[CentOS] crontab query

2020-11-12 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
I need to schedule a process/program every hour on the hour between 9am and 4pm on the 2nd through the 9th of each month except on Saturday and Sunday.  So, I tried this entry: 0 9-16 2-9 * 1-5 ./myprog.sh Unfortunately it runs outside of the 2nd through the 9th and still runs on Sat. through

[CentOS] Cannot update grup2-common

2020-08-27 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
when I try: # dnf update grub2-common Last metadata expiration check: 0:50:01 ago on Thu 27 Aug 2020 02:27:52 PM CDT. Error:  Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: kernel (try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or

[CentOS] CentOS 8 & HandBrakeCLI

2020-07-12 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Since I upgraded to CentOS8, I cannot get HandBrakeCLI to work: # HandBrakeCLI HandBrakeCLI: error while loading shared libraries: libass.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Googling this, it appears the error message is related to ffmpeg, but I don't get any error

[CentOS] Stuck Centos 7 to 8 upgrade

2020-05-16 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Four problems below: # dnf -y groupupdate "Core" "Minimal Install" bintray-tvheadend-stable 0.0  B/s |   0  B 00:00 Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'bintray-tvheadend-stable', ignoring this repo. Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:11 ago on Sat 16 May 2020 12:30:47 PM CDT. Error:  P

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 - xfs shrink & expand

2020-05-16 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
"telinit" was what I needed, thanks again! -Frank On 5/13/2020 12:05 PM, Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. wrote: I'll try that...I was using instructions I found on the internet for single-user/maintenance mode.   From the grub screen you enter 'e' and modify the linux16 lin

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 - xfs shrink & expand

2020-05-13 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
I'll try that...I was using instructions I found on the internet for single-user/maintenance mode.   From the grub screen you enter 'e' and modify the linux16 line...etc. Okay, I'll try that next. Thanks Simon! On 5/13/2020 7:28 AM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: Hi, Yeah, I tried that but

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 - xfs shrink & expand

2020-05-13 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
Yeah, I tried that but ran into a problem.  It came up fine in single-user/maintenance mode.   The mount command shows all of the mounted file systems, but after I 'chroot /sysroot', the mount failed (with some problem with mtab, sorry don't have the exact error message).  So I couldn't mount m

[CentOS] CentOS 7 - xfs shrink & expand

2020-05-12 Thread Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
I'm having some difficulty finding a method to shrink my /home to expand my /.  They both correspond to LVMs.  It is my understanding that one cannot shrink a xfs filesystem.  One must back it up (xfsdump), remove (lvremove) redefine it and then restore it back (xfsrestore). Okay, I'm running