Re: [CentOS] XEN or KVM - performance/stability/security?

2012-06-04 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 03:46:43PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > A late reply, but hopefully a useful set of feedback for the archives: > > On 04/20/2012 05:59 AM, Rafa?? Radecki wrote: > > Key factors from my opint of view are: > > - stability (which one runs more smoothly on CentOS?) > > I fou

Re: [CentOS] XEN or KVM - performance/stability/security?

2012-06-04 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 02:38:34PM -0400, Steve Thompson wrote: > On Sun, 6 May 2012, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > >with "fork performance" I assume you're comparing Xen PV to KVM ? > >Yes, PV has disadvantage (per design) for that workload, since the hypervisor > >needs to check and verify each new

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > > > The reason no one ever did it "in the old days" was for fear of an NTP server > going out of whack.  ntpdate should be used sparingly and with knowledge that > one is doing it... automating it is usually a bad idea.  (Especially by > defau

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 4, 2012, at 2:42 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 06/04/12 1:27 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: >> Additionally, ntp will refuse to sync if it's too far out. Use ntpdate >> [server IP] to force the issue first. If the machines have a bad CMOS >> battery and won't keep time, ntpdate package can be co

Re: [CentOS] Dual NVidia cards, dual monitors

2012-06-04 Thread b.j. mcclure
> Steven Chall wrote: > > I've just installed CentOS 6.2 on an HP xw8600 with two NVidia GeForce > > 8800 GT video cards in it. I have two Dell monitors than ran configured > > as a single contiguous desktop when this was a Windows 7 machine. I've > > only been able to access one of the two mon

Re: [CentOS] Dual NVidia cards, dual monitors

2012-06-04 Thread m . roth
Steven Chall wrote: > I've just installed CentOS 6.2 on an HP xw8600 with two NVidia GeForce > 8800 GT video cards in it. I have two Dell monitors than ran configured > as a single contiguous desktop when this was a Windows 7 machine. I've > only been able to access one of the two monitors under

[CentOS] Dual NVidia cards, dual monitors

2012-06-04 Thread Steven Chall
I've just installed CentOS 6.2 on an HP xw8600 with two NVidia GeForce 8800 GT video cards in it. I have two Dell monitors than ran configured as a single contiguous desktop when this was a Windows 7 machine. I've only been able to access one of the two monitors under CentOS, although the syst

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 06/04/12 1:27 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > Additionally, ntp will refuse to sync if it's too far out. Use ntpdate > [server IP] to force the issue first. If the machines have a bad CMOS battery > and won't keep time, ntpdate package can be configured to force time sync > (which is a bad hack) at

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi, > > I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp > client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/ > Anything i am missing? Fire up ntpq, and type "peers" and see if they're seeing their upstre

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 06/04/12 12:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp > client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/ > Anything i am missing? whats the output of `ntptrace` ? are there entries about ntp in /var/log/messages

[CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi, I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/ Anything i am missing? Regards, Kaushal ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mai

Re: [CentOS] repo dates and times

2012-06-04 Thread Jerry Geis
On 06/04/2012 02:41 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I am trying to get my kickstart "repo" line to function correctly. > > repo --name=Updates > --baseurl=http://192.168.1.14/centos/6.2/updates/x86_64/ > > When I comment the above line my install works, When I uncomment it > the install fails > with a me

[CentOS] repo dates and times

2012-06-04 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to get my kickstart "repo" line to function correctly. repo --name=Updates --baseurl=http://192.168.1.14/centos/6.2/updates/x86_64/ When I comment the above line my install works, When I uncomment it the install fails with a message about dbus package error. This is my nightly scrip

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 - Networking: Some Queries -- GURUS HELP PL

2012-06-04 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/01/2012 02:38 AM, Sanjay Arora wrote: > With NM_Controlled=No in the ifcfg file, NM applet shows "Not Managed", so > the ifcfg file is being read. What is the extent of interaction of > NetworkManager with ifcfg files is unknownvery little information on > the net. Seems Network Manager i

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Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread David Hrbáč
Dne 4.6.2012 13:04, C. L. Martinez napsal(a): > Ok, I will try it ... many thanks. Don't forget to recreate all the databases... DH ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:02 PM, David Hrbáč wrote: > Dne 4.6.2012 12:22, C. L. Martinez napsal(a): >> Uhmm .. and nothing more?? The only difference with my config is the >> underscore ... > > Yes, that's all, works pretty well. It's a little bit different than on > C5, here we use only: > default

Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread David Hrbáč
Dne 4.6.2012 12:22, C. L. Martinez napsal(a): > Uhmm .. and nothing more?? The only difference with my config is the > underscore ... Yes, that's all, works pretty well. It's a little bit different than on C5, here we use only: default-character-set=utf8 init_connect='SET NAMES utf8' David Hrbáč

Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: > On 06/04/2012 11:44 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote: >> Hi all, >> >>  I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display >> special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store >> plain syslog logs. I have confi

Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
On 06/04/2012 11:44 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display > special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store > plain syslog logs. I have configured this under my.cnf: > > [mysqld] > init_connect = 'SET collatio

Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread John Doe
From: C. L. Martinez > [mysqld] > init_connect = 'SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci' > init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8' > character-set-server = utf8 > collation-server = utf8_general_ci > but it doesn't seems to work ... Any idea?? Ony difference from ours is: init_connect='set collatio

Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:53 AM, David Hrbáč wrote: > Dne 4.6.2012 11:44, C. L. Martinez napsal(a): >> Hi all, >> >>  I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display >> special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store >> plain syslog logs. I have configured this

Re: [CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread David Hrbáč
Dne 4.6.2012 11:44, C. L. Martinez napsal(a): > Hi all, > > I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display > special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store > plain syslog logs. I have configured this under my.cnf: > > [mysqld] > init_connect = 'SET collation_

[CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

2012-06-04 Thread C. L. Martinez
Hi all, I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store plain syslog logs. I have configured this under my.cnf: [mysqld] init_connect = 'SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci' init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8