[CentOS] A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)
Morten Nilsen
morten at runsafe.no
Thu Mar 27 06:28:03 UTC 2008
D Steward wrote:
>> - Why does the screen flicker on and off several times during boot and
>> when logging in?
> I presume you mean when logging in at the console, the fonts look a bit
> glitchy and flickery at times.
no, that's not it.. the monitor goes into power off mode - the LED turns
orange.
> I don't see it now, in any case, since I login via ssh and dont need to
> be at the console.
Yes, I do that too.. but each time I actually need to use the console,
this annoys me to no end..
>> - When I chose a pure console environment, without any X11 stuff, why
>> did a bunch of gnome packages get installed?
> As strange as it may seem, some apps which are supposedly text-only,
> have dependencies based on the gnome libs.
> I can't remember the offending packages offhand, but I don't really care
> much since disk-space is so cheap.
Well, sure.. But on the other hand, it is nice to keep bloat down.
>> - Is it possible to get a php-mssql package? -I need this if I'm going
>> to use CentOS at work..
>>
> There is no default rpm for centos5, but one exists for Fedora.
I am aware of this fact, which is why I asked for CentOS to add a
php-mssql package..
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Cheers,
Morten
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