Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-15 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: > >> Used a VCR or Cassette Player lately? > > My VCR broke. Replaced it with a DVD/HDD & USB3 unit. Replaced cassette > player and tape recorders with broadcast quality handheld recorder > DR-100mk3 and an amazingly good Sony PX440. But how do you play all your old VCR

Re: [CentOS] Serious attack vector on pkcheck ignored by Red Hat

2017-02-15 Thread m . roth
Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 02/15/2017 09:37 AM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: >> On Thu, 2017-02-09 at 15:27 -0700, Warren Young wrote: >>> So you’ve now sprayed the heap on this system, but you can’t upload anything else to it because noexec, so…now what? What has our nefarious attacker gained?

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-15 Thread m . roth
Robert Nichols wrote: > On 02/15/2017 07:41 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 02/15/2017 07:34 AM, Leroy Tennison wrote: >>> Too much temptation to resist, I don't know which one of us is older >>> but I have a feeling it's a "horse race". Like you, I still have a >>> land line, WiFi is too slow and

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-14 Thread m . roth
Johnny Hughes wrote: > I get it .. but no one needed a hand held cell phone before 1973 and no > one needed a smart phone before 2007. Now, almost everyone has a smart > cell and land lines are dying. Technology moves forward. People want > integrated cloud, container, SDN technology, etc.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-13 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 02/13/2017 10:35 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> What's in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-? Does it say >>> NM_CONTROLLED=no? >>> >> Good catch. No, it doesn't say no... because the line was commented out. >> I've just uncommented it, and set it to yes. > >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-13 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 02/13/2017 07:35 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Finally, I do an ifdown, followed by an ifup, and everything's >> wonderful. > > What's in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-? Does it say > NM_CONTROLLED=no? > Good catch. No, it doesn't say no... because the line was

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-13 Thread m . roth
peter.winterflood wrote: > On 13/02/17 15:35, m.roth wrote: >> My manager tells me a system in the datacenter is down. I go down there, >> and plug in a monitor-on-a-stick and keyboard. It's up, but no network. >> I try systemctl restart NetworkManager several times, and ip a shows *no* >> change.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-13 Thread m . roth
James Hogarth wrote: > On 13 February 2017 at 15:35, wrote: >> My manager tells me a system in the datacenter is down. I go down there, >> and plug in a monitor-on-a-stick and keyboard. It's up, but no network. >> I >> try systemctl restart NetworkManager several times, and ip

[CentOS] CentOS 7, systemd, NetworkMangler, oh, my

2017-02-13 Thread m . roth
My manager tells me a system in the datacenter is down. I go down there, and plug in a monitor-on-a-stick and keyboard. It's up, but no network. I try systemctl restart NetworkManager several times, and ip a shows *no* change. Finally, I do an ifdown, followed by an ifup, and everything's

Re: [CentOS] mach64 driver, latest update in CentOS 6.8, symbol lookup error

2017-02-09 Thread m . roth
Styma, Robert (Nokia - US) wrote: > >> looks like, the driver isn't rebuilt, take the centos 6.8 ISO and look >> how it goes. > I download the ISO's and started the reinstall. It went through all > the normal setup up to outputting the message that it was starting > Anaconda. Then the

[CentOS] CentOS 6, 8, mplayer, "vector smash protection is enabled"

2017-02-06 Thread m . roth
This *just* started happening. Video works, but if I try to play streaming audio, I get nothing. In .xsession-errors, I see that message, along with others Object::connect: No such slot TaskManager::GroupManager::taskDestroyed(QObject*) ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6, flash-plugin crashing - anyone have a clue?

2017-02-01 Thread m . roth
Fred Smith wrote: > On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 10:54:58AM -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I wrote: >> Anyone else seeing this? I'm playing streaming media, and after about 10 or 15 min, flash-plugin crashes. I've had this happen today on streams from two separate radio stations. >> * >>

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6, flash-plugin crashing - anyone have a clue?

2017-02-01 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > I wrote: > Anyone else seeing this? I'm playing streaming media, and after about 10 > or 15 min, flash-plugin crashes. I've had this happen today on streams > from two separate radio stations. > * > > So, is anyone else having this issue? Not only am I having

[CentOS] CentOS 6, flash-plugin crashing - anyone have a clue?

2017-02-01 Thread m . roth
I wrote: Anyone else seeing this? I'm playing streaming media, and after about 10 or 15 min, flash-plugin crashes. I've had this happen today on streams from two separate radio stations. * So, is anyone else having this issue? Not only am I having it, but I'm seeing it on other users,

[CentOS] CentOS 6, flash-plugin crashing

2017-01-30 Thread m . roth
Anyone else seeing this? I'm playing streaming media, and after about 10 or 15 min, flash-plugin crashes. I've had this happen today on streams from two separate radio stations. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] large update - best practice

2017-01-27 Thread m . roth
Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 01/27/2017 09:19 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote: >> With a large update to be made, eg. the 900 package >> one I questioned yesterday, are there any suggestions >> to avoid possible complications? >> >> Two examples, I'd like to know of others too: >> >> I'm not running the most

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

2017-01-25 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > You didn't answer all of the questions I asked, but I'll answer as best > I can with the information you gave. > Manitu ate my email, *again*. > On 01/25/2017 04:47 AM, mark wrote: >> >> Made an md RAID 0 on the raw disks - /dev/sda /dev/sdb. No partitions, >> nothing. > >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

2017-01-25 Thread m . roth
Let me see if I can, um, reboot this thread I made a RAID 1 of two raw disks, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, *not* /dev/sdax /dev/sdbx. Then I installed CentOS 7 on the RAID, with /boot, /, and swap being partitions on the RAID. My problem is that grub2-install absolutely and resolutely refuses to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

2017-01-24 Thread m . roth
So, it installed happily. Then wouldn't boot. No problem, I'll bring it up with pxe, then chroot and grub2-install. Um, nope. I edited the device map from hd0 and hd1 being the RAID to /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, then ran grup2-install. It now tells me can't identify the filesystem on hd0, and can't

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [SOLVED]

2017-01-24 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 01/24/2017 08:33 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and >> swap, on*one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than >> mdadm...,*is* there any way in the graphical installer to do >> this? All I

[CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1

2017-01-24 Thread m . roth
Hi, folks, I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and swap, on *one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than mdadm..., *is* there any way in the graphical installer to do this? All I see is a way to make three separate partitions. Pointers to links

Re: [CentOS] Increase CPU usage on HV after upgrade (7.2 -> 7.3)

2017-01-19 Thread m . roth
Subscriber wrote: > Hello Gianluca, > > Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 3:54:15 PM, you wrote: > >> In the mean time, if you have not disabled it, you should find some >> collected statistics from sysstat/sar. >> Look at the sarXX files under /var/log/sa. They should be kept for 30 >> day >> by

Re: [CentOS] Network Storage

2017-01-12 Thread m . roth
TE Dukes wrote: > > I have looked into the various network attached storage devices and > software based solutions. > > Can't really find one I like. > > Would it be possible to add a couple HDs to my existing 6.8 server and set > them up as RAID drives? If so, how would I keep it from mirroring

Re: [CentOS] Ghostscript update?

2017-01-11 Thread m . roth
Leonard's summary of the fix (and I note this is just for CentOS 6) is diff -up /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/Resource/Init/gs_init.ps.new.bad /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/Resource/Init/gs_init.ps --- /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/Resource/Init/gs_init.ps.new.bad 2017-01-04 11:20:37.0 +0100

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

2017-01-10 Thread m . roth
Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am 10.01.2017 um 19:51 schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: >> We've just started seeing this. Anyone else? >> >> reason: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at >> 00b8 >> component: kernel >> count: 1 >> analyzer: vmcore >>

[CentOS] CentOS 7: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

2017-01-10 Thread m . roth
We've just started seeing this. Anyone else? reason: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00b8 component: kernel count: 1 analyzer: vmcore architecture: x86_64 event_log: kernel: 3.10.0-327.18.2.el7.x86_64 last_occurrence:

Re: [CentOS] how to troubleshoot GUI issue?

2017-01-09 Thread m . roth
Dave Burns wrote: > Hello, > I'm using a recent install of centos 7, no GUI customizations that I > recall. When I log in using the GUI it accepts my password and the mouse > appears on a black screen, like it is preparing the desktop, but the > desktop never appears. If I hit control-alt-f4 and

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: > On Fri, 2017-01-06 at 12:54 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> James B. Byrne wrote: >> > On Thu, January 5, 2017 17:23, Always Learning wrote: >> >> >> >> Cyber attacks are gradually replacing armed conflicts. >> > >> > Better fight with bits than blood. >> >> Yes, but...

Re: [CentOS] Strange (?) device.map in CentOS 7 VM installations

2017-01-06 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 01/06/2017 07:11 AM, Nikolaos Milas wrote: >> Any feedback regarding this "issue" and its possible repercussions >> will be appreciated! > > Probably none. That file indicates which Linux device file corresponds > to the (hdX) references in grub.cfg. I'm not really

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-06 Thread m . roth
James B. Byrne wrote: > > On Thu, January 5, 2017 17:23, Always Learning wrote: >> >> Cyber attacks are gradually replacing armed conflicts. > > Better fight with bits than blood. Yes, but... attacks on the friggin' IoT could result in lots of blood. Or, less so, what do you mean all the rail

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Network Attached Storage

2017-01-03 Thread m . roth
Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Gordon Messmer said: >> The FreeNAS Mini from iX Systems is a good deal more expensive, but >> the ones I've worked with have been reliable and well suited to >> running ZFS with good performance. > > I just retired a TrueNAS (the

Re: [CentOS] Help with httpd userdir recovery

2016-12-28 Thread m . roth
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 12/28/2016 03:32 PM, J Martin Rushton wrote: >> >> On 28/12/16 20:11, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>> On 12/28/2016 01:53 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 12/28/2016 05:11 AM, Todor Petkov wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:18

Re: [CentOS] Help with httpd userdir recovery

2016-12-28 Thread m . roth
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 12/28/2016 01:53 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> Bang. I would suggest, at this point, that you might want to set selinux >> into permissive mode, so you'll get the error messages from it, and can >> work out fixes, but will let your system

Re: [CentOS] Help with httpd userdir recovery

2016-12-28 Thread m . roth
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > On 12/28/2016 05:11 AM, Todor Petkov wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Robert Moskowitz >> wrote: >>> Which is why I wonder if there is some different config for the C7.3 >>> version >>> of apache. >>> >>> Or something with the C7-arm

[CentOS] CentOS 7.2.1511 upgrade to 7.3, many failed dependencies

2016-12-27 Thread m . roth
Hi, folks, I know there was some talk on the list about this, but a) I'm at work, and that thread is pop-3 on my system at home, and b) what attention I paid didn't suggest *this*: Transaction Summary Install

Re: [CentOS] OT - hardware - firmware update .iso to flash drive?

2016-12-23 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 12/23/2016 1:22 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I tried dd'ing the .iso to /dev/sdb. I can mount it, and see the >> contents >> fine, but parted -l says unknown partition. Anyone have a clue it this >> will actually boot? > > parted deals with mbr and gpt partition tables,

[CentOS] OT - hardware - firmware update .iso to flash drive?

2016-12-23 Thread m . roth
I tried dd'ing the .iso to /dev/sdb. I can mount it, and see the contents fine, but parted -l says unknown partition. Anyone have a clue it this will actually boot? mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] firefox-45.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 crashing... unusable

2016-12-19 Thread m . roth
ken wrote: > On 12/19/2016 11:13 AM, wwp wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:04:28 -0500 Lamar Owen wrote: >>> On 12/19/2016 08:44 AM, ken wrote: Last night installed the latest, firefox-45.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64. > Fired it up this morning and within the first hour it's

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, ATI video, ex-X, still fighting [SOLVED]

2016-12-19 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Still trying to get it running. Updated CentOS 7, ATI video card, trying > to use the radeon driver, and, using the previous kernel, X appears to > come up, but gdm fails; with the 514 kernel, X fails to start. > > And here's a twist: I just rebooted, with

[CentOS] CentOS 7, ATI video, ex-X, still fighting

2016-12-19 Thread m . roth
Still trying to get it running. Updated CentOS 7, ATI video card, trying to use the radeon driver, and, using the previous kernel, X appears to come up, but gdm fails; with the 514 kernel, X fails to start. And here's a twist: I just rebooted, with radeon.modeset=1 on the kernel line... and for

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, ATI video, ex-X

2016-12-16 Thread m . roth
Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:08:52AM -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I've tried removing the xorg.conf, and renaming >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fglrx.conf, which was there (I didn't put it >> there when I built the box a few months ago.) > > This makes me think it has

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, ATI video, ex-X

2016-12-16 Thread m . roth
Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hello Mark, > > On Fri, 2016-12-16 at 11:08 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I don't see any errors in dmesg or messages, and I've tried reinstalling >> xorg-x11-drv-ati, which gives me >> xorg-x11-drv-ati-7.6.1-3.20160215gitd41fccc.el7.x86_64. >> >> Does anyone

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, ATI video, ex-X

2016-12-16 Thread m . roth
Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Fri, December 16, 2016 10:08 am, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> A user running gnome came in this morning, clicked on the application >> menu... and it was much shorter than he expected. He could get to >> firefox, and googled about refreshing that... and found something

[CentOS] CentOS 7, ATI video, ex-X

2016-12-16 Thread m . roth
A user running gnome came in this morning, clicked on the application menu... and it was much shorter than he expected. He could get to firefox, and googled about refreshing that... and found something that told him to reboot. And that's it: I cannot get X up, at all. I just get the "oh, no,

Re: [CentOS] OT: Blank mails from this list

2016-12-16 Thread m . roth
geo.inbox.ignored wrote: > On 12/16/2016 07:29 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> On Fri, December 16, 2016 4:15 am, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: > >>> btw; do you know Valeri Galtsev >> department is near what you had marked on chigo map. >> >> I'm a boy ;-) (yes, some

Re: [CentOS] A *very* strange C 7 question

2016-12-14 Thread m . roth
John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2016, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Ok, I've got a user, I just built him a C 7 machine. The new one has an >> ATI card; the old had an NVidia card. I got it to use the radeon driver, >> so it looks ok (he has a very wide screen). However... he has a program >>

[CentOS] A *very* strange C 7 question

2016-12-14 Thread m . roth
Ok, I've got a user, I just built him a C 7 machine. The new one has an ATI card; the old had an NVidia card. I got it to use the radeon driver, so it looks ok (he has a very wide screen). However... he has a program that renders a molecule (which you see as many connected lines, in various

[CentOS] OT: a USB barcode scanner?

2016-12-10 Thread m . roth
Hi, folks, I'm about to go googling, but thought I'd ask here if anyone's using a barcode scanner with CentOS, and if so, a) what scanner are you using, and b) what, if any, software are you using to record what it scans?

Re: [CentOS] trouble installing centos 6.8

2016-12-09 Thread m . roth
Hi, Emma, Emma M Birath wrote: > It appears the attachment did not go through. This is a mailing list. Plain text only. No attachments. No pics. Good job on the resend mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Unusual System State

2016-12-07 Thread m . roth
Lincoln Fessenden wrote: > I have seen *some* similar activity in different machines through the > years and it *always* turns out to be a hardware issue. If this machine > is particularly old, I would be suspicious of that. > My version of it has been on both Dells and Supermicros (rebranded by

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6, firefox, PIV cards

2016-12-07 Thread m . roth
Hi, Todd, Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, JXVS wrote: > m.roth at 5-cent.us further wrote: > ## > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> >>Up until a few weeks ago, it worked as it has been for years: >> firefox,security device is libcoolkey, and pcscd. >> >>Today, I go

Re: [CentOS] Unusual System State

2016-12-07 Thread m . roth
Chris Olson wrote: > Our smallest network of systems has only four computers connected > via Gigabit Ethernet.  The oldest and most stable platform is an eight > year old Dell E520 running CentOS 6.8.  We often try out applications > on this Dell/CentOS machine before moving them to other systems

Re: [CentOS] Kernel Panic at Boot

2016-12-07 Thread m . roth
Ken Smith wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: >> On 12/7/2016 12:09 PM, Ken Smith wrote: >>> Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd P43-ES3G >> >> thtas a rather old motherboard, like circa 2008?my longtime >> experiences with consumer desktop grade hardware suggest that at 5 >> years, 50% of them go flaky.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, PS-2 moose

2016-12-02 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Yamaban wrote: >> On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 18:28, m.roth@... wrote: >> >>> I just built a workstation, CentOS 7, fully updated. My user requires >>> his three-button mouse, telling me that imaging software is written for >>> three-button mice (so *please* don't tell me to tell

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7, PS-2 moose

2016-12-02 Thread m . roth
Yamaban wrote: > On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 18:28, m.roth@... wrote: > >> I just built a workstation, CentOS 7, fully updated. My user requires >> his three-button mouse, telling me that imaging software is written for >> three-button mice (so *please* don't tell me to tell him to get a new >> mouse). >>

[CentOS] CentOS 7, PS-2 moose

2016-12-02 Thread m . roth
I just built a workstation, CentOS 7, fully updated. My user requires his three-button mouse, telling me that imaging software is written for three-button mice (so *please* don't tell me to tell him to get a new mouse). Anyway, no cursor. In both /var/log/messages and journalctl, I see "unable to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6, firefox, PIV cards

2016-12-01 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Hi, folks, > >Up until a few weeks ago, it worked as it has been for years: firefox, > security device is libcoolkey, and pcscd. > >Today, I go to use it (I have done updates sine I last used it), and > try preferences->advanced->certificates, and it hangs. My

[CentOS] CentOS 6, firefox, PIV cards

2016-12-01 Thread m . roth
Hi, folks, Up until a few weeks ago, it worked as it has been for years: firefox, security device is libcoolkey, and pcscd. Today, I go to use it (I have done updates sine I last used it), and try preferences->advanced->certificates, and it hangs. My most recent try was for over 20 min. If

Re: [CentOS] New laptop recomendation

2016-11-22 Thread m . roth
Mike McCarthy, W1NR wrote: > I have been buying off-lease used Latitudes and Precision laptops for > years for the sole reason that they are always Linux friendly and > solidly reliable. Most of them can be ordered new with Ubuntu. > Note that you can order servers with RHEL. mark "what do

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Boot Partition

2016-11-16 Thread m . roth
Matt wrote: >>> What size is recommended for the /boot partition? After doing a fresh >>> install and lengthy backup restore I realized I only made it 200M. Is >>> this going to be a problem? >> >> Mine was about 500 MB and I removed some kernels because I got a warning >> the partition was

Re: [CentOS] dumb question on permissions out of the box

2016-11-15 Thread m . roth
Yamaban wrote: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:49, m.roth@... wrote: >> >> Can someone explain to me the logic that I, as a user, cannot, by >> default, mount a DVD from the command line, but I can mount it via dolphin? > > Dolphin (and consorts) call "udisks" via messagebus / udev protocoll, and > thus

[CentOS] dumb question on permissions out of the box

2016-11-15 Thread m . roth
Can someone explain to me the logic that I, as a user, cannot, by default, mount a DVD from the command line, but I can mount it via dolphin? mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS repo issue

2016-11-03 Thread m . roth
Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 13:48:35 -0400 > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Could not resolve host > > DNS lookups are working? ping centos.org works, as well as nslookup. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] CentOS repo issue

2016-11-03 Thread m . roth
I just built these servers, and the other admin added some more packages, then we moved them into the datacenter. I see errors from a cron job, Could not get metalink https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-7=x86_64 error was 14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host:

Re: [CentOS] Power Cut

2016-11-02 Thread m . roth
Leroy Tennison wrote: > Don't know how much control you have over the remote situation but some > UPSes have their own logs which should show this. Also, some UPSes have > add-in boards providing network connections with various services. If > these outages are costing enough money and the

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-27 Thread m . roth
Matt Garman wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:03 AM, Larry Martell > wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:05 AM, Larry Martell > wrote: >> Well I spoke too soon. The importer (the one that was initially >> hanging that I came here to fix) hung

Re: [CentOS] Anyone know anything about slurm on CentOS 7?

2016-10-26 Thread m . roth
Eero Volotinen wrote: > looks like auditd logging is a bit tweaked. > As far as I know, it's selinux-policy-targeted out of the box. (And yes, we do have it in permissive mode.) Any thoughts on how to tweak that? mark > > 26.10.2016 6.11 ip. kirjoitti: > >> The

[CentOS] rpmbuild question

2016-10-26 Thread m . roth
Hi, folks, Trying to build a package from a gzipped tarball of a python package. I'm trying to build it in /root/rpmbuild. Python has a way to build it, but it creates its own tree, with a clone of the rpmbuild tree under *that*. So, from the specfile, I'm trying to understand, after much

[CentOS] Anyone know anything about slurm on CentOS 7?

2016-10-26 Thread m . roth
The recently-left programmer did *something*, and he didn't know what, and the guy who picked it up is working with me to find out why /var/log/messages is getting flooded with Oct 26 11:01:06 kernel: type=1105 audit(1477494066.569:642430): pid=108551 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295

Re: [CentOS] CVE-2016-5195 DirtyCOW : Critical Linux Kernel Flaw

2016-10-25 Thread m . roth
Phelps, Matthew wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 2:18 PM, wrote: > >> My manager just told me that upstream has released a patched kernel for >> 7: >> CentOS package kernel-3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64.rpm >> see http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2098.html >> >> I'm hoping

Re: [CentOS] CVE-2016-5195 DirtyCOW : Critical Linux Kernel Flaw

2016-10-25 Thread m . roth
My manager just told me that upstream has released a patched kernel for 7: CentOS package kernel-3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64.rpm see http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2098.html I'm hoping Johnny can get us that, hopefully before the end of the week. mark

Re: [CentOS] Shutdown/Poweroff

2016-10-24 Thread m . roth
Chris Olson wrote: > Is there a good source of information about how Linux distributions > and installers identify and interact with the hardware devices in > a system?  We are particularly interested in the shutdown process > that leads to complete power-off.  Thanks. You mean something more

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 10/24/2016 04:51 AM, mark wrote: >> Absolutely add nobarrier, and see what happens. > > Using "nobarrier" might increase overall write throughput, but it > removes an important integrity feature, increasing the risk of > filesystem corruption on power loss. I wouldn't

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-21 Thread m . roth
Larry Martell wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:42 AM, wrote: >> Larry Martell wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:21 AM, wrote: Larry Martell wrote: > We have 1 system ruining Centos7 that is the NFS server. There are 50 external machines that

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-21 Thread m . roth
Larry Martell wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:21 AM, wrote: >> Larry Martell wrote: >>> We have 1 system ruining Centos7 that is the NFS server. There are 50 >>> external machines that FTP files to this server fairly continuously. >>> >>> We have another system running

Re: [CentOS] VM disk question

2016-10-21 Thread m . roth
Jerry Geis wrote: > I have VMPlayer 12 running a CentOS 7 disk. Works fine. > > However I wish to change the disk from UUID booting (fstab) to the old > style LABEL. > (so I can export it and use on another machine). > however when I run: > e2label /dev/sda1 / > e2label: Bad magic number in

[CentOS] Was, Re: photos on iPhone 6, is google

2016-10-21 Thread m . roth
Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Fri, October 21, 2016 9:18 am, Brian Mathis wrote: >> For the OP: >> Did you even try Google before asking the list? Google should always be >> your first choice. > > No, darn, no!! Not google, duckduckgo should be! Or any other web _search_ > engine... > > ;-) >

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-21 Thread m . roth
Larry Martell wrote: > We have 1 system ruining Centos7 that is the NFS server. There are 50 > external machines that FTP files to this server fairly continuously. > > We have another system running Centos6 that mounts the partition the files > are FTP-ed to using NFS. What filesystem? mark

Re: [CentOS] Disk near failure

2016-10-21 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 10/21/2016 2:03 AM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: >> >> My ssds are failing? > > SSD's wear out based on writes per block. they distribute those > writes, but once each block has been written X number of times, they are > no longer reliable. > > they appear to still be

Re: [CentOS] photos on iPhone 6

2016-10-20 Thread m . roth
Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 10/20/2016 3:56 PM, J Martin Rushton wrote: >> A bit of a perennial I'm afraid. My wife has filled up her iPhone 6 >> with photos, and wants them moved onto my computer. I'm running CentOS >> 7 patched about 30 minutes ago. Needless to say the computer can't see >> the

Re: [CentOS] SSH Weak Ciphers

2016-10-19 Thread m . roth
Alice Wonder wrote: > On 10/19/2016 11:34 AM, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: >> Hello Gordon, >> > *snip* >> >> Personally I would be more concerned whether or not to enable ECDSA >> algorithms (https://blog.cr.yp.to/20140323-ecdsa.html). >> > For web server ECDSA certs is currently a concern

Re: [CentOS] [Fwd: CentOS 7 and exfat]

2016-10-14 Thread m . roth
Phil Wyett wrote: >> >> User, upgrading from Mac to Linux, has some flash drives that are >> a new format to me: exfat15. mount knows nussing, nussing I tell you. >> I can't find any packages in the std. repos, including elrepo. (I believe I've mentioned before that he doesn't want me to use,

[CentOS] CentOS 7 and exfat

2016-10-14 Thread m . roth
Valerie, I've been talking to my tech support, and need to bother them again, but I've been blocked by SORBS for two weeks now Could I trouble you to post this to the list? Hi, folks, User, upgrading from Mac to Linux, has some flash drives that are a new format to me: exfat15.

Re: [CentOS] An 'orrible question: Outlook 365 under wine on CentOS?

2016-09-28 Thread m . roth
Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On Wed, September 28, 2016 10:05 am, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 09/23/2016 02:50 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Either CentOS 6 or 7 - anyone know if it's possible? >>> Upper Management has decided on a policy that IMAP is going to go away in the near future, and they want

[CentOS] Am I crazy (parted)

2016-09-27 Thread m . roth
I swear I've done this dozens of times: a new server, going to install (CentOS 7, in this case), and I manually partition the disk before the install using parted, and do mkpart pri 0.0GB +1.0GB Except now it appears to be saying it doesn't like the +1.0GB, I *think* it's the plus sign.

Re: [CentOS] An 'orrible question: Outlook 365 under wine on CentOS?

2016-09-27 Thread m . roth
Fabian Arrotin wrote: > On 26/09/16 20:46, John Jasen wrote: >> >> On 09/26/2016 01:28 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> John Jasen wrote: The only linux-based client that, if I recall, can speak native MS mail protocols, was Evolution. I don't know if it still does. >>>

Re: [CentOS] An 'orrible question: Outlook 365 under wine on CentOS?

2016-09-26 Thread m . roth
Hi, Gary, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > While we still run an EXIM service for the bulk of the company, I do have > it happily co-existing with a small (15 user) Office 365 setup. > > Personally I am using a Centos 7 laptop but my emails are handled by > connecting via SSH to an old Fedora 8 box

Re: [CentOS] An 'orrible question: Outlook 365 under wine on CentOS?

2016-09-26 Thread m . roth
John Jasen wrote: > The only linux-based client that, if I recall, can speak native MS mail > protocols, was Evolution. > > I don't know if it still does. > Yeah... and this is O365. Stupid question: if I check out evolution... will it munge my thunderbid email inbox or folders, or could it read

Re: [CentOS] An 'orrible question: Outlook 365 under wine on CentOS?

2016-09-23 Thread m . roth
Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > On Fri, September 23, 2016 2:50 pm, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Either CentOS 6 or 7 - anyone know if it's possible? >> >> Upper Management has decided on a policy that IMAP is going to go away >> in the near future, and they want everyone on Lookout, sorry, Outlook 365. >

[CentOS] An 'orrible question: Outlook 365 under wine on CentOS?

2016-09-23 Thread m . roth
Either CentOS 6 or 7 - anyone know if it's possible? Upper Management has decided on a policy that IMAP is going to go away in the near future, and they want everyone on Lookout, sorry, Outlook 365. mark, VMNH* * Very Much Not Happy ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Firefox 45.4.0-1 for CentOS-6 and CentOS-7

2016-09-22 Thread m . roth
Johnny Hughes wrote: > The Red Hat engineers disabled the ffmpeg capability of firefox a couple > releases back due to stability issues. CentOS also has removed it as > for our main repositories, we build the source code for RHEL with as few > changes for branding/artwork as we can. > > That

Re: [CentOS] Flash player beta

2016-09-22 Thread m . roth
Phelps, Matthew wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Phelps, Matthew > wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Richard > innovate.net> wrote: >>> > Date: Thursday, September 22, 2016 12:36:57 +0100 >>> > From: isdtor >>>

[CentOS] An m4 question

2016-09-16 Thread m . roth
Does anyone know what, if any, the limits are in m4 on the length of strings, such as in defines? That is, if I were to do define('LINUX', 'machine1, machine2,...machine120...') Is there a limit to how many I could put in that one define? mark

Re: [CentOS] group write permissions not being respected

2016-08-31 Thread m . roth
Stupid question, and note I missed most of the earlier posts in this thread: what are the permissions on the directory that this directory are in? mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: files now owned by nobody:nobody

2016-08-30 Thread m . roth
Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:59:31PM -0400, Pat Haley wrote: >> ... We >> noticed that all the files were owned by nobody (with nobody as the >> group). > > If its NFSv4, then its most likely a problem with your idmapper. Make > sure that the rpc.idmapd is running on your

Re: [CentOS] Kickstart issue with UEFi

2016-08-26 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/25/2016 11:35 PM, Phil Manuel wrote: >> The relevant kickstart section is:- >> >> part /boot/efi --fstype efi --grow --maxsize=200 --size=20 --ondisk=sda >> bootloader --append=" crashkernel=auto" --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda1 >> autopart --type=lvm > > A couple of

Re: [CentOS] Fail on start x server

2016-08-25 Thread m . roth
Edwin Agudelo wrote: > El jue., 25 de ago. de 2016 15:38, escribió: >> Edwin Agudelo wrote: >> > I install workstation, development station. >> > El jue., 25 de ago. de 2016 14:48, escribió: >> > >> >> Edwin Agudelo wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Recently buy an

Re: [CentOS] Fail on start x server

2016-08-25 Thread m . roth
Edwin Agudelo wrote: > Good Day. Please don't top post. > > I install workstation, development station. > > Thank you. > > Best regards > > El jue., 25 de ago. de 2016 14:48, escribió: > >> Edwin Agudelo wrote: >> > Good Day. >> > >> > Recently buy an lenovo laptop (110 Ideapad

Re: [CentOS] Fail on start x server

2016-08-25 Thread m . roth
Edwin Agudelo wrote: > Good Day. > > Recently buy an lenovo laptop (110 Ideapad 14IBR). Install (with problems) > Centos 7, but when start the first time, get the fail screen. Then, I try > to start the x server (startx) get the error: FBIOBLANK invalid argument. > > This laptop have an Intel HD

Re: [CentOS] Transparent HugePages question

2016-08-24 Thread m . roth
Laurentiu Soica wrote: > So basically you're saying that this THP feature is broken for CentOS 7 ? > The feature is enabled by default. Is there a thread opened on this issue > ? I'm not sure it's broken, per se, but rather that something that I don't know may cause it to do this. It was

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