On 01/02/2012 06:26 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > 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. > A big awesome thanks a lot Ljubomir. Skype is up and running. I got Audacity, and Samba working and got all my podcast feeds transferred from my backup rhythmdb.xml file into Rhythmbox today too. A very productive day partially thanks to you. -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registerd Linux user No #267004 www.counter.li.org