Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:14:19 -0400, Bob Hoffman > said: > Gotta say, centos has been tough to install and get working. > The anaconda installer makes large drive setups horridly tedious > (especially if reinstalling a lot). You can also install centos using FAI (http://fa

[CentOS] CentOS 5.7 Ethernet bonding - order of enslavement matters?

Setting up bonding in active-backup mode 1 (using ARP monitoring) on a server, it looked OK, but pulling the active link cable didn't actually work, it didn't fail over. Eventually with manual playing around with modprobe, ifconfig, ifenslave, etc., a solution was stumbled upon: enslave the eth1 d

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear

On 08.10.2011 5:14, Bob Hoffman wrote: > Gotta say, centos has been tough to install and get working. > > The anaconda installer makes large drive setups horridly tedious > (especially if reinstalling a lot). > > Package selection seems a bit off... > > I did a virtualization package, no custom..di

[CentOS] Virtual RPM howto?

Can someone point me to a howto or an example of a virtual package? I'm building Diaspora (the open source competitor to Facebook) and I figured it would be handy to gather all the prereqs into a virtual package. I'm working from these instructions, which seemed to go fine on CentOS 6:

[CentOS] Installing Ruby gems on RPM-based systems

When I first got involved with Red Hat (back with 5.2 in the early 90's) I learned the hard way not to use language-specific packaging systems like CPAN for Perl because they'd conflict with RPM's database and make it much harder to manage what was installed on my system. If I now need a package

Re: [CentOS] Installing Ruby gems on RPM-based systems

--On Saturday, October 08, 2011 4:56 AM -0700 Kenneth Porter wrote: > How do people deal with making Ruby and RPM get along? No sooner do I hit the send button than I realize how to frame the question to Google and find the answer. For the list archives:

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear [solved]

I downloaded a brand new file, made a brand new dvd. I then did an install selecting the virtualization package, then in custom I selected all the virt packages. During install did the same thing as 100 times before, including making netmanager turn on eth auto. it came up in command line, conne

[CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

I don't really understand the function of this repository, or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? I read the outline at , and added the repository on two CentOS machines. On yum-updating some 450MB of updates wer

Re: [CentOS] [C6] Some typical apps missing?

I have recompiled many missing apps for Desktop use. You can find packages at http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-i386/ i http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-x86_64/ Source RPMs are in http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-srpms/ That is not official repo, just my effort to have all desired packages

Re: [CentOS] Installing Ruby gems on RPM-based systems

On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 03:56 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > When I first got involved with Red Hat (back with 5.2 in the early 90's) I > learned the hard way not to use language-specific packaging systems like > CPAN for Perl because they'd conflict with RPM's database and make it much > harder t

Re: [CentOS] Virtual RPM howto?

On 08/10/11 11:46, Kenneth Porter wrote: > Can someone point me to a howto or an example of a virtual package? > xorg-x11-drivers is an example of a virtual package in the distro. It pulls in all the xorg-x11-drv-* packages as dependencies. Take a look at the SRPM. Hope that helps. ___

Re: [CentOS] Installing Ruby gems on RPM-based systems

--On Saturday, October 08, 2011 6:29 AM -0700 Craig White wrote: > CentOS 6 is new so there's little experience with running ruby packages > on it but there's really no problem with running 'gem install > $SOME_PACKAGE' on any system. Realistically, the available rpm packages > are never going t

Re: [CentOS] Installing Ruby gems on RPM-based systems

On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 05:46 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Saturday, October 08, 2011 6:29 AM -0700 Craig White > wrote: > > > CentOS 6 is new so there's little experience with running ruby packages > > on it but there's really no problem with running 'gem install > > $SOME_PACKAGE' on any

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

Timothy Murphy writes: > I don't really understand the function of this repository, > or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? Because there is no "standard repository" yet. These RPMs are from the next version (6.1 as we write this) which has not been published yet. CR

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

Vreme: 10/08/2011 02:34 PM, Timothy Murphy piše: > I don't really understand the function of this repository, > or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? > > I read the outline at > , > and added the repository on tw

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 is a bear [solved]

Vreme: 10/08/2011 02:27 PM, Bob Hoffman piše: > Not even going to attempt to add x or graphics though, I guess you can > install guests with text installer. > Just no fancy lvm stuff for the guests... > > thanks ... it is up and running...finally... You can use SystemRescueCD, or even Partition Edi

Re: [CentOS] Mock - Problems building Centos5 package on Centos6 - where can I ask for advice ?

On Oct 7, 2011 3:34 AM, "Morgan Cox" wrote: > > Hi > > Thank you for your extremely quick (and faster than support from any > company..) reply. > > Sorry, can you give more detail ? > > >From the look of the error the 'mock centos5' is missing these files :- > > /usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4 > /

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Vreme: 10/08/2011 02:34 PM, Timothy Murphy piše: >> I don't really understand the function of this repository, >> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? >> >> I read the outline at >>

Re: [CentOS] multiple ifcfg-x locations on CentOS-6

Vreme: 10/08/2011 01:10 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg piše: > James B. Byrne wrote: >> $ ll /sysconfig/networking/profiles/* >> total 24 >> -rw-r--r--. 2 root root 158 Oct 7 15:19 hosts >> -rw-r--r--. 2 root root 116 Oct 7 15:19 ifcfg-br0 >> -rw-r--r--. 2 root root 238 Oct 7 15:24 ifcfg-eth0 >> -rw-r

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

Vreme: 10/08/2011 03:22 PM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg piše: > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> Vreme: 10/08/2011 02:34 PM, Timothy Murphy piše: >>> I don't really understand the function of this repository, >>> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? >>> >>> I read the outline at >

Re: [CentOS] Unable to run yum update

yaf-1.3.2-1.el6.rf.x86_64 did request older version of libfixbuf. And libfixbuf 1.0.1 was introduced Sept 28th. There is yaf-2.1.1-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm as of yesterday. It should use newer libfixbuf. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mothe

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

On 08/10/11 14:22, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> Vreme: 10/08/2011 02:34 PM, Timothy Murphy piše: >>> I don't really understand the function of this repository, >>> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? >>> >>> I read the outline at >>>

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

n...@li.nux.ro wrote: >> I don't really understand the function of this repository, >> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? > Because there is no "standard repository" yet. These RPMs are from the > next version (6.1 as we write this) which has not been published yet.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > the vast majority of people who want "only 6.0" don't understand the > centos release process. Are there such people? I thought everyone was screaming for 6.1? As far as I am concerned, a system either works or does not work; and my system seems to work fine after C

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

On Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Timothy Murphy wrote: > n...@li.nux.ro wrote: > >>> I don't really understand the function of this repository, >>> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? > >> Because there is no "standard repository" yet. These RPMs are from the >> next version (6.1 a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

On 10/8/2011 10:30 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > n...@li.nux.ro wrote: > >>> I don't really understand the function of this repository, >>> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? >> Because there is no "standard repository" yet. These RPMs are from the >> next version (6.1 a

[CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

I just upgraded my home KVM server to CentOS 6.0 CR to make use of the latest libvirt and now my RAID array with my VM storage is missing. It seems that the upgrade to mdadm-3.2.2 is the culprit. This is the output from mdadm when scanning that array, # mdadm --detail --scan ARRAY /dev/md0 metad

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

On Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > I just upgraded my home KVM server to CentOS 6.0 CR to make use of the > latest libvirt and now my RAID array with my VM storage is missing. It > seems that the upgrade to mdadm-3.2.2 is the culprit. > > This is the output from mdadm when scanning that

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Steve Brooks wrote: > On Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > > > I just upgraded my home KVM server to CentOS 6.0 CR to make use of the > > latest libvirt and now my RAID array with my VM storage is missing. It > > seems that the upgrade to mdadm-3.2.2 is the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

Vreme: 10/08/2011 09:14 PM, Trey Dockendorf piše: > That's the problem, mdadm --detail --scan throws errors. After updating to > mdadm-3.2.2 , and rebooting, the entry /dev/md126 was removed, likely > because when I run it and don't pipe the output, it shows this... Have you tried "yum downgrade

Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6.0 Continuous Release ( CR ) repository

On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 15:30 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > n...@li.nux.ro wrote: > > >> I don't really understand the function of this repository, > >> or rather why the RPMs in it are not in the standard repository? > > > Because there is no "standard repository" yet. These RPMs are from the > >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

On 10/8/2011 3:14 PM, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Steve Brookswrote: > >> On Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Trey Dockendorf wrote: >> >>> I just upgraded my home KVM server to CentOS 6.0 CR to make use of the >>> latest libvirt and now my RAID array with my VM storage is missing. It

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM, William Warren < hescomins...@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote: > On 10/8/2011 3:14 PM, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Steve Brooks >wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > >> > >>> I just upgraded my home KVM se

Re: [CentOS] CentOS CVE "database"?

Appears it's back up, just as a follow-up. On Oct 8, 2011, at 12:01 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: > Was working on a project tonight to document CVE fixes applied to servers, > and noted that RedHat has completely jacked up their website. > > In the past, I've usually just used their website for links

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

Vreme: 10/09/2011 12:16 AM, Trey Dockendorf piše: > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM, William Warren< > hescomins...@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote: >> why bother with bios FAKERAID using PIO mode(effectively). Make a >> backup and redo using MD raid and turn off the bios raid. Then things

[CentOS] ganglia failing dependency

hello list, I'm trying to install ganglia-gmetad on centos 5.6. rrdtool is already installed and librrd is there. But for some reason when I go to install this package it doesn't see that it is. [root@VIRTCENT11:/usr/local/src/ganglia-3.2.0] #yum install ganglia-gmetad Loaded plugins: fastestmi

Re: [CentOS] ganglia failing dependency

On 10/08/11 5:47 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > [root@VIRTCENT11:/usr/local/src/ganglia-3.2.0] #locate librrd.so.2 > /usr/lib/librrd.so.2 > /usr/lib/librrd.so.2.0.13 > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to get past this point? it appears there are rrdtool's in both rpmforge and epel. odds are, these a

Re: [CentOS] ganglia failing dependency

Vreme: 10/09/2011 02:56 AM, John R Pierce piše: > On 10/08/11 5:47 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: >> [root@VIRTCENT11:/usr/local/src/ganglia-3.2.0] #locate librrd.so.2 >> /usr/lib/librrd.so.2 >> /usr/lib/librrd.so.2.0.13 >> >> Does anyone have any ideas on how to get past this point? > > it appears there ar

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

On Oct 8, 2011 7:23 PM, "Ljubomir Ljubojevic" wrote: > > Vreme: 10/09/2011 12:16 AM, Trey Dockendorf piše: > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM, William Warren< > > hescomins...@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote: > > >> why bother with bios FAKERAID using PIO mode(effectively). Make a > >> bac

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.0 CR mdadm-3.2.2 breaks Intel BIOS RAID

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > Can anyone confirm or advise how to do partionable raid with mdadm in Centos > 6?  I made a few attempts using methods from centos 5 with no success. > Everytime I created md_d0 it did not contain any partions from the member > disks. I can