Re: need help installing nvidia driver on new laptop

2011-09-10 Thread Barry F Smith
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:36:07AM -0500, Kevin Thomas wrote: Ok, I jujst got a brand new Dell XPS laptop a few days ago. I managed to install Windows 7 and SL 6.1 side by side in a dual boot setup. This laptop has the core i7 processor, which means it has integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics,

Re: New Scientific Linux development team member

2011-09-09 Thread Barry F Smith
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 11:21:43AM -0500, Connie Sieh wrote: I am happy to announce the addition of Patrick Riehecky to the Scientific Linux development team. He will take over many of the tasks that Troy previously did. He has over 11 years of Linux experience. Welcome Pat. -Connie

kstars - is using an old version a problem?

2011-08-08 Thread Barry F Smith
Hello SL Users list. I really enjoy using kstars, but haven't had the time to figure out the best way to build the latest from source yet. Instead, for now, I simply downloaded the rpm from the latest version of Scientific Linux 5. Then I just used yum localinstall to install it, and it works