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Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring Errata

Spis treści

1 Wstęp
2 Errata wcześniejszych wersji systemu Mandriva Linux
3 Testowanie pakietów aktualizacji
4 Instalowanie aktualizacji
5 Rozwiązywanie problemów
6 Installation
7 Boot
- 7.1 'Help' screen at boot does not display correctly
8 Kernel
9 Hardware issues
10 Software issues
11 3D-accelerated desktop (AIGLX, Xgl)
12 Issues when updating from a previous release
13 Server Issues

[edytuj] Wstęp

Ta strona zawiera Erratę systemy Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. Oznacza to, że zawiera informacje o znanych błędach w Mandrivie Linux Spring 2007 oraz, tam gdzie to możliwe, wyjaśnia sposoby ich naprawienia, unikania lub obejścia. Zobacz także Informacje o wydaniu, które zawierają spis zmian w stosunku do poprzednich wersji systemu.

[edytuj] Errata wcześniejszych wersji systemu Mandriva Linux

Dostępne są także strony z Erratami wcześniejszych wersji systemu:

[edytuj] Testowanie pakietów aktualizacji

Kiedy problem z Mandrivą Linux 2007 Spring zostanie zidentyfikowany, twórca pakiet może zbudować nowy, który powinien poprawiać błąd i dodać go do repozytorium Mandrivy nazwanego /main/testing, które jest stworzone dla potencjalnych pakietów naprawczych. Ten pakiet może być wtedy testowany przez użytkowników i specjalny zespół Mandrivy. Jeśli testy wykażą, że pakiet rozwiązuje problem i nie powoduje innych, zostanie uznany za oficjalną aktualizację i wszyscy użytkownicy Mandrivy Linux 2007 Spring będą go mogli pobrać przez MandrivaUpdate.

Jeśli zostałeś dotknięty przez jakiś błąd, a istnieje testowy pakiet aktualizacji i chciałbyś pomóc go testować, skonfiguruj swój system, aby narzędzia zarządzania pakietami Mandrivy rozpoznawały repozytorium /main/testing jako źródło pakietów. Instrukcje jak to zrobić są dostępne na stronie na temat installing and removing software (advanced use: backports and candidate updates).

Istnie także repozytorium /contrib/testing, które ma taką samą funkcję, odnosi się jednak do pakietów /contrib (pomimo tego, nie gwarantujemy, że problemy z pakietami z /contrib zostaną naprawione - zależy to tylko od twórcy danego pakietu). Konfiguracja tego repozytorium jest opisana na tej samej stronie (j/w).

[edytuj] Instalowanie aktualizacji

Aktualizacje pakietów dla sekcji /main, /non-free i /contrib moga być zainstalowane przez aplikację Mandriva Update. Możesz ją uruchomić z Centrum Sterowania Mandrivy, w zakładce Zarządzanie oprogramowaniem, klikając na "Przegląd dostępnych aktualizacji i wybór poprawek lub aktualizacji dla zainstalowanych pakietów". Jeśli go nie wyłączysz, o aktualizacjach będzie Cię także informował system powiadamiania o aktualizacjach Mandriva Online, który pokazuje ikonkę w tray'u.

[edytuj] Rozwiązywanie problemów

Ta część zawiera informacje na temat błędów, które zostały poprawione przez oficjalne aktualizacje.

[edytuj] narzedzia kerberos nie działają

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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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 s tartup 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.

[edytuj] "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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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.

[edytuj] 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 /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] python-twisted-words is unusable

See also Bug #30284. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for python-twisted-words, a component of the Twisted networking engine, was built against Python 2.4, not Python 2.5 as included in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. This renders it unusable.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, python-twisted-words-0.4.0-2mdv2007.1, was released on April 21st, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] kiki cannot be installed on x86-64 architecture

See also Bug #26087. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for kiki, a puzzle game, contained bugs which made it impossible to install and run on x86-64 architecture installations.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, kiki-1.0.2-6mdv2007.1, was released on April 23rd, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Hydrogen cannot be installed

See also Bug #30311. Hydrogen, a drum machine application, fails to install on Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring with the error '(due to unsatisfied libFLAC.so.7)'. This is because the libflac library was updated for the new release but Hydrogen was not rebuilt against the updated version of the library.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, hydrogen-0.9.3-3mdv2007.1, was released on April 25th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] gnusound is named %{title} in system menus

See also Bug #30492. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for gnusound, a sound editor, included an error which causes the application to be named '%{title}' in the system menus. This does not affect the functionality of the application.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, gnusound-0.7.4-4mdv2007.1, was released on April 27th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] esvn cannot retrieve information from server

See also Bug #30458. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for esvn, a graphical front end for the Subversion revision control system, contains a bug causing it not to be able to retrieve any information from an SVN server, rendering it useless.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, esvn-0.7.0-0.svn1263.1mdv2007.1, was released on April 27th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Abuse cannot be launched from system menus

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for abuse_sdl, a port of the game Abuse, contains a broken menu entry. Trying to launch the game from the menu entry does not work.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, abuse_sdl-0.7.0-12mdv2007.1, was released on April 27th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] freemind will only use jamvm, does not work on i586 architecture

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for freemind, a Java-based mind mapping tool, incorrectly forced the use of the jamvm Java virtual machine, when it should work with any Java virtual machine. This also leads to freemind not working on the i586 architecture due to a problem with jamvm on that architecture.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, freemind-0.9.0-3mdv2007.1, was released on April 27th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] KXDocker does not run correctly due to outdated resource files

See also Bug #25524. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for KXDocker, a docker for KDE, contains out of date resource files which cause the application not to run correctly. This error will be seen when running the application at a console:

KXDocker Will use Composite Extensions!
kxdocker: WARNING: Cannot find updated resources: you may need to update or
reinstall

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, kxdocker-1.1.4-7mdv2007.1, was released on May 3rd, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] PenguinTV does not work

See also Bug #30654. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for PenguinTV, an RSS feed reader and media aggregator, did not work as it was not recompiled for the update version of Python included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, penguintv-1.93-2mdv2007.1, was released on May 6th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] OilWar does not launch from system menus

See also Bug #30669. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for OilWar, an action game, contains an error in its menu entry which causes it not to run when launched from the system menus. The game runs correctly when run in any other way.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, OilWar-1.2.1-8mdv2007.1, was released on May 7th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] OBConf does not work

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for obconf, a configuration utility for the openbox window manager, did not work as it was not recompiled against openbox included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/backports repository. The updated package, obconf-1.6-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm, was released on May 3rd, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/backports.

[edytuj] GMusicBrowser cannot be installed

See also Bug #26888. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for GMusicBrowser, a music player application, contained a dependency error causing it to be impossible to install. On attempting to install the package, the following error will be displayed:

Some requested packages cannot be installed:
gmusicbrowser-0.9550-1mdv2007.0.noarch (due to unsatisfied perl(simple_http))

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, gmusicbrowser-0.9550-2mdv2007.1, was released on May 16th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Twinkle cannot be installed

See also Bug #23357. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for Twinkle, an SIP software phone application, contained a dependency error causing it to be impossible to install. Also, the application was named '%name' in the system menus, and did not include zrtp encyption capability.

We have chosen to fix these issues by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, twinkle-1.0-3mdv2007.1, was released on May 17th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Pmw is installed to the wrong location

See also Bug #30425. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for Pmw, the Python meta widgets, installs all of its files to an incorrect location.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, Pmw-1.2-7mdv2007.1, was released on May 17th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Cannot load projects in avidemux

See also problem report. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for avidemux, a video editor, contained a bug which caused it to be impossible to load saved projects.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, avidemux-2.4-0.preview1.1mdv2007.1, was released on May 19th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] qjackctl MIDI support not available

See also Bug #30881. The package for qjackctl, the JACK audio server control applet, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring was not correctly linked with the ALSA libraries. This meant its MIDI support was not available and consequently that MIDI hardware could not be used with professional audio applications that require the use of the JACK sound server.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, qjackctl-0.2.21-3mdv2007.1, was released on May 25th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Sirius cannot be installed

The package for sirius, an Othello game, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 libcrypto.so.0.9.7 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, sirius-0.8.0-5mdv2007.1, was released on May 26th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] gdis cannot be installed

See also Bug #26358. The package for gdis, a molecule visualization tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 povray-official 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, gdis-0.89-1mdv2007.1, was released on May 29th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] gretl cannot be installed

See also Bug #26200. The package for gretl, an econometric analysis tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 libgfortran.so.0 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, gretl-1.6.5-1mdv2007.1, was released on May 29th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] ayttm cannot be installed

See also Bug #24189. The package for ayttm, an instant messenger, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 libcrypto.so.0.9.7 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, ayttm-0.4.7-0.20070519.1mdv2007.1, was released on May 29th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] gwget cannot be installed

See also Bug #26100. The package for gwget, a download helper, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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, gwget-0.98.2-2mdv2007.1, was released on May 29th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] KGuitar cannot be installed

See also Bug #30992. The package for kguitar, a guitar tablature editor, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 libkguitar-devel <= 0.5.0-3mdk conflicts with libkguitar0-0.5.0-5mdv2007.1.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, kguitar-0.5.0-6mdv2007.1, was released on June 4th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Missing data in vym

See also Bug #29536. The package for vym, a mind mapping tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring inadvertently omits several files, including icons, flags, localizations, demos and exports. This renders the package near-unusable.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, vym-1.8.1-2mdv2007.1, was released on June 7th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] gimp-dbp (batch processor) plugin does not appear in GIMP following installation

See also Bug #31296. The package for gimp-dbp, a batch processor plugin for the GIMP image editing tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring installs to the wrong directory. This means that it never actually appears as an available plugin in the GIMP after installation.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, gimp-dbp-1.1.5-2mdv2007.1, was released on June 10th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] seq24 cannot be installed

See also Bug #26892. The package for seq24, a MIDI sequencer, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 libcairomm-1.0.so.0 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, seq24-0.8.6-2mdv2007.1, was released on June 14th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Openmovieeditor cannot be installed

See also Bug #31330. The package for openmovieeditor, a video editing tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring 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 libavformat.so.50 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, openmovieeditor-0.0.20070607-1mdv2007.1, was released on June 15th, 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edytuj] Installation

[edytuj] Incorrect theme used for install boot screen in Powerpack+ x86-32 edition

When the Powerpack+ x86-32 edition installer is booted, an incorrect background graphic is displayed for the initial boot screens before the installer proper is loaded. This is an unfortunate graphical error with no more serious consequences. The correct edition is being installed.

[edytuj] Java packages not included in Discovery, Free and Powerpack editions

Due to size constraints, the java-1.5 and java-1.6 package sets, containing the runtime environments for Java 5 and Java 6 respectively, are not included on the Discovery, Free and Powerpack editions of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. These packages are available from the non-free section of the public package repositories, and can be installed using the system software installation tools once the repositories have been configured. For information on configuring internet package repositories and installing packages from them, please see this page.

[edytuj] locate not included in Free and Powerpack editions

Again due to size constraints, the mlocate package (which provides the locate command, a change from previous releases where slocate provided this command) is not included on the Free and Powerpack editions of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. It can be installed from the public repositories. To configure your system to use the public repositories, follow the instructions here. Then use the graphical software installation tool (or urpmi) to install the mlocate package.

[edytuj] Boot

[edytuj] 'Help' screen at boot does not display correctly

When the system is first booted, you are advised that you can press F1 for further boot options. On pressing F1, the next screen is not correctly displayed. To work around this, press F1 once more, and another page will be displayed. At the bottom of this page is an option labelled "Return to boot options". Using this will return you to the screen that should have been displayed when you first pressed F1.

[edytuj] Kernel

General instructions: kernel problems often require the use of kernel parameters. To set up kernel parameters to be used at every boot, run Mandriva Control Center and go to the Boot tab. Click on "Set up how the system boots". Click on "next". Choose the menu entry you usually use to boot the system (normally just 'linux', the default choice) and click 'Modify'. Then type the required kernel parameters into the 'Append' box, click 'OK', and then click 'Finish'.

[edytuj] kernel-enterprise incompatible with ACPI suspend

See also Bug #27071. Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring's support for PAE, an i586 instruction set extension used to allow support for over 4GB of physical memory, is incompatible with the ACPI suspend mechanism. This means you cannot use ACPI suspend with kernel-enterprise (the Mandriva kernel variant which allows support for more than 4GB of RAM). Currently you must choose between support for more than 4GB of RAM or support for ACPI suspend, you cannot have both. This issue may be fixed with a future kernel update.

[edytuj] XFS filesystem issues

See also Bug #24716. Some users have encountered a bug in XFS support in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring which can result in failure to read the disk and also possible data loss when the filesystem is under heavy load, for instance when attempting to transfer a large amount of data using rsync. It is possible this issue may be fixed by developments in the upstream kernel. If so, the fix will be added to the Mandriva kernel as an official update.

[edytuj] Slow internet response (particularly web browsing)

See also Bug #27070. There is a known problem with all Linux distributions that enable IPv6 networking (the new standard for network addresses which uses a longer, hexadecimal address format to provide a much larger number of possible addresses. The old standard is IPv4, which gives the four-groups-of-three-digits decimal address format most people are familiar with, e.g. 216.105.167.65). Some systems and networks do not cope well if your system has IPv6 networking enabled. If you experience sluggish response on the Internet - especially when browsing web sites - and cannot find the cause, you should try disabling IPv6. To do this, edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network, add the following line, and reboot:

NETWORKING_IPV6=no

See also Bug #27073. If this does not resolve the problem, there is another possibility. Most Linux distributions, including Mandriva, enable a kernel feature called TCP window scaling. This is useful for increasing the speed of transfers over very high bandwidth connections. However, a change was made in the default values for TCP window scaling in kernel 2.6.17, which seems to cause very slow network performance for some users with some internet sites. To see if TCP window scaling is the problem, you can disable it with this command:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0

If this resolves the problem, you can make the change permanent by adding this line to the file /etc/sysctl.conf :

net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0

This will disable TCP window scaling at every boot. If you do use a very high bandwidth network connection - for instance, you regularly transfer large files over a local 100Mbit or 1Gbit network - you may notice that disabling TCP window scaling results in slower performance over this connection. In this case, you could try restoring the pre-2.6.17 default settings rather than disabling TCP window scaling entirely. To do this, add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf, instead of (not in addition to) the previously suggested one:

net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=4096 87380 174760

This will change the default window scaling settings at every boot.

[edytuj] Issue with networking/firewire on Zepto/Compal models including Znote 6515WD

See also Bug #18938. Using these laptops you will get "Disabling IRQ# 11" (or similar) resulting in broken networking.

After installation this can be fixed by making a few changes to the /etc/modprobe.conf file:

blacklist ohci1394
: blacklist ieee1394

[edytuj] Sound always plays through speakers on Zepto / Compal Znote 6515WD

See also FIXME. On this laptop model, sound always plays through the internal speakers even if you plug a pair of headphones or speakers into the headphone / speaker output jack. If you want to be able to toggle between using the internal speakers and the headphone / speaker output jack, there is a script that can help you. To use it, first download the script, filename 'speaker'. Open a console and navigate to the directory where you saved the script. Now run this command, to make it executable:

chmod ugo+x speaker

Next, run the command su and enter your root password to gain root privileges. Then run this command, to make root the owner of the script:

chown root.root speaker

Finally, run this command to move the file to the /usr/bin directory, so you can run it from anywhere:

mv speaker /usr/bin

You can now switch between the internal speakers and the headphone jack with these two commands:

speaker on
speaker off

Please note that this script will not work for all laptops that display the same symptom (sound always playing through internal speakers). For many models, you can toggle between the internal speakers and the headphone / speaker jack by toggling one of the switches in the KDE or GNOME volume control applets.

[edytuj] ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

See also Bug #27074. The hardware encryption support in the ipw2200 module (which supports recent Intel Centrino wireless networking chipsets) is known to be buggy in some cases, causing connectivity issues which result in this error in the system logs. To fix this add the following to the /etc/modprobe.conf file:

options ipw2200 hwcrypto=0

[edytuj] PC Card devices not found

See also Bug #26112. Users of some (particularly new) laptop models may find that the system does not seem to recognise PC Card devices at all. If you are having trouble with PC Card devices, check whether they show up in the output of the command lspci run as root. If not, you may be suffering from this problem. To fix it, you can try rebooting after adding the following kernel parameter (for instructions on using kernel parameters, see the start of this section):

pci=assign-busses

This is known to be a problem on the following systems: Acer Travelmate 2410 series (2413).

[edytuj] Broadcom wireless network devices not working / unstable

Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring includes the bcm43xx driver for Broadcom wireless network chipsets. Broadcom chips are frequently used in systems with integrated wireless networking, for instance laptops. Your system's manual / technical specifications document should tell you the manufacturer of your wireless chipset.

The bcm43xx driver is a relatively new development and is based on reverse engineering, not official Broadcom technical specifications (which are not provided). The driver is therefore incomplete, contains some bugs and does not work correctly with all varieties of Broadcom chipsets. If you have a Broadcom wireless chipset, Mandriva is using the bcm43xx driver, and you are not satisfied with its performance, you may consider using ndiswrapper as an alternative. ndiswrapper is a module which uses Windows drivers to provide wireless networking on Linux. This has obvious compromises in terms of licensing, but in some cases will give better results than the bcm43xx driver. ndiswrapper should be included and available as an option in the networking configuration tool (you can choose either to use the bcm43xx driver or 'a Windows driver', which means using ndiswrapper).

[edytuj] Some laptops (VAIO VGN-FS115B, Asus W6A) run slowly on AC power

See also Bug #24598. Some laptop models, including the Sony VAIO VGN-FS115B and Asus W6A, run Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring at the expected speed when running from battery power, but run much slower when the AC power adapter is connected and they are running from mains power. It is not currently known what causes this problem. A workaround is to disable local APIC on boot. To do this, go to the Mandriva Control Center. Go to the Boot tab, and click on 'Set up how the system boots'. Click on 'Advanced'. Uncheck the box labelled 'Enable Local APIC'. Click 'Next'. Click 'Finish'. Close down all open applications, and reboot the system. Another workaround is to install and use the kernel-tmb kernel from the /contrib section instead of the official kernel package. For instructions on installing additional packages, see Installing and removing software.

[edytuj] SATA disks not recognized on MSI K9A Platinum motherboard

A user has reported that the Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring kernel does not recognize SATA devices on this motherboard model. To resolve this, please use this kernel parameter:

pci=nomsi

[edytuj] Hardware issues

[edytuj] NVIDIA / ATI: 3D acceleration lost, display degrades in quality or fails to work entirely after kernel updates

Some users of NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards have noticed graphical problems with kernel updates on Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. This is caused by the proprietary NVIDIA / ATI drivers not being updated when the kernel is updated. If you install an update, reboot, and find your graphical capabilities adversely affected, please do the following:

Install or update the kernel-source-stripped-latest package
For NVIDIA users, check that the dkms-nvidia package is installed, install it if necessary
For ATI users, check that the dkms-ati package is installed, install it if necessary
Reboot
Re-run the graphics card configuration utility - open the Mandriva Control Center and go to the Hardware tab, then click on Set up the graphical server, click on Graphic Card
Re-configure your card. When asked whether to use the proprietary driver, say 'yes'
Reboot or restart X

and the problem should be resolved. If the kernel update caused you to lose graphical functionality entirely, you should be able to choose the 'kernel-2.6.17.13mdv' option on the bootloader screen to boot an older kernel, which should restore graphical functionality so you can follow these steps.

[edytuj] 3D acceleration not correctly activated on Intel graphics chipsets on x86-64 versions

Due to an error in the installation process, 3D acceleration is not correctly activated on Intel graphics chipsets on x86-64 versions of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. To resolve this problem, following installation, please launch the graphics card configuration utility and re-configure your card: open the Mandriva Control Center and go to the Hardware tab, then click on Set up the graphical server, click on Graphic Card, click on OK (the correct choice should already be selected), and click on Quit.

[edytuj] Writing to floppy disks is very slow

See also Bug #19763. Writing to traditional (not USB) floppy disks in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring is very slow. This is due to inefficient but very safe default mounting options.

This issue can be worked around by changing the mount options. To do this, you need to edit the file /etc/fstab. For information on editing system configuration files, see this page. The file will contain a line similar to this:

none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=utf8,sync 0 0

The offending option is 'sync', near the end of the line. Change this to 'dirsync', for instance:

none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=utf8,dirsync 0 0

After making this change, please note that you should 'unmount' floppy disks before you remove them, in the same way as you should for other removable storage devices, by right-clicking on the icon for the disk and selecting the 'Unmount' option. Failure to do this may result in data corruption.

[edytuj] No display on certain laptops with Nvidia graphics chipsets (Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503, Dell Inspiron 8100, 8200)

Some users have reported a problem with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring where no graphical desktop is displayed after the boot up process is complete on certain laptop models. This problem occurs on laptops where the internal display panel is connected via a DVI interface, but the NVIDIA driver incorrectly detects a VGA connection. Models known to be affected include the Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503 with the GeForce 460 Go chipset and the Dell Inspiron 8100 and 8200 with the GeForce 440 Go chipset. The issue can be resolved by adding the following line to the Device section of the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"

For instructions on editing system configuration files, see this page.

[edytuj] IBM and Toshiba laptop special keys do not work

See also Bug #30523. Support for the special key combinations ('hotkeys') on some IBM and Toshiba laptop models was inadvertently left out of the hal package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. This results in these key combinations failing to work.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: hal-0.5.9-2mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated hal packages. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30523.

[edytuj] Problems with reconfiguring network printers

See also Bug #29524. The printer configuration tool included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains bugs affecting network printer configuration. When trying to change the protocol used by a configured network printer, the port is not correctly updated, causing the new configuration to fail to work. Also, general reconfiguration of network printers fails due to the printer configuration utility using an incorrect command.

A candidate fix for these issues has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: printerdrake-1.5-1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated printerdrake package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #29524.

[edytuj] Network printers not detected by printer configuration tool

See also Bug #30090. 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.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: printerdrake-1.5.2-1mdv2007.1. It re-enables the port scan when CUPS is in use, and also fixes several issues with the port scan (which may have resulted in it hanging or not detecting all printers). This should result in improved success in detecting network printers. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated printerdrake package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30090.

[edytuj] Graphical desktop does not start correctly: black screen is displayed

See also Bug #30069. The graphics card configuration tool included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring could, in certain cases, generate an invalid configuration file which would result in a blank screen when the graphical desktop (X.org) starts up. This can be worked around by logging in to a virtual console, editing the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and removing the custom ModeLines that the configuration tool adds.

A candidate fix for these issues has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: drakx-kbd-mouse-x11-0.15.1-1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated drakx-kbd-mouse-x11 package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30069. After installing the update, you must run the graphical configuration tool (XFdrake) and allow it to reconfigure your graphics card. This issue may also affect live boot of the Mandriva Linux One edition, in which case the updated package cannot be used, and the xorg.conf file must be edited at each boot.

[edytuj] Software issues

[edytuj] Invalid signature errors when installing packages

Several users who installed Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring soon after release have reported getting signature errors when trying to install packages from Internet repositories. For a short period after the release of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, when setting up Internet repositories, the wrong key was associated with each repository, so the system believes the packages are not signed with the correct key (when in fact they are). To resolve this problem, you can either remove and re-configure the repositories (following the instructions in this page), or run the following command with administrator privileges: urpmi.update -a --force-key. For instructions on running commands with administrator privileges, see this page.

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

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".

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: rpmdrake-3.68-1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated rpmdrake package.

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

See also Bug #29708. 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.

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

See also Bug #29993. 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.

[edytuj] Incorrect package names shown in MandrivaUpdate

See also Bug #28970. 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.

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

See also Bug #30421. 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).

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

See also Bug #30409. 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.

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

See also Bug #30867. The package for rpmdrake, the Mandriva Linux graphical software installation tool, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug 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.

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

See also Bug #31092. 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.

[edytuj] drakfont cannot import Windows (TM) fonts from partitions mounted via FUSE (e.g. ntfs-3g)

See also Bug #28016. The drakfont utility included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which causes it to be unable to import font from Microsoft Windows (TM) installations on partitions mounted via the FUSE system (for instance, NTFS partitions mounted via ntfs-3g). This issue will be resolved with the release of an official update.

[edytuj] Cannot use synthesis.hdlist.cz file in same directory as packages with urpmi.addmedia

See also Bug #31081. The urpmi software management tool included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug. It should be possible to issue a command of the form:

urpmi.addmedia urpmitest2 /root/rpmtest with synthesis.hdlist.cz

with the file synthesis.hdlist.cz in the /root/rpmtest directory along with the packages, in order to set up this directory as an urpmi media. However, this fails, with the following error message:

unable to parse hdlist file of "urpmitest2"
problem reading synthesis file of medium "urpmitest2"
unable to update medium "urpmitest2"
removing medium "urpmitest2"

If instead a full (rather than synthesis) hdlist, hdlist.cz, is used, the command works without problems. Using a synthesis hdlist file in a media_info subdirectory also works. Only the use of a synthesis hdlist in the same directory as the packages fails.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: urpmi-4.9.21.1-3mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated urpmi package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #31081.

[edytuj] Cannot add urpmi media from removable devices

See also Bug #30257. The urpmi software management tool included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug. Attempting to configure urpmi media from a removable device, using the removable:// syntax, will fail, with the following messages:

urpmi.addmedia restr removable://media/cdrom/i586/media/restricted
adding medium "restr"
/bin/cp: cannot stat `/media/cdrom/i586/media/restricted/reconfig.urpmi': No such file or directory
copy failed at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/urpm/download.pm line 218.

[edytuj] urpmi parallel mode does not work correctly

See also Bug #30996. The urpmi software management tool included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which causes the parallel mode (urpmi --parallel) to fail with the following error message:

Can't use string ("test") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/urpm/parallel_ssh.pm line 228.

[edytuj] urpmi sometimes fails when installing many packages at once

See also Bug #30848. The urpmi software management tool included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug. Package installation transactions should always be split into many small steps, so that only a few packages are installed at once. Sometimes this does not happen, and urpmi wishes to install many (several hundred) packages all at once. In this situation, a further bug causes the installation to fail. We are still investigating the cause of the first problem (installation transactions not always being split into many small groups of packages).

A candidate fix for the second issue has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: urpmi-4.9.21.1-3mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated urpmi package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30848.

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

See also Bug #30854. 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.

A candidate fix for tis issue has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: mdkonline-2.17-1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated urpmi package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30854.

[edytuj] Krita crashes when saving a file in PNG format

See also Bug #29127. Krita, the KOffice image editing application, crashes when attempting to save a file in PNG format. This issue will be resolved by an official update. In the mean time, we recommend users work around this issue by saving files in an alternative format. They can then be converted to PNG format in another application, for example GIMP, if necessary.

[edytuj] Ktorrent corrupts files larger than 4GB

See also Bug #30510. The version of ktorrent, a KDE-native BitTorrent client, shipped in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which causes it to corrupt file downloads larger than 4GB (for example, full DVD-size disc images).

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: ktorrent-2.1.2-2.1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated ktorrent package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30510.

[edytuj] O3spaces does not work correctly on Powerpack+ i586

Due to the missing Java packages issue described in the Installation section above, O3spaces does not work out of the box on the i586 version of the Powerpack+ edition. To resolve this issue, please follow the instructions in the Java issue to install the java-1.5.0-sun package, then relaunch O3spaces by running the following command with administrator privileges: service -f o3_tomcat. For instructions on running commands with administrator privileges, see this page.

[edytuj] UTF8 issue when reinstalling and keeping a previous /home that was not in UTF8

When installing instead of upgrading, and keeping a previous /home, the install doesn't convert the /home to UTF8 and some characters might not display properly in filenames.

To solve this issue, save the following convert-filenames-to-utf8.pl script in your /home/UserName/, and run the following commands to convert your /home/UserName/ to UTF8:

cd ~/
chmod u+rx convert-filenames-to-utf8.pl
./convert-filenames-to-utf8.pl

[edytuj] Video players crash when trying to play high resolution videos (using Intel graphics adapters)

See also Bug #29578. The driver for Intel i810 and later graphics chipsets automatically allocates a set amount of resources for accelerating playback of video files. In many situations, it does not allocate enough resources to play back higher resolution videos (the probably is most commonly seen with videos of 1024x576 resolution or higher, but in some cases it may kick in at a higher or lower resolution). If you attempt to play a video of too high a resolution, the video player will quit with an X error message.

There are two possible workarounds for this issue. The first is to use a non-accelerated playback method. This will allow the video to play, but it will very likely play too slowly. For details on this method, see #3D-accelerated desktop and video playback below, as the same workaround is used in that case. The second is to increase the resource allocation by making a change to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. You should add a line like this to the "Device" section:

Option "CacheLines" "1024"

The number (1024 in this example) should be the highest dimension of the video file you need to play: so, if you were attempting to play a 1920x1200 video, you would need to set the number to 1920.

For chipset 830 and higher you can also consider this option for up to 1920x1440 HD movies:

Option "LinearAlloc" "6144"

After making this changes, you must restart the X server: log out of your desktop, and then on the login screen, hold the control key, then press and hold the alt key, then press the backspace key. Your screen will flash black for a moment and then return. You can now log in again and play the video.

[edytuj] Cervisia does not work correctly

See also Bug #30497. Some users have reported that the package for cervisia, a KDE front end to the CVS revision control system, contains bugs causing it not to work correctly. Reported problems include failure to correctly display the status of files (all files are displayed as changed, even when they are in fact not changed) and failure to correctly update any files from the repository.

The only known workaround currently is to use an alternative application for CVS. The Mandriva KDE team is working on a resolution for this issue.

[edytuj] Totem browser plugin fails to play files

See also Bug #29513. The version of the GNOME media player Totem included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which can cause the browser plugin - totem-mozilla - to be unable to play back simple files placed on websites. True streaming files are not affected. Note that the alternative gstreamer-based version of the plugin - totem-mozilla-gstreamer - is also not affected. This issue will be resolved by the release of an official update.

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

See also Bug #30452. 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.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: rdesktop-1.5.0-1.1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated rdesktop package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30452.

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

See also Bug #21741. 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.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: console-tools-0.2.3-61mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated console-tools package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #21741.

[edytuj] Blender hangs with console message Launching 0 threads

See also Bug #30137. The blender package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which can cause it to hang in some (hardware and project-specific) situations. If Blender is run from the console, the following message will be seen:

Launching 0 threads

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: blender-2.43-4mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated blender package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30137.

[edytuj] Cannot watch TV properly with kdetv

See also Bug #31033. Some users have reported that they could not succeed in using the kdetv package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring to watch television successfully with Brooktree chipset-based TV cards. They found that this issue could be resolved by ensuring that only the Video4Linux driver was selected in the video driver section of kdetv's preferences (de-selecting other drivers, such as Video4Linux2).

[edytuj] NVIDIA or ATI video driver stops working after a kernel update

Due to an issue in the update process for Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, some users have experienced a problem whereby the NVIDIA or ATI graphics card drivers (and also some other drivers that use the DKMS packaging system) stop working after they perform a system update which includes the kernel package, and reboot. This is because these drivers must be updated for the new kernel version. If the package kernel-source-stripped-latest or kernel-source-latest is not updated along with the kernel, the drivers cannot be updated by the system when you reboot, and this problem will occur. To resolve the problem, you must update (or install, if one or the other is not installed) either the kernel-source-stripped-latest or kernel-source-latest package to the latest version, and reboot.

[edytuj] Skencil fails to work correctly with text

See also Bug #20899. The package for the drawing application Skencil included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which causes it not to be able to access the system fonts correctly. Consequently, it is impossible to enter text properly in Skencil, and Skencil will consume a high level of system resources if you attempt to use the text tools.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /contrib/testing package repository: skencil-0.6.18-0.695.4mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /contrib/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated skencil package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #20899. The updated package also adds Skencil to the system menus.

[edytuj] Skencil does not run on x86-64 architecture

See also Bug #27717. The version of the drawing application Skencil included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contained a bug which caused it not to run on x86-64 installations. The start process would fail with the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/skencil", line 30, in <module>
    import Sketch
  File "/usr/lib64/skencil-0.6.16/Sketch/__init__.py", line 53, in <module>
    import _sketch
ImportError: /usr/lib64/skencil-0.6.16/Sketch/Modules/_sketchmodule.so:
undefined symbol: Py_InitModule4

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /contrib/testing package repository: skencil-0.6.18-0.695.4mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /contrib/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated skencil package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #27717. The updated package also adds Skencil to the system menus.

[edytuj] Stopmotion crashes with certain TV cards (Brooktree bt848 / bt878)

See also Bug #28638. The version of Stopmotion, a stop-motion animation creation system, included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains a bug which can cause it to crash when used with Brooktree bt848 / bt878-based TV cards (those using the bttv driver). This bug was fixed in later versions of Stopmotion, and will be fixed in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring by applying this fix to the version included with the distribution (0.5.3).

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /contrib/testing package repository: stopmotion-0.5.3-3mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /contrib/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated stopmotion package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #28638.

[edytuj] Unison fails to run

See also Bug #24811. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for unison, a file synchronization tool, contains a bug which causes it to fail to start up in some circumstances. If you install unison and then attempt to run it before restarting the system, it will fail with the following error message (if run from a console):

Uncaught exception Gpointer.Null

To avoid this problem, either restart the system after installing unison, or restart the X font server. This can be achieved by restarting the xfs service, which you can do from the Mandriva Control Center or by running this command with administrator privileges: service -f xfs.

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

See also Bug #29744. 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 the alternate kernel-tmb kernel.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: dkms-2.0.16-1.1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated dkms package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #29744. Please note that in order to use DKMS drivers successfully with the kernel-tmb kernel, you must install the matching -devel package for the kernel-tmb flavour you choose, rather than the -source package as with the Mandriva kernel.

[edytuj] dvdstyler translated text items not visible

See also Bug #31297. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for dvdstyler, a DVD authoring application, contains a bug which cause many text items (menu entries, text in dialog boxes, and so forth) not to be visible in several languages.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /contrib/testing package repository: dvdstyler-1.5-0.beta7.1.1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated dkms package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #31297.

[edytuj] Packaged Azureus fails to work

Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring's contrib section contains a package for the Azureus Bittorrent client. Following Mandriva's policies on software freedom, this packaged version of Azureus is built against the GNU free Java project. Consequently it includes a large number of dependencies. Some users have also reported problems using this version of Azureus. If software freedom is not a priority for you, you may find it more convenient to install Sun's Java runtime environment - which is available from the non-free section of the repositories - and then install Azureus as recommended on the home page. This will give you a copy of Azureus which uses Sun Java, which appears to be the most reliable option.

[edytuj] 3D-accelerated desktop (AIGLX, Xgl)

[edytuj] 3D-accelerated desktop not starting under GNOME

Some users, especially those upgrading or preserving /home directories from previous versions of Mandriva Linux, may find themselves unable to enable the 3D-accelerated desktop under GNOME. Even after running drak3d and selecting one of the 3D-accelerated desktop options, on login to GNOME the native window manager (metacity) will start up and no 3D desktop effects will be observed. This problem can usually be rectified by removing the file ~/.gnome2/session . We recommend you simply move this file somewhere else (for example, your home directory), rather than deleting it, so it can be restored if problems arise as a result of its removal. Once you have removed the file, log out of GNOME and log back in, and you should observe that compiz is started instead of metacity, and the 3D desktop effects appear.

[edytuj] 3D-accelerated desktop and video playback

See also Bug #27036. If you use the 3D accelerated desktop technologies included in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring (AIGLX or Xgl), you may notice that video playback does not work very well - moving, resizing, maximising the video window will cause problems, or you may see strange artifacts in or through the video. You may also notice that, if you use the 'cube' feature of compiz, the video does not play while you rotate the cube. To avoid these problems, you should set your video player to use an output driver which does not use video overlay. If you use AIGLX, you should use the x11 / xshm output driver. If you use Xgl, you can use the x11 / xshm driver or the OpenGL output driver (which may be smoother and offer more features, such as brightness / contrast control, than the x11 / xshm driver). The way to do this is different for different video players.

For players that use gstreamer (for e.g. totem-gstreamer), run gstreamer-properties, go to the "Video" tab, and set the video output to "X Window System (No Xv)".
For mplayer, for x11 / xshm output, add this line to ~/.mplayer/config (and also to ~/.mplayer/mplayerplug-in.conf if you use the mplayerplugin browser plugin):

vo=x11

For OpenGL output, add the following line instead:

vo=gl2

For xine, go to the settings menu, set your configuration experience level to "Advanced", then go to the video tab and change "video driver to use" to "xshm" for x11 / xshm output or "openGL" for OpenGL output. Alternatively, you can use these console commands. For x11 / xshm output:

perl -pi -e 's|#video.driver:auto|video.driver:xshm|' ~/.xine/config

For OpenGL output:

perl -pi -e 's|#video.driver:auto|video.driver:openGL|' ~/.xine/config

For Kaffeine, go to the settings menu, select "Xine backend configuration" and in the video tab change the driver to "xshm" for x11 / xshm output or "openGL" for OpenGL output.

For Totem in Xine mode, run this command for x11 / xshm output:

perl -pi -e 's|#video.driver:auto|video.driver:xshm|' ~/.gnome2/totem_config

Or this command for OpenGL output:

perl -pi -e 's|#video.driver:auto|video.driver:openGL|' ~/.gnome2/totem_config

For x11 / xshm output in KMplayer, go to Settings -> Configure KMplayer. Then in the "General Options" section go to the Output tab. In this section change Video Driver to "X11Shm".

[edytuj] 3D-accelerated desktop and some Java/Swing applications

See also Bug #25900. Some Java applications using Swing may not display correctly under Xgl/AIGLX with compiz - the usual symptom is that text is not displayed.

A workaround has been added to java-1.5.0-sun in non-free media. If you have installed java-1.6.0-sun at the same time you have to ensure that you use 1.5.0, you can do this the following way:

unset JAVA_HOME; ./etc/profile.d/java*.sh

If you are not using the Mandriva java-1.5.0-sun package, you can resolve this issue manually by running the following command at a console before launching your java application:

export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit

If this works, you may want to add these two lines to the file ~/.bash_profile (that is, the file .bash_profile in your home directory):

AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit
export AWT_TOOLKIT

[edytuj] Xgl and multiple user logins

See also Bug #27104. In a separate issue from the one above, there is an issue with Xgl which may prevent switching users (i.e. logging in graphically to the desktop as one user, logging out, and then logging in again as a different user).

If you use KDE with the KDM login manager - the default configuration of Mandriva - you can work around this issue by editing the file /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc. In the [X-:0-Core] section, add the following line:

Reset=/bin/rm -f /tmp/.X93-lock /tmp/.X11-unix/X93

If you use the GDM login manager, you can work around the issue by editing the file /etc/X11/gdm/PostSession/Default and adding the following as lines 5 and 6:

rm -f /tmp/.X93-lock
rm -f /tmp/.X11-unix/X93

[edytuj] Beryl and screensavers

See also Bug #29985. A bug in the current Beryl release occurs with a screensaver is run. The bug locks the current X session. Beryl users are strongly advised to disable their screensaver for the moment. The issue is investigated upstream to be fixed in an updated Beryl package.

[edytuj] Issues when updating from a previous release

[edytuj] NVIDIA 3D acceleration not working

Some users have reported that, when upgrading from a previous release of a commercial edition of Mandriva Linux to a commercial edition of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, 3D acceleration on NVIDIA graphics cards is broken. Attempting to run 3D accelerated applications (or to use 3D desktop acceleration) fails or crashes the desktop.

To resolve this issue, you must use the graphics card configuration utility to update the configuration of the card. Open the Mandriva Control Center, click on the 'Hardware' tab, and click on 'Set up the graphical server'. Click on 'Graphic Card', select the appropriate entry for your card (it will probably already be highlighted), and click 'OK'. Click 'Quit'. Now close the Control Center and restart the system.

[edytuj] Broken pam configuration (commands such as su not working)

See also Bug #29719 and pam_stack in the release notes. After updating to Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring from Mandriva Linux 2006 or from an installation of Mandriva Linux 2007 which was itself updated from Mandriva Linux 2006, some pam configuration files may no longer be valid. This might result in the su and kdesu commands not working.

If some configuration files in the /etc/pam.d directory still contain references to the pam_stack module, they should be migrated, as explained in the /usr/share/doc/pam-0.99.7.1/README.update.urpmi file.

If the affected configuration files do not contain configuration changes made by the system administrator, they can simply be restored from the .rpmnew files in the same directory. For example, to make the su command work again, in the /etc/pam.d directory, replace the content of the su file with the content of the su.rpmnew file: cp -vf /etc/pam.d/su /etc/pam.d/su_bak;cp -vf /etc/pam.d/su.rpmnew /etc/pam.d/su

[edytuj] Removable drives are no longer made available when connected

Some users have reported that on systems upgraded from Mandriva Linux 2007 to Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, removable devices are no longer automatically made available when plugged in to the system. This is because the automatic mounting system in Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring uses a mount option that is not available in earlier kernels. The upgrade process does not automatically upgrade the kernel, so if you did not update your kernel when running Mandriva Linux 2007, you will still have an older kernel version that does not support the needed mount option. The solution to this problem is to install the latest available kernel for Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, and reboot. See Installing and removing software for instructions on installing packages.

[edytuj] Monitor powers off when viewing video with Totem

On desktop systems upgraded from previous versions of Mandriva Linux to Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, your monitor might switch to energy saving mode when viewing a video in full screen mode with the Totem video player under the GNOME desktop. To fix this problem, install the gnome-power-manager package, log out and log back in to GNOME. This issue does not affect fresh installations of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring.

[edytuj] Server Issues

[edytuj] Amavis fails to connect to ClamAV

See also Bug #30536. The package for the Amavis mail scanning system included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring contains an incorrect configuration file setting which causes it to be unable to connect to the ClamAV virus scanner, and consequently not to be able to scan for viruses correctly if ClamAV is used as the virus scanner.

The incorrect setting is the following in /etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf:

\&ask_daemon, ["CONTSCAN {}\n", "/var/run/clamav/clamd"],

To resolve the problem, change it to:

\&ask_daemon, ["CONTSCAN {}\n", "/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket"]

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: amavisd-new-2.4.5-3.1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated amavisd-new package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30536. Please note that this update will only fix the issue on clean installations where the amavisd.conf file has not been changed (or amavis-new has not been previously installed). If you upgrade from a previous Mandriva Linux release or if you upgrade from the broken version of the package to the fixed version after having configured Amavis, the configuration file will not be overwritten: you will still have to fix the problem manually as described above.

[edytuj] Amavis fails to scan some messages with error lstat() failed

See also Bug #30536. The package for the ClamAV virus scanning system included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring omits a configuration file setting, which can cause the Amavis mail scanning system to be unable to scan certain messages when ClamAV is used as the virus scanner. The required setting in the file /etc/clamd.conf is:

AllowSupplementaryGroups yes

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: clamav-0.90.2-0.2mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated clamav package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30536. Please note that this update will only fix the issue on clean installations where the clamd.conf file has not been changed (or clamav has not been previously installed). If you upgrade from a previous Mandriva Linux release or if you upgrade from the broken version of the package to the fixed version after having configured ClamAV, the configuration file will not be overwritten: you will still have to fix the problem manually as described above.

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

See also Bug #31295. 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.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: e2fsprogs-1.39-5mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /main/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated e2fsprogs and lib{64}ext2fs2 packages. Please report the results of your test to Bug #31295.

[edytuj] Cannot connect to dovecot IMAP server

See also Bug #30420. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring for dovecot, an IMAP mail server, contains a bad configuration file for the PAM authentication system which makes it impossible for users to log in to the server.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /contrib/testing package repository: dovecot-1.0.rc26-1.1mdv2007.1. If you would like to help test the candidate fix, please read the "Testing Candidate Updates" section, above, for instructions on setting up your system to install packages from the /contrib/testing repository. Follow these instructions, then install the updated dovecot package. Please report the results of your test to Bug #30420.

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