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Hello All I need to install Python 2.4.2 for installing Zope. What is the location for python that should be given in the ./configure --prefix directive? /usr/lib is for python libraries..isn't it and thats where I find most of python installed except for the python binary in /sbin Should I uninstall the normal python installed in Centos 4.2 by default before installing from source? Can

Want to support the following apps on some of our centos 4.2 desktops. Are yum-installable binaries/rpms available for CentOS 4.2 and which repository? MP3 player Macromedia Flash/Shockwave MPlayer Media Player RealPlayer 10 Media Player Java J2RE and Mozilla Plug-in MS TrueType fonts With regards. Sanjay.

Hi all 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. Please advise pros/cons of this approach and how to do it. I

List: Please suggest fax server software for Corporate use with CentOS...requirements...centralized, multiple modems, if required, scriptable for pre/post fax actions with perl/shell scripts, if possible compatible for faxing from open office and maybe M$ Windoz. Most necessary open source, free, being actively maintained & active mailing list. Best regards. Sanjay.

List: I am considering getting a Xen based virtual server for providing static web-site, secondary MX & DNS. Pros & Cons? anyone? Minimal install from the centos server CD (centos will be the guest OS) with Apache, Selinux, Iptables, qmail, spamassasin, djbdns, clam, mysql, postgreSQL & INN. Any install issues? What should be the HDD & RAM requirement, in addition to my database

Hello all Nill experience with LVM. Have a Default Centos 4.4 install updated till a week ago with three HDDs. System's not booting up since my staff pulled out the plug due to a short circuit nearby. Machine is a PIII 550 MHz, with 3 HDDs 40 GB, 120 GB (Actually is bigger but my bios detects only upto 120 GB) & 20 GB...about half filled with data & the backup server taken out in

I sometimes need to allow sub-contracted admins root ssh access to my servers. Later, I always wonder what they did during access. Is there any shell that provides all shell abilities to the remote user but monitors/emails a designated user each command executed in the shell terminal and does not allow the user (even root) to modify the bash history file or similar shell history file, or maybe

Hello all I used Centos 4.0 iso to setup my systems and updated till date. I assume they are equivalent to systems created with Centos 4.4 Now, I am planning to setup a full local repository of Centos updates, extras, centosplus etc. (not isos...as I intend to download isos only when Centos 5 becomes available. Please advise what directories I should download for my local repository, as the

Hello All I made the mistake of assuming all Intel motherboards would be Linux compatible out of the box and bought one without checking support information. And now on initial install the Network is not working....the Network port is not detected at all. I have bought an Intel board DG41RQI (http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/DG41RQ/index.htm) which does not support Linux Out of

Hello Looking to build CentOS based micro EC2 instance bootable from Amazon EBS. Want that the image be minimal, so that I can add only the rpms I want. Despite looking could not find a way to import a CentOS image from scratch or an existing minimal CentOS image that is bootable from EBS. My server must must persist, as I cannot handle issues with a dynamic server, so I want to use a server

List: I am using Centos updated till date. Last night I shut down the system and X was working fine...today morning I start X and it does not work for my normal user. X starts for root & other users. The error output seems totally incomprehensibe and scrolls away from the screen too quickly. The /var/log/Xorg.0.log seems to have only the subsequent success of login of other user or I

1) No, not necessarily. Many VM systems (Parallels, VMware, even XEN HVMs) emulate Ring 0 access for the operating system running on top of it, so there isn''t any reason for direct hardware access. However, you really should grab some older or cheaper hardware and install Xen directly on the hardware - it will be very, very slow running inside parallels. 2) There really isn''t

I have some questions for setting up & running Xen on a production but low load server running on CentOS 4.2. Does any one on the list have any experience with it? Shall I post my queries? Did not have much luck with Xen list. General comments on various issues I need some elaboration/confirmation from someone experienced can make a lot of difference to me. With best regards. Sanjay.

Any repository maintaining Apache rpm with mod_perl for CentOS? How do I maintain rpm installs from repos and also maintain ability to use various mods that I would like to use? Or do I have to ./configure ;-) With regards. Sanjay.

Hello all, I have just testen Xen on my Fedora machine. Would like to test Xen on a Centos machine for production use evaluation. Anyone know of a repo which maintains a full/partial complement of XEN rpms & associated tools? Any suggestions? I don''t want to build, just update as new XEN kernel becomes available, just like normal production rpm updates from Centos.org With

Hello all Sorry for posting my query here, but did not have any success in getting feedback from linuxprinting.org/ openprinting.org forums. Planning to buy a new colour MFD or a Mono MFD & a Colour printer, for small buisiness office use. Could someone give feedback on HP Laserjet MFD M3027x and Laserjet 2840? Do all functions provided by the printers work on Linux? Any kinks? Do

I installed a Centos 4.x system using a lvm install across four HDDs. It is my first install using LVM. System had a power-failure and stopped booting up. A new trainee simply took out the HDDs and restarted the file-server on a fresh HDDs. Now the problemis that the four HDDs have data. But the order of the HDDs (of install....1st primary, 2nd primary etc.) is unknown. Earlier we used to boot

LARTC HOWTO 2.2. Prior knowledge Link: Rusty Russell''s networking-concepts-HOWTO Not Found The requested URL /~rusty/unreliable-guides/networking-concepts-HOWTO/index.html was not found on this server. Just FYI. Best Regards. Sanjay. _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO:

Hi all Just joined this list. Am presently a whitebox 4 & FC 3 user. Have some questions about this distro...hope someone...maybe the list-owner or the power centers in this list will deign to reply ;-) - Site seems to say...Basic Centos will remain same as RHEL...is that absolute code/binary /naming & path compatibility? Is this for ever. ConfirmedDDD? - Somewhere else it says addons

List: Sorry for posting to this list but could not find step by step instructions anywhere nor get any concerned list to respond. Newbie to DNS technicals but can work with instructions if given in ./configure for complete idiots ;-) 1. I have taken a static IP from my ISP 203.134.221.162 and the ISP has put up an entry in APNIC whois (please check the same)...to me it seems incomplete, as it