redhat-list Digest, Vol 19, Issue 21

Hi all !
THe Installation is now  becoming a little bit ok but after
putting
the falsh installer ,it says "please enter the
installation path of
the mozilla,Netscape or opera browser(i.e /usr/lib/mozilla)
however i
put /usr/lib/mozilla/plug-ins/ but all is in vain

So i will be glad for your help

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>    1. Knock Knock ,,,May I come in (ragak  raj)
>    2. RE: Knock Knock ,,,May I come in (Jay Berryman)
>    3. Kerberos Authentication Question (Jay Berryman)
>    4. Re: pr and lpr combination command (Alfred
Hovdestad)
>    5. RE: Time and zone setting in RHEL3 (Bordalo Fred)
>    6. RE: LVM Question (Allen, Jack)
>    7. RE: LVM Question (Smith, Albert)
>    8. RE: LVM Question (Allen, Jack)
>    9. AW: building cluster (funtom)
>   10. Re: LVM packets for Red Hat AS 2.1 (Magnus
Andersen)
>   11. Re: AW: building cluster (Yasushi Okubo)
>   12. Re: sudo - superuser setup (Anze Vidmar)
>   13. Tape drive support again (Allen, Jack)
>   14. Re: Tape drive support again (Greg Golin)
>   15. RE: Tape drive support again (Dege, Robert C.)
>   16. RE: Tape drive support again (Geoff Rainey (DSL
AK))
>   17. RE: Tape drive support again (Allen, Jack)
>   18. swap device io (Tolga Evren)
>   19. page cache , process map issues (Tolga Evren)
>   20. Errata and update releases (Clark, Patricia)
>   21. RE: Errata and update releases (Shaw, Marco)
>   22. Re: VNC help (up2date name) (Mike Wooding)
>   23. Server Crash (Jai Rangi)
>   24. Re: Server Crash (Greg Golin)
>   25. Re: Server Crash (Andrew Bacchi)
>   26. RE: Server Crash (Smith, Albert)
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> Message: 1
> Date: 21 Sep 2005 17:03:35 -0000
> From: "ragak  raj" <ragakrediffmail.com>
> Subject: Knock Knock ,,,May I come in
> To: redhat-listredhat.com
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>
> Hey Hi All..
> Am Ragak.Am from Loyola College India..
> I am a complete novice in the world of LINUX..
> I have got this job of beig an assistant to a system
adminstrator..
> And the company is gonna run a web centric ERP
application across a VPN.
> And we have tis Linux platform and TOMCAT server wit
Oracle as a back end,,
> Hmm a little scared when i realise that I gotta work
with the command prompt
> on LINUX serevr..
>
> I realy wanna try out on some live Cds before actually
have my hands on the
> server..
>
> Can anyone tell me any source of geting Live cds..
> regards
> Ragak
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:08:00 -0500
> From: Jay Berryman <jay.berrymansitel.com>
> Subject: RE: Knock Knock ,,,May I come in
> To: ragak raj <ragakrediffmail.com>,	General
Red Hat Linux discussion
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list->bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
ragak raj
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:04 PM
> >To: redhat-listredhat.com
> >Subject: Knock Knock ,,,May I come in
> >
> >
> >Hey Hi All..
> >Am Ragak.Am from Loyola College India..
> >I am a complete novice in the world of LINUX..
> >I have got this job of beig an assistant to a
system adminstrator..
> >And the company is gonna run a web centric ERP
application across a VPN.
> >And we have tis Linux platform and TOMCAT server
wit Oracle as a back
> end,,
> >Hmm a little scared when i realise that I gotta
work with the command
> >prompt on LINUX serevr..
> >
> >I realy wanna try out on some live Cds before
actually have my hands on
> the
> >server..
> >
> >Can anyone tell me any source of geting Live cds..
> >regards
> >Ragak
>
>
> Here is a couple of links for you:
>
> http://w
ww.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
> http://d
istrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=cd
>
> Jay Berryman, RHCT, RHCE
> Systems Engineer
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> Cell:      (402)-598-1737
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:09:15 -0500
> From: Jay Berryman <jay.berrymansitel.com>
> Subject: Kerberos Authentication Question
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> Hello everyone.  Has anyone tried to use Kerberos to
authenticate against
> multiple Active Directory Domains?  Getting one to work
is no problem, but
> I'm having issues in trying to get more then one to
work.  Any help would
> be
> greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
>
>
>
> Jay Berryman, RHCT, RHCE
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:36:52 -0600
> From: Alfred Hovdestad <alfred.hovdestadusask.ca>
> Subject: Re: pr and lpr combination command
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> man lpr
>
>
>         -P destination
>              Prints files to the named printer.
>
>
>     Alfred
>
>
> Han Tin wrote:
> > Hi Alfred,
> > This is the shell scripts, I used in HP-UX.
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/ksh
> > # file : proglist
> > # desc : pr formatting and hp laser portrait
condense code
> > # by   : Han Tin
> > # usage: proglist <file1> ... <filen>
| lp -d <printer>
> > # usage: <program> | proglist | lp -d
<printer>
> > # ex.  : proglist `pwd`/file1 `pwd`/file2 | lp -d
mis_laser
> > #      : ls -al | proglist | lp -d mis_laser
> >
#-----------------------------------------------------------
----------
> > echo "^[&k2S^[&l5Cc"
> > (
> > if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
> > then
> >   cat | pr -n -o20 -w100 -l98 -f $1
> > else
> >   pr -n -o20 -w100 -l98 -f "$"
> > fi
> > ) | crlf
> >
> >
> > usage:
> > proglist <file1> ... <filen> | lp -d
<printer>
> >
> >
> > According to yours, I create a file called  prt.
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > # prt
> > pr -n -o20 -w100 -l98 -f $1 | lpr -d picshp
> >
> > It gave me the following message. What need to be
done. Your help is
> > appreciated in advance.
> >
> > $ prt prt|lp -dpicshp
> > Warning - Cannot open file 'picshp', No such file
or directory
> > picshp: nothing to print
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:34:29 -0400
> From: "Bordalo Fred" <Fred.Bordalocomverse.com>
> Subject: RE: Time and zone setting in RHEL3
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list"
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> Hi Jeff,
>
> Yes, cp the file. Also, make sure the permissions is
644 so other users
> can access the file. In our environment, umask is set
to 750 and this
> cause cp to create it with 640.
>
> Sorry, I meant that soft link does NOT work in my
previous reply,
> Fred
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:54 AM
> To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> Subject: RE: Time and zone setting in RHEL3
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Bordalo Fred
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:41
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: RE: Time and zone setting in RHEL3
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just went through this and I found that soft
link does work
> > - although in your case it because you use UTC. I
recommend coping the
>
> > file zone file instead of a soft link. This will
work for local time
> > configuration.
>
> Fred,
>
> What do you mean exactly here?
>
> #cp /usr/share/timezone/GMT /etc/localtime
>
>
> >
> > The /etc/sysconfig/clock is read during boot by
/etc/rc.sysinit to
> > adjust the time. In your case, it will simply read
the time without
> > adjusting it.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:13 AM
> > To: redhat-listredhat.com
> > Subject: Time and zone setting in RHEL3
> >
> > Ok, I know this should be dead simple  but I just
can't get the darn
> > timezone and time correct on a new RHEL3 server
i've just installed.
> >
> > I want it set for timezone GMT and the current GMT
time.
> >
> > I can set the time no problem and i've manually
edited the
> > /etc/sysconfig/clock to have
> >
> > ZONE="GMT"
> > UTC=true
> > ARC=false
> >
> > I want both the system clock and hwclock to use
UTC (or GMT) as the
> > zone.
> >
> > using redhat-config-time doesn't give me an option
for GMT or UTC.
> >
> > This is driving me nuts!
> >
> > so I moved /etc/localtime to /etc/localtime~ then
set up a softlink to
> >
> > ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime
> >
> > then rebooted and everything once again appears
correct in the world
> > again. The question now is, is this the correct
way to fix the
> > problem? Will this create any more problems? why
isn't there a tool
> > that will do this? I mean what's the point of
redhat-config-date if it
>
> > doesn't allow you to set things the way you want? 
GMT isn't even an
> > available timezone in that tool.
> >
> > does /etc/sysconfig/clock do anything anymore?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:35:44 -0400
> From: "Allen, Jack" <Jack.AllenMcKesson.com>
> Subject: RE: LVM Question
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Albert [mailto:Albert.Smithgenexservices.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:04 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: LVM Question
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Allen, Jack
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:18 PM
> > To: 'Redhat-listredhat.com'
> > Subject: LVM Question
> >
> >         I have a system connected to a SAN via
Fibre Channel
> > interface.
> > The system sees 3 disk sdb, sdc and sdd. I put
them in a
> > volume group and then allocated some logical
volumes. If I
> > use the logical volume to read and write to
directly for my
> > application, if there is an error on a write, I
assume the
> > write system call will return an error. Or does
the write
> > give a good return value after putting the data in
some
> > system buffer to be written later? Then is the
write of the
> > system buffer fails later, my program would not
know.
> >
> > Thanks:
> > Jack Allen
> >
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>
> It sounds like you want to write directly to the raw
lvol and not to a
> cooked filesystem. Is this correct?. If that's the case
I would make
> sure you have async. I/O (AIO) enabled and installed
this is usually
> managed by the kernel. If there is a write failure to
the raw lvol a
> message should be dumped to the console and to your
messages file also.
>
>
> Albert Smith
> Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
> HPCSA, RHCT
> Genex Services
> 440 E. Swedesford Rd.
> Wayne, PA 19087
> albert.smithgenexservices.com
> (610) 964-5154
>
> ================
> Correct I want to read and write directly to the
logical volume, there will
> be NO file system. I need the application to block on
the write until the
> data is truly on the disk. Therefore I don't see how
async I/O will help. I
> had opened the logical volume, which is a block device
as
> /dev/vg00/data.vol
> using the O_SYNC option. The application was running
and not reporting any
> errors, but the messages file had lots of SCSI errors.
When the data was
> checked some things had not got written to the disk,
the SCSI errors. But
> again the return value form the write system call
indicated there were no
> problems.
>
> Thanks:
> 	Jack Allen
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:54:28 -0400
> From: "Smith, Albert" <Albert.Smithgenexservices.com>
> Subject: RE: LVM Question
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Allen, Jack
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:36 PM
> > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> > Subject: RE: LVM Question
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Smith, Albert [mailto:Albert.Smithgenexservices.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:04 AM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: RE: LVM Question
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of Allen, Jack
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:18 PM
> > > To: 'Redhat-listredhat.com'
> > > Subject: LVM Question
> > >
> > >         I have a system connected to a SAN
via Fibre Channel
> > > interface.
> > > The system sees 3 disk sdb, sdc and sdd. I
put them in a
> > > volume group and then allocated some logical
volumes. If I
> > > use the logical volume to read and write to
directly for my
> > > application, if there is an error on a write,
I assume the
> > > write system call will return an error. Or
does the write
> > > give a good return value after putting the
data in some
> > > system buffer to be written later? Then is
the write of the
> > > system buffer fails later, my program would
not know.
> > >
> > > Thanks:
> > > Jack Allen
> > >
> > > --
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> >
> > It sounds like you want to write directly to the
raw lvol and not to a
> > cooked filesystem. Is this correct?. If that's the
case I would make
> > sure you have async. I/O (AIO) enabled and
installed this is usually
> > managed by the kernel. If there is a write failure
to the raw lvol a
> > message should be dumped to the console and to
your messages
> > file also.
> >
> >
> > Albert Smith
> > Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
> > HPCSA, RHCT
> > Genex Services
> > 440 E. Swedesford Rd.
> > Wayne, PA 19087
> > albert.smithgenexservices.com
> > (610) 964-5154
> >
> > ================
> > Correct I want to read and write directly to the
logical
> > volume, there will
> > be NO file system. I need the application to block
on the
> > write until the
> > data is truly on the disk. Therefore I don't see
how async
> > I/O will help. I
> > had opened the logical volume, which is a block
device as
> > /dev/vg00/data.vol
> > using the O_SYNC option. The application was
running and not
> > reporting any
> > errors, but the messages file had lots of SCSI
errors. When
> > the data was
> > checked some things had not got written to the
disk, the SCSI
> > errors. But
> > again the return value form the write system call
indicated
> > there were no
> > problems.
> >
> > Thanks:
> > 	Jack Allen
> >
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>
> Most applications that write directly to a raw
filesystem (Oracle,
> Sybase, MySQL) require AIO in order to operate
efficently. What AIO does
> is it reduces the need for IO Concurrency (reads/writes
and seeks) which
> most database applications require when writing to a
raw filesystem and
> it allows the lvol to run and accept at higher
throughputs.
>
> One reason you might be having SCSI related error's is
that the Database
> or application you are using as AIO enabled but the
system may not be
> running it.
> However if AIO is configuraed and running via the
kernel and you
> continue to get SCSI errors it is most likely
indicating a hardware
> failure either fibre/scsi card or a problem with your
lun configuration
> on your SAN.
>
> Albert Smith
> Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
> HPCSA, RHCT
> Genex Services
> 440 E. Swedesford Rd.
> Wayne, PA 19087
> albert.smithgenexservices.com
> (610) 964-5154
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:01:10 -0400
> From: "Allen, Jack" <Jack.AllenMcKesson.com>
> Subject: RE: LVM Question
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Albert [mailto:Albert.Smithgenexservices.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:54 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: LVM Question
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Allen, Jack
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:36 PM
> > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
> > Subject: RE: LVM Question
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Smith, Albert [mailto:Albert.Smithgenexservices.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:04 AM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: RE: LVM Question
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of Allen, Jack
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:18 PM
> > > To: 'Redhat-listredhat.com'
> > > Subject: LVM Question
> > >
> > >         I have a system connected to a SAN
via Fibre Channel
> > > interface.
> > > The system sees 3 disk sdb, sdc and sdd. I
put them in a
> > > volume group and then allocated some logical
volumes. If I
> > > use the logical volume to read and write to
directly for my
> > > application, if there is an error on a write,
I assume the
> > > write system call will return an error. Or
does the write
> > > give a good return value after putting the
data in some
> > > system buffer to be written later? Then is
the write of the
> > > system buffer fails later, my program would
not know.
> > >
> > > Thanks:
> > > Jack Allen
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> >
> > It sounds like you want to write directly to the
raw lvol and not to a
> > cooked filesystem. Is this correct?. If that's the
case I would make
> > sure you have async. I/O (AIO) enabled and
installed this is usually
> > managed by the kernel. If there is a write failure
to the raw lvol a
> > message should be dumped to the console and to
your messages
> > file also.
> >
> >
> > Albert Smith
> > Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
> > HPCSA, RHCT
> > Genex Services
> > 440 E. Swedesford Rd.
> > Wayne, PA 19087
> > albert.smithgenexservices.com
> > (610) 964-5154
> >
> > ================
> > Correct I want to read and write directly to the
logical
> > volume, there will
> > be NO file system. I need the application to block
on the
> > write until the
> > data is truly on the disk. Therefore I don't see
how async
> > I/O will help. I
> > had opened the logical volume, which is a block
device as
> > /dev/vg00/data.vol
> > using the O_SYNC option. The application was
running and not
> > reporting any
> > errors, but the messages file had lots of SCSI
errors. When
> > the data was
> > checked some things had not got written to the
disk, the SCSI
> > errors. But
> > again the return value form the write system call
indicated
> > there were no
> > problems.
> >
> > Thanks:
> > 	Jack Allen
> >
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> >
>
> Most applications that write directly to a raw
filesystem (Oracle,
> Sybase, MySQL) require AIO in order to operate
efficently. What AIO does
> is it reduces the need for IO Concurrency (reads/writes
and seeks) which
> most database applications require when writing to a
raw filesystem and
> it allows the lvol to run and accept at higher
throughputs.
>
> [Jack Allen] AIO allows you to do writes and not wait
on them and later get
> an indication of the success or failure. My application
is written where it
> wants to know that one write has completed before it
allows other writes to
> take place.
>
>
> One reason you might be having SCSI related error's is
that the Database
> or application you are using as AIO enabled but the
system may not be
> running it.
> [Jack Allen] I know the application is not using AIO.
>
>
> However if AIO is configuraed and running via the
kernel and you
> continue to get SCSI errors it is most likely
indicating a hardware
> failure either fibre/scsi card or a problem with your
lun configuration
> on your SAN.
> [Jack Allen] I know the SCSI errors war due to
hardware. But the
> application
> did not get any error indication because the writes it
does are copied to
> system cache buffers and then written at a later time.
Therefore the
> application thinks every thing is OK, but yet the data
did not really get
> written to the disk. The logical volume was opened with
the O_SYNC option,
> but from what I am find out does not work the same on a
block device as it
> does on a regular file. Looks like I will have to add a
call for fsync(fd)
> after each write to make sure it gets to the disk.
>
>
> Albert Smith
> Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
> HPCSA, RHCT
> Genex Services
> 440 E. Swedesford Rd.
> Wayne, PA 19087
> albert.smithgenexservices.com
> (610) 964-5154
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:02:41 +0200
> From: "funtom" <funtombluewin.ch>
> Subject: AW: building cluster
> To: <greg.golingmail.com>,	"'General Red Hat
Linux discussion list'"
> 	<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <430D7276005B1DDFmail16.bluewin.ch>
(added by
> 	postmasterbluewin.ch)
> Content-Type:
text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi,
>
> It's a good idea to use Redhat Cluster Suite with
RHEL4.
> Have a look here:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/csgfs/browse/rh-cs-e
n/
>
> regards,
> Thomas
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com]
> Im Auftrag von Greg Golin
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. September 2005 09:27
> An: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Betreff: Re: building cluster
>
> www.linux-ha.org is another option. rh cluster suite is
not trivial.
>
> good luck.
> gg
>
> On 9/12/05, Anze Vidmar <anzevigmail.com> wrote:
> > hello!
> >
> > I need to build a cluster to run a simple web
application.
> > The idea is to have a powerful machine that is
running ESX server. In
> > the ESX server we need to set up a simple cluster
for handling the
> > application.
> >
> > Since I've never been building clusters before,
I'm asking you what's
> > the best way? I've been thinking RHEL AS 4 +
Redhat Cluster Suite. Is
> > there anything else? Is there any documentation
regarding this topic?
> >
> > And btw... Is it possible to build cluster with
Fedora?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anze Vidmar <anzevigmail.com>
> >
> > --
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:19:56 -0400
> From: Magnus Andersen <mag.andersengmail.com>
> Subject: Re: LVM packets for Red Hat AS 2.1
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <5ea165840509211319382b8b21mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> You can go to this site
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/downloadsource.htmland
download the
> source.
>
> Also, LVM is not supported by RedHat on version 2.1.
>
> --
> Magnus Andersen
> Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA
> Walker & Associates, Inc.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:47:50 -0400
> From: Yasushi Okubo <yasushicabm.rutgers.edu>
> Subject: Re: AW: building cluster
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4331C6F6.30508cabm.rutgers.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
format=flowed
>
> funtom wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >It's a good idea to use Redhat Cluster Suite with
RHEL4.
> >Have a look here:
> >
> >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/csgfs/browse/rh-cs-e
n/
> >
> >
> >
> We are in transition from PBS to Torque.
> http
://www.clusterresources.com/products/torque/
>
> Does anyone  have  any data or information to compare
those (Redhat
> Cluster Suite vs Torque) since I do not know much about
cluster suite ?
>
> yasushi
>
> >regards,
> >Thomas
> >
> >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >Von: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com]
> >Im Auftrag von Greg Golin
> >Gesendet: Montag, 12. September 2005 09:27
> >An: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> >Betreff: Re: building cluster
> >
> >www.linux-ha.org is another option. rh cluster
suite is not trivial.
> >
> >good luck.
> >gg
> >
> >On 9/12/05, Anze Vidmar <anzevigmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>hello!
> >>
> >>I need to build a cluster to run a simple web
application.
> >>The idea is to have a powerful machine that is
running ESX server. In
> >>the ESX server we need to set up a simple
cluster for handling the
> >>application.
> >>
> >>Since I've never been building clusters before,
I'm asking you what's
> >>the best way? I've been thinking RHEL AS 4 +
Redhat Cluster Suite. Is
> >>there anything else? Is there any documentation
regarding this topic?
> >>
> >>And btw... Is it possible to build cluster with
Fedora?
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Anze Vidmar <anzevigmail.com>
> >>
> >>--
> >>redhat-list mailing list
> >>unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-requestredhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> >>h
ttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:39:02 +0200
> From: Anze Vidmar <anzevigmail.com>
> Subject: Re: sudo - superuser setup
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1127335143.8072.12.camelsataras.home.local>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 11:30 -0400, Han Tin wrote:
> > Is it possible to setup  sudo superuser in RH
Linux like in HP-UX.
> I don't know how's that done in HP-UX, but in Redhat
you can configure
> sudo for users with "visudo" command from
usr/sbin/visudo
>
> Also, make sure you read manual page of visudo command:
>
> man visudo
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Anze
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:47:21 -0400
> From: "Allen, Jack" <Jack.AllenMcKesson.com>
> Subject: Tape drive support again
> To: "'Redhat-listredhat.com'"
<Redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<C28DB247D333BC47BBAAFDC914DE39010261F5EDatlexc07ntms.mckesson.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
>         We are installing a Dell 6850 and loading RH AS
4. Dell is
> telling use we need an Adaptec 39160 HBA to connect the
tape drive to.
> Doing "strings aic7xxx.ko | grep 160" show
29160 and 19160 but no 39160.
> My question is which driver supports this HBA?
>
> Thanks:
>         Jack Allen
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:56:10 +0000
> From: Greg Golin <greg.golingmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Tape drive support again
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <e32a6a390509211556f2eb920mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I guess you guys dont have the kernel source installed?
>
> head -n100
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt
>
>
============================================================
========
> =    Adaptec Aic7xxx Fast -> Ultra160 Family Manager
Set v6.2.28   =
> =                            README for                
           =
> =                     The Linux Operating System       
           =
>
============================================================
========
>
> The following information is available in this file:
>
>   1. Supported Hardware
>   2. Version History
>   3. Command Line Options
>   4. Contacting Adaptec
>
> 1. Supported Hardware
>
>    The following Adaptec SCSI Chips and Host Adapters
are supported by
>    the aic7xxx driver.
>
>    Chip    MIPS  Host Bus  MaxSync  MaxWidth  SCBs 
Notes
>   
------------------------------------------------------------
---
>    aic7770  10    EISA/VL   10MHz    16Bit      4   1
>    aic7850  10    PCI/32    10MHz    8Bit       3
>    aic7855  10    PCI/32    10MHz    8Bit       3
>    aic7856  10    PCI/32    10MHz    8Bit       3
>    aic7859  10    PCI/32    20MHz    8Bit       3
>    aic7860  10    PCI/32    20MHz    8Bit       3
>    aic7870  10    PCI/32    10MHz    16Bit      16
>    aic7880  10    PCI/32    20MHz    16Bit      16
>    aic7890  20    PCI/32    40MHz    16Bit      16     
3 4 5 6 7 8
>    aic7891  20    PCI/64    40MHz    16Bit      16     
3 4 5 6 7 8
>    aic7892  20   PCI/64-66  80MHz    16Bit      16     
3 4 5 6 7 8
>    aic7895  15    PCI/32    20MHz    16Bit      16    2
3 4 5
>    aic7895C 15    PCI/32    20MHz    16Bit      16    2
3 4 5     8
>    aic7896  20    PCI/32    40MHz    16Bit      16    2
3 4 5 6 7 8
>    aic7897  20    PCI/64    40MHz    16Bit      16    2
3 4 5 6 7 8
>    aic7899  20   PCI/64-66  80MHz    16Bit      16    2
3 4 5 6 7 8
>
>
>
> On 9/21/05, Allen, Jack <Jack.Allenmckesson.com> wrote:
> >         We are installing a Dell 6850 and loading
RH AS 4. Dell is
> > telling use we need an Adaptec 39160 HBA to
connect the tape drive to.
> > Doing "strings aic7xxx.ko | grep 160"
show 29160 and 19160 but no 39160.
> > My question is which driver supports this HBA?
> >
> > Thanks:
> >         Jack Allen
> >
> > --
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> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-requestredhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > h
ttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 15
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:57:15 -0500
> From: "Dege, Robert C." <robert.degengc.com>
> Subject: RE: Tape drive support again
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list"
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<1DFA50D9FC4E564F861EEB8BF16DBFAE8760B1xcgil106.northgrum.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>
>
> I use the Adaptec 39160 on one of my file servers.  The
aic7xxx.ko does
> support it.  I am using the 2.4 kernel on my server,
although I don't
> think that'll make a difference for the 2.6 series.
>
>
> Excerpt from dmesg:
>
> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER,
Rev 6.2.36
>         <Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
>         aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7,
32/253 SCBs
>
> scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER,
Rev 6.2.36
>         <Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
>         aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7,
32/253 SCBs
>
>
> Excerpt from lspci:
>
> 01:00.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D /
AIC-7899A U160/m
> (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-3960D U160/m
>         Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel,
latency 64, IRQ 7
>         BIST result: 00
>         I/O ports at d400 [disabled] [size=256]
>         Memory at ff8fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
>         Expansion ROM at ff8a0000 [disabled]
[size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
> 01:00.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D /
AIC-7899A U160/m
> (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-3960D U160/m
>         Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel,
latency 64, IRQ 10
>         BIST result: 00
>         I/O ports at d800 [disabled] [size=256]
>         Memory at ff8ff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
>         Expansion ROM at ff8c0000 [disabled]
[size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
>
> -Rob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Allen, Jack
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:47 PM
> > To: 'Redhat-listredhat.com'
> > Subject: Tape drive support again
> >
> >         We are installing a Dell 6850 and loading
RH AS 4.
> > Dell is telling use we need an Adaptec 39160 HBA
to connect
> > the tape drive to.
> > Doing "strings aic7xxx.ko | grep 160"
show 29160 and 19160
> > but no 39160.
> > My question is which driver supports this HBA?
> >
> > Thanks:
> >         Jack Allen
> >
> > --
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> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-requestredhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > h
ttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:57:28 +1200
> From: "Geoff Rainey (DSL AK)"
<GeoffRdatacom.co.nz>
> Subject: RE: Tape drive support again
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list"
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<3BE53D000F2EB846B8A899CD0DECB9320FE737dnzakex1.datacom.co.nz>
> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> The Dell support site should tell you which driver
supports that HBA.
>
> I know when I installed an HBA for an IBM X-345 box, I
had to check on
> IBM's website for a correlation between the driver and
the correct kernel
> version.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com on behalf of
Allen, Jack
> Sent: Thu 9/22/2005 10:47 AM
> To: 'Redhat-listredhat.com'
> Subject: Tape drive support again
>
>         We are installing a Dell 6850 and loading RH AS
4. Dell is
> telling use we need an Adaptec 39160 HBA to connect the
tape drive to.
> Doing "strings aic7xxx.ko | grep 160" show
29160 and 19160 but no 39160.
> My question is which driver supports this HBA?
>
> Thanks:
>         Jack Allen
>
> --
> redhat-list mailing list
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:08:02 -0400
> From: "Allen, Jack" <Jack.AllenMcKesson.com>
> Subject: RE: Tape drive support again
> To: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'"
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<C28DB247D333BC47BBAAFDC914DE39010261F5F1atlexc07ntms.mckesson.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> 	That is what I was looking for. Hopefully the 2.6
version works the
> same. I will find out as soon the HBA and tape drive
get hooked up.
>
> Thanks:
> 	Jack Allen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dege, Robert C. [mailto:robert.degengc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:57 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: Tape drive support again
>
>
>
> I use the Adaptec 39160 on one of my file servers.  The
aic7xxx.ko does
> support it.  I am using the 2.4 kernel on my server,
although I don't
> think that'll make a difference for the 2.6 series.
>
>
> Excerpt from dmesg:
>
> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER,
Rev 6.2.36
>         <Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
>         aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7,
32/253 SCBs
>
> scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER,
Rev 6.2.36
>         <Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
>         aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7,
32/253 SCBs
>
>
> Excerpt from lspci:
>
> 01:00.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D /
AIC-7899A U160/m
> (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-3960D U160/m
>         Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel,
latency 64, IRQ 7
>         BIST result: 00
>         I/O ports at d400 [disabled] [size=256]
>         Memory at ff8fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
>         Expansion ROM at ff8a0000 [disabled]
[size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
> 01:00.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-3960D /
AIC-7899A U160/m
> (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-3960D U160/m
>         Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel,
latency 64, IRQ 10
>         BIST result: 00
>         I/O ports at d800 [disabled] [size=256]
>         Memory at ff8ff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
>         Expansion ROM at ff8c0000 [disabled]
[size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
>
> -Rob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Allen, Jack
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:47 PM
> > To: 'Redhat-listredhat.com'
> > Subject: Tape drive support again
> >
> >         We are installing a Dell 6850 and loading
RH AS 4.
> > Dell is telling use we need an Adaptec 39160 HBA
to connect
> > the tape drive to.
> > Doing "strings aic7xxx.ko | grep 160"
show 29160 and 19160
> > but no 39160.
> > My question is which driver supports this HBA?
> >
> > Thanks:
> >         Jack Allen
> >
> > --
> > redhat-list mailing list
> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-requestredhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > h
ttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:39:43 +0300
> From: "Tolga Evren" <tolgaeparo.com.tr>
> Subject: swap device io
> To: <redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<E2AAC0CC25781D40A121762631343611017AABD5EXCH01A.aspkoc.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi ,
>
>
>
> This is my fstab output:
>
>
>
> [oracletanidw1 proc]$ cat /etc/fstab
>
> LABEL=/                 /                       ext3   
defaults
> 1 1
>
> /dev/md1                /boot/efi               vfat   
defaults
> 0 0
>
> none                    /dev/pts                devpts 
gid=5,mode=620
> 0 0
>
> LABEL=/home             /home                   ext3   
defaults
> 1 2
>
> none                    /proc                   proc   
defaults
> 0 0
>
> #none                   /dev/shm                tmpfs  
defaults
> 0 0
>
> /dev/md2                swap                    swap   
defaults
> 0 0
>
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/dvd                udf
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
>
> /dev/sdd1 /oracle/quorum ocfs _netdev 0 0
>
> /dev/sde1 /oracle/data01 ocfs _netdev 0 0
>
> /dev/sdf1 /oracle/data02 ocfs _netdev 0 0
>
>
>
>
>
> according to this /dev/md2 is the swap device.
>
>
>
> when i monitor the system ny using sar -B which shows
paging operations
> , i see  heavy page ins and outs:
>
>
>
> 08:35:14 AM  pgpgin/s pgpgout/s  activepg  inadtypg 
inaclnpg  inatarpg
>
> 08:35:17 AM  54993.00   2242.67    178616    117518    
 7333     60693
>
> 08:35:20 AM  55719.33   2233.33    178616    117518    
 7333     60693
>
> 08:35:23 AM  39684.67   2611.00    178616    117518    
 7333     60693
>
> 08:35:26 AM  60330.00   3418.00    178616    117518    
 7333     60693
>
> 08:35:29 AM  50921.67   3545.67    178621    117518    
 7333     60694
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> But i see no io through the swap device:
>
>
>
> iostat -x /dev/md2 1
>
>
>
> avg-cpu:  %user   %nice    %sys   %idle
>
>          119.78    0.02   34.73  869.47
>
>
>
> Device:  rrqm/s wrqm/s   r/s   w/s  rsec/s  wsec/s
avgrq-sz avgqu-sz
> await  svctm  %util
>
> md2        0.00   0.00  0.00  0.00    0.00    0.00    
0.00     0.00
> 0.00   0.00   0.00
>
>
>
>
>
> So , what can be the reason for this?
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> tolga
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 19
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:09:50 +0300
> From: "Tolga Evren" <tolgaeparo.com.tr>
> Subject: page cache , process map issues
> To: <redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<E2AAC0CC25781D40A121762631343611017AABE0EXCH01A.aspkoc.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi Gurus ,
>
>
>
> I need to understand the interaction between the page
cache (which is
> used for file systemn data cache) , and virtual memory
map of a process
> which uses data from the cache.
>
>
>
> Where does the pages which are read from the disk is
mapped inside a
> process?
>
>
>
> Imagine a simple c program:
>
>
>
>      char *buf;
>
>      buf = (char *)malloc(1000);
>
>
>
> This buf is allocated inside the heap , or in detail it
is first
> reserved (in swap file) ,and on demand , it is
allocated (inside the
> phy.ram)
>
>
>
>      Then imagine that the code has the following line:
>
>
>
>      *buf = 65 ;
>
>
>
> So i modifed the contents the buffer.
>
>
>
> As far as i know , if the pages which are modified like
this , needs to
> be written to the swap disk in order to be reused again
.
>
> So if these pages pageout by the os  , they are written
to the swap
> file.
>
>
>
>       Now consider that ,i start to read data files by
using read ,or
> readv or pread system calls. ( readv and pread are the
io calls which
> oracle or other database systems uses on unix)
>
>
>
>
>
> fdes=open("/data/spss/x1.dat",O_RDONLY);
>
>
>
> while (fdes)
>
> {
>
>  printf("%dn",read(fdes, buf,sz));
>
> }
>
>
>
> I wonder how things happen now.
>
> How the data blocks which are cached inside the page
cache mapped to the
> process?
>
> If the file is read first time by this process , the
file must be read
> from the disk. Then the blocks are cached inside the
page cache. The
> page cache has no backing storage inside the swap file
,
>
> but instead it is directly mapped from the data file
itself.
>
> (Is this correct?)
>
>
>
> When my process reads data from the disk , then does
the page that is
> inside the page cache copied into the process map ? Or
is it shared and
> no copy takes place?
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> tolga
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 20
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:19:09 -0400
> From: "Clark, Patricia" <Clarkposti.gov>
> Subject: Errata and update releases
> To: redhat-listredhat.com
> Message-ID:
> 	<26D5949E6EABA442A75AB8351393E20B4FB5FCostimail2.osti.gov>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> What is the rule-of-thumb pertaining to applied errata
in an update
> release?  I need to maintain supported systems via
sneakernet.  I have
> the latest updated ISOs for RHEL3 and RHEL4 and want to
make sure that I
> have all of the errata packages, too.  Can I correctly
assume that
> anything released since the update is all that I need,
or do I need to
> additionally obtain errata packages released on or near
the update
> release?  I know I can check these current updates
against the errata,
> but I want to know for future reference.
>
> Patti Clark
> Unix System Administrator
> Office of Scientific and Technical Information
> <mailto:clarkposti.gov>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 21
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:26:33 -0300
> From: "Shaw, Marco" <Marco.Shawaliant.ca>
> Subject: RE: Errata and update releases
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list"
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<A8A1C0013B2F944582B8C8BA66B7B27803F6829Cnbexmb02.aliant.icn>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>
> I would stick with getting the errata packages 'on or
near' the update
> release.
>
> The update releases also go through a brief beta cycle
where the errata
> list included
> would be frozen once the beta was announced/released.
>
> Marco
> RHCE
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Clark, Patricia
> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:19 AM
> > To: redhat-listredhat.com
> > Subject: Errata and update releases
> >
> > What is the rule-of-thumb pertaining to applied
errata in an update
> > release?  I need to maintain supported systems via
sneakernet.  I have
> > the latest updated ISOs for RHEL3 and RHEL4 and
want to make
> > sure that I
> > have all of the errata packages, too.  Can I
correctly assume that
> > anything released since the update is all that I
need, or do I need to
> > additionally obtain errata packages released on or
near the update
> > release?  I know I can check these current updates
against the errata,
> > but I want to know for future reference.
> >
> > Patti Clark
> > Unix System Administrator
> > Office of Scientific and Technical Information
> > <mailto:clarkposti.gov>
> >
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 22
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:20:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mike Wooding <timmywoodingyahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: VNC help (up2date name)
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <20050922152057.26489.qmailweb53803.mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
>
>
> --- Evan Panagiotopoulos <epanagiopcsd.k12.ny.us> wrote:
> > Does the vnc client have a specific name? I tried
vncclient and
> > vncviewer but no such package exists.
> >
> > By the way, I thought that searching in redhat.com
for vncviewer
> > should yield something but... I was wrong.
>
>  The package may be something like tightvnc-?.?.?-?
>  and/or tightvnc-server-?????
>
>
> He who laughs last thinks slowest.
>
>
> 	
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 23
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:25:55 -0700
> From: "Jai Rangi" <jprangialeks.com>
> Subject: Server Crash
> To: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'"
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <200509221524.j8MFO6t19712ip26.aleks.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hello,
> I got a strange problem,
> My server which is also router, is crashing way too
often since yesterday.
> One it is down, all the network is down, I cant logon
even from console.
> Any
> idea where should I look for the problem.
>
> Thank You,
> -Jai
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 24
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:41:19 +0000
> From: Greg Golin <greg.golingmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Server Crash
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <e32a6a3905092208416e3bcf7email.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Look at the logs. Try ssh'ing into the server and use
tail -f
> /var/log/messages to see whats going on.
>
> On 9/22/05, Jai Rangi <jprangialeks.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I got a strange problem,
> > My server which is also router, is crashing way
too often since
> yesterday.
> > One it is down, all the network is down, I cant
logon even from console.
> Any
> > idea where should I look for the problem.
> >
> > Thank You,
> > -Jai
> >
> > --
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 25
> Date: 22 Sep 2005 11:41:32 -0400
> From: Andrew Bacchi <bacchirpi.edu>
> Subject: Re: Server Crash
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1127403692.25513.16.camelboreal.netel.rpi.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> This could be either a drive going bad, or out of free
space.  Try
> rebooting in single user mode, and "df" to
see if you have any filled
> partitions.  I always suspect /var/log/ is full.
>
> Do you hear any strange noises from the spinning hard
drive?
>
> On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 11:25, Jai Rangi wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I got a strange problem,
> > My server which is also router, is crashing way
too often since
> yesterday.
> > One it is down, all the network is down, I cant
logon even from console.
> Any
> > idea where should I look for the problem.
> >
> > Thank You,
> > -Jai
> >
> > --
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> --
> veritatis simplex oratio est
>
> Andrew Bacchi
> Staff Systems Programmer
> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
> phone: 518 276-6415  fax: 518 276-2809
>
> http://www.rpi.edu/~bacch
i/
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 26
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:47:40 -0400
> From: "Smith, Albert" <Albert.Smithgenexservices.com>
> Subject: RE: Server Crash
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list"
<redhat-listredhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> 	<462170B0EBFCFE4AB1E54ED8C269A5BC02F7B07FPHLVEXCH01.genexservices.com>
> 	
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bouncesredhat.com] On Behalf Of
Andrew Bacchi
> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:42 AM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: Re: Server Crash
> >
> > This could be either a drive going bad, or out of
free space.
> >  Try rebooting in single user mode, and
"df" to see if you
> > have any filled partitions.  I always suspect
/var/log/ is full.
> >
> > Do you hear any strange noises from the spinning
hard drive?
> >
> > On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 11:25, Jai Rangi wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I got a strange problem,
> > > My server which is also router, is crashing
way too often
> > since yesterday.
> > > One it is down, all the network is down, I
cant logon even from
> > > console. Any idea where should I look for the
problem.
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > > -Jai
> > >
> > > --
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> > > unsubscribe
> > mailto:redhat-list-requestredhat.com?subject=unsubscribe
> > > h
ttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
> > >
> > --
> > veritatis simplex oratio est
> >
> > Andrew Bacchi
> > Staff Systems Programmer
> > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
> > phone: 518 276-6415  fax: 518 276-2809
> >
> > http://www.rpi.edu/~bacch
i/
> >
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> >
> >
>
> Is the server crashing like just shutting off on it's
own with no
> shutdown of the process's or is it getting a kernel
panic?
>
> I would setup a netdump server and starting tracking
the information and
> getting the core files and analyzing those.
>
> Albert Smith
> Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
> HPCSA, RHCT
> Genex Services
> 440 E. Swedesford Rd.
> Wayne, PA 19087
> albert.smithgenexservices.com
> (610) 964-5154
>
>
>
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