Re: [CentOS] When does %POST kick in in Kickstart?
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Jacob Brown wrote: > To: "centos@centos.org" > From: Jacob Brown > Subject: [CentOS] When does %POST kick in in Kickstart? > > Okay, this is really simple but because Google has deteriorated in quality > over time, it's getting really hard to find straight forward answers. > > Very simple; when does the %POST section of the Kickstart file kick in during > the install process? > > Before or after the first reboot? The %post section of a kickstart file is the last thing to run during the execution of the kickstart file by anaconda. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts - Websites: http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.karsites.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
I think *all* inkjets are cash cows for the cartridge manufacturers. Just my two cents. Allan Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:06:38 -0400 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> John R Pierce wrote: >>> On 08/16/10 11:50 AM, David McGuffey wrote: Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the Linux realm. Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess up for him before sending him back to school. Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this laptop. Any suggestions? >>> campus doesn't have all sorts of networked printers?!? I know the CSU >>> my son goes to has printers all over the place. >>> >>> Most Brother printers have Linux support, so do most HP printers. >>> Brother's B&W Lasers have the cheapest per page costs of about any >>> printer out there, they are ugly but they just work. >> Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux >> can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do >> the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color >> Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the >> cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. > > Yes, HP *Laser* printers are OK. It is their *Inkjets* that suck, both > because of driver stupidity *AND* wicked *expensive* ink carts -- HP seems > to have the highest priced ink jet carts and is *very* 'protective' of > their supplies market -- they forced Staples to NOT carry third-party > ink carts for their printers, threatening to withdraw HP as a brand of > printer Staples could carry (smells like Kodak's Brownie games way back > when). > >> Bob McConnell >> N2SPP >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] how to use dhcpd and bind with windows 2008 ad domain model?
This might be a bit offtopic, but: How to run bind and dhcpd as slave on windows 2008 ad domain. Is it possible? -- Eero, RHCE ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
Yes, this is true. I have an HP LJ1200. When the parallel port crapped out the USB port worked fine using postscript. Peace, Allan Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:21:27 -0700 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> On 08/16/10 4:06 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: >>> Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux >>> can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do >>> the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color >>> Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the >>> cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. >> USB printers are more likely to require special drivers. Ethernet >> printers less likely. > > Most USB *printers* use the USB 'printer' protocol. You would still > need a 'driver' (actually a PostScript => raster filter) for > non-Postscript printers (eg: inkjets). I would guess that USB *laser* > *PostScript* printers would use the USB printer protocol and would not > need a special 'driver' -- the Linux kernel knows how to talk to a USB > 'printer' device (HAL's hotplug code creats a /dev/usb/lpN device file > automagically). > >> However... Many campuses have restrictions on attaching ethernet >> devices, like the CSU campus my kid goes to, you have to register your >> laptop or PC by its MAC address, you can't connect a switch or anything >> else to the dorm ethernet jacks, just one PC/laptop per port (and they >> have one port per bunk in the dorms). Under these conditions, using an >> ethernet printer would be problematic, and require disconnecting the >> computer from the 'house' network, and plugging it directly into the >> printer, likely with a crossover cable, and reconfiguring the network, >> yada yada.blah! >> >> >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
> > > I heard somewhare that *all* Lexmark printers are well supported under > linux > > Regards, > > Rajagopal > > > i've only seen one (big laserjet color , c760 probably, postscript) lexmark printer working in linux. otoh, if a printer works in fedora does not meen it will work in centos. actually, at one point in time, after replacing fedora core 6 with centos 5, i've found out the lowend hp inkjet printer no longer works, so i had to replace it with fedora 9 (since it was faster than messing with hp* rpms that had yet to be build at that time.) -- Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall, there was this one: "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly." Master Ittei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously." (Ghost Dog : The Way of The Samurai) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
Greetings, On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:20 AM, David McGuffey wrote: > > Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this > laptop. Any suggestions? > > Dave M > I heard somewhare that *all* Lexmark printers are well supported under linux Regards, Rajagopal ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:21:27 -0700 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On 08/16/10 4:06 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: > > > > Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux > > can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do > > the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color > > Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the > > cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. > > USB printers are more likely to require special drivers. Ethernet > printers less likely. Most USB *printers* use the USB 'printer' protocol. You would still need a 'driver' (actually a PostScript => raster filter) for non-Postscript printers (eg: inkjets). I would guess that USB *laser* *PostScript* printers would use the USB printer protocol and would not need a special 'driver' -- the Linux kernel knows how to talk to a USB 'printer' device (HAL's hotplug code creats a /dev/usb/lpN device file automagically). > > However... Many campuses have restrictions on attaching ethernet > devices, like the CSU campus my kid goes to, you have to register your > laptop or PC by its MAC address, you can't connect a switch or anything > else to the dorm ethernet jacks, just one PC/laptop per port (and they > have one port per bunk in the dorms). Under these conditions, using an > ethernet printer would be problematic, and require disconnecting the > computer from the 'house' network, and plugging it directly into the > printer, likely with a crossover cable, and reconfiguring the network, > yada yada.blah! > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software-- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database hel...@deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:06:38 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > John R Pierce wrote: > > On 08/16/10 11:50 AM, David McGuffey wrote: > >> Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and > >> CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes > >> issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS > >> for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for > >> printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the > >> Linux realm. > >> > >> Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he > >> have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a > >> paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, > >> save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS > >> Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess > >> up for him before sending him back to school. > >> > >> Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this > >> laptop. Any suggestions? > > > > campus doesn't have all sorts of networked printers?!? I know the CSU > > my son goes to has printers all over the place. > > > > Most Brother printers have Linux support, so do most HP printers. > > Brother's B&W Lasers have the cheapest per page costs of about any > > printer out there, they are ugly but they just work. > > Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux > can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do > the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color > Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the > cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. Yes, HP *Laser* printers are OK. It is their *Inkjets* that suck, both because of driver stupidity *AND* wicked *expensive* ink carts -- HP seems to have the highest priced ink jet carts and is *very* 'protective' of their supplies market -- they forced Staples to NOT carry third-party ink carts for their printers, threatening to withdraw HP as a brand of printer Staples could carry (smells like Kodak's Brownie games way back when). > > Bob McConnell > N2SPP > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software-- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database hel...@deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] When does %POST kick in in Kickstart?
after installation but before first reboot. Tang Jianwei On 08/17/2010 09:56 AM, Jacob Brown wrote: Okay, this is really simple but because Google has deteriorated in quality over time, it's getting really hard to find straight forward answers. Very simple; when does the %POST section of the Kickstart file kick in during the install process? Before or after the first reboot? Hopefully this gets picked up easy by the spiders... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] When does %POST kick in in Kickstart?
Okay, this is really simple but because Google has deteriorated in quality over time, it's getting really hard to find straight forward answers. Very simple; when does the %POST section of the Kickstart file kick in during the install process? Before or after the first reboot? Hopefully this gets picked up easy by the spiders... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
John R Pierce wrote: > On 08/16/10 4:06 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: >> >> Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux >> can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do >> the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color >> Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the >> cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. > > USB printers are more likely to require special drivers. Ethernet > printers less likely. > > However... Many campuses have restrictions on attaching ethernet > devices, like the CSU campus my kid goes to, you have to register your > laptop or PC by its MAC address, you can't connect a switch or anything > else to the dorm ethernet jacks, just one PC/laptop per port (and they > have one port per bunk in the dorms). Under these conditions, using an > ethernet printer would be problematic, and require disconnecting the > computer from the 'house' network, and plugging it directly into the > printer, likely with a crossover cable, and reconfiguring the network, > yada yada.blah! I wonder if that is because they are charging by the page for printer and copier use. They don't want students to come in and bypass the fee based services. Yes, I know they claim it is a security issue. But as long as they allow MS-Windows systems on their network, I am not going to believe them. Bob McConnell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mark facility in CentOS
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > On Monday, 16 August 2010 00:31:14 -0300, > JohnS wrote: > >>> This is my first message to the list. Some time ago I'm user of >>> Debian GNU/Linux and recently I also started to use CentOS GNU/Linux. >>> >>> Does anyone know how to enable the mark facility on CentOS? According >>> to what I was seeing, unlike Debian GNU/Linux, which uses rsyslog, >>> CentOS still uses the traditional syslog where the parameters to be >>> passed to the daemon are taken from /etc/sysconfig/syslog and the >>> default configuration > >> -m 1 ??? The man page isn't much helpGet your feet weat... > > I thought the first referral to see would be "man syslogd": > > -m interval > The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly. The default > interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20 minutes. This > can be changed with this option. Setting the interval to > zero turns it off entirely. > > This time I did a test again and it worked even without the need to add > mark.* in /etc/syslog.conf. I presume that maybe when I tried it last > week, it would have failed because I incorrectly used "-m 20" in > SYSLOGD_OPTIONS in /etc/init.d/syslog rather than in /etc/syslog.conf. > > I also see that timestamps are placed with the default interval of 20 > minutes leaving the variable empty, ie: > > SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="" You must mean that you changed the default [SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0"] in "/etc/sysconfig/syslog" to ["SYSLOGD_OPTIONS=""]. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
On 08/16/10 4:23 PM, Utt, Lyle wrote: > I run a Brother HL-2040 by usb cable at home. > Works fine out of the box. and its replacement HL-2140 is $79 at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-2140-Personal-Laser-Printer/dp/B0010Z1W06 has linux CUPS and LPR drivers http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html and uses the same TN-360 2500 page toners as my MFC... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
I run a Brother HL-2040 by usb cable at home. Works fine out of the box. Lyle E. Utt OSU Foundation Systems & Database Administrator Phone (541) 737-2921 Fax (541) 737-0498 mailto:lyle@oregonstate.edu -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 4:21 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5 On 08/16/10 4:06 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: > > Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux > can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do > the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color > Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the > cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. USB printers are more likely to require special drivers. Ethernet printers less likely. However... Many campuses have restrictions on attaching ethernet devices, like the CSU campus my kid goes to, you have to register your laptop or PC by its MAC address, you can't connect a switch or anything else to the dorm ethernet jacks, just one PC/laptop per port (and they have one port per bunk in the dorms). Under these conditions, using an ethernet printer would be problematic, and require disconnecting the computer from the 'house' network, and plugging it directly into the printer, likely with a crossover cable, and reconfiguring the network, yada yada.blah! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
On 08/16/10 4:06 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: > > Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux > can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do > the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color > Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the > cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. USB printers are more likely to require special drivers. Ethernet printers less likely. However... Many campuses have restrictions on attaching ethernet devices, like the CSU campus my kid goes to, you have to register your laptop or PC by its MAC address, you can't connect a switch or anything else to the dorm ethernet jacks, just one PC/laptop per port (and they have one port per bunk in the dorms). Under these conditions, using an ethernet printer would be problematic, and require disconnecting the computer from the 'house' network, and plugging it directly into the printer, likely with a crossover cable, and reconfiguring the network, yada yada.blah! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
John R Pierce wrote: > On 08/16/10 11:50 AM, David McGuffey wrote: >> Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and >> CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes >> issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS >> for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for >> printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the >> Linux realm. >> >> Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he >> have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a >> paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, >> save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS >> Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess >> up for him before sending him back to school. >> >> Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this >> laptop. Any suggestions? > > campus doesn't have all sorts of networked printers?!? I know the CSU > my son goes to has printers all over the place. > > Most Brother printers have Linux support, so do most HP printers. > Brother's B&W Lasers have the cheapest per page costs of about any > printer out there, they are ugly but they just work. Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. Bob McConnell N2SPP ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
On 08/16/10 2:00 PM, Ed Donahue wrote: > *I'd* suggest getting the $250 Brother model I got, HL-5370DW, I just aftermarket toners work great in Brother B&W lasers, too, even cheaper per page cost. I got this tip from a friend who did IT while in the USCG, they use Brother printers exclusively (lowest bidder) and the cheapest bulk supplies they could get, and had no problems with the printers. On my MFC-74345N (a networked all-in-one I got at Costco a couple years ago), I get about 2000 pages per $20 toner, and 6 toners per $50 drum. This is so much cheaper than HP printers its not funny. This MFC is a great fax machine, scanner (can scan multipage documents directly to a PDF, my wife loves that part) too. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mark facility in CentOS
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, John. On Monday, 16 August 2010 00:31:14 -0300, JohnS wrote: >> This is my first message to the list. Some time ago I'm user of >> Debian GNU/Linux and recently I also started to use CentOS GNU/Linux. >> >> Does anyone know how to enable the mark facility on CentOS? According >> to what I was seeing, unlike Debian GNU/Linux, which uses rsyslog, >> CentOS still uses the traditional syslog where the parameters to be >> passed to the daemon are taken from /etc/sysconfig/syslog and the >> default configuration > -m 1 ??? The man page isn't much helpGet your feet weat... I thought the first referral to see would be "man syslogd": -m interval The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly. The default interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20 minutes. This can be changed with this option. Setting the interval to zero turns it off entirely. This time I did a test again and it worked even without the need to add mark.* in /etc/syslog.conf. I presume that maybe when I tried it last week, it would have failed because I incorrectly used "-m 20" in SYSLOGD_OPTIONS in /etc/init.d/syslog rather than in /etc/syslog.conf. I also see that timestamps are placed with the default interval of 20 minutes leaving the variable empty, ie: SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="" Thanks for your reply. Regards, Daniel -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkxpurMACgkQZpa/GxTmHTej4QCbBJZfOV0tioBzUeLh9FU28FcZ tS4AnjJJx45iNJ1N9UjHfhw/30fMA3cY =NKT3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Max Hetrick wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Max Hetrick > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student > using CentOS 5.5 > > Robert Heller wrote: >> At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:50:32 -0400 CentOS mailing list >> wrote: > >> Almost any *new* *inket* printer is going to be a hassle to get working >> under CentOS. HPs are actually the worst -- HP has some anal business >> of hardwiring in model numbers in the driver (or some such nonsense), >> even when a new model uses the same driver protocols as an older model, >> so you need a 'new' driver, even when the old driver would otherwise >> work. Yes, the driver is open source, but the pre-built binaries use >> bleeding edge system libraries and the sources are a bear to build and >> install from source (and will of course screw with yum & rpm). > > I have an HP OfficeJet Pro (all-in-one) at home and it runs fine under > Linux. It was actually plug and play through USB. Also, before that, I > had an old HP laser which I can't remember the model of, and again, no > issues with it working under Linux. My experience has been pretty decent > using HP printers and Linux. > > Regards, > Max I'm running an HP Deskjet 810c on Fedora 12 with no problems. Was working under Fedora 8 until recent upgrade to F12. Not tested on Centos 5.5 yet though. Still installing and testing that on my laptop. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts - Websites: http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.karsites.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:50:32 -0400 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > Almost any *new* *inket* printer is going to be a hassle to get working > under CentOS. HPs are actually the worst -- HP has some anal business > of hardwiring in model numbers in the driver (or some such nonsense), > even when a new model uses the same driver protocols as an older model, > so you need a 'new' driver, even when the old driver would otherwise > work. Yes, the driver is open source, but the pre-built binaries use > bleeding edge system libraries and the sources are a bear to build and > install from source (and will of course screw with yum & rpm). I have an HP OfficeJet Pro (all-in-one) at home and it runs fine under Linux. It was actually plug and play through USB. Also, before that, I had an old HP laser which I can't remember the model of, and again, no issues with it working under Linux. My experience has been pretty decent using HP printers and Linux. Regards, Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:50:32 -0400 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> >> Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and >> CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes >> issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS >> for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for >> printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the >> Linux realm. >> >> Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he >> have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a >> paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, >> save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS >> Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess >> up for him before sending him back to school. >> >> Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this >> laptop. Any suggestions? > > Almost any *new* *inket* printer is going to be a hassle to get working > under CentOS. HPs are actually the worst -- HP has some anal business > of hardwiring in model numbers in the driver (or some such nonsense), > even when a new model uses the same driver protocols as an older model, > so you need a 'new' driver, even when the old driver would otherwise > work. Yes, the driver is open source, but the pre-built binaries use > bleeding edge system libraries and the sources are a bear to build and > install from source (and will of course screw with yum & rpm). > > Now, B&W *PostScript* *Laser* printers are universal. (And don't in fact > need a 'driver' at all under Linux). Over the long haul, Laser printers > are actually *cheaper* to use than even the cheapest Inkjet. Really. > The only downside is Laser printers are somewhat bulker that low-end > inkjets. > > *I'd* suggest getting the $250 Brother model I got, HL-5370DW, I just > plugged it in, configured dhcpd, and spent two minutes with CUPS, and > was printing away (CentOS 5). (This model also has USB and parallel > port interfaces, but you'll need to get a cable.) I also suspect that > the toner cart it comes will will last the whole shool year, maybe even > for the rest of your son's college years. (Unlike the inkjet carts which > will probably need replacing after 2-3 long term papers.) > >> >> Dave M >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > > -- > Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! > Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database > hel...@deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Or, just buy a small flash stick and go to a computer lab at school to print stuff out. That was what I did. Or get a brother laser jet, I have a HL-2040. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:50:32 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and > CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes > issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS > for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for > printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the > Linux realm. > > Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he > have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a > paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, > save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS > Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess > up for him before sending him back to school. > > Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this > laptop. Any suggestions? Almost any *new* *inket* printer is going to be a hassle to get working under CentOS. HPs are actually the worst -- HP has some anal business of hardwiring in model numbers in the driver (or some such nonsense), even when a new model uses the same driver protocols as an older model, so you need a 'new' driver, even when the old driver would otherwise work. Yes, the driver is open source, but the pre-built binaries use bleeding edge system libraries and the sources are a bear to build and install from source (and will of course screw with yum & rpm). Now, B&W *PostScript* *Laser* printers are universal. (And don't in fact need a 'driver' at all under Linux). Over the long haul, Laser printers are actually *cheaper* to use than even the cheapest Inkjet. Really. The only downside is Laser printers are somewhat bulker that low-end inkjets. *I'd* suggest getting the $250 Brother model I got, HL-5370DW, I just plugged it in, configured dhcpd, and spent two minutes with CUPS, and was printing away (CentOS 5). (This model also has USB and parallel port interfaces, but you'll need to get a cable.) I also suspect that the toner cart it comes will will last the whole shool year, maybe even for the rest of your son's college years. (Unlike the inkjet carts which will probably need replacing after 2-3 long term papers.) > > Dave M > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software-- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database hel...@deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Date drift and ntpd
Hi Jason, On Aug 12, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Jason Pyeron wrote: > Jul 28 21:42:34 devserver21 ntpd[3475]: frequency error -512 PPM > exceeds This shows that the system clock on devserver21 is driftin too fast for NTP to compensate. Possible causes could be an out-of-spec crystal on that machines, or an error in the BIOS (bad frequency divider perhaps) for that particular model of machine. Whatever the cause, it can be compensated for using "adjtimex". This package is not installed by default with Centos 5.5 but you can install it easily with "yum install adjtimex". Then read the man page "man 8 adjtimex" and the README in /usr/share/doc/adjtimex*/README and follow the directions from there (with particular reference to "adjtimex -c" or "adjtimex -a".) Hope it helps! Rick ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
On 08/16/10 11:50 AM, David McGuffey wrote: > Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and > CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes > issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS > for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for > printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the > Linux realm. > > Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he > have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a > paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, > save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS > Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess > up for him before sending him back to school. > > Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this > laptop. Any suggestions? campus doesn't have all sorts of networked printers?!? I know the CSU my son goes to has printers all over the place. Most Brother printers have Linux support, so do most HP printers. Brother's B&W Lasers have the cheapest per page costs of about any printer out there, they are ugly but they just work. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5
Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the Linux realm. Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess up for him before sending him back to school. Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this laptop. Any suggestions? Dave M ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] kernel: bnx2i: iSCSI not supported, dev=ethX
Running CentOS 5.5 x86_64 on Dell R710 boxes. I have the server(s) configured for bonding/vlan and will be using iscsi to a SAN. I am in the pre-deployment stage so I am just setting up the basic cookie cutter configurations so I haven't initiated the iscsi connection to a SAN yet. While going through the error messages I noticed this error: kernel: bnx2i: iSCSI not supported, dev=ethX. First time I have seen this error while configuring previous Dell servers, though I noticed most of my older boxes are using the tg3 module for the onboard NIC's. Has anyone run into this error message and if so does it means what it saysiSCSI not supported for the target device? Thanks, David ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how many folks are *seriously* using ACLs?
On Monday, August 16, 2010, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Alan Hodgson wrote: > > On Sunday, August 15, 2010, "Robert P. J. Day" > > wrote: > > > > Default ACLs make file sharing permissions work _almost_ as well as > > Novell permissions did 20 years ago. Without the nice interface, > > though. > > naah... what was netadmin (nwadmin) Yeah I meant Novell's was better. -- "No animals were harmed in the recording of this episode. We tried but that damn monkey was just too fast." ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how many folks are *seriously* using ACLs?
Greetings, On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Alan Hodgson wrote: > On Sunday, August 15, 2010, "Robert P. J. Day" > wrote: > > Default ACLs make file sharing permissions work _almost_ as well as Novell > permissions did 20 years ago. Without the nice interface, though. > naah... what was netadmin (nwadmin) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how many folks are *seriously* using ACLs?
On Sunday, August 15, 2010, "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > i'm just curious -- how many people here are using ACLs as a regular > and significant part of their sys admin? > > rday Samba shares (a lot). subversion repositories. Some web directories. Default ACLs make file sharing permissions work _almost_ as well as Novell permissions did 20 years ago. Without the nice interface, though. -- "No animals were harmed in the recording of this episode. We tried but that damn monkey was just too fast." ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] best ways to do mysql backup
> currently tar is not feasible as the data is too huge and the same goes > with mysqldump > > suggestion will be of great help Not really an answer but a good book on the subject: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596807290/ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101718/ Matt ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Ethernet Quad
On 8/12/2010 7:56 AM, Daniel Bruno wrote: > Hello, > > Someone can indicate some Ethernet device Quad 10/100 to use with CentOS 5.x? > > > Thanks, > I use an Intel Pro 10/100 board on a CentOS 5.5 based router works quite well. I've been using it since RH 7.2 so its well supported under CentOS I bought mine as a dual and then upgraded it to a quad (was way cheaper at the time). Intel made them for Compaq also. Dan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is oprofile still working?
Mindaugas Riauba wrote: >>> I notice that you're on 32-bit while I'm on x86_64. That may or may >>> not be >>> relevant. I don't have any 32-bit machines around to test on though. >>> >>> >>> >> Maybe this is the problem then. >> >> What we need is someone else to report that oprofile works on a 32-bit >> machine to confirm that I'm totally jinxed :-) >> > > Check https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467651 > > It looks like in CentOS oprofile is built against older version of > binutils. When I installed the same version of binutils and oprofile > from RHEL - everything started to work. > Ha! - so it is just a problem with the way that it was compiled for CentOS, then (oprofile getting recompiled before binutils-devel somehow?). So, I got the centos5 SRPM for oprofile, rebuilt it and installed the RPM, and hey presto - a working oprofile again (on ia32). It looks like the current ia32 CentOS oprofile RPM in circulation, then, needs replacing with a recompiled one. Hywel. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is oprofile still working?
>> I notice that you're on 32-bit while I'm on x86_64. That may or may >> not be >> relevant. I don't have any 32-bit machines around to test on though. >> >> > Maybe this is the problem then. > > What we need is someone else to report that oprofile works on a 32-bit > machine to confirm that I'm totally jinxed :-) Check https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467651 It looks like in CentOS oprofile is built against older version of binutils. When I installed the same version of binutils and oprofile from RHEL - everything started to work. Mindaugas ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Is oprofile still working?
Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > I guess that means that there is a problem with the data collected. > All the > warnings about vdso ranges that can't be found is strange (I don't get that > here). Are the tgids in that list special in any way? > I'm not sure what would make tgids special - as I'm not exactly sure what they are in the first place (some sort of special thread id's?). > Is this on a single machine or on several? > Seems to be happening on two separate machines - both 32bit, though. > Do you know if this strange behaviour persists over reboots? > Yes, a reboot doesn't seem to make any difference. > Anything strange in ~/.oprofile? If you don't have customizations remove it > and let oprofile re-create it. > I've tried that now - again, doesn't seem to make any difference. I also uninstalled oprofile, did a "rm -r /var/lib/oprofile", and a reinstall, but I still get the same behaviour. > I notice that you're on 32-bit while I'm on x86_64. That may or may > not be > relevant. I don't have any 32-bit machines around to test on though. > > Maybe this is the problem then. What we need is someone else to report that oprofile works on a 32-bit machine to confirm that I'm totally jinxed :-) Hywel. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
