Scientific Linux Release 4.7 BETA 3 i386 and x86_64 August 13, 2008 The third beta release of Scientific Linux 4.7 is available for both i386 and x86_64. It is in the rolling area. http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/i386/ http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/40rolling/x86_64/ The current state of the release is available at our whiteboard page https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/rolling.whiteboard/ Please test and send back any feedback. Please especially check that the new updated comps.xml file didn't break or change anything you didn't think should have been changed. -- Troy Dawson -- Connie Sieh _____________________________________________________________________________ CHANGES since 4.7 Beta 2 _____________________________________________________________________________ **comps The comps.xml file got a update, some changes are more important than others - All groups are now alphabetical - Groups that were previously commented out have been removed. - Where available, I have updated the international group name and description to be the same as Update 7 - Except for where I have specifically added or removed a package or default setting, I have updated the groups to be the same as Update 7 - Most changes were minor, but the following were noteworthy -- audit is now optional in the core group -- development-tools now includes the group emacs and xemacs **915resolution ** ** 915resolution is a tool to modify the video BIOS of the 800 and 900 ** series Intel graphics chipsets. This includes the 845G, 855G, and ** 865G chipsets, as well as 915G, 915GM, and 945G chipsets. This ** modification is necessary to allow the display of certain graphics ** resolutions for an Xorg or XFree86 graphics server. ** 915resolution's modifications of the BIOS are transient. There is ** no risk of permanent modification of the BIOS. This also means that ** 915resolution must be run every time the computer boots inorder for ** it's changes to take effect. ** ** 915resolution is derived from the tool 855resolution. However, the i ** code differs substantially. 915resolution's code base is much simpler.i ** 915resolution also allows the modification of bits per pixel. ** i386: ** 915resolution-0.5.3-5.sl4.i386.rpm x86_64: ** 915resolution-0.5.3-5.sl4.x86_64.rpm **madwifi ** ** Updated to latest version ** i386: ** madwifi-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm x86_64: ** madwifi-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELlargesmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELlargesmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm ** kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm **Misc - glibc.*.i686.rpm was updated to glibc-2.3.4-2.41.i686.rpm to match the rest of the glibc update. For both i386 and x86_64. - openib-diags and openib-srptools have been removed - openib-mstflint, openib-perftest, and openib-tvflash have been updated - sysreport was removed. It has been replaced by sos