Re: In Place install of SL 6.5 over Centos 6.5 ?

2014-06-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > It is unfortunate that even with EL7 it seems to not be doing exactly what > it says it is going to do; I would personally prefer a 'distro-sync force' > that would reinstall everything from the selected repos no matter what, but > a 'yum rein

Re: USB external drive errors with many different hardware

2014-06-30 Thread Andras Horvath
On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:23:45 -0400 Lamar Owen wrote: > On 06/30/2014 03:52 PM, Andras Horvath wrote: > > Actually the drive has its own power so it is not USB powered. I > > cannot tell if the drive spins down (did not get the idea to check > > it), but the CPU is in 100% I/O wait all the time

Re: USB external drive errors with many different hardware

2014-06-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 06/30/2014 03:52 PM, Andras Horvath wrote: Actually the drive has its own power so it is not USB powered. I cannot tell if the drive spins down (did not get the idea to check it), but the CPU is in 100% I/O wait all the time after this happens. I was told the disk is a WD RED, but I'll check

Re: USB external drive errors with many different hardware

2014-06-30 Thread Andras Horvath
Hi Lamar, On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:18:12 -0400 Lamar Owen wrote: > On 06/30/2014 11:48 AM, Andras Horvath wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I've been having an issue for a month or so now that I seem unable to track > > down. > > > > I have an external USB drive for backup. When I start copying fro

Re: USB external drive errors with many different hardware

2014-06-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 06/30/2014 11:48 AM, Andras Horvath wrote: Hi Everyone, I've been having an issue for a month or so now that I seem unable to track down. I have an external USB drive for backup. When I start copying from the computer to the external disk, it starts to fail sooner or later. Whether at a la

USB external drive errors with many different hardware

2014-06-30 Thread Andras Horvath
Hi Everyone, I've been having an issue for a month or so now that I seem unable to track down. I have an external USB drive for backup. When I start copying from the computer to the external disk, it starts to fail sooner or later. Whether at a large file or after several small ones, but it fa

Re: In Place install of SL 6.5 over Centos 6.5 ?

2014-06-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 06/28/2014 04:49 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 06/25/2014 07:42 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: Running "yum distro-sync" failed to detect any discrepancy and did not re-install them. And that's what should be reported as a bug. My apolo

Re: In Place install of SL 6.5 over Centos 6.5 ?

2014-06-30 Thread Lamar Owen
On 06/30/2014 04:00 AM, Elias Persson wrote: Lamar wasn't very clear, perhaps, but it's `distro-sync full` that relies on checksums. From the man-page (of Fedora 20): If you give the optional argument "full", then the command will also reinstall packages where the install checksum

Re: In Place install of SL 6.5 over Centos 6.5 ?

2014-06-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Elias Persson wrote: > On 2014-06-28 22:49, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >> Running "yum distro-sync" failed to detect any discrepancy and did not >> re-install them. > > > Lamar wasn't very clear, perhaps, but it's `distro-sync full` that > relies on checksums. From

Re: How to fix python 2.6.6 easy_install bug?

2014-06-30 Thread Elias Persson
On 2014-06-30 11:09, Semi wrote: easy_install matplotlib __requires__: Command not found. import: unable to open X server `' @ import.c/ImportImageCommand/359. from: Command not found. if: Empty if. setuptools-0.7.2-7 What's the output of the following commands: which easy_install whi

How to fix python 2.6.6 easy_install bug?

2014-06-30 Thread Semi
easy_install matplotlib __requires__: Command not found. import: unable to open X server `' @ import.c/ImportImageCommand/359. from: Command not found. if: Empty if. setuptools-0.7.2-7

Re: In Place install of SL 6.5 over Centos 6.5 ?

2014-06-30 Thread Elias Persson
On 2014-06-28 22:49, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: This is what 'yum distro-sync' is supposed to do (distro-sync full works based on the package checksums, and is supposed to reinstall every single package that has a different checksum than the curr