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Re: Installer on 2012 Mac Mini failing to boot
by Jos Purvis 06 Aug '25

06 Aug '25

On Wed, Aug 6, 2025, at 12:56, Nicolas Kovacs via AlmaLinux Users wrote: > Le 06/08/2025 à 17:41, Jos via AlmaLinux Users a écrit : >> I'm wrestling with an odd problem in the lab and hoping someone has some >> insights. I have a 2012 Mac Mini (6,1 - Core i5-3210M) and I'm unable to >> get Alma installed on it, as I can't get the installer to actually boot. >> Thus far, this is what I've tried: >> - Alma DVD or Boot ISO on USB stick: Mac can see the stick as >> bootable, but selecting to boot results in a black screen. >> - Ventoy with Alma DVD ISO: Booting in "normal mode" results in the >> same as above (black screen). However, booting in "grub mode" gets me to >> the first installer-select screen (install/validate/troubleshoot). Any >> option selected from there, however, even "install in non-graphical >> mode", results in a black screen. > > Hi, > I had the same problem a few years back. I solved it using rEFInd. > I wrote a blog article about it on my tech blog (in french) : > https://blog.microlinux.fr/refind/ Merci! That got me a little further — reFIND works, it finds the EFI grub image on the Alma USB stick, and it attempts to boot it. Alas, it gets no further than that: I get a message about booting with default grub options of '', and then a white cursor, and nothing further.

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Re: Installer on 2012 Mac Mini failing to boot
by Nicolas Kovacs 06 Aug '25

06 Aug '25

Le 06/08/2025 à 17:41, Jos via AlmaLinux Users a écrit : > I'm wrestling with an odd problem in the lab and hoping someone has some > insights. I have a 2012 Mac Mini (6,1 - Core i5-3210M) and I'm unable to > get Alma installed on it, as I can't get the installer to actually boot. > Thus far, this is what I've tried: > - Alma DVD or Boot ISO on USB stick: Mac can see the stick as > bootable, but selecting to boot results in a black screen. > - Ventoy with Alma DVD ISO: Booting in "normal mode" results in the > same as above (black screen). However, booting in "grub mode" gets me to > the first installer-select screen (install/validate/troubleshoot). Any > option selected from there, however, even "install in non-graphical > mode", results in a black screen. Hi, I had the same problem a few years back. I solved it using rEFInd. I wrote a blog article about it on my tech blog (in french) : https://blog.microlinux.fr/refind/ Cheers, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info(a)microlinux.fr Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12

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Installer on 2012 Mac Mini failing to boot
by Jos 06 Aug '25

06 Aug '25

Hi folks, I'm wrestling with an odd problem in the lab and hoping someone has some insights. I have a 2012 Mac Mini (6,1 - Core i5-3210M) and I'm unable to get Alma installed on it, as I can't get the installer to actually boot. Thus far, this is what I've tried: - Alma DVD or Boot ISO on USB stick: Mac can see the stick as bootable, but selecting to boot results in a black screen. - Ventoy with Alma DVD ISO: Booting in "normal mode" results in the same as above (black screen). However, booting in "grub mode" gets me to the first installer-select screen (install/validate/troubleshoot). Any option selected from there, however, even "install in non-graphical mode", results in a black screen. Doing some searches online, it looks like Macs do something weird with EFI (a Mac doing weird things with partitions — what a shock, right?), so I guess it's possible that's messing with the installer. Oddly, however, a Fedora 42 install stick boots right up and happily installs on the same hardware without any issue. Anyone manage to get this type of hardware working with Alma? TIA, Jos

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New to Almalinux libnghttp2 needed
by Jerry Geis 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

I was moving along pretty good... I did: yum install libnghttp2 then I tried yum install libnghttp2-devel and got "not found" What command do I use to instal the -devel for nghttp2 ? Thanks Jerry

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Re: Ansible version
by Gerald Vogt 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

On 08.07.25 16:25, Nicolas Kovacs via AlmaLinux Users wrote: > Le 08/07/2025 à 16:03, Gerald Vogt via AlmaLinux Users a écrit : >> ansible is not part of RHEL nor AlmaLinux. It's in EPEL. > > This is particularly ironic given the fact that Red Hat bought Ansible > back in 2015 if I remember correctly. Why? They have integrated ansible as package ansible-core into their system. ansible-core is part of RHEL and AlmaLinux. The package ansible, however, is from EPEL and based on the community version. Anything beyond is just names. -Gerald

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Re: Ansible version
by Nicolas Kovacs 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Le 08/07/2025 à 16:03, Gerald Vogt via AlmaLinux Users a écrit : > ansible is not part of RHEL nor AlmaLinux. It's in EPEL. This is particularly ironic given the fact that Red Hat bought Ansible back in 2015 if I remember correctly. Cheers, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'église - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info(a)microlinux.fr Tél. : 04 66 63 10 32 Mob. : 06 51 80 12 12

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Re: Ansible version
by Gerald Vogt 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Hi, On 08.07.25 15:34, Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) via AlmaLinux Users wrote: > Does anybody know why version-numbers of packages Ansible and Ansible-core are higher from Alma 8.10 repositories, than from Alma 9.6 repositories Because RedHat did it so: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/updates-using-ansible-core-in-rhel > Alma8 -> Ansible-core 2.16, Ansible 9.2.0 > Alma9 -> Ansible-core 2.14, Ansible 7.7.0 ansible is not part of RHEL nor AlmaLinux. It's in EPEL. What version you'll find in EPEL depends very much on the maintainer. -Gerald

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Ansible version
by Werf, C.G. van der (Carel) 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Hi, Does anybody know why version-numbers of packages Ansible and Ansible-core are higher from Alma 8.10 repositories, than from Alma 9.6 repositories Alma8 -> Ansible-core 2.16, Ansible 9.2.0 Alma9 -> Ansible-core 2.14, Ansible 7.7.0 Regards, Carel van der Werf

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Re: XFCE Missing Volume Control Plugin on AlmaLinux 9
by John Thompson 25 Jun '25

25 Jun '25

On 6/24/25 07:26, David Eric via AlmaLinux Users wrote: > Hi everyone, > I’ve installed AlmaLinux 9 with XFCE on my notebook, but I noticed the xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin is missing. As a result, I can’t control the system volume directly—only through individual apps like Audacious or Firefox. > I checked EPEL and even enabled epel-testing, but couldn’t find the package. Should I file a request for the plugin in EPEL, or is there a better solution considering AlmaLinux 9 uses PipeWire? > As a temporary fix, I’m considering using pavucontrol, but I’d love to hear how others are handling this. > Thanks in advance! I downloaded the source code for xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin_0.4.8 and built the plugin from that. Not sure why it wasn't included by default. -- -John (JohnDThompson(a)gmail.com) Appleton, WI USA

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XFCE Missing Volume Control Plugin on AlmaLinux 9
by nguyenthuu30031999＠gmail.com 23 Jun '25

23 Jun '25

Hi everyone, I’ve installed AlmaLinux 9 with XFCE on my notebook, but I noticed the xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin is missing. As a result, I can’t control the system volume directly—only through individual apps like Audacious or Firefox. I checked EPEL and even enabled epel-testing, but couldn’t find the package. Should I file a request for the plugin in EPEL, or is there a better solution considering AlmaLinux 9 uses PipeWire? As a temporary fix, I’m considering using pavucontrol, but I’d love to hear how others are handling this. Thanks in advance!

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