Ah type-o before any corrects me :) uname -a ; yum search switchdesk Linux centos-workstation 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.centos.plus.i686 #1 SMP Sun Jun 26 15:21:38 BST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Repository 'flossware' is missing name in configuration, using id Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.metrocast.net * epel: archive.linux.duke.edu * extras: centos.mirror.netriplex.com * updates: mirror.raystedman.net Warning: No matches found for: switchdesk No Matches found And yes, it is discontinued as Paul stated - I saw it was in the RHEL release notes as well... On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Scot P. Floess wrote: > > Here is my Centos 5.6 VM: > > uname -a ; yum search swtichdesk > > Linux centos-workstation 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.centos.plus.i686 #1 SMP Sun > Jun 26 15:21:38 BST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * base: mirror.us.leaseweb.net > * epel: nas1.itc.virginia.edu > * extras: mirror.us.leaseweb.net > * updates: mirror.raystedman.net > Warning: No matches found for: swtichdesk > No Matches found > > > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > >> >> On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 15:05 -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote: >> >>> I've done some googling but have no idea what the replacement is for >>> switchdesk (or if there even is one)... >> >> I'm on Centos 5.6 X64 with the 'normal' repos. >> >> Just typed-in:- >> >> yum install switchdesk >> >> and got >> >> ..... switchdesk.noarch 0:4.0.8-6 >> >> ... switchdesk noarch 4.0.8-6 base 15 k >> >> >> So it is there >> >> Paul. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) > Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware > http://flossware.sourceforge.net > https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess RHCT (Certificate Number 605010084735240) Chief Architect FlossWare http://sourceforge.net/projects/flossware http://flossware.sourceforge.net https://github.com/organizations/FlossWare