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- Red Hat Linux 6.2 Release notes
- -------------------------------
-
- This document describes features that are new to Red Hat Linux 6.2, but
- may not have been available prior to our documentation being finalized.
-
-
- Installation-related Enhancements
- ---------------------------------
-
- The Red Hat Linux 6.2 installation program includes a number of new
- features. For more information, please refer to the Official Red Hat Linux
- Installation Guide.
-
-
- System-Related New Features
- ---------------------------
-
- There are many new features to Red Hat Linux 6.2 that are not part of
- the installation process. Some new features are tools or applications that
- you can use, others are new versions of the kernel or desktop
- environments. This list will provide a little more information about what
- to expect from Red Hat Linux 6.2 once you are actually using the OS itself.
-
-
- Network services split into client, server packages -- The following
- network services have been split into client and server packages:
-
- o telnet
-
- o finger
-
- o talk
-
- o rsh
-
- o rusers
-
- o rwall
-
- o tftp
-
- For example, on the Intel-compatible platform telnet is now packaged in
- two RPMs:
-
- telnet-0.16-6.i386.rpm
-
- telnet-server-0.16-6.i386.rpm
-
- rpmdb-redhat package included -- The rpmdb-redhat package contains an
- RPM database of a complete Red Hat Linux 6.2 install. This makes it
- easy to determine dependencies. For example, if you wanted to find out
- which package in Red Hat Linux 6.2 provides the library libldap.so.1,
- you could issue the following command:
-
- # rpm -q --redhatprovides libldap.so.1
- openldap-1.2.9-5
-
- To list all the packages that require kerberos libraries, you can do
- this:
-
- # rpm -q --redhatrequires libkrb5.so.2
- cvs-1.10.7-7
- fetchmail-5.3.1-1
- gnome-kerberos-0.2-1
- imap-4.7-5
- krb5-devel-1.1.1-9
- krb5-libs-1.1.1-9
- krb5-server-1.1.1-9
- krb5-workstation-1.1.1-9
- krbafs-1.0-3
- krbafs-utils-1.0-3
- mutt-1.0.1i-6
- pam_krb5-1-7
- pine-4.21-8
-
- Software RAID and the Pentium III -- Software RAID on Red Hat Linux 6.2
- features enhanced performance for RAID level 5 on Pentium III-based
- systems.
-
- sysctl now controls system settings -- In Red Hat Linux 6.2, kernel
- options such as IPv4 forwarding and enabling and disabling of the
- "magic sysrq" keys is done via the sysctl program, as opposed to being
- controlled by the contents of files in /etc/sysconfig. The sysctl
- settings are stored in /etc/sysctl.conf, and are loaded at each boot by
- the command:
-
- sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
-
- Here is a sample /etc/sysctl.conf:
-
- # Disables IPv4 packet forwarding
- net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
- # Enables source route verification
- # This drops packets that come in over interfaces they shouldn't;
- # (for example, a machine on an external net claiming to be one on your
- # local network)
- net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
- # Disables automatic defragmentation
- # Automatic defragmentation is needed for masquerading and Linux
- # Virtual Server use; it is not needed otherwise.
- net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag = 0
- # Disables the magic-sysrq key
- kernel.sysrq = 0
- # Disables stop-a on the sparc
- kernel.stop-a = 0
-
- Many other kernel tunable parameters can be set; to see the full list,
- run sysctl -a, or look in the directory:
-
- /usr/doc/kernel-doc-<version>/sysctl.
-
- (Where <version> is the current kernel version. Red Hat Linux 6.2
- initially ships with kernel version 2.2.14.)
-
- Please Note
- -----------
-
- If you are upgrading your Red Hat Linux system to Red Hat Linux 6.2,
- any changes you have made to files in /etc/sysconfig will be migrated
- to /etc/sysctl.conf. You should confirm this by reviewing the file.
-
- Linux 2.2.14 kernel -- Red Hat Linux 6.2 includes the latest stable
- version of the 2.2.x Linux kernel.
-
- ident service now run as daemon -- The ident service is now run as a
- stand-alone service (called "identd"), and is controlled by settings in
- the /etc/identd.conf file.
-
- Workstation-class installation now more secure -- Workstation-class
- installations no longer install the inetd "super server." This means
- that the following network-related services will not be available if
- you perform a workstation-class installation:
-
- o ftp
-
- o telnet
-
- o shell
-
- o login
-
- o talk
-
- o finger
-
- If you require the above network-related services, you should consider
- an installation type other than workstation-class.
-
- XFree86 version 3.3.6 -- Red Hat Linux 6.2 contains the latest version
- of XFree86 (version 3.3.6 which supports many new drivers).
-
- Services no longer run by default -- To permit a more fine-tuned system
- configuration, Red Hat Linux 6.2 no longer runs the following services
- by default:
-
- o The automount daemon amd (in the am-utils RPM)
-
- o The bind name server
-
- o The dhcpd DHCP server
-
- o The inn news server
-
- o The knfsd NFS server
-
- o The samba CIFS server used to support Windows-based file and
- print services
-
- To enable these services, either use chkconfig --level 35
- <service-name> on, or edit the list of services to start with the
- ntsysv or tksysv utilities.
-
- Mesa graphics library now included -- The Mesa 3-D graphics library
- (version 3.2) is now included. Mesa is compatible with the OpenGL
- graphics API.
-
- Sawmill window manager now included -- The sawmill window manager is
- now included in Red Hat Linux 6.2. Based on a Lisp-like language,
- sawmill is extensible, and GNOME-aware.
-
- Man pages now compressed -- All man pages are now compressed (using
- gzip) to save disk space.
-
- Starting programs at X startup -- By placing scripts in
- /etc/X11/xinitrc/xinitrc.d, it is now possible to automatically start
- programs whenever X starts.
-
- Fonts recognized automatically -- X fonts that have been added to your
- Red Hat Linux 6.2 system will now be recognized automatically, when the
- font server starts. This can be done during an X session by issuing
- the following command as root:
-
- /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
-
-
- Piranha updated -- The Piranha clustering technology has been updated
- with the following new features:
-
- o web based GUI config
- o 2-node service failover support
- o generic service monitoring/loadblancing
- o tunneling and direct routing support for IPVS
-
- Beowulf added -- The Beowulf "do-it-yourself supercomputer" technology
- has been added to Red Hat Linux 6.2. This includes the following
- packages:
-
- o PVM 3.4.3 (Parallel Virtual Machine)
- o LAM 6.3.1 (MPI library environment)
- o make-pvm (PVM aware version of GNU make)
-
- (Please note that mpich-1.2.0 is now part of PowerTools for Red Hat
- Linux 6.2.)
-
- Large-memory configurations supported -- Red Hat Linux 6.2 will now
- autodetect physical memory, and will use up to 4GB without user
- intervention.
-
- ISDN configuration utility added -- The isdn-config package has been
- added to Red Hat Linux 6.2. It may be launched either via the KDE 2.0
- control center, or by issuing the isdn-config command.
-
- Encryption-related changes -- Due to relaxation of U.S. encryption
- laws, encryption-related changes have been made to the following
- packages:
-
- o Kerberos authentication has been added to mutt, pine, fetchmail,
- cvs, and imap. In addition, the following kerberos-aware
- versions of the following clients have been added:
-
- o rlogin
- o shell (rsh)
- o telnet
- o ftp
-
- (These clients are installed as part of the krb5-workstation
- package. Access to them can be controlled either by installing
- or removing this package, or by changing the users' PATH such
- that /usr/kerberos/bin is either present or absent. Note that
- the krb-workstation package adds a file to /etc/profile.d that
- prepends /usr/kerberos/bin/ to PATH, so that the kerberos-aware
- clients are used by default.
-
- Likewise, access to kerberos-aware servers can be controlled by
- configuring /etc/inetd.conf to point to the servers in
- /usr/kerberos/sbin, and to include additional flags appropriate
- to the services provided by the kerberos-aware servers.)
-
- o GNOME-based Kerberos configuration tools added -- The
- gnome-kerberos package includes the gkadmin and krb5
- configuration tools. gkadmin is a Kerberos V5 database
- administration program, while krb5 is used to let clients log on
- to kerberos realms, and can also be used to change kerberos
- passwords.
-
- o The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is now included in all editions of
- Red Hat Linux 6.2.
-
- o For those platforms that support it, Netscape Communicator built
- with 128-bit encryption is included in Red Hat Linux 6.2.
-
- Miscellaneous New Features
- --------------------------
-
- These new features defy categorization:
-
- Bug buddy bug reporting tool added -- The bug buddy bug reporting tool
- has been added to Red Hat Linux 6.2. Bug buddy makes it easier to
- report bugs related to the GNOME graphical environment.
-
- Packages moved to PowerTools -- The following packages have been moved
- from the Red Hat Linux operating system CD to the PowerTools CD:
-
- o The dosemu DOS emulator
-
- o Version 1 of the fvwm window manager
-
- o The aKtion and xanim movie viewers
-
- o The mxp fractal generator
-
- o The xwpick window grabber
-
- o The xearth eye candy application
-
- (PLEASE NOTE: PowerTools for Red Hat Linux 6.2 may not be shipped with
- every Red Hat Linux-related product.)
-
- vim editor enhanced -- vim can now do syntax colorization and
- programming language-based autoindenting. If you want the old behavior,
- create a .vimrc, edit /usr/share/vim/vim56/macros/vimrc (system-wide),
- or invoke it as /bin/vi. Due to the default PATH, root gets /bin/vi by
- default when invoking vi; if you want to enable the new features for
- root, either invoke it as vim or do alias vi=vim
-
- anacron added -- The anacron scheduler is similar to cron, in that it
- schedules the execution of commands. However, it is optimized for use
- on systems that are not necessarily running 24 hours a day.
-
- Changes to termcap and terminfo entries -- The termcap and terminfo
- entries have been changed to make the actions of the following keys
- more consistent:
-
- o Backspace
-
- o Delete
-
- o Home
-
- o End
-
- Changes may be made by editing your .inputrc file.
-
- DocBook support -- Red Hat Linux 6.2 includes support for editing and
- processing SGML documents written to use the DocBook DTD.
-
- Support for display of double-byte, other languages -- The Netscape web
- browser has been configured to correctly display web pages containing
- Japanese, Chinese, and Korean content. In addition, Netscape has been
- configured to support French, Spanish, and German.
-
- New documentation CD-ROM -- Red Hat Linux 6.2 boxed sets now include a
- documentation CD-ROM. The CD-ROM can be used in two ways:
-
- o To install RPM-packaged documentation on your Red Hat Linux
- system.
-
- o To read the documentation directly from the CD-ROM. For more
- information, please see the README on the documentation CD-ROM.
-
- Colorized ls command -- The ls command is now colorized by default. To
- turn off this feature, add the command unalias ls in your .bashrc file,
- or (to disable color on a system-wide basis) delete the colorls.* files
- in /etc/profile.d/.
-
-
-
- Deprecated features and packages -- The following features and packages
- are deprecated, and may not be supported or included in future releases
- of Red Hat Linux:
-
- o The AnotherLevel environment
-
- o The wmconfig dynamic window manager configuration tool
-
- o The svgalib graphics library
-
- o The Red Hat Linux version 5.2 compatibility development
- environment
-
- o The mars-nwe NetWare server emulator
-
- o The BSD lpr printing system
-
- o The libc5 compatibility runtime libraries
-
- o Version 1.x of the Qt library
-
- o The libjpeg6a Red Hat Linux 5.x compatibility library
-
- o The iBCS program compatibility technology
-
- Packages new to Red Hat Linux 6.2
- ---------------------------------
-
- The following packages have been added to Red Hat Linux 6.2. For more
- information on these packages, use RPM (after the package has been
- installed) to print a brief description of the package, and to find any
- documentation included with each package:
-
- rpm -qid <package>
-
- Where <package> is one of the following:
-
- o bug-buddy-0.7
- o cdparanoia-alpha9.6
- o gpgp-0.4
- o joystick-1.2.15
- o librep-0.10
- o memprof-0.3.0
- o pnm2ppa-0.8.9pre1
- o rep-gtk-0.8
- o rpmlint-0.8
- o stylesheets-0.13rh
-
- Packages new to PowerTools for Red Hat Linux 6.2
- ------------------------------------------------
-
- The following packages have been added to PowerTools for Red Hat Linux
- 6.2. (PLEASE NOTE: PowerTools for Red Hat Linux 6.2 may not be
- shipped with every Red Hat Linux-related product.) For more
- information on these packages, use RPM (after the package has been
- installed) to print a brief description of the package, and to find any
- documentation included with each package:
-
- rpm -qid <package>
-
- Where <package> is one of the following:
-
- o C-Kermit-7.0.196
- o InDependence-1.0
- o Maelstrom-3.0.1
- o PyKDE-0.10
- o PyQt-0.10.1
- o R-Devore5-0.1.R3
- o R-NISTnls-0.9.R3
- o R-RmSQL-0.2.R1
- o R-gss-0.4.R1
- o R-leaps-2.0
- o R-mda-0.2.R3
- o R-multilm-0.1.R3
- o R-nlme-3.1.R2
- o R-rmeta-1.0
- o R-sgeostat-1.0.R9
- o R-stataread-2.0
- o R-wavethresh-2.2.R3
- o SDL-1.0.4
- o SNNS-4.2
- o Squishdot-0.3.2
- o TinyTable-B2
- o WebMaker-0.8.5
- o ZZplayer-0.2
- o a2ps-i18n-0.1
- o abiword-0.7.8
- o afio-2.4.5
- o aktion-0.3.6
- o alien-6.53
- o apcd-0.5
- o armadillo-0.3.10
- o asp2php-0.70a
- o aspell-.28.2.1
- o auctex-9.10g
- o bibview-2.2
- o blockade-1.00
- o bm2font-3.0
- o calamaris-2.27
- o cvsmapfs-1.3
- o eMusic-DR0.9
- o exim-3.13
- o fpc-0.99.12b
- o fpc-extra-0.99.12b
- o fpc-units-0.99.12b
- o freeamp-2.0.0
- o ftnchek-2.10.1
- o fvwm-1.24r
- o fwconfig-1.4
- o gcal-2.40
- o glxMesa-3.2-0.3.src.rpm
- o gnokii-0.3.1
- o isdnbutton-2.5
- o jpilot-0.95
- o kimon-1.1
- o kisdnload-0.9.1
- o ksnuffle-0.3
- o ktalk-0.2.7
- o ktranslator-0.6.1
- o lavaps-1.9
- o lftp-2.1.5
- o lha-1.00
- o libsafe-1.1
- o licq-data-1.5
- o links-0.82
- o linux_logo-3.02
- o mpich-1.2.0
- o mrtg-2.8.11
- o mxp-1.0
- o nasm-0.98
- o netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3
- o nmap-2.3BETA10
- o ntop-1.1
- o perl-Mon-0.7
- o perl-Net-Telnet-3.01
- o perl-libnet-1.0607
- o postfix-19991231_pl02
- o powertweak-0.1.7
- o prc-tools-0.5.0
- o qtarch-2.0
- o rhisdn-0.2
- o sart-0.6a1
- o sip-0.10.1
- o smpeg-0.3.1
- o swatch-3.0b4
- o thttpd-2.10
- o tkdesk-1.2
- o vacation-1.2.0
- o wv-0.5.43
- o xearth-1.1
- o xengine-1.10
- o xfce-3.2.3
- o xkeycaps-2.45
- o xmmsskins-1.0
- o xmris-4.0.5
- o xwpick-2.20
-