[CentOS] Debugging/optimizing LAN/Fileserver Performance

2012-08-20 Thread Götz Reinicke
Hi, I do have one fileserver, which is compared to other systems slow when transferring file through the lan. The test I did get a transfer speed of about 70 - 80 MB/s. I copy files by rsync or scp from a SSD disk to the servers ISCSI Storage and I tested to copy to a serverside RAM disk. I copy

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread Jim Wildman
I have the same behavior 6.2 vs latest on my Toshiba satellite. 32-220 boots fine (except for the touchpad and power detection) 32-279.2.1 crashes immediately Glad to forward logs On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Joseph Koenig wrote: Yes, grub was installed, and it would seem

Re: [CentOS] Sendmail Masquerade

2012-08-20 Thread Ken Smith
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Ken Smith wrote: > >> {snip} >> >> So what have I missed? >> > Are you doing the test that fails as the 'EXPOSED_USER' in sendmail.mc > (i.e. root)? That is for intentional exceptions to MASQUERADE_AS so > you can tell where system

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Thomas Göttgens
> On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 09:54 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> ovirt-node-1.9.3-28.1.el6 >> >> ovirt-node is not in the upstream release for 6.3, nor is it in >> Scientific Linux or Oracle Linux for EL6. > Do you mean there are no binaries in the upstream 6.3 tree for this? > That is weird, both T

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread Joseph Koenig
>> Well, sure enough, it can't seem to find any good superblocks. Even >> backups are showing corrupt. Will reinstall and see what happens... > You mean the backup superblocks are bad? And it was a running system before? > > Is it still under warranty? You might consider talking to Dell about > che

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread m . roth
Joseph Koenig wrote: >> >> Odd thought: have you tried a) looking at the drives in the PERC >> firmware, or b) booting to linux rescue, and examining the filesystems? > Well, sure enough, it can't seem to find any good superblocks. Even > backups are showing corrupt. Will reinstall and see what ha

Re: [CentOS] SRPM build exceptions list 6.3

2012-08-20 Thread Jake Shipton
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:27:50 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > > > CentOS renamed: > > > redhat-release-* -> centos-release > > > Will lsb_release -a give the correct result? > > mark > > ___ > CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread Joseph Koenig
> > > Odd thought: have you tried a) looking at the drives in the PERC firmware, > or b) booting to linux rescue, and examining the filesystems? Well, sure enough, it can't seem to find any good superblocks. Even backups are showing corrupt. Will reinstall and see what happens... Thanks!

Re: [CentOS] SRPM build exceptions list 6.3

2012-08-20 Thread m . roth
Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > CentOS renamed: > redhat-release-* -> centos-release > Will lsb_release -a give the correct result? mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] SRPM build exceptions list 6.3

2012-08-20 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi, Here is a list of packages for 6.3 for which upstream SRPMS are available but which aren't built on CentOS. i686 only (these *are* being built, but won't show up in a x86_64 ls): xorg-x11-drv-geode xorg-x11-drv-neomagic PPC: iprutils libehca libica librtas libvpd (still available as rpm) lsv

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread m . roth
Joseph Koenig wrote: >>> Yes, grub was installed, and it would seem PERC controller is >>> presenting >>> drives to the system - at least it was. Before I ran a yum update after >>> installing the system, I could boot it and log in just fine. >>> >>> Worth reinstalling from the minimal install disc

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread Joseph Koenig
>> Yes, grub was installed, and it would seem PERC controller is presenting >> drives to the system - at least it was. Before I ran a yum update after >> installing the system, I could boot it and log in just fine. >> >> Worth reinstalling from the minimal install disc again just to make sure >> th

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread m . roth
Joseph Koenig wrote: >>> Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, so >>> I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages >>> (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off the >>> top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now i

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread Joseph Koenig
>> Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, so >> I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages >> (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off the >> top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now it won't book up. As >> it

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/20/2012 04:07 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Gordon Messmer wrote: > >> >Actually, it's a shell alias. And then, only if "vim" is installed, >> >which it isn't in some configurations. IIRC, desktop systems have him >> >by default, but server installations do not. > It is neither a symlink no

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread m . roth
Joseph Koenig wrote: > Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, so > I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages > (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off the > top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now it won't

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread Morten Stevens
On 20.08.2012 18:17, Joseph Koenig wrote: > Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, > so > I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages > (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off > the > top of my head). Went to reboot th

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 vs. other RHEL clones: security advisory comparison

2012-08-20 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 08/20/2012 07:02 AM, Janne Snabb wrote: > Hello, > > I made some statistics and comparisons about security advisories > published by three popular RHEL 6 clones: CentOS 6, Oracle Linux 6 and > Scientific Linux 6. > > The article is available at the following URL: > > http://bitrate.epipe.com/rhe

[CentOS] Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

2012-08-20 Thread Joseph Koenig
Just installed CentOS 6.3 from a minimal install disc. All was well, so I ran a yum update, as well as installed some additional packages (mysql, httpd, libjpeg, libpng, and more that I don't remember off the top of my head). Went to reboot the machine and now it won't book up. As it starts to

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Johnny, On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 09:54 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > ovirt-node-1.9.3-28.1.el6 > > ovirt-node is not in the upstream release for 6.3, nor is it in > Scientific Linux or Oracle Linux for EL6. Do you mean there are no binaries in the upstream 6.3 tree for this? That is weird, b

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > People who use the vi however complained that vim is not fully vi compatible > and > that they prefer to have a real vi under the name "vi". People who prefer vim > could still call vim. My complaint that started this thread turns out

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Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
wrote: > > You currently may have the vi source from aprox. 1979 under a 4 clause BSD > > license or the current Solaris vi under the CDDL. The latter was POSIX > > compliant approved. > > And so you assert that if you don't have a version of vi that is strictly > compatible with the 1979 source,

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread m . roth
Joerg Schilling wrote: > wrote: > >> This just verifies that you're playing word games. If you want vi that's >> not vim, may I ask which *version* of vi you would consider to be vi - >> one >> from, say, Sun OS 3? Or from the Irix that ran on our Indigo in the >> early/mid-nineties? or one from T

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
wrote: > This just verifies that you're playing word games. If you want vi that's > not vim, may I ask which *version* of vi you would consider to be vi - one > from, say, Sun OS 3? Or from the Irix that ran on our Indigo in the > early/mid-nineties? or one from Tru-64 in the late nineties? or we

Re: [CentOS] Sendmail Masquerade

2012-08-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Ken Smith wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm usually quite good with sendmail on Centos 5.8 but I must have > missed something here. I've not done this before but, I want to set > sendmail so that its outgoing mail appears to come from the domain of > the network it lives on

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread m . roth
Joerg Schilling wrote: > William Hooper wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Joerg Schilling >> wrote: >> > Reindl Harald wrote: >> > > you are aware that you are posting to the CENTOS-list? >> > >> > Of course >> > >> > > the topic is about "vi default in CENTOS 6.x" so what >> > >> > You

Re: [CentOS] Wiki dead links CentOS-Fasttrack

2012-08-20 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 08/18/2012 11:21 AM, Vnpenguin wrote: > Reported by me 4 days ago, but no reply yet. It seams that nobody pays > attention to that! > I'm going to push a new centos-release package either later today or tomorrow. The fast-track repo definitions ( with enabled=0 ) will be included there. --

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
Reindl Harald wrote: > > This just verifies that you don't have a vi > > boah how often should we explain it until you > understand taht on CENTOS there is NO vi package > > there is only VIM Nice to see, that you finally realized it too. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
William Hooper wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Joerg Schilling > wrote: > > > > Reindl Harald wrote: > > > you are aware that you are posting to the CENTOS-list? > > > > Of course > > > > > the topic is about "vi default in CENTOS 6.x" so what > > > > You seem to missunderstand that t

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Johnny Hughes
Here is my research .. I think no action is required, based on the individual comments: === cdrkit-1.1.9-11.el6 This is built ... not missing (built packages are not named cdrkit, but instead dirsplit, genisoimage, icedax, wodim) No Action Required. ===

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread William Hooper
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Reindl Harald wrote: > > you are aware that you are posting to the CENTOS-list? > > Of course > > > the topic is about "vi default in CENTOS 6.x" so what > > You seem to missunderstand that there is a program called "vi" and another > pr

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 08/20/2012 07:25 AM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hello Johnny, > > A few more questions because it's not always sure if your reply only > relates to one package or those above as well... > > On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 05:53 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > kdebindings-4.3.4-5.el6 >>> No mention

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Johnny, A few more questions because it's not always sure if your reply only relates to one package or those above as well... On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 05:53 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >>> kdebindings-4.3.4-5.el6 > > No mention in any TN, no mention that it has been removed either though. I

[CentOS] CentOS 6 vs. other RHEL clones: security advisory comparison

2012-08-20 Thread Janne Snabb
Hello, I made some statistics and comparisons about security advisories published by three popular RHEL 6 clones: CentOS 6, Oracle Linux 6 and Scientific Linux 6. The article is available at the following URL: http://bitrate.epipe.com/rhel-vs-centos-scientific-oracle-linux-6_187 I hope you find

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 08/20/2012 12:41 PM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Perhaps you can point me to a location where the excluded package are > documented so I can use that for future reference and save myself some > time going through all the tech notes? you need to cycle through the srpms look at exclusivearch

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Karanbir, On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 10:10 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > now remove architecture specific packages, and packages that map to / > require / use - RH specific services. Perhaps you can point me to a location where the excluded package are documented so I can use that for future re

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Johnny, On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 19:25 +0200, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Still leaves: > CentOS: dmidecode-2.11-2.el6 > RHEL63: dmidecode-2.11-2.el6_1 Unless dmidecode-2.11-2.el6.src.rpm == > dmidecode-2.11-2.el6_1.src.rpm this is an update. > CentOS: gnome-power-manager-2.28.3-6.el6 > RHE

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
On Mon, 2012-08-20 at 05:53 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > So, that still leaves the following that I am looking into: > > cdrkit-1.1.9-11.el6 > clustermon-0.16.2-18.el6 > compat-gcc-295-2.95.3-86.el6 > compat-gcc-296-2.96-144.el6 > compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-69.el6 > ding-libs-0.1.2-9.el6 > hunspell-no-2

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 20.08.2012 13:07, schrieb Joerg Schilling: > > Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > >> On 08/16/2012 04:55 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > >>> vi is generally a symlink to vim these days. > >> > >> Actually, it's a shell alias. And then, only if "vim" is installed, > >> which i

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-20 Thread Joerg Schilling
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/16/2012 04:55 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > > vi is generally a symlink to vim these days. > > Actually, it's a shell alias. And then, only if "vim" is installed, > which it isn't in some configurations. IIRC, desktop systems have him > by default, but server install

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 08/19/2012 11:56 AM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hello Akemi, > > On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 11:52 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> Producing an accurate list of "missing packages" is tricky -- mainly >> because you need access to RHN. > Even though RHN of course is the ultimate resource you can get p

[CentOS] Sendmail Masquerade

2012-08-20 Thread Ken Smith
Hi All, I'm usually quite good with sendmail on Centos 5.8 but I must have missed something here. I've not done this before but, I want to set sendmail so that its outgoing mail appears to come from the domain of the network it lives on. Its real hostname is server2.domain.co.uk ( the domain b

Re: [CentOS] default gateway outside of the LAN

2012-08-20 Thread James Hogarth
> > It's impossible to create a route via a host that can't be resolved by > ARP (for IPv4). > Very true in general - the assumption in IRC was that text is not always the best medium for transmitting ideas - especially when someone is specifically anonymising stuff or does not have english as a f

Re: [CentOS] 6.3 missing updates and packages

2012-08-20 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 08/19/2012 05:56 PM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Here is what I found: now remove architecture specific packages, and packages that map to / require / use - RH specific services. - KB -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh ICQ: 2522219| Yahoo I