Re: [CentOS] foo2oak-wrapper

2011-02-16 Thread Hal Davison
On 2/16/2011 4:31 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:03:18PM -0500, Hal Davison wrote: >>> A client bought for me a HP Color LaserJet 1525nw printer. >>> >>> Installed on the local network as 192.168.1.117 > >>> The CUPS installer is complaining tha

Re: [CentOS] some think there are no unemployed OSS folks

2011-02-16 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 02/17/2011 04:59 AM, Mark wrote: > This whole discussion is off-topic and getting to be really annoying. yes, please take it to somewhere more appropriate. - KB ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] some think there are no unemployed OSS folks

2011-02-16 Thread Mark
This whole discussion is off-topic and getting to be really annoying. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] some think there are no unemployed OSS folks

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: >        issue?  I don't get it.  You seem to think that money is the end >        all be all for OSS.  I would suggest that's a mindset you may >        wish to change as money doesn't drive OSS. Are you saying there are no OSS folks who

Re: [CentOS] ACHTUNG: wrt CentALT repo

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:41 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 05:03:33PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: >> >> ACHTUNG:  Note the repo is apparently without SRPMs so it becomes >> difficult to vet. > >        This is a show-stopper for many, including myself.  Thanks for >        po

Re: [CentOS] ACHTUNG: wrt CentALT repo

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:41 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > >        However... > >        77 lines of unnecessary untrimmed text removed.  Is it too much >        to ask you to be considerate to others and trim non-essential >        text?  I direct you to the mailing list guidelines for these >  

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:36 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:24:05PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Rainer Duffner >> wrote: >> >> I think it a trit (0, 1, "I don't know) naive to think that >> money/donations wouldn't help.  These guys sai

Re: [CentOS] ACHTUNG: wrt CentALT repo

2011-02-16 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 05:03:33PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: > > ACHTUNG: Note the repo is apparently without SRPMs so it becomes > difficult to vet. This is a show-stopper for many, including myself. Thanks for pointing it out. However... 77 lines of unnecessa

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:24:05PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Rainer Duffner > wrote: > > I think it a trit (0, 1, "I don't know) naive to think that > money/donations wouldn't help. These guys said they loose access to > their servers when the rollout starts.

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 03:54:20PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > > And yet, fairly often in these conversations, paying for an RHEL support > subscription is suggested as a solution. Yep. And I'm the very first to point out that if you're going to whine, cry, bitch and complain,

[CentOS] ACHTUNG: wrt CentALT repo

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Larry Vaden wrote: > > N.B. pkgs.org is showing that CentALT is at current code and Fedora is > using a release candidate! Per a discussion with an Internet2 professor this PM: ACHTUNG: Note the repo is apparently without SRPMs so it becomes difficult to vet. F

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:03:57PM -0800, Benjamin Smith wrote: > IMHO, if you are intending to install an O/S, and will need to have an > Internet connection, you should ALWAYS have a thumb drive and another > computer > with a confirmed Internet connection before starting. The only exception

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > > Am 16.02.2011 um 22:29 schrieb Larry Vaden: > >> Even further, the resistance to properly funding this project is >> truly amazing. > > Well, with money come a lot of strings attached. Ja und nein. > Most likely, one would either have to

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 16.02.2011 um 22:29 schrieb Larry Vaden: > > > Even further, the resistance to properly funding this project is > truly amazing. Well, with money come a lot of strings attached. Most likely, one would either have to incorporate a business or found some not-for-profit entity if large amo

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Benjamin Smith
IMHO, if you are intending to install an O/S, and will need to have an Internet connection, you should ALWAYS have a thumb drive and another computer with a confirmed Internet connection before starting. The only exception to this rule is when installing OSX on a Mac - because they control the h

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/16/2011 3:46 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > You seem to think that money is the end > all be all for OSS. I would suggest that's a mindset you may > wish to change as money doesn't drive OSS. And yet, fairly often in these conversations, paying for an RHEL support subscript

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 03:29:17PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: > > There's a lot of difference between writing > > "Was hoping to have > this done by the weekend but a series of unfortunate incidents ( like > large scale hdd failures ) meant that things at the $dayjob got a bit > hectic and this sl

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:29 -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: > Further, I'm surprised to learn that Karanbir's employer would go > against Karanbir's presumed advice against allowing such a situation > to develop. Why don't we give this a break? Nothing more can usefully be written. KB's employer has

Re: [CentOS] foo2oak-wrapper

2011-02-16 Thread m . roth
Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:03:18PM -0500, Hal Davison wrote: >> >> A client bought for me a HP Color LaserJet 1525nw printer. >> >> Installed on the local network as 192.168.1.117 >> The CUPS installer is complaining that it cannot locate the foo2oak-wrapper...and >> that

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:36 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > >        How is a HDD failure at $dayjob an issue of project-related >        "money"?  Can you perhaps conflate more? There's a lot of difference between writing "Was hoping to have this done by the weekend but a series of unfortunate i

Re: [CentOS] foo2oak-wrapper

2011-02-16 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 04:03:18PM -0500, Hal Davison wrote: > Well...Greetings > > A client bought for me a HP Color LaserJet > 1525nw printer. > > Installed on the local network as > 192.168.1.117 > > A Google search brings back a number of > conflicting options. Before I ball things > up

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Paul A wrote: > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > From: Paul A > Subject: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2 > > Hi originally I installed php 4 on centos 5.5 and then a few repos including > the remi repo to upgrade to php5, which seems to upgrade/work without any > issues. > > Howev

[CentOS] foo2oak-wrapper

2011-02-16 Thread Hal Davison
Well...Greetings A client bought for me a HP Color LaserJet 1525nw printer. Installed on the local network as 192.168.1.117 A Google search brings back a number of conflicting options. Before I ball things up to much, I thought it best to check in for additional advice. The CUPS installer

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Gerhard Schneider wrote: > > Perhaps I'm a little bit pragmatic, but.. > > I will upgrade to 5.6 when it's out - BUT I'm not really angry when > CentOS 6 would be CentOS 6.1 - if you want to be beta tester for a large > distibution you still can shift to Ubuntu..

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:16:22PM -0600, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > Money is not the real issue. It is time, and more importantly trust. > > Another minor correction: Karanbir has written on the list that he was > delayed by an HDD failure,

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:16:22 -0600 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > Money is not the real issue. It is time, and more importantly trust. > > Another minor correction: Karanbir has written on the list that he was > delayed by an HDD f

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Money is not the real issue. It is time, and more importantly trust. Another minor correction: Karanbir has written on the list that he was delayed by an HDD failure, so money is an issue IMHO. As a rural ISP 2 miles east of the middle of

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread compdoc
> However, we're not set up for UUIDs, the fstab >just shows /dev/md0, etc. I mentioned it because I recently installed and set up servers with ubuntu 10.04 and fedora 14, while I was waiting for C6. Using the UUID is the default now. I also found it works fine in C5.5 - you just substitute the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:44:17 -0600 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > > On 02/16/2011 01:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > On 2/16/2011 12:41 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > >> > >> The wireless on the X31 is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 > >> 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04). Intel wireless

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 2/16/2011 11:17 AM, Larry Vaden wrote: >> >> >> I think I'll continue with the effort to get RedHat to see the wisdom >> wrt certain essential elements of the Internet infrastructure (like >> BIND). > > I thought the RHEL 5.6 release notes

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > Hello, > > I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as > a secondary laptop in order to run CentOS 5 on the field. > > My main focus is therefore to have something robust, reliable and > above all well compatible w

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: m.r...@5-cent.us > Subject: Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2 > > I just googled httpd php.conf linux, thinking that you might need one in > /etc/httpd/conf.d/, and found this. You can skip the how-to-build part, > bu

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/16/2011 01:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 2/16/2011 12:41 PM, Robert Heller wrote: >> >> The wireless on the X31 is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 >> 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04). Intel wireless chips are *very well* >> supported *out of the box* under CentOS. You do need to do

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:06:36 -0600 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On 2/16/2011 12:41 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > > > The wireless on the X31 is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 > > 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04). Intel wireless chips are *very well* > > supported *out of the box* unde

Re: [CentOS] NIC bonding - missing eth0?

2011-02-16 Thread Smithies, Russell
Yep, that's the problem - it keeps coming up with 3 ports instead of 4 and eth0 is always has a different Aggregator ID. No idea why it does that - the other server is setup the same and it's bonding works perfectly. The only thing I can think of is some of the Xen virtual interfaces and bridges

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread compdoc
>>On 2/16/2011 12:41 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > >The wireless on the X31 is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 > >3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04). Intel wireless chips are *very well* > >supported *out of the box* under CentOS. You do need to download > > and install the proper firmware.

Re: [CentOS] kmod-e1000e and Intel Network Card

2011-02-16 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am 16.02.2011 18:09, schrieb Akemi Yagi: >> But if you'd like more info or questions regarding ELRepo's drivers, >> you will need to ask on the ELRepo mailing list. >> >> Akemi > I know you are part of the ELrepo team and saw you contri

[CentOS] Flash No Longer Supported on RHEL 4

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Mohilef
>From RHSA Announce: [RHSA-2011:0259-01] Critical: flash-plugin - 1-Month End Of Life Notice > The flash-plugin package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 contains multiple > security flaws and should no longer be used. This is the 1-month > notification of Red Hat's plans to disable Adobe Flash Play

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > Umm.  It has been stated elsewhere, but RAID is not really a substistute > for proper backups. > [...] > -- > Robert Heller             -- 978-544-6933 / hel...@deepsoft.com > Deepwoods Software        -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ I know t

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread m . roth
I just googled httpd php.conf linux, thinking that you might need one in /etc/httpd/conf.d/, and found this. You can skip the how-to-build part, but it mentions a number of other steps, such as: cp -p php.ini-recommended /usr/local/apache/php/php.ini Hope y

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Paul A wrote: > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > From: Paul A > Subject: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2 > > Hi originally I installed php 4 on centos 5.5 and then a > few repos including the remi repo to upgrade to php5, > which seems to upgrade/work without any issues. It mig

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/16/2011 11:17 AM, Larry Vaden wrote: > > > I think I'll continue with the effort to get RedHat to see the wisdom > wrt certain essential elements of the Internet infrastructure (like > BIND). I thought the RHEL 5.6 release notes said it contains BIND 9.7. What more do you want? -- Les M

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/16/2011 12:41 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > The wireless on the X31 is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 > 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04). Intel wireless chips are *very well* > supported *out of the box* under CentOS. You do need to download and > install the proper firmware. Isn't b

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Paul A wrote: > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > From: Paul A > Subject: Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2 > > No there is only on php.ini on there located in > /etc/php.ini, this is so weird. It is - very odd! What's your file permissions for php.ini ? Mine are: -rw-r--r--

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:43:16 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > On 2/16/2011 12:09 PM, compdoc wrote: > >>> The problem is, the kernel seemingly randomly switches between > >>> /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc for these devices. > >> > >> I use the UUID in fstab rather than '/dev/sda', etc > > >

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread m . roth
Paul A wrote: > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf > Of Keith Roberts > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Paul A wrote: >> From: Paul A >> >> Keith/guys thanks for the suggestions, here is what I have >> found. It shows loaded config file is /etc/php.ini but if >> I

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread James Smallacombe
> At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:38:53 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> >> > At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:27 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list >> > wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> We have about 50 CentOS servers with software RAID level 1 >> (mirroring). >> >> Each week, we swap out one of the drives (th

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, James Smallacombe wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: James Smallacombe > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers > >> At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:27 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list >> wrote: >>> >>> The problem is, the kernel seemin

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread James Smallacombe
> On 2/16/2011 12:09 PM, compdoc wrote: >>> The problem is, the kernel seemingly randomly switches between >>> /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc for these devices. >> >> I use the UUID in fstab rather than '/dev/sda', etc > > In this case it would be something you give to mdadm to add a device > back to a set.

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:38:53 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:27 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list > > wrote: > > > >> > >> We have about 50 CentOS servers with software RAID level 1 (mirroring). > >> Each week, we swap out one of the drives (the one in the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:04:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On 02/16/2011 12:30 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:02:57 -0500 CentOS mailing list > > wrote: > > > >> Mathieu Baudier wrote: > >>> I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as > >>

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread David Sommerseth
On 16/02/11 18:08, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:52 +0100, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > >> I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as >> a secondary laptop in order to run CentOS 5 on the field. > > One thing you might, or happily might not, have diff

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread yonatan pingle
partprobe as root should refresh the kernel partition / disk cache instead of a reboot. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:27 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> >> We have about 50 CentOS servers with software RAID level 1 (mirroring).

Re: [CentOS] kmod-e1000e and Intel Network Card

2011-02-16 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 16.02.2011 18:09, schrieb Akemi Yagi: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: >> Just curious, any specific reason why to choose the ELrepo module over >> the one coming with the CentOS kernel? >> >> I have an RHEL 6 system with an "Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit >> Networ

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/16/2011 12:09 PM, compdoc wrote: >> The problem is, the kernel seemingly randomly switches between >> /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc for these devices. > > I use the UUID in fstab rather than '/dev/sda', etc In this case it would be something you give to mdadm to add a device back to a set. And you'

Re: [CentOS] Blasphemous? any support for a REPO of current edition BIND, et al (e.g., BZ561299)?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > [1]: I say that with a pinch of salt though - EL6 is a tad overdue. A > lot of new projects and services need a codebase newer than whats on > offer in C5. Karabir, Should the effort to build community support for an auxiliary repo of cu

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread Paul A
No there is only on php.ini on there located in /etc/php.ini, this is so weird. -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Keith Roberts Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:56 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] apache

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread compdoc
>The problem is, the kernel seemingly randomly switches between >/dev/sdb and /dev/sdc for these devices. I use the UUID in fstab rather than '/dev/sda', etc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Roger K. Wells
On 02/16/2011 12:30 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:02:57 -0500 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> Mathieu Baudier wrote: >>> I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as >>> a secondary laptop in order to run CentOS 5 on the field. >> >>> I would be gra

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread James Smallacombe
> At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:27 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> >> We have about 50 CentOS servers with software RAID level 1 (mirroring). >> Each week, we swap out one of the drives (the one in the second of four >> hot-swap bays, only the first two of which contain drives) on each >

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/16/2011 11:17 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 14:58 +, Karanbir Singh wrote: > >> Nothing happened, not one person beyond the >> usual-people actually did anything. > > When you have time please tell all of us, preferably on this list, what > resources you need an

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/16/2011 11:06 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Again, nothing wrong with their approach (I like Troy in any dealings we > have had), however it is not what CentOS does or is going to do. When > we release, we basically loose meaningful access to our machines for a > week as dozens of internal ser

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 2/16/2011 10:15 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >> If we could hire 3 or 4 people (and provide any kind of reasonable job >> security for their future), that might be an option. Otherwise I think >> injecting a limited amount of cash into the process just produces hurt >> feel

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:02:57 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Mathieu Baudier wrote: > > > > I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as > > a secondary laptop in order to run CentOS 5 on the field. > > > I would be grateful if people having used CentOS on this mo

Re: [CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:27 -0500 (EST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > We have about 50 CentOS servers with software RAID level 1 (mirroring). > Each week, we swap out one of the drives (the one in the second of four > hot-swap bays, only the first two of which contain drives) on each server

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Again, nothing wrong with their approach (I like Troy in any dealings we > have had), however it is not what CentOS does or is going to do.  When > we release, we basically loose meaningful access to our machines for a > week as dozens of

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > Perhaps a mailing list entitle Centos Devoir (home work / jobs to do) > could carry a regular list of jobs that need doing ? +1 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.or

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > WRT the age of RHEL ... that is what enterprise Linux is.  Fedora (or > Ubuntu non LTS, or opensuse, or Debian SID, or any number of other > alternatives) exist if you don't want the more stable (ie, older) items. > > Again, nothing wrong

Re: [CentOS] NIC bonding - missing eth0?

2011-02-16 Thread Cameron Kerr
On 16/02/2011, at 3:12 PM, Smithies, Russell wrote: > > 802.3ad info > LACP rate: slow > Active Aggregator Info: > Aggregator ID: 19 > Number of ports: 3 > Actor Key: 17 > Partner Key: 5 > Partner Mac Address: 00:1b:90:3d:90:c0 > > Slave Interfac

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 14:58 +, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Nothing happened, not one person beyond the > usual-people actually did anything. When you have time please tell all of us, preferably on this list, what resources you need and how 'ordinary' people can help. Give us a list of tasks tha

Re: [CentOS] Authentication Problems

2011-02-16 Thread John R Pierce
On 02/16/11 6:27 AM, James Bensley wrote: > However he always uses the webdev account which lastlog shows as never > logged in, so when accessing the VPS as the webdev user account are we > somehow actually accessing the VPS as webmaster? Is it possible the > VPS providers performed some crazy vood

Re: [CentOS] kmod-e1000e and Intel Network Card

2011-02-16 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > Just a note about how the ELrepo package works: It sets the original > kernel module (shipping with the CentOS/RHEL) kernel on a blacklist and > forces to load the own module instead. Though both modules have the same > name. > > # cat /

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > I just finished pushing through the 5.6 distro tree's into the distro > builders ( so isos get built etc and moved to qa ). Was hoping to have > this done by the weekend but a series of unfortunate incidents ( like > large scale hdd failur

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 15:52 +0100, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as > a secondary laptop in order to run CentOS 5 on the field. One thing you might, or happily might not, have difficulties with is the wifi driver. Most drivers are av

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/16/2011 10:50 AM, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> >> Apparently there was some confusion around the release of SL 5.6 >> alpha. Troy Dawson cleared it up in his post to the main SL mailing >> list: >> >> http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=i

[CentOS] Software RAID Level 1, smartd and changing dev numbers

2011-02-16 Thread James Smallacombe
We have about 50 CentOS servers with software RAID level 1 (mirroring). Each week, we swap out one of the drives (the one in the second of four hot-swap bays, only the first two of which contain drives) on each server and take them offsite for safekeeping. The problem is, the kernel seemingly ran

Re: [CentOS] kmod-e1000e and Intel Network Card

2011-02-16 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 16.02.2011 01:27, schrieb Soporte Virtual: > 2011/2/15 Soporte Virtual : >> Hi list >> >> It's my first message here, but I use CentOS from long time ago (sorry my >> language, I'm spanish from Colombia) >> >> I have a Intel board with an Integrated Network Card 82578DC. I've >> sucessfully inst

Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2

2011-02-16 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Paul A wrote: > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > From: Paul A > Subject: Re: [CentOS] apache 2 and php 5.2 > > Keith/guys thanks for the suggestions, here is what I have > found. It shows loaded config file is /etc/php.ini but if > I remove that file and restart apache it stil

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > Apparently there was some confusion around the release of SL 5.6 > alpha. Troy Dawson cleared it up in his post to the main SL mailing > list: > > http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1102&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&X=78ED2C774C382

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/16/2011 10:15 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > If we could hire 3 or 4 people (and provide any kind of reasonable job > security for their future), that might be an option. Otherwise I think > injecting a limited amount of cash into the process just produces hurt > feelings and degrades, not impr

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread robert mena
Hi, Since I was the one who created this topic (with different purpose) let me suggest that after the 5.6/6.0 release consider a 'business model' for the CentOS. And by business model I mean take some time to: a) Evaluate _if_ one or more paid staff would ease some of the taks that must be done

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > The CentOS Project can not afford to hire and pay someone a full salary > to do nothing but CentOS full time.  If the project could do that, then > they would.  But, if they did hire said person, then what would the > OTHER volunteer guys

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > To the best of my knowledge, you are running BETA's or ALPHA's and not > "released" 5.6 products for SL 5.6 ... > > http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions > > Or maybe I am missing something? Apparently there was some confusion around

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/16/2011 09:03 AM, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >> Because they also have $dayjobs too ... Oracle (with billions of dollars >> and unlimited machines and personnel) just released their el6 on Friday. >> >> Is there some reason you can't buy RHE

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread David Sommerseth
On 16/02/11 16:40, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Hi, > > On 02/16/2011 03:38 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: >> However, let this be a discussion after CentOS5.6 and CentOS6 is released. >> Rather start a new fresh thread when everyone (especially developers) have >> had some rest after the releases. > >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 on a Thinkpad T60 laptop

2011-02-16 Thread m . roth
Mathieu Baudier wrote: > > I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as > a secondary laptop in order to run CentOS 5 on the field. > I would be grateful if people having used CentOS on this model could > share their experience (good or bad). Oddly enough, I asked on anot

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/16/2011 09:20 AM, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >> As I said before, Oracle has not had their stuff released for very long >> and while Scientific Linus has released some Alpha/Beta stuff along the >> way, they also have not released 5.6 or 6.0

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi, On 02/16/2011 03:38 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: > However, let this be a discussion after CentOS5.6 and CentOS6 is released. > Rather start a new fresh thread when everyone (especially developers) have > had some rest after the releases. Right, well volunteered to setup and get this conver

Re: [CentOS] Looking for back versions of centos 3

2011-02-16 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 2/14/2011 1:23 AM, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > Yeah, I'm rebuilding a server with Oracle RAC and I wasn't sure exactly > what version of RedHat was used to build it originally. Centos 5.5 > results in the external iscsi volumes being improperly sized. It turns > out Centos 3.5 works. Once, many

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread David Sommerseth
On 16/02/11 15:58, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Hi David, > > On 02/16/2011 12:50 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: >> Exactly! Supporters who could most probably do even more, than just to sit >> here idle waiting for the next release - if we only knew what the issues >> are they are facing. > > So what h

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Karanbir Singh
KB, On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 09:58:31 am Karanbir Singh wrote: > Now the bit that really cheeses me off is that we cant go through the > same loop again and again everytime someone new comes along and cant be > bothered to see what has happened in the past. This is off list since I didn

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:54:14PM +0100, Morten P.D. Stevens wrote: >> >> 2011/2/16 Johnny Hughes : >> > >> >> No, the sources are here: >> http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/ >> >> And the RPMs: >> http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/0

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 02/16/2011 03:20 PM, Morten P.D. Stevens wrote: > Karanbir, this is not quite right. And you know it. > I offered my help for testing. (qa process) A very large part - if not all - of the qa effort is branding and role specific within centos. Most of the other things only contribute towards d

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Scott Robbins
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:54:14PM +0100, Morten P.D. Stevens wrote: > > 2011/2/16 Johnny Hughes : > > > > No, the sources are here: > http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/ > > And the RPMs: > http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/0/base/ Note that, according to its FAQ, the repo is only the c

Re: [CentOS] Authentication Problems

2011-02-16 Thread James Bensley
Ok, everything is fixed now. I spoke with the VPS providers; The jailed shell was removed from the webdev user (and the webmaster user?) and they reset the password. I logged into ssh as the webdev user to change the password and they told me off for trying and said I must do it through WHM/cPanel

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Morten P.D. Stevens
2011/2/16 Karanbir Singh : > On 02/16/2011 02:22 PM, Morten P.D. Stevens wrote: >> The best example is Scientific Linux. There are schedules and an open >> development process. >> >> What is the reason for the closed development process in CentOS? > > Its funny you say that Morten, since you actua

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Larry Vaden
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > As I said before, Oracle has not had their stuff released for very long > and while Scientific Linus has released some Alpha/Beta stuff along the > way, they also have not released 5.6 or 6.0 either.  This is not easy. > It takes time. Joh

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 02/16/2011 03:03 PM, Larry Vaden wrote: > You hear/read quite a few folks saying the equivalent of something > like "corporations favor subscriptions over donations.' > > Give them a chance to put their money where their mouth is :) I believe we are working on making that happen, a few things n

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 02/16/2011 03:11 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: > If whoever wants to help out in a community project, and then see that when > a task come and then gives a response that this was the wrong timing, due > to other obligations - this is pretty fair response. Not really. If someone says 'what can i d

Re: [CentOS] Any update on 5.6 / 6?

2011-02-16 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi David, its me again :) On 02/15/2011 05:11 PM, David Hornford wrote: > "When will CentOS 6 be out?" > "The CentOS team does not have a fixed release schedule following an > upstream release. The release timeframe is based upon the number of bugs In many cases's its still helpful to have some

  1   2   >