Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/16/11 8:29 PM, Always Learning wrote: > Perhaps the Centos web site should be simple, practical, helpful in > preference to emulating the very latest presentation gimmicks ? A larger > font size will be useful for most people over 40 years of age. about 700 years ago, give or take a century,

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi, On 09/17/2011 02:52 AM, Thomas Dukes wrote: > It won't boot CentOS 6.0 64 bit, Scientific Linux 64 bit 6.1, but will boot > 32 bit CentOS 6.0. Can you expand a bit on the 'wont boot', actually expand quite a lot. Run the installer in debug mode and turn off all rhgb, quiet etc and see what po

[CentOS] Video capture on CentOS (6)

2011-09-17 Thread Mathieu Baudier
Hello, I need to do some analog video capture and I was wondering what is the status of this in CentOS 6. The last information I could find was here (obviously for CentOS 5): http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-September/082521.html Could anybody recommend a not-too-expensive video cap

Re: [CentOS] centos-release 5.7 srpm where?

2011-09-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/15/2011 01:17 PM, m...@tdiehl.org wrote: > I realize everyone is busy but it would be nice to have at least the srpms > that were specific to the centos project with the release. Are you able to find what you are looking for in Vault/5.7 ? ( more details on what the thinking behind this is,

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Thomas Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:34 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense > > Hi, > > On 09/17/2011 02:52 AM, Thomas Duk

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 00:29 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > On 09/16/11 8:29 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > Perhaps the Centos web site should be simple, practical, helpful in > > preference to emulating the very latest presentation gimmicks ? A larger > > font size will be useful for most people ov

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 00:36 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: > I understand from off list correspondence with you, 'Always', > that you consider it relaxation and sport to troll here and > 'stir the pot'. I am unaware of ever making those comments ! Paul. __

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 00:47 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: > On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > > Perhaps the Centos web site should be simple, practical, helpful in > > preference to emulating the very latest presentation gimmicks ? A larger > > font size will be useful for most people

Re: [CentOS] Was: Re: Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7, is, programming with style

2011-09-17 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 9/16/11, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Remember, even among those who studied, a) half of them were in the bottom > of their class, and b) too many are True Believers in the latest > programming (not the P word!) paradigm; y'know, recursion is the answer to > *everything*, or OO, or Part of th

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 9/17/11, Always Learning wrote: > and it is not black > > color: #464646; While the exact optimal shade is arguable (a tad too light IMO), past ergonomics studies indicate that extreme contrast such as #00 on #ff is more tiring to read so can't really fault the devs on this one.

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 20:47 +0800, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > It might be better to file the bug report against the website for the > missing documentation that to harp on the design :) It was essentially a suggestion the Centos Management Board appeal for fresh volunteers to revise the web sit

Re: [CentOS] Was: Re: Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7, is, programming with style

2011-09-17 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > On 9/16/11, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Remember, even among those who studied, a) half of them were in the bottom >> of their class, and b) too many are True Believers in the latest >> programming (not the P word!) paradigm; y'know, rec

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Keith Roberts
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Karanbir Singh wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Karanbir Singh > Subject: Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense > > Hi, > > On 09/17/2011 02:52 AM, Thomas Dukes wrote: >> It won't boot CentOS 6.0 64 bit, Scientific Linux 64 bit >> 6.1, but will boot 32 bit CentOS 6.

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Keith Roberts
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Thomas Dukes wrote: > I get the 'Welcome' screen, I make the selection to > install or upgrade, get to 'Loading vmlinuz..', then it > hangs. > > Maybe the DVDs are bad. Can a 32 bit machine create a 64 > bit install disc? I had that with 32 bit installation. Try to boot in

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 16:50 +0100, Keith Roberts wrote: > Faulty burn media? I use a lot to record television news, among my many other activities, and estimate about 4% to 5% of DVDs are bad. Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://l

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 16:50 +0100, Keith Roberts wrote: > >> Faulty burn media? > > I use a lot to record television news, among my many other activities, > and estimate about 4% to 5% of DVDs are bad. Bad media is one high possibility.

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/17/2011 04:50 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> Can you expand a bit on the 'wont boot', actually expand quite a lot. >> Run the installer in debug mode and turn off all rhgb, quiet etc and see >> what point and how far the system gets. > > Faulty burn media? This is the sort of message that is r

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/17/2011 12:25 PM, Thomas Dukes wrote: > I get the 'Welcome' screen, I make the selection to install or upgrade, get > to 'Loading vmlinuz..', then it hangs. Edit that line, add 'debug' and 'text' to the boot line, see how far it gets. Try to list the last 25 odd lines of the boot messages be

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread R - elists
> what a crock -- go cry elsewhere, troll > > I suppose I'll have to take up mailing list moderation issues > again -- The person I needed to talk with is already away for > the weekend, however. Fortunately we have already covered > the topic of addressing your spam and have consensus as to

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread R - elists
> > Just want to remind everyone that this isn't a social chatter > list, or a LUG free for all. Lets try and actually be > productive and lets try to help people in a tangible manner. > If you don't have anything relevant to say or contribute to a > conversation, its perfectly fine to not sa

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Thomas Dukes
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:35 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense > > On 09/17/2011 12:25 PM, Thomas Dukes wrote:

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Devin Reade
Thomas Dukes wrote: > I do miss the old startup where you can see if services start or fail. Edit /etc/grub.conf. Comment out the splashimage and hiddenmenu lines. Remove the 'rhgb' and 'quiet' options from the kernel argument list. On your next reboot you should see something useful once mor

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> Faulty burn media? > > This is the sort of message that is really unhelpful. You are stating > opinion, with no relation to the actual email posted by the OP, and > provide nothing to  work with to prove or disprove the situation. Unless >

[CentOS] Thank you!!

2011-09-17 Thread Thomas Dukes
Just wanted to thank everyone for helping me get my new machine up and running. I thought I had bought a boat anchor. Not sure what's up with my DVD drive on my 5.7 machine but I will be phasing/retiring it out over the next few days. Again thanks for your help and most of all your patience. Eddi

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi, On 09/18/2011 12:39 AM, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > A lot of people responded related to media, and that's because it > happens. As in the end the OP confirms that. That is true, and I apologise. Guess I must just be really lucky not having had a media issue in many years now. - KB _

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-17 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 19:20 -0400, Thomas Dukes wrote: > I'm sure I'll have more questions later as 6.0 is much different than > previous versions. :-) bear in mind... CentOS 6.0 is almost a year old without security updates CentOS 6.1 (when it finally gets released) will likely be about 6 m

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.6 to 5.7 upgrade

2011-09-17 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/15/2011 03:03 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > For us, it's breaking an ssh-restrict script we use with rsync for > backups, mangling some passed wildcards. > What is the actual problem causing this ? - KB ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org h

Re: [CentOS] centos-release 5.7 srpm where?

2011-09-17 Thread Mathieu Baudier
> Are you able to find what you are looking for in Vault/5.7 ? Yes: http://vault.centos.org/5.7/os/SRPMS/ > ( more details on what the thinking behind this is, coming shortly ) I'm curious. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-17 Thread Mathieu Baudier
> ill bet you would take in a boatload of money re: donations to censor and/or > kick "a.l. paul" off the lists Yes, maybe it is time that this person is moderated away? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/c