Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 07/13/11 12:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Would it work if you tried ssh -A -X user@hostname? > > I've not used that option, and the man page isn't explaining it to me > such that I quite understand what it does. I use it all the time. -A forwards authentication, if y

Re: [CentOS] centos x11

2011-07-13 Thread m . roth
Craig White wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Ron Blizzard wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic >> wrote: >> >>> Based on my experience on RHEL Beta1, "Xorg --configure" will create >>> xorg.conf which you can then tweak and use. On older Intel graphics >>> chip

Re: [CentOS] centos x11

2011-07-13 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Craig White wrote: > the reason that you don't want an xorg.conf file is that multiple users can > have different display settings instead of being locked in by an overall > configuration file. Okay. But I've always left my root account at default video setting

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 system-config-bind missing?

2011-07-13 Thread Warren Young
On 7/12/2011 9:19 PM, Emmett Culley wrote: > how > are we to manage the DNS server? It is NOT trivial to create and > manage DNS records with a text editor. If editing BIND zone files is too complex for you or it's just overly complex for your situation, I recommend switching to dnsmasq. It co

[CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

2011-07-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
I'm running a CentOS-5.6 server, which in general runs perfectly. My setting is possibly a little unusual: ADSL -> Billion 5200S RC modem/router -> CentOS-5.6 HP MicroServer -> Linksys WRT54GL router . My daughter is just visiting me, and she has to contact her job using A

Re: [CentOS] C6: Suspend on laptop close doesn't work

2011-07-13 Thread ken
On 07/13/2011 09:23 AM Mogens Kjaer wrote: > On 07/13/2011 03:17 PM, Silviu Adrian Joian wrote: >> Probably the video driver is not working as it should, I have the same >> problem after installing the vendors proprietary drivers on my laptop. > > It's standard Intel graphics on my laptop, no prop

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/13/2011 3:19 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: >> On 07/13/11 12:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Would it work if you tried ssh -A -X user@hostname? >> >> I've not used that option, and the man page isn't explaining it to me >> such that I quite understand what it does. > >

Re: [CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

2011-07-13 Thread Tim Nelson
- Original Message - > I'm running a CentOS-5.6 server, > which in general runs perfectly. > My setting is possibly a little unusual: > ADSL -> Billion 5200S RC modem/router -> CentOS-5.6 HP MicroServer > -> Linksys WRT54GL router . > > My daughter is just visiting me, > and she has to con

Re: [CentOS] Effecting CentOS change

2011-07-13 Thread Les Mikesell
On 7/13/2011 3:17 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > CentOS has a clear mission. It's the first paragraph on the centos.org > home page: > > CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from > sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American > Enterprise Linux ven

Re: [CentOS] centos x11

2011-07-13 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Craig White wrote: > >> the reason that you don't want an xorg.conf file is that multiple users can >> have different display settings instead of being locked in by an overall >> configuration file. > > Okay. But I've always left my root a

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/13/2011 3:19 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> John R Pierce wrote: >>> On 07/13/11 12:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Would it work if you tried ssh -A -X user@hostname? >>> >>> I've not used that option, and the man page isn't explaining it to me >>> such that I quite

Re: [CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

2011-07-13 Thread m . roth
Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I'm running a CentOS-5.6 server, > which in general runs perfectly. > My setting is possibly a little unusual: > ADSL -> Billion 5200S RC modem/router -> CentOS-5.6 HP MicroServer > -> Linksys WRT54GL router . > > My daughter is just visiting me, > an

Re: [CentOS] Effecting CentOS change

2011-07-13 Thread Ned Slider
On 13/07/11 21:46, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/13/2011 3:17 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: >> CentOS has a clear mission. It's the first paragraph on the centos.org >> home page: >> >> CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from >> sources freely provided to the public by a pro

Re: [CentOS] PackageKit via ssh

2011-07-13 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> >> Has anyone packaged the freenx server for 6.x yet? >> > aTrpms has them. It looks as if the stuff in ATrpms is not being maintained. The nx package required by freenx-server/client is dated 2007 (spec file) a

Re: [CentOS] use of MAILTO variable in crontab

2011-07-13 Thread Devin Reade
If you want the output of your cronjob to go to a particular place that is a bit too inconvenient to do using the built-in functionality, put a script around your commands and handle the mailing yourself. This is a good general rule whenever something you want to run from cron is not trivial (in t

Re: [CentOS] C6: Suspend on laptop close doesn't work

2011-07-13 Thread Devin Reade
When I was trying out the RHEL6 beta I saw this problem on a recent model top line Thinkpad T series. (A T500? It's not in front of me right now.) That machine is now running RHEL6.1 and hibernation is fine, evidenced by the fact that two days ago I unplugged it after forgetting to shut it down a

Re: [CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

2011-07-13 Thread yonatan pingle
I am not sure it's related to centos that much, when it comes to port forwarding, if you might use iptables correctly with several NIC(s), if you can create a vlan with your linksys, like they talk about here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=4692 I would configure a DMZ pool for the

Re: [CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

2011-07-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
yonatan pingle wrote: Thanks for your response. > I am not sure it's related to centos that much, when it comes to port > forwarding, if you might use iptables correctly with several NIC(s), I should have said that I am using shorewall, which seems to work perfectly for my purposes. > if you c

Re: [CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

2011-07-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
Tim Nelson wrote: > When VPN problems arise with specific applications, > always look at MTU as a possible culprit. Thanks for the suggestion. I should say that I am running OpenVPN on my system with no problem at all. Also the AT&T VPN apears to be running fine; it is just the sametime program

Re: [CentOS] Problem with AT&T VPN

2011-07-13 Thread Mark Van Bogart
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Tim Nelson wrote: > >> When VPN problems arise with specific applications, >> always look at MTU as a possible culprit. > > Thanks for the suggestion. > I should say that I am running OpenVPN on my system > with no problem at all. > Also the

Re: [CentOS] Howto create a VPN connection on desktop (CentOS 6)

2011-07-13 Thread Mark Weaver
On 07/13/2011 07:51 AM, John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Mark Weaver wrote: > >> What I've attempting to do is make it possible for me to connect to >> clients' servers where RRAS service is already running using PPTP so >> that I can connect remotely while I'm running Linux on my laptop

Re: [CentOS] Gnome System Monitor crashes on Centos 6 x86_64

2011-07-13 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> Frank Cox wrote: >>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:36:08 +0200 >>> Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >>> Gnome System Monitor used to crash on RHEL Beta. Have you ran update as soon as you installed? It is mos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 DVD install "Unable to read group information from repositories"

2011-07-13 Thread Trey Dockendorf
This must have been an issue with my specific external dvd drive. Used netinstall disk successfully...yay centos 6! Now where is the best place to post bugs regarding KVM in centos 6? On Jul 13, 2011 9:59 AM, "Trey Dockendorf" wrote: > This was 64 bit install and the media checks were good. I al

Re: [CentOS] Installing OS on Flash Drive on Server

2011-07-13 Thread Muhammad Panji
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Muhammad Panji wrote: > >> To: CentOS mailing list >> From: Muhammad Panji >> Subject: [CentOS] Installing OS on Flash Drive on Server >> >> Hi All, >> On my gateway server I'm Installing CentOS on a flashdrive. is that

Re: [CentOS] Howto create a VPN connection on desktop (CentOS 6)

2011-07-13 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 7/14/11, Mark Weaver wrote: >> Of course I only used it for SSH/CLI access since I don't normally use >> X for administration. > > makes my eyes ache just thinking about it. :) The good thing about the Dell Streak is that despite the larger screen, it has a lower screen resolution at 800x480.

Re: [CentOS] Howto create a VPN connection on desktop (CentOS 6)

2011-07-13 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > On 7/13/11, Mark Weaver wrote: >> For a short time I dabbled with an SSH app on my Droid X so that I could >> connect to and interact with Linux servers that I've deployed, but found >> it all but impossible to see the screen thus rendering the application >> nothing mo

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 DVD install "Unable to read group information from repositories"

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/14/2011 02:41 AM, Trey Dockendorf wrote: > Now where is the best place to post bugs regarding KVM in centos 6 bugs.centos.org - but I would highly recommend posting issues to the centos-virt list first and discussing the issues. also, try not top posting - KB _

[CentOS] php-5.3.6 fails on CentOS 5.6 64 bit

2011-07-13 Thread Nguyen Vu Hung (VNC)
Hello all, # I am quite new to 64 bit Linux I am trying to build php-5.3.6 on CentOS 5.6, 64 bit. When I run ./configure under php-5.3.6, I get the following error: - Error - If configure fails try --with-jpeg-dir= configure: error: libpng.(a|so) not found. - Error - Though l

Re: [CentOS] php-5.3.6 fails on CentOS 5.6 64 bit

2011-07-13 Thread Mattias Geniar
> - Error - > If configure fails try --with-jpeg-dir= > configure: error: libpng.(a|so) not found. > - Error - This should also have been fixed with "--with-libdir=lib64" as it'll look in /lib by default, and not /lib64 for your x64 system. Regards, M. __

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: the ongoing saga

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/12/2011 08:58 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Any comments, folks? The admin I work with said he does not believe he had > to do some of that with RHEL 6. could you quantify that please and confirm. - KB ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org htt

Re: [CentOS] 6.0 text-mode installer broken?

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/12/2011 12:17 AM, Florin Andrei wrote: > If you give the VM only 512 MB of RAM, the text-mode installer kicks in. > It does not prompt you to configure anything you can use a kickstart to get all the config options in. - KB ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] really large file systems with centos

2011-07-13 Thread John R Pierce
I've been asked for ideas on building a rather large archival storage system for inhouse use, on the order of 100-400TB. Probably using CentOS 6.The existing system this would replace is using Solaris 10 and ZFS, but I want to explore using Linux instead. We have our own tomcat based archiv

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 DVD install "Unable to read group information from repositories"

2011-07-13 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Trey Dockendorf wrote: > Now where is the best place to post bugs regarding KVM in centos 6? Are you aware that there is CentOS mailinglist for Virtualization? CentOS-virt. As for bugs, there is bugs.centos.org for reporting bugs. Ljubomir ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/12/2011 02:32 PM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > Add: AMD Geode (586 non-PAE) can run CentOS 5 but not 6. > > Desired: Somebody who is good with repos and rpms please put the linux > kernel (for centos 6) "somewhere" so the via EPIA and the P3 mentioned earlier in this thread are all i686 comp

Re: [CentOS] Problem with net-install

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/11/2011 08:37 PM, david wrote: > I fear that the net-install image may not support USB keyboards, > which if so, is unfortunate. > that is not true, I've done a couple of installs on machines that only hae usb keyboards and its been fine. Could it be a model / bios / firmware issue ? - KB

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 CDs isos...

2011-07-13 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/12/2011 11:18 AM, John Doe wrote: > Yeah, I just got the announcement, sorry... > Dunno if it is Yahoo Mail but I keep receiving the mails from the mailing > list in random timeline... > By example, today I just received some mails from Saturday and Sunday... Yahoo's mail system is quite ba

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