[CentOS] system clock

2011-02-06 Thread Buz Davis
there, and then get back into CentOS. Older versions of Red Hat and Fedora let you do it by right-clicking on the time display, if I recall correctly, but setting the time isn't one of the options in CentOS. Thanks Buz Davis ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS

Re: [CentOS] [CENTOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-19 Thread Buz Davis
Thanks to all who answered. Poweroff is exactly what I needed. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] allowing users to issue the shutdown command

2009-10-16 Thread Buz Davis
I am running CentOS 5.3 and have just the two accounts root and buz. I would like to be able to issue shutdown from the account buz, and thus created /etc/shutdown.allow with the single entry buz (without any quotes). I still get the error message only root can do this (or something similar)

Re: [CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-28 Thread Buz Davis
if the database is mine or the morrors, though. What should I do about that ? I hould have mentioned that I ran memtest86 after installing some new memory (this was before my last install of CentOS). I let it complete one pass (about an hour and a half) and it found no errors. Thanks, Buz Davis

[CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-27 Thread Buz Davis
(--) default pointer: PnP-detected protocol: ExplorerPS/2 (II) default pointer: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded eof I would appreciate any help in getting X to work on this second computer Thanks, Buz Davis ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-16 Thread Buz Davis
existing systems on hda and put CentOS on hdc, and have grub on the mbr of hda control the boot I'd like to do that. Thanks, Buz Davis ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] problem installing CentOS 5.3

2009-09-14 Thread Buz Davis
I have a small fixed ip network at home, running red hat 9 on two amd k6 500 Mhz boxes. One has 256 M memory and the other 320 M. They pretty much meet my needs, but lately I have detected that the internet sites I frequent are requiring some more modern software than I can run. I