I've just leased my first dedicated server from managemybox, which has come loaded with centos 4.5.
I need to install all the ffmpeg/transcoding junk - something I've done before...
...but now, I'm having huge issues. Yum and up2date don't seem to have *any* idea of where anything, from ffmpeg to flvtool2 is.
I'm crap at quite a bit (read most) of the command line stuff. Whadddoo I need to do? Why is yum telling me there are no matches for the damn stuff?
How can I get from A to B properly without the hassle?
I did have a VPS before, with memset.com - and all this stuff installed fine on Fedora 4 (it was a VMWare based VPS so everything worked, unlike the Xen based ones I've experienced).
I've made a how to, based on my personal knowledge about upgrading a CentOS 3, RedHat 9, or 8?, Fedora Core, and maybe others, to the new CentOS 4.5 OS. (or CentOS 4.x)
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Please post, comments, questions, etc. here. I've myself upgraded many servers this way, (even, tonight, I upgraded another, so I finally decided to do this with all my notes)
linux and after several days testing different distributions and a bunch of different ways (e.g. freenx,vnc XFCE ...) I've decided to setup a vnc-server on CentOS-5-i386-minimal and use KDE as a desktop environment.
After reloading my vps with centos-5-i386-minimal, I logged in as root and executed:
Code:
yum update
yum -y groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"
yum -y install vnc vnc-server firefox X11 xorg
I then added a user "abt" and set the password. Then I logged in as abt and execute : vncserver, it asked for the password and created the appropriate .vnc directory and files.
I then edited xstartup file and replaced "twm &" with "startkde &" and executed vncserver once again, this created desktop number 2 for me.
The problem is that after running TightVNC(on vista) and entering IPNUMBER:2, It successfully connects to vnc-server but what i get is a black screen with X cursor!
i have a colo server, lately im having problem, every 2-3 oclock in the morning my server crash, i asked the server management to have a look at it but no luck, they install rpm, reduce the http max, etc, etc ( i dont want to mention the name since my server management have helped me alot and its not fair for them if i speak a bad thing about them ) anyway,
I bought the server from siliconmechanics iServ R254
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E5410 Quad-Core 2.33GHz, 12MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, 45nmHi-k RAM: 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR2-667 Registered ECC - Interleaved NIC: Intel 82573V & 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controllers - Integrated Hot-Swap Drive - 1: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (1.5Gb/s,10Krpm,16MB Cache,NCQ) SATA Hot-Swap Drive - 2: 500GB Seagate Barracuda ES.2 (3Gb/s, 7.2Krpm, 32MB Cache, NCQ) SATA Optical Drive: Low-Profile DVD-ROM Drive Power Supply: 520W Power Supply with PFC - 87% Maximum Efficiency Rail Kit: 2-Piece Ball-Bearing Rail Kit OS: CentOS 5 - 64-bit - Preload, No Media Warranty: Standard 3 Year - Return to Depot - Advanced Component Exchange
I have dedicated works on Centos 4. Now I have to reinstall OS. Administrators recommend me to put again Centos 4 and I would like to install Centos 5. Would like to hear opinion of professionals what it is better to put?
-------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------ERRORS I AM GETTING----------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority sh: cannot redirect standard input from /dev/null: No such file or directory
New 'server.xnwo.net:1 (root)' desktop is server.xnwo.net:1
Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup Log file is /root/.vnc/server.xnwo.net:1.log
sh: cannot redirect standard input from /dev/null: No such file or directory [root@server ~]# -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
and when i connect using vnc viewer, i get this grey background and a box on the top left. has it been installed correctly? any other steps needed?
Here is the screenshot of the background i see when connecting. [url]
I would like to get a second opinion on this. I was going to put CentOS 64 bit on my server but I have been told to put the 32 bit version on it instead because it is a more stable version. I have never heard this before and am new to doing colo and would like to verify this before I end up doing something I may forget?
I've recently started using apt on centos, using the tutorial I found on dag's site. So far I'm enjoying it, since I have years and years of experience running debian unstable.
Are there any caveats? Has anyone here tried doing a dist-upgrade to a new version (say CentOS 5)?
Why does CentOS come w/ such an outdated PHP package? IS it modified to fix the bugs, but the version number stayed the same?
I would like to upgrade to PHP 4.4.6 - are there any issues I should be aware of? This is my 1st Linux box and installing software is not something I am really comfortable with yet.
I have got a KVM swith to connect centos and windows2003 server, windows loading fine, but when I change it to linux os, it says out of range. How can I fix it?
im running centos and have a fairly high-end server. yet my services seem to be running a bit sluggish. is there a way to differntiate if its the server or the connection?
using free -m -t im only using half of my ram
(i dont know the command to check how much of my processors im using). im going to assume that that is also 50% or below. if any one has this command please let me know. if its not either of those im guessing its either bad routing be bounced everywhere, or some more localize like datacenter issue, bad router or something.
I am getting more into it and looking for the best way to harden it and secure it. Also some information about what processes to turn off and how to better setup my IP Tables.
What is the best anti virus FOR CENTOS 5.3. Installation and configuration of the way I can help. Exactly and free anti virus and non-free 2 per model names.
Anybody have a version running on CentOS 4.4...if so what version...keeps complaining about libcrypt.so.5, libssl.so.5 and a few other things that are not updated yet on CentOS 4.4
