Re: wireless USB again

[Tam Nguyen]

I have been using the same Hawking USB wireless Disk Adapter on my
Scientific Linux.  It worked fine.  Google for the Hawking driver for
Linux.  It is out there.  If you decided to get Hawking, let me know and
I'll give you the driver.  I believe I've it backup on my usb drive.

Re: wireless USB again

[Earl Ramirez]

On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 20:14 -0700, Tom Rosmond wrote:
> I know this is a subject that has been beat to death in Linux forums for
> years, but I need to raise it again.  My employer has given me a
> dual-processor 16 core server to use for serious computation in my home.
> I intend to install SL 6.3 on it, and will eventually need to connect to
> it via my wireless home network.  Included with the system is a Linksys
> AE3000 USB wireless adapter.
> 
> I know that USB wireless support under linux can be a hit or miss
> proposition, so I wonder if it is worth the trouble to try to get this
> device to work, or should I just get a PCI-e wireless adapter that I
> know is supported and save myself some grief.  I would appreciate any
> advice or suggestions from people with experience with this or similar
> wireless adapters.
> 
> T. Rosmond


Hi Tom,

Please see below, which was posted by Akemi earlier.

"Please follow the note in this blog:

http://elrepoproject.blogspot.com/2012/03/one-size-fits-all-compat-wireless-fits.html

and determine if your device is supported by the kmod-compat-wireless
package from ELRepo. If it is, then set up the elrepo repository by:

yum install elrepo-release

and install the latest version from the elrepo-testing repo (updated
note at the bottom). For more info please see:

http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-compat-wireless

and

http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=301

Akemi"
-- 


Kind Regards
Earl Ramirez
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wireless USB again

[Tom Rosmond]

I know this is a subject that has been beat to death in Linux forums for
years, but I need to raise it again.  My employer has given me a
dual-processor 16 core server to use for serious computation in my home.
I intend to install SL 6.3 on it, and will eventually need to connect to
it via my wireless home network.  Included with the system is a Linksys
AE3000 USB wireless adapter.

I know that USB wireless support under linux can be a hit or miss
proposition, so I wonder if it is worth the trouble to try to get this
device to work, or should I just get a PCI-e wireless adapter that I
know is supported and save myself some grief.  I would appreciate any
advice or suggestions from people with experience with this or similar
wireless adapters.

T. Rosmond

Re: repo for packages built with Intel, Portland, etc. compilers

[Karanbir Singh]

On 08/23/2012 12:04 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> I'm starting to build a set of rpm packages built with the Intel and
> Portland Group compilers.  These would install in /opt and be accessible
> via modules. Would anyone be interested in collaborating on a public
> repository for such things?  I really haven't thought much through at
> this point, just trying to gauge interest.  Has anything like this
> already been done?
> 

I went down the route of doing ICC builds a few years ago ( 2009 ) - and
had the entire CentOS-5 LAMP stack done, but was unable to get the nod
from Intel that what was being attempted was within their legal and aup
terms. Its a massive grey area, unless you have the license to
distribute the builds ( which is what mysql had ) - and its not cheap.

Months of chasing intel's legal team resulted in nothing. So I gave up.
Let us know how you get on.

-- 
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Re: Multi Repo

[Arif Tri Waluyo]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:

> On 08/28/2012 03:56 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Orion Poplawski > > wrote:
>>
>> On 08/28/2012 02:10 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it good if I enable multiple repositories?
>>
>>
>> Depends on the repos.
>>
>>
>> In this case: EPEL repo and RepoForge.
>>
>> Would it be a conflict if I enable both?
>>
>>
>> In my experience, lots of problems having both of these.
>>
>> So what is your recommendation?
>>
>
>
> What packages are you looking for?  That's probably the driver.
>
no special needs. I only user desktop for everyday use.

>
> Otherwise (I'll probably get correct on this) - for stable I would go with
> EPEL, for more up to date, repoforge.  Personally I use EPEL + rpmfusion
> (which is compatible with EPEL).

glad to hear it, I'll give it a try. thank you :)

>
>
>
> --
> Orion Poplawski
> Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222
> NWRA, Boulder Office  FAX: 303-415-9702
> 3380 Mitchell Lane   or...@nwra.com
> Boulder, CO 80301   http://www.nwra.com
>

Re: Multi Repo

[Orion Poplawski]

On 08/28/2012 03:56 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Orion Poplawski mailto:or...@cora.nwra.com>> wrote:

On 08/28/2012 02:10 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:

Hi,

Is it good if I enable multiple repositories?


Depends on the repos.


In this case: EPEL repo and RepoForge.

Would it be a conflict if I enable both?


In my experience, lots of problems having both of these.

So what is your recommendation?



What packages are you looking for?  That's probably the driver.

Otherwise (I'll probably get correct on this) - for stable I would go with 
EPEL, for more up to date, repoforge.  Personally I use EPEL + rpmfusion 
(which is compatible with EPEL).



--
Orion Poplawski
Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222
NWRA, Boulder Office  FAX: 303-415-9702
3380 Mitchell Lane   or...@nwra.com
Boulder, CO 80301   http://www.nwra.com

Re: Multi Repo

[Arif Tri Waluyo]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:

> On 08/28/2012 02:10 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it good if I enable multiple repositories?
>>
>
> Depends on the repos.
>
>
>  In this case: EPEL repo and RepoForge.
>>
>> Would it be a conflict if I enable both?
>>
>
> In my experience, lots of problems having both of these.
>
So what is your recommendation?

>
>
> --
> Orion Poplawski
> Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222
> NWRA, Boulder Office  FAX: 303-415-9702
> 3380 Mitchell Lane   or...@nwra.com
> Boulder, CO 80301   http://www.nwra.com
>

Re: Problem with Wireless USB adapter

[Akemi Yagi]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo
 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How do I enable my wireless USB adapter (TP-Link TL-WN321G), SL6.3
> does not detect it, however, Fedora 17 does it just when you plug it.

Please follow the note in this blog:

http://elrepoproject.blogspot.com/2012/03/one-size-fits-all-compat-wireless-fits.html

and determine if your device is supported by the kmod-compat-wireless
package from ELRepo. If it is, then set up the elrepo repository by:

yum install elrepo-release

and install the latest version from the elrepo-testing repo (updated
note at the bottom). For more info please see:

http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-compat-wireless

and

http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=301

Akemi

Re: Multi Repo

[Orion Poplawski]

On 08/28/2012 02:10 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:

Hi,

Is it good if I enable multiple repositories?


Depends on the repos.


In this case: EPEL repo and RepoForge.

Would it be a conflict if I enable both?


In my experience, lots of problems having both of these.


--
Orion Poplawski
Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222
NWRA, Boulder Office  FAX: 303-415-9702
3380 Mitchell Lane   or...@nwra.com
Boulder, CO 80301   http://www.nwra.com

Re: repo for packages built with Intel, Portland, etc. compilers

[Orion Poplawski]

On 08/22/2012 05:04 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:

I'm starting to build a set of rpm packages built with the Intel and Portland
Group compilers.  These would install in /opt and be accessible via modules.
Would anyone be interested in collaborating on a public repository for such
things?  I really haven't thought much through at this point, just trying to
gauge interest.  Has anything like this already been done?



I'm starting to put some stuff up here:

https://github.com/altccrpms

It's pretty sparse at the moment but I hope to add to it as time permits and 
as I progress though my stack (openmpi, hdf5, netcdf, wrf).  The info repo 
wiki is the place to start I guess:


https://github.com/altccrpms/info/wiki

I'm hoping to use this as the source repository for all of the packages.  I'll 
look into setting up a yum repo as well soon.


Feedback welcome.

--
Orion Poplawski
Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222
NWRA, Boulder Office  FAX: 303-415-9702
3380 Mitchell Lane   or...@nwra.com
Boulder, CO 80301   http://www.nwra.com

Problem with Wireless USB adapter

[Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo]

Hello,

How do I enable my wireless USB adapter (TP-Link TL-WN321G), SL6.3
does not detect it, however, Fedora 17 does it just when you plug it.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Waldemar Villamayor-Venialbo
Laboratorio de Computación Científica y Aplicada
Facultad Politécnica - Universidad Nacional de Asunción - Paraguay

Multi Repo

[Arif Tri Waluyo]

Hi,

Is it good if I enable multiple repositories?

In this case: EPEL repo and RepoForge.

Would it be a conflict if I enable both?

Regads,
Arif

Re: Hostname

[Arif Tri Waluyo]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia  wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo 
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Earl Ramirez 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 05:37 +0700, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > During the installation we were told to enter the hostname, but when
> >> > the system is installed. Hostname changed to localhost.localdomain. Is
> >> > that normal?
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Arif
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Arif,
> >>
> >> This is not normal, however you can change the host name by editing the
> >> network file located in the following location /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> Which will do you little good if your lcal DNS or /etc/hosts does not
> really know about the hostname, be warned.
>
> Arif probably used the 'hostname' command to set the host's name in
> the running environment, rather than using "system-config-network" or
> entering that morass of schizophrenic configuration management known
> as NetworkManager. NetworkManager is not my friend, for many reasons,
> but the system-config-network tool is usable.
>
> When a system boots, the network setup scripts in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts read the hardcoded "HOSTNAME" setting
> from /etc/sysconfig/network. If that name is "localhost.localdomain",
> it then tries to do a reverse DNS lookup of the first active network
> port, typically "eth0". If there is an IP address available and it has
> reverse DNS correctly set, you get that hostname automagically.
>
> For server environments, this is usually a bad idea. Using
> system-config-network to hardcode the hostname, and hand-editing the
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files to *turn off
> NetworkManager with a chainsaw* for normal ports by setting
> "NM_CONTROLLED=no" is very stabilizing.
>
Thanks for the advice.

Regards,

Arif

Re: Hostname

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Arif Tri Waluyo  wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Earl Ramirez 
> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 05:37 +0700, Arif Tri Waluyo wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > During the installation we were told to enter the hostname, but when
>> > the system is installed. Hostname changed to localhost.localdomain. Is
>> > that normal?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Arif
>>
>>
>> Hi Arif,
>>
>> This is not normal, however you can change the host name by editing the
>> network file located in the following location /etc/sysconfig/network

Which will do you little good if your lcal DNS or /etc/hosts does not
really know about the hostname, be warned.

Arif probably used the 'hostname' command to set the host's name in
the running environment, rather than using "system-config-network" or
entering that morass of schizophrenic configuration management known
as NetworkManager. NetworkManager is not my friend, for many reasons,
but the system-config-network tool is usable.

When a system boots, the network setup scripts in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts read the hardcoded "HOSTNAME" setting
from /etc/sysconfig/network. If that name is "localhost.localdomain",
it then tries to do a reverse DNS lookup of the first active network
port, typically "eth0". If there is an IP address available and it has
reverse DNS correctly set, you get that hostname automagically.

For server environments, this is usually a bad idea. Using
system-config-network to hardcode the hostname, and hand-editing the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files to *turn off
NetworkManager with a chainsaw* for normal ports by setting
"NM_CONTROLLED=no" is very stabilizing.