Re: Need Recommendation for RAID Monitoring Software
by Matthew J. Roth
>> On 2/23/06, Matt Roth <mroth(a)imminc.com> wrote:
>>
>> List users,
>>
>> We are running Fedora Core 3 on multiple Dell PowerEdge servers. Each
>> machine has an onboard LSI Logic PERC 4e/Si RAID controller, megaraid
>> drivers (2.20), and two SCSI disks configured in a RAID 1 (mirrored).
>>
>> As part of our backup routine, we pull out a drive from each machine and
>> swap in a new one. The pulled drives are stored as backups, and the
>> mirrors are rebuilt on the new disks.
>>
>> This has been working well for us, but we have not been able to find
>> software that allows us to monitor the rebuild. The only ways that we
>> can tell when it is complete are by monitoring the drive activity lights
>> or by rebooting the server and going into the RAID controller's firmware
>> utility. The first method is error-prone and the second method is not a
>> valid option, because we need to keep the machines available during the
>> rebuild.
>>
>> I'm fairly certain that there is Dell software for RAID monitoring from
>> the OS, but it is Windows specific. I would greatly appreciate it if
>> someone could recommend a text-mode software package for FC3 that offers
>> the same functionality as well as the ability to monitor the RAIDs for
>> disk failures.
>
> On 2/23/06, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dell makes their management software available for Linux. They even
> have a yum repo! Consider joining the linux-poweredge list:
>
> http://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
>
> And get general info at http://linux.dell.com/ .
>
> I installed the dell openmanage stuff recently, but I don't really
> know how to use it. So I'll stop there.
>
> Good luck,
> Matt
Matt,
Thank you for the suggestions. I downloaded perc-apps-A08.tar.gz from
the Dell support website and installed DellMgr and MegaMon.
DellMgr provides access to the RAID controller's firmware utility from
the command line. Unfortunately, the formatting of the screen gets
scrambled over a telnet session, but it is excellent from a local terminal.
MegaMon is a daemon process that reports RAID activity (hardware health,
drive degradation/failure, rebuild progress, etc.) to a log file and
root mail. I believe it can also be configured to send emails based on
certain events. It looks to be a good fit, but I have a couple of
concerns. I've read that it has stability problems and top shows it
consuming more memory over time (0.0% last night, 0.5% right now). If
either of these turn out to be a legitimate concern, I will just cron
off a nightly restart of the process.
If anyone has any experience with either of these utilities, please let
me know of any tips or problems I should look out for.
Thanks again,
Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer
18 years, 3 months
Problems adding a desktop menu
by Jason L Tibbitts III
I need to add a desktop menu in KDE to a number of FC4 machines to
hold Mathematical applications. I read the menu spec at
freedesktop.org and cooked up the following, in
/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/uh-mathematics.menu:
<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
<Menu>
<Name>Applications</Name>
<Menu>
<Name>Mathematics</Name>
<Directory>UH-Mathematics.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<And>
<Category>Math</Category>
</And>
</Include>
</Menu>
</Menu>
The /usr/share/desktop-directories/UH-Mathematics.directory file
contains:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Mathematics
Icon=mathematics.png
Type=Directory
Encoding=UTF-8
I drop these, along with an icon, into a little RPM.
Now, this works fine: a new desktop menu named "Mathematics" appears,
and all applications with category "Math" appear there. Great. But
the Mathematics menu also appears as a submenu of Preferences and
System Settings and System Settings -> Server Settings, all with
identical content.
Any ideas on how I can get the menu, but have it appear only as an
Application menu and not all over the place?
- J<
18 years, 3 months
Modem ttyS14?
by ron
hello,
Is there some way to set the pci device to another setting other than
ttyS14? I am experimenting with some live cds and they do not include ttyS14
in their modem setups.
My fedora core dmesg says:
ttyS14 at I/O 0xa000 (irq = 3) is a 16550
usually adding a sym link modem in /dev with:
ln -sf /dev/ttyS14 /dev/modem
works.
--
ron
18 years, 3 months
Re: Wget, Yum and network investigation
by Tod Merley
I regret that I originally forgot to change subject (digest title).
> >
> >
> > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:47:37 +0100
> > From: "antonio montagnani" <antonio.montagnani(a)gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Wget, Yum and network investigation
> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
> > Message-ID: <4c37b6af0602231447p44562489t(a)mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > 2006/2/23, Tod Merley <todbot88(a)gmail.com>:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:27:20 +0100
> > > > From: "antonio montagnani" < antonio.montagnani(a)gmail.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: Wget, Yum and network investigation
> > > > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
> > > > Message-ID: < 4c37b6af0602230927w6098941k(a)mail.gmail.com>
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Hi Antonio!
> > >
> > > From the thread I do not know which of the routers you updated from
> the
> > RH8,
> > > but I would guess that it is the one you are having problems on. That
> > is
> > > just a guess. It may be that something related to the IPv6 stack
> > handling
> > > was not handled in the process.
> >
> > Yes...it is the updated router: but it worked for a long time with FC5
> > and I didn't have any problem at all with yum, wget....I can't
> > understand what changed
> >
> > >
> > > I would be most interested in the contents of /etc/resolv.conf on all
> > > machines. It would be nice to know who is being looked at for name
> > > resolution.
> > >
> >
> > I will post the troubled router tomorrow morning as now I am at home.
> > Anyway this is the resolv.conf of this machine, i.e. the router with
> > no problems....
> >
> >
> > nameserver 62.211.69.150
> > nameserver 212.48.4.15
> >
> > and modprobe.conf
> >
> > alias eth0 ne2k-pci
> > alias eth1 sk98lin
> > alias eth2 hisax
> > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> > options snd-card-0 index=0
> > install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
> > /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> > remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
> > }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> > alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> > alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> >
> >
> > > When I troubleshot an IPv6 name resolution problem at home here I used
> > > "tcpdump -w captureFileName &" along with Ethereal to analyze the
> > tcpdump
> > > capture files. When I did it some of the packets were truncated so it
> > would
> > > be best to use -s 0 (capture packets of arbitrary length) or -s
> > 1515(capture
> > > packets as large as the max Ethernet frame) in the tcpdump command.
> > >
> > > In my case, turning off IPv6 (accomplished, I believe, by adding
> "alias
> > > net-pf-10 off" to /etc/modprobe.conf and rebooting) did resolve the
> > problem
> > > on a single FC4 machine. Since I had an Ubuntu machine on the same
> > network
> > > and could see no way to effectively turn off IPv6 on that machine I
> > simply
> > > routed nameservice arround the DSL modem which appeared to have
> problems
> > > with IPv6 name serving (probably a frimware problem) and the problem
> > went
> > > away. Of course to do this there needed to be an alternative
> nameserver
> > in
> > > /etc/resolv.conf.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Ipv6 has been turned off on office router, but no improvement.What went
> > wrong??
> > >
> > > Tod
> > >
> > > --
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> > > fedora-list(a)redhat.com
> > > To unsubscribe:
> > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Antonio
> > Skype : antoniomontag
>
>
> Hi again Antonio!
>
> I just have a bit of a thought here. You may have simply a problem with
> the
> URL names requested by yum. Is it possible that somehow the repositories
> have been re-named (their URLs) and that was not completed in the update
> process. If I try to nslookup or whois the long repo URLs you sent in
> your
> first message they fail. Are the addresses differant (the requested URL's
> yum is attempting to access) on the two machines? If I point firefox at
> the
> addresses it finds them - perhaps the "redirection" switch in a yum config
> file is set differently. Just bits of thoughts.
>
> I must say I am curious what kind of Internet access you have over there?
> How do you get Internet to the machines?
>
> Ethereal gets down to the nitty gritty and would probably be a good one to
> do here. Of course it takes time.
>
> Good Hunting!
>
> Tod
Just above was written last night - but under the digest title - I do that
sometimes at night. My regrets.
Tod
18 years, 3 months
CUPS Not pre-rendering PostScript
by Mike McCarty
I have an HP870Cse, which I'm sure you are all getting tired
of hearing about. I have three queues set up for that printer,
one at 300dpi greyscale (default), one at 600dpi greyscale,
and one which is two up 300dpi greyscale (color cartidges are
just too expensive, IMO). Each of these is set up in the
GNOME Print Mangager for pre-rendering, since the postscript
interpreter on that printer is S-L-O-W (like 30 minutes per page)
while transferring a graphics image is acceptably fast (like 4 pages
per minute).
But I find that only the first two actually honor the pre-rendering.
If I print to TwoUp, then it does indeed print two pages side-
by-side on the page, but it takes 30 minutes. If I use mpage,
I get 4 pages per minute again.
Is anyone aware of why that would be or what I could do to
correct that?
Also, I'd like to do some two-sided printing. This printer does
not have a duplexer, so I've been investigating using mpage or
psmandup for that. Does anyone have experience using these
in this manner automatically by setting up the queue to use
them directly?
Mike
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I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!
18 years, 3 months
pam-panel-icon
by lostson
Hello
My FC 4 gnome is running horribly slow 15 -20 seconds to start
Evolution or Nautilus. I think it is the pam-panel-icon. It just doesnt
go away I cant kill it. Im also getting major lockups or stutters in
Evolution when I use it. I am wondering what this pam-panel-icon is and
how to get rid of it or fix it, thanks.
--
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18 years, 3 months
Re: [Fwd: some newbie questions on FC4]
by Axel Thimm
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 07:34:05AM -0600, Tom Poe wrote:
> Axel: I sent this message to the Fedora list, but it never got posted.
Did you subscribe?
> I wonder if you might have a pointer, or suggestion about the Asterisk
> question. I used the dl.atrpms.net with yum to do the install. Any
> help appreciated.
Gnomemeeting -> Ekiga is FC5, not FC4 yet.
For asterisk you need to configure it for your needs. There is AMP
that can help you with that.
> Tom
>
> From: Tom Poe <tompoe(a)studioforrecording.org>
> Subject: some newbie questions on FC4
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:37:18 -0600
> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929)
>
> Asterisk: I ran yum install asterisk, stuff happened. I came across a
> command, # asterisk -vvvc and asterisk ran, then closed. I can't find
> any .conf files. I have a full set (I think) of .conf sample files. My
> question is, do I need to edit the .conf sample files, then move them to
> /etc/asterisk/ or is there more to it than that?
>
> Gnomemeeting 1.2.2: Gnomemeeting has been renamed to Ekiga. If I run
> command yum install ekiga, does it upgrade Gnomemeeting, or do I need to
> uninstall Gnomemeeting, then install Ekiga?
>
> Any pointers appreciated.
> Tom
>
--
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
18 years, 3 months
equivalent of SuSE's checkproc
by Bob Hartung
Hi all,
I am trying to modify a SuSE init script to start Tomcat 5.5. It uses
checkproc which I do not find on the FC4 install. What FC4 program
provides similiar utility?
TIA
Bob
18 years, 3 months
Re: Wget, Yum and network investigation
by Tod Merley
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:27:20 +0100
> From: "antonio montagnani" <antonio.montagnani(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Wget, Yum and network investigation
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4c37b6af0602230927w6098941k(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> 2006/2/23, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au>:
> > Tim:
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > Add "alias net-pf-10 off" to /etc/modprobe.conf and reboot
> >
> >
> Done but nothing changed (as I expected.....). I noticed only that
> named server is operating on the router at the office (where I have
> problems) and not on my home router where I am now.
> But I suppose that the problem is not there....
>
> --
> Antonio Montagnani
> Skype : antoniomontag
Hi Antonio!
>From the thread I do not know which of the routers you updated from the RH8,
but I would guess that it is the one you are having problems on. That is
just a guess. It may be that something related to the IPv6 stack handling
was not handled in the process.
I would be most interested in the contents of /etc/resolv.conf on all
machines. It would be nice to know who is being looked at for name
resolution.
When I troubleshot an IPv6 name resolution problem at home here I used
"tcpdump -w captureFileName &" along with Ethereal to analyze the tcpdump
capture files. When I did it some of the packets were truncated so it would
be best to use -s 0 (capture packets of arbitrary length) or -s 1515(capture
packets as large as the max Ethernet frame) in the tcpdump command.
In my case, turning off IPv6 (accomplished, I believe, by adding "alias
net-pf-10 off" to /etc/modprobe.conf and rebooting) did resolve the problem
on a single FC4 machine. Since I had an Ubuntu machine on the same network
and could see no way to effectively turn off IPv6 on that machine I simply
routed nameservice arround the DSL modem which appeared to have problems
with IPv6 name serving (probably a frimware problem) and the problem went
away. Of course to do this there needed to be an alternative nameserver in
/etc/resolv.conf.
It would probably be good to show the contents of /etc/resolv.conf and
/etc/modprobe.conf here. If there is another alias related to net-pf-10 in
your modprobe.conf I could be troubling you.
Good Hunting!
Tod
18 years, 3 months
Perl Q
by Gene Heskett
Greetings;
I have a mess in /usr/lib/perl5 that is causing me some Spamassassin
problems as it seems to be looking in the wrong place for some stuff SA
needs. I found the file it wanted, and now its complaining it can't
build the thing, Fast.pm is the module at hand.
Not finding an rpm of a recent perl5, I've downloaded the 5.8.8 tarball
but have only unpacked it to look at so far. I'd like to be able to
use checkinstall to put it in, but I won't try that when I'm 2/3rds
asleep.
What I'd like to know is one of where is a perl special mailing list
where I might be able to get this sorted, and since I have leftovers
ranging back to 5.6.0 from what looks like a very incomplete 5.8.5
install, just how many of the older trees can be nuked forever?
Or is there a recent (>5.8.3) rpm I can't find that will install a clean
install of one version of perl that includes all the stuff I had to use
cpan to install when I was fireing up SA for the first time? The
system is based on FC2 but has lots of updates.
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'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's
stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-)
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message by Gene Heskett are:
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18 years, 3 months
