Re: [CentOS-docs] What's an Enterprise class OS

2008-11-15 Thread Ned Slider
Akemi Yagi wrote: Thank, Ned. I went ahead and added this to the wiki FAQ with minor modifications: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General (currently the last item) Thanks Akemi :) ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org

[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0977 Critical CentOS 3 s490(x) seamonkey - security update

2008-11-15 Thread Pasi Pirhonen
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0977 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: updates/s390/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.s390.rpm

Re: [CentOS-virt] Need Help with Xen Please

2008-11-15 Thread Michael Hall
I was following the tutorial at http://www.howtoforge.com/centos_5.0_xen I was not aware that virt-manager is GUI only. Xend does start and I can do everything listed in the tutorial until I get to the virt-manager part. What command line do you use to create a virtual server with

[CentOS-es] postifx-ldap howto

2008-11-15 Thread Roberto Pereyra
hola ¿ Alguien conoce un buen tutorial sobre un servidor de correo con postifx y ldap ? he buscado en google, pero no encuento ninguno que sea más o menos nuevo o que funcione bien. gracias desde ya. roberto -- Ing. Roberto Pereyra ContenidosOnline http://www.contenidosonline.com.ar Get

[CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Hi, We have a server which locks up about once a week (for the past 3 weeks now), without any warning, and the only way to recover it, is to reset the server. This causes unwanted downtime, and often software loss as well. How do I debug the server, which runs CentOS 5.2 to see why it locks up?

[CentOS] NTP problems

2008-11-15 Thread Anne Wilson
My server is supposed to be using ntp, with nothing changed from the defaults set up by CentOS5. However, daily I see log entries like Total synchronizations 2 (hosts: 2) **Unmatched Entries** sendto(193.6.222.20) (fd=21): Invalid argument: 1 time(s) sendto(141.89.226.2) (fd=21):

Re: [CentOS] NTP problems

2008-11-15 Thread Olaf Mueller
Anne Wilson wrote: Hello. **Unmatched Entries** sendto(193.6.222.20) (fd=21): Invalid argument: 1 time(s) sendto(141.89.226.2) (fd=21): Invalid argument: 1 time(s) Does this mean that ntp is failing? I assume so, and if so, how do I change the sources to something that will work?

Re: [CentOS] NTP problems

2008-11-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 15 November 2008 10:41:14 Olaf Mueller wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Hello. **Unmatched Entries** sendto(193.6.222.20) (fd=21): Invalid argument: 1 time(s) sendto(141.89.226.2) (fd=21): Invalid argument: 1 time(s) Does this mean that ntp is failing? I assume so, and

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 45, Issue 9

2008-11-15 Thread centos-announce-request
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Re: [CentOS] Re: Linux backup help

2008-11-15 Thread Amos Shapira
2008/11/15 Warren Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [ long rant in favor of keeping the entire yum cache instead of a list of package versions deleted ] move around entire cache backups across continents. Continents?? What, now we're worried about protecting against total continental destruction?

Re: [CentOS] Re: Linux backup help

2008-11-15 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Amos Shapira wrote: I'll try to try to find or build something based on rpm -qa and yum. no reason to use yum: it's for resolving dependencies, but in your case they would already be resolved. Instead you could more simply and reliably wget the files and rpm -U them.

Re: [CentOS] NTP problems

2008-11-15 Thread Olaf Mueller
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 15 November 2008 10:41:14 Olaf Mueller wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: No, the server is on a fixed IP, internally and externally. Ok, here is my config file, hope this helps. There was an option in the 'restrict default' line that I had to remove for working properly,

Re: [CentOS] NTP problems

2008-11-15 Thread Dirk H. Schulz
Anne, please check your /etc/ntp.conf for the server statement; CentOS original is server 0.rhel.pool.ntp.org server 1.rhel.pool.ntp.org server 2.rhel.pool.ntp.org These 2 server ips you listed do not belong to this pool (you can check via dns), and resolved backwardly their names do not

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread Richard Karhuse
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Rudi Ahlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, We have a server which locks up about once a week (for the past 3 weeks now), without any warning, and the only way to recover it, is to reset the server. This causes unwanted downtime, and often software loss as

Re: [CentOS] NTP problems

2008-11-15 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 15 November 2008 14:13:44 Olaf Mueller wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 15 November 2008 10:41:14 Olaf Mueller wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: No, the server is on a fixed IP, internally and externally. Ok, here is my config file, hope this helps. There was an option in the

[CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Dick Roth
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated. TIA, Dick -- They that can

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Richard Karhuse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Rudi Ahlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, We have a server which locks up about once a week (for the past 3 weeks now), without any warning, and the only way to recover it, is to

[CentOS] postifx mail server with ldap

2008-11-15 Thread Roberto Pereyra
Hi all !! I looking for a good tutorial about mail server with postfix/dovecot and ldap. Please somebody can help me ? I have searched in google but all the tutoriales that I find are old or incomplete. Thanks in advance. roberto -- Ing. Roberto Pereyra ContenidosOnline

Re: [CentOS] Re: Virtual NICs (aliases like eth0:1) won't come up after reboot

2008-11-15 Thread Berend Dekens
Filipe Brandenburger schreef: Did you still not understand that we need to know what the file names are??? The command provided shows the content of the files and yes, perhaps it would show the filenames as well. This was however not specifically asked. Furthermore the files are named

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread Vandaman
Rudi Ahlers wrote: We have a server which locks up about once a week (for the past 3 weeks now), without any warning, and the only way to recover it, is to reset the server. This causes unwanted downtime, and often software loss as well. How do I debug the server, which runs CentOS 5.2

[CentOS] library strangeness

2008-11-15 Thread Craig White
while doing a yum update today, I noticed a few errors being reported that seemed strange to me... /sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 is not a symbolic link /sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 is not a symbolic link # ls -l /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 13

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Vandaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rudi Ahlers wrote: We have a server which locks up about once a week (for the past 3 weeks now), without any warning, and the only way to recover it, is to reset the server. This causes unwanted downtime, and often

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread nate
Rudi Ahlers wrote: Unfortunately, I can't leave a monitor attached to the server all the time. The server is in a shared cabinet @ a 3rd party ISP, and they lock the cabinets once we're done working with it. The last lockup was about 6 days ago, and previous one about 8 days ago. There's no

[CentOS] Oracle start up script issue with RHEL3 Cluster

2008-11-15 Thread lingu
Hi all I am running two node active/passive cluster on RHEL3U8-64 bit operating system for my oracle 9i database.I am facing issue when cluster fail over to node 2 my oracle start up script not starting up even though i configured start up script in my cluster configuration but if i type clustat

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:17 PM, nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rudi Ahlers wrote: Unfortunately, I can't leave a monitor attached to the server all the time. The server is in a shared cabinet @ a 3rd party ISP, and they lock the cabinets once we're done working with it. The last lockup was

Re: [CentOS] postifx mail server with ldap

2008-11-15 Thread Ned Slider
Roberto Pereyra wrote: Hi all !! I looking for a good tutorial about mail server with postfix/dovecot and ldap. Please somebody can help me ? I have searched in google but all the tutoriales that I find are old or incomplete. Thanks in advance. roberto There is a guide for postfix/dovecot

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt

Re: [CentOS] Oracle start up script issue with RHEL3 Cluster

2008-11-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:28 PM, lingu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am running two node active/passive cluster on RHEL3U8-64 bit operating system for my oracle 9i database.I am facing issue when cluster fail over to node 2 my oracle start up script not starting up snip Have you considered

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Dick Roth
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up

Re: [CentOS] Re: Linux backup help

2008-11-15 Thread Amos Shapira
2008/11/16 Nicolas Thierry-Mieg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Amos Shapira wrote: I'll try to try to find or build something based on rpm -qa and yum. no reason to use yum: it's for resolving dependencies, but in your case they would already be resolved. Instead you could more simply and reliably

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Dick Roth
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread John R Pierce
Rudi Ahlers wrote: Well, on a standard CentOS 5.2, /var/log/messages will be the the place to log problems like this, or where else can I get more info? tough to write to the disk when the kernel is crashing. ditto the network. that leaves VGAs and serial ports, which can be written to

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:14 AM, John R Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rudi Ahlers wrote: Well, on a standard CentOS 5.2, /var/log/messages will be the the place to log problems like this, or where else can I get more info? tough to write to the disk when the kernel is crashing. ditto the

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM,

Re: [CentOS] how to debug hardware lockups?

2008-11-15 Thread John R Pierce
Rudi Ahlers wrote: No, the motherboard doesn't support ECC RAM. The motherboard is a Intel DG35EC - http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/DG35EC/DG35EC-overview.htm midrange business desktop board. I use a DG33TL as my desktop, same thing.

Re: [CentOS] Video Card

2008-11-15 Thread Tom Browder
Today I bought a PNY 9600 GT, installed the latest NVIDIA 64-bit drivers (177.82) and I still can't get anything but the 640x480 display. BTW, my display is a Rosewill R943J LCD (without EDID). And I'm using its DVI connector. Any ideas? I'm going to try the analog connector now just for fun:

Re: [CentOS] Video Card

2008-11-15 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Tom Browder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today I bought a PNY 9600 GT, installed the latest NVIDIA 64-bit drivers (177.82) and I still can't get anything but the 640x480 display. BTW, my display is a Rosewill R943J LCD (without EDID). And I'm using its DVI

Re: [CentOS] Video Card

2008-11-15 Thread Mark Pryor
--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Tom Browder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Tom Browder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CentOS] Video Card To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 3:39 PM Today I bought a PNY 9600 GT, installed the latest NVIDIA 64-bit drivers

Re: [CentOS] Re: Linux backup help

2008-11-15 Thread Ian Forde
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 15:08 -0700, Warren Young wrote: Amos Shapira wrote: Is there a way to freeze a list of installed packages and exact versions, then tell yum (or any other tool/script) to install exactly these verions either on the same or another systme? There isn't a need for an

[Centos] Promise EX16650 under 5.2?

2008-11-15 Thread Gordon McLellan
Does anyone have experience using the Supertrak EX16650 sas controller under Centos 5.2? The Promise website claims RHEL 5.2 support was added Sept '08. I figure the card might very well be detected, but how about the management gui - it appears to use some sort of web interface, but the card

Re: [CentOS] Video Card

2008-11-15 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Mark Pryor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... the desired resolution should be 1280x1020 (19 inch). Your X config needs a modeline for that resolution. Thanks, Mark, but the mode line was there. Apparently there are two problems (I finally got a clue in the xorg log

Re: [CentOS] Video Card

2008-11-15 Thread Michael A. Peters
startx shouls work. When I boot into run level 3, I can use startx and it brings me up at the right resolution. My nvidia card is a slightly older model though (GeForce 6800 XT) and I'm not running the latest driver. Tom Browder wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Mark Pryor [EMAIL