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!
> 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 go
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
> >>&g
On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 12:16 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Andrew Allen 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
> > u
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
Cen
On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 12:32 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Andrew Allen wrote:
>
> > Trying to install the driver for my bcm4311 wireless card, I've
> > downloaded the driver package from
> >
> > http://www.broadcom.com/suppo
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.
Wh
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 t
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-320d6fcf09b7e16e0b15d19ef76adcb023a9
On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 00:31 +0100, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Andrew Allen wrote on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:24:52 +:
>
> > 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
> &
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
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/
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
___
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
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
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 appr
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
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 reas
I'm accessing a cifs mounted file system (on a MS Windows XP machine)
from my CentOS 5 box. I can't edit/save files on the remote cifs system
using OpenOffice etc, although I can copy/paste whole files OK (ie from
CentOS to cifs). I've looked at the permissions on the mounted cifs and
see that I ha
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
__
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
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
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
_
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 15:13 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote:
> Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 15:52 -0600, Barry Brimer wrote:
> > > Quoting Andrew Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, 2007-11-18 a
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
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
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
> >
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 a
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
___
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
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
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 firmwar
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
> 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
> >> 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,
> >
> > C
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
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,
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
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
> > 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
> 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 no
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
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.
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
___
Where can I find the best XMMS player plugin for MP3 files please,
compatible with CentOS 4.4?
Thanks,
Andy
___
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@centos.org
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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 appli
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
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 -
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 p
Installed CentOS 5 on my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, hoping that it will
be easier to set up wireless networking than it was in CentOS 4.4. But
still so difficult to get it working, mainly because there doesn't
appear to be a driver pre-installed for this wireless card ((Dell
wireless 1390 Mini
was looking in the wrong place. Check out your power
> management preferences. Is it set to always show the icon?
>
> Andrew Allen wrote:
> > 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
-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
Trying to set up wireless networking with CentOS 4.4 on a (new Dell)
laptop and have looked at http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-
ipw2200.shtml
and http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?
topic_id=2532&forum=30
regarding use of ipw2200, which is included in the kernel. The problem
is
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
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 appropri
Thanks Akemi,
I checked the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and it did have those lines.
Then I realised that I had to press a key to get into the sub-menu
giving the boot options! So all is well - thanks.
Andy
On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 14:30 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On 6/12/07, Andrew Allen <
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 (
57 matches
Mail list logo
