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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Errata for earlier Mandriva Linux releases 3 Testing Candidate Updates 4 Installing Updates 5 Resolved Issues 5.1 GDB 5.2 Jabber server SSL support broken 5.3 Gnuplot fails to render graphical plots 5.4 Alacarte does not work 5.5 Ical fails to run 5.6 Webmin does not work correctly 5.7 opensc does not work with Oberthur smart cards 5.8 dbus system socket incorrectly named 5.9 Audacity menu issue with French localization 5.10 Cannot run rpmdrake (Install, Remove & Update Software) from system menus 5.11 Mandriva Update crashes when installing updates when urpmi.recover is in use 5.12 Package media configuration tool fails to run if urpmi.cfg does not exist 5.13 Problems with non-English languages in rpmdrake 5.14 Various problems with updates using rpmdrake in MandrivaUpdate mode 5.15 drakbackup archiver configuration not respected 5.16 Cannot re-block ports with drakfirewall 5.17 Scanning functionality of HP multi-function devices not detected 5.18 Clamav complains of being outdated 5.19 Powermanga does not start 5.20 Incomplete dependencies for Tomboy on x86-64 architecture 5.21 SD cards not automounted in some systems 5.22 Beagle fails to index Evolution email 5.23 Jmicron JMB363 IDE controller not supported 5.24 Samba access control by user group does not work 5.25 Poor support for Windows 95 / 98 / ME and OS/2 shares in the cifs filesystem provided by Samba 5.26 SWAT dies on login 5.27 Cannot create zip archives from KDE 5.28 3D accelerated applications crash on Intel i965g video chipset 5.29 OpenOffice.org not associated with some Microsoft Works file types 5.30 nmap does not work as root 5.31 OpenOffice.org Writer not included on Discovery menus 5.32 dkms-lirc package does not work (lirc_parallel module fails to build) on multi-processor systems 5.33 Issues with Bluetooth (PIN code not requested) 5.34 perl-SOAP-lite (SOAP::Lite) module causes crash if loaded with perl-UNIVERSAL-require (UNIVERSAL::require) module 5.35 wvstreams cannot be installed 5.36 Tripwire hangs while generating keys 5.37 Help button in Mandriva software management tools leads to broken link 5.38 GNOME terminal gets bigger and bigger when switching tabs 5.39 Methane cannot be installed 5.40 autofs cannot be used with LDAP 5.41 File names with spaces are not correctly saved in the GIMP 5.42 Romanian keyboard mapping does not work 5.43 squidGuard files deleted on package update 5.44 lsb-qt4 package cannot be installed 5.45 Cannot install packages from Club-exclusive repositories 5.46 System freezes with a kernel oops error when USB devices are disconnected 5.47 GTK+ applications crash with invalid theme 5.48 Home and Desktop entries in GTK+ file chooser sometimes disappear 5.49 HP 5300C and 5370C scanners not working 5.50 Floppy drive appears as multiple drives on the system 5.51 Spamassassin database not created if auto-whitelist feature enabled 5.52 SiS video driver fails to work 5.53 Screen blanks while playing a video with 3D desktop enabled 5.54 perl-DBD-mysql does not close active statement handles correctly 5.55 X crashes after display resolution is changed when VESA driver is in use 5.56 dhcp-server does not reply to requests on x86-64 architecture 5.57 Reboot fails due to vt-is-utf8 crashing 5.58 DNS lookups not functional in postfix 5.59 hdf5 cannot be installed 5.60 Running 3D accelerated applications crashes the graphical desktop with certain graphics chipsets 5.61 Invalid file names on discs and images created with mkisofs / cdrecord when using non-ASCII characters 5.62 Soya fails to install 5.63 SSL support broken in Courier mail server 5.64 Outdated version of Celestia in x86-64 Mandriva Linux 5.65 gnump3d does not start 5.66 fvwm menu and icon issues 5.67 trilinos cannot be installed on x86-64 architecture 5.68 flightgear cannot be launched from system menu 5.69 Gnash plugin causes browser crashes 5.70 Amphetamine menu entry missing 5.71 Nexuiz out of date 5.72 Possible crashes in VDR 5.73 Privacy issue in tor 5.74 Exaile 'Open Media' menu item does not work 5.75 gsambad cannot be launched from system menu 5.76 ivman unusable 5.77 Apache does not launch if horde-kronolith is installed 5.78 PAM authentication does not work with courier-imap mail server 5.79 'Relaxing' theme for GDM login manager unusable 5.80 Crossfire map editor (crossedit) not synchronized with other packages 5.81 nip2 package cannot be installed 5.82 kguitar package cannot be installed 5.83 ogre packages cannot be installed 5.84 devil packages cannot be installed 5.85 Abuse does not work on x86-64 architecture 5.86 Abuse broken menu entry 5.87 Problems configuring PPPoE connection 5.88 sylpheed-claws cannot be installed on x86-64 architecture 5.89 Bibus cannot be installed or run 5.90 gweled does not run 5.91 monodevelop creates incorrect configure scripts 5.92 ksensors segfaults when displaying hard disk temperatures 5.93 zsnes crashes on startup 5.94 checkinstall libraries incorrectly located on x86-64 architecture 5.95 kiki cannot be installed on x86-64 architecture 5.96 esvn does not used stored username and password when connecting to server 5.97 Ktorrent corrupts files larger than 4GB 5.98 KXDocker does not run correctly due to outdated resource files 5.99 OilWar does not launch from system menus 5.100 GMusicBrowser cannot be installed 5.101 dvdstyler cannot be installed 5.102 gdis cannot be installed 5.103 gretl cannot be installed 5.104 ayttm cannot be installed 5.105 gwget cannot be installed 5.106 pccts cannot be installed with antlr 5.107 Sirius cannot be installed 5.108 KGuitar cannot be installed 5.109 Missing data in vym 5.110 gphpedit cannot be installed due to missing library 6 Installation 6.1 Installer crashes if xpat2 package is selected 6.2 Installer cannot run on ASUS A7V600-X, Dell Inspiron 1501 6.3 Installer does not see hard disk on Dell Optiplex sx280 and Optiplex gx100 6.4 Cannot configure network interface during install 6.5 Updating to Mandriva Linux 2007 x86-64 via urpmi 6.6 FTP installation fails due to paths with double slashes 6.7 no urpmi.cfg after HD install 7 Kernel 7.1 System sometimes hangs during boot with USB devices connected 7.2 kernel-enterprise incompatible with ACPI suspend 7.3 XFS filesystem issues 7.4 Slow internet response (particularly web browsing) 7.5 Issue with networking/firewire on Zepto/Compal models including Znote 6515WD 7.6 IPv6 connections do not work correctly 7.7 Sound always plays through speakers on Zepto / Compal Znote 6515WD 7.8 ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. 7.9 PC Card devices not found 7.10 Broadcom wireless network devices not working / unstable 7.11 Some laptops (VAIO VGN-FS115B, Asus W6A) run slowly on AC power 8 Hardware support 8.1 Incorrect display resolution on machines with Intel graphics chipsets: XFdrake cannot install 915resolution package 8.2 Issues with proprietary ATI video driver and 3D acceleration / 3D desktop 8.3 Issues with Bluetooth discoverability 8.4 LUKS-encrypted removable media not correctly recognized on connection in GNOME 8.5 DRI not enabled on VIA Unichrome video cards using the openchrome driver 9 Rescue 9.1 Restore Windows Boot Loader is broken 10 System startup 10.1 Potential issues with the link detection in network drivers 11 Software issues 11.1 Kiosk and Online services issue 11.2 Switching network profiles causes many services not to start 11.3 LinDVD 11.4 Internet connection sharing does not work (squid) 11.5 Internet connection sharing does not work (bind missing) 11.6 Truetype fonts not correctly imported with drakfont 11.7 drakfont sometimes crashes when removing fonts 11.8 drakfont cannot import Windows (TM) fonts from partitions mounted via FUSE (e.g. ntfs-3g) 11.9 drakbackup does not exclude all critical files when instructed to (passwd, group, shadow) 11.10 drakbackup fails when no change has been made to backed up files 11.11 drakconnect and drakroam request firmware installation when using ndiswrapper 11.12 Wireless connection does not work when using WEP keys 11.13 Banshee may not start on some systems 11.14 UTF8 issue when reinstalling and keeping a previous /home that was not in UTF8 11.15 Webmin does not support squid 11.16 Some X-based applications do not launch when run over VNC connections 11.17 rpm incorrectly detects binary packages as source packages 11.18 rpm fails (segmentation fault) attempting to install some third party packages 11.19 Foobillard crashes on startup 11.20 Sound-related errors and / or no sound plays in SDL-based applications 11.21 xfig freezes as soon as a tool is used 11.22 Keyboard indicator status incorrect when switching X session 11.23 GNOME power manager applet does not work correctly following suspend / resume cycle 11.24 Xine plugin to access files directly from SMB / CIFS (Windows) shares does not work 11.25 Some k3b functions do not work (normalization) 11.26 Skencil fails to work correctly with text 11.27 Various ncurses-based applications will not run on x86-64 architecture: iptraf, htop, iftop, jnettop, mcabbr 11.28 VBESTATESAVE and VBEPOST options in /etc/sysconfig/suspend do not work 11.29 Balazar does not work 11.30 ctags fails to work if TMPDIR variable is unset 11.31 Stopmotion crashes with certain TV cards (Brooktree bt848 / bt878) 11.32 Multimedia keys cannot be used (setkeycodes cannot handle keycodes higher than 128) 11.33 Transcriber cannot be installed 11.34 Unison crashes attempting to sync 12 3D-accelerated desktop (AIGLX, Xgl) 12.1 3D-accelerated desktop not starting under GNOME 12.2 3D-accelerated desktop and video playback 12.3 3D-accelerated desktop and some Java/Swing applications 12.4 AIGLX and repeat logins 12.5 Xgl and multiple user logins 12.6 3D-accelerated desktop and KDE shortcuts 12.7 Slow login when using Xgl 12.8 Other 3D-accelerated software (including games) cannot be run when Xgl is in use 13 Server issues 13.1 LDAP configuration wizard inverts 'Name' and 'First Name' settings 13.2 LDAP configuration wizard generates invalid directory tree and administrator settings 13.3 LDAP configuration wizard generates erroneous configuration file (Groups OU) 13.4 DNS server configuration wizard does not generate a working configuration 13.5 MySQL: binary logging enabled by default 13.6 Amavis fails to scan some messages with error lstat() failed

[edit] Introduction

This page contains the Errata for Mandriva Linux 2007. This means it contains information on known problems with Mandriva Linux 2007 and, where available, how to fix, avoid or work around them. You should also see the Release Notes , which contains more general information on the Mandriva Linux 2007 release.

[edit] Errata for earlier Mandriva Linux releases

Other errata pages are also available for older versions:

• Releases/Mandriva/2006/Errata
• Releases/Mandriva/LE2005/Errata

[edit] Testing Candidate Updates

When an issue in Mandriva Linux 2007 is identified, the maintainer of the package concerned may build a package he believes will fix the bug, and upload it to a certain Mandriva software repository named /main/testing which is dedicated to testing potential fixes for such issues. This package can then be tested by users affected by the issue and by the Mandriva quality assurance team. If this testing determines that the package resolves the issue and does not cause any new ones, the package will be issued as an official update which will be provided to all Mandriva Linux 2007 users via MandrivaUpdate.

If you are affected by an issue for which a candidate update package is available and you would like to help test the candidate package, you may configure your system so the Mandriva package management tools will recognize the /main/testing repository as a source of installable packages. For instructions on how to do this, please see installing and removing software (advanced use: backports and candidate updates).

There is also a /contrib/testing repository which performs the same function for packages in the /contrib section (although please note that we do not guarantee issues with /contrib packages will be fixed, the maintainers of each package may choose whether to issue updates at their own discretion). Configuring this repository is covered on the same page.

[edit] Installing Updates

Updates for packages in the /main section of Mandriva Linux can be installed using Mandriva Update. You can run Mandriva Update from the Mandriva Control Center by navigating to the Software Management tab and clicking on the link labelled "Look at available updates and apply any fixes or upgrades to installed packages".

Updates for packages in the /contrib section of Mandriva Linux will not show up through the Mandriva Update interface. To install updates for /contrib packages, refer to the sections "Making more packages available" and "Installing and removing software: rpmdrake & Mandriva Control Center" on this page.

[edit] Resolved Issues

This section contains issues previously listed elsewhere on this page that have now been resolved by official updates.

[edit] GDB

See also update advisory MDKSA-2006:197. Developers may experience restrictions when trying to replace an executable after a gdb session. If a executable has been accessed through gdb, a 'cp' operation will fail with an 'insufficient access' error. The workaround is to remove the faulty executable, then copy or move the new version to its previous place. An updated kernel, 2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 3rd, 2006 that resolves this issue (among others). Use rpmdrake to fetch and install this updated kernel.

[edit] Jabber server SSL support broken

See also Bug #26940 and update advisory MDKA-2006:047. Support for SSL encryption in the jabber package (which provides the standard server for the Jabber instant messaging protocol) was broken in Mandriva Linux 2007. An updated set of jabber packages, 1.4.4-11mdv2007.0, were released through the official update channels on November 7th, 2006 that resolve this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install these updates.

[edit] Gnuplot fails to render graphical plots

See also Bug #25014 and update advisory MDKA-2006:048. An error in gnuplot causes it to fail with a segmentation fault whenever the user attempts to produce a graphical plot via the default 'x11' term. An updated gnuplot package, gnuplot-4.0.0-11.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 9th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Alacarte does not work

See also Bug #25389 and update advisory MDKA-2006:049. Alacarte, the GNOME menu editor, contains a bug which causes it not to work correctly in Mandriva. The program will run and seem to function correctly, but adding new menu entries and modifying / deleting existing ones will not work. Updated alacarte and desktop-common-data packages, alacarte-0.10.0-4.2mdv2007.0 and desktop-common-data-2007-19.1mdv2007.0, were released through the official update channels on November 9th, 2006 that resolve this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install these updates.

[edit] Ical fails to run

See also Bug #27006 and update advisory MDKA-2006:050. The Ical package in Mandriva Linux 2007 fails to run due to old code that does not work with current versions of TCL, one of the libraries it uses. An updated ical package, ical-2.3.2-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 10th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Webmin does not work correctly

See also Bug #26668 and update advisory MDKA-2006:051. A patch that was applied to webmin 1.290 to give support for Mandriva 2007.0 causes it to ignore all the existing webmin config-mandrake-linux files. This prevents most modules (network config, mysql, etc) from working. An updated webmin package, webmin-1.290-4.2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 13th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] opensc does not work with Oberthur smart cards

See also Bug #26630 and update advisory MDKA-2006:052. The version of opensc shipped in Mandriva Linux 2007, 0.11.1, fails to work with Oberthur smart cards, which worked with previous versions of opensc. A fix for this problem was provided by the opensc authors but was not ready in time for Mandriva Linux 2007. An updated opensc package, opensc-0.11.1-2.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 13th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] dbus system socket incorrectly named

See also Bug #27160 and update advisory MDKA-2006:053. The system socket in the version of the dbus system message bus provided with Mandriva Linux 2007 is incorrectly named /var/run/dbus/system_dbus_socket. The correct name is /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket. This does not cause any problems with official Mandriva Linux 2007 packages, but may cause problems for third party packages or for users who compile recent versions of applications that rely on dbus. As renaming the socket would be too potentially dangerous to other packages, we have instead decided to fix this issue by setting the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable to point to the incorrect /var/run/dbus/system_dbus_socket location. Applications should then respect this variable and correctly locate the socket. An updated dbus package, dbus-0.92-8.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 24th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Audacity menu issue with French localization

See also Bug #27004 and update advisory MDKA-2006:054. If you have your system set to the French locale, menu items which contained accented characters do not show up in the Audacity sound editor. This is because the French translation file was not in the correct character encoding. An updated audacity package, audacity-1.3.0-14.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Cannot run rpmdrake (Install, Remove & Update Software) from system menus

See also Bug #26383 and update advisory MDKA-2006:055. An error in the menu entry for rpmdrake, the software installation and removal tool, means that it cannot be run from the system menus in Mandriva Linux 2007. Clicking on the menu entry gives the error "Impossible to run unknown 'Install' program". A workaround is to launch the application from the Mandriva Control Center instead. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.19-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Mandriva Update crashes when installing updates when urpmi.recover is in use

See also Bug #26742 and update advisory MDKA-2006:055. An error in the rpmdrake package can cause Mandriva Update (which is in fact a special case of the rpmdrake application) to crash on systems where the urpmi.recover rollback system introduced in Mandriva Linux 2007 is in use. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.19-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Package media configuration tool fails to run if urpmi.cfg does not exist

See also Bug #27336 and update advisory MDKA-2006:055. In Mandriva Linux 2007, drakrpm-edit-media, the graphical tool for configuring package media (the repositories from which rpmdrake and urpmi retrieve and install packages), contained a bug which caused it to abort on startup if the file /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg does not exist. This behaviour is incorrect as the tool is fully capable of creating this file from scratch. A workaround is to define a single media with the command line urpmi.addmedia tool before using drakrpm-edit-media. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.19-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Problems with non-English languages in rpmdrake

See also Bug #18629, Bug #25130 and Bug #26099 and update advisory MDKA-2006:055. Problems in rpmdrake's support for UTF-8 text encoding can cause it to print error messages containing garbage characters on systems using non-English languages, especially languages which use character sets substantially different from English (for example, Chinese or Hebrew). A separate bug - Bug #26099 - could cause rpmdrake to crash when it encountered errors in UTF-8 encoded text in package metadata. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.19-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Various problems with updates using rpmdrake in MandrivaUpdate mode

See also Bug #25271, Bug #26135 and Bug #27268 and update advisory MDKA-2006:055. Many users noted several problems with MandrivaUpdate (which is actually just a 'special' version of rpmdrake) in Mandriva Linux 2007. In contrast to previous versions of MandrivaUpdate, there is no 'select all' checkbox, which makes selecting all the updates available a repetitive and tiresome task. When only one update was available, it could not be selected - but the same update could be selected and installed correctly if other updates were also available. Finally, the 'all updates' filter was broken and did not show all available security, bugfix and normal updates.

Possible workarounds for these problems include using old_rpmdrake, available from contrib, which is the previous generation of rpmdrake as used in Mandriva Linux 2006, or using the command line urpmi command. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.19-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] drakbackup archiver configuration not respected

See also Bug #26705 and update advisory MDKA-2006:056. A bug in the drakbackup backup tool shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 caused it not to respect the user's choice of archiver - whatever the user chose, drakbackup would still attempt to use star. An updated drakxtools package, drakxtools-10.4.81-2.2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Cannot re-block ports with drakfirewall

See also Bug #27295 and update advisory MDKA-2006:056. A bug in the drakfirewall firewall configuration wizard means that once you open a port via drakfirewall, you cannot close it again with drakfirewall. Although the wizard appears to complete correctly, the port is not closed, and running the wizard again will show it still open. The workaround for this problem is to correct the /etc/shorewall/rules.drakx file directly. An updated drakxtools package, drakxtools-10.4.81-2.2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Scanning functionality of HP multi-function devices not detected

See also Bug #26567 and update advisory MDKA-2006:056. A bug in Mandriva Linux 2007 means that the scanning feature of all HP multifunction devices is not recognized: the printing function of the device will work correctly, but scannerdrake cannot configure the scanning function. A workaround is to manually install the sane, xsane and libsane-hpaio1 packages. An updated drakxtools package, drakxtools-10.4.81-2.2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Clamav complains of being outdated

See also Bug #27373 and update advisory MDKA-2006:057. Users have reported that since an upstream update to clamav - 0.88.6 - was released, the clamav included in Mandriva Linux 2007 - 0.88.5 - has been issuing warnings about being out of date. Despite the fact that there are no actual known security issues with clamav 0.88.5, we will provide 0.88.6 as an update to suppress these messages. An updated clamav package, clamav-0.88.6-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on December 1st, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Powermanga does not start

See also Bug #23612 and update advisory MDKA-2006:058. The package for the game Powermanga included in Mandriva Linux 2007 was missing some files, which caused the game to fail to start. An updated powermanga package, powermanga-0.80-2.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on December 8th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Incomplete dependencies for Tomboy on x86-64 architecture

See also Bug #26399 and update advisory MDKA-2006:063. The tomboy package included in Mandriva Linux 2007 was built at a time when a bug in the build system prevented correct calculation of package dependencies. This resulted in the dependencies for the x86-64 variant of the package being incorrect, which means that when you install tomboy on x86-64 via urpmi or rpmdrake, some other necessary packages will not be installed. If you do not install them manually, tomboy will consequently fail to run. The workaround for this issue is to manually install the mono, gnome-sharp2 and gmime-sharp packages. An updated tomboy package, tomboy-0.4.1-2.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on December 13th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] SD cards not automounted in some systems

See also Bug #26915 and update advisory MDKA-2006:065. In systems with an SD card reader supported by the sdhci module, a bug in Mandriva Linux 2007 can cause SD cards not to be automatically mounted (made available to the user) on insertion. An updated hal package, hal-0.5.7.1-9.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on December 14th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. Please note that the advisory's statement that this update fixes the issue with auto-mounting of LUKS-encrypted devices is not correct: a full fix for this issue also requires an update to udev, which has not yet happened.

[edit] Beagle fails to index Evolution email

See also Bug #26939 and update advisory MDKA-2006:066. The beagle-evolution package, when installed, should allow the Beagle desktop search system to index all email stored by Evolution. However, an error in the evolution-sharp package causes this to fail. An updated evolution-sharp package, evolution-sharp-0.11.1-4.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on December 14th, 2006 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Jmicron JMB363 IDE controller not supported

See also Bug #27068 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:002. A Jmicron JMB363 IDE controller is often used on Intel 965 chipset-based Core 2 Duo motherboards. There are no drivers for this controller in kernel 2.6.17, as shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007. Consequently, there is no support for IDE devices on any motherboard using this controller. In many cases this will mean the product cannot be installed from CD / DVD, as optical drives are often IDE-based. On some motherboards, this issue can be worked around by setting the IDE controller to AHCI mode in the system BIOS. Please see your motherboard manual for more details on this.

Another possible workaround is to set the kernel parameter all-generic-ide. For information on how to set kernel parameters during installation and then for future booting, see the Installation and Kernel sections above.

An updated kernel package, kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 2nd, 2007 that resolves this issue by including a backported driver for this chipset. Kernel updates are not installed automatically by MandrivaUpdate on Mandriva Linux. If you are experiencing this problem but managed to install the distribution (for instance by using an SATA optical drive, or the alternative hard disk or network installation methods), you can install the updated kernel by running the software installation tool, rpmdrake, and searching for 'kernel'.

[edit] Samba access control by user group does not work

See also Bug #27395 and update advisory MDKA-2007:001. An administrator should be able to allow access to a share to a group of users by entering +<group_name> as a value for the 'valid users' directive for an entry in /etc/samba/smb.conf, like so:

valid users = +users

However, in the version of Samba shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007.0, this does not work. An updated set of samba packages, samba-3.0.23d-2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Poor support for Windows 95 / 98 / ME and OS/2 shares in the cifs filesystem provided by Samba

See also Bug #25325 and update advisory MDKA-2007:001. Samba provides the cifs filesystem driver which allows a CIFS (sometimes known as SMB) share to be mounted on the local filesystem. The alternative smbfs implementation of this system, provided by the kernel, is deprecated in recent times and use of cifs is encouraged instead. Mandriva Linux 2007 shipped with Samba 3.0.23b. The cifs support in this version of Samba has several issues that were fixed in later releases, including issues which rendered its support for shares provided by Windows 9x and OS/2 machines more or less unusable. An updated set of samba packages, samba-3.0.23d-2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] SWAT dies on login

See also Bug #26122 and update advisory MDKA-2007:001. The SWAT administration tool for Samba dies on login in Mandriva Linux 2007.0 due to an error in the configuration of PAM authentication for Samba. The problem can be manually fixed by editing the file /etc/pam.d/samba as follows:

Replace:

#%PAM-1.0
auth       required     pam_nologin.so
auth       include      service=system-auth
account    include      service=system-auth
session    include      service=system-auth

With:

#%PAM-1.0
auth       include      system-auth
account       required pam_nologin.so
account    include      system-auth
session    include      system-auth

An updated set of samba packages, samba-3.0.23d-2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Cannot create zip archives from KDE

See also Bug #26306 and update advisory MDKA-2007:002. A bug in the kdeutils-ark package made it is impossible to create a zip format archive using KDE's built-in method (so from Konqueror, or from ark directly, or any other method that relies on ark) in Mandriva Linux 2007. An updated set of kdeutils packages, kdeutils-3.5.4-7.2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] 3D accelerated applications crash on Intel i965g video chipset

See also Bug #26082 and update advisory MDKA-2007:004. Some users reported problems using 3D acceleration on Intel i965g video chipsets with Mandriva Linux 2007. Applications would segfault instead of running correctly, including glxinfo. An updated set of mesa packages, 6.5-18.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 9th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] OpenOffice.org not associated with some Microsoft Works file types

See also Bug #27616 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:006. The OpenOffice.org office suite is capable of opening Microsoft Works files, but the OpenOffice.org shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 was not associated with all these file types (so double-clicking on one of these files would not open it in OpenOffice.org, as it should). An updated set of openoffice.org packages, openoffice.org-2.0.4-2.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 10th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] nmap does not work as root

See also Bug #27152 and update advisory MDKA-2007:005. The version of nmap shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 was built against the system copies of the libpcap and libdnet libraries. However, nmap actually requires changes to be made to these libraries which have not yet been made to the upstream versions, and consequently should be compiled against its own built-in copies of these libraries. This problem causes nmap not to work as the root user: it would simply freeze up. An updated nmap package, nmap-4.11-2.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 11th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] OpenOffice.org Writer not included on Discovery menus

See also Bug #27084 and update advisory MDKA-2007:006. When using the Discovery menus - the simplified menu layout used by default in Mandriva Linux Discovery and also available via the Mandriva Control Center on other editions - OpenOffice.org Writer does not appear in the Office category. An updated desktop-common-data package, desktop-common-data-2007-20.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 11th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] dkms-lirc package does not work (lirc_parallel module fails to build) on multi-processor systems

See also Bug #26764 and update advisory MDKA-2007:007. The dkms-lirc package included in Mandriva Linux 2007 does not work on multi-processor systems. Some missing files cause the lirc_parallel module to fail to build. This issue will be fixed with an official update. Please note that working lirc modules are already present in all Mandriva kernels, and also kernel-multimedia and kernel-tmb, making it unusual for anyone to need the dkms-lirc package. You should only use it if you are attempting to install a stock upstream kernel, or some other third party kernel that lacks lirc modules. An updated dkms-lirc package, dkms-lirc-0.8.1-0.20060722.4.2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 11th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Issues with Bluetooth (PIN code not requested)

See also Bug #24359 and update advisory MDKA-2007:008. Mandriva Linux 2007 includes the latest version (3.2) of bluez, the Linux Bluetooth support layer. This changed caused problems with the system for running an application to ask for PIN codes when pairing or authenticating with another bluetooth device, rendering this operation difficult. An updated bluez-utils package, bluez-utils-3.4-4.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 11th, 2007 that resolves this issue by ensuring the PIN code will be requested when necessary. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. You may still experience your system not being discoverable by other bluetooth devices: refer to Issues with Bluetooth discoverability, below, for a workaround for this problem.

[edit] perl-SOAP-lite (SOAP::Lite) module causes crash if loaded with perl-UNIVERSAL-require (UNIVERSAL::require) module

See also Bug #27906 and update advisory MDKA-2007:009. The package for the SOAP::Lite perl module shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 (named perl-SOAP-lite according to Mandriva naming conventions) makes use of auto-generated methods whose name clashes with methods exported by the UNIVERSAL::require module. As a consequence, using the two modules simultaneously will result in an immediate program crash. An updated perl-soap-lite package, perl-SOAP-Lite-0.69-2.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 15th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] wvstreams cannot be installed

See also Bug #28200 and update advisory MDKA-2007:010. The package of the wvstreams library released with Mandriva Linux 2007 was built against version 0.9.7 of openssl. However, the version of openssl included in Mandriva Linux 2007 was 0.9.8. It is consequently impossible to install wvstreams (specifically, the package libwvstreams3.74) cleanly. There is no known workaround for this issue. An updated libwvstreams3.74 package, libwvstreams3.74-3.74.0-7.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 15th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Tripwire hangs while generating keys

See also Bug #26504 and update advisory MDKA-2007:011. The version of Tripwire shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 hangs indefinitely when attempting to generate keys during the setup process, apparently due to the use of standard compiler optimizations. An updated tripwire package, tripwire-2.4.0.1-4.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 16th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Help button in Mandriva software management tools leads to broken link

See also Bug #27037 and update advisory MDKA-2007:014. Due to changes in the structure of the documentation, the Help buttons of the Software Management tools led to broken links. An updated mandriva-doc-common package, mandriva-doc-common-2007-1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on January 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] GNOME terminal gets bigger and bigger when switching tabs

See also Bug #26385 and update advisory MDKA-2007:016. Some users have encountered a bug in the gnome-terminal package provided with Mandriva Linux 2007 which causes the terminal to grow larger each time the user switches tabs, eventually becoming so big it consumes or exceeds the size of the screen. There is no known workaround for this issue besides continually resizing the window manually. An updated gnome-terminal package, gnome-terminal-2.16.1-1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on February 26th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Methane cannot be installed

See also Bug #26708 and update advisory MDKA-2007:021. A bug in the package for methane, a game, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 meant that the package could not be installed, complaining that it conflicted with itself. An updated methane package, methane-1.4.6-8.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on March 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] autofs cannot be used with LDAP

See also Bug #28113 and update advisory MDKA-2007:023. A bug in the package for autofs, an auto-mounting system, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 made it impossible to use with the LDAP authentication system. An updated autofs package, autofs-5.0.1-0.rc3.1.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on March 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] File names with spaces are not correctly saved in the GIMP

See also {{bug|26975 and update advisory MDKA-2007:024. A bug in the package for the GIMP, a graphics editing tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 meant that when you attempt to save a file with a name that includes a space, the string %20 will be inserted into the file name instead of the space. An updated gimp package, gimp-2.3.10-6.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on April 10th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Romanian keyboard mapping does not work

See also Bug #26480 and update advisory MDKA-2007:025. An error in the Romanian keyboard mapping file makes it impossible to use the Romanian keyboard layout with Mandriva Linux 2007. An updated x11-data-xkbdata package, x11-data-xkbdata-1.0.1-6.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on April 12th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. This update also adds tifinagh layouts which were missing in the initial release of the package.

[edit] squidGuard files deleted on package update

See also Bug #30486 and update advisory MDKA-2007:029.1. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 for squidGuard, a filter plugin for Squid, contained a bug which would cause files from the package to be deleted when the package was updated (for instance, when upgrading from an older release of Mandriva Linux). An updated squidGuard package, squidGuard-1.2.0-12.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on April 30th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] lsb-qt4 package cannot be installed

See also Bug #30306 and update advisory MDKA-2007:030. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 for lsb-qt4, which brings QT4 into compliance with the LSB specifications, contained an error in its dependencies which meant it could not be installed. The following error message would be displayed on attempting to install the package:

lsb-qt4-3.1-7.1mdv2007.0.x86_64 (due to unsatisfied libqtopengl4[>= 4.1.1])

An updated lsb-qt4 package, lsb-qt4-3.1-7.2mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on May 2nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Cannot install packages from Club-exclusive repositories

See also Bug #30374 and update advisory MDKA-2007:035. After setting up the Club-exclusive package repositories by following the instructions on the Mandriva Club site, you may find that you cannot install any packages from these repositories. This is due to an incompatibility between the Club download server and the curl download application used by default. An updated curl package, curl-7.15.5-2.1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on May 10th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] System freezes with a kernel oops error when USB devices are disconnected

See also Bug #30454 and update advisory MDKA-2007:036. The kernel included with Mandriva Linux 2007 contains a bug which can cause the system to freeze when USB devices are disconnected. A kernel 'oops' error may be displayed or found in the system logs after rebooting. An updated kernel package, kernel-2.6.17.14mdv-1-1mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on May 10th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use rpmdrake to fetch and install this update. Please note that kernel updates will not appear in the 'All updates' filter list: you must use the 'All' filter to find kernel updates. If the kernel-source or kernel-source-stripped packages are installed on your system, you must also update these to match the updated kernel.

[edit] GTK+ applications crash with invalid theme

See also Bug #27013 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:039. There is a bug in the GTK+ libraries shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 which causes GTK+-based applications (which includes all the Mandriva Linux configuration tools, for example) to crash (instead of falling back to the default theme) when an invalid icon theme is selected. This most commonly happens when the user selects a custom icon theme in KDE which has no GTK+ equivalent. The workaround is to select a KDE icon theme which does not cause this problem - for instance, Crystal SVG. An updated gtk+2.0 set of packages, gtk+2.0-2.10.3-5.3mdv2007.0, was released through the official update channels on February 7th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Home and Desktop entries in GTK+ file chooser sometimes disappear

See also Bug #26644 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:039. There is a bug in the GTK+ libraries shipped with Mandriva Linux 2007 which results in the Home and Desktop entries in the file chooser sometimes disappearing. The GTK+ file chooser is displayed whenever an GTK+ application - such as all GNOME applications, the Mandriva configuration tools, GIMP etc