Re: [CentOS] Issue with dvd/cdrom drive

2019-06-24 Thread Jay Hart
Also, make sure your BIOS is the latest version for your motherboard! Jay > >> >> [2.183682] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) >> [2.183825] ata3: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) >> [7.183893] ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) >> [7.183908]

Re: [CentOS] Disk Performance Issue

2019-06-24 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 03:42:24PM +, Chris Olson via CentOS wrote: > We have a very old Dell desk top machine that has been running > CentOS 6 for the past five years.  It received a new, 1 TB disk > and additional memory before the OS installation.  It has been > the primary Linux machine in

Re: [CentOS] Issue with dvd/cdrom drive

2019-06-24 Thread Pete Biggs
On Sun, 2019-06-23 at 22:13 -0400, doug schmidt wrote: > Hi, > I'm having an issue with my Thinkpad P70 laptop/workstation. This system is > a dual boot, > windows 10 pro and centos 7. I have not needed to use the cdrom until now, > however the system does not see it in /dev. I know the cdrom

Re: [CentOS] Issue with dvd/cdrom drive

2019-06-24 Thread doug schmidt
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 3:35 AM Pete Biggs wrote: > On Sun, 2019-06-23 at 22:13 -0400, doug schmidt wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having an issue with my Thinkpad P70 laptop/workstation. This system > is > > a dual boot, > > windows 10 pro and centos 7. I have not needed to use the cdrom until > now, >

Re: [CentOS] Issue with dvd/cdrom drive

2019-06-24 Thread Pete Biggs
> > [root@darkness ~]# ls -al /dev/sr* > ls: cannot access /dev/sr*: No such file or directory > [root@darkness ~]# ls /dev/s* > /dev/sda /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sg0 /dev/stderr > /dev/sda1 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sg1 /dev/stdin > /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb /dev/sdb3

Re: [CentOS] Disk Performance Issue

2019-06-24 Thread Jon Pruente
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 10:42 AM Chris Olson via CentOS wrote: > Advice regarding this issue and any possible diagnostic methods > will be greatly appreciated. > Install smartmontools. You can use the smartctl tool to get all of the S.M.A.R.T. data for the drive. You can also set up the config

Re: [CentOS] Disk Performance Issue

2019-06-24 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
Chris Olson wrote: > One theory put forward is that some application is running that > uses up CPU and disk bandwidth. 1. Check the cable. I'm getting convinced that half of all problems are caused by cables. 2. Use iotop to see what's using the disk. 3. Check the disk using smartmontools

Re: [CentOS] Issue with dvd/cdrom drive

2019-06-24 Thread doug schmidt
> > > > > [root@darkness ~]# ls -al /dev/sr* > > ls: cannot access /dev/sr*: No such file or directory > > [root@darkness ~]# ls /dev/s* > > /dev/sda /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sg0 /dev/stderr > > /dev/sda1 /dev/sda4 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sg1 /dev/stdin > > /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb

Re: [CentOS] Disk Performance Issue

2019-06-24 Thread mark
Chris Olson via CentOS wrote: > We have a very old Dell desk top machine that has been running > CentOS 6 for the past five years.  It received a new, 1 TB disk > and additional memory before the OS installation.  It has been the primary > Linux machine in our smallest and most remote field >

Re: [CentOS] Vulnerabilities to bind-libs bind-utils - possible to remove these on webservers

2019-06-24 Thread mark
Peda, Allan (NYC-GIS) wrote: > I think the subject says it all. We don't run named. It seems there are > chronic issues with bind. Can these packages be removed? > > We locally authenticate. I see this: > > Removing for dependencies: > bind-utils ipa-client sssd sssd-ad sssd-ipa > > We

[CentOS] Vulnerabilities to bind-libs bind-utils - possible to remove these on webservers

2019-06-24 Thread Peda, Allan (NYC-GIS)
I think the subject says it all. We don't run named. It seems there are chronic issues with bind. Can these packages be removed? We locally authenticate. I see this: Removing for dependencies: bind-utils ipa-client sssd sssd-ad sssd-ipa We shouldn't need any of that with local

[CentOS] Strange Network Bug Locks Up CentOS 7 Laptop

2019-06-24 Thread Virgo, Paul E. (GSFC-610.2)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC] via CentOS
All, I have a user who has a Dell Precision 7520 laptop, and we're running CentOS 7, latest kernel. This morning he had two lockup incidents. Nothing in /var/log/messages stands out so far, but did get this information when running 'abrt-cli list --since 1560891312': id

Re: [CentOS] Vulnerabilities to bind-libs bind-utils - possible to remove these on webservers

2019-06-24 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 9:07 AM Peda, Allan (NYC-GIS) wrote: > > I think the subject says it all. We don't run named. It seems there are > chronic issues with bind. Can these packages be removed? > > We locally authenticate. I see this: > > Removing for dependencies: > bind-utils >

Re: [CentOS] Strange Network Bug Locks Up CentOS 7 Laptop

2019-06-24 Thread mark
Virgo, Paul E. \(GSFC-610.2\)\[ADNET SYSTEMS INC\] via CentOS wrote: > All, > > > I have a user who has a Dell Precision 7520 laptop, and we're running > CentOS 7, latest kernel. > This morning he had two lockup incidents. Nothing in /var/log/messages > stands out so far, but did get this

[CentOS] Danger, Will Robinson: Visual Studio with CentOS

2019-06-24 Thread mark
Had a manager come by, to tell me one server seemed to be running slow, but nothing much was on it. Well, it turned out to be a user who was using Visual Studio on his Win10 laptop to edit files on the server. And VS used sftp to get to the files. Yeah, about that: ssh in about 4 times a

[CentOS] Disk Performance Issue

2019-06-24 Thread Chris Olson via CentOS
We have a very old Dell desk top machine that has been running CentOS 6 for the past five years.  It received a new, 1 TB disk and additional memory before the OS installation.  It has been the primary Linux machine in our smallest and most remote field office.  It has been updated at least once a

Re: [CentOS] Vulnerabilities to bind-libs bind-utils - possible to remove these on webservers

2019-06-24 Thread Peda, Allan (NYC-GIS)
I just tried out removal of bind-utils on a soon to be retired machine. It seems fine with the caveat that we lose /bin/host and /bin/dig Perhaps a perl script might suffice to emulate 'host' on machines that might need the occasional networking debug session. Just typed this up, so FWIW:

Re: [CentOS] Issue with dvd/cdrom drive

2019-06-24 Thread Pete Biggs
> > [2.183682] ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) > [2.183825] ata3: SATA link up 6.0 Gbps (SStatus 133 SControl 300) > [7.183893] ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) > [7.183908] ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) > [7.183960] ata4.00: qc

[CentOS-announce] CESA-2019:1587 Important CentOS 7 python Security Update

2019-06-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2019:1587 Important Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1587 The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) x86_64:

[CentOS-announce] CEEA-2019:1344 CentOS 7 python-azure-sdk Enhancement Update

2019-06-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2019:1344 Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:1344 The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) x86_64:

[CentOS-announce] CEEA-2019:1342 CentOS 7 python-msrest Enhancement Update

2019-06-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2019:1342 Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:1342 The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) x86_64:

[CentOS-announce] CEEA-2019:1343 CentOS 7 python-msrestazure Enhancement Update

2019-06-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2019:1343 Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:1343 The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) x86_64:

[CentOS-announce] CEEA-2019:1341 CentOS 7 python-adal Enhancement Update

2019-06-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2019:1341 Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:1341 The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) x86_64: