Re: Profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu issues..

• To: Pete Pokrandt <poker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu issues..
• From: Gerry Creager <gerry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:18:18 -0500

There are several issues with kernels below the current.  (Geez.  I
never expected to hear myself telling folks I had to go to the latest
and greatest kernel instead of one that someone else tested!).  We found
that kerlnel 2.4.6 has significant improvements over the older kernels.

Gerry
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Pete Pokrandt wrote:
> 
> In a previous message to me, you wrote:
> 
>  >On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Pete Pokrandt wrote:
>  >
>  >> I'd like to upgrade to 7.1 and kernel 2.4.x but I'm a little worried about
>  >> progs like wxp and others not working after the upgrade. That machine
>  >> uses wxp quite extensively to generate web products for our weather
>  >> page.
>  >
>  >Do it, with the very latest 7.1 kernel and patches Redhat offers. It has
>  >a LOT fewer memory leaks and is more stable, so I have found.
>  >Although it was a pain to install (mainly because of our then-slow
>  >Internet connection), it is well worth it. But do note that inetd is no
>  >longer used...xinetd is by default. So, you'll need to use hosts.allow to
>  >open up sendmail, McIDAS ADDE, and anything else you want to open. It is
>  >more secure than inetd, from what I can tell. There's one other
>  >significant change, but I can't remember what it is offhand. Anyway, I
>  >think you'll like it. Go for it!
>  >
>  >
> 
> Gilbert,
> 
> I agree, it's pretty solid. I'm running 7.1 on my desktop machine,
> been meaning to do some testing of unidata software here but just
> haven't gotten a round tuit..  Are you running any wxp stuff under
> 7.1, any issues?
> 
> Pete
> 
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Gerry Creager
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• References:
  • Re: Profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu issues..
    • From: Pete Pokrandt