Re: [CentOS] Virtual host package, command line, I need help
A simple google search returned this: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM I don't know if it is helpful or not. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > chris hawker wrote > == > > Sorry if I seem a bit dumb in this question, but are these virtual > servers going to be used in a production environment or are they test > servers? Also, in my experience, using a GUI on a server is not really > necessary, as everything can be done from the command line. Yes it may > be easier to do it with a GUI, but if you know what you are doing and > what to do it professionally, stick to using the command line and > give the idea of using a desktop the flick. > > === > > I do not want to use the desktop. I am in command line. It will not work. > You cannot > install a guest (production server, not test) without some kind of > installation walk through. > a text install, a vnc, sdl, whatever...it should be able to open a window > to do so. > > the only way I could get it to work was a full install of gnome and that is > not workable. > so little online with KVM and centos6, most are xen. > > For some reason the virt-viewer and anything else cannot access my video > for some reason. > From looking online, this is a common issue among command line > virt-installs..but no one > ever posts a final solution..lol > > So far, after a few weeks of this, I have been unable to install, via > command line, one guest. > I cannot get any kind of installer to come up in any kind of > window/gui/etc. > > very frustrating. Just sitting here with my useless brick of a computer > unable to deploy it. > Gonna call supermicro today and ask about the es1000. > Also will try to install xorg to get to the xorg.conf and see if that can > help, however most > errors are deeper in the boot than xorg. > Gonna try playing with the devices in grub I guess too. > Was thinking of getting a second card and trying to see if that would work. > > bugzilla had tons of people complaining about issues like this one...it is > probably the es1000 > choking the systemcan't think of anything else that would cause > displays that try to start to > just die. > > However, in full gnome, it works flawlessly...so that theory is a little > off... Card must be working. > Must be a setting in the basic 'virtual host' package that needs fine > tuning. > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtual host package, command line, I need help
Sorry if I seem a bit dumb in this question, but are these virtual servers going to be used in a production environment or are they test servers? Also, in my experience, using a GUI on a server is not really necessary, as everything can be done from the command line. Yes it may be easier to do it with a GUI, but if you know what you are doing and what to do it professionally, stick to using the command line and give the idea of using a desktop the flick. Regards, Christopher Hawker On 10/13/11, Bob Hoffman wrote: > One of the mods requested some data, here ya go..think it is a video > issue... > > I think I am narrowing it down to choking on my ATI ES1000 > controller..which might be causing some issues. > > When I did a full desktop, everything worked okay though, but command > line only or with x windows system video is a complete no go. > although I can pull up text things like system-config-network, x will > choke on config/hal: couldn't initialize context: (null) and pop right > out. Display cannot open. > > Its make sense because now and then my ipmi card just gets a blurry > video image and I have to reset the card. > Also, it just shuts off (loses connection/video) sometimes and I must > login again. Thought it was the card...but... > it only happens when I am installing linux or it is installed. If > playing in bios it has never happened. > > Tried the nomodeset thing, no change. > SELinux: Starting in permissive mode > > > dmesg of insterest, command line, install with package 'virtual host' > - > > > ACPI Warning for \_SB_._OSC: Return type mismatch - found Integer, > expected Buffer (20090903/nspredef-1006) > \_SB_:_OSC evaluation returned wrong type > _OSC request data:1 7 > ACPI Warning: Incorrect checksum in table [OEMB] - 96, should be 8B > (20090903/tbutils-314) > > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control (this was between pci > hotplug stuff) > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control > > composite sync not supported (with gnome installed there was a ton of these) > composite sync not supported > fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x08 0x30 write failed > > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x09 0x00 write failed > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x0a 0x90 write failed > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x0c 0x89 write failed > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x08 0x3b write failed > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 > fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device > drm: registered panic notifier > > [drm] Initialized radeon 2.1.0 20080528 for :01:01.0 on minor 0 > > composite sync not supported ( a couple more of these just appeared a > few lines lower than the previous line) > composite sync not supported > --- > > --- > below is a whole section that seems to have dealt with the video card, > and all seems okay for this (earlier in the boot up than errors above) > --- > [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 > [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting. > [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. > radeon :01:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV100 0x1002:0x515E). > [drm] register mmio base: 0xFBAD > [drm] register mmio size: 65536 > radeon :01:01.0: VRAM: 64M 0xD800 - 0xDBFF (32M used) > radeon :01:01.0: GTT: 512M 0xB800 - 0xD7FF > [drm] radeon: irq initialized. > [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=64M, BAR=128M > [drm] RAM width 16bits DDR > [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 12299360 kiB. > [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB. > [drm] radeon: 32M of VRAM memory ready > [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready. > [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072 > [drm] Loading R100 Microcode > platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R100_cp.bin > [drm] radeon: ring at 0xB800 > [drm] ring test succeeded in 1 usecs > [drm] radeon: ib pool ready. > [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs > [drm] No TV DAC info found in BIOS > [drm] No valid Ext TMDS info found in BIOS > [drm] Radeon Display Connectors > [drm] Connector 0: > [drm] VGA > [drm] DDC: 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 > [drm] Encoders: > [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_DAC1 > [drm] Connector 1: > [drm] DVI-I > [dr
Re: [CentOS] passwd problem with new vps
When you login to your vps, are you authenticating the connection via password or certificate? On 9/28/11, Marco Fioretti wrote: > greetings, > > I am setting up Centos 6 i686 remotely, on a new VPS. > > A problem I have is that I cannot set password for new users. I have > created one with > > useradd -m new_user > > but when I type > > passwd new_user > > this is the result: > > [root@vps ~]# passwd new_user > Changing password for user new_user > New password: > Retype new password: > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error > [root@vps ~]# tail /var/log/secure > > Sep 27 17:30:30 vps passwd: pam_cracklib(passwd:chauthtok): > pam_get_authtok_verify returned error: Failed preliminary check by password > service > > but I have no clue what the check I've failed is, or if it's a console > problem (locales, weird control characters) or maybe a selinux thing? > > For the record, if I enter a weak password on purpose, e.g. "amok", > everything works, meaning that I get an explanation like "password > refused because it's too short", or something like that. But when I > try longer passwords, with or without non alphanumeric characters, I > get this error. > > what else should I check, or fix? > > TIA, > Marco > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Please remove the formation about RAQport it is incorrect
Alex, I believe that there is a bug with what you are trying to do and your english. I would suggest submitting a bug report, but unfortunately I don't believe that even CentOS' best coders and engineers can write a patch for that. Regards, Christopher Hawker On 9/28/11, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:22 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > > >> that is an archive of a 4 year old message that was sent to the many >> thousands of subscribers of this mail list and is permanently archived >> on dozens or even 100s of servers around the world that maintain mail >> list archives. you can't 'unsend' email >> > > > > Hey some people (in this case me) just like digging up the past (like this > -> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-March/020140.html ) > > > > -- > 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 > -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Hello from RAQport Please remove this post
What a way to find problems... I would suggest submitting a bug report but seeing as how delayed you might me Alex with replying to a post made over 4 years, it would be a waste of time, because the bug is within your abilities to provide a response in a timely manner. I do not believe that even the very best CentOS coders and engineers are able to code and apply a patch to that type of bug. Regards, Christopher Hawker IT Operations Manager Stevens Security Group Pty Ltd 4 Currong Street South Wentworthville NSW 2145 Australia Phone: +61 478 241 896 On 9/26/11, Alex Bajan wrote: > Dear Centos, > > We did never receive the Server back from Australia > > And this forum is not to post incorrect disputes information from the users > regarding some other companies. > > Link below > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-September/043643.html > > Sincerely > > > > Alex Lech Bajan > Principal > RAQport Inc. > 2004 North Monroe Street > Arlington Virginia 22207 > 703-528-0114 voice > 703-652-0993 voice 2 > 800-695-6200 toll free > sa...@raqport.com > http://raqport.com > > > Providing solutions with Centos, Proxmox, OpenVZ, BlueQuartz, and BlueOnyx. > We ship worldwide, or can provide colocation in our Arlington VA Datacenter > We can migrate your old worn out Cobalt RaQ 3/4/550/Qube systems to > BlueQuartz > or BlueOnyx running on Proxmox VE or OpenVZ. > > Please let us know if you have any questions? > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] trouble booting install CD on old machine
This is just a random idea, but could you have burned the cd at a speed higher than the optical drive can read? I burn all my software at 4x because i know it will then work in any and every machine. - Christopher Hawker On 9/15/11, Keith Keller wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a bit of an issue booting the full 5.7 install CD on an older > machine. I downloaded the ISOs earlier today, checked the sha1sums, and > burned the CDs with no reported errors. But when I try to boot, the > isolinux banner comes up quickly, but then instead of the boot prompt, I > get a completely blank screen. After 30-60 seconds, I get a message in > purple, the exact wording I don't recall, but something like "can't > boot, please restart". > > Many years ago I put CentOS 4 on this machine, so I know it can boot CD > media, and earlier today I booted an older UBCD, so I know that it can > successfully boot from CD at the present time. (I didn't have time to > test the CD I burned in another box; I will do that next time I have the > CD.) > > What other options do I have for getting 5.7 on this box? I have a few > ideas: > > --do some troubleshooting with the 5.7 CD. I don't really know how to > go about this, and there's no guarantee it'll end up with being able to > boot in the end. > --perhaps an older CentOS 5 ISO will work better? Testing this will be > fairly quick but is not sure to work. > --remove the system disk, put it into another system that is known to > boot the 5.7 CD, install there, then put the disk back. This could be > somewhat time consuming (the machine is in a rack, and the system drive > is buried in the chassis, not hot-swappable), but is pretty sure to work. > --try to boot from USB. As I said, it's an old box, so I'm not sure it > supports booting over USB media. There were no "boot from USB" options > in the BIOS; I could try to flash the firmware, but that seems excessive > for this sort of issue. > > Other thoughts/suggestions? Any ideas why I'd be seeing this particular > boot behavior? It's not something I've seen before; either booting > fails before even reaching isolinux, or the kernel panics on finding some > exotic and/or broken piece of hardware. > > --keith > > -- > kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us > > -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution
I could not see any issues with it. As you probably know i386 packages will work on an x86_64 install, and there are some packages written for i386 that you can't get for x86_64. You could disable it, but my system runs perfect with it. -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:52 AM, James Nguyen wrote: > Can anybody give me a reason why this would be a bad idea. So the premise > for this question is that I setup an exclude=*.i368,*.i686 in my yum.conf. > While doing a yum update I come across missing package dependencies for > instance mkinitrd for the i386 package. I noticed there is already one for > x86_64. I realized during the kickstart install that some of these *.i386 > got installed before I could enable the exclude in the yum.conf. > > So the questions I pose is... why are some of these *.i386 packages getting > installed on a 64bit distro? is there any harm is removing them all? > > I guess I could spin up a virtual and try, but wanted to see what the > census already knows about this matter as well. > > Thanks! > -- > > james h nguyen | lead systems architect | www.callfire.com | > 1.949.625.4263 > > ___ > 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] Issues with successfully completing rsync with msync. centos.org
I have been using this one: *rsync -aqzH --delete msync.centos.org::CentOS **/path/to/local/mirror/root* If I can, I want to mirror: mirror.optus.net/centos as it is nearer my mirror server and the internet connection for the server is through Optus (in Sydney, AU). On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 8:26 PM, John Doe wrote: > From: Christopher Hawker > > >The rsync command on the CentOS website, on the page that tells you how to > setup > > a mirror. > > The one with --exclude "isos" ? > > JD > ___ > 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] Issues with successfully completing rsync with msync. centos.org
The rsync command on the CentOS website, on the page that tells you how to setup a mirror. -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker - original message - Subject:Re: [CentOS] Issues with successfully completing rsync with msync.centos.org From: John Doe Date: 13/09/2011 9:04 am From: Christopher Hawker > I am trying to establish a mirror, and when I execute the rsync command, it > only > creates the directories and selected files. It does not download the entire > iso > collection or repo files. And which rsync command? JD ___ 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
[CentOS] Issues with successfully completing rsync with msync.centos.org
Hello, I am trying to establish a mirror, and when I execute the rsync command, it only creates the directories and selected files. It does not download the entire iso collection or repo files. I am running CentOS 5.4 (which i will update soon as my host does not have a 5.6 or 6 image), and my IP address is 125.7.120.87, being hosted in Sydney, AU. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Approximate size of CentOS mirror
Hey all, Roughly, how much disk space would I need on my server to mirror the entire ISO collection and the repository files. Also, how would I tell my server to only mirror CentOS 5 and 6? -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] XORG and LCD Projector
I am led to believe that external monitors have very little interaction in terms of Monitor to PC. It may be a BIOS issue, try and have a look there. What particular model of laptop do you have? On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Andrew 'Dewa' B. Osmond < dewa.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is my complete xorg.conf, Paul. > > # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "single head configuration" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice"Synaptics" "CorePointer" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Synaptics" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > EndSection > > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "openchrome" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes"1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > The sequence just device -> screen. I have no external device > configuration. Maybe you know how to configure external device? > > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Always Learning wrote: > >> >> In my limited experience with notebooks and laptops, I found that >> repeatedly pressing the keys works. The sequence I found was (not >> necessarily in this order) >> >>screen >>external device >>screen and external device >> >> Paul. >> > > ___ > 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
[CentOS] Mirror hosting ideas
Hello all, I am interested in personally hosting a mirror for CentOS 5 and 6 (not at home, but in a DC, with the future of going colo whe I have the monetary funds to do so). Would anyone have any recommendations on this and whether or not I should set the cron to use the rsync command or have the rsync command in a batch file and tell cron to execute the batch job. I am thinking the second option, simply out of convenience. Unless anyone can see an issue with this. Thanks guys in advance for your help! :) -- If you have any questions, plese do not hesitate to give me a call on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker "That which you are seeking, is causing you to seek. Try looking in your software collection, between your CentOS ISO images and your Red Hat Linux Networking tools. It is amazing, the places where things hide." - David Williamson, 1972-2011 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
