Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2018 December 10

= December 10 =

Multiprocess webview
So yeah, I found multiprocess webview in settings.What can I do with it? Should I enable or disable it?Ajax-x86 (talk) 16:22, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Finding a CentOS7 repo with an updated package
I installed the X Server package on my server running CentOS7, and now my server won't boot to the Gnome desktop (it does boot to the terminal). After looking at bug reports, it looks like I can fix this by installing a newer version of the X Server. The problem is that, while there is a newer version for other Linux distributions, I can't find it in any of the repos that CentOS7 pulls from. I'm not very experienced searching for packages, though, so I suspect it is out there somewhere; can someone please help me find and install it? The package is the X Server environment, and I need to install at least version 1.20.3. Thanks OldTimeNESter (talk) 18:14, 10 December 2018 (UTC)


 * I don't use centos, but just to clarify: I assume it was the xorg-server package which you installed? Did gnome work before? Assuming some version of xorg-server was installed before, which version was it? What happens when you downgrade to that version? You would probably be better of answering all these questions at the centos forum, though. As a general principle, it would be better to get the packages provided by your distro working, rather than trying to obtain others from elsewhere. HenryFlower 16:57, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I upgraded xorg-x11-server-Xorg from 1.19 to 1.20 so that it would work with remote desktop. Gnome was working before that, but now it won't load, and the Xorg log indicates an error that looks like an instance of a known bug. I can't downgrade because version 1.19 is no longer available (at least, this is what yum tells me when I try and roll back the update). So I'm stuck with 1.20 unless I can find a way to upgrade to 1.20.3. OldTimeNESter (talk) 19:39, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I found some info on RPMfind here. I don't know if the Fedora version will work or not but it's there if you want to try it. You could also try manually removing the 1.20 rpm and installing the CentOS 1.19 rpm off the RPMfind site.
 * Just out of curiosity, what's the error/bug you're seeing with 1.20? I'm running a couple of CentOS 7 VMs with 1.20.1-5.1.el7.x86_64 and while I haven't seen any problems, it'd be nice to know what to look out for if they do break. Random character sequence (talk) 20:23, 11 December 2018 (UTC)