Re: [CentOS] Yum Updates dependencies missing (rpmforge)

2010-12-05 Thread ken
On 12/05/2010 08:43 AM Lanny Marcus wrote: There are updates available, for the below multimedia packages (CentOS 5.5, 32 bit), but I'm getting missing dependency errors from yum update for these. --- Package directfb.i386 0:1.2.10-1.el5.rf set to be updated --- Package ffmpeg.i386

[CentOS] centos6 686 livecd iso

2010-12-16 Thread ken
Just did a few searches, trying to find a redhat or centos 6.x livecd iso, preferably an i686... but no joy. Maybe google's web crawlers haven't found the page yet. Anybody here know where to find it? tia, ken ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS

Re: [CentOS] centos6 686 livecd iso

2010-12-17 Thread ken
On 12/16/2010 09:36 AM Keith Roberts wrote: On Thu, 16 Dec 2010, ken wrote: To: CentOS Mailing List centos@centos.org From: ken geb...@mousecar.com Subject: [CentOS] centos6 686 livecd iso Just did a few searches, trying to find a redhat or centos 6.x livecd iso, preferably an i686

Re: [CentOS] server version on laptop

2010-12-18 Thread ken
On 12/18/2010 04:31 AM Kai Schaetzl wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote on Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:58:50 +0200: You can expect a server version of a distro on your laptop. Kai Kai, You took the words right out of my mouth. I've been running several server apps (mail, web, ldap, cups, and

[CentOS] perl code to remove newlines

2010-12-30 Thread ken
Given an HTML file which looks like this: - begin snippet - HTML HEAD TITLE We've Lied to You#8230;/TITLE META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT=Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79LINK REL=HOME TITLE=Maximum RPM HREF=index.htmlLINK REL=UP TITLE=Using RPM to Verify Installed

Re: [CentOS] perl code to remove newlines

2010-12-30 Thread ken
On 12/30/2010 09:18 AM Bowie Bailey wrote: On 12/30/2010 8:19 AM, ken wrote: Given an HTML file which looks like this: - begin snippet - HTML HEAD TITLE We've Lied to You#8230;/TITLE META NAME=GENERATOR CONTENT=Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79LINK REL=HOME

[CentOS] remove newlines / perl /concise example

2010-12-30 Thread ken
Thanks for the previous tips and suggestions. Here's a more concise example: Input file: I want everything on one line, i.e., remove all newlines. Like so: Simple perl code: #!/usr/bin/env perl # Remove newlines from a file in two ways: # (1) Just chomp

Re: [CentOS] perl code to remove newlines

2010-12-30 Thread ken
On 12/30/2010 11:01 AM John Doe wrote: From: ken geb...@mousecar.com Some file this script would need to process could very well be ridiculously huge, which is why I chose to process line-by-line. Secondly, yes, I was already using the general strategy of taking out the newlines (where

[CentOS] How to unpack rar file?

2011-01-13 Thread ken
I think I did this once a long time ago, but don't recall clearly How do I unpack a .rar file? tnx. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] How to unpack rar file?

2011-01-13 Thread ken
On 01/13/2011 05:20 PM ken wrote: I think I did this once a long time ago, but don't recall clearly How do I unpack a .rar file? tnx. Thanks very much everyone. I got it. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org

[CentOS] mysqld status discrepancy

2011-01-25 Thread ken
Bug, explainable, or expected?? Checking the status of mysqld as root, then as a regular user: # /etc/init.d/mysqld status mysqld (pid 4806) is running... $ /etc/init.d/mysqld status mysqld dead but subsys locked ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-22 Thread ken
I heard about some inexpensive security cameras which get their power through the same cat5 cable which delivers the data/pictures (which would simplify wiring tremendously). Does anyone know about these? Do they work with Linux, particularly CentOS? tnx 4 tips.

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-23 Thread ken
On 02/22/2011 09:02 PM B.J. McClure wrote: Not sure it will answer your question but there was an article in December 2010 issue of Linux Magazine re surveillance cameras and linux. HTH. B.J. BJ, I looked around Linux Mag's site for quite a while, did a couple searches, and

Re: [CentOS] security cameras (not USB, not CCTV)

2011-02-23 Thread ken
On 02/23/2011 01:36 PM John R Pierce wrote: On 02/23/11 10:16 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: I think you will get far better video quality using CCTV cameras than a webcam on a USB port. you may think that, but those solutions you mentioned are all NTSC composite video, while even a $30 USB

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-24 Thread ken
this with Linux? Thanks to everyone for the comments and tips, the previous and future ones. Best, ken ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] OT: Ecommerce hosting

2011-02-24 Thread ken
. If you believe time is money, it's not hard to see his thinking. As you hunt, keep in mind what you need the hosting service to provide. And then be sure to ask if they provide it. hth, ken ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org

Re: [CentOS] OT: Ecommerce hosting

2011-02-24 Thread ken
On 02/24/2011 01:03 PM m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: ken wrote: On 02/23/2011 09:18 PM Thomas Dukes wrote: Would appreciate some suggestions for ecommerce hosting. Been using, cough, cough, godaddy, for about 5 or 6 yrs but in the last year or so, they really suck. Did the hosting myself

Re: [CentOS] security cameras

2011-02-25 Thread ken
On 02/24/2011 08:25 PM Chuck Munro wrote: From experience I can attest to the fact that PAL/NTSC CCTV cameras are significantly inferior to modern digital security cameras. I have used devices from Axis, who appear to be the largest and most diverse manufacturer (www.axis.com)

Re: [CentOS] HOW to REDIRECT to HTTPS?

2011-03-04 Thread ken
On 03/03/2011 08:04 AM erikmccaskey64 wrote: I'm searching for a method [on client side] to redirect to HTTPS in a few given domains. e.g.: http://www.facebook.com/ to https://www.facebook.com/ Ok. I use several webbrowsers, and not all of them has add-ons to redirect these pages

[CentOS] fax software

2011-03-27 Thread ken
It's been many years, but it seems that I have to receive a fax and might have to send one too. Is there a way to do this on CentOS 5.5? (Hope so.) tia. -- Anything is easy if you know how to do it. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser on session null

2011-03-28 Thread ken
On 03/28/2011 05:58 AM Roland RoLaNd wrote: Hope this email finds you well. I need your advice with something if you can help out. I have an RC serer (selenium rc) which is running on a centos 5.2 and another on a 5.4 machine. if i run it through X server, in other words if i run the

[CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-28 Thread ken
On 03/28/2011 05:59 AM Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 22:41 -0400, ken wrote: It's been many years, but it seems that I have to receive a fax and might have to send one too. Is there a way to do this on CentOS 5.5? (Hope so.) Hylafax; has been quietly running at work

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/28/2011 04:22 PM Robert Heller wrote: At Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:53:50 -0400 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On 03/28/2011 05:59 AM Adam Tauno Williams wrote: On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 22:41 -0400, ken wrote: It's been many years, but it seems that I have to receive a fax

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 11:55 AM Les Mikesell wrote: On 3/29/2011 10:35 AM, ken wrote: I've got a couple dozen other things I need to do... and the person who was going to fax me something is scanning the doc and attaching it to an email, so I don't need the fax anymore. So I'm bagging this project

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-29 Thread ken
I also have a PCMCIA slot and an old modem card from a previous laptop, so that might be a better option than wrestling with a winmodem. I don't know yet The old PCMCIA modem card might not be a fax modem. If the laptop does have a good old DB-9 serial port connector, then going

[CentOS] OT: google voice + chat - Re: finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 01:21 PM Stephen Harris wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:08:33PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: GV has been around for years - but previously you had to get an invite from an existing user or go on a waiting list. Now you can just sign up and get a free number which you can send

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat - Re: finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 01:37 PM ken wrote: On 03/29/2011 01:21 PM Stephen Harris wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:08:33PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: GV has been around for years - but previously you had to get an invite from an existing user or go on a waiting list. Now you can just sign up

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat - Re: finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 04:32 PM Stephen Harris wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:52:16PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: On 3/29/2011 1:37 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: Exactly correct. It also works the other way; pick up the phone and dial a number and asterisk routes it via google chat so you get your free

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat - Re: finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 05:10 PM Stephen Harris wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 05:02:47PM -0400, ken wrote: This was one feature I was interested in with the answering machine I spoke of before: I'd want to be able to pick up an incoming call with a bluetooth phone so I could walk around

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat - Re: finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 05:23 PM Les Mikesell wrote: What tames my enthusiasm about bluetooth though is its maximum range is said to be 20'. Gimme a wifi phone. That was the point of the base station with wireless handsets. I've seen those with 3 or 4 handsets for well under $100. They

Re: [CentOS] Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser on session null

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 05:45 AM John Hodrien wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, ken wrote: Like the error says, you need to specify the display. I.e., on the remote machine you must set the environmental variable DISPLAY... something like (export DISPLAY=192.168.1.42:0.0 firefox) Though this may work

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat - Re: finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/30/2011 09:04 AM Stephen Harris wrote: On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 06:57:04AM -0400, ken wrote: What I'd hope to do is plug the analog output from the ATA into the input of my home's POTS (Plain Old Telephone System, i.e., the 1970s technology). That way all the cabling I have

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat - Re: finding the right serial port, enabling configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/30/2011 08:55 AM Les Mikesell wrote: On 3/30/11 6:04 AM, ken wrote: On 03/29/2011 05:23 PM Les Mikesell wrote: What tames my enthusiasm about bluetooth though is its maximum range is said to be 20'. Gimme a wifi phone. That was the point of the base station with wireless

[CentOS] interview request for ppl who have Shockwave/.Firefox working

2011-04-03 Thread ken
For a long time now I've wanted to be able to watch videos. I've done the try this! and try that! method and it hasn't worked well. So I'm wondering if anyone running CentOS 5.5 has Shockwave on Firefox working. Currently it works for me with short videos-- up to two or three minutes long.

[CentOS] about:plugins -Re: interview request for ppl who have Shockwave/.Firefox working

2011-04-04 Thread ken
On 04/04/2011 02:46 AM Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert Heller Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 3:25 AM To: CentOS mailing list Cc: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] interview request for

Re: [CentOS] interview request for ppl who have Shockwave/.Firefox working

2011-04-04 Thread ken
On 04/03/2011 08:06 PM Yves Bellefeuille wrote: On Sunday 03 April 2011 18:41, ken wrote: For a long time now I've wanted to be able to watch videos. I've done the try this! and try that! method and it hasn't worked well. So I'm wondering if anyone running CentOS 5.5 has Shockwave

Re: [CentOS] interview request for ppl who have Shockwave/.Firefox working

2011-04-04 Thread ken
On 04/03/2011 09:24 PM Robert Heller wrote: At Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:41:35 -0400 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: For a long time now I've wanted to be able to watch videos. I've done the try this! and try that! method and it hasn't worked well. So I'm wondering if anyone

Re: [CentOS] interview request for ppl who have Shockwave/.Firefox working

2011-04-04 Thread ken
On 04/04/2011 08:37 AM Yves Bellefeuille wrote: On Monday 04 April 2011 08:09, ken wrote: What does your about:plugins page say? (For explication, see the about:plugins subthread.) Or do you have some other diagnostic which indicates these are not the same? It does say Shockwave Flash

Re: [CentOS] about:plugins -Re: interview request for ppl who have Shockwave/.Firefox working

2011-04-04 Thread ken
On 04/04/2011 08:41 AM Sorin Srbu wrote: -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of ken Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 2:02 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] about:plugins -Re: interview request for ppl who have

Re: [CentOS] interview request for ppl who have Shockwave/.Firefox working

2011-04-04 Thread ken
One other factor might be video hardware acceleration. Of those who have Shockwave working, are you also running VHA?? On 04/03/2011 06:41 PM ken wrote: For a long time now I've wanted to be able to watch videos. I've done the try this! and try that! method and it hasn't worked well. So I'm

[CentOS] gnumeric

2011-09-10 Thread ken
Where do I find a gnumeric rpm? I must not have enough repos listed. (I recently had to rebuild my system pretty much from scratch. :( ) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] gnumeric

2011-09-11 Thread ken
On 09/10/2011 03:01 PM Frank Cox wrote: On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:40:47 ken wrote: Where do I find a gnumeric rpm? I must not have enough repos listed. http://www.elders.princeton.edu/data/puias/6/x86_64/os/Addons/ Thanks, Frank. That isn't the exact version I was looking for, but just

Re: [CentOS] XORG and LCD Projector

2011-09-11 Thread ken
A long time ago I did this. I think I was using Suse 9.3 at the time. (That's how long ago it was!!) It was so easy-- taking less than a minute-- that I don't remember how I did it. My muttbox is a Dell i600m. FnF8 is the key to switch among the video options we're talking about. This

Re: [CentOS] Vitualization and Partitioning

2011-09-11 Thread ken
On 09/11/2011 11:10 PM Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: Hi, When I do the install, do I or should I setup a separate partition for guest That would be better from a performance point of view OS's? From the redhat docs, it looks like the guest OS's reside at /var/lib/libvirt/images/. This should

[CentOS] (yum) Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)....

2011-09-21 Thread ken
This error: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: debug. Please verify its path and try again occurs every time I run yum (and is where execution stops). Why? and/or What can be done to fix yum so I can use it again? tnx. -- War is a failure of the

Re: [CentOS] (yum) Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)....

2011-09-21 Thread ken
On 09/21/2011 11:45 AM lists-centos wrote: Original Message Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:27:44 AM -0400 From: ken geb...@mousecar.com To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org This error: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml

Re: [CentOS] (yum) Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)....

2011-09-21 Thread ken
Cool++. That fixed it. (Thanks much.) And now I have an example of something meant to fix problems causing problems. :) On 09/21/2011 12:05 PM lists-centos wrote: Original Message Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:52:11 AM -0400 From: ken geb

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

2011-09-21 Thread ken
On 09/21/2011 03:34 PM Keith Roberts wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Johan Vermeulen wrote: To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org From: Johan Vermeulen jvermeu...@cawdekempen.be Subject: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera dear All, when first installing CentOs some 6 months ago, I noticed this

Re: [CentOS] {SOLVED} Re: PDF Reader/Editor for CentOS 5.7 (32 bit)?

2011-09-24 Thread ken
On 09/23/2011 08:45 PM Craig White wrote: On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 12:47 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailingli...@gmail.com wrote: I had, in the past, a .pdf reader that

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6: hostname and timezone

2011-10-04 Thread ken
On 10/04/2011 10:33 AM Alexander Farber wrote: And also, which /etc/localtime do I have now? ... Please run these commands and copy-paste them w/ output back to me: cat /etc/sysconfig/clock /etc/init.d/ntpd status /sbin/hwclock date ___ CentOS

[CentOS] Backup live system

2011-10-20 Thread ken
Though I've worked with enterprise systems, I'm not familiar with FOOS backup software. Which of those recommended would allow me to backup a system while users are active on it? If it matters the system uses LVM. I'd also like to be able to avoid needing the network if possible. That

Re: [CentOS] iso size?

2011-11-22 Thread ken
+1 On 11/21/2011 03:15 PM Brian Mathis wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic off...@plnet.rs wrote: Vreme: 11/21/2011 08:13 PM, Beartooth piše: I've been being told, over and over, by K3B, Brasero, and Isomaster, on two machines, with three different downloads of

Re: [CentOS] Moving server

2011-11-30 Thread ken
On 11/30/2011 06:36 AM Timothy Murphy wrote: I want to move my home server over to a new machine, both running CentOS. (The present server is running CentOS-5.7, the new one 6.0.) I'm thinking of moving things over one at a time, starting with email. I'm running IMAP on the server, with my

[CentOS] dependency error with xerces.c ???

2011-12-13 Thread ken
# yum update ... -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: libxerces-c.so.27 for package: phc --- Package xerces-c.i386 0:2.8.0-1.el5.centos set to be updated -- Finished Dependency Resolution phc-0.1.7-1.el5.rf.i386 from installed has depsolving problems -- Missing Dependency:

Re: [CentOS] dependency error with xerces.c ???

2011-12-13 Thread ken
On 12/13/2011 02:30 PM Lucian wrote: On 13 December 2011 19:17, ken geb...@mousecar.com wrote: # yum update ... -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: libxerces-c.so.27 for package: phc --- Package xerces-c.i386 0:2.8.0-1.el5.centos set to be updated -- Finished Dependency

[CentOS] gabber/jabber for centos 5.7?

2012-01-11 Thread ken
I used to use jabber for chats. But I don't find it in centos 5.7 anymore. Is it still around? Or has something else taken its place? What do people using 5.7 use these days? Is there anything which handles MSN? tia. ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] gabber/jabber for centos 5.7?

2012-01-11 Thread ken
On 01/11/2012 08:35 AM Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: On 01/11/2012 01:52 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 01/11/2012 06:45 AM, ken wrote: I used to use jabber for chats. But I don't find it in centos 5.7 anymore. Is it still around? Or has something else taken its place? What do people using 5.7

[CentOS] skype on 5.7

2012-01-13 Thread ken
Earlier last year I had a 5.7 system running with skype. It worked fine. Later last year I had to reinstall my entire system. I didn't install skype then. Yesterday I tried to find a version of skype to use on 5.7, but couldn't find one on skype.com; there's no version for RH/CentOS 5.7.

Re: [CentOS] skype on 5.7

2012-01-13 Thread ken
On 01/13/2012 03:18 PM Frank Cox wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:14:29 -0500 ken wrote: Earlier last year I had a 5.7 system running with skype. It worked fine. Later last year I had to reinstall my entire system. I didn't install skype then. Yesterday I tried to find a version of skype

Re: [CentOS] skype on 5.7

2012-01-14 Thread ken
On 01/13/2012 05:59 PM Yves Bellefeuille wrote: On Friday 13 January 2012, ken geb...@mousecar.com wrote: This was with skype_static-2.2.0.35, the one recommended for CentOS version 5.x in the HOW-TO. So the how-to is either wrong or it's missing some information. The How-To recommends

[CentOS] I/) Settings for Skype

2012-01-18 Thread ken
I've managed to get Skype set up and working. I can hear the other person talking, but she can't hear me. During a conversation, I tried what I thought to be all possible settings in both the Volume Control application and in Skype itself. But no joy. To make matters more puzzling, I had

[CentOS] where is libid3-3.8.so.3

2012-01-18 Thread ken
I searched for libid3-3.8.so.3 with yum: # yum search \*libid3-3.8\* but it returns No Matches found Am I not searching correctly, or does this not exist in CentOS 5.7? tnx ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] skype on 5.7 SOLVED

2012-01-18 Thread ken
As posted be a responder to this thread, skype_static-2.1.0.47 does work on CentOS 5.7. Thanks everybody for your help. On 01/13/2012 03:14 PM ken wrote: Earlier last year I had a 5.7 system running with skype. It worked fine. Later last year I had to reinstall my entire system. I didn't

Re: [CentOS] where is libid3-3.8.so.3

2012-01-20 Thread ken
Thanks much to both you and Mr. Doe. Everything worked fine on my 5.7 system. On 01/18/2012 08:16 AM Fabien Archambault wrote: Hi, Perhaps could you use yum provides instead of search. In a 6.x box I have it in epel and rpmforge repo. Fabien 2012/1/18 ken geb...@mousecar.com I

[CentOS] choppy audio playback

2009-10-09 Thread ken
Oh, wise Centaurs, On the last install (Suse) I was running on this old notebook (Dell i600m) the audio worked fine. Specifically, Realplayer and onsite players (like you get at NPR and other sites) and youtube played just fine. But with this current install (CentOS 5.3, fully updated) all of

[CentOS] Totem needs plug-ins

2009-10-16 Thread ken
Just tried to play a movie/DVD and Totem (what automatically popped up when I inserted the DVD) said it needed plug-ins... it didn't say which plug-ins. The website listed in the help page no longer exists. I have four of the gstreamer packages and libdvdcss installed, but I guess there's

[CentOS] installing working skype possible???

2009-10-18 Thread ken
I easily installed and used skype on my previous linux distro on this same machine, but am having problems getting it to work on my relatively new centos 5.3. I downloaded three versions of skype from their website: the two fedora rpms wouldn't install, their error messages complaining that it

Re: [CentOS] Calling all Hackers from Big stan

2009-10-18 Thread ken
If you want to learn how to crack into a system, set up your network with at least two machines, one being the target. -- War is a failure of the imagination. --William Blake On 10/17/2009 06:49 PM Stan Reader wrote: I want to learn to hack what do I need to do in order to start.

Re: [CentOS] Caught between a Red Hat and a CentOS

2009-10-18 Thread ken
On 10/18/2009 08:17 AM Kwan Lowe wrote: I'm pretty sure most corporations will continue to pay to use Red Hat. It's pretty tough to go the head of IT and tell them you want to use an OS without a corporate support license. Support is a security blanket, if nothing else -- and it's a place to

Re: [CentOS] installing working skype possible???

2009-10-18 Thread ken
On 10/18/2009 09:11 AM Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote: On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 1:55 PM, ken geb...@mousecar.com wrote: I easily installed and used skype on my previous linux distro on this same machine, but am having problems getting it to work on my relatively new centos 5.3. I downloaded three

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread ken
On 10/18/2009 11:13 AM Alan McKay wrote: how would I go about that? The thing is: I'd like to know an orthodox way to go about this. crontab -e and then just put in your entry * 7 * * * /your/command I think you meant: 0 7 * * * /your/command The asterisk will make the command run

Re: [CentOS] Caught between a Red Hat and a CentOS

2009-10-19 Thread ken
War is a failure of the imagination. --William Blake On 10/19/2009 06:29 PM Keith Keller wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 08:29:59AM +1030, Ian Blackwell wrote: My experience has been good and I have no negative feelings about their support offering. We had a critical issue once on a

Re: [CentOS] Created a DVD from Gnome Desktop -CentOS-5.3

2009-10-20 Thread ken
On 10/20/2009 10:44 AM Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: James B. Byrne wrote: I am trying to put the dvd iso image of CentOS-5.4 onto a DVD. I have an LG multi-writer installed. I have used this device on this host to created CDs in the past but this is my first attempt at creating a dvd.

[CentOS] rpm --freshen issue (was: Re: Caught between a Red Hat and a CentOS)

2009-10-21 Thread ken
On 10/20/2009 12:15 PM Benjamin Franz wrote: ken wrote: Okay, here's one. Maybe someone here can figure it out. Upgrading from 4.5 to 4.5. From a 4.6 ISO I copied all the RPMs into a directory... let's call it c:/install :). Now the oracle dba has strict parameters on what versions can

Re: [CentOS] rpm --freshen issue

2009-10-21 Thread ken
On 10/21/2009 10:03 AM Barry Brimer wrote: On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, ken wrote: On 10/20/2009 12:15 PM Benjamin Franz wrote: ken wrote: Okay, here's one. Maybe someone here can figure it out. Upgrading from 4.5 to 4.5. From a 4.6 ISO I copied all the RPMs into a directory... let's call it c

Re: [CentOS] rpm --freshen issue

2009-10-21 Thread ken
War is a failure of the imagination. --William Blake On 10/21/2009 10:27 AM Todd Denniston wrote: ken wrote, On 10/21/2009 05:12 AM: On 10/20/2009 12:15 PM Benjamin Franz wrote: ken wrote: SNIP Yeah, this directory contains 1507 rpms (IIRC)... which is a lot, but it should still

Re: [CentOS] EDAC Kernel Panic 2.6.9-78 and above

2009-10-22 Thread ken
(the one booted if no action is taken at the boot menu), the working/desired kernel. hth, ken ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Help! i want to clone my Centos machine to another box..

2009-10-22 Thread ken
On 10/22/2009 04:06 AM RoLaNd RoLaNd wrote: Hello all, i've spent the last week trying to find something that will clone my existing Centos server to a more powerful box. i've used clonezilla though that resulted in a complete failure.. can anyone please guide me in the right direction?

[CentOS] can't yum install mplayer : no libmpcdec.so.3 available

2009-10-23 Thread ken
Just upgraded to 5.4 yesterday morning. (Kudos to those who did that!) That's probably irrelevant to this problem: yum install mplayer fails. Here's what happens: == # yum install mplayer Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, filter-data,

[CentOS] prioritizing repos (was: Re: can't yum install mplayer : no libmpcdec.so.3 available)

2009-10-23 Thread ken
On 10/23/2009 10:22 AM Sharon Kimble wrote: 2009/10/23 Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com mailto:ralph.angene...@gmail.com On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:23 PM, ken geb...@mousecar.com mailto:geb...@mousecar.com wrote: mplayer-1.0-0.34.rc1try2.fc6.i386 from freshrpms has

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading CentOS 5.3 to 5.4 errors

2009-10-25 Thread ken
On 10/24/2009 05:09 PM Rohan Gilchrist wrote: Hello, I thought I'd wait a little while before upgrading to 5.4, but am running into the following errors: - Finished Dependency Resolution lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5.i386 from base has depsolving problems -- Missing Dependency: device-mapper =

[CentOS] on emacs startup no fonts, just little empty boxes

2009-10-26 Thread ken
Just upgraded CentOS to (uname) Linux 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus #1 SMP Fri Oct 9 12:34:43 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux and since then, when emacs (version 21.4.1) starts up (using emacs -Q), where there should be text there are only little empty boxes, each the size of character. The error

[CentOS] can't remove package (was: Re: on emacs startup no fonts, just little empty boxes)

2009-10-27 Thread ken
On 10/26/2009 05:44 AM ken wrote: Just upgraded CentOS to (uname) Linux 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus #1 SMP Fri Oct 9 12:34:43 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux and since then, when emacs (version 21.4.1) starts up (using emacs -Q), where there should be text there are only little empty boxes, each

[CentOS] yum hangs, rpm hangs (was: Re: can't remove package)

2009-10-27 Thread ken
On 10/27/2009 03:58 AM ken wrote: On 10/26/2009 05:44 AM ken wrote: Just upgraded CentOS to (uname) Linux 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus #1 SMP Fri Oct 9 12:34:43 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux and since then, when emacs (version 21.4.1) starts up (using emacs -Q), where there should be text

Re: [CentOS] yum hangs, rpm hangs -- SOLUTION

2009-10-27 Thread ken
On 10/27/2009 04:31 AM Pintér Tibor wrote: Hmm. Now I find that *any* rpm or yum command I type in will hang. This is not good. tried removing temp files from /var/lib/rpm (afaik __db.*) t That worked! Thanks vielmals!! ___ CentOS mailing

Re: [CentOS] Locales and filenames

2009-10-27 Thread ken
On 10/27/2009 02:16 PM Alfred von Campe wrote: On Oct 27, 2009, at 13:40, Niki Kovacs wrote: I vaguely remember Mac uses UTF-16 as default encoding. This could be the source of your problem. Forget I said anything about the Mac; I'm only using it to write these emails. The file in

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:How to make crontab job permanent even after server reboot?

2009-10-28 Thread ken
On 10/28/2009 01:33 AM John R Pierce wrote: hadi motamedi wrote: Thank you very much for your reply . Can you please do me favor and let me know where I have to check for the scripts that may wipe out these files on reboot ? How can I check if /var/spool on transient storage ? Please be

[CentOS] vnc for non-root

2009-10-28 Thread ken
At work I've been asked to set up vnc for a remote user (a vendor sysadmin to install 3d party software we've purchased). Of course I'm a bit skittish about allowing root access to this. Is there a way to configure vnc so that root cannot log in through it...? Or do I have to use some other

Re: [CentOS] Missing package

2009-10-28 Thread ken
On 10/28/2009 08:39 AM Anne Wilson wrote: The big update caused one of the rare re-starts on my mail server, so I saw the startup messages that I had forgotten about. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: [3424]: warning: python-dbus not installed. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: hp-systray[3424]:

Re: [CentOS] vnc for non-root

2009-10-29 Thread ken
On 10/28/2009 09:04 AM Neil Aggarwal wrote: Ken: You can set the machine up to use VNC for the console. Then, give the person a normal login which they will use to login to the machine from the console interface. Basically, it will be just like they are sitting at the machine

[CentOS] Switching keyboard language (was: Re: Locales and filenames)

2009-10-29 Thread ken
On 10/28/2009 09:10 AM Alfred von Campe wrote: On Oct 27, 2009, at 19:28, ken wrote: E.g., create a file with vi with just one German/Greek/French word, say, Έντελέχεια (Entylecheia, an ancient Greek word). If the name of the file is nonenglish, then, after you do your save in vim

Re: [CentOS] vnc for non-root

2009-10-29 Thread ken
On 10/29/2009 11:29 AM Les Mikesell wrote: Neil Aggarwal wrote: Ken: Is it possible to make the ssh connection connecting to a linux box from a windows machine. I use cygwin ssh to connect CentOS servers from my windows laptop. Or you could do it with putty. But, if you need more than

Re: [CentOS] resolv.conf rewritten every reboot. How to figure out who and why?

2009-10-30 Thread ken
, it did not rewrite /etc/resolv.conf. I haven't followed the entire discussion, but do you have correct settings in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever the NIC is) and the two relevant files in /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ ?? hth, ken

[CentOS] adding SAN diskspace to CentOS system residing on VMware

2009-10-30 Thread ken
Hey, group, I've got a system installed on a VMware VM. The SAN administrator allocated me more disk space from the (EMC) SAN and I need ultimately to create another partition to mount on the filesystem. Two (initial) questions about this: What steps do I need to take prior to creating a new

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:iptables ?

2009-11-02 Thread ken
On 10/31/2009 04:10 AM Tony Molloy wrote: On Saturday 31 October 2009 07:48:05 hadi motamedi wrote: Dear All To open a port , I know that I need to go to System - Administration - Security Level and Firewall - Other ports and then I can open port-5901 as tcp protocol . Can you please do me

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:iptables ?

2009-11-02 Thread ken
On 11/02/2009 09:36 AM Rob Kampen wrote: ken wrote: On 10/31/2009 04:10 AM Tony Molloy wrote: On Saturday 31 October 2009 07:48:05 hadi motamedi wrote: Dear All To open a port , I know that I need to go to System - Administration - Security Level and Firewall - Other ports

Re: [CentOS] screwed up dependencies

2009-11-11 Thread ken
On 11/11/2009 02:26 AM Timo Schoeler wrote: thus ken spake: | Subsequent to trying to yum update-- it failed--, I tried to resolve | the dependencies piecemeal: | | # yum update faad2 | | -- Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg | --- Package faad2.i386 0:2.7-1.el5

[CentOS] bash variable expansion moment

2009-11-14 Thread ken
It's half a nice Saturday later and many attempts have brought no satisfaction. Maybe this can't be done. I'm trying to write a function which, when called from one function execute in another. In itself, that's not the problem. Rather, there's one built-in variable which is evaluated in the

Re: [CentOS] bash variable expansion moment

2009-11-15 Thread ken
Line() { echo This is line $@ } Macintosh-5:/tmp joshuagimer$ cat test.sh #!/bin/bash . ./func-file Line $LINENO Macintosh-5:/tmp joshuagimer$ bash test.sh This is line 5 Thanks Josh On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 5:37 PM, ken geb...@mousecar.com mailto:geb...@mousecar.com wrote

Re: [CentOS] bash variable expansion moment

2009-11-15 Thread ken
On 11/15/2009 08:54 AM Stephen Harris wrote: On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 08:23:59AM -0500, ken wrote: A function containing environmental variables in one file would be called in another file. The function would, then, pass (e.g.) $LINENO as if it were a literal, but in the line where $Line

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