Re: [CentOS] How to stop automount
Keith Roberts wrote: On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, Dick Roth wrote: To: CentOS Listcentos@centos.org From: Dick Rothraro...@comcast.net Subject: [CentOS] How to stop automount I just put a USB hard drive into service, but find that unless the drive is connected to my PC the machine won't boot and drops to a shell. Below is the line I added to fstab. I thought that the option noauto would prevent the machine from trying to mount the drive /dev/sdb /usbdrive ext3user,noauto,rw 0 2 What am I doing wrong? Any advice is welcome. Dick We seem to be talking about 2 different uses for the USB drive. Do you want to boot a Linux system from the USB stick, or do you want to mount the USB drive after the system is up? Kind Regards, Keith ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Folks, thank you very much for the advice. I am using the disk for system backup and then putting it in a safe. It does not have to boot the system. I did find that changing the last element of the line in fstab from 2 to 0 cured my immediate problem: the machine now boots properly without the drive physically attached. Again, thanks to all. What a great community! ttfn, Dick -- Yes indeed...the Hokey Pokey *is* what its all about! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How to stop automount
I just put a USB hard drive into service, but find that unless the drive is connected to my PC the machine won't boot and drops to a shell. Below is the line I added to fstab. I thought that the option noauto would prevent the machine from trying to mount the drive /dev/sdb /usbdrive ext3user,noauto,rw 0 2 What am I doing wrong? Any advice is welcome. Dick -- Yes indeed...the Hokey Pokey *is* what its all about! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] External HD on CentOS 5.5
Rob Kampen wrote: Dick Roth wrote: I'm looking into backing up my CentOS 5.5 system using an external USB 2.0 hard drive. Anyone with experience with Toshiba Canvio USB 750 GB unit? I'm backing up to DVDs now and would like to streamline the process. Any advice is welcome with thanks. Dick I use Toshiba 250Gb and 320Gb external drives regularly - no problems - I reformatted ext3 so I can use rsync and preserve permissions etc. HTH ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Thanks for the help. Dick -- Yes indeed...the Hokey Pokey *is* what its all about! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] External HD on CentOS 5.5
I'm looking into backing up my CentOS 5.5 system using an external USB 2.0 hard drive. Anyone with experience with Toshiba Canvio USB 750 GB unit? I'm backing up to DVDs now and would like to streamline the process. Any advice is welcome with thanks. Dick -- Yes indeed...the Hokey Pokey *is* what its all about! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Problem burning DVD+RW discs
Good Day-- I've been backing up my essential stuff to DVD+R discs for quite a while with no trouble at all. Last week I tried backing up to a DVD+RW with no trouble at all. This week, when trying to re-write my weekly backup, CD/DVD Creator told me it could not write to the disc because it was read-only. Is there a bug in CD/DVD Creator or am I doing something incorrectly. Obviously, I'd like to be able to reuse discs if I can, but can go back to using one-use DVDs if necessary. Thanks for any help. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Seamonkey (Mozilla) web browser for CentOS 5.4?
MHR wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Greg Baileygbai...@lxpro.com wrote: Robert Heller wrote: Does the Seamonkey (Mozilla) web browser exist for CentOS 5.4? It seems to be missing from the standard repository. Seamonkey 1.0.9 is included with CentOS 4.X, but CentOS 5 builds never had any seamonkey RPMs, as upstream packaged Firefox and Thunderbird instead. For CentOS 5, I've previously used RPMs available from: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.0/contrib/FC_RPMS/ Although there's directories for the 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 releases, the FC_RPMS haven't (yet) been built for those. I use SeaMonkey as my primary browser all the time, but I don't depend on the RPMs for it. I just get the LG tar.bz2 file from Mozilla.org and install it. Works fine for me, although I sometimes have to add the plug-in links by script (Running CentOS 5.4 on AMD X4) mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I've been using Seamonkey from the Mozilla site with mixed experience. It handles graphics/videos better than Firefox, but goes off to lala land chewing up cpu cycles to 95% for minutes at a time. Top indicates that it is seamonkey-bin that is loading the cpu, so I doubt that it is a CentOS (5.4) issue. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] GnuPG for CentOS 5.3?
Good Morning-- I'm looking to shore up security in my system and with communications. Can you point me to the proper version of GnuPG for CentOS 5.3 (Final)? Thanks, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] GnuPG for CentOS 5.3?
Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Dick Roth Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 12:44 PM To: CentOS List Subject: [CentOS] GnuPG for CentOS 5.3? Good Morning-- I'm looking to shore up security in my system and with communications. Can you point me to the proper version of GnuPG for CentOS 5.3 (Final)? r...@mach003 ~/ [0]# yum list gnupg* [...] Installed Packages gnupg.i386 1.4.5-14 installed Available Packages gnupg2.i3862.0.9-1.el5 epel The 1.4.5-14-version is the default installed AFAIK. If you want something newer you'll have to look further, eg to the epel repo. IMO the default install of gpg is good enough. Remember, you break it, you get to keep the pieces. Is this for use with Evolution or Thinderbird? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Thanks to all who responded. I'll be using Thunderbird. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
Les Mikesell wrote: Sorin Srbu wrote: Marking words: used to be best? Which is the best now then? APC is apparantely not an option as they suck bigtime IMO, so what's? Powerware and APC are the two biggest and most wellknown UPS-manufacturers I know of. APC does make a full line of units. Perhaps you aren't buying the right ones if they aren't serving you well. I've been buying from the Smart-UPS and Back-UPS range. Those should be ok, shouldn't they? That depends on how important it is to never fail. If it is extremely important, you might want something with redundant components like the Symmetra line. These are designed to keep working with some failed components and to allow you to replace parts with the equipment on bypass but still running. All in all about a handfull of them. They're quite pricey... 90% of them suffered some kind of a circuit board failure. Not what you'd usually expect from a UPS, rather you'd expect the battery to give up first. I bought them over a few years, so it shouldn't be a bad batch or something like that. You might blame one or two on bad components, but this sounds like something is wrong with the input power at your location. I assume they are lasting at least through the 2 year warranty period. We have at least a few dozen of them and haven't noticed any pattern of problems other than aging batteries. Are you tracking the in/out power levels on the smart units to see what they have to deal with? I will vouch for the reliability of power continuity with the Symmetra line. They can be configured from 2kva up to about 16kva and have almost complete redundancy. I have 35 Symmetra RM and LX single phase units protecting network closets and labs. I have never lost a load in the five or so years I've been running them. Components do fail, especially the batteries (we always hope for five years, but 3-4 years life is not uncommon...the nature of the VRLA beast). However, my experience with APC is that I've never worked with a better tech support operation. This is my own opinion based on my experience. I have no financial interest other than to protect my networks from the cost of outages. BTW these APCs replaced banks of Best Power FERRUPSes. That technology is no longer relevant in an environment that demands hot-swapability with no down time. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HAL Daemon failure on boot up
Tosh wrote: Dick Roth wrote: I've been having a problem for a while: when booting, haldaemon will fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and floppy drives available. Has anyone else had this kind of problem? If so, can anyone suggest a solution? Thanks for listening, Dick some more information would be helpful what version of centos and hal any fail reports ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sorry about that: CentOS 5.2 (Final) hal-0.5.8.1-35.el5 Gigabyte P35-DS3R Motherboard I went through messages.* and found no direct references to HAL, but did notice messages like: Dec 6 20:02:40 c-75-69-199-70 kernel: hdf: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x01). Trying to recover by ending request. Both a WDC IDE hard drive and a Pioneer 112D CD/DVD Burner are on the only legacy IDE connector on the mobo, so I can't try a different IDE channel. Hope this helps clarify things. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HAL Daemon failure on boot up
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Dick Roth raro...@comcast.net wrote: I've been having a problem for a while: when booting, haldaemon will fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and floppy drives available. Has anyone else had this kind of problem? If so, can anyone suggest a solution? Your problem may not be with HAL. I have had similar, intermittent problems, recently, with various symptoms, including that K3b could not find my CD-RW drive or media in it. I just finished writing to CD-R media with K3b with that CD-RW drive. In the case of my Desktop, I now know that the motherboard is damaged. Since you wrote that you have a problem with more than one piece of HW, I hope in your case it isn't the motherboard. You can run Diagnostics on the HW, which I did last Sunday, with the Dell Diagnostics for this box, but my HW got a clean bill of health, since it is intermittent. GL! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Thanks for the suggestions, Lanny. I opened my box and reseated my IDE connectors...just in case. Then I rebooted twice and came up roses each time. Let's hope this is a trend. Happy Holidays to one and all! Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] HAL Daemon failure on boot up
I've been having a problem for a while: when booting, haldaemon will fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and floppy drives available. Has anyone else had this kind of problem? If so, can anyone suggest a solution? Thanks for listening, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated. TIA, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated. I think I did something like that, years ago, and there was a .gnome file that I deleted, logged out, and then when I logged in, it created a new enviornment for GNOME. I just looked at the .gnome folders and nothing rings a bell. Hopefully, someone else will help you out with this, soon. The list is slow on the weekends. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Thank you for responding, Lanny. I've tried replacing my ~ directory but got nowhere. I'll hope for other responses. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated. snip If you create a new 'user' and they don't have icons or accounts then something is funny in /usr which is causing stuff to not work. If it only happens to you then its probably issues with various .files. It was working and then he did something and it stopped working. I looked again, in the 3 .gnome folders and I don't see anything that rings a bell. There is some file that he needs to delete, log out and then log in again and it will create a new enviornment for him. The mystery is, which file and where is it. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Got it!! Apparently I hadn't replaced all the hidden directories in ~. I tried once more and voila! Thank you for your help. I'm back in business. ttfn, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Strange browser displays with 5.x on Dell GX-260
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:22 AM, William L. Maltby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 02:47 -0400, Dick Roth wrote: snip This was a clean install, however I kept my /home directory intact. The rest of the partitions were reformatted. Try resetting all your preferences? Maybe a major format change in the control files under .mozilla directories? When you launched Mozilla Firefox the first time, I suspect that it created a new .mozilla directory in /home and wiped out your old one. Have you tried to yum remove firefox and then yum install firefox to see if the issues stop or continue? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Renaming ~/.mozilla and reinstalling Firefox cured my problems. Apparently the .mozilla file in my Home directory, which was not re-formatted, was at odds with the new install. There was a bit of work to reclaim bookmarks, but all appears to be well now. Thanks to Lanny and Jerry for the help. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Strange browser displays with 5.x on Dell GX-260
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had been running CentOS 4.x for quite some time with no problems. Apparently I stubbed my toe when installing CentOS 5 final. Symptoms: various web sites are not properly displayed in Firefox 3.0.1 (or predecessors). In particular, cnn.com and any calls to Google display with a screen full of ascii characters rather than images. When I look at page info within Firefox, it shows quirk mode rendering rather than standards compliant mode. BTW, I'm running the same version (in fact, using the same DVD iso) on my home machine, a Gigabyte system I've cobble up, with no such problem. Any ideas out there? Only a WAG. I'm using Firefox 3.0.1 on CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) and just looked at CNN (International and U.S. versions), with, as you see at home, no problem(s). Possibly a Graphics issue? Did you Upgrade from CentOS 4.x to 5 or did you do a Clean install? BTW, I had issues with Firefox 2.x, with Gmail.com for example, that went away, after I upgraded to CentOS 5.2 and got Firefox 3.x. I think there were major library changes, from CentOS 4.x to 5.0 and if you Upgraded, something may be awry. Possibly remove Firefox and then install again, in case something is corrupted. GL ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos This was a clean install, however I kept my /home directory intact. The rest of the partitions were reformatted. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Strange browser displays with 5.x on Dell GX-260
I had been running CentOS 4.x for quite some time with no problems. Apparently I stubbed my toe when installing CentOS 5 final. Symptoms: various web sites are not properly displayed in Firefox 3.0.1 (or predecessors). In particular, cnn.com and any calls to Google display with a screen full of ascii characters rather than images. When I look at page info within Firefox, it shows quirk mode rendering rather than standards compliant mode. BTW, I'm running the same version (in fact, using the same DVD iso) on my home machine, a Gigabyte system I've cobble up, with no such problem. Any ideas out there? Thanks, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.2 upgrade Firefox Migrating Bookmarks
Robert Moskowitz wrote: OK. Now that I have already upgraded, how do I migrate my bookmarks. :( Should have exported them before the upgrade, I suspect ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Shouldn't have to worry about your bookmarks. Bookmarks and other preferences are contained in the .mozilla directory, which is left untouched when upgrading Firefox. Please note the period in front of the file name. It's a hidden file. Hope this helps, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1755 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Network problems on new CentOS 5 install on P35, ICH9R mobo
Had to replace dying cpu and mobo, so also replaced IDE with new SATA drive. Installed from latest ISO onto SATA and can't get networking to lease an IP address from my ISP (Comcast). The network utility always comes up with a private address (192.168.0.2) instead of Comcast IP. To add to confusion, if I boot into old IDE drive, I get proper network connection to internet, but lose my swap! Particulars: mobo=Gigabyte P35-DS3R SATA Controller=AHCI PATA Controller=JMicron 20360 new drive=ATA WDC WD1600AAJS-2 old drive=WDC WD400JB-00JJA0 DVD-RW=Pioneer DVR-112D (PATA) NICs=eth0=Realtek RTL-8029(AS) (DHCP) eth1=Realtek RTL-8029(AS) (Static) Has anyone seen this? Will 5.2 help with this situation? Been working on this for days! Thanks, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1775 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Network problems on new CentOS 5 install on P35, ICH9R mobo
Juan C. Valido wrote: On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 06:09 -0400, Dick Roth wrote: Had to replace dying cpu and mobo, so also replaced IDE with new SATA drive. Installed from latest ISO onto SATA and can't get networking to lease an IP address from my ISP (Comcast). The network utility always comes up with a private address (192.168.0.2) instead of Comcast IP. To add to confusion, if I boot into old IDE drive, I get proper network connection to internet, but lose my swap! Particulars: mobo=Gigabyte P35-DS3R SATA Controller=AHCI PATA Controller=JMicron 20360 new drive=ATA WDC WD1600AAJS-2 old drive=WDC WD400JB-00JJA0 DVD-RW=Pioneer DVR-112D (PATA) NICs=eth0=Realtek RTL-8029(AS) (DHCP) eth1=Realtek RTL-8029(AS) (Static) Has anyone seen this? Will 5.2 help with this situation? Been working on this for days! Thanks, Dick If it helps any, I tried installing 5,1 on a P35-DS3L and I believe I had issues with the network card, loaded RHEL 5.2 desktop and everything worked so maybe 5.2 will work for you. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Thanks for the info, Juan. I'll just hold tight until 5.2 comes down the pike. Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1775 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] yum updates
As offered this will not work. It must have two (2) hyphens before the word exclude, thus: yum update --exclude=openoffice Dick Alfred von Campe wrote: Is there a way to still do the yum updates but not update the openoffice. Right now, I do it one at a time. Yes, just do a yum update -exclude=openoffice. Alfred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1775 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] yum updates
Thanks, Johnny. I'm not a pro on this stuff. Happy Holidays!! Dick Johnny Hughes wrote: Dick Roth wrote: As offered this will not work. It must have two (2) hyphens before the word exclude, thus: yum update --exclude=openoffice Alfred von Campe wrote: Is there a way to still do the yum updates but not update the openoffice. Right now, I do it one at a time. Yes, just do a yum update -exclude=openoffice. While we are making it correct ... it needs to be: --exclude=openoffice\* (as there is more than 1 file for openoffice) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin 1775 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
