ClearFoundation

Tim Burgess wrote:
UPDATE: Ok 2.6.32.21-166.timb3 will be available on the clearfoundation servers at next sync up (about 12hours)

In the meanwhile you can grab it from ftp://starlane.gotdns.org/kernel/

This has XFS, Reiser FS and JFS re-enabled

Sorry man I installed xsfprogs from epel and no-no still no support for XFS on my end.

I'll try and compile my own kernel too un rust my kernelism.

Hmmm, I looked futher and it appears again that XFS, JFS and REISERFS are all disabled by the RHEL options in the config build process, presumably becuase they don't want to support it...i'll amend them again and re build it. Should do it this time!

Hi Tim,

Great work on bringing this to everyone. I unfortunately have a MultiWAN setup and on trying this the firewall fails to start which is a shame as the load on the server seemed to be a lot lower.

This is the error in system log

cc-firewall: Error: /etc/rc.d/firewall.lua:3656: Unable to commit: mangle: Unknown error 4294967295.
firewall: Running firewall panic mode...

If you do manage to get a new kernel which attempts to sort this then I'll happily try it out but understand that without a MultiWAN setup yourself this might be tricky.

If it's too much hassle then don't worry. The default kernel isn't giving me any grief and ClearOS 6 should bring a much newer kernel with it.

Hi! thanks for trying it out

I am a little nearer to the problem than I was once before...the issue is to do with the renaming of the iptables modules between kernels - in particular connmark which is used for the protocol filter (which is also broken ). I have attempted to upgrade iptables but this breaks the ClearOS firewall further...unfortunately without patching of the firewall module I don't think i'll have a solution, we'll have to wait for 6.0

Out of interest it appears RHEL6 uses a hybrid mix of 2.6.34 features and previous kernels depending on their stability and relevance to the server market
press.redhat.com/2010/05/05/red-hat-ente...rview-and-genealogy/

On the plus side, it appears multiwan *may* work if you have the protocol filter disabled...are you using it? on my VM it will at least get a working firewall config instead of entering panic mode

Hi Tim,

I don't have the protocol filter running. I do have a lot of rules, the Firewall module takes an age to fire up because of it. I am on 5.1 rather than 5.2 as I've customised so much I don't believe an upgrade would work out all that well.

Anyway no worries Tim. Can wait until 6.0 as the default kernel runs fine. Was more interested in power savings and making it more responsive however it's not that bad. I have a dual core Xeon so reasonably powerful for a home server but probably sucking lots of electricity as well.

Kind of need a new server soon, space is running out on the current one and I don't have enough separate storage to backup what I have incase an upgrade goes bad / need to do a clean install. Will be easier to pay with stuff then as well.

Hi,
not sure if this belongs in the thread or the tvheadend one but I shall start here and move on.
I have a setup that has 1 sat card, and one usb tv stick.

After a clean clearos install, and the quick addition of tvheadend only the sat card was being set up by the system.

So I wanted to get the usb tv stick working and it was suggested to upgrade the kernel, so I did this to the most recent one, using this walkthrough..

Now the usb stick is working but the sat card is not getting set up by the system.

lspci shows the card is recognised

05:0a.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)

but dmesg doesn't mention the card at all..

I'm a bit lost as to what to do next, any help would be greatly appreciated.

regards,
Si

Hi Tim,

Great release... Can you tell me if it is possible to compile iptables to include the time option ? Then outgoing timed firewall rules for all ports would work 100%

Thanks

Hi Nick,

Thanks for the info... Do you know anyone who can compile iptables for the time option ?

Thanks

Sorry. Tim is the main person compiling his own kernel here. I haven't a clue how to even start.