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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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Odroid HC4 progress - need help
by Robert Moskowitz 01 Mar '22

01 Mar '22

I have armbian booting on the HC4. I cannot get the AlmaLinux RPi image to boot. Here is what I am seeing on the armbian boot directory: ls boot/ armbianEnv.txt Image armbian_first_run.txt.template initrd.img-5.10.81-meson64 boot.bmp System.map-5.10.81-meson64 boot.cmd uImage boot.scr uInitrd config-5.10.81-meson64 uInitrd-5.10.81-meson64 dtb vmlinuz-5.10.81-meson64 dtb-5.10.81-meson64 And when I look at the serial monitor I see: U-Boot 2022.01 (Jan 23 2022 - 14:29:47 +0000) odroid-c4/hc4 Model: Hardkernel ODROID-C4 SoC: Amlogic Meson SM1 (S905X3) Revision 2b:c (10:2) DRAM: 3.8 GiB MMC: sd@ffe05000: 0, mmc@ffe07000: 1 Loading Environment from nowhere... OK In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Board variant: hc4 Net: eth0: ethernet@ff3f0000 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 2 1 0 switch to partitions #0, OK mmc0 is current device How might I get the uboot off the armbian image? How can I build a 'proper' boot dir? I got a couple things I will try next, but any ideas are welcome! thanks

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Basic questions of aarch64 install
by Robert Moskowitz 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

I am downloading the various aarch64 8.5 images. Focusing on minimal and dvd. I will be putting it somehow on a usb stick and need to find out how the Odroid will recognize it My Odroid/HC4 is enroute; should be here in a day or two so what to do some planning. How does the iso image install figure out where to put the partitions? Until I learn how, I suspect I will be putting the /boot on the mSD card after the uboot. HardKernel (maker of Odroid) has a larger uboot that some devices. How do I insure that the partition does not step on it. Is RAID1 built in? The HC4 has 2 sata slots and I will be putting identical 2.5" HD in them. Would like to use RAID1. I would like to place the / partition on the HDs. That should be fairly straight-forward with extlinux.conf append like: append root=UUID=ad25a528-baf4-469c-bd12-5276e8f5f9ae What would this look like with RAID1? I am going to be rooting ( :) ) around the Odroid/HC4 wiki for how to boot an alternative OS iso and put down the uboot, but need to look at this from both sides. thanks

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New to Almalinux - list of aarch64
by Robert Moskowitz 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

It is time to upgrade systems here, and it seems that arm32 has been left in the scrap heap. Shame with all the Allwinner boards I have... Is there a list of tested aarch64 systems? I am particularly looking for ones with 4GB memory and sata support. I have never been a fan of Raspberry, and with the RPi4, you have to get at least a sata extension board. I do like it still works with 5v; 3a is no problem for me with my Anker power supply, but I suspect more will be needed once you add the sata expansion card and drive (thus whatever is in the list of other aarch64 systems should have power requirements). Anyway, as I go back before Centos1 (I believe it was called WhiteHat), I need to go with the flow. Hard to believe Centos has managed for so long. By Centos.

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KVM virsh console to physical console?
by Lists 11 Feb '22

11 Feb '22

I'm preparing to virtualize a Windows server onto a Linux system under virsh. Initial results are looking good, but an issue that's come up is the need to log into the Linux system prior to being able to access the Windows system for updates. Is there a way to "connect" the virsh console directly to a physical Linux terminal? EG: Ctl+Alt+F8 to access the Windows virsh console for Windows Server Thank you Ben Smith

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Question on update (AL8.5)
by Alessandro Baggi 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

Hi, I'm using AlmaLinux 8.5 on my workstation. Today running dnf update I noticed that it is trying to install new packages, This is the list of available upgrade: cockpit cockpit-bridge cockpit-system cockpit-ws cryptsetup cryptsetup-libs dnf-plugins-core gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-filesystem google-chrome-stable java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless libipa_hbac libsmbclient libsss_autofs libsss_certmap libsss_idmap libsss_nss_idmap libsss_sudo libvirt-bash-completion libvirt-client libvirt-daemon libvirt-daemon-config-network libvirt-daemon-driver-interface libvirt-daemon-driver-network libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu libvirt-daemon-driver-secret libvirt-daemon-driver-storage libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi libvirt-daemon-kvm libvirt-libs libwbclient ostree ostree-libs python3-dnf-plugins-core python3-rpm python3-sssdconfig rpm rpm-build rpm-build-libs rpm-libs rpm-plugin-selinux rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit rpm-sign samba samba-client-libs samba-common samba-common-libs samba-common-tools samba-libs sos sssd sssd-ad sssd-client sssd-common sssd-common-pac sssd-ipa sssd-kcm sssd-krb5 sssd-krb5-common sssd-ldap sssd-nfs-idmap sssd-proxy tcpdump teamviewer tigervnc-license tigervnc-server-minimal vim-common vim-enhanced vim-filesystem vim-minimal vulkan-loader This is followed by "Dependency Installation": clevis jose jq libjose libluksmeta luksmeta python3-lxml python3-ptyprocess python3-webencodings tpm2-tools tracer-common I checked if clevis and other packages are installed but I can't find them. So why it is trying to install new deps and packages? Thank you in advance.

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Now that CentOS repos have died, is there a way to use
by Christopher Cox 04 Feb '22

04 Feb '22

Now that CentOS repos have died, is there a way to use almalinux-deploy.sh for 8.4 or maybe even less?

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Elevate CentOS 7->A8 upgrades postgresql from 9.2 to 10.0
by Todd Rinaldo 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

Hi, I’ve been evaluating elevate and would like to point out a problem with the current configuration. Right now, if I have postgres and postgres-server (both at 9.2) installed, when I use elevate, I end up with 10.17. The problem is that some applications still depend on 9 in order to function. AlmaLinux 8 provides postgresql 9.6 and IMO this would be a better choice when upgrading people between 7 and 8. To get to this in 8, you have to first run: dnf enable module postgresql:9.6 then dnf install postgresql-server If a user wants to move to 10 from 9.6, they can. They cannot move from 10 to 9.6 though. Thanks, Todd Rinaldo

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Kernel configuration is invalid
by Andreas Reschke 26 Dec '21

26 Dec '21

Hi there, I want tu use my Raspberry Pi 4 as a timeserver. I have a USB Clock from Meinberg and want to compile mbgtools-lx-4.2.8. While compiling with make: Calling kernel build system to make “modules” ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid. include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing. Run ‘make oldconfig && make prepare’ on kernel src to fix it. make[2]: *** [Makefile:720: include/config/auto.conf] Fehler 1 make[1]: *** [/root/mbgtools-lx-4.2.8/mbgclock/…/Makefile:804: modules] Fehler 2 make: *** [Makefile:336: mbgclock] Fehler 2 [root@raspi4 mbgtools-lx-4.2.8]# How to solve this error? [root@raspi4 mbgtools-lx-4.2.8]# rpm -qa | grep kernel | sort kernel-headers-4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.aarch64 kernel-tools-4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.aarch64 kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5.aarch64 raspberrypi2-kernel4-5.10.78-v8.1.el8.aarch64 raspberrypi2-kernel4-devel-5.10.78-v8.1.el8.aarch64 [root@raspi4 mbgtools-lx-4.2.8]# cat /etc/almalinux-release AlmaLinux release 8.5 (Arctic Sphynx) [root@raspi4 mbgtools-lx-4.2.8]# Thanks Andreas

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/etc/pam.d/system-auth created by authselect, but authselect not configured
by Neil Aggarwal 09 Dec '21

09 Dec '21

Hello all: I am trying to understand PAM, I have not used it before. When I open /etc/pam.d/system-auth, it has these lines: # This file is auto-generated. # User changes will be destroyed the next time authselect is run. But, when I run: authselect check It tells me: System was not configured with authselect. This seems incongruent. Any insights? Thank you, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (972) 834-1565, http://www.propfinancing.com We offer 30 year loans on single family houses!

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Error: ws-discovery is an invalid service
by Neil Aggarwal 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

Hello all: I am seeing packets to port 3702 in my firewall log so I wanted to add a rule to drop them silently. I tried this command: firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule service name=ws-discovery drop' Which give me this message: success But, when I do systemctl restart firewalld I see this entry in the log: ERROR: INVALID_SERVICE: ws-discovery That is strange. Any idea what went wrong? Thank you, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (972) 834-1565, http://www.propfinancing.com We offer 30 year loans on single family houses!

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Qemu - enabling "bridge mode" for primary physical interface for VMs
by Lists 07 Dec '21

07 Dec '21

I have a physical host with a single physical network adapter. I want to host several VMs on host. (guest1 - guest4) The guest systems are accessible via 192.168.122.* as is the default with qemu/virsh. There are 4 IP addresses being routed to the primary interface on host. I can set up an alias for the NIC and "see" these ip addresses. I understand that it's possible to allow the 4 VM guest systems to each have a "direct" fixed IP address and access the addresses \via the host network adapter, while the host retains its fixed IP. I've been googling like crazy and there is a lot of stale and conflicting information. Has anybody here done this successfully? Host and all guests are running Alma 8. Thanks. Ben S

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Alma Mailinglists
by Luna Jernberg 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

Hello! nice with some mailinglists for us that likes good old email and not only chat :)

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