
Chapter 9.
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Package And Driver Changes
The list of included packages and system drivers undergoes regular changes in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux releases. This is done for a number of reasons: packages and drivers are added or updated in
the operating system to provide new functionality, or the packages and drivers may represent out-of-
date hardware and are removed. The upstream project for the packages and drivers might no longer
be maintained, or hardware-specific packages and drivers are no longer supported by a hardware
vendor and are removed.
This chapter lists the new and updated packages and drivers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as well as
those that have been deprecated and discontinued (removed).
9.1. System Configuration Tools Changes
system-config-bind
The system-config-bind tool has been deprecated and removed without replacement. Editing the name
server configuration manually via the named.conf file is recommended in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6. Comprehensive BIND documentation is installed as part of the bind package in /usr/share/doc/
bind-x.y.z. Also, sample configurations can be found in the /usr/share/doc/bind-x.y.z/
sample directory. The system-config-bind tool from previous versions does, however, generate
standard BIND configuration, so depending on your environment it is possible to migrate to the version
of BIND found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 by moving old configuration files to the correct location
and performing sufficient testing.
system-config-boot
The system-config-boot tool allowed graphical configuration of the GRUB bootloader. In Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6 it has been deprecated and removed without replacement. The default
GRUB configuration is sufficient for many users, however if manual changes are required, the boot
configuration can be accessed and changed in the grub.conf file, located in the /boot/grub
directory. Full documentation for configuring GRUB can be found at the GRUB homepage: http://
www.gnu.org/software/grub/.
system-config-cluster
The system-config-cluster tool has been deprecated and removed without replacement. Using ricci
and luci (from the Conga project) is recommended.
system-config-display
The system-config-display tool has been replaced by XRandr configuration tools as found in both
supported desktops: GNOME and KDE. There is no explicit configuration file (xorg.conf) in the
default X server installation as display management is now done dynamically via one of the following
menu options:
GNOME: System -> Preferences -> Display
KDE: System Settings -> Computer Administration -> Display
Note: The command line utility (xrandr) can be also used for display configuration. See the xrandr
--help command or the manual page via the man xrandr command for further details.
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