Re: [CentOS] Centos on Dell XPS15

[H]

On 09/21/2018 03:59 PM, H wrote:
> On 09/18/2018 08:58 PM, H wrote:
>> On 09/07/2018 04:01 AM, H wrote:
>>> On September 4, 2018 10:51:09 AM GMT+02:00, Patrick Laimbock 
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> -Original message-
>>>
>>> From:H  Sent: Monday 3rd September 2018 
>>> 14:52 To: Centos Mailing List  Subject: [CentOS] Centos 
>>> on Dell XPS15 Is anyone successfully running Centos 7 on a Dell XPS15? If 
>>> so, which model? If not, what was the problem? Thank you! 
>>>
>>>
>>> I only ran Fedora 28 Workstation Live from USB stick on the latest 
>>> XPS15 (9570) and did not try CentOS 7. Fedora 28 ran great and the 4K 
>>> screen is beautiful but the laptop had some issues so I sent it back. 
>>> Issues:
>>>
>>> - the CPU throttles when putting it under load. The "fix"was to 
>>> undervolt the CPU, turn off Turbo speed in the BIOS and turn off HT in the 
>>> BIOS. This issue seems similar to the thermal problem the latest MacBook 
>>> Pro had. IIRC Apple fixed it in a BIOS update. I don't know if/when Dell 
>>> will fix it (or if they even can fix it).
>>> - fingerprint reader does not work. With the latest XPS13 (9370) 
>>> Developer Edition, Dell "fixed" it by removing the fingerprint reader.
>>> - no separate PageUp and PageDown keys. The latest XPS13 does have them 
>>> but on the XPS15 there were 2 gaps in the keyboard where those keys should 
>>> be but aren't.
>>> - it's not possible to open the screen 180 degrees
>>> - the webcam at the bottom of the screen (aka NoseCam) is really 
>>> annoying
>>>
>>> As an alternative to the XPS15 there's the new Inspiron 15 7000 series 
>>> and the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme (though I have no idea if either of them 
>>> runs CentOS 7).
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Patrick
>>> 
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>>>
>>> Very interesting, thank you!
>>>
>>> Is anyone running Centos on the Inspiron 15 7000 mentioned? 
>> I just looked at a Dell Inspiron 15 7570 that is refurbished and available 
>> at $850. Anyone running Centos 7 on this machine?
>>
> I bought this machine and am now installing Centos 7 on it. It has a 4K 
> screen and the text on the installation screens is miniscule. Has anyone else 
> seen this and can it be changed when installing from DVD?
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After installing Centos 7 on this machine - and the MATE desktop - I have the 
following issues:

- When the machine boots and asks for the password to decrypt the password, the 
text is minuscule, really minuscule... Can this be changed somewhere?

- When it continues booting, the Centos boot animation is displayed in roughly 
the top-left 1/8 of the screen. Can this be changed somewhere so it uses the 
entire screen as is customary?

- I see no option to hibernate the machine, only to suspend. Did I have to do 
anything special to make hibernation possible when installing Centos 7? The 
machine has 16 Gb of memory and the swap space was automatically set to 8 Gb.

- The 4K desktop is unusable because the font, icons etc. are too small. Since 
I have not yet figured out how to increase font size etc. when in 4K mode, I 
changed display resolution to 1600 x 1200. This is only a stop-gap measure 
though and I hope there is a better solution.

- The trackpad is obnoxious to use and it is very hard to use it to maneuver 
around the screen. Should I disable it and simply rely on the mouse?

- I do like the fact that the touchscreen can actually be used to select 
windows in Centos, move them around etc.

- When I have the Dell extension dock connected at startup, the OS crashes and 
gives me a stack dump. Disconnecting it and rebooting solves the problem but it 
really should not be like this...

- Connecting the Dell extension dock after booting the computer results in som

[CentOS] Has something replaced rhn-ssl-tool?

[Lachlan Musicman]

Using CentOS 7.5, I can't (and don't expect) to see rhn-ssl-tool.

But I was expecting to find something similar. I can't see anything in the
recent RH documentation about it - I presume it was remove/changed with the
move from Spacewalk to Satellite - but I presume the functionality is still
required?

Has something replaced it?

Cheers
L.

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Re: [CentOS] Centos on Dell XPS15

[anax]

On 9/24/18 3:20 AM, H wrote:

On 09/21/2018 03:59 PM, H wrote:

On 09/18/2018 08:58 PM, H wrote:

On 09/07/2018 04:01 AM, H wrote:

On September 4, 2018 10:51:09 AM GMT+02:00, Patrick Laimbock 
 wrote:

 -Original message-

 From:H  Sent: Monday 3rd September 2018 14:52 To: 
Centos Mailing List  Subject: [CentOS] Centos on Dell XPS15 Is 
anyone successfully running Centos 7 on a Dell XPS15? If so, which model? If not, what was 
the problem? Thank you!


 I only ran Fedora 28 Workstation Live from USB stick on the latest XPS15 
(9570) and did not try CentOS 7. Fedora 28 ran great and the 4K screen is 
beautiful but the laptop had some issues so I sent it back. Issues:

 - the CPU throttles when putting it under load. The "fix"was to undervolt 
the CPU, turn off Turbo speed in the BIOS and turn off HT in the BIOS. This issue seems 
similar to the thermal problem the latest MacBook Pro had. IIRC Apple fixed it in a BIOS 
update. I don't know if/when Dell will fix it (or if they even can fix it).
 - fingerprint reader does not work. With the latest XPS13 (9370) Developer Edition, 
Dell "fixed" it by removing the fingerprint reader.
 - no separate PageUp and PageDown keys. The latest XPS13 does have them 
but on the XPS15 there were 2 gaps in the keyboard where those keys should be 
but aren't.
 - it's not possible to open the screen 180 degrees
 - the webcam at the bottom of the screen (aka NoseCam) is really annoying

 As an alternative to the XPS15 there's the new Inspiron 15 7000 series and 
the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme (though I have no idea if either of them runs 
CentOS 7).

 HTH,
 Patrick
 


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Very interesting, thank you!

Is anyone running Centos on the Inspiron 15 7000 mentioned?

I just looked at a Dell Inspiron 15 7570 that is refurbished and available at 
$850. Anyone running Centos 7 on this machine?


I bought this machine and am now installing Centos 7 on it. It has a 4K screen 
and the text on the installation screens is miniscule. Has anyone else seen 
this and can it be changed when installing from DVD?

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After installing Centos 7 on this machine - and the MATE desktop - I have the 
following issues:

- When the machine boots and asks for the password to decrypt the password, the 
text is minuscule, really minuscule... Can this be changed somewhere?

- When it continues booting, the Centos boot animation is displayed in roughly 
the top-left 1/8 of the screen. Can this be changed somewhere so it uses the 
entire screen as is customary?

- I see no option to hibernate the machine, only to suspend. Did I have to do 
anything special to make hibernation possible when installing Centos 7? The 
machine has 16 Gb of memory and the swap space was automatically set to 8 Gb.

- The 4K desktop is unusable because the font, icons etc. are too small. Since 
I have not yet figured out how to increase font size etc. when in 4K mode, I 
changed display resolution to 1600 x 1200. This is only a stop-gap measure 
though and I hope there is a better solution.

- The trackpad is obnoxious to use and it is very hard to use it to maneuver 
around the screen. Should I disable it and simply rely on the mouse?

- I do like the fact that the touchscreen can actually be used to select 
windows in Centos, move them around etc.

- When I have the Dell extension dock connected at startup, the OS crashes and 
gives me a stack dump. Disconnecting it and rebooting solves the problem but it 
really should not be like this...

- Connecting the Dell extension dock after booting the computer results in some 
kind of crash every so often but the OS stays up.

- Even with the dock not connected I have found the OS suddenly crashes and two 
seconds later you

Re: [CentOS] Has something replaced rhn-ssl-tool?

[Lachlan Musicman]

On 24 September 2018 at 11:35, Lachlan Musicman  wrote:

> Using CentOS 7.5, I can't (and don't expect) to see rhn-ssl-tool.
>
> But I was expecting to find something similar. I can't see anything in the
> recent RH documentation about it - I presume it was remove/changed with the
> move from Spacewalk to Satellite - but I presume the functionality is still
> required?
>
> Has something replaced it?
>


 yes. Something has replaced it. katello-ssl-tool.

Thanks.

L.
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