[CentOS] lmsensors sensors.conf file for gigabyte GA7N400 Pro2
Having done my fresh 5.0 install a couple months ago I'm slowly getting things back in to working condition. Decided last night to try setting up lmsensors. Got it all set up (modules, etc taken care of) and it runs and reports values, but some of 'em a clearly wrong with the default sensors.conf Trying to use the old sensors.conf I used on Centos 4 produces even more whacked-out results, so I guess that's not the solution. Perusing the documentation, it seems that one can configure it properly only if one knows a lot more about the hardware than one typically knows. So, I'm wondering if anyone out there has a working config file for a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard that works on Centos 5.1? here's what I get with it as it stands right now: it8712-isa-0290 Adapter: ISA adapter VCore 1: +1.68 V (min = +1.42 V, max = +1.57 V) ALARM VCore 2: +2.54 V (min = +2.40 V, max = +2.61 V) +3.3V: +3.23 V (min = +3.14 V, max = +3.47 V) +5V: +4.99 V (min = +4.74 V, max = +5.25 V) +12V: +11.90 V (min = +11.39 V, max = +12.61 V) -12V: -15.70 V (min = -12.63 V, max = -11.41 V) ALARM -5V: -8.10 V (min = -5.26 V, max = -4.77 V) ALARM Stdby: +4.57 V (min = +4.76 V, max = +5.24 V) ALARM VBat: +4.08 V fan1: 2556 RPM (min =0 RPM, div = 8) fan2: 2083 RPM (min = 3013 RPM, div = 8) ALARM fan3: 1591 RPM (min = 3013 RPM, div = 8) ALARM M/B Temp:+30°C (low = +15°C, high = +40°C) sensor = thermistor CPU Temp:+26°C (low = +15°C, high = +45°C) sensor = thermistor Temp3: +57°C (low = +15°C, high = +45°C) sensor = diode That -12v at -15.70 is pretty obviously wrong, as is the -5 at -8.10, and the other voltages getting ALARMs are probably wrong too, though not by as much. The MB and CPU temps shown by the BIOS are 29 and 53, so that 26 shown as CPU temp here is likely bogus. One wonders if the Temp3 is actually the CPU temp instead. (my old config used Temp2 for that, tho). Advice will be appreciated. Thanks! -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - pgpbPPMAlAUUA.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] KMIDI problem
Hi gang! Running 5.1 with Gnome as the default desktop, but have installed KDE too so I can run kde apps. Kmidi is the default midi player, so if I click on a midi file in firefox it brings up KMIDI. KMIDI goes merrily along playing the file, but I get NO SOUND. My motherboard has built in audio but it's disabled and I"m using an old Audiopci 128 card which seems to work fine for everything else. (Why? because it sounds MUCH better than the ac97 junk) Clues for making midi work? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. - Isaiah 40:28 (niv) - pgpg8oNuPnCDZ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] KMIDI problem
On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 07:37:41AM -0500, fred smith wrote: > Hi gang! > > Running 5.1 with Gnome as the default desktop, but have installed KDE > too so I can run kde apps. > > Kmidi is the default midi player, so if I click on a midi file in firefox > it brings up KMIDI. Actually, it's KMID, not KMIDI. > > KMIDI goes merrily along playing the file, but I get NO SOUND. > > My motherboard has built in audio but it's disabled and I"m using an > old Audiopci 128 card which seems to work fine for everything else. > (Why? because it sounds MUCH better than the ac97 junk) > > Clues for making midi work? Looks as if it may be that KMID expects there to be either hardware support for midi (which this sound card does not provide--it's es1371) or a midi-to-something-else converter, such as timidity++ which also isn't present. Seems strange that the system would install KMID without the other tools it needs... Anyway, I don't seem to be able to find a RH5/Centos5-compatible timidity++ build anywywere. I tried recently to build it and gave up with a series of errors that I didn't have the ambition to work around. Anyone know where I can find a suitable RPM for Timidity++? Gracias! > > Thanks! > -- > Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Do you not know? Have you not heard? > The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. > He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. > - Isaiah 40:28 (niv) - > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- pgp1V8gQg96KT.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] KMIDI problem
On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 06:46:40PM -0500, fred smith wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 07:37:41AM -0500, fred smith wrote: > > Hi gang! > > > > Running 5.1 with Gnome as the default desktop, but have installed KDE > > too so I can run kde apps. > > > > Kmidi is the default midi player, so if I click on a midi file in firefox > > it brings up KMIDI. > > Actually, it's KMID, not KMIDI. > > > > > KMIDI goes merrily along playing the file, but I get NO SOUND. > > > > My motherboard has built in audio but it's disabled and I"m using an > > old Audiopci 128 card which seems to work fine for everything else. > > (Why? because it sounds MUCH better than the ac97 junk) > > > > Clues for making midi work? > > Looks as if it may be that KMID expects there to be either hardware > support for midi (which this sound card does not provide--it's > es1371) or a midi-to-something-else converter, such as timidity++ > which also isn't present. > > Seems strange that the system would install KMID without the other > tools it needs... > > Anyway, I don't seem to be able to find a RH5/Centos5-compatible timidity++ > build anywywere. I tried recently to build it and gave up with a series of > errors that I didn't have the ambition to work around. Anyone know where > I can find a suitable RPM for Timidity++? > > Gracias! OK, with a bunch of browsing and head-scratching I got it working. I"ll document here what I did in case anyone else needs to know. First of all on a es1371 card there is no midi, and KMID expects some other agency to provide a MIDI sequencer, either hardware or another program. I went back to the Timidity++ I had tried to build before and it built cleanly (I have no clue why it hadn't worked a few months ago). The various other postings I had found (in other fora) suggestedusing Timidity as a midi server by using the commandline: timidity -iA -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100 I tried this, and as you might expect it failed because the vanilla Timidity++ build doesn't include some of the options you need to do this. Rerunning the ./configure in timidity++ with these options: ./configure --enable-alsaseq --with-default-output=alsa gives me the services I need. Then I could start Timidity as shown above. once started, fire up KMID, go to SETTINGS | MIDI SETUP and choose one of the timidity ports. For me port 0 seems to work best (I have no clue what the others are for). Configured that way I can play local midi files with KMID. My next step is to see if it will work when KMID is started by Firefox. Yes! NOTE: after installing Timidity++ you'll need a set of "voices", as Timidity comes with only a minimal set. The INSTALL file in the timidity source archive tells you places to look for such things. You'll also need to find or create a timidity config file telling where to find those files. Luckily I had a set of all those files lying around from a previous installation. BTW, I used Timidity++2.13.2. YMMV! :) Good luck! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- pgpj8Omm4ZxIh.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation problems Cisco VPN Client
On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 12:56:57PM -0500, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Dec 27, 2007 9:33 AM, Saurabh Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi All , > > Any one using Cisco VPN Client [vpnclient-linux-4.6.00.0045-k9.tar.gz] on > > CentOS 5 [2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-i686] > > The client installation is giving error for making module "cisco_ipsec.ko". > > Can any one help me out to resolve this : > > Probably, if it were in any way legible. Sending html formatted email > is bad mmmkay. > > > The whole stack trace of the installation after the extraction of the tar > > is as shown: > > make[2]: *** [/home/user1/software/vpnclient/linuxcniapi.o] Error 1 > > make[1]: *** [_module_/home/user1/software/vpnclient] Error 2 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5-i686' > > make: *** [default] Error 2 > > Failed to make module "cisco_ipsec.ko". > > Okay it's stupid question time, since we don't have any additional > information. > > What's the output of uname -a, and do you have the corresponding > kernel-devel package installed, which matches your running kernel? I think that issue is fixed with the 4.8 cisco vpn client. Check out this site: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/RZ/wlan/ipsec/software/ -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - pgp7EhS5DT7uc.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem with RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:54:02PM +0100, ArcosCom Linux User wrote: > Hi guys; >I'm having a problem with a new pc that has an Realtec ethernet device. > Don't know why the driver is not loading and is not detected during > installation process. > > I tried to load r8169.ko unsuccessfully. It load but no device is > detected. No dmesg or /var/log/message. On my (older) Gigabyte board with a Realtek 8169 chip I see this in "lspci -v": 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-8I915ME-G Mainboard Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 209 I/O ports at 9400 [size=256] Memory at e700 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 5002 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 and "lspci -vv" shows this: 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-8I915ME-G Mainboard Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- > ¿Any help on how I can configure correctly this ethernet device? > > This are the data that I have: > > # lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller > Hub (rev 02) > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated > Graphics Controller (rev 02) > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High > Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #1 (rev 01) > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #2 (rev 01) > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #3 (rev 01) > 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI > Controller #4 (rev 01) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI > Controller (rev 01) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC > Interface Bridge (rev 01) > 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA > IDE Controller (rev 01) > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller > (rev 01) > 01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) > > More detailed: > 01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) > Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device e000 > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 > I/O ports at a000 [size=256] > Memory at e100 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] > [virtual] Expansion ROM at 2000 [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - pgpUwE4408tMg.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Probably OT: Has anyone else seen SeaMonkey 'pop' without warning?
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 08:17:00PM -0500, Max Hetrick wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > MHR wrote: > > I sent a bug report to Mozilla about this, but I was hoping someone here > > might have an insight on this. > > > > I use SeaMonkey as my default browser (32-bit even though I'm running > > x86_64 CentOS 5.1), version 1.1.7. > > > > Shortyl after installing 1.1.7 on my 5.0 (and even since 5.1), I noticed > > that every so often, seemingly at random, although it appears most > > frequently when I click on something that wants to interact with the > > file system, the SeaMonkey window just closes. If I reopen it and go to > > the same place and try the same thing, it works just fine (and usually, > > the second SM window is more stable and doesn't do that again). > > > > This frequently happens when I try to save a web page, load an email > > attachment, print a page, or anything that interacts with the file > > system. Just now it happened when I tried to switch tabs, but that's > > unusual. > > > > Anyone have a clue? > > I've been having this happen on Firefox the last week or two since I > loaded CentOS 5.1 on my laptop, on just a plain old 32 bit system. > > firefox-1.5.0.12-7.el5.centos > > I thought it was perhaps one of my plugins I have installed, so I've > just been dealing with it because I haven't had time to check it out. > Mine is doing exactly the same thing. Firefox does this to me quite frequently, and it always has. every new release they say they've improved the stability, but it hasn't made any improvement for me in terms of this issue. I recently downloaded the firefox source and did my own build, just to see if the failures might have been due to some small incompatibility between the target system the official binaries are built for, and my box. Sad to say that while it may not die as often, it still does it. -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - pgpvF5FLT1AeG.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Probably OT: Has anyone else seen SeaMonkey 'pop' without warning?
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 08:31:33PM -0500, Chris Mauritz wrote: > fred smith wrote: > >Firefox does this to me quite frequently, and it always has. every new > >release they say they've improved the stability, but it hasn't made > >any improvement for me in terms of this issue. > > > >I recently downloaded the firefox source and did my own build, just to > >see if the failures might have been due to some small incompatibility > >between the target system the official binaries are built for, and my > >box. Sad to say that while it may not die as often, it still does it. > > > > This doesn't answer the original poster's question, but > > As far as Firefox is concerned you might want to try giving 3.0b2 a > try. I found it to be significantly more stable than the 1.5.X branch > under Winders and on various Macs (haven't gotten around to trying it on > a CentOS 5.X desktop box yet). Hey Chris, a blast from the past (remember the old Coherent newsgroups??) Well, From 1.0, or perhaps even earlier, up thru 2.0.whatever-todays-release is I've always had that issue. It's largely nothing more than a modest irritant since I can reopen the same page(s)/window(s) I had open before the crash. I'll probably take a look at version 3 one of these days, thanks for reminding me. Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- pgptyph3w8EIR.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] ERROR during HTTP install from a Centos mirror
Hi! I'm trying to install centos 5.1 as a http installation from a centos mirror. i've done it before with Fedora, figured I could do it with Centos, too, but every time I try it, it goes all the way thru Anaconda to the point of entering the root password, then I get an error about not being able to find the repodata. I note that the section in the "upstream" manuals about network installs imply (without ever being extremely specific) that you would have your own server with the files on it. Is this some limitation that prevents us from using a centos mirror instead? Anyway, I've tried with two mirrors. when it asked me for the system name and the path to the directory, I entered this (for one of the tries): www.gtlib.gatech.edu /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 and for the other mirror mirror.rhsmith.umd.edu /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 in the two lines of the form. Is this right? (the manuals aren't really really terribly explicit). Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - pgpmeLUVZMTvk.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ERROR during HTTP install from a Centos mirror
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:18:51PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 20:03 -0500, fred smith wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to install centos 5.1 as a http installation from a centos > > mirror. > > > > i've done it before with Fedora, figured I could do it with Centos, too, > > but every time I try it, it goes all the way thru Anaconda to the point > > of entering the root password, then I get an error about not being > > able to find the repodata. > > > > I note that the section in the "upstream" manuals about network installs > > imply (without ever being extremely specific) that you would have your > > own server with the files on it. Is this some limitation that prevents > > us from using a centos mirror instead? > > > > Anyway, I've tried with two mirrors. when it asked me for the system > > name and the path to the directory, I entered this (for one of the > > tries): > > > > www.gtlib.gatech.edu > > /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 > > > > and for the other mirror > > > > mirror.rhsmith.umd.edu > > /pub/centos/5.1/os/i386 > > > > in the two lines of the form. > > > > Is this right? (the manuals aren't really really terribly explicit). > > I would expect it to work as you had it though... > - I would use /pub/centos/5/os/i386 > - I would use the same boot disc, i.e. > > http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-1of6.iso > to boot the computer > > but either way, it should have worked though I thought that the Georgia > Tech web server was quite slow to respond...perhaps anaconda is just > timing out. > > as with your path (5.1), the repodata directory is indeed there... > > http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5/os/i386/repodata/ > > Craig Well. tried it yet again, using the rhsmith.edu site (for not the first time) and it's working this time. I followed your suggestion of using centos/5 instead of centos/5.1. Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. - Proverbs 15:9 (niv) - pgptxqKoyrseC.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] sound conversion assistance
OK, I downloaded a batch of ".rm" audio files from the net. I can play them with mplayer or realplayer, but how can I convert them to something else, e.g. mp3, etc.? So far haven't unearthed any tools that can both read them and write out in another format. Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - pgpkLyMhgOzLY.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] WPA question
HI I admit up front that I know just enough about wireless networking to know that I don't know much at all about it. That said, I'm hoping someone can help me learn a little bit... Specifically, could a laptop running Centos 5.1 be expected to (be able to) connect to a wireless access point using WPA2 security settings? I don't know if WPA depends on hardware support, or if it'll work on any ole machine. Nor do I know what is involved in making it happen. Clues would be appreciated. Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- pgp0xclMRb8ue.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] WPA question
On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 01:39:01PM +0100, Olaf Mueller wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > Hello. > > > Specifically, could a laptop running Centos 5.1 be expected to (be > > able to) connect to a wireless access point using WPA2 security > > settings? > Yes, it could. I am using a laptop with a pcmcia wlan card with wpa2 > and aes and 54Mbit/s. It is connected with a speedport 701 access > point. This is working cause of the ralink rt61 chipset of the wlan > card. This setting is working without any problems here. You can get > the driver from > http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html. You have to > compile this driver after each new kernel update. > > The most problem is to find a wlan card with a ralink rt61 chipset at > the moment. I have found one at > http://www.tuxhardware.de/product431/product_info.html for my second > notebook. Thanks, Olaf, as well as those others who have replied. I guess I'm going to have to figure out what wireless chipset is in use in this laptop. It's built in and "just works" for WEP, without effort, so one could hope it's well-enough supported for WPA. A year or so ago when I first got my wireless router (Linksys WRT54GL) I couldn't get WPA to work with FC5, but then I didn't have a clue HOW, either. Since that is my only wireless device, and since I don't use it a lot at home (mostly for travel) I usually leave wireless disabled in the router anyway, especially since WEP isn't secure. -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - pgpgiBXRhxWYJ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] DVD support on CentOS 5.1
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 09:01:48AM -0700, David G. Miller wrote: > On Feb 1, 2008 2:17 AM, Ross Cavanagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > > >>> > > >>> > The package that you want to install from rpmforge is: > >>> > > >>> > gstreamer-ugly-plugins > >>> > > >>> > It should make gstreamer (and totem on centos5) be able to play dvds. > >>> > > >>> > I am not sure if it works, as I use mplayer on my personal > >>workstation :D > >>> > > >>> > Thanks, > >>> > Johnny Hughes > >> > >> Also, you may require libdvd, this is available from the rpmforge repo. > >> > >> -Ross- > >> > > > > That should be gstreamer-plugins-ugly. I usually only make such > transpositions with numbers. hmm. doesn't work for me. Totem still says: Totem cannot play this type of media (DVD) because you do not have the appropriate plugins to handle it. But of course it doesn't say which plugins it wants. vlc and mplayer both work for DVDs,... wonder what else totem needs? -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- pgpikgmXbOSwb.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VPNC
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:22:45PM -0500, Terry Polzin wrote: > What's the best bet for getting vpnc on v5.1? > > Compile from cource, DAG repo, other repo? > > Compiled from source I can't seem to get a response from the target. I built it from source and it works fine for me. For most sites. There are some to which it won't connect, or to which I cannot login or ping after it connects. For those few I use the real cisco client, as much as I don't like to. Do you have your .conf file, for the site in question, set up correctly? If you have a .pcf file for it, you can convert it with 'pcf2vpnc' into a vpnc .conf file. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - pgpU39X8yjVzz.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] automatically select a virtual console
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 08:42:03AM -0800, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 11:37:24AM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: > > Is there a way in a shell script to switch virtual consoles? > > I want to switch to virtual console 3 using a command line . > > How do I do that? > > chvt > > Ray There's also "switchto" which appears to do pretty much the same thing, as far as I can tell from reading the man page. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- pgpELGG0LtVOU.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Anyone installed the amazon downloader on 5.1?
Just tried to install the Amazon-downloader on Centos 5.1 (the Fedora 8 version, which seems the closest match of any they offer). Of course it gets a bazillion unfulfilled dependencies. so I tried "yum localinstall ./a*m" and it trundles along for a while finding several of the packages available then spews out this: Error: Missing Dependency: libboost_date_time.so.3 is needed by package amazonmp3 Error: Missing Dependency: libboost_signals.so.3 is needed by package amazonmp3 Error: Missing Dependency: libboost_iostreams.so.3 is needed by package amazonmp3 Error: Missing Dependency: libboost_thread-mt.so.3 is needed by package amazonmp3 Error: Missing Dependency: libcurl.so.4 is needed by package amazonmp3 Can anyone point me to a repo where I could find these? Or other tricks for getting this to work? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - pgpyvEqyqYc98.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cisco PIX vpn software
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:49:57PM -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Anyone got a resource on setting up a CentOS box to connect to a Cisco PIX > 5xx VPN using IPSec? I don't know if it matters but an important part of > functionality would be split tunneling, I need to maintain that from the > windows side of functionality. > > Thanks! > jlc I don't know anything about "split tunneling". But I use VPNC for most of my cisco vpn work: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/ There's also the "real" Cisco client for Linux. You're allegedly supposed to be a real cisco customer to get access to it, but you should be able to find it here too: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/RZ/wlan/ipsec/software/ -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- pgp78kBJ86CPm.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Cisco PIX vpn software
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:38:06AM -0600, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >I don't know anything about "split tunneling". But I use VPNC for most > >of my cisco vpn work: http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/ > > > > Fred, > What do you need to get vpnc compiled and installed? It looks as if it is available as a "el5" package from the rpmforge repository, but I just downloaded the source package from the URL given above and did "make". The README in the source directory says it requires libgcrypt (and though it doesn't say specifically, that probably means the 'devel' package for libgcrypt). Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - pgprIxY7P5Zjs.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] yum dependency problem
Hi! I recently removed (rpm -e) all the openoffice packages (2.0.4) from Centos and replaced them with Sun's packages for openoffice 2.4. Works fine. however, now whenever I run yum update I get this: = Package Arch Version RepositorySize = Updating: openoffice.org-base i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 868 k openoffice.org-calc i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 7.7 M openoffice.org-draw i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 1.1 M openoffice.org-emailmerge i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates63 k openoffice.org-graphicfilter i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 205 k openoffice.org-impress i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 1.6 M openoffice.org-javafilter i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 148 k openoffice.org-math i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 1.3 M openoffice.org-pyunoi386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 184 k openoffice.org-writer i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates 3.0 M openoffice.org-xsltfilter i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates97 k Installing for dependencies: openoffice.org-core i386 1:2.0.4-5.4.25 updates88 M Transaction Summary = Install 1 Package(s) Update 11 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 104 M what I'd like to know is why does it think it needs to update all those openoffice packages? They don't exist on the machine anymore, I removed all of 'em. How can I get it to stop doing this? Thanks! -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - pgpAF1qJNUzqc.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Gnome panels
Hi! Just installed Centos 5 (I've been running 4.x which was an upgrade from previous versions, for a long time), but this one was a fresh install. Now Gnome gives me the two panel configuration (one at top, one at bottom) but I prefer the single, larger panel at the bottom. Anyone know how to tweak Gnome to revert to the single-panel form? Thanx! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. - Proverbs 15:9 (niv) - pgp7i7ZuuQq0w.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] New launcher in Gnome
Hi! In Centos 5, when I add a launcher to the desktop, it doesn't allow me to choose an icon for the launcher. After creating it, right-click/properties also has no way to choose an icon. It seems to assign one itself, and the one i get looks like a small terminal window, or something. How can I pick the icon for a desktop launcher myself? My old Centos 4.5 installation allowed me to pick the icon. This seems to be a step backwards. Tks! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - pgpMWcJtIOiSQ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Gnome panels
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 04:15:13PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:08:32 -0400 > fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone know how to tweak Gnome to revert to the single-panel form? > > Just right-click on the panel that you don't want and delete it. > > Right-click on the other one and use the properties menu to increase its size. > > Once you're happy with it, put your configuration into /etc/skel so new users > will automatically get it too. But how do I get the menus, etc., from the top panel onto the bottom one? -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - pgpEHJeHZ3S0n.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] New launcher in Gnome
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 04:17:52PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:14:48 -0400 > fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How can I pick the icon for a desktop launcher myself? > > When creating the launcher, click where it says "no icon" to select your icon. > > Afterward, you can select "properties", then click on the icon where it > appears > on the Basic tab and select your icon. > > Or you can manually edit the relevant .desktop file under ~/Desktop to point > to > the icon that you want. Thanks, Frank! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - pgpYdh5wyAvAq.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Gnome panels
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 04:23:37PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:19:13 -0400 > fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But how do I get the menus, etc., from the top panel onto the bottom one? > > Right-click on the item you want to move, select move, move it to the bottom > one. > > Or just delete the whole top panel and re-create it on the bottom by > right-clicking on the bottom panel and selecting "Add to Panel". OK, I can see how that can be made to work. But that doesn't seem to give me what I want, still. When I upgraded from a Centos-3 to centos-4 system, I retained the older look of the panels. But when installing Centos4 afresh it gives the new look. Even doing what you propose doesn't, as far as I can see, make the panel look like it did in the older versions. But since one can retain that look when upgrading an older system to the newer gnome, I surmise that the difference is entirely in the configuration. So, if I knew how to hack at the configurations (which I've not been able to figure out, so far) I should be able to get what I want. Example: the workspace switcher, in the older version, is a box that is 2X2, not four in a row. The panel buttons for switching tasks take up half the height of the panel, not the full height (as they do when I simply enlarge the panel of the new installation) and can be stacked two high on the panel. Frank, I appreciate your helpful advice! It's just that it doesn't seem to be taking me quite where I would like to go. Thanks anyhow! Fred -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - pgp7H7tdwzfDT.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Strange sound/browser problem on Centos5
I just did (the other day) a clean install of Centos 5 and am having a really weird problem that I never had before (on centos 4.5). when listening to nrk p2 (http://www.nrk.no/p2/) using Firefox, and when the small window for the player gets obscured by another window the sound stops playing. Move the obscuring window and it starts right up. I haven't yet been able to tell if it is paused, or if it is just silenced but still running. Anybody got any clues? -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- pgpkJCjgFqiXX.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Strange sound/browser problem on Centos5
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 07:46:20PM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On 10/8/07, fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when listening to nrk p2 (http://www.nrk.no/p2/) using Firefox, and when the > > small window for the player gets obscured by another window the sound > > stops playing. > > You don't say what application is used for "the player" but I believe > this is an mplayer configuration setting. It may even be the default > setting; it's behaved that way for me for a long while, but I no > longer recall whether I explicitly set it. it isn't obvious what the player is... it looks like another browser window... I'll take a look for mplayer settings. thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- pgpJjIBjh5luh.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] SOLVED--Strange sound/browser problem on Centos5
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 07:46:20PM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On 10/8/07, fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when listening to nrk p2 (http://www.nrk.no/p2/) using Firefox, and when the > > small window for the player gets obscured by another window the sound > > stops playing. > > You don't say what application is used for "the player" but I believe > this is an mplayer configuration setting. It may even be the default > setting; it's behaved that way for me for a long while, but I no > longer recall whether I explicitly set it. Ah, thanks for the hint! I dug around for docs on mplayerplug-in and there's a config item to enable/disable pausing playback when the window is hidden, so I changed it and voila! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- pgp48eVr8i6Vf.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Balsa for CentOS ??
Anybody know where I can find a RPM of a recent version of Balsa for RH5 or Centos 5? Dag, et al, don't seem to have it. Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - pgp1cTyFT8zdT.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Balsa for CentOS ??
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 08:05:32PM -0700, mark pryor wrote: > > > fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anybody know where I can find a RPM of > a recent version of Balsa for > RH5 or Centos 5? Dag, et al, don't seem to have it. > > > Fred, > > I looked into building the version from the FC6 extras repo. My build box is > KDE, but ideally one needs a Gnome devel box to build balsa. > > Do you want it for i386 or x86_64? Is there anything special about your env.? > On further info I might go ahead and build it. I'm on a 32-bit x86 (Athlon) system, so if you do bother to build it that's the one I'd like. I grabbed the latest source tarball (where'd you find the src.rpm??) from the balsa web page, and it quickly blew up (in ./configure) because of missing dependencies. It seems to want different versions of some of the libs I've already got. Thanks for replying, and please let me know if you get anywhere with the build. Fred > > My first cut at the dependencies got this > > 1st build attempt -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] balsa]$ rpmbuild --sign --rebuild --define 'dist .el5' > balsa-2.3.20-1.fc6.src.rpm > Enter pass phrase: > Pass phrase is good. > Installing balsa-2.3.20-1.fc6.src.rpm > warning: InstallSourcePackage: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1ac70ce6 > warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root > warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root > warning: user mockbuild does not exist - using root > warning: group mockbuild does not exist - using root > error: Failed build dependencies: > aspell-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > gmime-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > gnome-vfs2-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > gtkhtml2-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > gtkspell-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > intltool is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > libesmtp-devel >= 1.0.4 is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > libgnome-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > libgnomeprint22-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > libgnomeprintui22-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > libgnomeui-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > libnotify-devel is needed by balsa-2.3.20-1.el5.x86_64 > -- end snip -- > > -- missing packages - > Dependencies Resolved > > = > Package Arch Version RepositorySize > = > Installing: > aspell-develi386 12:0.60.3-7.1base 39 k > aspell-develx86_64 12:0.60.3-7.1base 38 k > gmime-devel x86_64 2.2.4-1.el5.rf rpmforge 307 k > gtkhtml2-devel x86_64 2.11.0-3 base 43 k > gtkhtml2-devel i386 2.11.0-3 base 43 k > gtkspell-devel i386 2.0.11-2.1 base 17 k > gtkspell-devel x86_64 2.0.11-2.1 base 18 k > libgnome-devel i386 2.16.0-6.el5 base 73 k > libgnome-devel x86_64 2.16.0-6.el5 base 73 k > libgnomeprint22-devel x86_64 2.12.1-9.el5 base 87 k > libgnomeprint22-devel i386 2.12.1-9.el5 base 88 k > libgnomeprintui22-devel i386 2.12.1-6 base 147 k > libgnomeprintui22-devel x86_64 2.12.1-6 base 158 k > libgnomeui-develi386 2.16.0-5.el5 base 295 k > libgnomeui-develx86_64 2.16.0-5.el5 base 295 k > libnotify-devel x86_64 0.4.2-6.el5 base 19 k > libnotify-devel i386 0.4.2-6.el5 base 19 k > Installing for dependencies: > GConf2-develx86_64 2.14.0-9.el5 base 93 k > ORBit2-develx86_64 2.14.3-4.el5 base 387 k > dbus-glib-devel x86_64 0.70-5 base 10 k > gaili386 1.9.2-1.fc6 base 353 k > gail-devel x86_64 1.9.2-1.fc6 base 19 k > ghostscript-fonts noarch 5.50-13.1.1 base 801 k > gnome-keyring-devel x86_64 0.6.0-1.fc6 base 25 k > gn
[CentOS] OT -- FLASH question
sorry, this is OT. I'm using the 9.x flash plugin with firefox on Centos 5. I keep hearing about "fullscreen mode" in flash, and it is said that it works on Linux. How do you get into that mode? I saw some videos from youtube the other day on a windows box and they were full screen. On my Centos box the same videos play in a small window in the browser. I see no mechanism at all for entering a fullscreen mode. Clues? -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- pgp5tG3yqONEh.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT -- FLASH question
On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:31:10AM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 21:26 -0400, fred smith wrote: > > sorry, this is OT. > > > > I'm using the 9.x flash plugin with firefox on Centos 5. > > > > I keep hearing about "fullscreen mode" in flash, and it is said that > > it works on Linux. How do you get into that mode? > > > > I saw some videos from youtube the other day on a windows box and they > > were full screen. > > > > On my Centos box the same videos play in a small window in the browser. I > > see no mechanism at all for entering a fullscreen mode. > > > > Clues? > > First, you need a prerelease version of the Flash plugin: Ah. so the "real" released 9.x doesn't do it. Thanks. I got the current beta and it will do the job. Thanks! > > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/ > > Second, the Flash movie needs to request full-screen mode. Try the > various controls in it. > > -- > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. - Proverbs 15:9 (niv) - pgpAC9DozeLkw.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Sword Project for centos 5
Hi! Anyone know of RPMS for the Sword Project (and Bibletime and/or GnomeSword) for Centos5/RHEL5? Latest RPMS I've found have a ton of dependencies, some of which are older than packages I've already got. Thanks! -- --- .----Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - pgpHDwHXCAUHb.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Display resolution problem on Centos 4.5
I've got a Centos 4.5 box at work (installed at 4.0 and kept up to date) that's having a really weird problem I haven't been able to figure out. It's been doing on for a loong time but today it just got my goat and I spent some bit of time fighting with it, unsuccessfully. /etc/X11/xorg.conf specifies that the display resolution should be 1280x1024. When root logs in it is. when a user named 'interface' logs in it is. When I log in with my normal login, 'fredex', it isn't. I get 1152x864. when I look at the "screen resolution" utility on the preferences menu it says 1280x1024. when I look at the "display" utility on the "system settings" menu it says 1280x1024. but using the monitor's OSD settings, the monitor says it's 1152x864. I CAN force it to 1280x1024 by using 'xrandr', and it then works fine at that resolution until I log in the next time. I'm left to conclude that at some point in the murky past that I must have done SOMETHING in Gnome that causes Gnome to somehow mess with the resolution when I login but not when other users do. But I've been reading the Centos forums, the Red Hat Knowledgebase, and the FAQs at gnome.org, and none of them has shed any light on this issue. Can any of you help please? Thanks in advance! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- pgp4QXuV7yiXo.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] extras and vlc
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 03:34:07PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > What are the chances that a package such as vlc from http://videolan.org/vlc > would become included in extras? so a yum install vlc would work. I got vlc by doing "yum install vlc". I think it came from freshrpms. The Centos web site has instructions on how to set up freshrpms on your system. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- pgpWedNCScrHQ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] extras and vlc
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 01:12:18PM +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > I got vlc by doing "yum install vlc". I think it came from freshrpms. > > The Centos web site has instructions on how to set up freshrpms on your > > system. > > I don't think so, as freshrpms doesn't do packages for Enterprise Linux. > > ITYM rpmforge. See http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories. > > Cheers, > > Ralph Yes, osryr. I meant rpmforge. Thanks for the corerction. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. - Proverbs 15:9 (niv) - pgp4YHRSqk3kn.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Screensave issue in Centos 4.5
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:04:14AM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:12:32 -0500 > fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone got any idea how I can figure this one out? > > Is it possible that external factors are causing this? For example, the chap > going past your desk to switch the coffee pot on may shake the desk enough to > make the mouse move. Etc. Doubt it. Office closed at night. I've got (luckily) my own office. I'm often the first person there, but it'a always like this. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- pgpO7tiML6znY.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Screensave issue in Centos 4.5
Hi! I've got a Centos 4.5 box at work. I recently got a new LCD monitor and since that time have been having screen saver problems (they might have been occurring with the older CRT too but if so I didn't notice.) I've set it up to use "blank screen" only, to go to black screen in 20 minutes. Then I set up powersave to progress through the three modes at short intervals so that after an hour the display should be powered off. If I sit there and watch it (say, e.g. I'm busy doing paperwork and don't use the computer for a while :) it'll do exactly that, i.e., the display goes OFF. So, I leave at the end of the day. When I come in the next morning the screen is NOT powered off, the power light is on (not yellow, not off) and every little while an OSD window pops up saying it's getting no video signal. So, somewhere between going off in the short-term and being idle for 12-14 hours overnight, something goes awry and the display appears to get turned back on. Anyone got any idea how I can figure this one out? I have very similar settings at home (now on Centos 5, but also previously on Centos 4.5) and have not observed that behavior. Different computer, different video card, different monitor, though I don't see what difference it should make Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - pgpO9Le8YpCIK.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Team CentOS breaks though the 200 ranking barrier.
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 02:24:29PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > Congratulations to all the CentOS [EMAIL PROTECTED] team members for breaking > through the 200 world ranking barrier. Its taken a bit of time but we've all > helped to do it. Our next target is obviously to achieve 150th in the world > ranking. But, to help achieve that we're going to need more members and more > machines. So, if you think it sounds interesting and you want to learn more, > then please have a look at http://www.sharons.org.uk/cf.html or ask in > #centos-social on irc, or in the usual mailing list. Theres always someone on > hand to advise or to point you in the direction of someone who could possibly > help. > > Thanks everybody, and full steam ahead to the next target! :) > > Sharon. Sharon: I apologize, up front, for bothering you... I've been contributing my CPU to the project ever since I saw this mail from you. Lately, however, I've been having a problem and can't find any way to solve it, I'm hoping you can be so kind as to offer some helpful advice. I keep getting this error: Error: Attempt #xxx to get work failed, and no other work to do. I can't log in when I go to the web site so I can't ask on the forums for help with the problem. It's almost as if my login has been disabled, or something similar. Can you advise me how to resolve this issue? Thanks! -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - pgpvGwpvYorrE.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] cisco vpn client on linux
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:14:56AM -0800, Garrick Staples wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 01:45:18PM -0500, Jerry Geis alleged: > > Is there a cisco vpn client for linux centso 5 AMD 64 bit? > > > > Using google it talks about cisco vpn client but everyplace to download > > is blocked. > > > > I then found a vpnc reference but did not find a 64 bit version. > > > > yum install vpnc did nothing > > > > What is my next step? > > The Cisco vpn client is only given to the people that buy those vpns. Whoever > bought yours should be able to get it for you. > > vpnc is entirely userspace. It doesn't matter if it is 32bit or 64bit. > and VPNC is easy to build, so you can compile from source in a mere seconds. I find it works for MOST but not all cisco vpns I connect to. -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - pgpOuLEABuLDZ.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.1 distro: How to upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 with yum??
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 01:02:59AM +, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote:
> > Continue to install machines with Centos 5.0(!!)
> >distro (not 5.1, 5.2, etc snapshots|subreleases), But
> >have .../centos/5/updates/{SRPMS|i386|x86_64}/
> >repositories|directories which contains updates since
> >5.0 to current level. This way I only need to feed yum
> >with two repositories: centos/5.0/os/ and
> >centos/5/updates/ -- some time will have local custom
> >repos as well, but that is another totally different
> >topic.
>
> in that case you will need to find the updates in the 5.1/os/ repo as
> well and put it yourself into the updates/ directory, which will be a
> waste of time, network bandwidth and resources. You are going to be much
> better off just installing 5.1 from the future and using that.
>
> For the machines you have 5.0 on, just run yum against the 5.1/os/ and
> 5.1/updates/ repo, and they will also move to 5.1. Note, the [os] repo
> also needs to be from 5.1 and not from 5.0 when you run the yum update
> on the 5.0 installed machines. other wise you *will* loose updates.
I'm coming in here kind of in the middle, but I find this discussion to
be confusing... In the past I've always found that my centos/RHEL machines
automagically updated themselves to the latest dot-release without me
having to do anything other than run yum/up2date.
Are you saying here that a Centos 5 system WILL NOT automatically
become 5.1 when the updates are pushed out? Or am I just totally
confuzzled?
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[CentOS] yum update for 5.0 ==> 5.1
I have read multipe messages here from people upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1, presumably using "yum update" to do the deed. When I do "yum update" on my (I think) fully updated Centos 5 system I get no updates. Am I just being impatient (i.e., the updates haven't yet been pushed out) or am I somehow missing them? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - pgpoT0fpS48Q9.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] yum update for 5.0 ==> 5.1
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 02:43:13AM +, Karanbir Singh wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > I have read multipe messages here from people upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1, > > presumably using "yum update" to do the deed. > > > > When I do "yum update" on my (I think) fully updated Centos 5 system I get > > no updates. > > > > Am I just being impatient (i.e., the updates haven't yet been pushed out) > > or am I > > somehow missing them? > > well, have you changed anything in the default centos shipped > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo ? > > and, check : rpm -qa --last | head > and : rpm -q centos-release > > perhaps you are already on 5.1 ? Hmm. # rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 and: # rpm -qa --last | head mplayerplug-in-3.50-1.el5.rf Tue 04 Dec 2007 06:54:37 AM EST freenx-0.7.1.svn416-3.el5.centos Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:42 PM EST xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-6.el5 Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:41 PM EST xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.2-1.el5 Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:40 PM EST firstboot-1.4.27.3-1.el5.centos Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:38 PM EST xorg-x11-drv-i810-1.6.5-9.6.el5 Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:36 PM EST xorg-x11-drv-vesa-1.3.0-8.1.el5 Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:35 PM EST rhpxl-0.41.1-1.el5Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:34 PM EST xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.26.el5 Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:31 PM EST xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.1.0-3 Sun 02 Dec 2007 06:49:29 PM EST so, perhaps I did get the update, since the first of those 2 cmds shows 5.1. But I don't remember getting a huge bolus of updates, which is what I would have expected to constitute a 5.0==>5.1 transition. Probably I was further confused by /etc/redhat-release: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final) which apparently (based on someother postings) a bug. Thanks for the reply! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - pgpVMyk6AoZWV.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] yum update for 5.0 ==> 5.1
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:07:19PM +, Karanbir Singh wrote: > fred smith wrote: > ># rpm -q centos-release > >centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 > > check your syslog, it will indicate what was installed and when. > > >Probably I was further confused by /etc/redhat-release: > > > ># cat /etc/redhat-release > >CentOS release 5 (Final) > > Which is what the system is. For anyone who stays on the update path, it > will stay at 5 since that is the distro you are running. If you are new > to the whole idea of the EL process, it might be a good idea to read up > on what and how update cycles work and how the z-series is going to kick > in for centos-5 So there's been a change since Centos 4, then. (I'm fine with that, I just didn't know it...). From my Centos4 box at work: $ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 4.5 (Final) Said machine was instaleld at Centos4 and kept updated with YUM. Thanks for all the info! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- pgpoa75PUhsgt.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [OT] old kit and kaboodle, obFriday (was:Re: Is it okay?)
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 02:38:28PM -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Lamar Owen wrote: > > On Friday, January 21, 2011 01:29:14 pm John R Pierce wrote: > >> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo > >> ... > >> model name : Pentium III (Katmai) > >> cpu MHz : 451.031 > >> ... > > > > Being that it's Friday > > (note that this output isn't snipped; kernel 2.0.36 doesn't grab the CPU > > frequency apparently!): > > [root@localhost /root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo > > processor : 0 > > cpu : 586 > > model : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor > > Yup. I replaced my very nice, thank you very much, K6-2 250 (or was it > 300) processor when I rebuilt my system in '05 or '06. But then, I still > miss my rock-solid CompuAdd 286 that I replaced in the early nineties > > > I happen to know it's a K6-2 500. Got one o'them, or maybe it's a K6-2/400 that I had overclocked. can't remember. anyway, I ran a Smoothwall firewall box on it for a couple years (after upgrading from a Pentium-90 which served for several years). ran great! then in interests of saving money on my outrageous power bill, I switched it out for a linksys WRT54GL which probably draws about 1/10 or maybe 1/20 of the power. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] vmware
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 09:40:17PM +0100, mattias wrote: > Bad > Because > My nic will only pic a ip when xen kernel are loaded > If I try a no xen kernel > The dhclient reply > No link check your cable > But all cables are connected > > -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf > Of aurfal...@gmail.com > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:31 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] vmware > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:38 AM, mattias wrote: > > > Can i run xen and vmware on the same machine? > > No, once you have the Xen kernel loaded on your dom0, then no VMPlayer, > etc... and you'll probably get a horrid crash when you try. At least I did when trying VmwareWorkstation. -- ------- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 - What are you looking forward to?
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 05:33:20AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 03/03/2011 11:44 PM, Jimmy Bradley wrote: > > I do have one question about Cent OS 6. > > Sonetimes back, I remember reading that the plan was to spread the iso's > > over multiple cd's, rather than put it all on 1 dvd. Is that still the > > plan? As far as when it's released, I say take all the time you need. > > I'd rather have an os that works, than something that's just thrown > > together, and is about as stable as windows me, or vista. > > > > That will depend upon how upstream wrote the item that splits the RPMs. > The distros are getting so big now that it might not make sense to > continue to create CDs ... CentOS 5.6 will have at least 8 (and maybe 9) > CDs for x86_64. I would expect that number to grow for CentOS 6. In > fact, we already had to split 5.5 x86_64 over 2 DVDs, and both arches > for CentOS 6 will likely be 2 DVDs. How reasonable would it be to offer DVD images that fit on DL media? I know I don't own any DL media, and probably most others don't either, but I at least do have DL-capable optical drives. If a good enough reason came up, e.g., my favorite distro making DL isos available, I'd probably go buy some. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Many thanks and a little hint concerning httpd on 5.6
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 02:35:30PM +0200, Olaf Mueller wrote: > Hello CentOS developer team, > > thank you very much for the release of CentOS 5.6. I have upgraded my > server, notebook, netbook and workstation from 5.5 to 5.6 and > everything works really fine so far, CentOS 5.6 seems to be rock solid. > > The only little problem happens on the upgrade of my server, since my > web server doesn't start after reboot. But this was easy to fix since > this error was known from the RHEL 5.6 upgrade. > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=669963 > > > I am grateful for the CentOS Project. I like it's stability and > long-term support. I haven't seen a 5.6 release announcement yet. Have I missed it? If the announcement in fact hasn't been made, you may be premature in doing all your upgrading Just because there's something named "5.6" on the mirrors doesn't mean it's the FINAL release version, or that it's all in place. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Many thanks and a little hint concerning httpd on 5.6
On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 09:25:00PM +0200, Olaf Mueller wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 02:35:30PM +0200, Olaf Mueller wrote: > >> I am grateful for the CentOS Project. I like it's stability and > >> long-term support. > > I haven't seen a 5.6 release announcement yet. Have I missed it? > I did not use the word announce in my post. > I do not know what you miss or what you not miss. > Also I do not know what your answer is good for. > > $ cat /etc/redhat-release > CentOS release 5.6 (Final) > $ uname -a > Linux meduseld.istari.de 2.6.18-238.el5 [...] > > The following was posted on the CentOS devel-list on 4.4.2011: > "5.6 is going out to the external mirrors at the moment, I am going to > have torrents ready for later today and then maybe release > announcement sometime tomorrow." > > I downloaded the CentOS 5.6 isos from an official mirror recommended > from the official CentOS web site. > > > If the announcement in fact hasn't been made, you may be premature in > > doing all your upgrading Just because there's something named > > "5.6" on the mirrors doesn't mean it's the FINAL release version, or > > that it's all in place. > For someone who asked if he had missed something, you do know really a > lot of things. Seems to me you are more a man of word and discussion > than a man of action. Go and find CentOS 5.6 yourself. > > Primary my mail in this list has had two purposes. First to thank the > CentOS developers for their work, secondly to warn for the httpd > problem. But now I have to add something. > > The climate in this list is really rough. So many discussions about the > "unfathomable" development process of CentOS and so many angry people > waiting for the 5.6 release due to them by law of nature. > Why could you guys not go away? The door is open, there are so many > other distributions out there. > The fact that these guys will not go away and that they will fight their > battles in this list, and devel-list, is finally a compliment for the > CentOS project. CentOS is rock solid. The developers do a good and great > job. > Clearly you found my comment to be offensive. It certainly was not meant that way. It was simply a friendly warning that depending on a pre-announcement set of files may not give you the final product. in previous releases there have been people who assumed it was final when in fact something was subsequently changed and re-pushed. I have no agenda here. I'm just attempting to be helpful. If you don't find it to be helpful, you're free to ignore it. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.6
On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 03:01:34PM +0200, Luigi Rosa wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just one thing: THANK YOU ALL!!! > Seconded! My update was trouble-free. updated something in the neighborhood of 180 packages. -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2.i686 broken?
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 07:07:04PM -0500, Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Tom Sorensen wrote: > > > There is a known issue with one of the security updates on that > > version of glibc. > > > > That said, it's still *highly* recommended that you update. There are > > four CVEs closed by this glibc update, one of which is potentially a > > remote privilege escalation (and that one is NOT the one that is > > causing the issue). > > > > If, for some reason, you cannot update then you should seriously > > consider whether or not those systems can connect to the Internet, or > > if you should get the glibc from Scientific Linux that has the 3 > > patches that do not cause an issue in the meantime. > > For clarification, this bug is only known to be affecting Evolution > and Gnome-Panel, correct? If so, for most servers, the update should > not be a concern. I've updated four desktops -- the two with Intel > video chips are not affected at all. The two with nVidia chipsets and > proprietary nVidia drivers *are* affected. Since I don't use > Evolution, the "work-around" for me is to issue the "pkill > gnome-panel" command. Usually doing this once will fix it, but > sometimes it requires a couple shots. > > I dual-boot into Linux Mint 10 (so I can remotely support my father > who uses Linux Mint -- I need to be able to replicate his errors when > he has them). It has a very similar issue, except, in its case, both > Nautilus and Gnome-Panel do not come up. I have to go to a tty > terminal and issue the "pkill nautilus" and "pkill gnome-panel" > commands. I didn't have this problem *until* I updated the video > driver to nVidia's proprietary one. So, again, it appears it might > have something to do with the nVidia's driver. > > At any rate, there are work-arounds -- for those who use Evolution, > the SL update is probably the best. I'm kind of surprised that Red Hat > has not issued a fix yet. What works for me is, after I log in and find the panels are empty, do CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE then log in again and the panels are working. A fairly low-pain workaround. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. - Isaiah 40:28 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos friends?
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 04:54:39PM +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 05/06/2011 04:49 PM, Kevin Thorpe wrote: > > http://centospubcrawl.eventbrite.com/ if you havent seen it already. > > > > > > Funnily enough I only mentioned that I owed you guys a beer a few days ago. > > See you on Tuesday > > > > thats cool, look forward to seeing you there. Pass the word along btw, > there are plenty more places available for beer on the evening. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a swim from North America,... while I wasn't directly invited, I nevertheless won't be able to make it. I'd also dearly love a Centos shirt,... do similar events ever occur in or around Boston? -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] du hung, wild display in ps
Hi! On Centos-7: $ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core) Was running du to examine the sizes of my backups and found du hung, running "ps -eLf /mnt/backup/backups" shows this: # ps -eLf | grep du root 1185 1 1185 01 May01 ?00:00:00 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F Backtrace /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-xorg -xD root 1281 1 1281 01 May01 ?00:00:01 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F BUG: WARNING: at WARNING: CPU: INFO: possible recursive locking detected ernel BUG at list_del corruption list_add corruption do_IRQ: stack overflow: ear stack overflow (cur: eneral protection fault nable to handle kernel ouble fault: RTNL: assertion failed eek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! adness at NETDEV WATCHDOG ysctl table check failed : nobody cared IRQ handler type mismatch Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine Check Exception: Machine check events logged divide error: bounds: coprocessor segment overrun: invalid TSS: segment not present: invalid opcode: alignment check: stack segment: fpu exception: simd exception: iret exception: /var/log/messages -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-oops -xtD root 11090 1 11090 111 15:08 pts/100:01:10 du -s /mnt/backup/backups even after killing the du. there were two DUs shown, I killed the parent (presumably the one I started) but the one that remains seems to be un-killable. This is what the output looked like before I killed du: # ps -eLf | grep du root 1185 1 1185 01 May01 ?00:00:00 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F Backtrace /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-xorg -xD root 1281 1 1281 01 May01 ?00:00:01 /usr/bin/abrt-watch-log -F BUG: WARNING: at WARNING: CPU: INFO: possible recursive locking detected ernel BUG at list_del corruption list_add corruption do_IRQ: stack overflow: ear stack overflow (cur: eneral protection fault nable to handle kernel ouble fault: RTNL: assertion failed eek! page_mapcount(page) went negative! adness at NETDEV WATCHDOG ysctl table check failed : nobody cared IRQ handler type mismatch Kernel panic - not syncing: Machine Check Exception: Machine check events logged divide error: bounds: coprocessor segment overrun: invalid TSS: segment not present: invalid opcode: alignment check: stack segment: fpu exception: simd exception: iret exception: /var/log/messages -- /usr/bin/abrt-dump-oops -xtD root 11078 18627 11078 01 15:08 pts/100:00:00 sudo du -s /mnt/backup/backups root 11090 11078 11090 121 15:08 pts/100:01:10 du -s /mnt/backup/backups root 12125 19449 12125 01 15:17 pts/000:00:00 grep --color=auto du Oh, and I never did get the du out put I expected. Anyone got a clue? Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] du hung, wild display in ps
On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 06:24:10PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 5/6/20 12:28 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >Was running du to examine the sizes of my backups and > >found du hung, > > > /mnt/backup is probably a network-mounted filesystem that is offline > for one reason or another. > > You could try "umount -f /mnt/backup" if you can't get the mount > working by any other means. If that doesn't work, then "umount -l > /mnt/backup" and reboot. Sorry, I forgot to mention it's USB-3 and has been working for a coupla months. A reboot solved it, powering the device off/on made no difference, as did replugging the cable. Afterwards, I recalled that I had run a much belated yum update 2 or 3 days ago and had failed/forgotten to reboot. Probably some necessary item had gotten wedged somehow because of that. (seen it before, but not with a USB device.) Thanks for the reply, though. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Logitech webcam for use with CentOS 7
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 10:09:55PM +0200, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > On 6/4/20 1:29 AM, H wrote: > >I am thinking of buying a Logitech C920S Pro HD or C922 webcam for the > >necessary video conferencing. > > > >Is anyone using that with Zoom or perhaps with Jitsi? Do I need drivers? Any > >issues? > > > >Thank you. > > > > I have an HD Pro C920, works great under centos 7 out of the box. > According to my coworkers image quality and microphone are both great. > I use it with jitsi and other software, no problems. And just to cover the lower-end of the spectrum, my Logitech C270 works fine with everything I've tried it with (cheese, skype, zoom, etc.) On both C7 and Ubuntu 18.04. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Accounting package recommendations
On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 09:36:49AM -0800, Fred Erickson wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:26:46 -0700 > "Hugh E Cruickshank" wrote: > > > From: Rudi Ahlers Sent: June 9, 2020 10:22 > > > > > > I am looking for an offline accounting package recommendation, > > > please. I enjoyed using Xero accounting, but need something that's > > > offline, and where the data remains my property. Having used > > > Quickbooks on Windows in the past, I am looking for something > > > similar. > > > > GnuCash has been working fine for me for several years. > > > > HTH > > > > Regards, Hugh > > > +1 for GnuCash > Fred Yeah, GNUCash is a good accounting tool. my wife uses it for our personal fnances, investment accounts, etc. however, it is a double-entry accounting system (like professional accounts use, whether electronic or on paper), and may require you to commit some effort to learn the ins and outs thereof. Fred (Not the same Fred as above) -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] virt-manager guest and sound
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 03:19:00PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 6/10/20 10:57 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > >I am running C7 host and pulse audio. I have a Win 10 guest with ICH9 > >audio. It works - but I hear artifacts. Anything to do to help audio be > >flawless under guest VM ? > > > I've experienced this as well, and haven't really dug into it, since > my main pro audio production tools (Harrison Mixbus and Mixbus32C) > are Linux-native. I do have Celemony Melodyne on Windows, but I > haven't used it heavily enough in virtualization to notice. I may > take a look at it soon, if I need Melodyne badly enough in the near > future, but since upgrading to CentOS 8 this week I have plenty of > other things to keep me busy. Just a personal note here, not at all difinitive: I used to have a Windows 10 VM in Virtualbox (on Centos-7) and the Windows sound sucked. Garbled, distorted, and lots of added noise. Does that seem to be anything like the described "artifacts" ?? I'd guess it's some general issue with Win10 sound, and that MS doesn't "love Linux" enough to actually make it workd in a VM. They probably want you to run Linux in a VM on windows, not the other way around. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] smb protocol version
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:23:54AM -0500, Christopher Wensink wrote: > I have a handful of Linux Servers, running Centos 6.10, and 6.8 with the > main host running openvz w/ Centos 6.10 as the main OS. Two of the > guests are running samba, sharing directories out to windows clients. > > I'm in the process of migrating servers over to vmware, using Centos > 7.8. How can I determine what smb protocol version is being used in the > shares for each server? I don't see the protocol specified anywhere in > smb.conf? > > Chris in my Centos-7 box, /etc/samba/smb.conf contains: server min protocol = SMB3_11 client max protocol = SMB3_11 client min protocol = SMB3_11 Some non-current windows versions don't support that version, you may need to try different values til you find one that works. Whatever you do, you don't want to use version 1. I'm forcing version 3.1.1 only because all the devices I have that support SMB also support 3.1.1, so if someone comes along with, e.g., an old laptop with XP, it won't be able to insecurely talk to my lan/wan. (and that's a feature, not a bug! ;=) ) Also, you may wish to peruse this page: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/troubleshoot/detect-enable-and-disable-smbv1-v2-v3 -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Simple scan in CentOS 7
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 04:28:17PM -0400, H wrote: > I just installed C7 on a new computer and despite Simple Scan being installed > as part of C7, I have not been able to get it to recognize my Canon scanner > connected to a USB port. I did have it running on another computer with C7 so > there should not be any inherent issues. > > On a lark I installed gscan2pdf and sane-backends-drivers-scanners and > sane-find-scanner found it: > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04a9 [Canon], product=0x1908 [CanoScan]) at > libusb:001:010 > > I perused my notes for the old computer but did not see I installed any > additional software to get it going but I might be wrong. > > What have I missed? > On my C7 box, simple-scan requires libsane. try: ldd simple-scan |grep -i sane. # ldd /usr/bin/simple-scan | grep -i sane libsane.so.1 => /lib64/libsane.so.1 (0x7f3668291000) ldd doesn't show any other sane dependencies, but I'd sorta think that simple-scan would also need sane-backends as well. Here's all the sane things I have installed, FYI: # ldd /usr/bin/simple-scan | grep -i sane libsane.so.1 => /lib64/libsane.so.1 (0x7f3668291000) [root@fcshome log]# yum list installed | grep -i sane libsane-hpaio.x86_64 3.15.9-5.el7 @base sane-backends.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-devel.i686 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-devel.x86_641.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-doc.noarch 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-cameras.i6861.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-cameras.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-scanners.i686 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-drivers-scanners.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-libs.i686 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-backends-libs.x86_64 1.0.24-12.el7 @base sane-frontends.x86_64 1.0.14-19.el7 @base xsane.x86_64 0.999-9.el7@base xsane-common.x86_64 0.999-9.el7@base xsane-gimp.x86_64 0.999-9.el7@base also FYI, I'm using a Canon LiDE 210, which works fine for me. Good luck! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Blog article about the state of CentOS
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 12:09:07PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 6/17/20 10:19 AM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: > >... > >I wonder about the authors conclusion; the fact that RHEL is the choice > >for critical applications (what ever critical is) is known since > >the early days. This applies randomly to C5.11, C4.9 or C8.2.2004. > > > >So - cold soup get cooked again :-) > > > Indeed. The author's conclusion has been the case since White Box > Enterprise Linux was a thing. Anyone and everyone can get the > sources from git.centos.org as soon as they are released and build > the stuff themselves if they think it can be done faster; that's how > WBEL got started, as a one-user project that just happened to be > publicly released. Building from source has never really been any > easier; the lack of .src.rpms is not an impediment to just getting > something built. But the CentOS value-add is that those rebuilt > sources have been tested for binary compatibility and are from a > trusted source. A one-person project like WBEL would have a much > more difficult time today, with modularity especially. Build times > for these packages is not zero. And there was also Tao Linux, which I was using back in the day. another one-person project, which that one person did a good job with, but when time came to change jobs he had to let the project go. He had the foresight and grace to work with Johnny Hughes to define a way to transition to CentOS, which worked fine, so here I am still in the CentOS camp. And my thanks to that original developer (whose name I cannot dredge out of my back-brain right now), to Johnny, and all the other folks who make CentOS great! Fred -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] C7, mdadm generating selinux warnings
Hi! I'm getting these frequently. several times I've done the steps listed there to suppress the messages, but I keep getting them. Anyone got a good idea how to deal with this? Thanks in advance! SELinux is preventing mdadm from 'read, open' accesses on the file /var/log/rear/rear-fcshome.log.lockless. * Plugin restorecon (99.5 confidence) suggests If you want to fix the label. /var/log/rear/rear-fcshome.log.lockless default label should be var_log_t. Then you can run restorecon. The access attempt may have been stopped due to insufficient permissions to access a parent directory in which case try to change the following command accordingly. Do # /sbin/restorecon -v /var/log/rear/rear-fcshome.log.lockless * Plugin catchall (1.49 confidence) suggests ** If you believe that mdadm should be allowed read open access on the rear-fcshome.log.lockless file by default. Then you should report this as a bug. You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. Do allow this access for now by executing: # ausearch -c 'mdadm' --raw | audit2allow -M my-mdadm # semodule -i my-mdadm.pp Additional Information: Source Contextsystem_u:system_r:mdadm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 Target Contextsystem_u:object_r:cron_log_t:s0 -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HP vs. Brother Printers: Use with Centos/Fedora
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 03:44:00PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:33:39 -0400 > Jay Hart wrote: > > > If you had to rate which printer brand works better with Linux (Fedora and > > Centos), what would it be? > > Any Brother printer that I've ever had the misfortune to have to deal with > either didn't work at all or if could be made to work, it didn't work for > long. > > If it's a Brother, run away as fast as you can. They're the cheapest > crappiest thing you can possibly imagine. > > My wife makes quilts and says the same thing about Brother sewing machines. Sewing machines, I know nothing, not Brother machines anyway. We've had a few different Brother laser printers here (at home) and they've been great. The first one, a HL2070N, when first connected (via USB at that time) caused a popup window (On Centos, probably 5.x) saying brother printer found, do I want to configure it now? I did, and it just worked. Newer ones may require Brother's drivers, but they exist and work. My newer HL-L2360D also works with one of the default CUPS drivers on C7, though I forget which one. Discovered this only after using the Brother drivers for a year or two. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] USB-serial adapter for CentOS 7
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 01:40:27PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, John Pierce said: > > yes, but is it 'basic serial UPS' or is it 'enhanced serial UPS' ?the > > former do NOT use the rx/tx data of the serial port at all, they ONLY use > > the serial port control signals, and they probably will NOT work with a > > USB port because they require very specific behavior from those signals at > > power up and reboot times. > > I've used various serial devices, including UPSes, via various > USB-to-serial adapters (Prolific PL2303 and FTDI FT2232C), and all the > signaling works fine. Only issue you sometimes have is that there are > many cheap adapters on Amazon that claim to be Prolific or FTDI but are > in fact counterfeit clones - those may or may not work reliably for ANY > purpose. > Another possibility for the Original Poster: Purchase a serial add-in card from Amazon or Newegg. last I noticed they weren't expensive. This avoids the compatibility-hell you may (or may not) encounter with a USB-to-serial converter. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Brother HL-L2360DW printing quality
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 07:05:52PM -0400, H wrote: > On 09/20/2019 08:27 PM, H wrote: > > On 09/20/2019 09:02 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > >> On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 20:23, H wrote: > >>> I have the above printer but have not been able to resolve issues with > >>> the printing quality in CentOS 7. The test page prints fine but when I > >>> print PDF-documents, most recently using Chinese fonts, it is lacking and > >>> the pages very hard to read. The settings in the Mate Cups configuration > >>> panel are fine and set to 600 dpi, the settings in the printer menu are > >>> all OK yet it prints more like maybe 150 or even 75 dpi. > >>> > >> Warning: this advise is old and possibly out of date for how printer > >> administration should be done these days. > >> > >> Usually when I run into this sort of issue it usually has to be fixed > >> with an updated ppd driver from the vendor for that printer... usually > >> the one they give to Apple and possibly one that was aimed for the > >> country/area the language is not working on. I would then have to > >> double set the printer with one for Western fonts and one for > >> non-Western using 2 different ppds because things looked wrong one way > >> or another. In looking at the ppd's it looked like they had the > >> equivalent to microcode they sent the printer to update to do things > >> 'better'. I can say the quality of printing was vastly different. > >> > >> The other item was just that some fonts look great on screen and dont' > >> print well.. but I am guessing htis is one printer which is acting > >> badly and others are doing well? > >> > >> > >>> Any suggestion what might be wrong? > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> CentOS mailing list > >>> CentOS@centos.org > >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > See my reply to Fred. Just checked the printer drivers for Linux on the > > Brother website > > (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2360dw_us&os=127) > > and it looks the drivers for Linux are from 2014 and 2015... > > > > The printer driver for Mac OS 10.14 is more recent from 2018 > > (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2360dw_us&os=10052) > > and that page also lists a firmware update tool with firmware from July of > > this year. The update history for the firmware refers only to > > "improvements" and "software bugs", not very helpful. > > > > Clearly I need to see if I can update the firmware. The most current > > firmware on the page above is 1.29 whereas my printer has 1.25. Annoyingly > > the firmware update instructions on this page refers to how to do the > > update on a Mac... > > > Closing out my problem above. I installed the driver on a new computer > running CentOS 7 and had no problems printing. There must have been a > misconfiguration of the driver on the old computer, or, less likely, the > Brother driver had been updated on the Brother website. > > I am now a happy camper. I've also noticed that the Brother drivers for Linux are quite old, I sent a support question about it and they denied there being a problem with some sort of market-speak. Nevertheless, they have always worked for me. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." --- Corinthians 5:21 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] GUI boot failure after latest shim (etc) updates
This isn't the problem everyone else has been talking about, but... I made sure that yum update offered the packages Johnny said it should then updated. when I rebooted everything looked normal except it was taking a long time to bring up the login screen. Flipped over to ALT-F2 and saw a message about waiting for Plymouth boot screen to quit. I waited a while and it went up to (and past) 15 minutes. It said "no limit" so it apparently would have gone on forever. I couldn't get to a text-mode screen with ALT-f[2-6] so I went down to my Linux laptop to see if I could ssh into this box. Lo and behold, ssh worked fine. So I ran top and saw a plymouth (or plymouthd, I forget which) at the top of the list. killed it, came back upstairs and it was no longer spewing that message. now ALT-f2 gave me a text login, that I'm using now. I ran startx and after a long-seeming wait I get a desktop, but it is NOT my normal Mate desktop. Might be Gnome (since I installed a Centos Gnome system and retrofitted Mate from EPEL). Johnny had said we needed to make sure the kernel was installed along with the shim, et al. I looked at the list of files YUM wanted to install and saw some kernel files, so I assumed all was well. But maybe I missed something. What info can I provide to help figure this out? Or, what Kernel files should I force to be (re)installed? Also, I don't very often manually force a kernel install, but I know that some of the files are updates and some are installs, I'd appreciate a reminder of which is which so I can force it. Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Fixing grub/shim issue Centos 7
On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 03:57:56PM +0200, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Le 04/08/2020 à 08:31, lpeci a écrit : > > I had the same problem with my UEFI bios machine and I fixed it so for > > Centos 7: While this worked for me, it might not work for you... My "solution" was to boot the previous kernel, which came up just fine, yum remove kernel.xx.yy.zz yum install kernel.xx.yy.zz which rebuilds the initrd, and voila! Fred > > > > 1) Boot from an rescue linux usb > > > > 2) When the rescue system is running: > > > > 2.1) #chroot /mnt/sysimage > > > > 3) Config network: > > > > 3.1) # ip addr add X.X.X.X/X dev X > > > > 3.2) # ip route add default via X.X.X.X <--- default router > > > > 4) And finally: > > > > #yum downgrade shim\* grub2\* mokutil > > > > #exit > > > > #reboot > > > > I hope you can fix it with these steps. > > Thanks for the detailed suggestion. > > Unfortunately I couldn't recover the installation, and I had to redo > everything > from scratch, which cost me the first two days of my holidays. > > One thought regularly kept crossing my mind: > > "How on earth could this have passed Q & A ?" > > :o) > > Cheers, > > Niki > > -- > Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables > 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat > Site : https://www.microlinux.fr > Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr > Mail : i...@microlinux.fr > Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 > Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12 > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] DVR recorder how to resucue files
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 10:04:26AM -0400, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: > ralf.pren...@comline.de wrote: > > > Trying to mount this file simple with mount -o loop save.dd > > /mnt/backup fails. > > I found out that VDR are using non-standard disk-configurations and > > filesystems. > > If this were a normal DVD, you'd have to specify the file system: > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop save.dd /mnt/backup > > But you say the DVD uses a non-standard file system, so this may not > work. > > > Tools like parted don t show partions in the bckup-file > > DVDs don't have partitions, and I don't think parted would work on an > image anyway. the OP said "DVR, not "DVD". I'd try fdisk to see if there are partitions, first, then if you find anything that looks likely, try mounting that. Also, try the "disks" utility, which also may be able to tell you something about the disk. Good luck! Fred -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] changing subscribed email address?
hi! I'm going to move soonand will lose this email address, so I'm going around all my various sbuscriptions changing the subscribed email address. But I don't see how to do that for the CentOS lists, other than perhaps to unsubscribe then re-subscribe. Can anyone out enlighten me? Thanks in advance! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] changing subscribed email address?
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 12:25:44PM -0700, John Pierce wrote: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:21 PM Jake Shipton > wrote: > > > > > > > Attached to the footer of every message on the list features the > > following link: > > > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > You can use this to manage your subscription (Scroll down the page). > > > > > there's no option on that page to change the address which the original > poster was asking about. As far as I know the only method is to unsubscribe > the old address and subscribe the new address. What John said... I'm aware of the footer on all the list mails, I followed the link and as John says, there is no method listed for changing the email address. I can certainly un/re-subscribe, just didn't especially want to if there was an official way. Fred -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] changing subscribed email address?
On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 03:42:25PM -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 15:30, Fred Smith > wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 12:25:44PM -0700, John Pierce wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 12:21 PM Jake Shipton > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Attached to the footer of every message on the list features the > > > > following link: > > > > > > > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > > You can use this to manage your subscription (Scroll down the page). > > > > > > > > > > > > > there's no option on that page to change the address which the original > > > poster was asking about. As far as I know the only method is to > > unsubscribe > > > the old address and subscribe the new address. > > > > What John said... > > > > I'm aware of the footer on all the list mails, I followed the link and > > as John says, there is no method listed for changing the email address. > > I can certainly un/re-subscribe, just didn't especially want to if there > > was an official way. > > > > Mailman2 was written in the 1990's at a time where email lists were a bit > more obscure. It can be done but it takes a couple of sidesteps outlined in > the following web pages. > > https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/node22.html > https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/node9.html#sec:web OK, I think I got it. it is a tad obscure, though. Now to wait for the next mail to come thru... Thanks Stephen! > > > > > > -- > Stephen J Smoogen. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, And my hope is in you all day long. -- Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] timekeeping on VMware guests
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:00:54AM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: > Carlos Santana wrote on 10/14/2009 12:13 PM: > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > ... > >> I hope you have seen my earlier posts in this thread. If you are not > >> running the latest kernel (-164), you want to give it a try because it > >> has patches developed by VMWare engineers for RHEL kernels. If you > >> are already running the -164 kernel, you should not be using the > >> clocksource= option as explained in the upstream bugzilla I cited. > > Not to get too far OT, but can anybody comment on how this might apply > to VirtualBox? Can't comment specifically, except to say that VirtualBox 3.0.8 on my up to date Centos 5.3 box (with a XP guest) seems to allow the guest to keep accurate time. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] 5.4 at last?
Now that it appears that some folks are able to get the 5.4 downloads (and a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all the centos team members who make this possible!) I'm wondering when the updates will begin flowing so that those of us running 5.3 can do "yum upgrade" and enjoy all the benefits too? Thanks in advance! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 5.4 at last?
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 08:58:59PM -0400, Mathew S. McCarrell wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:08 PM, fred smith > wrote: > > > Now that it appears that some folks are able to get the 5.4 downloads > > (and a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all the centos team members who make this > > possible!) I'm wondering when the updates will begin flowing so that those > > of us running 5.3 can do "yum upgrade" and enjoy all the benefits too? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > You must be patient! Many of the mirrors (including the one that I > maintain) are still syncing 5.4 due to issues that arose. Wouldn't you > prefer to pull your packages from a mirror that won't give you 404s? :D You bet I would! Thanks for the update. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] trouble isntallint 5.2 in virtualbox
Hi! I'm using Virtualbox 3.08, have several other VMs in it, but cannot boot the Centos 5.4 (i386) DVD far enough to even reach Anaconda... I've tried all the various virtualbox and boot options I can think of and it always sticks in the same place: NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default NET: Registered protocol family 2 and there it hangs. I've left it for several minutes. I also tried the iso image of 5.3 that I still have. same thing. FWIW, Fedora 12 beta installs fine, no trouble at all. Suggestions, please? -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] trouble isntallint 5.2 in virtualbox
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 09:27:18PM -0400, fred smith wrote: > Hi! > > I'm using Virtualbox 3.08, have several other VMs in it, but cannot > boot the Centos 5.4 (i386) DVD far enough to even reach Anaconda... > > I've tried all the various virtualbox and boot options I can think of and > it always sticks in the same place: > > NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default > NET: Registered protocol family 2 > > and there it hangs. I've left it for several minutes. > > I also tried the iso image of 5.3 that I still have. same thing. > > FWIW, Fedora 12 beta installs fine, no trouble at all. > > Suggestions, please? replying to self: I sure can't type! the subject should be "installing" and "5.4", not 5.2. Duh. Still, suggestions are welcome. -- --- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 - The Boulder Pledge - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem: NVIDIA C73 & 1440x900
On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 09:31:20PM +, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > As mentioned in my previous thread, I can't get my > Video card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce: 7100/ nForce 630i] > to display 1440x900 on my CentOS 5.4 on my HP > Pavilion with monitor Dell E198WFPV. > > Googing around, I see that others have had this problem > with the NVIDIA card. In one case, it was solved by > gaining access to card parameters and setting them > directly. I can't find a way to do this on my box. > > One solution might be to just insert another video > card in the bus, and ignore the NVIDIA. Would this > work? I have a card that I know works. > > Thanks in advance for your advice. Mike: I have no experience with that card, but here are a couple of ideas that may help: --are you using a digital (DVI) video cable, or the analog cable from video card to monitor? If DVI, try the analog (VGA) cable and see if it allows you to select the resolution you need. (my new DVI monitor came with a note that said that some cards cannot select the right resolution when using the DVI cable, but will work fine with a VGA cable--though it worked fine for me with my nvidia card (9800GT)) --have you tried using xrandr to force it to the desired resolution? 'man xrandr' is your friend. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem: NVIDIA C73 & 1440x900
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 04:09:05AM +, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:42:11 -0500, fred smith wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 09:31:20PM +, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > >> As mentioned in my previous thread, I can't get my Video card: NVIDIA > >> C73 [GeForce: 7100/ nForce 630i] to display 1440x900 on my CentOS 5.4 > >> on my HP Pavilion with monitor Dell E198WFPV. > >> > >> Googing around, I see that others have had this problem with the NVIDIA > >> card. In one case, it was solved by gaining access to card parameters > >> and setting them directly. I can't find a way to do this on my box. > >> > >> One solution might be to just insert another video card in the bus, and > >> ignore the NVIDIA. Would this work? I have a card that I know works. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for your advice. > > > > Mike: > > > > I have no experience with that card, but here are a couple of ideas that > > may help: > > --are you using a digital (DVI) video cable, or the analog cable from > > video card to monitor? If DVI, try the analog (VGA) cable and see if > > it allows you to select the resolution you need. (my new DVI monitor > > came with a note that said that some cards cannot select the right > > resolution when using the DVI cable, but will work fine with a VGA > > cable--though it worked fine for me with my nvidia card (9800GT)) > > --have you tried using xrandr to force it to the desired resolution? > > 'man xrandr' is your friend. > > > > Fred > > The screen is connected through an Iogear switch so the screen works > with two Linux boxes. I assume that this is a digital connection, > although I don't really know. Everything is fine with the other box is it a "normal" 15-pin D-sub connector (looks like a 9-pin serial cable, but with 15 pins instead) or is it a somewhat larger connector with possibly several groupings of pins, including one wide/flat one? the former is analog, the latter is digital. > as well as the old box I am replacing. > > I tried: xrandx --verbose -s 1440x900 > > I get: "Size 1440x900 is not found in available modes" > > I am considering taking the video card from the old box and putting > it in the new one, and ignoring the original card in the new box. > Might this work? No clue. I suppose it's worth a try. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem when opening files after installing OpenOffice 3.1 on CentOS 5.4
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 09:40:01PM +0100, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed OpenOffice 3.1 downloaded from the openoffice.org > website on CentOS 5.4 x86_64. > > The downloaded file is actually an archive containing RPMs. > I did not use their setup tool but installed directly the RPMs I was > interested in via 'yum localinstall' (my idea is in the future to put > them on a custom yum repository, so that they can be managed via > regular yum install / update). > > It works fine, except that when I double-click on, say, *.odt files in > the file browser I get the following exception: > > Cannot open xxx.odt > The filename "xxx.odt" indicates that this file is of type "odt > document". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type > "OpenDocument Text". > > If I do a right-click, Open with... > Open Office Writer 3.1, it opens > the file properly. > > 1. Did anybody already experienced that? > 2. Do you know where I can manage the file types in GNOME? > > I have already added Open Office 3.1 as the default application to > open such files (Right-click, Properties > Open With) i've removed the default OOo that comes with Centos 5.4 and replaced it with OOo 3.1.1 and I'm not having that trouble. Don't know if this relates or not, but did you also install the RPM file for RedHat menu integration? If you unpack the archive that contains all the RPM files, there will be a subdirectory containing a bunch of files, each of which is a set of menu updates for various distributions. I've never investigated to see what they install, but I suppose it is possible that they install info that relates to the app linkage to file types and vice-versa. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] screwed up dependencies
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 05:35:52AM -0600, Lee Perez wrote: > ken wrote: > > On 11/11/2009 02:26 AM Timo Schoeler wrote: > > > >> thus ken spake: > >> | Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve > >> | the dependencies piecemeal: > >> | > >> | # yum update faad2 > >> | > >> | --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg > >> | ---> Package faad2.i386 0:2.7-1.el5.rf set to be updated > >> | --> Finished Dependency Resolution > >> | ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 from installed has depsolving problems > >> | --> Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package > >> | ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) > >> | Error: Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package > >> | ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) > >> | > >> | > >> | # rpm -q ffmpeg > >> | ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf > >> | > >> | Could it be that there's a packaging error in faad2 ? > >> I saw the same errors, waited a day or so and they went away, so it must have been a stale mirror. > >> For the archives: This seems to be fixed; I updated three systems since > >> then and everything went flawlessly. > >> > >> HTH, > >> > >> Timo > >> > > > > Timo, > > > > Thanks for replying. > > > > I found that, ultimately, I had to remove xine* and its dependencies in > > order to successfully "yum update". After the update, I get dependency > > errors again (with libdirect-1.0.so.0, libdirectfb-1.0.so.0, and > > libfusion-1.0.so.0) when I try to add xine back in. Are you running > > xine on any of your systems? > > > > > > > Hi Ken, > > I'm running 5.4 here on my system and I have xine installed. I just > updated faad2 and everything went fine here. Here is a list of what was > updated: > > Nov 11 05:08:24 Updated: faad2-2.7-1.el5.rf.i386 > Nov 11 05:08:26 Updated: ffmpeg-0.5-3.el5.rf.i386 > Nov 11 05:08:30 Updated: xine-lib-1.1.16.3-2.el5.rf.i386 > Nov 11 05:08:50 Updated: vlc-0.9.9a-4.el5.rf.i386 > > Also I went and checked in /usr/lib and the libdirect, libdirectfb, and > libfusion version I have installed are: > > libdirect-1.2.so.0 libdirectfb-1.2.so.0 > libdirect-1.2.so.0.4.0 libdirectfb-1.2.so.0.4.0 > libfusion-1.2.so.0 libfusion-1.2.so.0.4.0 > > I don't have any other repos setup except for rpmforge and priorities > are setup.\ > > HTH. > > Lee Perez -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. - Isaiah 40:28 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Recommend Mail Server
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:55:38AM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > Susan Day wrote: > > Hi; > > I don't want sendmail. What's a good secure email server that I can > > yum? I really only need smtp right now, but who knows what the future > > will bring? > > SMTP only provides for relaying mail.a mail server typically needs > a MTA (message transfer agent, smtp such as sendmail, postfix), a MDA > (message delivery agent, such as procmail), and a MUA (message user > agent, such as POP, IMAP, and various local unix mail readers). > > any mail server is only as secure as you configure it. the usual > alternative to sendmail is postfix, which many people find simpler to > configure than sendmail. :) but then what ISN'T simpler to configure than sendmail? :) -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. - Isaiah 40:28 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Xorg goes bonkers, bazillion NVIDIA errors...
on one of my Centos 5.4 boxes, a machine that's around 5 years old and has always run Centos and X, and has had the same Nvidia card in it for its entire life, I'm suddenly getting these lines in the xorg log file: (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 6, 0x8000, 0x, 0x03c0) (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate clip rectangle (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** followed by millions more like them. it's currently sitting mostly unused, except that it's running a Folding At Home client. it'll run for a day or a week then I'll note the screen is in powersave mode, will attempt to wake it up by moving the mouse or touching a key and nothing happens. (for purposes of this testing I've disabled the screensaver, so the screen should never shut off.) I can SOMETIMES ssh into it, if it hasn't completely died yet, and if I can, top shows that Xorg is consuming about 99% of the CPU instead of the folding at home client which should be consuming most of it. I guess it's busy spewing errors to the Xorg log file, or something. The last time I found it like this I tried to kill xorg. kill -15 wouldn't kill it so I tried kill -9, then the whole box seized up, requiring a reset. sometimes it's already unresponsive, even to ssh or ping, by the time I notice the problem. it's running an old Nvidia Geforce 4 MX400 card and the Nvidia proprietary driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.01-pkg1.run, downloaded directly from the nvidia web site. the date on that file is Oct 2007, so that means that's the one that it has been using since then. but it's only the last 6 weeks or so it's started doing this. other than some vaguely-defined "nvidia driver problems", what may be going on here? (I can buy an nvidia conflict with the stock centos kernel, but I'd be dubious, since it's been running this driver for two years and earlier versions for 4 or 5. any such conflict would seem likely a kernel issue, to me, since it's newly exhibited.) Thanks! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Xorg goes bonkers, bazillion NVIDIA errors...
at other loose filth I could find. mostly, the collection of cat fur on the input filter nicely blocked smaller bits of dust from entering. :) It usually gets opened up and the fur cleaned out twice a year, more or less. > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Fred > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software-- Download the Model Railroad System > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows > hel...@deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Xorg goes bonkers, bazillion NVIDIA errors...
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 04:46:50PM -0800, nate wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > > other than some vaguely-defined "nvidia driver problems", what may be > > going on here? (I can buy an nvidia conflict with the stock centos > > kernel, but I'd be dubious, since it's been running this driver for > > two years and earlier versions for 4 or 5. any such conflict would seem > > likely a kernel issue, to me, since it's newly exhibited.) > > hardware going bad? Is the card active or passively cooled? see otherposting about fans and PS. new PS. all fans working. > > Try the latest driver? Have any other cards that are the same model# you > could try in that box? Hmm. not the same, but there is a spare higher-spec/newer nvidia card around I could stick in it, also AGP, so it would fit. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." --- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] College student printer for CentOS 5.4 x86_64?
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 07:28:24AM -0800, MHR wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Phil Savoie wrote: > > David McGuffey wrote: > >> > >> What would the community recommend? His needs are simple...mostly B&W > >> papers. On rare occasions he needs to print a paper with color > >> photos/graphs embedded. Not looking to spend a lot, just enough to > >> satisfy the requirement. > >> > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > I have 2 lasers one BW and the other colour. The BW printer is a > > Brother 5250DN (N for network) and a samsung CLP-310 also network > > capable. The samsung comes with linux drivers on a CD. Both are ery > > affordable and work well with linux. > > > > I use a Brother HL2140 - it runs between $40 and $120, depending on > where you get it, and the toner cartridges are around $35 or less > each. It works just fine with CentOS (I'd bet any Brother printer > does) under CUPS, but you might have to do a little google searching > to find the right driver. It's a USB-only printer, which has its > advantages and disadvantages. > > Caveat: the toner cartridge is only good for about 3000 copies, and > it's kind of small, unlike a lot of others. However, the whole > printer is simplicity itself, the toner and drum cartridges are > trivial to replace, and it has a per-sheet feeder for special paper > needs. One more data point: My Brother HL2070N works great on linux. no hassles, no searching to find drivers. Brother HL2060 driver works like a charm. but it's a discontinued model. now ther eis HL2170 which seems to be similar and I'd guess it also works fine, but I don't know that. > I would avoid Samsung printers (now) because most of the people I've > heard from about them indicate that the inexpensive ones are > inexpensive for a reason (i.e., cheap crap), unlike Brother. Any HP > would be fine - they have great Linux support. I would also avoid > Canon (inkjets) like the plague - the color is great, but they break > down frequently, if you can find a Linux driver for them. My wife has > a Canon on her Windows PC, and it is the fifth or sixth of a series of > "free" printers we got over a period of a few years, all due to > warranty replacements (the others all failed), plus their newer > printers have custom ink cartridges that are expensive and getting > smaller. Don't know about Canon lasers, although Canon has been > extremely Linux-unfriendly with their printers (love their cameras). No experience with Samsung printers. I've heard of some people having good results, some not. > > I would also avoid anything by Lexmark - I've never had any good > results with them, and I've never heard of any, either. Don't even > know if you can use them with Linux Lexmark inkjets for sure are almost universally unsupported on Linux. Years ago they had a fairly high-end inkjet with a PostScript engine pasted onto the back (under a plastic bubble) and it worked great. I wore one of 'em out. but the ink is a killer. I've heard that their laser printers are good and do work on LInux, but again I have no experience. I'm certainly pleased with my Brother laser. it's printed somewhere in the range of 4000-5000 pages on the original toner cartridge and one replacement. the replacement is near ready for another replacement, but that's better life than they claim. It "just works." -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:yum?
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:12:16PM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:03:58PM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Ray Van Dolson > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:44:16AM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > > > > > Dear All > > > > > I want to add "yum" to my CentOS 5.2 so I downloaded the rpm package > > from > > > > > the www.pbone.net . But I didn't have success in installing it so > > please > > > > let > > > > > me know if there is another way to accomplish this job ? > > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > > > > > Yum is installed by default in CentOS 5.x. Just run 'yum'. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply . But for unknown reasons the yum is not available > > on > > > my CentOS . > > > [r...@mss-1 tmp]# more /etc/redhat-release > > > CentOS release 5.2 (Final) > > > [r...@mss-1 tmp]# yum > > > -bash: yum: command not found > > > Can you please let me know how can I install it ? > > > > Strange. What's the output of rpm -q yum? > > > > You could manually install the RPM's from: > > > > http://mirror.stanford.edu/yum/pub/centos/5/os/ > > > > Pick the correct architecture... and you'll have to resolve some > > dependancies manually. > > > > Ray > > > The output is as : > [r...@mss-1 tmp]# rpm -qa |grep yum > yum-arch-2.2.2-2.el5.kb Strange. when I run that on my Centos 5.4, I get: # rpm -q yum yum-3.2.22-20.el5.centos which I would assume to be different than "yum-arch-..." I DO NOT find yum-arch at all. Dunno what yum-arch contains, but I wonder if it is not a complete yum installation. On the off-chance that it is, you could try: ls -l `rpm -ql yum-arch-2.2.2-2.el5.kb` | less to see what files it contains, and whether all of them are actually still on your disk, or not. And as others have suggested, you may want/need to download the appropriate yum rpm file from a Centos mirror and install it with rpm before you can actually use yum. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 04:13:04PM +, Lars Hecking wrote: > > > I tried everything in that post as well, and nothing worked for me. > > Finally I found the process I laid out and it worked. > > > > The link to it is here which is an old ticket: > > > > <http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/705> > > I've tested it and it works! Presumably, it might have worked in some of > my previous attempts, but I only now figured out that I need to manually > attach the device via device menu or USB icon. Not exactly plug and play, > but workable. > > The mount command itself is sufficient here, no need to stop vboxdrv (or > vboxnet, which doesn't exist), or chmod g+rw /dev/vboxdrv. > > Thanks, Max! A late addition to this thread: I just got an external USB drive and wanted to access it from my XP guest. I couldn't figure it out, but I did remember seeing this thread. i did the steps in the first posting (or at least the first one I still have) and it worked. then I went to look at the virtualbox forum post whose URL is above. I see it has us commenting out the /proc/usb things in rc.sysinit. I've done that, but I assume I need to reboot to see the result (and I don't reboot unless forced to), but I also wonder what else I'm breaking by commenting out those lines. Anybody got any ideas on that? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Mplayer and VDPAU
Does anyone here know if the mplayer from rpmfusion (mplayer-1.0-0.41.svn20090711.el5.rf) was compiled with VDPAU support? I've looked on the mplayer web site and it says you can use vdpau, but it doesn't say HOW. Would that be with something like "-vo vdpau" ?? Thanks! -- --- .Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / // / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us // (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 Jude 1:24,25 - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mplayer and VDPAU
On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 03:06:39PM -0500, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 at 3:01pm, fred smith wrote > > > I've looked on the mplayer web site and it says you can use vdpau, but it > > doesn't say HOW. Would that be with something like "-vo vdpau" ?? > > I have the following in ~/.mplayer/config: > > vo=vdpau > vc=ffmpeg12vdpau,ffh264vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,ffwmv3vdpau, > > It forces mplayer to try the vdpau accelerated codecs first and then, if > none of them work, to select a non-vdpau one that does. > > Whether or not that's the *best* way, I don't know, but it does work. Thanks, Joshua. I'll give that a try. > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin > UCSF -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. - Proverbs 15:9 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mplayer and VDPAU
On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 10:30:32PM +0100, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Am 06.01.10 21:01, schrieb fred smith: > > Does anyone here know if the mplayer from rpmfusion > > (mplayer-1.0-0.41.svn20090711.el5.rf) was compiled with VDPAU support? > > > > I've looked on the mplayer web site and it says you can use vdpau, but it > > doesn't say HOW. Would that be with something like "-vo vdpau" ?? > > "mplayer -vo help" should show you if there is a vdpau vo. Yes, tried that. it doesn't list vdpau. however "strings mplayer | grep -y vdpau" turns up a number of instances of vdpau. -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mplayer and VDPAU
On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 03:10:59PM +0100, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > > Yes, tried that. it doesn't list vdpau. however "strings mplayer | > > grep -y vdpau" turns up a number of instances of vdpau. > > Um, yes. But: > > [ra...@reboot ~]$ mplayer -vo help|grep vdpau > vdpau VDPAU with X11 > [ra...@reboot ~]$ Yeah. mine doesn't. are you using a pre-built mplayer from somewhere, or one you compiled yourself? I have this one: # rpm -qa | grep -y mplayer mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.0.rf mplayer-codecs-20061022-1 mplayer-1.0-0.41.svn20090711.el5.rf mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1 mplayerplug-in-3.55-1.el5.rf -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How do I...
Only tangentially on topic, at best... Given a pile of html files, comprising chapters of a book, with a single html file that serves as a table of contents to the group, how would I turn the entire book into a single PDF? I can't think of a way to do that, all I can come up with would result in a pile of PDFs, one per html. But there's gotta be a better way. Suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance! (doing this on Linux, of course, which makes it slightly on topic.) Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How do I...
On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 09:33:14PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:05:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Only tangentially on topic, at best...
> >
> > Given a pile of html files, comprising chapters of a book, with a single
> > html file that serves as a table of contents to the group, how would I
> > turn the entire book into a single PDF?
> >
> > I can't think of a way to do that, all I can come up with would result
> > in a pile of PDFs, one per html. But there's gotta be a better way.
> >
> > Suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance!
> >
> > (doing this on Linux, of course, which makes it slightly on topic.)
>
> Hmmm. How did you come to have the book chapters in HTML? If you
Books downloaded from the Baen Free Library. I could go back and get
the .rtf file and export that as PDF from OOo, but I'm curious to see
if I can manage it without having to do that (you know, sort of for
fun/educational purposes.)
> really wrote the book in HTML (?!?), then one way to go would be to
> convert the HTML to LaTeX somehow. (Maybe using xslt or something.)
> The use the index html file to create a main LaTeX file that would
> \include{} each chapter, then run it through pdflatex. Presto, one big
> PDF file. And it will look 1000x better than the HTML will every look.
>
> >
> > Fred
>
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Re: [CentOS] How do I...
On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 10:07:56PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 21:05 -0500, fred smith wrote: > > Given a pile of html files, comprising chapters of a book, with a > > single > > html file that serves as a table of contents to the group, how would I > > turn the entire book into a single PDF? > > cat chap*.html > temp.html > > Load openoffice > File - New - Text document > > Import - File > temp.html > > File - Export to PDF Gosh, that works! :) It never dawned on me that I could just blindly munge multiple HTML files together, end-to-end, and have them render properly. After opening the combined html doc it took a little editing but I now have a nice looking pdf. thanks! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to send mail from console
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:33:02AM -0200, Lincoln Zuljewic Silva wrote: > Look for erros in /var/log/maillog. Do you have sendmail running? > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Roland Roland > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > i'm trying to get a script to send me an email whenever a certain > > condition takes place.. > > i'm afraid i dont have experience with mail command nor anything else > > related to sending emails for that matter.. > > > > i googled a bit and tried using mutt and mail ... > > though i do not recieve any email in my inbox... > > > > the command im using is the following : mail -s “disk space report” > > r_o_l_a_...@hotmail.com > > > > should i setup a default smtp to use? where can i check for the errors > > that are taking place? > > ___ If you don't have sendmail (or other smtp agent) running, and configured to be able to properly deliver mail, you may need to figure out how to do that. Or, if your only need for sending mail on that particular computer is for this single purpose, you may find it easiest to try the package "SendEmail", a smtp sender written in perl, which requires no configuration and can be controlled entirely from the commandline. You can find it at: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ I'm using it as a reporting tool for an unattended app I've written, and it works great. Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] The directory that I am trying to clean up is huge
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 03:14:54AM -0800, John Doe wrote:
> From: Anas Alnaffar
> > I tried to run this command
> > find -name "*.access*" -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \;
> > and I have same error message
>
> How many "*.access*" are there...?
>
> JD
if there are so many that you're finding the previously suggested
techniques difficult to use, you can try the brute-force I sometimes
use...
run:
ls > list
then edit the file (list) with a decent text editor, one in which
you can use one command to place text at the beginning of every line
such that every line then turns out to read:
rm file1
rm file2
etc, as well as removing any lines for files you do NOT want to remove.
if you have 'vi', this command will do the edits for you:
":1,$s/^/rm /"
then make the file executable:
chmod a+x list
then run it:
./list
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[CentOS] X just died then restarted
Just had a weird thing happen that I've never encountered before. Running Centos 5.x (updated) on 32-bit (Athlon XP). Was going along in Firefox when suddenly my screen went black and the hard drive light came on mostly steady for several seconds. After a little bit I got back the X login screen. It normally comes up on F7, but F7 was dead (with some text I'll paste in below in case it means anything to someone) and (since I have another dedicated app on F8) it came up on F9. The last few entries in /var/log/messages, which are about the right time, are: Apr 30 18:34:44 hostname restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory Apr 30 18:34:52 hostname kernel: NVRM: not using NVAGP, an AGPGART backend is loaded! Apr 30 18:35:10 hostname gconfd (username-32302): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Apr 30 18:35:10 hostname gconfd (username-32302): Exiting Apr 30 18:36:59 hostname restorecond: Will not restore a file with more than one hard link (/etc/resolv.conf) No such file or directory Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 8990 user 'username' Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/username/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Apr 30 18:37:22 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Apr 30 18:37:27 hostname pcscd: winscard.c:219:SCardConnect() Reader E-Gate 0 0 Not Found Apr 30 18:37:27 hostname last message repeated 4 times Apr 30 18:37:30 hostname gconfd (username-8990): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/username/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 and the stuff on the F7 screen is (hard to read and surely incomplete): b7913000-b7a52000 rw-p b7913000 00:00 0 b7a52000-b7a7c000 rw-s 00:08 192315392 /SYSV (deleted) b7a7c000-b7abc000 rw-s d3f9 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7abc000-b7ac rw-s d050 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7ac-b7fc rw-s d000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fc-b7fd rw-s e480 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fd-b7fd4000 rw-p b7fd 00:00 0 b7fd4000-b7fd5000 rw-s e4682000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fd5000-b7fd6000 rw-s e468 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fd6000-b7fde000 rw-s 240bb000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fde000-b7fdf000 rw-s 1dc43000 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 b7fdf000-b7fef000 rw-s 2473 00:10 6900 /dev/nvidia0 bf864000-bf87f000 rwxp bf864000 00:00 0 [stack] bf87f000-bf881000 rw-p bf87f000 00:00 0 So since the stuff from /var/log/messages mentions agpgart and this stuff from F7 mentions /dev/nvidia, I'm guessing the nvidia drivers had some kind of brain fart (:) ?? FWIW, I'm running the Nvidia 96.43.01 drivers, direct from Nvidia and not any repository. Any ideas? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." -- Matthew 7:21 (niv) - pgpQLC3ebV3Kw.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] wine question
Before bothering the wine folks thought I'd ask here... On my fully-updated (fully operational battle station), er, centos box I seem to be able to use the Centos-released version of wine to run the software installers for quite a few apps. However, at no time during the installer do I actually see any text in any of the dialogs that appear. This makes it a little hard to choose options :) Does anyone here have any experience using wine like this and perhaps can tell me what I need to do to fix it? for years I've had one of the huge sets of national geographic on CDROM, and years ago it wouldn't even install on wine. I've just used acroread to view the files in the past, but thought I'd see today if the wine i've got will install it. Yes, it seems to, but it's hard to tell what choices I made. For example, it wont' actually run (now that it is installed) unless I register it, which apparently is done as part of the installation. Before I go run the installer again and see if I can fake my way through registration I'd like to see if there's a way to tweak Wine so it'll let me see the text in the installer windows (and the legends on the buttons). Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- pgpOkSltFcvW4.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] wine question
On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 06:45:34AM -0700, John Thomas wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > to use the Centos-released version of wine to run the > >software installers for quite a few apps. However, at no time during the > >installer do I actually see any text in any of the dialogs that appear. > >This makes it a little hard to choose options :) > > I had this problem. The solution was provided on this list. From my > notes (sorry, no credit to the person who provided the info): > > I resolved the problem copying the fonts from windows, I know that this > is not the best solution but it works with that, y copied the fonts > from c:/windows/fonts and pasted on /home/user/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts > after I did that finally I got a wine menu with fonts Thanks, John, I'll look into htat. -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - pgpDfHy7ZCumA.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Gnome-terminal's backslashes look like Ws with a horizontal line through -- how to get a backslash?
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 04:16:23PM -0400, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote: > Hello! > > I've just started trying gnome-terminal (instead of xterm) because of > its "tabbing" facility. However, I note that with it backslashes appear > something like a W with a horizontal line through it. Any known way to > get a backslash to appear as a backslash? > > To see what I mean, use gnome-terminal with > > echo '\' > > in bash, ksh, etc. > > Regards, > Chip Campbell I have no idea how to cure it, but it sounds like you may be set for a Korean local,... a w with a horizontal line through it is a "Won" symbol (Korean money). > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) - pgpFF429jpf1z.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Desktop Effects -- questions/issues
Hi! I finally tried enabling the desktop effects yesterday. I'm using an old Nvidia card (GeForce 4 MX440) with, of course, Nvidia's drivers. this is on a fully updated Centos 5 system. Enabling from the gnome menu doesn't exactly work compltely, one needs to google around a bit to find out the remaining magic incantations to make it fully work. So, I've done that and it's working. Issues: 1. I notice that the text in the bar at the top of each window appears to be a different font, and it is outlined in black. Is there any way to tweak that setting? 2. If I have a window that is slid partially off the edge of an individual desktop it now oveerlaps the edge of the one "next" to it, when it never did before. Not sure if I like that or not, is there any way to change that behavior should I decide I don't like it? 3. I have (and always have had) the panel settings set to "autohide". I now notice that it sometimes does not hide itself until I explicitly click in an empty part of the panel, then somewhere else on the desktop. Anyone know if there's a way to resovle this? Question: Should I decide I want to revert to the way it was before I enabled these effects, how would I go about that? there is no "disable" button on the gnome menu, only the "enable" button. I know how to un-do the changes I made manually in the xorg.conf file, but no idea how to undo whatever it is that the "enable desktop effects" button does. Clues would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! -- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - pgprr9p0mj4w7.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
