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Apple Releases Darwin 6.7, 6.8

Posted by pudge on from the makin-copies dept.

PowerMacDaddy writes "In an ongoing effort to keep the FreeBSD core of OS X open source, Apple has updated Darwin to 6.7 and 6.8, which corresponds to the OS X 10.2.7 and 10.2.8 updates, respectively. Source code is available."

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  1. Re:Question by geggibus · · Score: 5, Informative

    It uses lookupd, which uses a set of software "agents" to get informations. There are agents for NetInfo, NIS, DNS, the files in /etc (Flatfiles), LDAP and internal cache agent.

    NetInfo is usually the first place to look for things(after the cache..)

    (if i understand this correctly)

  2. Already Upgraded by billatq · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've already checked out the source and updated to the new kernel and it seems to run fine (I wanted to apply the nosleep patch on the KisMac web page so that I can run it with the lid closed for short periods of time). Of course, I have an iBook, so I'm probably not affected by the ethernet problem screwing up some of the other models. I'm happy that nothing like Cisco VPN magically became broken in this release also.

  3. Re:Question by mtalbot · · Score: 5, Informative

    BSD Ports for Mac OS X (and Darwin) can be found here: http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/darwinports/

  4. Re:Lookupd slowness by geggibus · · Score: 2, Informative

    This might help you..

    lookupd -configuration (shows current config)
    lookupd -d (interactive mode)
    man lookupd (No comments.. ;)

    The lookupd config files/netinfo data does not exist(?) afaik. So you will have to create them yourself in order to change the lookup order.

  5. Re:Lookupd slowness by sld126 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Make sure forward & reverse DNS are working correctly. If not, this will cause OS X to pause, I guess while it considers its options.

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  6. re: not exactly news by dwightk · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't think there is anything wrong with the kernel... I did the update, and everything works fine... it sounds like some kernel extensions were messed up...

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  7. Re:I HATE MACS by OsamaBinLogin · · Score: 2, Informative

    RTFM.

    I recently opened up my TiBook to check out the AirPort card. The instructions (which you obviously didn't read) were still kicking around from last year when I installed it. Nice drawings, good tech artists.

    Turn upside down. You remove the battery and 8 screws. Do not remove the keyboard or any drives. One small philips screwdriver should do it. Slide case, and off. Then it's right there, next to the battery well - a dedicated PCMCIA slot next to the real PCMCIA slot. You plug it in, connect the antenna connector, and that's it.

    Then you boot up and it's working off the shelf, no config, no messing around, integrated into the OS, better than IE is integrated into Windows. :-) And you can stick your laptop into your backpack without snapping off the antenna, cuz it's wrapped around the display. (Truth be known, reception is weak that way. Need an antenna plug, that's what it needs.)

    I could see that, if you removed the optical and hard disks, and snipped and filed away at stuff, you'd be pissed. For myself, I swore off doing installs while wasted, specifically for that reason.

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