On December 9, 2004 07:52 pm, Ed Greshko wrote: > Pete Nesbitt wrote: > > On December 8, 2004 04:08 pm, jackie_wright@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>Hello, > >> > >>I am unable to lock my screen using RH Enterprise 3.0 on a Dell Precision > >>360 workstation. This presents a major security problem. Has anyone had > >>the same problem and if so what was the resolution? > >> > >>Thanks and Best Regards, > >>Jackie Wright > >>Agilent Technologies - WSD R&D IT Engineer > >>Telnet: 435-6653 or (408) 435-6653 > >>Cell: (510) 825-7638 > >>Fax: (408) 435-4803 > > > > Are you running VMware? I had that problem using VMware on RH 8 & 9. I > > ended up removing VMware (also because the vmware modules are bound to > > specific kernels, so security patches cannot be applied). > > That last part is a bit of FUD. I've been running VMware here for the > past 3 years. While it is true that "as released" VMware's modules are > built/bound to a given kernel one simply has to run vmware-config.pl and > the modules will be rebuilt to conform to the current running kernel. I > only vaguely remember one instance in the VMWare 2.X days that the > rebuild process didn't work. > > Oh, FWIW, I just locked and unlocked my screen on RHELv3 with VMware > running....no problem at all. > > Regards, > Ed > Thanks Ed, If it was FUD it was not intended that way (I'm fairly sure that info came right from VMware, some time back). I have been trying crossover office but am not too excited about it's outlook support. (need Outlook for work) Maybe I'll give VM another shot. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
