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On 16 Aug 2001 12:32:30 -0400, Jerry A! wrote: |
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> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:56:50AM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> : On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:38:44PM -0400, Jerry A! wrote: |
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> : |
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> : > Looking over the kernel changelogs, it appears that 2.4.8 and on solve |
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> : > these known issues (at least there were patches applied, and no new |
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> : > patches to fix the previous patches). |
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> : > So, what's the default kernel for rc6? Please tell me it's at least |
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> : > 2.4.8. Also, can anyone roll a bootable image of the current rc6? I'd |
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> : > like to bootstrap and install from this version rather than risk any |
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> : > goofy fs and chipset issues. |
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> : > |
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> : > I wouldn't be so pushy, except I've got a buncha things I'd like to |
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> : > test, verify and commit. |
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> : Well, I created a chrootable rc6 build image for the system team, and the rest |
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> : is up to you guys. Right now, Pete and Chad are working on whipping the rest |
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> : of sys-* into shape. Chad is handling sys-libs/pam and I'm guessing that |
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> : alkaline is going to start by ripping out multilog and replacing it with a |
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> : non-DJB product. Currently, we are using kernel 2.4.6 and the most recent |
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> : ebuild we have is the 2.4.7-vanilla kernel. I was planning to upgrade to the |
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> : most recent kernel a bit later on once our sys image is finished. |
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> Okay, I'll see what I can do. As far as the multilog stuff goes, are we |
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> still looking at using syslog-ng? If so, it should be a simple matter |
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> of yanking Debian's syslog.conf, dropping it into /etc and creating the |
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> appropriate /var/log entries. |
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> Alkaline, can you shed any light on this? |
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> : Note: cvs.gentoo.org has a VIA KT133 (686b) chipset and doesn't have any |
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> : ReiserFS corruption problems. So does my development box. cvs.gentoo.org |
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> : is using kernel 2.4.4-ac9 and my dev box is using 2.4.6 currently. You may |
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> : try turning off DMA to see if that helps. |
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> These are two unrelated issues. I was having ReiserFS corruption issues |
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> with 2.4.4-ac9. Looking through the kernel archives there do seem to |
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> still be known issues with ReiserFS and IDE drives up to 2.4.5. |
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> However, there are certain VIA mobos that get broken in 2.4.5-2.4.7. |
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> It's not until 2.4.8 (actually, I believe that there is a certain -ac |
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> rev of 2.4.7 that also supplies the VIA fixes). My machine, before it |
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> bit it wouldn't even boot 2.4.5-2.4.7. |
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Actually recently I went to the reiserfs homepage and they had patches |
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for 2.4.7 which fixed a few longstanding bugs. |
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> Ugh... |
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> --Jerry |
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> name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a |
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> phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... |
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> email: jerry@×××××××.org || ...It's much more important |
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> || than that! |
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