date:20070831

Re: gpg-pubkeys [was] gdm for sl5

2007-08-31 Thread Michael Mansour

Hi Franchisseur,

> > Hi,
> > 
> > > - Original message from Jon Peatfield  on 2007-08-31 +0100 at
14:00:52-
> > > 
> > > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Alex Kruchkoff wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >Yes, I've found a lots of signatures in sl-release-5.0-4.x86_64.
> > > > >And thinking about all these keys I wonder why all of them are not 
> > > > >installed as a part of the SL installation process?
> > > > 
> > > > [...]
> > > 
> > >with a date corresponding to the installation date.
> > 
> > Yes they are installed _on your hard drive_ as part of the SL installation,
> > but they are not installed into the rpm database, so just because they're
> > there doesn't mean you're using them. The next step is to:
> > 
> > # rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY*
> > 
> > and from what is being discussed here, the person above is suggesting that 
> > the
> > installation do the above command to install the keys into the rpm database.
> >
> 
>I am not sure I understand what is the result of the rpm -
> -import command   because if I do a :
> 
>rpm -qi gpg-pubkey

To get a list of all the keys in your rpm database system:

# rpm -qa gpg-pubkey\*|sort -n

which for me produces:

gpg-pubkey-0c98ff9d-3d4a527c.(none)
gpg-pubkey-1aa78495-3eb24301.(none)
gpg-pubkey-217521f6-45e8a532.(none)
gpg-pubkey-30c9ecf8-3f9da3f7.(none)
gpg-pubkey-443e1821-421f218f.(none)
gpg-pubkey-4f2a6fd2-3f9d9d3b.(none)
gpg-pubkey-66534c2b-41d57eae.(none)
gpg-pubkey-6b8d79e6-3f49313d.(none)
gpg-pubkey-82fd17b2-3ffdb083.(none)
gpg-pubkey-897da07a-3c979a7f.(none)
gpg-pubkey-a7048f8d-3ff1defa.(none)
gpg-pubkey-db42a60e-37ea5438.(none)
gpg-pubkey-e42d547b-3960bdf1.(none)
gpg-pubkey-e8562897-459f07a4.(none)

>I get :
> 
>Name: gpg-pubkey   Relocations: (not 
> relocatable)   Version : a7048f8d  
> Vendor: (none)
>Release : 3ff1defa  Build Date: Wed 
> 11 Apr 2007 03:29:36 AM CEST
>Install Date: Wed 11 Apr 2007 03:29:36 AM CEST  Build 
> Host: localhost   Group   : Public Keys  
>  Source RPM: (none)   Size: 0
> License: pubkey   Signature   : (none)   Summary : 
> gpg(Connie Sieh (Constance J. Sieh) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)  
>  Description :
>-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
>Version: rpm-4.3.3 (beecrypt-3.0.0)
> 
>
> mQGiBD/x3voRBADonMg9Vjira9HR8AceZX3tUKZITeRFbWG6+vhQDJUffbrG7bb1rQqQWqd1
>[...]
>-END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
> 
>for each pubkey still with the install date and buid host : localhost.

The "rpm --import" command will import a RPM-GPG-KEY file into the rpm
database. You can import the same key multiple times (where the -qa option
above will show duplicates if you do), but when installing SL for the first
time, the keys in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg aren't all imported into the rpm database.

> > On a side note, the key:
> > 
> > error: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-cern: import read failed(0).
> > 
> > fails to import.
> >
> 
>This one gives me :
> 
> goubert:/etc/yum.repos.d > rpm -qi gpg-pubkey-1d1e034b-42bfd0c5
>Name: gpg-pubkey   Relocations: (not 
> relocatable)   Version : 1d1e034b  
> Vendor: (none)
>Release : 42bfd0c5  Build Date: Wed 
> 11 Apr 2007 03:29:36 AM CEST
>Install Date: Wed 11 Apr 2007 03:29:36 AM CEST  Build 
> Host: localhost   Group   : Public Keys  
>  Source RPM: (none)   Size: 0
> License: pubkey   Signature   : (none)   Summary : 
> gpg(CERN Linux Support (RPM signing key for CERN Linux Support)
>  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)   Description :
>-BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
>Version: rpm-4.3.3 (beecrypt-3.0.0)

Yeah, for me it's:

# rpm -qi gpg-pubkey-1d1e034b-42bfd0c5
package gpg-pubkey-1d1e034b-42bfd0c5 is not installed

because of the import failure. That's run on a newly built SL5 server.

Regards,

Michael.

mQGiBEK/0MURBACv5Rm/jRnrbyocW5t43hrjFxlw/DPLTWiA16apk3P2HQQ8F6csEY/gmNmU
>
> f4U8KB6ncxdye/ostSBFJmVYh0YEYUxBSYM6ZFui3teVRxxXqN921jU2GbbWGqqlxbDqvBxD
>
> EG95pA9oSiFYalVfjxVv0hrcrAHQDW5DL2b8l48kGwCgnxs1iO7Z/5KRalKSJqKx70TVIUkD
>
> /2YkkHjcwp4Nt1pPlKxLaFp41cnCEGMEZVsNIQuJ1SgHyMHKBzMWkD7QHqAeW3Sa9CDAJKoV
>
> PHZK99puF8etyUpC/HfmOIF6jwGpfG5AS7YbqHX6vitRlQt1b1aq5K83J8Y0+8WmjZmCQY6+
>
> y2KHOPP+zHWKe5TJDeqDnN0jsZsKA/441IF4JJTPEhvRFsPJO5WKg1zGFbxRPKvgi7+YY6pJ
>
> 0VFbOMcJVMkvSZ2w4QRD+2ets/pRxNhITHfPToMV3lhC8m1Je5fzoSvSixgH/5o9mekWWSW7
>
> Uq7U0IWA7OD7RraJRrGxy0Tz3G+exA7svv/zn9TW/BaHFlMHoyyDHOYZmIhhBB8RAgAhBQJC
>
> v+/uFwyAEeb+6rc8Txi4s8pfgZAf4xOTel99AgcAAAoJEF4D/eUdHgNLGCgAmwduKegSOBXp
>
> De061zF8NoN6+OFiAJ9nKo+uC6xBZ9Ey550SmhFCPPA2/rRTQ0VSTiBMaW51eCBT

Re: gpg-pubkeys [was] gdm for sl5

2007-08-31 Thread Franchisseur Robert

- Original message from Michael Mansour  on 2007-09-01 +1000 at 
13:47:16-

> Hi,
> 
> > - Original message from Jon Peatfield  on 2007-08-31 +0100 at 
> > 14:00:52-
> > 
> > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Alex Kruchkoff wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Yes, I've found a lots of signatures in sl-release-5.0-4.x86_64.
> > > >And thinking about all these keys I wonder why all of them are not 
> > > >installed as a part of the SL installation process?
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> >with a date corresponding to the installation date.
> 
> Yes they are installed _on your hard drive_ as part of the SL installation,
> but they are not installed into the rpm database, so just because they're
> there doesn't mean you're using them. The next step is to:
> 
> # rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY*
> 
> and from what is being discussed here, the person above is suggesting that the
> installation do the above command to install the keys into the rpm database.
> 

   I am not sure I understand what is the result of the rpm --import command
   because if I do a :

   rpm -qi gpg-pubkey 

   I get :

   Name: gpg-pubkey   Relocations: (not relocatable)
   Version : a7048f8d  Vendor: (none)
   Release : 3ff1defa  Build Date: Wed 11 Apr 2007 
03:29:36 AM CEST
   Install Date: Wed 11 Apr 2007 03:29:36 AM CEST  Build Host: localhost
   Group   : Public Keys   Source RPM: (none)
   Size: 0License: pubkey
   Signature   : (none)
   Summary : gpg(Connie Sieh (Constance J. Sieh) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
   Description :
   -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
   Version: rpm-4.3.3 (beecrypt-3.0.0)
   
   mQGiBD/x3voRBADonMg9Vjira9HR8AceZX3tUKZITeRFbWG6+vhQDJUffbrG7bb1rQqQWqd1
   [...]
   -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
   
   for each pubkey still with the install date and buid host : localhost.


> On a side note, the key:
> 
> error: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-cern: import read failed(0).
> 
> fails to import.
> 

   This one gives me :

    goubert:/etc/yum.repos.d > rpm -qi gpg-pubkey-1d1e034b-42bfd0c5
   Name: gpg-pubkey   Relocations: (not relocatable)
   Version : 1d1e034b  Vendor: (none)
   Release : 42bfd0c5  Build Date: Wed 11 Apr 2007 
03:29:36 AM CEST
   Install Date: Wed 11 Apr 2007 03:29:36 AM CEST  Build Host: localhost
   Group   : Public Keys   Source RPM: (none)
   Size: 0License: pubkey
   Signature   : (none)
   Summary : gpg(CERN Linux Support (RPM signing key for CERN Linux 
Support) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
   Description :
   -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
   Version: rpm-4.3.3 (beecrypt-3.0.0)
   
   mQGiBEK/0MURBACv5Rm/jRnrbyocW5t43hrjFxlw/DPLTWiA16apk3P2HQQ8F6csEY/gmNmU
   f4U8KB6ncxdye/ostSBFJmVYh0YEYUxBSYM6ZFui3teVRxxXqN921jU2GbbWGqqlxbDqvBxD
   EG95pA9oSiFYalVfjxVv0hrcrAHQDW5DL2b8l48kGwCgnxs1iO7Z/5KRalKSJqKx70TVIUkD
   /2YkkHjcwp4Nt1pPlKxLaFp41cnCEGMEZVsNIQuJ1SgHyMHKBzMWkD7QHqAeW3Sa9CDAJKoV
   PHZK99puF8etyUpC/HfmOIF6jwGpfG5AS7YbqHX6vitRlQt1b1aq5K83J8Y0+8WmjZmCQY6+
   y2KHOPP+zHWKe5TJDeqDnN0jsZsKA/441IF4JJTPEhvRFsPJO5WKg1zGFbxRPKvgi7+YY6pJ
   0VFbOMcJVMkvSZ2w4QRD+2ets/pRxNhITHfPToMV3lhC8m1Je5fzoSvSixgH/5o9mekWWSW7
   Uq7U0IWA7OD7RraJRrGxy0Tz3G+exA7svv/zn9TW/BaHFlMHoyyDHOYZmIhhBB8RAgAhBQJC
   v+/uFwyAEeb+6rc8Txi4s8pfgZAf4xOTel99AgcAAAoJEF4D/eUdHgNLGCgAmwduKegSOBXp
   De061zF8NoN6+OFiAJ9nKo+uC6xBZ9Ey550SmhFCPPA2/rRTQ0VSTiBMaW51eCBTdXBwb3J0
   IChSUE0gc2lnbmluZyBrZXkgZm9yIENFUk4gTGludXggU3VwcG9ydCkgPGxpbnV4LnN1cHBv
   cnRAY2Vybi5jaD6IWgQTEQIAGgUCQr/QxQULBwMCAQMVAgMDFgIBAh4BAheAAAoJEF4D/eUd
   HgNL/HsAn1ntKwRoSA9L0r8UyF7Zqn3U79m1AJ9Y4NsSE/dlFYLfmf0+baoq7b5asIicBBMB
   AgAGBQJCv9DjAAoJEPy9YCiWu335GTwEALjUQ7+cHxi0sifstCLoyRYQSu7Eas0M1UD2ZxSQ
   NBnYsx4rDZJk9TmK7QCzR1yRw9aixzZsRlNbed5VPxSzn89PE5m7Sx1bpl89sPgZ4BY95AL2
   wExyDWRp1ON2+ztYeYtT7ZCkmeM+PBzt6RHR/jo3361faBS+qOkmpiiRWf3XiEYEExECAAYF
   AkK/0WAACgkQkB/jE5N6X33DFQCgkvy1ruogu5Ibs5CzGY/ALiSJhyAAn3ygn3p/xrNQ8Dy5
   j4KfgJINoxT4iEYEEBECAAYFAkK/9CcACgkQDIloXtlLxZSiRACdG0kTKlB4X4VBocUyxMRe
   O9e5MvsAoIKWgcJYE8AGmRXjfIisCAzPtVX+iEYEExECAAYFAkK/8oUACgkQtQgG0wyY/52z
   1ACgkkxNdhHKbEol3Kwka1tICWHMIwIAn3PWJQR0C1MV1+CnT8UupHzxy6J7
   =IUD3
   -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
   

> [...]

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 Best regards,
   Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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Re: gpg-pubkeys [was] gdm for sl5

2007-08-31 Thread Michael Mansour

Hi,

> - Original message from Jon Peatfield  on 2007-08-31 +0100 at 
> 14:00:52-
> 
> > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Alex Kruchkoff wrote:
> > 
> > >Yes, I've found a lots of signatures in sl-release-5.0-4.x86_64.
> > >And thinking about all these keys I wonder why all of them are not 
> > >installed as a part of the SL installation process?
> > 
> > They just never have been is probably the short answer...
> 
>Hello,
> 
>I don't think so, as I have never installed keys on my SL4.4 desktop
>but I got them :)
> 
>  goubert:/home/bob > ls -ltc /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
> total 112
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1726 Sat Jul 14 05:51:45 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-
> adobe-linux
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1910 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1718 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-atrpms
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1706 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1795 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1565 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-cern
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1357 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-csieh
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1672 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-dag
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1357 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-dawson
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 2161 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-dries
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1519 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1076 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-
> fedora-test
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1328 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-jpolok
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1910 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat
> 
>with a date corresponding to the installation date.

Yes they are installed _on your hard drive_ as part of the SL installation,
but they are not installed into the rpm database, so just because they're
there doesn't mean you're using them. The next step is to:

# rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY*

and from what is being discussed here, the person above is suggesting that the
installation do the above command to install the keys into the rpm database.

On a side note, the key:

error: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-cern: import read failed(0).

fails to import.

Regards,

Michael.

>For the 'adobe-linux' one I got it when downloading the flash-
> plugin   and I noticed those files are mentioned in the yum repository
>for example :
> 
>/etc/yum.repos.d/sl-contrib.repo
> 
>[sl-contrib]
>name=SL 4 base
>baseurl=http://distrib-
> coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/scientific-linux/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
>   
http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/scientific/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
>   
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
>ftp://linuxsoft.cern.ch/scientific/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
>enabled=1
>gpgcheck=1
>gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-csieh 
> file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-dawson file:///etc/  
>  pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-jpolok file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-cern
> 
> -- 
>  Best regards,
>Robert FRANCHISSEUR
> 
>   Apollo_gist :-)___
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Re: gpg-pubkeys [was] gdm for sl5

2007-08-31 Thread FRANCHISSEUR Robert

- Original message from Jon Peatfield  on 2007-08-31 +0100 at 14:00:52-

> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Alex Kruchkoff wrote:
> 
> >Yes, I've found a lots of signatures in sl-release-5.0-4.x86_64.
> >And thinking about all these keys I wonder why all of them are not 
> >installed as a part of the SL installation process?
> 
> They just never have been is probably the short answer...
> 

   Hello,

   I don't think so, as I have never installed keys on my SL4.4 desktop
   but I got them :)

 goubert:/home/bob > ls -ltc /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
total 112
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1726 Sat Jul 14 05:51:45 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1910 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1718 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-atrpms
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1706 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1795 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1565 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-cern
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1357 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-csieh
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1672 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-dag
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1357 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-dawson
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2161 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-dries
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1519 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1076 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1328 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-jpolok
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1910 Tue Apr 10 23:51:19 2007 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat

   with a date corresponding to the installation date.

   For the 'adobe-linux' one I got it when downloading the flash-plugin
   and I noticed those files are mentioned in the yum repository
   for example :

   /etc/yum.repos.d/sl-contrib.repo
   
   [sl-contrib]
   name=SL 4 base
   
baseurl=http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/scientific-linux/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
   
http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/scientific/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
   
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
   ftp://linuxsoft.cern.ch/scientific/44/$basearch/contrib/RPMS/
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-csieh 
file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-dawson file:///etc/
   pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-jpolok file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-cern
   
   

-- 
 Best regards,
   Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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Problem with the touchpad on HP 510

2007-08-31 Thread Ricardo Franklin

Hi all:

I installed Scientific Linux on a Hewlett-Packard laptop HP 510 but in
the installation process and after that don't recognize the touchpad and
I have to use a USB mouse. Then my question is: How can I fix this?
Anyone have experience with configure touchpad on SL 5.0?

Thanks in advance

Ricardo

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Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba. Apartado Postal 6163
Telef : (537) 8789858
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Re: Scientific Linux on a DELL 2900

2007-08-31 Thread Michael Hannon

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 11:04:35AM +1000, Aldo Saavedra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering if anybody has installed scientific linux on a DELL 2900 .
> 
> We are looking to purchase one that is dual processor with 4Gb of RAM
> and a RAID 1 system for a number SATA disks.
> 
> My main worry is whether if drivers exist for its RAID controller called 
> PERC5/i
> in SL3 which is the current distribution in our cluster or we would have to
> upgrade to SL4.
> 
> Any thoughts or ideas are welcome.

Hi, Aldo.  We have SL 5 on a Dell 2950, and it DOES see the PERC 5i.
See the appended output from 'lspci -v' for some evidence to support
that.

We also have an old system with a PERC 2/DC that seems to be stuck
forever at SL 3, as that controller is evidently no longer supported.
I.e., you DO have cause for concern, but the 5i works in SL 5, and SL 5
should be supported for a number of years.

- Mike

02:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller
5i
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 1f03
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
Memory at f81f (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
Memory at de4e (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Expansion ROM at de50 [disabled] [size=32K]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable
-
Capabilities: [e0] PCI-X non-bridge device

Re: SL4.5 and Intel Core 2 Duo system

2007-08-31 Thread John Hearns

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 13:08 +0100, Maccy wrote:
> I'm having some problems trying to get SL4.5 to run properly on an Intel 
> Core 2 Duo system with Intel DQ965GF mobo and 2 x SATA II disks. The O/S 
> installs fine but takes forever to boot up and run.
> 

Is the system normally connected to a network, and at the moment is not
connected, or is not getting a DHCP lease?

I would do as Jan says and watch as the system is booting.
Which service seems slow to start? I would bet it is a network-related
service -  sendmail, NFS or NIS binding, and the system is either unable
to resolve a hostname, or is unable to connect to the relevant server.

Just for fun, remove the swap from the fstab (I know this is a bad idea)
and any NFS mounted drives, then reboot.

Also boot it single user -  does it boot in an acceptable time in this
case? Again points to a network related problem.

Re: SL4.5 and Intel Core 2 Duo system

2007-08-31 Thread Jan Iven


On 31/08/07 14:08, Maccy wrote:
I'm having some problems trying to get SL4.5 to run properly on an Intel 
Core 2 Duo system with Intel DQ965GF mobo and 2 x SATA II disks. The O/S 
installs fine but takes forever to boot up and run.


slow boot: remove "rhgb quiet" (see other thread), check whether it 
stops/waits at any particular place (in the kernel) or service.


"general slow": check for errors ("dmesg" or /var/log/messages). We have 
seen a case where a machine would flood syslog and reset the ATA 
controller because no CD was in the drive..


Otherwise do basic "benchmarking" tests to isolate the component that is 
slow (hdparm -tT, check for DMA being enabled, check for processor speed 
not being reduced..)


Sorry, but "it is slow" is probably even worse to troubleshoot than "it 
does not work" ;-)


Regards
jan

Re: Verbose Bootup of SL 4.5 - I want it

2007-08-31 Thread Troy Dawson


Brent L. Bates wrote:

 I knew I forgot to mention something.  I had noticed the `quiet' on the
kernel lines and deleted it.  I didn't know what the `rhgb' was for so I
didn't touch it.  I'll try also deleting the `rhgb' and see how that works on
the next reboot.  Is this documented any place?  I just tried a google search
on this and couldn't find anything relevant.  Thanks.



I don't know if it's documented anywhere, but the name stands for

Red Hat Graphical Boot (rhbg)

That's how I remember what it does.
Although I don't know why I can remember that and never ACPI or APIC or EPIC or 
anything else.  I always have to look those up.

Troy
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Re: Scientific Linux on a DELL 2900

2007-08-31 Thread Troy Dawson


Aldo Saavedra wrote:

Hi,

I'm wondering if anybody has installed scientific linux on a DELL 2900 .

We are looking to purchase one that is dual processor with 4Gb of RAM
and a RAID 1 system for a number SATA disks.

My main worry is whether if drivers exist for its RAID controller called 
PERC5/i

in SL3 which is the current distribution in our cluster or we would have to
upgrade to SL4.

Any thoughts or ideas are welcome.

Cheers,
Aldo



Scientific Linux 308 - won't see the disks.
I highly recommend moving up to at least SL4.  Drivers for SL 3 just arn't 
there.  When SL 309 comes out, that will be the last SL3 release, and so no 
more driver updates for the installer after that.

Troy
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Re: gdm for sl5

2007-08-31 Thread Jon Peatfield


On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Alex Kruchkoff wrote:


Yes, I've found a lots of signatures in sl-release-5.0-4.x86_64.
And thinking about all these keys I wonder why all of them are not installed 
as a part of the SL installation process?


They just never have been is probably the short answer...

I think that "rpm --import " can not be run as postinstall program as 
rpm is already locked by installing sl-release, but could these keys be run 
by anaconda?


You can do that yourself in a kickstart %post e.g. we have a standard 
postinstall script (run from %post) which does:


  # Import RPM public key
  printf "Importing standard RPM keys: ";
  for i in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/*GPG*KEY*; do
kn=$(basename $i)
printf "$kn ";
rpm --import $i
  done
  printf "\n\n";

amongst many other things... (obviously the printf's are just so that 
anyone watching the install has some feedback about what is going on...)


 -- Jon

Re: Verbose Bootup of SL 4.5 - I want it

2007-08-31 Thread Brent L. Bates

 I knew I forgot to mention something.  I had noticed the `quiet' on the
kernel lines and deleted it.  I didn't know what the `rhgb' was for so I
didn't touch it.  I'll try also deleting the `rhgb' and see how that works on
the next reboot.  Is this documented any place?  I just tried a google search
on this and couldn't find anything relevant.  Thanks.

-- 

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  M.S. 912  Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204
  NASA Langley Research CenterFAX:(757) 865-8177
  Hampton, Virginia  23681-0001
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SL4.5 and Intel Core 2 Duo system

2007-08-31 Thread Maccy

I'm having some problems trying to get SL4.5 to run properly on an Intel 
Core 2 Duo system with Intel DQ965GF mobo and 2 x SATA II disks. The O/S 
installs fine but takes forever to boot up and run.


I've tried adding a number of kernel parameters including all-generic-ide, 
irqpoll, pci=nommconf, acpi-off and selinux_compat_net=1. The Intel Quick 
Start Kit available for that board reports that all necessary drivers are 
already installed. The BIOS drive configuration is set to ATA/IDE=Native 
and SATA=AHCI. I've experimented with other BIOS drive settings to no 
effect, and also built a newer kernel (2.6.21) from source.


Of course Scientific Linux 5.0 installs and runs without issue but as all 
our other machines are 4.5 I'd like to get it going on this!


Any advice appreciated,

Mark

Re: Verbose Bootup of SL 4.5 - I want it

2007-08-31 Thread Valery Mitsyn


On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Brent L. Bates wrote:


I did a fresh install of SL 4.5 on a system that had been running SL
3.0.5 and noticed I didn't get the grub menu listing all the kernels.  I like
seeing that.  I did some googling and I eventually found out that the
`hiddenmenu' option was on in the new /boot/grub/grub.conf file, so I
commented that out and now that works as I want.  I also like seeing the
detail information on boot up.  I like seeing all the services starting up, so
I know everything is fine.  However, I have yet to figure out how to turn that
on by default.  Even when I click on the show details option while it is
booting up, it works for a while and then disappears.  I have to click it
again to have it come back up.  Anyone here know what I need to do to get the
old behavior back again?  Thanks.


remove " rhgb quiet" from all "kernel ..." lines in /boot/grub/grub.conf

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Best regards,
 Valery Mitsyn

Verbose Bootup of SL 4.5 - I want it

2007-08-31 Thread Brent L. Bates

 I did a fresh install of SL 4.5 on a system that had been running SL
3.0.5 and noticed I didn't get the grub menu listing all the kernels.  I like
seeing that.  I did some googling and I eventually found out that the
`hiddenmenu' option was on in the new /boot/grub/grub.conf file, so I
commented that out and now that works as I want.  I also like seeing the
detail information on boot up.  I like seeing all the services starting up, so
I know everything is fine.  However, I have yet to figure out how to turn that
on by default.  Even when I click on the show details option while it is
booting up, it works for a while and then disappears.  I have to click it
again to have it come back up.  Anyone here know what I need to do to get the
old behavior back again?  Thanks.

-- 

  Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.)
  M.S. 912  Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204
  NASA Langley Research CenterFAX:(757) 865-8177
  Hampton, Virginia  23681-0001
  Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://www.vigyan.com/~blbates/

lshw is hanging

2007-08-31 Thread Martin Flemming

Hi !

I've got a cron-job to collect hardware-infos of all machines(SL3/SL4) ...

e.g.
 
# rpm -qif /usr/sbin/lshw
Name: lshw Relocations: (not 
relocatable)
Version : 2.10  Vendor: Dag Apt 
Repository, http://dag.wieers.com/apt/
Release : 1.el3.rf  Build Date: Wed Feb 14 
01:40:14 2007
Install Date: Tue Jun 19 13:25:23 2007  Build Host: 
lisse.leuven.wieers.com
Group   : Applications/System   Source RPM: 
lshw-2.10-1.el3.rf.src.rpm
Size: 3148457  License: GPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed Feb 14 01:52:07 2007, Key ID 
a20e52146b8d79e6
Packager: Dag Wieers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URL : http://www.ezix.org/software/lshw.html
Summary : Hardware lister
Description :
lshw is a small tool to provide detailed informaton on the hardware
configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration,
firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache
configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 systems and on some
PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work).


But unfortunately on some machines the command "lshw" 
is hanging while it's becomes to usb or scsi 

I can disable the test for usb & scsi and then it's run without a 
problem, but it make no sense anymore for me ...

Has got anybody the same Problem or a solution ?

Cheers,

   Martin 


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