Re: [Vserver] URGENT: rpm-4.3.3-18nonptl from CentOS 4.4 breaks vserver-build

2006-09-04 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Thanks, Xavier!  I will do that. Xavier Montagutelli wrote: On Monday 04 September 2006 04:43, Paul S. Gumerman wrote: The new CentOS 4.4 that was released in the last few days includes a version of rpm that results in the error message "error: can't create transacti

[Vserver] URGENT: rpm-4.3.3-18nonptl from CentOS 4.4 breaks vserver-build

2006-09-03 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
The new CentOS 4.4 that was released in the last few days includes a version of rpm that results in the error message "error: can't create transaction lock on /vservers/test/var/lock/rpm/transaction" when trying to build vserver "test", and no rpms are actually installed into the vserver. Fal

Re: [Vserver] localhost oddity on vserver host

2006-07-03 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 08:51:58PM -0400, Paul S. Gumerman wrote: In it's own thread now -- sorry for the unintentional hijack. I have two practically identical vserver hosts, named vhost1 and vhost3. They are both running kernel CentOS (2.6.14.3-vs2.0.1-rc5) x86_64. /etc/hosts

[Vserver] localhost oddity on vserver host

2006-06-30 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
In it's own thread now -- sorry for the unintentional hijack. I have two practically identical vserver hosts, named vhost1 and vhost3. They are both running kernel CentOS (2.6.14.3-vs2.0.1-rc5) x86_64. /etc/hosts on each one is essentially the same, and the routes look good and essentially

[Vserver] v_sshd wrapper script and freenx remote access app

2006-06-30 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Sorry about the previous thread hijacks --- I didn't realize what the list server was using to do the threading. I have been working on getting the freenx remote X access aplication working on a vserver host machine. When using the v_sshd wrapper, it fails, fairly late in the process of a logi

[Vserver] localhost oddity on vserver host

2006-06-30 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
I have two practically identical vserver hosts, named vhost1 and vhost3. They are both running kernel CentOS (2.6.14.3-vs2.0.1-rc5) x86_64. /etc/hosts on each one is essentially the same, and the routes look good and essentially the same. The ifconfig output for both looks the same, and both

[Vserver] v_sshd wrapper script and freenx remote access app

2006-06-30 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
I have been working on getting the freenx remote X access aplication working on a vserver host machine. When using the v_sshd wrapper, it fails, fairly late in the process of a login. If I do not use the wrapper, and start sshd from the standard initscript with the following lines in sshd_co

[Vserver] testme.sh results and minor problem 2.6.14.2 / vs2.1.0-rc8 on x86_64 arch

2005-12-05 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Herbert, I'm trying to install the most up-todate versions of things before hauling some servers out to a datacenter (must leave my basement --- OH NO! ) and have run into the following problem. vserver-stat fails, returning: vc_create_context(): Invalid argument but my two vservers do sta

Re: [Vserver] [Arch] i686

2005-05-09 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Herbert, Where do I find the test? I'll run it for x86_64 for you. I'm currently at 2.6.11.7-vs2.0-pre3. I'll run it and then upgrade and run again. Paul Herbert Poetzl wrote: Linux-VServer Test [V0.12] (C) 2003-2005 H.Poetzl chcontext is working. chbind is working. Linux 2.6.11.8-vs2.0-pre4

Re: [Vserver] problems with vserver create -m yum

2005-05-06 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
understand that vhashify will work on files that are not part of any package, but I assume that there must be a "cost" or downside to using the extra capability. Regards,   Paul (and thanks again!) Enrico Scholz wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Paul S. Gumerman") writes:

Re: [Vserver] problems with vserver create -m yum

2005-05-06 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
related. Best regards, Paul Paul S. Gumerman wrote: Setting releasever="4" in yum.conf in the /usr/lib/util-vserver/distributions/centos4/yum directory didn't help, either. Any ideas? Paul S. Gumerman wrote: Yes, but *which* configuration files? I do not find it anywhere.

Re: [Vserver] problems with vserver create -m yum

2005-05-06 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Setting releasever="4" in yum.conf in the /usr/lib/util-vserver/distributions/centos4/yum directory didn't help, either. Any ideas? Paul S. Gumerman wrote: Yes, but *which* configuration files? I do not find it anywhere. If I cheat, and replace the "$releasever" string

Re: [Vserver] problems with vserver create -m yum

2005-05-06 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Yes, but *which* configuration files? I do not find it anywhere. If I cheat, and replace the "$releasever" strings in the repository info with "4", it gets farther, but complains about not finding the proper strings later in the process. Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote: Pa

Re: [Vserver] problems with vserver create -m yum

2005-05-05 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
That's part of what vserver create should be installing, but it can't run properly. Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote: Paul S. Gumerman wrote: I'm following (and correcting where I can) the CentOS distribution howto here: http://linux-vserver.org/CentOS_HowTo this is on a dual Opt

[Vserver] problems with vserver create -m yum

2005-05-05 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
I'm following (and correcting where I can) the CentOS distribution howto here: http://linux-vserver.org/CentOS_HowTo this is on a dual Opteron box, using the x86_64 arch, and I'm having a problem with yum. It seems that the $releasever variable is not being set to "4" or "4.0", and so when yu

[Vserver] MTA inside a vserver

2005-04-28 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
I hope this isn't considered to be an idiotic question, but here goes: What's the minimal way to configure a vserver (using FC3 for both host and guest) to be able to send OUTGOING email via the sendmail service that is already running on the host I've got cron jobs running in a vserver tha

Re: [Vserver] Starting vserver kills my X session

2005-04-27 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Michal, You might try recompiling the tools without dietlib.  That's what I had to do to make things work in x86_64. Until you do that, or use the patch that Herbert supplied, you will have problems. Paul Michal Ludvig wrote: Herbert Poetzl wrote: - the tools (util-vserver 0.

Re: [Vserver] util-vserver + dietlibc ...

2005-04-06 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Herbert --- a small typo here: with glibc, every v* command which executes something fails with execv*: permission denied That should read: with dietlibc, every v* command which executes something fails with execv*: permission denied glibc seems to work fine. BTW what are the "Known issues"

Re: [Vserver] CentOs distribution

2005-04-06 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Plus RH now has selinux security "enhancements" these will not be compatible with a plain vanilla kernel like vserver. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul S. Gumerman Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:41 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vser

Re: [Vserver] CentOs distribution

2005-04-06 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
My thoughts exactly!  I'll be doing a test install today, then patching a kernel for drbd + linux-vserver. Daniel S. Reichenbach wrote: Hi, This may be somewhat off-topic, but why is it that people like centos which seems to me like REL without support. Since support is what REL

[Vserver] CentOs distribution

2005-04-04 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Has anyone tried the CentOs 4.0 distribution with linux-vserver? It's a repackage of RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0. I'm currently using A mish-mash of FC1, 2 & 3 and I'm considering a switch to CentOs. Two of my servers are Opteron-based, so I'm particularly interested if you are using the x86

Re: [Vserver] Vservers under Debian

2005-04-04 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Ola Lundqvist wrote: Hello On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 12:44:07PM -0400, Paul S. Gumerman wrote: dietlibc version 0.28 built fine on x86_64, but it simply didn't work (caused all kinds of problems with vserver). I did not really understand this. I understand

Re: [Vserver] Vservers under Debian

2005-04-04 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
dietlibc version 0.28 built fine on x86_64, but it simply didn't work (caused all kinds of problems with vserver). Paul Ola Lundqvist wrote: Hello On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 05:33:37PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 07:35:40AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:

Re: [Vserver] Possible newbie type question

2005-03-29 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Herbert, I'm sure there must be a very interesting story surrounding the "flower page".  Care to let us newbies in on the joke??? Paul Herbert Poetzl wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 03:18:14PM +0100, Gaz Wilson wrote: Hi! I have recently built a test server using Debian and have

Re: [Vserver] I'm in trouble now ....

2005-03-28 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
ECTED] ("Paul S. Gumerman") writes: I tried to start loco-reference, but got the message "an error occurred very likely that initscript faild " with no other details regarding just what had failed. When I started it again, I did get the message that lines

[Vserver] I'm in trouble now ....

2005-03-27 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Herbert ... hope you can help.  Here's what's happened: I've had 1.94-rc4 with kernel 2.6.11-rc3 running just fine on a dual Opteron box under FC3-x86_64.  I have two vservers that I startup on reboot, and two more "reference" servers that were startable.  These are all FC3-x86_64 vservers. T

Re: [Vserver] [announce] util-vserver 0.30.205 + status report

2005-03-25 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Where can I find this?  It doesn't appear to be available at the 13th floor site ... the latest I see is 30.204. Paul Enrico Scholz wrote: Hello, version 0.30.205 util-vserver (alpha branch) is out. Noticable changes are a new 'vhashify' command which is a successor of 'vunify'. It uses s

Re: [Vserver] Performance of vserver

2005-03-16 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Herbert ... memory might be the issue here, after all it means less than 50MB for each vserver, that might easily drag you into swapping which very easily gets you into trashing ... While  "trashing" is not a bad description of the consequences, the word is "thrashing" . Paul H

Re: [Vserver] New vserver config vs. legacy config

2005-03-02 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
le way to manage the configuration data that I don't know about. Can anyone shed any light on this? --Paul Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote: Paul S. Gumerman wrote: As a new user I'm hesitant to barge in like this, but I feel strongly on this issue. I have to say that the new configuration

Re: [Vserver] New vserver config vs. legacy config

2005-03-02 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
As a new user I'm hesitant to barge in like this, but I feel strongly on this issue.   I have to say that the new configuration, with it's staggering number of subdirectories, is TERRIBLE to use.  I don't understand what drove the decision to go this way ... there is an enormous value in being

Re: [Vserver] RHEL3 - Rpm lockup when installing new vserver ?

2005-03-02 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
For what it's worth, when doing a "yum method" install of fc3 on an x86_64 system with the new vserver code the creation of the vserver would hang after the third group of rpms was installed. A yum process was left running, but apparently blocked (top showed no additional CPU usage). I can't

Re: [Vserver] Linux-VServer Community Fund?!

2005-02-21 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Herbert, I'd certainly be willing to kick in some $$, especially if I could get a bit of targetted help here ... As usual, I'm in a "need it right now" mode, and I'm deploying this thing for development use even before I've got it 100% working. The actual vservers seem to be running fantasticall

[Vserver] Re: Fedora 3 X86_64 & vserver

2005-02-17 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
Mart, Adaptive Server Enterprise/12.5.0.3/EBF 10980 ESD#1/P/Linux Intel/Linux 2.4.18-18.7.xsmp i686/rel12503/1919/32-bit/OPT/Mon Mar 24 20:49:12 is running just fine in an FC3 2.6.1

Re: [Vserver] Can't start vserver on x86_64 with 2.6.11-rc3-vs1.94

2005-02-17 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
ques Gelinas wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:33:05 -0500, Paul S. Gumerman wrote I'm at the point where I need some help. The machine is a dual Opteron, with Fedora Core 3 installed. I've downloaded a vanilla 2.6.11rc-3 kernel, and patched it with the latest vs1.94-rc4 patch s

[Vserver] Can't start vserver on x86_64 with 2.6.11-rc3-vs1.94

2005-02-17 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
I'm at the point where I need some help. The machine is a dual Opteron, with Fedora Core 3 installed. I've downloaded a vanilla 2.6.11rc-3 kernel, and patched it with the latest vs1.94-rc4 patch set, which applied and built cleanly. Then I built the util-vserver packages from source, and insta