[CentOS] x86_64 package mess ?

2010-02-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I just installed CentOS 5.4 on a 64bit-server. It's the first time I work with this sort of hardware. Doing rpm -qa | sort | less shows that most of the packages seem to be installed twice: once for i386 architecture, and then again for x86_64. Is this normal? Or did I mess up something du

Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
Mogens Kjaer a écrit : > > You should still try to open the box and check the cables. > > It might be easier to configure the system if you attach the > disks to the SCSI controller instead of the RAID controller - > if you don't want to run RAID. > I followed your advice (don't get me wrong:

Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-17 Thread Niki Kovacs
Mogens Kjaer a écrit : > > Boot a live CD/USB and do an lspci to list > controllers. > I booted the CentOS5 install CD 1 in rescue mode. Here's what lspci gives: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7320 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7525/E7520/E7320 P

Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-17 Thread Niki Kovacs
Niki Kovacs a écrit : > > - HP IP Console Switch Firmware Update for Linux > > And that's it. There's no other link. > OK, at least I found an answer to this particular problem. I tried the US site, which yields many more answers. Unfortunately, no

Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-17 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hakan Koseoglu a écrit : > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: >> boot configuration tools (bios, scsi configurator). So far I haven't > SCSI -> Disk > > Go to www.hp.com, , click on Support & Drivers, on Step 2, for product > type ML 150, click

Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-17 Thread Niki Kovacs
Fernando Gleiser a écrit : > > And yes, first build the array from within the smatarray utility, then you > can install centos. > I've installed centos, rhel and fedora on 100s of MLs and DLs without any > problems > I'm sorry but I can't seem to find that "Smart Array" utility. The machine

Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-17 Thread Niki Kovacs
Eero Volotinen a écrit : > > Boot the management utility cd I don't have this. I'll check and see if I can find that somewhere on the internet. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-17 Thread Niki Kovacs
Nickolay Bunev a écrit : > I don't know about ML's but with DL series CentOS don't have any > problems at all and with seeing disks in particular. So I presume that > Rainer is absolutely right. You have to build an array first. > Check this link > http://docs.hp.com/en/9320/acu.pdf This document

[CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

2010-02-17 Thread Niki Kovacs
machine so the CentOS installer can actually recognize my two inserted hard disks as such : say, sda and sdb or similarly ? Any suggestions ? Niki Kovacs ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] how to work with Code Repositories, but for web development?

2010-02-11 Thread Niki Kovacs
Rudi Ahlers a écrit : > Hi all, > > I would like some suggestion on this matter please. I have never > bothered using any code repositories / version control systems for our > web development project, SVN. Easy to setup, and the docs are excellent. I'm using it all the time. Cheers, Niki ___

Re: [CentOS] Display a warning message at a certain time ?

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
Marko A. Jennings a écrit : > > Since the crontab entry I posted earlier works for me, I would concentrate > on trying to determine why exactly yours is failing. Oooops. According to Murphy's law, your initial message is the only one I had been overlooking... and it's also a *working* example

Re: [CentOS] Display a warning message at a certain time ?

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
I'm really grateful for all the responses. But could someone please just simply write down a *working* crontab line for this ? Thanks, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Display a warning message at a certain time ?

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit : > > I assume you've checked /var/log/cron, to make sure it ran. > I think the problem boils down to this : "How can I run a graphical application from crontab ?" I gave it a shot with a simple one (/usr/bin/gcalctool) and didn't succeed either. Phew, how I hate

Re: [CentOS] Display a warning message at a certain time ?

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit : > > I assume you've checked /var/log/cron, to make sure it ran. Yes, it looks so. > > On further thought, here's a nasty one: on that line, echo $PATH. I wonder > if you need all the X paths, and maybe LD_LIBRARY_PATH set, for zenity to > run. > I think I do grasp i

Re: [CentOS] Display a warning message at a certain time ?

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
Geoff Galitz a écrit : > Any errors from a cron run go to your root mailbox (or whatever user's > crontab it is, when applicable). Check your root mailbox for an error, I'm > assuming the PATH to zenity is not set correctly. That is the usual culprit > in a case like this. > No mail for root.

Re: [CentOS] alsa

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
mattias a écrit : > Yes but the command alsa not exist > Like debian you can do > Alsa reload > To load alsa drivers > $ alsamixer And then : # alsactl store ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] alsa

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
mattias a écrit : > How to install alsa for sound > I use vmware and it requre alsa # yum install alsa-utils ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Display a warning message at a certain time ?

2010-02-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
Frank Cox a écrit : > > On second thought, a bash file calling zenity in a cronjob will be > better. You can have zenity show any message you want in a window on > the desktop and the only option available in that window can be "ok". > kalarm would allow the user to change the alarm, and that's n

[CentOS] Display a warning message at a certain time ?

2010-02-02 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I'm currently installing a CentOS 5 desktop as a public internet access point. The machine shuts down every day automatically at 22:30. Is there a way I can display a message in GNOME at 22:15 warning the user that the machine will shutdown in 15 minutes ? Any suggestions ? Niki K

Re: [CentOS] CentOS as an internet kiosk : how to create a "fresh" user upon leaving GNOME ?

2010-02-02 Thread Niki Kovacs
Lorenzo Quatrini a écrit : > > Also, if you use gdm, you can put your script on /etc/gdm/PreSession. > That's what I did finally. Cleanest solution was to delete the user along with his home directory, and then create him anew using a custom profile in /etc/skel. Cheers, Niki

[CentOS] CentOS as an internet kiosk : how to create a "fresh" user upon leaving GNOME ?

2010-02-01 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I'm currently busy setting up a machine for use as an internet kiosk. Here's what I aim to do. - There's only one user on the system, 'invite'. One (very simple) password. The machine is to be used publicly and freely. - To ensure some privacy, there's one detail though. The best thing wo

Re: [CentOS] Mic not working with skype

2009-12-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
Andrew a écrit : > I've just installed a beta version of skype in CentOS 5.3 and everything > seems fine - the mic is working OK as I can hear it through the speakers > (feedback). Problem is I can't get the mic to actually work with skype > (eg with skype call testing service) - it may be that one

Re: [CentOS] Skype version for CentOS 5.3

2009-12-03 Thread Niki Kovacs
Andrew a écrit : > > Many thanks for that, it looks very useful. But may I just ask what's > wrong with using yum install skype from the skype repo? > I didn't know there was a Skype repo for CentOS. Some time ago Skype had RPMS for CentOS, but they seem to have been abandoned. As for the Fedora

Re: [CentOS] Skype version for CentOS 5.3

2009-12-02 Thread Niki Kovacs
Niki Kovacs a écrit : > Andrew a écrit : >> Which is the best version of skype to install in CentOS 5.3? skype.i586 >> 2.0.0.72-fc5 from the skype repo or skype 2.1.0.47-fc10.i586.rpm from >> the 'skype for linux beta' downloads section of the skype website? >&

Re: [CentOS] Skype version for CentOS 5.3

2009-12-02 Thread Niki Kovacs
which works fine. I have an install script for it, see below. Download the tarball and put it in /tmp, then run the script as root. Only thing you'll miss is a correct .desktop file, which comes from another script here. Cheers, Niki Kovacs #!/bin/bash # # install-skype.sh set -x VERSIO

Re: [CentOS] Change system-wide default configuration for FF and OO with /etc/skel

2009-11-30 Thread Niki Kovacs
Robert Heller a écrit : > > There is a file named 'prefs.js' in the > ~/.mozilla/firefox/.default/ directory. Now this creates another problem. I manually tested this, and it works ok. But when I try to work with /etc/skel, I have some unexpected behaviour. Say I put prefs.js in /etc/skel/.

[CentOS] Change system-wide default configuration for FF and OO with /etc/skel

2009-11-30 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I'm using a heavily tweaked CentOS 5.4 for desktop installs (here's what it looks like: http://www.microlinux.fr/captures.html). For every app I install, I try to configure a sensible default configuration system-wide for all users. For example, once I found a nice configuration for XMMS (

Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Roger K. Wells a écrit : > Open Office 3 will do it. Indeed. I just gave it a try, it works. But I have to open the file from within OO, there's no preconfigured file association. Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.ce

[CentOS] Docx format ?

2009-11-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, Is there any way I can read a .docx file on my CentOS desktop ? Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Disable "Hibernation" option ?

2009-11-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Kai Schaetzl a écrit : > Hibernate isn't "sleep" (suspend). Usually you simply power it on after > hibernate. > I confess that up until now, both amounted to something like "the state where my PC won't reboot correctly". :o) ___ CentOS mailing list C

Re: [CentOS] Disable "Hibernation" option ?

2009-11-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
John Doe a écrit : > From: Niki Kovacs >> Is there any way to disable the "Hibernate" option ? In the past, I've >> accidentally clicked on it, which put the computer to sleep, only it >> refused to wake up after that. > > Google gives: > http://m

[CentOS] Disable "Hibernation" option ?

2009-11-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, In my GNOME System menu (in French) there are basically the following options : - Lock screen - Hibernate - Close session - Shut down Is there any way to disable the "Hibernate" option ? In the past, I've accidentally clicked on it, which put the computer to sleep, only it refused to wake

Re: [CentOS] Problem with Yum on CentOS 5.4

2009-11-16 Thread Niki Kovacs
Ralph Angenendt a écrit : > > So can you get a mirrorlist by hand? Can you reach the > mirrorlist.centos.org server? Are you behind a proxy? > > See CentOS-Base.repo for the mirrorhost url and replace $arch with your > architecture and $releasever with 5 ... > I did quite some experimentation,

[CentOS] Problem with Yum on CentOS 5.4

2009-11-14 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I recently downloaded and burned the 5.4 DVD ISO. All my machines are now running 5.4, but these are installs I performed with 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 etc. and then progressively upgraded. Now I had to use 5.4 because a friend's laptop, a brandnew Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile, refuses to boot anything und

[CentOS] Build a LiveCD?

2009-11-10 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I have a highly customized desktop built from CentOS 5.4 and RPMForge repos (plus some stuff of my own). I'd like to build a LiveCD from that, for one very specific reason. I have a medical application (MedinTux) that would be very handy to demonstrate to doctors, hospital staff, etc. with

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
John Doe a écrit : > robots.txt for search engines. > Maybe put a .htaccess file to only allow your library users (login/passwd)... > Can't do that. The online catalog has to remain accessible for local folks. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org h

[CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been my first "big" job, since it involves networking eleven small to medium size public libraries. There was a hiccup some time ago when the administration hiring me wanted to do it on their own, b

Re: [CentOS] crontab won't work

2009-10-31 Thread Niki Kovacs
nate a écrit : > Niki Kovacs wrote: > >> Now I don't have the slightest clue why this doesn't work. What's the >> magic word here ? > > You check the cron log? maybe it ran it just had an error so > it didn't produce the results you expected. &

[CentOS] crontab won't work

2009-10-30 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I have a strange problem here. I have two servers, one dedicated webserver, and a local backup server. On the webserver I have this : [r...@12569hpv163154:~] # crontab -l 00 22 * * * /usr/local/bin/sauvegarde-pmbccps.sh This launches a backup script every day at 22:00, and it works as expe

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > > Personally, I'd run backuppc (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ or the > epel package) and take the whole tree because (a)it will compress the > files and link all duplicates so it doesn't waste that much space, (b) > when you need a copy you'll have it instead of fin

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
John Doe a écrit : > From: Niki Kovacs >> Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in >> a script. > > See --files-from=FILE in rsync manpage > One general remark: I have one more reason to love this distro. I'm posting a m

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
James Pearson a écrit : > > Does the -R option help? > Bingo! That's the one I've been looking for. Thanks very much! Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync. Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in a script. What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. What I want to do : backup only those files I need, in an otherwise empty directory tree. In my script, I'd

Re: [CentOS] Locales and filenames

2009-10-27 Thread Niki Kovacs
Alfred von Campe a écrit : > > To be honest, I don't even know how to create those characters on the > command line on Linux (I am writing this on a Mac where I know how to > generate characters using the option key). I vaguely remember Mac uses UTF-16 as default encoding. This could be t

Re: [CentOS] Locales and filenames

2009-10-27 Thread Niki Kovacs
Alfred von Campe a écrit : > On Oct 27, 2009, at 9:45, Niki Kovacs wrote: > >> The 'file' command displays encoding information. If you have to >> change >> the encoding, use 'recode'. Example : > > Thanks for the quick response, Niki, but I

Re: [CentOS] Locales and filenames

2009-10-27 Thread Niki Kovacs
Alfred von Campe a écrit : > I have a file which contains non-ASCII characters (umlauts, accented > characters, etc.) both in its filename as well as its content. The > only way I have been able to see these characters is inside vim, > where they are displayed correctly no matter what I have

Re: [CentOS] Testing remote machine status in a script ?

2009-10-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > The big win with backuppc is that it will also compress the files and find > matches across multiple machines and hard-link all identical content. Plus > you > get a nice web interface to configure it and browse/restore. > Sound nice. Probably a case of: now I found

Re: [CentOS] Testing remote machine status in a script ?

2009-10-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > > I always recommend backuppc (either from http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ or > the > package in epel) because it does all this for you and gets it right. > This looks interesting, and I will take a closer look. I'm right now knee-deep in this : http://www.mikerubel

[CentOS] Testing remote machine status in a script ?

2009-10-25 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I'd like to test the status of a remote machine in a script. Something like: IF remote machine is switched on / connected to the network... ... THEN launch backup. How would you go about that? Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.o

Re: [CentOS] Persistent desktop icons ?

2009-10-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Lucian @ lastdot.org a écrit : > Yeah, Niki. You're very sharp today :) > chattr +i *.desktop Oh yeah! I didn't know the 'chattr' command. Thanks very much ! ___ 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 Niki Kovacs
RoLaNd RoLaNd a écrit : > Hello all, > > i've spent the last week trying to find something that will clone my > existing Centos server to a more powerful box. If I had to clone a machine, I would. 1) Use G4U (Ghost 4 Unix) 2) Boot PartedMagic on the target machine and perform and eventual disk

Re: [CentOS] Persistent desktop icons ?

2009-10-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Benjamin Franz a écrit : > > Some Googling suggests that the 'sabayon' app is what you want. > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=199027 > I already have user profiles (with .gconf copied recursively to /etc/skel before adding users). Sabayon is just a GUI way to achieve this. But th

Re: [CentOS] Persistent desktop icons ?

2009-10-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Lucian @ lastdot.org a écrit : >>> >>> Now I vaguely remember that a standard openSUSE install has something >>> like persistent desktop shortcuts (for the SUSE help center or something >>> like that), and I wonder: how do they do it ? >>> > You could make those desktop files immutable. >

Re: [CentOS] Persistent desktop icons ?

2009-10-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Ross Walker a écrit : > > Look under /usr/share/(apps,applications,...) there should be a > directory called Desktop that is used for both KDE and Gnome, part of > the freedesktop initiative (like LSB for Linux GUIs). > > # find /usr/share -t d -name Desktop -print > Yeah I know these. Now

[CentOS] Persistent desktop icons ?

2009-10-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, Is it possible to configure persistent desktop icons, e. g. shortcuts that users can't delete ? On most of my client desktops, I have some home-made shortcuts, like here for example : http://www.microlinux.fr/configurations.html The shortcut on the lower left corner of the screen launches

Re: [CentOS] Missing yum-priorities in 5.4?

2009-10-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Timo Schoeler a écrit : > > I don't see it (any more!) running 5.3... But need it desperately. > It got forgotten, obviously. But in the meantime, you can do this: # wget -c http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5.3/os/i386/CentOS/yum-priorities-1.1.16-13.el5.centos.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh yum-pri

Re: [CentOS] Monitoring a remote server with Conky ?

2009-10-20 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > > If you use X remotely much, just take the whole desktop with freenx on the > server and the NX client that you can download from http://www.nomachine.com. > > It is very efficient and lets you disconnect/reconnect with everything still > running, even from a differen

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

2009-10-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
Clint Dilks a écrit : > My Experience has been that its the difference between installing system > and setting up systems for production use. In New Zealand at least it > seems that if you can have a system where everything is installed in the > standard way with a default configuration then y

Re: [CentOS] Monitoring a remote server with Conky ?

2009-10-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
Tait Clarridge a écrit : > > You could try a local script that gets values from a server that you > would like to monitor... I might suggest looking into setting up snmpd > on the server and using snmp walk to probe specific values (that relate > to processes/free memory). > > Thanks for all th

[CentOS] Monitoring a remote server with Conky ?

2009-10-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I've been using Conky for some time, a nifty utility to monitor just about anything on the PC. Vital things like CPU, RAM, swap, disks, current song playing in MPD :o) Here's what it looks like : http://www.microlinux.fr/images/bureau_conky.png And with more detail : http://www.microlinu

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
ken a écrit : > > I think you meant: > > 0 7 * * * /your/command > > The asterisk will make the command run every minute during the seven > o'clock hour. The OP wanted his script to run at 7:00 > > Yes? > Yes, of course. My mistake. ___ CentOS mail

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
ne... a écrit : > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 16:09, Niki Kovacs wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through >> some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much the syntax of the >> cron job to define (I got

[CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I have to setup a scheduled task on a server, and I just read through some crontab docs. Now I'm confused. It's not so much the syntax of the cron job to define (I got that), it's more... how do I get to define it? Use a text editor (vi or the likes) to edit /etc/crontab directly? Or creat

Re: [CentOS] Totem needs plug-ins

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
ken a écrit : > 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

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4 and BitTorrent

2009-10-18 Thread Niki Kovacs
nate a écrit : > Could someone describe to me what the rush is? I mean what drives > the need that you need to have it _right now_ ? Wenn wir zum Guten dieser Welt gelangen, Dann heißt das Beßre Trug und Wahn. (Goethe, Faust I) Roughly meaning: once we've found the good things in this world, t

Re: [CentOS] [off-topic] Build packages in virtual machine

2009-10-16 Thread Niki Kovacs
Marcelo M. Garcia a écrit : > Hi > > Sorry for the silly question, but is it safe to build packages, like > rpms, in virtual machines (virtualbox) and use this packages in real > machines? Some of these machines are CentOS and others ares Opensuse. > http://download.tuxfamily.org/centos/5/os/i

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4? anyone? - "debate"

2009-10-16 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > I think for a lot of us, the 'we'll release when it's ready' mentality > is the main reason we aren't using debian. I don't think CentOS should > repeat their mistakes. > Well, I'm glad they actually *do* repeat that special mistake. Do you prefer we'll-release-next-

Re: [CentOS] Launch applications on GNOME startup ?

2009-10-11 Thread Niki Kovacs
Jake Shipton a écrit : > > Not quite sure what conky is, as I've never used it, so this may or may > not work for you. But give it a try :-) > Here's an example of what Conky may look like, after a bit of tweaking: http://www.kikinovak.net/images/conky.png Cheers, Niki __

Re: [CentOS] Launch applications on GNOME startup ?

2009-10-11 Thread Niki Kovacs
Jake Shipton a écrit : >> > Hi, assuming the application can be started from terminal without issues > you could go to: > > System > Preferences > More Preferences > Sessions > > And onto the "Start up" tab. > > Click "Add" and here, you will need to enter a command (such as > /usr/bin/co

[CentOS] Launch applications on GNOME startup ?

2009-10-11 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I just installed and configured Conky, and I'd like to automatically launch it whenever I start a GNOME session. I expected to see some sort of Preferences>Launch Applications on Startup, some user-specific equivalent of rc.local, but there doesn't seem to be such an entry. Any suggestions

[CentOS] Simple way to banish IP addresses ?

2009-10-09 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I just set up a web server... and my bandwidth is being eaten by some chinese folks trying to brute-force-ssh their way into the machine. Is there a simple way to banish either single IP addresses or, maybe even better, whole IP classes ? I know it's feasible with iptables, but is there so

Re: [CentOS] Is fr.centos.org dead ?

2009-10-09 Thread Niki Kovacs
Fabian Arrotin a écrit : > Hi Niki, yes unfortunately (maybe you have read what i posted on the > centos-fr list two weeks ago) > The plan is to get a new machine installed, but maybe with new forum > software , as no backup can be restored anyway. > More informations to come on the centos-fr li

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-10-07 Thread Niki Kovacs
Florin Andrei a écrit : > > I keep an eye on a Kawasaki forum, and they have a knack for doing a lot > of Suzuki bashing. I'm, like, "WTF, they're all awesome sportbikes!" :-) > > Same here. In the end, Linux is the same Right. Got fifteen Hondas and one Yamaha before finally settling for an o

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-10-07 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > But that means you have to wait many years for new features - that you > probably > want in rapidly developing desktop apps. > One new set of desktop applications about every two years suits me perfectly[1]. Lately I only needed a more recent version of Open Office t

[CentOS] Is fr.centos.org dead ?

2009-10-06 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, What's wrong with fr.centos.org? Any news? Site's been dead for quite some time now. Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Vim command (or macro) to replace space under cursor by "  " (without deleting the following word)

2009-10-05 Thread Niki Kovacs
Alfred von Campe a écrit : > > Have you tried the "s" command (substitute) instead of "cw"? > > Alfred > Alfred, you're a star ! Thanks very much ! Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Slightly OT: Vim command (or macro) to replace space under cursor by "  " (without deleting the following word)

2009-10-05 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I'm using Vim to edit some static XHTML pages. I have to (manually) check for non-breakable spaces in my text, and eventually replace simple spaces by the following character sequence:   Usually, when I perform the same operation over and over in a text, I do it once, and then repeat

Re: [CentOS] Microphone not working with Skype (Was: Testing and using a microphone)

2009-10-03 Thread Niki Kovacs
Yves Bellefeuille a écrit : > Have you checked Skype's own options for sound? (Under Options > Sound > Devices.) > Yes, every possibility. No microphone. But judging from various forum postings, this seems rather common. Since every other app seems to work OK with the microphone, I'm just try

Re: [CentOS] Microphone not working with Skype (Was: Testing and using a microphone)

2009-10-03 Thread Niki Kovacs
lostson a écrit : > On Sun, 2009-09-20 at 13:36 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > > this guy put together a short and sweet tut on how to do this from a > terminal, I know it works because i tried it here as well. > > > http://jordilin.wordpress.com/2006/07/28/howto-recording-a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-29 Thread Niki Kovacs
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit : > I also have CentOS at home. There are quirks, though: for example, I tried > to run kaffeine last night, and it couldn't find libkaffeinepart.so. I > tried adding /opt/kde3/lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, to LOAD_LIB, and > even did an ldconfig, and it *still* can't find it (I

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-29 Thread Niki Kovacs
Christopher Chan a écrit : >> > Bah, sudo -i for the equivalent of su -. Or try this: $ sudo -s ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-29 Thread Niki Kovacs
Geoff Galitz a écrit : > > Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are > supported for five years after release. > Ubuntu Long Term Support is three years for desktops and five for servers. In the last LTS version (8.04), half of the audio apps had no sound for a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-27 Thread Niki Kovacs
m.r...@5-cent.us a écrit : > I'd add in the search RHEL, at least to start. Beyond that, > some other distro, such as mandrake, may have compatible rpms. No! Never use Mandrake RPMS on RHEL. My advice for third-party applications: 1) Use RPMS from RPMForge repo. 2) If your app/lib/tool/whateve

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-26 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > But that leaves you in charge of maintaining and updating every piece you > install or leaving the systems in a lurch if you don't and there are > subsequent > security/bug fixes. The whole point of having an enterprise-type long-life > distribution is that you don't

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-26 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > Can the install script be simplified to rpm installs of the http urls to the > yum > repo release files followed by yum installs of a list of packages? And if > so, > can someone publish that script? > Not really. Before discovering CentOS (around 2006), I've been a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-26 Thread Niki Kovacs
Matt a écrit : > I have always used Ubuntu for desktop linux and CentOS for servers. > Have never tried CentOS as a desktop. Perhaps I should? > One look is worth a thousand words, as they say : http://www.microlinux.fr/captures.html My Linux desktop, based on CentOS 5.3, tweaked to death with

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-24 Thread Niki Kovacs
Anne Wilson a écrit : > I'm thinking of giving CentOS to a non-tech user for her new desktop. I'm running a small computer business in South France, installing desktops and servers for professionals like small companies. I have almost exclusively non-tech users, and CentOS + RPMForge + the odd

Re: [CentOS] RPMforge.net down

2009-09-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Ron Blizzard a écrit : >> >> It appears that the RPMforge.net site is down. Can someone confirm >> and possibly advise when it might be expected back? > > I can't get to RPMforge.net either, but Dag Wieer's site is still up. > I thought these were the same? > Let's see : # yum check-update Lo

Re: [CentOS] MySQL setup: initial user weirdness

2009-09-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Robert Heller a écrit : > > They are there to provide initial access to MySQL. It is *expected* as > part of the post install process to do more or less what you just did. Thanks very much for the detailed explanation ! Niki ___ CentOS mailing list C

Re: [CentOS] installing 5.3 with 512M ram really slow

2009-09-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Jerry Geis a écrit : > Does 5.3 have minimum installation RAM requirements? 512M for the full-blown installer, 128 MB for the NCurses version. I have some low-end machines with just that much RAM, running 5.3 on them. Works fine. Niki ___ CentOS mai

[CentOS] MySQL setup: initial user weirdness

2009-09-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I've always been a bit puzzled by MySQL's initial setup. Right after installing MySQL, no password is set, so that's the first thing I care about. I know there's a way to do that with mysqldadmin, but hey, different ways lead to Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel. # chkconfig mysqld on # service my

Re: [CentOS] SSL and virtual hosts?

2009-09-21 Thread Niki Kovacs
Jerry Franz a écrit : > > Yes you can. I have SSL servers configured precisely like that. They > work fine. > Any way you can copy/paste your Apache configuration? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cent

[CentOS] Testing and using a microphone

2009-09-20 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, What's the most simple way to check if my microphone works on a plain CentOS 5.3 desktop? Is there a simple way, for example, to record voice into a simple .wav file? Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/l

[CentOS] SSL and virtual hosts?

2009-09-20 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I successfully managed to use SSL on a local webserver for testing purposes, following the section "Using SSL" in the Chapter "Using Apache" of the "Definitive Guide to CentOS". Now I wonder: how can I use SSL with virtual hosts? I have several virtual hosts defined. Let's say I want to us

Re: [CentOS] Apache: confusion about virtual hosts and DNS on a local network

2009-09-20 Thread Niki Kovacs
John R Pierce a écrit : > thats what serveralias is for... > Thanks. Now everything works as expected. Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Apache: confusion about virtual hosts and DNS on a local network

2009-09-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
nate a écrit : > > I think your issue is this, if these are different > virtual hosts I would set the ServerName to be > the name of the virtual host itself. > I think I found the error. Not exactly sure, but here goes. My virtual host configuration works OK when I view each site with its fully

Re: [CentOS] Apache: confusion about virtual hosts and DNS on a local network

2009-09-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
nate a écrit : > > just add a record > > microlinux.buildbox IN A #.#.#.# > That gives me a partial success. I added my two virtual hosts to the DNS server, like this: babasse A 192.168.1.1 buildboxA 192.168.1.2 lifebookA 192.168.1.3 raymond

[CentOS] Apache: confusion about virtual hosts and DNS on a local network

2009-09-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I set up a webserver with Apache on one of the machines on the local network. There's a DNS configured for the LAN, with a dummy domain name (presbytere.local), and every machine is pingable by its hostname. The webserver runs on the machine 'buildbox'. The webserver actually has two (stat

Re: [CentOS] Apache configuration: minor problem with special characters

2009-09-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
Niki Kovacs a écrit : > > The configuration works OK (after having created a valid user), but > unfortunately, the message in the infobox that pops up on the site > displays the french characters é and à incorrectly. > > Any idea how I could get this right? I'm more or

[CentOS] Apache configuration: minor problem with special characters

2009-09-19 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I'm currently fiddling with protecting sections of a website with .htaccess. Here's an example: order allow,deny deny from all AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/htpasswd AuthName "L'accès à ce site est restreint." AuthType Basic require valid-user The configuration works OK (after having cr

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