Table of Contents
- Title and Copyright Information
- Preface
- 1 About Oracle Linux 8
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2
New Features and Changes
- Oracle Linux 8 Software Distribution and Management
- Installation, Boot, and Image Creation
- Red Hat Compatible Kernel
- Cockpit
- Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo Container Tools Included
- Database
- Desktop
- Developer Tools and Compilers
- File Systems and Storage
- Identity Management
- Infrastructure Services
- Networking
- Scripting and Dynamic Programming Languages
- Security
- New systemd Behavior in Oracle Linux 8
- Virtualization
- Web Services
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3
Known Issues
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Installation Issues
- ULN registration wizard not displayed on first boot after an installation
- Syslog Error: Failed to insert module 'ip_tables': Operation not permitted
- Graphics controller requirements for an installation on an Oracle VM VirtualBox guest
- Installation on KVM guest by using iPXE and iSCSI boot results in incorrect IQN name
- Oracle Linux 8 does not recognize SAS controllers on older Oracle Sun hardware
- GPG key file location must be explicitly set when adding repositories
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File System Issues
- ext4: File system corruption occurs when both quota and dioread_nolock options are enabled
- ext4: Frequent or repeated system shutdowns can cause file system corruption
- XFS: Existence of many unlinked tmp files causes file system corruption
- XFS: xfs_repair interprets a slash (/) character in extended attribute name as corruption
- XFS: Incorrect mkfs parameters cause file system corruption
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Kernel Issues
- KVM guests boot with "amd64_edac_mod: Unknown symbol" errors on AMD 64-bit platforms
- Output of modinfo command does not show Retpoline support
- Kdump service fails to start on systems with Secure Boot enabled
- Kdump runs out of memory when attempting to mount /sysroot on FC disks that use the Logical Volume Manager
- aarch64 only: Kdump tools fail to create vmcore.dmesg.txt on X-Gene 3 and ThunderX2 platforms
- aarch64 only: netconsole kernel module does not work with some devices
- aarch64 only: Kernel panic might occur during a kexec boot on X-Gene 3 platform
- Networking Issues
- Restarting firewalld service results in SSH connection timeout
- /var/run/rhnsd.pid file not readable after starting Spacewalk daemon
- Error: "mcelog service does not support this processor"
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Podman Issues
- Executing podman attach --latest causes panic if no containers are available
- Requirements for using the default podman detach key sequence
- Authentication error displayed when attempting to pull an image and not specifying its correct name
- Non-root user cannot export a running container as a tar archive when container is created by same non-root user
- Oracle Container Registry unable to service requests to search catalog
- SELinux: "Class bpf not defined in policy" and "Class xdp_socket not defined in policy" errors occur during a boot
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Installation Issues
- 4 Comparing Yum Version 3 With DNF
- 5 Package Changes from the Upstream Release