2009.0 Errata
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[edit] Introduction
This page contains the Errata for Mandriva Linux 2009. This means it contains information on known problems with Mandriva Linux 2009 and, where available, how to fix, avoid or work around them. You should also see the Release Notes, which contain more general information on the Mandriva Linux 2009 release.
Mandriva Linux 2009 is currently in development. During the development cycle, this Errata page will list problems users have encountered with the beta and Cooker releases. As this release is in development, the usual methods of resolving issues do not apply. Official updates are not issued for beta releases. Issues will be resolved by updates uploaded directly to the Cooker tree, and as new beta releases are made, these issues will be resolved in them. Issues that occurred with earlier beta releases but not with later beta releases will be considered 'resolved'. Where an issue is valid with the latest beta release but not in current Cooker, that issue will not be considered 'resolved' until a new beta is issued, but a note that the issue is fixed in Cooker and a reference to the specific fixed package will be included in the description of the issue.
[edit] Resolved issues
[edit] Windows Mobile 2003 and earlier devices cannot be used, cause kernel oops
Due to a bug in the Linux kernel, Windows Mobile 2003 and earlier devices (which are supported by the ipaq module) failed to work with Mandriva Linux 2009 Alphas 1 and 2. On investigation of the system logs, you would notice a kernel oops at the time the module is loaded and the system attempts to recognize the device. This issue was resolved by the upstream kernel maintainers, and the fix is included in Beta 1.
[edit] System tray applets display badly in KDE 4 in Beta 1
Transparency was not handled correctly for system tray applets in KDE 4 in Beta 1, resulting in a strange appearance for many applets. This issue is fixed since Beta 2.
[edit] Various IMAP handling bugs in Evolution in Beta 1
The version of the GNOME email client, Evolution, included in Beta 1 was quite buggy with handling IMAP accounts. Currently noted bugs include it semi-randomly marking messages as read or unread, and the unread message count for any folder decreasing to 0 as soon as any unread message is opened, even if many other messages remain unread. This issue is resolved with the improved version of Evolution included in Beta 2.
[edit] KDE 4 fails to run if desktop effects are enabled but cannot be handled by the graphics card
See also 
Bug #41897. Up to Beta 1, KDE 4 did not handle the case where desktop effects are enabled but the current combination of graphics card and driver cannot handle them. Instead of gracefully degrading to disabled desktop effects, or offering to disable them, it would try and run and likely fail, giving you an unusable desktop. If you find yourself in this situation, you can log in to another desktop or to a console and run this command (as normal user):
kwriteconfig --file kwinrc --group Compositing --key Enabled false
This issue is resolved since Beta 2 by disabling desktop effects by default.
[edit] Installation issues
[edit] Beta 2 unsuitable for use as an upgrade
Due to some changes made (and later reverted) in the X.org packages, and due to the fact that a migration path from KDE 3 to KDE 4 has not yet been fully implemented, Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2 is not suitable for use (even for testing) as an upgrade from any previous stable Mandriva Linux release. Please do not attempt to upgrade any stable Mandriva Linux installation using Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2; it is very likely that X will be unusable on the resulting installation, and KDE also broken. Please use Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2 only as a clean installation (or in live mode). Of course, please retain an installation of a stable Mandriva Linux release (or any other distribution and operating system) for regular, production use: all pre-releases of Mandriva should only ever be used for testing purposes.
[edit] Beta 2 cannot be installed in VirtualBox
See also Bug #42776. Due to a kernel issue, Beta 2's installer cannot boot in VirtualBox (you will see a kernel oops and the boot will fail). Beta 2 can be installed in VMware; several editions of VMware are available as free (as in beer) downloads. It can also be installed in qemu. You can also install Beta 1 and then update to current Cooker state (equivalent to Beta 2, or later) using urpmi: a regular installed system will boot fine, it is only the installer that fails to boot in VirtualBox.
[edit] Kernel issues
[edit] Hardware issues
[edit] Software issues
[edit] Unfinished Mandriva customizations to KDE 4 appearance in Beta 2
Due to the fast-changing nature of KDE 4 development, the Mandriva Ia Ora theme and various other graphical customizations are not yet entirely applied to KDE 4 in Beta 2. The KDE 4 desktop in the final Mandriva Linux 2009 release will be more polished and the Mandriva customization will be complete.
[edit] No icons on KDE 4 desktop
Unlike KDE 3, there are no icons present on the KDE 4 desktop. This is a policy decision by the KDE developers. Future pre-releases will add some default plasmoids - the flexible mini-applications around which the KDE 4 desktop is designed - that will fulfill the same function as the default desktop icons in KDE 3.
