Re: From where does fsck failure prompt root passwd come?

2012-02-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: > I have been discussing the failure mode that I have observed: > > also documented in > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636628 > > after fsck fails during a (re)boot > > Give root password for maintenance > (or type Control-D to co

Re: CUPS doesn't offer Ledger as a paper size

2012-02-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:47 PM, James M Pulver wrote: > We've got a Brother MFC-j5910 which is working great networked via the > brother LPD and CUPS driver, except if you want to print 11x17 / Tabloid. The > printer for some reason doesn't support that, and instead supports the less > common 1

RE: CUPS doesn't offer Ledger as a paper size

2012-02-03 Thread James M Pulver
So now I think I've managed to get the PPD edited so Tabloid prints from Linux CUPS clients. However, the PPD update doesn't seem to get copied to the Windows side via cupsaddsmbd ... the Windows users still don't get a Tabloid (or really many of the PPD page size options) in their GUI. I can wo

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Keyboard issue with SL6.2RC1

2012-02-03 Thread Pat Riehecky
On 02/02/2012 11:33 PM, Bill Maidment wrote: Hi I've just installed SL6.2RC1 as a KVM guest on a SL6.1 host. Yum updates done on both. When I start a terminal I find that the Ctrl keys are ignored, e.g. doing Ctrl-C just gives a lower case c. Is this an issue for anyone installing SL6.2RC1 as a

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Keyboard issue with SL6.2RC1

2012-02-03 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: > On 02/02/2012 11:33 PM, Bill Maidment wrote: >> >> Hi >> I've just installed SL6.2RC1 as a KVM guest on a SL6.1 host. Yum updates >> done on both. >> When I start a terminal I find that the Ctrl keys are ignored, e.g. doing >> Ctrl-C just gives

Re: From where does fsck failure prompt root passwd come?

2012-02-03 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636628 > > That bug report is no good as it is filed against Fedora. If you want to see the same bug fixed in RHEL/SL, you better file a bug against RHEL (with reference to the fedora bug).

SL debuginfo packages?

2012-02-03 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
Hi, guys - my SL 6.1 repo files do not seem to have a reference to the SL debuginfo repository. I looked at the SL FTP server and I see the debuginfo files here: http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/archive/debuginfo/ Is that the right stuff? Is there any particular reason why ther

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] SL debuginfo packages?

2012-02-03 Thread Pat Riehecky
On 02/03/2012 11:43 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: Hi, guys - my SL 6.1 repo files do not seem to have a reference to the SL debuginfo repository. I looked at the SL FTP server and I see the debuginfo files here: http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/archive/debuginfo/ Is that th

Re: From where does fsck failure prompt root passwd come?

2012-02-03 Thread Yasha Karant
On 02/03/2012 08:46 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636628 That bug report is no good as it is filed against Fedora. If you want to see the same bug fixed in RHEL/SL, you better file a bug agains

Re: From where does fsck failure prompt root passwd come?

2012-02-03 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Yasha Karant wrote: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636628 > > Geeky 2011-06-04 09:02:40 EDT > > Also present in RHEL6.1 ! paid, licensed, commercial support > > End quote.  If necessary, to satisfy the poster, I suppose that the report > can also be

upstart

2012-02-03 Thread Yasha Karant
I have been looking into the issue of upstart. From: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. and is th

Busted SL6.1 mdadm array monitoring

2012-02-03 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
FYI, unless you have a freshly installed SL6.1 machine, it is likely that you will not receive email from mdadm when your array fails. This is because mdadm is not runing. It looks like it always crashes on startup unless all md arrays have metadata version 1.0 or later - there is a version number

Re: upstart

2012-02-03 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 3 February 2012 19:08, Yasha Karant wrote: > I have been looking into the issue of upstart.  From: > > http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ > > Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which > handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during > shutdown and s

Re: upstart

2012-02-03 Thread Steve Traylen
On Feb 3, 2012, at 8:08 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: have been looking into the issue of upstart. From: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervisin

Re: upstart

2012-02-03 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: > > I have been looking into the issue of upstart. From: > > http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ > > Copyright © 2010 Canonical Ltd. Upstart is a trademark of Canonical Ltd. > > which date indicates that the above list may be obsolete, and probably is > o

Re: serious bug in boot sequence when fsck is required

2012-02-03 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:04 PM, jdow wrote: > On 2012/02/01 15:38, Tom H wrote: >> >> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia >>  wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Yasha Karant  wrote: >>> Back to my primary point:  the bug in accepting the root password upon a fai

Re: From where does fsck failure prompt root passwd come?

2012-02-03 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: >> > >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636628 > > That bug report is no good as it is filed against Fedora. If you want to see > the same bug fixed in RHEL/SL, you be

RE: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Keyboard issue with SL6.2RC1

2012-02-03 Thread Bill Maidment
-Original message- From: Akemi Yagi Sent: Sat 04-02-2012 03:04 Subject:Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Keyboard issue with SL6.2RC1 To: Pat Riehecky ; CC: Bill Maidment ; SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@listserv.fnal.gov; > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: >

Re: Bug report: Page allocation failure with virtio-net in kvm guest on 2.6.32-220.4.1

2012-02-03 Thread Benjamin Reiter, Aginion IT-Consulting
To verify whether this is a hardware or configuration problem on my side, do SL 6.2 guests on SL 6.2 hosts work reliably without virtio-net hiccups for other people? Even when they are stressed with a bit of network traffic? (~100 GB/hour) Any reports are highly appreciated. Origin

XFCE - panel 2 (lower panel) keeps on disappearing

2012-02-03 Thread Andrew Z
Hello, i'm not sure what i changed ( as far as i remember - nothing), but since about 3 days ago, the lower panel ( panel 2) started dissappearing from the screen upon startup. In order to get it back i had to un-check " Show and hide panel" in panel preferences. that would make it appear . Subse

Re: Bug report: Page allocation failure with virtio-net in kvm guest on 2.6.32-220.4.1

2012-02-03 Thread Benjamin Reiter, Aginion IT-Consulting
Dne 4.2.2012 3:34, Benjamin Reiter, Aginion IT-Consulting napsal(a): To verify whether this is a hardware or configuration problem on my side, do SL 6.2 guests on SL 6.2 hosts work reliably without virtio-net hiccups for other people? Even when they are stressed with a bit of network traffic? (~

Re: serious bug in boot sequence when fsck is required

2012-02-03 Thread Yasha Karant
On 02/03/2012 02:43 PM, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:04 PM, jdow wrote: On 2012/02/01 15:38, Tom H wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Yasha Karantwrote: Back to my primary point: the bug in accepting the root pas

Re: serious bug in boot sequence when fsck is required

2012-02-03 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 11:22:39PM -0800, Yasha Karant wrote: > > > >http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1202&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=243 > > [With rd_NO_PLYMOUTH ... no ... prompt for the password for the root > filesystem encryption ...] > > Not having a prompt for the password