[RHCE] Fedora Core 2-Modules loading problem + Unsuppoted Chipset

[Navneet Choudhary]

Hi,

We have recently installed  Fedora Core 2 on HCL Server with Super Micro X5DPL-8GM motherboard.

System specs:

Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz [HT]
Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter [Dual channel]

36.7 GB  [SEAGATE  Model: ST336607LW] 
512MB RAM ECC [hynix]

NIC:
Intel Corp.|82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
Intel Corp.|82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller 

I have prtially updated this install using up2date
i.e kernel,kernel-utils,iptables,squid,rpm,wget,xinitrc etc.


When i start system with kernel-smp-2.6.5-1.358 or kernel-2.6.5-1.358


Queries:-
1>I am getting following error during startup:
ACPI: S3 and PAE do not like each other for now, S3 disabled.

agpart: Unsupported Intel Chipset (Device id:254c)

Does this means Super Micro M/B is not supported by FC2? 

2>When i boot it with new kernel-2.6.10-1.771_FC2

system shows "usbdevfs not supported by kernel"

Does it means usbdevfs not support new kernel.


3>i can't able to load modules (i.e ip_nat_ftp and ip_conntrack)

When i tried to manually load module:-

[root at matrix root]# /sbin/insmod ip_conntrack
insmod: can't read 'ip_conntrack': No such file or directory
[root at matrix root]#


Slocate finds ip_conntrack and ip_nat_ftp modules

[root at matrix root]# slocate ip_nat_ftp|more
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.771_FC2smp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.771_FC2/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358smp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.ko
/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.358/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_ftp.c



Trying to load all necesary iptables modules during bootup.
Here is my /etc/rc.local file content 

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
                                                                                                                             
touch /var/lock/subsys/local
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
/sbin/insmod ip_tables
/sbin/insmod ip_queue
/sbin/insmod iptable_filter
/sbin/insmod iptable_mangle
/sbin/insmod iptable_nat
/sbin/insmod ipt_state
/sbin/insmod ipt_owner
/sbin/insmod ip_nat_ftp
/sbin/insmod ip_conntrack
/sbin/insmod ip_conntrack_ftp


Currentloaded modules:-
[root at matrix root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_pcm_oss            51317  0
snd_pcm                89925  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              27333  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         13509  1 snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          21185  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    55461  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore              12961  1 snd
autofs4                21829  0
sunrpc                135973  1
e1000                  84757  0
e100                   35905  0
mii                     8641  1 e100
iptable_mangle          6849  1
iptable_nat            27877  1
ipt_owner               7745  2
ipt_state               5953  3
ip_conntrack           45573  2 iptable_nat,ipt_state
iptable_filter          7617  1
ip_tables              21185  5 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,ipt_owner,ipt_state,iptable_filter
floppy                 56913  0
sg                     38881  0
microcode              11489  0
dm_mod                 58181  0
uhci_hcd               33753  0
video                  19653  0
button                 10577  0
battery                13253  0
ac                      8773  0
md5                     8001  1
ipv6                  240225  10
ext3                  121929  4
jbd                    57561  1 ext3
aic79xx               197725  5
sd_mod                 19905  6
scsi_mod              116289  3 sg,aic79xx,sd_mod


Since, i will be using this system for following purposes:

1.Gateway Server
2.Firewall Server
3.Squid Web Cache Server
4.FTP Server (occassional)


Below is my dard disk partion table as per my requirement with explanation:-

#df -h

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3            7.1G  2.2G  4.7G  32% /
/dev/sda1              99M  11M  84M  11% /boot
none                  252M    0  252M  0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2              25G  38M  23G  1% /home
/dev/sda5            2.0G  241M  1.6G  13% /var



/home will be use for Squid Web Caching data and  FTP Data storage.

/var  To store logs for Squid and other applications log analysis.

SafeBox
/    May try installing and using MySQL or Oracle in near future.



Please suggest.

Thanks and regards,
navneet