Re: [CentOS] vmplayer for linux 12.5.7 on CentOS 7.4 (Jerry Geis)

2017-09-24 Thread pro alias
The answer is to recompile the source tarball with a patch which appeared at: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2686431?tstart=0#2686431 generously provided by https://communities.vmware.com/people/dariusd . Tried it and it works swimmingly. ___

Re: [CentOS] Vmware No Longer Build on the New 693.1.1 kernel

2017-08-27 Thread pro alias
>Build error "Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command." >when trying to compile vmnet.Not one other shred of data in the logs >telling me WHY it failed to build. >I have rolled back to the last 514 kernel to use vmware but I >don't want to recompile vmware because of the

[CentOS] Vmware No Longer Build on the New 693.1.1 kernel

2017-08-27 Thread pro alias
Build error "Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command." when trying to compile vmnet.Not one other shred of data in the logs telling me WHY it failed to build. I have rolled back to the last 514 kernel to use vmware but I don't want to recompile vmware because of the liability

Re: [CentOS] KDE Dying Overnight After Centos 7 Upgrade

2015-12-26 Thread pro alias
Well, the boxen with Intel i915 chips scramble the video after a period of time somehow relating to the amount of graphic activity with log entries: Dec 26 21:05:04 blade17 kernel: [521008.703090] [drm] stuck on render ring Dec 26 21:05:04 blade17 kernel: [521008.708996] [drm] GPU HANG: ecode

[CentOS] KDE Dying Overnight After Centos 7 Upgrade

2015-12-16 Thread pro alias
On two blades both with Atom Processors but different Graphics chips (a Matrox WPCM450 on one, Intel 82945Gon the other). One machine had distorted video and required logging out of KDE and then back again. The other one had no video and required ssh from another box to restart X remotely (which I

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Flash Update = No Flash

2015-10-15 Thread pro alias
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:48 PM, pro alias <proa...@gmail.com> wrote: > None of my Centos 5 boxen can show flash since the update this morning. > Am I alone or do other people have this issue ?? > Centos 7 boxes work properly. I haven't looked at RHEL 6 boxes yet. > > Althou

[CentOS] Firefox Flash Update = No Flash

2015-10-13 Thread pro alias
None of my Centos 5 boxen can show flash since the update this morning. Am I alone or do other people have this issue ?? Centos 7 boxes work properly. I haven't looked at RHEL 6 boxes yet. Although I miss using flash on these boxes, it IS a great security upgrade

[CentOS] Boot Failure [Solved]

2015-04-02 Thread pro alias
I writ: The latest kernel kernel-3.10.0.229.1.2.el7.x86_64 appears not to like our Supermicro X9SBAA-F board. It fails on boot with the last message before panic being apic_timer_interupt snipped rest It turned out that only one X9SBAA box was affected. Deleting and reinstalling the kernel

[CentOS] Boot Failure Lastest CEntos 7 Kernel on X9SBAA-F Board

2015-04-02 Thread pro alias
The latest kernel kernel-3.10.0.229.1.2.el7.x86_64 appears not to like our Supermicro X9SBAA-F board. It fails on boot with the last message before panic being apic_timer_interupt . Previous kernels load very well. We erased and reinstalled the kernel, it verifies good as does everything else