help with Cacti 0.8 beginner's guide

[BPB]

It also seems as if the poller just isn't going to run. I looked at some log files...
6/10/2013 06:10:03 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:2.2191 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:1 Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:2 DataSources:5 RRDsProcessed:0
06/10/2013 06:15:04 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:2.2266 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:1 Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:2 DataSources:5 RRDsProcessed:0
06/10/2013 06:25:01 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] WARNING: Cron is out of sync with the Poller Interval! The Poller Interval is '300' seconds, with a maximum of a '300' second Cron, but 599 seconds have passed since the last poll!
06/10/2013 06:25:04 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:2.3285 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:1 Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:2 DataSources:5 RRDsProcessed:0
06/10/2013 06:30:03 AM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:2.2610 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:1 Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:2 DataSources:23 RRDsProcessed:0
06/10/2013 06:40:02 AM - POLLER: Poller[0] WARNING: Cron is out of sync with the Poller Interval! The Poller Interval is '300' seconds, with a maximum of a '300' second Cron, but 601 seconds have passed since the last poll!

[phalek]

I guess that would be better, at least you do not have to handle the 0.8.8 specifics then

[BPB]

I think I'll try CentOS 6.4 with the 0.8.7g version. That way when I'm through I can run through an upgrade here in my "lab" environment.
I see some other posts in the forums where people are having trouble with graphs and 0.8.8a, so perhaps I'll hold back on the cutting edge for a bit.
Thanks for all you help!

[BPB]

And just as an endorsement of your book, everything seems to be moving right along using your other posts as well as the version of Cacti you wrote the book for (0.8.7g). I highly recommend it and it's proven well worth the money! Thanks again.