January 2023 - AlmaLinux Users - AlmaLinux List Archives

AlmaLinux 9.1 Problem on MDADM raid1
by Alessandro Baggi 17 Feb '24

17 Feb '24

Hi Jack, I'm sorry to bother you during holidays. I encountered a strange problem installing AlmaLinux 9.1 on a RAID1 (MDADM) with the current configuration: - /boot/efi on md125 - swap on md126 - / on md127 disks are 2 SSD MLC Type. After the installation, if I reboot the system I get: "md: md125 stopped" (it is printed many times like in a loop) alternated with: "systemd-shutdown[1]: Not all MD devices stopped, 1 left Stopping MD Devices Stopping MD /dev/md125 (9:125)" and the system hangs on this loop until I cut the power. I encountered this issue on my Workstation with Asus Prime Z490-A / i9-10850k. I tried with another workstation that runs on Asus Prime Z370-A / i7 8700K, to exclude bad SATA controller and bad cables. Also on the second workstation the problem is found. I tried to replicate this using 9.0 ISO. The problem does not occur until I update to 9.1 I tried also with 8.7. No problem here. I tried also RockyLinux 9.1 and got the same problem but with different messages: "block device autoconfig is deprecated and will removed" alternated with: "blkdev_get_no_open: 270 callbacks suppressed." To stop the machine I need to cut the power. I tried also Debian 11.5 without problems. So seems that the problem is 9.1 related. Actually I can't test the same with RHEL 9.1 but probably the problem will occour also on RHEL 9.1 There is a way to fix this or I should wait an upgrade? Thank you in advance.

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AlmaLinux 9 and XFCE sound problem
by Alessandro Baggi 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Hey there, I installed Almalinux OS 9 on my notebook. I installed XFCE but I'm getting problem with audio because xfce4-pulseaudio plugin is missing and I can't change sound volume except on the specific program that play the music (In my case audacious and firefox). Currently I don't know if I must open a "please build xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin" on epel or if I should use something due to pipewire. I enabled also epel-testing to check if the package was in testing but seems missing. Someone has the same problem? Thank you in advance.

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ganglia gmond python modules missing from EPEL package
by Adrian Sevcenco 23 Jan '23

23 Jan '23

Does anyone use ganglia gmond under alma 9? And does anyone have any idea why the epel provided gmond does not have the python modules? Thanks a lot! Adrian

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LSRRB (Linux Software Raid Redundant Boot)
by Robert Moskowitz 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

I have a new HPE Prioliant gen10plus that I will be setting up with RAID1. I have been asking questions on the Centos-user list, but my plan is to install AlmaLinux 9.1 And I have been following comments about problems with RAID support in it. Meanwhile in my digging into RAID on my gen10+ install I find: https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/project/lsrrb/ And lsrrb. It is available for RH8. Can I get it to work with AL9.1? should I for a single server? It seems to use PXE, TFTP, and kickstart. A lot of work, is it worth it? Or is there a short cut? thanks for any help you can provide.

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mail server platform
by Robert Moskowitz 02 Jan '23

02 Jan '23

Past time to upgrade my email server I run my own setup with RedSleeve6-arm. I never successfully got the Centos7-arm working, but if interested you can see what I was doing at: http://medon.htt-consult.com/Centos7-mailserver.html I want something as turnkey as possible with RAID1 drives. So first level question is a small Almalinux platform with RAID. Will have to be Intel, not ARM, as the mail software tends to be Intel. I do want low power. Note my network server is a little, low-power QNAP TS-230 and I had to replace a drive with errors, so I am sold on RAID. Thus first a recommendation on a platform. 4TB drives would be overkill for my mail needs. Then email software. My current setup is file-based messages. So I have to think about that for any migration, but I SO want out of maintaining the software myself. Running an updater is all I want at this age (now 72). I found: https://geekflare.com/self-hosted-email-server/ And iRedMail looks interestingly easy for me. Modoboa looks a little harder. Mail will be the ONLY think on this system, so I should not need any docker setups. Anyone can point me where to get going? thanks

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