Topic: Update 4: which architechture?

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

Finally (!!!) got E-smith to work using different nic/messing with drives etc.  I was just going to apply update 4, but need to know whether to install the i386 rpm or the i586 rpm.  I have a P166 (not MMX) running w/64mb ram.

Thanks,
Andrew.

[Ray Mitchell]

Are you referring to the rpms in mppe folder in update 4 ?
eg
ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.i386.rpm

Ray

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

This is exactly what I am refering to.  As I said, I am not sure whether I even need to install the update (especially as PPTP is not used here) or if the update is needed, which package to install - I have a P166 (not MMX) w/64mb ram.

Thanks,
Andrew.

[Dan Brown]

Pentium is i586; PPro and up are i686.

[Andrew Hodgson]

Dan,

I installed the 586 update on my Pentium 166 (no MMX) and got a load of file conflict warnings, don't know whether the update took effect or not, as I am not using PPTP I am not very bothered

Thanks,
Andrew.

[Ray Mitchell]

These are new files. I don't recall seeing the mppe folder there a few days ago when the update4 was first released.

For the benefit of others here is the section from the readme file at
ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/updates/5.6/Update4/RPMS/mppe/README

PPTP ppp-mppe kernel modules
----------------------------
The mppe sub-directory contains the mppe kernel modules for all kernel
architectures. The correct module is required to enable the PPTP server
to function.

The SME Server 5.6 CD only contains the i686 kernel variant.

To install the athlon specific kernel module, download
it and then run:

    rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.athlon.rpm
    /sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
    /sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot


Regards
Ray Mitchell

[Jim Huneycutt]

Has anyone installed the Athlon specific rpm referenced here in the mppe folder beneath 5.6 update 4? I followed the README and got four instances of conflicts as follows:

"file /lib/modules/2.4.18-5-e-smith/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.o from install of ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es conflicts with file from package ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es"

This was a brand new install of 5.6 with Update 4 on an Athlon system. No add-ons, contribs, or even users have been added.

Any help would be appreciated.

jim

[mark]

anyone got anything new to add to this ...?

I get the following when I try to install on an althlon

[root@christchurch mppe]# rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.athlon.rpm
Preparing...                                            ########################################### [100%]
file /lib/modules/2.4.18-5-e-smith/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.o from install of ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es conflicts with file from package ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es
file /lib/modules/2.4.18-5-e-smith/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.o from install of ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es conflicts with file from package ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es
file /lib/modules/2.4.18-5smp-e-smith/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.o from install of ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es conflicts with file from package ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es
file /lib/modules/2.4.18-5smp-e-smith/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_mppe.o from install of ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es conflicts with file from package ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es


any help appreciated

cheers

Mark

[Ray Mitchell]

Does the following post (although not on the same subject) suggest that the abovementioned mppe type of messages are not a problem ??

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=16914.msg65502#msg65502

Regards
Ray Mitchell

[Steve Robinson]

I installed SME 5.6 with Update 4 on a test machine containing an AMD K6 processor.  Since AMD advertises the K6 as a 6th generation processor, I assumed that the i686 version of mppe should be used.  However, the install resulted in the conflict messages.  I uninstalled using "rpm -e ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.i686.rpm" and received a package not installed message.

I repeated the mppe installation using the i586 version instead with the same results.

When I used the i386 version of the rpm, the installation completed without any conflict messages.  I then issued the two signal-event commands as indicated in Ray Mitchell's 05-05-03 post and waited for the server to reboot.  After the server rebooted, I established a connection from a remote PC to the PPTP server and successfully pinged a computer on my local network.

Hope that helps,

Steve

[Ray Mitchell]

Interesting result !!

> uninstalled using "rpm  -e ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.i686.rpm" and received a
> package not installed message.

To uninstal just do
rpm  -e ppp-mppe-modules

leave off the numbers and extension

Regards
Ray

[Ray Mitchell]

mark wrote:
> [root@christchurch mppe]# rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs
> ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.athlon.rpm

Use of the force switch may get them installed correctly, but this should generally be used with care

Try
rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --force ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.athlon.rpm

Regards
Ray

[Cyrus Bharda]

Dan/Ray,

If Pentium is i586; PPro and up are i686, then Pentium II's are i686, right?

Thanks,

Cyrus Bharda

[Cyrus Bharda]

Forgot to click the email replies

[Dan Brown]

Pentium II, III, and 4 are all i686.