Re: [CentOS] selinux policy remnant according to /bin/ls on CentOS 6.0 box

Jon, Its worth noting in C6 that you really should avoid using RPM to add/remove stuff and stick with yum. Yum now supports rolling back and forward package changes, but this is broken if you do things with RPM. Tris On 20/09/2011 18:48, Jon Detert wrote: > I installed CentOS 6.0 on 2 differe

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

On Sep 21, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 09:18 -0400, Ross Walker wrote: >> On Sep 19, 2011, at 7:12 PM, Craig White wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2011-09-19 at 18:41 -0400, Ross Walker wrote: On Sep 17, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Craig White wrote: > At some poin

Re: [CentOS] Installation of 6.0

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 06:25:45 PM Robert Spangler wrote: > On Tuesday 20 September 2011 17:39, the following was written: > > Do an install without GUI (not > > necessarily a minimal install, but a server install) and see what comes up > > on first boot. Like I said, that's what my RHEL

Re: [CentOS] Finding i/o bottleneck

> Hi Nicolas, > > While this doesn't exactly answer your question, I was wondering what > scheduler you were using on your GFS2 (Note: I have not used this file > system before) block. You can find this by issuing 'cat /sys/block/ block device>/queue/scheduler' ? > > By default the system uses cfq,

Re: [CentOS] Installation of 6.0

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 09:23:03 PM Robert Nichols wrote: > That hasn't been my experience, and the RHEL 6 Installation Guide says: > >"The first time you start your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system in run > level 5 (the graphical run level), the FirstBoot tool appears, which > g

Re: [CentOS] sudo wildcards problem: for every argument a *-wildcard? Better solution?

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:48 PM, John Doe wrote: > Tried with -- ? > Maybe replace the last * with [! ]* doesn't work. Any other idea? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] (yum) Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)....

This error: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: debug. Please verify its path and try again occurs every time I run yum (and is where execution stops). Why? and/or What can be done to fix yum so I can use it again? tnx. -- War is a failure of the imagina

Re: [CentOS] (yum) Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)....

On 09/21/2011 11:45 AM lists-centos wrote: > > Original Message >> Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:27:44 AM -0400 >> From: ken >> To: CentOS mailing list >> >> This error: >> >> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for >> repository: debug. Pl

Re: [CentOS] sudo wildcards problem: for every argument a *-wildcard? Better solution?

From: Sven Aluoor > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:48 PM, John Doe wrote: >> Tried with -- ? >> Maybe replace the last * with [! ]* > doesn't work. Any other idea? I tried the following in /etc/sudoers:   myuser    ALL=/o*/te* And cat /opt/test   #!/bin/bash   echo "$*"   touch /root/test Then:

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:41 AM, Ross Walker wrote: > On Sep 21, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Craig White wrote: > I guess the point I was trying to make without being excessively blunt is that the track record of timely releases for CentOS 6.x (any release) and the track record of timel

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 09:50 -0700, Craig White wrote: > Ubuntu != Debian http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-ubuntu-vs-debian/ > But it's not really my intent to debate which distro - just wanted to > point out that at this point, it requires a leap of faith to instal

Re: [CentOS] (yum) Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml)....

Cool++. That fixed it. (Thanks much.) And now I have an example of something meant to fix problems causing problems. :) On 09/21/2011 12:05 PM lists-centos wrote: > > Original Message >> Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:52:11 AM -0400 >> From: ken >> >> On 0

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

craig this is your second troll in two posts. stop trolling we are glad for your past life when centos rescued you from whatever. plus, your past and current usage of centos, migrations to another distro, and opinions are duly noted "again". like for the hundredth time another time will not b

[CentOS] {SOLVED} Re: PDF Reader/Editor for CentOS 5.7 (32 bit)?

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > I had, in the past, a .pdf reader that also permitted me to fill in > some information, when I received a .pdf file. > > I have KPDF installed, but that seems to only have Reader capability. > > Received a contract via email and I would like

[CentOS] Heads up: ip_nat_ftp module can cause FTP problems in 5.7

Hi, after updating one of my systems to 5.7 FTP connections stopped working. After a bit of debugging I found out that the ip_nat_ftp module apparently breaks things in 5.7. So I you update your systems and suddenly FTP starts acting up check if you have that module in /etc/sysconfig/iptables-c

[CentOS] Ekiga - camera

dear All, when first installing CentOs some 6 months ago, I noticed this strange thing called Ekiga. Now, some guys at work use Skype and I heard that's owned by Microsoft. So enter James. I bought a webcam, actualy 2, to test Ekiga. Logitech Webcam c210. I saw this url :http://www.ideasonboa

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:55:45 +0200 Johan Vermeulen wrote: > Can anyone help me configure something somewhere or whatever is needed ? Try installing cheese and see if it can find your camera. That doesn't directly get ekiga working but it will tell you if Centos 6 actually supports your camera.

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 12:05 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > Try installing cheese . Where from ? Yum does not know it. Thank you, Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 19:08 +0100, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 12:05 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > > > Try installing cheese . > > Where from ? Yum does not know it. > > Thank you, > > Paul. > Really? It's on 6.0 at least. Is OP on 5.x? B.J. ]$ su Password: [root@offic

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 14:17 -0400, b.j. mcclure wrote: > > > > Where from ? Yum does not know it. > Really? It's on 6.0 at least. Is OP on 5.x? I'm on 5.7 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cento

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

Always Learning wrote on 09/21/2011 02:33 PM: ... > I'm on 5.7 But the OP is on 6. Phil ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 14:37 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: > Always Learning wrote on 09/21/2011 02:33 PM: > ... > > I'm on 5.7 > > But the OP is on 6. I'm on 5.7 and I have had similar problems. If this Cheese thing can helpfully identify why two web cams, gathering dust, are not recognised in Ek

Re: [CentOS] {SOLVED} Re: PDF Reader/Editor for CentOS 5.7 (32 bit)?

Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Lanny Marcus > wrote: >> I had, in the past, a .pdf reader that also permitted me to fill in >> some information, when I received a .pdf file. > Adobe Reader is only a "reader" as I assumed it would be. Some PDF > readers can also fill in for

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

Johan Vermeulen wrote: > > when first installing CentOs some 6 months ago, I noticed this strange > thing called Ekiga. > # yum search V4L2 That's video4linux, btw. > with epel testing enabled. > > #dmesg | tail -n15 shows : > still in Ekiga i get error message ( translated from Dutch) : > > an

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Johan Vermeulen > Subject: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera > > > > dear All, > > when first installing CentOs some 6 months ago, I noticed > this strange thing called Ekiga. > > Now, some guys at work use Skype and I heard t

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Always Learning > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera > > > On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 14:37 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: >> Always Learning wrote on 09/21/2011 02:33 PM: >> ... >>> I'm on 5.7 >> >> But the OP is on 6. >

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

hello Mark and Keith, I also think a have the driver, because of what dmesg shows. mark could be right, I had a similar issue with a firewire camera, Kino and /dev/raw1394. So a did this : -bash-4.1# groupadd motion -bash-4.1# chgrp motion video0 -bash-4.1# usermod -G motion james -bash-4.

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

I kind of did the same for /dev/v4l -bash-4.1# ls -la v4l/ totaal 0 drwxrwx---. 4 root motion 80 sep 21 21:28 . drwxrwxrwx. 21 root root 3820 sep 21 21:28 .. drwxrwx---. 2 root motion 60 sep 21 21:28 by-id drwxrwx---. 2 root motion 60 sep 21 21:28 by-path -bash-4.1# still no luck. er

[CentOS] Broadcom Failure: Chg CentOS 6.0 to 5.7

After following various advice I received on other threads to get the Broadcom wlan0 on my laptop to work I have still not succeeded. Therefore I am changing from CentOS 6.0 to 5.7 . I think that I'll first try the fix at: http://elrepo.org/tiki/wl-kmod on 5.7 . Anyone have a reason why I shou

Re: [CentOS] Safely Remove Disk on LVM

On 09/19/2011 10:59 AM, Muhammad Panji wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Theo Band > wrote: > > On 09/16/2011 05:03 AM, Muhammad Panji wrote: > > Dear All, > > I plan to replace an error disk that is part of an LV. from LVM > how-to > > i

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On 09/21/2011 03:34 PM Keith Roberts wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > >> To: CentOS mailing list >> From: Johan Vermeulen >> Subject: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera >> >> >> >> dear All, >> >> when first installing CentOs some 6 months ago, I noticed >> this strange thing called

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Thursday, September 22, 2011 01:55 AM, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > > > dear All, > > when first installing CentOs some 6 months ago, I noticed this strange thing > called Ekiga. You need an ILS server/service or a sip server to make ekiga useful. ILS is going/has gone the way of the dodo...so an

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

On Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:50 AM, Craig White wrote: >>> I don't have to worry about 'long term support' >> >> Cause there is none. > > Ubuntu != Debian > > No LTS? - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS > For Ubuntu's definition of 'support'. It is in no way comparable to what you can

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: >> >> No LTS? - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS >> > > For Ubuntu's definition of 'support'. It is in no way comparable to what > you can get in previous Centos releases. It is 'comparable' to CEntos 6 > - none Errr, what? Apt-get is stil

[CentOS] CentOS 5.7: disable automatic updates

In CentOS 5.7, how do I disable automatic update checking? Thanks, Mike. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.7: disable automatic updates

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:55:46 + (UTC) Michael D. Berger wrote: > In CentOS 5.7, how do I disable automatic > update checking? turn off the yumupdatesd service. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER! __

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

As the OP, I will say this. I blew out my CentOS 6.0 installation having installed SL kernel and firmware packages. I thought I would install SL 6.1 to see how it would be since it was a new install with no real value as far as customizations.  It wouldn't run after the installation, boot up and cr

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

On Thursday, September 22, 2011 07:00 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Christopher Chan > wrote: >>> >>> No LTS? - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS >>> >> >> For Ubuntu's definition of 'support'. It is in no way comparable to what >> you can get in previous Centos releas

[CentOS] Centos 6 First Install, gripes - cool things- tips/help

Finally got a new server the other day. You know I had to try out centos 6 with this one. dual quad cores, 24 gb ram (12 for each cpu) 6 working drives bays. My first big surprise was the partition system with anaconda. It is a lot different than the centos 5.x version. I am sure it is a bug tha

[CentOS] CentOS 5.7: stop level 3 beep

In my CentOS 5.7 laptop, I boot to level 3, and do startx to get KDE if I need it. I stopped the beeps at level 5, but how do I stop them at level 3? Thanks, Mike. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cento

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 First Install, gripes - cool things- tips/help

> Finally got a new server the other day. > You know I had to try out centos 6 with this one. Can you give me the specs of your server --- Michel Donais ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] w3pw install

hey list, I'm attempting to install the w3pw password wallet on centos 5.6 http://w3pw.sourceforge.net/ The interface works well enough, but for the life of me I can't find the default password for setup or the file in which this is set. Does anyone happen to know? thanks! tim __

[CentOS] How to update CentOS 5.4 to 5.6?

Is there a way to update a CentOS 5.4 server to 5.6 (but not 5.7)? "yum update" takes me all the way up to 5.7. Best, -at ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Installing yesterday's CentOS (or how to install the patch/package set from 3 weeks ago)

Hello, Let's say your operating policy is "no patch updates without testing first in the test environment". Let's say it takes you 3 weeks to test. Over the course of the 3 weeks, the repo changes (new packages added, old removed). Is there a way to "freeze" a set of packages so that when I ru

Re: [CentOS] Ekiga - camera

On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 06:43 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote: > You need an ILS server/service or a sip server to make ekiga useful. ILS > is going/has gone the way of the dodo...so any sip client that supports > video should do. If ekiga does not work, try others. Ekiga works well on Centos 5.6

[CentOS] Wiki CR Repo Link Defective

On http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR the link to a copy of 64 bit CR repo is not working. The link is: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.6/cr/x86_64/RPMS/centos-release-cr-5-6.el5.centos.1.x86_64.rpm and the error message is (obtained from trying two distinctly differe

Re: [CentOS] Wiki CR Repo Link Defective

On 09/21/11 8:42 PM, Always Learning wrote: > Onhttp://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR > > the link to a copy of 64 bit CR repo is not working. > > The link is: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.6/cr/x86_64/RPMS/centos-release-cr-5-6.el5.centos.1.x86_64.rpm 5.7 has been rel

[CentOS] Wiki CR Repo Link Defective

On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, John R Pierce wrote: > On 09/21/11 8:42 PM, Always Learning wrote: > 5.7 has been released, obsoleting the 5.6/cr/ John or Always I am in a low bandwidth environment, and so cannot do this myself Plesae file a bug at: http://bugs.centos.org/ so that the release process c

Re: [CentOS] Wiki CR Repo Link Defective

On 09/21/11 11:21 PM, R P Herrold wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, John R Pierce wrote: >> > 5.7 has been released, obsoleting the 5.6/cr/ > > Plesae file a bug at:http://bugs.centos.org/ so that the > release process checklist for point releases includes a formal > item to take steps to prevent thi