spinynorman Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Read the Mandriva 2008 Errata for information on known problems with Mandriva 2008 and, where available, how to fix, avoid or work around them. 5 Resolved issues 5.1 HTML files incorrectly recognized by MIME system (not indexed by Beagle and Kerry) 5.2 SSL support missing from irssi 5.3 csh / tcsh unusable due to error in OpenOffice.org csh profile script 5.4 Firefox crashes when opening Print Preview window 5.5 Evince does not display some PDF files correctly (white text) 5.6 Autofs does not work reliably when used in conjunction with ypbind 5.7 KWeather does not work 5.8 KWeather available for addition to KDE panel even if not installed 5.9 beagle-info crashes 5.10 python-reportlab causes Xen and other applications to crash 5.11 mkdosfs cannot check bad blocks when creating filesystems larger than 2GB in size 5.12 Eclipse fails to run 5.13 Sound Juicer locks the disc drive when an audio disc is inserted 5.14 Xman does not find man pages and cannot handle LZMA compressed pages 5.15 Photo software (F-Spot, DigiKam) not working correctly with some Canon cameras 5.16 mount cannot mount Samba mount points that exist on the local filesystem 5.17 Some printers requiring external firmware downloads cannot be configured 5.18 Cannot build applications against the kernel source (e.g. VMware) 5.19 ENE CB712/4 SD card readers not supported 5.20 ipset, psd and ifwlog support missing from kernel 5.21 No sound on internal speakers for Fujitsu-Siemens 1410 model laptop 5.22 OXCB950 Cardbus 16950 UART not supported 5.23 Attansic L2 gigabit ethernet chip not supported 5.24 No 3D acceleration support for ATI Mach64 (Rage3D)-based cards 5.25 --install-src parameter for urpmi does not work, --src does not work as expected 5.26 Cannot access files on AFS servers 5.27 OpenAFS fails to work on x86-64 architecture as kernel module fails to load 5.28 GIMP crashes when using Ia Ora GTK+ theme and GIMP Small theme 5.29 F-Spot cannot import pictures on systems upgraded from a previous Mandriva release 5.30 Some GNOME applications do not start due to evolution-data-server not exiting at session end 5.31 Run-time configuration changes for top not correctly stored 5.32 Totem volume control does not display correctly in full screen mode 5.33 Characters not correctly displayed on virtual terminals with non-Unicode locale 5.34 ez-ipupdate crashes on x86-64 systems 5.35 drakvpn crashes when attempting to enter a username and password 5.36 Modems supported by hsfmodem and hcfpcimodem drivers do not work when configured via Mandriva tools 5.37 gparted does not appear in system menu 5.38 No sound in Hydrogen 5.39 Various crasher bugs in Flamerobin 5.40 Slune fails to launch 5.41 No drivers provided for select in knoda 5.42 Katalog does not launch 5.43 No Avahi (zeroconf) support in Vinagre 5.44 virt-manager fails to run if gnome-python is not installed 5.45 KBFX does not work 5.46 Hotwayd does not work correctly 5.47 Dosemu package cannot be installed 5.48 Cannot install Mandriva as a Xen guest with drakvirt 5.49 mrtg does not work correctly due to missing /var/cache/mrtg directory 5.50 xsupplicant cannot be installed due to missing library 5.51 gphpedit cannot be installed due to missing library 5.52 gxmms does not work 6 Installation 6.1 Installation fails on Dell Precision T3400 7 Upgrading 7.1 RPM database errors after upgrading 8 Kernel 8.1 System crashes when netrom module is unloaded 8.2 System freezes when cm4000 / cm4040 PCMCIA card is ejected 8.3 2008 One detects only up to 880MB of RAM 8.4 Mandriva often dies when running as a VirtualBox guest 9 Hardware issues 9.1 Slow internet response (particularly web browsing) 9.2 Mouse thumb buttons (back and forward buttons) not working 9.3 Firewire devices not detected 9.4 DVD drive not working on Zepto Znote 6625WD 9.5 No sound with Zepto Znote 6625WD 9.6 Cannot use ndiswrapper for devices that are supported by native drivers 9.7 Blank display on laptop screen with Intel 810, 830 or 845 graphics adapter 9.8 SD cards inserted into certain TI readers not recognized 9.9 Wacom tablets do not work if usbmouse module is loaded 9.10 System freeze with NVidia GForce 6200/7200/7300 and multiple processors 10 Software issues 10.1 System hangs when the default screen saver is active and Compiz Fusion is in use 10.2 MandrivaUpdate installs packages from non-update repositories 10.3 Some applications do not play sound when run in the KDE desktop 10.4 Cannot mount NFS shared drives using the Mandriva "Use NFS shares" tool 10.5 Mozilla Thunderbird missing GNOME-VFS support, cannot load related applications for some file types 10.6 CUPS fails to install when /usr/local is not writeable 10.7 Graphical environment fails to start or fails to work properly after updating, with NVIDIA or ATI graphics card 10.8 nedit fails to launch 10.9 VMware Player configuration script fails during module compilation 10.10 Bridged networking via a wireless interface does not work with VMware 10.11 Skype on x86-64 systems 10.12 Skype with PulseAudio 10.13 rpmbuild does not use the BuildRoot tag of a .spec file 11 3D-accelerated desktop 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 12 Server issues 12.1 php_admin_value suhosin.* do not work within Apache virtual hosts [updated 10 March 2008] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 New issues: 8 Kernel 8.1 2008 One detects only up to 880MB of RAM 10 Software issues 10.1 Cannot mount NFS shared drives using the Mandriva "Use NFS shares" tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 New issue: 9 Hardware Issues9.4 Certain built-in Intel graphics chips fail with X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 New issue: 10 Software Issues10.1 System hangs when the default screen saver is active and Compiz Fusion is in use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 New issue: 10 Software issues10.3 No sound in Hydrogen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 New issue: 8 Kernel8.2 Cannot build applications against the kernel source (e.g. VMware) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 5 Resolved issues 5.1 gparted does not appear in system menu Details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 New issue: 9 Hardware issues 9.2 Firewire devices not detected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 New issues: 7 Upgrading 7.1 rpm db errors 9 Hardware issues 9.4 No sound with Zepto Znote 6625WD 10 Software issues 10.4 VMware Player configuration script fails during module compilation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Resolved issues: 5.2 No sound in Hydrogen5.3 Various crasher bugs in Flamerobin 5.4 Slune fails to launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted October 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Resolved issues: 5.5 No drivers provided for select in knoda5.6 Katalog does not launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted November 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 New issues: 9 Hardware issues 9.6 Blank display on laptop screen with Intel 810, 815, 830 or 845 graphics adapter (description refined) 10 Software issues 10.4 Bridged networking via a wireless interface does not work with VMware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted November 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 5 Resolved issues 5.1 HTML files incorrectly recognized by MIME system (not indexed by Beagle and Kerry) 5.2 SSL support missing from irssi 5.3 csh / tcsh unusable due to error in OpenOffice.org csh profile script 5.4 Firefox crashes when opening Print Preview window 10 Software issues 10.3 Sound Juicer locks the disc drive when an audio disc is inserted 10.4 Autofs does not work reliably when used in conjunction with ypbind 10.5 Some GNOME applications do not start due to evolution-data-server not exiting at session end 10.6 Evince does not display some PDF files correctly (white text) 10.7 Cannot access files on AFS servers Details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 5 Resolved Issues5.5 Evince does not display some PDF files correctly (white text) 5.6 Autofs does not work reliably when used in conjunction with ypbind 5.7 KWeather does not work 5.8 beagle-info crashes 5.9 python-reportlab causes Xen and other applications to crash 5.10 mkdosfs cannot check bad blocks when creating filesystems larger than 2GB in size 5.11 Eclipse fails to run 5.12 Sound Juicer locks the disc drive when an audio disc is inserted Details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted November 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2007 5 Resolved Issues5.13 Xman does not find man pages and cannot handle LZMA compressed pages 5.14 Photo software (F-Spot, DigiKam) not working correctly with some Canon cameras 5.15 mount cannot mount Samba mount points that exist on the local filesystem 5.16 Some printers requiring external firmware downloads cannot be configured 5.23 No Avahi (zeroconf) support in Vinagre 5.24 virt-manager fails to run if gnome-python is not installed 5.25 KBFX does not work 10 Software Issues 10.5 --install-src parameter for urpmi does not work, --src does not work as expected Details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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