RE: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam

2008-10-03 Thread Ric Moore
On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 14:31 -0400, Bob Hoffman wrote: > > > > Dang, and I had money on this being October's useless thread > > with (what seems like) 1000 or more responses! > > > \ > Naw, someones gonna go into the bailout rep vs dem thing and that will be > the winner I wouldn't think so,

Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam

2008-10-03 Thread Ric Moore
On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 19:25 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > Toby Bluhm wrote: > > MHR wrote: > >> Hello? This is way off topic for the CentOS list. > >> > >> Enough already. > >> > > > > The audience groans with dismay. We shuffle off, looking for a Springer > > inspired Reality Internet Game Show. >

Re: [CentOS] Picasa vs. native photo management apps

2008-09-18 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 16:31 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 17:48 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 14:32 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > > > Ric Moore wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:41 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > > >

Re: [CentOS] Re: How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?

2008-09-17 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 09:02 +0200, M. Fioretti wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 14:23:30 PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Scott Silva wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Thanks (even if late!) for the suggestions, I've applied them. > >>> > >> A reply in 3 days is late? That is good for a lot of lists. > >> Your

Re: [CentOS] Picasa vs. native photo management apps

2008-09-16 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 14:32 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:41 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > > > > > >> One request that I got more often lately is Google Picasa. I vaguely > >> remember having downloaded and in

Re: [CentOS] Re: How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?

2008-09-16 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 14:25 -0500, Alex wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:08:46 -0700 > Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took out a #2 pencil and > scribbled: > > > > > > > > > Thanks (even if late!) for the suggestions, I've applied them. > > > > > A reply in 3 days is late? That is good for a lo

Re: [CentOS] Picasa vs. native photo management apps

2008-09-16 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:41 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > One request that I got more often lately is Google Picasa. I vaguely > remember having downloaded and installed it once. As far as I know, it's > a closed-source Windows app that comes with a WINE emulation layer. Not > exactly the open so

Re: [CentOS] Picasa vs. native photo management apps

2008-09-16 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:41 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running a small business (http://www.microlinux.fr) offering various > services around GNU/Linux, among which migrating folks from Windows to > Linux. On server and desktops, I'm using CentOS exclusively. I know, > Fedora would

Re: [CentOS] Slackware's 'explodepkg' equivalent for rpm?

2008-09-14 Thread Ric Moore
On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 15:15 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any 'explodepkg' equivalent for the rpm command? What I want is > simply uncompress an RPM package to get the files directly, but I didn't > find anything in rpm's manpage. If you just want to peruse the rpm from the insid

Re: [CentOS] Installing nVidia driver on remote CentOS 4

2008-09-13 Thread Ric Moore
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 20:40 -0700, Eon Strife wrote: > > > Hi, > There's a linux cluster somewhere (using Rocks), and I use remote > desktop (nxmachine) to do the work on the frontend of the cluster. The > desktop is Gnome. And, I intend to install new nVidia driver, but it > requires me to sto

Re: [CentOS] java yum problem

2008-09-13 Thread Ric Moore
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 11:49 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > It should work if you follow the jpackage instructions for their nosrc > rpm where you download the Sun binary and rebuild it into an > alternatives-compatible package that also supplies the jvm dependencies > for the other jpackage pack

Re: [CentOS] java yum problem

2008-09-13 Thread Ric Moore
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 07:27 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 01:10 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > > Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers is needed > > by package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat > > > > I'm digging all over the

[CentOS] java yum problem

2008-09-12 Thread Ric Moore
Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers is needed by package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat I'm digging all over the place for this one. Has anyone a clue?? When I use: yum whatprovides /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers it returns: jpackage-utils.noarch : JPackage utilities I've in

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-12 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 12:38 -0400, Steve Huff wrote: > On Sep 11, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > > While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is > > recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps > > working > > corre

Re: [CentOS] A glimpse into the future for RHEL 6 and CentOS 6

2008-09-12 Thread Ric Moore
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 20:50 +, Josh Donovan wrote: > Scott Silva wrote: > > > http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1328938,00.html > > I'm still comfortably on CentOS 4X. I might nuke an Ubuntu Desktop > I have on VMWare and put CentOS 5X but I don't wan

Re: [CentOS] Standby Issue

2008-09-12 Thread Ric Moore
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 13:28 -0700, Nifty Cluster Mitch wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 06:58:46PM +0200, Test wrote: > > > > I'm running Centos 5.2 on an Pentium III-1000 > > > > The box has been running for almost a year without any (hardware) issues. > > > > SInce a few weeks the box goes in

Re: [CentOS] cfengine and crontab

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 03:00 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > Which of the two do you prefer and/or recommend to a relative newbie at > > this? > > I'm looking for the least headache route that can do some of the basics > > that CFengine is s

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 16:37 -0700, MHR wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:14 PM, William L. Maltby > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Exercise and lay off the GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader)! >:)) > > > > > > > > I know that's no help, > > Not at all - I like the GRUB (pun intended...). I'm

Re: [CentOS] cfengine and crontab

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 00:25 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > Thanks Nate. I'm googling for simple setups, found one that was SuSe > > oriented, another that is written for CentOS. The latter one being > > better. I'm still getting the "Deer

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 16:37 -0400, Steve Huff wrote: > On Sep 11, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > > I'm sorry, I was in "Deer in the headlights mode". I should have said > > repos specifically. I have had these enabled: > > * epel: mirro

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 17:14 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 12:13 -0700, MHR wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Ric Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm used to beating on alternatives now... it's a wonder

Re: [CentOS] cfengine and crontab

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 13:36 -0700, nate wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > >> The file that the document is probably referring to is root's crontab > > This looks informative: > > http://www.cfengine.org/AutonomicCfengine.pdf > > And of course the full refere

Re: [CentOS] cfengine and crontab

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 12:55 -0700, nate wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > The docs to installing cfengine refers to /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root > > That doesn't exist. Nor does /etc/crontab. Heck I remember that from the > > "old days", now there are lots of

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 15:15 -0400, Steve Huff wrote: > On Sep 11, 2008, at 2:40 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > >> http://jpackage.org/ makes your life easier. > > > > Which of the jpackage sites do you use for yum? I'm definitely looking > > into cfengine, as

[CentOS] cfengine and crontab

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
The docs to installing cfengine refers to /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root That doesn't exist. Nor does /etc/crontab. Heck I remember that from the "old days", now there are lots of cron entries, in /etc but no crontab. Not installed by default. So, I'm hunting that one down. Nate, what did you wind u

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 12:13 -0700, MHR wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Ric Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm used to beating on alternatives now... it's a wonder it can't be > > easier though. Well, not really, every distro out t

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 13:32 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is > > recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps working > > correctly has been a real chore. If I used nothin

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 12:38 -0400, Steve Huff wrote: > On Sep 11, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > > While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is > > recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps > > working > > corre

Re: [CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 09:16 -0700, nate wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is > > recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps working > > correctly has been a real chore. If I used nothin

[CentOS] Java install

2008-09-11 Thread Ric Moore
While using Fedora, I always used java straight from Sun. What is recommended for CentOS?? Getting jetty, java and other java apps working correctly has been a real chore. If I used nothing but RPMs for CEntOS, would I have a real working java install? I need some help on this one badly. Ric -- -

RE: [CentOS] Centos 5 Virtualization

2008-09-10 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 14:28 -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >Unable to look at what's on dbus > > A syslog message that coincidentally popped up while > you were doing a yum install? Maybe so, I've never seen yum do that. Weird. I've never seen the dbus warning before either. Gonna do some goog

Re: [CentOS] open(/dev/pts/0): No such file or directory

2008-09-10 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 12:51 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 12:44 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > Ah! I down-graded the kernel as it played merry hell with my nVidia > > stock driver. I'll try upgrading it again. The driver re-comp

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5 Virtualization

2008-09-10 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 18:45 +0300, Ivan Levchenko wrote: > Start out with wikipedia's page for virtualization... > > by the end of the day, you'll find out something interesting about > humming birds =) > -- > > Best Regards, > > Ivan Levchenko > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm following this thread wit

Re: [CentOS] open(/dev/pts/0): No such file or directory

2008-09-10 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 08:44 -0400, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Ric Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm getting this error just recently. Is this something to be concerned > > with?? Running CentOS 5.2. Kernel 2.6.18-53.el5 > > CentO

[CentOS] open(/dev/pts/0): No such file or directory

2008-09-09 Thread Ric Moore
I'm getting this error just recently. Is this something to be concerned with?? Running CentOS 5.2. Kernel 2.6.18-53.el5 Thanks for any considerations, Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world...

RE: [CentOS] Need help with an odd issue I am experiencing

2008-09-09 Thread Ric Moore
On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 23:46 -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >I have a server with dual nic's running centos 5.2 1 nic connects to the > >cable modem, which has 15m d and 2m up, but speed tests barely come back at > >5mb down including road runner's internal speed test. I hook up my laptop to > >t

Re: [CentOS] OT: Migration from Evolution to Thunderbird (Thunderbird mbox files)

2008-09-08 Thread Ric Moore
On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 15:48 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > Nicholas: Thanks! One of the problems newbies have is which command to > use. Locate will help, when I'm trying to find something! Lanny Make sure you do 'updatedb' after you install it. It'll whirr the harddrive a bit, to locate everthing

Re: [CentOS] A new blog on the block for Linux newbies

2008-09-04 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 12:15 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > So, to answer the question above: IMNSHO, the best advice comes from an > expert who *can* think like a newbie. (At work, I usually deal with the > opposite paradigm :oD) That is the "Super User". Someone much more advanced than your usua

Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)

2008-09-03 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 03:36 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > Nice! Let me know when you clean out your garage! Remember Irv Hoff?? > > Imp? Best little telecom program ever written. > > Do you think this conversation might have lost context on the CentO

Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)

2008-09-03 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 00:37 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 09:32 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > >> lets play "Name that old computer!" > >> > >> http://hogranch.com/digital.research/My_office_upstairs_at_734_

Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)

2008-09-03 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 09:38 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008, Ric Moore wrote: > > > >On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 11:19 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > >> >> For shame! WfW was 3.11, > >> >> > >> > > >> >

Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)

2008-09-03 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 11:19 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > >> For shame! WfW was 3.11, > >> > > > > 3.1.1, IIRC > > > > actually, there was a 3.10 and 3.11 release of Windows for Workgroups. > The 3.11 release introduced the use of 32 bit protected mode > implementation of the networ

Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)

2008-09-03 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 09:32 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > I once had a pretty large collection of CP/M machines. I had three > > IMSAI's > > ok, now you've done it. > > lets play "Name that old computer!&

Re: [CentOS] strange httpd error page using apache

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 11:52 +1200, Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > I get this error page re-direct while opening a local webpage on my > > server, which carries me to yahoo for the error page filled with > > adverts. I'd really like to

Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 11:20 -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > When I first encountered a customer who had disk drive problems such that > we replaced the 8in drives in their Radio Shack Model II several times, it > wasn't until I went on-site to find that they were storing their floppies > by stickin

Re: [CentOS] strange httpd error page using apache

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 11:52 +1200, Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > I get this error page re-direct while opening a local webpage on my > > server, which carries me to yahoo for the error page filled with > > adverts. I'd really like to

Re: [CentOS] rc.local

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 10:53 +1200, Spiro Harvey, Knossos Networks Ltd wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > I note that there are two 'rc.local' files. One is in /etc and the other > > in /etc/rc.d Which has precedence and is the one to use? Thanks, Ric > > > i

[CentOS] strange httpd error page using apache

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
I get this error page re-direct while opening a local webpage on my server, which carries me to yahoo for the error page filled with adverts. I'd really like to know how this one got here, as I just installed centOS a few weeks ago. http://h.found-not-help.com/search?qo=www.wayward4now.net&rn

[CentOS] rc.local

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
I note that there are two 'rc.local' files. One is in /etc and the other in /etc/rc.d Which has precedence and is the one to use? Thanks, Ric ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Re: Curmudgeoning (was Re: Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD)

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:51 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > On Thu, August 28, 2008 17:50, Scott Silva wrote: > > > >> > >> You do realize I'm one of the "squirts" you're referring to right? > >> I started working with computers in more than just a 'hey, I need to > >> write this paper' sort o

Re: [CentOS] establish a 128 bit encrypted tunnel between centos 5.2 boxes

2008-08-31 Thread Ric Moore
On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 18:55 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Jeff Kinz wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 04:04:21PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > > > >> Is there an easy way or anyway to establish a 128 bit encrypted tunnel > >> between a handful of centos 5.2 boxes? > >> > > > > In additio

Re: [CentOS] USB drive detected, but nothing gets mounted.

2008-08-22 Thread Ric Moore
On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 07:45 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 23 August 2008 07:28:22 Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 10:46 -0700, nate wrote: > > > MHR wrote: > > > > So, is this a bug in the automounter? Is there a reason why a > > > > removable (flash) drive MUST have

Re: [CentOS] Disk quotas for Sendmail

2008-08-21 Thread Ric Moore
On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 16:38 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > The stuff needed to build milters should be in the sendmail-devel > package and if you have it installed. 'rpm -q --list sendmail-devel' > should show where it landed. Hot dog! Hey Les! Old home week here on the CentOS list. Ric __