Re: [CentOS] 75% - 80% Rebuild Complete

2012-06-05 Thread Markus Falb
On 5.6.2012 17:15, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Gene Poole > wrote: >> >> 3. During the installation I instituted software raid-1 along with >> LVM. It all worked perfectly until I got to the Boot Loader screen and >> instead of using the default (/dev/sda) I used w

[CentOS] Mysql cluster vs. mysql-libs

2012-06-05 Thread Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
Hi, it seems even a minimal install of Centos 6.2 now requires mysql-libs as a dependency for postfix and cronie. When I try to install the mysql cluster rpms from mysql.com I get a collision between the files. Since this is the first time I get into contact with mysql cluster I wonder if somebody

Re: [CentOS] 75% - 80% Rebuild Complete

2012-06-05 Thread Eugene Poole
OK, I'm about 90% sure that I've corrected the boot loader situation with RAID-1 and the second hard drive. I haven't tested the correction, but here's what I did: Examined the grub.conf file and noticed that hd0 uses (hd0,1), so what followed was grub grub> device (hd1) /

[CentOS] Errors in dmesg

2012-06-05 Thread Gregory Machin
Hi. I have a RHEL server that has some errors in dmesg , what do they mean, how do I fix them ? mtrr: type mismatch for f900,80 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for f900,100 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for f9fe,1 old: wr

Re: [CentOS] XEN or KVM - performance/stability/security?

2012-06-05 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/04/2012 11:36 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > Xen PV has been rock solid for me :) Maybe, if we ignore the fact that you seem to be familiar with the problem of xenconsoled failing and preventing guests from booting. > Xen is supported by Red Hat support in RHEL5. Yes, and RHEL5 will be su

Re: [CentOS] cluster.conf validating, but cman not starting

2012-06-05 Thread Digimer
On 06/05/2012 03:30 PM, Dirk wrote: > Hi all, > > since the last yum update cman does not start any more with the > following entries in /var/log/messages: > >> Jun 5 20:50:39 pclus1cent6-02 corosync[1852]: [MAIN ] Corosync >> Cluster Engine ('1.4.1'): started and ready to provide service. >> J

[CentOS] cluster.conf validating, but cman not starting

2012-06-05 Thread Dirk
Hi all, since the last yum update cman does not start any more with the following entries in /var/log/messages: > Jun 5 20:50:39 pclus1cent6-02 corosync[1852]: [MAIN ] Corosync > Cluster Engine ('1.4.1'): started and ready to provide service. > Jun 5 20:50:39 pclus1cent6-02 corosync[1852]:

Re: [CentOS] Dual NVidia cards, dual monitor

2012-06-05 Thread Steven Chall
> Steven Chall wrote: > > I've just installed CentOS 6.2 on an HP xw8600 with two NVidia GeForce > > 8800 GT video cards in it. I have two Dell monitors than ran configured > > as a single contiguous desktop when this was a Windows 7 machine. I've > > only been able to access one of the two moni

Re: [CentOS] What to use on CentOS 6.2 w/ an Epson Stylus Photo 2200

2012-06-05 Thread m . roth
b.j. mcclure wrote: > >> Epson doesn't seem to have one; I see an rpm at openprinting.org, but >> that .rpm d/l I started around 11:30 my time, and the d/l slowed, and slowed, >> and it's been at 21% and "1 hr 17 min to go" for it seems like close to >> half an hour. I d/l a tar.bz2, but I'm not su

Re: [CentOS] What to use on CentOS 6.2 w/ an Epson Stylus Photo 2200

2012-06-05 Thread b.j. mcclure
> Epson doesn't seem to have one; I see an rpm at openprinting.org, but that > .rpm d/l I started around 11:30 my time, and the d/l slowed, and slowed, > and it's been at 21% and "1 hr 17 min to go" for it seems like close to > half an hour. I d/l a tar.bz2, but I'm not sure I want to build and

Re: [CentOS] How to rotate PHP error log - since it belongs to apache

2012-06-05 Thread Andre Goree
On 06/05/2012 10:15 AM, Alexander Farber wrote: > Hello Luigi and others, > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Luigi Rosa wrote: >> Alexander Farber said the following on 05/06/12 15:57: >> >>> So my question is for how to rotate it (esp. since it should be owned by >>> "apache" user) - what do yo

[CentOS] What to use on CentOS 6.2 w/ an Epson Stylus Photo 2200

2012-06-05 Thread m . roth
Epson doesn't seem to have one; I see an rpm at openprinting.org, but that .rpm d/l I started around 11:30 my time, and the d/l slowed, and slowed, and it's been at 21% and "1 hr 17 min to go" for it seems like close to half an hour. I d/l a tar.bz2, but I'm not sure I want to build and install it

Re: [CentOS] mysql

2012-06-05 Thread Steve Clark
On 06/05/2012 11:13 AM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > See for yourself: > > # grep mysql /etc/shadow > mysql:!!:15404:: Ah - good, from man 5 shadow... encrypted password Refer to crypt(3) for details on how this string is interpreted. If the password field c

Re: [CentOS] rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog

2012-06-05 Thread Philippe Naudin
Le mar. 05 juin 2012 17:06:32 CEST, Leonard den Ottolander a écrit: > Hello James, > > On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 10:30 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > > In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf. > > > > # The authpriv file has restricted access. > > authpriv.*

Re: [CentOS] rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog

2012-06-05 Thread Jerry Franz
On 06/05/2012 07:30 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: > In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf. > [...] > Why is there a "-" before /var/log/maillog? [...] A leading '-' indicates the the log is written asynchronously. It is a performance tune to keep writing the syslog fro

Re: [CentOS] 75% - 80% Rebuild Complete

2012-06-05 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Gene Poole wrote: > > 3.      During the installation I instituted software raid-1 along with > LVM.  It all worked perfectly until I got to the Boot Loader screen and > instead of using the default (/dev/sda) I used what I thought would work > in a raid-1 environme

Re: [CentOS] custom kernel build

2012-06-05 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: >> >> Because you did not build the kernel 'CentOS' way: >> >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel >> >> Also, if you are building from a vanilla kernel (kernel.org), you may >> want to look at kernel-ml from ELRepo. >> > Ok - is there a wa

Re: [CentOS] mysql

2012-06-05 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Steve, On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 10:57 -0400, Steve Clark wrote: > I see that installing mysql in Centos 6.x creates a mysql user > with a login shell of /bin/bash. Is a default password also installed? > > I certainly hope not, but it makes me nervous. See for yourself: # grep mysql /etc/sh

Re: [CentOS] custom kernel build

2012-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
> > Because you did not build the kernel 'CentOS' way: > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel > > Also, if you are building from a vanilla kernel (kernel.org), you may > want to look at kernel-ml from ELRepo. > Ok - is there a way to build "just a module" that disables the PAE code? I'm ru

Re: [CentOS] rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog

2012-06-05 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello James, On Tue, 2012-06-05 at 10:30 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf. > > # The authpriv file has restricted access. > authpriv.* /var/log/secure > # Log all the mail messages in one pla

Re: [CentOS] rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog

2012-06-05 Thread Philippe Naudin
Le mar. 05 juin 2012 10:30:25 CEST, James B. Byrne a écrit: > In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf. > > # The authpriv file has restricted access. > authpriv.* /var/log/secure > # Log all the mail messages in one place. > mail

[CentOS] mysql

2012-06-05 Thread Steve Clark
Hello List, I see that installing mysql in Centos 6.x creates a mysql user with a login shell of /bin/bash. Is a default password also installed? I certainly hope not, but it makes me nervous. -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Director of Technology Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: stev

Re: [CentOS] rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog

2012-06-05 Thread Steven Tardy
On 06/05/2012 09:30 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: > In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf. > mail.* -/var/log/maillog > Why is there a "-" before /var/log/maillog? man syslog.conf You may prefix each entry with the min

Re: [CentOS] How to rotate PHP error log - since it belongs to apache

2012-06-05 Thread John Doe
From: Alexander Farber > And also the files I rotate by the > /etc/logrotate.d/httpd > belong to root and not Apache Maybe check the create option in the man page... JD ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [CentOS] custom kernel build

2012-06-05 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > Clearly it is not picking up the "normal" centos items that are in the > other initramfs files. Because you did not build the kernel 'CentOS' way: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel Also, if you are building from a vanilla kernel (ke

[CentOS] 75% - 80% Rebuild Complete

2012-06-05 Thread Gene Poole
First I want to thank all of you who responded to me both on this list and in the CentOS wiki. Your responses helped greatly! I want to say that if you are running CentOS 5 and you do not have a overriding reason to go to CentOS 6, stay where you are. It was so much easier installing CentOS 6

[CentOS] custom kernel build

2012-06-05 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, I have donwloaded 2.6.32.59 from kernel.org, extracted the source, did make menuconfig to select/deselect items then did make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install, make install and rebooted. first message I got was that ext4 was not supported. So I verified that ext4 was selected a

[CentOS] rsyslog.conf - why the "-" in this entry? mail.* -/var/log/maillog

2012-06-05 Thread James B. Byrne
In dealing with an unrelated issue I came across this in rsyslog.conf. # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron

Re: [CentOS] How to rotate PHP error log - since it belongs to apache

2012-06-05 Thread Alexander Farber
And also the files I rotate by the /etc/logrotate.d/httpd belong to root and not Apache # ls -al /var/log/httpd/my_vhost_1/ -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 144298773 Jun 5 16:17 access_log -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 391503903 May 13 03:18 access_log-20120513 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 369049605 May 20 03:35 a

Re: [CentOS] How to rotate PHP error log - since it belongs to apache

2012-06-05 Thread Alexander Farber
Hello Luigi and others, On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Luigi Rosa wrote: > Alexander Farber said the following on 05/06/12 15:57: > >> So my question is for how to rotate it (esp. since it should be owned by >> "apache" user) - what do you guys use? > > the standard logrotate config /etc/logrota

Re: [CentOS] How to rotate PHP error log - since it belongs to apache

2012-06-05 Thread Luigi Rosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Farber said the following on 05/06/12 15:57: > So my question is for how to rotate it (esp. since it should be owned by > "apache" user) - what do you guys use? the standard logrotate config /etc/logrotate.d/httpd or a modified copy of it

[CentOS] How to rotate PHP error log - since it belongs to apache

2012-06-05 Thread Alexander Farber
Hello, I'm using CentOS 6.2 with the stock rpm php-5.3.3-3.el6_2.8.x86_64 and the following /etc/php.ini file: error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED display_errors = Off error_log = /var/log/php/php_errors.log and that file is very useful for me because I have many custom PHP-scripts at

Re: [CentOS] gnome / gdm mess

2012-06-05 Thread Steven Tardy
On 06/05/2012 06:03 AM, Philippe Naudin wrote: > Can someone point me to some useful doc ? google: site:docs.redhat.com install gnome ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] R packaging question

2012-06-05 Thread Weiner, Michael
I have been working on packaging (for internal use only) multiple versions of R (eg 2.14.1, 2.14.2, 2.15.0) such that I can install these RPMs and provide the different versions of R (especially 2.14.x and 2.15.x) to the biostatisticians that require them. I have been messing around with the R.spec

[CentOS] gnome / gdm mess

2012-06-05 Thread Philippe Naudin
Hello, My first attempt to install Gnome is not a bright success. If I boot in runlevel 5, using gdm, I get the login screen, but after login I get sometimes only the root window (no icons, no toolbar, no menu, nothing but keyboard shortcuts), sometimes the icons are here but not the toolbars...