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New Testing Version Of Linux 2.6
James A. A. Joyce writes "It's all up now at the kernel archives. Get the full 2.6.0-test2 or a patch, whichever suits you. We need to test those new kernels! Hop to it!"
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/me watches the bandwith-o-meter explode
Of course, I've still got bits stuck between my teeth from the last release. Should have remembered to type 'make toothpick'.
You are not the customer.
Being a LKML lurker, here are a few of the new features.
t y/patches/Module/
0 .3/0793.html
1 .3/1267.html
4 .1/0832.html
3 610918825614&w=2
3 553654329827&w=2
3 498293902006&w=2
In-kernel Module Loader and Unified parameter support: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rus
Nanosecond Time Patch: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/021
Fbdev Rewrite: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/011
Linux Trace Trollkit (LTT): http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/020
statfs64: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=10
POSIX Timer API: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=10
Shared Pagetable support: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=10
Hotplug CPU Removal Support and Kernel Probes
Bethanie: Whore...
Fan Whore
Sincerly Mcbride CEO of SCO
http://saveie6.com/
I use an Apple iBook2 as my primary desktop, with an x86 for a server/renderer. Is PowerPC/Sparc/etc support focused on early or late in the development cycle? Should I expect the file I'm downloading to compile, or collapse?
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
I am also running it on my Vaio U-101 (a Pentium 4 600 sub-laptop that fits in a fanny-pack).
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
Somebody just submitted a patch!!!! Go download it from the bitkeeper NOW!!!!
Is this all we can do? Is this Slashdot, or what...
Get your own free personal location tracker
This was fixed in 2.4.18, correct? Was this fix foward-ported to the development kernel so that I can safely boot without using mem=nopentium and have no fear of my X locking?
Thank You
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105 932590109238&w=2
And you're fired.
I wonder if the ACL haters will have a foxhole conversion.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Try Debian. A small install is around 96Mb and if you install a customer kernel should 200 Mb (Excluding source)
Rus
Cheap UK and US VPS
Its not a kernel issue as it already supports USB. You'd have to have a service(daemon) running that would scan the USB ports on your computer for any changes and then have it load a program to download the pictures off your computer.
In linux libertas
I use Linux for a very multipurpose server... SNAT, pppoe, tokenring+ethernet+atm+arcnet+slip, apache+php+perl, postgresql, Nvidia and hordes of other stuff I cant think of now. The test1 crashed for me as I was configuring the networking portions.
For setups like me, I couldnt test Linux beta versions. The server is really not mission-critical but I believe 2.6 will keep crashing for me till version say 2.6.15 or something. I'll be trying to add my contributions to the community but not at such an alpha stage.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." -Nim Chimpsky
The Very Verbose Debian 3.0 Installation Walkthrough
This will give you a minimal but extremely stable install. If you want newer stuff you can shift to "testing" or "unstable". Unless your are doing cutting edge stuff, this install is bulletproof!
"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
"But is it SCO free? "
Sign this NDA and I'll tell you.
"Derp de derp."
YES!
Old McBride he had some IP
IBIBM
And that IP it was not free
IBIBM
With some SCO code here; Some SCO code there
Here a SCO, there a SCO; Everywhere a SCO SCO
The linux kernel had SMP
IBIBM
And that code was from Project Monterey
IBIBM
The linux kernel had NUMA
IBIBM
Then someone spread rumours
IBIBM
The linux kernel had JFS
IBIBM
And Christoph Hellwig did his best
IBIBM
Old McBride owns none of that
IBIBM
How we'd love to see THAT contract
IBIBM
With a lawsuit here; A counter-suit there
Sue a SCO, sue a SCO; Everybody sue a SCO SCO
Actually, a minimal Debian install is like 25 MB, IIRC. Of course, that's with nothing but bash, the gnu tools, apt/dpkg, and the kernel, but sometimes that's all you need.
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
"Remove support for The SCO Group lawsuit"
"Emit mocking laughter when incoming TCP profile matches SCO UNIX"
"Increment World Domination progress meter when incoming TCP profile matches Linux"
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
You're *exactly* the type of person who will make the best tester, precisely because it *will* crash for you. It's the tiny bugs that only show up under bizarre/rare combinations of features and usage that can be the most pesky.
Now, I'm not saying you should run a non-stable version on your server, but what about setting up a spare machine simply to replicate what's being done on your server?
Not only will it help out kernel development, it will also mean that you will get a stable kernel for your server sooner.
steve
Oh, you're not stuck, you're just unable to let go of the onion rings.
You were saying?
-Restil
Play with my webcams and lights here
Stereotypical chinese grammar mistakes? Check.
Silly questions meant to start a flame war? Check.
A subtle comment about the great firewall of China, to which most people are against? Check.
Moderators who obviously didn't realized the give-away name "Fu Ling-Yu"? Check, Check.
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[This post was made at 13 May 2006]
How to configure support for Virtual Terminals?
Using an install straight from the Debian Woody DVD-R, it can compile, boot and get to X. However there is absolutely no output from "loading kernel...", to the start of X, and cntl-alt-f1 gets be to an unchanged screen, not a login prompt. I know that VT support is not enabled by default (why?), but enabling VT and console on VT does not make any difference. Same thing happens with Mandrake 9.1.
Are compile errors for default configuration OK?
I thought I may have accidentally removed something required for VT support. So I made a completely default install, i.e. "make config" and hold down enter for all questions. However, this would not even compile on gcc 3.95.4 from Debian Woody. Are drivers that don't even compile enabled by default, or is the statement in the docs that any gcc 3.95.x where x>3 will be ok, out of date?
Would getting the .config file from a working install of 2.6-test help?
If so do you have a link?
Why does make modules_install complain about missing dependencies?
Why doesn't it just make the dependencies? What are we meant to do about this?
Also, is NTFS write support ready for end-user testing in non-mission critical situations?
Does anyone know if there is anything diffrent w/ xfs or raid in 2.6? I tried out 2.6 beta 1 with my striping raid which is all xfs(just software raid on hpt370 card)...When I booted into 2.6 my keyboard didn't work, so i booted back into 2.4.20 and my raid was absolutely insane(no files showing up), so I rebooted once more into 2.4 and it fixed itself...Anyone have any idea why that would happen, can I expect better behavior with 2.6 beta 2?
I just finished compiling and rebooted into 2.6.0-test1-bk3 and then went to check kernel.org to see if the 2.4.xx tree had changed to 22 stable and voila there it is -test2 and I was REALLY mad! :)
But I've compiled -test2 now and I hope it works -test1 did
Microsoft kiss my ass. Linux wasn't designed to beat you but it will mwuahhaha.
Grab kernel 2.6.0-test2 via Bittorrent here
The scheduler in 2.6 is still having some problems with interactive programs; XMMS skips frequently when switching desktops or running a CPU intensive program in the background. Ingo Molnar put together a patch which seems to fix this nicely, I highly recommend patching the kernel before using it if you're running linux on the desktop. the patch is available at http://people.redhat.com/mingo/O(1)-scheduler/sche d-2.6.0-test1-G6
Never try anything new on your production machines.
Have a test server configured exactly (or as close as you can get) like your production server.
Always test new software on the test machine before putting it on the production machine.
This is important whether you're running Linux or Windows or whatever. Even when you're testing new versions or updates of apache or PHP or perl or postgresql or whatever.
Running untested (by you) code on production servers is guaranteed to bite you eventually.
Just save yourself the lost time and headaches and get a test box.
Your time and data are worth far more than the cost on a test box.
James A.A. Joyce. I should have been keeping closer track I guess, but I was still trying to do 2.6.0-test1 with the -mm2 and the -int7 patches. Thx for the info, I'll get back to you on it!
FWIW, I read the kernel ML daily and I can say that the kernel team strongly desires end user feedback in the form of commentary and bug reports (not flames!)
They're looking for all the possible "oddball" cases (AKA "corner cases") and also for extreme loads such as huge files/filesystems, throughput, mem and net bandwidth, fs integrity, etc.
Regular users should participate; Linus has said that his focus is still on desktop usability and responsiveness. Anyone else who is interested should make sure to enable the -preempt option as well -- amazing performance!
Damn... now I need to try -test2.
C|N>K
Some versions would print:
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
That is because you you didn't enable virtual terminals in your config. Make sure you have the options CONFIG_INPUT=y, CONFIG_VT=ys, CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y.
Make sure you have Character Devices->SUpport for console on Virtual Terminal enabled.. If you don't, you wont see anything.. But you kernel actaully was booting.
Slashdot is like Playboy: I read it for the articles
It's pretty clear that Bram's intention with BitTorrent was exactly for situations like this; a file is posted with a huge surge of immediate demand (i. e. slashdot linkage) and download speeds become intolerable.
I'm sure the kernel.org servers are quite formidable, but with a BT-based solution everybody could be happily downloading 2.6-test2 at a steady clip.
USB mass storage is supported since late 2.2, as is the interesting "hotplug" interface.
Plug in the camera, and it appears as a SCSI disk. If you have autofs turned on, it should "just work".
With modern Gnome and KDE, it's as easy as plugging it in and double-clicking an icon that appears on your desktop.
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON
25MB...the gnu tools
and if you don't install emacs its like 5MB.