Re: [CentOS] Audio issue(s)

2009-11-11 Thread MHR
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Ilya Ponetayev wrote: > > You can try to install fresh alsa-driver package from Elrepo repository > (which named kmod-alsa there). > http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php > That was part of it - thanks. mhr ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Audio issue(s)

2009-11-11 Thread MHR
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:51 PM, lostson wrote: > >   Have you tried any switches in alsamixer ? sometimes one or another > will get either turned off or turned on and that will cause no sound > from the speakers. > Yeah - once I got the driver from the elrepo installed, this fixed the rest of it

[CentOS] About the tar extract signal directory~~

2009-11-11 Thread Majian
Hi,all: I've couple of large tarballs such as www.tar and images.tar. Is it possible to extract a single file or a list of files from a large tarball such as images.tar instead of extracting the entire tarball? How do I extract specific files under Linux / UNIX operating systems? Thanks in adv

Re: [CentOS] About the tar extract signal directory~~

2009-11-11 Thread Samuel Contesse
Hi, tar [ - ] A --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d --diff --compare | --delete | r --append | t --list | u --update | x --extract --get [ options ] pathname [ pathname ... ] pathname is what you're looking for. Sam From: centos-boun...@centos

Re: [CentOS] About the tar extract signal directory~~

2009-11-11 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 11/11/2009 09:16 AM, Majian wrote: > Hi,all: > > I've couple of large tarballs such as www.tar and images.tar. > Is it possible to extract a single file or a list of files from a large > tarball such as images.tar instead of extracting the entire tarball? > How do I extract specific files un

Re: [CentOS] About the tar extract signal directory~~

2009-11-11 Thread John R Pierce
Majian wrote: > Hi,all: > > I've couple of large tarballs such as www.tar and images.tar. > Is it possible to extract a single file or a list of files from a > large tarball such as images.tar instead of extracting the entire tarball? > How do I extract specific files under Linux / UNIX operatin

Re: [CentOS] Berlin Beer event.

2009-11-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +: > After the London Beer event seams to become a regular thing I was > wondering who in Berlin would want to participate in such a thing. I > am visiting for BLIT [1] on the 21. November to promote CentOS and > was wondering how many

Re: [CentOS] Berlin Beer event.

2009-11-11 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus Kai Schaetzl spake: | Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +: | |> After the London Beer event seams to become a regular thing I was |> wondering who in Berlin would want to participate in such a thing. I |> am visiting fo

Re: [CentOS] screwed up dependencies

2009-11-11 Thread ken
On 11/11/2009 02:26 AM Timo Schoeler wrote: > thus ken spake: > | Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve > | the dependencies piecemeal: > | > | # yum update faad2 > | > | --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg > | ---> Package faad2.i386 0:

Re: [CentOS] Berlin Beer event.

2009-11-11 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > thus Kai Schaetzl spake: > | Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +: > | > |> After the London Beer event seams to become a regular thing I was > |> wondering who in

Re: [CentOS] Berlin Beer event.

2009-11-11 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann spake: | On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Timo Schoeler | wrote: | thus Kai Schaetzl spake: | | Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +: | | | |> After the London Beer event seams to become a regular

Re: [CentOS] screwed up dependencies

2009-11-11 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus ken spake: | On 11/11/2009 02:26 AM Timo Schoeler wrote: |> thus ken spake: |> | Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve |> | the dependencies piecemeal: |> | |> | # yum update faad2 |> | |> | --> Processing Dep

[CentOS] software raid :: kernel update procedure

2009-11-11 Thread Adrian Sevcenco
Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magicaly rebuild? Thank you, Adrian smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ CentOS mailing list Cen

Re: [CentOS] software raid :: kernel update procedure

2009-11-11 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: > Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering > what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magicaly > rebuild? > > Thank you, > Adrian > > ___ > Cent

Re: [CentOS] Berlin Beer event.

2009-11-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
oops, I had intended to send in private instead of polluting the list. Sorry to everyone! Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lis

Re: [CentOS] screwed up dependencies

2009-11-11 Thread Lee Perez
ken wrote: > On 11/11/2009 02:26 AM Timo Schoeler wrote: > >> thus ken spake: >> | Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve >> | the dependencies piecemeal: >> | >> | # yum update faad2 >> | >> | --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg >> |

[CentOS] Lost raid when server reboots

2009-11-11 Thread carlopmart
Hi all, I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks and mdadm command goes well. Problems starts when i rebooted the server (CentOS 5.4 fully updated): raid is lost, and i don't understand why. "mdadm --detail --scan" doesn't returns me any output. "mdadm --examine --scan" returns me:

Re: [CentOS] software raid :: kernel update procedure

2009-11-11 Thread Adrian Sevcenco
Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Adrian Sevcenco > wrote: >> Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering >> what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magicaly >> rebuild? >> >> Thank you, >> Adrian >> >> > > Yep, as l

Re: [CentOS] software raid :: kernel update procedure

2009-11-11 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: > Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Adrian Sevcenco >> wrote: >>> Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering >>> what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magi

[CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread Roger K. Wells
We develop software and are beginning a slow transition from 32 bit applications to their 64 bit equivalents. During this period it will be necessary to build programs targeted for both environments using the x86-64 machines for development. here is a simple/small "application", sizes.c: #inc

Re: [CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread Juergen Gotteswinter
perhaps linux32 helps you out man linux32 greetings Juergen Roger K. Wells wrote: > We develop software and are beginning a slow transition from 32 bit > applications > to their 64 bit equivalents. During this period it will be necessary to > build > programs targeted for both environments u

Re: [CentOS] Lost raid when server reboots

2009-11-11 Thread Brendan Minish
On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 12:43 +0100, carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > > I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks and mdadm command goes well. > Problems > starts when i rebooted the server (CentOS 5.4 fully updated): raid is lost, > and i > don't understand why. Just a thought, but are the r

Re: [CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread Roger K. Wells
Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: > perhaps linux32 helps you out > > man linux32 > > thanks Juergen. that seems to set the environment for the program that is to be run, e.g. make, gcc, ld, etc. Not so much the environment where the target will run. roger wells > greetings > > Juergen > > Roger K.

Re: [CentOS] Lost raid when server reboots

2009-11-11 Thread carlopmart
Brendan Minish wrote: > On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 12:43 +0100, carlopmart wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks and mdadm command goes well. >> Problems >> starts when i rebooted the server (CentOS 5.4 fully updated): raid is lost, >> and i >> don't understand why.

Re: [CentOS] About the tar extract signal directory~~

2009-11-11 Thread mark
Majian wrote: > Hi,all: > > I've couple of large tarballs such as www.tar and images.tar. > Is it possible to extract a single file or a list of files from a large > tarball such as images.tar instead of extracting the entire tarball? > How do I extract specific files under Linux / UNIX operatin

Re: [CentOS] Lost raid when server reboots

2009-11-11 Thread nate
carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > > I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks Why would you think to attempt this? iSCSI is slow enough as it is, layering RAID on top of it would be even worse. Run RAID on the remote iSCSI system and don't try to do RAID between two networked iSCSI volumes, it wi

Re: [CentOS] About the tar extract signal directory~~

2009-11-11 Thread Majian
Thanks all . I got it ~ On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:33 PM, mark wrote: > Majian wrote: > > Hi,all: > > > > I've couple of large tarballs such as www.tar and images.tar. > > Is it possible to extract a single file or a list of files from a large > > tarball such as images.tar instead of extracti

Re: [CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Roger K. Wells wrote: > Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: >> perhaps linux32 helps you out >> >> man linux32 >> >> > thanks Juergen. > that seems to set the environment for the program that is to be > run, e.g. make, gcc, ld, etc. Not so much the environment > where the target will run. You can alwa

Re: [CentOS] Lost raid when server reboots

2009-11-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Brendan Minish wrote: > On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 12:43 +0100, carlopmart wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks and mdadm command goes well. >> Problems >> starts when i rebooted the server (CentOS 5.4 fully updated): raid is lost, >> and i >> don't understand why.

Re: [CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread Neil Aggarwal
> You can always run VMware server or virtualbox and install a > complete 32 bit > system on the same host for a real build/test environment. Don't forget about KVM. It just a yum install. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://JAMMConsulting.com CentOS 5.4 VPS with unmetered ba

Re: [CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread Roger K. Wells
Les Mikesell wrote: > Roger K. Wells wrote: > >> Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: >> >>> perhaps linux32 helps you out >>> >>> man linux32 >>> >>> >>> >> thanks Juergen. >> that seems to set the environment for the program that is to be >> run, e.g. make, gcc, ld, etc. Not so much the

Re: [CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread mark
Roger K. Wells wrote: > Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: >> perhaps linux32 helps you out >> >> man linux32 >> > thanks Juergen. > that seems to set the environment for the program that is to be > run, e.g. make, gcc, ld, etc. Not so much the environment > where the target will run. My first thought w

Re: [CentOS] Lost raid when server reboots

2009-11-11 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:33 AM, "nate" wrote: > carlopmart wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks > > Why would you think to attempt this? iSCSI is slow enough as > it is, layering RAID on top of it would be even worse. Run RAID > on the remote iSCSI system and don't t

Re: [CentOS] screwed up dependencies

2009-11-11 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 05:35:52AM -0600, Lee Perez wrote: > ken wrote: > > On 11/11/2009 02:26 AM Timo Schoeler wrote: > > > >> thus ken spake: > >> | Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve > >> | the dependencies piecemeal: > >> | > >> | # yum update faad2 > >>

Re: [CentOS] Lost raid when server reboots

2009-11-11 Thread carlopmart
Ross Walker wrote: > On Nov 11, 2009, at 9:33 AM, "nate" wrote: > >> carlopmart wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks >> Why would you think to attempt this? iSCSI is slow enough as >> it is, layering RAID on top of it would be even worse. Run RAID >> on the rem

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[CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread Carlos Santana
Howdy, I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install process. I am not sure of best practice (good practices) to be followed when installing a

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread Eero Volotinen
Carlos Santana wrote: > Howdy, > > I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to > media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source > in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install > process. I am not sure of best practice (good practices

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Carlos: > I tend to try out many open source apps/packages I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local so they are isolated from each other. You can also use KVM to set up virtual machines to be able to test and then drop the entire VM if you don't like it. That will keep you

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Carlos Santana wrote: > Howdy, > > I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to > media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source > in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install > process. I am not sure of best practice (good practices

Re: [CentOS] 32bit development on x86-64

2009-11-11 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Neil Aggarwal wrote: >> You can always run VMware server or virtualbox and install a >> complete 32 bit >> system on the same host for a real build/test environment. > > Don't forget about KVM.  It just a yum install. > >        Neil > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (281)84

[CentOS] finding a memory leak - committed memory SPIKES!

2009-11-11 Thread Alan McKay
Hey folks, I've got a RHEL 4.3 system (one of the few I have not yet converted to CentOS) that is running DB2 ... looks like 8.1 Just noticed that committed memory on my Munin graphs has been steadily climbing on a constant curve - yikes! There are 16G of physical ram and the commit is up to 80G

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread Carlos Santana
Comments inline: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Neil Aggarwal wrote: > Carlos: > >> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages > > I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local > so they are isolated from each other. > You mean /usr/local or /usr/local/src ? I would crea

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:51:27 -0600 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Howdy, > > I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to > media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source > in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install > process.

Re: [CentOS] finding a memory leak - committed memory SPIKES!

2009-11-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > I've got a RHEL 4.3 system (one of the few I have not yet converted to > CentOS) that is running DB2 ... looks like 8.1 > > Just noticed that committed memory on my Munin graphs has been > steadily climbing on a constant curve - yikes! > > There are 16G of phys

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread Les Mikesell
Carlos Santana wrote: > >>> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages >> I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local >> so they are isolated from each other. >> > > You mean /usr/local or /usr/local/src ? > I would create new directory under /usr/local/src and put source

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-11 Thread mark
Robert Heller wrote: > At Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:51:27 -0600 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to >> media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source >> in the /var/tmp directory and then doing config

Re: [CentOS] anyone tried firefox 3.5 under centos 5.4

2009-11-11 Thread Vnpenguin
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 15:35, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Janez Kosmrlj > wrote: > > Works fine for me using rpms (rebuilt from the src.rpms) on http://mharris.ca/ > > They're basically slightly altered fedora rpms. You have to read the > spec to see the build arguments