Re: [CentOS] Installing kernel RHEL-5.3 on CentOS 5.2 (x86_64)

2009-01-14 Thread Tosh
> nate wrote:
>> Marcelo M. Garcia wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I tried to install the kernel Red Hat 5.3 x86_64 (2.6.18-128.el5.x86_64)
>>> with the command:
>>>rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.18-128.el5.x86_64.rpm
>>> but there is problem with dependecy: ecryptfs-util<  44. How to solve
>>> problems with depencies when installing a beta kernel?
>>>
>>> I'm trying this kernel to see if I get CentOS working with the wireless
>>> iw4965. I tried the drivers from Intel, but the compilation failed.
>>
>> It seems that ecryptfs-util is filesystem specific, and that's not
>> a default filesystem in linux, so you should be safe in forcing the
>> rpm to install (--nodeps --force or something).
I can confirm this, just use --nodeps (please read remark below prior to 
doing this, as said use rpm -ivh --nodeps)
I am running it successfully on my desktop.

Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Marcelo M. Garcia
>   wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I tried to install the kernel Red Hat 5.3 x86_64 (2.6.18-128.el5.x86_64)
>> with the command:
>>   rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.18-128.el5.x86_64.rpm
>
> DO NOT use the -U option when installing the kernel.  Use -ivh instead.
Yes, the U option would update the kernels, making all other older 
versions of your kernel disappear, if the kernel would not load, you 
will not be able to load in an older version
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Re: [CentOS] Poor RAID performance new Xeon server?

2009-01-14 Thread Kay Diederichs
Stewart Williams schrieb:
...
> ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> ata1.00: ATA-7: GB0250C8045, HPG1, max UDMA/133
> ata1.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
> ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
> ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
> ata2.00: ATA-7: MAXTOR STM3250310AS, 4.AAA, max UDMA/133
> ata2.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
> ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
> ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
> ata3.00: ATA-7: MAXTOR STM3250310AS, 3.AAF, max UDMA/133
> ata3.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
> ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
> ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
> ata4.00: ATA-7: MAXTOR STM3250310AS, 4.AAA, max UDMA/133
> ata4.00: 488397168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
> ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
> 
> Also, it shows 2 of the ports are running as 3.0Gbps (which is strange 
> as I thought all of the ports on the mainboard were the same 1.5Gbps speed)
> 
> The 3 maxtor drives were purchased as SATA2 spec.
> 
> Is there a way to tell what ata?.00 corresponds to sd[a-d]? So that I 

you can identify them easily using e.g. "smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sda" or 
"hdparm -i /dev/sda". Those commands return the model and 
firmware-revision which you then can match against ata1-ata4

> can RAID the 2 faster drives together. Or does the kernel assign in 
> order (e.g. ata2.00 = sdb)? Or won't it make much difference?

it won't make much difference as long as you put two of the three 
STM3250310AS together (preferredly those with the presumably newer 4.AAA 
firmware).
You may be able to switch the two 1.5Gbps drives into 3.0 Gbps mode by 
using vendor tools, but individual drive speeds are below 1.5Gbps anyway.

HTH,

Kay

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Re: [CentOS] Postfix header check help - SOLVED

2009-01-14 Thread Plant, Dean
mouss wrote:
> Plant, Dean a écrit :
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> I have a requirement for a mail server that only allows email to pass
>> with a particular word in the subject line.
>> 
>> Reading the header checks docs for Postfix I thought I may be able
>> to add this rule: 
>> 
>> !/^Subject: .*dingdong/ REJECT Need to add dingdong to subject line
>> to send 
>> 
>> Which should reject all mail unless the subject line contains
>> "dingdong". Unfortunately this seems to block all mail from passing.
>> 
> 
> if /^Subject:/
> !/dingdong/   REJECT blah blah
> endif
> 
>> Removing the "!" works as expected and the server allows all mail to
>> pass, unless dingdong is in the subject line which is rejected.
>> 
>> Is this rule valid? Or is there a better way to make this work?
>> 
> 
> the rule is (syntactically) valid. but it doesn't do what you want.
> take the following header:
> 
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:51:40 -
> 
> does it contain "dingdong"? does it start with "Subject"? so it's a
> REJECT. 
> 

Thank you. Your example works as expected. It seems I was focusing only on the 
subject line but as you pointed out header checks apply to all headers.

Dean
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[CentOS] hardware info

2009-01-14 Thread ann kok
Hi

How can I know the hardware info eg: type of memory
No need to turn off the machine

Thank you


  
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Re: [CentOS] hardware info

2009-01-14 Thread James Bensley
Look in the /proc directory, use the cat command and read the files in
there, cpuinfo, memory etc ;)

2009/1/14 ann kok 

> Hi
>
> How can I know the hardware info eg: type of memory
> No need to turn off the machine
>
> Thank you



-BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-
 Version: 3.1
GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V-
PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+) h--(++) r++ z++
--END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
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Re: [CentOS] hardware info

2009-01-14 Thread John Doe
> Hi

> 
> How can I know the hardware info eg: type of memory
> No need to turn off the machine
> 
> Thank you

Look in /proc or use a tool that sumarize it nicely (sosreport or others)...
And look at the quickspecs documentation of your server.
Even better, use your vendor utilities (if provided).
By example, if it is an HP server, use hpdiags to get very detailed info.

JD


  

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Re: [CentOS] hardware info

2009-01-14 Thread Per Qvindesland
Hi 

Also have a look in /proc directory another greate way then just dmidecode
if also lspci to view all your pci devices.

Per


On 1/14/09 12:59 PM, "ann kok"  wrote:

> Hi
> 
> How can I know the hardware info eg: type of memory
> No need to turn off the machine
> 
> Thank you
> 
> 
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Re: [CentOS] hardware info

2009-01-14 Thread Rainer Duffner
ann kok schrieb:
> Hi
>
> How can I know the hardware info eg: type of memory
> No need to turn off the machine
>
>   



yum install dmidecode



Rainer
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Re: [CentOS] hardware info

2009-01-14 Thread David Hrbáč
ann kok napsal(a):
> Hi
> 
> How can I know the hardware info eg: type of memory
> No need to turn off the machine

Try lshw.
David Hrbáč
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Re: [CentOS] hardware info

2009-01-14 Thread Les Mikesell
Rainer Duffner wrote:
> ann kok schrieb:
>> Hi
>>
>> How can I know the hardware info eg: type of memory
>> No need to turn off the machine
>>
>>   
> 
> 
> 
> yum install dmidecode
> 

And if you need it over a lot of machines, look at ocsinventory-ng which 
will send it to a server and database it for you.

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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox

2009-01-14 Thread Sam Drinkard


Lanny Marcus wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard  wrote:
>   
>>After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started
>> seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any
>> pages or tabs.
>> 
>
> I am running Firefox on CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) (fully updated) and I am
> not seeing that problem.
>
>   
>>  Also, I get some kind of strange message
>>
>>  "Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no
>> file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no
>> file!.2147500037)
>> 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine()
>> 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
>> 
>
> Strange messages. I've never seen those.
>   
>>I realize this is not the proper place for FF related >problems, but
>> 
>
> If you got FF from CentOS I think it's OK to begin here.
>
>   
>> thought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen.
>> Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all
>> the forward/back buttons worked.
>> 
>
> Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
>
>   
Yes, I've removed and reinstalled via yum and the Centos repo.
>
>   

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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox

2009-01-14 Thread Sam Drinkard


Robert wrote:
> Lanny Marcus wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard  wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>>After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started
>>> seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any
>>> pages or tabs.
>>> 
>>>   
>> I am running Firefox on CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) (fully updated) and I am
>> not seeing that problem.
>>
>>   
>> 
>>>  Also, I get some kind of strange message
>>>
>>>  "Assertion Failed ASSERT:***Search:_installLocation: engine has no
>>> file! Stack Trace: 0 ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no
>>> file!.2147500037)
>>> 1:()2:()3:()4:90:epsGetAttr([objectObject],hidden)5:906:907:currentEngine()
>>> 8:get_currentEngine()9:updateDisplay() 10:init() 11:([object XULElement],0)
>>> 
>>>   
>> Strange messages. I've never seen those.
>>   
>> 
>>>I realize this is not the proper place for FF related >problems, but
>>> 
>>>   
>> If you got FF from CentOS I think it's OK to begin here.
>>
>>   
>> 
>>> thought I'd ask if someone else has seen something like this happen.
>>> Prior to the last 2 updates, FF appeared to be working properly, and all
>>> the forward/back buttons worked.
>>> 
>>>   
>> Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
>>   
>> 
> My Firefox is running just fine, too, Lanny. Seems like I recall the 
> O.P. having problems with cross-pollinated repositories some time ago. A 
> Firefox update history might be helpful:
>
> [r...@mavis log]# grep -i firefox* /var/log/yum.log.2
> Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos
> Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos
> Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos
> Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos
> [r...@mavis log]# grep -i firefox\* /var/log/yum.log.2
> Jun 27 20:27:40 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-1.el5.centos
> Jul 20 12:05:52 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-3.el5.centos
> Oct 24 07:30:46 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-6.el5.centos
> Dec 05 09:39:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos
> [r...@mavis log]# grep -i firefox\* /var/log/yum.log.1
> Feb 10 07:48:31 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-9.el5.centos
> Mar 28 08:12:17 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-14.el5.centos
> Apr 19 11:19:13 Updated: firefox.i386 1.5.0.12-15.el5.centos
> Jun 24 16:53:06 Updated: firefox.i386 3.0-0.beta5.6.el5.centos
> [r...@mavis log]#
>
> Also, it might be useful to remove all addons -- extensions, themes, 
> plugins, etc. to see if one of those is causing a problem.
> ___
>   
The only thing I did was exclude the i386 and i686 pkgs some time back, 
but after seeing this problem, I removed the excludes and let it install 
both versions i.e., the i386 and X86_64 versions, thinking there might 
be a library shared between them and by not having both, something 
broke.  So far, no luck.

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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox

2009-01-14 Thread William L. Maltby

On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 10:07 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
> 
> Lanny Marcus wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard  wrote:
> >   
> >>After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started
> >> seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any
> >> pages or tabs.
> >> 

> > Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
> >
> >   
> Yes, I've removed and reinstalled via yum and the Centos repo.

Again, I'm really ignorant, but I have one other thought. Have you tried
moving all the user-specific stuff directory to another name and letting
FF start up "fresh"? I recently had a problem regarding the destruction
of the pluginreg.dat. Still waiting to hear if I should post a bug on
it. The problem was having FF check to see if it was the default browser
(needs to be disabled). Anyway, since you've re-installed, maybe
something corrupted some configuration files.

It's easy to do, so worth a try I guess.

The ones with which I'm familiar are ~/.mozilla/firefox and ~/.mozilla/
although I don't think the latter one is involved. There's probably some
system-wide ones, but I've never had to chase those down yet.

BTW, did you try an rpm verify after the re-install? We don't want to
"assume" that things were not corrupted by the download/install process.

> >

I need to add you to my spell-checker. It want's me to believe you're a
"Drunkard". :-)

HTH
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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox

2009-01-14 Thread Sam Drinkard


William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 10:07 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
>   
>> Lanny Marcus wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Sam Drinkard  wrote:
>>>   
>>>   
After I think the last or next to last update to firefox, I >started
 seeing some problems, wherein I no longer have a >"back" function on any
 pages or tabs.
 
 
>
>   
>>> Can you verify the Firefox Package, to see that it is or is not corrupted?
>>>
>>>   
>>>   
>> Yes, I've removed and reinstalled via yum and the Centos repo.
>> 
>
> Again, I'm really ignorant, but I have one other thought. Have you tried
> moving all the user-specific stuff directory to another name and letting
> FF start up "fresh"? I recently had a problem regarding the destruction
> of the pluginreg.dat. Still waiting to hear if I should post a bug on
> it. The problem was having FF check to see if it was the default browser
> (needs to be disabled). Anyway, since you've re-installed, maybe
> something corrupted some configuration files.
>
> It's easy to do, so worth a try I guess.
>
> The ones with which I'm familiar are ~/.mozilla/firefox and ~/.mozilla/
> although I don't think the latter one is involved. There's probably some
> system-wide ones, but I've never had to chase those down yet.
>
> BTW, did you try an rpm verify after the re-install? We don't want to
> "assume" that things were not corrupted by the download/install process.
>
>   
>>> 
>>>   
>
> I need to add you to my spell-checker. It want's me to believe you're a
> "Drunkard". :-)
>
> HTH
>   
Hahahahahaha!  That's about what I feel like this morning Bill.  Too 
many 'rita's yesterday evening.  I thought of removing all the mozilla 
stuff in home to see if that helped, but have not gotten a roundtuit 
yet.  I did verify the file, and it checks out ok.  Now that the inbox 
is cleaned up, I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

Thanks..

Sam
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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox (Solved)

2009-01-14 Thread Sam Drinkard
Problem solved!  Apparently, something got trashed in the 
~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, 
restarted FF and all works as advertized now.

Thanks for the help and suggestions guys...

Sam
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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox (Solved)

2009-01-14 Thread William L. Maltby

On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 11:09 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
> Problem solved!  Apparently, something got trashed in the 
> ~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, 
> restarted FF and all works as advertized now.

Glad to hear that!

Y'know those 'ritas are corrupting influences, right?  >;-))

> 
> Thanks for the help and suggestions guys...
> 
> Sam
> 

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Re: [CentOS] After BIND update owner changed and restart failed

2009-01-14 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Scott Mazur wrote on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:08:22 -0600:

> AFAIK the DHCP client has no authority to register dynamic dns regardless of
> how the client machines are configured.  It's the DHCP server that decides to
> update BIND and this can be turned on or off.  My guess is your DHCP server is
> configured to update BIND when clients get new leases.  Hence the errors
> reported by BIND when these attempts are made.  Read up on the man pages for
> dhcpd.conf.  In particular review the ddns-update-style and ddns-updates 
> options.

Hm, man says that "ignore client-updates;" is what I want to set. However, this 
is 
already set in the file. I just checked my logs again and now I know why I 
didn't 
ever notice it before. It seems that happened only from Jan. 8 to 11. Not 
before 
(as far as log goes back, which is only four weeks), not after. I did the named 
update on Jan. 11, but this seems to be coincidence. And it's been always the 
same 
client. Go, figure.

Kai

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[CentOS] How to install TP-LINK WN321G driver on CentOS 5.2

2009-01-14 Thread Xiaobo Zhu
Hi,
Would anyone who has prior experience please share me the steps for the
subject?
Many thanks!

[r...@zhu ~]# uname -a
Linux zhu.net 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Cheers, Xiaobo
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[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 47, Issue 5

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CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0013 Moderate

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0013.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently 
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x86_64:
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4d17c33f113f0143f890c30b123c1251  avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
c3205691ac4b0c50f70954194ddfb126  avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
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avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
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avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
b030dc653691e54b125db2f58e72fffd  
avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
b612d2e05c1c52fe8dfe6a43258d5721  
avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
48f40ed4d4d11faa5e8ac34c9d8b6601  
avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
dc9bfd8814d4d4f801581f8c7db74e14  
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8951a3d1c3083c00a8664d68947e99e7  avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
355b3e756c9174a640bdf0040e10916e  avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
b8303296011f0bb5374ab7f78628f4c0  avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
d0c80b1c75bfab98037f73c3f84640a3  avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm
1117a554342f05aaecd9430b1c6a40ed  avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm

Source:
407173f055cd5ea009ce032b88f190f3  avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.src.rpm


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Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0013 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 avahi
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CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0013 Moderate

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0013.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently 
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) 

i386:
1cc6cfcdec10ca64831732e4eea175a2  avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
9414b92381d8a44d5aa72038681a3af7  avahi-compat-howl-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
b504ef5f49b12f1391c833807917538a  
avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
ad5a48c13238af121aa18265d78a5ce8  
avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
658f11618df9d09ab7c62359271abb87  
avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
cd25e383677769ce9b62d24d9dccd4c2  avahi-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
5518d6cbb7bee1863dc349ededa74713  avahi-glib-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
27e9efddf6499b19cc6f46d6b975b1d8  avahi-glib-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
2063a11a200d9e526f0ce398c960255e  avahi-qt3-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
2678d921805c36abcc215b9732d67823  avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm
965ae8c80bd77b7458dc8c0e5789823e  avahi-tools-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.i386.rpm

Source:
407173f055cd5ea009ce032b88f190f3  avahi-0.6.16-1.el5_2.1.src.rpm


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Re: [CentOS] Creating an iso image of a audio CD with K3B

2009-01-14 Thread Tosh
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Could it be this simple?
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> Can you do this?  I have not found the options to get this to happen.
>> So far I have seen how to read the Audio CD and make a directory of WAV
>> files with a control file for later burning to CD, but I want an iso
>> image that I can archive and burn audio CDs to use as they get used up.
> According to:
> http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1209-creating-an-iso-image-under-linux
> dd if=/dev/hdd of=mycd.iso
> So I figured out that my cdr/dvdr is hdb (k3b tells me so), so I try:
> dd if=/dev/hdb of=mycd.iso
> and get the errors:
> dd: reading `/dev/hdb': Input/output error
> 0+0 records in
> 0+0 records out
> 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 0.0468789 seconds, 0.0 kB/s
> The gnome panel shows the CD icon but the options are only to play the
> CD or eject it.
> I tried a umount /dev/hdb but am told it is not mounted per mtab.
> Any ideas?
yes normally it should be that simple
did you run the command as root?


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[CentOS] CentOS-5.2 su -l is failing

2009-01-14 Thread James B. Byrne
I am encountering an odd problem with su.  Up until quite recently I was
able to connect to one of my servers (CentOS-5.2) via ssh as an ordinary
user and then, from the shell, perform an $ su -l to obtain root access. 
Now when I try to do this I see the following:

$ su -l
Password:
su: incorrect password


If, instead of I ssh to this machine as the root user ($ ssh -l root host)
and enter exactly the same password from the same keyboard then I log in
successfully as root.  I have made no conscious changes to the target
system configuration files and I know that the first method, logging in as
a normal user and then su -l to root, was working just a few days ago. 
Review of the man and info pages does not enlighten me as to what might be
wrong.  The log file says this:


Jan 14 12:00:22 inet01 sshd[15433]: Accepted password for myuser from
x.x.x.x port 53458 ssh2
Jan 14 12:00:22 inet01 sshd[15433]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened
for user myuser by (uid=0)
Jan 14 12:00:32 inet01 su: pam_unix(su-l:auth): authentication failure;
logname=myuser uid=500 euid=500 tty=pts/8 ruser=myuser rhost=  user=root

Any ideas as to what might be happening here and how I might fix it?

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS-5.2 su -l is failing

2009-01-14 Thread nate
James B. Byrne wrote:

> Any ideas as to what might be happening here and how I might fix it?

It's a long shot but check that /bin/su is setuid ?

>From a 5.1 system:

-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 24060 Mar 21  2007 /bin/su

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[CentOS] Areca 1220 kernel lockups

2009-01-14 Thread William Taylor
Has anyone experienced any problems with Areca raid cards specifically  
the 1220 causing kernels to lock up?
We are running  2.6.18-92.1.22.el5xen on 64bit. We have "areca_cli rsf  
info" run once an hour from cron to check
for raid raid issues.  Having this running seems to cause the box to  
lock up. Whats weird is I can't seem to make it
lock up while running that command by hand.
If anyone has any insight on this it would be most appreciated.


Thanks,
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[CentOS] NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

2009-01-14 Thread Alexander Shtrikman
Hello,

I can't get NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller working with CentOS 5.2 (HP 
Pavilion a6500f Desktop PC)

Any tip will be highly appreciated :-)

Thanks,

Alex.



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Re: [CentOS] After BIND update owner changed and restart failed

2009-01-14 Thread Scott Mazur
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:31:26 +0100, Kai Schaetzl wrote
> Scott Mazur wrote on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:08:22 -0600:
> 
> > AFAIK the DHCP client has no authority to register dynamic dns regardless of
> > how the client machines are configured.  It's the DHCP server that decides 
> > to
> > update BIND and this can be turned on or off.  My guess is your DHCP server 
> > is
> > configured to update BIND when clients get new leases.  Hence the errors
> > reported by BIND when these attempts are made.  Read up on the man pages for
> > dhcpd.conf.  In particular review the ddns-update-style and ddns-updates
options.
> 
> Hm, man says that "ignore client-updates;" is what I want to set. 
> However, this is already set in the file. I just checked my logs 
> again and now I know why I didn't ever notice it before. It seems 
> that happened only from Jan. 8 to 11. Not before 
> (as far as log goes back, which is only four weeks), not after. I 
> did the named update on Jan. 11, but this seems to be coincidence. 
> And it's been always the same client. Go, figure.

"the server can be configured either to honor the client's intentions or
ignore them. This is done with the statement allow client-updates; or the
statement ignore client-updates;"

This refers to the client updating its own A record.  Ignore/allow here won't
stop the DHCP server from attempting updates to BIND.

"The DHCP server must be configured to use one of the two currently-supported
methods, or not to do dns updates. This can be done with the ddns-update-style
configuration parameter"

You want to set ddns-update-style to 'none'.  This should end the BIND update
attempts (and failure logging).

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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox (Solved)

2009-01-14 Thread Sam Drinkard


William L. Maltby wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 11:09 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
>   
>> Problem solved!  Apparently, something got trashed in the 
>> ~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, 
>> restarted FF and all works as advertized now.
>> 
>
> Glad to hear that!
>
> Y'know those 'ritas are corrupting influences, right?  >;-))
>
>   
>> Thanks for the help and suggestions guys...
>>
>> Sam
>> 
>> 
> Yeah, but sometimes they also lead to major breakthroughs of insight (after 
> you sober up ) :)
>   

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Re: [CentOS] (Semi-OT) Problems with Firefox (Solved)

2009-01-14 Thread Scott Silva
on 1-14-2009 8:15 AM William L. Maltby spake the following:
> On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 11:09 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:
>> Problem solved!  Apparently, something got trashed in the 
>> ~/.mozilla/firefox directory(s). After deleting the .mozilla dir, 
>> restarted FF and all works as advertized now.
> 
> Glad to hear that!
> 
> Y'know those 'ritas are corrupting influences, right?  >;-))
> 
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[CentOS] csgfs 4 really outdated

2009-01-14 Thread Aliet Santiesteban Sifontes
Centos CSGFS is at this time really outdated compared to current rh
updates and fixes, is the centos team still giving support to this
version???.
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[CentOS] Does CentOS 5 support USB 1 ?

2009-01-14 Thread Russell Bell
We upgraded our Internet server to CentOS 5 from RedHat 4.
Now we can't use the USB port.  dmesg returns:

usbcore: deregistering driver usb-storage
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
PCI: Enabling device :00:07.2 ( -> 0001)
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device :00:07.2. Probably
buggy MP table.
uhci_hcd :00:07.2: Found HC with no IRQ.  Check BIOS/PCI :00:07.2 setup!
uhci_hcd :00:07.2: init :00:07.2 fail, -19
PCI: Enabling device :00:07.3 ( -> 0001)
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device :00:07.3. Probably
buggy MP table.
uhci_hcd :00:07.3: Found HC with no IRQ.  Check BIOS/PCI :00:07.3 setup!
uhci_hcd :00:07.3: init :00:07.3 fail, -19


The hosts (across the country) tell us CentOS doesn't support USB 1 !

I find this unbelievable.

Can anyone set me straight?

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[CentOS] stack overflow

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Doherty
Hi,

I've got a fileserver that runs Centos 5.2.  It's been stable  
otherwise stable for maybe a year or more, and now it's crashed three  
times since Saturday.  The first two times the computer was completely  
unresponsive, and there was nothing on the console, and nothing in the  
logs.  I was beginning to suspect hardware, (esp. RAM, PSU, or maybe a  
failed fan)
Last night it locked up again, but this time there was something in / 
var/log/messages. (see below)
So far my searches indicate that increasing to 8K kernel stacks would  
fix this.  The server has a couple 3ware SATA RAID cards, and I'm  
running xfs.  The server does nightly disk to disk backups of a few  
dozen workstations.  The server does always seem to crash overnight.   
If the problem really is in the kernel stack size, it's odd that it  
just started all of a sudden.
I thought I'd post here before I looked into compiling a new kernel  
with 8K stacks.  Thanks for any advice!

--Peter


2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 #1 SMP Tue May 20 09:34:18 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386  
GNU/Linux


Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: do_IRQ: stack overflow: 464
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: [] do_IRQ+0x5c/0xae
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address fc7ff0aa
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: printing eip:
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: c0606da4
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: *pde = 
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address fc7ff226
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: printing eip:
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: c060704e
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: *pde = 


clip for repeating info--


Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address fc7ff226
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: printing eip:
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: c060704e
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: *pde = 
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1]
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: SMP
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: last sysfs file:
/devices/pci:00/:00:1e.0/:04:04.0/irq
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: Modules linked in: ipv6 autofs4 hidp rfcomm
l2cap bluetooth sunrpc xfs(U) dm_mul
tipath video sbs backlight i2c_ec button battery asus_acpi ac lp
i2c_i801 e7xxx_edac floppy edac_mc i2c_core
ide_cd serio_raw e100 parport_pc cdrom e1000 mii parport intel_rng sg
pcspkr dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror
dm_mod ata_piix libata 3w_9xxx sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd ehci_hcd
ohci_hcd uhci_hcd
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: CPU: -1065923552
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted VLI
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010046 (2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 #1)
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: EIP is at do_page_fault+0x3c5/0x4b8
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: eax: 0013 ebx:  ecx:
c0626aae edx: 6dbf
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: esi: fc7ff226 edi: fc7ff026 ebp:
0002 esp: f0b69170
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address 000100ca
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: printing eip:
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: c0606da4
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: *pde = 707f0067
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address 826ef258
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: printing eip:
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: c041fa82
Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: *pde = 
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Re: [CentOS] Does CentOS 5 support USB 1 ?

2009-01-14 Thread William L. Maltby

On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 13:34 -0700, Russell Bell wrote:
> We upgraded our Internet server to CentOS 5 from RedHat 4.
> Now we can't use the USB port.  dmesg returns:
> 
> usbcore: deregistering driver usb-storage
> Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
> USB Mass Storage support registered.
> USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
> PCI: Enabling device :00:07.2 ( -> 0001)
> PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device :00:07.2. Probably
> buggy MP table.
> uhci_hcd :00:07.2: Found HC with no IRQ.  Check BIOS/PCI :00:07.2 
> setup!
> uhci_hcd :00:07.2: init :00:07.2 fail, -19
> PCI: Enabling device :00:07.3 ( -> 0001)
> PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin D of device :00:07.3. Probably
> buggy MP table.
> uhci_hcd :00:07.3: Found HC with no IRQ.  Check BIOS/PCI :00:07.3 
> setup!
> uhci_hcd :00:07.3: init :00:07.3 fail, -19
> 
> 
> The hosts (across the country) tell us CentOS doesn't support USB 1 !
> 
> I find this unbelievable.
> 
> Can anyone set me straight?

Since we have no idea of your mainboard chipset, it might be hard to get
knowledgeable people to spend their time on it. I'm not knowledgeable,
but have a general background.

Based on the messages, I would check the BIOS setup, as the messages
suggest. It may be that the 4.x stuff driver(s) didn't depend on an IRQ
while the 5.x might. Just a guess. I guess a conflict is also possible.

If you don't see anything to change and test, I suggest you post back
with more info so experienced folks can help.

> 
> Thanks.
> 

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS-5.2 su -l is failing

2009-01-14 Thread James B. Byrne
On Wed Jan 14 17:16:01 UTC 2009, nate centos at linuxpowered.net wrote:

> It's a long shot but check that /bin/su is setuid ?
>
> From a 5.1 system:
>
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 24060 Mar 21  2007 /bin/su



This is what I have on that host:

# ll /bin/su
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24120 May 24  2008 /bin/su


su -l runs ok. It prompts for a password, but it invariably fails saying
that the wrong password has been entered.

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Re: [CentOS] csgfs 4 really outdated

2009-01-14 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Aliet Santiesteban Sifontes wrote:
> Centos CSGFS is at this time really outdated compared to current rh
> updates and fixes, is the centos team still giving support to this
> version???.

What are you missing? 

GFS-kernel-2.6.9-80.9.el4_7.5.src.rpm is the latest kernel which is 
available on ftp.redhat.com - and I think we have that. Last change is
from November 2008 on ftp.redhat.com.

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS-5.2 su -l is failing

2009-01-14 Thread James B. Byrne
I noticed that the suid mode was missing and set it with chmod u+s
/usr/bin/su.  Now the permissions are:

$ ll $(which su)
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 24120 May 24  2008 /bin/su

And now su -l works for ordinary users.  Thank you very much.

I am certain that I have not been changing file modes in /usr/bin, ever. 
Does anyone have any idea how this change could occur?  Where would a file
mode change be logged, if at all?

Thanks.


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Re: [CentOS] stack overflow

2009-01-14 Thread Jim Perrin
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Peter Doherty
 wrote:

> 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 #1 SMP Tue May 20 09:34:18 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386
> GNU/Linux

Have you  tried this with the current kernel for centos5?


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Re: [CentOS] stack overflow

2009-01-14 Thread nate
Peter Doherty wrote:
> Hi,
>

> Jan 14 03:06:21 fs2 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request
> at virtual address fc7ff0aa

that makes me think bad ram. Run memtest86 or some other memory tester.
It may take a day or two or three for it to pick up errors.

nate

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS-5.2 su -l is failing

2009-01-14 Thread nate
James B. Byrne wrote:
> I noticed that the suid mode was missing and set it with chmod u+s
> /usr/bin/su.  Now the permissions are:
>
> $ ll $(which su)
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 24120 May 24  2008 /bin/su
>
> And now su -l works for ordinary users.  Thank you very much.
>
> I am certain that I have not been changing file modes in /usr/bin, ever.
> Does anyone have any idea how this change could occur?  Where would a file
> mode change be logged, if at all?

I'm not aware of anything out side of host intrusion detection
systems that would log something like a file mode change, Not
sure what might of changed it, short of someone mistyping a
command perhaps a find command with -exec chmod run as root from
the wrong directory or a chmod -R or something.

nate

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS-5.2 su -l is failing

2009-01-14 Thread Kai Schaetzl
James B. Byrne wrote on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:11:52 -0500 (EST):

> Does anyone have any idea how this change could occur?

There are some security tools that could be configured to reset SUID bits 
on files in certain paths with their default templates.

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Re: [CentOS] upgrade question. - when to reboot

2009-01-14 Thread Kenneth Burgener
On 1/9/2009 9:49 AM, Robert Nichols wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>   
>> Is there a list of packages that after update require a reboot, other then 
>> kernel?
>> 
> For updates other than the kernel, there is almost always an answer
> short of a full reboot.  But, finding that answer and being 100%
> certain that it is a complete answer can be a challenge, and is,
> say, bringing the system down to single-user mode momentarily all
> that much better than simply rebooting?

If a hard reboot is what you are attempting to avoid, with 'kexec' even 
the Linux kernel can be "reloaded" without a hardware reset.  This is 
convenient if you want to avoid the long system reset time.

"Kexec is a patch to the Linux kernel that allows you to boot directly 
to a new kernel from the currently running one. In the boot sequence 
described above, kexec skips the entire bootloader stage (the first 
part) and directly jumps into the kernel that we want to boot to. There 
is no hardware reset, no firmware operation, and no bootloader involved. 
The weakest link in the boot sequence -- that is, the firmware -- is 
completely avoided. The big gain from this feature is that system 
reboots are now extremely fast. For enterprise-class systems, kexec 
drastically reduces reboot-related system downtime. For kernel and 
system software developers, kexec helps you quickly reboot your system 
during development or testing efforts without having to go through the 
costly firmware stage every time." [1]


Kenneth

[1] http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-kexec.html

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