[CentOS] Centos as a desktop, advisable?

2007-07-24 Thread beast
) thanks. --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: Centos as a desktop, advisable?

2007-07-26 Thread beast
orget setup :-p Thanks! --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: Centos as a desktop, advisable?

2007-07-25 Thread beast
even build from source since the dependencies is too much (gcc/lib etc.) I have around 400 RH9 clients and its really a nightmare :( Thanks. --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: Centos as a desktop, advisable?

2007-07-26 Thread beast
On 26/07/07 11:21 +0700, beast wrote: CentOS 5.0 as the base, but OpenOffice repo, Firefox repo and possibly Gnome or KDE repo to keep primary office applications current. I'm confused here. Suppose in the next 3 year the latest OO version is 3.1.1, today OO in Centos5 is 2.0.4, will i

[CentOS] openoffice

2007-07-27 Thread beast
fun :( --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: Best way to have Postfix 2.3 or 2.4 on Centos 4.4?

2007-07-27 Thread beast
n be maintained/upgraded with yum If this is a dedicated mailserver, i prefer installing postfix from source. --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: openoffice

2007-07-27 Thread beast
But, will it mess up the whole thing when we i do 'yum upgrade'? --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] about add/remove software

2007-08-01 Thread beast
Error: failed to retrieve CentOS/tftp-0.42-3.1.el5.centos.i386.rpm from c5-media error was [Errno 4] IOError: Also i feel that yum is to slow even when running from cache, ymmv. 3. What is the program/service responsible to automatically display media in desktop when mounted? Thanks! --

[CentOS] xorg version

2007-08-01 Thread beast
A quick question. how do i know the version of xorg server? rpm -qa | grep xorg-x11-server gives 1.1.x which is not correct. --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] replicate centos installation

2007-08-05 Thread beast
running anaconda installer, it gives system selection as well as package grouping (desktop vs server -> gnome vs kde -> gnome-pilot etc), which file provides these info? Thanks! --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.cento

[CentOS] Re: replicate centos installation

2007-08-06 Thread beast
On 06/08/07 09:22 +0200, Mogens Kjaer wrote: beast wrote: Since neither anaconda nor system-config-kickstart can give a list of all packages that has been installed, waht is the recommended way to replicate one system for another new installation (without using hd cloning) ? When you install

[CentOS] Re:

2007-08-06 Thread beast
-l old_system.pkg new_system.pkg 707 old_system.pkg 733 new_system.pkg 1440 total --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] add new module in initrd

2007-08-10 Thread beast
the installation initrd of Centos. Thanks! --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: add new module in initrd

2007-08-12 Thread beast
On 10/08/07 10:26 +, Tony Mountifield wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, beast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I would like to do a network install using PIXES boot, however the ethernet device was not supported by centos installation (RTL8110SC). How do i add this mod

[CentOS] Re: add new module in initrd

2007-08-13 Thread beast
On 13/08/07 11:20 +0700, beast wrote: The initrd file is just a gzipped ext2 filesystem image, so you need to uncompress it into a temporary file and then mount that file using loopback: zcat /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img >/tmp/fs mkdir /mnt/initrd mount -r -t ext2 -o loop /tmp/fs /mnt/ini

[CentOS] Re: add new module in initrd

2007-08-15 Thread beast
On 14/08/07 07:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: one of the files /linuxrc should list what modules get loaded on start. Thanks for the hint. Where linuxrc located? i already searched initrd image and can not found it. --beast ___ CentOS mailing

[CentOS] Re: add new module in initrd

2007-08-15 Thread beast
On 15/08/07 17:38 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 20:23 +0700, beast wrote: On 14/08/07 07:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >one of the files /linuxrc should list what modules get loaded on start. Thanks for the hint. Where linuxrc located? i already searched initrd im

[CentOS] Re: add new module in initrd

2007-08-20 Thread beast
gg problem :-( Backing up to square 1 - What CentOS version are you trying to install? Centos 5.0 --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: add new module in initrd

2007-08-20 Thread beast
On 18/08/07 01:26 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: beast wrote: On 15/08/07 17:38 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 20:23 +0700, beast wrote: On 14/08/07 07:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >one of the files /linuxrc should list what modules get loaded on start. Thanks for

[CentOS] centos start-here icon

2007-08-29 Thread beast
Hi, I have tried to customize start menu icon, however i still could not find where the centos icon in the up left corner just before the "Applications" menu is. I already try /usr/share/pixmaps/redhat/* or /usr/share/icon/*. Any other directories should i look at? thanks.

[CentOS] Openoffice 2.3 on centos 5 issue

2007-09-20 Thread beast
6, so i guess its not OOo bug. --beast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: Openoffice 2.3 on centos 5 issue

2007-09-21 Thread beast
On 20/09/07 10:51 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:47:07 +0700 beast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled: I have just install OOo 2.3 on new centos 5 box. However OO keep open registration wizard everytime launched, even though i already select

[CentOS] [solved] Re: Openoffice 2.3 on centos 5 issue

2007-09-24 Thread beast
On 22/09/07 12:58 +0700, beast wrote: Believe it or not, i've reinstalled 5 times (using kickstart, gnome desktop but rather minimal pkgs) I have tried ver 2.2.1 also, but same issue. However it works on other C5 with full install with original OO removed. I guess it depends on the som

[CentOS] empty /var/log/messages

2007-06-26 Thread beast
I have one centos 4.0 server which /var/log/messages was always empty (0 bytes). I wonder what has been blocking the syslog to write the log. Other (syslog) log files are fine, only messages. /etc/syslog.conf: # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authenticati

[CentOS] Re: empty /var/log/messages

2007-06-26 Thread beast
On 26/06/07 13:40 +0100, Andy Green wrote: beast wrote: I have one centos 4.0 server which /var/log/messages was always empty (0 bytes). I wonder what has been blocking the syslog to write the log. Other (syslog) log files are fine, only messages. /etc/syslog.conf: # Log anything (except mail

[CentOS] Re: empty /var/log/messages

2007-06-26 Thread beast
On 26/06/07 13:42 +0100, Seán O Sullivan wrote: I have one centos 4.0 server which /var/log/messages was always empty (0 bytes). I wonder what has been blocking the syslog to write the log. Firstly, I'd suggest updating to 4.5. This is the production machine and has been runing for years, s

[CentOS] [solved] Re: empty /var/log/messages

2007-06-26 Thread beast
On 26/06/07 20:02 -0700, Shawn Everett wrote: Is it possible you broke your syslog.conf file? You could always try reinstalling the file from the RPM. Yes. Aparently its because of this entry: *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;spampd.none-/var/log/messages I should use local5.n