Releases/Mandriva/2007.1/Errata

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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 kerberos utilities do not work 5.2 SSH does not work with protocol version 1 (and other 3des / OpenSSL-related issues) 5.3 squidGuard files deleted on package update 5.4 Warning message about IPv6 startup displayed when IPv6 is disabled 5.5 "Operation not permitted" warnings displayed during verbose startup and when restarting resolvconf service 5.6 X applications display in black and white 5.7 System freezes with a kernel oops error when USB devices are disconnected 5.8 Shutdown message always displayed in English 5.9 GNOME panel crashes when Cancel button is clicked in Launch Command dialog box 5.10 drakstats crashes when sending statistics 5.11 rfbdrake crashes when attempting to display errors 5.12 X crashes after modification of root window settings 5.13 Double clicking an ISO disc image in GNOME does not offer to write it to disc 5.14 DKMS drivers (NVIDIA, ATI) fail to work with kernel-tmb 5.15 pidentd cannot be installed 5.16 who and users do not show users logged in via GDM and KDM 5.17 digikam documentation missing 5.18 rpmdrake does not display list of packages which must be installed = 5.19 rpmdrake searches through all available packages even when a filter option is set 5.20 rpmdrake --merge-all-rpmnew does not work 5.21 Incorrect package names shown in MandrivaUpdate 5.22 Package list not updated when switching between two subsections with the same name in rpmdrake 5.23 rpmdrake crashes when selecting a package with a malformed summary 5.24 rpmdrake causes the system to freeze when using the GNOME desktop with xterm installed 5.25 MandrivaUpdate ignores skip.list (selecting packages it should not select) 5.26 Mandriva account password written to system log by Mandriva Online when using the Club repository 5.27 k3b cannot find sox 5.28 Cannot access rsh server due to incorrect PAM configuration 5.29 Excessive memory consumption caused by rpc.mountd when running an NFS server 5.30 Suspend / resume does not work on Elonex M5A 5.31 Various packages (e.g. libmtp5-devel) cannot be installed due to libusb problem 5.32 GTK+ file chooser window flickers in some window managers 5.33 Errors in OpenAL development package 5.34 rdesktop crashes when accessing a Windows Server machine if color depth is 16 bit 5.35 Reboot fails due to vt-is-utf8 crashing 5.36 Multimedia keys cannot be used (setkeycodes cannot handle keycodes higher than 128) 5.37 Software installer gives false errors about being unable to read packages from disc 5.38 drakroam erroneously sets wireless mode to Master 5.39 Mandriva Samba sharing configuration tool incorrectly disallows share names that are partially identical 5.40 Mandriva Samba and NFS sharing configuration tools not translated 5.41 mc does not display correctly in non-English languages 5.42 mc file transfers via fish protocol result in corrupted files 5.43 Initialization problems in nfs-utils 5.44 mkdosfs cannot check bad blocks when creating filesystems larger than 2GB in size 5.45 SSL support missing from irssi 5.46 Some printers requiring external firmware downloads cannot be configured 5.47 Network printers not detected by printer configuration tool 5.48 gphpedit cannot be installed due to missing library 5.49 Run-time configuration changes for top not correctly stored 5.50 checkinstall libraries incorrectly located on x86-64 architecture 5.51 python-pg cannot be installed 5.52 virt-manager does not run due to missing dependencies 5.53 python-twisted-words is unusable 5.54 kiki cannot be installed on x86-64 architecture 5.55 Hydrogen cannot be installed 5.56 gnusound is named %{title} in system menus 5.57 esvn cannot retrieve information from server 5.58 Abuse cannot be launched from system menus 5.59 freemind will only use jamvm, does not work on i586 architecture 5.60 KXDocker does not run correctly due to outdated resource files 5.61 PenguinTV does not work 5.62 OilWar does not launch from system menus 5.63 OBConf does not work 5.64 GMusicBrowser cannot be installed 5.65 Twinkle cannot be installed 5.66 Pmw is installed to the wrong location 5.67 Cannot load projects in avidemux 5.68 qjackctl MIDI support not available 5.69 Sirius cannot be installed 5.70 gdis cannot be installed 5.71 gretl cannot be installed 5.72 ayttm cannot be installed 5.73 gwget cannot be installed 5.74 KGuitar cannot be installed 5.75 Missing data in vym 5.76 gimp-dbp (batch processor) plugin does not appear in GIMP following installation 5.77 seq24 cannot be installed 5.78 Openmovieeditor cannot be installed 5.79 scim-uim cannot be installed 5.80 ircd-hybrid cannot be installed 5.81 libdbmusic and kmusicdb cannot be installed 6 Installation 6.1 Keyboard and mouse do not respond on Dell machines 6.2 Incorrect theme used for install boot screen in Powerpack+ x86-32 edition 6.3 Java packages not included in Discovery, Free and Powerpack editions 6.4 locate not included in Free and Powerpack editions 7 Boot 7.1 'Help' screen at boot does not display correctly 8 Kernel 8.1 kernel-enterprise incompatible with ACPI suspend 8.2 XFS filesystem issues 8.3 Slow internet response (particularly web browsing) 8.4 Issue with networking/firewire on Zepto/Compal models including Znote 6515WD 8.5 IPv6 connections do not work correctly 8.6 Sound always plays through speakers on Zepto / Compal Znote 6515WD 8.7 ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. 8.8 PC Card devices not found 8.9 Broadcom wireless network devices not working / unstable 8.10 Some laptops (VAIO VGN-FS115B, Asus W6A) run slowly on AC power 8.11 SATA disks not recognized on MSI K9A Platinum motherboard 9 Hardware issues 9.1 NVIDIA / ATI: 3D acceleration lost, display degrades in quality or fails to work entirely after kernel updates 9.2 3D acceleration not correctly activated on Intel graphics chipsets on x86-64 versions 9.3 Writing to floppy disks is very slow 9.4 No display on certain laptops with Nvidia graphics chipsets (Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503, Dell Inspiron 8100, 8200) 9.5 IBM and Toshiba laptop special keys do not work 9.6 Problems with reconfiguring network printers 9.7 Graphical desktop does not start correctly: black screen is displayed 9.8 Some Pinnacle PCTV 310i cards do not work 10 Software issues 10.1 Invalid signature errors when installing packages 10.2 drakfont cannot import Windows (TM) fonts from partitions mounted via FUSE (e.g. ntfs-3g) 10.3 Cannot install certain packages (those listed in /etc/urpmi/skip.list) with rpmdrake 10.4 Cannot use synthesis.hdlist.cz file in same directory as packages with urpmi.addmedia 10.5 Cannot add urpmi media from removable devices 10.6 urpmi parallel mode does not work correctly 10.7 urpmi sometimes fails when installing many packages at once 10.8 Krita crashes when saving a file in PNG format 10.9 Ktorrent corrupts files larger than 4GB 10.10 O3spaces does not work correctly on Powerpack+ i586 10.11 UTF-8 issue when reinstalling and keeping a previous /home that was not in UTF-8 10.12 Video players crash when trying to play high resolution videos (using Intel graphics adapters) 10.13 Cervisia does not work correctly 10.14 Totem browser plugin fails to play files 10.15 Blender hangs with console message Launching 0 threads 10.16 Cannot watch TV properly with kdetv 10.17 NVIDIA or ATI video driver stops working after a kernel update 10.18 Some k3b functions do not work (normalization) 10.19 No sound with WengoPhone 10.20 Graphics card configuration tool reports no 3D acceleration with NVIDIA graphics cards 10.21 Skencil fails to work correctly with text 10.22 Skencil does not run on x86-64 architecture 10.23 Stopmotion crashes with certain TV cards (Brooktree bt848 / bt878) 10.24 Unison fails to run 10.25 dvdstyler translated text items not visible 10.26 tinyerp-client fails to launch 10.27 Packaged Azureus fails to work 11 3D-accelerated desktop (AIGLX, Xgl) 11.1 3D-accelerated desktop not starting under GNOME 11.2 3D-accelerated desktop and video playback 11.3 3D-accelerated desktop and some Java/Swing applications 11.4 Xgl and multiple user logins 11.5 Beryl and screensavers 12 Issues when updating from a previous release 12.1 NVIDIA 3D acceleration not working 12.2 Broken pam configuration (commands such as su not working) 12.3 Removable drives are no longer made available when connected 12.4 Monitor powers off when viewing video with Totem 13 Server Issues 13.1 Amavis fails to connect to ClamAV 13.2 Amavis fails to scan some messages with error lstat() failed 13.3 Cannot connect to dovecot IMAP server

[edit] Introduction

This page contains the Errata for Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. This means it contains information on known problems with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring and, where available, how to fix, avoid or work around them. You should also see the Release Notes, which contain information on changes in behaviour from previous releases and new features.

[edit] Errata for earlier Mandriva Linux releases

Other errata pages are also available for older versions:

• Releases/Mandriva/2007/Errata
• Releases/Mandriva/2006/Errata
• Releases/Mandriva/LE2005/Errata

[edit] Testing Candidate Updates

When an issue in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 Spring 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, /non-free and /contrib sections 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". Unless you disable it, you will also be notified of updates by the Mandriva Online update notification system, which displays an icon in the system tray to notify you whether updates are available.

[edit] Resolved Issues

This section contains issues that have been resolved by official updates.

[edit] kerberos utilities do not work

See also Bug #30349 and update advisory MDKA-2007:026. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for krb5, the kerberos authentication protocol and supporting libraries and utilities, contained a compilation error which caused the kerberos utilities to look for modules in the wrong location (and consequently not to work correctly). An updated set of krb5 packages, 1.5.2-6.2mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on April 21st, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install these updates.

[edit] SSH does not work with protocol version 1 (and other 3des / OpenSSL-related issues)

See also update advisory MDKA-2007:027. The packages included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for openssl, a secure communications and encryption toolkit, contained a problem with the 3des cipher. Among other issues, this causes SSH connections via protocol version 1 to fail. An updated set of openssl packages, 0.9.8e-2.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on April 24th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install these updates.

[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 Spring 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-1.2.0-13.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on April 30th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Warning message about IPv6 startup displayed when IPv6 is disabled

See also Bug #30561 and update advisory MDKA-2007:031. If IPv6 has been disabled by the user, the Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring startup process may display a warning that IPv6 cannot be loaded. This warning has no consequences and may safely be ignored. An updated initscripts package, initscripts-8.51-6.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 2nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. This update also prevents the boot process from waiting several seconds for no reason when no network link is available.

[edit] "Operation not permitted" warnings displayed during verbose startup and when restarting resolvconf service

See also Bug #30561 and update advisory MDKA-2007:031. When the resolvconf service is started (either during boot or manually), the following warnings are printed:

error: "Operation not permitted" reading key "net.ipv6.route.flush"
error: "Operation not permitted" reading key "net.ipv4.route.flush"
error: "Invalid argument" reading key "fs.binfmt_misc.register"

These warnings have no consequences and may safely be ignored. An updated initscripts package, initscripts-8.51-6.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 2nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. This update also prevents the boot process from waiting several seconds for no reason when no network link is available.

[edit] X applications display in black and white

See also Bug #30514 and update advisory MDKA-2007:032. The package for xinitrc, which contains X initialization scripts, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contained a bug which would cause basic X applications like xfig to display in black and white. An updated xinitrc package, xinitrc-2.4.19-2mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 9th, 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 Spring 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-1-1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 10th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. Please note that kernel updates are not pre-selected in MandrivaUpdate like other updates: you must select them manually. You must reboot after installing this update. If you use the NVIDIA or ATI proprietary graphics card drivers on your system (or any other driver that is packaged separately from the kernel, for instance the gspca USB video camera driver), please ensure you also upgrade the kernel-source-stripped or kernel-source package, or the hardware will fail to work when you restart the system.

[edit] Shutdown message always displayed in English

See also Bug #27663 and update advisory MDKA-2007:037. The initialization scripts included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contain a bug meaning that the message displayed over the graphical shutdown screen (Shutting down the system...) is always in English, even on systems where the configuration means it should be in another language. An updated initscripts package, initscripts-8.51-6.2mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 10th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] GNOME panel crashes when Cancel button is clicked in Launch Command dialog box

See also Bug #29433 and update advisory MDKA-2007:039. The gnome-panel package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which may cause the panel to crash if the user clicks the Cancel button in the Launch Command dialog box (which is accessed from the system menu or by the alt-F2 key combination) in some situations. An updated gnome-panel package, gnome-panel-2.18.1-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 14th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] drakstats crashes when sending statistics

See also Bug #29649 and update advisory MDKA-2007:043. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for drakstats, a tool for tracking package installation statistics on Mandriva machines, contains a bug causing it to crash when you attempt to upload the compiled statistics to the server. An updated drakstats package, drakstats-0.12-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] rfbdrake crashes when attempting to display errors

See also Bug #30939 and update advisory MDKA-2007:044. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for rfbdrake, a wizard for configuring remote desktop features, contained a bug which would cause it to crash in any situation where it attempted to display an error message. An updated rfbdrake package, rfbdrake-1.3-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] X crashes after modification of root window settings

See also Bug #30332 and update advisory MDKA-2007:048. The X.org server included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which can cause it to crash if the user sets the root window to be an image and then later attempts to return to the default settings. Updated x11-server packages, x11-server-1.2.0-9.1mdv2007.1, were released through the official update channels on May 23rd, 2007 that resolve this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install these updates.

[edit] Double clicking an ISO disc image in GNOME does not offer to write it to disc

See also Bug #30833 and update advisory MDKA-2007:050. In Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, double clicking on an ISO disc image file in the GNOME desktop environment opens the file in the file-roller archive management application, allowing you to browse it. It is more likely that a user double clicking on a disc image file wishes to write it to disc than to browse its contents. An updated shared-mime-info package, shared-mime-info-0.21-2.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on May 24th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] DKMS drivers (NVIDIA, ATI) fail to work with kernel-tmb

See also Bug #29744 and update advisory MDKA-2007:054. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for DKMS, a dynamic module compilation system, contains a bug which causes hardware drivers packaged outside the main kernel using the DKMS system - including the NVIDIA and ATI proprietary graphics card drivers among others - to fail to work when using versions of the alternate kernel-tmb kernel from the /contrib/backports repository (and any other kernel based on upstream kernel 2.6.21 or higher). An updated dkms package, dkms-2.0.16-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 14th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] pidentd cannot be installed

See also Bug #29661 and update advisory MDKA-2007:056. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for pidentd, an ident server, contained a bug which caused it to be impossible to install. On attempting to install the package, an error message would be displayed to the effect that the package pm-helper[*] was required but could not be installed. An updated pidentd package, pidentd-3.0.19-5.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 14th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] who and users do not show users logged in via GDM and KDM

See also Bug #28129 and update advisory MDKA-2007:057. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for xinitrc, which contains graphical session initialization scripts, contains a bug which causes the who and users commands not to list users who are logged in via the KDM or GDM login managers. This issue can be fixed by removing lines calling sessreg from the files /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole and /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole. An updated xinitrc package, xinitrc-2.4.19-2.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 14th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] digikam documentation missing

See also Bug #22767 and update advisory MDKA-2007:058. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for digikam, a KDE photo management application, is missing the documentation subpackages required for the Handbook entry on the Help menu to work correctly. An updated digikam set of packages, digikam-0.9.1-6.2mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 14th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] rpmdrake does not display list of packages which must be installed =

See also Bug #29839 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which means that when you select a package for installation that requires other packages to be installed, a message will be displayed that says "To satisfy dependencies, the following package(s) also need to be installed:", but no list of dependencies will actually be shown. The dependencies can be seen by clicking "More Info". An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] rpmdrake searches through all available packages even when a filter option is set

See also Bug #29708 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which means that searching for a package always searches through the full set of available packages even when a search filter - such as "All updates" or "Mandriva choices" - is selected. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] rpmdrake --merge-all-rpmnew does not work

See also Bug #29993 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which means that running rpmdrake with the --merge-all-rpmnew parameter (which uses rpmdrake to help you merge changes in updated configuration files) does not work, returning the following error:

Searching .rpmnew and .rpmsave files...
Can't call method "traverse" on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Rpmdrake/rpmnew.pm line 187.

An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Incorrect package names shown in MandrivaUpdate

See also Bug #28970 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug in the MandrivaUpdate update installation component. When a package name cannot be correctly parsed, the name of the previous package in the list will be displayed again instead. This does not affect the functionality of the application: the correct packages will be installed. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Package list not updated when switching between two subsections with the same name in rpmdrake

See also Bug #30421 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which means that when you switch between two subsections with the same name - for instance, System / Settings / Other and Development / Other - the list of packages is not updated (in the example, the packages from the System / Settings / Other group will continue to be displayed, instead of the packages from Development / Other). An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] rpmdrake crashes when selecting a package with a malformed summary

See also Bug #30409 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring would crash if a package with a malformed summary in the Unicode text encoding system was selected. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] rpmdrake causes the system to freeze when using the GNOME desktop with xterm installed

See also Bug #30867 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring can trigger a bug in resize (part of the xterm package) which can cause the system to freeze up when rpmdrake is run in certain circumstances when the GNOME desktop is being used and the xterm terminal is installed. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] MandrivaUpdate ignores skip.list (selecting packages it should not select)

See also Bug #31092 and update advisory MDKA-2007:062. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug can cause it to ignore the /etc/urpmi/skip.list file, thus pre-selecting for update packages which it should not pre-select. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.68-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Mandriva account password written to system log by Mandriva Online when using the Club repository

See also Bug #30854 and update advisory MDKA-2007:063. The Mandriva Online update monitoring tool included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring writes the password for the user's Mandriva account to the system logs if the Club Commercial repository is configured. This is insecure. An updated mdkonline package, mdkonline-2.17-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] k3b cannot find sox

See also Bug #29784 and update advisory MDKA-2007:064. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for k3b, a CD / DVD writing application, contained a bug which caused it to be unable to find the sox tool even when it was correctly installed and available. An updated k3b package, k3b-1.0-3.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 20th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Cannot access rsh server due to incorrect PAM configuration

See also Bug #30710 and update advisory MDKA-2007:067. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for rsh, a remote access server, contained incorrect configuration files for the PAM authentication system which prevented clients from accessing an rsh server running on Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. An updated set of rsh packages, rsh-0.17-16.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 25th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Excessive memory consumption caused by rpc.mountd when running an NFS server

See also Bug #31295 and update advisory MDKA-2007:068. The libblkid library contained in the lib{64}ext2fs2 package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a memory leak. This can cause the rpc.mountd process on a machine running an NFS server to rapidly consume system memory. Updated e2fsprogs and lib{64}ext2fs2 packages, 1.39-5.1mdv2007.1, were released through the official update channels on June 25th, 2007 that resolve this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Suspend / resume does not work on Elonex M5A

See also Bug #31593 and update advisory MDKA-2007:070. The suspend mechanism included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring did not work on the Elonex M5A laptop. An updated hal-info package, hal-info-0.0-4.20070326.3.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 27th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Various packages (e.g. libmtp5-devel) cannot be installed due to libusb problem

See also Bug #31596 and update advisory MDKA-2007:071. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for libusb contained a packaging error which caused the development sub-package, libusb0.1_4-devel, to contain incorrect Provides. This in turn meant that several other development packages, including for instance libmtp5-devel, could not be installed. The following error message would be shown:

Some requested packages cannot be installed:
libmtp5-devel-0.1.3-4mdv2007.1.i586 (due to unsatisfied pkgconfig(libusb))
Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)

An updated libusb0.1_4 package, libusb0.1_4-0.1.12-4.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 27th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] GTK+ file chooser window flickers in some window managers

See also Bug #31609 and update advisory MDKA-2007:073. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for gtk+2.0, the GTK+ toolkit, contains a bug which causes the GTK+ file chooser window (as used when opening or saving files in applications that use the GTK+ toolkit, for instance Mozilla Firefox, the GIMP, Abiword and many more) to flicker constantly when using some window managers. Known affected desktops include IceWM and Fluxbox. An updated set of gtk+2.0 packages, gtk+2.0-2.10.11-2.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on June 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Errors in OpenAL development package

See also Bug #31675 and update advisory MDKA-2007:075. The OpenAL development package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contained errors in its pkgconfig file which would cause basic pkgconfig commands to fail, likely making it useless in building any code which relies on pkgconfig to discover and use external libraries. An updated lib(64)openal0-devel package, lib(64)openal0-devel-0.0.8-2.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on July 2nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] rdesktop crashes when accessing a Windows Server machine if color depth is 16 bit

See also Bug #30452 and update advisory MDKA-2007:076. Some users have reported crashes when using the version of the rdesktop remote desktop login utility included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. The crash appears to happen when accessing Windows Server 2000 or 2003 machines, and only when the color depth on the client machine is set to 16 bit. It happens only after installing an official update to the libx11_6 package. An updated rdesktop package, rdesktop-1.5.0-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on July 3rd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Reboot fails due to vt-is-utf8 crashing

See also Bug #27948 and update advisory MDKA-2007:077. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for consoletools contains a tool named vt-is-UTF8 which is used when initializing virtual consoles at boot time. This tool contains a bug which can cause it to hang. This can result in various problems, such as reboots failing to work correctly and dropping to a black screen with a vt-is-utf8 error message. An updated console-tools package, console-tools-0.2.3-61.2mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on July 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Multimedia keys cannot be used (setkeycodes cannot handle keycodes higher than 128)

See also Bug #21741 and update advisory MDKA-2007:078. The console-tools package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug in the setkeycodes utility, making it unable to handle keycodes higher than 128. As the multimedia keys on many modern keyboards have keycodes higher than 128, this makes it effectively impossible to use these keys. An updated console-tools package, console-tools-0.2.3-61.2mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on July 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Software installer gives false errors about being unable to read packages from disc

See also Bug #30463 and update advisory MDKA-2007:078. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for rpmdrake, the Mandriva software installation tool, contained a bug. Sometimes when installing packages from a CD or DVD disc, a false error message would be given that the package could not be read from the disc, when it fact it was correctly read and installed. An updated rpmdrake package, rpmdrake-3.69.1-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on July 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] drakroam erroneously sets wireless mode to Master

See also Bug #30303 and update advisory MDKA-2007:091. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for drakx-net, the Mandriva network configuration tools, contained a bug which could cause drakroam (the Mandriva wireless networking manager) to reset the wireless mode to Master when it should not be changed from Managed. An updated drakx-net package, drakx-net-0.12-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on October 8th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Mandriva Samba sharing configuration tool incorrectly disallows share names that are partially identical

See also Bug #30099 and update advisory MDKA-2007:091. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for drakx-net, the Mandriva network configuration tools, contained a bug which caused draksambashare, the Mandriva tool for sharing partitions via the Samba protocol, to disallow a share name if it was only partially identical to an existing share name. This meant, for instance, that after creating a share named bigshare, you could not then create a share named hare. An updated drakx-net package, drakx-net-0.12-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on October 8th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Mandriva Samba and NFS sharing configuration tools not translated

See also Bug #33221 and update advisory MDKA-2007:091. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for drakx-net, the Mandriva network configuration tools, contained a bug whereby the draksambashare and draknfs tools for sharing partitions via Samba and NFS protocols would display only in English. Translations for these tools were present but were not used due to a bug in the tools' code. An updated drakx-net package, drakx-net-0.12-1.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on October 8th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] mc does not display correctly in non-English languages

See also Bug #31542 and update advisory MDKA-2007:092. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for mc, a console file manager, may not display correctly in non-English languages. This is because Mandriva now defaults to UTF-8 (Unicode) locales, but mc's translations were not encoded in UTF-8 format. An updated mc package, mc-4.6.1-6.3mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on October 8th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] mc file transfers via fish protocol result in corrupted files

See also Bug #26498 and update advisory MDKA-2007:092. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for mc, a console file manager, contains a bug which can cause file transfers via the fish protocol to result in corrupted files, depending on the server software. An updated mc package, mc-4.6.1-6.3mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on October 8th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Initialization problems in nfs-utils

See also update advisory MDKA-2007:094. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for nfs-utils, a collection of tools for the NFS network filesystem, contains some problems in its initialization scripts which can cause various issues at boot time. A missing dependency on portmap means services start in an arbitrary order, and parallel execution of rpcidmapd and rpcgss can lead to a launch failure due to a sunrpc module loading failure. An updated nfs-utils package, nfs-utils-1.0.12-13.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on October 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] mkdosfs cannot check bad blocks when creating filesystems larger than 2GB in size

See also Bug #27436 and update advisory MDKA-2007:113. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for dosfstools, containing utilities for creating and manipulating FAT filesystems, was compiled without large file support. Consequently, the mkdosfs tool cannot check for bad blocks when trying to create a filesystem larger than 2GB in size, which usually means the operation will fail. An updated dosfstools package, dosfstools-2.11-4mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on November 21st, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] SSL support missing from irssi

See also Bug #34951 and update advisory MDKA-2007:095. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for irssi, an IRC client, was built without SSL support. An updated irssi package, irssi-0.8.10-10.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on October 24th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Some printers requiring external firmware downloads cannot be configured

See also Bug #35424 and update advisory MDKA-2007:121. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for printer-filters-utils, which includes a driver for ZjStream-based printers, contains a bug. When these printers require an external firmware file to work, Mandriva attempts to download the firmware file automatically. However, the URL for these firmware downloads was changed, causing the process to fail. An updated printer-filters-utils set of packages, printer-filters-utils-2007-9.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on November 23rd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Network printers not detected by printer configuration tool

See also Bug #30090 and update advisory MDKA-2007:122. Prior to Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, the Mandriva printer configuration tool would scan the local network for ports commonly used by printer sharing systems in order to detect network printers. In Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, this scan is only performed when the CUPS printing system is not in use: when CUPS is in use (which is the default), a less comprehensive SNMP-based search system is used. Several users reported that Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring did not detect network connected printers, while previous Mandriva Linux releases did, which suggests that the SNMP-based search is inadequate and the more comprehensive scan should still be used. An updated printerdrake package, printerdrake-1.5.7.2-2.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on November 26th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] gphpedit cannot be installed due to missing library

See also Bug #34913. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for gphpedit, a PHP-centric text editor, contained a bug which caused it to be impossible to install. On attempting to install the package, an error message would be displayed to the effect that the file libdbus-1.so.2 was required but could not be installed.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, gphpedit-0.9.91-2mdv2007.1, was released on December 9th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Run-time configuration changes for top not correctly stored

See also Bug #19589 amd update advisory MDKA-2007:131. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for procps, which contains several important utilities including the top process and resource monitor, contains a bug. If a user runs top, makes a configuration change (for instance, enabling color output mode by pressing the z key) and then attempts to save that change by pressing the W key, the change is not correctly saved, and on running top again, the original configuration is used. The reason for this problem is that top generates a malformed ~/.toprc file when attempting to save configuration changes. An updated procps package, procps-3.2.7-3.1mdv2007.1, was released through the official update channels on December 18th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] checkinstall libraries incorrectly located on x86-64 architecture

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for checkinstall, a system for tracking the installation of software compiled from soure code, installed shared library files to /usr/lib on x86-64 installations, rather than /usr/lib64 as it should.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, checkinstall-1.6.1-3mdv2007.1, was released on April 19th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] python-pg cannot be installed

See also Bug #30366. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for python-pg, which is an interface between the Python programming language and the PostgreSQL database system, was built against an old version of PostgreSQL and consequently could not installed. Attempting to install the package results in the following error message:

Some requested packages cannot be installed:
python-pg-3.7-1mdv2007.0.i586 (due to unsatisfied libpq.so.4)

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, python-pg-3.7-2mdv2007.1, was released on April 21st, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] virt-manager does not run due to missing dependencies

See also Bug #30234. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for virt-manager, a tool for managing virtual machines, was missing some dependencies. This means that it can be installed via the official package management tools without also triggering the installation of other packages that are in fact necessary for it to run. The missing dependencies are pygtk2.0-libglade, gnome-python-gconf, gnome-python-gnomevfs, libxml2-python and librsvg.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, virt-manager-0.3.1-3mdv2007.1, was released on April 21st, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from