Warren Togami wrote: > > Mandrake 9.0 beta1 has been released. This is your chance to make sure that > Mandrake 9.0 will work on your hardware. If a few months from now 9.0 final > doesn't work on your computer, it is your fault because you didn't test the > betas and file bug reports specific to your hardware. > > Please subscribe to the Mandrake Cooker mailing list if you decide to join > the beta team. Please also CC me on bug posts and reports so I can confirm > bugs. > > ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake-iso/i586/ > Mirrored at the University of Hawaii at this URL. > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/90beta.php3 > Official announcementinux 9.0 Beta > Given the choice of enjoying the summer in the beautiful south of California > or working on the Mandrake Linux distribution, the twisted MandrakeSoft > developers chose to stick around and present "Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1." > > As with any Beta, this one is probably loaded with nasty bugs which may > cause serious problems on production systems. Betas are only suitable for > installation on test systems -- you've been warned! > > A "feature freeze" will happen soon, so for anyone willing to put down their > bottle of suntan lotion long enough to download & test the new Beta, you > will enjoy: > > New desktops: > > KDE 3.0.2 and GNOME 2.0 with > > a.. new icons on the KDE desktop > b.. new user images > c.. new wallpaper > Tools: > > A new tool has been added to the 'drakxtools' family: The 'Drakbugreport' > client is included with the current beta, and the server version will be > ready for Beta 2. These tools allow users to easily report bugs for the > entire drakxtools family. > > Many tools have been reworked (bugfixes, better ergonomics, added > functionality, etc), such as: > > a.. Diskdrake now supports SMB ACLs > b.. urpmi has been rewritten to perform much faster > c.. Harddrake now uses the same detection engine as DrakX and therefore > supports many more hardware devices > d.. XFdrake has been rewritten to make configuring the X server a snap > e.. DrakXTV now supports a larger selection of TV cards for you couch > potatoes > f.. Draknet has been renamed 'Drakconnect' > > Install: > > The new Beta uses ISOlinux instead of Syslinux (a new way to boot from > CD-ROM). Please test as many different types of CDROM drives as possible and > report any problems. > > Packages: > > Of course you will find the latest & greatest versions of the main packages, > including: > > a.. kernel 2.4.19 RC1 > b.. * > c.. XFree86 4.2, which supports many video cards previously only supported > in 3.3.6 > d.. glibc 2.2.5 > e.. Apache 1.3.26 > f.. Evolution 1.08 > g.. KDE 3.0.2 > h.. GNOME 2.0 > i.. Galeon 1.2.5 > j.. Mozilla 1.0.0 > k.. GCC 3.1.1 > l.. and much more > > Reporting: > > How to report bugs for Beta 9.0? > > We'd appreciate feedback from the largest number of Beta testers, so there > are a number of ways to help make sure Mandrake Linux 9.0 is the best > release ever: > > 1) If you enjoy getting "hands-on" and are quite good with Linux (with > several years of experience), the best bet is for you to subscribe to the > Cooker mailing list so you can directly communicate with the MandrakeSoft > developers. > > 2) If you don't have time to get deeply involved but have a good level of > Linux knowledge, the best bet is to ask for a BugZilla account for posting > bug reports. To obtain a BugZilla account, send an email to > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with "canpostabug" in the body of your > message. Note: you must first create a BugZilla account if you do not have > one yet. > > 3) If you are quite new to this whole Linux/UNIX(TM) thing, you can report > bugs by submitting them to MandrakeExpert -- just cite 'Mandrake Linux 9.0 > beta1' as the product version. > > We'd even appreciate comments & suggestions regarding the text that is > displayed during the graphical installer and in the various Mandrake tools; > so to all of you college graduates -- this is your time to shine. > > We've prepared a few sample screenshots to make sure nobody downloads the > Beta just for the sake of "knowing what it looks like".. leave the bandwith > to REAL men (and women). > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Demo/Mandrake9.0/Beta/ > > Known issues with Beta 1: > > The developers caught up on their sleep last weekend, therefore the > following problems weren't corrected before the Beta was released into the > wild: > > * CDROM access as root does not work properly with supermount > Reason: devfsd does not create the /dev/hdX link as user pam access to > /dev/ide/*/*/*/*/cd to set user ownership makes devfsd create the link. > > * Java support is broken. > Reason: The currently available Java is not compiled with GCC 3.1 and > therefore does not work with our packages. > > * DRI does not work properly with i810 and X doesn't respawn correctly. To > fix this, do not activate 3D acceleration with i810 based systems. > Reason: The kernel module for i810 suffers some problems. > > * CD switching during the installation causes some problems. When a new CD > is requested, clicking the "cancel" button may lead the installation process > into an infinite loop. > > Download: > > There is no point downloading the Beta unless you are ready to spend some > time writing bug reports. Don't blame us if the final version of 9.0 fails > on your PC because you didn't file an early bug report! > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Warren, Good Idea! This is probably the best suggestion you have come up with. I'll try it on one of the boxes I build and see what happens. Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043