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Simply run the following commands:

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rm -rf /dev/ptmx && mknod /dev/ptmx c 5 2 && chmod 666 /dev/ptmx && umount /dev/pts && rm -rf /dev/pts && mkdir /dev/pts && mount /dev/pts

If you get the following error in CentOS 5.3 final

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TypeError: rpmdb open failed

You can run this commands, to fix the issue:

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rm -f /dev/urandom && mknod -m 644 /dev/urandom c 1 9 && yum clean all && yum -y update all

I’ve finally figured out a way to install PHP 5.2.x instead of PHP 5.1 which installs on CentOS 5.3 by default. I’ve wanted to use phpMyAdmin 3.x but could not because of this. Now I can, and if you keep reading you will too. Note if you follow this how-to and do everything correctly you won’t even loose your current database. But I highly recommend you backup your database before you proceed.

Hi guys, its been a while since I’ve posted anything to this blog. Since I’ve switched to linux I don’t program much for windows any more. But I will still try to update software I’ve released, like ComiX which is gotten more popular then I thought. I will also be bloging about my linux and computer experiences on here as well.