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Problem with AT&T VPN
by Timothy Murphy 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

I'm running a CentOS-5.6 server, which in general runs perfectly. My setting is possibly a little unusual: ADSL -> Billion 5200S RC modem/router -> CentOS-5.6 HP MicroServer -> Linksys WRT54GL router . My daughter is just visiting me, and she has to contact her job using AT&T VPN on her laptop under Windows XP. Unfortunately this does not work on my system when connected to the Linksys router by WiFi or ethernet. More precisely, the IBM Lotus "sametime" application does not work, and she cannot access the IBM Intranet homepage which she needs to use company tools and applications. It works perfectly at a public WiFi site nearby. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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C6: Suspend on laptop close doesn't work
by Mogens Kjaer 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hello, I've been running Fedora on my Lenovo X61s laptop for many (Fedora) generations. Fedora 15, however, was not my cup of tea, so I've decided to wipe out Fedora, and do a clean install of CentOS 6 (x86_64). Everything works OK, except that the laptop does not suspend when I close the lid. I've checked the settings in "Power Management", and it is set to suspend when the lit is closed, with or without AC power. This has always worked in Fedora. Suspending manually from the shutdown menu works. No messages are logged in /var/log/messages when the lit is closed. What have I overlooked? Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, mk(a)lemo.dk http://www.lemo.dk

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PackageKit via ssh
by Nicolas Thierry-Mieg 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi, I'm trying to use gnome PackageKit (gpk-application) on a centos 6 x86_64 system. When I am sitting at the machine it works ok, but most of the time I am accessing that C6 system via ssh from my centos 5 desktop. In this scenario gpk-application starts ok, lists packages, resolves deps, etc... but then it doesn't pop up the box asking for the root password, and aborts with a message "Failed to obtain authentication". I know I can use yum, but occasionally I like using a GUI to browse through available packages. Is there any way to use PackageKit remotely via ssh? Thanks

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Effecting CentOS change
by Paul Heinlein 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

CentOS has a clear mission. It's the first paragraph on the centos.org home page: CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free. Discussions about the packages and utilities that are or aren't included in CentOS (the recent discussion of system-config-bind comes to mind, but it's not the only example) should re-read the CentOS mission. Anyone wanting change in that regard should, imo, purchase a license from the prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor and provide feedback as a paying customer. Said vendor may or may not heed those suggestions, but that is the only effective way to change the CentOS utility/package list. Honestly, we could all -- every single last one of us -- agree that $PACKAGE belongs in the core CentOS distribution, but until $LARGE_VENDOR agrees, we're just shouting in a vacuum. -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein(a)madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/

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centos x11
by Jerry Geis 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

So there is longer an xorg.conf file in centos 6. Where is that stored now? When I am running host C5 and guest C6 using kvm all I can get is 800x600. They System->Preferences->Display app only has "detect monitor". There is no LCD selection anymore that would then allow me to select something higher than 800x600. I tried a "-g" option for qemu-system-x86_64 -g WxH[xDEPTH] Set the initial graphical resolution and depth But that does now work So how do increase my kvm screen size with C5 host and C6 guest, and where or how is X controlled now with no xorg.conf ? Thanks, loving the later kernel on C6. great job C6 team. Jerry

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Installing from CD
by david 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Folks The machine I'm trying to load does not have a DVD reader, but only a CD reader. Are the multiple CD images of CENTOS 6 available somewhere? Earlier versions had them. Thanks David

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centos 64 bit
by Nguyen Vu Hung (VNC) 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hello all, I am running CentOS 5.6 64 bit. When running "yum -y install ncurses-devel", I expect that only ncurses 64 bit version will be installed. However, actually both i386 and x64 are installed, that made me unhappy :) ncurses-devel-5.5-24.20060715.i386.rpm ncurses-devel-5.5-24.20060715.x86_64.rpm Is there anything worng here? Regards, Nguyen Vu Hung.

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Lock files in scripts
by Kenneth Porter 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

I was about to ask here how to do proper locking in a bash script when I found a page that addressed my objections to the race conditions I was finding in most sample code: <http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/writing-robust-shell-scripts.html> I just wanted to pass on the link to anyone else that needs this. One thing not addressed is how to deal with an orphaned lock file (eg. if the system crashes with the lock held). He stores the PID in the lock file, so one could look up the matching process and see if it's the script that's expected to create it. Otherwise one should be safe in deleting the lock file and trying again.

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how to get data from syslog for a specific date range?
by Rudi Ahlers 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi all, Can someone please tell me, or point me in the right direction ( I have googled, with little luck) on how to get data from /var/logs/messages (and other log files) for a specified fe days (i.e 19 - 30 June 2011) ? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532

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Setting hostname and network settings in 6.0 text mode installer
by Joe Mata 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

I'm doing my first 6.0 install the same way as I've always done my server installs -- in text mode. But it looks like there's no option to do the following in the 6.0 text mode installer? * Set hostname * Set network settings * Choose packages I really hope I'm missing something because having to use a GUI to install a server is incredibly painful. Cheers

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