RE: [CentOS-docs] Simple postfix/dovecot guide?

2008-02-09 Thread Alan Bartlett
Looks good to me, Ned. Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:07:06 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: centos-docs@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS-docs] Simple postfix/dovecot guide? I've posted a postfix restrictions guide to compliment my basic postfix guide, located here:

Re: [CentOS-docs] becoming root

2008-04-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 06/04/2008, Ned Slider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just drafted a FAQ/mini-HOWTO on becoming root as this is a topic I see come up time and time again. Perhaps someone with a reasonable understanding could check it for technical correctness, and if anyone would like to offer

Re: [CentOS-docs] becoming root

2008-04-09 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 09/04/2008, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I remember Gnome did have an Application Launcher run cmd. It is not in the current or last versions. I do not know when it was took out. Create Launcher is similiar. Ther's Lauch App in app picker? I seem to recall AltF2 from the Gnome desktop

Re: [CentOS-docs] becoming root

2008-04-18 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 18/04/2008, Akemi Yagi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Ned Slider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For everyone else, the link is here: http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/BecomingRoot We still need a *volunteer* to write something on sudo (and gnome gui

Re: [CentOS-docs] becoming root

2008-04-19 Thread Alan Bartlett
Ned, On 19/04/2008, Ned Slider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to recall Ralph writing: Please mention the bash manual page (and the section about login shells), where this behaviour is explained in more detail. I kind of did here (end of su section): For a more detailed

Re: [CentOS-docs] CentOS wiki section for job postings?

2008-05-01 Thread Alan Bartlett
2008/5/1 Ned Slider [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How about a section in the forums, then once positions are filled the thread could be removed from public view. It would seem a better option than either mailing lists or the Wiki. I recall jobs being advertised on the fora in the past, IIRC. Alan.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Opening of the Wiki - Part I

2008-06-03 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 03/06/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ralph Angenendt wrote: Moin as we know it cannot do that on the account creation page. So there would be two solutions: Allow everyone to edit content everywhere except on especially hidden or protected pages and/or

Re: [CentOS-docs] Article for wiki consideration

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 07/06/2008, Scott Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before I go ahead, Ralph, would you look at the latest version http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/vserver.html and let me know if you consider the first few paragraphs about the kernel adequate for CentOS needs? Very first link

Re: [CentOS-docs] Article for wiki consideration

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 07/06/2008, Scott Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 03:00:20PM +0100, Alan Bartlett wrote: Very first link (http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/centoskvm) doesn't point to anywhere sensible. Now it does. I was having some link editing problems. It's a bit

Re: [CentOS-docs] Article for wiki consideration

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 07/06/2008, Scott Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 03:15:43PM +0100, Alan Bartlett wrote: Still points to the Road Runner site displaying [quote] Sorry, the page you requested was not found. Please go to our web site to find out more about

Re: [CentOS-docs] Article for wiki consideration

2008-06-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 07/06/2008, Ned Slider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't work for me either Alan. We are talking about the *KVM's* link in the first papa pointing here: http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/centoskvm Gives: Sorry, the page you requested was not found. Maybe the Interwebby is just a

Re: [CentOS-docs] add content request to vnc-server howto

2008-06-30 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 29/06/2008, Scott Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 02:51:42PM -0500, PJ Welsh wrote: Akemi P.S. No, I'm not twisting anyone's arms. This is all voluntary work... Now, *why* would *any* of us think that you were twisting arms? :) My arm still

Re: [CentOS-docs] Re: article for consideration, Atheros 5007EG wireless card

2008-07-04 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 04/07/2008, Scott Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 10:20:16AM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote: I have a page where I document getting the increasingly popular AR5007EG Atheros wireless card working. (This is the card used in the Asus EEE PC). I have made a separate

Re: [CentOS-docs] Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 11/07/2008, Filipe Brandenburger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This content today exists here: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source#head-a8dae925eec15786df9f6f8c918eff16bf67be0d By all means refer to it but please do not modify it. I would suggest creating these two: 1)

Re: [CentOS-docs] Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 11/07/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: By all means refer to it but please do not modify it. Why? Because a considerable amount of work has been put into maintaining the three inter-related pages (of which that is one

Re: [CentOS-docs] Suggestions on I Need the Kernel Source Wiki pages

2008-07-14 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 14/07/2008, Antti J. Huhtala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just looked at the updated I Need the Kernel Source HowTo and in my eyes it is now perfect. No doubt a careful person could now succeed in building the kernel tree in one go. Thank you for kind words and very helpful feed-back,

Re: [CentOS-docs] Suggestions on I Need the Kernel Source Wiki pages

2008-07-15 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 14/07/2008, Antti J. Huhtala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like Custom Kernel HowTo survived the idiot test by me. One question though: when installing the rpms as the last step (rpm -ivh kernel-*.rpm), I get error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/_db.000. That means I

Re: [CentOS-docs] Suggestions on I Need the Kernel Source Wiki pages

2008-07-15 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 15/07/2008, Antti J. Huhtala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ti, 2008-07-15 kello 10:01 +0100, Alan Bartlett kirjoitti: The relevant line now reads: Make sure that you install those rpm files (as root) using either rpm -ivh kernel-*.rpm or yum localinstall kernel-*. Just the kind

Re: [CentOS-docs] Re: Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-19 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 19/07/2008, Akemi Yagi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Alan Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/07/2008, Filipe Brandenburger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note that none of these articles are about building RPMs anyway, one is a kind of FAQ on Yum and RPM

Re: [CentOS-docs] Re: Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-21 Thread Alan Bartlett
Ralph, On 21/07/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: The second reference you have quoted actually details how to obtain the Kernel Sources and set up the build tree in a consistent fashion for subsequent usage (covered in two other articles

Re: [CentOS-docs] Re: Create page about rebuilding SRPMS and preparing RPM environment

2008-07-21 Thread Alan Bartlett
Ralph, Do you normally respond in a bottom-up fashion? On 21/07/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: On 18/07/2008, Filipe Brandenburger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without trying to start another heated discussion, are we going to create

Re: [CentOS-docs] laptop article on 4720z

2008-07-30 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 30/07/2008, Scott Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:16:16PM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:11:40AM -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Scott Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a page I've done on the 4720z.

Re: [CentOS-docs] ArtworkSIG ML request

2008-09-25 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 24/09/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to request a mailinglist for the ArtworkSig, where we could discuss Artwork related stuff. This would be much better than 'flooding' the -docs. I think we should do that (especially as Artwork

Re: [CentOS-docs] ArtworkSIG ML request

2008-09-25 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 25/09/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: On 24/09/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to request a mailinglist for the ArtworkSig, where we could

Re: [CentOS-docs] Review and maintenance of the JavaOnCentOS article.

2008-10-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
Reverting back to the main purpose of this conversation . . . Range, please give the OP, JohnnyWahnstroem, edit access to this page so that we may have it kept (along with orc_orc's care of the first section) fully maintained and thus remove what currently is a cause of requests for help in the

Re: [CentOS-docs] Opening of the wiki Part III(?) ...

2008-10-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 06/10/2008, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... which will hopefully be the last part. Sorry that it took that long, but I didn't have too much time on my hands over the last two months or so. snip And even more important: Who wanted to be on the Editorial

Re: [CentOS-docs] Opening of the wiki Part III(?) ...

2008-11-04 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 04/11/2008, Marcus Moeller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip RedHat and CentOS are getting more friendlier these days. Also note that RedHat is able to change the guidelines at any time, so snip Just a small point to note Marcus, the name is Red Hat (two words) not one . . . Alan.

Re: [CentOS-docs] HardwareList - webcams

2008-12-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 02/12/2008, Karanbir Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ned Slider wrote: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/Webcams I don't see the point of 'high end', 'midrange' and 'entry level' sections. snip People will buy and use the webcam that works for them best, mostly

Re: [CentOS-docs] Improving the website and forums

2009-01-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 05/01/2009, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Ned Slider wrote: snip Personally, I'd prefer to see the title of the thread/post followed by the source returned for a search. So when googling best Linux the searcher may get the following results: Is it true

Re: [CentOS-docs] Improving the website and forums

2009-01-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 06/01/2009, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: I don't know why everyone seems to think we are going to change *ANYTHING* to the way the forums work. The only thing I asked to

Re: [CentOS-docs] forwarding on internal device

2009-02-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 06/02/2009, Marcus Moeller m...@gcug.de wrote: I am trying to set up an iptables forward rule in order to forward all packages that are routed throgh the internal device eth0: iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth0 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT but the packages are still dropped.

Re: [CentOS-docs] I want to contribute to the wiki

2009-02-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 17/02/2009, moreni...@cdsl.cl moreni...@cdsl.cl wrote: Dag Wieers wrote: On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote: [...] If you put a *HEADER* on your page which states that *this* one document is licensed under the GDFL and *NOT* under a CC license, I am *not* happy with that,

Re: [CentOS-docs] [CentOS] Is the NFS lockd bug fixed ?

2009-02-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
The subject line for this conversation / thread reads: Re: [CentOS-docs] [CentOS] Is the NFS lockd bug fixed ? The contents, however, relates to XFS the CentOSPlus kernel. Filipe, please take care with what you do. :-) Alan. ___ CentOS-docs mailing

Re: [CentOS-docs] Update XFS Documentation (was: Re: [CentOS] Is the NFS lockd bug fixed ?)

2009-02-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 17/02/2009, Filipe Brandenburger filbran...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:33, Alan Bartlett ajb.st...@googlemail.com wrote: The subject line for this conversation / thread reads: Re: [CentOS-docs] [CentOS] Is the NFS lockd bug fixed ? The contents, however, relates

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wish to contribute a Winki Article

2009-04-13 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 13/04/2009, Mr dave fernandes daveandtr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello,  when you say create a Wiki account, do you refer to the main wiki page? Yes. I prefer not to since this invites privacy issues.  Is there a way around that? No. Sorry *all* contributors have to obey the rules or not

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wish to contribute a Winki Article

2009-04-13 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 13/04/2009, Mr dave fernandes daveandtr...@yahoo.com wrote: OK, where is the link to setup a Winki account?  Thanks... http://wiki.centos.org/ IIRC (as it's something I've only done once) the link is at the top RH of that page . . . One other thing Dave, please don't top-post. :-) (It's in

Re: [CentOS-docs] Authorship and Attribution

2009-04-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
Coming a little late to this discussion, take the example of the three kernel related HowTos. Each article begins with a Currently maintained by: AlanBartlett and AkemiYagi line. Akemi I discussed this some time ago and decided to insert those lines for two reasons: (1) to give clear

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wish to contribute a Winki Article

2009-04-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
Dave, Just to let you know that I have made some minor cosmetic changes to your KVM article. Alan. ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs

Re: [CentOS-docs] Authorship and Attribution

2009-04-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 17/04/2009, Phil Schaffner philip.r.schaff...@nasa.gov wrote: JohnS wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 13:29 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: Seems obvious to me after all this (and previous) discussion that some more guidance on the Contribute page would help to clarify what is and is

Re: [CentOS-docs] contrib repository not mentioned on AdditionalResources/Repositories

2009-04-25 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 25/04/2009, Sean Gilligan s...@msgilligan.com wrote: The 'contrib' repository is mentioned on FAQ/General #13: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-92ba307b036080a16dbffa44486cde25c081fcca but not on the AdditionalResources/Repositories page:

Re: [CentOS-docs] How do I find xyz.rpm for CentOS?

2009-04-25 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 25/04/2009, Sean Gilligan s...@msgilligan.com wrote: snip Of course, I'm willing to help update pages once I get wiki write access That will be for to Ralph to attend to -- in due course. Please remember to abide by the CentOS m/l rules -- in particular no top posting, use bottom

[CentOS-docs] Potential loss of a wiki contributor.

2009-05-08 Thread Alan Bartlett
Ralph, Will you please check posts #17, 18 19 of this forum thread -- http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=19968start=0#forumpost76277 When you have a moment, I'm sure you will reply to it. :-) Alan. ___ CentOS-docs mailing

Re: [CentOS-docs] Potential loss of a wiki contributor.

2009-05-08 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 08/05/2009, Ralph Angenendt ra+cen...@br-online.de wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: Ralph, Will you please check posts #17, 18 19 of this forum thread -- http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=19968start=0#forumpost76277 When you have a moment, I'm sure you

Re: [CentOS-docs] Potential loss of a wiki contributor.

2009-05-08 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 08/05/2009, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: I think we need to see with our #centos IRC moderators if and what we can do about it. But it is obvious that not getting any response is hard to fix :) My personal opinion is that IRC is not the best strategy if you want a good reaction

Re: [CentOS-docs] New Wiki Page

2009-05-09 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 09/05/2009, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: How many people tell the waiter that they were not satisfied with a meal ? How many people just don't return to a restaurant when they were not satisfied with a meal ? I prefer feedback, so we can improve. I don't like people not

Re: [CentOS-docs] wiki.centos.org logo behaviour

2009-05-15 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 16/05/2009, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: On Fri, 15 May 2009, Phil Schaffner wrote: How about the links to the mirror network, IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, FAQ, and Commercial support all within 2 lines; Descriptions of all the major releases with links to downloads and

Re: [CentOS-docs] Typo in HowTos/RebuildSRPM

2009-05-22 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 22/05/2009, Timothy Lee timothy.ty@gmail.com wrote: The title of the last section on HowTos/RebuildSRPM probably should read: Install the SRPM and then Build the Specfile instead of: Install the RPM and then Build the Specfile Since the content of that section is about installing

Re: [CentOS-docs] Possible typo in HowTos/Disk_Optimization

2009-05-29 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 29/05/2009, Timothy Lee timothy.ty@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, In HowTos/Disk_Optimization, the calculated value of stride size and stripe width appears to have the K suffix incorrectly appended to them. Eg: (64K/4K) = 16K (3*16K) = 48K (16K+16K) = 32K The values provided on

Re: [CentOS-docs] Possible typo in HowTos/Disk_Optimization

2009-05-29 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 29/05/2009, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Phil Schaffner philip.r.schaff...@nasa.gov wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: Perhaps the original author would care to comment and adjust where necessary? Alan. but the conclusion is still

Re: [CentOS-docs] Fate of CentOS Pulse newsletter...?

2009-06-23 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 23/06/2009, Garry.Dale garry.d...@gmail.com wrote: GarryDale, that's me!And I hereby assume responsibility for any nausea or foul smells caused by my participation. However, no refunds will be provided. Thank you, Gary. Now will you please follow the CentOS m/l requirements -- (1)

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki access request

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 12/08/2009, Brian Mathis brian.mathis+centosd...@gmail.com wrote: Requesting access for BrianMathis on the wiki to make misc edits and contributions. Will you please elaborate on what you have in mind. Alan. ___ CentOS-docs mailing list

Re: [CentOS-docs] requesting to become a contributor

2009-08-31 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 31/08/2009, Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com wrote: --# Sent with ten fingers and a brain #-- Ah, that explains things. I've only got eight fingers, two thumbs and a brain. :-) Alan. (Who now goes to hide.) ___ CentOS-docs mailing list

Re: [CentOS-docs] requesting to become a contributor

2009-08-31 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 31/08/2009, Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: On 31/08/2009, Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com wrote: --# Sent with ten fingers and a brain #-- Ah, that explains things. I've only got eight fingers, two

Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-12 Thread Alan Bartlett
2009/12/12 Gytis Repečka gy...@repecka.com: actually I've also solved BCM problems on Dell laptop. A complete walkthough I made is posted at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Dell/Vostro-1400 and I'm almost sure this might work for many BCM chipsets. If anybody checked this on diffrent

Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Bartlett
2009/12/14 Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com: It's just that I don't seem to have privileges to create one... am I doing something wrong, or should I ask Ralph to grant me permissions to do this? Go ahead, it's there (hey, other people here also *could* do this) =:) Ralph We like

Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-23 Thread Alan Bartlett
2009/12/22 Milos Blazevic milos.blaze...@sbb.rs: OK then, I'll take your sillence as an approval of the manual and remove the DRAFT tag and move it to *Making Wireless work on your laptop (or desktop) *So if anyone has any final suggestions or comments I'd be happy to hear it before this

Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-28 Thread Alan Bartlett
who contributed, esp. Alan Bartlett, it's just that I don't feel invited to speak in their (his) name without their (his) consent. Milos, You have created that page and I assume, if it requires modification with the passage of time, you will also maintain it. So please take the credit

Re: [CentOS-docs] Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware install manual

2009-12-31 Thread Alan Bartlett
2009/12/29 Mathieu Baudier mbaud...@argeo.org: More generally my question would be: if we would automate this procedure in a RPM (including the download from Broadcom website), would it count as redistribution?? I'd like to ask again because I'm afraid this question went unoticed: if we were

Re: [CentOS-docs] Article on building i586 CentOS-5 kernel

2010-01-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
2010/1/11 Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org: On 01/11/2010 06:17 AM, Timothy Lee wrote:      * http://wiki.centos.org/TimothyLee/centos5_i586_patch These instructions have been successfully tested against the 2.6.18-164.10.1.el5 kernel.  All comments are welcomed. sounds good :) +1

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki contribution

2010-02-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 7 February 2010 09:33, Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com wrote: If you would like me to do this sort of task in the future, as implied in [1], perhaps you will please adjust my powers accordingly. :-) Okay. I was under the impression that people in the EditGroup are allowed to at

[CentOS-docs] CentOS Newsletter.

2010-02-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
As a native born Englishman with a critical eye for the misuse of the written language ( a tendency towards pedantry), I have noticed a fair number of grammatical and spelling errors in past issues of the CentOS Newsletter. I cannot offer to be a proof-reader, per se, (I just do not have the time

Re: [CentOS-docs] CentOS Newsletter.

2010-02-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 11 February 2010 13:29, Marcus Moeller m...@marcus-moeller.de wrote: I cannot offer to be a proof-reader, per se, (I just do not have the time to deal with such a request as Here is the latest issue which will be published in 24 hours time. Please proof-read and correct it.) but would have

Re: [CentOS-docs] page for translators

2010-02-13 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 13 February 2010 16:19, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 02/13/2010 04:07 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Alain is offline (and has been for two months or so). Up to then he normally found the time to update the spanish translation, as pages were changed or sometimes newly created.

Re: [CentOS-docs] page for translators

2010-02-13 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 13 February 2010 17:26, Marcus Moeller m...@marcus-moeller.de wrote: Of course Timothy is outstanding, but you can't expect that from every translator. I agree, absolutely. Translating pages is very time consuming and not that big fun, so I understand if one starts a translation but does

Re: [CentOS-docs] Ambiguity on a CentOS dot Org Web Page.

2010-02-19 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 19 February 2010 16:01, Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: Whilst wearing you C-devel hat, will you please have a look at a recent forum thread [1] that has highlighted the ambiguity on the CentOS Product

Re: [CentOS-docs] Ambiguity on a CentOS dot Org Web Page.

2010-02-21 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 21 February 2010 03:43, Phil Schaffner p.r.schaff...@ieee.org wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 18:37 -0600, donavan nelson wrote: I suspect if you tried with 6G you would significantly less than 5.1G used post install. Agreed, as previous tests showed.  Doesn't help much with estimating the

Re: [CentOS-docs] General FAQ addition

2010-03-04 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 4 March 2010 14:27, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: So the issue here is : - define what we want out of it ( I am not sure this has been defined anywhere ) The pre-issue to that is a definition of we, as used by KB, above. Needless to say, what the *forum community* want out of

Re: [CentOS-docs] General FAQ addition

2010-03-04 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 4 March 2010 15:51, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: I dont want to get in the way or be irritating, I can publicly assure you that you are not. ;-) but if there is an attempt to do something, I dont see any harm in making that into a more useful tool that might benefit a few

Re: [CentOS-docs] General FAQ addition

2010-03-05 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 4 March 2010 21:37, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 03/04/2010 04:19 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: As I have recently said (and no, I haven't bothered to look up the reference -- it's in the mail archives, somewhere), IMO you (KB) try to take far too much on (for all the right

Re: [CentOS-docs] Two things...

2010-03-24 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 24 March 2010 16:10, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Cris Rhea cr...@rentaclue.com wrote: 1. Would one of the Wiki admins help unwind my Wiki credentials?   I originally registered as crisrhea (lower case), but was told   I should have used CrisRhea

Re: [CentOS-docs] Two things...

2010-03-25 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 24 March 2010 16:23, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: On 24 March 2010 16:10, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Cris Rhea cr...@rentaclue.com wrote: 1. Would one of the Wiki admins help unwind my Wiki credentials?   I originally registered as crisrhea

Re: [CentOS-docs] Kernel type in RPMs

2010-03-29 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 29 March 2010 01:41, Eduardo Grosclaude eduardo.groscla...@gmail.com wrote: The Custom Kernel Howto says: With the buildroot correctly set up, it's time to modify the kernel configuration. Change directory to ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18/linux-2.6.18.`uname -m`/ and copy either the

Re: [CentOS-docs] Kernel type in RPMs

2010-03-29 Thread Alan Bartlett
Eduardo, I have made some changes to Section #2 of the Custom Kernel article [1] and would appreciate your opinion on how the English version now reads. Alan. [1] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel ___ CentOS-docs mailing list

Re: [CentOS-docs] Kernel type in RPMs

2010-03-29 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 29 March 2010 17:07, Eduardo Grosclaude eduardo.groscla...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: Eduardo, I have made some changes to Section #2 of the Custom Kernel article [1] and would appreciate your opinion on how the English version

Re: [CentOS-docs] New Section under TipsAndTricks/Filesystem Tips called Configuring Automount in Gnome for USB Drives

2010-04-08 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 8 April 2010 18:40, Michael Convey smcon...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, This is user MichaelConvey. I would like to add a section under TipsAndTricks/Filesystem Tips called Configuring Automount in Gnome for USB Drives. The content will include something like the following: 1) yum install

Re: [CentOS-docs] CentOS Wiki Software Version

2010-04-21 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 20 April 2010 22:00, Michael Convey smcon...@gmail.com wrote: What is the name of the software and version of the content management software used for the CentOS Wiki site? Mike, Two hints so that you can help yourself: (1) Enter the string moinmoin into the search box (upper rh corner)

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter status

2010-04-28 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 27 April 2010 22:44, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann d...@ribalba.de wrote: So the final touches should be applied to the Newsletter soon. How are people progressing? Just to let the Newsletter Team know -- I intend to make a start on giving the latest version its pre-release polish later today.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter status

2010-04-28 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 28 April 2010 14:54, Marcus Moeller m...@marcus-moeller.de wrote: Hi Alan, So the final touches should be applied to the Newsletter soon. How are people progressing? Just to let the Newsletter Team know -- Aeh, you are part of the 'Newsletter Team' ;) Agreed and thanks for noticing my

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter release nearly ready

2010-05-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 1 May 2010 20:53, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: On 1 May 2010 11:54, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann d...@ribalba.de wrote: So the Newsletter is finally pretty much finished. Could everybody please just read through it again and make some adjustments. Looks good to me. I'll take another

Re: [CentOS-docs] Newsletter release nearly ready

2010-05-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 2 May 2010 16:23, Eduardo Grosclaude eduardo.groscla...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: I've had my final read-through and made seven minor changes - one of which is the result of Eduardo's nit-pick! Ouch! I did not make my point. My

[CentOS-docs] Wiki Page Required for Hardy Beltran

2010-05-10 Thread Alan Bartlett
Ralph, Just a quick note. Currently, when viewing pages in the wiki, we see -- Spanish (Español) - ? Hardy Beltran Will you please create a page for Hardy so that his name doesn't appear with a preceding query. This will be quite relevant for the release notes. :-) Alan.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Page Required for Hardy Beltran

2010-05-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 10 May 2010 19:44, Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com wrote: Am 10.05.10 19:12, schrieb Alan Bartlett: Ralph, Just a quick note. Currently, when viewing pages in the wiki, we see -- Spanish (Español) - ? Hardy Beltran Will you please create a page for Hardy so that his name

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Page Required for Hardy Beltran

2010-05-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 10 May 2010 19:46, Ralph Angenendt ralph.angene...@gmail.com wrote: Am 10.05.10 19:12, schrieb Alan Bartlett: Just a quick note. Currently, when viewing pages in the wiki, we see -- Spanish (Español) - ? Hardy Beltran Ah yes. Just say !HardyBeltran on that page and the ? goes away. D'oh

Re: [CentOS-docs] doco bug as to http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel

2010-08-27 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 27 August 2010 20:54, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:35 PM, R P Herrold herr...@owlriver.com wrote: and AJB kernel-2.6.35-3.bcat.src.rpm [I see AlanBartlett as the last editor on that page] I have installed the given ajb source rpm

Re: [CentOS-docs] doco bug as to http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel

2010-08-28 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 28 August 2010 03:59, R P Herrold herr...@owlriver.com wrote: On Sat, 28 Aug 2010, Alan Bartlett wrote: I wish to make a minor correction of the last sentence, above. It was not built for CentOS but for EL5, explicitly RHEL 5. This discussion of my private work has *no relevance

Re: [CentOS-docs] update HOWTO page for how to copy ssh pub keys

2010-10-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 7 October 2010 22:37, R P Herrold herr...@owlriver.com wrote: On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Robert P. J. Day wrote:  i asked for those rights once and was told i wasn't getting them. so i'm just posting suggestions. ehh?  Where?  Not that I see, cruising this, but I may be missing something

Re: [CentOS-docs] update HOWTO page for how to copy ssh pub keys

2010-10-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 7 October 2010 23:17, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: On 7 October 2010 22:37, R P Herrold herr...@owlriver.com wrote: On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Robert P. J. Day wrote:  i asked for those rights once and was told i wasn't

Re: [CentOS-docs] update HOWTO page for how to copy ssh pub keys

2010-10-07 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 7 October 2010 23:04, R P Herrold herr...@owlriver.com wrote: On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Alan Bartlett wrote: On 7 October 2010 22:37, R P Herrold herr...@owlriver.com wrote: ehh?  Where?  Not that I see, cruising this, but I may be missing something http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos

Re: [CentOS-docs] update HOWTO page for how to copy ssh pub keys

2010-10-08 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 8 October 2010 12:49, Phil Schaffner philip.r.schaff...@nasa.gov wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote on 10/07/2010 06:17 PM: ...   which is actually fine with me.  really.  i'm good with just posting suggestions and fixes for the time being. That's why I suggested you request edit rights for

Re: [CentOS-docs] but what if i don't care about centos 4?

2010-10-09 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 9 October 2010 11:52, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote:  in any event, the question remains -- should all centos doc pages give equally meticulous coverage to both centos 4 and 5? The CentOS wiki exists to provide documentation for all CentOS products. As CentOS-4 is a valid

[CentOS-docs] Wiki Front Page

2010-11-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
Ralph, When you have a free moment, please edit the wiki front page and adjust the second box with the header: Planet CentOS / Newsletter so that the latter part of the text reads: . . . and the occasional CentOS Pulse newsletter. In pseudo-code: sed 's/monthly/occasional/' Alan.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Front Page

2010-11-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 2 November 2010 16:33, didi riba...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: In pseudo-code: sed 's/monthly/occasional/' Maybe this is the time to talk about the future of the Newsletter. I stopped doing it because I didn't really feel

Re: [CentOS-docs] Wiki Front Page

2010-11-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 2 November 2010 17:02, Saulius Pobedinskas spobedins...@gmail.com wrote: Trying to be a friendly neighbour in a friendly neighbourhood :) That's good of you. :-) Two tips, for now: (1) If I am unable to perform a task (hence I ask Ralph, the wiki-meister), then you. neither, will not be

Re: [CentOS-docs] [CentOS-devel] are there any chances to see finished CentOS6 in 2011?

2011-01-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 6 January 2011 08:48, Timo Schoeler timo.schoe...@riscworks.net wrote: @ the wiki guys: Could somebody please delete my user page http://wiki.centos.org/TimoSchoeler Timo, Your request has been actioned. Regards best wishes, Alan. ___

[CentOS-docs] The AIDE section of the Hardening CentOS wiki page

2011-02-01 Thread Alan Bartlett
I have recently received an e-mail message regarding the above wiki page. I reproduce it, below, less the header. As I was the last to edit that page, I am mentioned in the details at its foot and that is from where the message author's error originates -- as I'm not the original creator of the

Re: [CentOS-docs] The AIDE section of the Hardening CentOS wiki page

2011-02-22 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 2 February 2011 03:40, Jim Perrin jper...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: The broken link is to a section of the blog of Jim Evolution Perrin. Are you still around Jim? If so, will you please fix it.  :-) Yep, that'd be my fault

Re: [CentOS-docs] Homepage request

2011-03-01 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 1 March 2011 11:21, gaohu tigerhei...@gmail.com wrote: I just want to create a homepage in the CentOS Wiki, Would this be ok? Certainly. Wiki name: GaoHu Please wait for Ralph to set it up for you. Alan. ___ CentOS-docs mailing list

Re: [CentOS-docs] Homepage request

2011-03-03 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 1 March 2011 15:47, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: On 1 March 2011 11:21, gaohu tigerhei...@gmail.com wrote: I just want to create a homepage in the CentOS Wiki, Would this be ok? Certainly. Wiki name: GaoHu Please wait for Ralph to set it up for you. Just giving Ralph a bump

Re: [CentOS-docs] Homepage request

2011-03-05 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 3 March 2011 13:01, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: On 1 March 2011 15:47, Alan Bartlett a...@elrepo.org wrote: On 1 March 2011 11:21, gaohu tigerhei...@gmail.com wrote: I just want to create a homepage in the CentOS Wiki, Would this be ok? Certainly. Wiki name: GaoHu Please

Re: [CentOS-docs] Homepage request

2011-03-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 6 March 2011 07:59, gaohu tigerhei...@gmail.com wrote: Ralph -- Where are you? Please remember that there are certain things only you can do . . . Alan. Thanks Alan, Maybe we should give Ralph a while ... GaoHu . . . or time to recover from yet another excellent beer festival! Alan.

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