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Mikko777

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From: Suomi, Finland

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 837

Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

kernel .25, catalyst 8.5 and pacbuilt to march=native seems slick indeed ^^

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stefan1975

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From: 53 6e 65 65 6b

Registered: 2007-04-16

Posts: 195

Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

There is still a few bug reports open regarding 2.5.25 but I'm not sure if they are big enough to be blockers (I haven't looked in detail).

are these all bugs currently open for 2.6.25:

http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?str … ect=1&type

which of these are currently blocking for a kernel/cd release? Or are there other issues preventing the kernel leaving testing currently? I currently have no issues with the testing kernel but then my setups don't match those mentioned in the 6 open bugs.

stefan

Last edited by stefan1975 (2008-05-25 21:09:20)

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

FYI: the 2.6.25 kernel has been moved to the core repo.

Captain Spaulding

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Registered: 2006-11-16

Posts: 115

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Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

FYI: the 2.6.25 kernel has been moved to the core repo.

Could we get information like this presented somewhat more prominently? E. g. a new thread in Announcements.

stefan1975

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From: 53 6e 65 65 6b

Registered: 2007-04-16

Posts: 195

Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

FYI: the 2.6.25 kernel has been moved to the core repo.

that is great news. Does this mean that accordingly the new install images can also be released anywhere in the foreseeable future?

I was wondering something about the kernel as well that I could not find in the bug-list or this thread, but does anyone know if the new kernel plays nice with the nvidia drivers?

I read in this thread:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=110088
that 2.6.25 will not be supported until the new linux drivers 173.08 that are currently in beta, or that the current driver needs to be patched.

stefan

Last edited by stefan1975 (2008-05-26 13:16:30)

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"root# su - bofh"
OS: F10_x64, Arch, Centos5.3, RHEL4.7, RHEL5.3
Desktop Hardware: Dell Precision M65 laptop, core2duo, 2gb, 80gb 7200rpm
Registered linux user #459910 since 1998

skottish

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From: Here

Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

FYI: the 2.6.25 kernel has been moved to the core repo.

that is great news. Does this mean that accordingly the new install images can also be released anywhere in the foreseeable future?

I was wondering something about the kernel as well that I could not find in the bug-list or this thread, but does anyone know if the new kernel plays nice with the nvidia drivers?

I read in this thread:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=110088
that 2.6.25 will not be supported until the new linux drivers 173.08 that are currently in beta, or that the current driver needs to be patched.

stefan

I can tell you for sure that the 173.08 drivers are working as expected with the new kernel. I don't know about the others.

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

FYI: the 2.6.25 kernel has been moved to the core repo.

Could we get information like this presented somewhat more prominently? E. g. a new thread in Announcements.

This thread was started because not everyone uses the testing repo. But everyone use the core repo, so  I assume that they'll notice the new kernel package whenever they'll run 'pacman -Syu'.

EDIT: There was supposed to be a front page news but it wasn't posted yet.

EDIT2: The nvidia drivers (nvidia 169.12-4) works well here with GeForce 7900 GS.

sash

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Registered: 2005-10-16

Posts: 155

Re: 2.6.25 enters [testing]

Everything works as expected, except mythtv--the backend log reports a socket error, and mythbackend either crashes or refuses to start.

i cannot confirm this. myth runs fine here ...

Are you running the backend with the 2.6.25 kernel as well? If so, what kind of hardware (I use bttv cards)?
Mythfrontend runs fine on a laptop with the 2.6.25 package, however, the server machine cannot start mythbackend. Reverted to 2.6.24 and it works again...

This problem with mythbackend and bttv cards seems to persist. See the link below for a full description:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/m … ers/337685