Re: [CentOS-docs] To do List
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 00:25 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: John wrote: I could do the nvidia install it is pretty simple. I'm just not clear on the Updating deal the guy on the regular list was talking about this week. I'll research it further for the legacy and new cards. I may try to do the dkms version. I said try. I could maybe assist with nvidia/dkms from RPMForge method. I have both the legacy 96xx and current 9755 series dkms RPMForge packaged drivers in use at present. Sure we could do that no problem. OK I think maybe what I am thinking of is writing it in text. Then we can collaberate on it then add the screenshots etc for the dkms part? And it would be great if someone can write about the kmdl method offered by ATrpms. In some situations it is a better choice than the dkms. Akemi ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
Re: [CentOS-docs] To do List
Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 00:25 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: John wrote: Sure we could do that no problem. OK I think maybe what I am thinking of is writing it in text. Then we can collaberate on it then add the screenshots etc for the dkms part? The Wiki is a collaborative tool so we can use that. Once a page is started, others can add sections to it. It need not be publicly linked until ready for public consumption. An outline before we start might be useful. There appears to be 3 methods: 1. Install direct from nvidia 2. Install from RPMForge - dkms/nvidia rpm 3. Install from ATrpms A section covering each. The next (obvious) question a user will probably ask is which method should I use? I'm not best equipped to answer that or how best that is dealt with. John - have you created a Wiki user account yet? Once you have, please post your Wiki username to the list and Ralph can get you added. Users don't initially have permissions to do anything until Ralph adds them (a practice designed to limit spam etc and hopefully not too restrictive to genuine contributors!). And it would be great if someone can write about the kmdl method offered by ATrpms. In some situations it is a better choice than the dkms. Sorry, I'm not familiar with that so it won't be me :) ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
Re: [CentOS-docs] To do List
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 17:41 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Ned Slider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 5:03 PM, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 00:25 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: John wrote: An outline before we start might be useful. There appears to be 3 methods: 1. Install direct from nvidia 2. Install from RPMForge - dkms/nvidia rpm 3. Install from ATrpms And it would be great if someone can write about the kmdl method offered by ATrpms. In some situations it is a better choice than the dkms. Sorry, I'm not familiar with that so it won't be me :) If no one can write, I would try though I have used it only once... I'll have a look see at that one also. I'll research it and go to the ATrpms site. Akemi ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs -- ~/john OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079 ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
Re: [CentOS-docs] becoming root
On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 02:11 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: Hi List, I've just drafted a FAQ/mini-HOWTO on becoming root as this is a topic I see come up time and time again. Perhaps someone with a reasonable understanding could check it for technical correctness, and if anyone would like to offer comments/feedback?? Any suggestions as to where might be an appropriate home for this on the Wiki? Regards, Ned (attached below) *How to become root* Many commands can only be run as the root user so to run these commands we need to become root. To do this, we use the su command (substitute user). The su command takes the following format: su - user but most commonly we will use su to become the root user: su - root If no username is specified, then the root user is assumed, so the above is often shortened to: su or su - but the above are NOT the same thing. Often a user will become root using just 'su', try to run a command (eg, ifconfig), and get a 'command not found' error: su Password: ifconfig bash: ifconfig: command not found The reason is that regular system users and the root user have different PATHS (you can view a users PATH with 'echo $PATH'). When you type a Linux command, the shell with search the users PATH to try to locate the command to run. It starts searching each directory on the PATH until a match is found. Commands for regular users are mostly located in /usr/local/bin, /usr/bin, and /bin. However, root commands are mostly located in /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin and root's PATH reflects this difference. When you become root by using 'su -', you also adopt root's PATH whereas using just 'su' retains the original users PATH, hence why becoming root using just 'su' and trying to run a command located in /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin, or /sbin results in a 'command not found' error. So you either need to specify the full PATH to the command if you just used 'su' (eg, /sbin/ifconfig) or use the full 'su -'. Ever noticed in Red Hats Docs the full path to the command in question?? [EMAIL PROTECTED]/usr/sbin/mii-tool And boy is Ubunto and Debian confusing. It sounds good. And it is better than the Debian way I think. just my two cents. ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs -- ~/john OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079 ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
