Scientific Linux Release 309 on x86_64 is now available. This will be the last of the 30x series.

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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Scientific Linux Release 309  on x86_64                 October 12, 2007

This is Scientific Linux.

Please read this entire document before installing.

This is based on the rebuilding of RPMS out of SRPMS's from Enterprise 3 AS
*including Update 9.

Please send bug reports and suggestions to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Table of contents

        DOWNLOAD INFO
        ADDED compared to Enterprise 3
        UPDATED compared to Enterprise 3
        Installer modifications
        Site Info
        /contrib
        /notsupported
        SRPMS
        MISC Notes
        HARDWARE SPECIFIC ISSUES
        SOFTWARE ISSUES/BUGS
        INFO
        HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
        ERRATA
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DOWNLOAD INFO
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  ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/309/x86_64/

  anon rsync access available .

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ADDED compared to 3
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From Cluster Suite

*       clumanager-1.2.35.2-1.x86_64.rpm
        piranha-0.7.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm
        redhat-config-cluster-1.0.8-1.noarch.rpm
        ipvsadm-1.21-9.ipvs108.x86_64.rpm

From Developer Suite

        eclipse-2.1.2-8.x86_64.rpm
        eclipse-lomboz-2.1.2-8.i386.rpm
        eclipse-rhaps-develserver-2.1.2-8.i386.rpm

Firefox and Thunderbird

*       Firefox and Thunderbird are not included anymore.

GFS

*       GFS-6.0.2.36-5.ia32e.rpm
*       GFS-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm
*       GFS-devel-6.0.2.36-5.ia32e.rpm
*       GFS-devel-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm
*       GFS-modules-6.0.2.36-5.ia32e.rpm
*       GFS-modules-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm
*       GFS-modules-smp-6.0.2.36-5.x86_64.rpm

Korn shell from ATT

        ksh93-2000.10.31.0-1.i386.rpm

mpg321, xmms-mp3, libmad, libid3tag

        Because of licensing reasons RedHat did not include MP3 support
        in their distribution.  While this does not fill all cases, this
        does allow some of the more popular music players to use mp3's.
        libmad and libid3tag were added for dependancy reasons.

                mpg321-0.2.10-4.fr.x86_64.rpm
                xmms-mp3-1.2.7-2.x86_64.rpm
                libmad-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm
                libmad-devel-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm
                libid3tag-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm
                libid3tag-devel-0.15.1b-1.fr.x86_64.rpm

IceWM

        A small and fast window manager.  Good for slower systems or
        systems with not much memory.  It is put it in the graphical login's
        session list if installed.

        icewm-1.2.20-2.x86_64.rpm
        icewm-l10n-1.2.20-2.x86_64.rpm

Java

        java-1.4.2-sun-compat-1.4.2.12-1jpp.i586.rpm
          This package is the java sdk from sun.
          It's license is found at misc/licenses/j2sdk-1.4.2-x.license
          To have all of it's links (including plugins) setup correctly
          you should also install java-1.4.2-sun-compat
          So the easiest thing to do is
             yum install java-1.4.2-sun-compat
             as it will automatically pull in j2sdk-1.4.2_08-fcs.i586.rpm
        j2sdk-1.4.2_12-fcs.i586.rpm
           This package provides JPackage compatibility symlinks and
           directories for Sun's JDK rpm

MISC
        Added these rpms because they are important as RedHat removed them.

                gv-3.5.8-23.x86_64.rpm          from Fedora Core 1
                ncurses4-5.0-12.x86_64.rpm      from Fedora Core 1
                readline41-4.1-17.x86_64.rpm    from Fedora Core 1
                xcdroast-0.98a14-2.x86_64.rpm   from Fedora Core 1
                jpilot-0.99.6-1.x86_64.rpm      from Fedora Core 1
                cdda2wav-2.0-11.x86_64.rpm      dependency of xcdroast

        Added these rpms because they are useful.  These are from CERN.

                perl-BSD-Resource-1.24-1.x86_64.rpm
                perl-Compress-Zlib-1.16-12.x86_64.rpm
                perl-MailTools-1.62-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-Parse-RecDescent-1.94-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-Pod-Escapes-1.03-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-Pod-Simple-2.05-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-SQL-Statement-1.06-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-TermReadKey-2.20-12.x86_64.rpm
                perl-Text-CSV_XS-0.23-1.x86_64.rpm
                perl-Text-Template-1.44-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-TimeDate-2.22-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-Tk-804.027-1.x86_64.rpm
                perl-Tk-HistEntry-0.42-1.noarch.rpm
                perl-Proc-ProcessTable-0.39-1.x86_64.rpm

        The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 1

                elfutils-libelf-devel-0.91-3.x86_64.rpm
                jaf-20030319-1.x86_64.rpm
                javamail-20031006-1.x86_64.rpm
                junit-3.8.1-1.x86_64.rpm
                mtx-1.2.18-1.x86_64.rpm
                rh-postgresql-pl-7.3.6-1.x86_64.rpm
                rh-postgresql-server-7.3.6-1.x86_64.rpm
                rh-postgresql-test-7.3.6-1.x86_64.rpm

        The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 2

                net-snmp-perl-5.0.9-2.30E.3.x86_64.rpm
                imap-utils-2002d-8.x86_64.rpm
                java-javadoc-1.5.33-1jpp_4rh.noarch.rpm
                jpackage-utils-1.5.33-1jpp_4rh.noarch.rpm
                laus-0.1-56RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
                laus-devel-0.1-56RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
                laus-libs-0.1-56RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
                pam_passwdqc-0.7.5-1.x86_64.rpm
                php-devel-4.3.2-11.ent.x86_64.rpm
                rhgb-0.11.2-4.x86_64.rpm
                sg3_utils-1.06-2.x86_64.rpm

        The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 3

                anacron-2.3-25.1.x86_64.rpm
                qt-config-3.1.2-13.4.x86_64.rpm
                amtu-0.1-6RHEL.x86_64.rpm
                authd-1.4.1-1.rhel3.x86_64.rpm
                bind-libs-9.2.4-EL3_10.x86_64.rpm
                bootparamd-0.17-17.x86_64.rpm
                crash-3.8-3.x86_64.rpm
                diskdumputils-0.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm
                eal3-certification-0.7-1.noarch.rpm
                eal3-certification-doc-0.7-1.noarch.rpm
                libglade-0.17-11.x86_64.rpm
                ltrace-0.3.32-3.EL.x86_64.rpm
                nss_db-2.2-20.4.x86_64.rpm
                openoffice.org-style-gnome-1.1.0-16.9.EL.x86_64.rpm
                rpm-libs-4.2.3-10.x86_64.rpm
                gtkglarea-1.2.2-16.x86_64.rpm
                joe-2.9.8-5.x86_64.rpm
                lynx-2.8.5-11.x86_64.rpm
                nasm-0.98.35-3.x86_64.rpm
                perl-PDL-2.3.4-4.x86_64.rpm
                skkdic-20030211-1.noarch.rpm

        The vendor added the following rpms.  We have had them in
        /notsupported/RPMS .  So they are really just moving.
        And since so many things moved out of /notsupported/RPMS we
        decided to move everything that was in /notsupported/RPMS to
        the main tree.

                alchemist-devel-1.0.27-1.x86_64.rpm
                amanda-devel-2.4.4p1-0.3E.x86_64.rpm
                beecrypt-devel-3.0.1-0.20030630.x86_64.rpm
                db4-java-4.1.25-14.x86_64.rpm
                bind-chroot-9.2.4-EL3_10.x86_64.rpm
                bind-devel-9.2.4-EL3_10.x86_64.rpm
                bogl-devel-0.1.9-27.x86_64.rpm
                busybox-0.60.5-8.x86_64.rpm
                Canna-devel-3.6-20.x86_64.rpm
                cdparanoia-devel-alpha9.8-15.x86_64.rpm
                cdrecord-devel-2.01.0.a32-0.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
                dhcp-devel-3.0pl2-6.16.x86_64.rpm
                expect-devel-5.38.0-92.2.x86_64.rpm
                finger-server-0.17-18.x86_64.rpm
                FreeWnn-devel-1.11-36.3.x86_64.rpm
                ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.8.x86_64.rpm
                gimp-devel-1.2.3-20.1.x86_64.rpm
                gimp-perl-1.2.3-20.1.x86_64.rpm
                gimp-print-devel-4.2.4-5.x86_64.rpm
                gnome-pilot-devel-2.0.10-1.x86_64.rpm
                gnome-python2-applet-1.99.14-5.x86_64.rpm
                gphoto2-devel-2.1.0-7.x86_64.rpm
                gstreamer-devel-0.6.0-5.x86_64.rpm
                gstreamer-plugins-0.6.0-14.x86_64.rpm
                gstreamer-plugins-devel-0.6.0-14.x86_64.rpm
                guile-devel-1.6.4-8.x86_64.rpm
                ImageMagick-c++-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
                ImageMagick-c++-devel-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
                ImageMagick-devel-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
                ImageMagick-perl-5.5.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
                imap-devel-2002d-9.x86_64.rpm
                kdegames-devel-3.1.3-3.2.x86_64.rpm
                kdemultimedia-devel-3.1.3-3.1.x86_64.rpm
                libgal2-devel-1.99.10-1.x86_64.rpm
                libglade-devel-0.17-12.2.x86_64.rpm
                libgsf-devel-1.6.0-4.x86_64.rpm
                libgtop2-devel-2.0.2-3.x86_64.rpm
                libmrproject-devel-0.9-5.x86_64.rpm
                libpng10-devel-1.0.13-15.x86_64.rpm
                libsoup-devel-1.99.26-1.x86_64.rpm
                libtabe-devel-0.2.6-5.1.x86_64.rpm
                libwnck-devel-2.2.1-3.x86_64.rpm
                libwvstreams-devel-3.70-10.x86_64.rpm
                libxml-devel-1.8.17-9.1.x86_64.rpm
                mod_perl-devel-1.99_09-10.ent.x86_64.rpm
                openh323-devel-1.11.2-4.1E.x86_64.rpm
                openssl-perl-0.9.7a-33.12.x86_64.rpm
                parted-devel-1.6.3-29.3.x86_64.rpm
                perl-suidperl-5.8.0-88.7.x86_64.rpm
                pump-devel-0.8.19-1.x86_64.rpm
                pwlib-devel-1.4.7-7.EL.x86_64.rpm
                pyorbit-devel-1.99.3-5.x86_64.rpm
                python-tools-2.2.3-5.x86_64.rpm
                qt-ODBC-3.1.2-13.4.x86_64.rpm
                samba-swat-3.0.6-2.3E.x86_64.rpm
                sendmail-devel-8.12.11-4.RHEL3.1.x86_64.rpm
                sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm
                tcl-devel-8.3.5-92.2.x86_64.rpm
                VFlib2-devel-2.25.6-17.x86_64.rpm
                w3c-libwww-devel-5.4.0-5.x86_64.rpm
                Xaw3d-devel-1.5-18.x86_64.rpm
                XFree86-sdk-4.3.0-68.EL.x86_64.rpm
                xmms-devel-1.2.7-22.1.p.x86_64.rpm
                up2date-update-4.2.38-1.x86_64.rpm

        The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 4

                aspell-config-0.33.7.1-25.1.x86_64.rpm
                iscsi-initiator-utils-3.6.2-4.x86_64.rpm
                mailman-2.1.5-23.x86_64.rpm
                mikmod-devel-3.1.6-21.2.x86_64.rpm
                sysstat-5.0.5-5.rhel3.x86_64.rpm
                vim-X11-6.3.029-1.30E.3.x86_64.rpm
                net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.12.x86_64.rpm
                perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51-4.x86_64.rpm
                alchemist-1.0.27-1.i386.rpm
                arts-1.1.3-2.3.i386.rpm
                aspell-0.33.7.1-25.1.i386.rpm
                audiofile-0.2.3-7.1.i386.rpm
                beecrypt-3.0.1-0.20030630.i386.rpm
                blas-3.0-20.i386.rpm
                bogl-0.1.9-27.i386.rpm
                bzip2-libs-1.0.2-11.i386.rpm
                Canna-libs-3.6-20.i386.rpm
                cdparanoia-libs-alpha9.8-15.i386.rpm
                compat-db-4.0.14-5.1.i386.rpm
                compat-pwdb-0.62-3.i386.rpm
                curl-7.10.6-4.2.i386.rpm
                e2fsprogs-1.32-15.1.i386.rpm
                elfutils-0.91-3.i386.rpm
                esound-0.2.28-6.i386.rpm
                fam-2.6.8-15.i386.rpm
                FreeWnn-libs-1.11-36.3.i386.rpm
                gail-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm
                GConf2-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm
                gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.i386.rpm
                gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-11.3.3.i386.rpm
                ghostscript-7.05-32.1.9.i386.rpm
                gimp-print-4.2.4-5.1.i386.rpm
                gmp-4.1.2-5.i386.rpm
                gtk+-1.2.10-31.i386.rpm
                gtk-engines-0.12-2.0.i386.rpm
                gtkglarea-1.2.2-16.i386.rpm
                gtkhtml2-2.2.0-6.i386.rpm
                guile-1.6.4-8.30.1.i386.rpm
                hesiod-3.0.2-28.1.i386.rpm
                ImageMagick-5.5.6-7.i386.rpm
                ImageMagick-c++-5.5.6-7.i386.rpm
                imlib-1.9.13-13.4.i386.rpm
                kdebase-3.1.3-5.5.i386.rpm
                kdelibs-3.1.3-6.6.i386.rpm
                kdemultimedia-3.1.3-3.1.i386.rpm
                lapack-3.0-20.i386.rpm
                laus-libs-0.1-66RHEL3.i386.rpm
                libaio-0.3.96-5.i386.rpm
                libao-0.8.3-3.1.i386.rpm
                libdbi-0.6.5-5.i386.rpm
                libghttp-1.0.9-8.1.i386.rpm
                libglade2-2.0.1-3.i386.rpm
                libgnomecanvas-2.2.0.2-2.i386.rpm
                libgnomeprint22-2.2.1.3-5.i386.rpm
                libgnomeprintui22-2.2.1.3-2.0.i386.rpm
                libgtop2-2.0.2-3.i386.rpm
                libIDL-0.8.0-9.i386.rpm
                libmng-1.0.4-3.i386.rpm
                libogg-1.0-5.1.i386.rpm
                libpcap-0.7.2-7.E3.2.i386.rpm
                libpng10-1.0.13-15.i386.rpm
                libsoup-1.99.26-1.i386.rpm
                libtabe-0.2.6-6.EL.i386.rpm
                libtool-libs-1.4.3-6.i386.rpm
                libungif-4.1.0-15.i386.rpm
                libusb-0.1.6-3.i386.rpm
                libuser-0.51.7-1.EL3.3.i386.rpm
                libvorbis-1.0-7.i386.rpm
                libwvstreams-3.70-10.i386.rpm
                libxml-1.8.17-9.2.i386.rpm
                linc-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm
                lm_sensors-2.6.5-6.i386.rpm
                lockdev-1.0.1-1.2.i386.rpm
                mikmod-3.1.6-21.2.i386.rpm
                netpbm-9.24-11.30.1.i386.rpm
                net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.12.i386.rpm
                newt-0.51.5-1.i386.rpm
                openh323-1.11.2-4.1E.i386.rpm
                openjade-1.3.1-12.1.i386.rpm
                ORBit-0.5.17-10.4.i386.rpm
                ORBit2-2.6.2-1.i386.rpm
                pcre-3.9-10.1.i386.rpm
                perl-5.8.0-88.9.i386.rpm
                pilot-link-0.11.7-1.1.i386.rpm
                pspell-0.12.2-16.1.i386.rpm
                pwlib-1.4.7-7.EL.i386.rpm
                qt-3.1.2-13.4.i386.rpm
                rpm-libs-4.2.3-13.i386.rpm
                sane-backends-1.0.9-5.7.i386.rpm
                scrollkeeper-0.3.11-8E.i386.rpm
                SDL-1.2.5-6.i386.rpm
                slang-1.4.5-18.i386.rpm
                startup-notification-0.5-1.i386.rpm
                tcp_wrappers-7.6-34.1.i386.rpm
                unixODBC-2.2.8-2.3.0.2.i386.rpm
                unixODBC-kde-2.2.8-2.3.0.2.i386.rpm
                utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.i386.rpm
                VFlib2-2.25.6-17.i386.rpm
                vte-0.11.10-11.i386.rpm
                w3c-libwww-5.4.0-5.i386.rpm
                Xaw3d-1.5-18.i386.rpm
                bind-libs-9.2.4-5_EL3.i386.rpm
                gphoto2-2.1.0-7.1.i386.rpm
                gsl-1.1.1-5.i386.rpm
                gstreamer-0.6.0-5f1.i386.rpm
                gtk2-2.2.4-12.i386.rpm
                krb5-libs-1.2.7-31.i386.rpm
                libraw1394-0.9.0-10.RHEL3.i386.rpm
                libxml2-2.5.10-7.i386.rpm
                libxslt-1.0.33-5.i386.rpm
                pam-0.75-62.i386.rpm
                pam-devel-0.75-62.i386.rpm
                pango-1.2.5-5.i386.rpm
                popt-1.8.2-13.i386.rpm
                redhat-lsb-1.3-3.1.EL3.i386.rpm
                rh-postgresql-libs-7.3.8-2.i386.rpm
                ruby-libs-1.6.8-9.EL3.3.i386.rpm
                gsl-1.1.1-5.x86_64.rpm
                gsl-devel-1.1.1-5.x86_64.rpm
                gcc-gnat-3.2.3-49.x86_64.rpm
                libgnat-3.2.3-49.x86_64.rpm
                linuxwacom-0.6.4-7.x86_64.rpm
                linuxwacom-devel-0.6.4-7.x86_64.rpm
                libgcc-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
                libgcj-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
                libobjc-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
                libstdc++-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
                libf2c-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
                libgnat-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
                cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
                cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
                cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
                gdb-6.1post-1.20040607.52.i386.rpm
                redhat-artwork-0.73.2-1.SL.i386.rpm


        The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 5

                bonobo-activation-2.2.2-1.i386.rpm
                gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm
                libbonobo-2.2.3-1.i386.rpm
                cscope-15.5-9.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
                diskdumputils-1.0.1-4.x86_64.rpm
                jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
                pstack-1.2-3.EL.2.x86_64.rpm

pine

        Change location of pine.conf from /usr/local/ to /etc
                pine-4.58-3.SL.x86_64.rpm

rhgb

        Remove "Red Hat" from rpm.

                rhgb-0.11.2-5.SL.x86_64.rpm


Yum  -- From Duke University

        yum-2.0.7-12.SL.noarch.rpm

          yum-2.0.7-12 fixes a issue with ftp on the Bluearc NAS server

          yum-2.0.7-8 allows for the updating of ia32e rpms.
                yum-2.0.7-9 fixed kernel-module hangups, as well as installs
                kernel-modules for multiple kernels

          yum-2.0.7-7 allows for the kernel-module-<package> naming convention

                yum 2.0.7 contains minor bug fixes along with the feauture
                of yum [action] package.somearch support added for
                erase/remove, install, update and upgrade

*       yum-conf-309-1.SL.noarch.rpm
*       yum-conf-3x-1-1.SL.noarch.rpm

*       yum.cron now uses /etc/yum.conf for a template for it's configuration
*       file.  If /etc/yum.conf has an excludes line, it will append the
*       excludes in /etc/yum.d/yum.cron.excludes.  If /etc/yum.conf
*       does not have an excludes line, it will add the one from
*       /etc/yum.d/yum.cron.excludes

*       yum-conf-3x was created for those users who want to be at the latest
*       stable release.  It is always pointing at the 3x area.

        yum.cron now checks to see how long the machine is been up
        If it is up less than 20 hours, it doesn't wait, but does the
        update.  This uptime check was done to help laptops and other
        machines that might not be on long enough to wait for the
        random time.

        There is a fastbug repo area to correspond to the vendors fasttrack
        This is not on by default.

        bugfix-308 - reserved for packages from the next Update
        This is not on by default

        Removed nonsupported since these were merged with main rpm's
                Changed main server to ftp.scientificlinux.org

        Made it easier for users to change where their repository is.
        For yum.cron you now only have to change the files
        /etc/yum.d/yum.cron.primary and/or yum.cron.secondary
        You can add multiple repository in either file, or leave either blank.
        The servers in primary will be used in the order they are in the
        file.  The servers in secondary will be used randomly.  So if you
        are concerned about overloading your one server, leave the primary
        blank, and list all your servers in secondary, where they will
        be used randomly
        Fixed the names on yum.conf as well.

        now uses new feature "tolerant=1" for yum.cron

openafs

*       openafs-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-client-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-compat-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-debug-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-devel-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-kernel-source-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-kpasswd-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-krb5-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       openafs-server-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm

*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-52.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-52.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-52.ELsmp-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm

        OpenAFS was updated to version 1.2.13 to fix various bugs.
        rpm spec file by Stephan Wiesand
        x86_64 aklog fix - Enrico M.V. Fasanelli put in Chris Wing's patch

        These are not installed by default.

          openafs-firstboot-1.2.11-5.SL.noarch.rpm

        The openafs-firstboot rpm enables "firstboot" to ask about
        what AFS cell you want and if you want afs started at boot.


SL_afs_no_dynroot-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

        This package removes the -dynroot option from the openafs config
        Restarting of afs is needed for this to take effect.
        This rpm does not restart afs

SL_desktop_tweeks-1.1-1.x86_64.rpm

        This adds a terminal and mozilla icon to the kicker panel for
        both KDE and GNOME.  Installed by default for both KDE and GNOME.

SL_enable_serialconsole

        This script makes all the changes necessary to send
        console output to both the serial port and the screen.  This
        also creates a login prompt on the serial port and allows users
        to login at this prompt.
        Bug with the default serial number and dealing with a /boot
        partition were fixed in version 3.1.

                SL_enable_serialconsole-3.1-3.noarch.rpm

SL_firefox_parentlock_fix-1.0-10.noarch.rpm

        When a users home area is in AFS space, it is possible for
        firefox, thunderbird, and/or seamonkey to leave a lock file called
        .parentlock when they are closed.  The user is then not able to
        restart their problem until that lock file is removed.
        This puts in a startup script that cleans up that file.

SL_inittab_change-1.0-5.x86_64.rpm

        Changes /etc/inittab to require the root password for
        single user mode.  Not installed by default.

SL_libg2c.a_change-3.2.3-2.noarch.rpm

        Creates a missing symbolic link in the gcc-g77 package from
        /usr/lib/libg2c.a
        to /usr/lib/gcc-lib/$arch-redhat-linux/3.2.3/libg2c.a

SL_no_colorls-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

       Turns off "color" of ls.  Not installed by default.

SL_rpm_show_arch-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

       Adds arch to "rpm -qa" listing.

SL_sendmail_accept-1.0-2.x86_64.rpm

        Changes Sendmail config so that it allows incomming mail.
        Not installed by default.


SL_startkde_afs-1.0-1.i386.rpm

        SL_startkde_afs-1.0-1.i386.rpm

        By default startkde checks to make sure that a users home area has
        at least 25K of disk space.  A bug in the openafs kernel module for
        the enterprise kernel causes single cpu machines to only list 1 K of
        space.  This changes the check to only need 1 K of space.  The check
        to make sure kde can actually write to the users home area is still
        intact.

SL_startgnome_afs-1.1-1.noarch.rpm

        Enables gnome to work better in a afs envirnonment.
        It closes processes left open by gnome after the user has logged out
        since these processes will not be able to touch the users home
        directory anymore.
        It creates lock files in a local temporary directory.  This can
        allow multiple versions of gnome to run, but it prevents AFS corruption.

SL_thunderbird_url_handlers-1-1.noarch.rpm

        Set the URL settings in seamonkey,thunderbird to point to firefox

SL_tweek_pagecache-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
        Modifies the /proc/sys/vm/pagecache settings.  This has been shown
        Changes the values from "1 15 100" to "1 5 15"
        to make the kernel use less memory on desktop systems for buffer cache.
        Not installed by default.


Documentation

        Documentation in /sites/example/build/documentation on how to
        make new "sites" including scripts to create site iso images.

        These are Update 2 versions

        rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
        rhel-isa-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
        rhel-rg-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
        rhel-sag-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
        rhel-sg-en-3-3.noarch.rpm
        rhel-devtools-en-3-1.noarch.rpm
        rhel-cs-en-3-3.noarch.rpm

apt-get

        Yum will do the auto update function by default.

        Note that apt is not multi-arch enabled.  So since this x86_64
        release is multi-arch then apt should not be used.
        Yum is installed by default and apt is not because of the multi-arch
        issue.

        apt-0.5.15cnc6-4.SL.x86_64.rpm
        apt-devel-0.5.15cnc6-4.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       apt-sourceslist-309-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
        apt-autoupdate-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
        apt-firstboot-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
        apt-scripts-1-5.SL.noarch.rpm
        synaptic-0.52-1.x86_64.rpm

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
UPDATED compared to 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
KERNEL

    Latest errata kernel .

    Note the "unsupported" kernel rpms.  These contain modules that
    are not in the "default kernel rpms".

RedHat EULA required changes

        RedHat requires that the following rpms be changed as part of
        their EULA (End User License Agreement)

        anaconda-images
        redhat-artwork
        redhat-logos
        anaconda-help
        indexhtml

        sl-release and redhat-lsb were changed to make S.L. lsb compliant

        sl-release now includes the SL.releasenote
*       sl-release now has the default bookmarks for seamonkey

*               sl-release-3.0.9-7.9.noarch.rpm
*               redhat-lsb-1.3-3.1.SL.309.i386.rpm
*               redhat-lsb-1.3-3.1.SL.309.x86_64.rpm

Http/apache
*
*       Changed the default html web page to contain SL info vs TUV
*
*               httpd-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*               httpd-devel-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*               mod_ssl-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm

mozilla/seamonkey

        We added the i386 version because many plugins are not available
        for 64bit.

*       The default bookmarks are now changed in sl-release, so we are
*       able to use the generic seamonkey rpm's.

Fixes to misc RPMS

        Added "Requires" of coreutils so that it will install during the install

                gstreamer-0.6.0-5f1.x86_64.rpm
                gstreamer-tools-0.6.0-5f1.x86_64.rpm

        Added "Requires" of tetex-afm so that it will be able to print after
        install.  It was missing fonts provided in tetex-afm.

                a2ps-4.13b-28_SL.x86_64.rpm

firstboot-1.1.33-1SL.noarch.rpm

        Removed the additional_cds.py module

findutils-4.1.7-9.2.SL.x86_64.rpm

        Patch to allow building on systems with afs


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Installer modifications
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anaconda (installer)


*        anaconda-9.1.6.20-4.SL.x86_64.rpm
*        anaconda-runtime-9.1.6.20-4.SL.x86_64.rpm

*          Updated to Update 9 code

           Fixed genhdlist bug with no --ignorefile bug # 58
           Reverted back to my patch for rpm on cd ordering.

           Excluded the following RPMS from the "Everything" install

             GFS was excluded as it needs configuration to not complain
             ksh93 is excluded because it has some of the same files as pdksh
             up2date* is excluded as it causes firstboot to not work
               rhn-applet has a dependency on up2date
             *openafs* because it needs configuration and it has kernel modules

           Install kernel*-unsupported by default.  It does not conflict with
           other kernel rpms as it installs into into it's own directory
           Note that it just contains kernel-modules.

           Fixed a bug that RedHat introduced in loader2/method.c which broke
           specifying the install method on the command line.

           Added code to support "site" customizations which include

                Custom installer kernel(needs nptl)
                Custom installer(anaconda) including graphics
                Added RPMS
                ability to select packages to install by default via "comps.xml"
                Modified/replaced RPMS (ability to upgrade or downgrade version)

                see /sites

          Made a "Packages added to SL" group so that you could select
          any of these added RPMS during the install

        anaconda-help-9.1-3.SL.noarch.rpm

          Changed to reflect SL vs redhat.

        Included "generic" installer graphics

          RedHat requires us as part of their "EULA" that we replace
          the images in "anaconda-images" with our own.

          anaconda-images
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Site Info
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/sites/example/
 README   Now just says to read docs in /sites/example/documentation
 build/documentation/
   README         Describes files and directories in /sites/example/
   README.steps   Step by step of what is needed to make a new site
   README.images  Info on how to change the graphics used during the install

 /sites/example/build/scripts/
    transform.sh                Script that does all the steps of
                                README.steps except the original copying
                                of the example tree over to the new site

    make.site.from.release.sh  Script that will take a Enterprise 3 tree
                                and make a site out of it.  Tested with
                                cel3(CERN) and Fermi Linux .  Called by
                                make.new.site.sh

    make.new.site.sh            Script that will take either a Enterprise 3 tree
                                or the example site and make a site out of it.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/contrib/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The packges in this section have been contributed by various people.  They
are presented AS IS and there is no guarantee of them working.  These packages
are NOT supported by us.  They will only get security updates if the
contributor provides them.  If you have questions about them then ask the
contributor.

There are some rules to follow to be able to contribute to this area.   These
rules might adjust some.

1- Contract Troy Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the rpm's that you wish to
contribute.  If Troy doesn't personally know you, be prepared with some some
way to show him that you can be trusted.  He is a nice guy but
he also is very concerned that this contrib section doesn't get abused.

2- The contributed rpm's must be able to go into a standard Scientific
Linux 3.0.1 release without any extra outside rpms.  If extra rpm's are
required, they must be supplied.  All extra rpm's supplied must meet the
same criteria as the main rpm's.

3- For each rpm, the source rpm (src.rpm)  must be provided.

4- For each source rpm, you must provide where you got it.

5- Both rpm's and srpm's must be digitally signed.

6- Rpms must be freely distributable.

We understand this sounds like alot of work, but once you do it once, it
becomes much easier.

RPMS/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/notsupported/RPMS/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Moved over to main tree.  Directory does not exist any more.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/../SRPMS/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/
        Contains the SRPMS for what we added or changed.
/vendor/
  /errata
        SRPMS from vendor for errata.
  /original
        SRPMS from vendor for originally released Enterpise 3 .
/sites/<sites>/SRPMS
        SRPMS for site
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MISC NOTES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Upgrades from prior versions.

        UPDATES are NOT supported for all versions of SL . This is NOT
        something that we changed.  Future releases may support upgrading
        from SL 3.0.1 to future version of SL 3.0.x.

        UPDATES will NOT work from anything except RedHat AS 2.1.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARDWARE SPECIFIC ISSUES
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATI 9600/9700/9800 Video card

  The version of X included here does NOT support these video cards very
  well.  If you have one of these cards then you should do a text install
  and at the "X" screen select "vesa".  This should be enough to get
  installed.  You can either stay with the "vesa" driver or download and
  install the "X" driver from www.ati.com .  See
  http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html
  See http://bugzilla.redhat.com bug id 111948

Nvidia Nforce(motherboard chipset) drivers
  IDE is supported.  NO SUPPORT for ethernet, audio, sata. See
  www.nvidia.com for drivers.  There may be "open" drivers for some
  of these devices.  Use google to find them.  These are NOT included
  here.  Because of this Nvidia based motherboard are NOT recommended.
  There are also issues with apic/acpi that can make the system unstable
  or not boot.

Ethernet devices based on

 "Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yakou Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T
  Adapter" do not work out of the box.  A driver is available from
  http://www.marvell.com

Intel 965 based motherboards
        Intel does not include a PATA(IDE) controller on the 965 chipset.
        Most motherboard vendors are including a PATA(IDE) controller but
        some are not compatible with the 308 kernel.  You can try the
        "all-generic-ide" kernel boot option.  It has worked with some
        pata controllers.

        Some motherboard vendors are using a non intel sata controller
        that is not compatible with the 308 kernel.

        Some motherboard vendors are using a non intel ethernet controller
        that is not compatible with the 308 kernel.

        So research this issue before buying a Intel 965 based
        motherboard.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOFTWARE ISSUES/BUGS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
sgi_fam with tcpwrappers(/etc/hosts.deny)

  Error messages /var/log/secure such as

        Jan 22 12:33:33 systemname xinetd[25122]: FAIL: sgi_fam libwrap
        from=<no address>
        Jan 22 12:33:33 systemname xinetd[3819]: START: sgi_fam pid=25123
        from=<no address>Jan 22 12:33:33 systemname xinetd[25123]: FAIL:
        sgi_fam libwrap from=<no address>

  Only solution so far is to change /etc/hosts.allow to allow sgi_fam
  with

        fam: ALL

  This could be a security risk so you must decide.

redhat-config-packages

  This rpm only installs packages via cdrom.  It is not useful.
  It does NOT work so do NOT try to use it.  Use yum instead.
  It is useful.  It is only included here because rpms have dependencies
  on it and I do not want to change those to remove the dependencies.

/usr/X11R6/lib

 The "final link" to each of the libraries is missing.

   Should be

        libX11.so.6.2 <- libX11.so.6 <- libX11.so

   But is

        libX11.so.6.2 <- libX11.so.6

   Solution is to install Xfree86-devel.  This rpm will make the
   missing links.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Web Site

  http://www.scientificlinux.org

FTP

  ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/309/

Mailing Lists

  [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Development of Scientific Linux
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Users of Scientific Linux supporting
                                      each other
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Announcements concerning Scientific Linux
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Announcements concerning Security Errata

_____________________________________________________________________________
ERRATA included - rebuilt from SRPMS

/errata/SL/RPMS/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*       gimp-1.2.3-20.9.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       gimp-devel-1.2.3-20.9.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       gimp-perl-1.2.3-20.9.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-52.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-doc-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-source-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-52.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-52.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       php-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-devel-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-imap-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-ldap-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-mysql-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-odbc-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       php-pgsql-4.3.2-43.ent.x86_64.rpm
*       yum-conf-309-1.SL.noarch.rpm
*       bind-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-chroot-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-devel-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-libs-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       bind-utils-9.2.4-21.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       cups-1.1.17-13.3.45.x86_64.rpm
*       cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.45.x86_64.rpm
*       cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.45.i386.rpm
*       cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.45.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.15-15.i386.rpm
*       cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.15-15.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-2.3.2-95.50.i686.rpm
*       glibc-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-common-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-debug-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.50.i386.rpm
*       glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-headers-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-profile-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       glibc-utils-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       httpd-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*       httpd-devel-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*       mod_ssl-2.0.46-68.sl3.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-51.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-doc-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-51.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-51.EL-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-module-openafs-2.4.21-51.ELsmp-1.2.13-15.17.SL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-source-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-51.EL.ia32e.rpm
*       kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-51.EL.x86_64.rpm
*       libvorbis-1.0-8.el3.i386.rpm
*       libvorbis-1.0-8.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       libvorbis-devel-1.0-8.el3.x86_64.rpm
*       nptl-devel-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       nscd-2.3.2-95.50.x86_64.rpm
*       openoffice.org-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
*       openoffice.org-i18n-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
*       openoffice.org-libs-1.1.2-40.2.0.EL3.i386.rpm
*       perl-Net-DNS-0.31-4.el3.noarch.rpm
*       qt-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.i386.rpm
*       qt-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-config-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-designer-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-devel-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-MySQL-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-ODBC-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       qt-PostgreSQL-3.1.2-17.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.i386.rpm
*       seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.3.SL3.x86_64.rpm
*       squid-2.5.STABLE3-7.3E.x86_64.rpm
*       star-1.5a08-5.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-afm-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-doc-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-dvips-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-fonts-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-latex-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       tetex-xdvi-1.0.7-67.10.x86_64.rpm
*       vsftpd-1.2.1-3E.14.x86_64.rpm
*       xpdf-2.02-10.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm

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