Re: [CentOS] 6.3 installer keeps cycling in a 10 second countdown to boot
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > looks like your machine does not have the x86_64 capable cpu/bios combo > needed to boot the kernel. Have you tried using the livecd/dvd to boot > the machine and see if things work there ? I'll try booting off DVD next, thanks. I'm surprised there is no error message to give the user a clue of what's going wrong... > was it x86_64 that you were running CentOS-5 with ? Yes, it was. Thanks, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] 6.3 installer keeps cycling in a 10 second countdown to boot
Hi. I've been running CentOS 5 for ages. (Thanks!) I went to install 6.3 - I downloaded the 64-bit DVD 1 image, and put it on a USB drive. Booted into a screen that said boot will start in 10.. 9... 8.. 7.. 6.. 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. 10.. and so on, infinite loop, the boot never starts. I tried booting in text mode, but it doesn't boot, just goes back to the menu. Is there some way to find out why the centos installer refuses to start? I used to have CentOS 5 on this system. I'd expect 6 to work. Thanks, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Installing yesterday's CentOS (or how to install the patch/package set from 3 weeks ago)
Hello, Let's say your operating policy is "no patch updates without testing first in the test environment". Let's say it takes you 3 weeks to test. Over the course of the 3 weeks, the repo changes (new packages added, old removed). Is there a way to "freeze" a set of packages so that when I run "yum update" on a Prod server it'll get the same package and patch set as the Test server did 3 weeks ago? It's been suggested to maintain a local mirror, and take rsync snapshots of it daily, so then you can point the end node to a particular repository. What other solutions are there? Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?
Is there a way to update a CentOS 5.4 server to 5.6 (but not 5.7)? "yum update" takes me all the way up to 5.7. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Vim scripting - cursor motion
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:03 AM, CS DBA wrote: > On 06/09/2011 08:48 AM, Jussi Hirvi wrote: >> I am working on my first vim script. The script is supposed to do some >> find/replace on a file, then save the file with a new name and quit vim. >> >> I will save the script in a file and then call it from a bash script >> like this: >> >> vim path-to-the-file -s path-to-my-script >> >> Maybe I have not found the right resources. I can find/replace with >> expressions that are similar to those I use manually, for example: >> >> :% s/\t/","/g >> >> Then I should add something to the beginning of file (line 1, char 1). >> And append something to the end of the file (last line, last char). But >> I cannot find a way to do this. Should I move the cursor (and how?), or >> what? >> >> - Jussi >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > You can do this at the command line (or in a script) like this: > > sed "s/\t/","/g" [your file] > [new_modified_file] > > If needed then you can rename the modified file back over the original Or you can have sed edit your file directly, just use the -i switch: sed -e 's:find:replace:g' -i your.file.name HTH, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How to set selinux policy "allow httpd_t unconfined_t:shm { unix_read unix_write }; " using an seboolean? (How to get a new seboolean?)
Hi. I'm trying to get OTRS running on CentOS 5.5 with SELinux enabled,
and audit.log / audit2allow tell me I need to add the local policy:
#= httpd_t ==
allow httpd_t unconfined_t:shm { unix_read unix_write };
which I think will allow the httpd access to read and write from shared memory?
Is that right? What are the risks involved in opening this? I notice it is
denied by the default policy.
To simplify configuration management, I would prefer to make this setting
using /usr/sbin/setseebool, but I don't see an sebool that deals with shm...
How do I request one? (And whom do I ask?)
Thanks,
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Re: [CentOS] Why is iptables configured to accept packets on ports 50 and 51?
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Michel van Deventer wrote: > > The -p you are referring to is NOT a port, but a protocol (number), 50 > and 51 stand for IPSEC protocols (AH and ESP). Doh! *facepalm* Thanks, Stephen, Eero and Michel. I appreciate your help. :) Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Why is iptables configured to accept packets on ports 50 and 51?
[root@hwdltsaloli ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/iptables # Firewall configuration written by system-config-securitylevel # Manual customization of this file is not recommended. *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0] -A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -A FORWARD -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 50 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 51 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT [root@hwdltsaloli ~]# lsof -i:50 [root@hwdltsaloli ~]# lsof -i:51 [root@hwdltsaloli ~]# /etc/services says: re-mail-ck 50/tcp # Remote Mail Checking Protocol re-mail-ck 50/udp # Remote Mail Checking Protocol la-maint51/tcp # la-maint51/udp # IMP Logical Address Maintenance Google turns up RMCP is a simple lightweight DP protocol for checking if you have mail on a server A quick Google search failed to turn up what is "IMP Logical Address Maintenance" Why is this in the default iptables configuration? Thanks, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Air Conditioning - ON!
I really appreciate the availability of CentOS. Thank you to all the people who work on it and form part of this community!! Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How much maximum memory will CentOS 5 support? I know it's not 16 GB!
How much maximum memory will CentOS 5 support, please? The product info page at http://www.centos.org/product.html says 16GB, but I am running 80 GB RAM right now and seeing 80 GB in top. I see the same 16 GB limit on the RHEL page: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compare/#note_4 The server hardware is capable of 192 GB RAM and I want to add memory, but want to be sure the OS will support it. Is anybody running CentOS 5 or RHEL 5 with 192 GB or more, please? Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How to strip out the title bar from xterm windows on CentOS 5 GNOME?
Hi. Running CentOS 5 with the default GNOME desktop. Is it possible to configure xterm windows not to have title bars to get the most out of the available screenspace? I've tried to look this up but mostly find reference how to change the content of the title bar; I want to remove it completely. Found a reference to Compiz but the version available through CentOS seems old (0.0.13 compared to the current around 0.8 or 0.9) and having a double zero version number, I was afraid to use it. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] can't install mono-devel because mono-basic requires mono-core. But I have mono-core! What to do? I need gmcs.
Turned out I had multiple repo's in play. mono-basic from one repo, and mono-core from another. I removed both and ran "yum install mono-devel" and it installed fine from "epel" with all dependecies. Cheers, -at On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > Hi. I'm trying to install gmcs so that I can build gbrainy, a mental > exerciser. > > I am not sure what package provides, maybe mono-devel? however mono-devel > fails to install because, it says, mono-basic requires mono-core. I > have mono-core > installed. Why is this failing? > > > $ sudo yum install mono-devel.i386 > ...-> Finished Dependency Resolution > mono-basic-1.0.6-1.el5.rf.i386 from installed has depsolving problems > --> Missing Dependency: mono-core = 1.0.6-1.el5.rf is needed by > package mono-basic-1.0.6-1.el5.rf.i386 (installed) > Error: Missing Dependency: mono-core = 1.0.6-1.el5.rf is needed by > package mono-basic-1.0.6-1.el5.rf.i386 (installed) > You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem > You could try running: package-cleanup --problems > package-cleanup --dupes > rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest > $ rpm -q mono-core > mono-core-1.0.6-1.el5.rf > $ > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > -at > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] can't install mono-devel because mono-basic requires mono-core. But I have mono-core! What to do? I need gmcs.
Hi. I'm trying to install gmcs so that I can build gbrainy, a mental exerciser. I am not sure what package provides, maybe mono-devel? however mono-devel fails to install because, it says, mono-basic requires mono-core. I have mono-core installed. Why is this failing? $ sudo yum install mono-devel.i386 ...-> Finished Dependency Resolution mono-basic-1.0.6-1.el5.rf.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: mono-core = 1.0.6-1.el5.rf is needed by package mono-basic-1.0.6-1.el5.rf.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: mono-core = 1.0.6-1.el5.rf is needed by package mono-basic-1.0.6-1.el5.rf.i386 (installed) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest $ rpm -q mono-core mono-core-1.0.6-1.el5.rf $ Any suggestions? Thanks, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] pdflush kernel thread pops up every 10 seconds or so and video decoding grinds to a halt for 1/2 a second
Thanks, Ross, JohnS and Lamar for your kind responses. It turned out my friend is using 7200 RPM disk for his write-lots-of-little-files activity so we're looking at upgrading that to 15000 RPM or getting him a FusionIO memory card. Thank you! Aleksey On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Monday, October 18, 2010 09:25:41 pm Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: >> Hi. A friend of mine was doing real-time video decoding on >> Fedora Core 13 and he had a performance glitch (1/2 a second >> freeze) every 5-10 seconds. "top" showed flush-253:0 >> process at the moment of the freeze. > [snip] >> He also tried CentOS 5.5, and saw a "pdflush" process popping >> up with the same frequency, and resulting in a similar glitch. >> >> Any other suggestions? > > What kind of hard drive is this? How is/are your drive(s) set up? > > You need the iostat program (in the sysstat package, I think) to give you > more detail; there are some pointers to its use in this list's archives. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] pdflush kernel thread pops up every 10 seconds or so and video decoding grinds to a halt for 1/2 a second
"uname -a" shows: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Sep 29 12:50:31 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] pdflush kernel thread pops up every 10 seconds or so and video decoding grinds to a halt for 1/2 a second
Still seeing the glitch every 5-20 secs after remounting with "commit=6000". On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > > You could also reduce the dirty interval in sysctl so it flushes sooner > therefore flushes less data each time. OK. It's worth a shot. Any idea what the default value is? I'm not sure what value to put in here. I know I want to reduce it but I don't want to break my friend's system either. http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt 109 dirty_expire_centisecs 110 111 This tunable is used to define when dirty data is old enough to be eligible 112 for writeout by the pdflush daemons. It is expressed in 100'ths of a second. 113 Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this interval will be 114 written out next time a pdflush daemon wakes up. Thanks, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Who maintains php-pgsql package? I want to ask about using PostgreSQL 8.4 library instead of PostgreSQL 8.1.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > > I'll ask Red Hat for php-pgsql that uses postgresql84-libs; and try to > build httpd from source myself in the meantime. I've opened a bug report / enhancement request with Red Hat: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644678 Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] pdflush kernel thread pops up every 10 seconds or so and video decoding grinds to a halt for 1/2 a second
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Toby Bluhm wrote: > Ext3 filesystem? Maybe altering the commit option at mount time would help: > > http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt#49 Good one, Tony! We'll try that. Thanks!! Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] pdflush kernel thread pops up every 10 seconds or so and video decoding grinds to a halt for 1/2 a second
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:08 PM, JohnS wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 18:25 -0700, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: >> Hi. A friend of mine was doing real-time video decoding on >> Fedora Core 13 and he had a performance glitch (1/2 a second >> freeze) every 5-10 seconds. "top" showed flush-253:0 >> process at the moment of the freeze. > > And what is the Priority of it running at? How many Cores also? He sees this issue at normal priority and at nice -n -19 / -20. He has 6 cores with hyperthreading on 3.8 Ghz, the memory is 1.850 Mhz The system is 980x Intel 6 core He just told me he has two modes for his decoding program, in one mode the system does not write to disk at all, and there are NO GLITCHES doing it this way; another way, it writes lots of little files as it decodes, and the glitch happens actually every 5-20 seconds. Would like to get to the bottom of this so he can decode with temp files and without glitches. Cheers, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Who maintains php-pgsql package? I want to ask about using PostgreSQL 8.4 library instead of PostgreSQL 8.1.
Just to follow up on this. Devrim of Postgres said he does not maintain php-pgsql, Red Hat does. He also added: 2010/10/18 Devrim GÜNDÜZ : > > I don't see any way to upgrade libpq for Apache easily, except > rebuilding Apache from SRPM by yourself, and using postgresql84-libs as > BuildRequires instead of postgresql-libs. Unfortunately it means tons of > change in package list, including even subversion... > > You'd better wait for RHEL / CentOS 6. I'll ask Red Hat for php-pgsql that uses postgresql84-libs; and try to build httpd from source myself in the meantime. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] pdflush kernel thread pops up every 10 seconds or so and video decoding grinds to a halt for 1/2 a second
Hi. A friend of mine was doing real-time video decoding on Fedora Core 13 and he had a performance glitch (1/2 a second freeze) every 5-10 seconds. "top" showed flush-253:0 process at the moment of the freeze. Major device number 253 corresponds to device-mapper. I advised my friend to re-install his FC13 without LVM, to see if the glitch is related to LVM. After re-installing FC13 without LVM, he is seeing the glitch every 10 seconds, and it shows flush-8:16 where before it said flush-253:0. 8 is scsi disk driver. So it's not an LVM thing... maybe a kernel thing? I suggested he try Fedora 14 beta, as it has a newer kernel. Maybe this kernel thing is fixed in the newer kernel. He also tried CentOS 5.5, and saw a "pdflush" process popping up with the same frequency, and resulting in a similar glitch. Any other suggestions? Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] excel parser (preferably perl)?
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > I'm getting tired of converting spreadsheets that someone else updates > to csv so my perl scripts can push the data into a mysql database. Is > there a better way? I haven't had much luck with > perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (and find it odd that yum prefers the .32 > version from epel over .57 from rpmforge anyway). Is the current CPAN > version better? Or the equivalent java tools? Or maybe a scripted > OpenOffice conversion would be possible. > > Needs to deal with both xls and xlsx formats, the odd characters that > are confused with quotes even after csv conversion, numbers with $'s and > commas embedded, excel's date formatting nonsense, etc. Hi, Les. xlhtml has a switch, -csv, to output in Comma Separated Values http://chicago.sourceforge.net/xlhtml/ I am not sure if it'll do everything you want, it's a few years old, but may be worth a look. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Who maintains php-pgsql package? I want to ask about using PostgreSQL 8.4 library instead of PostgreSQL 8.1.
Kevin Kempter: Thank you for Devrim's name as the maintainer of php-pgsql. John: You wrote: > use the Postgres 8.4 RPMs from http://yum.pgrpms.org/ along with the > compat-postgresql-libs package (from the same repository), which hooks the > libpq.so.4 stuff that the stock EL5 clients like php-pgsql use. That's what I am doing and php-pgsql ends up using libpq.so.4 which has the memory leak. Ray: Thanks for your reply as well. Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Who maintains php-pgsql package? I want to ask about using PostgreSQL 8.4 library instead of PostgreSQL 8.1.
How do I find out who is the maintainer of the php-pgsql package, please? I want to request upgrade from underlying postgresql-libs-8.1.21 (/usr/lib64/libpq.so.4) to postgresql84-libs-8.4.4 (/usr/lib64/libpq.so.5.2). Background on this request: Apache httpd's php's php-pgsql uses PostgreSQL 8.1 library (/usr/lib64/libpq.so.4), which leaks memory. PostgreSQL 8.4 library does not leak. Apache HTTP Server: httpd-2.2.3-43.el5.centos.3 mod_php: php-5.1.6-27.el5 PHP PostgreSQL interface is provided by: php-pgsql-5.1.6-27.el5, which uses postgresql-libs-8.1.21-1.el5_5.1 which provides /usr/lib64/libpq.so.4 which we've observed has a memory leak (and this memory leak is NOT present in libpq.so.5.2) I am trying to figure out how to get our httpd/mod_php/php-pgsql to use libpq.so.5.2 instead of libpq.so.4, and I thought I'd start by asking the php-pgsql maintainer, so this problem is fixed for everybody, not just for me. Please let me know if I can help in any way. Kind regards, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] system "stuck" with 2.6.18-128 kernel. how to move to 2.6.18-194.17?
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 10/6/2010 2:36 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: >> >> # mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sda1 >> mdadm: Cannot open /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy >> # >> > > Do you still have it mounted as you mentioned above? If so, unmount it. *Facepalm* That was it. Thank you. /dev/sda1 is back in /dev/md0 and reconstruction is in process. > If it shows as 'failed' in /proc/mdstat you would have to use mdadm to > remove it before adding it back. Ah! Got it, thanks, Les! Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] system "stuck" with 2.6.18-128 kernel. how to move to 2.6.18-194.17?
Thank you very much for your replies and suggestions! Turns out I have a broken RAID. I checked the failed out drive by mounting read-only the /boot partition, and it is configured to boot the older kernel version (the one the system actually boots). Like Phil said, the OS is seeing one thing, and GRUB another. Questions: 1. How do I fix the array? (How do I put the failed out drive back in? (I hope it is a small failure that the software RAID can recover from, like a few bad blocks or something. Otherwise I am willing to replace the drive.) # mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sda1 mdadm: Cannot open /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy # Maybe it's busy because the system really booted off it? Maybe I can edit grub.conf to change hd(0,0) to hd (1,0) and reboot. Where do I do that, in /dev/sda1 or /dev/sdb1? I guess I could do it in both places. What do you think? Note: I was able to add /dev/sda3 to /dev/md1, and it is resync'ing the array now. # mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sda3 mdadm: re-added /dev/sda3 # 2. Is there a different configuration I should adopt, so that OS and GRUB agree on what device to boot from? Or is this the price I pay for using software RAID rather than HW RAID? Data: The /etc/grub.conf sym link is set up correctly: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Mar 17 2009 /etc/grub.conf -> ../boot/grub/grub.conf My /boot filesystem lives on a RAID 1 array: /dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw) /proc/mdstat shows only /dev/sdb is still in the RAID 1 mirror: Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] 104320 blocks [2/1] [_U] md1 : active raid1 sdb3[1] 275964480 blocks [2/1] [_U] unused devices: For some reason, it does not show "F" for disk failure. I did reboot the system a couple of times, maybe it forgot about the failure. Older logwatch reports do have the F on both arrays. lshw and "fdisk -l" shows both /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. so does lsscsi: [1:0:0:0]diskIBM-ESXS ST337LC FN B26B /dev/sda [1:0:1:0]diskIBM-ESXS MAT3300NC FN B414 /dev/sdb [1:0:8:0]process IBM 39M6750a S320 0 1 - Thanks very much for the help! Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] system "stuck" with 2.6.18-128 kernel. how to move to 2.6.18-194.17?
Hi. I just noticed I had a CentOS 5.3 system that I updated to CentOS 5.5 a few days ago, and I just ran "yum -y update" again to get the latest kernel, and I just noticed it still has the old 2.6.18-128 kernel instead of the new 2.6.18-194.17. What gives? /etc/grub.conf points at 2.6.18-194.17, but when I reboot, 2.6.18-128 comes up. Any suggestions? Thanks, -at myserver# yum -y update ... myserver# reboot . myserver# uname -a Linux hwd-ddc-sonydb-prod 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 4 20:19:25 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux myserver# cat /etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/md1 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/md0 default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title CentOS (2.6.18-194.17.1.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 ro root=/dev/md1 initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.img title CentOS (2.6.18-194.11.4.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.11.4.el5 ro root=/dev/md1 initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.11.4.el5.img title CentOS (2.6.18-128.4.1.el5) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 ro root=/dev/md1 initrd /initrd-2.6.18-128.4.1.el5.img myserver# rpm -q kernel kernel-2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 kernel-2.6.18-194.11.4.el5 kernel-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 myserver# ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Server rebooted, log message "kernel: Keepalive, Event:mdseve_cookie, client ping timeout"
I analyzed the two kernel crash dumps which told me we panic'ed while running rsync writing to a network filesystem. I've upgraded our rsync from 2.x to 3.x and sent a copy of the crash info to our network filesystem vendor. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Server rebooted, log message "kernel: Keepalive, Event:mdseve_cookie, client ping timeout"
P.S. I do have two kernel dumps from two reboots this morning. But I don't know how to read them or what to look for. Would appreciate any RTFM pointers. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Server rebooted, log message "kernel: Keepalive, Event:mdseve_cookie, client ping timeout"
Hi. Our CentOS 5.4 server just rebooted sponteneously while doing heavy I/O. There is a message in /var/log/messages just prior to reboot, kernel: Keepalive, Event:mdseve_cookie, client ping timeout Google does not turn up anything. What does this mean and how can I prevent it from happening again, please? Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How can binaries be different when package versions are identical? (mkfs.ext3 on CentOS 5.4)
I read up on "prelink" as suggested; and used "ldd /sbin/mkfs.ext3" to see what the dependencies (libraries) are. There are 13 dependencies; file size is the same between servers but md5sum's are different! Most of these libraries have other libraries they call; I finally drilled down to ld-2.5.so which is statically built. Same thing: same file size, same datestamp, same package version; but the binary is actually different; yet rpm -V does not complain. Why? (Both systems are running CentOS 5.4; one was deployed in December 2009, the other in April 2010.) [r...@server1 /lib64]# ls -l ld-2.5.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 139416 Sep 2 2009 ld-2.5.so [r...@server1 /lib64]# md5sum ld-2.5.so ad38c69452b3990852c0d3e0ea51a31b ld-2.5.so [r...@server1 /lib64]# ldd ld-2.5.so statically linked [r...@server1 /lib64]# rpm -q -f /lib64/ld-2.5.so glibc-2.5-42 [r...@server1 /lib64]# rpm -V glibc [r...@server1 /lib64]# [r...@server2 /lib64]# ls -l ld-2.5.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 139416 Sep 2 2009 ld-2.5.so [r...@server2 /lib64]# md5sum ld-2.5.so ddb5ad336c3cf40ee2c69b91ef7bfd04 ld-2.5.so [r...@server2 /lib64]# ldd ld-2.5.so statically linked [r...@server2 /lib64]# [r...@server2 /lib64]# rpm -q -f /lib64/ld-2.5.so glibc-2.5-42 [r...@server2 /lib64]# rpm -V glibc-2.5-42 [r...@server2 /lib64]# ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How can binaries be different when package versions are identical? (mkfs.ext3 on CentOS 5.4)
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > On Wednesday 30 June 2010, Spiro Harvey wrote: >> Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: >> > (a) account for the difference in the binaries, and >> > (b) see if something else is different that I can make the same to get >> > the mkfs.ext3 time down to 15 sec on both systems. >> > Solving (a) should shed light on (b). Any ideas? >> >> Look into prelinking (man prelink). A prelinker from /etc/cron.daily >> that changes the binaries with an aim to speed up execution. Yes, actually the full "rpm -V" message mentions prelink: [r...@server2 ~]# rpm -V e2fsprogs prelink: /sbin/mkfs.ext3: at least one of file's dependencies has changed since prelinking S.?T/sbin/mkfs.ext3 [r...@server2 ~]# I will RTFM on prelink. Thank you, Spiro, all! Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How can binaries be different when package versions are identical? (mkfs.ext3 on CentOS 5.4)
Situation: two similar servers, both with CentOS 5.4 64-bit. Making an ext3 filesystem on one takes seconds, on the other minutes. Partition SizeServer 1 Server 2 1 GB 0.7 sec 0.3 sec 4 GB 2.5 sec 1.2 sec 40 GB15 sec13 min WTF e2fsprogs RPM is e2fsprogs-1.39-23.el5 on both systems mkfs --version reports "util-linux 2.13-pre7" on both systems mkfs -V reports the same on both systems (mke2fs 1.3 (29-May-2006) Using EXT2FS Library version 1.39) file size on mkfs and mkfs.ext3 binaries is identical However, checksum on these binaries differs across servers, and "cmp" reports files are different I took "mkfs" and "mkfs.ext3" from server 1, put them on server 2, and got an improvement: 40 GB15 sec3 min Just out of curiousity, I ran "rpm -V e2fsprogs" to see if rpm would pick up the difference and sure enough, it complained mkfs.ext3 changed. Both of these servers have CentOS 5.4; Server 1 was installed in Dec 2009, Server 2 in April 2010. I'd like to: (a) account for the difference in the binaries, and (b) see if something else is different that I can make the same to get the mkfs.ext3 time down to 15 sec on both systems. Solving (a) should shed light on (b). Any ideas? Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] pppd does not work if SELinux is turned on.
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin
wrote:
> CentOS release 5.4 (Final)
>
> I run pppd on this system, it accepts dial-in connections, logs people
> in over ssh/sftp.
>
> I had selinux disabled on this system originally, but I recently
> enabled it, and selinux
> is blocking this pppd service.
>
> "audit2allow -M" has generated the following policy based on AVC
> denial messages:
>
>
> module fixdialinserver 1.0;
>
> require {
> type pppd_t;
> type shadow_t;
> type chkpwd_exec_t;
> class file { read execute };
> class netlink_audit_socket create;
> }
>
> #= pppd_t ==
> allow pppd_t chkpwd_exec_t:file execute;
> allow pppd_t self:netlink_audit_socket create;
> allow pppd_t shadow_t:file read;
>
>
> However, I am unable to load this module due to conflict with another policy:
>
> # semodule -i fixdialinserver.pp
> libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
> pppd_t shadow_t:file { read };
> libsepol.check_assertions: 1 assertion violations occured
> libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
> semodule: Failed!
> #
>
> Is there an seboolean I can tweak to allow me to load this policy?
I used "getsebool -a |grep ppp" to find and enable the following three
selinux booleans:
pppd_can_insmod --> on
pppd_disable_trans --> on
pppd_for_user --> on
However pppd still does not work and policy still fails to load.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Aleksey
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Re: [CentOS] Pause time
2010/4/19 cahit Eyigünlü : > i want to pause my cent os time and date in a spesific date :D is it > possible ? You can set your clock back a minute every minute from cron using the "date" command. Try: date -s "now - 1 minute" If that's not good enough, you can write a loop that resets your clock back a second every second, again using the "date" command. while true do date -s "now - 1 second" sleep 1 done That should make time appear to stand still at the HH:MM:SS level. Another possible method is to pause time itself. However your computer won't work any more, and will remain frozen without any changes. HTH, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] httpd stopped working under SELinux so I had to turn SELinux off. libxml2.so.2: failed to map segment from shared object: Permission denied
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:49 AM, A. Kirillov wrote: >> CentOS 5.4 64-bit with SELinux, happily running for over a year, suddenly >> httpd fails to start up, getting an error message like: >> >> Starting httpd: Syntax error on line X of /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf: >> Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so into server: libxml2.so.2: >> failed to map segment from shared object: Permission denied >> >> I turned off SELinux and was able to start httpd. >> >> But what went wrong? And how to fix it and turn SELinux back on? >> >> SElinux labels on libxml.so.2.6.26 are OK ( system_u:object_r:lib_t ) >> and "restorecon -n libxml.so.2.6.26" does not return anything. >> >> No recent AVC denied entries in /var/log/audit/audit.log or >> /var/log/messages. OK, here's what happened: We had added /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH in /etc/profile as we wanted our in-house python daemon to use PostgreSQL 8.4 client as we were seeing memory leak using 8.1 but not 8.4. Turned out there was a libxml2.so.2 in the PostgreSQL lib directory and the httpd was trying to pick it up instead of /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2, and failing as it had a "usr_t" instead of "lib_t" label. [r...@hwd-ddc-app01-prod01 modules]# ldd /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x2b9640e52000) libaspell.so.15 => /usr/lib64/libaspell.so.15 (0x2b964108a000) libpspell.so.15 => /usr/lib64/libpspell.so.15 (0x2b964135a000) libgmp.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libgmp.so.3 (0x2b964155c000) libcurl.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.3 (0x2b9641795000) libbz2.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libbz2.so.1 (0x2b96419d2000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libz.so.1 (0x2b9641be3000) libpcre.so.0 => /lib64/libpcre.so.0 (0x2b9641df7000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x2b9642013000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x2b9642229000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x2b96424ac000) libnsl.so.1 => /lib64/libnsl.so.1 (0x2b96426b) libxml2.so.2 => /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0x2b96428c9000) <- our culprit libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0x2b9642b08000) libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libkrb5.so.3 (0x2b9642d36000) libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libk5crypto.so.3 (0x2b9642fcc000) libcom_err.so.2 => /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 (0x2b96431f1000) libssl.so.6 => /lib64/libssl.so.6 (0x2b96433f3000) libcrypto.so.6 => /lib64/libcrypto.so.6 (0x2b964363e000) libidn.so.11 => /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11 (0x2b964398f000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x2b9643bc) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x2b9643f18000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x2b9644218000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x003c3e00) libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libkrb5support.so.0 (0x2b9644427000) libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib64/libkeyutils.so.1 (0x2b964462f000) libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x2b9644832000) libsepol.so.1 => /lib64/libsepol.so.1 (0x2b9644a4a000) [r...@hwd-ddc-app01-prod01 modules]# ls -l /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root daemon 4115398 Dec 10 02:41 /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2 [r...@hwd-ddc-app01-prod01 modules]# ls -lZ /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x root daemon user_u:object_r:usr_t /opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/libxml2.so.2 [r...@hwd-ddc-app01-prod01 modules]# I fixed this by adding "unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH" to /etc/init.d/httpd. Now we load /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2 which has the correct label (lib_t) I think I'll change this by moving the LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting from /etc/profile into the startup script for the python daemon, so I can have a vanilla /etc/init.d/httpd Thank you very much for your help! Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] httpd stopped working under SELinux so I had to turn SELinux off. libxml2.so.2: failed to map segment from shared object: Permission denied
Hi. CentOS 5.4 64-bit with SELinux, happily running for over a year, suddenly httpd fails to start up, getting an error message like: Starting httpd: Syntax error on line X of /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf: Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/libphp5.so into server: libxml2.so.2: failed to map segment from shared object: Permission denied I turned off SELinux and was able to start httpd. But what went wrong? And how to fix it and turn SELinux back on? SElinux labels on libxml.so.2.6.26 are OK ( system_u:object_r:lib_t ) and "restorecon -n libxml.so.2.6.26" does not return anything. No recent AVC denied entries in /var/log/audit/audit.log or /var/log/messages. I googled the above error message but all I could find were web pages in Chinese advising to run restorecon on libxml2.so file or turn off SElinux. Any suggestions? Thanks Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How to disable selinux protection interfering with pppd? I tried audit2allow, but policy does not load. Is there an seboolean?
CentOS release 5.4 (Final)
I run pppd on this system, it accepts dial-in connections, logs people
in over ssh/sftp.
I had selinux disabled on this system originally, but I recently
enabled it, and selinux
is blocking this pppd service.
"audit2allow -M" has generated the following policy based on AVC
denial messages:
module fixdialinserver 1.0;
require {
type pppd_t;
type shadow_t;
type chkpwd_exec_t;
class file { read execute };
class netlink_audit_socket create;
}
#= pppd_t ==
allow pppd_t chkpwd_exec_t:file execute;
allow pppd_t self:netlink_audit_socket create;
allow pppd_t shadow_t:file read;
However, I am unable to load this module due to conflict with another policy:
# semodule -i fixdialinserver.pp
libsepol.check_assertion_helper: assertion on line 0 violated by allow
pppd_t shadow_t:file { read };
libsepol.check_assertions: 1 assertion violations occured
libsemanage.semanage_expand_sandbox: Expand module failed
semodule: Failed!
#
Is there an seboolean I can tweak to allow me to load this policy?
Thanks,
Aleksey
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Re: [CentOS] Video driver for ThinkPad T61 laptop?
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: >> Hi. Any suggestions how I can get a video driver for my ThinkPad T61 laptop? >> >> I've got CentOS 5.4 on it but Xorg crashes when I try to change resolution, >> and >> Xorg.log has: >> >> (WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found >> >> (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel Corporation unknown chipset (0x2a02) rev 12, >> Mem @ 0xf810/20, 0xe000/28, I/O @ 0x1800/3 >> (--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation unknown chipset (0x2a03) rev 12, >> Mem @ 0xf820/20 >> > > > according to the http://www.pcidatabase.com vendor 8086 (Intel) device > 2A02 is a Intel 965GM > > that should work fine with xorg-x11-drv-i810 Thanks, John. What should I do if it doesn't? Package xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.6.5-9.25.el5.i386 already installed and latest version Any suggestions? I asked for help on the Xorg list yesterday but no reply as yet. Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Video driver for ThinkPad T61 laptop?
Hi. Any suggestions how I can get a video driver for my ThinkPad T61 laptop? I've got CentOS 5.4 on it but Xorg crashes when I try to change resolution, and Xorg.log has: (WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel Corporation unknown chipset (0x2a02) rev 12, Mem @ 0xf810/20, 0xe000/28, I/O @ 0x1800/3 (--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation unknown chipset (0x2a03) rev 12, Mem @ 0xf820/20 I didn't find one on the vendor's website. Is there something I can do? Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Intrusion Detection
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Dan Burkland wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been exploring the various intrusion detection systems available for > the Linux platform and was wondering what ones you all would recommend? I > have used AIDE before and while it is extremely easy to setup, it does not > support the ability to send alerts as files are changed (allows one to be > aware of an intrusion almost immediately). > > Thank you, > > Dan Burkland I would use tripwire or Cfengine, run frequently, they can both send alerts if files get changed. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] X server crashes when I fire up "Display" or "Screen Resolution" control panels
Hi. I've just installed CentOS 5.4 on my IBM T61 laptop. By default, I get the same image (duplicate screens) on the laptop's LCD and on the external monitor; I want to set up separate screens but my X server crashes when I start "Display" or "Screen Resolution" control panels or press Function-F7 which is supposed to bring up the single screen/ multiple screens selection menu. I am including my Xorg.log, could somebody help me sort this out, please, or at least point me in the right direction? I do see this: (WW) intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) Intel Corporation unknown chipset (0x2a02) rev 12, Mem @ 0xf810/20, 0xe000/28, I/O @ 0x1800/3 (--) PCI: (0:2:1) Intel Corporation unknown chipset (0x2a03) rev 12, Mem @ 0xf820/20 Do I need a special video driver? I checked http://www.linlap.com/wiki/ibm-lenovo+thinkpad+t61 which says this laptop should work OK with recent Linux distros; and I tried the xorg.conf mod in http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_T61#Graphics but X crashes when I run xrandr. I went on the vendor website but there is no driver available - they did have an NVIDIA driver for SUSE, but my laptop does not have an NVIDIA device and I am running CentOS, not SUSE! Help? Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How to get Bugzilla working on CentOS 5.2 with SELinux turned on?
Hi. Has anyone figured out how to get Bugzilla working on CentOS 5.2
WITHOUT TURNING OFF SELINUX?
I've run
chcon -R --reference=/var/www/html /path/to/bugzilla
and added the following module (generated by audit2allow), but am
still getting errors in my Web browser tryinig to use Bugzilla:
Software error:
Can't connect to the database.
Error: could not connect to server: Permission denied
Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
Is your database installed and up and running?
Do you have the correct username and password selected in localconfig?
And there is an AVC denial as well:
type=AVC msg=audit(1225832104.970:405): avc: denied { connect } for
pid=30831 comm="index.cgi"
scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_sys_script_t:s0
tcontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_sys_script_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket
Here is the module I added:
module local 1.0;
require {
type httpd_sys_script_t;
class tcp_socket setopt;
}
#= httpd_sys_script_t ==
allow httpd_sys_script_t self:tcp_socket setopt;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] selinux]#
httpd_sys_script_t ==
allow httpd_sys_script_t self:tcp_socket setopt;
I've tried running the AVC denial message through audit2allow again,
but it just produced the same module that I already have loaded.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Aleksey
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Re: [CentOS] syslog-ng
On 8/29/08, Mag Gam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I know centos does not use syslog-ng, but I have installed it at my > university. My intention is if a particular string appears in my > /var/log/messages I would like to get an email alert. Check out SWATCH: http://swatch.sourceforge.net/ Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] df to get total disk usage on all filesystems?
Dear Sean,
No, there isn't. You'd have to parse the df output to get that
value. I suggest using the -P switch to df, so you don't have to deal
with multi-line output per filesystem.
The following will return kilobytes of disk space used (third column
in the df -kP output):
df -kP |grep -v ^Filesystem |awk '{sum += $3} END { print sum; } '
Best,
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On 8/11/08, Sean Carolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a flag for the df command to get the total disk space used on
> all filesystems as one number? I have a server with a lot of mounted
> shares. I'm looking for a simple way to measure rate of data growth
> across all shares as one total value.
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Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 -- how do I choose a wireless network?
Thanks for testing the Live CD on your Inspiron laptop, Johnny. Ok, next stop, install CentOS to the hard drive. Thanks! Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 -- how do I choose a wireless network?
Any suggestions on how to make this work under CentOS? I'd prefer to have CentOS on my laptop, to keep it the same OS as our servers.I don't want to learn two flavors of Linux... Thanks, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 -- how do I choose a wireless network?
Hi. Thanks again for all your replies. The CentOS 5.2 Live CD does include NetworkManager. However the only choice in the Network Manager applet is "Wired Network". I then tried Ubuntu Live CD. Using it's network manager, I was able to browse the several local wireless networks, and to successfully connect. This is on an IBM T42 laptop. Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 -- how do I choose a wireless network?
Good answer. Thanks, Spiro! I'll try Ubunto. Aleksey On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CentOS is aimed as a server distribution, and I don't recommend it for a > home machine. You would do better to look at Fedora or Ubuntu. They are > designed as home distributions and are far better for getting going on a > home network. > > > -- > Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd > 021-295-1923www.knossos.net.nz > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 -- how do I choose a wireless network?
Hi. We have a Windows laptop that has gotten too slow, it's borderline unusable, so I burned a CentOS 5.2 32-bit Live CD, just to try it out in the home. It boots up fine, but it does not connect to the Internet... Now we normally connect through a wireless network, there are several around here -- on the Windows box we choose the network to which to connect... but on CentOS there is no such menu? I went to Administration -> Network, and enabled the wireless interface, set to Auto and to DHCP, but it said, unable to assign IP address, and no connectivity... How do I connect to a wireless network, please? Thanks, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Remounting a USB flash drive
Yes. mount diskid where diskid is your disk device id, e.g. /dev/sdg1 You can find out what it is by running mount while the disk is mounted, or by checking /var/log/messages, to see what disk ID was assigned to it when the device was first plugged in. You might need to specify a mount-point (where the device should be mounted), e.g. : mount /dev/sdg1 /media/flashdrive Hope this helps, Aleksey On 7/31/08, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed that once I right click on my flash drive icon and umount > it, in order to remount it I have to unplug it and then plug it back > in. > > Is there a command that will accomplish the same task without the > unplug and plug back in physics? > > Thanks. > > mhr > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] BackupPC 3.1.0 on CentOS 5.2 triggers SE Linux denial
Hi. I've installed BackupPC 3.1.0 from Testing repository, to Cent
OS 5.2 x86_64, and I am hitting an SE Linux denial - the httpd cannot
talk to the BackupPC socket:
type=AVC msg=audit(07/31/2008 17:18:53.623:410) : avc: denied {
connectto } for pid=11767 comm=httpd
path=/var/log/BackupPC/BackupPC.sock
scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0
tcontext=user_u:system_r:initrc_t:s0 tclass=unix_stream_socket
type=AVC msg=audit(07/31/2008 17:18:53.623:410) : avc: denied {
write } for pid=11767 comm=httpd name=BackupPC.sock dev=md0
ino=39813253 scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0
tcontext=user_u:object_r:var_log_t:s0 tclass=sock_file
Is there an easy way to fix this, like setting the BackupPC.sock file
universally writeable? I don't know SE Linux and right now my
objective is to get BackupPC up and running.
I've turned SE Linux off for now, but that's temporary until I get a
more targeted fix.
Thanks,
Aleksey
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Re: [CentOS] Re: how to install BackupPC on CentOS 5.2 -- how do I use Test repository?
Thank you very much! Response speed on this list is very impressive. Thanks again for the help. :) Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to install BackupPC on CentOS 5.2 -- use Testing repository
What's a protect base? I added the Test repository to my yum.conf and then I was able to just yum it in. I bet you already had the Test repository in your yum config, dnk. Thanks for your reply! Aleksey Here is what I added to /etc/yum.conf: [c5-testing] name=CentOS-5 Testing baseurl=http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/x86_64 enabled=1 On 7/31/08, dnk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have any sort of protect base installed? > > Priorities, etc? > > I could just yum it in when i did it. > > d > > > > > > On 31-Jul-08, at 3:40 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > > > > > Hi. I just installed CentOS for the first time, to make a BackupPC > server. > > > > However, when I try to install BackupPC using yum, I get the error: > > > > No package backuppc available. > > > > I searched the Testing, Extras and CentOS Plus repositories, and found > > a BackupPC package only in Testing, at > > > > > http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/x86_64/RPMS/backuppc-3.1.0-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm > > which I downloaded directly. > > > > Just posting this in case somebody else has a similar issue. > > > > > > Best, > > Aleksey > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Re: how to install BackupPC on CentOS 5.2 -- how do I use Test repository?
Ok, downloading the BackupPC RPM directly did not work to myriad dependencies and sub-dependencies. How do I add the Test repository to my yum config, please? Aleksey On 7/31/08, Aleksey Tsalolikhin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. I just installed CentOS for the first time, to make a BackupPC server. > > However, when I try to install BackupPC using yum, I get the error: > > No package backuppc available. > > I searched the Testing, Extras and CentOS Plus repositories, and found > a BackupPC package only in Testing, at > > http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/x86_64/RPMS/backuppc-3.1.0-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm > which I downloaded directly. > > Just posting this in case somebody else has a similar issue. > > > Best, > Aleksey > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] how to install BackupPC on CentOS 5.2 -- use Testing repository
Hi. I just installed CentOS for the first time, to make a BackupPC server. However, when I try to install BackupPC using yum, I get the error: No package backuppc available. I searched the Testing, Extras and CentOS Plus repositories, and found a BackupPC package only in Testing, at http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/x86_64/RPMS/backuppc-3.1.0-1.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm which I downloaded directly. Just posting this in case somebody else has a similar issue. Best, Aleksey ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
