Re: [CentOS] [CentOS-devel] https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/

2020-12-16 Thread Nate Duehr
-- Original Message -- From: "Rainer Duffner" So, you will quickly be back to square one, unless you want to run stuff like Debian or Ubuntu, which are mainly Linux-kernel+some stuff nowadays, whereas RHEL + CentOS forms a complete system (with additional software that RedHat has

Re: [CentOS] Is Oracle a real alternative to Centos?

2020-12-16 Thread Nate Duehr
-- Original Message -- From: "Matti Pulkkinen" As someone who is considering moving to OL, I wonder if you could elaborate clearly on what specific concerns you have, without the insinuation and analogy? Oracle's proposition [1] seems pretty straightforward to me. That they'' even

[CentOS] CentOS CVE "database"?

2011-10-07 Thread Nate Duehr
Was working on a project tonight to document CVE fixes applied to servers, and noted that RedHat has completely jacked up their website. In the past, I've usually just used their website for links to their CVE list, as well as links to their Errata to look up specifics for CentOS machines. It s

Re: [CentOS] CentOS CVE "database"?

2011-10-08 Thread Nate Duehr
Appears it's back up, just as a follow-up. On Oct 8, 2011, at 12:01 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: > Was working on a project tonight to document CVE fixes applied to servers, > and noted that RedHat has completely jacked up their website. > > In the past, I've usually just used t

Re: [CentOS] Can anyone talk infrastructure with me?

2012-01-26 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jan 26, 2012, at 4:59 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/26/12 3:43 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> Yes, the cost for a T1 will seem very high. It is antiquated telco >> tech. T1s are generally very reliable, but very very slow. >> >> 1.5Mbps is not faster than 40Mbps. There's nothing hidden in

Re: [CentOS] Faster and faster

2012-03-27 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mar 27, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Piero wrote: > Thanks for your hard work and great product, Agreed, other than that I'm struggling to keep all the machines up! (GRIN!) Nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listin

Re: [CentOS] screen brightness changes depending on which application is run

2012-04-09 Thread Nate Duehr
On Apr 8, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Cen wrote: > Hi, > > I found my LCD screen brightness increase when I use firefox and other white > background editors and screen brightness decrease when I use dark background > applications, such as terminals with black background . The change in screen > b

Re: [CentOS] screen brightness changes depending on which application is run

2012-04-12 Thread Nate Duehr
On Apr 11, 2012, at 11:29 PM, allan wrote: > Is your monitor an LED type? It could have dynamic brightness. My tv does the > same thing - also annoying. I have also seen that "feature" on an HP monitor with LED backlight. I believe it was a feature one could turn off in the monitor's built-in

[CentOS] Documentation question

2012-05-11 Thread Nate Duehr
Apologies if this is a FAQ or it's simply due to a lack of volunteers. I'm curious why the CentOS Documentation here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/ ...stops at CentOS 5.5. And also why there is no: http://www.centos.org/docs/6/ *** Curiosity killed the cat. *** Thanks, Nate ___

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi, > > I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp > client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/ > Anything i am missing? Fire up ntpq, and type "peers" and see if they're seeing their upstre

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 4, 2012, at 2:42 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 06/04/12 1:27 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: >> Additionally, ntp will refuse to sync if it's too far out. Use ntpdate >> [server IP] to force the issue first. If the machines have a bad CMOS >> battery and won't ke

Re: [CentOS] Swap Partition in CentOS 5.8

2012-06-20 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 18, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Woodchuck wrote: [snipped swap/pagefile list of statements] > Thanks to the list for any answers! Nothing in your list was phrased as a question. What are you trying to determine? If the list of statements was accurate? Nate ___

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.2-x86-64

2012-06-20 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > I found a yumex, which is not part of the 64 bit install, but it wants a > way older version of python-2.4 whereas we have 2.6.6-something after the > post install upgrade. > > 1st Question: > Is there anything that can be done about this? Or

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.2-x86-64

2012-06-21 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 20, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > As for partiality, no way, synaptic, adapted for rpms is by far the best > package manager I've used in the last 5 years since I bailed on fedora at > about 6 or so. Understand that sentiment, Gene. I like aptitude myself for Debian-based sy

Re: [CentOS] Question about storage for virtualisation

2012-06-29 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 26, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > I don't believe there's any more or less need to do so. I would > strongly recommend that you not segregate / and /usr. Fedora and future > versions of RHEL/CentOS will expect a unified / and /usr. I may be behind, but this is the firs

Re: [CentOS] Question about storage for virtualisation

2012-07-03 Thread Nate Duehr
Appreciate all the discussion, folks. Got some boxes that have some separate / and /usr, since we're a /usr/local religion shop. (GRIN...) Someone long long ago, in a galaxy far, far away picked /usr as the split point, instead of /usr/local itself. So... Layers 8 and 9 of the OSI model, bi

Re: [CentOS] run fsck manually

2012-07-09 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jul 9, 2012, at 12:03 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote: >> Is there a way in centos to just go ahead and do this automatically? >> >> /dev/sdal: Unexpected Inconsistency; [FAILED] >> >> Run fsck Manually >> >> (ie. Without –a or –p options) >> >> ***An error occurred during t

Re: [CentOS] Another NTP issue (fake leap second)

2012-08-02 Thread Nate Duehr
Yes, Java was grumpy. -- Nate Duehr denverpi...@me.com On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:24 AM, Timo Schoeler wrote: > Hi list, > > just out of curiosity: Was anybody affected by this? > > http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/questions/2012-August/033611.html > &

Re: [CentOS] Strange device labeling in 6.3

2012-08-10 Thread Nate Duehr
On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Kahlil Hodgson wrote: > On 10/08/12 09:18, Reindl Harald wrote: >> and that is why i use /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to >> pin device-name / MAC and no mac-address in ifconfig-scripts since >> many years > > +1 > > Alternatively, with the biosdevname,

Re: [CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Sep 4, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Tony Molloy wrote: > Just remember I'm due to retire at the end of this month so this will > be my last big job for the Dept. And due to financial constraints I > will not be replaced. So I will be handing this machine over to a co- > worker who is basically a Windo