Re: SL6 firefox issue.

2018-07-18 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 18 July 2018 at 17:37, Jesse Bren wrote: > Thank all, this is very useful. > > Does anyone know - should an update or fix be expected from upstream or > otherwise? > An update has just been released upstream. [Duo2 tmp]$ rpm -q firefox firefox-60.1.0-6.el6.x86_64 [Duo2 tmp]$ rpm -q --changelog

Re: We're into weird and wonderful land... The g_ether kernel module

2018-01-20 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 21 January 2018 at 00:08, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > On 1/20/18 3:42 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: > > I'll suggest that you try something like the following -- > > $ lsusb > unconnected.txt > Plug in the device. > $ lsusb > connected.txt > $ diff unconnected.txt c

Re: We're into weird and wonderful land... The g_ether kernel module

2018-01-20 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 19 January 2018 at 22:32, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > > On 1/19/18 12:41 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Bruce Ferrell > wrote: > > On 1/18/18 3:51 PM, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > On 01/18/2018 05:58 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: > > I just checked a vanilla kernel source tree ag

Re: Tip: when your terminal gets all screwed up

2017-11-11 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 11 November 2017 at 14:33, Steven Haigh wrote: > On Sunday, 12 November 2017 1:30:45 AM AEDT Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Tom H wrote: >> >> [ Hundreds of lines of fine-tuning prompt manipulation code and theory >> snipped, especially involving quote handling ]

Re: yum update errors

2017-09-19 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 19 September 2017 at 23:09, Lofgren, Eric wrote: > We’ve got a seldom-used workstation running SL7, which I try to update > whenever I’m on the machine. > > This last time, I encountered an error running sudo yum update, I got the > following error: > > ---> Package libplist.x86_64 0:1.10-4.e

Re: SL 7.3 autoupdate failing - "dependency resolution failed"

2017-08-22 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 22 August 2017 at 23:44, Stephen L. Talbott wrote: > For something like a week or two yum autoupdate on my system has been > failing with the message > > Failed to check for updates with the following error message: > Failed to build transaction: libgpod-0.8.3-14.el7.x86_64 requires >

Re: ScientificLinux forum?

2017-04-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 13 April 2017 at 18:07, Maarten wrote: > I was getting a blank page, and the whois info said domain wasn't > expired. Great that the problem is being worked on :) > Just a quick note to confirm that the problem has now been resolved and the Scientific Linux forum is, once again, accessible. A

Re: ScientificLinux forum?

2017-04-13 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 13 April 2017 at 16:00, Bluejay Adametz wrote: >> Doesn't seem expired: > > I'm getting redirected to a godaddy page: > "NOTICE: This domain name expired on 4/7/2017 and is pending renewal > or deletion." > > - Bluejay Adametz I can conf

Re: Kernel Local Privilege Escalation - CVE-2016-5195

2016-10-21 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 20 October 2016 at 23:32, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > As far as I can see, it is not trivial to apply the patch to the > current EL kernels. Hopefully Red Hat publishes the patched kernel > soon. > > But if you really need to run a fixed kernel today, I suggest you > install the latest kernel-ml from

Re: Adding files to the sl repo

2015-06-06 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 6 June 2015 at 05:03, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > RHEL 20 and 21 might . . . Either I have been asleep for a very long time or perhaps application of s/RHEL/Fedora/ is appropriate. ;-) Alan.

Re: What library is needed to have X11 borders?

2015-02-26 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 27 February 2015 at 00:58, DBC wrote: > How do I unsubscribe to this list? The third bullet point at http://listserv.fnal.gov/archives/scientific-linux-users.html will be your guide.

Re: video and media supp in SL7?

2014-10-26 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 26 October 2014 19:52, Jason Bronner wrote: > You can get away with most playback using the FFMPEG package and VLC Media > Player, FFMPEG is generally available on ATRPMS, ELREPO, and RPMFORGE. VLC > Media player has a native .RPM for Enterprise Linuxes on videolan.org. Those > two seem to bug

Re: SL7 system won't turn off on "poweroff"

2014-09-21 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 21 September 2014 18:22, Vladimir Mosgalin wrote: > Hello everybody. > Kernel-ml 2.6.13 from elrepo doesn't fix the problem. Just for documentary accuracy I will say that the ELRepo Project has never provided a 2.6.13 kernel and it is assumed that kernel-ml-3.16.3-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 was ac

Re: how do I run this java program?

2014-01-17 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 18 January 2014 00:36, ToddAndMargo wrote: > Hi All, > > How do I run this java program to administer an Apple Airport router? > Do I need to compile it? > > http://edge.cs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/configurator_201.zip > > which is located on > http://edge.cs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/s

Re: No DHCP on boot with a fresh install

2013-12-04 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 4 December 2013 23:07, ~Stack~ wrote: > On 12/04/2013 08:19 AM, Mark Stodola wrote: >> I would suggest trying a NIC that uses a different driver or getting a >> newer driver from ELrepo (kmod-tg3). Broadcom has been known to have >> issues in my experience. > Hrm. I don't seem to find any pack

Re: how to change the CD mount point

2013-10-21 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 21 October 2013 09:10, Edison, Arul (GE Healthcare) wrote: > For my application need, I have added the below entry in file /etc/fstab and > it is working > /dev/cdrom /mnt/scdrom iso9660 noauto,user,exec,ro 0 0 > > Thanks for your input on this subject > > > Thanks, > Arul You're

Re: how to change the CD mount point

2013-10-15 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 15 October 2013 23:36, Paul Robert Marino wrote: > The automount tools in the GUI usually use the label of the CD as the mount > point so the only way to ensure the name is the same regardless of the label > is to specify it in the /etc/fstab file. > And yes that line should work in SL6 Just r

Re: firefox java plugin

2013-09-10 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 10 September 2013 14:01, Andrew Z wrote: > Alan, > Somewhat late to thread, but did java.com confirmed that your java plugin > working? > Thank you > AZ As far as I can recall, taking the following link -- http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp confirmed that the plugin was operating corr

Re: firefox java plugin

2013-09-03 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 3 September 2013 19:03, Tom Rosmond wrote: > Alan, > > Now java seems to be working (on a couple of websites I've tried). > Yesterday it wasn't, but I did a lot of yum repository activity, and > maybe I stumbled onto a solution. Sometimes even a blind dog can find a > bone. Thanks for the sug

Re: firefox java plugin

2013-09-03 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 3 September 2013 16:56, Tom Rosmond wrote: > Alan, > > 'icedtea-web' was installed as part of the build, so that doesn't > address this problem, I'm afraid. > > T. Rosmond Hmm . . . Odd. The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that 'icedtea-web' and 'java-1.7.0-openjdk' were all th

Re: firefox java plugin

2013-09-03 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 3 September 2013 16:43, Tom Rosmond wrote: > I just upgraded my system from 5.5 to 6.4 (64 bit) and have one > outstanding issue still plaguing me. Firefox does not find the java > plugin, which disables many web applications I need. I have seen web > chatter in several sites about this probl

Re: SL 6.4/mplayer

2013-09-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 2 September 2013 22:13, Tom Rosmond wrote: > Alan, > > That's what I needed. Works great! Thanks > > T. Rosmond Excellent news! Happy to have helped. Alan.

Re: SL 6.4/mplayer

2013-09-02 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 2 September 2013 21:42, Tom Rosmond wrote: > Over the weekend on my workstation I did an SL re-install from 5.5 to > 6.4. So far my system seems to be running everything I want, with one > exception. I had 'mplayer' working under 5.5, but have a problem with > 6.4. I tried to install it from

Re: CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP is not set

2013-03-10 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 11 March 2013 02:06, Steven Haigh wrote: > On 11/03/2013 12:58 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote: >> >> Please open a bug report, upstream. [1] Then, as a temporary measure, >> consider using the kernel-lt package from the ELRepo Project. [2] >> CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP is config

Re: CONFIG_EEEPC_LAPTOP is not set

2013-03-10 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 11 March 2013 00:59, Steven Haigh wrote: > On 11/03/2013 1:13 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> >> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: >>> >>> On 11/03/13 00:52, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: > > Not sure if this has come in f