On 01/02/2012 09:49 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 01/02/2012 03:19 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Mark LaPierre<marklapier at aol.com> wrote: >>> I just installed CentOS 6.2 32 bit today. When I try to start the >>> Virtual Machine Manager I get a error: >>> >>> Packages required for KVM usage >>> >>> The following packages are not installed: >>> >>> qemu-kvm >> >> KVM is not available for 32-bit. You need to install CentOS x86_64. > > Then I have to face weeks of 32 bit compatibility issues, unresolvable > library conflicts, and source code that won't build. It's bad enough > that I can't get Microsoft's Skype to run on this 32 bit system. I just > spent most of a week trying to get Scientific Linux 6.1 x86-64 to > cooperate. There are still too many 32 bit only applications to deal > with. Aside from that, I have to go back to work tomorrow because my > Christmas break is over. ;-) For Skype I use version 2.1.0.81 On 64-bit system) you need to download that version and run: yum –nogpgchek localinstall skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm glibc.i686 alsa-lib.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686′ You can download this working version from my EL6 repository: http://rpms.plnet.rs/plnet-centos6-i386/RPMS.centdos/skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm > > As for KVM not working in 32 bit, I found it worked quite well in Fedora > 14 32 bit. Can someone explain how making it 64 bit only is an > improvement? :-( > Upstream decided to ditch KVM for 32-bit system. Fedora is testing ground for RHEL, they do what they want. As simple as that. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant