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vmware player CentOS 6 2-button 3-button touch pad with pointing device Lenovo ThinkPad
by Igor Furlan 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

Hi All, Question: What (how, where) I need to set (configure) to make 'middle' button on the touch pad acting as a '__paste__' button when I run LINUX (CentOS 6.2) as guest on MS Windows 7 Home premium ? Details: LENOVO T520 laptop touch pad with 3 buttons pointing device (red small mushroom) between GHB keys vmware host: MS Windows 7 Home Premium edition 64-bit vmware guest: CentoOS 6.2 64-bit vmware player version: 4.01 As you all know, on UNIX/LINUX the copy/paste function works slightly different than on MS Windows-ware. When one would like to copy&paste a text, he/she needs to do: A) press left button and move the cursor to highlight the text of interest, B) release left button and finally C) paste the contents of buffer(clipboard) with click on the middle button. Unfortunately, this function does not work on CentoOS 6 as a guest OS running on vmware player on WIN 7. In order for me to do the copy/paste, I need to A) highlight the text, B) click on right button and select 'copy' to move the highlighted text into the buffer(clipboard), C) move the cursor to the destination position, D) click the right button again and select the 'paste' function. In other words, 'copy&paste' on CentOS 6.2 works like 'copy&paste' on MS WINDOWS-ware. Is there a way to revert the 'copy&paste' functionality back to the traditional UNIX way of doing it, highlight the text with left mouse/touchpad button and paste it with the middle mouse/touchpad button. Any hint | solution | RTFM pointer | advice is more than welcome Thanks in advance Igor -- "You can't run an economy where the financial sector is making 40 percent of the profits." former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker 2009

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Re: [CentOS] missing email
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

I *loathe* dnsorbs.... Maybe this one will get through its crap. Maybe if I add a few more words.... John R. Dennison wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 12:49:31PM -0500, m.roth(a)5-cent.us wrote: >> I haven't gotten anything from the list since my email of 09:34 EST. Do I have a problem, or is the list quiet? >> >> Please cc me offlist, if this goes through. > > I hope you get 20,000 replies :) Nope, jes' one, so far. <snip> > You _could_ just have checked the archive. Actually, I went to the archives, and at least saw something from *sigh* Bennett that was dated 12:34 or so today; that was why I asked. Dunno if someone (NOT my hosting co - I don't have any filtering turned on) is delaying, or filtering, or if I'd been dropped for some reason, or.... Thanks, though. mark

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Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

Again, I *HATE* dnsorbs.... This was bounced, which makes twice today. <snip> more text, add a few more words, we'll see if this makes it. John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 12:05 PM, m.roth(a)5-cent.us wrote: >> John R Pierce wrote: >>> > On 01/09/12 11:11 AM,m.roth(a)5-cent.us wrote: >>>> >> They are? I dunno - ours are labelled where they're intended to be mounted, like / or /boot >>> > >>> > don't plug one of those into a different system for repair or you'll have all kinda grief. $HOSTNAME_root would be the sane way to do >>> it... >>> > >> I'm trying to figure out why I'd plug one into a different system for repair. Either the drive's bad, or I'm re-embodying a server that died, but left good drives. If it's going bad, the*only* thing I'm going to do is plug it into a hot-swap bay (just about all of ours have those, love them) to recover some data, then wipe it. > > exactly. and if you put that drive in a hotswap bay of another system > that is using the same label, thats a potential for a big mess. same <snip> Why? If I shove it into another system, I'm *not* rebooting using it, just putting it into a spare bay; then I'll mount /dev/sd<whatever> /mnt. No problem. But this thread's gotten way OT: *does* anyone have any idea what the .img file is that the running o/s from install.img is looking for, after the partitioning, when it's ready to install? mark

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SOCKS server other than ss5?
by Florin Andrei 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

Anyone here using a SOCKS server? I'm using ss5 but there seems to be a strange disconnect issue with it and openvpn. While I'm trying to figure out whether ss5 is at fault, or openvpn, I'd like to try a different SOCKS server. Could you recommend one that works well on CentOS? Thanks. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

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Was Re: USB install annoyances, is, OT, hosting providers
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

I've changed the subject line. It has nothing to do with my question with my original post, that no one seems to have any answer to, what file "image# 1" is looking for. This bloody email has now been blocked *twice*. Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 01/09/2012 10:43 PM, m.roth(a)5-cent.us wrote: >> Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >>> On 01/09/2012 10:13 PM, m.roth(a)5-cent.us wrote: >> <snip> >>>> Who here is *not* using a work email? Who here posts from their own hosting site? Has this ever happened to you? >>> >>> I own my own domain/server/subnet. My WISP customers can only send mail So, you're your own hosting, as well as personal, provider. >>> via my server, with all the prevention's I could think of. I have never been hit with this (but I do have small customer base), but I have had regular domains (like one local Bank!!!) blocked to deliver to my server because they do not have proper FQDN. Please - I can't email some of my Congresscritters or Senators, here in the US, because the idiot who's in charge of the Congress' webservers hasn't discovered that top-level country codes exist and are valid. >> >> As I noted in another email, I don't have a commercial site. Buying a static IP from Verizon, to run a server from home, is a *lot* more expensive than just a 'Net connection and an inexpensive hosting provider. > > It is OK. You asked who, and I answered, that is all. If I was not on the semi-reliable 150Km Wireless link, I would be able to provide quality service. I appreciate your response. There's also a slight distance... and I figure that the CIA and the FBI would have the successor to Carnivore staring at my every email if I used you as a hosting provider. <g> > > Believe it or not, I am one of the *very* *very* rare hosting providers in Serbia (local mostly) that provide SSL POP3/SMTP connection via port 995 and 465. There is maybe one or two providers on 7 million citizens. > > And yes, I forgot to write about reverse DNS, I have that too. You're doing a really professional job. There's way too many over here who don't have a clue, other than "I'll get rich!!!" mark

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USB install annoyances
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

I tried to boot from my 6.0 USB key, no joy. Updated it to 6.2. Still no joy: it gets started, I do the disk layout, it formats the drives, and then fails, saying that it can't find "image# 1". Over in the log, I see a lot of it not finding any drive at all, yet all the h/d drives and sda2, which is what the USB key is, and where the linux partition is, are mounted. Guys, any idea what "image# 1" is, or what configuration file is telling it to look in a wrong place? Thanks in advance. mark

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Re: [CentOS] suppressing openssh server identification
by Александр Кириллов 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

> With all of the discussions regarding getting p3wned, I am feeling > paranoid and can't seem to figure out how to suppress this... > > telnet $SOME_CENTOS_5_SERVER 22 > Trying $SOME_IP_ADDRESS... > Connected to $SOME_CENTOS_5_SERVER. > Escape character is '^]'. > SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3 > > 'Banner no' doesn't do it. Is it possible to suppress the version? http://www.openssh.org/faq.html#2.14

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monitoring space in directories
by Alan McKay 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Hey folks, Is there a Linux tool that will monitor a disk and tell me which directories are growing over time? I could cobble something together myself of course, but if there is already a good off-the-shelf solution, why bother? Even if it only checks once per day that would be fine. Graphs would be pretty too :-) cheers, -Alan -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"

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missing email
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

I haven't gotten anything from the list since my email of 09:34 EST. Do I have a problem, or is the list quiet? Please cc me offlist, if this goes through. mark

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Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances
by Darr247 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

> I tried to boot from my 6.0 USB key, no joy. Updated it to > 6.2. Still no joy: it gets started, I do the disk layout, it formats > the drives, and then fails, saying that it can't find "image# 1". Can you tell us how you're making the bootable USB key? e.g. the source .iso file[s] and all commands used.

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