Scientific Linux is a Linux distriution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with extra packages, put together by Fermilab, CERN and others.
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Is it stable to use epel and rpmforge in the same time?
So after a fresh Scientific Linux 6.3 Desktop install, I:
yum install rpmforge-release && yum update
and
yum install epel-release.noarch
then:
yum install wine gparted cups-pdf ...
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How to install Picasa on Scientific Linux 6.3?
I can install/use Picasa with wine, but how can I natively install it from RPM (are there any offical sources to get the installer?)
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How to get RPM's that has been published after the install DVD?
So if I download a:
SL-63-x86_64-2012-08-02-Install-DVD.iso
and install it, and give out a "yum update" - then it will find many-many XY packages to update.
Q: are there any methods/solutions to ...
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How to put the completed downloads in a directory with aria2c?
alias download='while true; do timeout -s 9 1260 aria2c *.torrent --lowest-speed-limit=1024 --disable-ipv6=true --seed-time=0 --max-connection-per-server=6 --enable-rpc=false; sleep 1; done'
alias ...
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Recover damaged grub loader on Scientific Linux 6.3
So... there is a notebook far away from me, and I can only sit in front of it in about a month. So I'm searching for a solution - "remotely".
Scientific Linux 6.3 is installed on it, and it worked ...
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wine error when using divfix
When I'm logged in through SSH to a Scientific Linux 6.3 machine I get this error message:
/usr/bin/wine /home/USER/.divfix/DivFix++.exe -i INPUT.avi -o out.avi
wine: created the configuration ...
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How to turn off the “slow script” pop-up in Firefox 15?
I tried to set:
about:config
dom.max_script_run_time
999999999
but it didn't help. The problem is that If I hibernate my desktop machine and then "wake it" from sleep, the already opened Firefox ...
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Running programs as root with my own password in Scientific Linux
In Debian-derived Linux distros, if you are not root but are authorized in /etc/sudoers, GNOME will ask you for your own password to allow privileged operations.
However, Scientific Linux asks you ...
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Problems with YUM/Scientifix Linux 6.3 (inconsistent rpm database?..)
Recently I saw this:
[root@NOTEBOOK /etc/yum.repos.d] yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/metalink ...
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Creating a bootable Linux installation USB without unetbootin
I want to install Scientific Linux from USB. I don't know why unetbootin doesn't work but I am not curious to find out: after all, I transferred to Linux from Windows to see and learn the underlying ...
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Scientific Linux 6.2 hangs on suspend if using a samba share
I have several notebooks running Scientific Linux 6.2.
The suspend function is working quite well, except for one problem:
When a notebook mounts a Samba share, plays a few videos through this ...
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Activate WiFi on runlevel 3 startup
I am running SL6. During GNOME session, the wifi is connected as soon as I login, however the same does not happen until I login.
The situation further worsens in runlevel 3 where the wifi is not ...
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Is there a way to use/recompile libgio-2.0 on machine with libc-2.5?
I have a program (JavaFX 2, namely), and one of its binaries (libglass.so) requires libgio-2.0.so.0. The problem is, the system, on which I need to run the app, is quite old and mostly out of my ...
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knock on Scientific Linux 6.1? (perl script for knocking?)
I have an OpenWrt router where I installed knockd:
knockd.conf
[options]
logfile = /var/log/knockd.log
[openSSH]
sequence = 7000,8000,9000
seq_timeout = 5
command = ...
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Samba mount isnt mounting when switching to wireless
I have a notebook with Scientific Linux 6.1.
I have a wireless router with OpenWrt 10.03 - Wrt160NL.
I have a HDD on the router that I share via samba:
cat /etc/samba/smb.conf.template
[global]
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