Topic: SME Server 6.5 beta contribs compatibility issues

[guest22]

Please report contribs compatibility issues to the author of the specific contrib directly, and do not log them on contribs.org bugtracker.

( again, a BETA is a BETA and NOT intended for production use! ) Everything you do is at your own risk!

Thank you.

[ngomes]

Hi all,

Just to help, here are the "non-official" SME Server 6.5 Beta1 major changes from the SME Server 6.0-04 development version:

# New RPMS ######################################
+ e-smith-consolesyslog-0.1-1
+ e-smith-mrtg-0.9.2-06sme03
+ e-smith-qconfirm-0.0.1-03sme01
+ fam-2.6.7-6
+ ipsvd-0.9.6-01
+ kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-37.7
+ logwatch-5.2.2-1sme01
+ perl-Authen-SASL-2.06-1
+ perl-libnet-1.18-1
+ perl-Net-Server-0.85-1
+ perl-Storable-1.0.14-15
+ portmap-4.0-41
+ qconfirm-0.13.0-01
+ rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.18

# Updated RPMS (only some major ones) ###############
+ apache-1.3.27-6 (was apache-1.3.27-2)
+ iptables-1.2.8-8.72.3 (was iptables-1.2.5-3)
+ kernel-2.4.20-37.7 (was kernel-2.4.20-18.7)
+ kernel-smp-2.4.20-37.7 (was kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7)
+ maildrop-1.7.0-1.7.3 (was maildrop-1.3.0-1.7.0)
+ mailfront-0.91-8es (was mailfront-0.81-1)
+ mysql-3.23.58-1.73 (was mysql-3.23.56-1.73)
+ perl-5.6.1-36.1.73 (was perl-5.6.1-34.99.6)
+ php-4.1.2-7.3.10 (was php-4.1.2-7.3.6es1)
+ samba-3.0.7-1.2sme01 (was samba-2.2.8a-2cb)
+ SMEServer-6.5-01 (was SMEServer-6.0-04)
+ sortspam-1.1.0-05sme02 (was sortspam-1.0.0-01)
+ spamassassin-3.0.2-1 (was spamassassin-2.53-1)
+ stunnel-3.26-1.7.3es01 (was stunnel-3.22-1es)

# Deprecated RPMS ################################
+ supervise-scripts-3.3-1es1

Sorry if something was left out.

[ngomes]

Hi all again,

It is also very important to look at the following documents:

+ SME Server 6.5 Beta1 Changed RPMS
+ SME Server 6.5 Beta1 Changelog

The SME Server 6.5 Beta1 dev work started back in May 28 2003 accordingly to the changelog.

Again accordingly to the changelog, we all have to give the credits and kudos to (alphabetically):
+ Charlie Brady from http://www.e-smith.com
+ Gordon Rowell from http://www.e-smith.com
+ Greg J. Zartman from http://www.leiinc.com
+ Jay Fenlason from http://www.redhat.com
+ Michael Soulier from http://www.e-smith.com
+ Mark Knox from http://www.e-smith.com
+ Shad Lords from http://lordsfam.net
+ Tony Clayton from http://www.e-smith.com

And of course to:
+ all developers on the Devinfo Mailing List
+ all people that reported bugs on the Bug Reporting and Confirmation Forum
+ all people that help solving bugs on the Bug Tracker
+ all the people from the Contribs.org Staff

Sorry if someone was left out.

[ngomes]

RequestedDeletion,

Can you make this post and others related to SME Server 6.5 Beta1 (like this one http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=25673.0) "STICKY"?

Alternatively you could setup a new forum dedicated to SME Server 6.5 and move these posts to there.

Cheers,

[treyh]

I installed the beta version (i386) in Microsoft virtual pc 2004

Installation went smooth but couldn't ever get the Console to display, but was able to acess the server-manager. It probably didn't display due to lack of ram, but I'll find out tomorrow.

I would have liked to install it on a box at work but I ran out of time today. Will let you know what happens when I install it at work on a PC and on a system with more ram and microsoft virtual pc.

[goudkamp74]

And I've installed it on VMware 5 beta 4 Windows. Installation was smooth, I will let you my findings compared to my production server, 6.01-custom.

Glad to see a new version!

[Tib]

Hello all,

Well I've had an interesting load with the new 6.5 ver.

I decided to do an update to a 6.0.1-01 install wich had the smeupdate script run on it as well as a couple of other addons like egroupware, phpmyadmin, twig not (twiggi) ... twiggi is part of the smeupdate script, openvpn and phpldapadmin are a few I can think off.

this server is in server only mode atm.

The update went well except for good old mysql ... it broke ... with a little stuffing arround and updates I got it going again.

First I updated mysql to 4.0 ... it ran like a dream again ... then i got greedy and decided to update it to 4.1 with smeghead's update script and I broke it again.

But again with a little stuffing around I got it to run ... not fixed properly as it won't come online after a re-boot but if I start it manually it's fine ... I think I've butchered it up a bit as I can't start it with "service mysqld start" I have to use "service mysql start".
Ohh and I had password problems ... I set the password manually but how do you get it back to normal ??

I can access all the features I've tried so far like webmail, egroupware, phpmyadmin, phpldapadmin,twiggi and twig ... they seem to be functioning properly ... haven't tested out openvpn yet but it started up with an OK at startup so I would think it's fine.

Anyway enough testing for one night ... I'll check a few more things out tomorrow and the weekend.

Could someone help me get MySQL back on track please.

Regards,

Tib

[goudkamp74]

Ok, 6.5 is running fine on VMware, had initial virtual network problems but the VMnet profile 1 seems to work just fine, after enabling DHCPc on eth0.

I do miss my kernel 2.4.27 though, too bad 6.5 is still running 2.4.20. Giving bluetooth a go now, keep you posted!

[EnglishRob]

Installed last night on VMware.

Like previous version (6.0) which I'm running, installation was a breeze, I think even my mum could probably install it with a bit of easy guidance!

Took about 5 mins for a full install which I was impressed with.

I haven't played around with it much, my SME 6.0 box is still running ok apart from the domain controller isn't working but I didn't fancy a reinstall and backup of 60GB of data.

My initial impression of 6.5 Beta 1 was a positive one, I think my next step would be installing this on a spare box and see how it works as a domain controller etc.

Rob

[ngomes]

Hi all,

Just to point out some important imformation about SME Server 6.5 Beta1 for all of you to read (sorry RequestedDeletion for the cross-postings 20 minutes ago):

+ Quick Overview the SME Server 6.5 Beta1 Updates by Shad Lords.
+ General Draft Statement of SME Server 6.5 Beta1 by Jeff Coleman.

Thx.

[treyh]

During the installation it doesn't ask for a dns server to use other than the box itself. Was this left out by accident?

[jcoleman]

Hi all,

Just to point out some important imformation about SME Server 6.5 Beta1 for all of you to read (sorry RequestedDeletion for the cross-postings 20 minutes ago):

+ Quick Overview the SME Server 6.5 Beta1 Updates by Shad Lords.
+ General Draft Statement of SME Server 6.5 Beta1 by Jeff Coleman.

Thx.

Thanks for posting this.

I think this is a better example of the changes in SME Server 6.5b1.

http://no.longer.valid/news/article.php?storyid=38

-jeff

[marsa_matruh]

During the installation it doesn't ask for a dns server to use other than the box itself. Was this left out by accident?

Same problem. And I found in changelog :

- [4.15.0-04]
- Remove DNS forwarder configuration page from console.
  [charlieb 9726]

Is it releated?

[treyh]

up that's it

[CharlieBrady]

During the installation it doesn't ask for a dns server to use other than the box itself. Was this left out by accident?

It was removed intentionally. Too many Mitel customers were filling in DNS server addresses and having name resolution issues as a result. The inbuilt DNS server should work just fine. It does for me.