       Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Update 4 Release Notes (x86 Edition)

   Copyright (c) 2004 Red Hat, Inc.

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Introduction

   The following topics are covered in this document:

     o Changes to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation program
       (Anaconda)

     o General information

     o Changes to drivers and hardware support

     o Changes to packages

Changes to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Program (Anaconda)

   The following section includes information specific to the Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux installation program, Anaconda.

  Note

   In order to upgrade an already-installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
   system to Update 4, you must use Red Hat Network to update those packages
   that have changed. The use of Anaconda to upgrade to Update 4 is not
   supported.

   Use Anaconda only to perform a fresh install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
   2.1 Update 4.

General Information

   This section contains general information not specific to any other
   section of this document.

     o To speed login when NIS is used, it is now possible to request the use
       of the netid.byname map instead of the groups.byname map for providing
       group-related information to NIS clients. This map is traditionally
       not used for this purpose, but in most configurations contains the
       necessary information, and is generated by default on recent Linux and
       Solaris(TM) NIS servers.

       To enable this feature, find the following line in /etc/default/nss:

 # NETID_AUTHORITATIVE=TRUE
        

       Next, use a text editor to remove the leading '#' character, saving
       your changes when done.

  Note

       No cross-checks of the netid.byname map are done by either the NIS
       server or client. Therefore, the responsibility of ensuring that
       netid.byname contains appropriate information rests with the system
       administrator.

       It is also possible to improve NIS performance by using the
       services.byservicename map. If this map exists and has been built
       properly, its use can be enabled by the following setting in
       /etc/default/nss:

 SERVICES_AUTHORITATIVE=TRUE
        

       The services.byservicename map must contain both names of services and
       aliases as keys, both without protocol specified and with protocol.
       Recently-updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris NIS servers
       provide properly-built services.byservicename maps.

Changes to Drivers and Hardware Support

   This update includes bug fixes for a number of drivers. The more
   significant driver updates are listed below. In some cases, the original
   driver has been preserved under a different name, and is available as a
   non-default alternative for organizations that wish to migrate their
   driver configuration to the latest versions at a later time.

  Note

   The migration to the latest drivers should be completed before the next
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux update is applied, because in most cases only one
   older-revision driver will be preserved for each update.

   These release notes also indicate which older-revision drivers have been
   removed from this kernel update. These drivers have the base driver name
   with the revision digits appended; for example, megaraid_2002.o. You must
   remove these drivers from /etc/modules.conf before installing this kernel
   update.

   Keep in mind that the only definitive way to determine what drivers are
   being used is to review the contents of /etc/modules.conf. Use of the
   lsmod command is not a substitute for examining this file.

   LSI Logic RAID (megaraid driver)

     o The megaraid2 driver has been updated from v2.00.9 to v2.10.1.1

     o The new driver is addon/megaraid2/megaraid2.o

     o The older driver has been preserved as
       addon/megaraid_2009/megaraid_2009.o

     o The v2.00.2 driver (megaraid_2002.o) has been removed

     o The default driver remains the v1.18 driver (megaraid.o)

   IBM ServeRAID (ips driver)

     o The ips driver has been updated from 6.10.52 to 6.11.07

     o The new driver is addon/ips/ips.o

     o The older driver has been preserved as scsi/ips_61052.o

     o The 6.00.26 driver (ips_60026.o) has been removed

   LSI Logic MPT Fusion (mpt* drivers)

     o These drivers have been updated from 2.05.05+ to 2.05.11.03

     o The new drivers are located in message/fusion/

     o The older drivers have been preserved in addon/fusion_20505/

     o The drivers previously located in addon/fusion_20500/ have been
       removed

   Compaq SA53xx Controllers (cciss driver)

     o The cciss driver has been updated from 2.4.49 to 2.4.50

     o The current driver is addon/cciss/cciss.o

     o The older block/cciss_2445.o driver (originally preserved as part of
       Update 3) remains

     o The 2.4.27 driver (cciss_2427.o) was removed in Update 3

Changes to Packages

   This section contains listings of packages that have been updated, added,
   and removed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 as part of Update 4 and all
   previous updates.

  Note

   These package lists include packages from all variants of Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux 2.1. Your system may not include every one of the
   packages listed here.

   The following packages have been updated from the original release of Red
   Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1:

     o anaconda

     o anaconda-runtime

     o apache

     o apache-devel

     o apache-manual

     o arpwatch

     o arts

     o at

     o authconfig

     o balsa

     o bind

     o bind-devel

     o bind-utils

     o Canna

     o Canna-devel

     o Canna-libs

     o cdda2wav

     o cdrecord

     o cdrecord-devel

     o chkconfig

     o clumanager

     o cpp

     o cvs

     o ddskk

     o elm

     o ethereal

     o ethereal-gnome

     o ethtool

     o fetchmail

     o fetchmailconf

     o file

     o fileutils

     o ftp

     o gaim

     o galeon

     o gcc

     o gcc-c++

     o gcc-chill

     o gcc-g77

     o gcc-java

     o gcc-objc

     o gdb

     o gdk-pixbuf

     o gdk-pixbuf-devel

     o gdk-pixbuf-gnome

     o gdm

     o ggv

     o ghostscript

     o glibc

     o glibc-common

     o glibc-devel

     o glibc-profile

     o gmc

     o gnupg

     o gtoaster

     o gv

     o hanterm-xf

     o htdig

     o htdig-web

     o IBMJava2-JRE

     o IBMJava2-SDK

     o im

     o initscripts

     o iproute

     o iptables

     o iptables-ipv6

     o iputils

     o kdebase

     o kdebase-devel

     o kdegraphics

     o kdegraphics-devel

     o kdelibs

     o kdelibs-devel

     o kdelibs-sound

     o kdelibs-sound-devel

     o kdemultimedia

     o kdemultimedia-devel

     o kdenetwork

     o kdenetwork-ppp

     o kdepim

     o kdepim-cellphone

     o kdepim-devel

     o kdepim-pilot

     o kdesdk

     o kdesdk-devel

     o kdeutils

     o kernel

     o kernel-BOOT

     o kernel-debug

     o kernel-doc

     o kernel-enterprise

     o kernel-headers

     o kernel-smp

     o kernel-source

     o kernel-summit

     o kernel-utils

     o kon2

     o kon2-fonts

     o krb5-devel

     o krb5-libs

     o krb5-server

     o krb5-workstation

     o kudzu

     o kudzu-devel

     o libesmtp

     o libesmtp-devel

     o libpcap

     o libpng

     o libpng-devel

     o libstdc++

     o libstdc++-devel

     o libxml2

     o libxml2-devel

     o libxml2-python

     o losetup

     o LPRng

     o lv

     o lynx

     o mailman

     o man

     o mc

     o mcserv

     o metamail

     o mgetty

     o mgetty-sendfax

     o mgetty-viewfax

     o mgetty-voice

     o micq

     o mkinitrd

     o mkisofs

     o mm

     o mm-devel

     o mod_auth_any

     o mod_python

     o mod_ssl

     o modutils

     o modutils-devel

     o mount

     o mozilla

     o mozilla-chat

     o mozilla-devel

     o mozilla-dom-inspector

     o mozilla-js-debugger

     o mozilla-mail

     o mozilla-nspr

     o mozilla-nspr-devel

     o mozilla-nss

     o mozilla-nss-devel

     o mozilla-psm

     o mysql

     o mysqlclient9

     o mysql-devel

     o mysql-server

     o netdump

     o netdump-server

     o netpbm

     o netpbm-devel

     o netpbm-progs

     o netscape-common

     o netscape-communicator

     o netscape-navigator

     o net-tools

     o nfs-utils

     o nscd

     o nss_ldap

     o ntp

     o ntsysv

     o openldap

     o openldap12

     o openldap-clients

     o openldap-devel

     o openldap-servers

     o openssh

     o openssh-askpass

     o openssh-askpass-gnome

     o openssh-clients

     o openssh-server

     o openssl

     o openssl095a

     o openssl096

     o openssl-devel

     o openssl-perl

     o pam

     o pam-devel

     o pam_smb

     o pan

     o passwd

     o pax

     o pciutils

     o pciutils-devel

     o pdksh

     o perl

     o perl-CGI

     o perl-CPAN

     o perl-DB_File

     o perl-NDBM_File

     o php

     o php-devel

     o php-imap

     o php-ldap

     o php-manual

     o php-mysql

     o php-odbc

     o php-pgsql

     o pine

     o piranha

     o plugger

     o postgresql

     o postgresql-contrib

     o postgresql-devel

     o postgresql-docs

     o postgresql-jdbc

     o postgresql-libs

     o postgresql-odbc

     o postgresql-perl

     o postgresql-python

     o postgresql-server

     o postgresql-tcl

     o postgresql-tk

     o printconf

     o printconf-gui

     o procps

     o procps-X11

     o pstack

     o pwdb

     o pxe

     o python

     o python-devel

     o python-docs

     o python-tools

     o quota

     o rdist

     o redhat-config-network

     o redhat-release-as

     o redhat-release-es

     o redhat-release-ws

     o rhn_register

     o rhn_register-gnome

     o rpmdb-redhat

     o rsh

     o rsh-server

     o rsync

     o rusers

     o rusers-server

     o rxvt

     o samba

     o samba-client

     o samba-common

     o samba-swat

     o sane-backends

     o sane-backends-devel

     o SDL_mixer

     o SDL_mixer-devel

     o semi

     o semi-xemacs

     o sendmail

     o sendmail-cf

     o sendmail-devel

     o sendmail-doc

     o shadow-utils

     o sharutils

     o slocate

     o specspo

     o squid

     o strace

     o stunnel

     o syslinux

     o sysreport

     o sysstat

     o tar

     o tcpdump

     o tcsh

     o tetex

     o tetex-afm

     o tetex-doc

     o tetex-dvilj

     o tetex-dvips

     o tetex-fonts

     o tetex-latex

     o tetex-xdvi

     o tkinter

     o ucd-snmp

     o ucd-snmp-devel

     o ucd-snmp-utils

     o unzip

     o up2date

     o up2date-gnome

     o util-linux

     o vim-common

     o vim-enhanced

     o vim-minimal

     o vim-X11

     o vnc

     o vnc-doc

     o vnc-server

     o w3m

     o webalizer

     o wget

     o WindowMaker

     o WindowMaker-libs

     o wu-ftpd

     o xcdroast

     o xchat

     o Xconfigurator

     o XFree86

     o XFree86-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-cyrillic-fonts

     o XFree86-devel

     o XFree86-doc

     o XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts

     o XFree86-libs

     o XFree86-tools

     o XFree86-twm

     o XFree86-xdm

     o XFree86-xf86cfg

     o XFree86-xfs

     o XFree86-Xnest

     o XFree86-Xvfb

     o xinetd

     o xmms

     o xmms-devel

     o xmms-gnome

     o xmms-skins

     o xosview

     o xpdf

     o ypbind

     o ypserv

     o zebra

     o zlib

     o zlib-devel

   The following new packages have been added to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
   Update 4:

     o dvdrecord

     o dvd+rw-tools

     o hwcrypto

     o kernel-enterprise

     o perl-suidperl

     o postgresql-test

     o pyOpenSSL

     o redhat-config-network

     o redhat-lsb

     o rhnlib

     o sysstat-isag

   The following packages have been removed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
   Update 4. Note that they will remain installed on existing Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux 2.1 systems being updated to Update 4, but will not be
   present during a fresh installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Update
   4:

     o abiword

     o anaconda-help

     o anaconda-images

     o fnlib

     o fnlib-devel

     o glibc-kernheaders

     o g-wrap

     o g-wrap-devel

     o libmad

     o mpg321

     o redhat-config-network

     o rhmask

     o rp3

     o smpeg

     o smpeg-devel

     o smpeg-xmms
