Hi, I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I''ve downloaded from the CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run: [root@se4 ~]# rpm -iv kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm and it complains back: warning: group builder does not exist - using root warning: user builder does not exist - using root warning: group builder does not exist - using root warning: user builder does not exist - using root warning: group builder does not exist - using root warning: user builder does not exist - using root .... then an rpm -q kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm says: package kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is not installed Anyone know what is going on?? ps. I have tried to install the CentOSplus kernel with xfs and that is completely unstable for me. thanks, Andrew
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Andrew Zahn wrote:> Hi, > > I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I''ve downloaded from the > CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel > with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run: > > [root@se4 ~]# rpm -iv kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm > > and it complains back: > > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > .... > > then an rpm -q kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm says: > package kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is not installedkernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is a file name and not a rpm name> > Anyone know what is going on??But src.rpms are not handled the same as non src.rpm''s. They do not go into the rpm database.> > ps. I have tried to install the CentOSplus kernel with xfs and that is > completely unstable for me.I doubt that what your are attempting to do will make it any better.> > thanks, > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-Connie Sieh
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 02:12:15PM -0600, Andrew Zahn wrote:> Hi, > > I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I''ve downloaded from the > CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel > with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run: > > [root@se4 ~]# rpm -iv kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm > > and it complains back: > > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > .... > > then an rpm -q kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm says: > package kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is not installed > > Anyone know what is going on??Pretty much. .src.rpm is not the kernel source code, it is the source of the kernel rpm package. Yes, it does have the kernel source code in it, but it is not as simple as the old kernel-source package. You will have to check on /usr/src/redhat, which is the .src.rpm files are installed. - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEIwN8pdyWzQ5b5ckRAk6uAKCmGHQ3CWe45zHqeifGpBBNrlX5HgCgm5u+ mH3igShMOBpvzdgHiyBYv6o=I28M -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On 23/03/06, Andrew Zahn <azahn@hep.uchicago.edu> wrote:> > ps. I have tried to install the CentOSplus kernel with xfs and that is > completely unstable for me.You can always use an XFS module (with more up to date XFS code) with the CentOS4.2 kernel - see: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2005-November/000926.html James Pearson
> I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I''ve downloaded from the > CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel > with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run:This is an old kernel. There is a kernel module package for the default kernel with updated XFS support written for centos for this kernel version. I believe the plan was to roll the updated XFS code into the unsupported kernel for -34/ centos 4.3> ps. I have tried to install the CentOSplus kernel with xfs and that is > completely unstable for me.That''s because it''s XFS from 2.6.9, and something that RHEL doesn''t support, so there''s no real worry if one of their patches breaks XFS support. Using the updated centos XFS code will be the least painful, though it''s a promise that it''ll be stable either. -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety'''' Benjamin Franklin 1775
On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:12, Andrew Zahn wrote:> Hi, > > I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I''ve downloaded from the > CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel > with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run: > > [root@se4 ~]# rpm -iv kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm > > and it complains back: > > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using rootthese are just warnings, the src.rpm got installed ok> .... > > then an rpm -q kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm says: > package kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is not installed > > Anyone know what is going on??files just get dumped into /usr/src/redhat/{SPECS,SOURCES}, it does not updated the rpmdb.> ps. I have tried to install the CentOSplus kernel with xfs and that is > completely unstable for me.then give up on this way because recompiling with -22 with enabled xfs is exactly what was done for the -22 centosplus kernel. I''d suggest one of: * wait for the new and improved centosplus kernel with fresh xfs * build an external xfs module (suggested by a previous poster) * use a kernel.org kernel (like maybe 2.6.15.6) either way you go it''s a, in more ways than one, unsupported setup. /Peter> thanks, > Andrew-- ------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Kjellstr?m | E-mail: cap@nsc.liu.se National Supercomputer Centre | Sweden | http://www.nsc.liu.se -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 191 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060324/042f1eb3/attachment.bin
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 14:12 -0600, Andrew Zahn wrote:> Hi, > > I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I''ve downloaded from the > CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel > with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run: > > [root@se4 ~]# rpm -iv kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm > > and it complains back: > > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > .... > > then an rpm -q kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm says: > package kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is not installed > > Anyone know what is going on?? > > ps. I have tried to install the CentOSplus kernel with xfs and that is > completely unstable for me. >Andrew ... for the older kernels, you can get the SGI module here: http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/testing/i386/RPMS/ (look for kernel-module-xfs and the kernel you want) That is much more stable code than is in the 2.6.9 tree and it is installable against the standard kernel. I am waiting for SGI to provide updated code before I build for the 2.6.9-34.EL kernel. When I get that code, I will produce a new and improved XFS for the 4.3 kernel. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060324/53a4a006/attachment.bin
Andrew Zahn spake the following on 3/23/2006 12:12 PM:> Hi, > > I am trying to install the kernel src rpm that I''ve downloaded from the > CentOS ftp, kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm. I hope to compile the kernel > with XFS enabled. However, I have tried to simply run: > > [root@se4 ~]# rpm -iv kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm > > and it complains back: > > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > warning: group builder does not exist - using root > warning: user builder does not exist - using root > .... > > then an rpm -q kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm says: > package kernel-2.6.9-22.EL.src.rpm is not installed > > Anyone know what is going on?? > > ps. I have tried to install the CentOSplus kernel with xfs and that is > completely unstable for me. > > thanks, > AndrewI think the kernel-unsupported in centos plus already has this enabled, along with reiserfs. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don''t!!!!