Re: What's the best way to learn RPM packaging?
On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 08:21 +0200, Jean-Michel Barbet wrote: On 08/13/2015 06:53 AM, Joseph Areeda wrote: Hi, I'm finding myself in the situation where it would be nice to be able to package our apps or backport newer versions of some apps to work with modules on SL6. I've found lots of things on the web that are either too single minded or incomprehensible. If you remember how you learned to create RPMs, I'd appreciate some advice on how to get going. Good books, tutorials or websites. The reference documentation is NOT a good place to start, necessary, but not a good cover to cover read, at least not yet. Hi Joe, I do not know if the following falls in the no good category but I used it a lot to learn how to build my own packages : http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ JM Hi, A decent reference is: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package Regards Phil -- Twitter: @philwyett Jappix (xmpp chat): philwy...@jappix.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: blank screen
On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 19:49 +0300, Tomiwa Kehinde wrote: Hello all, I use scientific Linux 6.6 on Vmware. and recently get blank screen instead of the desktop after i provide the system my login password. Attached is the screen shot of the Vmware Kehinde Hi, What version of VMware Workstation do you have running? Was this VM an upgrade from an older SL6 release or was it a fresh 6.6 install? Regards Phil -- Twitter: @philwyett Jabber (xmpp): philwy...@jappix.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: update transaction errors
On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 15:46 -0800, Yasha Karant wrote: I attempted to update a SL 7 system using the Add/Remove Software GUI update feature. The update fails with: Test Transaction Errors: file /sbin/extlinux from install of syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 file /boot/extlinux/cat.c32 from install of syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 file /boot/extlinux/chain.c32 from install of syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 file /boot/extlinux/cmd.c32 from install of syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 file /boot/extlinux/config.c32 from install of syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 file /boot/extlinux/cpuid.c32 from install of syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux-extlinux-4.05-8.el7.x86_64 file /boot/extlinux/cpuidtest.c32 from install of syslinux-5.10-1.el7.rfx.x86_64 conflicts with file from package syslinux... However, as there is no find command on the above GUI (unless it is a control or escape sequence of which I am unaware), a visual scan of the list of packages to be installed does not reveal any syslinux files, and the GUI does not seem to show dependencies and/or additional files that must be installed. Do I manually use yum to remove the offending syslinux file and then rerun the update or will this cripple the system making the update impossible? System information: NAME=Scientific Linux VERSION=7.0 (Nitrogen) ID=rhel ID_LIKE=fedora VERSION_ID=7.0 PRETTY_NAME=Scientific Linux 7.0 (Nitrogen) ANSI_COLOR=0;31 CPE_NAME=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:GA HOME_URL=http://www.scientificlinux.org//; BUG_REPORT_URL=scientific-linux-de...@listserv.fnal.gov REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT=Scientific Linux 7 REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.0 REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT=Scientific Linux REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.0 from: /etc/os-release uname -a Linux [redacted] 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Sep 11 15:55:14 CDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux extlinux -v extlinux 4.05 Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al syslinux -v syslinux 4.05 Copyright 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al What other information do I need? Yasha Karant Hi, You are trying to update with syslinux from RPM Forge (a third party repo). Are you sure you want this package to try install? Regards Phil -- Twitter: @philwyett Jabber (xmpp): philwy...@jappix.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Installing Zarafa on SL7
On Fri, 2015-02-06 at 20:46 +1100, Bill Maidment wrote: Hi guys When I try to install zarafa on SL7 from EPEL I get the following error: Error: Package: zarafa-search-7.1.11-2.el7.x86_64 (epel) Requires: catdoc Does anyone know where to get catdoc? Or how to get round this issue other than skip-broken ? Cheers Bill Hi, I can confirm this issue on SL 7. The package 'catdoc' does not yet exist in EPEL 7. I would suggest you file a bug against 'zarafa' on Red Hats bugzilla or you may wish to contact the 'catdoc' contact and ask for it building for EPEL 7. The contact according to the Fedora project is: Name: Adel Gadllah Nick: drago01 Email: adel.gadl...@gmail.com Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: NVidia drops off bus
On Thu, 2015-01-29 at 08:30 -0800, Joseph Areeda wrote: Hi All, I've been getting random crashes of X on my development workstation with messages like: on console: cpu #X stuck in [X:...] .xsession-errors contain things like: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. /var/log/messages has NVRM: GPU at :01:00.0 has fallen off the bus. Most things I've been able to find suggest a driver vs. kernel problem so I updated to the latest driver from NVidia (346.35) with no luck. Have others seen this? Any hints? Could it be the NVidia card failing? Thanks, Joe Hi, I have seen this once before with a persons system. The issue in that case was a bad physical connection. Removing the card, cleaning the connections and reseating the card corrected the issue. Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: SL on Dell Precision M4800 Mobile Workstation
On Mon, 2015-01-26 at 21:10 -0800, Yasha Karant wrote: I am considering replacing my current HP 8530p with a Dell Precision M4800 Mobile Workstation . I have looked at Linux on Laptops, but this Dell model does not seem to appear. Does anyone have Linux experience with the above Dell model? Note that SL 6 works well on my HP 8530p . Thanks for any information. Yasha Karant Hi, This laptop supports RHEL 6.4 or greater. http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/precision-m4800-workstation. See the tech specs lower on the page. Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Adobe flash plugin replacement for Firefox
On Fri, 2014-12-26 at 09:53 +, Phil Wyett wrote: On Tue, 2014-12-23 at 15:47 +0300, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote: Hi Yasha Karant! On 2014.12.22 at 20:25:10 -0800, Yasha Karant wrote next: At this point on an IA-32 SL 6 environment: yum install mesa-libGLES-devel reports: Error: Package: mesa-libGLES-8.0.5-1.el6.elrepo.i686 (elrepo-extras) Requires: mesa-dri-drivers(x86-32) = 8.0.5-1.el6.elrepo Installed: mesa-dri-drivers-9.2-0.5.el6_5.2.i686 (@sl6x-fastbugs/6.4) mesa-dri-drivers(x86-32) = 9.2-0.5.el6_5.2 Available: mesa-dri-drivers-8.0.5-1.el6.elrepo.i686 (elrepo-extras) mesa-dri-drivers(x86-32) = 8.0.5-1.el6.elrepo Available: mesa-dri-drivers-9.2-0.5.el6.i686 (sl) mesa-dri-drivers(x86-32) = 9.2-0.5.el6 Available: mesa-dri-drivers-10.1.2-2.el6.i686 (sl-security) mesa-dri-drivers(x86-32) = 10.1.2-2.el6 End output from yum Any suggestions? Well, you are trying to mix old Mesa 8.0.4 from elrepo (http://elrepo.org/tiki/mesa) with Mesa 9.2 that you have installed... Hi, While that wiki page shows a full list of mesa 8.x.x packages, the main repo no longer reflects this. After a quick look, the base mesa packages are no longer available in elrepo at all. What Yasha is seeing is the stray packages for mesa 8.x.x that still reside elrepo 'extras' repo that have not been cleaned out by the looks of it. Regards Phil Oops, my mistake - Stale mirror. The full series of mesa 8.0.5 does appear in the elrepo 'extras' repo. It's Christmas. Allowed one oversight before new year. :-) Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
