Archive for the ‘Mandriva Configuration’ Category

  1. Jun
    16

    Compiz Fusion, Mandriva 2008.1 on AMD Phenom Quad-core PC with Demo

    blogged by Gene on 4:42 pm » 2 Comments »

    We have a client that needs a new server for their primary Point of Sale site (SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 + Advantage accounting. I know “SCO! hiss! boo!” but this is what they have used “forever”, meaning about 20 years. We tried to move them to LedgerSMB on Mandriva Linux but it does not fill their [...]

    Filed under Linux, Mandriva, Mandriva Configuration, Open Source Software
  2. Feb
    19

    Managing Mandriva’s /etc/resolv.conf from the CLI

    blogged by Gene on 1:11 pm » 1 Comment »

    There appears to be confusion in the Mandriva community about how to manage a PC using a static IP address (no DHCP client) with static nameserver entries in /etc/resolv.conf from the Linux command line interface (CLI). With newer versions of Mandriva the /etc/resolv.conf file is managed by the /sbin/resolvconf executable. There is a comment in [...]

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