Re: dhcpd service failed

2010-10-13 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi, Am 13.10.2010 16:47, schrieb Shane Voss: > On 13/10/10 07:11, vivek chal wrote: > >> I am using slc5.3 x86 . I have configured my dhcp server properly but i >> cannot start the dhcpd service. >> Can anybody help me in resolving this problem. > > Looking at your configuration file, I noticed t

Search a command line interface for yum

2010-10-19 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi, Not sure whether this is a bit out off topic here. I'm a bit new again into rpm and yum based systems coming from deb-based systems and with a far away Suse-background and looking for a tool similar to aptitude or the old yast for easy installing/deinstalling of a number of packages from com

Re: Search a command line interface for yum

2010-10-19 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi, Thanks for the answer. Am 19.10.2010 16:35, schrieb Pablo Cavero: > > The "yum" command have the options of install, erase and update any > package including all dependencies. > If you want to have more options, like search the more quickly mirror > and another details, you need install the

Re: DVD players - was Re: SL 6 Alpha

2010-11-24 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 24.11.2010 08:50, schrieb Dr Andrew C Aitchison: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Vern Wingard wrote: > >> I have just tried to play a DVD and mplayer says that i need a >> plugin. qby >> ideas on how to get dvd playback? > > You probably need libdvdcss and friends, which Red Hat don't ship. > The epel a

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 04.01.2011 15:53, schrieb Salvador Aguinaga: > Hello, > > I a small foot-print SL installation that runs very well, but today I > tried to make some changes at the > root level and I'm locked out of these privileges. Did you really became root? Did you do a "su -" or how did you try to become

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 04.01.2011 16:18, schrieb Salvador Aguinaga: > I retried the command correctly typed: > > [r...@vaultaire sluser]# chmod u+w .bashrc > chmod: changing permissions of `.bashrc': Read-only file system Oh... Looks like your FS is not mounted with rw-right - This would at least explain the issues y

Re: locked out of root privileges(SL5.2)?

2011-01-04 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 04.01.2011 16:17, schrieb Salvador Aguinaga: > And the funky character set is fixed, that not an issue! The main > problem persists What was the reason for just for the records? Thanks, Frank

yum: Showing ChangeLog of a package

2011-01-24 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi, I'm looking for the 'correct way' to figure out what did change inside a package once it comes up with e.g. yum check-update. Is this something yum can help me with? Thanks, Frank

Re: yum: Showing ChangeLog of a package

2011-01-24 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 24.01.2011 10:17, schrieb Dr Andrew C Aitchison: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Frank Lanitz wrote: > >> I'm looking for the 'correct way' to figure out what did change inside a >> package once it comes up with e.g. yum check-update. Is this something >> y

Re: Version of GPL license

2011-05-12 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi, Am 12.05.2011 12:09, schrieb Miguel Angel Diaz: > I have a question about licences. > > I have just read in FAQ question that SL has a GPL license. Do anybody > know witch version of license is? 1, 2 or 3? I think this is depending on which package you are asking for. The Linux Kernel itself

Re: Version of GPL license

2011-05-12 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 12.05.2011 13:53, schrieb Miguel Angel Diaz: > For each package there is a license, but it should exist a license for > SL. > > For example, in Centos you can find a file (GPU.txt or EULA.txt) in a > mirror http://centos.arcticnetwork.ca/5.5/os/x86_64/ . These files show > version of GPL lice

Re: Version of GPL license

2011-05-13 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 12.05.2011 19:07, schrieb Stephen John Smoogen: > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 08:20, Miguel Angel Diaz > wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I agree with you that packages have their own licenses. >> >> But my question follows in other way. Imagine I want to create >> other .iso based on S.L.iso. I need to read .i

Re: {off topic} Firefox 5

2011-06-22 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 22.06.2011 16:45, schrieb Phong Nguyen: > That distinction "bugfix vs feature" seems to be fading for Firefox > and was never there for Chrome. There is merely the development > treadmill now. Endusers just don't care much about anymore.

Re: MUA specifics

2011-07-06 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 05.07.2011 17:48, schrieb Yasha Karant: > Which mail user agents (MUA, written as mua by another poster) properly > respect the threading that some readers of the SL list require upon > using an existing email message as an ad hoc form for posting to the list? > > This is not a frivolous questi

Re: The Clone Wars – CentOS vs. Scientifi c Linux

2011-07-27 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 27.07.2011 11:37, schrieb 夜神 岩男: > On 07/27/2011 05:51 PM, William Scott wrote: >> On 27 July 2011 17:25, Andreas Petzold wrote: >>> Can we please stop emails like this? It's getting really annoying. This >>> is a technical support mailing list. >>> >> >> Maybe a request for a SL-Social mailing

Re: {OT} Saga with certificates continues : "Hackers steal SSL certificates for CIA, MI6, Mossad"

2011-09-06 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 06.09.2011 06:38, schrieb Franchisseur Robert: > -- Le (On) 2011-09-06 +0200 à (at) 00:53:39 Andreas Petzold écrivit (wrote): > -- > >> On Tuesday, September 06, 2011 00:26:22 Valerii D. wrote: >>> >>> >>> Yes. And the distribution is still the browser 3. 6. 2 without security >>> updates. A

Re: {OT} Saga with certificates continues : "Hackers steal SSL certificates for CIA, MI6, Mossad"

2011-09-06 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 06.09.2011 00:42, schrieb Andreas Petzold: > On Monday, September 05, 2011 21:11:09 Andrew Z wrote: >> yeah, i know computerworld is not THE source. >> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219727/Hackers_steal_SSL_certificat >> es_for_CIA_MI6_Mossad?taxonomyId=85 > > omg, now someone can imp

Looking for (web) searchable packages list

2011-09-14 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi folks, Is there any packages.scientificlinux.org or something where I can search for packages and its version inside the different releases? I'm knowing this from packages.debian.org and it was always very helpful. Thanks in advance, Frank

Re: Gpg Error from Script

2011-12-02 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 02.12.2011 03:52, schrieb Todd And Margo Chester: > Hi All, > > I can run the following from the command prompt without problem: > > /usr/bin/gpg -z 0 --output /mnt/ShinyStick \ > /2011-11-29_OurStuffDump.gz.gpg \ > -c /lin-bak/2011-11-29_OurStuffDump.gz > > But,

Issue with yum/rpmdb

2012-05-09 Thread Frank Lanitz
Hi folks, Did anyone of you see something like this before: > ]# yum update > Loaded plugins: kernel-module > rpmdb: unable to join the environment > error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily > una

Re: Issue with yum/rpmdb

2012-05-10 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 10.05.2012 13:29, schrieb Nico Kadel-Garcia: > Interrupting an RPM or yum operation in mid-stream can cause interesting > problems. as can disk problems or overflowing the partition that has > /var/lib/rpm on it in mid-deployment. > > Make sure no one is doing yum or rpm operations, and consider

Re: Issue with yum/rpmdb

2012-05-10 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 10.05.2012 15:43, schrieb Henrique Junior: > > > 2012/5/10 Frank Lanitz <mailto:frank.lan...@uni-jena.de>> > > Am 10.05.2012 13:29, schrieb Nico Kadel-Garcia: > > Interrupting an RPM or yum operation in mid-stream can cause > interesting >

Re: Issue with yum/rpmdb

2012-05-10 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 10.05.2012 15:46, schrieb Henrique Junior: > > > 2012/5/10 Frank Lanitz <mailto:frank.lan...@uni-jena.de>> > > Am 10.05.2012 13:29, schrieb Nico Kadel-Garcia: > > Interrupting an RPM or yum operation in mid-stream can cause > interesting >