Can someone explain what the problem is here? I really don't
care about creating a live Linux on a flash drive, just want to
install without burning a DVD but nothing I have tried so far
has met with success. I am open to suggestions.
Bob
[bobg@box7 ~]$
even Yellin
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
Can someone explain what the problem is here? I really don't
care about creating a live Linux on a flash drive, just want to
install without burning a DVD but nothing I have tried so far
has me
I just installed SL-6 on another computer and it's really a
bother to have to enter "/usr/bin/locate" etc. as user "bobg."
How do I fix that?
Bob
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On 04/11/2012 07:30 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
On 11 April 2012 16:50, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
I just installed SL-6 on another computer and it's really a
bother to have to enter "/usr/bin/locate" etc. as user "bobg."
I've just installed SL6.2 on a new computer and have some problems:
Yum install yumex doesn't work? Yumex has a very convenient
listing of rpms that I find convenient.
I have not been able to yum groupinstall xfce.
Am I doing something wrong?
Bob
On 30/04/12 04:50, Eva Myers wrote:
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 03:28:39PM -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
I've just installed SL6.2 on a new computer and have some problems:
Yum install yumex doesn't work? Yumex has a very convenient
listing of r
Can someone suggest a clear instruction for setting up an NSF4
server on SL6.2/64, preferably with an example.
I have NFS3 working on SL5 but haven't been able to get this new
one working ...
Thanks,
Bob
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On 03/05/12 10:49, zxq9 wrote:
On 05/03/2012 11:34 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
Can someone suggest a clear instruction for setting up an NSF4
server on SL6.2/64, preferably with an example.
I have NFS3 working on SL5 but haven't been able to get this new
one working ...
On 03/05/12 11:17, Tam Nguyen wrote:
Hi,
See the steps below. Please keep in mind this is very basic
configuration just to get it up and running. Haven't cover
authentication, ACL, SELinux, etc.
install package
$ yum install nfs-utils
Add port 2049
$ vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
-A INPUT -p
I have an NFS server running SL-6?. I don't know how to determine
the version? I installed it and have been using it without a hitch.
This morning I ran yum update for the first time in months and after
downloading 90+ rpms it produced a long list of errors due to
conflicts, not wh
On 31/10/12 09:14, Mark Stodola wrote:
On 10/31/2012 07:59 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I have an NFS server running SL-6?. I don't know how to determine
the version? I installed it and have been using it without a hitch.
This morning I ran yum update for the first ti
On 31/10/12 10:14, Pat Riehecky wrote:
syslinux-4.05-1.el6.rfx.x86_64 is not from SL, I suspect your problem
is coming from there.
Pat
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Well where would it come from? I would have chosen an XFCE Live USB
installation if that was available but I'm not
On 31/10/12 10:57, Pat Riehecky wrote:
yum info syslinux
That produces the following:
[root@192 bobg]# yum info syslinux
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/metalink | 12 kB 00:00
* epel: mirrors.ucr.a
On 31/10/12 11:31, Pat Riehecky wrote:
It looks like 'rpmforge-extras' is also providing the syslinux
package. To get the yum update to run I'd consider:
'yum update -x syslinux'
Only you can determine if you need the syslinux update provided by
'rpmforge-extras', but that does seem to be
On 31/10/12 11:44, Connie Sieh wrote:
The epel , rpmforge , rpmforge-extras repos are not install by default
when installing Scientific Linux. Someone "enabled" them. Normally
it is not a good idea to have "rpmforge-extras" enabled when you are
doing updates as there can be "conflicts" with
On 31/10/12 11:57, Connie Sieh wrote:
What source did you use?
-Connie Sieh
Dunno, I most likely googled SL and used what I found there. All I
know is it was a live USB ver. 6.2. I did this several months ago,
it has worked perfectly and I forgot the details. The USB thumb
drives
On 31/10/12 18:17, David Sommerseth wrote:
Otherwise, have a look in /etc/yum.repos.d ... and use rpm -qif
to see where this file came from. If it's something
you've added manually, you won't find a match. Otherwise, it's usually
coming from a package somewhere.
This is what I get, it l
On 31/10/12 18:50, jdow wrote:
Perhaps you might consider uninstalling the rpmforge version and install
the SL version in its place. You might also take some measures to make
sure that machine is still yours and has not been thoroughly compromised.
{^_^}
Now you have me worried! I saved al
In following the procedure described in
http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/servers/setting-up-nfs4.jspx
all goes as expected until I do:
[root@box8 nfs4exports]# /nfs4exports/data
192.168.1.0/24(rw,nohide,sync,insecure,root_squash,no_subtree_check)
bas
On 27/11/12 11:05, Kinzel, David wrote:
In following the procedure described in
http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/servers/setting-up-
nfs4.jspx
all goes as expected until I do:
[root@box8 nfs4exports]# /nfs4exports/data
192.168.1.0/24(rw,nohide,sync,insecu
I've just replaced F-18 with SL-6.3 Live installed but I have to use
the flash drive to boot from the hard drive. I believe my error is
that it's looking on the wrong drive.
How do I fix that?
Bob
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On 01/29/2013 01:54 PM, Trenton Ray wrote:
Do you know the bootloader you are using off the top of your head? Assuming
GRUB, you just need to edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg to point it to the right
location. If you run into problems with it, paste it in here and I'm sure we
can get you sorted. :)
On 01/29/2013 01:54 PM, Trenton Ray wrote:
Do you know the bootloader you are using off the top of your head? Assuming
GRUB, you just need to edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg to point it to the right
location. If you run into problems with it, paste it in here and I'm sure we
can get you sorted. :)
I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm.
What is the best way to deal with that?
Bob
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box9 Fedora-18 Linux
On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote:
Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes:
I would like to install xfce but there doesn't seem to be a yum rpm.
What is the best way to deal with that?
It's there, but in the epel repos
On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
When you log in via the graphical login screen, you should be able to
choose desktop environment directly there. Usually at the bottom of
the screen, iirc. -- kind regards, David Sommerseth
Yes, that's what I expected but it's not there?
On 01/29/2013 05:42 PM, Andrew Z wrote:
Bob I switch some time ago it was a pain to go about all the
configuration scripts but it can be done unfortunately I did not keep
notes just be patient and good luck.
Yes, it will rake me a week to configure things as I want them, and
then it
On 01/29/2013 04:12 PM, Alan Bartlett wrote:
On 29 January 2013 18:49, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
I've just replaced F-18 with SL-6.3 Live installed but I have to use
the flash drive to boot from the hard drive. I believe my error is
that it's looking on
On 01/29/2013 04:49 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
On 29/01/13 22:47, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 01/29/2013 03:57 PM, David Sommerseth wrote:
On 29/01/13 21:42, Alec T. Habig wrote:
Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA writes:
I would like to install xfce but there doesn&#
Is there a version of VLC that will work with SL6.3? I have been
using it to display some video from wireless "internet cameras"
around this place. Yum had nothing to offer.
Bob
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l the time: you can change
the yum yum configuration files for it to say "enabled=0" and disable
default access, if you wish.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
> Is there a version of VLC that will work with SL6.3? I have been
> using it to di
On 01/31/2013 01:46 AM, Andras Horvath wrote:
(Resending my message again, the answer at the top might have caused an
issue)
On the login screen, first you have to select your user, and _then_
will the menu appear at the bottom in the middle with the selection
possibility of XFCE or Gnome. Befor
I keep most of my data on an NFS server and find that I can
access files to read but it wont let me save changes! I've been
looking at permissions and changing them to 777 to no avail. Is
there something I need in User/Groups?
Don't know where to look next, any
On 02/01/2013 11:16 AM, Jon Clark wrote:
Bob,
There are many people on this list who are more knowledgeable than me, but one place you
could look is /etc/exports on the NFS server. From the man page: "Each file system
in this table has a list of options and an access control list". The acces
I did a yum update via ssh on an SL6 server the other day,
noticed that it never indicated complete? Yesterday I began to
have odd problems and after rebooting the server, it wouldn't,
it complains of a kernel panic. Using SL-Live I've installed
another hard driv
On 02/04/2013 08:45 AM, Serge A. Salamanka wrote:
On 2 февраля 2013 15:50:17 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I did a yum update via ssh on an SL6 server the other day,
noticed that it never indicated complete? Yesterday I began to
have odd problems and after
I use some applications, e.g. Notecase and Tkremind, that save
data to an nfs server on the LAN. This is a new SL-6.3
installation [Linux box7 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 XFCE]. It
can't write data to the servers. The F-18 box does, I can
manipulate data on the se
On 02/05/2013 02:05 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
wrote:
I use some applications, e.g. Notecase and Tkremind, that save
data to an nfs server on the LAN. This is a new SL-6.3
installation [Linux box7
I have been unable to determine why the Thunderbird message
received sounds do not work. The same .wav files work as
expected with aplay. This is an SL-6.3/64bit computer and
Thunderbird 10.0.12.
Is this problem unique to me or is there a known fix?
Bob
On 02/07/2013 07:54 PM, g wrote:
On 02/06/2013 09:09 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I have been unable to determine why the Thunderbird message
received sounds do not work. The same .wav files work as
expected with aplay. This is an SL-6.3/64bit computer and
Thunderbird 10.0.12
I keep getting an update request however when I run yum I must
use -- skip broken to get it to run. This is the list it skips,
libmodplug is the one that produces the pop-up security message.
Packages skipped because of dependency problems:
libebml-1.2.1-1.
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