NetworkUsAll Journal

Some people prefer their min,max,close window buttons to be on the left – mac style.
Somehow I managed it then forgot how I did it so when I finally found how to do it AGAIN!, I thought I’d share it.
GNOME calls this “metacity button layout”.
From a terminal window, type gconf-editor.
Now navigate to apps/metacity/general and change the [...]

Posted in: linux, mac by Julian Perry / Tags: button layout, buttons, close window, colon, divider, gnome, google, metacity, server, terminal window, window, window buttons

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I own a Sony VAIO laptop on which I dual boot either Windows XP or CentOS 5 (Linux Kernel).
I always wanted to get wireless networking to work but, the plain and simple truth is that although the core components for wireless activities are present, there are vital applications missing which allow a user to connect [...]

Posted in: linux, network by Julian Perry / Tags: 3945ABG, CentOS, chkconfig, core components, dag wieers, device error, dual boot, google, invalid argument, networkmanager, plain and simple truth, repo, root directory, server, sifting through, sony vaio, sony vaio laptop, system tray, vaio, vital applications, wireless, wireless adapter, wireless connections

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Recently I tried to update my CentOS5 PC and had the following error:-
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* updates: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* addons: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* extras: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package libxml2.i386 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.8 set to be updated
—> Package xulrunner.i386 0:1.9.0.12-1.el5 set to be updated
—> Package libxml2-python.i386 [...]

Posted in: linux by Julian Perry / Tags: bind, CentOS, cli, exit code, init, jsp, kernel, lib, linux, mirror, p1, py, python, server, sov, sys, update, yum

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