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Firefox 3
by Niki Kovacs 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Hi, I just read the release announcement for RHEL 5.2beta: https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv5-announce/2008-March/msg00000.html And something caught my eye: --8<----------------------------------------- * Laptop and Desktop Enhancement + Suspend and Hibernate improvements + Re-base of the top Desktop applications - Evolution 2.12.3 - Firefox 3 - OpenOffice 2.3.0 - Thunderbird 2.0 + Updated graphics drivers --8<----------------------------------------- I see that the folks from Red Hat decided to completely ignore Firefox 2.0: an eloquent detail. Now it's more than once that I've read good things about Firefox 3. Much less RAM-hungry than it's predecessors, excellent standards compliance, much more stable. What's the best way to get Firefox 3 on my CentOS 5.1? Is there some RPM for RHEL somewhere? Some SRPM? Or simply wait patiently for CentOS 5.2? Aside: I use XFCE, not GNOME, so I don't have to go through the chore of updating some core GNOME components (like Yelp). Cheers, Niki

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Re: [CentOS] Un Installing a hard drive in a Centos 5.1 box
by Pam Astor 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

----- Original Message ---- From: Karanbir Singh <mail-lists(a)karan.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 6:44:33 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] Un Installing a hard drive in a Centos 5.1 box Pam Astor wrote: > OK this is what I have when I run mount - does it appear that > I have both drives on one volume?: > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) > what output to do you get from : pvdisplay; vgdisplay; lvdisplay [root@localhost ~]# pvdisplay; vgdisplay; lvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdb1 VG Name VolGroup00 PV Size 465.76 GB / not usable 9.50 MB Allocatable yes (but full) PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 14904 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 14904 PV UUID IAmE1f-dCMo-c035-cSQQ-g9yE-6yOo-mfKhHv --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda2 VG Name VolGroup00 PV Size 465.66 GB / not usable 3.56 MB Allocatable yes (but full) PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 14901 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 14901 PV UUID fi5A7U-dao0-ruuP-TSc0-LfFu-7yRL-iKnwGr --- Volume group --- VG Name VolGroup00 System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 2 Metadata Sequence No 3 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 2 Open LV 2 Max PV 0 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 931.41 GB PE Size 32.00 MB Total PE 29805 Alloc PE / Size 29805 / 931.41 GB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID pwO7bQ-0eRs-W8O4-b4uf-hYe6-JIm6-27p8wu --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID avhFcY-30N6-2BPz-A89X-Ai0V-v5B7-xxzhIe LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 929.47 GB Current LE 29743 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID ZW2z5f-5x58-0vDI-ru5S-iZge-mVE6-yVp160 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 1.94 GB Current LE 62 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:1 And... [root@localhost ~]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 901G 6.7G 848G 1% / /dev/sda1 99M 18M 76M 20% /boot tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev/shm [root@localhost ~]# ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Backup Question
by Joseph L. Casale 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

We are migrating an LTO2 library off Veritas and NTBackup on a Windows Server to a Linux Server with either Bacula or Amanda. Originally, the Windows server used scripts to sync changes from various other Windows servers using Robocopy to a locally attached set of volumes, then ran the backup nightly (Full's were always done). I now had hoped to rsync the Samba shares to a local replica on the Linux Server and then start the backup every night after it finishes. Would this be the most efficient way to do this, or are there better tools for this? I need an additional replica of the data, so using the Windows Bacula client doesn't help, and I must be able to only replicate the changes or I'll miss my backup window based on the volume of data. Thanks for any suggestions, jlc

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Re: [CentOS] Un Installing a hard drive in a Centos 5.1 box
by Pam Astor 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

> When I physically removed the drive and restarted the PC, centos would > not boot up and went into a kernel panic. I'm sure I'm supposed to > somehow unmount the thing before I do this, and that's my question - how > do I un-install the hard drive - software wise - so that on next boot > up, centos don't go crazy looking for it? If the machine panics at boot time, there is a good chance that you installed with LVM and its got both the drives into one volume. You will need to reinstall that second harddrive, then work out the process of shrinking the filesystem down to only 1 drive, then remove the second drive. The scope of this work might be too much for an email, so I can best point you at the LVM HowTo. There are also some good lvm tips in the CentOS5 docs ( http://www.centos.org/docs/5/ ) OK this is what I have when I run mount - does it appear that I have both drives on one volume?:  /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Un Installing a hard drive in a Centos 5.1 box
by Pam Astor 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Hi Guys, I'm fairly new to Linux and I'm trying to un install a hard drive from my Centos 5.1 box running KDE. When I built the PC, I installed two 500 gig maxtors in the tower, then I installed Centos. Now I've decided that I want to remove the slave drive and use it as an external backup drive - I am mounting it into one of those external drive cases with a built in fan. When I physically removed the drive and restarted the PC, centos would not boot up and went into a kernel panic. I'm sure I'm supposed to somehow unmount the thing before I do this, and that's my question - how do I un-install the hard drive - software wise - so that on next boot up, centos don't go crazy looking for it? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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kvm_amd and centos 5.2
by Jerry Geis 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Will the kvm_amd kernel module be in CentOS 5.2? Presently I run 2.6.24 on one machine so I get kvm_amd. It would be great if it is included. Jerry

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Gnash 0.8.2 rpm for CentOS 4?
by Robert Arkiletian 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Does anyone know if there is a Gnash rpm available for CentOS 4? I have tried compiling it myself but run into dependency problems. I looked here http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/gnash/ but there is only 0.8.2 for el5 not el4. -- Robert Arkiletian Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/ C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/

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Seamonkey rpms for CentOS?
by Heiko Adams 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Hello, does anyone know where to get seamonkey rpms for CentOS 5.1? -- Heiko Adams <heiko.adams(a)gmail.com>

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Re: [CentOS] Skype on CentOS 5 - my microphone settings are incorrect
by Lanny Marcus 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

On Sunday, 16 March 2008, Niki Kovacs <contact(a)kikinovak.net> wrote:> <snip> Niki: Thank you, for everything you wrote! Question: Last night, for reasons completely unrelated to this problem with the microphone audio, I downloaded the .iso for the Knoppix Live CD and I have that CD. Can I troubleshoot this microphone audio settings problem, with one or more utilities on the Knoppix Live CD? If so, which ones? > One other thing. You mentioned several mixer apps, IIRC. I've seen some > Linux installs of the kitchen sink type, where people installed just > everything available on the DVD. Result: you get everything from GNOME, > KDE, XFCE, plus any other available window manager. As a result, you > also get several concurring sound systems: ALSA, OSS, Arts, and IIRC > there's something called 'esound'. It's a bit like folks installing LPR > and CUPS at the same time. When you have several pieces of software > attempting to talk to the same device, there will inevitably be conflicts. My belief is that what you wrote is dead accurate, with regard to many things and once I get the Sound working properly, I will try to get rid of what I know I am not using. However, with regard to web browsers, as one example, I find that having both Firefox and Konqueror is necessary at this time. Firefox, with the settings as liberal as I can make them, does not work properly for me, when I access Gmail on the web. Konqueror, which Gmail shows is not fully supported and does not allow access to all Gmail features on the web, works much better than Firefox there. A former Supervisor and Colleague, who uses Ubuntu, has no problem using Gmail on the web, with a later version of Firefox. OT: From what you and Dag wrote about Firefox 3, I will upgrade from CentOS 5 to 5.2, when I can get the DVD! > I've been a long-time Slackware user, and Slackware has one guiding > principle: KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid! I respect anyone who uses Slackware and I believe strongly in the "KISS" idea. > > On my CentOS desktop, I have *one* desktop environment: XFCE. One sound > system: ALSA. And one mixer app: alsamixer (I uninstalled xfce4-mixer). I install both GNOME (which I use 95% of the time) and KDE when I do clean installs. Once, I had GNOME corrupted, and I used KDE, temporarily, to keep going. KDE has many many more things than GNOME. I always use K3b and there are some other KDE Applications and Utilities that I use occasionally. > So what you could do to make things easier: establish which sound system > and sound mixer app you are using. And then get rid of the unused ones. After I find the solution to the problem, I will try to do that! It is my understanding and belief that Front Ends (GUI or Text based) that modify Linux Configuration files may do so in different ways. If the file is simple, I modify with a Text editor. One experience I had, with system-config-display (?) was that it said it was writing a new Xorg file, but, in fact, it did not. Someone else posted in this ML and Johnny or Jim said to use the command with -- rewrite or something I can't remember, as I write this. One of the things about Webmin, is that supposedly one can use it to modify Configuration files, or do it manually with a Text editor, without screwing things up. I will keep working on this microphone audio problem and if I cannot solve it, then I will post in the alsa-user at lists.sourceforge.net as Anne suggested yesterday, in 2 or 3 days! Thanks again! Lanny

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clarifications
by Sam Drinkard 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Hello all, I've been trying to get spamassassin and clamav working, but got really confused when I realized there are various incarnations of the software. Originally, I started out with just spamassassin, but learned there is also an SA-milter. Can someone tell me which of the various spam fighting packages i.e., sa, sa-milter, clamav, clamave-milter, and so forth? I ran into problems with one package with the system not being able to open a socket, so I just gave up. I hope I'm not too vague here, but essentially, I just would like to know what the milter part does, and if that's the way to go, or the non-milter versions. I'm subscribed via digest, and if it's not too much trouble, I'd appreciate a cc direct to me. Many thanks.. Sam

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