[CentOS] Network problems on new CentOS 5 install on P35, ICH9R mobo

2008-06-03 Thread Dick Roth
Had to replace dying cpu and mobo, so also replaced IDE with new SATA drive. Installed from latest ISO onto SATA and can't get networking to lease an IP address from my ISP (Comcast). The network utility always comes up with a private address (192.168.0.2) instead of Comcast IP. To add to

Re: [CentOS] Network problems on new CentOS 5 install on P35, ICH9R mobo

2008-06-03 Thread Dick Roth
Juan C. Valido wrote: On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 06:09 -0400, Dick Roth wrote: Had to replace dying cpu and mobo, so also replaced IDE with new SATA drive. Installed from latest ISO onto SATA and can't get networking to lease an IP address from my ISP (Comcast). The network utility always comes

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.2 upgrade Firefox Migrating Bookmarks

2008-07-07 Thread Dick Roth
Robert Moskowitz wrote: OK. Now that I have already upgraded, how do I migrate my bookmarks. :( Should have exported them before the upgrade, I suspect ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Strange browser displays with 5.x on Dell GX-260

2008-09-17 Thread Dick Roth
I had been running CentOS 4.x for quite some time with no problems. Apparently I stubbed my toe when installing CentOS 5 final. Symptoms: various web sites are not properly displayed in Firefox 3.0.1 (or predecessors). In particular, cnn.com and any calls to Google display with a screen

Re: [CentOS] Strange browser displays with 5.x on Dell GX-260

2008-09-18 Thread Dick Roth
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had been running CentOS 4.x for quite some time with no problems. Apparently I stubbed my toe when installing CentOS 5 final. Symptoms: various web sites are not properly displayed in Firefox 3.0.1

Re: [CentOS] Strange browser displays with 5.x on Dell GX-260

2008-09-19 Thread Dick Roth
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:22 AM, William L. Maltby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 02:47 -0400, Dick Roth wrote: snip This was a clean install, however I kept my /home directory intact. The rest of the partitions were reformatted. Try resetting all your

[CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Dick Roth
Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any help would be appreciated. TIA, Dick -- They that can

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Dick Roth
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate. The only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom of the screen. Which configuration files/directory may

Re: [CentOS] Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

2008-11-15 Thread Dick Roth
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Stephen John Smoogen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow I did something that caused

[CentOS] HAL Daemon failure on boot up

2008-12-20 Thread Dick Roth
I've been having a problem for a while: when booting, haldaemon will fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and floppy drives available. Has anyone else had this kind of problem? If so, can anyone suggest a solution? Thanks for listening, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain

Re: [CentOS] HAL Daemon failure on boot up

2008-12-21 Thread Dick Roth
Tosh wrote: Dick Roth wrote: I've been having a problem for a while: when booting, haldaemon will fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and floppy drives available. Has anyone else had this kind of problem? If so, can anyone suggest a solution? Thanks for listening, Dick some more

Re: [CentOS] HAL Daemon failure on boot up

2008-12-21 Thread Dick Roth
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Dick Roth raro...@comcast.net wrote: I've been having a problem for a while: when booting, haldaemon will fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and floppy drives available. Has anyone else had this kind of problem? If so, can anyone suggest

[CentOS] GnuPG for CentOS 5.3?

2009-10-02 Thread Dick Roth
Good Morning-- I'm looking to shore up security in my system and with communications. Can you point me to the proper version of GnuPG for CentOS 5.3 (Final)? Thanks, Dick -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Re: [CentOS] GnuPG for CentOS 5.3?

2009-10-02 Thread Dick Roth
Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Dick Roth Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 12:44 PM To: CentOS List Subject: [CentOS] GnuPG for CentOS 5.3? Good Morning-- I'm looking to shore up security in my

Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

2009-02-02 Thread Dick Roth
Les Mikesell wrote: Sorin Srbu wrote: Marking words: used to be best? Which is the best now then? APC is apparantely not an option as they suck bigtime IMO, so what's? Powerware and APC are the two biggest and most wellknown UPS-manufacturers I know of. APC does make a full line of units.

Re: [CentOS] Seamonkey (Mozilla) web browser for CentOS 5.4?

2010-01-27 Thread Dick Roth
MHR wrote: On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Greg Baileygbai...@lxpro.com wrote: Robert Heller wrote: Does the Seamonkey (Mozilla) web browser exist for CentOS 5.4? It seems to be missing from the standard repository. Seamonkey 1.0.9 is included with CentOS 4.X, but CentOS 5 builds never

[CentOS] Problem burning DVD+RW discs

2010-03-28 Thread Dick Roth
Good Day-- I've been backing up my essential stuff to DVD+R discs for quite a while with no trouble at all. Last week I tried backing up to a DVD+RW with no trouble at all. This week, when trying to re-write my weekly backup, CD/DVD Creator told me it could not write to the disc because it

[CentOS] External HD on CentOS 5.5

2010-11-12 Thread Dick Roth
I'm looking into backing up my CentOS 5.5 system using an external USB 2.0 hard drive. Anyone with experience with Toshiba Canvio USB 750 GB unit? I'm backing up to DVDs now and would like to streamline the process. Any advice is welcome with thanks. Dick -- Yes indeed...the Hokey Pokey

Re: [CentOS] External HD on CentOS 5.5

2010-11-14 Thread Dick Roth
Rob Kampen wrote: Dick Roth wrote: I'm looking into backing up my CentOS 5.5 system using an external USB 2.0 hard drive. Anyone with experience with Toshiba Canvio USB 750 GB unit? I'm backing up to DVDs now and would like to streamline the process. Any advice is welcome with thanks

[CentOS] How to stop automount

2010-11-16 Thread Dick Roth
I just put a USB hard drive into service, but find that unless the drive is connected to my PC the machine won't boot and drops to a shell. Below is the line I added to fstab. I thought that the option noauto would prevent the machine from trying to mount the drive /dev/sdb

Re: [CentOS] How to stop automount

2010-11-17 Thread Dick Roth
Keith Roberts wrote: On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, Dick Roth wrote: To: CentOS Listcentos@centos.org From: Dick Rothraro...@comcast.net Subject: [CentOS] How to stop automount I just put a USB hard drive into service, but find that unless the drive is connected to my PC the machine won't boot

Re: [CentOS] yum updates

2007-12-20 Thread Dick Roth
As offered this will not work. It must have two (2) hyphens before the word exclude, thus: yum update --exclude=openoffice Dick Alfred von Campe wrote: Is there a way to still do the yum updates but not update the openoffice. Right now, I do it one at a time. Yes, just do a yum update

Re: [CentOS] yum updates

2007-12-20 Thread Dick Roth
Thanks, Johnny. I'm not a pro on this stuff. Happy Holidays!! Dick Johnny Hughes wrote: Dick Roth wrote: As offered this will not work. It must have two (2) hyphens before the word exclude, thus: yum update --exclude=openoffice Alfred von Campe wrote: Is there a way to still do