Re: UEFI

2011-10-20 Thread Lukas Press
Please, guys! Surely there's a better place to have this discussion? I do not want the same boring old arguments clogging up my inbox every time M$ sneezes.

Re: I have a little problem with SL 6.0 and 5.6 live CD.

2011-07-12 Thread Lukas Press
On 07/12/2011 12:29 AM, Brad wrote: That would be great but there is a little problem there, I have no knowledge on how to do that, and on other hand would I have to rebuild the kernel each time a security update comes out? I have heard of people doing this, and I have heard a few problems fo

gcc version mismatch problem?

2011-06-12 Thread Lukas Press
I am trying to install vmware server on SL6 x64. The install script to build the required kernel modules issues a warning saying that my kernel was built using gcc version 4.4.5, but the version I have installed is version 4.4.4, and that if I build the modules using this version the modules will

Re: "Access denied" label at SL6.0 logon time

2011-05-04 Thread Lukas Press
This looks like the same issue - http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/ssh-access-denied-putty-782163/ Chris On 05/03/2011 11:05 PM, Francisco J. Guzmán wrote: hello: All "/etc/security/access.conf" lines are commented! So I think it doesn't have anything to do with the me

Re: "Access denied" label at SL6.0 logon time

2011-05-03 Thread Lukas Press
I experienced this on two different desktop boxes after I first installed SL6. I decided it wasn't causing a problem so switched to boot into RL5 and didn't think about it again. I just switched both boxes back to RL3 to check if it was still happening, and it didn't happen on either. If I ha

Re: a quick poll: what are your favourite linux "power" tools?

2011-04-24 Thread Lukas Press
On 24/04/11 19:12, Yannick Perret wrote: Vaclav Mocek a écrit : On 04/24/2011 01:57 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: the background: i'm teaching a 2-day course later this week on unix/linux power tools, and i've already got the manual, but it looks like there's maybe 1.5 days worth of content th

Re: What kins of business use Linux?

2011-04-20 Thread Lukas Press
On 04/20/2011 07:36 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: On 04/20/2011 01:04 AM, Lukas Press wrote: I worked in civil engineering consultancy for the best part of ten years and although everyone used windows I always thought the business was ripe for conversion to linux/FOSS. We used various

RE: What kins of business use Linux?

2011-04-20 Thread Lukas Press
I worked in civil engineering consultancy for the best part of ten years and although everyone used windows I always thought the business was ripe for conversion to linux/FOSS. We used various specialist applications pretty much round the clock, particularly CAD, and any reduction in the regular

Re: Problems with VMWare tools

2011-04-09 Thread Lukas Press
On 04/09/2011 11:34 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: 2011/4/9 Nikola Wenta: Dear all, I am trying Scientific Linux and want to get VMWare tools installed. Can someone tell me where I can download the required Kernel C header files, and under what path they will be installed? Cheers, Niko kernel-h

RE: Firefox 4 - apology

2011-03-26 Thread Lukas Press
That would be almost as useful as the app for my phone which prevents me from making calls if it detects i've had too much to drink :) -Original Message- From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov] On Behalf Of Keith Lofstro