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this is a brief heads-up concerning kernel updates: SuSE Linux 8.1 and 8.2 will have kernel-updates within the next few minutes (maybe an hour) on the ftp server in the directories known for regular updates.

These updates are the first kernel updates that are installable via YOU.

Does it work already? Where is the kernel for 8.2 located?

I didn't find a kernel in one of the subdirs of /pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm nor did I find a kernel with a Yast Online Update.

Not yet... I was a little too fast. 8.2 kernels are about to be synced to the ftp servers, but the 8.1 kernels had a little defect that needs to be cured. To get that right: the kernels work, but there is a missing part that enables the you automatics. We'll have to fix this, as I don't want to publish an update that doesn't work (who wants that...). Well, anyway, the 8.1 kernels are available for (manual) download on ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/kernel/2.4.19-20030618/ the ones for 8.2 are in ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/kernel/2.4.20-20030618/. Not that much of a surprise, but the updates for 8.2 in the directory above are hardlinks with the files that are loaded via Yast Online Update. The directories will be visible shortly... Please be patient. Roman.

On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 12:06, Al Bogner wrote:

On Wednesday 18 June 2003 18:04, Roman Drahtmueller wrote:

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this is a brief heads-up concerning kernel updates: SuSE Linux 8.1 and 8.2 will have kernel-updates within the next

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The directories will be visible shortly... Please be patient.

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/kernel/2.4.20-20030618/k_deflt-2.4.20-86.i586_en.info

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: This kernel provides several security and bug fixes: - fix possible denial of service attack (DoS) in the routing code - fix possible attack of an unpriviledged user via ioport - fix bad side effects of initial ptrace security fix - fix problem with via sound driver not loading due to aic7xxx driver incorrectly reserving ioports - fix LFS on smbfs - update bcm5700 driver to 6.2.2. Solves problem with MAC address being all zero - fix output of /proc/ram for ecc driver - fix several problems in JFS filesystem ----------------------------------------------------------------------

So there won't be an update included for nforce/AMD like it is mentioned at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.21

Al

I noticed when I ran YOU today that it only had a i386 version, while the one I have installed is i586. Should I be at all concerned about the difference(s)? I haven't installed yet, waiting to hear any thoughts on this first. Thanks. -- Greg Macek | Senior IT Manager Marketing Resources, Inc. it-guy@mrichi.com | http://www.mrichi.com