Archivo de la categoría: CentOS

install Xfce 4 desktop on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6 Linux:

Type the following command to install Xfce 4 desktop on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6 Linux: Code: wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm yum search xfce4 yum groupinfo Xfce Now you should see package list Code: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Setting up Group Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp.iitm.ac.in * epel: mirror01.idc.hinet.net *… Leer más »

Joomla! 1.0.x and PHP 5.3 meltdown

Here is the story: if you happen to run Joomla! 1.0, which you should not but what the heck, you’ll run into some weird issues if there is PHP 5.3.x running on your server. Everything will work fine except for one thing – there will be no content at al on your web site. And… Leer más »

Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL   What packages and versions are available in EPEL? You can take a look on any of the available EPEL mirrors from our mirror list Alternately, you can browse the package set using repoview: EPEL 6: i386, x86_64, ppc64, sources EPEL 5: i386, x86_64, ppc, sources EPEL 4: i386, x86_64, ppc, sources

Install Open Source VMware Tools on Red Hat and Scientific Linux 6

VMware now makes a repository available for us to install the VMware tools for a variety of Linux distributions including Red Hat, Scientific, CentOS, and Ubuntu.  In this example I will install VMware tools on a Red Hat Enterprise/Scientific Linux 6 i686 guest running on a VMware ESXi 4.1 host. First import the VMware repository… Leer más »

Running IPMI on Linux

quick commands ipmitool -H 192.168.1.1 -U root -P 123456 chassis power status ipmitool -H 192.168.1.1 -U root -P 123456 chassis power on ipmitool -H 192.168.1.1 -U root -P 123456 chassis power soft (note: -a prompts password)   What is IPMI? IPMI is standard which allows remote server management, primarily developed by Intel. IPMI cards, known… Leer más »