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Fwd: Training SIG
by Bryson 02 Apr '25

02 Apr '25

Hello everyone! I am currently gauging interest in a training SIG. Please let me know if this is something you'd want to assist with. The focus areas would be; - Beginner to advanced training courses on system administration, security, and more. - Recording and editing trainings. - Standing up an AlmaLinux OS course certifications. - Interactive labs and virtual machines to practice AlmaLinux commands and tasks. - Certification study guides and hands-on practice exams for certifications. - Community mentorship programs to help new users learn from experienced administrators. If any of these sound like something you would be interested in helping with, or you feel you would like to see this happen, please reply to this email! Feel free to suggest anything you would like to see added to the scope of this SIG.

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About rdma service in Almalinux9
by Patrick Bégou 28 Mar '25

28 Mar '25

Hi, I'm deploying a small cluster based on Almalinux9 using a dedicated cluster environment. When deploying infiniband support, the provided Ansible scripts try to launch the rdma service and it fails. In my old CentOS8 cluster, rdma-core provides the rdma service startup file /usr/lib/systemd/system/rdma.service in rdma-core-26.0-8.el8 to launch the rdma service In my new Almalinux9 cluster this file is no more provided by rdma-core-51.0-1.el9 And I'm unable to understand if it is no more necessary ("automagically" activated) or if I need an other package by looking at various documentations and https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core. But I'm not very familiar with this stack as usually it works out of the box (so I never delved deeply into the documentation before) Could someone help me to clarify this ? Thanks Patrick

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Cannot install drivers for NVIDIA
by Angel Campoverde 25 Feb '25

25 Feb '25

Hi, I am trying to install NVIDIA drivers following https://wiki.almalinux.org/series/system/SystemSeriesA03R9.html#%F0%9F%8C%9… but I see: Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:04 ago on Tue 25 Feb 2025 05:34:12 PM CST. Error: Problem 1: package nvidia-kmod-common-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best candidate for the job - package kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering - package kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering Problem 2: package nvidia-driver-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod-common = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - package nvidia-kmod-common-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best candidate for the job - package kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering - package kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering Problem 3: package nvidia-driver-cuda-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod-common = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - package nvidia-kmod-common-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best candidate for the job - package kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering - package kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering Problem 4: package nvidia-driver-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod-common = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - package nvidia-settings-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-driver(x86-64) = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - package nvidia-kmod-common-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best candidate for the job - package kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering - package kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering Problem 5: package xorg-x11-nvidia-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-driver(x86-64) = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - package nvidia-driver-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod-common = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - package nvidia-xconfig-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires xorg-x11-nvidia(x86-64) >= 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - package nvidia-kmod-common-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 requires nvidia-kmod = 3:570.86.15, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best candidate for the job - package kmod-nvidia-latest-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.x86_64 from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering - package kmod-nvidia-open-dkms-3:570.86.15-1.el9.noarch from cuda-rhel9-x86_64 is filtered out by modular filtering (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages) What should I do about it? Cheers.

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Libvirt SEV support in Kitten
by Teodor Pripoae 24 Feb '25

24 Feb '25

Hello, I have been testing Alma Linux Kitten and libvirt is not properly detecting SEV capabilities. Is Libvirt/QEMU compiled without SEV support ? $ dmesg | grep -i sev [ 1.821468] ccp 0000:45:00.1: sev enabled [ 53.414679] kvm_amd: SEV enabled (ASIDs 250 - 509) [ 53.414701] kvm_amd: SEV-ES enabled (ASIDs 1 - 249) [ 53.414720] kvm_amd: SEV-SNP disabled (ASIDs 1 - 249) $ virsh domcapabilities | grep -i sev <sev supported='no'/> $ virt-host-validate QEMU: Checking for hardware virtualization : PASS QEMU: Checking if device '/dev/kvm' exists : PASS QEMU: Checking if device '/dev/kvm' is accessible : PASS QEMU: Checking if device '/dev/vhost-net' exists : PASS QEMU: Checking if device '/dev/net/tun' exists : PASS QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpu' controller support : PASS QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpuacct' controller support : PASS QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'cpuset' controller support : PASS QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'memory' controller support : PASS QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'devices' controller support : PASS QEMU: Checking for cgroup 'blkio' controller support : PASS QEMU: Checking for device assignment IOMMU support : PASS QEMU: Checking if IOMMU is enabled by kernel : PASS QEMU: Checking for secure guest support : PASS QEMU: Checking for AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State (SEV-ES): PASS QEMU: Checking for AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP): PASS

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Autofs: too many open files issue
by Carles Acosta Silva 25 Nov '24

25 Nov '24

Hi, We are running AlmaLinux 9.3 on several nodes that normally use autofs to mount different kinds of remote directories. Since the last week, we are seeing these errors: automount[2150866]: open_pipe:161: failed to open pipe: Too many open files And automount stops working. It does not seem that any user has arrived at the maximum number of open files. Do you have any idea where we can look to find a solution? Thank you in advance. Best regards, Carles

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AlmaLinux 9.3 and libvirtd problem
by Alessandro Baggi 23 Oct '24

23 Oct '24

Hi list, I'm running AlmaLinux 9.3 and I'm running several virtual machines using qemu-kvm and libvirtd ( and virt-manager). 3 VMs starts during system boot (configured with "virsh autostart VMNAME"). All works as expected until I loaded a old vm config file. When I tried to run "systemctl reload libvirtd" I got: "libvirtd.service is not active, cannot reload." It is enable on boot and running "systemctl status libvirtd" I get: Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2024-01-25 16:32:40 CET; 4min 55s ago Duration: 5min 14.530s It reports that it is inactive (really dead) because I can't find it inside process table. Rebooting the system, I found libvirtd process with argument "--timeout=120" and after 120 seconds it dies. Reading libvirtd systemd unit I found Environment=LIBVIRTD_ARGS="--timeout 120" and from the man page I get: "t, --timeout *SECONDS* Exit after timeout period (in seconds), provided there are neither any client connections nor any running domains." Here I found something strange. On boot I have 3 running domains but libvirtd dies after 120 seconds. To load new configuration I need to run restart and virt-manager works without problem also if libvirtd is not running. This is a misconfiguration or it is a bug? Thank you in advance. Alessandro.

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Cannot login to user account
by Angel Campoverde 22 Oct '24

22 Oct '24

Hi, I am seeing some problems with my alma9 installation. 1. I locked the machine with superkey + l, then I came back and unlocked it. 2. I saw that the upper case keys were on by default and I had to turn on caps-lock to turn back on the lower case keys. 3. The number pad did not show numbers, but the signs you get when you press shift, i.e. !@#$... 4. The arrow keys did not do the arrow thing, but they showed upper case letters, A, F, I do not remember the others. So I restarted. Then I tried to log in but: 1. When I put the right password, It looks like it will log in, because the screen goes black, however it comes back to the login screen without telling me anything else. 2. I know this is not a password issue, because when I put a wrong password, it tells me that the password is wrong. 3. I can log in as root. 4. I can do su - username and log in from there with my normal password. I do not recall doing anything special with the computer. Do you know what might be happening? Cheers.

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Kickstart installs with isolinux (insecure boot) fails, same Kickstart works with EFI(secureboot)
by fait＠uga.edu 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

I have been working with AlmaLinux 8 for a couple of years using various iterations AlmaLinux 8, with my systems(5 of them) currently using 8.10. I am now in the process of validating install media to move to version 9.4, using kickstart to manage the initial configuration of these hosts. The kickstart file sets up the network,decides the host name, and sets up a complex partitioning scenario. Initially I tested this using secure boot, without any issue. I repeated the same install, on the same hardware, using the same kickstart file, only this time using the legacy boot (insecure). I have verified that this is an issue with insecure boot, as I then did a manual install of a server+graphics, along with development tools, and then took the resulting kickstart file, made the required changes so that the partitioning would work, and then attempted to do a kickstart install using this minimal kickstart, with the same results of success for the EFI boot, and failure with the isolinux boot. I did check, and the two commands to the kernel appear to be identical, but the insecure boot is not able to find the kickstart file. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Anyone found a work-around?

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Almalinux 9.4 import LVM VG bug?
by Alessandro Baggi 08 Sep '24

08 Sep '24

Hi list, on my Almalinux 9.4 I tried to import LVM Volume Group from another system. When I attached disks on my workstation, pvscan or vgimport does not found any lvm devices. Reading here: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/lvm-operations-might-fail-on-a-fedor… seems that renaming /etc/lvm/devices/system.devices permits the system to read lvm devices and able to import an existing volume. This is a bug or a wanted behaviour? File system.devices is required? I should restore it? Thank you in advance Alessandro.

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Where are the archives for: users@lists.almalinux.org ?
by Mike Schleif 29 Aug '24

29 Aug '24

I just signed up and I want to see if my questions are already answered. TY

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RPM creation problem
by Alessandro Baggi 26 Jul '24

26 Jul '24

Hi list, I'm creating an RPM package for gocryptfs on AlmaLinux 9.3 I'm using the source with deps (vendoring) because deps are too much. During the process rpmbuild returns: gocryptfs-debugsource-2.4.0-1.el9.x86_64 error: Empty %files file /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/gocryptfs_v2.4.0_src-deps/debugsourcefiles.list To avoid this I can add: %global debug_package %{nil} and the problem is solved also if the build-id links are generated. But, here there is a problem. I read that for $arch packages a debug package will be created and if some error is reported there is something wrong on the SPEC file. Why debugsourcefiles.list is empty? What is causing this? Thank you in advance. Alessandro.

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there is a strange delay in my work on the Almalinux forum - what should I do?
by Mikhail Kuzminsky 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

I registered on the forum yesterday and sent a message. Today I go to the forum (general) - my message has not appeared yet. And I cannot answer to the message (from another forum user) about a problem: I don't see any answer icon. My username on the forum is mbkus (with my other e-mail). I don't see any way to contact the forum manager. Mikhail

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AlmaLinux 9 and XFCE sound problem
by Alessandro Baggi 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '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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OpenSSH policies / system crypto policy equivalence
by Francesco Di Nucci 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Hello, I am trying to write a crypto policy modifier to disable some kex algorithms in OpenSSH (not the one in the example, but the issue is the same). Reading //usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/openssh.py/, I find mappings like /'ECDHE-SECP521R1-SHA2-512': 'ecdh-sha2-nistp521'/, so I tried to write in a pmod /key_exchange = -ECDHE-SECP521R1-SHA2-512/ When I try to load it with update-crypto-policies, it fails stating /Bad value of policy property `key_exchange`: `ECDHE-SECP521R1-SHA2-512`/, and in fact If I check //usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/alg_lists.py, /ECDHE-SECP521R1-SHA2-512 is not defined there. So, how can I disable in OpenSSH kex/algorithms/etc that are defined in //usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/openssh.py /but not in //usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/alg_lists.py?/ Best regards Francesco Di Nucci

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Nftables breaks ...
by Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) 16 May '24

16 May '24

LS Updating AlmaLinux 9.3 to 9.4, the package Nftables seems to get upgraded from 1.0.4 to 1.0.9.1 And after the upgrade, netfilter completely blocks any in- and outbound network traffic. Removing version 1.0.9 and reinstalling the Alma9.3-baseos-package nftables-1.0.4 fixes the problem. Could it be that some of the nft-kernel modules aren't loaded by the package ? Anyone any idea ? Regards, Carel

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pdfjam?
by Morgan Read 10 May '24

10 May '24

Folks, Can` anyone point me in the direction of `pdfjam`? It seems part of `texlive` but doesn't get installed with it. It seems to be provided in the fedora build system for EL: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/rpminfo?rpmID=34352082 https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=26454 I'm a bit stumped with what to install for it. Thanks -- Morgan Read Grande Bretagne Em: <email:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz>

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AlmaLinux 9 and KDE problem
by Alessandro Baggi 08 May '24

08 May '24

Hi, I'm trying to install KDE from EPEL on AlmaLinux 9.3, but got several errors. I have enable crb repo and EPEL repo. Running dnf groupinstall "KDE Plasma Workspaces" I get: Error: Problem 1: package kdegraphics-thumbnailers-23.08.5-1.el9.x86_64 from epel requires libKF5KDcraw.so.5()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed - conflicting requests - nothing provides libraw.so.23()(64bit) needed by kf5-libkdcraw-23.08.5-1.el9.x86_64 from epel Problem 2: package gwenview-1:23.08.5-2.el9.x86_64 from epel requires libgwenviewlib.so.5()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed - package gwenview-1:23.08.5-2.el9.x86_64 from epel requires gwenview-libs(x86-64) = 1:23.08.5-2.el9, but none of the providers can be installed - package gwenview-libs-1:23.08.5-2.el9.x86_64 from epel requires libKF5KDcraw.so.5()(64bit), but none of the providers can be installed - conflicting requests - nothing provides libraw.so.23()(64bit) needed by kf5-libkdcraw-23.08.5-1.el9.x86_64 from epel (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate package There is something bad with EPEL Repository? Thank you in advance.

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package broken, initscripts-10.11.6-1.el9 brakes network-scripts-10.11.5
by jehan Procaccia 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi since few hours (it worked fine yesterday at least) , a /dnf update/ on different of my alma 9.3 systems fails with this error /# dnf update Last metadata expiration check: 2:03:50 ago on Mon 06 May 2024 08:26:51 PM CEST. Error: Problem: cannot install both initscripts-10.11.6-1.el9.x86_64 from baseos and initscripts-10.11.5-1.el9.x86_64 from @System - package network-scripts-10.11.5-1.el9.x86_64 from @System requires initscripts(x86-64) = 10.11.5-1.el9, but none of the providers can be installed - cannot install the best update candidate for package initscripts-10.11.5-1.el9.x86_64 - problem with installed package network-scripts-10.11.5-1.el9.x86_64 (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)/ if I do a/--allowerasing/, update does proceed but it removes package /network-scripts-10.11.5-1.el9.x86_64/ , then, at next reboot network is not configured anymore, indeed networks-scripts (ifup ...) is not there anymore did someone broke something in packages dependencies ? thanks . PS: systeme before update /# cat /etc/os-release NAME="AlmaLinux" VERSION="9.3 (Shamrock Pampas Cat)" ID="almalinux" ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora" VERSION_ID="9.3"/

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Almalinux and integritysetup speed problem
by Alessandro Baggi 10 Apr '24

10 Apr '24

Hi list, I'm trying on a spare machine dm-integrity with mdadm raid1. This is an old machine (i7-2600k). I'm using 2x500GB wd caviar black SATA3. I'm trying to run some test and see how much performance changes using dm-integrity. First I created a raid1 with mdadm and checked the performances and writing 50G I got 100 MB/s Then I destroied the md device and on every disk I run: # integritysetup format --integrity xxhash64 /dev/sdb1 # integritysetup format --integrity xxhash64 /dev/sdc1 During this process the performances was good ~95MB/s. After this I opened the devices with: # integritysetup open integrity xxhash64 /dev/sdb1 sdb1 # integritysetup open integrity xxhash64 /dev/sdc1 sdc1 and created the mdadm array with: # mdadm --create /dev/md10 --level=raid1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/mapper/sdb1 /dev/mapper/sdc1 and reading on /proc/mdstat I got this: [>....................] resync = 1.1% (4929792/443175424) finish=677.3min speed=10782K/sec Why there is so big drop on speed during the sync? I'm missing something? I'll need 11 hours to sync 2x500GB hdd? Why so slow? Before this I tried the same on a newer machine with i7 8700k and 2x2TB WD gold and I get a drop sync speed at ~35MB/s. There is something that I can do to improve this? Thank you in advance. Alessandro.

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AlmaLinux Appstream
by Alessandro Baggi 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

Hi list, I've noticed that RHEL has several type of appstream: RHEL 9 Application Streams Release Life Cycle RHEL 9 Full Life Application Streams Release Life Cycle RHEL 9 Rolling Application Streams Release Life Cycle from here: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhel-app-streams-life-cycl… I noticed that in application streams there less software that in AlmaLinux appstream. Why? They are RHEL binded packages (licenses etc...)? I noticed also that there is a rolling appstream which includes firefox 102 and other app. Is that rolling appstream available for AlmaLinux? Thank you in advance

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ZFS and AlmaLinux 9.X
by Alessandro Baggi 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Hi list, I would install ZFS on my backup server. It runs Almalinux 9.3 and actually it saves data on RAID1 MDADM. From what I read I can install ZFS from OpenZFS repositories for EL and choose between kABI tracking or DKMS. I read that using kABI module I will have problem when a new minor release will be released because I must wait that the kABI module from OpenZFS repo team should be built to support the new kernel. Have someone used the kABI module? How many time you need to wait the new module? Are they quick releasing it? The other method is using DKMS, so at every kernel update I need a DKMS recompilation with a possible problem during recompilation. Ok I will have the old module with the previous kernel that will work. How much DKMS recompilation problem occours? What is the best method in your experience? Thank you in advance. Alessandro.

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New proposed AlmaLinux HPC/AI SIG in formation
by Hayden Barnes 21 Mar '24

21 Mar '24

Hello community. I am Hayden Barnes, the Senior Open Source Community Manager for AI software at HPE. A group of us have been discussing the possibility of forming an official HPC/AI SIG to promote the benefits of AlmaLinux for HPC and AI, provide guidance and support for AlmaLinux users in HPC and AI, and represent the interests and needs of the HPC and AI community within AlmaLinux. We have prepared a draft SIG proposal: Proposal - https://github.com/sirredbeard/wiki/blob/master/docs/sigs/HPC%20and%20AI.md Draft PR - https://github.com/AlmaLinux/wiki/pull/370/files I would like to invite participation, comments, feedback, and suggestions from the broader AlmaLinux community. Are you using AlmaLinux in HPC or for AI/ML applications? Are you interested in becoming involved in the SIG or attending SIG events? Do you have any feedback on our proposal? I look forward to hearing from you! Hayden Barnes Senior Open Source Community Manager Determined AI and Pachyderm AI Solutions Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) hayden.barnes(a)hpe.com https://twitter.com/unixterminal http://linkedin.com/in/thbarnes

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Using bluetooth serial (RFCOMM) on AlmaLinux 9
by Marc Balmer 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

I am running the latest AlmaLinux 9 on a Raspberry Pi 3/4 computer. I want to communication with a Bluetooth device that uses the serial communication (SPP) profile. Using bluetoothctl I see the device, and I pair with it. However, I can not establish the serial link, i.e. I don’t have a /dev/rfcomm0 device to communicate. In other Linux distributions there exists the rfcomm command to connect to a Bluetooth serial device, but in AlmaLinux 9 this is not available. How can I establish a serial link over Bluetooth, then? The rfcomm kernel is present in AlmaLinux 9. Thanks, mb

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Help with Listserv on AlmaLinux 8 or 9
by Xeno 13 Mar '24

13 Mar '24

Hello Almalinux Users, Glad to find you. This lists.almalinux.org is doing what I'm hoping to set up, Listserv on AlmaLinux. Is there a step by step set-up you can share? Or tips on getting it working? After three days of server rebuilds, I'm getting closer. Got LDAP working on AL9, for example, but wonder if there is a better way, like a working package that just installs everything with prompts. Thanks

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Kernel panic booting Alma 9.2 and 9.3 on 9.3 VM with defaults
by Benjamin Smith 12 Mar '24

12 Mar '24

I'm trying to get a VM of Alma 9 running on a fully updated Alma 9 host. It's really simple: 1) I start virt-manager 2) Add machine, default settings, click "next... next..." * Local install media /home/AlmaLinux-9.3-x86_64-minimal.iso [X] Automatically detect from installation media/source * 1536 memory, 2 CPUs (default) * 20 GB storage (default) * Name: almalinux9 (default) 3) When it boots, I choose "Install AlmaLinux...." 4) Kernel panics! See attached screenshot result. What am I missing? Hopefully useful information to follow, screenshot attached. Host has 16 GB RAM and the following cpu. processor : 7 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 60 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz stepping : 3 microcode : 0x28 cpu MHz : 3955.493 cache size : 8192 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 8 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 7 initial apicid : 7 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit srbds mmio_unknown bogomips : 7183.66 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:

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XFS and COW operation
by Alessandro Baggi 26 Feb '24

26 Feb '24

Hi, I read from here https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/xfs/patch/20181110115104.30293-4-hch@l… that I can enable COW on XFS fs but I can't find any switch for always_cow unders sysfs. I'm running AlmaLinux 9.3. Reading the man page of mkfs.xfs I found: "reflink=value This option enables the use of a separate reference count btree index in each allocation group. The value is either 0 to disable the feature, or 1 to create a reference count btree in each allocation group. The reference count btree enables the sharing of physical extents between the data forks of different files, which is commonly known as "reflink". Unlike traditional Unix filesystems which assume that every inode and logical block pair map to a unique physical block, a reflink-capable XFS filesystem removes the uniqueness requirement, allowing up to four billion arbitrary inode/logical block pairs to map to a physical block. If a program tries to write to a multiply-referenced block in a file, the write will be redirected to a new block, and that file's logical-to-physical mapping will be changed to the new block ("copy on write"). This feature enables the creation of per-file snapshots and deduplication. It is only available for the data forks of regular files.By default, mkfs.xfs will create reference count btrees and therefore will enable the reflink feature." This means that using reflink=1 enable COW on the FS and that it is enable by default on fs creation or I'm missing something? Thank you in advance. Best regards, Alessandro.

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Where can one find the best jobs in the world?
by elisegray1106＠gmail.com 22 Feb '24

22 Feb '24

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How to Create a Timeless Sportswear Style
by aj592756＠gmail.com 19 Feb '24

19 Feb '24

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How to Design a Classic Sportswear Look?
by bw9677249＠gmail.com 17 Feb '24

17 Feb '24

It's crucial to keep in mind that how you feel and look in your outfit is what counts most when searching for the ideal piece for your upcoming big game. To visit https://www.slikmagazine.com/how-to-embrace-your-shein-outfit-in-winter-202…, When looking for the ideal ensemble, developing a classic athletics look should be your first priority. https://www.slikmagazine.com/how-to-embrace-your-shein-outfit-in-winter-202… The following advice will assist you in developing a classic sportswear look: Select timeless shapes that will never go out of style, including tracksuits and polo shirts. For a classy look, go to neutral hues like navy, gray, and black. Add playful patterns and prints, such as florals or strong stripes, to give your space a little more flair.

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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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dnf update Alma 8 KO about GPG Keys
by thomas.rison＠certinomis.fr 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

Hello, I have migrate my centOS 7 to centOS 8 and after to Almalinux 8, It's OK but now I want to make UPDATE to patch my VM and I have always this error I have already make that rpm --import https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux and after when for example I made this update, dnf update httpd -y Importing GPG key 0xC21AD6EA: Userid : "AlmaLinux <packager(a)almalinux.org>" Fingerprint: E53C F5EF 91CE B0AD 1812 ECB8 51D6 647E C21A D6EA From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux Key imported successfully ... Public key for mod_ssl-2.4.37-62.module_el8.9.0+3646+acd210d0.x86_64.rpm is not installed. Failing package is: mod_ssl-1:2.4.37-62.module_el8.9.0+3646+acd210d0.x86_64 GPG Keys are configured as: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux Error: GPG check FAILED I have this version, cat /etc/redhat-release AlmaLinux release 8.9 (Midnight Oncilla) Could you help me please, BR

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AlmaLinux and BTRFS
by Alessandro Baggi 05 Feb '24

05 Feb '24

Hi list, there are chances to have BTRFS on AlmaLinux? It is on "things to do" or I will never see it on Alma? There are plans and timing for this? Would be great have BTRFS on AlmaLinux without rely on third party repo like for ZFS. Thank you in advance. Alessandro.

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AlmaLinux 9.3 and SATA controller
by Alessandro Baggi 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Hi, I need to buy a SATA3 PCI-E 3.0 2x controller with 4 or 6 port. It will be installed on my workstation. I need to use AlmaLinux or at least Fedora. Actually I found this: https://www.silverstonetek.com/it/product/info/expansion-cards/ECS06/ but I can't determine if it is supported by the kernel. The chipset is ASMedia ASM1166 (AHCI). I can't find good results on google search. How I can check if the controller is supported? If not what controller do you suggest? Thank you in advance. Alessandro.

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Disabling automatic updates
by Patrick Begou 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

Hi, I have several Alma Linux 8 and Alma Linux 9 boxes. Some of them (strangely not all) are running automatic updates: - some boxes at boot time - other with a pop-up in a user session (requesting also to reboot). These session are using Gnome or KDE I've done some investigation with google, disabling automatic download for dnf, but automatic updates still occur and I do not found where I can disable this. That looks strange for me is that deployment is kickstarted based with similar kickstart file with the same initial rpm base (then I update all the rpms with dnf) This behaviour is not correct in a professional environment as we must have stable libraries versions and run updates intentionally. Thanks for your help Patrick

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AlmaLinux 9, diskimage-builder
by Jack Bailey 16 Dec '23

16 Dec '23

Hello, Does anyone know if a project either exists or is under consideration for building AlmaLinux 9 cloud images? I work in an OpenStack environment and I'd like to use diskimage-builder <https://docs.openstack.org/diskimage-builder/latest/> to deploy AlmaLinux 9 images. Thanks, Jack

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Experience the passion of radioonlineluisteren.nl and your musical pleasure!
by scarecrowiobra＠gmail.com 05 Dec '23

05 Dec '23

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Experience the passion of radioonlineluisteren.nl and your musical pleasure!
by xquang487＠gmail.com 05 Dec '23

05 Dec '23

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05 Dec '23

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Notification for insert of optical disk
by Gerhard Sporer 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Hi there, we did make an upgrade of our headless appliance (a DVD read-roboter) from CentOs 6.9 to AlmaLinux 8.8. CentOS 6.9 did fire a UDEV-notification every time the DVD-Tray did something (insert cd, read CD, eject,...) and we could react on that. AlmaLinux 8.8 now uses systemd, therefore the UDEV-notifications only happen, if the filesystem of the media is correctly identified - which does not happen if for example the media is scratched and therefore not readable. Now there is a CD inside the tray - and we do have no clue. If we use a vanilla AlmaLinux 8.8 with KDE and insert a scratched CD - after some time the CD gets ejected - and we have not found out, which service does this. Is there a possibility to get notified, when a CD is inserted - regardless of the readability. Thanks Gerhard PS: i did post this question in the german-list as well: https://lists.almalinux.org/hyperkitty/list/users-de@lists.almalinux.org/th…

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Upgrading AlmaLinux Server 9.x Series
by Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

Subject: Upgrading AlmaLinux Server 9.x Series Good day from Singapore, I have upgraded my AlmaLinux server from version 9.2 to version 9.3 on 23 Nov 2023 Thursday between 2 pm and 2.30 pm Singapore Time. [root@ns1 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release AlmaLinux release 9.3 (Shamrock Pampas Cat) [root@ns1 ~]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="AlmaLinux" VERSION="9.3 (Shamrock Pampas Cat)" ID="almalinux" ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora" VERSION_ID="9.3" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9" PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 9.3 (Shamrock Pampas Cat)" ANSI_COLOR="0;34" LOGO="fedora-logo-icon" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos" HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.3" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.3" This is my Virtualmin Master Server in Germany. Enterprise Linux operating system upgrade was done using Virtualmin server control panel. It is very easy using the Web UI. I am a proud user of AlmaLinux 9.3. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore Blogs: https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.com https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com GIMP also stands for Government-Induced Medical Problems. Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

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Unattended Installs
by St. John, David 13 Nov '23

13 Nov '23

Hi All, Where can I find information about how to do automated/unattended installations of AlmaLinux?

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SNMP MIBs
by Mandar Pandit (mandpand) 07 Nov '23

07 Nov '23

Hi Experts, Can you help to point out to SNMP OIDs, MIBs for alma Linux . I need them for monitoring the OS related parameters. I see a ref document from Redhat , and looking for a similar one for Alma Linux. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/ht… Regards Mandar Pandit.

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AL9 - where's system-config-printer?
by Nux 23 Sep '23

23 Sep '23

Hi, Wanted to add printing support to a sort of minimal installation, but it seems like there is no yum/dnf group for printing and the system-config-printer is not available anymore. How does one go about installing printing support? Cheers

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Re: Support for Mono vbc.exe
by Nels Lindquist 21 Aug '23

21 Aug '23

On 2023-08-21 1:03 PM, TTT wrote: > I still don't understand - if the vendor "recompiles for .NET" how will that change how/what I run under linux? > > The app is already compiled using the .NET framework (Windows target), which is why I require the mono project to .NET code on Linux. Microsoft has directly released .NET on Linux: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux Running "dnf list dotnet*" should give you a list of packages available through the AlmaLinux repositories. They don't specifically include vbc.exe, but there's a different mechanism for building/launching applications. -- Nels Lindquist nlindq(a)maei.ca

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Support for Mono vbc.exe
by TTT 21 Aug '23

21 Aug '23

I have installed a variety of mono packages from the repo (as shown below), as well as mono-basic which was part of FC38 repo (to get vbnc.exe). While overall working well, I still need the vbc.exe program. This is part of mono-complete in other distros, but it seem FC/RH family of RPM's don't offer this. Would anyone know how to get vbc.exe into a AlmaLinux 9 system? I'm hoping NOT to recompile the entire mono project just to get that one executable. mono-data-sqlite-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-extras-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-data-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-mvc-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-wcf-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-web-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-core-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-winforms-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 monodoc-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-devel-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-basic-4.7-11.fc38.x86_64 mono-winfx-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-reactive-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-locale-extras-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-data-oracle-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64 mono-complete-6.12.0-5.el9.x86_64

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Very confused about AlmaLinux version
by Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Subject: Very confused about AlmaLinux version Good day from Singapore, I am very confused about my AlmaLinux version. My AlmaLinux CLI console shows that I have AlmaLinux 9.2. [root@ns1 ~]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="AlmaLinux" VERSION="9.2 (Turquoise Kodkod)" ID="almalinux" ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora" VERSION_ID="9.2" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9" PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 9.2 (Turquoise Kodkod)" ANSI_COLOR="0;34" LOGO="fedora-logo-icon" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos" HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.2" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2" But when I login to my Virtualmin web UI, the dashboard says I have AlmaLinux 9.1. Do I have AlmaLinux 9.1 or 9.2? Anyone can advise? Thank you. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individual in Singapore Blogs: https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.com https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com GIMP also stands for Government-Induced Medical Problems.

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