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Lost my grub2
by johndthompson＠gmail.com 17 Jun '22

17 Jun '22

I just did a BIOS update on my Lenovo Ideacenter running Almalinux-8.6 and Windows-10. Of curse, the update had to be done from Windows, and once completed it has disabled my grub bootloader and goes directly into Windows. I can boot linux using SystemRescueCD, but grub2-install fails thus: [john@alma ~]$ sudo grub2-install /dev/sda grub2-install: error: this utility cannot be used for EFI platforms because it does not support UEFI Secure Boot. If I disable "Secure Boot" I get "no operating system found." I've also tried SuperGrub, BootRepair, and (from Windows) EasyBCD. SuperGrub fails in a manner similar o that described above. BootRepair fails with "Please enable a repository containing the [grub-efi-amd64-signed] packages in the software sources of AlmaLinux 8.6 (Sky Tiger) (mapper/almalinux-root). Then try again." but no indication of where or how this repo should be added. The SourceForge page for BootRepair doesn't show a way to ask for help. EasyBCD fails to find my linux installation. What are my options? Should I re-install almalinux and hope it can fix grub? Seems like a pile of work for what ought to be a simple task. For the time being, I can use my almalinux installation by booting from SystemRescueCD nd using its "findroot" boot option. Almost everything works, except, notably, nfs. Systemctl shows proc-fs-nfsd.mount as the problem: systemctl list-dependencies nfs-server nfs-server.service ● ├─-.mount . ├─auth-rpcgss-module.service ●├─home.mount . ├─nfs-convert.service . ├─nfs-idmapd.service . ├─nfs-mountd.service . ├─nfsdcld.service x├─proc-fs-nfsd.mount ● ├─rpc-statd-notify.service ● ├─rpc-statd.service ● ├─rpcbind.socket ● ├─system.slice ● ├─network-online.target ● │ └─NetworkManager-wait-online.service ● └─network.target Any ideas?

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EFI PXE kickstart help
by Lana Deere 16 Jun '22

16 Jun '22

I am trying to do an AlmaLinux 9 network install on an EFI machine but I am having trouble getting the initial boot to work. I have the equivalent working for BIOS machines so I'm reasonably confident my kickstart file and http server are set up properly. When I try to boot from the EFI machine, I see the DHCP messages in /var/log/messages on the tftp server so it looks like the client gets an address, but then the client reports an error and goes to back to the boot menu, clearing the error message so that I have no chance to read the error. I've been trying to follow the instructions at: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/ht… Anyone have any advice? Thanks! .. Lana (lana.deere(a)gmail.com)

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Source RPMs?
by Nux 12 May '22

12 May '22

Hello, Are the source RPMs hosted anywhere? Thanks -- Nux www.nux.ro

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AlmaLinux 8.6 Stable Now Available
by Jack Aboutboul 12 May '22

12 May '22

Hell All, AlmaLinux OS 8.6 Stable, Codenamed Sky Tiger, is now available for your casual consumption, on a mirror near you. Mirrors: https://mirrors.almalinux.org Release Notes: https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/8.6.html Blog: https://almalinux.org/blog/almalinux-86-stable-is-now-available/ Join us on https://chat.almalinux.org and all the various and sundry social channels. Thanks, Jack

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AlmaLinux 8.6 Beta Now Available
by Jack Aboutboul 06 May '22

06 May '22

Hello All, Just a quick note to let you all know that we've just released AlmaLinux 8.6 Beta. Read/comment/discuss here: https://almalinux.discourse.group/t/almalinux-8-6-sky-tiger-beta-now-availa… and https://www.reddit.com/r/AlmaLinux/comments/ujtjc2/almalinux_86_sky_tiger_b… You can find it on the mirrors: https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html Have a great weekend, Jack

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AlmaLinux Talk @ Linuxfest Northwest Online 2022
by Luna Jernberg 25 Apr '22

25 Apr '22

Hey! The talk that was held at Linuxfest Northwest Online 2022 in Online Bellingham is up on Youtube now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA4GM0qrD7E *watching*

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AlmaLinux 9 Beta -- Now Available
by Jack Aboutboul 20 Apr '22

20 Apr '22

Hello, Community! AlmaLinux OS is proud to announce AlmaLinux OS 9.0 Beta <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos.html> for all 4 architectures: x86_64 <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/x86_64/9.0-beta.html>, aarch64 <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/aarch64/9.0-beta.html>, ppc64le <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/ppc64le/9.0-beta.html> and s390x <https://mirrors.almalinux.org/isos/s390x/9.0-beta.html>, achieving architecture parity with upstream. As this is a *BETA* release it should not be used for production installations. The provided upgrade instructions should not be used on production machines unless you don't mind if something breaks. Now if you wanna test this somehow, somewhere to see how things will work in 9.0 stable, you're on the right track. Cloud Images and Containers Cloud images and containers are in process and we anticipate the first batch to be ready in 1-2 days. Release Notes and More Information AlmaLinux OS 9.0 Beta is based on upstream kernel version 5.14 and contains enhancements around cloud and container development and improvements to the web console. This release also delivers enhancements for security and compliance including additional security profiles. Other various updates include Python 3.9, GCC 11 with the latest versions of LLVM, Rust and Go to make modernizing the applications faster and easier. You can read more about it by checking out the Release Notes <https://wiki.almalinux.org/release-notes/9.0-beta.html>. Test Days Please make sure to stay tuned to the blog, community chat and various social channels and mailing lists (links below) for the upcoming announcement of test days, where we will gather together and have ourselves a good ole' fashioned bug hunt. What you can do to help? Test, test, test. Your feedback is what helps make great production releases. Please report any bugs you may see on the Bug Tracker <https://bugs.almalinux.org/>. You can also pop into the AlmaLinux Community Chat <https://chat.almalinux.org/> and join our Testing Channel, post a question on our 9.0 Beta Forum <https://almalinux.discourse.group/c/devel/9-0-beta/29>, on our AlmaLinux Community on Reddit <https://reddit.com/r/almalinux> or catch us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/almalinux>. Please enjoy this Beta release, let us know what you think and stay tuned for more updates and announcements coming soon. Happy Testing!

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AlmaLinux Errata Format
by Alessandro Baggi 16 Apr '22

16 Apr '22

Hi List, currently errata are not present in ML so I'm trying to create a script that help me when a new ALSA/ALBA is released on AlmaLinux Errata. The problem is that the page (https://errata.almalinux.org/index.html) releases data with javascript table (a sort of datables) and if I try to download the page with wget, curl or lynx it reports that JS should be enabled. There is another way to retrieve these data: for example a simple txt.file or other sources? Thank you in advance.

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GDM: DisallowTCP
by c.felsch＠gmx.de 02 Apr '22

02 Apr '22

I try to configure GDM on a fresh Alma 8.5 installation to allow local connections to the running Xorg via part 6000. For that, I added "DisallowTCP=false" in section "[security]" of file "/etc/gdm/custom.conf", but this setting is always ignored by GDM. GDM starts Xorg always with the arguments "-nolisten tcp". What do I have to do so that GDM passes the option "-listen tcp" to the started Xorg? Regards, ChrisF682

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AlmaLinux 8.5 and OpenZFS
by Alessandro Baggi 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Hi list, I would like to use OpenZFS on my backup server. Reading from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openssh/openssh-portable/master/contrib/r… I can install it using two different methods: DKMS kABI-tracking kmod I would avoid using dkms because a compilation could fail and cannot mount my devices on the next reboot but I don't know anything about kABI method. OpenZFS by default uses DKMS method. What is the most secure method? Thank you in advance.

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