swap is 5% utilized. For my systems swap is for emergency purposes only. If Oracle is the only real application on that box and if this problem happened suddenly, look at the statspack information (or whatever it's called these days) and try to track down the query that caused the spike in memory usage. I found on a couple of occasions with bad queries in Oracle it could cause memory usage to suddenly spike. Fortunately the system had something like 16gigs of swap on an 8 disk 15k RPM RAID 1+0 that was otherwise not used, so while performance was really slow, the box didn't go down. I think the system had 16gigs of ram. I hope you have at least 16GB of memory, with memory prices these days it's cheap even to have 32GB. Even if you don't allocate it all to Oracle it's useful to help protect against situations like this. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nagios 3 RPMs
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:31 AM, nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geoff Galitz wrote: Is anyone working on Nagios 3.x RPMs? If not, perhaps I'll whip some up and submit them to some appropriate repository. Dag's repository has had them for some time. I haven't tried the binaries, only the source rpms but they work fine, have had one system running on nagios 3 for a couple months now, just fired up another one yesterday. nate Are you sure about Dag already offering Nagios 3? I don't see any mention of it on his site: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/nagios/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
Mike McCarty wrote: M. Fioretti wrote: Hi, there is a remote (VPS) Centos 4.2 server which *may* have been compromised. Reinstalling everything from scratch isn't a problem, it may even be an occasion to improve a few things, the question is another. I use rkhunter and chkrootkit. I run them regularly. If you keep your machine clean, then your backups will be, too. If you get compromised, then your backups since compromise are suspect. Mike When I tried yum -y install chkrootkit.i386 I got... No package chkrootkit.i386 available. When I tried yum -y install rkhunter.noarch I got... No package rkhunter.noarch available. These were the two names mentioned on my yum list, so I updated my yum list (yum -y list yum.list), and I find that neither is present anymore. Regards, Chip Campbell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: ... These were the two names mentioned on my yum list, so I updated my yum list (yum -y list yum.list), and I find that neither is present anymore. Both are in the EPEL repository. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.crc.dk ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mysql
Mad Unix wrote: However, am thinking to do the following mysqlhotcopy --allowold --flushlog -u lt;username --password=lt;password lt;dbname /var/backups/mysql/ mysqlhotcopy doesn't support InnoDB last I checked(past week). InnoDB is generally the suggested engine to use for MySQL these days, I can't imagine using MyISAM anymore. /usr/bin/mysqldump -u -p --all-databases -a /var/backups/mysql/$(date +%Y%m%d).sql tar cf - /var/backups/mysql/$(date +%Y%m%d).sql | gzip -c /misc/backups/MySQL/$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz you should use the lock databases option so you can get a consistent backup, of course no changes to the DB will be possible during the backup. mysqldump also does not back up user permissions/accounts. So you'll have to re-create those on the other side. Any recommendation For InnoDB there is a commercial hot backup app for it, which is about $1500/server for a perpetual license: http://www.innodb.com/hot-backup/ What I did at my last company was shut down the standby mysql database, snapshot it from the storage array, start up the database(this entire process takes about 35 seconds), export the snapshotted volumes to a 3rd server and back it up there, then delete the snapshots after it was done. sample log file: http://portal.aphroland.org/~aphro/san/mysql-backup-prod-backup-2_20080319_070501.log It worked beautifully, reduced standby downtime from ~3 hours to ~35 seconds, and allowed the standby dbs to actually be standby dbs. Also allowed consolidation of several different backups onto a single system. If you don't yet have a standby database and want to build one you could do something similar, take the primary down for a few seconds to snapshot it, and then put the snapshot on another system for restoration onto a fresh volume to populate the initial standby. Of course to do that you need good storage infrastructure, not sure what yours looks like. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nagios 3 RPMs
Grant McChesney wrote: Are you sure about Dag already offering Nagios 3? I don't see any mention of it on his site: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/nagios/ Your right, sorry bout that, I thought they came from Dag. Looks like they came from OpenSUSE, based on the versioning, I've since rebuilt the src rpms so I don't have the originals anymore: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/src-oss/suse/src/nagios-3.0.1-19.1.src.rpm Built against CentOS 4.6 32/64bit and CentOS 5.1 32/64-bit all works fine. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
mouss wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: snip The Thunderbird documentation says that it uses mbox files, but if so, where_are_they? Here's what it says: http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#import snip (Inbox, Sent, etc.) is stored as two files — one with no extension (e.g. INBOX), which is the mail file itself (in mbox format), and one with an .msf extension (e.g. INBOX.msf), which is the index (Mail Summary File) to the mail file. Tell the other program to import mail from the file with no extension. snip and I cannot find the mbox files snip If someone on the list can point me to where the mbox files for Thunderbird on Linux are located, that will be much appreciated. I do not want to migrate from Evolution to Thunderbird, unless my email will continue to be in the mbox format, in case I eventually decide to migrate from Thunderbird, to another MUA. TIA! look under $HOME/.mozilla* (if you see a funny dirname, that name is a profile id. chdir to ...). The data for Firefox is located in .mozilla The mbox files for Thunderbird are supposed to be in .thunderbird but I cannot find them there. The simplest way to migrate is to setup a local IMAP server, create an account on both evolution and TB. then copy your old mail to the imap server from one mailer, and get it from imap to the second mailer. may take time if you have a large mailbox, but this way you don't have to convert files (or even find them). My email is on gmail.com IMAP and yes, I could start over with Thunderbird by downloading everything into Thunderbird from the IMAP server. The problem is that if I ever want to migrate from Thunderbird, I want to be sure that I know where the mbox files are located and at this time, I cannot find the mbox files. The documentation on the Thunderbird support site is not showing what I am seeing on my Desktop box. Possibly I should post this on a Thunderbird mailing list, because their documentation shows something that is not correct? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
Mogens Kjaer wrote: Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: ... These were the two names mentioned on my yum list, so I updated my yum list (yum -y list yum.list), and I find that neither is present anymore. Both are in the EPEL repository. Mogens OK -- I followed directions as given by: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ#How_can_I_install_the_packages_from_the_EPEL_software_repository.3F and got: rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release error: skipping http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error warning: u 0x1fe50070 ctrl 0x1fe54370 nrefs != 0 (download.fedora.redhat.com http) Seems I need some more hints! Thank you, Chip Campbell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] NFS issues
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Akemi Yagi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CentOS developer, Tru, compiled a patched version of regular kernel and is offering it at: http://people.centos.org/tru/kernel+bz453094/ Also, the fix will be in the upcoming kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 according to the bugzilla referred to above. The bugzilla link is actually this one: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459083 Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: snip If someone on the list can point me to where the mbox files for Thunderbird on Linux are located, that will be much appreciated. You didn't tell us where you're looking, so I can't be sure... But I suspect you're looking in the right place. I am trying to find the mbox files in .thunderbird which is where the Thunderbird help documentation says they should be. However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files. With the Evolution MUA, also using IMAP on gmail.com the mbox files are easily seen. in .evolution I suspect that I should post on a Thunderbird mailing list and ask where the mbox files are located on my Desktop, or, if using IMAP, as I am, there are no mbox files on my Desktop. Probably it's one or the other. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Charles Campbell wrote: rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel- release Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release error: skipping http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error warning: u 0x1fe50070 ctrl 0x1fe54370 nrefs != 0 (download.fedora.redhat.com http) Seems I need some more hints! the url you are using for the epel-release package is incorrect. CentOS-oriented documentation is here: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories?highlight=(epel) -steve -- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
Steve Huff wrote: On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Charles Campbell wrote: rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release Retrieving http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release error: skipping http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error warning: u 0x1fe50070 ctrl 0x1fe54370 nrefs != 0 (download.fedora.redhat.com http) Seems I need some more hints! the url you are using for the epel-release package is incorrect. CentOS-oriented documentation is here: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories?highlight=(epel) Thank you -- I'll try this again when I have time. Regards, Chip Campbell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg ha scritto: Lanny Marcus wrote: snip However, in the imap.gmail.com folder INBOX.msf file properties, Type is shown as C source code and MIME type is shown as text/x-csrc This is irrelevant, whatever tool you are using to see the type of that file is wrong. If someone on the list can point me to where the mbox files for Thunderbird on Linux are located, that will be much appreciated. You didn't tell us where you're looking, so I can't be sure... But I suspect you're looking in the right place. However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files. I can confirm that: if you select the folder for offline use you'll find on the imap.gmak.com folder an INBOX which looks like an mbox file. -- Regards Lorenzo Quatrini ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
Lanny Marcus wrote: However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files. With the Evolution MUA, also using IMAP on gmail.com the mbox files are easily seen. in .evolution I suspect that I should post on a Thunderbird mailing list and ask where the mbox files are located on my Desktop, or, if using IMAP, as I am, there are no mbox files on my Desktop. Probably it's one or the other. I guess evolution automatically saves a local copy of your mail. As I suggested earlier, Thunderbird does not. Go in File, Offline, Download/Sync now and choose the folders that you want to download... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
Charles Campbell wrote: Mogens Kjaer wrote: Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: ... These were the two names mentioned on my yum list, so I updated my yum list (yum -y list yum.list), and I find that neither is present anymore. Both are in the EPEL repository. OK -- I followed directions as given by: snip Seems I need some more hints! If rpmforge is already configured for you, it might be simpler to get them from there ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] upstream ipa on centos inside openvz container
Hi, I'm trying to install rh ipa server on centos 5.2. i downloaded the srpms and built them on centos 5.2. they installed perfectly (via yum localinstall to handle the dependencies). While going through the ipa-server-install script, while starting, ns-slapd seg faults. i did some digging and when i turned on debugging for ns-slapd, here is what i found out: [04/Sep/2008:09:32:16 -0700] - dse_read_one_file processing entry cn=config in file /etc/dirsrv/slapd-MYDOMAIN-COM/dse.ldif (primary file) Segmentation fault This is all going on inside a centos host node running openvz and a centos 5.2 container. Does anybody have some exp. with ipa? i'm a bit lost here. I'm installing it in the first place to have a unified directory for the users/emails/permissions. Thanks in advance. -- Best Regards, Ivan Levchenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
Lanny Marcus wrote: My email is on gmail.com IMAP and yes, If it's on imap, then forget about TB mbox files. the messages are on the server (TB can cache messages, but you are not supposed to know how it exactly does. so don't play this game). I could start over with Thunderbird by downloading everything into Thunderbird from the IMAP server. The problem is that if I ever want to migrate from Thunderbird, I want to be sure that I know where the mbox files are located and at this time, I cannot find the mbox files. just leave all mail on the server and use whatever client you want. that's one of the benefits of imap. The documentation on the Thunderbird support site is not showing what I am seeing on my Desktop box. most people use POP3, in which case messages are downloaded and stored locally. Things are different with imap. the copies that the client holds are only for performances and you are not supposed to use them. Possibly I should post this on a Thunderbird mailing list, because their documentation shows something that is not correct? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Niki Kovacs scribbled on Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:16 PM: So, to answer the question above: IMNSHO, the best advice comes from an expert who *can* think like a newbie. (At work, I usually deal with the opposite paradigm :oD) There is no more dangerous user than a user that knows *a little* about computers and who tries to fix stuff for himself (it's usually a he). Every now and then I get a few of those users at the departments I support, and I make a point of usually taking them down to the ground again as fast as I can. : MotD: Those of you that think you know everything, are annoying to those of us that do. IMVMHO, having been brand new to CentOS but a long time Linux user and sometimes administrator, delving into the depths of the kernel, returning to the Linux email list world (as an idiot AND a newbie) and now charged in part with porting a major real-life real-time app from FC1 to CentOS, my best advice for newbies of all stripes would be this: RTFM, then read everything else you can find, and remember, Google is your friend. Subscribe to one or more email lists based on what you found in your extensive reading (see above) AND READ at least long enough to learn how to post, whom to trust, who the curmudgeons are (no, kidding on that last one!), etc. (I.e., read some more.) ONLY when all else fails, ask (nicely) on a list where you have some idea how to post and whom to trust in response. Oh, yeah, and avoid pretentious signatures, even if they contain your real job title - they just piss off the people whose answers you really need. (Yes, I am speaking from first hand experience on all of the above. Most of you already know that ;^) Now, if there was a web site that said all of that and nothing else, that would be perfect for newbies (and newbies who think they are not). mhr (IMVMHO: In my very much humbled opinion,...) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: Help me
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Jeff Kinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 06:36:45PM +0100, Martyn Hare wrote: Top is preferred, it's a standard just like it's a standard to put: : I would recommend top posting. : The appropriate solution has already been settled on, and has been in place for 30 years, as seen in the RFC above. Keep in mind that technical emails lists are different than one to one email dialogs and affect hundreds (and sometimes K's) of other people every time you send an email. Top posting to a technical email list is very very bad form. Of course, so is failing to trim the email! :-) When someone joins an email list, especially one like this one, they agree to abide by the terms of the list. The three I see Martyn (specifically, and in this case - there are others - hoo boy are there!) failing in on this thread are: 1) Meaningful subject line (the OP did this - I can't remember who that was and there were 1310 hits on help me, which, in and of itself, was not helpful...). 2) Bottom post. 3) Trim replies to the relevant parts. One thing they do NOT do is come in and argue that the list conventions are wrong because the new person doesn't like them. In general, if you went to someone else's party, would you tell them how to run it? I started off top posting (and in html) out of habit. When this was brought to my attention, it was not at all hard to change, and amazingly, the threads make more sense (and are more legible) this way (imagine that!!!). When in Rome,... mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
MHR wrote: IMVMHO, having been brand new to CentOS but a long time Linux user and sometimes administrator, delving into the depths of the kernel, returning to the Linux email list world (as an idiot AND a newbie) and now charged in part with porting a major real-life real-time app from FC1 to CentOS, my best advice for newbies of all stripes would be this: RTFM, then read everything else you can find, and remember, Google is your friend. Subscribe to one or more email lists based on what you found in your extensive reading (see above) AND READ at least long enough to learn how to post, whom to trust, who the curmudgeons are (no, kidding on that last one!), etc. (I.e., read some more.) LEARN 'man', 'apropos' and 'info' they are almost always there in every system and they hold the knowledge of the OS. Start with 'man man' and know the help system inside and out because after 15+ years working in Unix/Linux environments a day doesn't go by where I don't hit at least 1 man page and knowing how to flip through it to the parts you want will save you untold time. Oh and don't forget virtualization is your friend in learning! VMware workstation, Parallels, Virtual Box, Xen, Hyper-V, they're all good for learning! Create a VM per-distro, see how each distro installs, see how each is managed. Take snapshots and play around with their configs, see how they break, see if you can fix them, if not revert to the snapshot. Get your feet wet. -Ross __ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VMWare Server doesn't like new CentOS installation?
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Tru Huynh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't have xinetd installed (not installed by default). rpm -q xinetd || yum install xinetd and re-run vmware-config.pl This is weird - I swear I checked that, and xinetd _was_ installed, but I just checked again and, surprise, it was not. Thanks! btw, if you have SElinux enforced you will probably need to run: restorecon -v /etc/services I don't use selinux - don't like it. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
On Thursday 04 September 2008 18:04:49 MHR wrote: If you can take the time to scroll down to the bottom of an email to answer it properly (i.e., bottom post), then you can trim it on the way down. If your email automatically bottom-posts, then I guess you just need to do some courtesy up-scrolling. In addition, if you use kmail highlighting the section that you want to reply to will give you a clean start with only the appropriate bit copied, like this :-) It doesn't work if you need to intersperse many comments, but where only one section is relevant it's a huge help. Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 12:15 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: So, to answer the question above: IMNSHO, the best advice comes from an expert who *can* think like a newbie. (At work, I usually deal with the opposite paradigm :oD) That is the Super User. Someone much more advanced than your usual user, but clearly not a kernel developer. grins Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome. R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ https://nuoar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Configuring an Intel 3945 wireless card: partial success
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Niki Kovacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea why NetworkManager refuses to connect to my network? Niki If I remember, you are using the ipw3945 module. This is being deprecated and replaced by iwl3945. While the new one might not fix your problem, it wouldn't hurt to try it. In my case, ipw3945 did not work but iwl3945 did. Trouble is that the iwl3945 module is disabled in the distro kernel. However, it is enabled in the centosplus kernel. So, the quickest way to test it is to install the cplus kernel. Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
[snip good advice]
Oh and don't forget virtualization is your friend in learning!
VMware workstation, Parallels, Virtual Box, Xen, Hyper-V, they're
all good for learning!
Create a VM per-distro, see how each distro installs, see how each
is managed. Take snapshots and play around with their configs, see
how they break, see if you can fix them, if not revert to the
snapshot. Get your feet wet.
May I suggest that, if you really want to learn how a Linux
system gets put together, and works, then get a copy of
Linux from Scratch and build your own?
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
Mike
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Re: [CentOS] swap memory crash
MHR wrote: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:53 AM, lingu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I am getting below syslog error on my oracle database server running on RHEL4U5. During this time my swap shows zero on both available and free in the top command output , result in total system hang. can any one guide me how to fix this issue of memory and exactly what this error indicates?? It strikes me that someone running RH4U5 should be able to get technical support from Red Hat, no?... and, for that matter, someone running Oracle in production should have an Oracle support contract, and should work through them. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
Lorenzo Quatrini wrote: Nicolas Thierry-Mieg ha scritto: Lanny Marcus wrote: snip If someone on the list can point me to where the mbox files for Thunderbird on Linux are located, that will be much appreciated. You didn't tell us where you're looking, so I can't be sure... But I suspect you're looking in the right place. However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files. I can confirm that: if you select the folder for offline use you'll find on the imap.gmak.com folder an INBOX which looks like an mbox file. Progress! A few hours ago, I changed a configuration setting in Thunderbird and I now have the mbox file for INBOX on my hard drive. :-) Hoping I can now do whatever I did for INBOX for Sent Mail! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] swap memory crash
John R Pierce wrote: and, for that matter, someone running Oracle in production should have an Oracle support contract, and should work through them. Yeah both right, didn't even think about that.. I'd be pretty scared to run an Oracle DB with a newbie system admin. Not knowing what sort of data is in the DB, if it's even a little important I'd strongly suggest the OP getting someone more experienced to manage the system, Not knowing where the OP is I recommend Blue Gecko, a U.S. Oracle/Linux consulting shop based out of Seattle, used them for Oracle DBs I had at my last company. http://www.bluegecko.net/ Oracle is a big complex beast, really powerful, and a real good product if you use it right. When I first started using it I really didn't like it and wanted to get rid of it, but it's grown on me a lot over the years and I've gained a lot of respect for it as a product and the technologies behind it. And while Enterprise edition is really expensive, Standard edition is dirt cheap by comparison and still very capable. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 18:51 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: In addition, if you use kmail highlighting the section that you want to reply to will give you a clean start with only the appropriate bit copied, like this :-) It doesn't work if you need to intersperse many comments, but where only one section is relevant it's a huge help. And Evolution does the same. I suspect many do. Anne -- Bill (the other one :-) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] USB flash drive and VMs (Was Curmudgeoning)
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:41 PM, David G. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't argue with you :-) It does seem likely, as 1GB flash drives wouldn't have been a possibility at that time. I never owned one at all until relatively recently. They didn't work in 98 first edition, nor in NT4 or Win2000 - again, from memory, which could be faulty. In Win2k, Micro$oft finally got up to speed and most flash drives will work with it, but XP is better. Fair enough. Out of curiosity - do they work in W2K out of the box, or require some update? I ask because I'm considering W2K as a VM. Anne Flash support under qemu seems to be about the same as CD-ROM support. That is, you can access a device present at start up but it's not swappable. You can swap cdrom from qemu monitor. I haven't tried, but I think the same thing can be applied to usb.. -- Marcelo ¿No será acaso que ésta vida moderna está teniendo más de moderna que de vida? (Mafalda) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: However with IMAP the mail can stay on the server, so unless you tell your MUA to download a copy locally you only see index files. With the Evolution MUA, also using IMAP on gmail.com the mbox files are easily seen. in .evolution I suspect that I should post on a Thunderbird mailing list and ask where the mbox files are located on my Desktop, or, if using IMAP, as I am, there are no mbox files on my Desktop. Probably it's one or the other. I guess evolution automatically saves a local copy of your mail. As I suggested earlier, Thunderbird does not. Go in File, Offline, Download/Sync now and choose the folders that you want to download... Yes. Apparently, Evolution automatically creates the mbox files on my local hard drive. I have the mbox files on my hard drive now. Thanks ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)
mouss wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: If it's on imap, then forget about TB mbox files. the messages are on the server (TB can cache messages, but you are not supposed to know how it exactly does. so don't play this game). I now have the mbox files on my hard drive. I think that is the default with Evolution. I assume google backs up their gmail servers, but having a local copy, my own backup, is a plus. just leave all mail on the server and use whatever client you want. that's one of the benefits of imap. IMAP is what gmail recommends. most people use POP3, in which case messages are downloaded and stored locally. Things are different with imap. the copies that the client holds are only for performances and you are not supposed to use them. So far, Thunderbird seems to be stable and solid, no issues like with Evolution, so I will probably migrate my primary email account to Thunderbird, within the next few days. Thanks you for your help! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems
On Thursday 04 September 2008 20:02:25 William L. Maltby wrote: On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 18:51 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: In addition, if you use kmail highlighting the section that you want to reply to will give you a clean start with only the appropriate bit copied, like this :-) It doesn't work if you need to intersperse many comments, but where only one section is relevant it's a huge help. And Evolution does the same. I suspect many do. I thought that was probably so, but didn't have the experience to state it :-) It's a very useful tip, as is using the space bar for scrolling down. Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
Mike McCarty wrote: Ross S. W. Walker wrote: [snip good advice] Oh and don't forget virtualization is your friend in learning! VMware workstation, Parallels, Virtual Box, Xen, Hyper-V, they're all good for learning! Create a VM per-distro, see how each distro installs, see how each is managed. Take snapshots and play around with their configs, see how they break, see if you can fix them, if not revert to the snapshot. Get your feet wet. May I suggest that, if you really want to learn how a Linux system gets put together, and works, then get a copy of Linux from Scratch and build your own? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Well for a newbie that might be too much to start with. I'd probably go, CentOS/RHEL/Suse - Gentoo, then if you know the parts of a working distro well, then try to roll your own. -Ross __ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate?
Barry Olddog wrote: I'm looking to buy a new workstation, and it looks like Thinkmate makes what I need -- their vsx virtually silent variety. I hestitate because I wasn't happy with a laptop I bought a few years ago from a small outfit that sold Linux boxes exclusively. Does anyone have experience with Thinkmate, and in particular, the VSX line? If the later, is it really quiet. I run Centos on four machines now, three of which are Dells, and I'm hoping to do better. The Dell T5400 is close to what I want, but I get more for less from Thinkpad -- at least on paper. No experience with Thinkmate, or, knowledge of them, but 4 of the 5 computers in this room are Dell's. If Thinkmate is a long established company, with an excellent reputation, buy from them. If not, Dell will be around, to support your T5400, for a long time. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] kickstart debug
I am trying to do some new things with kickstart. I get a message that pops up Could not allocate requested partitions press OK to reboot. How do you go about debugging the kickstart file? How can I pop up information (in text mode) on the screen??? so I can see my values for my partitions. THanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart debug
Jerry Geis wrote: I am trying to do some new things with kickstart. I get a message that pops up Could not allocate requested partitions press OK to reboot. How do you go about debugging the kickstart file? How can I pop up information (in text mode) on the screen??? so I can see my values for my partitions. If your on a VGA console(e.g. not serial port) you can check the other virtual terminals (ALT+F2,F3,F4 etc) to see what might be going on.. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
--- On Wed, 3/9/08, Sadaruwan Samaraweera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sadaruwan Samaraweera [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Date: Wednesday, 3 September, 2008, 9:08 AM Hi Good People, I've created a blog to help newbies in the world of Linux. Can you people see it and tell what departments that I've to improve more to help the grate community of Linux. Please click this link to go to my blog http://slinuxworld.blogspot.com/ Thank you -- Sadaruwan Samaraweera -- Sadaruwan Samaraweera ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos How are you helping newbies? There is no structure at all. Thanks! Josh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] kickstart debug
I get a message that pops up Could not allocate requested partitions press OK to reboot. Got the clearpart in there? jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate?
Am 04.09.2008 um 21:36 schrieb Lanny Marcus: Barry Olddog wrote: I'm looking to buy a new workstation, and it looks like Thinkmate makes what I need -- their vsx virtually silent variety. I hestitate because I wasn't happy with a laptop I bought a few years ago from a small outfit that sold Linux boxes exclusively. Does anyone have experience with Thinkmate, and in particular, the VSX line? If the later, is it really quiet. I run Centos on four machines now, three of which are Dells, and I'm hoping to do better. The Dell T5400 is close to what I want, but I get more for less from Thinkpad -- at least on paper. No experience with Thinkmate, or, knowledge of them, but 4 of the 5 computers in this room are Dell's. If Thinkmate is a long established company, with an excellent reputation, buy from them. If not, Dell will be around, to support your T5400, for a long time. Indeed. But before I spent that much money on a PC, I'd want to *see* it and hear it. In reality. Anybody can claim to manufacture a virtually silent workstation. Too bad, Apple is the only vendor that has stores and all models on display (at least, for desktops - but for a server, noise isn't relevant anyway). How much is the price difference actually? Rainer ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Problems making custom isolinux.cfg
I have added a few custom RPM's to my CentOS 5.2 CD, dropped a kickstart.cfg file in the root of the CD, and now want to change the isolinux.cfg in the boot.iso so that it will automatically do a kickstart install when the CD boots up. I am using buildinstall to make the ISO. I edited the isolinux.cfg in /isolinux in my CentOS 5.2 distribution tree off of which I am building my ISO. But after buildinstall runs the isolinux.cfg is changed back! Where is it getting the original from? Where should I be changing it to get my modified isolinux.cfg into my cd? Just to get around the isolinux.cfg issue manually I tried booting and at the prompt I say: linux ks=cdrom:/kickstart.cfg But it says that it cannot find the kickstart.cfg file. Is it expecting it in the root of the boot.iso or of the CD? I put it in the root of the CD. I can mount the CD and see that it is there. I can't figure out how to put it in the root of the boot.iso (if it even needs to go there) because apparently that is getting remade by the buildinstall also and I'm not sure where it is getting the contents from. Here is the entire process I use for building and burning the ISO: /usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/buildinstall --version 5 --product CentOS --comps /var/www/html/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/repodata/comps.xml --release MyCentOS-5 --prodpath CentOS /var/www/html/centos/5.2/os/x86_64 mkisofs -R -J -T -r -l -d -allow-multidot -allow-leading-dots -no-bak -o /var/www/html/centos/5.2/isos/MyCentOS-5.2-x86_64.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table /var/www/html/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/ cdrecord blank=fast -dev=/dev/sg1 -v -eject /var/www/html/centos/5.2/isos/MyCentOS-5.2-x86_64.iso Any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Tracy Reed http://tracyreed.org pgpJbcwo2xe8y.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] OT Spammer Mark Kabore on this list
Hi folks, A spammer is getting email addresses from the mailing list and sending people an email saying he needs help. This is the classic advance free fraud. This is what he says in broken english - I need your urgently assistance in transferring the sum of $39.5)million to your account. This fund belongs to our decease costumer who died along with his Family in air crash. Contacts me for more details. Thanks, Josh. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kickstart debug
Jerry Geis wrote: How do you go about debugging the kickstart file? By trying stuff, reading documentation or doing research. You know, community is about give and take and not only taking. I've yet to see *ONE* answer from you, it's always just ask, ask, ask, even with stuff which can easily be solved by searching on google. Sheesh, Ralph pgpjknCcDbksO.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Spammer Mark Kabore on this list
josh donovan wrote: Hi folks, A spammer is getting email addresses from the mailing list and sending people an email saying he needs help. This is the classic advance free fraud. This is what he says in broken english - I need your urgently assistance in transferring the sum of $39.5)million to your account. This fund belongs to our decease costumer who died along with his Family in air crash. Contacts me for more details. Thanks, Josh. Now if it were $40 million I might be interested but I'm not getting out of bed for less! Thanks for the heads up - some yummy spam fodder for my baysian rules :D Ned ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 15:34 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: snip May I suggest that, if you really want to learn how a Linux system gets put together, and works, then get a copy of Linux from Scratch and build your own? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Well for a newbie that might be too much to start with. Actually, it's better than one might think for a noob aspiring to become more knowledgeable. 1. Brief discussions of why most things are done: gives insight to underlying components. 2. IIRC, every command is laid out in form useful for CP, allowing focus on discussions, not on handling a keyboard. 3. If you have natural curiosity to learn, introduces a bunch of little frequently used utils of which a noob might be ignorant. 4. Gets a good overview of bash introduced. 5. Has *lots* of follow-on possibilities: BLFS, CLFS, ... that continue to expand on the base knowledge. 6. Likely to severely test the mettle and commitment of those who are just wannabe icons to those around them. 7. Makes them really, really appreciate an enterprise distro like CentOS with its yum, rpm package management, broader support network in the community, ... I could go on. 8. (The best one yet?) Gets them at least some basic knowledge before they appear on lists like this with no knowledge, high ambition and tons of the most basic questions. Keeps them busy for awhile too! :) I'd probably go, CentOS/RHEL/Suse - Gentoo, then if you know the parts of a working distro well, then try to roll your own. That's a natural since LFS requires an existing base installation to do LFS. Ubuntu is missing gawk though (has mawk?) and generally needs to be enhanced a tad to finish the LFS install. Another day for the noob, another plus! ;-) -Ross snip sig stuff -- Bill ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Compiling v6tun from KAME
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Robert Moskowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I need vtun working over IPv6. The version from rpmforge does not seem to support IPv6 (binds to 0.0.0.0:5000 if I specify binding to the interface, and won't let me put in an IPv6 address for address binding). So I was pointed to the KAME (which does not provide any FC/RHEL support. The person who sent me there provided a makefile that he said works on Linux, but did not work for me: Makefile from KAME: install_dir = /usr/local/v6/bin v6tun: v6tun.o cc -o $@ $ install: v6tun -rm -f $(install_dir)/v6tun install -c -o root -g wheel -m 04710 v6tun $(install_dir) clean: -rm -f *.o v6tun Makefile from contact: v6tun: v6tun.o gcc v6tun.c v6tun.h -o v6tun install: v6tun -rm -f $(install_dir)/v6tun install -c -o root -g wheel -m 04710 v6tun $(install_dir) clean: 6tun: v6tun.o-rm -f *.o v6tun gcc v6tun.c v6tun.h -o v6tun install: v6tun ^ Looks like part of the file is repeated. ^^ and further down -rm -f $(install_dir)/v6tun install -c -o root -g wheel -m 04710 v6tun $(install_dir) clean: ^^ needs a line break -rm -f *.o v6tun I changed the install_dir to /usr/local/bin I had put the makefile, v6tun.c, v6tun.h in /root/v6tun and as root issued make install. I got the following error: Makefile:10: *** target pattern contains no '%'. Stop. What is missing to get this compiled? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Configuring an Intel 3945 wireless card: partial success
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Niki Kovacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mogens Kjaer a écrit : Take a close look at what gets logged into /var/log/messages Sorry couldn't try this out earlier, as my wife went away for a few days with the laptop. Anyway, here goes. To try it out, I stopped the 'network' service and started 'NetworkManager' as well as 'NetworkManagerDispatcher'. Laptop was not connected to any Ethernet cable. My home access point showed up (essid 'zuhause', no encryption). I clicked on it to try to establish a connection: --8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] init.d]# tail -f /var/log/messages Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / zuhause Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Deactivating device eth1. Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Device eth1 activation scheduled... Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) started... Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1/wireless): access point 'zuhause' is unencrypted, no key needed. Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant ' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: response was 'OK' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: response was 'OK' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: response was '0' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 7a756861757365' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: response was 'OK' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: response was 'OK' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' Enabling something with a value of zero looks suspicious to me Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information SUP: response was 'OK' Sep 3 16:32:39 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Sep 3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too long (40s), failing activation. Sep 3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) failure scheduled... Sep 3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) failed for access point (zuhause) Sep 3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: information Activation (eth1) failed. Sep 3 16:33:19 nordinou NetworkManager: information Deactivating device eth1. --8 Now I was curious about this, so I tried it on another machine, my Buildbox, that also has a wireless card. Similar failure: --8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Sep 3 16:35:52 buildbox dhcdbd: Started up. Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: information starting... Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: WARNING nm_system_device_get_system_config (): Network configuration for device 'wlan0' was invalid (non-DHCP configuration, but no gateway specified. Will use DHCP instead. Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: information wlan0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'rt61'. Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: information wlan0: driver does not support SSID scans (scan_capa 0x00). Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: information nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: information nm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing. Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: information Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'wlan0'. Sep 3 16:35:53 buildbox NetworkManager: information
Re: [CentOS] OT Spammer Mark Kabore on this list
josh donovan wrote: Hi folks, A spammer is getting email addresses from the mailing list and sending people an email saying he needs help. This is the classic advance free fraud. This is what he says in broken english - I need your urgently assistance in transferring the sum of $39.5)million to your account. This fund belongs to our decease costumer who died along with his Family in air crash. Contacts me for more details. Not the only spammer sending SPAM to my new email address for this mailing list. Gmail caught this one awhile ago: You have been approved for payment the sum of ?1,000,000:00 (One Million Great British Pounds) Like everyone else on the list, we could use the $ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate?
- Original Message From: Rainer Duffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 4:49:02 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate? Am 04.09.2008 um 21:36 schrieb Lanny Marcus: Barry Olddog wrote: I'm looking to buy a new workstation, and it looks like Thinkmate makes what I need -- their vsx virtually silent variety. I hestitate because I wasn't happy with a laptop I bought a few years ago from a small outfit that sold Linux boxes exclusively. Does anyone have experience with Thinkmate, and in particular, the VSX line? If the later, is it really quiet. I run Centos on four machines now, three of which are Dells, and I'm hoping to do better. The Dell T5400 is close to what I want, but I get more for less from Thinkpad -- at least on paper. No experience with Thinkmate, or, knowledge of them, but 4 of the 5 computers in this room are Dell's. If Thinkmate is a long established company, with an excellent reputation, buy from them. If not, Dell will be around, to support your T5400, for a long time. Indeed. But before I spent that much money on a PC, I'd want to *see* it and hear it. In reality. Anybody can claim to manufacture a virtually silent workstation. Too bad, Apple is the only vendor that has stores and all models on display (at least, for desktops - but for a server, noise isn't relevant anyway). How much is the price difference actually? Rainer The difference is about $1,000 -- 25% more for the Dell -- but the machines are not exactly the same. Thinkmate is opteron, and the Dell, xeon -- which some would say is a factor in Dell's favor; Dell includes a RH subscription whether you want it or not; Dell has three hard drives (the max), Thinkmate four. With the Dell, the memory comes from Crucial, which means there's a waste of two small modules; Thinkmate sells memory at a reasonable price (I'm figuring 32 gigs). The HP xw9400 is closer to the Thinkmate, but an extra $200 to $300, with memory from Crucial. I'm just leery of a maker that I don't know; I searched for reviews and comments, but found almost nothing. Maybe that's telling me something. Barry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Centos 5 card reader automount
To this point, whenever I've plugged a storage device (flash drive, mp3 player) into a USB plug, it's magically mounted and I get an icon on my desktop. I've just got a card reader and it doesn't automount. I can mount it manually with mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/temp and that works fine. I would prefer to have it automount and give me the desktop icon. Unfortunately, I don't yet know enough about the automounting mechanism to know what I need to change to make this happen. Here is the relevant portion of /var/log/messages when I plug in the card reader: Sep 4 16:31:11 bargainhunter kernel: usb 7-6: new high speed USB device using e hci_hcd and address 12 Sep 4 16:31:11 bargainhunter kernel: usb 7-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 ch oice Sep 4 16:31:11 bargainhunter kernel: scsi11 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Stora ge devices Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB SD Reader Rev: 1.00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: SCSI device sdb: 3901440 512-byte hdwr sec tors (1998 MB) Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: SCSI device sdb: 3901440 512-byte hdwr sec tors (1998 MB) Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: assuming drive cache: write through Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sdb: sdb1 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 typ e 0 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB CF Reader Rev: 1.01 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdc Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 typ e 0 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB SM Reader Rev: 1.02 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdd Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 typ e 0 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Vendor: Generic Model: USB MS Reader Rev: 1.03 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sde Sep 4 16:31:16 bargainhunter kernel: sd 11:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg5 typ e 0 Again, it works fine if I use a mount command to mount it myself. How can I get it to automount and give me the desktop icon? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Spammer Mark Kabore on this list
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Lanny Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Like everyone else on the list, we could use the $
The way things are going, I'd rather have the €'s, preferably in the
50s of millions
(Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah - waaah!)
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Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate?
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Barry Olddog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just leery of a maker that I don't know; I searched for reviews and comments, but found almost nothing. Maybe that's telling me something. Isn't Thinkmate a spinoff of IBM? Or am I confused by the Thinkpad/Thinkstation/whatever terminology? mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 5 card reader automount
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Frank Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To this point, whenever I've plugged a storage device (flash drive, mp3 player) into a USB plug, it's magically mounted and I get an icon on my desktop. I've just got a card reader and it doesn't automount. I can mount it manually with mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/temp and that works fine. I believe that a card reader is not a storage device per se and, hence, does not mount until you connect it with a card plugged into it or plug a card into it. I've never used mine any other way, and it always works just fine. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate?
Am 05.09.2008 um 01:02 schrieb Barry Olddog: - Original Message From: Rainer Duffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 4:49:02 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate? Am 04.09.2008 um 21:36 schrieb Lanny Marcus: Barry Olddog wrote: I'm looking to buy a new workstation, and it looks like Thinkmate makes what I need -- their vsx virtually silent variety. I hestitate because I wasn't happy with a laptop I bought a few years ago from a small outfit that sold Linux boxes exclusively. Does anyone have experience with Thinkmate, and in particular, the VSX line? If the later, is it really quiet. I run Centos on four machines now, three of which are Dells, and I'm hoping to do better. The Dell T5400 is close to what I want, but I get more for less from Thinkpad -- at least on paper. No experience with Thinkmate, or, knowledge of them, but 4 of the 5 computers in this room are Dell's. If Thinkmate is a long established company, with an excellent reputation, buy from them. If not, Dell will be around, to support your T5400, for a long time. Indeed. But before I spent that much money on a PC, I'd want to *see* it and hear it. In reality. Anybody can claim to manufacture a virtually silent workstation. Too bad, Apple is the only vendor that has stores and all models on display (at least, for desktops - but for a server, noise isn't relevant anyway). How much is the price difference actually? Rainer The difference is about $1,000 -- 25% more for the Dell -- but the machines are not exactly the same. Thinkmate is opteron, and the Dell, xeon -- which some would say is a factor in Dell's favor; Dell includes a RH subscription whether you want it or not; Dell has three hard drives (the max), Thinkmate four. With the Dell, the memory comes from Crucial, which means there's a waste of two small modules; Thinkmate sells memory at a reasonable price (I'm figuring 32 gigs). The HP xw9400 is closer to the Thinkmate, but an extra $200 to $300, with memory from Crucial. If HP is an option, I'd go for HP. I've never seen an XW9400 personally, but I'd trust HP on this one. If you don't go for Quad-Core, you can pick up cheap(er) DC XW9400s on ebay. I'm just leery of a maker that I don't know; I searched for reviews and comments, but found almost nothing. Maybe that's telling me something. Thinkmate claims an impressive customer-list. However, they don't say what each of the companies bought. Could be case-screws, but also a train-waggon full of workstations. I'd ask if they have them on display somewhere ;-) Rainer ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate?
MHR wrote: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Barry Olddog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just leery of a maker that I don't know; I searched for reviews and comments, but found almost nothing. Maybe that's telling me something. Isn't Thinkmate a spinoff of IBM? Or am I confused by the Thinkpad/Thinkstation/whatever terminology? it appears (googled it) Thinkmate is a small 'whitebox' server integrator in Massachussetts, until recently known as SAG Electronics. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: workstation recommends: Thinkmate?
Am 05.09.2008 um 01:47 schrieb MHR: On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Barry Olddog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just leery of a maker that I don't know; I searched for reviews and comments, but found almost nothing. Maybe that's telling me something. Isn't Thinkmate a spinoff of IBM? Or am I confused by the Thinkpad/Thinkstation/whatever terminology? Honi soit qui mal y pense ;-) Rainer ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Kernel panic installing CentOS 5.2 in Parallels on iMac
I'm unable to get much past the boot: prompt in the installer. The panic appears to be in powernowk8_init which according to http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html has a recently-fixed null-pointer dereference. That errata is from August 4; the latest CentOS install ISOs are from June. I tried the agp=off suggestion from e.g. http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=13512 with no success. Is there a good way to proceed here? Will there be new install media with the more recent kernel? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mysql
| John R Pierce wrote: Mad Unix wrote: I need to replicate MySQL DB of mulltiple server on SiteA to my DR-Site Site_B... all DB are alocated on RHEL,SuSE,Centos,Debian, FreeBSD servers. I need a script to take Multiple MySql DataBase Backup and then import to SiteB, the replica can be done as cold or hotbackup and cron it thats nice. sounds like a reasonable task to undertake. do you have a question? Maybe man magic script woudl work... []s. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 5 card reader automount
On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:50:08 -0700 MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that a card reader is not a storage device per se and, hence, does not mount until you connect it with a card plugged into it or plug a card into it. I've never used mine any other way, and it always works just fine. I have plugged it in with a card already in the reader. As previously stated, I can then mount it manually and read the contents of the card. If I remove and re-insert the card into the reader, nothing appears to happen. At least, no entries are created in /var/log/messages. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] buildinstall cannot find modules
When using buildinstall and CentOS 5.2 to create my own CD minus a bunch of unneeded RPM's and plus a few of my custom RPM's I find that the install CD that gets build does not install an initrd which renders the system unbootable. I also notice that when I run buildinstall with the -debug option it says: unpacking /var/www/html/centos/5.2/os/x86_64/CentOS/kernel-2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64.rpm.x86_64 Building initrd.img Module 3c501 not found in kernel rpm Module 3c503 not found in kernel rpm Module 3c505 not found in kernel rpm and so on for many kernel modules. I notice that the filename it says it is unpacking ends with .x86_64.rpm.x86_64. Is that normal? I google'd and found someone else saying theirs did the same thing. Could this be related to why I'm not ending up with an initrd being installed? -- Tracy Reed http://tracyreed.org pgpQCbMVdUkym.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
