[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox

Jerry Geis wrote: >/ I can ssh into a remote machine. />/ I can start X on that machine with startx />/ />/ How do I then start firefox on that machine (from the ssh prompt) and />/ have it display on my machine in my office. />/ />/ So I want to be using firefox on t

[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox

I can ssh into a remote machine. I can start X on that machine with startx How do I then start firefox on that machine (from the ssh prompt) and have it display on my machine in my office. So I want to be using firefox on the remote machine but displaying the screen output from firefox in my off

[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox

>/ />/ Jerry Geis wrote: />/ >/ I can ssh into a remote machine. />/ />/ I can start X on that machine with startx />/ />/ />/ />/ How do I then start firefox on that machine (from the ssh prompt) and />/ />/ have it display on my machine in my office. /

[CentOS] centos 5.1 kernel crash on 2.6.23.9

Hi all - looks like I have a kernel dieing on me. This is an AMD 6400+ with 4 GIG ram. I am using ext3 and software raid on 500G drives. (2) of them. I have an external 1T usb disk connected for backup. This is running 2.6.23.9 as I wanted to use kvm-amd. It has died on me twice. Funny thing is

[CentOS] using vnc server and login kills X login

I changed my X driver from nvidia to xv. Now when I vncviewer into my machine it KILLS my current logged in user. When I try to login it accepts my login looks like its going to do it then kills my X windows screen. When I reconnect I'm back at a login again. This is for my account user geis. If

[CentOS] centos 5.1 install on thumbdrive

Is there anything new on installing centos 5.1 on a 4G thumbdrive? What about the number of writes to the flash? Is that still a problem? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] watchdog on gigabyte motherboard

All, I have an GigaByte motherboard GA-M61P-S3 and I was wondering if any kernel watchdog processes will work with that? Jerry - /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.ko /lib/m

[CentOS] blue-ray disk mounting

Is there a way to mount a blue-ray DVD? it says it is a UDF-fs Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] centos 5.1 and gimp

When using gimp on centos 5.1 when I select File save it never comes back with a dialog to save the file. Is something broken on gimp? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] centos 5.1 and gimp

erry Geis wrote: >/ When using gimp on centos 5.1 when I select File save />/ it never comes back with a dialog to save the file. / Are you trying to "Save" a file which you opened with gimp (meaning: Is it already on your hard disk or did you 'acquire' it from a camera or a scanner)? If it alrea

[CentOS] Re: centos 5.1 and gimp

Jerry Geis wrote: When using gimp on centos 5.1 when I select File save it never comes back with a dialog to save the file. Is something broken on gimp? Jerry Seems as though running gimp as root does not bring up any dialog boxes. I was running "gimp &" from a console window

[CentOS] find IP address of device on network based on MAC address

I have a device on my network that is not DHCP and I dont know the IP address of it and it has not method of finding it or changing it unless you know the IP address (setable by browser). Is there a way on linux, based on MAC address, to get the IP of the unit? Thanks, Jerry

[CentOS] centos 5.1 vnc crashing

Hi all, I was running centos 4.5 with not issues on my main box. I updated to (fresh install) to 5.1 Things run fine except I use vnc alot from home to connect back into my machine and sometimes on connecting it is crashing the vnc session and then it kills my entire login session. Is anyone els

[CentOS] centos 5.1 vnc server

Any one using vnc server on centos 5.1? on 4.6 I had no issue. on 5.1 I am having times when on connetion the VNC serveris crashing and logs me out of all my open'ed items. I can relog in. But I was wondering if others are seeing this and if there is something to do about it. THanks, Jerry __

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.1 vnc server

Frank Cox wrote: On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:13:21 -0500 Jerry Geis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any one using vnc server on centos 5.1? Yes. All the time. on 4.6 I had no issue. on 5.1 I am having times when on connetion the VNC serveris crashing and logs me out of all my o

[CentOS] kickstart editor

I thought there used to be a kickstart editor? I am on centos 5.1 and am not seeing one in the menus. Not even sure what the executable was called. Is there a package I no longer have installed? What is it called? Thanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] workspace switcher

Hi all, I added the "workspace switcher" and I now have 4 virtual screens. When I do "vncviewer machine" works and shows me the current 1-4 display. however, I want to go directly to one of the 1-4 displays. when I do "vncviewer machine:1" it says "unable to connect to host" How do I get the

[CentOS] vncserver

Hi all, When using the "vncserver :1" and then "vncviewer :1" to see it so far so good. then when I run a program I get the window outline until I move to the position I want and click - how can I just skip that step and lets say have my new program go full screen (in the vnc window). Is that

[CentOS] Switching screen resolution on the fly

Is there any way other than CTL ALT + and CTL ALT - to set and or change the resolution of the X server when I want to. Is there a way to so take me to "1920x1080" mode and then later take me to "1366x768" mode. With xvidtune I see the -next and -prev options but I was hoping for jumping to spec

[CentOS] centos 5.1 kernel dump

Below is a kernel dump that I just got. This is a fresh new install of centos 5.1 on NVIDIA gigabyte MB-GA-M61P-S3. nothing extra has been added. I have not tried the irqpoll but I am surprised to get this. Also the machine keeps running just hod this show on the console... Any ideas??? Jerry

[CentOS] Re: centos 5.1 kernel dump

It looks rather to do with a filesystem when a gfx card, can you reproduce, what are the steps? - Nicolas On Jan 8, 2008 6:25 PM, Jerry Geis http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: >/ Below is a kernel dump that I just got. This is a fresh new install of />/ c

[CentOS] centos command to monitor a process for exit

Is there a command that will monitor a process for exiting (crash or normal exit) and then execute another command based on the said process no longer being active? Or is there a "wrapper" command that runs a process and when that process exists due to crashing or just exiting normally) that

[CentOS] commercial wireless access for linux

All, I have need to put a centos 5.1 box on a commercial wireless access like verizon or sprint. Does anyone have or use with these services? Is that possible with linux? Do you get a static IP address with those cards? Thanks, Jerry ___ CentOS maili

[CentOS] remote desktop

What is the difference between the GUI (system->Preferences->Remote Desktop) under centos 5.1 and editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding the vnc in the modules section? Is one better than the other? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http

[CentOS] avahi

How on centos 5.1 do you inquire from avahi what devices are out there? Is there a command line to run that just lists all device found? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] machine responsiveness with centos 5.1

every other day I do full backups to both a second internal disk and an external usb disk. I am using a fully up to date centos 5.1 AMD 64 X2 6400+ machine. with SATA disks. using an NVIDIA chipset, when I do a full rsync the responsiveness of my machine suffers. Slow on the internal disk an

[CentOS] Re: machine responsiveness with centos 5.1

I would recommend you install the systat rpm and then use sar and iostat commands to see if you can identify where the bottleneck is occurring. I installed sysstat and played with it a little - wasnt getting anywhere. I did some looking last night and came across a kernel tweak echo 10

[CentOS] Hot swapping sata drives

I have a two external USB drives only 1 is connected to centos 5.1 at a time. the USB drive is SLOW compared to SATA. The external drive suppots both connections USB and SATA. I bought a little $5 external SATA connector that goes into the PCI slot area (does not actually take a PCI slot just t

[CentOS] daytime service on port 13

Hi all, One of the centos 5.1 servers was scanned by a customer and he suggests turning off daytime on port 13. When I look at /etc/xinetd.d/daytime* the 2 files say disabled yes So is there something else I should be looking at ? Thanks, Jerry ___

[CentOS] question on "cp -f" on centos 5.1

When I issue the command cp -af --reply=yes * ../other it tells me --reply is deprecated and use -i or -f. when I remove the --reply=yes I have to indicate 'y' to every file being copied. I just want to copy every file in my current directory to another directory and overwrite any file that is t

[CentOS] yum update change kernel auto rebuild drivers centos 5.1

Is there any "formal" mechanizism by which after a yum update , and kernel change that "drivers" can automatically be recompiled and a service restarted? Do I need to make my own? Thanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.c

[CentOS] rsync and swapping

hi all, I use rsync to copy/backup ALL my stuff to another disk. When I run this seems like my machine (4 GIG ram centos 5.1) now begins to swap out more programs. Is there a way to reduce that swapping? I am running with echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness I simply mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/backup; mk

[CentOS] Question on http stop responding

I have a machine centos 5.1 fully up to patch that is on a network that has other machines that takes credit cards. In such an environment I have found that there is something called PCI - Payment Card Industry standards. They are scanning my machine to make sure it is OK to be on this network.

[CentOS] swapping on centos 5.1

Hi all, I used to use centos 4.5 on an AMD 4800+ with 2GIG ram. Now I use centos 5.1 on AMD 6400+ with 4GIG RAM. The system responsiveness is different between the two. I noticed that centos 5.1 seems to be swapping programs out of memory at times resulting in slowness (perceived by me). I play

[CentOS] kiskstart question

Is there a way that using kickstart I can tell it once its done install to go right ahead and do a "yum update" Thanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: kickstart question

Jerry Geis wrote: Is there a way that using kickstart I can tell it once its done install to go right ahead and do a "yum update" Thanks, Jerry Ok I found a %post section in kickstart but is it valid to put a "yum -y update" th

[CentOS] Re: kickstart question

Ok I found a %post section in kickstart but is it valid to put a "yum -y update" there? %post export PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH echo "Yum Update" yum -y update yum yum -y update yum clean all - I did make a %post section in my file, added the "yum -y update" (got

[CentOS] rsync question

I have an external USB that I backup to. Rsync uses a bunch of memory in the process. So I thought I would build the file list and output that to a file then let rsync read the file names from a file list (hopefully not taking TONS of memory)... I do the command: rsync --only-write-batch=rsync

[CentOS] kickstart post install show in a window

Is there a way to get all the commands in the post install section from kickstart to show in a window on the X window screenas they are being executed? Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] xloadimage in centos 5.1

I have noticed that xloadimage rpm is not in centos 5.1 I use the command "xview -identity" to get the size of gifs, jpgs, and pngs. xview is part of the xloadimage package. The command "file filename" also reports sizes for gifs and pngs BUT not for jpgs. Is there an alternative command to u

[CentOS] kickstart install NVIDIA binary driver

Hi all, I am wanting to add to my working kickstart post section grabbing the NVIDIA binary and installing it. I can grab the file thats not the problem. I can use the --x-module-path to pass to the binary installer... however, How do I get the correct module path, kernels are added the the yum

[CentOS] automatically select a virtual console

Is there a way in a shell script to switch virtual consoles? I want to switch to virtual console 3 using a command line . How do I do that? jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] using nfs in kickstart post section

I am trying to mount an nfs drive in the post kickstart section. I am getting an error on "service nfs start" about cannot register service RPC What do I need to start first? jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mai

[CentOS] vncviewer and opening mail attachemtns kills the login

I am running centos 5.1 I routinely vnc in from home (centos 5.1 NVIDA laptop) to work centos 5.1 NVIDIA based station. works fine 95% of the time. However, when I am running thunderbird mail client, and there is PDF attachment, clicking on the attachment it prompts to open with evince and I

[CentOS] auto seek a server

Hi all, When putting multiple centos 5.1 boxes on a network (DHCP for network) and 1 centos 5.1 server is there a way that these clients can automatically "seek" the server. Is there something in centso 5.1 that an inquiry can be sent out that says: Is there a "Product XYZ" on this network? A

[CentOS] Re: auto seek a server

Jerry Geis wrote: Hi all, When putting multiple centos 5.1 boxes on a network (DHCP for network) and 1 centos 5.1 server is there a way that these clients can automatically "seek" the server. Is there something in centso 5.1 that an inquiry can be sent out that says: Is there

[CentOS] Re: auto seek a server

I am trying this command and I am getting an error of INvalid service. avahi-publish-service MyServer _tcp 80 "myentry at 192.168.1.8" What is wrong with _tcp? I also tried tcp. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org

[CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. What am I not doing right? ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 gives me eth0 but anything else like -f 2, -f 3 etc I get nothing. Jerry

[CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

Is there a EASY way to change the SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc. Some command line that does it? Trying to explain to customers editor commands, etc... to edit this file, change the name, make and service sendmail restart is BIG for someone that doesnt know linux... Just wondering if something exist

[CentOS] kickstart server variable name

Hi all, When your using kickstart and have a command like linux ks=http://MYIP/file.cfg Is there a variable in the post section that has the MYIP value? I want to nfs mount from the same server in the post section. THanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing li

[CentOS] environment variables in kickstart

I have been looking for environment variables for the %post section of kickstart. Namely if I start my kickstart command with "linux ks=http://serverip/ks.cfg"; is there an environment variable that has serverip that I can use in the %post section? Also is there a way to pass a command line

[CentOS] Keeping machines online

I am using centos 5.1. I want to keep my machines always powered on. Some machines (important ones) are UPS'd. I have also set in the BIOS (gigabyte motherboard) the power options that after power loss should do a full on. The other day we had just a momentary power drop. the UPS machines had no

[CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. If /proc/cmdline looks like option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 option 4 ... How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. THanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cen

[CentOS] kickstart post section

Is there a way in the %post section of install to continue to have the VT3 logging but also log that to a file. Somehow using tee perhaps? I have found --log=/tmp/post-install.log but then that shows nothing on VT3. I would like to have both if possible. Log to VT and a file. THanks, Jerry ___

[CentOS] Re: kickstart post section

Jerry Geis wrote: Is there a way in the %post section of install to continue to have the VT3 logging but also log that to a file. Somehow using tee perhaps? I have found --log=/tmp/post-install.log but then that shows nothing on VT3. I would like to have both if possible. Log to VT and a

[CentOS] Re: kickstart post section

Jerry Geis wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: Is there a way in the %post section of install to continue to have the VT3 logging but also log that to a file. Somehow using tee perhaps? I have found --log=/tmp/post-install.log but then that shows nothing on VT3. I would like to have both if possible

[CentOS] Question on SATA DVD using centos 5.1

On my machine I have SATA0: HD SATA1: HD these two drives are set as RAID1 SATA2: HD extra SATA3: DVD SATA4: external USB disk Snip from dmesg shows the ATAPI device being detected. ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9e0 ctl 0xbe0 bmdma 0xe400 irq 10 ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xb60 bmdma

[CentOS] vnc stops working

Hi all, I am running straight centos 5.1. I have had the X screen die on me a couple times I found this in the log file. Xorg[3380]: segfault at 30c rip 3943610c52 rsp 7fff1c125370 error 4 npviewer.bin[14084]: segfault at f67ba030 rip 468373a0 rsp ff92d608 error 4 Any suggestions on somethi

[CentOS] ld-linux segfault

Any one seen ld-linux segfault? I just noticed this in the log file today. eth0: link down. eth0: link up. ld-linux-x86-64[32199]: segfault at 34e908ff18 rip b985 rsp 7fffdf3baf00 error 4 ld-linux-x86-64[32200]: segfault at 34e908ff18 rip b985 rsp 7fffe65c5c40 error 4 ld-linux-x

[CentOS] shell script question

hi all, If I have a shell script on 5.1 that has 2 commands in the script... command1 command2 and command1 runs until it is kill'ed by some other process. Sometimes command2 runs and sometimes it doesnt (this is what it seems like). How can I be ensured that command2 will always run after c

[CentOS] evince on centos5.1

is there something other than evince on centos 5.1 to view pdf's? Every time I am remoted in using vncviewer and look at attached emails it KILLS my X11 session. If I am at my desktop it works fine. xpdf used to work fine on 4.X - but it was removed in 5.X. Is there an alternative? Thanks, Je

[CentOS] kvm_amd and centos 5.2

Will the kvm_amd kernel module be in CentOS 5.2? Presently I run 2.6.24 on one machine so I get kvm_amd. It would be great if it is included. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Way to not page swap programs

Is there a way to tell linux "dont ever swap out my program"... Like perhaps a list of programs (some setup file) that if any program in my file listing is running dont consider the program when looking for something to swap out? Does anything like that exist? Thanks, Jerry

[CentOS] Question on mail

All of a sudden I am getting this error this morning. -- <<< 553 5.3.0 Spam blocked see: http://ordb.org/lookup/?host=mp;{client_addr} 501 5.6.0 Data format error Content-Type: message/delivery-status Action: failed Status: 5.3.0 Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5

[CentOS] questions on kickstart

I have 2 questions dealing with 2 different kickstart files. 1) my kickstart sections for RAID disk setup and kickstart reports it cannot find sda. Why is that. sda is there and works. clearpart --all --initlabel part raid.01 --asprimary --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="raid" --onpart=sda1 --

[CentOS] Re: questions on kickstart

part of my kickstart file is now: clearpart --all --initlabel part --ondisk=sda raid.01 --asprimary --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="raid" --onpart=sda1 --size=2 part --ondisk=sda swap--asprimary --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="swap" --onpart=sda2 --size=4000 part --ondisk=sda raid.02

[CentOS] Re: questions on kickstart

Jerry Geis wrote: part of my kickstart file is now: clearpart --all --initlabel part --ondisk=sda raid.01 --asprimary --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="raid" --onpart=sda1 --size=2 part --ondisk=sda swap--asprimary --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="swap" --onpart=s

[CentOS] alsa 1.016 compile error on latest kernel centos 5.1

Hi all, I need to compile alsa-project 1.0.16 on the latest centos 5.1 kernel. I am getting this error. What to do... ? CC [M] /home/silentm/MessageNet/alsa-project/alsa-driver-1.0.16/acore/sound_oss.o CC [M] /home/silentm/MessageNet/alsa-project/alsa-driver-1.0.16/acore/info_oss.o In file in

[CentOS] Re: alsa 1.016 compile error on latest kernel centos 5.1

Jerry Geis wrote: >/ Hi all, />/ />/ I need to compile alsa-project 1.0.16 on the latest centos 5.1 kernel. />/ I am getting this error. What to do... ? />/ />/ CC />/ [M] />/ /home/silentm/MessageNet/alsa-project/alsa-driver-1.0.16/acore/sound_oss.o />/ CC

[CentOS] centos 5.1 x86_64 and ztdummy

Anyone out there using Centos 5.1 asterisk (ztdummy) x86_64, 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 kernel? I seem to be having problems with simple playback on asterisk(). If I do the normal service zaptel start (my configs have 0 hardware cards for asterisk) ztdummy is loaded and when doing a playback() I head

[CentOS] rtc issue

Hi all, I have installed centos 5.1 x86_64. 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 Everything seems to be working fine except that the rtc module is not working. cat /proc/interrupts shows: CPU0 CPU1 0:129 0XT-PIC-XTtimer 1: 330797 0XT-PIC-XT

[CentOS] New phenom quad core and centos 5.1

Any one here tried the phenom (B3 stepping) and centos 5.1? Any issues? I would presume there are no issues, but thought I'd ask before moving on. I am considering getting a Phenom 9850. Wish the clock speed was higher at this point. Jerry ___ CentOS

[CentOS] Xorg crashes centos 5.1

From dmesg after the crash. Xorg[12774] general protection rip:2b3daaff218b rsp:7fff01440950 error:0 Anyone experiencing X11 crashes? I have an amd 6400+ centos 5.1 x86_64. This typically happens when I VNC in from home into my machine at work. My machine has nvidia card and I do run the binar

[CentOS] Re: Xorg crashes centos 5.1

What binary drivers do you have and where did you get them from and what version are they? Give us the output of lspci -v. as in the line containing your type of video card. I downloaded this directly from the nvidia site. NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.09-pkg2.run 02:00.0 VGA compatible contro

[CentOS] question on RAID performance

Hi all, I was wonder what experiences there are out there with using RAID-X for performance increases. I do use RAID-1 (2 disks) but am interested in attemtps to gain higher R/W performance. Do the RAID-5's etc give noticeable performace increases? A significant help for me was using ccache fo

[CentOS] question on kernel compile

I "think" I followed the directions on kernel compile (actually I downloaded 2.6.21.5). did the make oldconfig, did make menuconfig, did my compile and everything is working fine in that regard. My question now is how do I take that kernel configuration and use it for another machine that also

[CentOS] question on mplayer playing dvd amd 64 on centos 5

Gents, I can compile mplayer on centos 4.5 AMD 64 in native 64 bit mode and it plays the dvd, and also compile for 32 bit mode "gcc -m32" on it also plays the dvd. "mplayer dvd://1". I can compile mplayer on centos 5 AMD 64 in native 64 bit mode and it plays the dvd. However, when I compil

[CentOS] help compiling a package camserv

I download camserv and did the usual ./configure and make make gives me an error: gcc -g -O2 -o camserv camconfig.o camserv.o filter.o main_loop.o picture_loop.o shm.o video.o -Wl,--export-dynamic ../libltdl/.libs/libltdlc.al -ldl ../common/libcommon.a -lnsl -ljpeg -lm /usr/bin/ld: errno: TLS

[CentOS] vlc on centos 4.5

Has anyone successfully gotten vlc to install on centos 4.X? I saw other posts on using rpms from places but I dont want to go there. I have downloaded from videolan ftp site the following: mpeg2dec libmad libfaad ffmpeg vlc I have configured and installed each package above. When I run vlc (t

[CentOS] quick question on machine name

I have a box I just installed centos 4.5 on. The name of the machine in /etc/hosts is TomSlick.xyz.com TomSlick (for example). the name of the machine in /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=TomSlick.xyz.com Note both are upper case: Yet when I login as root the prompt is showing me tomslick in lo

[CentOS] wrapper for "ok" button

hi all, is there a way inside a shell script to send key presses to a program that does not support silent command line arguments??? Example: alsaconf pops up with a screen with info and has OK, so the user must hit OK, then a screen appears to select the driver, the default is good so again ano

[CentOS] scripts with the dialog command

Is there a way to send stdin information to a script that is using the dialog command? I tried echo -e "\n\n\n" | scriptname and this had no effect. I tried scriptname << EOF EOF and that had no effect. I am looking for a method that calling dialog within a script will obey stdin. Anyone

[CentOS] command for dhcp client

Is there a command that says DONT use the ifcfg-eth0 setting(s) that basically have a static address and start the network in DHCP. I dont want to disturb the static settings in ifcfg-eth0 or re-enter them once my DHCP setting is done... I just want to temporarily run with DHCP (I'm on different

[CentOS] centos 5 xloadimage

On centos 4 there was a package xloadimage. There doesnt seem to be one in centos 5? yum provides xloadimage doesnt return anything on centos 5. Was this overlooked?? How do I get it. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.cento

[CentOS] chown and chgrp on 4.5 vs 5.0

I just noticed that on centso 4.5 I have an executable with the +s (chmod +s myexe) doing a chmod root myexe and chown root myexe does NOT affect the +s setting. However, on centos 5 this is not the case. chmod +s myexe chown root myexe or chgrp root myexe will DROP the +s status. How can I ge

[CentOS] centos 4.5 deleting the top panel

I can right click on the top panel and select "Delete Panel" on centos 4.5 however, is there a way to do that in a shell script? I was looking at gconf-editor under apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel but I dont see anything there about "dont show it at all". Thanks, Jerry _

[CentOS] Install on a usb flash drive

I all, I was thinking about installing centos on a usb flash drive. Perhaps a 4GIG. I dont need X or anything on this drive so installing should fit just fine. Are there boot issues with these flash drives? I'll be using a newer motherboard so the motherboard should be able to boot USB. Does

[CentOS] dialog boxes on X

All, I have been looking at zenity to pop up messages on the X screen. Is there another alternative to zenity that I have not found? I need to be able to completely remove the OK button, I cannot find a way in zenity to do this. also It would be nice to have a --timeout 5 option on the command

[CentOS] dialog boxes on X

On 8/21/07, Jerry Geis http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: / All, />>/ />>/ I have been looking at zenity to pop up messages on the X screen. />>/ Is there another alternative to zenity that I have not found? />>/ />>/ I need to be able t

[CentOS] Right click on desktop

How do I customize what I see when I right click on the desktop? jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] flash player on seamonkey 1.0.9 x86_64 centos 4.5

I downoaded flash9 for linux. Installed it: ls /usr/lib64/mozilla-seamonkey-1.0.9/plugins/ flashplayer.xpt libflashplayer.so libnullplugin.so However seamonkey is not doing flash yet. Does it not work in 64 bit? Did I miss something? Anyone else have flash going on amd64? I thought you put t

[CentOS] rsync arg list to long

I am trying to do an rsync or scp from machine1 to machine2. I am getting arg list to long. I am using centos 5 machine 1 and centos 4.5 on machine2. I am using the default shell which is bash. How can I get past this? THanks, Jerry ___ CentOS maili

[CentOS] rsync arg list to long

On 8/30/07, Jerry Geis http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: / I am trying to do an rsync or scp from machine1 to machine2. />>/ I am getting arg list to long. />>/ />>/ I am using centos 5 machine 1 and centos 4.5 on machine2. />>/ />>/ I

[CentOS] Question about centos 4 or 5 install with software RAID

When doing software RAID-1 installs on reboot (just after install) I ALWAYS get RAID device is not clear - preforming reconstruction. Why is this? If I just installed the array should be in sync shouldnt it? And clean? Not that this is a big deal - it just seems odd. It does reconstruction and l

[CentOS] rsync arg list to long - solved

/ />>/ rsync -a knows as much or more about permissions, etc. as tar and zip />>/ do. And it is vastly more efficient when you repeat it to the same />>/ destination. />>/ />>/ -- />>/Les Mikesell / I understand, I was merely trying to supply a possible temporary workaround if the rsync

[CentOS] machine with 2 ethernet cards e1000 and forcedeth

I am using centos 5 x86_64 AMD64 X2 4200+. I am current on yum update. My machine has two ethernet cards. e1000 (eth0) and forcedeth (eth1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# more /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 e1000 alias eth1 forcedeth sometimes on boot the forcedeth driver thinks it is eth0: [EMAIL PROT

[CentOS] controlling module load order

Is there a method to control module load order? I want to ensure that the e1000 module loads before the forcedeth driver. Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] controlling module load order - solved

Jerry Geis wrote: / Is there a method to control module load order? />>/ />>/ I want to ensure that the e1000 module loads before the forcedeth driver. / The following might work in /etc/modprobe.conf: install forcedeth /sbin/modprobe e1000; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-instal

[CentOS] X11 virtual screens on centos 5

When the you select an X11 virtual screen (1 of 4) with the mouse on default centos 5 what command gets executed to show screen 1, screen 2 etc... Basically, I want to have a command or know the command to execute to show the desired virtual X11 screen. Thanks, Jerry _

[CentOS] centos 5 and cpuspeed

In older version of centos there was cpuspeed -d running that controlled current speed. In centos 5 it is set for on demand and cpuspeed is not running. I can startup cpuspeed and send it a signal SIGUSR1 to go full speed. This works. However, What is the correct or prefered method to contro

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