similar to: newbie question on installation over existing Linux

On 06/07/2015 03:25 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > On Sun, 2015-06-07 at 15:16 -0700, Kay Schenk wrote: >> If I choose to do a fresh install of CentOS 6 with "replace existing >> Linux systems", will it also wipe out my /home directory? In the past >> when I've done this with another Linux distro, /home was not >> affected. >> >> Or, would I

On 06/07/2015 04:52 PM, g wrote: > > > On 06/07/2015 05:29 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> On 06/07/2015 03:25 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > <<<>>> > >>> Yes it does replace your home directory. When I do a fresh >>> install, I back up my home directory on a usb drive and then copy >>> it back after the install. I think you can also

On 06/07/2015 10:11 PM, Peter wrote: > On 06/08/2015 12:25 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> My situation is I have 7 separate Linux partitions and a swap area. One >> of the partitions is /home, so it's already in its own partition. >> I want to keep the partitions for CentOS exactly as I have them in terms >> of size, etc. In the past, even when I've done a

On 06/07/2015 11:05 PM, g wrote: > > > On 06/07/2015 07:25 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > <<>> > >> So, I'm not sure how to interpret what you said. Can I get the same >> results from a CentOS install using some combination of options? > > because your are playing with multi flavors, > [i bet you like going to baskin-robbins for ice cream ;-) ]

My Update Applet keeps giving me messages to install an update to a package I do not have installed. To make matters more confusing, when I actually try to install the package it wants to update, there is a problem with the installation. Any tips on how to resolve this? Is this somehow caused by the repositories I have enabled? -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "We can

On 06/10/2015 10:06 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 06/10/2015 05:25 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> I get /home/<username> not found when it's there and setup with correct >> permissions -- well here I am using it in run level 5 just fine! > > Log in as root, and watch /var/log/messages, /var/log/secure, and > /var/log/audit/audit.log while a "normal" user

OK, after 3 tries I got CentOS 6.6 installed (don't ask). Now something very odd is happening. My regular user, me, can not login to level 3 without odd errors. I get /home/<username> not found when it's there and setup with correct permissions -- well here I am using it in run level 5 just fine! So, my normal user is left logged in at /root. Even if I move over to the correct

On 07/01/2015 02:12 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 7/1/2015 2:02 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> My Update Applet keeps giving me messages to install an update to a >> package I do not have installed. To make matters more confusing, when I >> actually try to install the package it wants to update, there is a >> problem with the installation. >> >> Any tips on how to

On 06/08/2015 02:00 PM, g wrote: > > > On 06/08/2015 11:34 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> On 06/07/2015 11:05 PM, g wrote: >>> On 06/07/2015 07:25 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >>> <<>> >>> >>>> So, I'm not sure how to interpret what you said. Can I get the same >>>> results from a CentOS install using some combination of

On 06/11/2015 08:28 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Kay Schenk wrote: >> On 06/10/2015 10:06 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: >>> On 06/10/2015 05:25 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >>>> I get /home/<username> not found when it's there and >>>> setup with correct permissions -- well here I am using it >>>> in run level 5 just fine! >>> >

On 06/08/2015 06:29 PM, Peter wrote: > On 06/09/2015 12:19 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 6/8/2015 5:08 PM, g wrote: >>> ie, partition for boot, partition for swap, partition for /, partition >>> home, partition for usr, partition for var, partition for home2, >>> partition for what ever. >> >> >> that model is not generally recommended

On 07/02/2015 03:11 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 7/1/2015 2:35 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> OK, here ya go -- >> >> Obsoleting Packages >> >> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras >> perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2.i686 2.021-136.el6_6.1 @updates >> perl-IO-Compress.noarch 2.052-1.el6.rfx rpmforge-extras >> perl-Compress-Zlib.i686

I did some research and see a LOT of folks would love to get rid of their .xsession-errors file and I'm in the opposite situation -- where is mine? Do I have to install or enable something special to get this back. All my users are starting X with startx and the default .xinitrc. Is this the problem? -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "We can all sleep easy at night

I just applied a bunch of updates to my CentOS 7 system yesterday, one of which was a Firefox update to 68.0.1esr. Now when I bring up sites I would log in to -- my bank, credit cards, etc., the Password box is wonky and shakes and doesn't display successive dots? for characters I type, nor does it accept what I type. My work around currently is to type the password first, then my userid

On 05/02/2017 09:59 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Kay Schenk wrote: >> On 05/01/2017 06:10 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: >>> On May 1, 2017, at 1:33 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> What can anyone tell me about package internet-browser? >>>> >>>> Through the gnome package app, there seems to be NO meta info????

On 05/01/2017 06:10 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > On May 1, 2017, at 1:33 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> wrote: >> What can anyone tell me about package internet-browser? >> >> Through the gnome package app, there seems to be NO meta info???? > > I can?t find any packages called 'internet-browser? for CentOS6 or 7, in either the base repos or EPEL.

Hello all -- This is not a CentOS specific question, but I have a feeling some of you are involved in enterprise malware efforts, so here goes. Does anyone have recommendations for malware detection that includes detection in image files? I'm looking for something that could be integrated into a batch cron process as opposed to a client end download check. Thanks. --

On 08/25/2016 10:44 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/25/2016 09:49 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> I do realize the sane thing to do is to have the builbots -- >> smoketest environments -- match the production environment > > > I think the sane thing to do would be to use buildbots that support LSB: > > http://www.ludism.org/~rwhe/LSB/tutorial/tut.html Great resource!

What can anyone tell me about package internet-browser? Through the gnome package app, there seems to be NO meta info???? -- ------------------------------------------ MzK "Since each of us is blessed with only one life, why not live it with a cat?" -- Robert Stearns

On 08/24/2016 07:53 PM, Peter wrote: > On 25/08/16 13:21, Kay Schenk wrote: >> To all...yes I meant glibc, not glib. Target environment -- could be any >> version of Linux. This is for Apache OpenOffice. The buildbots we've been >> using are being decommisioned due to EOL. As a developer on that project, I >> need to be able to test and use the builds. We'll be