Re: [CentOS] yum dependency problem

2008-04-05 Thread Rudi Ahlers
fred smith wrote: Hi! I recently removed (rpm -e) all the openoffice packages (2.0.4) from Centos and replaced them with Sun's packages for openoffice 2.4. Works fine. however, now whenever I run yum update I get this: ===

Re: [CentOS] yum dependency problem

2008-04-05 Thread Johnny Hughes
Rudi Ahlers wrote: Probably because "rpm -e {package name}" and "yum remove {package name}" does different things. I'd suggest run yum remove openoffice.org-core && yum clean all They don't really do different things to the rpm database. yum erase/remove will ALSO solve for and remove de

Re: [CentOS] yum dependency problem

2008-04-05 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Johnny Hughes wrote: Rudi Ahlers wrote: Probably because "rpm -e {package name}" and "yum remove {package name}" does different things. I'd suggest run yum remove openoffice.org-core && yum clean all They don't really do different things to the rpm database. yum erase/remove will ALSO s

Re: [CentOS] how to check the version of centos

2008-04-05 Thread Johnny Hughes
Greg Bailey wrote: Mail Administrator wrote: Thanks guys for the quick reply btw cat /etc/redhat-release gives me CentOS release 5 (Final) so as per the FAQ guess its uptodate thnks again regards simon Interesting that this seems to deviate from upstream. Checking an updated Red Ha

Re: [CentOS] yum dependency problem

2008-04-05 Thread Jim Perrin
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Rudi Ahlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, I thought yum had a different cache / database of what is installed? Yum keeps a cache and database of what's in the repositories, so it can search more easily when you're looking to install something from the repositor

Re: [CentOS] yum dependency problem

2008-04-05 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Jim Perrin wrote: On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Rudi Ahlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh, I thought yum had a different cache / database of what is installed? Yum keeps a cache and database of what's in the repositories, so it can search more easily when you're looking to install

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 38, Issue 3

2008-04-05 Thread centos-announce-request
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Re: [CentOS] yum dependency problem

2008-04-05 Thread Jim Perrin
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Rudi Ahlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but then Fred's machine shouldn't have tried to update openoffice? Nope. This is the problem with using 'epoch' values in rpm. He's installed version 2.whatever via rpm from openoffice.org. CentOS contains openoffice packa

Re: [CentOS] yum dependency problem

2008-04-05 Thread Stephen Harris
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 01:45:59PM +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > but then Fred's machine shouldn't have tried to update openoffice? Yes it would, because he installed _different_ RPMs of the same name from a different source. As the OP wrote: >>>I recently removed (rpm -e) all the openoffice pack

[CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
Alan, I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for reference. [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot with them. That's the question I get asked a lot of times from around my home ar

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Ned Slider
John wrote: Alan, I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for reference. [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot with them. That's the question I get asked a lot of times from a

[CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Michael A. Peters
If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? I seem to remember reading that vista could be run under xen 3.0 I have found instructions for installing XP under xen 3.0 in Debian, so I'm hoping it vista on CentOS 5.

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 05 April 2008 15:58, John wrote: > [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew > to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot > with them. That's the question I get asked a lot of times from around my > home area. On any subject you ch

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 16:49 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > > John wrote: > > Alan, > > I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for reference. > > [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew > > to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have scree

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 17:10 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 05 April 2008 15:58, John wrote: > > [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew > > to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot > > with them. That's the question I get asked a l

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Fabian Arrotin
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 08:57 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 > > Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? > I seem to remember reading that vista could be run under xen 3.0 > > I have found instructions for inst

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Travis Fraser
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 08:57 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 > > Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? > I seem to remember reading that vista could be run under xen 3.0 > > I have found instructions for ins

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 05/04/2008, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand why you want screenshots - in the early days there are > language > problems :-) As Anne says, above, "A picture is worth a thousand words." I agree. John wrote: > I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 18:01 +0100, Alan Bartlett wrote: > On 05/04/2008, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand why you want screenshots - in the early days > there are language > problems :-) > > As Anne says, above, "A picture is worth a thousand words." I

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Michael A. Peters wrote on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:57:33 -0700: > If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 5.0 already has Xen 3.0, do you mean 3.2? No, CentOS 5.2 won't have 3.2. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.c

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Les Mikesell
John wrote: Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra View, Nero, or Easy CD Creator. Using the network GUI Config Tool for Dial Up A

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Ned Slider
John wrote: The catch here is feeding the new user little by little. Ease them into it and they will never know it I am not saying turn CentOS into a Windows Clone. Yes, I agree educating the user to the linux way of doing things Some good feedback John. I'm thinking the choice of distro i

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 12:35 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > John wrote: > >> > > Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing > > external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the > > centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra View, Ne

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Jayson Rowe
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Travis Fraser wrote: On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 08:57 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? I seem to remember reading that vista could be run under xen 3.0

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 05 April 2008 18:18:47 John wrote: > > Ned, do I hear someone volunteering to write a new Wiki section? (I > > don't think a *separate* Wiki for the new users, be they M$ Windoze > > departees or not, is a good idea.) Perhaps this discussion should be > > continued on the CentOS-docs li

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Les Mikesell
John wrote: Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra View, Nero, or Easy CD Creator. Using the network GUI Config Tool for Dial Up A

[CentOS] ATI Radeon 2600HD + CentOS 5.1 x86_64 = Deadlock

2008-04-05 Thread James A. Peltier
Anyone on the list using an ATI Radeon 2600HD on a x86_64 machine? I have 3 new Dell Precision T3400 workstations with them in it and the moment it tries to fire up X using the proprietory driver it completely deadlocks. I'm looking for help from the community to track this problem. http://a

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 19:17 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 05 April 2008 18:18:47 John wrote: > > > Ned, do I hear someone volunteering to write a new Wiki section? (I > > > don't think a *separate* Wiki for the new users, be they M$ Windoze > > > departees or not, is a good idea.) Perhaps

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Michael A. Peters
Travis Fraser wrote: On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 08:57 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? I seem to remember reading that vista could be run under xen 3.0 I have found instructi

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 05 April 2008 19:47:43 John wrote: > > Now there's a point.  I subscribed at the beginning of March and haven't > > received anything from them since 3rd March.  I'd better try to find out > > why. > > > > Anne > > Anne you have to make an account on the Wiki then subcribe to the Docs >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Jayson Rowe
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Michael A. Peters wrote: Travis Fraser wrote: On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 08:57 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? I seem to remember reading that vista cou

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 05/04/2008, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On the command line, if you saved the commands - or got them from an > instructional listing in the first place, you just paste the same set of > commands into a terminal window. Three comments from me: (1) Regarding what Les wrote (abov

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 13:25 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > John wrote: > > > >>> Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing > >>> external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the > >>> centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra Vie

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 11:54 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > Travis Fraser wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 08:57 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > >> If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 > >> > >> Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? > >> I seem

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 20:02 +0100, Alan Bartlett wrote: > On 05/04/2008, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the command line, if you saved the commands - or got them > from an instructional listing in the first place, you just > paste the same set of commands into

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2

2008-04-05 Thread Les Mikesell
Michael A. Peters wrote: If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0 Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system? I seem to remember reading that vista could be run under xen 3.0 I have found instructions for installing XP under xen 3.0 in Debian, so I'm

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Les Mikesell
Alan Bartlett wrote: (2) We must not loose sight of what CentOS basically is. CentOS == RHEL less RH. A stable, server orientated OS. On the fora, we often see evidence that CentOS is believed to be similar to *other* distros (that are more suitable for laptops & "home" use) and that it, CentOS,

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Les Mikesell
John wrote: >> One things GUIs can do is present a bunch of pre-set defaults or pick up the current settings so you only have to change a few particular items, and they can check the ranges and syntax of the entries before trying to apply them. Webmin does a fair job on this considering the wi

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 14:54 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Alan Bartlett wrote: > > > > (2) We must not loose sight of what CentOS basically is. CentOS == RHEL less > > RH. A stable, server orientated OS. On the fora, we often see evidence that > > CentOS is believed to be similar to *other* distros

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 14:54 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Alan Bartlett wrote: > > > > (2) We must not loose sight of what CentOS basically is. CentOS == RHEL less > > RH. A stable, server orientated OS. On the fora, we often see evidence that > > CentOS is believed to be similar to *other* distros

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread John
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 15:12 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > John wrote: > > >> One things GUIs can do is present a bunch of pre-set defaults or pick up > >> the current settings so you only have to change a few particular items, > >> and they can check the ranges and syntax of the entries before try

Re: [CentOS] DKMS

2008-04-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 05 April 2008 20:02:08 Alan Bartlett wrote: > (3) The CentOS-docs list. Anne, the last item I received was dated April > 3rd. In the morning I'll go to the member prefs page and see if I can see what's wrong. Thanks Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed messag

[CentOS] Fwd: xwiki vhost in apache

2008-04-05 Thread David Hláčik
Hi, i am just wondering. I have a tomcat5, running xwiki at http://myserver.example.org:8080/xwiki How can i create a vhost in httpd to do transparent proxy to tomcat5 webapplication ? Thanks in advance! David -- Forwarded message -- From: David Hláčik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: