Tests On i386 Hardware

• Tester

• Boot Method

• Install Method

• Install Type

• Partitioning

• Hardware

• Notes

• Tester Tru

• Boot Method pxeboot w/o kickstart

• Install Method http,nfs,ftp (ip=dhcp/static)

• Hardware: Athlon, 512 MB of RAM (MSI: MS-6380 Version: 0.A), 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M ,NVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR] (rev b2)

• minimal install (yum is installed with %package empty), full install, rescue, xen
• partitionning: primary partition/automatic/lvm: it's working
• Not tried: upgrade from previous version

• Tester HuwLynes

• Boot Method CD-ROM

• Install Method http

• Partitioning Automatic partitioning

• Hardware vmware-server-1.0.1

• clean install went fine. yum worked fine against http repo. installed tomcat-5 and httpd. Both servers ran up OK. firewall config tool worked as expected.

• Tester PhilSchaffner

• Boot Method CD-ROM

• Install Method NFS

• Partitioning Manual partitioning

• Hardware Lenovo 3000 N100 Type 0768-2CU NoteBook

Intel Core Duo T2400(1.83GHz), 15.4" Wide SXGA+, 1.5GB DDR2 667, 100GB 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVidia GeForce Go 7300, Intel IPW3945 WiFi, IEEE802.11g, Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Ethernet, 4 USB 2.0 ports, mini connector Ricoh FireWire (IEEE 1394)

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 01d7 (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4227 (rev 02)
05:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

• clean graphical install of i386, choosing GNOME and KDE, reformatted FC6 partition using existing swap, no customization.
• sound and graphics configured well out-of-the-box (1680x1050)! with firstboot. Set selinux Permissive.
• No Wifi - no surprise - Will try 3rd party IPW3945 drivers later.
• Logged into GNOME as user configered at firstboot. Got error:

  • The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet". Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?

• Started Firefox:
  • Firefox can't find the file at /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html.
• Tried "yum update" as root. Getting:
  • [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403: Forbidden - presumably because this is not the IP address registered for download.
• Edited /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo to point baseurl to NFS installation tree
  • Successfully installed additional packages including emacs and k3b.
• Burning DVD with k3b:
  • Warning about filenames too long. Choosing option for 103 character names quiets error. [ Attempting to make bootable DVD generated fatal error 255 - unknown. Same behavior on CentOS 4.4. Upstream? ]

• Added ATrpms repo and installed EL5 smart-gui, ipw2945 metapackage, and dependencies. Rebooted and configured WiFi. Now works.

• Installed fedora-rpmbuildtree CentOS4 package from the KBS-Extras repository at http://centos.karan.org/ which brought in a lot of development deps.

  • Built and installed yum-plugin-protectbase and yumex from C4 extras, as well as old xv image tool RPMS as a user. Had to add "%dist .el5" to ~/.rpmmacros to get sensible package names.

• Tester PhilSchaffner

• Boot Method CD-ROM

• Install Method NFS

• Partitioning Automatic partitioning on 3rd IDE HD

• Hardware Gigabyte 6VTXD, Dual P-III 1 GHz, 512 MB

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
00:0a.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 07)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R200 BB [Radeon All in Wonder 8500DV]
01:00.1 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc R200 BC [Radeon All in Wonder 8500]
02:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 04)

• clean graphical install of i386, choosing all 4 options GNOME, KDE, Server, and Server GUI on 120 GB WD IDE HD. Selected customization and added emacs, "Science and Engineering" and GNOME/KDE development. Removed "Legacy Server".
• sound and graphics configured well out-of-the-box (1600x1200) with firstboot. Set selinux Enforcing.
• Logged in as user under GNOME. No problems except Firefox home page not found - already in bugzilla.

• Tester BobPierce

• Boot Method boot.iso

• Install Method http

• Hardware: Compaq DeskPro 2000, Pentium 166MMX, 256MB, 20GB IDE

• Notes: Boot fails after initial "boot: " prompt. I have tried with 'linux text', 'linux noprobe' and 'linux askmethod'. In all cases the boot stops mid way and the system reboots.

• Tester PhilSchaffner

• Boot Method USB Key - diskboot.img

• Install Method NFS

• Partitioning Upgrade of CentOS 4.4

• Hardware IBM [Lenovo] T42p NoteBook, 100GB HD, 1.5GB PC2700 momory

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M10 NT [FireGL Mobility T2] (rev 80)
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4520 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) (rev 03)
02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection (rev 05)

• Upgrade of CentOS 4.4 with numerous add-on packackages

  • RPMforge, KBS-Extras, CentOSplus, ATI proprietary fglrx FireGL Mobility, ATrpms IPW2200 Wifi kmdls - asking for trouble

• Booted from USB key and did NFS install from local server - no problems during upgrade.
• Display manager predictably failed to start. Reconfigured X for xorg radeon driver, selected generic LCD 1600x1200. GDM then started.

• Default route disappeared. Able to access local subnet but nothing else. Manually added default route to fix. RH Bugzilla 218489

• NTP config not working - service failed to start. replaced old /etc/ntpd.conf with /etc/ntpd.conf.rpmnew and ran system-config-time to fix.
• Found 171 old RPMs left over according to "rpm -qa --last" after upgrade, not counting GPG keys

   16 RPMS_Left_Over_at       ATrpms
    5 RPMS_Left_Over_c4       CentOS4
    7 RPMS_Left_Over_centos   CentOS4
   19 RPMS_Left_Over_kb       kbsingh
   44 RPMS_Left_Over_rf       RPMforge
   80 RPMS_Left_Over_misc     Locally built, CentOSplus, ???
   17 RPMS_Left_Over_gpg      gpg-pubkey
  188 total

• Of the old packages, 49 have a centos.org packager, and 37 are from karan.org.
• Some that may be of particular interest/concern:

thunderbird-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.centos4
seamonkey-1.0.7-0.1.el4.centos4
up2date-gnome-4.4.69-25.centos4.7
up2date-4.4.69-25.centos4.7
desktop-backgrounds-extra-2.0-26.2.1E.centos4.4
rhn-applet-2.1.25-22.centos4
xloadimage-4.1-36.RHEL4
pdksh-5.2.14-30.3
ckermit-8.0.209-9
autorun-3.14-2
cdecl-2.5-30
4Suite-1.0-3
Omni-0.9.1-7.1
ash-0.3.8-20

• Of particular concern to me - octave is among the old packages as it is no longer provided by the upstream.

  • Have rebuilt octave and other non-el5 deps from SRPMS. Hope some repo will pick them up.

SRPMS

fftw-3.1.2-3.fc6.src.rpm
glpk-4.13-1.fc6.src.rpm
hdf5-1.6.5-7.fc7.src.rpm
octave-2.9.9-1.fc6.src.rpm
ufsparse-2.1.1-1.fc6.src.rpm

RPMS

fftw-3.1.2-3.el5.i386.rpm
fftw-debuginfo-3.1.2-3.el5.i386.rpm
fftw-devel-3.1.2-3.el5.i386.rpm
glpk-debuginfo-4.13-1.el5.i386.rpm
glpk-devel-4.13-1.el5.i386.rpm
glpk-utils-4.13-1.el5.i386.rpm
hdf5-1.6.5-7.el5.i386.rpm
hdf5-debuginfo-1.6.5-7.el5.i386.rpm
hdf5-devel-1.6.5-7.el5.i386.rpm
octave-2.9.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
octave-debuginfo-2.9.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
octave-devel-2.9.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
ufsparse-2.1.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
ufsparse-debuginfo-2.1.1-1.el5.i386.rpm
ufsparse-devel-2.1.1-1.el5.i386.rpm

• Tester DanielDeKok

• Boot Method CD-ROM

• Install Method HTTP

• Install Type Custom

• Partitioning Automatic partitioning on first SCSI disk

• Hardware Compaq Evo W6000

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82860 860 (Wombat) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 04)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 04)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
02:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 09)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
02:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892P U160/m (rev 02)

• On the first login the mixer applet crashed with: "The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet". Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?"

• Tester DanielDeKok

• Boot Method DVD

• Install Method DVD

• Install Type Desktop (GNOME)

• Partitioning Automatic partitioning on first ATA disk

• Hardware HP NX6110

• Tester RalphAngenendt

• Boot Method DVD

• Install Method DVD

• Install Type Desktop (GNOME), Server, Server-GUI

• Partitioning Automatic Partitioning

• Hardware VMWare Server

• System installs fine.
• ntp configuration in firstboot contains x.rhel.pool.ntp.org
• updating via yum works fine