Topic: 5.6 Update 5 - seem to be a few issues.

[Matt]

I'm considering installing update 5 but after scanning through the forums people are reporting a few problems and there doesn't seem to be a common denominator (like non standard packages installed).

Has anyone had a smooth run?

Secondly, the extra mppe directory has thrown me. Does the installer automatically look in the mppe directory and choose the correct rpm for the machine's architecture? Or, do I have to run a second update from within the mppe directory and select the correct architecture rpm? If so, what is the correct rpm for a dual PIII 866?

[James Pybus]

I just upgraded today, all seems fine. Upgraded horde and php a few weeks ago other than using stuff like secure mail contrib and webshares am pretty standard.

I just did:

rpm -Uvh *.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

rpm -Uvh ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.i686.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

Did them seperatley as wasn't sure if they were in different folders for a reason other than to choose the mpp arch.

Type arch at the command prompt and it will tell you what architecture you are running. I would think it is i686.

HTH
James

[Laurence Griffiths]

Like James, I upgraded today and all seems fine.

I just did:

rpm -Uvh *.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

rpm -Uvh ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.i686.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

Then it occurred to me that my old box might not require the i686 modules. I ran:

arch

and received

i586

in reply.

I then ran:

rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --force ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es.i586.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

Everything seems to be working at this stage. (*Holding Thumbs*)

[Jon Roberts]

Matt,

I had a problem with the ppp-mppe update reporting conflicts when I tried to install the i586 rpm.  The install text says something about only the i386 version coming with the original install CD, so I checked the existing installed rpm's with:

rpm -qa | grep 'ppp-mppe'

to confirm what was already there & removed it with

rpm -e ppp-mppe-modules-2.4.2-4es).

I then ran the rpm again and it worked no problems.

Of course, there's every chance that the problem arose coz I installed the wrong version some time in the past while 'experimenting' (this is a development server).  Either way I got it to work in the end, which I think is what you wanted to know.

[Alejandro Lengua]

So, Is it always required to install such mppe update?
I have  already installed all the rpms from the site
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/e-smith/updates/5.6/updates/RPMS/
and my server is based on Pentium3 (I guess 686)..