Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Pat Riehecky
On 10/31/2012 09:09 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: 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

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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 -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux Developer Well where would it come from? I would have chosen an XFCE Live USB installation if that was available but I'm not

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Pat Riehecky
On 10/31/2012 09:50 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: 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 -- Pat Riehecky Scientific Linux Developer Well where would it come from? I would have chosen

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: > On 10/31/2012 09:50 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >> 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. >> >> Well where would it come

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Pat Riehecky
On 10/31/2012 10:24 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: 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 hostf

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread David Sommerseth
(sorry! resending with proper e-mail address) On 31/10/12 15:50, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: 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 Well where would it come from? I would have chosen

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread jdow
On 2012/10/31 15:40, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: 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 co

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Yum update problem -

2012-10-31 Thread Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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