Re: [CentOS] Suddenly OpenVPN not working - backgrounds prompt for username / password

2015-07-26 Thread Alan McKay
So it seems that now when I use --daemon it backgrounds BEFORE prompting for my password instead of after So I am good as long as I don't do that. Why this all of a sudden? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listin

Re: [CentOS] Fedora change that will probably affect RHEL

2015-07-26 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 07/25/2015 05:00 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 07/25/2015 11:45 AM, Jake Shipton wrote: >> I think a better solution to suite both worlds would be to simply have a >> boot flag on the installation media such as maybe >> "passwordcheck=true/false" > > https://xkcd.com/1172/ > > It's practicall

Re: [CentOS] Fedora change that will probably affect RHEL

2015-07-26 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 07/26/2015 08:13 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 07/25/2015 05:00 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> On 07/25/2015 11:45 AM, Jake Shipton wrote: >>> I think a better solution to suite both worlds would be to simply have a >>> boot flag on the installation media such as maybe >>> "passwordcheck=true/fals

[CentOS] C6.6 Gnome panel problem

2015-07-26 Thread Fred Smith
Hi all! I usually keep the panels on my Centos 6.6 (Gnome) so they auto-hide, but t'other day I wanted to keep the top panel visible for a while to make the clock visible for doing some rough timings. so I open the top panel, click properties, and UNcheck the "autohide" checkbox, close the proper

Re: [CentOS] C6.6 Gnome panel problem

2015-07-26 Thread Rob Kampen
On 07/27/2015 05:34 AM, Fred Smith wrote: Hi all! I usually keep the panels on my Centos 6.6 (Gnome) so they auto-hide, but t'other day I wanted to keep the top panel visible for a while to make the clock visible for doing some rough timings. so I open the top panel, click properties, and UNche

[CentOS] wicd problem 0: i have started having problems wicd and network connections

2015-07-26 Thread g
greetings, system: CentOS = 6.6 - current updates KDE = 4.3.4 Network Manager = 0.8.1 wicd = 1.7.0 (bzr-r552) from what i have read in threads, it appears that 'wicd' is recommended network controller over 'network manager'. because of this, i installed wicd and

[CentOS] wicd problem 2: wicd does not sync when ifconfig commands are given from a terminal

2015-07-26 Thread g
greetings, during past week or so, i have been having problems with mozilla firefox locking up kde desktop and i have to open a terminal to reboot system. to insure that i get kde back to a desired state, i make backups of ~/.kde path when ever i change any settings of kde. after system reboots

[CentOS] wicd problem 1: wicd allows network to be connected on reboot

2015-07-26 Thread g
greetings, i find this strange because i see problems when using 'wicd'. 1st problem is that wicd allows network to be connected on reboot, even when network is disconnected at time of reboot. such does not seem to be good because i leave system up 24/7/365 and if there is a mains failure and u

[CentOS] wicd problem 3: wicd blocking 1st attempt connection for firefox and yumex

2015-07-26 Thread g
greetings, wicd is preventing firefox and yumex to connect to internet. when i first try to connect to a web site with firefox, i get err message; Unable to connect when i click [Try Again], connection is made. all further connection attempts are ok. when i try to run yumex, i get error mes

[CentOS] wicd problem 5: wicd restarts itself when as user making terminal commands

2015-07-26 Thread g
greetings, following are command line problems as user using virtual terminals. ]$ ifconfig;date eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:feff:fe8f:8f23/64 Scope:Link

[CentOS] wicd problem 4: wicd restarts itself when as root user making terminal commands

2015-07-26 Thread g
greetings, to further check wicd problem, i decided to run test as root user and as user. i verified wicd problems 1, 2, 3 happen when logged in as root user. to further test wicd problems, i tried a few command line problems using virtual terminals. in following, note changing of status for

Re: [CentOS] wicd problem 0: i have started having problems wicd and network connections

2015-07-26 Thread John R Pierce
On 7/26/2015 9:18 PM, g wrote: from what i have read in threads, it appears that 'wicd' is recommended network controller over 'network manager'. recommended by whom ?rhel and therefore centos use network manager. wicd is used by arch and some other distributions... wicd is not availa