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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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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
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http://saveie6.com/
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
Compared to 2.4.X these are the problems i've seen. No cpufreq scaling, alsa doesn't work too good and preempt doesn't work properly (mouse stutters).
Hail to the king, baby!
I have no information regarding running it on "stable".
Bruce
Bruce Perens.
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."
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.
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]
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.
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
martin@feynman:~ > su -
Password:
feynman:~ # apt-get remove libc6
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
a2ps aalib1 adduser adjtimex alsa-base alsa-modules-2.4.20-6
alsa-modules-2.4.21-1 alsa-source alsa-utils alsa-xmms anacron apache
apache-common apt apt-show-source apt-show-versions apt-utils at audacity
autoconf automake1.7 autotrace barcode base-files base-passwd bash bc
bible-kjv bible-kjv-text biff bind9-host binutils binutils-dev bison
bittorrent blender bsdgames bsdmainutils bsdutils buffer build-essential
bzip2 ca-certificates calc cdda2wav cdrdao cdrecord cdtool cflow
checksecurity console-common console-data console-tools console-tools-libs
coreutils countrycodes cpio cpp cpp-3.3 cracklib-runtime cracklib2 cron
cutils cvs db4.1-util dc debbugs-el debconf debconf-utils debhelper
debianutils debmake deborphan debsigs debsums debview defoma devfsd
devscripts dh-kpatches dh-make dialog dict dict-devil dict-easton
dict-elements dict-foldoc dict-gcide dict-hitchcock dict-jargon dict-vera
dict-wn dictd dictionaries-common dictzip diff diffstat dlocate dnsutils
doc-base dpkg dpkg-dev dpkg-dev-el dselect dsniff e2fsprogs eboard ed
electric-fence elisp-manual emacs-lisp-intro emacs21 emacsen-common enscript
ethereal ethereal-common exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light
expect expectk fakeroot fdutils fetchmail ffmpeg figlet file fileutils
findutils finger flex fontconfig fortune-mod fortunes fortunes-bofh-excuses
fortunes-min fping freeciv-client-gtk freeciv-server ftp fvwm g++ g++-3.3
gawk gcc gcc-3.3 gdb gdk-imlib1 gettext gettext-base gettext-el gimp1.2
gimp1.2-perl gimp1.2-print gnuchess gnuchess-book gnupg gnuplot gperf grep
grep-dctrl groff groff-base grub gs gs-common gsfonts gsfonts-x11 gtksee gv
gzip hdparm help2man hostname html-helper-mode html2text iamerican ibritish
icmpinfo id-utils ifupdown imagemagick imlib-base imlib-progs indent info
ingerman initscripts iogerman ipmasq iptables iptraf ircii ispell jackd
jhead jpeginfo jpegoptim jpegpixi kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kernel-image-2.4.20-6
kernel-image-2.4.21-1 kernel-package kernel-patch-2.4-preempt
kernel-source-2.4.21 klogd ksymoops lame less lesstif2 libao2 libart-2.0-2
libarts1 libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libaudio2 libaudiofile0 libautotrace3
libblkid1 libbz2-1.0 libbz2-dev libc6 libc6-dev libcap1
libcompress-zlib-perl libcupsys2 libcurl2 libdb1-compat libdb2 libdb3
libdb4.0 libdb4.1 libdb4.1-dev libdns8 libdps1 libesd0 libexpat1 libfam0c102
libfluidsynth1 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libft-perl libg2c0 libgcc1
libgcrypt1 libgd-gif1 libgdbm-dev libgdbm3 libgdbmg1 libggi-target-x libggi2
libggimisc2 libgii0 libgii0-target-x libgimp1.2 libgimpprint1 libglib1.2
libglib2.0-0 libgmp3 libgmp3-dev libgnutls5 libgnutls7 libgpmg1 libgtk-perl
libgtk1.2 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libgtkxmhtml1 libid3-3.8.3 libid3tag0
libidl0 libidn9 libimage-info-perl libio-string-perl libisc4 libjack0.50.0-0
libjack0.71.2-0 libjpeg-progs libjpeg62 libjpeg62-dev libkpathsea3 libkrb53
liblame0 liblcms1 libldap2 liblocale-gettext-perl liblockfile1 libltdl3
libltdl3-dev liblwres1 liblzo1 libmad0 libmagic1 libmagick++5.5.7
libmagick5.5.7 libmikmod2 libmldbm-perl libmng1 libmpeg1 libnasl2
libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libnessus2 libnet1 libnet1-dev libnetpbm9
libnetpbm9-dev libnids1 libnss-db libogg0 libopencdk4 libpam-cracklib
libpam-dotfile libpam-modules libpam-pwdfile libpam0g libpam0g-dev
libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcap-dev
libpcap0.7 libpcre3 libperl-dev libperl5.6 libperl5.8 libpisock4 libplot2
libpng10-0 libpng12-0 libpng12-dev libpng2 libpng3 libpopt0 libpstoedit0
libqt3c102-mt libreadline4 libreadline4-dev librecode0 libsasl-modules-plain
libsasl2 libsasl7 libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-oss
libsmpeg0 libsndfile1 libssl-dev libssl0.9.