01-23-2013, 07:48 AM
First, I want to say thank you to whoever authored the tutorial on building a headless Ubuntu 12.04.1 server here:
http://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=linux_server_howto
That was almost exactly what I wanted to do (I would have preferred CentOS but I can suffer through Ubuntu).
I followed it and everything worked perfectly. I started out previously with a regular Ubuntu Desktop install (headless) but wrangling X and the default compiz install was a royal pain. A lot of bloat.
I now have a question about updating the Ubuntu Server installation. I understand that updating the Linux kernel will require me to reinstall the Catalyst drivers. Are there other 'hazards' associated with pulling apt-get updates? I thought I read on here somewhere that you should not use the newer Linux kernels; I wasn't clear on whether that was talking about beta stuff or newer production kernels. I use this particular machine for nothing other than hashcat experimentation and I currently only have AMD GPUs. It is connected to my network but the only traffic flowing to the Internet is whatever Ubuntu is doing autonomously.
I guess I'd like to confirm/learn the following:
1. Will updating the Ubuntu kernel require me to do anything special other than simply re-running the Catalyst install script?
2. Are there any package updates I should NEVER install or update? Or can I simply do an apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade and let it roll?
I'm just trying to avoid doing something that is irreversible or would require a lot of effort to undo. I'm happy to NOT update anything if that is the best option.
Thanks.
http://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=linux_server_howto
That was almost exactly what I wanted to do (I would have preferred CentOS but I can suffer through Ubuntu).
I followed it and everything worked perfectly. I started out previously with a regular Ubuntu Desktop install (headless) but wrangling X and the default compiz install was a royal pain. A lot of bloat.
I now have a question about updating the Ubuntu Server installation. I understand that updating the Linux kernel will require me to reinstall the Catalyst drivers. Are there other 'hazards' associated with pulling apt-get updates? I thought I read on here somewhere that you should not use the newer Linux kernels; I wasn't clear on whether that was talking about beta stuff or newer production kernels. I use this particular machine for nothing other than hashcat experimentation and I currently only have AMD GPUs. It is connected to my network but the only traffic flowing to the Internet is whatever Ubuntu is doing autonomously.
I guess I'd like to confirm/learn the following:
1. Will updating the Ubuntu kernel require me to do anything special other than simply re-running the Catalyst install script?
2. Are there any package updates I should NEVER install or update? Or can I simply do an apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade and let it roll?
I'm just trying to avoid doing something that is irreversible or would require a lot of effort to undo. I'm happy to NOT update anything if that is the best option.
Thanks.