On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 08:15:20PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Harri Haataja wrote:
>
> > I haven't seen either, but I did recenly get new kernel rpms (2.4.9)
> > from the testing dir in ftp. Now the 3d GL apps (for example gliv still
> > works) all seem to not work.
> > Is that an XF4.1 thing (something I heard, does RH7.2 have DRI?) or is
> > the driver (Ati Rage Fury) broken?
>
> Not sure of the details, but the 2.4.9-6 and 2.4.9-7 RPMs differ only in
> the DRI config options - 2.4.9-6 is for RH7.1, 2.4.9-7 is for RH7.2.
> Try grabbing the apropriate one and see if that helps...
I almost guessed that but abandoned the idea. I'll try that soon.
For some reason the more recent mkinitrd (using pivotroot) never seems
to work on older (let's say pre-7.2?) systems if upgrading from it but
with newer kernels such as this it does. Another odd end. I don't know
what's with it. It's a bit funny anyway because if your temp is mounted
nodev (call me paranoid now) (IIRC), it gives an error "all your
loopback devices are in use". I usually changed it to make the temps in
/boot/.
> > And to stay remotely on-topic, I don't think daily rpms are quite needed
> > unless you want to roll out CVS as rpms (for XFS part) but they stayed
> > in 2.4.5 for ages (or were well-hidden).
>
> My thoughts on this are that any one who is going to use CVS snapshot
> code in their kernel should be enough of a "power user" to compile it
> themselves... I'm a bit wary of making it TOO easy for a novice to blow
> up their system with untested code. :)
I'm not sure but can you easily check out the whole deal and rebuild it
as rpm? There are sides to having your software (incl. kernels, though
it's painful) managed.
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-- Lieven Marchand
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