Re: [CentOS] Help with kickstart install

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Without your ks files, hard to speculate. Anaconda has been broken for a > while now if you choose a cdrom install and point to the updates repo, you > need to point to os and updates on a remote server. At least I have > reproduced this with 100% cert

Re: [CentOS] Centos6 : Pan newsreader

From: Michael D. Berger > Where can I get the latest pan newsreader that > would work with KDE 4? Google "pan rpm" and first answer is repoforge repository... JD ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] pan reader and gmime

From: Michael D. Berger > Running: yum list available | grep -i gmime > shows results for CentOS 5, but not for CentOS 6. > It seems to be needed by my pan. > What should I do? Google "gmime rpm" and first answer is repoforge repository... JD ___ Cent

Re: [CentOS] Selinux extra packages and compiled apps

From: Daniel J Walsh > setools and setroubleshoot are not required to be run by SELinux. > setroubleshoot-server is supposed to be able to be used on server > machine and able to send email on errors that it sees. I installed setools-console since it was small. And, instead of setroubleshoot-ser

Re: [CentOS] Help with kickstart install

>Really? I've been doing an entirely network based install, and it doesn't >work pointing >at updates. Could you post a specific setup that works? My package selection is the absolute minimum with a few useful tools and a few required things I know I don't need like firmware yanked. I use a bi

Re: [CentOS] Help with kickstart install

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> Really? I've been doing an entirely network based install, and it doesn't >> work pointing >> at updates. Could you post a specific setup that works? > > My package selection is the absolute minimum with a few useful tools and a > few required thin

[CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS

Anyone familiar with RHEV (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization)? Any ideas on how to emulate this on CentOS? Thanks, Gene Poole ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Gene Poole wrote: > Anyone familiar with RHEV (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization)?  Any ideas on > how to emulate this on CentOS? > > Thanks, > Gene Poole > > ___ You simply need to install the Virtualizartion Group with

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On 09/07/2011 09:34 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Red Hat (and thus CentOS) has native XEN support but dropped XEN in > favor of KVM (which is not as mature yet) in RH 6. This deserves clarification... Red Hat is a business, and made a simple business decision. Maintaining Xen support would have meant

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 09:51 -0400, Digimer wrote: > Red Hat is a business, and made a simple business decision. Maintaining > Xen support would have meant maintaining a very large set of patches. > They made the decision that the effort (and money) needed to maintain > Xen outside of the mainline

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Digimer wrote: > On 09/07/2011 09:34 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> Red Hat (and thus CentOS) has native XEN support but dropped XEN in >> favor of KVM (which is not as mature yet) in RH 6. > > This deserves clarification... > > Red Hat is a business, and made a simple b

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 09:51 -0400, Digimer wrote: > >> Red Hat is a business, and made a simple business decision. Maintaining >> Xen support would have meant maintaining a very large set of patches. >> They made the decision that the effort (and mone

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On 09/07/2011 09:57 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 09:51 -0400, Digimer wrote: > >> Red Hat is a business, and made a simple business decision. Maintaining >> Xen support would have meant maintaining a very large set of patches. >> They made the decision that the effort (and

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 10:05 -0400, Digimer wrote: > "At what point did we forget that the Space Shuttle was, essentially, > a program that strapped human beings to an explosion and tried to stab > through the sky with fire and math?" And it worked. A tremendous and useful achievement now scrappe

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:03 +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > > > Perhaps a silly question, but why maintain patches ? Why not compile a > > new version and discard all the patches ? Patches are a messy manner to > > maintain programmes. > That's fine if

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

Thanks Guys for the helpful info. Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] was, Re: Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM, now OT

Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 10:05 -0400, Digimer wrote: > >> "At what point did we forget that the Space Shuttle was, essentially, >> a program that strapped human beings to an explosion and tried to stab >> through the sky with fire and math?" > > And it worked. A tremendous a

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:03 +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > >> On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps a silly question, but why maintain patches ? Why not compile a >>> new version and discard all the patches ? Patches are a messy manne

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:39 +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > If that's all you're doing, there's no pain in having the patches. > But what happens if you don't want *all* the patches? A heavily patched programme is a messy compromise for system options which could be handled by run-time configuratio

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:39 +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > >> If that's all you're doing, there's no pain in having the patches. >> But what happens if you don't want *all* the patches? > > A heavily patched programme is a messy compromise for system op

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:50 +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > > > A heavily patched programme is a messy compromise for system options > > which could be handled by run-time configuration options ? > But without patches, you're either bound to an old ver

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:50 +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > >> On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: >>> >>> A heavily patched programme is a messy compromise for system options >>> which could be handled by run-time configuration options ? > >> But

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 09:51 -0400, Digimer wrote: > >> Red Hat is a business, and made a simple business decision. Maintaining >> Xen support would have meant maintaining a very large set of patches. >> They made the decision that the effo

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, William Hooper wrote: >> Perhaps a silly question, but why maintain patches ? Why not compile a >> new version and discard all the patches ? Patches are a messy manner to >> maintain programmes. > > For the same reason that Red Hat uses patches to back port securi

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, William Hooper wrote: > >>> Perhaps a silly question, but why maintain patches ? Why not compile a >>> new version and discard all the patches ? Patches are a messy manner to >>> maintain programmes. >> >> For

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[CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

I learned from Anne that if I boot to level 5, after I enter the username, can select Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is always Gnome. How can I make the default KDE? How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3? Thanks, Mike. _

[CentOS] boot problem after disk change on raid1

Hello, I have two disks sda and sdb. One of the was broken so I have changed the broken disk with a working one. I started the server in rescue mode, and created the partional table, and added all the partitions to the software raid. *I have added the partitions to the RAID, and reboot.* # mda

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

In my ~/.xsession I have: #!/bin/bash startkde I think .xsession needs execute permission...can't remember (but thats what I have mine set as)... Additionally, I believe that once you select KDE and login (under runlevel 5), it remembers you chose that... On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Michael D. Be

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

writes: > > Hello, > > Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon > to run a home network? Is there a way to do > this without having to buy wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I would > have to buy one for my centos machine > which acts as my gateway but would like

[CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

I am running Centos 5.5 (2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 and when I submit yum -y update I get the message that nothing is marked for update. Is this correct or is there something wrong with the system? Many thanks... Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com __

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:39 PM, David G. Miller wrote: >   writes: > >> Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon >> to run a home network? Is there a way to do >> this without having to buy wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I would >> have to buy one for my centos m

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:25:50 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote: > In my ~/.xsession I have: > > #!/bin/bash > startkde > > > I think .xsession needs execute permission...can't remember (but thats > what I have mine set as)... > > Additionally, I believe that once you select KDE and login (under > ru

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type startx... However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have .xsession symbolically linked to .xinitrc I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I described for .xsession I just did some googling - I couldn't remembe

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:02:17 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote: > Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type > startx... However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have > .xsession symbolically linked to .xinitrc > > I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I descr

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

Very welcome... There was some reason I did the link - but can't remember why :) I think at one point .xession was used (again I can't remember)... On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:02:17 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote: > >> Sorry for .xsession, I mean when

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 17:39:21 + (UTC) David G. Miller wrote: > My experience with mobile hotspots is that they work just like having a DSL or > cable connected wireless router. You don't need a separate router but you > will want to make sure everything that connects to it is firewalled. The o

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

"David G. Miller" wrote: > writes: > > > > > Hello, > > > > Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon > > to run a home network? Is there a way to do > > this without having to buy wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I would > > have to buy one for my cento

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

Scot P. Floess wrote: > > Sorry for .xsession, I mean when you are in runlevel 3 and type startx... > However, in looking at my home directory, I see I have .xsession > symbolically linked to .xinitrc > > I think you want a ~/.xinitrc that looks like what I described for > .xsession > > I just did

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

tdu...@sc.rr.com wrote: > "David G. Miller" wrote: >> writes: >> > >> > Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon >> > to run a home network? Is there a way to do >> > this without having to buy wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I > After checking with Verizon

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:40 PM, wrote: > > > After checking with Verizon on their mobile Hotspot plans, it isn't feasible. > However, I can do it through my unlimited data plan for my iPhone. 3G is > faster than the Road Runner service I have. That's kind of pathetic for a cable service. Is t

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > tdu...@sc.rr.com wrote: > > "David G. Miller" wrote: > >> writes: > >> > > >> > Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon > >> > to run a home network? Is there a way to do > >> > this without having to buy wireless cards? I was th

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:40 PM, wrote: > > > > > > After checking with Verizon on their mobile Hotspot plans, it isn't > > feasible. However, I can do it through my unlimited data plan for my > > iPhone. 3G is faster than the Road Runner service I have. > > That's

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

On 09/07/11 12:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> > After checking with Verizon on their mobile Hotspot plans, it isn't >> > feasible. However, I can do it through my unlimited data plan for my >> > iPhone. 3G is faster than the Road Runner service I have. > That's kind of pathetic for a cable servic

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

On 09/07/11 12:15 PM, tdu...@sc.rr.com wrote: > I watched a football (not soccer) on my iPhone and the same game over cable > on my PC on ESPN3. The 3G was perfect (except) for the same screen. :-) > Watching on the PC was like looking through your car windshield in pouring > down rain without w

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

John R Pierce wrote: > On 09/07/11 12:15 PM, tdu...@sc.rr.com wrote: > > I watched a football (not soccer) on my iPhone and the same game over cable > > on my PC on ESPN3. The 3G was perfect (except) for the same screen. :-) > > Watching on the PC was like looking through your car windshi

Re: [CentOS] Networking question

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:15 PM, wrote: > > It is what the call the speed of light package. Not the slowest and not the > fastest. Its just their crappy service, customer service, etc. > > I watched a football (not soccer) on my iPhone and the same game over cable > on my PC on ESPN3. The 3G was

Re: [CentOS] boot problem after disk change on raid1

--On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 08:22:47 PM +0300 Bünyamin İzzet wrote: > Hello, > > I have two disks sda and sdb. One of the was broken so I have changed the > broken disk with a working one. I started the server in rescue mode, and > created the partional table, and added all the partitions

Re: [CentOS] boot problem after disk change on raid1

--On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 02:38:14 PM -0600 Devin Reade wrote: > Sounds like the 'no boot record' issue. Here's an extract from one > of my server change logs, for setting things up *before* they go bad: I should add that, with a tested boot-from-alternate disk in place I've been able

[CentOS] new ssd to play with

I grabbed a new SSD M4-CT064M4SSD2 from Crucial. I am disappointed. I stuck the unit in an Atom machine (zotac) with CentOS 6 on the disk. It really doesn't "feel" faster than the previous 5400 RPM drive that was in it. The SSD is giving me (in the zotac running centos 6): hdparm -t /dev/sd

Re: [CentOS] new ssd to play with

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Jerry Geis wrote: > I grabbed a new SSD M4-CT064M4SSD2 from Crucial. > > I am disappointed. I stuck the unit in an Atom machine (zotac) with > CentOS 6 on the disk. > It really doesn't "feel" faster than the previous 5400 RPM drive that > was in it. > > The SSD is giving me

Re: [CentOS] new ssd to play with

Jerry Geis wrote: > I grabbed a new SSD M4-CT064M4SSD2 from Crucial. > > I am disappointed. I stuck the unit in an Atom machine (zotac) with > CentOS 6 on the disk. > It really doesn't "feel" faster than the previous 5400 RPM drive that > was in it. >

Re: [CentOS] new ssd to play with

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: >  I grabbed a new SSD  M4-CT064M4SSD2 from Crucial. > > I am disappointed.  I stuck the unit in an Atom machine (zotac) with > CentOS 6 on the disk. > It really doesn't "feel" faster than the previous 5400 RPM drive that > was in it. > > The SSD i

Re: [CentOS] new ssd to play with

On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Jerry Geis wrote: > Just wondering... Is there something that has to be done to take > advantage of the SSD performance? I'll note that CentOS 6 and my SSDs haven't (yet) worked and played well together. Debian 6, otoh, screams... I'm semi-sure my CentOS/SSD issues are pil

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

Greetings, On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:11 PM, William Hooper wrote: I tried RHEV once for about a fortnight with Openfiler as storage. I started to hate openfiler ever since they switched over from centos as a base to some other distro. Especially makes life difficult when handlung NTFS partition

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

Michael D. Berger wrote: > I learned from Anne that if I boot to level > 5, after I enter the username, can select > Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is > always Gnome. > >How can I make the default KDE? > >How can I get KDE with startx after booting to level 3? Assuming it is the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

On 07/09/2011 22:35, Jeremy Sanders wrote: > Michael D. Berger wrote: > >> I learned from Anne that if I boot to level >> 5, after I enter the username, can select >> Gnome or KDE. I note that the default is >> always Gnome. >> >>How can I make the default KDE? >> >>How can I get KDE with

Re: [CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 10:43 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > I am running Centos 5.5 (2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 and when I submit > > yum -y update > > I get the message that nothing is marked for update. Is this > correct or is there something wrong with the system? If you are using the CR repo ensure t

Re: [CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

Paul - Unfortunately, I am not fully aware of all of yum's settings and functions. Could you give me a little more detail or point me to the appropriate MAN page? Todd On 9/7/2011 4:33 PM, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 10:43 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > >> I am running Centos 5.

Re: [CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 16:40 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > Unfortunately, I am not fully aware of all of yum's settings and > functions. Could you give me a little more detail or point me to > the appropriate MAN page? (1) Many of us on 5.6 have installed to /etc/yum.repos.d an extra file for an e

Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot [SOLVED]

Than's a lot everybody who answered my help request. You just give me a way to search finding a solution. I noticed that the on the disk the boot sector was there and permit booting but the system failed because was'nt able to find /etc/inittab. That let me think that perhaps it was ok on the re

Re: [CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

On 09/08/2011 03:43 AM, Todd Cary wrote: > I am running Centos 5.5 (2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 and when I submit > > yum -y update > > I get the message that nothing is marked for update. Is this > correct or is there something wrong with the system? > > Many thanks... > > Todd > kernel 2.6.18-238.19.1

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On 09/08/2011 12:53 AM, Always Learning wrote: > So, if I understand the situation, patches create flexibility in > run-time options not available in run-time configuration files ? Someone submits a patch as a quick-fix to a problem they've seen, which gets accepted and inserted into the packag

Re: [CentOS] Emulate RHEV On CentOS - A note on Xen v. KVM

On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 13:23 +1000, Steve Walsh wrote: > Someone submits a patch as a quick-fix to a problem they've seen, which > gets accepted and inserted into the package. Down the track, a better > fix is submitted and accepted. All you need to do is pull the first > patch file and insert

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: Making KDE Default

Jeremy Sanders wrote: > Assuming it is the same as fedora, put the lines > > DESKTOP="KDE" > DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" > > in /etc/sysconfig/desktop to change it for all users. IIRC, setting DESKTOP there only has an effect for new users; after someone has already logged in once then I think their

Re: [CentOS] boot problem after disk change on raid1

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Devin Reade wrote: > --On Wednesday, September 07, 2011 08:22:47 PM +0300 Bünyamin İzzet > wrote: > >- made sure we have boot blocks on both disks, based on information > at http://grub.enbug.org/MirroringRAID >modified /boot/grub

Re: [CentOS] boot problem after disk change on raid1

Bünyamin Ýzzet wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Devin Reade wrote: > [snip] >># grub >>grub> device (hd0) /dev/sdb >>grub> root (hd0,0) >>grub> setup (hd0) >>grub> qu

Re: [CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

On 9/8/11, Always Learning wrote: > (1) Many of us on 5.6 have installed to /etc/yum.repos.d an extra file > for an extra, probably temporary, new repository called 'CR'. Unsure > what CR means but it might be 'Continuous Revision'. Sorry, I just couldn't resist pointing out that it's "Continuou

Re: [CentOS] boot problem after disk change on raid1

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Devin Reade wrote: > Bünyamin Ýzzet wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Devin Reade wrote: > > > [snip] > >># grub > >>grub> device (hd0) /dev/sdb > >>grub> root (hd0,0) > >>

[CentOS] KVM on CentOS 6

Today I suddenly have two VMs that have read only file systems. The host is CentOS 6, as are the two VMs with this problem. The first symptom was on a new VM I installed ISPConfig onto. I got through the entire process with only a dependency issue between php-pecl_apc and php-accelerator. Af

Re: [CentOS] boot problem after disk change on raid1

The system works just fine now. I think there was a disk check or something at boot time which takes 15-20 minutes (I rarely reboot the system once or twice a year), and it made me think that the system does not boot. Thanks for your help. Bunyamin. 2011/9/8 Bünyamin İzzet > > > On Thu, Sep 8,

[CentOS] rsync -x does not do the same on EL 5.6 and 5.7

Hi, We re doing backups of all filesystems to a dedicated server using "rsync -x". Now, the latest CentOS versions (5.7/6.x) come with rsync-3.0.6 instead of rsync-2.x. That's nice but unfortunately it doesn't do the same as 2.x in certain situations. The problem is with the -x option, which does