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memoir and latex
by Sharon Kimble 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

I installed Centos 4.2 last night, I moved from Fedora Core 4 to it as I wanted to get off the distro upgrade treadmill, so I'm still learning about centos. I've been trying to add the memoir package to be used with latex but I can't find the exact right place for it. Can anyone who's installed it or knows about latex tell me please? Hopefully thanks Sharon. -- 12:50:25 up 58 min, 3 users, load average: 1.58, 1.72, 1.80 A taste of linux http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html efever http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ Centos 4.2, KDE 3.4.3-1.0, OpenOffice 2.0 Registered Linux user 334501

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Connecting via ssh i don't see accent characters
by iagosineiro＠yahoo.es 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi. When I connect via ssh I don't see the accent characters for example when I execute setup config utility, but locally I see the accent characters. Note: It's a CentOS 4.2 configured for spanish. Iago

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Re: [CentOS] Minimal installation How-to?
by Brian T. Brunner 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

>From http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=798&forum=31 Re: centos4 server CD _almost_ here :) Posted on: 2005/8/22 16:43 _________________ -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } >From http://www.karan.org/blog/ (the freak will see you now) CentOS 4.2 Server CD - i386 Released The single CD Server edition of CentOS 4.2/i386 has now been released. It lets you setup a basic CentOS 4 system along with the server components. Anything else that is needed can then be installed via yum or up2date once the system is running. The resulting installed system is identical to a normal CentOS 4 install ( with yum and up2date ). One important thing to keep in mind - this installer uses the stock i686 kernel - therefore i586 machines are not supported ( including MiniITX, ViaC3's, AMD K6' etc ). If you need to install on such machines, you will need to get the full distro. Download it from the /centos/4/isos/i386/ directory on your local mirror or pickup the torrent. We appreciate all feedback ( via http://bugs.centos.org/ ), including RFE's and Bug notices. Enjoy! -- Karanbir Singh { http://www.karan.org/ } Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> seanos(a)seanos.net 11/16/05 04:52AM >>> Tim Edwards wrote: > Sanjay Arora wrote: >> I would like to install the minimal level of Centos, with yum & selinux >> on my servers during the basic install from CD with Anaconda and then >> use yum to install whatever application is major on that server, so that >> yum installs its dependencies only, thus keeping to the target of >> installing only what is needed on a server. > > When you get to the package selection stage of the install scroll down > to the bottom and select 'Minimal Install'. I believe CentOS team released a CentOS 'Server CD', single CD for said 'minimal' installs. Recall something mensioned about installer using i586 or i686 kernel - Quick look through archive should show post in question. Regards, Sean _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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yum update - Glibc Problem
by Lee W 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi, I've just done a fresh install of Centos 4.0 on a Via C3 Based system using the Centos DVD I downloaded a while ago. Then install goes though fine as does running 'yum check-update'. However when running the actual 'yum update', it downloads all the headers but afterwards displays the following errors:- --> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.4-2 for package: glibc --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.3.4-2 is needed by package glibc I've checked using 'rpm -q glibc-common' that the appropriate version is installed (The system wouldn't run otherwise would it?):- [root@doc ~]# rpm -q glibc-common glibc-common-2.3.4-2 Has anyone else experienced this problem, I'm sure that I have been able to install Centos 4 on a Via system before, so does anyone know what (if anything) has changed with the recent versions of Glibc? Thanks in advance for any assistance offered Regards Lee

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Flashplayer-plugin
by Robert 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

I know that flashplayer-plugin is not packaged or distributed by CentOS but there's a RedHat "Critical" advisory at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-835.html that I don't believe has been mentioned here. There is no CentOS rpm that I can find but the binary of version 7.0.61 is available from http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=S… and is pretty much a no-talent install. (Sure would be nice if rpm knew about it, though...)

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single CD server install ISO disk ready?
by Robert 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

greetings, i was wondering if i missed an announcement or if the quarterly update pushed back the release of the single CD server install ISO ??? :-) is there an ETA please? thank you! - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Brian: DON'T focus blame on "consultancy". The management style you lambaste is prevalent to the point of being pandemic. The problem is NOT lack of accountability, it is rather one of "to whom are we accountable?" My products are NOT reviewed by geeks, theorists, and techno-pedants. My products are accountable to testers who are accountable to marketing who are accountable to stock holders and well-drillers and factory owners. They want a profit product, not a perfect product. "Good, fast, cheap; pick two" says it well. --the *other* pedantic Brian-- Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> thebs413(a)earthlink.net 11/17/05 01:08PM >>> Peter Farrow <peter(a)farrows.org> wrote: > running a consultancy business where time is money, tunring > it off and configuring as we always did before represents Consulting is why the IT infrastructure and security of this country has gone to crap. There is no accountability. There is only the pressure to complete things in unrealistic timeframes. Sound security policy has been put out-the-window by consulting, support non-sense, etc... You have to "tear it down" so you can "dumb it down" for people. And it happens in the most crucial of our nation's networks. Why? Consultants aren't accountable in most cases. And that's typically because the clients want it done now. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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Custom kernel RPM/SRPM
by Giovanni P. Tirloni 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi, I've built customs kernels from the SRPMs with the following: rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 /path/to/spec cd /usr/src ln -s /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-x.y.z/linux-x.y.z linux cd linux make oldconfig make menuconfig make all make modules make modules_install And it works just fine. The problem now is that I think installing that way isn't "cool": I wan to build my own custom kernel RPM/SRPM. I thought about doing a "rpmbuild -bp" and change the options. Then a "rpmbuild -bc --short-circuit" and a "rpmbuild -bi --short-circuit". What's the correct way of doing this? Thanks in advance, -- Giovanni P. Tirloni http://blog.tirloni.org

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Re: [CentOS] SELinux threads, cynicism, one-upmanship, etc.
by Brian T. Brunner 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

What I implied, that Brian deleted, is that my product is in alien hands (some of whom can spell "Linux") and must pass the muster of the testers who answer to the marketeers who answer to the stock holders and customers. My product must fit the hands that work it. NONE of them know what SELinux is (compared to Linux) and (properly) resent every extent of my making them learn Linux. Their day job has NOTHING to do with learning Linux, let alone SELinux. Therefore, if SELinux breaks *anything* it gets switched off and is not part of the product. If it is a seamless fit, with no regression, then it can be allowed. Any self-important pedant who insists that this bully-boss attribute shall be catered to will be pedanted off the drilling platform. Walk home, twit! Land is only 2 miles away (straight down). "Ahhh but this is better and it is the future!" When (if) it doesn't break my stride, it will become the present. Until then it's already history. This rant/diatribe is for the benefit of people making "improvements" in a running, deployed, supported product. I think, at this point, I'll depart from the debate. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> lesmikesell(a)gmail.com 11/17/05 01:40PM >>> On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 12:29, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > "Brian T. Brunner" wrote: > > it is rather one of "to whom are we accountable?" > > I'm accountable to myself. > > I know I shock people, but if I'm to blame for anything, I'm > the first to admit it. I don't hide behind things, and I > have refused to do things before. And I've been let go by a > client for it too. Accepting the blame remotely isn't quite the same as working at the same place for a decade or more and having to live with what you built. Your rants on the side of security vs. convenience would be more believable if you added that you did all of your own work under such conditions and planned to continue for the foreseeable future. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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migration from redhat AS3/4
by Bassett, Mark 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

We have 30 or so boxes that are currently running either redhat as3 or as4 and would like to migrate them to Centos 4.2. We have a local centos 4.2 repository using yam. I have in the past updated es3 to as3 by removing the redhat-release rpm and installing the other redhat rpm. I realize there are virtually no differences in es and as3, except for access to additional packages. In any case, on the AS4 boxes would we be able to do the same thing? Remove the redhat-release rpm and install the centos-release file then switch the yum repository and update? Or are we talking a reinstall? I doubt that it will work from AS3 however, but I thought I'd throw that in as well. Thanks in advance, Mark

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