On 7/27/2016 8:51 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> have you tried the 7 32 bit?no, all my linux servers now are 64 bit, I havent' run a 32 bit system in a long time. if your internet is working over ethernet, you should be able to install what you need via yum, rather than reinstall from different media... yum install NetworkManager-wifi and you should be able to configure wifi with the text mode NetworkManager tool, nmtui yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" should install the full Gnome desktop environment, and the gui NetworkManager, which is probably easier to use. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
geo.inbox.ignored
2016-Jul-28 04:58 UTC
[CentOS] installing centos 7 32 bit i386 to laptop
On 07/27/16 23:33, John R Pierce wrote:> On 7/27/2016 8:51 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> have you tried the 7 32 bit? > > no, all my linux servers now are 64 bit, I havent' run a 32 bit system > in a long time. > > > if your internet is working over ethernet, you should be able to install > what you need via yum, rather than reinstall from different media... > > yum install NetworkManager-wifi >---> this box has an on board network chip plus a nic and have a wifi card i want to check out, thought i would try above and have ready for next power down. my surprise; =+=+[geo at tower-1-i686 Documents]$ sudo yum install NetworkManager-wifi [sudo] password for geo: Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, fastestmirror, ovl, presto, refresh- : packagekit, security, tmprepo, verify, versionlock Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.steadfast.net * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * extras: mirror.steadfast.net * updates: mirror.steadfast.net extras | 3.3 kB 00:00 updates | 3.4 kB 00:00 updates/primary_db | 1.3 MB 00:01 No package NetworkManager-wifi available. Error: Nothing to do [geo at tower-1-i686 Documents]$ =+=+ so that may not work for laptop, ;-) nbd. why should my luck change with installs. !LOL! 'one of those days' has been going on for over a week. 8=D -- peace out. -+- Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 tc,hago. g .
On 7/27/2016 9:58 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> $ sudo yum install NetworkManager-wifi > [sudo] password for geo: > Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, fastestmirror, ovl, presto, refresh- > : packagekit, security, tmprepo, verify, versionlock > Setting up Install Process > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * base: mirror.steadfast.net > * epel: mirror.steadfast.net > * extras: mirror.steadfast.net > * updates: mirror.steadfast.net > extras | 3.3 kB 00:00 > updates | 3.4 kB 00:00 > updates/primary_db | 1.3 MB 00:01 > No package NetworkManager-wifi available.hmmm, that repository has no 32 bit RPMs. http://mirror.steadfast.net/centos/7/os/ but they do exist here, http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/os/ and http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/updates/ so you might need to tweak your /etc/yum.repos.d files a bit. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz