[CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Hi list, I installed on my workstation C8.1 (1911) and performed a minimal install and then installed XFCE from EPEL. I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted default). If I try ,from normal user shell, to run command like "reboot" or "shutdown -h now" system will rebo

Re: [CentOS] yum update / kernal update failed - remove or repair

2020-01-24 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Thursday 23 January 2020 15:22:32 Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: > > > > Before you try the update again, you'll have to fix the reason for the > > failure - add memory, or at least add a swap file. > > > > You could check with > > rpm -qa --last | head -20 > > which the latest packages are that

Re: [CentOS] (SOLVED) YUM (DNF) Possible Confusion Centos 8

2020-01-24 Thread Simon Matter via CentOS
> > > >>The redhat access page comes up in both google and duckduckgo when I put >>in the entire 4 lines of the error message. You still have to login to >>see the solution. >> >>https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=+Problem+1%3A+conflicting+requests+++-+nothing+provides+modu

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Simon Matter via CentOS
> Hi list, > > I installed on my workstation C8.1 (1911) and performed a minimal > install and then installed XFCE from EPEL. > > I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted > default). If I try ,from normal user shell, to run command like "reboot" > or "shutdown -h now" system

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Il 24/01/20 15:11, Simon Matter via CentOS ha scritto: Hi list, I installed on my workstation C8.1 (1911) and performed a minimal install and then installed XFCE from EPEL. I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted default). If I try ,from normal user shell, to run comma

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Pete Biggs
> I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted > default). If I try ,from normal user shell, to run command like "reboot" > or "shutdown -h now" system will reboot/shutdown. This happens on tty > console, on xfce terminal and ssh session. I've just created a normal user on

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Simon Matter via CentOS
> > Il 24/01/20 15:11, Simon Matter via CentOS ha scritto: >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I installed on my workstation C8.1 (1911) and performed a minimal >>> install and then installed XFCE from EPEL. >>> >>> I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted >>> default). If I try ,from norma

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Simon Matter via CentOS
> >> I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted >> default). If I try ,from normal user shell, to run command like "reboot" >> or "shutdown -h now" system will reboot/shutdown. This happens on tty >> console, on xfce terminal and ssh session. > > I've just created a normal user

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Il 24/01/20 15:47, Simon Matter via CentOS ha scritto: Il 24/01/20 15:11, Simon Matter via CentOS ha scritto: Hi list, I installed on my workstation C8.1 (1911) and performed a minimal install and then installed XFCE from EPEL. I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Il 24/01/20 15:44, Pete Biggs ha scritto: I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted default). If I try ,from normal user shell, to run command like "reboot" or "shutdown -h now" system will reboot/shutdown. This happens on tty console, on xfce terminal and ssh session. I've

[CentOS] Centos 7 Lyx - installing templates and class files

2020-01-24 Thread Frank Cox
I'm not kind of an expert using Lyx, but I occasionally do some "structured writing" and on those occasions I've really enjoyed using Lyx; the workflow and the output just can't be beat. I'm enough of a novice with it that I've never used anything other than the "Article (Standard Class)" docum

Re: [CentOS] C8 Question

2020-01-24 Thread Orion Poplawski
On 1/24/20 4:38 AM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: > Hi list, > > I installed on my workstation C8.1 (1911) and performed a minimal install and > then installed XFCE from EPEL. > > I noticed a strange behaviour (don't know if this is the wanted default). If I > try ,from normal user shell, to run comman

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Lyx - installing templates and class files

2020-01-24 Thread Noam Bernstein via CentOS
Can you use yum whatprovides FILE_GLOB to figure out which package provides the particular class files that seem relevant? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] yum update / kernal update failed - remove or repair

2020-01-24 Thread Anthony K
On 23/1/20 12:44 am, Gary Stainburn wrote: ... As I will probably only have one chance to fix this (without having to get the ISP's help again) I was wondering if there are any clear instructions on how to remove a failed kernel RPM update, returning the server to the state it was in prior to

Re: [CentOS] yum update / kernal update failed - remove or repair

2020-01-24 Thread Anthony K
On 25/1/20 11:56 am, Anthony K wrote: [0]: https://anindya.me/2011/09/17/grub-fallback-after-kernel-panic/ I've just discovered that the article I posted is a rather old post so went hunting. If you have a RHEL subscription (I'm using the free developer subscription) you can see the officia

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 32 Bits install.

2020-01-24 Thread Anthony K
On 13/1/20 2:54 am, Ger van Dijck wrote: Hi all, Question : Can I install Centos7 32 Bits on a computer i386 32 bits little indian pentium III Copermine Model8 Cpufamily 6 CpuMhz 863.979 (lscpu) grep -i pae /proc/cpuinfo gives a flag pae . ... Here's an alternative if CentOS performance