Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread John Pierce
On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 7:53 PM Michael Hennebry < henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: > > > are you running a name server on 192.168.0.1 ? what that ipv6 address ? > > I expect that that is in the box with midco's router. > Do not know about the ipv6

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: are you running a name server on 192.168.0.1 ? what that ipv6 address ? I expect that that is in the box with midco's router. Do not know about the ipv6 address. I was about to show to what I had changed resolv.conf, but something changed it back.

Re: [CentOS] gem install reel on Centos 7

2019-08-04 Thread John Pierce
On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 6:21 PM Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi - I installed ruby for something... > The instructions said to also do the comand: > > gem install reel > ERROR: Error installing reel: > timers requires Ruby version >= 2.2.1. > [root@devgeis ~]# ruby --version > ruby 2.0.0p648

[CentOS] gem install reel on Centos 7

2019-08-04 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi - I installed ruby for something... The instructions said to also do the comand: gem install reel ERROR: Error installing reel: timers requires Ruby version >= 2.2.1. [root@devgeis ~]# ruby --version ruby 2.0.0p648 (2015-12-16) [x86_64-linux] Not sure what to do. Wait for Centos 8?

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread John Pierce
are you running a name server on 192.168.0.1 ? what that ipv6 address ? On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 3:53 PM Michael Hennebry < henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: > > > your DNS settings are in /etc/resolv.conf, just like every other unix > > system

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Jay Hart
Sounds like you need to go through your packages and uninstall everything not essential!!! Jay > Something I just remembered because I saw it again: > When I start chromium, > I keep getting pop-ups to enter the password to unlock my login keyring. > Me no have keyring, except the metal things

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Bee.Lists
Infected Chromium apps are all over the place now. They auto-install and make themselves preferred browsers that auto-start after reboots. Very bad. > On Aug 4, 2019, at 7:11 PM, Michael Hennebry > wrote: > > Something I just remembered because I saw it again: > When I start chromium, >

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
Something I just remembered because I saw it again: When I start chromium, I keep getting pop-ups to enter the password to unlock my login keyring. Me no have keyring, except the metal things in my pockets. -- Michael henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, John Pierce wrote: your DNS settings are in /etc/resolv.conf, just like every other unix system since forever. Much to my surprise, I found this: # Generated by NetworkManager search midcoip.net nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 2001:48f8:3004:2ce:5a19:f8ff:fe9e:a4bc I

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Jonathan Billings wrote: Are you sure you don?t have other processes or users running on the system? It only happens when you have a network connection? It might also be swapping heavily, check to see how much RAM you have. Check the output of ?free?. Pretty sure. I

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Aug 4, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > Now my problem is that whenever I have a > browser open and an internet connection, > my Centos 7 slows to a crawl. > Chromium seems to be the least bad. > Sometimes it slows to the point that I cannot even move the mouse. > Even switching

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread John Pierce
your DNS settings are in /etc/resolv.conf, just like every other unix system since forever. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Michael Hennebry wrote: I'm finding elinks hard to navigate, but at least it's not slowing stuff to a crawl either. Might have written too soon. elinks is starting to slow down, e.g. down arrow sometimes takes a full minute to respond. -- Michael

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Michael Hennebry wrote: No place to type a url. Found g. I'm finding elinks hard to navigate, but at least it's not slowing stuff to a crawl either. -- Michael henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku,

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
elinks does not seem to be working for me. I typed in google.com as my first url. There seems to be no way out of google, nor any way further in. No place to type a url. What appears to be the search window is black and does not accept input. Oops. Now I seem to have clicked on google help or

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Aug 4, 2019, at 2:16 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > I'll try it. My expectation is that it will work just fine *once it starts*. > That is my experience with downloading using a browser. > In the case of wget, the issue will be typinng the command. > Suggestion for a file? A Centos iso

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread John Pierce
On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 11:16 AM Michael Hennebry < henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Frank Cox wrote: > > > What happens if you try browsing some websites with elinks? > > What is an elink? > elinks is a text mode browser, as is links, and the venerable lynx --

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019, Frank Cox wrote: On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 12:38:29 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: Any suggestions on how to diagnose it? What happens if you try downloading a large file with wget? I'll try it. My expectation is that it will work just fine *once it starts*. That is my

Re: [CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 12:38:29 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote: > Any suggestions on how to diagnose it? What happens if you try downloading a large file with wget? What happens if you try browsing some websites with elinks? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~

[CentOS] browsers slowing Centos 7 installation to a crawl

2019-08-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
My video problems mentioned in a previous thread are gone, though I do not know why. Now my problem is that whenever I have a browser open and an internet connection, my Centos 7 slows to a crawl. Chromium seems to be the least bad. Sometimes it slows to the point that I cannot even move the