[CentOS] BackupPC is not easy to setup

2015-09-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
I finally got BackupPC working under Centos-7.1 after several hours of pain. I had been running it for several years under CentOS-6, and probably CentOS-5, but there seem to me to have been several new issues that arise with CentOS-7. In my experience, the official documentation on this,

Re: [CentOS] Error installing Kmymoney

2015-09-13 Thread Rex Dieter
Rex Dieter wrote: > CS DBA wrote: > >> Hi All; >> >> I'm runing a new install of CentOS 7, enabled the epel repo and ran: >> >> # yum install kmymoney >> >> I get this: >> >> Resolving Dependencies >> --> Running transaction check >> ---> Package kmymoney.x86_64 0:4.6.6-1.el7 will be

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread Scott Robbins
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 04:12:44PM +0100, Always Learning wrote: > > On Fri, 2015-08-21 at 06:23 +, Sorin Srbu wrote: > > > I use Openshot Video Editor on a weekly basis to cut and edit my > > m/c-instructoring clips and then post to Youtube. ;-) > > I've more or less abandoned Pinnacle

Re: [CentOS] BackupPC is not easy to setup

2015-09-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
Timothy Murphy wrote: > I thought I'd write a 1-page note to myself of the steps I took, > in preparation for CentOS-8... > I have a couple of questions that this raises. > > 1. Why exactly does backuppc want to ssh to root? > Is this just a way of running BackupPC as root? > > 2. The graphical

Re: [CentOS] BackupPC is not easy to setup

2015-09-13 Thread Ulf Volmer
On 09/13/2015 03:48 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I see that BackupPC starts 6 copies of httpd running, > but so far only 2 have ever been used. > Can this number (6) be changed? Yes, in the configuration of you httpd. regards Ulf ___ CentOS mailing

Re: [CentOS] Error installing Kmymoney

2015-09-13 Thread Rex Dieter
CS DBA wrote: > Hi All; > > I'm runing a new install of CentOS 7, enabled the epel repo and ran: > > # yum install kmymoney > > I get this: > > Resolving Dependencies > --> Running transaction check > ---> Package kmymoney.x86_64 0:4.6.6-1.el7 will be installed > --> Processing Dependency:

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2015-08-21 at 06:23 +, Sorin Srbu wrote: > I use Openshot Video Editor on a weekly basis to cut and edit my > m/c-instructoring clips and then post to Youtube. ;-) > I've more or less abandoned Pinnacle since I discovered Openshot. The > encoding stuff is so much faster on CentOS

Re: [CentOS] BackupPC is not easy to setup

2015-09-13 Thread Ulf Volmer
On 09/13/2015 01:35 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I have a couple of questions that this raises. > > 1. Why exactly does backuppc want to ssh to root? To enable access to all of the files on the client. It is also possible to run the backup running the rsyncd- daemon on the client. > Is this

Re: [CentOS] BackupPC is not easy to setup

2015-09-13 Thread Timothy Murphy
Ulf Volmer wrote: Thanks for your response, which clarifies matters for me. >> I have a couple of questions that this raises. >> 1. Why exactly does backuppc want to ssh to root? > To enable access to all of the files on the client. >> Is this just a way of running BackupPC as root? > Why do

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2015-09-13 at 11:43 -0400, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 04:12:44PM +0100, Always Learning wrote: > > > > Where does one obtain the RPM for Centos 5 and 6, please ? > For 6, at least, it's in the nux-desktop repo, I don't know about the > others. Thanks. > BTW, are

Re: [CentOS] BackupPC is not easy to setup

2015-09-13 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/13/2015 7:58 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: 1. Why exactly does backuppc want to ssh to root? >To enable access to all of the files on the client. >>Is this just a way of running BackupPC as root? >Why do you want this? It's not required to run backuppc as user root. I don't want (or not

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread C Linus Hicks
On 09/13/15, Always Learning wrote: - Quoted text --- Where does one obtain the RPM for Centos 5 and 6, please ? - End quote See: vault.centos.org ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] centos 7 on older macbook pro

2015-09-13 Thread Hal Wigoda
Use Oracles VM VirtualBox. On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Keith Keller < kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently got a brand new MacBook Pro, replacing one that is over 5.5 > years old. I'm trying to think of something to do with the old laptop, > and one idea I

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2015-09-13 at 13:14 -0500, C Linus Hicks wrote: > On 09/13/15, Always Learning wrote: > > - Quoted text --- > Where does one obtain the RPM for Centos 5 and 6, please ? > - End quote > See: vault.centos.org

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:55:45 +0100 Always Learning wrote: > > Where does one obtain the RPM for Centos 5 and 6, please ? > > See: vault.centos.org > > Thank you. Vault seems to be source RPMs. I was seeking something easier > as binary RPMs. Look in the os directory. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread Always Learning
On Sun, 2015-09-13 at 18:15 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:55:45 +0100 > Always Learning wrote: > > > > > Where does one obtain the RPM for Centos 5 and 6, please ? > > > > See: vault.centos.org > > > > Thank you. Vault seems to be source RPMs. I was seeking something easier

[CentOS] centos 7 on older macbook pro

2015-09-13 Thread Keith Keller
Hi all, I recently got a brand new MacBook Pro, replacing one that is over 5.5 years old. I'm trying to think of something to do with the old laptop, and one idea I had was to put CentOS on it. After some initial struggles, I finally found this page, which tells how to tell the installer to

Re: [CentOS] new laptop: DVD or Blu-ray

2015-09-13 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 02:12:04 +0100 Always Learning wrote: > > On Sun, 2015-09-13 at 18:15 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:55:45 +0100 > > Always Learning wrote: > > > > > > > > Where does one obtain the RPM for Centos 5 and 6, please ? > > > > > > See: vault.centos.org > >

Re: [CentOS] centos 7 on older macbook pro

2015-09-13 Thread David Nelson
This doesn't really help with your problem, but to address the specific question below: I run CentOS 7, and previously 6, on a Mac Pro (MacPro4,1). My experience has been good. I haven't bothered running anything to read hfs volumes as I'm not dual-booting it. I have a separate MacBook Pro

Re: [CentOS] centos 7 on older macbook pro

2015-09-13 Thread Keith Keller
On 2015-09-14, Hal Wigoda wrote: > Use Oracles VM VirtualBox. Well, I explicitly don't want to do that, since it uses even more resources than OS X by itself. Having linux run on the bare metal without OS X should be much more efficient. > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Keith Keller wrote: >>

Re: [CentOS] centos 7 on older macbook pro

2015-09-13 Thread Hal Wigoda
Really, I don't have a clue. On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Keith Keller < kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > On 2015-09-14, Hal Wigoda wrote: > > Use Oracles VM VirtualBox. > > Well, I explicitly don't want to do that, since it uses even more > resources than OS X by itself.