powdarrmonkey Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 http://svn.debianart.org/themes/spacefun/isolinux/isolinux.png Quick download: multiarch i386/amd64 combined network installer February 6th, 2011 After 24 months of constant development, the Debian Project is proud to present its new stable version 6.0 (code name "Squeeze"). Debian 6.0 is a free operating system, coming for the first time in two flavours. Alongside Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced with this version as a technology preview. Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" introduces technical previews of two new ports to the kernel of the FreeBSD project using the known Debian/GNU userland: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD for the 32-bit PC (kfreebsd-i386) and the 64-bit PC (kfreebsd-amd64). These ports are the first ones ever to be included in a Debian release which are not based on the Linux kernel. The support of common server software is strong and combines the existing features of Linux-based Debian versions with the unique features known from the BSD world. However, for this release these new ports are limited; for example, some advanced desktop features are not yet supported. Another first is the completely free Linux kernel, which no longer contains problematic firmware files. These were split out into separate packages and moved out of the Debian main archive into the non-free area of our archive, which is not enabled by default. In this way Debian users have the possibility of running a completely free operating system, but may still choose to use non-free firmware files if necessary. Firmware files needed during installation may be loaded by the installation system; special CD images and tarballs for USB based installations are available too. More information about this may be found in the Debian Firmware wiki page. Furthermore, Debian 6.0 introduces a dependency based boot system, making system start-up faster and more robust due to parallel execution of boot scripts and correct dependency tracking between them. Various other changes make Debian more suitable for small form factor notebooks, like the introduction of the KDE Plasma Netbook shell. This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as: * KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.4.5 * an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.30 * the Xfce 4.6 desktop environment * LXDE 0.5.0 * X.Org 7.5 * OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 * GIMP 2.6.11 * Iceweasel 3.5.16 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox) * Icedove 3.0.11 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird) * PostgreSQL 8.4.6 * MySQL 5.1.49 * GNU Compiler Collection 4.4.5 * Linux 2.6.32 * Apache 2.2.16 * Samba 3.5.6 * Python 2.6.6, 2.5.5 and 3.1.3 * Perl 5.10.1 * PHP 5.3.3 * Asterisk 1.6.2.9 * Nagios 3.2.3 * Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support) * OpenJDK 6b18 * Tomcat 6.0.18 * more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from nearly 15,000 source packages. Debian 6.0 includes over 10,000 new packages like the browser Chromium, the monitoring solution Icinga, the package management frontend Software Center, the network manager wicd, the Linux container tools lxc and the cluster framework Corosync. Upgrade protip: change your /etc/apt/sources.list to reflect "squeeze" instead of "lenny" and run apt-get update; install the new kernel and boot into it now run apt-get upgrade followed by apt-get dist-upgrade finally, check that chainloading GRUB2 worked and commit to it by running upgrade-from-grub-legacy We also launched a complete site redesign, and achieved our goal of full Installer translation to several languages. And now it's time for bed. 2
dhicks Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support) I don't suppose you know what Linux kernel version the new Debian uses? I suppose there's simply a vmlinuz-2.6.something-xen-686 kernel we can use for both the main physical machine and VMs?
pete Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Also ZFS support in 64bit About ZFS in Squeeze (2) « Robert Millan's blog (no, no dedupe yet).
powdarrmonkey Posted February 7, 2011 Author Posted February 7, 2011 I don't suppose you know what Linux kernel version the new Debian uses? I suppose there's simply a vmlinuz-2.6.something-xen-686 kernel we can use for both the main physical machine and VMs? Do I know? Heh The main kernel is 2.6.32 (package: linux-image-2.6.32-5-*), so you should be able to use linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-*. However, two things to be aware of: 1. in my tests, this kernel panicked on first boot. It's an old box though, so I just purged Xen altogether and haven't investigated further. I didn't do what the release notes say, and install the xen-linux-system-2.6-xen-amd64 package. 2. there is a (disputed) bug with GRUB and Xen, to do with ordering of kernels in the menu. See the release notes (Chapter*5.*Issues to be aware of for squeeze) - summary: non-Xen kernels are given higher priority than Xen kernels in the menu, unless you alter it manually. 1
morganw Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 I take it that there is no squeeze volatile repository? I think I was using this on lenny to use clam-av.
morganw Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 07/02/2011 15:06:40 Error: Starting VM 'UPGRADE' on 'xenserver01' - Using to parse /boot/grub/menu.lst - Traceback (most recent call last): - File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 746, in ? - raise RuntimeError, "Unable to find partition containing kernel" - RuntimeError: Unable to find partition containing kernel Any ideas how to get around this, i'm running everything on xenserver. I guess the chain loading boot loader doesn't play nicely.
powdarrmonkey Posted February 7, 2011 Author Posted February 7, 2011 I take it that there is no squeeze volatile repository? I think I was using this on lenny to use clam-av. Volatile is being absorbed by the main stable release managers, so it will just be part of squeeze-updates. There's an announcement about it somewhere, I'll try and find it. edit: it's VUA76, [VUA 76-1] volatile replaced by new updates suite 1
dhicks Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 in my tests, this kernel panicked on first boot. It's an old box though, so I just purged Xen altogether and haven't investigated further. I didn't do what the release notes say, and install the xen-linux-system-2.6-xen-amd64 package. Was this an upgrade from Lenny? I'd probably aim to do a re-install on to the main OS drive and re-use the Xen virtual machines on the RAID array. I guess there's one way to find out if it works on not...
Guest Guest Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Also ZFS support in 64bit About ZFS in Squeeze (2) « Robert Millan's blog (no, no dedupe yet). Any sort of timescale for this powdarrmonkey? From my experiances I wish every OS would sign up to ZFS, its simplly brilliant. Also I was under the impression Suns licence wasnt compatible with GNU/GPL therefore we could never see ZFS in GNU linux? Is this feature limited to the BSD kernel? Also is this at kernel level or is it through FUSE?
Guest Guest Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Support has also been added for the ext4 and Btrfs filesystems and — on the kFreeBSD architecture — the Zettabyte filesystem (ZFS) Just the BSD kernel then. FreeBSDs kernel, with Debians reposiaries etc, with Solaris's FS - not complaining at all! Shame its only v14 though?
powdarrmonkey Posted February 7, 2011 Author Posted February 7, 2011 Was this an upgrade from Lenny? I'd probably aim to do a re-install on to the main OS drive and re-use the Xen virtual machines on the RAID array. I guess there's one way to find out if it works on not... Yes, and a hurried one at that. I haven't had time to investigate exactly what happened, the box needed to be back up ASAP and the Xen part isn't used at the moment, so I just bunged a vanilla kernel on it. Any sort of timescale for this powdarrmonkey? From my experiances I wish every OS would sign up to ZFS, its simplly brilliant. Also I was under the impression Suns licence wasnt compatible with GNU/GPL therefore we could never see ZFS in GNU linux? Is this feature limited to the BSD kernel? Also is this at kernel level or is it through FUSE? I recall something about Sun changing the license so that it could be integrated, but I don't remember where (try Planet Debian). I might have mistaken it for integration into the kfreebsd installer though. As to timescale, I've no idea. You'll have to ask the kernel folks.
dhicks Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 The main kernel is 2.6.32 (package: linux-image-2.6.32-5-*), so you should be able to use linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-*. Have I got this right: support for power management of SATA harddrives in Linux (i.e. the ability to "spin down" harddrives when not in use) requires ACPI support to be compiled in to the kernel? Am I right in thinking that the above kernel with Xen compiled in doesn't include ACPI support?
dhicks Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Does anyone have any experience of getting Debian (or any other Linux distribution) to recognise a USB ADSL modem? I want to use a Linux box as a router / firewall, but it doesn't have a free PCI slot to fit an ADSL modem (although ti does have a PCI Express slot, if that's any help), so I was going to get a USB ADSL modem instead. Is the Alcatel SpeedTouch the only model / series of USB ADSL modems that have drivers available for Linux? Can I just get any cheap Alcatel SpeedTouch off eBay, or is there a particular model I should aim for?
powdarrmonkey Posted February 10, 2011 Author Posted February 10, 2011 Have I got this right: support for power management of SATA harddrives in Linux (i.e. the ability to "spin down" harddrives when not in use) requires ACPI support to be compiled in to the kernel? Am I right in thinking that the above kernel with Xen compiled in doesn't include ACPI support? Is this #600241? Does anyone have any experience of getting Debian (or any other Linux distribution) to recognise a USB ADSL modem? I want to use a Linux box as a router / firewall, but it doesn't have a free PCI slot to fit an ADSL modem (although ti does have a PCI Express slot, if that's any help), so I was going to get a USB ADSL modem instead. Is the Alcatel SpeedTouch the only model / series of USB ADSL modems that have drivers available for Linux? Can I just get any cheap Alcatel SpeedTouch off eBay, or is there a particular model I should aim for? I use a USB Speedtouch 330 with no trouble at all in Lenny or Squeeze, but it's only ADSL and I had to obtain the binary firmware for it. When the sticks finally get decent broadband, I'm probably going to use a Draytek Vigor 120 - it's the modem part of a consumer modem/router, so it just presents the raw line on PPPoE. You need a network port for it, therefore. 1
dhicks Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Is this #600241? Parts for my new server are on the way, so I guess I'm going to put it all together and find out :-) I use a USB Speedtouch 330 with no trouble at all in Lenny or Squeeze, but it's only ADSL and I had to obtain the binary firmware for it. A Speedtouch 330 was £3 off eBay, so I've just bought one to see if it'll work or not. I'm aiming for an all-in-one ADSL gateway / firewall / filter / etc machine, without having to have yet another self-contained device plugged in. I assume the binary firmware is easy enough to come by? When the sticks finally get decent broadband, I'm probably going to use a Draytek Vigor 120 - it's the modem part of a consumer modem/router, so it just presents the raw line on PPPoE. You need a network port for it, therefore. Ooh, might try one of those, many thanks. Edited February 10, 2011 by dhicks
powdarrmonkey Posted February 10, 2011 Author Posted February 10, 2011 A Speedtouch 330 was £3 off eBay, so I've just bought one to see if it'll work or not. I'm aiming for an all-in-one ADSL gateway / firewall / filter / etc machine, without having to have yet another self-contained device plugged in. I assume the binary firmware is easy enough to come by? Try Linux kernel driver for SpeedTouch USB modems homepage (from our wiki, Speedtouch330 - Debian Wiki) 1
dhicks Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 Try Linux kernel driver for SpeedTouch USB modems homepage (from our wiki, Speedtouch330 - Debian Wiki) Thanks - I actually bought a Draytek Vigor 120 in the end as well, it seemed like the best solution.
apaton Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 I've used the older Draytek Vigor 100/110 ADSL modems at a few sites, never an issue with PPPoE. I'm sure the V120 is just as good. 2
dhicks Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 in my tests, this kernel panicked on first boot. On my new Atom-based home server it just froze on boot - setting the odd=off kernel option solved the issue, if that's any help.
jinnantonnixx Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 (edited) I've just installed Debain Squeeze on my laptop. I tried Debian years ago, but had problems getting things working on my laptop. What a difference a few years make. Out of the box, the wireless works, as does the sound and brightness button controls; the only thing I had to do was add the non-free nvidia driver. In it went, and everything's hunky dory! If you're installing off a live CD, use the wired ethernet rather than the wireless as even though the live CD works with WPA wireless, the installer routine only understands WEP. Once installed though, wireless is fine. If past experiences had put you off Debian, it's all changed now. The reason I tried it is one of my hobbies is computer music. I used Ubuntu but there were problems with the libsynth libraries. These were fixed in the upstream Debian repo, but I found out that they wouldn't make it to Ubuntu until the new release. I patched them in manually, but it was an aggravation for me. Anyway, I've still got Ubuntu and Debian on dual boot, I'll give it a few days before I make the jump and go full Debian but it's looking really good. Edited March 19, 2011 by jinnantonnixx
Guest Guest Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 The reason I tried it is one of my hobbies is computer music. I used Ubuntu but there were problems with the libsynth libraries. These were fixed in the upstream Debian repo, but I found out that they wouldn't make it to Ubuntu until the new release. I patched them in manually, but it was an aggravation for me. . What programs do you use? I've tried linux on occasion but have never found a music program which fully suits my needs and always end up going back to reason.
jinnantonnixx Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Rosegarden for me as I mix midi and audio in one sequencer. Qtractor is superb also. As for synths fluidsynth loaded up with soundfonts is great. Search the repos for ladspa plugins and the world is your whelk.
dhicks Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 When the sticks finally get decent broadband, I'm probably going to use a Draytek Vigor 120 - it's the modem part of a consumer modem/router, so it just presents the raw line on PPPoE. You need a network port for it, therefore. Right: a year later I've finally added another network port to the server and am getting around to setting up a PPPoE connection from Debian Squeeze. So, I have a Draytek Vigor 120 ADSL modem connected to a network port, that network port is then passed directly to a Debian Squeeze virtual machine via PCIBack. The virtual machine sees the network port as eth0 (it also has a bridged network connection provided by Xen which it sees as eth1). I've installed and run pppoeconf, and it scans eth0 for a PPPoE access concentrator but doesn't find one, even though I've checked I've plugged the ADSL line in and the DSL light on the modem is a solid green, not flashing, which would seem to indicate it has an ADSL connection. Anyone any experience with pppoeconf or any ideas?
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