2.6.10-nitro4: The Kernel Formerly Known As Hercules

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dibblethewrecker · Post by **dibblethewrecker** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:45 am

does this patchset patch this security fix also?

http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt

are security fixes normally included?

planetsheinker · Post by **planetsheinker** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:02 am

I have just now installed the latest nitro-sources, and now my box booting up time has increased VERY dramaticaly!

But besides this every thing else is just the way it was, no performance gained

Maybe I am doing something wrog? Is there anyody else who is experiensing this?

discomfitor · Post by **discomfitor** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:03 am

dibblethewrecker: Security fixes are included on an "as-I-see-them" basis. That means that if I see the patch, I'll try to apply it.

I checked that one out, and I have yet to apply anything that directly fixes it. If it's fixed in one of the big mm patches or sommat then yes, it's fixed. Otherwise it's still gaping wide open and waiting for any fool to use in order to compromise your box.

planetsheinker: The most difference you'll notice is when you're doing a lot of stuff at once.

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:32 am

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1.bz2

Go Darckness, GO!!!!!!!!!

discomfitor · Post by **discomfitor** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:44 am

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

EDIT: Damn you, Andrew Morton, for you have beaten me again with your incredible programming skills and your fast rereleasing of the exact same patches you put into the previous version of your patchsets! I concede; you are the better kernel hacker.

EDIT: Did I actually just say that?

EDIT: I guess I did.

EDIT: I suppose that means I'll actually wait for the ck patch instead of making it myself. Oh well. No guarantees as to whether mm will be in the next nitro; I might still be too upset with Mr. Morton to even consider it.

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:00 am

*LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL*

Is this right?:

Genetic scheduling algorithm
16k stacks
2.6.11-rc1
2.6.10-ck4 brute-hacked into it
alsa 1.0.8-rc2
config-nr-tty-devices
cflags-selection-for-nitro
reiser4-newest
inotify
chmp
vesafb-tng + fbsplash
cfq20

and maybe some more...?????????
*curious*

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:46 am

planetsheinker wrote:I have just now installed the latest nitro-sources, and now my box booting up time has increased VERY dramaticaly!
But besides this every thing else is just the way it was, no performance gained
Maybe I am doing something wrog? Is there anyody else who is experiensing this?

It's all in the name. Kernel patchsets don't like sheinkers.

k_max · Post by **k_max** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:09 pm

strange problems:

1) can't switch to console from X. (Xorg.0.log says "Failed to switch consoles (Operation not permitted)" )
2) when starting any program that uses direct rendering getting:

libGL error: XF86DRIAuthConnection failed
libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering

(mode 666 for /dev/dri/card0 is set)

3) hangs when exiting X

4) since 2.6.10-nitro2 can't reboot or poweroff, but swsusp2 works fine

need help

a13x · Post by **a13x** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:27 pm

THX Anir.

I'm gonna build myself a brand new kernel.

discomfitor · Post by **discomfitor** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:24 pm

Tiger683: Shouldn't be much longer now...

k_max: Weird stuff. For the X issues, I'd say try searching the DE forums; seems like something that would have cropped up before. Not really sure why you can't reboot.

charlieg: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Progress thus far: Just finished the regular, now doing QA for compiling and integration of experimental stuff. Barring unforseen problems, I should have it out quite soon.

EDIT: Done with e, doing QA for both again just to make sure I got everything as far as compiling goes.

MrApples · Post by **MrApples** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:33 pm

just wondering, who here uses the cflags selection patch and what cflags do you use?

delerious010 · Post by **delerious010** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:59 pm

Was just wondering if smone could help me with an odd problem ...

I'm running 2.6.10-nitro4 with SMP (set to 2 cpu) and SMT (for the hyperthread) enabled.

/proc/cpuinfo displays 2 processors

Now, oddly enough, cpu usage never goes above 50%.
To test this, I've tried using mencode and it'll balance out over 46-52%.

Any1 have any ideas as to why ?
Thanx for your time.

MrApples · Post by **MrApples** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:01 pm

what are you using to read the usage?

if its not top, try that

a13x · Post by **a13x** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:04 pm

I have compiled the new kernel but I cannot run gdm. I get this error:

gdm file gdm.c: line 770 (N/A): cannot run setegid to 32: Operation not permitted.

I even tried to run it as root and the same thing happens.

discomfitor · Post by **discomfitor** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:59 am

I admit defeat. The nvidia driver has beaten me. I spent a good hour fiddling with various patches (from minion.de and ck), but it just won't work. Compilation and loading both go perfectly. Then when X tries to start, things go wrong. Not fun.

"What does this mean to me?" is what you might be asking yourself.
In short, it means that you won't be getting the next nitro for a bit. Everything works perfectly in this one, and there's quite a few impressive things that I hacked in. But I'm not going to release it because it would be somewhat pointless if nobody could use it. I suppose all you people who use kernel drm could, but I'm not sure if it would be worth the preparation time if only a couple people will use it.

My best guess is that a better nvidia fix will come around within a day or so and then I can release this behemoth. Until then, drool at this partial changelog:

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2.6.11-rc1 #newest kernel version
-ac4/7 #alan cox's patchset
-alsa 1.0.7 #includes several misc fixes which may or may not affect things
reiser4 #newest snapshot with extra patches
vesafb-tng #still works
-fbsplash #broken
chmp #new version of mouse polling patch
-sk98lin driver #sk98lin network driver
inotify #newer version
-swsusp2 
-mm1
config-nr-tty-devices
cflags-selection-for-nitro #change cflags for kernel
-hostap #included in main
-ckdev #latest ck patch
-alsa 1.0.8-rc2
swsusp2+win4lin #see note
-orinoco  #included in main
================================
+alsa 1.0.8
+bootsplash #crazy kernel devs...
+mm1
+genetic scheduling #you don't even want to know how long it took
+16k stacks

Hopefully nvidia stuff will be fixed soon.
If there's a high demand for this (even knowing that nvidia (and most likely ati) drivers won't work) then I'll release it. Otherwise sit tight and keep enjoying nitro4.

guni019 · Post by **guni019** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:04 am

I am very interested, i use in kernel ati drm.
Hope you release it

Rainmaker · Post by **Rainmaker** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:04 am

a little late this time with my thanks

Thanks for another great patchset!

Found a bug though:

after running for about 3 days at 100% of processor capacity, the network card failed, by giving me a 40% packet loss...

A reboot fixed this.

Guess that's why this kernel is not recommended for servers

NB: not sure if that "100% processor load" part is related, it just sounds cool

chunderbunny · Post by **chunderbunny** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:07 am

You're using the genetic algorithm scheduler tuner? Cool!

feld · Post by **feld** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:08 am

you know.... actually -- the other nite i noticed (after running about 5 days) that internet things were going awful slow. especially web browsing.... resolving a site took a long time. I cannot recall if it cleared up, but I know i had to reboot after borking my system

its going fine right now tho....

i have NO idea if its related. could have beeen some websites, could have been my ISP.

-Feld

thubble · Post by **thubble** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 5:17 am

Are you sure it's not just 1 patch that's causing the nvidia problems, like 16k stacks or something from -mm?

discomfitor · Post by **discomfitor** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:59 am

I don't even have 16k stacks enabled, and I tried the non-mm version as well.

predatorfreak · Post by **predatorfreak** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:52 am

It seems to me that every new kernel version lately breaks the nvidia drivers for a short while :\.

Edit: Just notice in case any missed it http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/ 2.6.11-rc1 patch

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Sorcerer'sApprentice · Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:10 am

gdm file gdm.c: line 770 (N/A): cannot run setegid to 32: Operation not permitted.

I get an identical error to a13x. Also when trying to use sudo I get:

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unable to change to sudoers gid: Operation not permitted

Any ideas? I did not have this problem with nitro2 (although I have changed my kernel config considerably for my nitro4 kernel)

kontol · Post by **kontol** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:31 am

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2.6.11-rc1 #newest kernel version
-ac4/7 #alan cox's patchset
-alsa 1.0.7 #includes several misc fixes which may or may not affect things
reiser4 #newest snapshot with extra patches
vesafb-tng #still works
-fbsplash #broken
chmp #new version of mouse polling patch
-sk98lin driver #sk98lin network driver
inotify #newer version
-swsusp2 
-mm1
config-nr-tty-devices
cflags-selection-for-nitro #change cflags for kernel
-hostap #included in main
-ckdev #latest ck patch
-alsa 1.0.8-rc2
swsusp2+win4lin #see note
-orinoco  #included in main
================================
+alsa 1.0.8
+bootsplash #crazy kernel devs...
+mm1
+genetic scheduling #you don't even want to know how long it took
+16k stacks

Mmm..will that be orinoco with "monitor" mode patch? cause..some of already patched kernel have orinoco patch but they don't use orinoco with monitor mode.

If you check out nitro3 ...this kernel have orinoco with monitor mode ..which is great .
ref: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... ia+modules

discomfitor · Post by **discomfitor** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:49 am

kontol: I'm not sure if it has monitor mode. When I tried to apply the patch, it claimed that it had already been applied, leading me to believe that the drivers were updated in this release.

In other news, I released 2.6.11-rc1-nitro0 into the wild. I'd consider it unstable (even if you don't choose the more unstable version), and if you're worried about that kind of thing you'll want to stick with nitro4 for a bit. If rc1 doesn't get the nvidia thing fixed VERY soon, I'll probably release another 2.6.10-based nitro so that there will be something more stable for people to go to.