Linux Forums http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ Linux Forums is a Linux Help community where users share their knowledge, solve problems, learn and hang out! Join us and find out more about Linux. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:28:06 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux2/misc/rss.jpg Linux Forums http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ Is it possible to ask DHCP+DNS assign a randomize hostname to client? http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/servers/156011-possible-ask-dhcp-dns-assign-randomize-hostname-client.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:17:19 GMT Hello, thanks for viewing my question. Is it possible to ask DHCP / DHCP + DNS to assign the hostname randomly to client? If nope, is it possible... Hello, thanks for viewing my question.
Is it possible to ask DHCP / DHCP + DNS to assign the hostname randomly to client?
If nope,
is it possible to ask it to assign the hostname to client based on a pattern? For example,
the network is 192.168.1.0.
If the IP address of 192.168.1.1 get the hostname call Computer1
192.168.1.2 get the hostname call Computer2
so in general 192.168.1.% get the hostname Computer%

Just in case that MAC address is unknown or base on some prefix (for example 00:0c:29) and the rest is random. (All the host are not static host)

Thanks for it ]]> Servers reaperhk http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/servers/156011-possible-ask-dhcp-dns-assign-randomize-hostname-client.html <![CDATA[Can't Open Linux]]> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/installation/156010-cant-open-linux.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:30:44 GMT I downloaded Linux ubunto onto my desk top and moved it to a DVD disk. Now I try to open it from the Disk onto my computer. I'm wanting to try it from the Disk before installing it on my computer. When I try it has burning on the brain. All it wants to do is burn it on another dvd. How can I get it open and run from the dvd ? THanks ]]> Installation sheprd http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/installation/156010-cant-open-linux.html <![CDATA[Partitions "Empty" After Upgrade Fedora 10 to 11]]> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156009-partitions-empty-after-upgrade-fedora-10-11-a.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:38:15 GMT Hello, :) After a successful upgrade from Fedora 10 to 11 (preupgrade) in our pc, I noticed that my gparted does not read anything anymore except... Hello, :)

After a successful upgrade from Fedora 10 to 11 (preupgrade) in our pc, I noticed that my gparted does not read anything anymore except for the usual partitions. The size of partitions are given but the Used & Unused columns are empty. In fact the partitions themselves have no shaded areas as before.
I know for a fact that their not empty since I am using it and at least the OS portions should be shaded.

Can't seem to figure this out. May I ask for some help please how to make all the partitions look "normal" again?

Thanks in advance! ]]> Redhat / Fedora Linux Help nujinini http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156009-partitions-empty-after-upgrade-fedora-10-11-a.html wusb54gc not working... http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wireless-internet/156008-wusb54gc-not-working.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:22 GMT i am very new to linux and am trying to get my wireless usb device working. WUSB54GC. I am using the VMware Player and can view that the... i am very new to linux and am trying to get my wireless usb device working.
WUSB54GC.

I am using the VMware Player and can view that the removable device is active but when I try to find the interface/chipset/driver by entering airmon-ng everything comes up blank...

any ideas?
thanks! ]]> Wireless Internet bfly03 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wireless-internet/156008-wusb54gc-not-working.html Happy Thanksgiving! to everyone that celebrates it! http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/156007-happy-thanksgiving-everyone-celebrates.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:58 GMT I was asked today by a pair of young twins what I am going to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I told them that I am thankful to be alive and quite... I was asked today by a pair of young twins what I am going to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I told them that I am thankful to be alive and quite thankful that I am able to still function independently. There are a lot of other things that I am very thankful for that I did not mention to them.

At any rate they made my day! I have been smiling all day long ( which in New York City makes me look like a lunatic )!!

Happy Thanksgiving LF members and may your lives be very blessed!! ]]> The Coffee Lounge cousinlucky http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/156007-happy-thanksgiving-everyone-celebrates.html FFmpeg 100% usage - help. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/156006-ffmpeg-100-usage-help.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:09 GMT Hello. I own this dedicated server: Core i7 920 12GBDDR 2X1TB Unlimited bandwidth Debian lenny I run a site of converting from youtube... Hello.

I own this dedicated server:
Core i7 920
12GBDDR
2X1TB
Unlimited bandwidth
Debian lenny

I run a site of converting from youtube (FLV to mp3) , when the ffmpeg start working it takes 100% from 1 core of the cpu and its unable to surf on the site , i already gave the ffmpeg "nice -n 19" but it still unable to surf on the site while the ffmpeg runs , what can i do about that ? is there a way to give the ffmpeg 2 cores and the web server (apache,mysql,phpmyadmin,proftpd) on the system 2 cores ?

Here is a picture frm the "htop" :
i46.tinypic.com/1zgf4sp.jpg (i cant enter here the IMG cuz i dont have 15 posts yet)

Thank you very much. ]]> Debian Linux Help Ericbh http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/156006-ffmpeg-100-usage-help.html unable to load nvidia.ko http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156005-unable-load-nvidia-ko.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:52 GMT please help am trying to install nvidia driver to fedora 12 but am getting this error"unable to load nvidia.ko" please help
any help is appreciated ]]> Redhat / Fedora Linux Help isattil4 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156005-unable-load-nvidia-ko.html Redhat Cluster Suite When node power off the service is not migrated http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156004-redhat-cluster-suite-when-node-power-off-service-not-migrated.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:09 GMT I am using the Redhat Cluster Suite (luci and ricci) on my centos 5.4. i have 2 nodes in a cluster. I had clustered an apache server. The service... I am using the Redhat Cluster Suite (luci and ricci) on my centos 5.4. i have 2 nodes in a cluster.
I had clustered an apache server.
The service is up end running and i can stop,start and switch on all two node.
The problem is when i try to simulate a fault for one node.
For example:

The apache resource stay on the first cluster node.

If i power off the first cluster node (not halt or init 0 but take off the eletric power off), the second cluster node not take the resource.
With the clustat command, the service still running on the first node. But the service is down. The first node is dead.
Only one the first node is join again the cluster the resource goes up on the second node.

Is it normaly ??

For me this it is a big problem

Best Regards ]]> Redhat / Fedora Linux Help mabombo http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156004-redhat-cluster-suite-when-node-power-off-service-not-migrated.html Parse Email upon Arrival http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156003-parse-email-upon-arrival.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:49 GMT Hello Linux Community!

First of all, I want to let everyone know that I've been a long-time lurker and have found this site among other very helpful in fully migrating to Fedora from Windows a couple years ago. I am currently running Fedora 10 and enjoy every minute of it.

Anyway, I have kind of unique project I'm working on. I receive work assignments via email and require me to click a link in the email to accept the assignment. More often than not, the assignment is awarded on a first-guy-to-click-it basis.

My idea is to set up a Gmail IMAP account and have a IMAP client which supports the idle protocol running on my machine, probably in a terminal. Idle support is necessary so that I receive the message immediately upon arrival to the server. Those using push email on their iPhone or Palm Pre are familiar with this concept.

When the email comes in, I have a script or something parse the email, find the URL, and wget the URL so that it is accepted. No need to actually open firefox or opera. Once accepted, they send another email to confirm the assignment was accepted.

I've made some progress, but thought the brilliant minds on this forum could help me further. I've discovered only one linux IMAP client which supports the IDLE protocol. I've tested it and emails come in immediately, sometimes even faster than they appear on the Gmail web browser login screen. The client is called "cone". The files are located in ~/.cone/. My problem is that when a message comes in, a .cache file changes to reflect the "list" of emails, but the actual email's headers are not actually downloaded until I hit Enter within the terminal running cone to download the message. I need to find a way to download the whole message immediately when it's received, then find the URL, then hit that URL with the wget command. When the message is opened, an additional file called 1.tmp is created in this folder containing the whole message.

Anyone have any ideas to help with this project? ]]> Redhat / Fedora Linux Help messinwu http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156003-parse-email-upon-arrival.html Firefox Installer stuck on Kubuntu 9.10 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/156002-firefox-installer-stuck-kubuntu-9-10-a.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:16 GMT Hi All - While installing Firefox on Kubuntu 9.10 using the (questionable) Firefox Installer, a problem occurred, and the install aborted. When... Hi All -

While installing Firefox on Kubuntu 9.10 using the (questionable) Firefox Installer, a problem occurred, and the install aborted. When i tried to install again later, I was informed that Firefox was already installed, and the app shut down. Oh well - so much for the strange installer, i thought.

I installed Firefox using the new package updater (and Adept was ditched because ?) and all went well, if a little clunky, but i noticed the Installer is still there, and seems to be stuck there. I believe the idea was that the un-install of the installer would be automatic upon FF installation so the user wouldn't have to worry about it. Therefore - no way to uninstall it.

Anyone solve this? Kind of a hastle having the unused software gumming up the works.

Thanks ]]> Ubuntu Help twoHats http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/156002-firefox-installer-stuck-kubuntu-9-10-a.html Fedora 12 DNS problen http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156001-fedora-12-dns-problen.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:54:33 GMT Hi everybody, I reinstalled my gateway yesterday and it seems like named is causing issues that it did not do before on other versions. I am... Hi everybody,

I reinstalled my gateway yesterday and it seems like named is causing issues that it did not do before on other versions. I am running named on the external interface to advertise the domains I'm hosting and on the internal and local interface as a caching server.

The named.conf file follows:

Code:
options {
        listen-on port 53 { any; };
        listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
        directory        "/var/named";
        dump-file        "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
        statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
        memstatistics-file "/var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
        allow-query { any; };
        query-source address * port 53;
};

logging {
        channel default_debug {
                file "data/named.run";
                severity dynamic;
        };
};

view "localhost_resolver"
{
        match-clients          { localhost; 10.0.0.1; 10.0.0.0/8; };
        recursion yes;

        zone "." IN {
                type hint;
                file "/var/named/named.ca";
        };

    zone "MY_REV_IP.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        notify no;
        file "named.rev.domains";
        allow-query { any; };
    };

    zone "domain1"{
            type master;
            file "named.domain1";
            notify no;
            allow-query { any; };
    };

    zone "domain2"{
            type master;
            file "named.domain2";
            notify no;
            allow-query { any; };
    };

    include "/etc/named.rfc1912.zones";
};

view external {

    match-clients { any ; };
    recursion no;
   
    zone "." IN {
        type hint;
        file "/var/named/named.ca";
    };

    zone "MY_REV_IP.in-addr.arpa" {
        type master;
        notify yes;
        file "named.rev.domains";
        allow-query { any; };
        also-notify { ISP_DNS };
    };

    zone "domain1"{
            type master;
            file "named.domain1";
            notify yes;
            allow-query { any; };
            also-notify { ISP_DNS };
    };

    zone "domain2"{
            type master;
            file "named.domain2";
            notify yes;
            allow-query { any; };
            also-notify { ISP_DNS };
    };
};
Also, here is one of the domains config zones:

Code:
$TTL 604800
domain1.    IN      SOA  ns1.domain1.  hostmaster.domain1. (
    200911200; serial
    86400 ; refresh
    7200 ; retry
    1209600 ; expire
    604800 ) ; default_ttl
    IN A        MY_PUBLIC_IP
;
; Name servers for the domain
;
    IN NS                ns1.domain1.
    IN NS                ns2.domain1.
;
; Mail server for domain
;
        IN MX        5        mail
;
; Nodes in domain
;
node1                IN A                MY_PUBLIC_IP
ns1                IN A                MY_PUBLIC_IP
mail                IN A                MY_PUBLIC_IP
radio                IN A                MY_PUBLIC_IP
cubemail        IN A                MY_PUBLIC_IP
node2                IN A                MY_PUBLIC_IP
ns2                IN A                MY_PUBLIC_IP
;
; Aliases to existing nodes in domain
;
www        IN CNAME        node1
ftp        IN CNAME        node1
I will attach also the /var/log/maillog section where you can see the domains and if you look, you will notice that named sends notifies on the external "view", so the ISP DNS should receive the advertisements.

Code:
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone MY_IP_REV.in-addr.arpa/IN/external: loaded serial 200911200
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain1/IN/external: loaded serial 200911200
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain2/IN/external: loaded serial 200911200
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain3/IN/external: loaded serial 200911200
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain4/IN/external: loaded serial 200911200
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone MY_IP_REV.in-addr.arpa/IN/external: sending notifies (serial 200911200)
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain1/IN/external: sending notifies (serial 200911200)
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain2/IN/external: sending notifies (serial 200911200)
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain3/IN/external: sending notifies (serial 200911200)
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: zone domain4/IN/external: sending notifies (serial 200911200)
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: running
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: client MY_PUBLIC_IP#63545: view localhost_resolver: received notify for zone 'MY_IP_REV.in-addr.arpa'
Nov 20 09:08:03 server_name named[9706]: client MY_PUBLIC_IP#63545: view localhost_resolver: received notify for zone 'domain1'
Nov 20 09:08:04 server_name named[9706]: client MY_PUBLIC_IP#33243: view localhost_resolver: received notify for zone 'domain2'
Nov 20 09:08:04 server_name named[9706]: client MY_PUBLIC_IP#33243: view localhost_resolver: received notify for zone 'domain3'
Nov 20 09:08:04 server_name named[9706]: client MY_PUBLIC_IP#33243: view localhost_resolver: received notify for zone 'domain4
If I do a query from kloth.net (for example), the DNS is answering, but for some reason is not advertising the domains. The iptables rules are the following:

Code:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target    prot opt source              destination       
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere           
ACCEPT    all  --  10.0.0.0/8          anywhere           
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere            state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:openvpn
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:openvpn
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere           
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere           
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:kme-trap-port
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:infowave
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:ftp-data
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:ftp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:servexec
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:down
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:smtp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:smtp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:umsp
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spt:domain
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:http
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:http
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spt:http
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:webcache
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpts:50000:51000
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:pop3
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:snmp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:https
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:microsoft-ds
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:openvpn
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:openvpn
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:ntp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:mysql
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:irdmi
DROP      icmp --  anywhere            anywhere            icmp echo-request
DROP      icmp --  anywhere            anywhere            icmp echo-reply
DROP      icmp --  anywhere            anywhere           

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target    prot opt source              destination       
DROP      tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn
DROP      udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere           
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere           
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.101          tcp dpt:http
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.102          tcp dpt:http
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.2            tcp dpt:vnc-server
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.3            tcp dpt:5901
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.2            tcp dpt:60000
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.2            udp dpt:60000
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.3            tcp dpt:60001
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            10.0.0.3            udp dpt:60001

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target    prot opt source              destination       
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            anywhere           
ACCEPT    all  --  anywhere            10.0.0.0/8         
DROP      tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn
DROP      udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:ftp-data
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:ftp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:servexec
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:down
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:smtp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:smtp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:nicname state NEW
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:umsp
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spt:domain
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:domain
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:http
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp dpt:http
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp dpt:http
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:webcache
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spts:50000:51000
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:pop3
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spt:snmp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:https
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:microsoft-ds
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:openvpn
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spt:openvpn
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spts:filenet-rpc:65535 dpts:traceroute:33523 state NEW
ACCEPT    udp  --  anywhere            anywhere            udp spt:ntp
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:mysql
ACCEPT    tcp  --  anywhere            anywhere            tcp spt:irdmi
ACCEPT    icmp --  anywhere            anywhere            icmp echo-request
If I do nslookup at the provider I'm getting:

Code:
nslookup domain1
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from ISP_DNS1, trying next server
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from ISP_DNS2, trying next server
Server:                ISP_DNS1
Address:        ISP_DNS1#53

** server can't find domain1: NXDOMAIN
But when I nslookup for it locally or on the internal interface, it answers:

Code:
nslookup domain1 127.0.0.1
Server:                127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

Name:        domain1
Address: MY_PUBLIC_IP
I tried to do DNS query from outside to yahoo.com and it refuses, so it is not a public DNS, that is fine as in the configuration. So, here, it behaves as it should. I will also attach the log for it:

Code:
Nov 20 09:50:46 server_name named[9706]: client 88.198.39.133#16791: view external: query (cache) 'yahoo.com/A/IN' denied
I don't know if my DNS is sending advertisements. How can I check? Can anybody help me? My domain has been down for more than 24 hours and I'm losing e-mails. LOTS!

Thank you... ]]> Redhat / Fedora Linux Help bogdan_bartos http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/156001-fedora-12-dns-problen.html Kubuntu Menu http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/156000-kubuntu-menu.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:13 GMT Anyone know how to revert to the old Start Menu in Kubuntu 9.10? I find the new one pretty annoying, especially with a touch-pad style mouse... I... Anyone know how to revert to the old Start Menu in Kubuntu 9.10? I find the new one pretty annoying, especially with a touch-pad style mouse...

I have poked around System Settings and found no joy.

Thanks ]]> Ubuntu Help twoHats http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/156000-kubuntu-menu.html Problems with gnome-login configuration http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/other-distributions/155999-problems-gnome-login-configuration.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:04 GMT Hi everybody, Last night I started my computer and loaded my CentOS 5.2 partition (Windows 7 on the other partition). I was able to login to my... Hi everybody,

Last night I started my computer and loaded my CentOS 5.2 partition (Windows 7 on the other partition). I was able to login to my account, but was given a gnome error that the panel buttons (i.e. weather, cpu monitor etc) could not be loaded. I then went to restart the computer (probably not the smartest thing to do) and was given some file errors upon shutdown that were related to /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00. After restart I was taken to a shell and ran fsck manually. It seemed to find a lot of bad blocks, so I repaired the /dev/VolGroup00 system and restarted.

At this point CentOS seemed to boot normally, but upon loading of the login screen I get the error:

Configuration not correct
The configuration file contains an invalid command line for the login dialog, so running the default command. Please fix your configuration.

I cannot even log in as root. I get the error /usr/bin/gnome-session: error while loading shared libraries: libgnome-desktop-2.so.2: cannot open shared objects file: no such file or directory. I then went to a shell and ran: sudo yum install libgnome-desktop-2.so.2, but the package was already installed and up to date, so there was nothing to do.

I am therefore stuck at this login screen with pull-down menus and tabs where I can change the configuration, add/remove users etc. So, my question is this:

How do I restore my user profile so I can login....and if anyone has some insight, what caused this to happen in the first place?

I should also mention, this all happened after plugging the computer into a new internet connection. No clue if that's even relevant.

Thanks in advance for any help and/or advice you can give.

Jason ]]> Other Distributions keech http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/other-distributions/155999-problems-gnome-login-configuration.html Change a permission on a folder/directory http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/155998-change-permission-folder-directory.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:06:29 GMT Guys, apologies for the newbie question but... How do I permission a folder? I have a group called serveradmin I want to add and give the...
Guys, apologies for the newbie question but...

How do I permission a folder?

I have a group called serveradmin

I want to add and give the group server admin write permissions to folder /logs

I know how to permission a file.. but changing the folder permissions isn't coming to me.

I must add that I don't want to remove any of the current permission on the folder/directory.

Thoughts? ]]> Redhat / Fedora Linux Help stuarty1874 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/155998-change-permission-folder-directory.html No GUI download http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/155997-no-gui-download.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:30 GMT I need to emulate a RHEL environment for testing on a SunVM. Given that Fedora or CENT are free, I need a copy of it. The problem is I cant seem to... I need to emulate a RHEL environment for testing on a SunVM. Given that Fedora or CENT are free, I need a copy of it. The problem is I cant seem to find a version without the GUI to install. I figure the download would be much faster if gnome/kde weren't involved. Anyone know of a no-GUI ISO to download? ]]> Redhat / Fedora Linux Help calicojack42 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/155997-no-gui-download.html