Re: [CentOS] resetting a serial port
have never used usb-to-serial devices, so I'm probably wrong here... wondering if, on the system where you work, have you tried using the reset or tset command? otherwise, though *being a Linux user I hate to suggest this*, but have you tried the "universal-fix-all-problems" technique that Windows users learn early on, i.e., reboot one or both systems? rebooting one of the systems then trying to connect may tell you which system is wedged. maybe. Good luck! Fred On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 8:46 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have Centos 7 arm32 running on a Cubieboard and I am logged in as root > on its serial uart from another system. > > On that system I use > > screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 > > Well it was working well for a couple days, but now only garbage comes > across. Something messed up the serial link. > > pulling the usb cable to the usb/serial adapter does not reset things. > > I can ssh into the server and see root logged into ttyS0 > > How do I reset that serial port so that I can work on the system? > > thanks > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] where is glib-devl x86-64?
Leon, I think you may be right. Was trying to avoid using things like flatpak, but I can see I can't actually do that. Thanks again! Fred On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 10:18 PM Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: > Am 21.03.23 um 23:10 schrieb Fred: > > that's what I thought at first, but there is no gimp-devel either > > installed, or available. > > > > I think you will get more trouble because this plugin uses python2 code > and I am not sure if this is supported under EL9. > > You could try the flatpak version of this plugin ... > > $ flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub > https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo > > $ flatpak --user install Resynthesizer org.gimp.GIMP > > -- > Leon > > > > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] where is glib-devl x86-64?
that's what I thought at first, but there is no gimp-devel either installed, or available. Fred On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 2:39 PM Robert Heller wrote: > At Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:13:50 -0400 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > > > > > well, I'm still confused. > > > > sudo dnf install glib2-devel says it is already installed. > > > > running autogen.sh for resynthesizer outputs: > > > > $ ./autogen.sh > > > > I am testing that you have the required versions of autoconf, > > automake, glib-gettextize and intltoolize... > > > > checking for autoconf >= 2.54 ... yes (version 2.69) > > checking for automake >= 1.6 ... yes (version 1.16.2) > > checking for glib-gettextize >= 2.0.0 ... yes (version 2.68.4) > > checking for intltool >= 0.17 ... yes (version 0.51.0) > > > > I am going to run ./configure with the following arguments: > > > > --enable-maintainer-mode > > > > If you wish to pass additional arguments, please specify them > > on the ./autogen.sh command line or set the AUTOGEN_CONFIGURE_ARGS > > environment variable. > > > > Copying file po/Makefile.in.in > > > > Please add the files > > codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4 > > progtest.m4 > > from the /usr/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory > > or directly to your aclocal.m4 file. > > You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from > > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/. > > > > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p > > checking for gawk... gawk > > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > > checking whether make supports nested variables... yes > > checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style) > > checking for gcc... gcc > > checking whether the C compiler works... yes > > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out > > checking for suffix of executables... > > checking whether we are cross compiling... no > > checking for suffix of object files... o > > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes > > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed > > checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes > > checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 > > checking for library containing strerror... none required > > checking for gcc... (cached) gcc > > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes > > checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes > > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed > > checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes > > checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3 > > checking for gcc... (cached) gcc > > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes > > checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes > > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed > > checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes > > checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3 > > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E > > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep > > checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E > > checking for ANSI C header files... yes > > checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... > yes > > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config > > checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes > > checking for GIMP... no > > configure: error: *GIMP development libraries not found*; please install. > > GIMP is not "GLib" -- they are different animals. > > You need to install GIMP and probably GIMP-devel. > > > > > > Configure failed or did not finish! > > > > clearly I'm not smart enough to figure this out. one of you smart people > > feel like offering further advice? > > > > PS: > > oh, there is also a glib2.pc file in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig. > > > > $ ls -l /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glib-2* > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 444 May 16 2022 /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc > > > > cat /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc: > > > > prefix=/usr > > libdir=${prefix}/lib64 > > includedir=${prefix}/include > > > > bindir=${prefix}/bin > > glib_genmarshal=${bindir}/glib-genmarshal > > gobject_query=${bindir}/gobject-query > >
Re: [CentOS] where is glib-devl x86-64?
well, I'm still confused. sudo dnf install glib2-devel says it is already installed. running autogen.sh for resynthesizer outputs: $ ./autogen.sh I am testing that you have the required versions of autoconf, automake, glib-gettextize and intltoolize... checking for autoconf >= 2.54 ... yes (version 2.69) checking for automake >= 1.6 ... yes (version 1.16.2) checking for glib-gettextize >= 2.0.0 ... yes (version 2.68.4) checking for intltool >= 0.17 ... yes (version 0.51.0) I am going to run ./configure with the following arguments: --enable-maintainer-mode If you wish to pass additional arguments, please specify them on the ./autogen.sh command line or set the AUTOGEN_CONFIGURE_ARGS environment variable. Copying file po/Makefile.in.in Please add the files codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4 progtest.m4 from the /usr/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory or directly to your aclocal.m4 file. You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/. checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style) checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking for library containing strerror... none required checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3 checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for GIMP... no configure: error: *GIMP development libraries not found*; please install. Configure failed or did not finish! clearly I'm not smart enough to figure this out. one of you smart people feel like offering further advice? PS: oh, there is also a glib2.pc file in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig. $ ls -l /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glib-2* -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 444 May 16 2022 /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc cat /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc: prefix=/usr libdir=${prefix}/lib64 includedir=${prefix}/include bindir=${prefix}/bin glib_genmarshal=${bindir}/glib-genmarshal gobject_query=${bindir}/gobject-query glib_mkenums=${bindir}/glib-mkenums Name: GLib Description: C Utility Library Version: 2.68.4 Requires.private: libpcre >= 8.31, sysprof-capture-4 >= 3.38.0 Libs: -L${libdir} -lglib-2.0 Libs.private: -pthread -lm Cflags: -I${includedir}/glib-2.0 -I${libdir}/glib-2.0/include On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 11:10 AM Fred wrote: > I dunno. I guess it could be. Went to the Gimp site and saw that > glib-devel was mentioned there. > > My tired old brain is a bit confused by this, since most other -devel > packages put -devel following the program/package name, and gimp doesn't. > I'll give that a try, though, to see if it takes care of my issue. Thanks! > > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 2:32 AM Simon Matter > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> > I have a brand new installation of Rocky Linux 9.1 (I know, this isn't a >> > Rocky mailing list, but I can't find anything on this on Rocky forums, >> > etc. >> > so I figured I would ask here), >> > and I installed Gimp, and would like to install the Resynthesizer plugin >> > package. >> > >> > Trying to compile it from source, autogen.sh complains that I don't have >> > the gimp development libraries installed. In fact, I can't find >> glib-deve
Re: [CentOS] where is glib-devl x86-64?
I dunno. I guess it could be. Went to the Gimp site and saw that glib-devel was mentioned there. My tired old brain is a bit confused by this, since most other -devel packages put -devel following the program/package name, and gimp doesn't. I'll give that a try, though, to see if it takes care of my issue. Thanks! On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 2:32 AM Simon Matter wrote: > Hi, > > > I have a brand new installation of Rocky Linux 9.1 (I know, this isn't a > > Rocky mailing list, but I can't find anything on this on Rocky forums, > > etc. > > so I figured I would ask here), > > and I installed Gimp, and would like to install the Resynthesizer plugin > > package. > > > > Trying to compile it from source, autogen.sh complains that I don't have > > the gimp development libraries installed. In fact, I can't find > glib-devel > > anywhere in any of the configured repos (all the default Rocky repos, > > epel, > > rpmfusion). > > > > Can it be that what you're looking for is glib2-devel? > > Regards, > Simon > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] where is glib-devl x86-64?
I have a brand new installation of Rocky Linux 9.1 (I know, this isn't a Rocky mailing list, but I can't find anything on this on Rocky forums, etc. so I figured I would ask here), and I installed Gimp, and would like to install the Resynthesizer plugin package. Trying to compile it from source, autogen.sh complains that I don't have the gimp development libraries installed. In fact, I can't find glib-devel anywhere in any of the configured repos (all the default Rocky repos, epel, rpmfusion). Rocky is shipping an unstable development version of Gimp, so maybe they haven't made glib-devel available yet ??? Thanks in advance for any help you can give! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Kernel updates do not boot - always boots oldest kernel
I had something like this happen some years ago on a workstation with 2-disk (software/Linux) RAID 1. Turns out one of the disks had been ejected from the raid array. It was that ejected disk that was getting the updates, but since it was no longer in the array it wasn't being booted, but rather the other one that wasn't getting the updates. Fred On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 7:31 AM Rob Kampen wrote: > OK, > > found out the problem as to why it doesn't boot any kernel except 36.2 > > the system reports that it cannot find > > vmlinuz-3.10.0-1160.88.1.el7.x86_64 > > or any one of the others, except for vmlinuz-3.10.0-1160.36.2.el7.x86_64 > > hence a manual selection from the grub menu when in front of the machine > will only load the 36.2 kernel > > I found that under /boot/grub2 there were two .rpmnew files that mucked > up the symbolic link to the grubenv file - so fixed that and did a > reinstall of the latest kernel. > > Now all the grub and efi files appear to update correctly - progress. > > Now just need to work out why the efi boot process can see the old > (original) kernel (36.2) but none of the later ones. > > Any ideas of where to look for this? seems a much more fundamental > problem related to kernel install and efi booting > > Thanks > Rob > > On 14/03/23 22:41, Petko Alov wrote: > > Change it to > > > > GRUB_DEFAULT=0 > > > > (I encountered the same issue week ago with a workstation booted for > > three month with an older kernel because of > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2143438 , and solved it > > this way) > > > > Regards, > > > > Petko > > > > > > > > On 3/14/23 10:51, Rob Kampen wrote: > >> Can I edit /etc/default/grub and change > >> > >> GRUB_DEFAULT=saved > >> > >> to something else? > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] C7, removing zoom problem
ah, that's OK for now, as long as it works. I'm trying to build up the courage to do a full system upgrade to Rocky.latest. I hate doing upgrades, it's such a pain in the rear to get everything working again, and get all my tweaks back into place. I despise Gnome 3+, and prefer Mate. Someone (EPEL ??) built Mate for C7, but the existing binaries for C8 don't work very well, there are none that I know of for C9, and AFAIK Rocky is the only Centos clone that supports Mate. there IS Ubuntu Mate, but I am more comfy with RH-derived systems. One thing I won't have to do anymore is set up email (used to have my own domain for email, but moved and can't get a static IP anymore, decided it was too much bother to do the ddns thing) along with POP3 for my wife to use. We now just use gmail. But I see that the time for said upgrade is drawing nearer and nearer. Fred On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 9:22 PM Ian Mortimer wrote: > On Mon, 2023-02-06 at 21:13 -0500, Fred wrote: > > > well, as one of the earlier posters showed how, I did remove the > > existing > > one then installed the new one (the one that Zoom offers for Centos- > > 7, not > > the one for Centos-8, which has the problem you describe) and voila, > > works > > like a charm! > > Yes but that's the old version - 5.13.4.711 not the latest 5.13.7.683. > "Check for Updates" will tell you there's a new version but you'll be > stuck with that old version until you upgrade from CentOS 7 to > something newer. > > > -- > Ian > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] C7, removing zoom problem
well, as one of the earlier posters showed how, I did remove the existing one then installed the new one (the one that Zoom offers for Centos-7, not the one for Centos-8, which has the problem you describe) and voila, works like a charm! Fred On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 7:35 PM Ian Mortimer wrote: > On Sun, 2023-02-05 at 17:09 -0500, Fred wrote: > > > Guys, I'm trying to update my zoom client and yum (or yumex) won't let > > me > > do an update, > > That's because CentOS/RHEL 7 is no longer supported. Zoom download > page shows 5.13.4.711 as the latest for 7. (5.13.7.683 is the latest > for 8+.) > > > so I try to remove the installed one, on the theory that if > > it isn't there I should be able to install a newer one > > You can download and install 5.13.7.683 but it won't start: > > zoom: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found > (required by zoom) > zoom: /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.21' not found > (required by zoom) > > > -- > Ian > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] C7, removing zoom problem
Guys, I'm trying to update my zoom client and yum (or yumex) won't let me do an update, so I try to remove the installed one, on the theory that if it isn't there I should be able to install a newer one, by doing "sudo yum remove zoom_x86_64" (where my PWD is the directory where the zoom RPM files live) and it tells me "no packages marked for removal. Reading thru the man page for rpm I can't figure out any other way to do it. Suggestions, any one? Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS9 vs. s-nail
=20 is an ASCII space character, and =3D is an ascii "=" (equal) sign. I've seen various emailed documents that mangle them as you see, but if I ever knew the cause, my tired old brain no longer remembers. Fred On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 2:42 PM Bill Gee wrote: > Now that I have a test CentOS9 system set up, I am trying to get it to > send me logwatch reports via email. S-nail is proving very frustrating. > It almost works ... But not quite! > > The main problem is bogus characters in the logwatch report. Here is a > section of the report I get through email: > > > == > =20 > ### Logwatch 7.5.5 (01/22/21) =20 > Processing Initiated: Thu Jan 19 13:31:57 2023 > Date Range Processed: yesterday >( 2023-Jan-18 ) >Period is day. > Detail Level of Output: 5 > Type of Output/Format: email / text > Logfiles for Host: centos7.billgee.local > ##=20 > =20 > - Kernel Audit Begin =20 > >Number of audit daemon starts: 1=20 > =20 > **Unmatched Entries** > audit: type=3D1403 audit(1674073255.247:3): auid=3D4294967295 > ses=3D429= > 4967295 lsm=3Dselinux res=3D1: 1 Time(s) > auditd[517]: audit dispatcher initialized with q_depth=3D1200 and 1 > act= > ive plugins: 1 Time(s) > =20 > -- Kernel Audit End -=20 > > =20 > - Chrony report Begin =20 > > MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample > = > =20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > ^* server3.17.168.192.IN-AD> 4 6 37742-16us[ -23us] ± 9= > 716us > Name/IP AddressNP NR Span Frequency Freq Skew Offset > Std= > Dev > > > What are all those =20 and =30 strings for? How do I make them go away? > > I have been experimenting with a line in /etc/s-nail.rc. > > set ttycharset=utf-8 > > That is the only value for this that produces anything useful. If I set > it to charset-7bit or charset-8bit, then s-nail complains about invalid > syntax on the "set mta=" line. What > > I just don't get it. Can someone shed some light on this? > > For what it is worth, a test CentOS8 system using mailx (the REAL > mailx!) works perfectly. So do all of my CentOS7 and Fedora systems. > > -- > === > Bill Gee > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] LibreOffice on CentOS 7
as mentioned above, I'm running 7.4.0.3 LibreOffice on Centos 7. Have had no trouble with it. On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 6:43 PM wrote: > Sorry, my misunderstanding. The version I gave is the version of > CentOS7, the version of LibreOffice is 5.3.6.1-25.el7_9. > > -From: "Pete Geenhuizen" > > To: "CentOS mailing list", "H" > Cc: > Sent: Thursday November 3 2022 7:52:59AM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] LibreOffice on CentOS 7 > > Why not simply download the latest and greatest version LibreOffice > from > their we site I've been doing that for several years on both Centos 7 > and now Rocky 8 and it has worked without fail. > > On 11/3/22 10:46, H wrote: > > On 11/02/2022 03:53 PM,jefflp...@twc.com wrote: > >> 3.10.0-1160.76.1.el7.x86_64. I check for updates every day. > >> > >> Jeff > >> > >> -From: "H" > >> To: "CentOS mailing list" > >> Cc: > >> Sent: Wednesday November 2 2022 6:28:52AM > >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] LibreOffice on CentOS 7 > >> > >> On November 1, 2022 5:13:49 PM EDT, Josh Boyer wrote: > >> >On Tue, Nov 1, 2022, 5:05 PM H wrote: > >> > > >> >> I am running the default version of LibreOffice 5.3.6.1 on > CentOS > >> 7. > >> >This > >> >> is quite an old version and has a serious bug in Calc, possibly > an > >> >errant > >> >> pointer, that frequently locks up spreadsheets. > >> >> > >> >> Has anyone installed a later version of LO on CentOS 7? I would > >> >prefer a > >> >> version that is not flatpak, snap or appimage etc... > >> >> > >> > > >> >Could you elaborate why you would like to avoid those packaging > >> >formats? > >> > > >> >josh > >> >___ > >> >CentOS mailing list > >> >CentOS@centos.org > >> >https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > /> >> /> > >> A general dislike of anything that gets between the operating > system > >> and an application potentially introducing its own complications. > >> > >> Does anyone happen to know what the latest native version for > CentOS > >> 7 is? > >> ___ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS@centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > /> >> /> > >> ___ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS@centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > /> > That seems to be version 3.10.0, or? As I wrote, I am running > 5.3.6.1... > > > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > /> > > > -- > Unencumbered by the thought process. > -- Click and Clack the Tappet brothers > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > /> > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] LibreOffice on CentOS 7
I always use the packages from the document foundation, on my C7, without trouble. On Tue, Nov 1, 2022, 17:14 Josh Boyer wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2022, 5:05 PM H wrote: > > > I am running the default version of LibreOffice 5.3.6.1 on CentOS 7. This > > is quite an old version and has a serious bug in Calc, possibly an errant > > pointer, that frequently locks up spreadsheets. > > > > Has anyone installed a later version of LO on CentOS 7? I would prefer a > > version that is not flatpak, snap or appimage etc... > > > > Could you elaborate why you would like to avoid those packaging formats? > > josh > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Recording Levels Audacity 2.3.3
Mark, that is my understanding of how it works on Linux systems. It is assumed that your input source will have a way of adjusting its output. I did a lot of digitizing of phonograph records a couple years ago, and found that the Pulse Audio Volume Control works for this. Fred On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 5:26 PM Mark LaPierre wrote: > Hey Y'all, > > I cannot adjust the recording level in Audacity on my CentOS Stream > release 8 system. It says that my system is prohibiting that. > > Bus 005 Device 004: ID 08bb:2900 Texas Instruments PCM2900 Audio Codec > > Is there a way to fix this without building a whole new system? > > -- > _ > °v° >/(_)\ > ^ ^ > Mark LaPierre > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Unable to relay mail through gmail anymore
I can send mail from my C7 box (via sendmail) to myself at my gmail account using gmail's smtp server. I don't very often forward mail THRU gmail to other sites, so I don't know if that has changed. On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 11:14 AM Richard wrote: > > > Date: Friday, August 05, 2022 10:39:04 -0400 > > From: Frank Bures > > > > I have my CentOS7 sendmail configured to relay outgoing system > > e-mail through my gmail account. > > > > The setup recently stopped working. Gmail SMTP keeps returning > > "service unavailable". > > > > I think it has something to do with the recent changes in Gmail > > authentication procedures. > > > > Does anyone know how to make the relaying work again? I could not > > find anything on the Net. > > I'm assuming you are pushing the mail to gmail through port 465 or > 587. If that's the case, if you aren't already, you will need to set > up and use a google "app password". Alternatively, get whatever you > are using on the centos side that authenticates with gmail to support > OAuth 2. > > You can no longer use your google side-wide password to authenticate > 3rd party apps with gmail so need to use one of the alternatives in > its place. > > I would actually expect you to get an authentication failure message > so they may have changed something else that disabled this approach. > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 guest on virt-manager
I have no experience with virt-manager, but I'm gonna guess that CDRoms don't do secure boot? If so, and you turned it off in that VM it might boot. Fred On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 2:43 PM Jerry Geis wrote: > Hello - > > I am running Centos 7 virt-manager which I have used for years. > Trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 as a guest. I have set up the CDRom - even > disconnected and reset it - but it never boots the CDROM ??? Why ? > > It just defaults back to the OS that is already loaded. > > I'm confused. Why don't it boot the CDROM. I event set the boot options to > BOOT CDROM and unchecked everything else. I have the VM machine set for > secure boot. > > Thanks > > Jerry > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Updating a package to one from a different repository
Delete the package then reinstall from EPEL??? On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 10:33 Kenneth Porter wrote: > At some point I updated fail2ban from a copr repo to get the latest > release. That repo no longer exists but a newer version is available in > EPEL. Is there a direct way to get yum to update using the different repo? > Or do I need to save my config and DB, erase the old version, and install > the new one from EPEL? > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] chkrootkit---abandoned???
Just tried to check for updated chkrootkit and it appears there haven't been any since 0.53, 3 1/2 years ago. Anybody know if it is now accessible somewhere other than www.chkrootkit.org ?? Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printing on C8S
OK, I've done those commands, and the system thinks it has a printer configured. I had assumed that the everywhere driver meant we'd be using "ipp everywhere", which I had assumed meant I would NOT need to install Brother drivers. but send a print job causes no paper to come out of the printer, and I see this in lpstat -t output: $ lpstat -t scheduler is running no system default destination device for DCP7065DN: ///dev/null DCP7065DN accepting requests since Fri 07 Jan 2022 10:46:21 AM EST printer DCP7065DN is idle. enabled since Fri 07 Jan 2022 10:46:21 AM EST File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN" not available: No such file or directory DCP7065DN-6 fredex 867328 Fri 07 Jan 2022 10:46:21 AM EST which makes me guess I still need the Brother drivers. I can certainly go get them and install them (not as if I hadn't done it before on multiple systems), but I was hoping that "ipp everywhere" would work. [later] I managed to get a working printer by using the Gnome printer configuration tool. but it wasn't fun. I had to install the Brother drivers because 'everywhere' doesn't seem to work with my Brother printer (possibly Brother's fault, I dunno). the gnome printer setup tool is anything but intuitive--despite what the help system says I can't find any way to define the default printer, there's just no option there where help says it should be. when I enter the URI of the printer (ipp://192.168.2.97/ipp) it lists three choices of printers, as far as I can tell, only one of them actually prints anything. but then I shouldn't be surprised at the ugly tool, it fits right in with the rest of the Gnome desktop. Unfortunately, the MATE for Centos-8 seems to be a one-off by a 3rd party, so I can't complain to the Mate community about its lack of a printer config tool (or other tools that don't work). In fact, system-config-printer does seem to exist, but (1) it isn't found in any menu I can find, anywhere, but on disk, if one searches with some diligence, and (2) when I attempt to invoke it "python36 gui.py" it just errors out on me. since I don't know any more about python than it takes to type that command, I don't know how to fix it. I'm guessing it has never been ported to Python 3.x. I'd like to stay with CentOS or other RH-derived distro, but not if I'm forced to use Gnome desktop. Thanks for all the various replies you all sent me! Fred On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 10:21 AM Fred wrote: > John, it is a Brother DCP7065DN, on the hardwired network and visible to > all the computers here. > > Actually, I just installed Mate (can't stand that Gnome-thing) but neither > it nor Gnome shows any printer config utilities. > > Barry, I'll check into lpadmin. Still, I'd think there would be something > actually visible in one of the menus, and as far as I can see there isn't. > > Fred > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 2:34 AM John Call wrote: > >> Hi Fred, can you share a little bit more information? For example, are you >> using the default Gnome desktop environment? What kind of printer do you >> have? How is it connected to C8S (USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet...?) >> >> I use Gnome, and it's been a long time since I had to poke around with >> CUPS. My Brother printer (MFC-9340CDW) is pretty old these days, but still >> works after I download and install the "Driver Install Tool" RPM from the >> brother.com website... >> >> On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 9:16 PM Fred wrote: >> >> > OK, I give up. How do I configure a printer on Centos 8 Stream? I can't >> > find any tools for doing that. >> > >> > further, there doesn't seem to be a cups executable (which should allow >> > setting up a printer) though there ARE a bunch of cups packages >> installed. >> > >> > Anyone got any clues for me? >> > >> > Thanks in advance! >> > >> > Fred >> > ___ >> > CentOS mailing list >> > CentOS@centos.org >> > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printing on C8S
On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 10:21:01 -0500 Fred wrote: > John, it is a Brother DCP7065DN, on the hardwired network and visible > to all the computers here. > > Actually, I just installed Mate (can't stand that Gnome-thing) but > neither it nor Gnome shows any printer config utilities. > > Barry, I'll check into lpadmin. Still, I'd think there would be > something actually visible in one of the menus, and as far as I can > see there isn't. > > Fred On Fedora Mate, printer settings are in: System > Control Center > Administration, Print Settings. Fred, too. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printing on C8S
John, it is a Brother DCP7065DN, on the hardwired network and visible to all the computers here. Actually, I just installed Mate (can't stand that Gnome-thing) but neither it nor Gnome shows any printer config utilities. Barry, I'll check into lpadmin. Still, I'd think there would be something actually visible in one of the menus, and as far as I can see there isn't. Fred On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 2:34 AM John Call wrote: > Hi Fred, can you share a little bit more information? For example, are you > using the default Gnome desktop environment? What kind of printer do you > have? How is it connected to C8S (USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet...?) > > I use Gnome, and it's been a long time since I had to poke around with > CUPS. My Brother printer (MFC-9340CDW) is pretty old these days, but still > works after I download and install the "Driver Install Tool" RPM from the > brother.com website... > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 9:16 PM Fred wrote: > > > OK, I give up. How do I configure a printer on Centos 8 Stream? I can't > > find any tools for doing that. > > > > further, there doesn't seem to be a cups executable (which should allow > > setting up a printer) though there ARE a bunch of cups packages > installed. > > > > Anyone got any clues for me? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Fred > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] printing on C8S
OK, I give up. How do I configure a printer on Centos 8 Stream? I can't find any tools for doing that. further, there doesn't seem to be a cups executable (which should allow setting up a printer) though there ARE a bunch of cups packages installed. Anyone got any clues for me? Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to clear out /var/cache?
well, I removed all the files in the tree under /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7 but left all the directories empty. that got rid of a couple gigs of stuff. among the remains, the only other big one remaining is: 2.3G abrt-di which I won't mess with for now. I've got 4.2G free, now, so that should run me for quite a while. Thanks to all of you for your tips! Fred On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 10:38 AM Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 at 18:21, Fred wrote: > > > Is it safe to just remove files from /var/cache on a running system, or > is > > there a correct procedure for doing that? > > > > Mine has hit over 3 gigs, making it one of the larger directories in /, > > which is running low on space. I've hit all the low-hanging fruit I can > > find and now I come to things like /var/cache, and I don't know what to > do > > about such. > > > > > The first step is to find out what is using it. It is probably dnf but > could be other utilities which are trying and failing to do something. I > start off with > > ``` > $ sudo -i > # cd /var/cache > # du -sch | sort -h > 0 ./PackageKit > 0 ./app-info > 0 ./bpf > 0 ./fwupd > 0 ./httpd > 0 ./krb5rcache > 0 ./libX11 > 0 ./libvirt > 0 ./private > 0 ./realmd > 36K ./ldconfig > 1.7M./man > 29M ./dnf > 31M total > > while on a different system: > 4.0K./abrt-di > 4.0K./bpf > 4.0K./foomatic > 4.0K./krb5rcache > 4.0K./private > 4.0K./realmd > 8.0K./httpd > 8.0K./libX11 > 8.0K./powertop > 96K ./ldconfig > 300K./ibus > 520K./libvirt > 3.5M./man > 4.2M./fwupd > 38M ./app-info > 59M ./cups > 213M./PackageKit > 332M./dnf > 2.1G./mock > 2.7Gtotal > > ``` > > As others have noted, dnf is probably the most used tool here, but it could > be mock or some other utility (I had cups because I misconfigured something > once) > > dnf is a tricky tool because sometimes a command will create a > 'not-so-temporary' cached tree which can't be cleaned because `dnf clean > all` doesn't know it. What I do is a `dnf clean all` and then go into > /var/cache/dnf and see what else might be still there. In my case I found a > large trove of packages from when I had enabled testing at one point and > then turned it off before doing a clean. I normally just delete all the > directories and do a `dnf update` to see if it reports errors. > > Hope this helps. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Fred > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen. > Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. > -- Ian MacClaren > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to clear out /var/cache?
Skylar: that's more or less what I've been doing, looking for huge things in /. Kenneth: the latest version of kdirstat appears to now be named qdirstat, no kde bits required. it is certainly a handy way to quickly find the disk space sinks. Thanks for the pointer. but I still don't know the proper way to clear out a lot of this stuff. I certainly don't want to hose my system. It is C7, up to date, and it has been running for at least five years with partitions as they are set now: / is 50 gigs. had a popup message this morning telling me that / was nearly full. found it with 2 gigs free. sounds as if something has been slowly eating away at the space. I could use gparted to rearrange things, making / bigger, but as it has been going for five years, it strikes me that it more likely needs a lot of garbage collection to be done. I've manually cleaned up some detritus, it now reports 3.7G free which should hold me for a little while. So, can anyone advise me on what is and what is not safe to whack/delete from the root partition? Thanks! Fred On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 7:16 PM Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Thursday, December 30, 2021 6:20 PM -0500 Fred > > wrote: > > > Mine has hit over 3 gigs, making it one of the larger directories in /, > > which is running low on space. I've hit all the low-hanging fruit I can > > find and now I come to things like /var/cache, and I don't know what to > do > > about such. > > Have you run KDirStat to find the disk pigs? I regularly use its Windows > derivative, WinDirStat. > > <http://kdirstat.sourceforge.net/> > <https://windirstat.net/> > > I wish there was a web-based version for headless servers without X > libraries. > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] how to clear out /var/cache?
Is it safe to just remove files from /var/cache on a running system, or is there a correct procedure for doing that? Mine has hit over 3 gigs, making it one of the larger directories in /, which is running low on space. I've hit all the low-hanging fruit I can find and now I come to things like /var/cache, and I don't know what to do about such. Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] C9S
Hi! I'm experimenting with C9 Stream, in Virtualbox. I'm hoping someone, somewhere, will provide the Mate desktop for it. I positively cannot stand that Gnome thing that they think we should all be using. I've installed C9 and C9S for epel but they don't have it (yet??) either. Anyone know where I can find it? Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mounting XFS RAID-1 disk partition that needs repair.
Ah HA! I b elieve I saw in a dump somewhere that it was 0.9. so I should be off to the races! Thanks! Fred On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 1:14 PM Simon Matter wrote: > > haven't tried the suggestions yet, but here is some diagnostics on what > > happens when I attempt to mount it: > > upon running *mdadm --assemble /dev/md40 /mnt/dvd --run*, info from > > /var/log/messages): > > (note that /mnt/dvd is just an empty mount point that exists, used here > > for > > convenience). > > > > Nov 24 12:21:42 fcshome kernel: md: md40 stopped. > > Nov 24 12:21:42 fcshome kernel: md/raid1:md40: active with 1 out of 2 > > mirrors > > Nov 24 12:21:42 fcshome kernel: md40: detected capacity change from 0 to > > 996887429120 > > > > output from doing: > > sudo mount /dev/md40 /mnt/dvd > > mount: mount /dev/md40 on /mnt/dvd failed: Structure needs cleaning > > > > corresponding items from /var/log/messages: > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): Superblock earlier than > > Version > > 5 has XFS_[PQ]UOTA_{ENFD|CHKD} bits. > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): Metadata corruption detected > > at > > xfs_sb_read_verify+0x122/0x160 [xfs], xfs_sb block 0xff > > ff > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): Unmount and run xfs_repair > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): First 128 bytes of corrupted > > metadata buffer: > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e: 58 46 53 42 00 00 10 00 > > 00 00 00 00 0e 81 b1 e0 XFSB > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0020: d2 22 a7 30 dd 88 48 8b > > bd bb 9c 8b 2a 22 72 cc .".0..H.*"r. > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0030: 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 04 > > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 81 > > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 82 > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0050: 00 00 00 01 00 74 0d 8f > > 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 .t. > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0060: 00 00 80 00 30 c4 02 00 > > 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 0... > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > 0c 09 08 04 17 00 00 19 > > Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): SB validate failed with error > > -117. > > > > running xfs_repair give: > > sudo xfs_repair /dev/md40 > > Phase 1 - find and verify superblock... > > xfs_repair: V1 inodes unsupported. Please try an older xfsprogs. > > > > before proceeding with other experiments, I decided to use dd to create > an > > image file on my local disk of that partition so I could mess with it > with > > less chance of trashing the on-disk partition. when attempting to use it, > > I > > get: > > > > sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md41 ./part4.img --run > > mdadm: ./part4.img is not a block device. > > mdadm: ./part4.img has no superblock - assembly aborted > > > > So, I thought maybe the image had somehow become corrupted, so I did: > > > > sudo md5sum /dev/sdd4 > > bd7cac3c886e7b3110e28100e119bb82 /dev/sdd4 > > > > and > > > > md5sum part4.img > > bd7cac3c886e7b3110e28100e119bb82 part4.img > > > > which shows the partition and its disk image to be identical. > > > > Why shouldn't a dd image of a partition work just as well (for my > > purposes) > > as the actual disk partition? I've certainly done this before with EXTn > > and > > NTFS filesystems, is XFS somehow different in this regard? > > > > Do any of you know what I'm doing wrong here? > > I'm not sure but I think you are making it too complicated. > > If the partition is from a software RAID 1, then you should be able to use > it directly without building an mdadm array. > > That said, it depends on the metadata type IIRC. If metadata is in the > beginning of the partition, then you have to remove it by doing a dd to a > file and skipping the metadata in the beginning of the partition. > > md raid metadata locations: > 0.9 At the end of the device > 1.0 At the end of the device > 1.1 At the beginning of the device > 1.2 4K from the beginning of the device > > So with metadata versions 0.9 0r 1.0, you could directly use the md > partition like a normal partition, only some bytes in the end are not used > by the filesystem. > > Regards, > Simon > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mounting XFS RAID-1 disk partition that needs repair.
haven't tried the suggestions yet, but here is some diagnostics on what happens when I attempt to mount it: upon running *mdadm --assemble /dev/md40 /mnt/dvd --run*, info from /var/log/messages): (note that /mnt/dvd is just an empty mount point that exists, used here for convenience). Nov 24 12:21:42 fcshome kernel: md: md40 stopped. Nov 24 12:21:42 fcshome kernel: md/raid1:md40: active with 1 out of 2 mirrors Nov 24 12:21:42 fcshome kernel: md40: detected capacity change from 0 to 996887429120 output from doing: sudo mount /dev/md40 /mnt/dvd mount: mount /dev/md40 on /mnt/dvd failed: Structure needs cleaning corresponding items from /var/log/messages: Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): Superblock earlier than Version 5 has XFS_[PQ]UOTA_{ENFD|CHKD} bits. Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): Metadata corruption detected at xfs_sb_read_verify+0x122/0x160 [xfs], xfs_sb block 0xff ff Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): Unmount and run xfs_repair Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): First 128 bytes of corrupted metadata buffer: Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e: 58 46 53 42 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 0e 81 b1 e0 XFSB Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0020: d2 22 a7 30 dd 88 48 8b bd bb 9c 8b 2a 22 72 cc .".0..H.*"r. Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0030: 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 81 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 82 Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0050: 00 00 00 01 00 74 0d 8f 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 .t. Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0060: 00 00 80 00 30 c4 02 00 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 0... Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: 8e0c8f4e0070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 09 08 04 17 00 00 19 Nov 24 12:22:55 fcshome kernel: XFS (md40): SB validate failed with error -117. running xfs_repair give: sudo xfs_repair /dev/md40 Phase 1 - find and verify superblock... xfs_repair: V1 inodes unsupported. Please try an older xfsprogs. before proceeding with other experiments, I decided to use dd to create an image file on my local disk of that partition so I could mess with it with less chance of trashing the on-disk partition. when attempting to use it, I get: sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md41 ./part4.img --run mdadm: ./part4.img is not a block device. mdadm: ./part4.img has no superblock - assembly aborted So, I thought maybe the image had somehow become corrupted, so I did: sudo md5sum /dev/sdd4 bd7cac3c886e7b3110e28100e119bb82 /dev/sdd4 and md5sum part4.img bd7cac3c886e7b3110e28100e119bb82 part4.img which shows the partition and its disk image to be identical. Why shouldn't a dd image of a partition work just as well (for my purposes) as the actual disk partition? I've certainly done this before with EXTn and NTFS filesystems, is XFS somehow different in this regard? Do any of you know what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks in advance! Fred On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 3:57 PM Fred wrote: > I'll take a look at these two ideas soon. Thanks! > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 10:03 AM Simon Matter > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> > I'm attempting to extract data from a HD that has a bunch of linux-raid >> > partitions, including one large one with data I need to save off the >> disk. >> > >> > I actually have two drives like that (both not from the same RAID pair), >> > and one of them I was successful in creating a MD device so I could >> mount >> > it RO and copy off a ton of data. >> > >> > the second one fails to mount, saying the XFS filesystem is corrupted. >> > Attempting to run XFS_repair I get a message that the filesystem is >> XFS-1 >> > and I need an older version of XFS tools to do it. >> >> Are you sure the filesystem is really corrupt? Maybe it's only your kernel >> which doesn't understand the old XFS version? >> >> To use older xfs_repair, you can just download an older version like >> xfsprogs-2.9.4-1.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm, extract it to a directory and call >> the xfs_repair binary from the package. >> >> I'm not sure whether you need a matching xfs kernel module to run >> xfs_repair successfully. >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mounting XFS RAID-1 disk partition that needs repair.
I'll take a look at these two ideas soon. Thanks! On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 10:03 AM Simon Matter wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm attempting to extract data from a HD that has a bunch of linux-raid > > partitions, including one large one with data I need to save off the > disk. > > > > I actually have two drives like that (both not from the same RAID pair), > > and one of them I was successful in creating a MD device so I could mount > > it RO and copy off a ton of data. > > > > the second one fails to mount, saying the XFS filesystem is corrupted. > > Attempting to run XFS_repair I get a message that the filesystem is XFS-1 > > and I need an older version of XFS tools to do it. > > Are you sure the filesystem is really corrupt? Maybe it's only your kernel > which doesn't understand the old XFS version? > > To use older xfs_repair, you can just download an older version like > xfsprogs-2.9.4-1.el4.centos.x86_64.rpm, extract it to a directory and call > the xfs_repair binary from the package. > > I'm not sure whether you need a matching xfs kernel module to run > xfs_repair successfully. > > Regards, > Simon > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] mounting XFS RAID-1 disk partition that needs repair.
I'm attempting to extract data from a HD that has a bunch of linux-raid partitions, including one large one with data I need to save off the disk. I actually have two drives like that (both not from the same RAID pair), and one of them I was successful in creating a MD device so I could mount it RO and copy off a ton of data. the second one fails to mount, saying the XFS filesystem is corrupted. Attempting to run XFS_repair I get a message that the filesystem is XFS-1 and I need an older version of XFS tools to do it. I'm running Centos-7 with whatever version of XFS tools comes with it, according to 'yum list installed' it appears to be xfsprogs 4.5.0-22.el7. I don't particularly want to install another, older, version of xfsprogs on this system. can anyone suggest any other way to gain access to this disk partition? Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Auditing all Linux clients with centralised server
I don't think it is a problem limited to America. Greed exists worldwide. On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 8:48 AM mario juliano grande-balletta < mario.balle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Before anyone mentions "charity" and Bill Gates foundation > just remember how many good technology companies and software that > Microsoft destroyed with FUD tactics in the 80's, 90's, and > 2000's. > charity begins at home they say in America... > what about those few million employees who lost jobs, homes, cars, > savings because Microsoft destroyed their companies? what about > them? where was their charity? > In America it's all too common to use treachery, dishonesty in business > and politics to climb to the top, and destroy competition, and then > pretend to give to charitable causes... > pure hypocrisyblatant hypocrisy > I for one cannot be bought, never.. > as a veteran and so many other things, I will never surrender to > corporate bullying from anyone, including Amazon, I left AWS for > similar reasons.. > I am proud to say I have not used a Windows OS since > 1995and still refuse to this day to allow any Microsoft > devices attach to my SOHO networks... > same for Apple and IBM and Oracle. > freedom is more than an idea, more than a principle, it is a lifestyle > too! > > > > > > > On Fri, 2021-07-09 at 08:14 -0400, mario juliano grande-balletta wrote: > > This is what I remember about evil > > Microsoft... > > In 1992, Microsoft released Windows NT, and advertised it as the > > greatest operating system and began giving away free licenses to > > colleges and universities and hiring public relations firms to > > publish phony surveys and results to prove Windows NT was better than > > Novell NetWare or any other OS. Meanwhile, it took 4 years for > > Microsoft to finally install Windows NT at their HQ in Redmond, > > Washington. Why so long? Because they were successfully running > > Novell NetWare, the same NetWare that Microsoft was slowly destroying > > with FUD in the tech journals and media with phony surveys. > > Someone here said a leopard never changes his spots, KUDOS Sir! > > Microsoft is a cancer, a cancer to freedom, a cancer to innovation > > and always was, who didn't they destroy back in the 90's and early > > 2000's? They stole Word from WordPerfect, they stole Office from > > Borland, and Excel was plagiarized from Lotus 1-2-3. > > Microsoft deserves to be hacked and destroyed and is the epitome of > > the most evil and treacherous an American corporation can > > become. > > I HATE MICROSOFT and so do many others who survived their FUD tactics > > from the 90's. Some of you weren't even born yet... > > I know Gates and Ballmer and company all to welllong before the > > documentaries "Pirates Of Silicon Valley" and "Triumph Of The Nerds". > > Any efforts they make toward linux are for control and never for > > freedom or innovation. Control, power, greed are their only goals, > > always. > > WAKE UP! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2021-07-09 at 09:25 +0200, Ralf Prengel wrote: > > > Zitat von Kaushal Shriyan : > > > Hi, > > > I have 20 Linux servers in the network. Is there a way to audit all > > > Linuxclients using a centralized server? For example, what commands > > > are run byJohn on Linuxnode1? Steve on Linuxnode15? and so on and > > > so forth totrack user activity. Which files have been modified or > > > edited or commandsetc.. by the users. > > > I have installed auditd, but it is local to the Linux server.Thanks > > > in advance. > > > > > > Hallo,what is about ansible for example.Ralf > > > > > > > > > ___CentOS mailing > > > listcen...@centos.org > > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Audacity
I built it from source, once, several years ago. don't recall h aving had any problems. You may try that a last resort, y'know? On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 7:35 PM mark wrote: > I'm trying to record a reading of my just-published novel... and I'm > underwhelmed. In KDE, I select multimedia->audacity, and it crashes. I > can get it to run from a command line, but if I try to start "new", it > crashes. When I was testing, and got the correct mike, then wanted to > delete what I'd done and actually start, it crashes. > > This is as installed, nothing odd. > > Recommendations (other than reinstall)? > > mark > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Resize a VM: any risk involved ?
I'm using VirtualBox for a few VMs, the biggest one is a Ubuntu 20.04 that ocassionally grows too small, so I use virtualbox tools to enlarge the disk then boot up something that h as gparted in it and use gparted to stretch/move partitions. Not being familiar with (i.e., not having used) KVM I can't say what's the best way, but it seems to me that gparted would be easier than the steps you described., once you've changed the partition size. On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 11:43 AM Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently fiddling with KVM, Proxmox and various VMs. > > I setup a very basic VM with a manual (fdisk) partitioning scheme: one > /boot > partition, one swap partition, and one root partition, the latter being the > last partition and thus expandable). > > I'm starting with a reduced disk size (6 GB in total) and a minimal > installation. The idea behind this approach is that I can clone this > minimal VM > and then eventually expand it to fit my needs. > > Here's how I expand the available disk size. > > First I increase the virtual disk in the hypervisor. > > Then I fire up the VM and do the following: > > # yum install cloud-utils-growpart > # lsblk > # growpart -v /dev/sda 3 > # resize2fs /dev/sda3 > > Now here's my question (finally): is there any risk involved in this sort > of > operation? Or can it be performed on a production system without having to > worry about data loss? > > Cheers from the sunny South of France, > > Niki > > -- > Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables > 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat > Site : https://www.microlinux.fr > Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr > Mail : i...@microlinux.fr > Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 > Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12 > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] video driver for NVIDIA Quadro
is that a notebook? There is a listing at nvidia.com for a K3100M at this page: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/153717/en-us On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 11:00 PM Fred wrote: > Have you looked at Nvidia.com? They probably have something for it unless > it is truly ancient. > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 7:48 PM R C wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> >> I am running Centos/RHEL 8 on a Dell precision M6800/6700 with a: NVIDIA >> Corporation GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] >> >> >> Is there a driver for that one? or am I stuck with nouveaux ? >> >> >> thanks, >> >> >> Ron >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] video driver for NVIDIA Quadro
Have you looked at Nvidia.com? They probably have something for it unless it is truly ancient. On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 7:48 PM R C wrote: > Hello, > > > I am running Centos/RHEL 8 on a Dell precision M6800/6700 with a: NVIDIA > Corporation GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] > > > Is there a driver for that one? or am I stuck with nouveaux ? > > > thanks, > > > Ron > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] almalinux?
There used to be several RHEL clones too, but many (some??) have dropped by the wayside. I started with TaoLinux, a rebuild of EL6, by basically one guy at a university, because he wanted his own RHEL clone to run at work. when he changed jobs he worked with Johnny to come up with a transition for Taolinux users to turn their systems into CentOS systems. As I understand it, also, Scientific Linux has quit and urges its users to go to Centos (or did, before the big hullabaloo in the CentOS world). there was also Whitebox LInux, but I don't know what ever became of it. So, hopefully those doing rebuilds of 8 will also eventually coalesce into a smaller number, hopefully 1. Fred On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 2:31 PM Simon Matter wrote: > > Anyone looked into almalinux? I was sort of waiting for rocky, but I see > > from over the weekend on slashdot that almalinux stable is released. > > > > mark > > I hoped they would join forces and produce only one RHEL clone but put > some effort into bringing EPEL to a usable state for EL8 instead. IMHO > that would help *MUCH* more than to have two almost identical rebuilds of > RHEL. > > Simon > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to reset the USB subsystem?
from a non-expert (me): possibly figure out what happens when the device is plugged/unplugged and doing that by hand. if you can find the udev file(s) that manage the port(s) that get hung you may be able to figure out what those steps would be. or you could try, when hung, plugging it into a different USB port... some motherboards have multiple USB controllers, so even if one gets wedged tight, the other one(s) shouldn't be. Good Luck! Fred On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:22 AM Frank Bures wrote: > Hi, > > my USB connected printer goes into deep space from time to time probably > due to a HW problem on the MoBo. > > Is there a way how to reset the USB subsystem the same way one can restart > networking or X without the necessity to reboot? > > Thanks > Frank > > -- > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
Seems to be. Thanks again! Fred On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 1:46 AM Simon Matter wrote: > Hi Fred, no I was asking about the auto mount and umount issue you had. > Did you get it to work correctly? > > Simon > > > Simon, if you're talking about the occasional crash, I don't know, since > > it > > happens only occasionally. If I can make it thru six months without > seeing > > it, then I'll declare it fixed. > > > > Thanks! > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:23 PM Simon Matter > > wrote: > > > >> Have you been able to fix the issue? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Simon > >> > >> > OK, here's where I stand now: > >> > 1. I stopped and disabled autofs. (I have 2 SMB filesystems out on the > >> LAN > >> > that have also been automounting with autofs, do I need to do similar > >> > changes in fstab for them?) > >> > 2. yes it has. > >> > 3. none I can see. > >> > 4. nothing that leaps out at me. there are a couple about /mnt/backup > >> not > >> > existing but they appear to be old ones, aren't happening anymore. > >> > > >> > So, I've made a minor tweak to /etc/fstab, nothing that should matter. > >> > rebooted, and when it comes up /mnt/backup is mounted. TWICE, > >> according > >> to > >> > the output of mount: > >> > > >> > $ mount | grep backup > >> > systemd-1 on /mnt/backup type autofs > >> > > >> > (rw,relatime,fd=25,pgrp=1,timeout=900,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=9840) > >> > /dev/sdc1 on /mnt/backup type ext4 > >> > (rw,relatime,seclabel,stripe=8191,data=ordered) > >> > > >> > is this really a double mount, or is this what I'm supposed to be > >> seeing? > >> > > >> > doesn't seem to timeout and auto umount. > >> > > >> > Thanks again for your assistance! > >> > > >> > Fred > >> > > >> > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:48 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS > >> > > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> Verify that: > >> >> 1. Autofs is not running > >> >> 2. Systemd has created '.mount' and '.automount' units > >> >> systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > >> >> systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > >> >> > >> >> 3. Verify that there are no errors in local-fs.target > >> >> systemctl status local-fs.target > >> >> > >> >> 4. Check for errors via: > >> >> mount -a > >> >> journalctl -e > >> >> > >> >> Best Regards > >> >> Strahil Nikolov > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> В понеделник, 4 януари 2021 г., 01:29:25 Гринуич+2, Fred < > >> >> fred.fre...@gmail.com> написа: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> OK, I think I've got it set up as described here, while fixing the > >> >> misplaced fields in /etc/fstab: > >> >> > >> >> UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backupext4 > >> >> x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 > >> >> > >> >> now when I do, e.g., "ls /mnt/backup" > >> >> > >> >> I get: > >> >> > >> >> $ sudo !! > >> >> sudo ls /mnt/backup > >> >> ls: cannot open directory /mnt/backup: No such file or directory > >> >> > >> >> if I do: > >> >> > >> >> ls /mnt > >> >> > >> >> I see: > >> >> > >> >> backup > >> >> > >> >> use su to become root, then: > >> >> ls -l /mnt shows: > >> >> > >> >> # ls -al > >> >> total 4 > >> >> drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 . > >> >> dr-xr-xr-x. 21 root root 4096 Jan 2 09:22 .. > >> >> dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 backup > >> >> > >> >> ls backup shows: > >> >> > >> >> # ls -al backup > >> >> ls: cannot open directory backup: No such file or directory > >> >> > >&
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
Simon, if you're talking about the occasional crash, I don't know, since it happens only occasionally. If I can make it thru six months without seeing it, then I'll declare it fixed. Thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:23 PM Simon Matter wrote: > Have you been able to fix the issue? > > Regards, > Simon > > > OK, here's where I stand now: > > 1. I stopped and disabled autofs. (I have 2 SMB filesystems out on the > LAN > > that have also been automounting with autofs, do I need to do similar > > changes in fstab for them?) > > 2. yes it has. > > 3. none I can see. > > 4. nothing that leaps out at me. there are a couple about /mnt/backup not > > existing but they appear to be old ones, aren't happening anymore. > > > > So, I've made a minor tweak to /etc/fstab, nothing that should matter. > > rebooted, and when it comes up /mnt/backup is mounted. TWICE, according > to > > the output of mount: > > > > $ mount | grep backup > > systemd-1 on /mnt/backup type autofs > > > (rw,relatime,fd=25,pgrp=1,timeout=900,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=9840) > > /dev/sdc1 on /mnt/backup type ext4 > > (rw,relatime,seclabel,stripe=8191,data=ordered) > > > > is this really a double mount, or is this what I'm supposed to be seeing? > > > > doesn't seem to timeout and auto umount. > > > > Thanks again for your assistance! > > > > Fred > > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:48 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS > > > > wrote: > > > >> Verify that: > >> 1. Autofs is not running > >> 2. Systemd has created '.mount' and '.automount' units > >> systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > >> systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > >> > >> 3. Verify that there are no errors in local-fs.target > >> systemctl status local-fs.target > >> > >> 4. Check for errors via: > >> mount -a > >> journalctl -e > >> > >> Best Regards > >> Strahil Nikolov > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> В понеделник, 4 януари 2021 г., 01:29:25 Гринуич+2, Fred < > >> fred.fre...@gmail.com> написа: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> OK, I think I've got it set up as described here, while fixing the > >> misplaced fields in /etc/fstab: > >> > >> UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backupext4 > >> x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 > >> > >> now when I do, e.g., "ls /mnt/backup" > >> > >> I get: > >> > >> $ sudo !! > >> sudo ls /mnt/backup > >> ls: cannot open directory /mnt/backup: No such file or directory > >> > >> if I do: > >> > >> ls /mnt > >> > >> I see: > >> > >> backup > >> > >> use su to become root, then: > >> ls -l /mnt shows: > >> > >> # ls -al > >> total 4 > >> drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 . > >> dr-xr-xr-x. 21 root root 4096 Jan 2 09:22 .. > >> dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 backup > >> > >> ls backup shows: > >> > >> # ls -al backup > >> ls: cannot open directory backup: No such file or directory > >> > >> why? it clearly appears to exist > >> > >> the FS isn't mounted, but /mnt/backup exists, so it should be visible as > >> an > >> entry directory. also, I can mount it manually: > >> > >> mount UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > >> > >> and then access it. but it doesn't automount with, e.g. "ls /mnt/backup" > >> or > >> "ls /mnt/backup/backups". > >> > >> I must still be doing something wrong but maybe I'm too stupid to see > >> it. > >> (Please don't agree with me publicly...! :=) ) > >> > >> Fred > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 4:36 PM Pete Biggs wrote: > >> > >> > > > >> > > I commented out those entries in /etc/auto.master before modifying > >> the > >> > > fstab entry: > >> > > > >> > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > >> > > ext4,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min noauto 0 > >> 2 > >> > > >> > That's not correct. See 'man fstab'. It shou
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
OK, here's where I stand now: 1. I stopped and disabled autofs. (I have 2 SMB filesystems out on the LAN that have also been automounting with autofs, do I need to do similar changes in fstab for them?) 2. yes it has. 3. none I can see. 4. nothing that leaps out at me. there are a couple about /mnt/backup not existing but they appear to be old ones, aren't happening anymore. So, I've made a minor tweak to /etc/fstab, nothing that should matter. rebooted, and when it comes up /mnt/backup is mounted. TWICE, according to the output of mount: $ mount | grep backup systemd-1 on /mnt/backup type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=25,pgrp=1,timeout=900,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=9840) /dev/sdc1 on /mnt/backup type ext4 (rw,relatime,seclabel,stripe=8191,data=ordered) is this really a double mount, or is this what I'm supposed to be seeing? doesn't seem to timeout and auto umount. Thanks again for your assistance! Fred On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 7:48 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS wrote: > Verify that: > 1. Autofs is not running > 2. Systemd has created '.mount' and '.automount' units > systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > > 3. Verify that there are no errors in local-fs.target > systemctl status local-fs.target > > 4. Check for errors via: > mount -a > journalctl -e > > Best Regards > Strahil Nikolov > > > > > > В понеделник, 4 януари 2021 г., 01:29:25 Гринуич+2, Fred < > fred.fre...@gmail.com> написа: > > > > > > OK, I think I've got it set up as described here, while fixing the > misplaced fields in /etc/fstab: > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backupext4 > x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 > > now when I do, e.g., "ls /mnt/backup" > > I get: > > $ sudo !! > sudo ls /mnt/backup > ls: cannot open directory /mnt/backup: No such file or directory > > if I do: > > ls /mnt > > I see: > > backup > > use su to become root, then: > ls -l /mnt shows: > > # ls -al > total 4 > drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 . > dr-xr-xr-x. 21 root root 4096 Jan 2 09:22 .. > dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 backup > > ls backup shows: > > # ls -al backup > ls: cannot open directory backup: No such file or directory > > why? it clearly appears to exist > > the FS isn't mounted, but /mnt/backup exists, so it should be visible as an > entry directory. also, I can mount it manually: > > mount UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > > and then access it. but it doesn't automount with, e.g. "ls /mnt/backup" or > "ls /mnt/backup/backups". > > I must still be doing something wrong but maybe I'm too stupid to see it. > (Please don't agree with me publicly...! :=) ) > > Fred > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 4:36 PM Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > I commented out those entries in /etc/auto.master before modifying the > > > fstab entry: > > > > > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > > > ext4,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min noauto 0 2 > > > > That's not correct. See 'man fstab'. It should be > > > >device mount-point filesystem-type options dump fsck > > > > So you should have: > > > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup ext4 > > x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 > > > > > > > > > > which is exactly as it was before except for the x-systemd entries as > you > > > described. > > > > Yeah, you put them in the wrong place. > > > > > > P. > > > > > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
OK, I think I've got it set up as described here, while fixing the misplaced fields in /etc/fstab: UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup ext4 x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 now when I do, e.g., "ls /mnt/backup" I get: $ sudo !! sudo ls /mnt/backup ls: cannot open directory /mnt/backup: No such file or directory if I do: ls /mnt I see: backup use su to become root, then: ls -l /mnt shows: # ls -al total 4 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 . dr-xr-xr-x. 21 root root 4096 Jan 2 09:22 .. dr-xr-xr-x. 2 root root0 Jan 2 13:24 backup ls backup shows: # ls -al backup ls: cannot open directory backup: No such file or directory why? it clearly appears to exist the FS isn't mounted, but /mnt/backup exists, so it should be visible as an entry directory. also, I can mount it manually: mount UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup and then access it. but it doesn't automount with, e.g. "ls /mnt/backup" or "ls /mnt/backup/backups". I must still be doing something wrong but maybe I'm too stupid to see it. (Please don't agree with me publicly...! :=) ) Fred On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 4:36 PM Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > I commented out those entries in /etc/auto.master before modifying the > > fstab entry: > > > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > > ext4,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min noauto 0 2 > > That's not correct. See 'man fstab'. It should be > > device mount-point filesystem-type options dump fsck > > So you should have: > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup ext4 > x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min,noauto 0 2 > > > > > > which is exactly as it was before except for the x-systemd entries as you > > described. > > Yeah, you put them in the wrong place. > > > P. > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
$ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) $ sudo systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount [sudo] password for fredex: ● mnt-backup.mount - /mnt/backup Loaded: loaded (/etc/fstab; bad; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (mounted) since Sat 2021-01-02 22:20:05 EST; 14h ago Where: /mnt/backup What: /dev/sdc1 Docs: man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8) Tasks: 0 ● mnt-backup.automount Loaded: loaded Active: inactive (dead) Where: /mnt/backup [fredex@fcshome Desktop]$ systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount No files found for mnt-backup.automount. # /run/systemd/generator/mnt-backup.mount # Automatically generated by systemd-fstab-generator [Unit] SourcePath=/etc/fstab Documentation=man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8) RequiresOverridable=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by \x2duuid-259ec5ea\x2de8a4\x2d465a\x2 After=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by \x2duuid-259ec5ea\x2de8a4\x2d465a\x2d9263\x2d1c062 [Mount] What=/dev/disk/by-uuid/259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf Where=/mnt/backup Type=ext4 Options=noauto the fstab statement I put in my last posting was a copy/paste from /etc/fstab, so it should be correct as shown. I don't see a comma before noauto. On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 11:42 AM Strahil Nikolov wrote: > Are you still on 7.6 ? I recently discovered that a bug in sysstat was > fixed in 7.7 that prevented autofs from umounting the filesystem. > > The following should show if it's taking into action: > systemctl status mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > systemctl cat mnt-backup.mount mnt-backup.automount > > > Are you sure that you got no "," before that "noauto" ? > > Best Regards, > Strahil Nikolov > > > > > > > В неделя, 3 януари 2021 г., 16:25:47 Гринуич+2, Fred < > fred.fre...@gmail.com> написа: > > > > > > Strahil: > > I WAS using that, but the automatic umount never worked, leaving it > mounted all the time. > > I commented out those entries in /etc/auto.master before modifying the > fstab entry: > > UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup > ext4,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min noauto 0 2 > > which is exactly as it was before except for the x-systemd entries as you > described. > > and the peculiar thing is it STILL does not automount. and yes, I did do > systemctl restart local-fs.target. > > do I need to reboot (or something simpler, maybe) to fully disable the > auto.master stuff? > > Thanks again! > > Fred > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:54 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS < > centos@centos.org> wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > > > do you use automatic umount for the map in /etc/auto.master (--timeout) ? > > > > If yes, then the systemd mount options probably won't help. > > > > Best Regards, > > Strahil Nikolov > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > В неделя, 3 януари 2021 г., 04:27:17 Гринуич+2, Fred < > fred.fre...@gmail.com> написа: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, and the instructions for setting RAID-1 or RAID-0 have the switch > > positions exactly reversed. > > > > Strahil: I'm using autofs to automount the unit. but just turned that off > > and enabled the xsystemd.automount in fstab, we'll see how that works. > > > > Fred > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 4:11 PM Warren Young wrote: > > > >> On Jan 2, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Fred wrote: > >> > > >> > I assume that the yottamaster device runs Linux, just like 99% of > other > >> > such devices. > >> > >> 99% of NAS boxes, maybe, but not dumb RAID boxes like the one I believe > >> you’re referring to. > >> > >> (And I doubt even that, with the likes of FreeNAS extending down from > the > >> enterprise space where consumer volume can affect that sort of thing.) > >> > >> I have more than speculation to back that guess: the available firmware > >> images are far too small to contain a Linux OS image, their manuals > don’t > >> talk about Linux or GPL that I can see, and there’s no place to download > >> their Linux source code per the GPL. > >> > >> While doing this exploration, I’ve run into multiple problems with their > >> web site, which strengthens my suspicion that this box is your > culprit. If > >> they’re this slipshod with their marketing material, what does that say > >> about their engineering department? > >> ___ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS@centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > >> > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
Strahil: I WAS using that, but the automatic umount never worked, leaving it mounted all the time. I commented out those entries in /etc/auto.master before modifying the fstab entry: UUID=259ec5ea-e8a4-465a-9263-1c06217b9aaf /mnt/backup ext4,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.idle-timeout=15min noauto 0 2 which is exactly as it was before except for the x-systemd entries as you described. and the peculiar thing is it STILL does not automount. and yes, I did do systemctl restart local-fs.target. do I need to reboot (or something simpler, maybe) to fully disable the auto.master stuff? Thanks again! Fred On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:54 AM Strahil Nikolov via CentOS wrote: > Hi Fred, > > do you use automatic umount for the map in /etc/auto.master (--timeout) ? > > If yes, then the systemd mount options probably won't help. > > Best Regards, > Strahil Nikolov > > > > > > > > > В неделя, 3 януари 2021 г., 04:27:17 Гринуич+2, Fred < > fred.fre...@gmail.com> написа: > > > > > > Yeah, and the instructions for setting RAID-1 or RAID-0 have the switch > positions exactly reversed. > > Strahil: I'm using autofs to automount the unit. but just turned that off > and enabled the xsystemd.automount in fstab, we'll see how that works. > > Fred > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 4:11 PM Warren Young wrote: > > > On Jan 2, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Fred wrote: > > > > > > I assume that the yottamaster device runs Linux, just like 99% of other > > > such devices. > > > > 99% of NAS boxes, maybe, but not dumb RAID boxes like the one I believe > > you’re referring to. > > > > (And I doubt even that, with the likes of FreeNAS extending down from the > > enterprise space where consumer volume can affect that sort of thing.) > > > > I have more than speculation to back that guess: the available firmware > > images are far too small to contain a Linux OS image, their manuals don’t > > talk about Linux or GPL that I can see, and there’s no place to download > > their Linux source code per the GPL. > > > > While doing this exploration, I’ve run into multiple problems with their > > web site, which strengthens my suspicion that this box is your culprit. > If > > they’re this slipshod with their marketing material, what does that say > > about their engineering department? > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
Yeah, and the instructions for setting RAID-1 or RAID-0 have the switch positions exactly reversed. Strahil: I'm using autofs to automount the unit. but just turned that off and enabled the xsystemd.automount in fstab, we'll see how that works. Fred On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 4:11 PM Warren Young wrote: > On Jan 2, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Fred wrote: > > > > I assume that the yottamaster device runs Linux, just like 99% of other > > such devices. > > 99% of NAS boxes, maybe, but not dumb RAID boxes like the one I believe > you’re referring to. > > (And I doubt even that, with the likes of FreeNAS extending down from the > enterprise space where consumer volume can affect that sort of thing.) > > I have more than speculation to back that guess: the available firmware > images are far too small to contain a Linux OS image, their manuals don’t > talk about Linux or GPL that I can see, and there’s no place to download > their Linux source code per the GPL. > > While doing this exploration, I’ve run into multiple problems with their > web site, which strengthens my suspicion that this box is your culprit. If > they’re this slipshod with their marketing material, what does that say > about their engineering department? > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
Warren, thanks for the additional info. I assume that the yottamaster device runs Linux, just like 99% of other such devices. as to whether it uses linux software raid or some cheap (megaraid???) chipset, I don't know, nor know how to tell. but I'll check that URL you sent and see what happens. Thanks again! Fred On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 12:28 PM Warren Young wrote: > On Jan 2, 2021, at 9:55 AM, Fred wrote: > > > > Plantronics USB headset/microphone? > > Yottamaster RAID-1 storage (USB3)? > > Behringer USB audio interface? > > Logitech wireless mouse? > > Leopold USB keyboard? > > HID devices won’t go to sleep when the computer does, else they couldn’t > wake it back up. (Keyboard & mouse, mainly.) > > The two audio interfaces may or may not sleep. Try checking their > indicator LEDs when the computer goes to sleep: I’d expect them to visibly > show that they’ve gone to sleep if they do. If they do, then on wake, they > *could* do this sort of thing. > > I’d go after the RAID enclosure first, particularly if it’s hardware RAID, > since that means it’s “clever,” thus suspect. Check that you’ve got the > current firmware: > > https://www.yottamaster.com/?route=common/driver > > If it’s one of their JBOD models, requiring that you do some sort of > software RAID, I’d expect a much different report in the kernel log if the > corresponding software RAID component had a bug, which would mean it’s got > some fundamental USB compatibility problem if that’s the device causing the > problem. Again, check for firmware updates. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
Warren, thanks for the reply! Plantronics USB headset/microphone? Yottamaster RAID-1 storage (USB3)? Behringer USB audio interface? Logitech wireless mouse? Leopold USB keyboard? Does any one of them sound more likely than the others? Of all those, the yottamaster device is the most recent. Unfortunately I haven't kept notes on when it occurs, so it's possible it was occurring before I got that device. :( If it is that device (used primarily for nightly backups) might it help if I unmount it after each use? Thanks in advance! Fred On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 11:13 AM Warren Young wrote: > On Jan 2, 2021, at 7:44 AM, Fred wrote: > > > > I'm further guessing that "xhci_hcd" has something to do with USB > > Yup: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Host_Controller_Interface#Virtualization_support > > > If so I don't know what it would be... > > My guess: you have USB-attached storage that’s waking up when you wiggle > the mouse, and it’s crashing the bus, kicking the kernel driver over, so > the system reboots to protect itself. > > If not storage, then something else sufficiently complicated, which wakes > up when you wake the system. > > I’d exclude things like optical drives, unless they have disks in them at > the time this happens. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] rare but repeating system crash in C7
: Initializing cgroup subsys cpu Jan 2 09:20:11 fcshome kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct Jan 2 09:20:11 fcshome kernel: Linux version 3.10.0-1160.6.1.el7.x86_64 The last four events are the start of reboot and everything above is leading up to the crash. I note that there was a selinux event early in this list of events, but I see those frequently and they normally don't cause a crash. if I scroll upward from this list, I find more of the same above what is shown here. The selinux event seems to be related to a SMB mount. since I have a Synology box on the LAN, and it stays mounted nearly all the time, I suspect the selinux event has something to do with that, but I have no idea why it would cause a crash once every few months. Is that selinux event something I need to fix? I'm further guessing that "xhci_hcd" has something to do with USB, am I right? If so I don't know what it would be... Clues would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] units command, crazy output
whenever I use the units command from a script, e.g.: elapsed=86500 echo elapsed time: `units "$elapsed sec" hms` elapsed time: *Currency exchange rates from 2012-10-24* 24 hr + 1 min + 40 sec the man page even says it outputs that when run without arguments. My question is why in the world does it? certainly when run from within a script doing conversions of time using the "hms" option, I don't want that to be stuck in the middle of my output. Anybody know why it does that, or how to make it quit? (I know, I use sed to filter it out, but can't understand why I should have to. Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Moving to CentOS 8 Stream
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Re: [CentOS] ntpdate past CentOS 7
and I'm doing much the same: a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, acts as my nameserver (instead of my ISP) and NTP server. all the systems in-house sync time from it. On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bill Gee wrote: > What IS in your chrony.conf file? > > "pool.ntp.org" is not a single server. It is a collection of several > dozen. When you specify a pool of servers for chrony, it will pick 4 > mostly at random and use those. The four servers it chooses will change > over time. > > If you want to use exactly one specific server, then take the pool out of > chrony.conf and add your specific server. I do not see a way for chronyc > to remove servers, so it is a matter of editing the file directly and then > restarting chronyd. > > In my case, only my internal master server goes against a pool. All other > internal systems use the internal master as their only source. Sometimes > when I do "chronyc sources" on them, I see the server listed twice. After > investigation I found that one is for IPv4 and the other for IPv6. > > -- > Bill Gee > > > > On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 2:00:56 PM CST Jerry Geis wrote: > > Thanks everyone for the comments. So trying to use the new "chronyc/d" > > > > So trying a couple things with chronyc > > > > chronyc sources > > 210 Number of sources = 5 > > MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample > > > === > > ^* time.cloudflare.com 3 10 377 220 -481us[ -503us] +/- > > 17ms > > ^- zeit.arpnetworks.com 2 9 377 452 -1083us[-1104us] +/- > > 100ms > > ^- lofn.fancube.com 2 10 377 851 -1833us[-1854us] +/- > > 64ms > > ^- ntp3.junkemailfilter.com 2 9 377 227 -937us[ -959us] +/- > > 76ms > > ^- b.st1.ntp.br 1 6 37756 -2300us[-2300us] +/- > > 79ms > > > > NONE of the above are listed in /etc/chrony.conf > > > > Then I tried "chronyc add server pool.ntp.porg" and ran "chronyc sources" > > again and my server was not added ? > > > > I am trying to use the command line chronyc - to "add" the server I want > - > > also wish there was an EASY way to clear the server list. Have not seen > > that though. > > > > What I need is a way to add the server i want - list the server to make > > sure my server is in the list - and remove servers I dont want (or all). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jerry > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kindle app on CentOS 7?
Mark: Older version(s), e.g. 1.17 of Kindle for PC worked fine on wine (on my Ubuntu 18.04 VM), but some of the later versions didn't. I was using it for DeDRM, and since I wasn't smart enough to figure out the correct incantation to make later versions work, I chose a different approach. I can tell you what that was if you care. I used Ubuntu because I've never had any luck making things work in Wine on Centos, possibly because RH/Centos only ship 64-bit wine and Calibre and Kindle for PC are 32-bit. There's a (somewhat outdated) HOWTO on Apprentice Alf's blog about doing the kindle on Ubuntu setup that I followed, and it was close enough to let me get it working. I don't have a clue about whether 20.04 is still close enough, or not. Good Luck! Fred On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:37 AM mark wrote: > Anyone got a link to someone's how to install the kindle app for PC on > CentOS 7? > > mark "don't get me started on Nook and ACE" > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] strange email from cron regarding "rear"
I don't understand what this means, I found it in root's email this morning: To log into the recovery system via ssh set up /root/.ssh/authorized_keys or specify SSH_ROOT_PASSWORD WARNING: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/moddep.lst not found, grub2-mkimage will likely fail. Please install the grub2-efi-x64-modules package to fix this. ERROR: Error occurred during grub2-mkimage of BOOTX64.efi Aborting due to an error, check /var/log/rear/rear-fcshome.log for details /bin/sh: line 1: 30339 Terminated /usr/sbin/rear mkrescue It is possible it has happened before, as until recently I haven't paid a lot of attention to root's email (I know, I know,... bad me). but I wonder what it's all about... I have not knowingly ever used "rear" or "mkrescue". BTW, this is on an up to date Centos-7 X86-64 machine. Thanks in advance! Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Using CentOS 7 to attempt recovery of failed disk
Well, I'm not a noted expert on ddrescue, but my limited experience tells me that when it hits bad spots (or a big cluster of them) it can go very slowly as it tries multiple times to read each sector (or track, I'm not sure which, in this case). It keeps a list of bad spots and goes back at the end to try again to read something from them. Of course, if you've had, eg. a head crash, there's probably nothing there to read. On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 1:41 PM Jerry Geis wrote: > Hello > > I did try the "dd conv=noerror …" > The ddrescue - doesnt stop - it just doesnt "continue" past a certain > point. Somewhere around the 117G mark - it just doesnt go past that . > (same with dd, gets to 117G and just doesnt continue. > I have let the dd run all night - did not go past the 117G. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Jerry > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Using CentOS 7 to attempt recovery of failed disk
Also, does ddrescue "stop" (as in quit) or is it just stuck there spending a lot of time trying to read one or more bad spots? it is intended to keep trying until it gets something, or gives up and skips to the next track/sector/whatever. If you let it go for a long time (overnight???) does it proceed ? On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 9:15 AM Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > > > On Sep 26, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > > > > I have a disk that is flagging errors, attempting to rescue the data. > > > > I tried dd first - if gets about 117G of 320G disk and stops incrementing > > the save image any more. > > did you try > > dd conv=noerror … > > this flag makes dd not stop on input error. Whatever is irrecoverable is > irrecoverable, but this way you will get stuff beyond failure point. > > Valeri > > > > > Now I'm trying ddrescue and it also stops about the same point > > > > Thoughts on how to continue past that point ? > > Thanks, > > > > Jerry > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] changing subscribed email address?
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 03:42:25PM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 15:30, Fred Smith > wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 12:25:44PM -0700, John Pierce wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:21 PM Jake Shipton > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Attached to the footer of every message on the list features the > > > > following link: > > > > > > > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > > You can use this to manage your subscription (Scroll down the page). > > > > > > > > > > > > > there's no option on that page to change the address which the original > > > poster was asking about. As far as I know the only method is to > > unsubscribe > > > the old address and subscribe the new address. > > > > What John said... > > > > I'm aware of the footer on all the list mails, I followed the link and > > as John says, there is no method listed for changing the email address. > > I can certainly un/re-subscribe, just didn't especially want to if there > > was an official way. > > > > Mailman2 was written in the 1990's at a time where email lists were a bit > more obscure. It can be done but it takes a couple of sidesteps outlined in > the following web pages. > > https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/node22.html > https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/node9.html#sec:web OK, I think I got it. it is a tad obscure, though. Now to wait for the next mail to come thru... Thanks Stephen! > > > > > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] changing subscribed email address?
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 12:25:44PM -0700, John Pierce wrote: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:21 PM Jake Shipton > wrote: > > > > > > > Attached to the footer of every message on the list features the > > following link: > > > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > You can use this to manage your subscription (Scroll down the page). > > > > > there's no option on that page to change the address which the original > poster was asking about. As far as I know the only method is to unsubscribe > the old address and subscribe the new address. What John said... I'm aware of the footer on all the list mails, I followed the link and as John says, there is no method listed for changing the email address. I can certainly un/re-subscribe, just didn't especially want to if there was an official way. Fred -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] changing subscribed email address?
hi! I'm going to move soonand will lose this email address, so I'm going around all my various sbuscriptions changing the subscribed email address. But I don't see how to do that for the CentOS lists, other than perhaps to unsubscribe then re-subscribe. Can anyone out enlighten me? Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] DVR recorder how to resucue files
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 10:04:26AM -0400, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: > ralf.pren...@comline.de wrote: > > > Trying to mount this file simple with mount -o loop save.dd > > /mnt/backup fails. > > I found out that VDR are using non-standard disk-configurations and > > filesystems. > > If this were a normal DVD, you'd have to specify the file system: > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop save.dd /mnt/backup > > But you say the DVD uses a non-standard file system, so this may not > work. > > > Tools like parted don t show partions in the bckup-file > > DVDs don't have partitions, and I don't think parted would work on an > image anyway. the OP said "DVR, not "DVD". I'd try fdisk to see if there are partitions, first, then if you find anything that looks likely, try mounting that. Also, try the "disks" utility, which also may be able to tell you something about the disk. Good luck! Fred -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Fixing grub/shim issue Centos 7
On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Le 04/08/2020 à 08:31, lpeci a écrit : > > I had the same problem with my UEFI bios machine and I fixed it so for > > Centos 7: While this worked for me, it might not work for you... My "solution" was to boot the previous kernel, which came up just fine, yum remove kernel.xx.yy.zz yum install kernel.xx.yy.zz which rebuilds the initrd, and voila! Fred > > > > 1) Boot from an rescue linux usb > > > > 2) When the rescue system is running: > > > > 2.1) #chroot /mnt/sysimage > > > > 3) Config network: > > > > 3.1) # ip addr add X.X.X.X/X dev X > > > > 3.2) # ip route add default via X.X.X.X <--- default router > > > > 4) And finally: > > > > #yum downgrade shim\* grub2\* mokutil > > > > #exit > > > > #reboot > > > > I hope you can fix it with these steps. > > Thanks for the detailed suggestion. > > Unfortunately I couldn't recover the installation, and I had to redo > everything > from scratch, which cost me the first two days of my holidays. > > One thought regularly kept crossing my mind: > > "How on earth could this have passed Q & A ?" > > :o) > > Cheers, > > Niki > > -- > Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables > 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat > Site : https://www.microlinux.fr > Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr > Mail : i...@microlinux.fr > Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 > Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12 > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] GUI boot failure after latest shim (etc) updates
This isn't the problem everyone else has been talking about, but... I made sure that yum update offered the packages Johnny said it should then updated. when I rebooted everything looked normal except it was taking a long time to bring up the login screen. Flipped over to ALT-F2 and saw a message about waiting for Plymouth boot screen to quit. I waited a while and it went up to (and past) 15 minutes. It said "no limit" so it apparently would have gone on forever. I couldn't get to a text-mode screen with ALT-f[2-6] so I went down to my Linux laptop to see if I could ssh into this box. Lo and behold, ssh worked fine. So I ran top and saw a plymouth (or plymouthd, I forget which) at the top of the list. killed it, came back upstairs and it was no longer spewing that message. now ALT-f2 gave me a text login, that I'm using now. I ran startx and after a long-seeming wait I get a desktop, but it is NOT my normal Mate desktop. Might be Gnome (since I installed a Centos Gnome system and retrofitted Mate from EPEL). Johnny had said we needed to make sure the kernel was installed along with the shim, et al. I looked at the list of files YUM wanted to install and saw some kernel files, so I assumed all was well. But maybe I missed something. What info can I provide to help figure this out? Or, what Kernel files should I force to be (re)installed? Also, I don't very often manually force a kernel install, but I know that some of the files are updates and some are installs, I'd appreciate a reminder of which is which so I can force it. Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Brother HL-L2360DW printing quality
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 07:05:52PM -0400, H wrote: > On 09/20/2019 08:27 PM, H wrote: > > On 09/20/2019 09:02 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 20:23, H wrote: > >>> I have the above printer but have not been able to resolve issues with > >>> the printing quality in CentOS 7. The test page prints fine but when I > >>> print PDF-documents, most recently using Chinese fonts, it is lacking and > >>> the pages very hard to read. The settings in the Mate Cups configuration > >>> panel are fine and set to 600 dpi, the settings in the printer menu are > >>> all OK yet it prints more like maybe 150 or even 75 dpi. > >>> > >> Warning: this advise is old and possibly out of date for how printer > >> administration should be done these days. > >> > >> Usually when I run into this sort of issue it usually has to be fixed > >> with an updated ppd driver from the vendor for that printer... usually > >> the one they give to Apple and possibly one that was aimed for the > >> country/area the language is not working on. I would then have to > >> double set the printer with one for Western fonts and one for > >> non-Western using 2 different ppds because things looked wrong one way > >> or another. In looking at the ppd's it looked like they had the > >> equivalent to microcode they sent the printer to update to do things > >> 'better'. I can say the quality of printing was vastly different. > >> > >> The other item was just that some fonts look great on screen and dont' > >> print well.. but I am guessing htis is one printer which is acting > >> badly and others are doing well? > >> > >> > >>> Any suggestion what might be wrong? > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> CentOS mailing list > >>> CentOS@centos.org > >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > See my reply to Fred. Just checked the printer drivers for Linux on the > > Brother website > > (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us=en=hll2360dw_us=127) > > and it looks the drivers for Linux are from 2014 and 2015... > > > > The printer driver for Mac OS 10.14 is more recent from 2018 > > (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us=en=hll2360dw_us=10052) > > and that page also lists a firmware update tool with firmware from July of > > this year. The update history for the firmware refers only to > > "improvements" and "software bugs", not very helpful. > > > > Clearly I need to see if I can update the firmware. The most current > > firmware on the page above is 1.29 whereas my printer has 1.25. Annoyingly > > the firmware update instructions on this page refers to how to do the > > update on a Mac... > > > Closing out my problem above. I installed the driver on a new computer > running CentOS 7 and had no problems printing. There must have been a > misconfiguration of the driver on the old computer, or, less likely, the > Brother driver had been updated on the Brother website. > > I am now a happy camper. I've also noticed that the Brother drivers for Linux are quite old, I sent a support question about it and they denied there being a problem with some sort of market-speak. Nevertheless, they have always worked for me. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." --- Corinthians 5:21 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] USB-serial adapter for CentOS 7
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 01:40:27PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, John Pierce said: > > yes, but is it 'basic serial UPS' or is it 'enhanced serial UPS' ?the > > former do NOT use the rx/tx data of the serial port at all, they ONLY use > > the serial port control signals, and they probably will NOT work with a > > USB port because they require very specific behavior from those signals at > > power up and reboot times. > > I've used various serial devices, including UPSes, via various > USB-to-serial adapters (Prolific PL2303 and FTDI FT2232C), and all the > signaling works fine. Only issue you sometimes have is that there are > many cheap adapters on Amazon that claim to be Prolific or FTDI but are > in fact counterfeit clones - those may or may not work reliably for ANY > purpose. > Another possibility for the Original Poster: Purchase a serial add-in card from Amazon or Newegg. last I noticed they weren't expensive. This avoids the compatibility-hell you may (or may not) encounter with a USB-to-serial converter. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HP vs. Brother Printers: Use with Centos/Fedora
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 03:44:00PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:33:39 -0400 > Jay Hart wrote: > > > If you had to rate which printer brand works better with Linux (Fedora and > > Centos), what would it be? > > Any Brother printer that I've ever had the misfortune to have to deal with > either didn't work at all or if could be made to work, it didn't work for > long. > > If it's a Brother, run away as fast as you can. They're the cheapest > crappiest thing you can possibly imagine. > > My wife makes quilts and says the same thing about Brother sewing machines. Sewing machines, I know nothing, not Brother machines anyway. We've had a few different Brother laser printers here (at home) and they've been great. The first one, a HL2070N, when first connected (via USB at that time) caused a popup window (On Centos, probably 5.x) saying brother printer found, do I want to configure it now? I did, and it just worked. Newer ones may require Brother's drivers, but they exist and work. My newer HL-L2360D also works with one of the default CUPS drivers on C7, though I forget which one. Discovered this only after using the Brother drivers for a year or two. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] C7, mdadm generating selinux warnings
Hi! I'm getting these frequently. several times I've done the steps listed there to suppress the messages, but I keep getting them. Anyone got a good idea how to deal with this? Thanks in advance! SELinux is preventing mdadm from 'read, open' accesses on the file /var/log/rear/rear-fcshome.log.lockless. * Plugin restorecon (99.5 confidence) suggests If you want to fix the label. /var/log/rear/rear-fcshome.log.lockless default label should be var_log_t. Then you can run restorecon. The access attempt may have been stopped due to insufficient permissions to access a parent directory in which case try to change the following command accordingly. Do # /sbin/restorecon -v /var/log/rear/rear-fcshome.log.lockless * Plugin catchall (1.49 confidence) suggests ** If you believe that mdadm should be allowed read open access on the rear-fcshome.log.lockless file by default. Then you should report this as a bug. You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. Do allow this access for now by executing: # ausearch -c 'mdadm' --raw | audit2allow -M my-mdadm # semodule -i my-mdadm.pp Additional Information: Source Contextsystem_u:system_r:mdadm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Contextsystem_u:object_r:cron_log_t:s0 -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Blog article about the state of CentOS
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 12:09:07PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 6/17/20 10:19 AM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: > >... > >I wonder about the authors conclusion; the fact that RHEL is the choice > >for critical applications (what ever critical is) is known since > >the early days. This applies randomly to C5.11, C4.9 or C8.2.2004. > > > >So - cold soup get cooked again :-) > > > Indeed. The author's conclusion has been the case since White Box > Enterprise Linux was a thing. Anyone and everyone can get the > sources from git.centos.org as soon as they are released and build > the stuff themselves if they think it can be done faster; that's how > WBEL got started, as a one-user project that just happened to be > publicly released. Building from source has never really been any > easier; the lack of .src.rpms is not an impediment to just getting > something built. But the CentOS value-add is that those rebuilt > sources have been tested for binary compatibility and are from a > trusted source. A one-person project like WBEL would have a much > more difficult time today, with modularity especially. Build times > for these packages is not zero. And there was also Tao Linux, which I was using back in the day. another one-person project, which that one person did a good job with, but when time came to change jobs he had to let the project go. He had the foresight and grace to work with Johnny Hughes to define a way to transition to CentOS, which worked fine, so here I am still in the CentOS camp. And my thanks to that original developer (whose name I cannot dredge out of my back-brain right now), to Johnny, and all the other folks who make CentOS great! Fred -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Simple scan in CentOS 7
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 04:28:17PM -0400, H wrote: > I just installed C7 on a new computer and despite Simple Scan being installed > as part of C7, I have not been able to get it to recognize my Canon scanner > connected to a USB port. I did have it running on another computer with C7 so > there should not be any inherent issues. > > On a lark I installed gscan2pdf and sane-backends-drivers-scanners and > sane-find-scanner found it: > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1908 [CanoScan]) at > libusb:001:010 > > I perused my notes for the old computer but did not see I installed any > additional software to get it going but I might be wrong. > > What have I missed? > On my C7 box, simple-scan requires libsane. try: ldd simple-scan |grep -i sane. # ldd /usr/bin/simple-scan | grep -i sane libsane.so.1 => /lib64/libsane.so.1 (0x7f3668291000) ldd doesn't show any other sane dependencies, but I'd sorta think that simple-scan would also need sane-backends as well. Here's all the sane things I have installed, FYI: # ldd /usr/bin/simple-scan | grep -i sane libsane.so.1 => /lib64/libsane.so.1 (0x7f3668291000) [root@fcshome log]# yum list installed | grep -i sane libsane-hpaio.x86_64 3.15.9-5.el7 @base sane-backends.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-devel.i686 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-devel.x86_641.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-doc.noarch 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-cameras.i6861.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-cameras.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-scanners.i686 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-scanners.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-libs.i686 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-libs.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-frontends.x86_64 1.0.14-19.el7 @base xsane.x86_64 0.999-9.el7@base xsane-common.x86_64 0.999-9.el7@base xsane-gimp.x86_64 0.999-9.el7@base also FYI, I'm using a Canon LiDE 210, which works fine for me. Good luck! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] smb protocol version
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:23:54AM -0500, Christopher Wensink wrote: > I have a handful of Linux Servers, running Centos 6.10, and 6.8 with the > main host running openvz w/ Centos 6.10 as the main OS. Two of the > guests are running samba, sharing directories out to windows clients. > > I'm in the process of migrating servers over to vmware, using Centos > 7.8. How can I determine what smb protocol version is being used in the > shares for each server? I don't see the protocol specified anywhere in > smb.conf? > > Chris in my Centos-7 box, /etc/samba/smb.conf contains: server min protocol = SMB3_11 client max protocol = SMB3_11 client min protocol = SMB3_11 Some non-current windows versions don't support that version, you may need to try different values til you find one that works. Whatever you do, you don't want to use version 1. I'm forcing version 3.1.1 only because all the devices I have that support SMB also support 3.1.1, so if someone comes along with, e.g., an old laptop with XP, it won't be able to insecurely talk to my lan/wan. (and that's a feature, not a bug! ;=) ) Also, you may wish to peruse this page: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/troubleshoot/detect-enable-and-disable-smbv1-v2-v3 -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virt-manager guest and sound
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 03:19:00PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 6/10/20 10:57 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > >I am running C7 host and pulse audio. I have a Win 10 guest with ICH9 > >audio. It works - but I hear artifacts. Anything to do to help audio be > >flawless under guest VM ? > > > I've experienced this as well, and haven't really dug into it, since > my main pro audio production tools (Harrison Mixbus and Mixbus32C) > are Linux-native. I do have Celemony Melodyne on Windows, but I > haven't used it heavily enough in virtualization to notice. I may > take a look at it soon, if I need Melodyne badly enough in the near > future, but since upgrading to CentOS 8 this week I have plenty of > other things to keep me busy. Just a personal note here, not at all difinitive: I used to have a Windows 10 VM in Virtualbox (on Centos-7) and the Windows sound sucked. Garbled, distorted, and lots of added noise. Does that seem to be anything like the described "artifacts" ?? I'd guess it's some general issue with Win10 sound, and that MS doesn't "love Linux" enough to actually make it workd in a VM. They probably want you to run Linux in a VM on windows, not the other way around. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Accounting package recommendations
On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 09:36:49AM -0800, Fred Erickson wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:26:46 -0700 > "Hugh E Cruickshank" wrote: > > > From: Rudi Ahlers Sent: June 9, 2020 10:22 > > > > > > I am looking for an offline accounting package recommendation, > > > please. I enjoyed using Xero accounting, but need something that's > > > offline, and where the data remains my property. Having used > > > Quickbooks on Windows in the past, I am looking for something > > > similar. > > > > GnuCash has been working fine for me for several years. > > > > HTH > > > > Regards, Hugh > > > +1 for GnuCash > Fred Yeah, GNUCash is a good accounting tool. my wife uses it for our personal fnances, investment accounts, etc. however, it is a double-entry accounting system (like professional accounts use, whether electronic or on paper), and may require you to commit some effort to learn the ins and outs thereof. Fred (Not the same Fred as above) -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Accounting package recommendations
On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:26:46 -0700 "Hugh E Cruickshank" wrote: > From: Rudi Ahlers Sent: June 9, 2020 10:22 > > > > I am looking for an offline accounting package recommendation, > > please. I enjoyed using Xero accounting, but need something that's > > offline, and where the data remains my property. Having used > > Quickbooks on Windows in the past, I am looking for something > > similar. > > GnuCash has been working fine for me for several years. > > HTH > > Regards, Hugh > +1 for GnuCash Fred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Logitech webcam for use with CentOS 7
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 10:09:55PM +0200, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > On 6/4/20 1:29 AM, H wrote: > >I am thinking of buying a Logitech C920S Pro HD or C922 webcam for the > >necessary video conferencing. > > > >Is anyone using that with Zoom or perhaps with Jitsi? Do I need drivers? Any > >issues? > > > >Thank you. > > > > I have an HD Pro C920, works great under centos 7 out of the box. > According to my coworkers image quality and microphone are both great. > I use it with jitsi and other software, no problems. And just to cover the lower-end of the spectrum, my Logitech C270 works fine with everything I've tried it with (cheese, skype, zoom, etc.) On both C7 and Ubuntu 18.04. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] du hung, wild display in ps
On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 06:24:10PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 5/6/20 12:28 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >Was running du to examine the sizes of my backups and > >found du hung, > > > /mnt/backup is probably a network-mounted filesystem that is offline > for one reason or another. > > You could try "umount -f /mnt/backup" if you can't get the mount > working by any other means. If that doesn't work, then "umount -l > /mnt/backup" and reboot. Sorry, I forgot to mention it's USB-3 and has been working for a coupla months. A reboot solved it, powering the device off/on made no difference, as did replugging the cable. Afterwards, I recalled that I had run a much belated yum update 2 or 3 days ago and had failed/forgotten to reboot. Probably some necessary item had gotten wedged somehow because of that. (seen it before, but not with a USB device.) Thanks for the reply, though. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] du hung, wild display in ps
Hi! On Centos-7: $ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core) Was running du to examine the sizes of my backups and found du hung, running "ps -eLf /mnt/backup/backups" shows this: # ps -eLf | grep du root 1185 1 1185 01 May01 ?00:00:00 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F Backtrace /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-xorg -xD root 1281 1 1281 01 May01 ?00:00:01 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F BUG: WARNING: at WARNING: CPU: INFO: possible recursive locking detected ernel BUG at list_del corruption list_add corruption do_IRQ: stack overflow: ear stack overflow (cur: eneral protection fault nable to handle kernel ouble fault: RTNL: assertion failed eek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! adness at NETDEV WATCHDOG ysctl table check failed : nobody cared IRQ handler type mismatch Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine Check Exception: Machine check events logged divide error: bounds: coprocessor segment overrun: invalid TSS: segment not present: invalid opcode: alignment check: stack segment: fpu exception: simd exception: iret exception: /var/log/messages -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-oops -xtD root 11090 1 11090 111 15:08 pts/100:01:10 du -s /mnt/backup/backups even after killing the du. there were two DUs shown, I killed the parent (presumably the one I started) but the one that remains seems to be un-killable. This is what the output looked like before I killed du: # ps -eLf | grep du root 1185 1 1185 01 May01 ?00:00:00 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F Backtrace /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-xorg -xD root 1281 1 1281 01 May01 ?00:00:01 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F BUG: WARNING: at WARNING: CPU: INFO: possible recursive locking detected ernel BUG at list_del corruption list_add corruption do_IRQ: stack overflow: ear stack overflow (cur: eneral protection fault nable to handle kernel ouble fault: RTNL: assertion failed eek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! adness at NETDEV WATCHDOG ysctl table check failed : nobody cared IRQ handler type mismatch Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine Check Exception: Machine check events logged divide error: bounds: coprocessor segment overrun: invalid TSS: segment not present: invalid opcode: alignment check: stack segment: fpu exception: simd exception: iret exception: /var/log/messages -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-oops -xtD root 11078 18627 11078 01 15:08 pts/100:00:00 sudo du -s /mnt/backup/backups root 11090 11078 11090 121 15:08 pts/100:01:10 du -s /mnt/backup/backups root 12125 19449 12125 01 15:17 pts/000:00:00 grep --color=auto du Oh, and I never did get the du out put I expected. Anyone got a clue? Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mounting CIFS shares on C8
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 04:00:42PM +0200, Patrick DERWAEL wrote: > Hi all, > > > These are my current fstab entries on the C7 box > > //192.168.1.200/mp3 /home/plex/Musique cifs > user=plex,pass=plex,ro,auto,vers=3.0 > //192.168.1.200/videos /home/plex/Vidéos cifs > user=plex,pass=plex,ro,auto,vers=3.0 > > > On my C8: > > [root@plexvm etc]# cat fstab > > /dev/mapper/cl_plexvm-root / xfs defaults > 0 0 > UUID=f7c4e0e2-703e-4e61-8d7a-0aa34f836b02 /boot ext4 > defaults1 2 > /dev/mapper/cl_plexvm-swap swapswapdefaults > 0 0 > //192.168.1.200/mp3 /home/plex/Musique cifs > user=plex,pass=plex,workgroup=DERWAEL,ro,auto,vers=3.0 > //192.168.1.200/videos /home/plex/Vidéos cifs > user=plex,pass=plex,workgroup=DERWAEL,ro,auto,vers=3.0 > //192.168.1.200/series /home/plex/Séries cifs > user=plex,pass=plex,workgroup=DERWAEL,ro,auto,vers=3.0 > [root@plexvm etc]# mount -a > mount error(2): No such file or directory > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) > mount error(2): No such file or directory > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) > mount error(2): No such file or directory > Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) > [root@plexvm etc]# > > > > Any pointer would be MUCH appreciated! > > Thanks I don't know the answer, but a thought or three: 1. the entries for the cifs mounts don't have the last two fields specified. I dunno if they're absolutely required, so it may not mean anything. 2. you might want to experiment with the smbclient tool to see if you can learn anything from its responses when trying to access the remote. 3. also verify that seliinux is not blocking the access.. I've had at least one case in which I spent hours banging my head, only to discover it was selinux and not anything in Samba. Good luck! Fred -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] running .jar files on Centos 7
On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 03:17:51PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > > OT! > > I'm trying to learn to use audio cleanup tools from clickrepair.net. > > they're written in Java and distributed as .jar files. > > I'm having trouble running them, due, I'm sure, largely to my ignorance. OH DUH! Never mind. I forgot about "java -jar foo.jar". All settled now. Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. - Isaiah 40:28 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] running .jar files on Centos 7
OT! I'm trying to learn to use audio cleanup tools from clickrepair.net. they're written in Java and distributed as .jar files. I'm having trouble running them, due, I'm sure, largely to my ignorance. I have icedtea installed, but it just errors out when I try to use it to run any of the jar files: Fatal: Read Error: Could not read or parse the JNLP file. You can try to download this file manually and send it as a bug report to IcedTea-Web team. if I press the "Show Details" button from the box containing that message I get this: net.sourceforge.jnlp.LaunchException: Fatal: Read Error: Could not read or parse the JNLP file. You can try to download this file manually and send it as bug report to IcedTea-Web team. at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.fromUrl(Launcher.java:487) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:287) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.runtime.JnlpBoot.run(JnlpBoot.java:67) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.runtime.Boot.run(Boot.java:258) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.runtime.Boot.run(Boot.java:62) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.runtime.Boot.main(Boot.java:198) Caused by: net.sourceforge.jnlp.ParseException: Invalid XML document syntax. at net.sourceforge.jnlp.XMLParser.getRootNode(XmlParser.java:118) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.MalformedXMLParser.getRootNode(MalformedXMLParser.java:79) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.Parser.getRootNode(Parser.java:1321) at net.sourceforge.jnlp.JNLPFile.parse(JNLPFile.java:815) BTW, I don't see any .jnlp files anywhere in these packages I have no clue, can anyone enlighten me? Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] anyone know of a list or wiki for GWC?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:06:52AM -0600, Bill Gee wrote: > On Thursday, February 20, 2020 10:54:02 AM CST Fred Smith wrote: > > Hi! > > > > totally OT... > > > > Hoping there is a mailing list or wiki (or other help forum) > > for GWC, but haven't found one yet. > > > > I'm working on converting a bunch of my LPs to CDs, and am using > > GWC (Gnome Wave Cleaner, or GTK Wave Cleaner) to clean up the noise. > > It works great, but I can't figure out how to deal with certain types > > of pressing flaws that create a thump every time around. > > > > Anyone know of such a resource? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Fred > > > > > I tried to respond directly to Fred, but got bounced. Hence replying to the > list even though, as Fred notes, this is WAY off topic. Bill: I'm using milter-greylist, so that any site sending mail that is not in its whitelist database will get a 451 response code, which means "cannot accept mail now, try again later" (my own wording). Any modern SMTP agent should be smart enough to try again after a while. Once that retry has been received, that site will be auto-whitelisted for 24 hours, so that sites that send multiple emails a day remain whitelisted and don't have to go thru that hassle. Fred If that is not what you got, then I don't know why it would bounce. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] anyone know of a list or wiki for GWC?
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:06:52AM -0600, Bill Gee wrote: > On Thursday, February 20, 2020 10:54:02 AM CST Fred Smith wrote: > > Hi! > > > > totally OT... > > > > Hoping there is a mailing list or wiki (or other help forum) > > for GWC, but haven't found one yet. > > > > I'm working on converting a bunch of my LPs to CDs, and am using > > GWC (Gnome Wave Cleaner, or GTK Wave Cleaner) to clean up the noise. > > It works great, but I can't figure out how to deal with certain types > > of pressing flaws that create a thump every time around. > > > > Anyone know of such a resource? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Fred > > > > > I tried to respond directly to Fred, but got bounced. Hence replying to the > list even though, as Fred notes, this is WAY off topic. > > > > Wow, does that still exist? I gave up on it YEARS ago. Audacity is far > better at removing clicks and pops, splitting into tracks and exporting to > FLAC. It also does a great job removing tape hiss. yes, it still exists. looks like it gets occasionial maintenance. Audacity is a great tool, but (according to stuff I've read on the mailing list/wiki) its noise reduction tool is broken. Using GWC, If I take a few samples of lead-in and/or inter-track "silence" and apply it as a noise reduction filter I get an amazing improvement in playback noise, even on a clean lightly-played disk. I've used both tools for click removal and they both seem to work well. Mostly, I select just the click and minimal space around it and GWC does a great job. (of course, if it's a really noisy old LP then you'd need to run the click filter on the whole thing, but so far the ones I've converted, while being years old, have only been played a handful of times and so sound pretty good with minimal clicks to remove and little distortion due to dirt or wear. I'll eventually get to some of the older ones though, then I"ll need to work harder! :) > > > > As for removing thumps - No way I know of to do that. Audacity might be able > to reduce the thump by using a high-pass filter set to roll off at 30 or 40 > hz, but I don't think it can be taken completely out. Yeah, I've thought of a high pass filter, or a notch filter, but haven't (yet) tried it. Thanks for the response, Bill! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] anyone know of a list or wiki for GWC?
Hi! totally OT... Hoping there is a mailing list or wiki (or other help forum) for GWC, but haven't found one yet. I'm working on converting a bunch of my LPs to CDs, and am using GWC (Gnome Wave Cleaner, or GTK Wave Cleaner) to clean up the noise. It works great, but I can't figure out how to deal with certain types of pressing flaws that create a thump every time around. Anyone know of such a resource? Thanks in advance! Fred -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] anybody need a ... ??
Hi! We're cleaning house, trying to downsize so we can move into a retirement community, so we're finding all sorts of stuff to get rid of. One thing I'm reluctant to throw out is my Multitech MT5600BA V90 modem. I used it for dialup for several years before broadband became available and it was great, stable, and fast. (its predecessor, a much-touted consumer-grade V90 modem was unreliable and not great). I'm thinking we are/were on an unstable copper pair, but the phone company said it was fine. So, anyway, I have this lovely industrial-strength modem I'd like to provide someone, "free to a good home", if anyone has, or knows of anyone who has, a use for a V90 modem. Original packaging (including the floppy-based "drivers" for windoze! :) ) and a printout of the modem manual. Anyone?? Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh failure from CentOS7 to Centos6
On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 01:00:05PM -0500, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 12:23, Patrick Bégou > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a strange problem with a freshly installed Centos7 desktop > > (most8pc25). I can't ssh to 2 CentOS6 servers, even with firewall > > disabled on the client and on the server. But I can connect from the > > server to the client, all in the same VLAN. I can also ssh from this > > desktop to centos7 servers in the same VLAN or in another VLAN. > > > > No idea about this problem. > > > > On the server kareline (client is most8pc25), tcpdump says: > > > > So the client is able to talk to the server and the server is responding. > > > > > On the Centos7 client, with "-v -v" ssh says: > > > > > > [tec21@most8pc25 ~]$ssh -v -v kareline > > OpenSSH_7.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips 26 Jan 2017 > > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 58: Applying options for * > > debug1: Connecting to kareline [194.254.66.8] port 22. > > debug1: Connection established. > > ^^ this says the first part started working. > > > > debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.4 > > debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3 > > debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3 pat OpenSSH_5* compat 0x0c00 > > debug1: Authenticating to kareline:22 as 'tec21' > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received > > It got items and says it is going to use the user tec21 to login > > > debug2: local client KEXINIT proposal > > > debug1: kex: client->server cipher: aes128-ctr MAC: umac...@openssh.com > > debug1: kex: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 need=16 dh_need=16 > > debug1: kex: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 need=16 dh_need=16 > > debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<3072<8192) sent > > Connection closed by 194.254.66.8 port 22 > > > > The server then stops the connection. I would then go through the > following on the host: > 1. Is fail2ban or something else dropping the connection for some reason? > 2. Is there a log in /var/log/secure to say something is going on? > 3. Does running the server on port in debug mode and connecting > from the client give a reason for it dieing? > 4. On the client and server are /etc/ssh/*_config changed from > defaults and what changes are there. Sometimes saying you want XYZ > algo in one and not having it in another causes dropped connections > but I thought it gave an error. How about selinux on the remotes? Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Does Centos kernel support usb w/ UASP ?
On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 08:12:50PM -0800, John Pierce wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 8:01 PM Fred Smith > wrote: > > > Looking to buy a new usb-attached RAID box for nightly backups, and > > I see that many of them now support usb 3.1 with UASP. > > > > I'd rather have a NAS that supports NFS and/or SMB and lives on ethernet, > so any host on your LAN can use it as a backup target. I have one of those, too. we use it for "offline" storage, and/or for keeping stuff we want to share amongst the family. what I'm looking at here is replacing an old RAID-1 backup box that's becoming increasingly troublesome, has never worked at usb-3, and its esata connection tends to fail about every other day, so now I'm stuck at usb-2 speeds. Hence the question about usb 3.1 and UASP. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Does Centos kernel support usb w/ UASP ?
Looking to buy a new usb-attached RAID box for nightly backups, and I see that many of them now support usb 3.1 with UASP. Looking at add-in usb 3.1 cards (my motherboard is probably too old, and only supports usb 3.0) to go with it, but don't know if the old kernel RH/Centos uses supports UASP. Chipset dependent? If one can trust the product images on Amazon, most of them use an asmedia 2142 chip. Anyone know? Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." --- Corinthians 5:21 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Using Pulse Audio--question
On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 05:32:05PM -0800, John Pierce wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 5:23 PM David G. Miller wrote: > > > I do something similar to what you're trying to do when I digitize my > > vinyl LPs. I take output from my amp/turntable into my sound card and > > use Audacity to digitize it and write an appropriate sound file. I also > > monitor the sound using Audacity by telling it to also route the sound > > to my speakers. The point of all of this is that I think you need a > > piece of software (Audacity is probably overkill) to receive the input > > and play it back via the output. You don't mention any "playback" > > software. > > > > on many analog sound cards, the output mixer has a 'monitor' channel for > the input mixer, so if you crank up the Line IN on the input mixer, then > turn up the 'monitor' output on the output mixer, you should get > passthrough audio without any software getting involved in moving the sound > in realtime. > > this is much less likely to work with a seperate USB audio source, as thats > not directly connected to your output. ditto it won't work with USB > speakers or headphones, as they are not directly connected to the source. > > -- > -john r pierce > recycling used bits in santa cruz John, thanks for the hint. I'll certainly be giving that a try in the near future (possibly today). Took a brief look last night, using the USB input and only the input tab shows "monitor" items, but not the output tab. And I'm not sure that my analog input jacks on the computer are working, or at least I've never been able to get them to work (hence the USB audio thingie), though I'll take another whack at it and see if I can see what you describe. Thanks forthe idea! Fred > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Using Pulse Audio--question
On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 06:22:58PM -0700, David G. Miller wrote: > On 12/22/19 6:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 11:34:32AM +1100, Bill Maidment wrote: > >>On 23/12/2019 11:06 am, Fred Smith wrote: > >> > >>>I can find no way to do it with pavucontrol, nor the default mate > >>>sound tool. > >>In my SL7 Mate system I use the Hardware and Output tabs in > >>System->Preferences->Hardware->Sound > >> > >>Cheers > >>Bill > >Thanks bill. > > > >But nothing I do there causes output. > > > >As far as I can tell, the hardware tab just shows you what HW it > >recognizes, you can't actually make any settings there. > > > >In pavucontrol, I can see the from the audio activity bar that > >the audio is getting into it, in the input tab. in the recording > >tab I can see it too, but there's nothing in the playback tab that > >makes it come out the speakers. :( > > > >Fred > I do something similar to what you're trying to do when I digitize > my vinyl LPs. I take output from my amp/turntable into my sound > card and use Audacity to digitize it and write an appropriate sound > file. I also monitor the sound using Audacity by telling it to also > route the sound to my speakers. The point of all of this is that I > think you need a piece of software (Audacity is probably overkill) > to receive the input and play it back via the output. You don't > mention any "playback" software. Yeah, I've done that with Audacity, when recording I can use its monitor function to feed audio to the computer's audio out. And I'll be doing that again in the not-far-distant future, as I have hundreds of LPs around here, at least some of which I'll want to digitize. I have one other suggestion from another responder to check out before I fall back to doing this. thanks for the idea, though! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Using Pulse Audio--question
On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 11:34:32AM +1100, Bill Maidment wrote: > On 23/12/2019 11:06 am, Fred Smith wrote: > > >I can find no way to do it with pavucontrol, nor the default mate > >sound tool. > > In my SL7 Mate system I use the Hardware and Output tabs in > System->Preferences->Hardware->Sound > > Cheers > Bill Thanks bill. But nothing I do there causes output. As far as I can tell, the hardware tab just shows you what HW it recognizes, you can't actually make any settings there. In pavucontrol, I can see the from the audio activity bar that the audio is getting into it, in the input tab. in the recording tab I can see it too, but there's nothing in the playback tab that makes it come out the speakers. :( Fred -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Using Pulse Audio--question
Hi all! This seems to me as if it should be a trivial thing to do, but so far I've wasted a lot of time on it and gotten nowhere: I want to feed audio from a source (ipod, other player) into the audio input on my C7 box via either the phone jack or an external USB sound "card" I have, then I want to play it via the speakers connected to the system. I can find no way to do it with pavucontrol, nor the default mate sound tool. Using pavucontrol and the external USB sound "card" (quote marks because it obviously isn't a "card") I can see the input coming in, but I can't figure any way to send it back out to any output device. I'm not wedded to using pulse for this, I'll use alsa or whatever else can be beaten into submission, I just can't understand why this isn't a normal usage, and why it wouldn't be easy to do. All (on topic) advice gladly received. Thanks in advance! Fred -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] several VMs have suddenly quit working, in VBox.
On Sun, Dec 01, 2019 at 07:18:31PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > Hi all! > > I have several VMs, all in virtualbox 6.0.14 and all the VBOX add-ons are > up to date. > > I don't use them daily, last used any of them probably 4-6 weeks ago, > pretty sure it was already running 6.0.14 by that time. they were all > fine when last used. > > Two of them are C7, one is a clone of the other, and the other is C8. > each seems to have different symptoms. > > the C7 clone claims there is no initramfs, no matter which kernel I > try to boot. See first attachment. and of course I hit the wrong key so it sent the mail before I was done typing. :( And I apologize, the VBox window in which the system is booting doesn't let me select text for cut and paste, so the best I can do is to either do a screendump and attach it, or to retype what I see (as I've done below). I can probably boot a rescue CD and rebuild initramfs, but the greater question in my mind is why in the world would THREE VMs all go wonky at (AFAICT) the same time? The one that C7-clone was cloned from (C7) dies with: Starting Switch Root... [!!] Failed to load SELinux policy, freezing and does the same thing no matter which kernel I boot. the C8 system goes on for along way and eventually dies with this on the screen: failed to mount RPC Pipe File System. see 'systemctl status var-lib-nfs-rpc=pipefs.mount' for details. then a bunch of OK entries then: [FAILED] Failed to start crash recovery kernel arming. see 'systemctl status kdump.service' for details [FAILED] Failed to start crash recovery kernel arming. see 'systemctl status kdump.service' for details you are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs... Looking at journalctl -xb output there is a TON of stuff that means little-to-nothing to me, but near the end I see this: [1734]: Error /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64 not found. : Starting kdump [FAILED] ... ... --Subject: Unit kdump.service has failed then some more lines of apparently explanatory material, but no errors, except for the last line that says: systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID 369 (plymouthd). Scrolling back thru the output I see had come up earlier: mount: /boot: unknown filesystem type 'ext4' boot.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=32 Failed to mount /boot. I installed C8 with default filesystems, so I'd sorta thunk they would be XFS, so is it legitimate for it to find /boot as ext4? and even so, why would ext4 not be a legitimate FS type? So, I'm horribly confused here, I'd appreciate suggestions on these matters. thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." --- Corinthians 5:21 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] several VMs have suddenly quit working, in VBox.
Hi all! I have several VMs, all in virtualbox 6.0.14 and all the VBOX add-ons are up to date. I don't use them daily, last used any of them probably 4-6 weeks ago, pretty sure it was already running 6.0.14 by that time. they were all fine when last used. Two of them are C7, one is a clone of the other, and the other is C8. each seems to have different symptoms. the C7 clone claims there is no initramfs, no matter which kernel I try to boot. See first attachment. -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] External HD partitioning & formatting considerations
On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:19:44PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > One of my clients has a mixed Linux/Mac OS/Windows environment in his office. > He just purchased a 4 TB external hard disk, which he intends to use on his > various workstations. > > Up until recently, I've been using plain old MBR/FAT for hard disks in mixed > environments. Fire up fdisk, make one big 0b type partition, and then format > it > using mkdosfs. > > Unfortunately, there's a 2 TB limit to that. > > Of course, I could still use a GPT partition, but then I'd still have to > format > it using a "common denominator" filesystem, e. g. FAT... which is also limited > to 2 TB as far as I know. > > So what now? Use Windows 10 to format the disk using NTFS? This, Windows and > Linux could use it, and I'd have to check if Mac OS can manage NTFS file > systems. A few years ago, it didn't. > > Any suggestions? Maybe UDF? -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 + samba / some win 10 systems can mount and some not
On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 04:09:36PM +0100, Ralf Prengel wrote: > Hallo, > > We are using centos 7 and samba in combination with Win10 1903. > The problem: > Some systems are able to map a share and some can t. > Any ideas and hints? Yes. Verify that selinux is not blocking the incoming connection from windows. I've had that problem in the past and it's a pain. For testing purposes only, on the linux system(s) that reject windows SMB connection attempts, issue "setenforce 0" and see if it then works. If it does then work, reset that setting to "setenforce 1" (you don't want to leave selinux disabled) then look in /var/logs to see if you can find a log of the failure. If you can find the selinux record for the failure it should tell you how to apply a work-around for that specific issue, so you do not need to totally disable selinux. this page may prove helpful: https://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/linux/administration-linux/troubleshooting-selinux-centos-red-hat/ Good luck! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." --- Corinthians 5:21 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printer only prints one page, if anything
On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 08:42:04PM -0500, H wrote: > On 11/06/2019 01:56 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 10:01:49AM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 3 Nov 2019, Jon LaBadie wrote: > >>> > >>>> Have you tried adding the Brother CUPS and/or generic LPR software? > >>>> > >>>> https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us=en=hll2360dw_us > >>> I've been trying to folow directions, but no go. > >>> The bad ELF interpreter really through me for a loop: > >>> > >>> [root@localhost drv]# rpm -ihv --nodeps ~hennebry/Downloads/*.rpm > >>> Preparing... > >>> # [100%] > >>> Updating / installing... > >>> 1:hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1 > >>> # [100%] > >>> lpadmin -p HLL2360D -E -v > >>> usb://Brother/HL-L2360D%20series?serial=U63883B7N499687 -P > >>> /usr/share/ppd/brother/brother-HLL2360D-cups-en.ppd > >>> restorecon: lstat(/etc/opt/brother/Printers/HLL2360D) failed: No > >>> such file or directory > >>> warning: %post(hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386) scriptlet failed, > >>> exit status 255 > >>> [root@localhost drv]# rpm -ihv --nodeps ~hennebry/Downloads/*lpr*.rpm > >>> Preparing... > >>> # [100%] > >>> Updating / installing... > >>> 1:hll2360dlpr-3.2.0-1 > >>> # [100%] > >>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.1omOJ2: > >>> /opt/brother/Printers/HLL2360D/inf/braddprinter: > >>> /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory > >>> [root@localhost drv]# ls > >>> cupsfilters.drv hp sample.drv > >>> [root@localhost drv]# ls -F > >>> cupsfilters.drv hp/ sample.drv > >>> [root@localhost drv]# pwd > >>> /usr/share/cups/drv > >>> [root@localhost drv]# ls ~/D*/*.rpm > >>> ls: cannot access /root/D*/*.rpm: No such file or directory > >>> [root@localhost drv]# ls ~hennebry/D*/*.rpm > >>> /home/hennebry/Downloads/hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm > >>> /home/hennebry/Downloads/hll2360dlpr-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm > >>> [root@localhost drv]# > >>> > >>> What happened? > >>> How do I do it right? > >> Apparently both rpms are installed, > >> but even after restarting cups, > >> the printer just receives data and goes back to sleep. > >> > >> I have no /etc/printcap.local or /etc/printcap . > >> /etc/cups/printers.conf does not contain the string lp . > >> It does have > >> DeviceURI usb://Brother/HL-L2360D%20series?serial=U63883B7N499687 > >> > >> Now what? > >> > >> -- > > It looks as if you downloaded the two RPMs from Brother then attempted > > to follow their complicated instructions for installing them. Much > > simpler is to do this: > > > > linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1 is the brother printer driver > > installer I used on my HL-L2360D. > > > > it asks a few questions, some more cryptic than others, and then > > downloads and installes the required packages, after which I ran the > > system-config-printer tool and set up my printer. Voila! > > > > As I also said previously in this thread, I set up the same printer > > on Centos-8 without installing any Brother drivers, by going direct > > to CUPS on port 631 and selecting Brother 2460 (since it didn't offer > > 2360). Here are two entries from /etc/cups/printers.conf: > > > > MakeModel Brother HL-2460 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.14 > > DeviceURI ipp://192.168.2.98:631/ipp > > > > (That's the printer's IP shown there, not the system being set up.) > > > > and it appears to work fine, for small numbers of pages printed, but it > > does print double-sided and multi-page documents. > > > > I don't know of any reason why this would not work on C7 as well, > > though I haven't tried it, so YMMV and all that. > > > > If you can back out all the stuff you've hacked, I suggest you try > > one or the other of those. Since the CUPS setup is probably simpler > > and/or less invasive, I'd try that first, were I you. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Fred > > I also have a Brother HL-L2360DW but am not happy with the print quality when > I print PDF-documents. All text ends up "st
Re: [CentOS] C8: Wayland Session / Cut and Paste
On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 05:50:24PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 11/7/19 3:13 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: > >Is this the normal behavior now? Cutting text in gedit and pasting > >it into the terminal needs that the source application stays > >running? > I've run into this behavior for a while, for several CentOS > versions, depending upon the application. there are also (at least in X) two ways to cut and paste: 1. select with mouse then paste with middle-click. 2. select with mouse, right-click "select", paste the right-click "paste". My understanding is that oneuses X facilities and the other is part of the desktop. I would surmise that Weston could be different. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printer only prints one page, if anything
On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 05:16:52PM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Fred Smith wrote: > > >It looks as if you downloaded the two RPMs from Brother then attempted > >to follow their complicated instructions for installing them. Much > >simpler is to do this: > > > >linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1 is the brother printer driver > >installer I used on my HL-L2360D. > > I had tried that also, but tried it again. > before my last try, I power-cycled the printer. > This time it worked. > For some reason CUPS now shows two queue names: > HL-L2360D-series Brother HL-L2360D series localhost.localdomain > HL-L2360D HLL2360D > both Brother HL-L2360D for CUPS. > > 'Tain't as big a deal as having none, > but why does CUPS have two queue names for the printer? 'Fraid I have no clue. sorry. we have two brother printers here, and when I look at "manage printers" in the CUPS web page I see this: Queue Name Description LocationMake and Model Status DCP7065DN DCP7065DN Brother DCP7065DN for CUPS Idle HLL2360DHLL2360DBrother HL-L2360D for CUPS Idle one per printer. Is it possible that one of yours is cruft left over from previous attempts? You said it works now,... does that mean you can choose either of the two it shows and get printouts? > >it asks a few questions, some more cryptic than others, and then > >downloads and installes the required packages, after which I ran the > >system-config-printer tool and set up my printer. Voila! > > I think they were the same packages that I tried to use. > In any case, they both ended in 386. > > Had not heard of system-config-printer . > Neither man, info nor --help helped. > What is it suppoded to do? I'm using the MATE desktop, so it may be that Gnome 3.x no longer has it, or has renamed it. Can't help you there. But it is a gui you use to configure printers. > Google suggests it is a GUI. > Google also suggests that it is always started through a GUI. > Is it under Sundry, Print Settings? yum whatprovides */system-config-printer replies: system-config-printer-1.4.1-21.el7.x86_64 : A printer administration tool Repo: base Matched from: Filename: /usr/bin/system-config-printer system-config-printer-libs-1.4.1-21.el7.noarch : Libraries and shared code for printer administration tool Repo: base Matched from: Filename: /usr/share/system-config-printer > > >As I also said previously in this thread, I set up the same printer > >on Centos-8 without installing any Brother drivers, by going direct > >to CUPS on port 631 and selecting Brother 2460 (since it didn't offer > >2360). Here are two entries from /etc/cups/printers.conf: > > My printer worked in July. > At the time, it did not have Brother drivers. > I don't know what update broke it or how. > > Is there an easy way to rename or alias a queue? Again, I can't help you with this. sorry. There is a ton of CUPS documentation, though, you may be able to find an answer there. Fred -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printer only prints one page, if anything
On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 10:01:49AM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > >On Sun, 3 Nov 2019, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > > >>Have you tried adding the Brother CUPS and/or generic LPR software? > >> > >> https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us=en=hll2360dw_us > > > >I've been trying to folow directions, but no go. > >The bad ELF interpreter really through me for a loop: > > > >[root@localhost drv]# rpm -ihv --nodeps ~hennebry/Downloads/*.rpm > >Preparing... > ># [100%] > >Updating / installing... > > 1:hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1 > ># [100%] > >lpadmin -p HLL2360D -E -v > >usb://Brother/HL-L2360D%20series?serial=U63883B7N499687 -P > >/usr/share/ppd/brother/brother-HLL2360D-cups-en.ppd > >restorecon: lstat(/etc/opt/brother/Printers/HLL2360D) failed: No > >such file or directory > >warning: %post(hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386) scriptlet failed, > >exit status 255 > >[root@localhost drv]# rpm -ihv --nodeps ~hennebry/Downloads/*lpr*.rpm > >Preparing... > ># [100%] > >Updating / installing... > > 1:hll2360dlpr-3.2.0-1 > ># [100%] > >/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.1omOJ2: > >/opt/brother/Printers/HLL2360D/inf/braddprinter: > >/lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory > >[root@localhost drv]# ls > >cupsfilters.drv hp sample.drv > >[root@localhost drv]# ls -F > >cupsfilters.drv hp/ sample.drv > >[root@localhost drv]# pwd > >/usr/share/cups/drv > >[root@localhost drv]# ls ~/D*/*.rpm > >ls: cannot access /root/D*/*.rpm: No such file or directory > >[root@localhost drv]# ls ~hennebry/D*/*.rpm > >/home/hennebry/Downloads/hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm > >/home/hennebry/Downloads/hll2360dlpr-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm > >[root@localhost drv]# > > > >What happened? > >How do I do it right? > > Apparently both rpms are installed, > but even after restarting cups, > the printer just receives data and goes back to sleep. > > I have no /etc/printcap.local or /etc/printcap . > /etc/cups/printers.conf does not contain the string lp . > It does have > DeviceURI usb://Brother/HL-L2360D%20series?serial=U63883B7N499687 > > Now what? > > -- It looks as if you downloaded the two RPMs from Brother then attempted to follow their complicated instructions for installing them. Much simpler is to do this: linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1 is the brother printer driver installer I used on my HL-L2360D. it asks a few questions, some more cryptic than others, and then downloads and installes the required packages, after which I ran the system-config-printer tool and set up my printer. Voila! As I also said previously in this thread, I set up the same printer on Centos-8 without installing any Brother drivers, by going direct to CUPS on port 631 and selecting Brother 2460 (since it didn't offer 2360). Here are two entries from /etc/cups/printers.conf: MakeModel Brother HL-2460 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.14 DeviceURI ipp://192.168.2.98:631/ipp (That's the printer's IP shown there, not the system being set up.) and it appears to work fine, for small numbers of pages printed, but it does print double-sided and multi-page documents. I don't know of any reason why this would not work on C7 as well, though I haven't tried it, so YMMV and all that. If you can back out all the stuff you've hacked, I suggest you try one or the other of those. Since the CUPS setup is probably simpler and/or less invasive, I'd try that first, were I you. Good luck! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printer only prints one page, if anything
On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 05:21:55PM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Sun, 3 Nov 2019, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > >On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 02:55:32PM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> > >>I've got a Brother HL-L2360D series printer connected to Centos 7. > >>CUPS lists it as Generic PCL6/PCL Printer - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.9 . > >>When I tell it to print a pdf file, it prints at most the first page. > >> > > > >Have you tried adding the Brother CUPS and/or generic LPR software? > > > > https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us=en=hll2360dw_us > > The page does not work for me. > For some reason, the Downloads box has no text > and no clickable places, the cloud is not clickable > and the Downloads label is not clickable. If attachments can be sent thru this list, see the attached image, a screnshot from Firefox on C7. The OK button is not enabled until you choose either RPM or DEB. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] printer only prints one page, if anything
On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 02:55:32PM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > I've got a Brother HL-L2360D series printer connected to Centos 7. > CUPS lists it as Generic PCL6/PCL Printer - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.9 . > When I tell it to print a pdf file, it prints at most the first page. > > After powering the thing off and turning it on again, > it printed page 3 of pages 3-6 . > On trying it again, the thing claimed it was receiving data > and printed page 3 of pages 3-6 again. > > I've tried to delete the printer so I could add it again, > but CUPS won't let me. > CUPS quit asking for a password, it just says Forbidden. > > How do I print the pdf file? > How do I keep this from happening again? > > This is not the first time I've had to do a deep > dive into CUPS or something to get printing done. > > I gave up on HP printers because I had to buy new cartridges > practically every time I wanted to print. > Only being able to print the first page, if anything, > is not much of an improvement. > > My girlfriend has an HP printer that works, > so I suppose they are not all like mine. My 2360D works fine on C7, but I did install the Brother drivers. I configured it on C8 without the Brother drivers, using CUPS at port 631 where it appears to work properly, though I've not printed a lot on it from c8. On C8 CUPS reports that I configured it thusly: Brother HL-2460 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.14 -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 8 Mate?
On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 07:08:02PM +1100, Bill Maidment wrote: > On 26/10/2019 12:08 pm, David G. Miller wrote: > >The corresponding system-config-printer rpm from Fedora 28 appears to > >work. Not the best solution but a solution. > > > > But no longer available that I can find. I presume it must be > version 1.5.11-13 to match the -lib version On my C8 VM I uust browsed to localhost:631 and used CuPPS to configure printing. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. - Isaiah 40:28 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 8: what changed (regular UNIX admin commands)?
On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 11:36:54AM -0700, John Pierce wrote: > The ip commands have been around since Centos 6 if not earlier. you can do > things with them that you can't do with ifconfig, such as setup policy > routing rule sets.. which makes them harder to learn... Unix philosophy: small programs, each of which does one thing well. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 8 Mate?
On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 09:08:28AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 9/24/19 2:41 PM, Frank Cox wrote: > > Without wanting to sound too pushy, I'm wondering if there is any update on > > the status of Mate now that Centos 8 has been released? > > > > I would love to jump on C8 and start playing with it, but the lack of Mate > > is kind of a showstopper for me at the moment. > > > > Is gnome3 really that bad :D > > I decided to just bite the bullet and shift to real gnome3 (and not the > classic) about 4 years ago. It waas different and took some time to > learn .. BUT .. I can do everything I need to do now. > > I like both mate and cinnamon .. so I am not knocking either one. I just > think people might be well server switching to a 'supported' desktop in > the longer run. > > Again .. don't get me wrong .. it's open source, so do what makes you > happy :D > Johnny, I'm sure it can be learned, apparently lots of people have done so and are now happy(for some values of happy) with it. That is just something I don't feel like doing. I'm not against change, but the changes in Gnome 3 seemed to me to be needlessly adding pain and difficulty to what had been a perfectly usable desktop. Every time I install a new CentOS I grit my teeth at having to remember/figure out enough of it to get me thru to the point where I can use a friendly UI. Yes, I should stop being a luddite and learn it. but, y'know, I just can't bring myself to deal with the pain. As a geezer, I guess I'm kinda set in my ways. :) Just to get the Mate installed on C8 (as was posted here recently where/how to do it) was more pain that I enjoyed going through. Now, I'm sure there are simple solutions to these issues, but I just don't want to have to stop what I'm doing to google for them... anyway, I had firefox open and wanted a terminal window. couldn't figure out how to set it up so I could see both at the same time. Once I maximized FF I couldn't figure out how to get it to not eat the entire screen--no clicky buttons on the top-right of the window, so I ended up using the left-most item at the top of the window (forget what it is named...) to choose which window I wanted in front. tedious but livable. but now I don't have to do that 'cause Mate works great! And thanks to you, Johnny, and your companions/associates for all the many YEARS of work you've all put in on CentOS. Even though I gripe and complain about Gnome3, I really do appreciate all you've done! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos