Updated to Centos 4.9 on 6/2011
Date: 2011/06/27
My notes on the upgrade.
Update contain new kernel release: from 2.6.9-78.0.17.EL to 2.6.9-100.EL
0. Intro
Updating the kernel require a bits of extra work due to:
1. We developed our own modules (pmac.o) -> recompile & reinstall pmac.ko for new kernel.
2. Install NVIDIA drivers for twinview support -> installation required after kernel upgrade.
1. Yum update.
# yum update
2. Modify /etc/inittab to not boot into X. (runlevel 3 instead of 5)
Disable loading of pmac.ko module in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Modify /boot/grub/menu.lst to remove entry for smp kernel and check default=0
Reboot. (must kill X to install graphic driver).
3. re-Install the NVIDIA driver (Geforce FX5600)
Download latest driver from www.nvidia.com
version NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.30-pkg1.run, and stored it in
/home/tcs3/public_html/tcs3/computers/linux/1106_nvidia
# cd /home/tcs3/public_html/tcs3/computers/linux/1106_nvidia
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.30-pkg1.run
4. TCS
New kernel require new .ko module -> reinstall tcs3 or module in /home/to/current/.
Restore /etc/rc.d/rc.local to load pmac.ko.
Recompile and test tcs3 main, as tcs3:
> cd to last version
> make realclean
> make
# make main-install
# make client-install
5. final setup
Restore /etc/rc.d/rc.local to load pmac driver
Restore /etc/inittab to boot into X.
yum clean all
reboot
start tcs3