Re: [CentOS] CentOs6 - Ltsp set up kickstart server

2011-08-12 Thread Johan Vermeulen
Dear All, following the advise from Les concerning CentOs - ltsp, I'm now trying to set up a *kickstart *server, as I will have to install 14 ltsp servers. I must admit the number 14 is not my only motivation, in a first attempt I downloaded 7 cd's -and got stuck when installing from nr 6 ,

Re: [CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

2011-08-12 Thread Robert Heller
At Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:24:23 -0600 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:05:47 + > Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > > I think you misunderstood the first reply: smartd, as in the init script is > > a > > means to alert root of pending issues, _it_ doesn't present the data, _tha

Re: [CentOS] CentOs6 - Ltsp set up kickstart server

2011-08-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On 8/12/11 3:41 AM, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > Dear All, > > following the advise from Les concerning CentOs - ltsp, > I'm now trying to set up a *kickstart *server, as I will have to install 14 > ltsp > servers. > > I must admit the number 14 is not my only motivation, in a first attempt I > downlo

Re: [CentOS] CentOs6 - Ltsp set up kickstart server

2011-08-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On 8/12/11 3:41 AM, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > > following the advise from Les concerning CentOs - ltsp, > I'm now trying to set up a *kickstart *server, as I will have to install 14 > ltsp > servers. If you are doing something at that scale you might want to join the k12osn list https://www.redha

[CentOS] Wrong directory permissions in RPMs build on CentOS6

2011-08-12 Thread Simon Matter
Hi, I have rebuilt all our source RPMs on CentOS 6 and found they sometimes differ in directory permissions compared to those built on CentOS 3, 4 and 5. The problem is that %defattr overrides %attr on directories. Have a look at this example spec file: --%<- Summa

Re: [CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

2011-08-12 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:11:58 -0400 Robert Heller wrote: > The disk's *firmware* updated itself. ... > Appearently, palimpsest does some of what smartctl does: accesses the > SMART data on the drive. This is completely independent of smartd. > Smartd is a daemon that runs in the background and

Re: [CentOS] drop manitu.net

2011-08-12 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday, August 11, 2011 05:31:21 PM Kai Schaetzl wrote: > *You* confused things. You mixed ISPs and hosting. You can't. An Internet Service Provider is an Internet Service Provider regardless of the type, bandwidth, or technology of the pipe provided, regardless of the number of IP address

Re: [CentOS] setting the screen background with gconftool-2

2011-08-12 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: > I centos 5 I can run this command: > su myuser -c "/usr/bin/gconftool-2 -t string --set > /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename > /usr/share/backgrounds/images/mypic.png" > > and this works fine. > > under centos 6 it does not appear to be working... > I can run the simil

Re: [CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

2011-08-12 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Robert Heller wrote: > The disk's *firmware* updated itself. So long as the *disk* is powered > up and spinning, its *firmware* is 'running' (or runs when the disk is > accessed or something like that). Modern disks are a long, long way > from the simple MFM drives of the 19

Re: [CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

2011-08-12 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:36:25 +0100 (BST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Robert Heller wrote: > > > The disk's *firmware* updated itself. So long as the *disk* is powered > > up and spinning, its *firmware* is 'running' (or runs when the disk is > > accessed or something l

Re: [CentOS] sieveshell fails to start on CentOS 6.0

2011-08-12 Thread Harold Pritchett
On 8/11/2011 7:00 PM, Devin Reade wrote: --On Wednesday, August 10, 2011 01:52:21 PM -0400 Harold Pritchett wrote: [harold@newmick ~]$ sieveshell localhost connecting to localhost unable to connect to server at /usr/bin/sieveshell line 170. As an aid to finding out what was happening, I drop

Re: [CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

2011-08-12 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Robert Heller wrote: *snip* >>> The disk's *firmware* updated itself. So long as the *disk* is powered >>> up and spinning, its *firmware* is 'running' (or runs when the disk is >>> accessed or something like that). Modern disks are a long, long way >>> from the simple MFM

Re: [CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

2011-08-12 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:35:12 +0100 (BST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Robert Heller wrote: > > *snip* > > >>> The disk's *firmware* updated itself. So long as the *disk* is powered > >>> up and spinning, its *firmware* is 'running' (or runs when the disk is > >>> acces

Re: [CentOS] drop manitu.net

2011-08-12 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 13:41 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Thursday, August 11, 2011 05:31:21 PM Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > *You* confused things. You mixed ISPs and hosting. You can't. > > An Internet Service Provider is an Internet Service Provider regardless of > the type, bandwidth, or technolog

[CentOS] grabbing ip address from kickstart pre

2011-08-12 Thread Jerry Geis
I can get the kickstart command line with /proc/cmdline it looks something like x ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg xx in the %pre sections of my ks.cfg I was wanting to extract the IP from the ks= part. I was going to utilize the "tr" command but its not available in %pre. how can I go a

Re: [CentOS] drop manitu.net

2011-08-12 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 19:13 -0700, Craig White wrote: > considering that it began as a rant which was inappropriately targeted, > I would say that it was out of hand when it began. Lets not prolong it then ;-) -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU. ___

[CentOS] instlaling onto mdadm centos 6

2011-08-12 Thread William Warren
I am attempting to use mdraid for booting my machine but it never does. Does the centos 5 guide for linux software raid work for centos 6? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos