Re: [CentOS] probem with bind???

2009-02-21 Thread RobertH
> Feb 22 09:14:52 kmdns1 named[2087]: client 62.109.4.89#59870: query > (cache) './NS/IN' denied > > now in my firewall i tryied to block this ip but the messages > dont stop > > i also upgraded bind to version bind-9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2 but > no avail the problem still there > > > i jus like

[CentOS] probem with bind???

2009-02-21 Thread fabian dacunha
Dear All, I am sorry for posting this query here but hope someone can help me out i have been running Centos 5 as my prinamry DNS n Mail server with bind 9.2 every thing works fine but in my/var/messages log i see continuosly the below meesages Feb 22 09:14:46 kmdns1 named[2087]: client 62.109.

Re: [CentOS] xulrunner dependancy problem

2009-02-21 Thread Rich Huff
On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 17:23 -0800, listmail wrote: > On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:07:14 +, Ned Slider wrote > > listmail wrote: > > > Is anyone else noticing a problem updating Firefox and its dependencies? > > > > > > It appears that xulrunner-devel 1.9.0.6-1.el5 wants xulrunner > > > 1.9.0.5-1.el

Re: [CentOS] xulrunner dependancy problem

2009-02-21 Thread listmail
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:07:14 +, Ned Slider wrote > listmail wrote: > > Is anyone else noticing a problem updating Firefox and its dependencies? > > > > It appears that xulrunner-devel 1.9.0.6-1.el5 wants xulrunner 1.9.0.5-1.el5, > > but "this is not available". Following is the output from Yum

Re: [CentOS] xulrunner dependancy problem

2009-02-21 Thread Ned Slider
listmail wrote: > Hi, > > Is anyone else noticing a problem updating Firefox and its dependencies? > > It appears that xulrunner-devel 1.9.0.6-1.el5 wants xulrunner 1.9.0.5-1.el5, > but "this is not available". Following is the output from Yum when I attempt > to update Firefox on CentOS 5.2 X86_

[CentOS] xulrunner dependancy problem

2009-02-21 Thread listmail
Hi, Is anyone else noticing a problem updating Firefox and its dependencies? It appears that xulrunner-devel 1.9.0.6-1.el5 wants xulrunner 1.9.0.5-1.el5, but "this is not available". Following is the output from Yum when I attempt to update Firefox on CentOS 5.2 X86_64: Resolving De

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Les Mikesell
Ian Forde wrote: > On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 17:24 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Ian Forde wrote: >>> Might not be a bad idea to see how they're able to use >>> mdadm to detect and autosync drives. I don't *ever* want to go through >>> something like: >>> >>> http://kev.coolcavemen.com/2008/07/heroic-

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Ian Forde
On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 17:24 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Ian Forde wrote: > > Might not be a bad idea to see how they're able to use > > mdadm to detect and autosync drives. I don't *ever* want to go through > > something like: > > > > http://kev.coolcavemen.com/2008/07/heroic-journey-to-raid-5-d

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Les Mikesell
Ian Forde wrote: > Might not be a bad idea to see how they're able to use > mdadm to detect and autosync drives. I don't *ever* want to go through > something like: > > http://kev.coolcavemen.com/2008/07/heroic-journey-to-raid-5-data-recovery/ > > Not when a little planning can help me skip it..

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Kay Diederichs
A good place to start comparing benchmark numbers for different RAID levels is http://linux-raid.osdl.org/index.php/Performance in particular the links given in section "Other benchmarks from 2007-2008" HTH, Kay ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.o

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Ian Forde
On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 08:40 +0800, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > Ian Forde wrote: > > I'd have to say no on the processing power for RAID 5. Moore's law has > > grown CPU capabilities over the last 15 or so years. HW RAID > > controllers haven't gotten that much faster because they haven't

Re: [CentOS] Software Raid Recovery

2009-02-21 Thread Stephen Leonard Character
> Stephen Leonard Character wrote: >> So, to change my swap to raid1, I would need to unmount it, delete >> the >> md2 device, and rebuild it as a raid1 md2 device? >> > > swapoff /dev/md2 > # now delete the raid0 and build a raid1 > mkswap /dev/md2 > swapon /dev/md2 > > > > and you probably d

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Les Mikesell
Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > >> We were talking about RAID1; RAID5/6 is a different area. Linux software >> RAID1 is a safeguard against disk failure; it's not designed for speed >> increase. There is a number of things that could be improved in Linux >> software RAID; read performan

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread Robert Heller
At Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:01:58 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > What is the situation with multi-media additions (e.g. SWflash, mpeg)? > Do the repositories have decoders and such? Adobe has a repository for Linux RPMs (acrobat reader, flash player, etc.). mplayer is in the RPMForge reposi

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Michael Klinosky wrote: > What is the situation with multi-media additions (e.g. SWflash, mpeg)? > Do the repositories have decoders and such? Follow on: You can get Google's Picasa for Linux. My wife uses it on M$ Windows. I had her help me with it one day and s

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 video driver for Intel DG965WHMKR at 1680X1050 resolution?

2009-02-21 Thread Dick Holland
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 09:02 +0100, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-Original Message- > >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf > >Of Dick Holland > >Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:45 AM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 video driver

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Michael Klinosky wrote: > What is the situation with multi-media additions (e.g. SWflash, mpeg)? > Do the repositories have decoders and such? Hmmm. I answered your question about Multimedia, before I read it. :-) I am listening on Streamaudio.com to KEAG-FM in

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Noob Centos Admin
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher < christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > > Would running two CP command to copy 2 different set of files to two >> different targets suffice as a basic two thread test? >> >> > So long as you generate disk access through a file sys

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Michael Klinosky wrote: > I've been using Fedora since about the FC6 era, for home use. I don't > like the 6 month upgrade (or re-install) concept, and I don't need the > latest & greatest versions of apps. So, CentOS sounds enticing. I want to add several things

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread Michael Klinosky
What is the situation with multi-media additions (e.g. SWflash, mpeg)? Do the repositories have decoders and such? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Kay Diederichs wrote: > Chan Chung Hang Christopher schrieb: > >>> "md1 will read from both disk" is not true in general. >>> RAID1 md reads from one disk only; it uses the other one in case the >>> first one fails. No performance gain from multiple copies. >>> >>> >> I beg to differ.

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Would running two CP command to copy 2 different set of files to two different targets suffice as a basic two thread test? So long as you generate disk access through a file system and not hdparm. Is there a way to monitor actual disk transfers from command line without having to do manual

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Noob Centos Admin
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:04 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > Kay Diederichs wrote: > > hdparm -tT tests one type of disk access, other tools test other > > aspects. I gave the hdparm numbers because everyone can reproduce them. > > For RAID0 with two disks you do see - using e.g. hdparm - the doubling

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread William L. Maltby
On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 07:02 -0500, Michael Klinosky wrote: > Michael A. Peters wrote: > > 5.2 has FireFox 3.0.5 (maybe has 3.0.6, I haven't done a yum update in > > awhile) and started with Firefox 1.5 in CentOS 5.0 > > http://centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Package_Manifest/ar01s03.html > states 'fi

Re: [CentOS] What broke my box ??

2009-02-21 Thread Michael A. Peters
jk...@kinz.org wrote: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 06:04:00PM -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote: >> CentOS 5.2 64-bit >> >> I needed some space. >> >> I have a hard drive that had an old Linux install I don't use anymore. > > Lets call this your auxiliary drive. > >> So I edited /etc/fstab and removed

Re: [CentOS] What broke my box ??

2009-02-21 Thread jkinz
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 06:04:00PM -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote: > CentOS 5.2 64-bit > > I needed some space. > > I have a hard drive that had an old Linux install I don't use anymore. Lets call this your auxiliary drive. > So I edited /etc/fstab and removed the entries for it (entries I onl

Re: [CentOS] listing files with spaces, using wildcard

2009-02-21 Thread jkinz
Edited for brevity On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 05:08:07AM -0800, bruce wrote: > goat a bunch of files in different dirs.. the files might have spaces > 1foo_ aa_bb_cc.dog > 2foo_aa__cc.dog > 3foo_aa_bb _ccc.dog > 4foo_aa_bb_cc.dog > 5foo_aa_bb_cc.dog > 6foo_aa_bb_cc.dog > > ...how i can do a

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread Michael Klinosky
Michael A. Peters wrote: > 5.2 has FireFox 3.0.5 (maybe has 3.0.6, I haven't done a yum update in > awhile) and started with Firefox 1.5 in CentOS 5.0 http://centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Package_Manifest/ar01s03.html states 'firefox-3.0-0.beta5.6.el5'. Are you saying that yum will bump it to at lea

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread John R Pierce
Kay Diederichs wrote: > hdparm -tT tests one type of disk access, other tools test other > aspects. I gave the hdparm numbers because everyone can reproduce them. > For RAID0 with two disks you do see - using e.g. hdparm - the doubling > of performance from two disks. > If you take the time to r

Re: [CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

2009-02-21 Thread Kay Diederichs
Chan Chung Hang Christopher schrieb: >> "md1 will read from both disk" is not true in general. >> RAID1 md reads from one disk only; it uses the other one in case the >> first one fails. No performance gain from multiple copies. >> > I beg to differ. I have disks in a raid1 md array and iostat

Re: [CentOS] new user - with questions

2009-02-21 Thread Ned Slider
Michael Klinosky wrote: > Hello. > I've been using Fedora since about the FC6 era, for home use. I don't > like the 6 month upgrade (or re-install) concept, and I don't need the > latest & greatest versions of apps. So, CentOS sounds enticing. > A lot of desktop users come to CentOS for exactly t