Re: [CentOS] Shared folders with Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 using open-vm-tools

2015-08-17 Thread Bob Hepple
Bob Hepple writes: > > Hi! > > Just wondering if anyone has this working ... > > Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 host (on Windows-7 ) > Just to report my resolution of this one - no-one has been able to report success with vmware-tools with VMware-10, Windows-7 host, C

Re: [CentOS] Shared folders with Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 using open-vm-tools

2015-08-09 Thread Bob Hepple
Bob Hepple writes: > > Eero Volotinen ...> writes: > > > > > try modprobe vmhgfs > > > > under open-vm-tools, the only module I know about is vmtoolsd and it is running: > Arghhh! Of course vmtoolsd is not a module, it's a service! Here are th

Re: [CentOS] Shared folders with Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 using open-vm-tools

2015-08-09 Thread Bob Hepple
Eero Volotinen writes: > > try modprobe vmhgfs > under open-vm-tools, the only module I know about is vmtoolsd and it is running: [root@imp yum.repos.d]# systemctl status vmtoolsd vmtoolsd.service - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmtoo

Re: [CentOS] Shared folders with Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 using open-vm-tools

2015-08-09 Thread Bob Hepple
Eero Volotinen writes: > > try modprobe vmhgfs I get: modprobe: FATAL: Module vmhgfs not found: Is it supposed to be shipped with open-vm-tools? I haven't been able to re-compile the vmware tools myself. Thanks Bob ___ CentOS mailing list Cent

Re: [CentOS] Shared folders with Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 using open-vm-tools

2015-08-06 Thread Bob Hepple
Bob Hepple writes: > It's the shared folder that I would really like to get working. vmware- > hgfsclient reports my share but there is no /mnt/hgfs directory. Also > 'lsmod|grep hgfs' reports nothing. > also: mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ /mnt/tmp mount: unkn

[CentOS] Shared folders with Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 using open-vm-tools

2015-08-06 Thread Bob Hepple
Hi! Just wondering if anyone has this working ... Centos-7 guest in VMware-10 host (on Windows-7 :-( ) Out of the box, shared folders and drag&drop do not work although X screen resolution sensing is fine (ie xrandr reports the resolution of the host screen as well as the peculiar screen optio

Re: [CentOS] headless VirtualBox on Centos

2015-03-28 Thread Bob Hepple
zep writes: > > vagrant? > > > I'm unfamiliar with vagrant, but it's pretty easy to roll your own. > email me off list if you'd like a copy of my Frankenstein scripts. > I should have provided a link: https://www.vagrantup.com/ vagrant does rather more than just running VM's - automated creat

Re: [CentOS] Netflix

2015-03-28 Thread Bob Hepple
Johnny Hughes writes: > For the record ... using the latest Google Chrome on CentOS-7.1503 (our > 7.1 release in testing right now), allows Netflix to play just fine on > CentOS-7. What I have installed when I tested it: > > nss-3.16.2.3-5.el7.i686 > nss-3.16.2.3-5.el7.x86_64 > google-chrome-st

Re: [CentOS] Netflix

2015-03-27 Thread Bob Hepple
Liam O'Toole writes: > I doubt it. As you say, the NSS version is the blocker. Maybe that > number will get bumped in a future 6.x release. > Maybe. Centos-7 would probably do the job but this machine is 32-bit so it's a non-starter AFAIK. ___ CentO

Re: [CentOS] headless VirtualBox on Centos

2015-03-26 Thread Bob Hepple
Boris Epstein writes: a set of scripts/utilities for automatically > starting and running headless (no X11) VM's using VirtualBox omn a CentOS 6 > server. VNC/RDP access to the VM's would be fine. vagrant? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http

[CentOS] Netflix

2015-03-26 Thread Bob Hepple
Now that netflix is in Australia, I wouldn't mind giving it a burl. It's working fine on my fedora-21 lappy with chrome-40 but not on our centos-6 mythtv setup even with chrome-41. I understand the difference might be the version of NSS - fedora-21 has 3.17 while centos is stuck at 3.16. Other t

Re: [CentOS] Rhythmbox Replacement

2015-02-18 Thread Bob Hepple
Mark LaPierre writes: > > On 02/15/15 22:48, Mark LaPierre wrote: > > Hey Y'all, > > > > I though I would resurrect a long dead mail chain. > > > > I'm looking for a good replacement for Rhythmbox. I need a pod catcher > > to catch podcasts and download them to my HD where I can then move the

Re: [CentOS] good thin client PDF reader for centos 6.4

2014-06-22 Thread Bob Hepple
SilverTip257 writes: > You might be going the slightest bit blind... :-D > On my version of evince there's a magnifying glass in the top right (plus > Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut works). > Nope - I was talking about xournal. The mag glass there is for zoom. __

Re: [CentOS] good thin client PDF reader for centos 6.4

2014-06-19 Thread Bob Hepple
Bob Hepple writes: > epdview is another - rpm is 416642 bytes ugh! I should have said 'epdfview' ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] good thin client PDF reader for centos 6.4

2014-06-19 Thread Bob Hepple
writes: > > Dan Hyatt wrote: > > Any suggestions for a good lightweight pdf reader for my centos servers? > > > evince, that I think is installed by default? > > Oh, and here's a neat one that's *not* a lightweight reader, that my > manager introduced me to last year: xournal. It lets you *edi

Re: [CentOS] smartctl: is my disc dying?

2014-01-27 Thread Bob Hepple
Paul Heinlein writes: > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2014, Bob Hepple wrote: > > > I've got a 1Tb USB disc that appears to be dying - eg it took about > > 10 days (!) to run 'badblocks -nsv /dev/sdc' and it only did less > > than 2% in that time. Rea

[CentOS] smartctl: is my disc dying?

2014-01-27 Thread Bob Hepple
I've got a 1Tb USB disc that appears to be dying - eg it took about 10 days (!) to run 'badblocks -nsv /dev/sdc' and it only did less than 2% in that time. Read access became _really_ slow. So there's definitely something amiss and I've got it offline. There's no drama about the content as I have

Re: [CentOS] How to setup VNC for GDM access on 6.3

2013-01-24 Thread Bob Hepple
Les Mikesell writes: > Doesn't x11vnc always stay tied to the console screen? Sometimes > that's what you want, but I generally want independent remote > sessions. Yes - but the OP wanted something that would tie to display :0 even for gdm/kdm/xdm logins. Also - it looks like the -clientdpms

Re: [CentOS] How to setup VNC for GDM access on 6.3

2013-01-24 Thread Bob Hepple
Bob Hepple writes: > > Bruce Ferrell writes: > > This doe what you want - not sure if it's optimal, but by putting it in > /etc/rc.local I can see gdm on reboot: > > x11vnc -xkb -auth guess -q -rfbauth /home/bhepple/.vnc/passwd -display :0 > -clear_all -

Re: [CentOS] How to setup VNC for GDM access on 6.3

2013-01-24 Thread Bob Hepple
Bruce Ferrell writes: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for pointer for setting up VNC so that access to the system is via gdm/kdm. Yes, I know about vino, > and /etc/sysconfig/vncservers but what I'm looking for is a sertup > that allows me to see the *dm login screen instead of being dropped dire

Re: [CentOS] gtkpod

2012-11-13 Thread Bob Hepple
Nux! writes: > Give this a try: > http://mrb.mandrivausers.ro/MRB/stella/x86_64/gtkpod-1.0.0-69stella.x86_64.rpm > > It's ancient, yes, anything newer is a PITA to build on EL6. > Well, the 32-bit version of that installed sweet. Thanks muchly! The older package is probably better anyway as I'

Re: [CentOS] gtkpod

2012-11-13 Thread Bob Hepple
Steve Brooks writes: > There is a bunch of rpms here > > http://lcfg-sl5.see.ed.ac.uk/see/sl6_64/ > > including > > gtkpod-2.0.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm > gtkpod-devel-2.0.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm > > Steve > Thanks for that - but I need i686 package - good idea to try the sl repos - I'll start grepping

[CentOS] gtkpod

2012-11-10 Thread Bob Hepple
High and low searching (google, most of the repos in http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories) availed nothing - has anyone found a repo for gtkpod on centos-6? I seem to recall having to use fedora packages at some time in the past. Bit loath to do that again or compile from source.

Re: [CentOS] Deduplication data for CentOS?

2012-09-11 Thread Bob Hepple
Rainer Traut writes: > > Hi list, > > is there any working solution for deduplication of data for centos? > We are trying to find a solution for our backup server which runs a bash > script invoking xdelta(3). But having this functionality in fs is much > more friendly... > > We have looked

Re: [CentOS] Is glusterfs ready?

2012-09-04 Thread Bob Hepple
David C. Miller writes: > > > - Original Message - > > From: "John Doe" > > To: "Cent O Smailinglist" > > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:14:29 AM > > Subject: [CentOS] Is glusterfs ready? > > > > Hey, > > > > since RH took control of glusterfs, I've been looking to convert our > >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

2012-03-11 Thread Bob Hepple
Scott Walker writes: > > What do you guys recommend for backing up a small CentOS server in a > business environment. It will have (3) 300gb drives in a raid 5 array but I > don't anticipate more than about 25gb of data that needs to be backed up > each night. . . . I stumbled on http://storeb

Re: [CentOS] firewall?

2011-07-19 Thread Bob Hepple
talled from the internet? I find http://alternativeto.net/ useful now and then ... -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] daemon user can't acess file while nobody user can.

2011-06-08 Thread Bob Hepple
ike httpd is misconfigured and looking in the wrong place: /~user/file.jpg probably should be ~user/file.jpg ... unless it's a typo -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Bastille-linux

2011-06-05 Thread Bob Hepple
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 07:21:12 -0700 Charles Polisher wrote: > Bob Hepple wrote: > > Meenoo Shivdasani wrote: > > > > > Bob Hepple wrote: > > > > > > > Has anyone got Bastille-linux running on Centos-5.6? > > Bastille-Linux aside, for com

Re: [CentOS] Bastille-linux

2011-06-02 Thread Bob Hepple
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:11:18 +0200 Bent Terp wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Bob Hepple wrote: > > http://bastille-linux.sourceforge.net claims RHEL5 support but I ran > > into problems running it on a Centos 5.6 test system. > > It also claims that "Ba

Re: [CentOS] Bastille-linux

2011-06-02 Thread Bob Hepple
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 01:15:14 -0400 Meenoo Shivdasani wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Bob Hepple wrote: > > > Has anyone got Bastille-linux running on Centos-5.6? > > > Nope, but I have a hardening document that I wrote up for an earlier version > of Red Hat

[CentOS] Bastille-linux

2011-06-02 Thread Bob Hepple
n Bastille in assessment mode, generating a report and displaying it in a browser --assessnobrowser : run Bastille in assessment mode, generating a report with no browser TIA -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-27 Thread Bob Hepple
local and remote server works like a charm. I was never able to get *VNC* copy and paste to work at all (or maybe I did once - mists of time, it doesn't work now). That trumps it for me. Mind you - I never tried freenx. g'luck Bob -- Bob H

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-26 Thread Bob Hepple
I need on the Australian mirrors. Thanks guys!! Bob -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-21 Thread Bob Hepple
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:30:37 +0100 Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 04/21/2011 12:18 AM, Bob Hepple wrote: > > Hmmm - it's 10 days on and I still can't see all of the [a-l] > > *.src.rpm's. I strongly suspect that something's gone wrong - or > > perhaps I&#x

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-20 Thread Bob Hepple
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:26:51 -0700 Don Krause wrote: > On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Bob Hepple wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:58:43 +0100 > > Karanbir Singh wrote: > > > >> Also, the first batch of srpms is now on the seed machine, should start > &

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-20 Thread Bob Hepple
it looks like the --delay-updates option on rsync has triggered. But - no initscripts-8.45.33-1.el5.centos.src.rpm nor httpd-2.2.3-45.el5.centos.src.rpm ... maybe others? Does anyone see them elsewhere? -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 _

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-18 Thread Bob Hepple
ar this morning (UTC+1000) - but I can't see httpd, initscripts, etc yet For future reference, it seems to have taken about 7 days for the first lot to emerge on the mirrors from when the upload was started. Cheers Bob -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 __

Re: [CentOS] cross-platform email client

2011-04-18 Thread Bob Hepple
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:46:38 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: > On 4/18/2011 12:58 PM, Florin Andrei wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:22:05 +1000 > > Bob Hepple wrote: > > > >> A hearty vote for sylpheed from me - http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ ... > > > > I&

Re: [CentOS] Gnome Notification Applet

2011-04-17 Thread Bob Hepple
alsa tools for volume control - I have them tied to keys like this (and then no need for gnome-volume-control or pulseaudio!): XF86AudioLowerVolume :ExecCommand (amixer set Master 5%-) XF86AudioRaiseVolume :ExecCommand (amixer set Master 5%+) XF86AudioMute :ExecCommand (amixer set Master 0%) ... no, it's not

Re: [CentOS] cross-platform email client

2011-04-17 Thread Bob Hepple
r Centos although building from source shouldn't be hard. A quick google found this: http://www.melvilletheatre.com/articles/el5/sylpheed-3.1.0-1.i386.rpm FWIW - the compiled version is in the fedora mainstream. BTW - sylpheed has file import and export filters for mbox and outlook. Have fu

Re: [CentOS] SNMP monitoring options

2011-04-12 Thread Bob Hepple
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:33:34 -0700 Keith Keller wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:23:19AM +1000, Bob Hepple wrote: > > > > We looked at a number of monitoring systems before closing on > > (community version) Opsview. The main other contender we looked at was > >

Re: [CentOS] SNMP monitoring options

2011-04-12 Thread Bob Hepple
nges you like, but nothing actually takes effect until you find the configuration page and press the reload button. Also, new monitors need two re-loads before the graphs appear. I'm just mentioning them to illustrate how trivial my gripes are. Hope this helps ... Bob -- Bob Hepple ph

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-11 Thread Bob Hepple
On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:58:43 +0100 Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 04/11/2011 12:46 AM, Bob Hepple wrote: > > Oh well, so much for that idea! According to the release notes > > (http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.6) there is a list > > of packages modified

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-10 Thread Bob Hepple
On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:40:25 +1000 Bob Hepple wrote: > On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 23:42:41 +0100 > Tom Brown wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Is there any ETA for the SRPM's from the base tree of 5.6? I need to > > get my hands on the src for the centos-release package

Re: [CentOS] 5.6 - SRPM's

2011-04-10 Thread Bob Hepple
... the same _name_ as the upstream vendor's source. Oddly, the 5.5 binary carries 'centos' in it's release field: 5.5/os/x86_64/CentOS/httpd-2.2.3-43.el5.centos.x86_64.rpm ... so the good devs had to make changes there, yet no

Re: [CentOS] ifcfg-rh: error: Unknown connection type 'Bridge'

2011-01-21 Thread Bob Hepple
added to "ip route add " 192.168.101.0/24 dev wlan0 default via 192.168.101.1 Then just the usual: ifup wlan0 Cheers Bob -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Q about dpi, fonts, gnome, Xorg etc

2011-01-09 Thread Bob Hepple
- surely there's a way to tell gconf/gnome that my dpi setting is for DISPLAY X. Please tell me it's not just a global setting for all displays!! Thanks Bob -- Bob Hepple ph: 07-5584-5908 Fx: 07-5575-9550 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos