Re: Attempting to install SL 7 on Dell Precision T1700

2015-10-20 Thread Brandon Vincent
nt to make sure that secure boot is disabled. Additionally, ensure that the system is set to boot in legacy mode and not UEFI. You'll also want to turn off Nvidia Optimus if it is an option in the BIOS. My bet is on the last one. Brandon Vincent

Re: Flash notes on 7

2015-09-23 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:25 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > Google Chrome == Spyware Just use chromium and chromium-pepper-flash then. Brandon Vincent

Re: Flash notes on 7

2015-09-23 Thread Brandon Vincent
gesting you use Chromium because the solution you proposed does not sandbox or isolate flash from the rest of the browser. Security vulnerabilities in Flash will have a greater chance of doing harm on Firefox than in the native Google Chrome/Chromium. Brandon Vincent

Re: Is there something wrong with the rolling repo?

2015-09-22 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:05 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > Has "ftp" stopped being supported? Any workarounds? No problems here.

Re: Flash plugin updates

2015-09-18 Thread Brandon Vincent
the repository so it is automatically updated with the system. yum -y install epel-release && rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm Brandon Vincent

Re: How do I get flash drive info?

2015-08-30 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:02 AM, Brandon Vincent brandon.vinc...@asu.edu wrote: You might want to try sginfo -a /dev/sdc. Sorry about that. I gave you the wrong command. sg_modes -a /dev/sdc should work. Note the WP= value. Brandon Vincent

Re: How do I get flash drive info?

2015-08-30 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:55 AM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: I can't find either commands. :'( They are part of the sg3_utils package. Brandon Vincent

Re: How do I get flash drive info?

2015-08-30 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 2:11 PM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: Gives me tons of information. None tells me read only. sg_modes -a /dev/sdc should return a WP= value at the top. Is it not working for you? Brandon Vincent

Re: How do I get flash drive info?

2015-08-29 Thread Brandon Vincent
directly. Try querying the block device with udevadm(8). udevadm info -a -n /dev/sdc Brandon Vincent

Re: How do I get flash drive info?

2015-08-27 Thread Brandon Vincent
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Re: is beesu suppose to remember your password?

2015-08-23 Thread Brandon Vincent
be a little involved to get it to function as expected). Brandon Vincent

Re: need SSD RAID controller advice

2015-04-11 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Brandon Vincent brandon.vinc...@asu.edu wrote: This is not correct. LSI SAS2008 I/O controllers do support TRIM with drives that support both deterministic trim (DRAT) and deterministic read zero after trim (DZAT). My bad. I didn't see that this thread

Re: clonezilla or equivalent

2015-01-28 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Yasha Karant ykar...@csusb.edu wrote: Any advice would be appreciated. Clonezilla Live does support USB 3.0. Out of curiosity, is the external drive you connected formatted as FAT32? The 4 GB file size limit would explain why dd would be failing. Brandon

Re: clonezilla or equivalent

2015-01-28 Thread Brandon Vincent
partition table on the disk. [1] [1] http://gparted.org/display-doc.php?name=help-manual#gparted-create-partition-table Brandon Vincent

Re: SL on Dell Precision M4800 Mobile Workstation

2015-01-27 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Yasha Karant ykar...@csusb.edu wrote: Can you explain why you are concerned about Nvidia Optimus on SL7? I think you're getting hybrid graphics confused with multi-display. Brandon Vincent

Re: SL on Dell Precision M4800 Mobile Workstation

2015-01-27 Thread Brandon Vincent
older kernel and the webcam started working again. Looks like the latest kernel, 2.6.32-504.3.3 is still impacted. Brandon Vincent

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread Brandon Vincent
On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM, John Pilkington j.p...@tesco.net wrote: Suggestions appreciated. Thanks. The Atheros AR5523 driver is not configured to be built in the stock SL 7 kernel. The ELRepo kernel-ml package has the kernel being built with AR5523 as a module. Brandon Vincent

Re: Connecting to a wireless network

2015-01-04 Thread Brandon Vincent
://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath5k [2] http://elrepo.org/tiki/DeviceIDs Brandon Vincent

Re: about realtime system

2014-08-24 Thread Brandon Vincent
be considered a hard RTOS kernel. For the most part in 99% of applications the standard kernel will suffice. Without knowing what Lee's application is, it is impossible to determine if he really needs a soft or hard real-time kernel. Brandon Vincent

Re: XFS and dump?

2014-08-03 Thread Brandon Vincent
is placing emphasis on cloud computing and data storage, XFS becoming the default filesystem for their products is a logical choice. Brandon Vincent

Re: Malware 3

2014-07-29 Thread Brandon Vincent
* Let me know if you have any more questions. Brandon Vincent

Re: Malware 3

2014-07-29 Thread Brandon Vincent
have gained access to additional systems, this would be a good time to look into setting up file integrity monitoring and detailed remote logging. Brandon Vincent

Re: changing primary group

2014-07-08 Thread Brandon Vincent
plotfi : devs [mahmood@N100 ~]$ ls /home/devs/tools ls: cannot access /home/devs/tools: Permission denied Regards, Mahmood Mahmood, Can you try logging out and logging back in? Brandon Vincent