Boot failure dm-crypt after yum update

2011-11-03 Thread Paul Studdart
Hi, I used yum update to apply the usual security patches and a kernel update was downloaded and applied. The kernel moved from 2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 to 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 When I rebooted the boot failed as it could not unlock the encrypted root partition. Previous kernels can still unlock the disk a

KVM guests with time sync issues

2011-11-03 Thread Petter Olsson
Hi guys, We are experiencing some problems with our Windows 7 guests running on KVM. This specifically relates to the time sync which is always off, way off. Here is a quick rundown of the setup that we have done. My apologies if this is too much detail but about two days on Google and tried all t

Re: KVM guests with time sync issues

2011-11-03 Thread Klaus Steinberger
Hi Peter, we run into same trouble and got some hints from TUV (we have some RHEL systems with support). There is a ticket open in TUV's supports about the issue. Try the following clock settings for your Windows VM's: Sincerly, Klaus -- Rechnerbetriebsgruppe / IT, Fakultät für P

Re: KVM guests with time sync issues

2011-11-03 Thread Petter Olsson
Hi Klaus, Thank you very much. This fixed the issue for me. Googling that setting takes me directly to the documentation I have read several times. I apparently did not try enough options and should have read it more carefully. Thanks Petter On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Klaus Steinberger wr

Re: KVM guests with time sync issues

2011-11-03 Thread Klaus Steinberger
Am 03.11.2011 16:21, schrieb Petter Olsson: > Hi Klaus, > > Thank you very much. This fixed the issue for me. Googling that > setting takes me directly to the documentation I have read several > times. I apparently did not try enough options and should have read > it more carefully. Don't ask me

Successfully installed SL6.1 on MacBook 2.1

2011-11-03 Thread El Amigo De La Playa
I am very satisfied to successfully single-boot SL6.1 (i386, from the install DVD) on my older "white" MacBook, you know, the first ones from 2007... This laptop is actually my primary machine, a "hand-me-down", and I ran Ubuntu LTS 10.04 for a year, until I could salvage a 160GB hdd, twice the si

Re: KVM guests with time sync issues

2011-11-03 Thread Vladimir Mosgalin
Hi Klaus Steinberger! On 2011.11.03 at 13:53:50 +0100, Klaus Steinberger wrote next: > we run into same trouble and got some hints from TUV (we have some RHEL > systems > with support). There is a ticket open in TUV's supports about the issue. > > Try the following clock settings for your Wind

Re: Successfully installed SL6.1 on MacBook 2.1

2011-11-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 2:58 PM, El Amigo De La Playa wrote: > I am very satisfied to successfully single-boot SL6.1 (i386, from the > install DVD) on my older "white" MacBook, you know, the first ones from > 2007... > > This laptop is actually my primary machine, a "hand-me-down", and I ran > Ubun

EL 5.7 6.39 El Repo Kernel and setpci

2011-11-03 Thread Yasha Karant
A colleague with a laptop that has a PCMCIA slot needed higher resolution on a larger monitor than was available from the built-in video card screen. I suggested the VTBook PCMCIA card that uses a Trident chip set and has a DVI connector as does the monitor my colleague obtained. The vendor

Re: EL 5.7 6.39 El Repo Kernel and setpci

2011-11-03 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 4 November 2011 04:43, Yasha Karant wrote: > A colleague with a laptop that has a PCMCIA slot needed higher resolution >  on a larger monitor than was available from the built-in video card screen. >  I suggested the VTBook PCMCIA card that uses a Trident chip set and has a > DVI connector as d

Re: KVM guests with time sync issues

2011-11-03 Thread Klaus Steinberger
Hi, > Do you (or anyone else, maybe) know any solution to time jump when > saving/restoring guest? I'm talking about most basic SL6.1 guest on > SL6.1 KVM host situation. Either by manual operation or during reboot, No idea yet, our VM's run as cluster services (always). But a google search show