[CentOS-docs] Wiki edit access?

2013-02-01 Thread Chris Pepper
Hello, I am a happy CentOS user who has noticed some typos on the wiki (I sent one to Akemi yesterday). I would like to fix these directly, rather than sending email to someone else for each change. Is this possible? FWIW, I'm a committer on the ASF's httpd-docs project, although I am

[CentOS-virt] Instance-backed CentOS AWS AMIs?

2013-02-01 Thread Michael Militzer
Hi list, I've noticed that instance-backed AMIs are not available in AWS MP (only the EBS ones are there). Still though, also the instance-backed AMIs are listed as published and available on your wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/Cloud/AWS I've seen that the same question was asked already before

Re: [CentOS-virt] Instance-backed CentOS AWS AMIs?

2013-02-01 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 02/01/2013 06:11 PM, Michael Militzer wrote: But the initial question was more than a month ago and instance-backed AMIs are still not available in AWS MP - so did something go wrong here that caused the instance-backed AMIs to not get published? we should have this covered in the next few

[CentOS-virt] Windows Direct-X and Virtualization

2013-02-01 Thread Robert Dinse
Is there anyway to run a Windows machine as a virtual machine and have direct-X display on the host console in full screen mode? If anyone has this working can you tell me what hardware, drivers, etc you are using? Thank you.

Re: [CentOS-virt] Windows Direct-X and Virtualization

2013-02-01 Thread SilverTip257
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Robert Dinse nan...@eskimo.com wrote: Is there anyway to run a Windows machine as a virtual machine and have direct-X display on the host console in full screen mode? If anyone has this working can you tell me what hardware, drivers, etc you are using?

Re: [CentOS-virt] Windows Direct-X and Virtualization

2013-02-01 Thread Robert Dinse
The reason I asked is that I run an ISP, it would be spiffy to have one machine that I can bring up multiple OS's fully functional to troubleshoot various issues customers have. Already have virtual machines for infrastructure but they are all Linux (CentOS or Scientific Linux).

Re: [CentOS-virt] Windows Direct-X and Virtualization

2013-02-01 Thread SilverTip257
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Robert Dinse nan...@eskimo.com wrote: The reason I asked is that I run an ISP, it would be spiffy to have one machine that I can bring up multiple OS's fully functional to troubleshoot various issues customers have. Already have virtual machines for

Re: [CentOS] skype not starting anymore, prelink issue?

2013-02-01 Thread wwp
Hello Yves, On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:31:42 -0500 Yves Bellefeuille y...@storm.ca wrote: On Wednesday 30 January 2013, wwp subscr...@free.fr wrote: I was running skype 4.1.0.20 on my 64-bit laptop for weeks (installed in /opt, from an official skype binary archive, plus few 32-bit stuff

Re: [CentOS] ACL/permissions question

2013-02-01 Thread Ian Forde
You could always try 'chattr +i /home/joe' to make it immutable. Check out the man page for details... On Jan 31, 2013 11:44 PM, Boris Epstein borepst...@gmail.com wrote: Hello listmates, If I have a regular, ACL-capable filesystem on Linux (say, ext4 or xfs) is there a way for me to

[CentOS] Centos as l2tp/ipsec-Client

2013-02-01 Thread sebastian
Hello, i need to configure a centos 6.3 - server as an l2tp/ipsec-client. I have no idea how I there previous or if this is even possible. Where one might find appropriate instructions? Google is not very helpful, without any idea. Thanks cami ___

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3: libreport/abrt update problem

2013-02-01 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/01/2013 01:33 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Mogens Kjaer m...@lemo.dk wrote: Hello, In updates, there are new packages of abrt and libreport. But yum update gives me: Error: Package: abrt-2.0.8-6.el6.centos.2.x86_64 (updates) Requires: libreport

Re: [CentOS] Centos as l2tp/ipsec-Client

2013-02-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/1/2013 1:55 AM, sebastian wrote: i need to configure a centos 6.3 - server as an l2tp/ipsec-client. I have no idea how I there previous or if this is even possible. Where one might find appropriate instructions? Google is not very helpful, without any idea. whats the server? there's no

Re: [CentOS] Centos as l2tp/ipsec-Client

2013-02-01 Thread Patrick Lists
On 02/01/2013 10:55 AM, sebastian wrote: Hello, i need to configure a centos 6.3 - server as an l2tp/ipsec-client. I have no idea how I there previous or if this is even possible. Where one might find appropriate instructions? Google is not very helpful, without any idea. CentOS 6.3 comes

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3: libreport/abrt update problem

2013-02-01 Thread odusseas
Luigi Rosa lists@... writes: Mogens Kjaer said the following on 01/02/2013 07:52: In updates, there are new packages of abrt and libreport. But yum update gives me: Error: Package: abrt-2.0.8-6.el6.centos.2.x86_64 (updates) Confirmed. Same issue here. Ciao, luigi The same

Re: [CentOS] Centos as l2tp/ipsec-Client

2013-02-01 Thread sebastian
Am 01.02.2013 11:47, schrieb John R Pierce: On 2/1/2013 1:55 AM, sebastian wrote: i need to configure a centos 6.3 - server as an l2tp/ipsec-client. I have no idea how I there previous or if this is even possible. Where one might find appropriate instructions? Google is not very helpful,

Re: [CentOS] Centos as l2tp/ipsec-Client

2013-02-01 Thread sebastian
Am 01.02.2013 11:47, schrieb John R Pierce: On 2/1/2013 1:55 AM, sebastian wrote: i need to configure a centos 6.3 - server as an l2tp/ipsec-client. I have no idea how I there previous or if this is even possible. Where one might find appropriate instructions? Google is not very helpful,

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3: libreport/abrt update problem

2013-02-01 Thread Fabien Archambault
2013/2/1 odusseas piskopakis_antr...@hotmail.com: Luigi Rosa lists@... writes: Mogens Kjaer said the following on 01/02/2013 07:52: In updates, there are new packages of abrt and libreport. But yum update gives me: Error: Package: abrt-2.0.8-6.el6.centos.2.x86_64 (updates) Confirmed.

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 96, Issue 1

2013-02-01 Thread centos-announce-request
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[CentOS] Network stopped just out of the blue leaving this backtrace:

2013-02-01 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
Network stopped just out of the blue leaving this backtrace After this or during this my network switch just stopped working ang got stuck. Maybe the switch made the problem? Thanks, Eliezer Feb 1 04:07:15 localhost kernel: [ cut here ] Feb 1 04:07:15 localhost kernel:

[CentOS] Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread Rafał Radecki
Hi all. I am currently gathering information about firmware update on Dell PowerEdge machines. I've found http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Firmware-tools_announcement and https://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ It is an unofficial, community supported repository. What are your experiences:

Re: [CentOS] skype not starting anymore, prelink issue?

2013-02-01 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
On Friday 01 February 2013, wwp subscr...@free.fr wrote: This point has already been answered on this mailing list (and elsewhere). A bit of search in the archives and elsewhere would quickly bring you this: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype I'm very familiar with that document. :-) And

Re: [CentOS] Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread lhecking
What are your experiences: should I perform firmware updates the traditional way by downloading *.bin packages from Dell and run them manually or should I use this repo? Is this repo safe and releases stable packages? This is a good resource:

Re: [CentOS] Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread Mikael Fridh
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Rafał Radecki radecki.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I am currently gathering information about firmware update on Dell PowerEdge machines. I've found http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Firmware-tools_announcement and https://linux.dell.com/repo/community/

Re: [CentOS] skype not starting anymore, prelink issue?

2013-02-01 Thread wwp
Hello Yves, On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 08:08:20 -0500 Yves Bellefeuille y...@storm.ca wrote: On Friday 01 February 2013, wwp subscr...@free.fr wrote: This point has already been answered on this mailing list (and elsewhere). A bit of search in the archives and elsewhere would quickly bring you

[CentOS] OT: Antwort: Re: Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread Andreas Reschke
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote on 01.02.2013 14:27:19: Mikael Fridh fri...@gmail.com Gesendet von: centos-boun...@centos.org 01.02.2013 14:27 Bitte antworten an CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org An CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Kopie Thema Re: [CentOS] Dell

Re: [CentOS] OT: Antwort: Re: Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread Phil Gardner
They provide an official repo for the proliant support pack (PSP), but I don't think they offer firmware updates via yum. I honestly haven't needed it, unlike Dell, whose support techs insist that I update firmware as the first step to troubleshooting a failed hard drive or bad memory modules...

Re: [CentOS] Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread Phil Gardner
This is correct, the latest firmware updates take a little bit to get packaged and tested before they get pushed to the repo. I also haven't figured out how to only update firmware for specific devices. With the inventory_firmware and update_firmware commands, it looks for updates and applies all

Re: [CentOS] Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread lhecking
I also haven't figured out how to only update firmware for specific devices. With the inventory_firmware and update_firmware commands, it looks for updates and applies all updates at once. inventory_firmware_gui lets you select. I'm not aware of how to achieve this with command line only.

[CentOS] error during yum update 6.3

2013-02-01 Thread Steve Clark
Hello, Anybody else running into this. I am seeing it on two different CentOS boxes I have. yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=base,updates update ... --- Package abrt.i686 0:2.0.8-6.el6.centos will be updated --- Package abrt.i686 0:2.0.8-6.el6.centos.2 will be an update -- Processing Dependency:

Re: [CentOS] error during yum update 6.3

2013-02-01 Thread Phil Savoie
Yep, me too, Yum remove abrt then carry on. I imagine this will get fixed later. Phil On 02/01/2013 09:37 AM, Steve Clark wrote: Hello, Anybody else running into this. I am seeing it on two different CentOS boxes I have. yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=base,updates update ... ---

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

2013-02-01 Thread Timothy Murphy
Les Mikesell wrote: Using any single 3rd party repo is likely to work at least until the next update because the contents will have been tested against the base distro - as long as the packages are intended for use with RHEL/Centos. I have a slightly different question. I had

[CentOS] Opening a jar file from the desktop

2013-02-01 Thread James B. Byrne
I have java-1.7.0-openjdk installed on a CentOS-6.3 x86_64 system. On my desktop I have a jar file containing a calculator program which runs fine on CentOS-5 and on MS-Windows machines. On the CentOS-6 system when I right-click on the jar file and say open with java nothing apparently happens.

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.3 - which repos to use?

2013-02-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: Using any single 3rd party repo is likely to work at least until the next update because the contents will have been tested against the base distro - as long as the packages are intended for use with

Re: [CentOS] OT: Antwort: Re: Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread John Doe
From: Andreas Reschke andreas.resc...@behrgroup.com Does anybody know if there is the same repo from HP? http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/index.html JD ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] error during yum update 6.3

2013-02-01 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:37 AM, Steve Clark scl...@netwolves.com wrote: Hello, Anybody else running into this. I am seeing it on two different CentOS boxes I have. yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=base,updates update ... --- Package abrt.i686 0:2.0.8-6.el6.centos will be updated ---

Re: [CentOS] Opening a jar file from the desktop

2013-02-01 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:42:23 -0500 James B. Byrne wrote: how do I get jar files to open and run using Java both from the command line and from the desktop? Create a small script or a launcher (right-click on desktop, Create Launcher) containing the following: java -jar nameofjar.jar --

Re: [CentOS] Opening a jar file from the desktop

2013-02-01 Thread James B. Byrne
On Fri, February 1, 2013 10:59, Reindl Harald wrote: java -jar superbcalc.jar Thank you. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrnemailto:byrn...@harte-lyne.ca Harte Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive

Re: [CentOS] How to extract one file from rpm using yum?

2013-02-01 Thread Ali Corbin
The command line way of getting 1 file out of a rpm is to rpm2cpio. rpm2cpio rpmfilename filename.cpio Now you have a cpio archive which you can use to get files out of. Or: rpm2cpio rpmfilename | cpio -idv And one more: To extract a single file from a package rpm2cpio

Re: [CentOS] How to extract one file from rpm using yum?

2013-02-01 Thread Todd Rinaldo
On Feb 1, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Ali Corbin ali.cor...@gmail.com wrote: The command line way of getting 1 file out of a rpm is to rpm2cpio. rpm2cpio rpmfilename filename.cpio Now you have a cpio archive which you can use to get files out of. Or: rpm2cpio rpmfilename | cpio -idv

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3: libreport/abrt update problem

2013-02-01 Thread Luigi Rosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johnny Hughes said the following on 01/02/2013 11:29: I am working this issue right now, should be fixed in about an hour. It is, thanks. Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ Mathematicians do it in theory. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.3: libreport/abrt update problem

2013-02-01 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 02/01/2013 05:41 AM, Fabien Archambault wrote: 2013/2/1 odusseas piskopakis_antr...@hotmail.com: Luigi Rosa lists@... writes: Mogens Kjaer said the following on 01/02/2013 07:52: In updates, there are new packages of abrt and libreport. But yum update gives me: Error: Package:

[CentOS] weird issue with qemu-kvm network...

2013-02-01 Thread skull
Hello CentOS mailinglist I am running CentOS 6.3 with qemu-kvm and libvirt. I was experimenting with bridged VM networking. Usually the VMs run over the network device virbr0. So i created a new bridge with brctl and added my eth0 to that bridge. Not touching virbr0 or it's configuration at all.

Re: [CentOS] weird issue with qemu-kvm network...

2013-02-01 Thread James Hogarth
Does anyone have an idea how to recreate the default virbr0? Is it doable via virsh? I don't have a DE installed on this server, so no virtual-manager. I am willing to go that far if it's worth it though. You don't need a DE for that just yum install xauth virt-manager and ssh -X to forward

Re: [CentOS] weird issue with qemu-kvm network...

2013-02-01 Thread skull
Am 01.02.2013 23:39, schrieb James Hogarth: Does anyone have an idea how to recreate the default virbr0? Is it doable via virsh? I don't have a DE installed on this server, so no virtual-manager. I am willing to go that far if it's worth it though. You don't need a DE for that just yum

Re: [CentOS] Dell unofficial community repository - what do you think?

2013-02-01 Thread SilverTip257
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:22 AM, lheck...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: I also haven't figured out how to only update firmware for specific devices. With the inventory_firmware and update_firmware commands, it looks for updates and applies all updates at once. inventory_firmware_gui lets

Re: [CentOS] weird issue with qemu-kvm network...

2013-02-01 Thread skull
Am 01.02.2013 23:56, schrieb skull: Am 01.02.2013 23:39, schrieb James Hogarth: Does anyone have an idea how to recreate the default virbr0? Is it doable via virsh? I don't have a DE installed on this server, so no virtual-manager. I am willing to go that far if it's worth it though. You

Re: [CentOS] weird issue with qemu-kvm network...

2013-02-01 Thread James Hogarth
What i did in terms of network changes was the following script. It's an old one i used when i didn't work with virsh, because i followed an old tutorial for kvm-qemu on CentOS 5. It basically creates a new bridge called bg0, creates a tap0 interface, and connects eth0 and tap0 to the