Re: [CentOS] High load averages with latest kernel and USB drives?

2009-11-18 Thread Amos Shapira
Sorry can't suggest much about the usb issue but for such frequent backups, as well as to enable poin-in-time-recovery (PITR) you should consider log archiving. It should also save you heaps of load on cpu, disk, network and postgresql server. -Amos On 11/17/09, Benjamin Smith wrote: > I'm havin

Re: [CentOS] my local mirror stopped working

2009-11-18 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 11/18/2009 08:26 PM, Alan McKay wrote: ... > On my mirror I have 5.3 and 5.4, but my "5" symlink points to 5.3. I > guess I should change everything over to include the minor number > then? If you mirror "5" as well you'll get the symlink change automagically when the minor version number cha

[CentOS] Intel i7-940, DX58S0 motherboard, Radeon X1950 Pro video card

2009-11-18 Thread Frank Cox
This computer is my main desktop machine --- an Intel i7-940 CPU and DX58S0 motherboard with a Radeon X1950 Pro video card. It's currently running Fedora 11 and working just fine. However, I have been slowly moving all of my "computer stuff" off of Fedora and onto Centos, and this (and my Acer Asp

Re: [CentOS] High load averages with latest kernel and USB drives?

2009-11-18 Thread Benjamin Smith
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 15:37:24 Todd Denniston wrote: > Benjamin Smith wrote, On 11/17/2009 01:46 PM: > > See comments below... > > > > On Tuesday 17 November 2009 07:52:01 Todd Denniston wrote: > >> Benjamin Smith wrote, On 11/16/2009 10:56 PM: > >>> I have a 1TB USB drive plugged into a USB2

Re: [CentOS] simple NFSv4 setup

2009-11-18 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 at 4:05pm, Tim Nelson wrote > - "Joshua Baker-LePain" wrote: >> /export $CLIENT(ro,fsid=0) >> /export/qb3 $CLIENT(rw,nohide) > Your export: > > /export/qb3 $CLIENT(rw,nohide) > > And your mount: > > mount -t nfs4 $SERVER:/qb3 /usr/local/sge62/qb3 > > The

Re: [CentOS] simple NFSv4 setup

2009-11-18 Thread Tim Nelson
- "Joshua Baker-LePain" wrote: > I'm trying to setup a simple NFSv4 mount between two x86_64 hosts. On > the > server, I have this in /etc/exports: > > /export $CLIENT(ro,fsid=0) > /export/qb3 $CLIENT(rw,nohide) > > ON $CLIENT, I mount via: > > mount -t nfs4 $SERVER:/qb3 /usr/

[CentOS] simple NFSv4 setup

2009-11-18 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
I'm trying to setup a simple NFSv4 mount between two x86_64 hosts. On the server, I have this in /etc/exports: /export $CLIENT(ro,fsid=0) /export/qb3 $CLIENT(rw,nohide) ON $CLIENT, I mount via: mount -t nfs4 $SERVER:/qb3 /usr/local/sge62/qb3 However: $ touch /usr/local/sge62/qb3/

Re: [CentOS] my local mirror stopped working

2009-11-18 Thread John R Pierce
Alan McKay wrote: > On my mirror I have 5.3 and 5.4, but my "5" symlink points to 5.3. I > guess I should change everything over to include the minor number > then? > 5 updated is 5.45.3 is a snapshot in time. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@c

Re: [CentOS] my local mirror stopped working

2009-11-18 Thread Alan McKay
> This is your issue. Your rsync command  calls the minor version > specifically, which can be a bad thing. Aha - OK. The thing is I want to maintain my 5.3 mirror - I guess it makes sense for me to stop calling rsync for it does it? Since there will be no more updates to it? On my mirror I ha

Re: [CentOS] my local mirror stopped working

2009-11-18 Thread Jim Perrin
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > rsync  -avSHP --delete --exclude "local*" --exclude "isos" > rsync://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/centos/5.3/ > /var/www/html/ks/centos/5.3/ This is your issue. Your rsync command calls the minor version specifically, which can be a bad thing.

Re: [CentOS] php config security concern for c5

2009-11-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Joe Pruett wrote on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:39:30 -0800 (PST): > i think that directory context is not just , and the text at > the url says the directive may be placed in , > , or > which i assume means as well. Right. I was getting the German version of this page and I swear it didn't include

[CentOS] my local mirror stopped working

2009-11-18 Thread Alan McKay
Hey folks, I've had a local mirror set up for some time now and it has always worked, but suddently stopped. I don't think the fact that it stopped work has anything to do with when I blew away that machine and changed it from Centos 5.3 to a Fedora Core 11 box. But I'm not sure how that could

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Jim Perrin
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote: > Isn't Mike (the OP) asking about PS3 rather than PS1 ? I interpreted his question to be asking about PS1 at runlevel 3, but it was a bit hazy given the terminology used. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a r

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 - VNC Server - Gnome Font Problem - Pango Warning

2009-11-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Kjs wrote on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:53:11 +: > > > > > Please put stuff that needs recycling where it belongs. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentO

Re: [CentOS] php config security concern for c5

2009-11-18 Thread Joe Pruett
>> what in the docs are you reading to indicate forcetype won't work? > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#forcetype > says it works only if given in directory-type context and that's unlikely to > happen here. You would rather set the FilesMatch global. i think that directory contex

Re: [CentOS] Workaround for RH #502499?

2009-11-18 Thread Chris Boyd
On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:57 AM, Mogens Kjaer wrote: > Can you boot with the additional option: > > hda=noprobe Good point. It's an ATA drive, not SATA. Sorry 'bout that. Will give that a try. --Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > what do you get with these: > echo $PROMPT_COMMAND > echo $PS1 Isn't Mike (the OP) asking about PS3 rather than PS1 ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailma

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:25 +0100, Frank.Brodbeck-E4aVwrWTXLGELgA04lAiVw wrote: > Hi, > > I'd try this as a quickshot: > > find /etc /root /home -type f -exec grep -l PS3 {} \; > > than I'd take a closer look at the files that will show up. And I'd read > bash(1) closely to learn which files a

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:50:54 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: [...] > No, we're getting closer. What you need to find out is what's setting > TERM to linux, which is further back than /etc/bashrc. Is the user > logging directly onto the Linux box, or are they from, say, a WinDoze > box

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Les Mikesell
Mike - email ignored wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:22:44 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: > >>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:48 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw >>> wrote: [...] Ah! Permission/ownership problem? >>> Good suggestion. I found that for myUser .bashrc had the

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:48:58 +0100, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > Mike - email ignored wrote: [...] >> I get: >> >> TERM = linux >> doing default >> >> The mystery remains. > > what do you get with these: > echo $PROMPT_COMMAND > echo $PS1 > > if $PROMPT_COMMAND has a value you could grep for i

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Frank . Brodbeck
Hi, I'd try this as a quickshot: find /etc /root /home -type f -exec grep -l PS3 {} \; than I'd take a closer look at the files that will show up. And I'd read bash(1) closely to learn which files are being read in which order and especially when. If all of the above doesn't lead me anywhere,

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Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread m . roth
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:22:44 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: > Mike wrote: >>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:48 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw >>> wrote: [...] >>> But now, I still do not see how the prompt is set since I have no >>> /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default . >> >>>F

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Mike - email ignored wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:22:44 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: > >>> But now, I still do not see how the prompt is set since I have no >>> /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default . >> >> > From the code /etc/bashrc: >> <...> >> screen) >> if [ -e /et

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:22:44 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: >> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:48 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw >> wrote: [...] >>> >>> Ah! Permission/ownership problem? >>> >> Good suggestion. I found that for myUser .bashrc had the wrong >> permissions and .bash_pr

Re: [CentOS] version pinning with yum

2009-11-18 Thread m . roth
Larry, Larry wroote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:33 AM, wrote: >> Well, there's a bug in the globbing for the tcsh with 5.4, and my boss >> has filed a bug report. Meanwhile, I downgraded tcsh on those systems >> whose users use that as their shell. >> >> Until it's resolved, he wants me to pin

Re: [CentOS] version pinning with yum

2009-11-18 Thread Larry Brigman
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:33 AM, wrote: > Well, there's a bug in the globbing for the tcsh with 5.4, and my boss has > filed a bug report. Meanwhile, I downgraded tcsh on those systems whose > users use that as their shell. > > Until it's resolved, he wants me to pin the version. Googling, I see

[CentOS] version pinning with yum

2009-11-18 Thread m . roth
Well, there's a bug in the globbing for the tcsh with 5.4, and my boss has filed a bug report. Meanwhile, I downgraded tcsh on those systems whose users use that as their shell. Until it's resolved, he wants me to pin the version. Googling, I see someone a few years ago, answering someone's questi

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Rob Kampen
Mike - email ignored wrote: On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:48 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: [...] Ah! Permission/ownership problem? mark Good suggestion. I found that for myUser .bashrc had the wrong permissions and .bash_profile was missing! I am sure that this happe

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread m . roth
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:48 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: > [...] >> >> Ah! Permission/ownership problem? >> > Good suggestion. I found that for myUser .bashrc had the wrong > permissions and .bash_profile was missing! I am sure that this > happened because I copied /home/myUser

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:48 -0700, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote: [...] > > Ah! Permission/ownership problem? > > mark Good suggestion. I found that for myUser .bashrc had the wrong permissions and .bash_profile was missing! I am sure that this happened because I copied /home/myUs

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:What is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the CentOS server?

2009-11-18 Thread Les Mikesell
Robert wrote: > > hadi motamedi wrote: >> Sorry. It was just an example . I wanted to ask you for the equivalent >> of "ping -f -l" in its general format . Please help me. > > > The equivalent of "man" is "man", therefore the equivalent of "man ping" > is "man ping". That works for ping, but

[CentOS] CentOS 5 - VNC Server - Gnome Font Problem - Pango Warning

2009-11-18 Thread KJS
Hi Guys, > > I am getting a strange font problem (see > http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NirUcVREM8k/SwPNpSUJ2AI/Ago/3eZiO8j2pEg/s640/font-issue.png) > > for a user logging in over VNC Server, I am also logged in over VNC > however I am no experiencing any problems... This was the case on > CentO

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread m . roth
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:11:55 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > >> Mike - email ignored wrote: >>> How do I format the prompt at level 3? One of my accounts has it >>> right, but not the other. I guessed that it was in .tcshrc which was >>> missing from the bad account so I copied it from the good ac

Re: [CentOS] format level 3 prompt

2009-11-18 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:11:55 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > Mike - email ignored wrote: >> How do I format the prompt at level 3? One of my accounts has it >> right, but not the other. I guessed that it was in .tcshrc which was >> missing from the bad account so I copied it from the good account,

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:What is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the CentOS server?

2009-11-18 Thread Robert
hadi motamedi wrote: > Sorry. It was just an example . I wanted to ask you for the equivalent > of "ping -f -l" in its general format . Please help me. The equivalent of "man" is "man", therefore the equivalent of "man ping" is "man ping". That is also the equivalent of "man ping" in the Red

Re: [CentOS] How to setup High Availability or Redundancy for CentOS 5.3 with Vicidial and Asterisk?

2009-11-18 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 17, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Sam Acosta wrote: > Hello guys, > > We've been having some problem setting up the High Availability for > Vicidial and Asterisk with CentOS 5.3. > > The VoIP quality are degraded and systems becomes so unstable. > > Are there are other better options. Maybe the poo

Re: [CentOS] OT: Using rdesktop as terminal client to Windows 2008 R2

2009-11-18 Thread carlopmart
Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: > carlopmart wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am using rdesktop as a terminal client to connect to Windows Terminal >> Server >> over years without problems until now. I have a problems with five Windows >> 2008 R2 >> servers: point cursor turns black when I connect to them.

Re: [CentOS] OT: Using rdesktop as terminal client to Windows 2008 R2

2009-11-18 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > > I am using rdesktop as a terminal client to connect to Windows Terminal > Server > over years without problems until now. I have a problems with five Windows > 2008 R2 > servers: point cursor turns black when I connect to them. But this problem > disappears i

[CentOS] OT: Using rdesktop as terminal client to Windows 2008 R2

2009-11-18 Thread carlopmart
Hi all, I am using rdesktop as a terminal client to connect to Windows Terminal Server over years without problems until now. I have a problems with five Windows 2008 R2 servers: point cursor turns black when I connect to them. But this problem disappears if I turn on windows 7 theme on the

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:What is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the CentOS server?

2009-11-18 Thread Eero Volotinen
Quoting hadi motamedi : > Sorry. It was just an example . I wanted to ask you for the equivalent of > "ping -f -l" in its general format . Please help me. man ping -- Eero ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listi

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:What is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the CentOS server?

2009-11-18 Thread hadi motamedi
Sorry. It was just an example . I wanted to ask you for the equivalent of "ping -f -l" in its general format . Please help me. On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Quoting hadi motamedi : > > Dear All >> To find the optimum MTU size , on the MS Windows client , we need to tr

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:What is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the CentOS server?

2009-11-18 Thread Eero Volotinen
Quoting hadi motamedi : > Dear All > To find the optimum MTU size , on the MS Windows client , we need to try for > "C:\ping www.google.com -f -l 1472" and then do for trial and error to find > the optimum size . Can you please do me favor and let me know what is the > equivalent of "ping -f -l" o

[CentOS] Inquiry:What is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the CentOS server?

2009-11-18 Thread hadi motamedi
Dear All To find the optimum MTU size , on the MS Windows client , we need to try for "C:\ping www.google.com -f -l 1472" and then do for trial and error to find the optimum size . Can you please do me favor and let me know what is the equivalent of "ping -f -l" on the CentOS server ? Let me thank

Re: [CentOS] Removing respawning process from inittab w/o killing it

2009-11-18 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus Timo Schoeler spake: | thus William L. Maltby spake: | | On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 10:56 +0100, Timo Schoeler wrote: | |> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | |> Hash: SHA1 | |> | |> Hi list, | |> | |> I need to remove an entry of inittab which is use

Re: [CentOS] Removing respawning process from inittab w/o killing it

2009-11-18 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus William L. Maltby spake: | On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 10:56 +0100, Timo Schoeler wrote: |> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- |> Hash: SHA1 |> |> Hi list, |> |> I need to remove an entry of inittab which is used to (re)spawn a process: |> |> mydemon:23

Re: [CentOS] Removing respawning process from inittab w/o killing it

2009-11-18 Thread William L. Maltby
On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 10:56 +0100, Timo Schoeler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi list, > > I need to remove an entry of inittab which is used to (re)spawn a process: > > mydemon:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/mydemon >/dev/null 2>&1 > > So, I would comment out that entr

[CentOS] Removing respawning process from inittab w/o killing it

2009-11-18 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, I need to remove an entry of inittab which is used to (re)spawn a process: mydemon:2345:respawn:/usr/sbin/mydemon >/dev/null 2>&1 So, I would comment out that entry and reload init running ``telinit q''. IIRC, this would lead to the current