Also -- I live dangerously...in the existing version of up2date, I
turned off GPG verification because of the problem Michael Schwendt and
others noted: the GPG key in the packages is bad. Hopefully I can turn
GPG back on with the next update.
Bob
Robert L Cochran wrote:
You need to follow Gerry's email again, making sure that check
mark
mentioned below is really there:
"Log onto Red Hat Network.
Select the Systems Tab.
Select your Severn system.
Click on Alter Channel Subscriptions.
Place a check by Severn Beta 2 (i386) Updates.
Click on Change Subscriptions.
The next time you run up2date from the panel applet, it will have this
channel available."
My system is applying dozens of updates now, including a kernel version
newer than yours.
Bob
fedora-test-list wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Ran up2date, but it tells me nothing is available. I have read Gerry's
> message and I think I have it running right. I am subscribed to "Severn
> Beta 2 (i386):
>
> "Your system if fully updated. No new packages needed"
>
> But:
> $ uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl #1 Mon Sep 22 14:39:36 EDT
> 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> Any ideas? Thanks ...
>
> Louis
>
>
>
>> You might want to run an up2date session because there are several dozen
>>
>> packages waiting for up2date, including a new kernel, kernel source,
>> initscripts...all of these will be of interest to you. You have to
>> subscribe to the 'Severn Beta 2 (i386) Updates' channel of RHN (see
>> earlier email by Gerry Tool on how to do this.)
>>
>> Actually I'm groaning a bit because there is a new kernel, and I
>> especially recompiled the original kernel for the Intersil 54g cardbus
>> driver being developed by Luis Rodriguez' group at Rutgers. I'll see if
>> the recompiled original kernel + the new driver + the new SMC wireless
>> card play well together and get me connected to the internet.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> fedora-test-list wrote:
>>
>>
>>> After installing linux-wlan on Fedora test2 (Vaio R505TS ACPI Laptop),
>>> pcmcia breaks with the following upon startup:
>>>
>>> [root@localhost linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre12]# /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
>>> Starting PCMCIA services: modulesmodprobe: Can't locate module
>>> pcmcia_core.o modprobe: Can't locate module yenta_socket.o
>>> modprobe: Can't locate module ds.o
>>> cardmgr.
>>>
>>> In /var/log/messages:
>>> Oct 2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: starting, version is 3.1.31
>>> Oct 2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: no pcmcia driver in
>>> /proc/devices Oct 2 23:35:42 localhost cardmgr[8783]: exiting
>>>
>>> I am using pre12 in this example but I have tried other versions of
>>> the linux-wlan code and the result of breaking pcmcia has been the
>>> same. Any help would be appreciated as to how to get the driver
>>> working, or how to get my old pcmcia working. Re-ran depmod -a. Also
>>> rebooted. To compile linux-wlan drivers, they require that you have
>>> the pcmcia source on the system and configured, I downloaded 3.1.22
>>> and threw it in /usr/src/ and ran make config on it.
>>>
>>> Kernel Params:
>>> acpi=on nogui (also tried with pci=biosirq)
>>>
>>> $ uname -a
>>> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl #1 Mon Sep 22 14:39:36
>>> EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>>
>>> Starting pcmcia: (Before linux-wlan install)
>>> Oct 2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
>>> Oct 2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] Oct
>>> 2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Yenta IRQ list 0cb8, PCI irq9
>>> Oct 2 23:22:10 localhost kernel: Socket status: 30000410
>>>
>>>
>>> Linux-wlan ./Configure:
>>> linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre12]# ./Configure
>>>
>>> -------------- Linux WLAN Configuration Script -------------
>>> The default responses are correct for most users.
>>>
>>> Build Prism2.x PCMCIA Card Services (_cs) driver? (y/n) [y]:
>>> Build Prism2 PLX9052 based PCI (_plx) adapter driver? (y/n) [n]: Build
>>> Prism2.5 native PCI (_pci) driver? (y/n) [n]:
>>> Build Prism2.5 USB (_usb) driver? (y/n) [n]:
>>> Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]:
>>> The kernel source tree is version 2.4.22-1.2061.nptl.
>>> The current kernel build date is Mon Sep 22 14:39:36 2003.
>>> Alternate target install root directory on host []:
>>> PCMCIA script directory [/etc/pcmcia]:
>>> Module install directory [/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2061.nptl]:
>>> It looks like you have a System V init file setup.
>>> Prefix for build host compiler? (rarely needed) []:
>>> Build for debugging (see doc/config.debug) (y/n) [n]:
>>> Configuration successful.
>>>
>>>
>>> Files linux-wlan installs:
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>>
>> --
>> Bob Cochran
>> Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
>>
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