Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-30 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 30/03/2008, Morten Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will first have to find a new vga card to try that.. > But I do know it isn't the monitor, as the three other boxes connected > to it never show this sort of behaviour.. > > I have found a way to provoke the flashes, by the way; > simply

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-30 Thread Morten Nilsen
Alan Bartlett wrote: Then surely it comes down to an issue with either *your* video controller card or monitor. Please now try the obvious, follow scientific procedures and swap them out, one at a time. Clearly, it is a hardware problem and nothing to do with CentOS - unless you can convince m

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-30 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 29/03/2008, Morten Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think that sounds like the same error at all, my screen switches > off and depending on what is going on doesn't switch back on right away > (like that one time when some process didn't start up and I had to ssh > in to poke it) >

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-29 Thread Morten Nilsen
Johnny Hughes wrote: Alan Bartlett wrote: Please remember that there are also active CentOS fora. Perhaps this may be of interest: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12678&forum=37&post_id=41742#forumpost41742 That does indeed look exactly like what is being describe

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-29 Thread Johnny Hughes
Alan Bartlett wrote: Please remember that there are also active CentOS fora. Perhaps this may be of interest: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12678&forum=37&post_id=41742#forumpost41742 That does indeed look exactly like what is being described and they are not fix

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-29 Thread Alan Bartlett
Please remember that there are also active CentOS fora. Perhaps this may be of interest: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12678&forum=37&post_id=41742#forumpost41742 Alan. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-29 Thread Morten Nilsen
Rudi Ahlers wrote: What happens when you reboot in "safe mode"? What exactly do you mean by "safe mode"? The monitor I have hooked up is a 15" LCD panel, by the way. -- Cheers, Morten :wq ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-29 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Morten Nilsen wrote: Morten Nilsen wrote: Next time I reboot the system, I'll report back on the state of the flashing.. Rebooted just now to test, and the flashing still happens.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a Linux washu3.4th-age.com 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 #1 SMP Wed Mar 5 11:37:38 EST 2008 x

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-29 Thread Morten Nilsen
Morten Nilsen wrote: Next time I reboot the system, I'll report back on the state of the flashing.. Rebooted just now to test, and the flashing still happens.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a Linux washu3.4th-age.com 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 #1 SMP Wed Mar 5 11:37:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GN

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Morten Nilsen
Akemi Yagi wrote: Well, if it is suspected that there are more duplicates in the rpm database, you might want to follow the procedure detailed in this forum post: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=10139&forum=27 I've now gotten the dupes sorted out, and h

[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Scott Silva
on 3-27-2008 11:36 AM Johnny Hughes spake the following: Rudi Ahlers wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: Morten Nilsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal update mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action to

[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Scott Silva
on 3-27-2008 1:05 PM Morten Nilsen spake the following: Scott Silva wrote: The attached script should fix it up, but check it first, don't just run it. Your attachment got stripped, it seems.. Trying again... -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice qui

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Karanbir Singh
Johnny Hughes wrote: Let me relate this to Windows :D CentOS-5.1 and 5.2 and 5.3 are like XP, XP Service Pack 1, and XP Service Pack 2. what is wrong with the world today ? -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ CentOS m

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Alan Bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had previously looked at /etc/issue, which says "release 5 (Final)".. > > As I'm sure you're aware from Johnny Hughes recent posting to this list, the > contents of /etc/issue will stay that way for the entire life of

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Alan Bartlett
> I had previously looked at /etc/issue, which says "release 5 (Final)".. As I'm sure you're aware from Johnny Hughes recent posting to this list, the contents of /etc/issue will stay that way for the entire life of CentOS 5. # rpm -q centos-release > centos-release-5-0.0.el5.centos.2 > centos-r

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Morten Nilsen
Scott Silva wrote: The attached script should fix it up, but check it first, don't just run it. Your attachment got stripped, it seems.. -- Cheers, Morten :wq ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Scott Silva
on 3-27-2008 12:36 PM Morten Nilsen spake the following: Alan Bartlett wrote: If the command rpm -q centos-release returns centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 then you *are* running CentOS 5 update 1. I had previously looked at /etc/issue, which says "release 5 (Final)".. # rpm -q centos-relea

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Morten Nilsen
Alan Bartlett wrote: If the command rpm -q centos-release returns centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 then you *are* running CentOS 5 update 1. I had previously looked at /etc/issue, which says "release 5 (Final)".. # rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-0.0.el5.centos.2 centos-release-5-1.0.e

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Johnny Hughes
Rudi Ahlers wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: Morten Nilsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal update mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action to lock it to the 5.0 release. When I installed this box, 5

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Scott Silva wrote: on 3-27-2008 10:50 AM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: Robert Nichols wrote: The upgrade to 5.1 is seamless. Your actual version (the replacement for "$releasever" in the URL in the yum config file) is "5", not "5.0", which will always track the latest release. Sounds l

[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Scott Silva
on 3-27-2008 10:50 AM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: Robert Nichols wrote: Morten Nilsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal update mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action to lock it to the 5.0 rel

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Robert Nichols wrote: Morten Nilsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal update mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action to lock it to the 5.0 release. When I installed this box, 5.1 wasn't out yet..

[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Scott Silva
on 3-27-2008 9:46 AM Morten Nilsen spake the following: Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: 'yum remove libgnomesomething' will do the depsolving for you (just like 'yum install'). I don't really mind doing it manually, it yields greater control.. Yum gives you a list of what it wants to do and then

[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Robert Nichols
Morten Nilsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal update mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action to lock it to the 5.0 release. When I installed this box, 5.1 wasn't out yet.. And, no I haven't taken a

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Les Mikesell
Morten Nilsen wrote: Robert Nichols wrote: If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal update mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action to lock it to the 5.0 release. When I installed this box, 5.1 wasn't out yet.. And, no I haven't taken a

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 27/03/2008, Morten Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I installed this box, 5.1 wasn't out yet.. > And, no I haven't taken any kind of action to lock it to 5.0. > > I have run "yum update" a few times, but I don't see any signs of it > wanting to upgrade to 5.1.. If the command rpm -q

Re: [CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Morten Nilsen
Robert Nichols wrote: If you installed 5.0, you're missing a LOT of updates. The normal update mechanism should bring your machine up to 5.1 unless you've taken action to lock it to the 5.0 release. When I installed this box, 5.1 wasn't out yet.. And, no I haven't taken any kind of action to l

[CentOS] Re: A few questions regarding CentOS (5.0)

2008-03-27 Thread Robert Nichols
Morten Nilsen wrote: - Why does the screen flicker on and off several times during boot and when logging in? In the kernel distributed with RHEL5 / CentOS 5.0, a driver was accidentally omitted (CONFIG_FB_VESA). This makes the text mode display wonky on some common hardware. IIRC, this was