RE: [CentOS] Nic order detection

2008-01-11 Thread Guolin Cheng
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MatsK Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:42 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Nic order detection Les Mikesell wrote: > Can someone point me to the code where this > happens? Until recentl

Re: [CentOS] How do I change the default media player from Totem to ?

2008-01-11 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Jan 11, 2008 2:30 PM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to change what plays the CDs and DVDs by default to something else. In the Gnome menus: System -> Preferences -> Removable Drives and Media (Multimedia tab) ___ CentOS mailing list Cen

Re: [CentOS] Syslog timezone issue

2008-01-11 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Jan 11, 2008 3:45 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > does your daemon run chrooted? No. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] centos command to monitor a process for exit

2008-01-11 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008, mouss wrote: >Les Mikesell wrote: >> Jerry Geis wrote: >>> Is there a command that will monitor a process for exiting (crash or >>> normal exit) and >>> then execute another command based on the said process no longer being >>> active? >>> >>> Or is there a "wrapper" command t

Re: [CentOS] centos command to monitor a process for exit

2008-01-11 Thread mouss
Les Mikesell wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote: >> Is there a command that will monitor a process for exiting (crash or >> normal exit) and >> then execute another command based on the said process no longer being >> active? >> >> Or is there a "wrapper" command that runs a process and when that >> process

Re: [CentOS] Syslog timezone issue

2008-01-11 Thread mouss
Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Jan 11, 2008 12:13 PM, Filipe Brandenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> IIRC, the datestamp is put by the process that is logging, not by syslog >> itself. Maybe when that process started you hadn't configured the right >> /etc/localtime and the process still thinks it's

Resolved: [CentOS] Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files

2008-01-11 Thread J
Well, it seems the problem wasn't with Samba this time around. ( Quite possibly, this was the situation last time, as well. ) It seems in order to move the folder, the user chose the handy move function on the left side of the file manager window. Choosing that function dropped her in the midd

[CentOS] How do I change the default media player from Totem to ?

2008-01-11 Thread MHR
On CentOS 5.1 (and before), the default player for CD and DVD media is Totem, despite the fact (?) that it doesn't handle a whole bunch of media very well (i.e., can't play them at all) by default. Unfortunately, this is not one of the preferred applications controllable from that applet (it only

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files

2008-01-11 Thread J
Jim Perrin wrote: On Jan 10, 2008 9:33 PM, Christopher Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: J wrote: Twice I've gotten the report that a user has attempted to move a folder of many files up one level, and all of the files disappeared. Searching for the files in the share proves that they ar

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files

2008-01-11 Thread J
Christopher Chan wrote: Christopher Chan wrote: J wrote: Twice I've gotten the report that a user has attempted to move a folder of many files up one level, and all of the files disappeared. Searching for the files in the share proves that they aren't there any more, nor are they where they

Re: [CentOS] Automount of USB drives

2008-01-11 Thread MHR
On Jan 11, 2008 9:03 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using 5.1, Until yesterday morning when we had a power cut > for 9 hours [no proper UPS], the automount of USB drives worked > properly. > > Now when I connect any USB drive [hard drives & USB sticks], they > show up in dmesg, and

[CentOS] Perhaps a Perl problem (Re: Syslog timezone issue)

2008-01-11 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Jan 11, 2008 11:51 AM, Bart Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It appears that any given process is consistent about which timezone > it uses, but there's no obvious reason why any particular process gets > the local zone vs. UTC. For example, we have a couple of long-running > daemons that

Re: [CentOS] Syslog timezone issue

2008-01-11 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Jan 11, 2008 12:13 PM, Filipe Brandenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IIRC, the datestamp is put by the process that is logging, not by syslog > itself. Maybe when that process started you hadn't configured the right > /etc/localtime and the process still thinks it's running in UTC (process

Re: [CentOS] Syslog timezone issue

2008-01-11 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
On Jan 11, 2008 2:51 PM, Bart Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With CentOS-5.1, they're dated in UTC *most* of the time, > but occasionally in the local timezone. This has seriously confused a > couple of our homegrown process monitoring scripts. IIRC, the datestamp is put by the process t

[CentOS] Syslog timezone issue

2008-01-11 Thread Bart Schaefer
We recently upgraded (as in, backup, reinstall, selective restore) a couple of servers from CentOS-3.9 to CentOS-5.1. This generally went smoothly but we've encountered one confusing problem with syslog. Under CentOS-3, syslog entries were always dated in the host local timezone. With CentOS-5.1

[CentOS] Re: commercial wireless access for linux

2008-01-11 Thread Scott Silva
on 1/11/2008 10:30 AM Jerry Geis spake the following: All, I have need to put a centos 5.1 box on a commercial wireless access like verizon or sprint. Does anyone have or use with these services? Is that possible with linux? Do you get a static IP address with those cards? Thanks, Jerry What

Re: [CentOS] Automount of USB drives

2008-01-11 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Jan 11, 2008 9:03 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now when I connect any USB drive [hard drives & USB sticks], they > show up in dmesg, and they are being properly recognized, but I > have to mount them by hand. I've had this happen (without the power failure part) on CentOS 4, and found it t

Re: [CentOS] service nfs start hangs on CentOS 4

2008-01-11 Thread Frank Büttner
Frank Büttner schrieb: Milton Calnek schrieb: Frank Büttner wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hello when I try to start nfs the command hangs. I have found out, that the problem is, that I set an IP address at /etc/exports sample: /var/foo XXX.XXX.XXX(some rights) when replace the IP addre

Re: [CentOS] service nfs start hangs on CentOS 4

2008-01-11 Thread Frank Büttner
Milton Calnek schrieb: Frank Büttner wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hello when I try to start nfs the command hangs. I have found out, that the problem is, that I set an IP address at /etc/exports sample: /var/foo XXX.XXX.XXX(some rights) when replace the IP address to * then service nfs

Re: [CentOS] service nfs start hangs on CentOS 4

2008-01-11 Thread Milton Calnek
Frank Büttner wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hello when I try to start nfs the command hangs. I have found out, that the problem is, that I set an IP address at /etc/exports sample: /var/foo XXX.XXX.XXX(some rights) when replace the IP address to * then service nfs start work, but no one

[CentOS] commercial wireless access for linux

2008-01-11 Thread Jerry Geis
All, I have need to put a centos 5.1 box on a commercial wireless access like verizon or sprint. Does anyone have or use with these services? Is that possible with linux? Do you get a static IP address with those cards? Thanks, Jerry ___ CentOS maili

Re: [CentOS] service nfs start hangs on CentOS 4

2008-01-11 Thread Frank Büttner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hello when I try to start nfs the command hangs. I have found out, that the problem is, that I set an IP address at /etc/exports sample: /var/foo XXX.XXX.XXX(some rights) when replace the IP address to * then service nfs start work, but no one can use the exports.

RE: [CentOS] service nfs start hangs on CentOS 4

2008-01-11 Thread mike.redan
> > Hello when I try to start nfs the command hangs. > I have found out, that the problem is, that I set an IP address at > /etc/exports > sample: > /var/foo XXX.XXX.XXX(some rights) > when replace the IP address to * then service nfs start work, > but no one > can use the exports. > What goes

Re: [CentOS] remote desktop

2008-01-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Jerry Geis wrote on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:27:17 -0500: > What is the difference between the GUI (system->Preferences->Remote > Desktop) under centos 5.1 > and editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding the vnc in the modules section? The GUI applies to the built-in Gnome VNC server vino (and it lacks

[CentOS] centos installation on xserve?

2008-01-11 Thread Mark Quitoriano
Hi guys, anyone tried to run centos in xserve for production? what architecture do you use? thanks! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] yum hangs when Reading Local RPMDB

2008-01-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Filipe Brandenburger wrote on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:35:16 -0500: > You can just remove the __db* files (if you're sure they're there because of > an rpm interrupted process, check first if there are no rpm processes running). __db* are Berkeley DB's lockfiles and are used for transactions inside

[CentOS] service nfs start hangs on CentOS 4

2008-01-11 Thread Frank Büttner
Hello when I try to start nfs the command hangs. I have found out, that the problem is, that I set an IP address at /etc/exports sample: /var/foo XXX.XXX.XXX(some rights) when replace the IP address to * then service nfs start work, but no one can use the exports. What goes wrong?? smime.p7s

[CentOS] Automount of USB drives

2008-01-11 Thread centos
Hi, I am using 5.1, Until yesterday morning when we had a power cut for 9 hours [no proper UPS], the automount of USB drives worked properly. Now when I connect any USB drive [hard drives & USB sticks], they show up in dmesg, and they are being properly recognized, but I have to mount them by ha

Re: [CentOS] remote desktop

2008-01-11 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 11:27 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: > What is the difference between the GUI (system->Preferences->Remote > Desktop) under centos 5.1 > and editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding the vnc in the modules section? > > Is one better than the other? The former is vino, and it only wor

[CentOS] remote desktop

2008-01-11 Thread Jerry Geis
What is the difference between the GUI (system->Preferences->Remote Desktop) under centos 5.1 and editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding the vnc in the modules section? Is one better than the other? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http

Re: [CentOS] yum hangs when Reading Local RPMDB

2008-01-11 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, I used to have exactly the same problem when the machine rebooted in the middle of an RPM installation or if the rpm process was killed -9. On Jan 9, 2008 7:41 PM, Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The process doesn't die, but doesn't seem to do anything > from that point on. strace

Re: [CentOS] yum hangs when Reading Local RPMDB

2008-01-11 Thread David G. Miller
Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Before I do this without need I have a question: if the rpm db is corrupt shouldn't rpm -q or -qa stop working? Kai Not necessarily. A regular user can run rpm -q since it doesn't lock the database (your original posting showed rpm hanging on a FUTEX).

Re: [CentOS] Use CentOSplus to carry latest GUI packages

2008-01-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Ross S. W. Walker wrote on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:17:51 -0500: > Another thing, Xen, the Xen package says it's 3.0.3, but looking at the SRPM > it turns out it's the Xen 3.1 kernel with the Xen 3.0.3 'xm' and 'xend' dom0 > utilities. In my book that's Xen 3.1, why not just fix the parts of the 3.1

Re: [CentOS] Howto for LDAP authentication with replication

2008-01-11 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 22:10 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: > On Jan 10, 2008 6:38 PM, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 14:40 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: > > > Can anyone point me to a how to or beginners guide to setting up LDAP > > > authentication on CentOS5 with replic

[CentOS] Re: [CentOS-devel] Use CentOSplus to carry latest GUI packages

2008-01-11 Thread Johnny Hughes
Ross S. W. Walker wrote: I don't know if this has been talked about much in the past, but I was wondering if CentOSplus could be used to carry the latest stable versions of the GUI applications KDE/Gnome. These apps often lag behind quite a bit even on the selected stable branch upstream has c

[CentOS] Use CentOSplus to carry latest GUI packages

2008-01-11 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
I don't know if this has been talked about much in the past, but I was wondering if CentOSplus could be used to carry the latest stable versions of the GUI applications KDE/Gnome. These apps often lag behind quite a bit even on the selected stable branch upstream has chosen. For example, would

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 35, Issue 3

2008-01-11 Thread centos-announce-request
Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reac

Re: [CentOS] PHP 5.2.5 when ?

2008-01-11 Thread Johnny Hughes
Santa Claus wrote: Hi When (some) expected rpm package for the upgrade php to version 5.2.5(CentOS4) ? Who knows? ummm ... the answer is probably never. Red Hat offers a RHWAS ... that has a php5 for EL4. The version of php in there (and in our CentOSPlus repo) is php-5.1.6 ... it might go

[CentOS] PHP 5.2.5 when ?

2008-01-11 Thread Santa Claus
Hi When (some) expected rpm package for the upgrade php to version 5.2.5(CentOS4) ? Who knows? -- wbr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.0 /proc Backup/Restore

2008-01-11 Thread Tony Molloy
On Thursday 10 January 2008 23:18:33 Krautkramer, John wrote: > Hi, > > > > I've recently switched to CentOS 5.0 from RedHat 9.0 and found a new > directory /proc which contains "virtual" files according to the docs. > When I try to run my normal backup which uses cpio to create archives, > it comp

Re: [CentOS] NFS/NIS and firewalls

2008-01-11 Thread Johnny Hughes
Scott Ehrlich wrote: I have a few C5 machines on an isolated LAN that connect to a RHEL5 server via NFS and NIS for authentication. I discovered that one of the C5 workstations worked fine for NFS exporting, but refused to collaborate with the EL5 server for NIS user authentication. I had s