Simon Baker
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:39:06 -0800
As you're probably aware, Owl does not yet support IPv6 out of the box - IPv6 support is disabled in our default kernel. However, we build many userland packages with their IPv6 support included. So I am guessing that you're using a custom-built kernel with the Owl userland. It will help if you post more info on your setup - kernel version, Owl userland version and whether you're using our pre-built packages or you rebuilt them on your own. In the latter case, also what kernel headers you had in place when you rebuilt the userland. "Officially", we only supportrebuilds of the userland with kernel headers matching our default kernel -e.g., those found on our ISOs (the installer offers to copy them over tothe newly installed system, and they're also usable on the live CD system).
For completeness, and to aid others who may be curious about IPv6, my setup is thus:
I performed an upgrade via the latest ISO image release on 23/11/2009. Installed userland and kernel from that, and rebooted. Untarred the supplied kernel and applied the patches which are part of the distribution to end up with kernel version: 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5.028stab064.8-owl0.2
I had to change and tweak some settings to apply more closely to my hardware, and changed several networking settings, adding in IPV6 as well.
With regard to kernel headers used for building userland, they are the defaults taken from the install CD - I am not linking glibc or anything else to my current linux tree kernel.
As to other changes, I have made a few to the *.spec files, though mainly defining BUILD_IPV6 to be true. Although IPv6 isn't officially supported, it has been working well for me so far :-)
Regards, Simon. -- The meek shall inherit the earth; the rest of us, the Universe. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail owl-users-unsubscr...@lists.openwall.com and reply to the automated confirmation request that will be sent to you.