Re: [CentOS] Driver for Logitech QuickCam E2500 series webcam
On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 08:16 +0100, Gavin Carr wrote: On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:02:00PM +0100, Andrew Allen wrote: Skype detected a camera OK but it doesn't seem to work - and when I click the 'test' button it just closes skype down! Any ideas please? Is it a bug with Skype or the Video4Linux driver? That's a good question - trouble is I don't know how to test that the camera is working with the Video4Linux driver. Is there a command-line way of doing this? I use 'luvcview', available from rpmforge. Thanks, I installed luvcview and tested the webcam - it works a treat! So now I know that the webcam works with the Video4Linux driver I'd like to use skype with video - I'm using the beta version of skype for CentOS: skype.i586 2.0.0.13-centos and the video doesn't seem to work - when I try to test the video it crashes. When I do yum list skype, it shows a newer version, skype.i586 2.0.0.72-fc5, in the skype repo which maybe has video working (?), but when I try to yum update to this, I get the error message 'Missing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 is needed by package skype' I've got qt4 installed of course, for skype to work, so why is it showing qt4-x11 as missing? Any help appreciated so that I don't have to fall back on Windoze in order to use all the features of the webcam! Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Driver for Logitech QuickCam E2500 series webcam
On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 20:56 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: Gavin Carr wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 06:12:43PM +0100, Andrew Allen wrote: On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 12:16 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Andrew Allen andy.al...@virgin.net wrote: Does anybody know where I can find a driver for a Logitech E2500 webcam. I'm running CentOS 5 on my desktop and want to add a webcam for skype use. If I can yum install a driver from one of the repos that would be great. Andy You may want to check out this CentOS wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/Webcams Thanks - so do I just yum install dkms.noarch 2.0.22.0-1.el5.rf from rpmforge? No, 'yum install dkms-gspca'. That will pick up dkms as well if required. and also ELRepo's kmod-video4linux driver: http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-video4linuxhighlight=webcam Sorry - I don't understand what the actual package name is for this one and how do I install it? rpm -Uvh http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-0.1-1.el5.elrepo.noarch.rpm yum install kmod-video4linux You don't want both though - try one, and if that doesn't work uninstall it and try the other. Cheers, Gavin I would go with the elrepo driver (but I'm biased) as it's more recent whereas the older gspca driver is now merged in the V4L/DVB tree. Gavin gave details above on how to install :) Thanks, I've installed the driver as above from elrepo - OK except that I got these error messages: WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36050.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36050.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_register WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36067.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_detach WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36067.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_attach WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36060.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36060.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_register WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36016.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/weak-updates/video4linux/zr36016.ko needs unknown symbol videocodec_register Skype detected a camera OK but it doesn't seem to work - and when I click the 'test' button it just closes skype down! Any ideas please? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Driver for Logitech QuickCam E2500 series webcam
That's a known issue with older kernels - don't worry about those warnings. Skype detected a camera OK but it doesn't seem to work - and when I click the 'test' button it just closes skype down! Any ideas please? Is it a bug with Skype or the Video4Linux driver? That's a good question - trouble is I don't know how to test that the camera is working with the Video4Linux driver. Is there a command-line way of doing this? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Driver for Logitech QuickCam E2500 series webcam
On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 12:16 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Andrew Allen andy.al...@virgin.net wrote: Does anybody know where I can find a driver for a Logitech E2500 webcam. I'm running CentOS 5 on my desktop and want to add a webcam for skype use. If I can yum install a driver from one of the repos that would be great. Andy You may want to check out this CentOS wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/Webcams Thanks - so do I just yum install dkms.noarch 2.0.22.0-1.el5.rf from rpmforge? and also ELRepo's kmod-video4linux driver: http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-video4linuxhighlight=webcam Sorry - I don't understand what the actual package name is for this one and how do I install it? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Driver for Logitech QuickCam E2500 series webcam
Does anybody know where I can find a driver for a Logitech E2500 webcam. I'm running CentOS 5 on my desktop and want to add a webcam for skype use. If I can yum install a driver from one of the repos that would be great. Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 - Activating laptop wireless card - problems installing bcm4311 driver
On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 12:32 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Andrew Allenandy.al...@virgin.net wrote: Trying to install the driver for my bcm4311 wireless card, I've downloaded the driver package from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and followed the instructions in the readme file, untared it in the directory hybrid_wl. When I try to build the LKM using # make -C/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/build M='pwd' I get the error message make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/build: No such file or directory. Stop. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong please? First make sure you have the kernel-devel package that *matches* your running kernel. Then try: make -C/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M='pwd' Thanks, Yum installed kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-128.7.1.el5 OK # cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ gets to directory OK and # dir gives build modules.dep modules.pcimapupdates extra modules.ieee1394map modules.seriomap weak-updates kernel modules.inputmap modules.symbols modules.alias modules.isapnpmapmodules.usbmap modules.ccwmap modules.ofmapsource # ls -la build gives lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 4 2007 build - ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-8.el5-i686 Is this OK? so when I type hybrid_wl]# make -C/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M='pwd' why am I still getting make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/build: No such file or directory. Stop. Any suggestions gratefully received, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 - Activating laptop wireless card
On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 19:34 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: Trying to install the driver for my bcm4311 wireless card, I've downloaded the driver package from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and followed the instructions in the readme file, untared it in the directory hybrid_wl. When I try to build the LKM using # make -C/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/build M='pwd' I get the error message make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/build: No such file or directory. Stop. Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong please? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 - Activating laptop wireless card
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 20:06 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: Andrew Allen wrote: I've just installed CentOS 5.3 on my Dell laptop and it seems to have detected and set-up my wireless card (BCM 4311) correctly as eth1. However, so far I haven't been able to activate it and have read the wiki http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless#head-320d6fcf09b7e16e0b15d19ef76adcb023a95938 which indicates that this card isn't actually supported in CentOS - but there has been an improvement over earlier kernels because the card wasn't even detected in CentOS 5.0. So do I need to get the Windows driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and do I need ndiswrapper as well? Andy That's not a Windows driver, it's a native Linux driver that you sould download and compile for your kernel. Being a native Linux driver, it doesn't require ndiswrapper. The ndiswrapper section is the next section on that Wiki page and is unrelated (is it confusing?). I believe this topic was also discussed recently on this mailing list (a few months back iirc). Thanks, You don't happen to know when that was do you? It would be great to benefit from somebody else's experience, if they've managed to get this card working in CentOS (5.3). Trouble is, the instructions in the readme.txt on the Broadcom website obviously aren't CentOS specific. In the past I've installed additional stuff (eg skype) from repos using yum, which works brilliantly - I'm a bit wary of trying to install by other means! Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] CentOS 5.3 - Activating laptop wireless card
I've just installed CentOS 5.3 on my Dell laptop and it seems to have detected and set-up my wireless card (BCM 4311) correctly as eth1. However, so far I haven't been able to activate it and have read the wiki http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless#head-320d6fcf09b7e16e0b15d19ef76adcb023a95938 which indicates that this card isn't actually supported in CentOS - but there has been an improvement over earlier kernels because the card wasn't even detected in CentOS 5.0. So do I need to get the Windows driver from http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php and do I need ndiswrapper as well? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Emailing jpeg images with Evolution 2.8.0
I recently emailed an important jpeg image to a colleague, but when he tried to insert it into a document it 'failed'. It appears that when jpegs are attached to messages, they become 'corrupted' - is this a known problem with evolution, and/or is there a way of solving the problem? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Perl CGI scripts - stripping out unwanted carriage returns etc
I have a number of perl CGI scripts which I wrote some time ago (and which are working successfully on my website). I've set up a local server on which to do some development work on the scripts but I can't get them to work - the error log says: No such file or directory: exec of '/var/www/cgi-bin/script.cgi' failed Premature end of script headers: script.cgi etc By comparing two identical very simple cgi scripts (one works, the other doesn't), I've traced the problem to, apparently, unwanted carriage returns which have somehow got into the perl text files. Is there a quick and easy way (ie piece of software) to strip out these things, or do I have to do it manually? Thanks for any help, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Getting perl CGI programs to work on CentOS 5 server
On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 18:57 -0400, Bob Beers wrote: Check your web server logs to find out what went wrong. Thanks everybody, but I still can't find the server log(s)! maybe ... ls /var/log/httpd/*log Many thanks for the help - problem solved! Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Getting perl CGI programs to work on CentOS 5 server
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 21:41 +0530, Raja Subramanian wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Andrew Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has worked absolutely fine in the past, but now when I invoke it, either nothing appears in the browser (Mozilla Firefox) or I get Internal Server Error - any ideas please? Check your web server logs to find out what went wrong. Thanks everybody, but I still can't find the server log(s)! I've looked at /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and it says the following about location of the error log: # ErrorLog: The location of the error log file. # If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a VirtualHost # container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be # logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a VirtualHost # container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here. # ErrorLog logs/error_log But when I look for files with the name error_log I don't see anything which looks like a (plain text) server error log file - and there is no such file in the /etc/httpd/logs directory. Where am I going wrong please? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Getting perl CGI programs to work on CentOS 5 server
I'm trying to get perl CGI programs to work from the cgi-bin (actually a sub-directory cgi-bin/various) and have set appropriate permissions using chmod 755. I'm currently testing using the simplest cgi program, you know the one: #!/usr/bin/perl # howdy--the easiest of CGI programs use CGI; print END_of_Multiline_Text; Content-type: text/html HTML HEAD TITLEHello World/TITLE /HEAD BODY H1Greetings, Terrans!/H1 /BODY /HTML END_of_Multiline_Text This has worked absolutely fine in the past, but now when I invoke it, either nothing appears in the browser (Mozilla Firefox) or I get Internal Server Error - any ideas please? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Installing activating mysql in CentOS 5
I want to set up a local mysql server + client (preferably graphical, ie mysqlgui) so have yum installed both perl-DBI and mysql.i386, both apparently successfully. However, I can't see what to do next to get mysqld running, as it doesn't appear in the list of services (in /etc/init.d/). Help appreciated please - is there any good specific documentation on this anywhere? Also, what's the current opinion/advice on a graphical user interface for mysql please? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Java applets plugins for Mozilla Firefox
I'm trying to view some websites which require Java applets to be installed in the web browser - how do I install these please as I haven't found a simple/obvious way to do it with yum? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Problems configuring SAMBA share on remote machine
I'm having problems getting a SAMBA share on a remote (Windows XP) machine to allow me write access to files. I can copy/paste whole files OK from my CentOS 5 box, but can't do any editing of files on the Windows XP machine, which I use as a file server for most of my domestic data (historical reasons for using Windows!). I've tried re-setting permissions to allow write access to the cifs-mounted folders/files, but without success - any suggestions please? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Updating kernel from CentOS 5 to 5.1
To upgrade the kernel to CentOS 5.1 (to take advantage of support for Dell wireless card bcm43xx), should I update everything or just type 'yum update kernel', or what? Also, is it OK to remove 'old' kernels (which appear in the boot list) when they are no longer required? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] mp3 plugin for Rythmbox or Totem?
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 12:37 -0800, Dennis McLeod wrote: I'm sure it's not a matter of it not existing, a quick Google search shows (for Fedora): Now, install the correct plug-in depending on which MP3 player you want to use: For Rhythmbox or Totem: yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly It's likely a matter of having to pay royalties for MP3 players and encoders, so it's not included by the upstream vendor. For a home user, it's no problem, BUT you have to enable a 3rd party repository to get it. Post #14 in: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=8134 explains. Dennis Thanks Dennis, I've installed the plugins as suggested and it works brilliantly - I can now play mp3 files! Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] mp3 plugin for Rythmbox or Totem?
Can anybody please suggest a suitable plugin to enable playing of mp3 files with either Totem or Rythmbox. Both of these come as part of the CentOS 5 package, but strangely neither has the necessary plugin for mp3, which surely is a common enough format in the music world? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mp3 plugin for Rythmbox or Totem?
On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 14:30 -0600, Jay Leafey wrote: Andrew Allen wrote: Can anybody please suggest a suitable plugin to enable playing of mp3 files with either Totem or Rythmbox. Both of these come as part of the CentOS 5 package, but strangely neither has the necessary plugin for mp3, which surely is a common enough format in the music world? Thanks, Andy This is covered in the CentOS general FAQ (http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General?highlight=%28mp3%29#q19). The MP3 codec is not included in CentOS becausing of licensing issues. Both Totem and Rhythmbox use the gstreamer libraries for handling different audio types, so you will need to get the appropriate gstreamer-plugins package from your favorite third-party repository. I think the mp3 codec (libgstlame.so) is in the gstreamer-plugins-ugly package, available at RPMforge. Thanks for a very helpful reply, Jay I have the RPMForge repo set up, so I'll install gstreamer-plugins-ugly. Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390
On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:52 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: Quoting Andrew Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card. The CentOS 5 kernel did not appear to support it, but the RHEL 5.1 (and subsequently upon its release) the CentOS 5.1 kernel does support it. You will need to drop the firmware into /lib/firmware .. I believe this is a bcm43xx card. Barry Thanks Barry, In view of what you say about CentOS 5.1 supporting this card, I think I'm going to wait until it's released - hope that won't be too long. Any other possible solutions (eg like using ndiswrapper) look far too complicated for a linux newbie like me! I hope that I'll be able to update the kernel without having to do a complete re-install. In the meantime I'm just going to have to use MS Windows XP (I have dual-boot on this laptop) for any wireless networking. I was using ndiswrapper for this card until RHEL 5.1's kernel picked it up. I noticed that it now found an 'eth1' interface that didn't exist before. ndiswrapper does work, but has somewhat occasional crashes most likely due to RHEL's 4k stack size that is not really compatible with ndiswrapper. I agree, you should wait until the CentOS 5.1 kernel comes out because assuming you and I have the same card, all you need is the firmware .. and it will work without further issue. Barry I've now upgraded the kernel to CentOS 2.6.18-8.1.15.e15, so assume my OS is now effectively CentOS 5.1. However, I'm afraid I'm still at a bit of a loss as to how it supports my Dell laptop wireless card (bcm43xx card?), as it's still not listed in the list of supported adapters in Network Config. Can anybody please suggest where I go from here? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Installing HP Color Laserjet 3500 printer in CentOS 5
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 16:53 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Andrew Allen wrote: OK, I've downloaded and installed the driver (pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm), and the ppd file (HP-Color_LaserJet_3550-pxljr.ppd) in /etc/cups/ppd. Now I'm trying to set up the printer, connected to the network via a JetDirect printer server at location 192.168.0.200. Trouble is, I'm really not sure about all the settings in Printer Configuration - specifically, what should the Device URI be - at the moment, it says socket://HPColourLaserjet3500:9100, but I'm not sure if this is correct, but it doesn't seem to be because it won't print a test page. The URI would be socket://192.168.0.200:9100 -Ross Thanks Ross, That makes sense! Andy __ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: How to import/install the key for signing pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 00:47 +0100, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: Scott Silva wrote: on 11/27/2007 1:03 PM Andrew Allen spake the following: How do I import and install the key for signing the above rpm (driver for HP Colour laserjet 3500 printer) which I've downloaded from the kde repo? - I want to use yum localinstall, but when I do I get the message 'package not signed'. Thanks for help, Andy You could change gpgcheck=0 in your yum.conf. You can change it back after you install. I haven't found a commandline option to yum to not check for signed packages. Something like --nogpgcheck would be nice. just use rpm since you've downloaded the package: rpm -K package.rpm checks the package (checksums and sigs if available) rpm -i package.rpm installs it, whether it's signed and checked or not to import the kde-redhat repo public key: as it says on the front page of their website http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/ rpm --import http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/gpg-pubkey-ff6382fa-3e1ab2ca that's a single line in case it wrapped but since you say 'package not signed' and not 'public key not found' or some such, the problem is probably not that you don't have the key. Rather, I guess the package really isn't signed. Not 100% sure because I don't yum, I apt, but the message is pretty explicit. rpm -i will work you should talk to the kde-redhat devs, if it's really their package it's probably unintended that the package is unsigned. regards Thanks for the help - I had to use rpm -i package.rpm as it does appear that the package is not signed! Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] How to import/install the key for signing pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm
How do I import and install the key for signing the above rpm (driver for HP Colour laserjet 3500 printer) which I've downloaded from the kde repo? - I want to use yum localinstall, but when I do I get the message 'package not signed'. Thanks for help, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Linux driver for HP Laserjet 3500 printer - yum won't install
I'm trying to install the linux driver for an HP Colour Laserjet 3500 in CentOS 5. I've installed the kde.repo (with appropriate priorities set up), but when I try yum install pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm, yum says 'nothing to do' - is this because the priority protection won't let it install from the kde repo? The alternative approach seems to be to use yum localinstall with the downloaded package, but then I get the message that 'the package is not signed'. So how do I resolve that please - the instructions regarding 'signing of packages' don't seem very clear to those of us who weren't 'born and bred' on linux! Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Package pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm (from kde.repo) is not signed
I'm trying to install the driver for an HP Colour Laserjet 3500 in CentOS 5. I've installed the kde.repo (with appropriate priorities set up), but when I try yum install pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm, I get the above message that 'the package is not signed'. I've previously tried running yum localinstall on the downloaded package with the same result. How do I resolve this please? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390
On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:41 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: I have a Dell laptop that I believe has the same card. The CentOS 5 kernel did not appear to support it, but the RHEL 5.1 (and subsequently upon its release) the CentOS 5.1 kernel does support it. You will need to drop the firmware into /lib/firmware .. I believe this is a bcm43xx card. Barry Thanks Barry, In view of what you say about CentOS 5.1 supporting this card, I think I'm going to wait until it's released - hope that won't be too long. Any other possible solutions (eg like using ndiswrapper) look far too complicated for a linux newbie like me! I hope that I'll be able to update the kernel without having to do a complete re-install. In the meantime I'm just going to have to use MS Windows XP (I have dual-boot on this laptop) for any wireless networking. Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390
Is there any way I can find a driver and/or get the above wireless card working in CentOS 5 on my Dell laptop (Inspiron 1501). I've installed ipw2200 from RPMForge, but it now appears that this won't work because the card is not an Intel PRO/Wireless card. Dell seem to support only MS Windows Vista now so I don't think there's much chance of getting a driver from them - so am I on a fruitless 'crusade' in trying to get wifi in CentOS 5 in this case? Any helpful advice much appreciated please? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installing skype in CentOS 5
Any ideas please on how to configure and/or test the microphone and get it working, 'coz skype aint gonna be much use without it! That is caused by some weird Volume Control default settings .. here is what you have to do: Open the Volume Control (right click the speaker on your desktop, pick Open Volume Control) Select Edit - Preferences from the menu. Make sure 20db mic boost and Capture are checked. Then adjust both of those settings in Volume Control You may have more than one Device ... when in Volume Control, look at: File - Change Device Thanks, Johnny Hughes Thanks Johnny, I've now got skype working fully in CentOS 5 - so I won't have to re-boot into Windows XP to use it! Thanks again for all the help - CentOS is great! Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installing skype in CentOS 5
Skype makes a statically compiled version of the program. I use it every day on CentOS-5 without problem. Upgrading to QT 4 is not, IMHO, a very good idea if you want other things to work that are compile against qt3 ... that is just my opinion. Johnny, CentOS offers both qt and qt4 packages on CentOS 5. Thanks .. right, can install qt4 as well as qt ... let me see if I can make that work :D Skype does make a CentOS package available that looks pretty much as if it has been build on CentOS as well. They even advertise it using the CentOS logo. I see, for the newer Beta version. Thank you for pointing that out. See the link for yourself: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/ Package installs without a problem. [EMAIL PROTECTED] dag]# rpm -q skype skype-2.0.0.13-centos Thank you very much for pointing out that new beta version. I will add that to the wiki as well. Thanks, Johnny Hughes Thanks guys for all the really helpful information - brilliant! I've now installed the beta version (the wiki.centos link was very helpful) and it's working on my CentOS 5 system, except that I can't get anything through my microphone - I've got sound through the speakers, so the soundcard seems to be configured OK. The same hardware works fine in Windows XP (dual-boot system). Any ideas please on how to configure and/or test the microphone and get it working, 'coz skype aint gonna be much use without it! Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installing skype in CentOS 5
On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 03:47 +0100, Dag Wieers wrote: On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Andrew Allen wrote: On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:06 -0800, James A. Peltier wrote: Andrew Allen wrote: Having just upgraded my system from CentOS 4.4 to 5.0, I'm a bit disappointed that I still can't install skype from the skype repo using yum - when I try yum install skype, I end up with: libsigc++20-2.0.17-1.el5. 100% |=| 217 kB 00:13 --- Package libsigc++20.i386 0:2.0.17-1.el5.rf set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 for package: skype -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 is needed by package skype Any ideas please as to how this can be overcome so that I can install and run this very useful utility? I had a hell of a time getting this to work. I ended up installing the older version of skype (1.3.0.53). As far as usefulness goes, you may want to look at alternatives such as Ekiga, which are free, cross platform and use open standards. It's far less useful when it has had the video guts ripped out of it (which the GNU/Linux client does not support video). Ekiga is in CentOS 5 base. Thanks, Actually Ekiga is already installed in my CentOS 5 system - one question though - can I communicate with skype users via Ekiga? How about using the Beta skype at: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/ The offer a package specially made for CentOS and you only require qt4. I installed it without any problems. Haven't tested the video-stuff yet though :/ Thanks Dag, Im a bit puzzled though because, according to my previous yum operation (see above), skype needs qt 4.2 (as the missing dependency error indicates) and the link above also says that the beta skype for CentOS needs qt 4.2.1+ - but yum list skype on my system says qt.i386 1:3.3.6-20.el5 installed Is this OK for the beta skype or do I need to update to qt.i386 1:3.3.6-23.el5 or what? Thanks again, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installing skype in CentOS 5
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:06 -0800, James A. Peltier wrote: Andrew Allen wrote: Having just upgraded my system from CentOS 4.4 to 5.0, I'm a bit disappointed that I still can't install skype from the skype repo using yum - when I try yum install skype, I end up with: libsigc++20-2.0.17-1.el5. 100% |=| 217 kB 00:13 --- Package libsigc++20.i386 0:2.0.17-1.el5.rf set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 for package: skype -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 is needed by package skype Any ideas please as to how this can be overcome so that I can install and run this very useful utility? Andy I had a hell of a time getting this to work. I ended up installing the older version of skype (1.3.0.53). As far as usefulness goes, you may want to look at alternatives such as Ekiga, which are free, cross platform and use open standards. It's far less useful when it has had the video guts ripped out of it (which the GNU/Linux client does not support video). Ekiga is in CentOS 5 base. Thanks, Actually Ekiga is already installed in my CentOS 5 system - one question though - can I communicate with skype users via Ekiga? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Installing skype in CentOS 5
Having just upgraded my system from CentOS 4.4 to 5.0, I'm a bit disappointed that I still can't install skype from the skype repo using yum - when I try yum install skype, I end up with: libsigc++20-2.0.17-1.el5. 100% |=| 217 kB 00:13 --- Package libsigc++20.i386 0:2.0.17-1.el5.rf set to be updated -- Running transaction check -- Processing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 for package: skype -- Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 is needed by package skype Any ideas please as to how this can be overcome so that I can install and run this very useful utility? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installing Skype in CentOS (4.4)
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 07:18 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: Andrew Allen wrote: Actually, I've just tried that and the launcher's now on my desktop - but how do I launch skype? When I (right) click on it nothing happens or try to launch from the command line, I get these errors: skype: error while loading shared libraries: libsigc-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Are you sure you did not get the Dynamic instead of the Static version of skype ... or maybe somehow get the version out of your RPM. Johnny, Yes, I got the static version skype_static-1.4.0.118.tar.bz2 - sorry, not quite sure what you mean by 'get the version out of your RPM'? The reason I ask is that the Static version should NOT be trying to use a Shared library at all I am using skype and I do not have libsigc-2.0.so.0 installed ... somehow you have a dynamically linked skype binary on your system, not the static one. Thanks again Johnny, Any tips as to how I can get rid of all the skype stuff on my system and try to install the static version again please? Andy === qt is this: Summary : The shared library for the Qt GUI toolkit. Description : Qt is a GUI software toolkit which simplifies the task of writing and maintaining GUI (Graphical User Interface) applications for the X Window System. Qt is written in C++ and is fully object-oriented. === Basically ... all of KDE and many other applications are built using QT ... and they would all need to be rebuilt if you upgraded QT. Only a couple high visibility packages (like kernel, python, gcc and glibc) are more important to the operation of your workstation than QT. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installing Skype in CentOS (4.4)
While I do not normally recommend using statically compiled binaries or installing programs that are not RPMS, in this case there is no real choice, other than breaking your system by upgrading qt ... which I would never recommend. I can not make a Redistributable RPM, as Skype is not GPL ... so please don't ask :D But, what you can do is download the Linux Static version: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static You can put it in any directory initially (you will want to save it, I personally put all non-RPM installed software in a directory under /root/ so that I know what is installed ... Then you need to untar the file like this (you need to be root to do this): COMMANDS tar -xvjf skype_static-version.tar.bz2 cd skype_static-version mkdir /usr/share/skype cp -a * /usr/share/skype/ cd /usr/share/skype/ mv skype /usr/bin/ mv skype.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ chown your-username.your-group skype.desktop mv skype.desktop ~your-username/Desktop END COMMANDS You should now see skype on your desktop, and you can right click the launcher and change the icon (pictures in /usr/share/skype/icons) now. Thanks, Johnny Hughes Thanks Johnny, I'll try installing skype the way you suggest - and thanks to others who've sent helpful replies. One question though - don't want to appear stupid, but what exactly is qt - I don't think it's the kernel (is it) but it's obviously a major part of the OS? By the way, are these deficiencies resolved in CentOS 5, which I have on my laptop (CentOS 4.4 is on my PC)? Actually, I've just tried that and the launcher's now on my desktop - but how do I launch skype? When I (right) click on it nothing happens or try to launch from the command line, I get these errors: skype: error while loading shared libraries: libsigc-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Again thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installing Skype in CentOS (4.4)
On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 17:56 -0700, Steven Vishoot wrote: --- Andrew Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to install Skype on a CentOS 4.4 system and I've followed the instructions on the Skype website at http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/repositories.html but when I run yum install skype it fails with a whole string of error messages, ending with Error: failure: RPMS/libsigc++20-2.0.17-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm from rpmforge: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Has anybody managed to install skype successfully - if so, how please? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos You can try yum clean all and retry yum install. Just a thought. Steven Get your Art Supplies @ www.littleartstore.com Thanks Steven, After I did yum clean all, yum install skype got a lot further and looked as if it was going to work! But then it failed on Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: libQtCore.so.4 is needed by package skype Error: Missing Dependency: qt4-x11 = 4.2 is needed by package skype Error: Missing Dependency: libQtGui.so.4 is needed by package skype Error: Missing Dependency: libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by package skype Error: Missing Dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4) is needed by package skype Error: Missing Dependency: libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by package skype Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by package skype So how do I resolve this missing dependency problem using yum please? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Installing Skype in CentOS (4.4)
I'm trying to install Skype on a CentOS 4.4 system and I've followed the instructions on the Skype website at http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/repositories.html but when I run yum install skype it fails with a whole string of error messages, ending with Error: failure: RPMS/libsigc++20-2.0.17-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm from rpmforge: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Has anybody managed to install skype successfully - if so, how please? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] MP3 plugin for XMMS media player - CentOS 4.4
On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 12:57 -0700, Barry Schiffman wrote: eers.com/r Thanks Barry, I've downloaded and installed mpg123 etc i386.rpm for rhel 4 (CentOS 4.4), but still can't play MP3 files - any idea what I have to do next to get it working? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Reconfiguring gnome desktop
Please - how do I reconfigure my gnome desktop (CentOS 4.4) to get back my application icons and workspaces? Something's changed in the settings so that there are no workspaces shown in the panel and applications disappear off the screen when applications (eg Evolution, Mozilla etc) are minimized! When I log in as root, it's all still there OK! Any help appreciated - thanks Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Reconfiguring gnome desktop
Hi Alfred, Thanks for your prompt and very helpful reply - so easy when you know how, but I've struggled for ages over this! Best regards, Andy On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 14:52 -0400, Alfred von Campe wrote: Please - how do I reconfigure my gnome desktop (CentOS 4.4) to get back my application icons and workspaces? Something's changed in the settings so that there are no workspaces shown in the panel and applications disappear off the screen when applications (eg Evolution, Mozilla etc) are minimized! Just right click on the lower panel (the grey area at the bottom of the screen) and select Add to Panel The items you are looking for are named Window List and Workspace Switcher. If you don't even have the lower panel, right click on the top panel and select New Panel. Alfred ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Application icons don't appear in taskbar at bottom of display - they disappear out of bottom right corner!
Running CentOS 4.4 and something drastic appears to have happened with my display setup - application icons no longer appear in taskbar at bottom of display (when minimized) but disappear off bottom right-hand corner. So it's difficult to multi-task because I have to keep re- opening applications - can anybody suggest what I need to reconfigure please because I can't find any obvious display setting which will cure this problem - thanks. Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Problems printing multi-page emails to SMB printer HP1120C
I have a SMB printer on my network (HP1120C connected to a Windows XP machine). CUPS test page printed OK (CUPS v1.1.x) so printer appears to be installed and set up correctly for printing from my CentOS 5 machine. Problem is when I try to print multi-page emails, I get an unspecified error after printing the first page and it won't print any more pages - in fact it just keeps printing the first page and also rubbish! The print log on my CentOS machine says the printing is completed but on the Windows machine it says there is an error. I never had this problem when I was using RedHat9 - any suggestions would be much appreciated. Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Battery status indicator in CentOS 4.4
Thanks, but how do I install the battery app on the gnome panel? I see that battery.ko is in lib/modules//acpi (together with lots of .png images in other folders) but how do I get it working on the gnome panel? Do I have to yum install acpi or what? Thanks, Andy On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 14:43 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Andrew Allen wrote: I've got CentOS 4.4 installed on 3 machines - two laptops and a PC. Only one, a HP Omnibook 900, shows the graphical battery status indicator (in the bottom right of the screen), but the other laptop (a new Dell Inspiron 1501) doesn't show it. Furthermore, the command /usr/bin/apm gets the response 'no apm support in kernel' - I've tried yum-updating the kernel and installing apm but to no avail. Any suggestions please as it's obviously very useful/necessary to have a battery indicator! Check to see if acpi is installed. It replaces apm, I think :) And are you using gnome and installed the battery app on the panel on those Dells? I remember having to install it myself ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Wireless networking with CentOS 4.4 on Dell laptop
I have a (new) Dell laptop with CentOS 4.4 installed and am trying to get wireless networking. The list of drivers doesn't include a specific one for this card - Dell wireless 1390 Mini PCI network card 802.11b/g (according to the manufacturer's blurb). Any ideas as to where I can find the appropriate driver please? Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Dual boot in CentOS 4.4
I've recently upgraded from RedHat 9 to CentOS 4.4. With RH9 I had a dual boot system with Windows XP (RH9 as the default of course!), which was automatically set up when I installed RH9 in the remaining partition after I'd installed XP. However, I appear to have lost my dual boot with CentOS 4.4 (no option to boot into DOS now), even though I still have the Windows XP partition, so how can I (re-) set up the dual boot? Thanks, Andy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
