- keep soft links in HTML help directory
- handle anchors in HTML help IDs
Version 11.64 - 1 October 2008
- when upgrading a kde3 box and task-kde3 is not on the CDs, propose to reboot
and upgrade through Mandriva update applet
- add help button for media selection step
- ensure proper centering of popped windows
- fix/adjust some help pages (#42986)
- fix dithering regression (introduced on 2008-09-29)
- install apmd if /proc/apm exists
(rpmsrate does not list apmd anymore, and apm is a kernel builtin)
- use HTML help for RPM group selection
- when mounting cdrom fails, retry a few times since mount will now fail
instead of waiting for the drive to recognise the CD (cf #43230)
Version 11.58 - 29 September 2008
- ask_deselect_media__copy_on_disk:
o do not select all media by default (eg: debug media)
(nb: this dialog occurs when user chooses "Go back to media and packages
selection" on pkg install error)
o replace scrolled window around everything
with a scrolled window around the list of checkboxes
- adapt to fonts-ttf-gurmukhi => fonts-ttf-lohit switch
- add spacing between radio buttons for readability (#44332)
- better positionning of sidepanel's selection bar
- render background of sidepanel with dithering (looks better on 16bit
displays)
Version 11.56 - 26 September 2008
- dmraid devices: use isw_xxxxp1 instead of isw_xxxx1 (see #42542, #44182)
- disable contextual menu on release notes
Version 11.55 - 26 September 2008
- never add usb-storage to scsi_hostadapter
(never needed, and when wrongly added, it slows the boot)
- ensure DPMS screensaver is not triggered during install
(it interacts badly with matchbox/compositing) (#44021)
- generate /root/drakx/package_list.pl at end of install
(since we don't propose "Save packages selection" at end of install)
- generate /var/lib/rpm/installed-through-deps.list
(to initialize urpmi orphans)
- drakx-in-chroot: do not require running kernel to be installed,
generate empty modules.dep and modules.alias files instead
(useful when running drakx-in-chroot from a chroot)
Version 11.53.2 - 25 September 2008
- actually use better rendering for background gradient
Version 11.53 - 25 September 2008
- better rendering for background gradient
Version 11.52.2 - 24 September 2008
- clean_rpmdb_shared_regions before and after calling gurpmi.addmedia/gurpmi2
in chroot
Version 11.52 - 23 September 2008
- auto-configure floppies (in /etc/modprobe.preload.d/floppy)
- allow setting compssListLevel from command line
- install cpufreq (defaulting to ondemand governor) instead of
powernowd (#43769)
Version 11.50.3 - 22 September 2008
- fix/workaround crash when setting banner background
(Can't call method "get_width" on an undefined value)
Version 11.50.2 - 22 September 2008
- RC2 logo
Version 11.50.1 - 22 September 2008
- fix 1024x768 background
Version 11.50 - 22 September 2008
- handle new driver:
o ethernet: enic, qlge
- i18n:
o add support for ibus
- new sidepanel style
- restore support for right alignement for simple widgets
(regression introduced in 11.46 - 17 September 2008)
Version 11.48 - 18 September 2008
- add a special license for google programs (only for "Powerpack" product)
- install "cryptsetup" when needed
Version 11.47.1 - 17 September 2008
- bug fix: add mandatory new modules for dm-crypt
Version 11.47 - 17 September 2008
- handle new driver:
o ethernet: jme
- partitionning step
o handle partitions encrypted with cryptsetup
o fix file system type drop down list showing most types as "..." in
"Change partition type" dialog in expert mode due to ellipsizing
- list btusb instead of hci_usb in bus/bluetooth (renamed in 2.6.27)
Version 11.46 - 17 September 2008
- libdrakX:
o better layout for right aligned widgets
- license: put focus back on Refuse button by default
Version 11.45 - 16 September 2008
- allow to prefer kernel-server on x86_64 too
- enable relative links in HTML help
- enhanced 'desktop' & 'package selection' steps
- switch from perl-Gtk2-Html2 to perl-Gtk2-WebKit in order to display release
notes & help
- use HTML help for package selection, services & summary step
Version 11.43 - 16 September 2008
- enhanced 'desktop' & 'package selection' steps
- fix berber language image's transparency
- fix displaying current security level in GUI
(regression introduced on 2008-08-29)
- increase default window height b/c of package selection step
- refresh partitionning step
- size most labels (workaround infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968)
(eg: in advanced language selection)
- update icons for packages/services selection
Version 11.42 - 12 September 2008
- increase default window height
- stop claim selecting LSB group will install 2.4.x kernel (#39220)
- desktop step
o move progress bar on its own line
o add a separator between buttons & progress bar
o pack together time label & value
Version 11.41 - 11 September 2008
- bump titles' size by 1 (eg: from 12 to 13 for default font settings)
- do not render "Advanced" & "Help" buttons as blue
- fix default spacing between GUI elements
- fix parsing error messages ar markups
- "Help" dialogs:
o add a separator before "Close" button
o fix displaying "Help" Button for HTML help (#42986)
o put "Close" button of help at right end
- small improvements in many steps (desktop, ...)
- services (thanks to spuk):
o list ip6tables in "Internet" category
o list nfs-common and nfs-server in "File sharing" category
o list rpcbind in "System" category
Version 11.40 - 10 September 2008
- libdrakX:
o fix position of cancel button in popups
o make advanced popup display the same title as their parents
o make all popup titles be upcase
- drakboot
o fix nolapic/lapic logic due to altered kernel settings
- fix input devices detection in rpmsrate (broken for 3 years, #43721)
Version 11.39 - 9 September 2008
- do not use UUID for software raid, only for hdx and sdx
- keep current UUID when formatting ext2/ext3 (was already done for swap),
so that fstab on other distros continue to work (#39913)
(requires e2fsprogs-1.41.1-2mnb2)
- drop the ability to set mem=xxx in bootloader configuration
Version 11.38 - 8 September 2008
- do not size radio button that have a label thus preventing uneeded horizontal
scrollbars to appear
- partitionning step
o fix file system type drop down list showing most types as "..." in expert
mode due to ellipsizing (#43611)
o fix too large partition bar (#43073)
o improved GUI
Version 11.34 - 2 September 2008
- fix buggy blocking wait_message occuring in diskdrake
(using a more powerful strategy to ensure such blocking wait_message won't
bother us anymore) (#43527)
- fix sizing some label (workarounding infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968)
- increase help popup size when browsing services or packages
Version 11.33.1 - 2 September 2008
- make "ask_warn" dialogs be centered
Version 11.33 - 2 September 2008
- further improve layout of media selection step
- "media selection" step: fix position of button (#29367)
- refresh "Summary" step
Version 11.32 - 2 September 2008
- fix buggy blocking wait_message occuring in summary (#42062)
- fix layout of media selection step (#29367)
Version 11.31.2 - 2 September 2008
- adjust sizing in order to prevent horizontal scrollbar to appear
- do not size right aligned radio buttons
Version 11.31 - 2 September 2008
- fix "INTERNAL ERROR: ask_from_normalize" at end of installation
Version 11.30 - 1 September 2008
- keep in $o->{previous_release} the info about upgraded /etc/release,
and pass "reason" and version to urpmi.addmedia
- 2009.0 RC 1 logo
- hack /tmp/.X11-unix to allow accessing X in chroot
- if network access, configure urpmi with --mirrorlist --distrib,
and install updates. This replaces the previous "Install Updates" step.
- fix alignment of check buttons
- fix size of right aligned labels
- fix sizing radio buttons' labels (infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968)
- further improvements to the "bootloader", "desktop" & "partitionning" steps
- prevent big combo boxes to cause an horizontall scrollbar to appear by
using the "ellipsize" property
- remove "Generate auto install floppy" & "Save packages selection"
options at end of installation
- update package managment icons
- use pcmcia-socket-startup from /lib/udev for latest pcmciautils
Version 11.29 - 29 August 2008
- do not try starting graphical installer on early i810 (which is is
not supported), thus prevent waiting several minutes needlessly
- refresh "Individual package selection" step
- refresh "Security" step
Version 11.28 - 28 August 2008
- fix buggy blocking wait_message occuring in summary (#42062)
- diskdrake: use udevadm settle instead of udevsettle
- refresh "Package Group Selection" step
Version 11.27 - 28 August 2008
- configure vga=785 (640x480) when vga=788 (800x600) fails during install
(useful on 800x480 netbooks)
- text mode:
o fix displaying release notes (#43263)
Version 11.26.1 - 28 August 2008
- fix asterisk in titles
Version 11.26 - 27 August 2008
- better layout in 640x480 (#43231)
- fix "probe floppies only once" (#43216)
- misc GUI improvements
o misc changes
o properly size some labels (infamous 6 years old gnome bug #101968)
o refresh "user management" step
o render some titles as blue
o set some wait messages' titles
Version 11.25 - 25 August 2008
- left sidepanel:
o align category titles like step ones
Version 11.24 - 25 August 2008
- handle blowfish password encryption and use it by default (#42426)
- allow to install bootloader on md0 (#42999)
(regression introduced on 2004-08-05)
- minor GUI tweaks
Version 11.23 - 22 August 2008
- pop wait_messages and ensure same window is used for next wait_messages
(to ensure the background is not greyed,ungreyed,greyed,...)
- improved license step
- install lilo when needed (#39878)
- render some message titles as blue
Version 11.21 - 21 August 2008
- ensure we don't default on the first keyboard layout when upgrading french
box in english lang (#41103)
- do not set $HOME while installing packages (#18088)
- install proper qtX package for gcin
- partitionning step
o ensure we initialize only once but at least one, thus fixing crash
when embedded or in installer (#43011)
Version 11.20 - 20 August 2008
- do not uselessly install kernel-server on x86_64 if more than 3.8Gb
are availlable
- diskdrake
o fix sizing partitions bar (#24410)
Version 11.19 - 20 August 2008
- usbkbd is dead, using usbhid instead
- allow passing suppl=0 to disable "additional installation media" question
- drakx-in-chroot:
o fix using remote repositories
- set title for advanced dialogs
- small GUI improvements
Version 11.18 - 19 August 2008
- center sub dialogs
- prevent flickering of big windows by:
o ignoring bogus size-allocate events
o properly computing window position
- stop reducing help & release notes dialogs' size
Version 11.17 - 19 August 2008
- drakx-in-chroot:
o enable to choose resolution of Xvfb
o enable to use a package repository different from installer one
- use new style popup button for 'help' & 'release notes' buttons
Version 11.15 - 19 August 2008
- fix crash with advanced widgets
- fix crashing on some buttons
- fix bogus popup of 'desktop choice' dialog
- authentication: enable network-auth meta-service if auth is not local
Version 11.13 - 18 August 2008
- move hardware packages detection code from installer to drakxtools
Version 11.12 - 18 August 2008
- align titles to the left
- display a separator below titles
- justify big texts
- popup advanced settings in dialogs
- refresh:
o language step
o license step
Version 11.11 - 18 August 2008
- 2009.0 beta 2 logo
- l10n:
o fix selecting locales-XX for locales that specify scripting (#42663)
o update list of locales
o update list of KDE languages for KDE4
Version 11.9.1 - 13 August 2008
- fix left panel in 1024x768
Version 11.9 - 13 August 2008
- new title style
- partition wizard:
o refreshed GUI
Version 11.8.1 - 13 August 2008
- really add deskop images
Version 11.8 - 12 August 2008
- default to UTF-8 for chinese simplified (#42137)
- new desktop choice screen
Version 11.7 - 11 August 2008
- handle new drivers:
o ethernet: r6040
o gigabit: atl1e, bnx2x, sfc
o PATA: pata_ninja32, pata_ns87415
o SCSI: mvsas
o USB host controller: isp1760
o WAN: lapbether
o wireless: rndis_wlan, rtl8180
- add product type to URL when fetching mirror list
Version 11.3 - 4 August 2008
- fix spacing around buttons
Version 11.2 - 31 July 2008
- include extmod Xorg module (for SHAPE extension)
Version 11.1 - 31 July 2008
- do not require matchbox gconf schema (not provided by drakx-installer-matchbox)
Version 11.0 - 30 July 2008
- first steps toward new installer style
Version 10.48 - 28 July 2008
- 2009.0 beta 1 logo
- drakx-in-chroot: prefer Xephyr over Xnest since Xnest lacks many
extensions needed by matchbox-window-manager
Version 10.47 - 10 July 2008
- load disk/scsi before disk/ide since libata is now the default
(to prevent modules::load_category from loading ide-generic too early)
- fix reading and setting kdmrc (by resolving alternative in chroot)
Version 10.46 - 10 July 2008
- authentication:
o add back fix to force the password to be utf8 (#23273)
o fix reading md5/shadow options in /etc/pam.d/system-auth
Version 10.45 - 9 July 2008
- update autologin file path for kdm4
- default to KDE4 (instead of KDE) if kdm config exists when reading
autologin configuration
- change default authentication to local (instead of ldap)
Version 10.44 - 8 July 2008
- 2009.0 alpha 2 logo
Version 10.43 - 4 July 2008
- detect KDE4 when configuring autologin
Version 10.42 - 26 June 2008
- fix reading rpm macros from /etc/macros.d/ (esp. %_filetriggers_dir)
Version 10.41 - 26 June 2008
- 2009.0 alpha 1 logo
Version 10.40 - 25 June 2008
- add support for dm-raid4-5 (tmb)
- add back desktop choice window (by checking task-kde4 instead of task-kde)
Version 10.38 - 20 June 2008
- force back 75dpi to get back previous font sizes
- adapt to cooker file changes
- do not let authentication module (used for ask_user_and_root) mess window size
Version 10.36 - 12 June 2008
- fix authentication configuration
Version 10.35 - 12 June 2008
- adapt to xserver/SecurityPolicy being in /usr
Version 10.34 - 12 June 2008
- partitioning wizard:
o do not propose to resize "hidden" fat partitions
o do not say "the Windows partition" when there can be more than one
- use UUID for resume= kernel parameter
- handle new drivers:
o pata: pata_sch
- handle renamed drivers:
o ide-cd is now named ide-cd_mod
o generic is now named ide-pci-generic
- kernel-laptop is no more
- authentication:
o add Kerberos Support
o add disconnected mode for Ldap, Kerberos, Windows auth
o add more options in Ldap configuration: Fetch DN, TLS
o remove Active Directory SFU
o change Winbind authentification to enable domain model choice (NT4 or AD)
Version 10.30 - 23 April 2008
- /sbin/usb_id is needed by mouse.pm to generate /dev/input/by-id/xxx (#39868)
(and not /LIB/udev/usb_id since drakx-kbd-mouse-x11 0.42)
- list generic module in disk/ide
Version 10.29 - 3 April 2008
- time: write UTC setting in /etc/adjtime (#36522)
Version 10.28 - 3 April 2008
- fix computed install size in group selection (#39303)
(it didn't take suggests into account)
Version 10.27 - 3 April 2008
- 2008.1 logo (the good one)
- enable to restore the system through rsnapshot if giving "restore"
on cmdline
- fix broken help because of s/pt_BR/pt_br/ change in file names (#36774)
Version 10.26 - 2 April 2008
- 2008.1 logo
- fix crash when detecting network connection with supplementary media
Version 10.23 - 31 March 2008
- ensure umount on loopback-mounted-file doesn't leak /dev/loop
(otherwise it breaks install from isos on disk) (#36992)
- warn the user and propose to install/quit-install before upgrading from a
partition where "/" is ext3 with block-size 1KB to avoid kernel bug (#37583)
- detect as laptop systems with ACPI lid button
(i.e. if /sys/bus/acpi/devices/PNP0C0D:* exists)
- fix computing time according to timezone in local/UTC dialog
(by using zoneinfo files from the installed prefix)
Version 10.21 - 25 March 2008
- partitioning wizard: allow "Use free space" if there is an extended
partition even if all primary partitions are used (#38804)
(*old* bug!)
- fix errors while setting PA preferences (#39270)
- use umask=0 by default on vfat (#39315)
- root/user password:
o force the password to be utf8 (#23273)
Version 10.19 - 21 March 2008
- diskdrake:
o fix setting mount point of a /dev/mdX (#39142)
(regression introduced in 10.8)
- when skipping bootloader installation, correctly say "None" in summary
(#39101)
- correctly set country when given lang=xxx on /proc/cmdline
(regression introduced in 10.16) (#39104)
Version 10.18 - 21 March 2008
- when reformatting swap, keep existing UUID (#38877)
- ask which drive to install bootloader if we don't really know which is first
bios drive (cf #38829)
- fix reading alternatives in install
- add Xorg.0.log to report.bug.gz (to help diagnose why X failed)
Version 10.17 - 20 March 2008
- do not unconfigure timezone if timezone screen is canceled (#33565)
- update OpenOffice/BrOffice alternative according to selected lang (#37820)
Version 10.16 - 18 March 2008
- adduserdrake:
o display kdm/gdm icon again (was disabled on year ago)
- do not write aliases for asus_acpi and thinkpad_acpi in
modprobe.preload, the modules are now handled by coldplug
- fix setting default lang (which is given by gfxboot)
Version 10.15 - 14 March 2008
- 2008.1 RC2 logo
Version 10.14 - 14 March 2008
- adapt to cooker:
o brltty libraries are now correctly in /lib64 on x86_64
- mount ntfs-3g as ntfs during install
(fixes adding "windows" entry in bootloader)
- really fix partition device name for some dmraid (missing "p", cf #38363)
- cpufreq: fix gsx-suspmod probe
- do not propose to upgrade non-mandriva and non-conectiva distros (#38408)
Version 10.10 - 6 March 2008
- fix resizing/formatting ntfs, and create "Windows" entry in bootloader
(broken because of ntfs-3g switch in previous release)
- install kernel586 on Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 (#37866)
- do not load i810fb, rely on vesa xorg drive instead (it may help #37772)
- restore correct configuration of nfs/hd media in urpmi.cfg
(regression introduced in 10.8)
- fix partition device name for some dmraid (missing "p", cf #38363)
- do not timeout after 10 minutes when resizing NTFS partition
Version 10.8 - 4 March 2008
- adapt code to upgrade from redhat for mdv extensions (& for Manbo
Core by the way)
- auto allocate: do not create /home if drive is smaller than 7GB
- do not propose to deselect media if none can be deselected
- no more /media/cdrom in fstab by default (#35055)
(not needed anymore by urpmi)
- use cdrom:// instead of removable:// in urpmi.cfg (urpmi 5.7)
- use and install ntfs-3g by default for ntfs partitions (#37823)
Version 10.6.25 - 28 February 2008
- API changes for draklive-install
Version 10.6.24 - 28 February 2008
- do not assign a mount point to partitions of type "Compaq diagnostics"
- 2008.1 RC1 logo
Version 10.6.23 - 25 February 2008
- adapt to cooker:
o jfsprogs is now jfsutils
- change background color
Version 10.6.21 - 19 February 2008
- adapt to cooker rpm macros new locations
Version 10.6.20 - 18 February 2008
- do not create alt_windows unless needed
(regression introduced on 2007-11-26) (#37722)
- install linuxwacom if needed
- load disk/ide before disk/scsi, or else sata_sis may be loaded for a
SATA controller and trigger pata_sis loading before sis5513 is loaded,
which would defeat an eventual alias to sis5513 for a PATA controller
- cpufreq:
o use acpi-cpufreq for Mobile PIII/Celeron
(family 6 model 11, for example Toshiba Portégé 3500)
o use speedstep-centrino only for supported models
and prefer acpi-cpufreq (patch from Herton, #30208)
o use p4-clockmod for some Intel family 6 processors not supporting EST
Version 10.6.19 - 12 February 2008
- do not propose "KDE, GNOME or Custom" profiles if the partition is small
(< 2.5GB) otherwise the installer will not be able to install the full profile
- auto partitioning: ensure the "/" is bigger on small drives
Version 10.6.18 - 12 February 2008
- adapt to modules being in /lib/modules/`uname -r`
Version 10.6.16 - 11 February 2008
- Xorg needs xkb/rules/base, otherwise it can go crazy (#35912)
- add mkntfs (#37462)
- detect systems with C7-M processor as laptop (like Belinea s.book)
Version 10.6.13 - 5 February 2008
- add "vesa" X driver to use when framebuffer fails
(useful for boxes which work with vga=785 which is not the default, in that
case "vesa" should work)
Version 10.6.12 - 28 January 2008
- 2008.1 beta2 logo
- set $::isInstall soon enough for fs::type data-structure creation:
fixes reiser4 appearing in diskdrake during install (#36999)
- add grub entries to allow booting other installed distros
(using grub "configfile") (see #16604)
Version 10.6.10 - 28 January 2008
- handle new drivers:
o ethernet: cpmac
o gigabit: ipg
o pata/sata: pata_bf54x, sata_fsl
o sound: snd-at73c213
o tv cards: cx23885
o webcams: tcm825x
- fix detecting existing LVMs (#31228)
(regression introduced in 10.4.204 (?))
- fix ensuring X is launched on tty7 (cf #37087)
- fix handling LVM VGs with "-" in the name (#37267)
- call X with -nolisten tcp to avoid "security" issues (#18320)
(nb: this implies "xhost+" helper prog is not useful anymore)
- do not propose ext4dev filesystem during install (#37157)
Version 10.6.8 - 24 January 2008
- 2008.1 beta1 logo
- look for LVM PV on non partitioned disk before looking for DOS
partition_table (esp. for lilo which puts the DOS magic)
Version 10.6.7 - 22 January 2008
- add xkb/symbols/inet (which is now needed by default for pc105)
- adapt to perl 5.10.0
- create /dev/cdrom symlink for installer (#36703)
- do not put "windows" entry in bootloader for partitions where Windows is not
present (#8086)
Version 10.6.5 - 14 January 2008
- do not sort languages in "choose language" step in graphical mode, since the
sort is done on the non-translated strings (eg: we display "Espanol" but we
sort on Spanish )
Version 10.6.3 - 9 January 2008, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- 2008.1 alpha2 logo
- adapt to cooker:
o DejaVuSans-Bold*.ttf instead of DejaVuSansBold*.ttf (again!)
o /usr/lib/gconv/KOI8-K.so is no more, take KOI8-*.so
o no more /etc/rpm/platform (for rpm 4.4.2.2)
- install SMP packages when "match_all_hardware" option is set
Version 10.6.1 - 12 December 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- ensure failing to build mdkinst.sqfs is a fatal error
- drakx-in-chroot:
o just like stage1, handle ending with current arch() so
that we can access main32 on x86_64
- do not rebuild rpmdb if it is ok
(will workaround #32547) (need perl-URPM 3.01)
- adapt to perl-URPM 3.00 API to parse pubkey files
- adjust Uzbek locale (cf locales-uz change)
- sort languages in "choose language" step in text mode
- diskdrake:
o drop "Undo", "Restore partition table", "Save partition table"
(preparing to switch to libparted)
- don't check /proc/partitions for a partition_table::lvm
(ie PV on non partitioned drive)
Version 10.5.6 - 30 November 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- restrict the proposed input-methods for each language
- /dev/ may not exist if LVs have not been created, it must not be an error (#31478)
- use xkb instead of xmodmap
- save bootloader on MBR when calling grub/install.sh, and restore it before
calling it again (#35255) (ie implement "lilo -u" for grub)
- ensure /etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap is generated with installed
keymaps, not installer simplified (?) .bkmap (#35376)
- fix wrongly detecting some devices as laptop specific (#35759)
- add /etc/mke2fs.conf symlink so that mke2fs can use it (cf #27377)
Version 10.5.5 - 14 November 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- adapt to cooker:
o kbd_drv.so instead of keyboard_drv.so
o DejaVuSansBold*.ttf instead of DejaVuSans-Bold*.ttf
Version 10.5.4 - 13 November 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- use UUID by default (in fstab, bootloader)
- localedrake:
o fix handling variant together with charset (eg: uz.UTF-8@Latn) (#35090)
- partitioning wizard: ensure existing_part and resize_fat are proposed before
wipe_drive
- in case of ftp/http media, we select basesystem before doing
bestKernelPackage so we must ensure the choice callback selects the good
kernel (reported by Thomas Spuhler on cooker mailing list)
- do propose "Suisse" after selecting french language (#34675)
- use time() to know when to timeout (when launching installer X server)
since the loop may be slower than 1 second (xf86misc::main::Xtest takes time
on a failing X server on i810). Also print a message telling user to wait
after 8 seconds.
Version 10.4.238 - 5 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- do not use pseudo Protocol "vboxmouse" during install, use "IMPS/2" instead
Version 10.4.236 - 4 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- fix copying of ../../i586/media/main medium
(for dual_arch CDs sharing the i586 medium)
- fix configuring kdeglobals (was broken because of /etc/kderc using
udpate-alternatives which use absolute symlinks)
Version 10.4.233 - 4 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- use /dev/cdrom in fstab, but do not write corresponding udev rule
(the rules will be generated at boot time otherwise it won't catch the
hdX/srX switch)
Version 10.4.232 - 4 October 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- add helper to get kernel module path (to be used in draklive)
Version 10.4.228 - 3 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- use /dev/cdrom in fstab, and write corresponding udev rule
(the rules were generated at boot time but here we ensure consistent naming)
- 2008 logo
- bootloader:
o if there is a /boot, check /boot instead of "/" to allow grub or not
Version 10.4.227 - 2 October 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- diskdrake:
o improved wrapping of mount option descriptions (#19848)
- add ath5k module in wireless category
Version 10.4.224 - 1 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- don't keep noarch pkgs symlinked (to ../../../i586/media/main/xxx.rpm)
when copying packages on disk
Version 10.4.223 - 1 October 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- diskdrake:
o bugfix 10.4.162: allow "LVM" on RAID (#34359)
- add acpi-cpufreq support for some Intel CPUs (family 6 model 15)
(from Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski, #30208)
Version 10.4.220 - 28 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- log_sizes: cleanup __db* files
- ensure the rpmdb is closed
Version 10.4.218 - 28 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- add /etc/rpm/macros.cdb
Version 10.4.217 - 27 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- help:
o do not segfault on #foobar like anchors
o try translated links first (#33679)
Version 10.4.216 - 27 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- allow to choose countries like "Angola" which have no locale (en_AO) in the
"best" countries (alas it won't be remembered, will only be used in kde
settings for now)
Version 10.4.215 - 26 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- display nicer HTML release notes rather than raw text version
- fix using iso CD2 on disk (#33022):
o remove " from medium name when reading media.cfg
o handle "Volume id" ending with -CD[123] instead of -Disc[123]
- handle @::auto_steps in patch-oem.pl
Version 10.4.214 - 26 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- do not ask desktop choice in upgrade (#34025)
- fix displaying help in custom partition (#33994)
Version 10.4.212 - 24 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- don't crash install when mounting CD fails (#33421)
- don't ask for desktop and go directly to choose groups if kde and gnome are
not available on media (useful for mini iso)
- add mount.nfs binary (since mount doesn't handle nfs fs anymore)
Version 10.4.211 - 24 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- on upgrade, don't add resume=xxx if noresume is there (#33953)
- diskdrake
o fix "Add to LVM"
- do not display any message when user screenshot when chrooted during install
of pkgs (#33752)
- don't add resume=xxx to bootloader configuration if there is noresume (#33953)
- ignore /proc/partitions when "solaris" extended partition is present (#33866)
- translate the pkg summary when mdv-rpm-summary info is available
(for the "Details" mode when installing packages)
- ensure mdv-rpm-summary is installed first (if selected)
Version 10.4.207 - 21 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- localization:
o default input method is now scim-bridge (#32138)
Version 10.4.206 - 20 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- fix some banner icons (#33802)
Version 10.4.205 - 20 September 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- stop configuring TV cards in summary since kernel do a better job now
- fix passing module options when module name contains a '-' character
- add dkms-modules.alias and ldetect-lst-modules.alias files in stage2
Version 10.4.204 - 19 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- individual package selection: make the package "Info" non editable
- diskdrake:
o "Clear All" defaults to LVM on full disk if drive is >4TB
o do not allow partitions bigger than 2TB-1 on DOS MBR, nor partitions
starting above 2TB-1
- restore banner on pop up messages (#33753)
- handle /boot/xxx files on linux raid1
- when basesystem can't be selected, display the reason
- also load dm-zero for dmraid
- add RC2 banner
Version 10.4.201 - 17 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- fix loading dependencies of kernel module "xxx-yyy" (instead of "xxx_yyy")
(eg: dm-mirror)
- report_bug: hide grub password (#33634)
- fix blocking wait_message (when they pop) (#33676, #33670)
- advertising: restore support for $title in .pl files (wrongly dropped in 10.4.195)
- localization:
o fix installing packages according to desktop
- boot loader config:
o boot entrie list uses ellipsis rather than scroll bar
Version 10.4.199 - 17 September 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- fix loading of tifm_sd module
Version 10.4.198 - 16 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- fix a crash
- localization:
o install scim-bridge-qt4 if KDE4 is installed
Version 10.4.197 - 15 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- localization:
o enable to select 'scim-bridge' as IM
o install needed packages for skim
o install scim-qtimm for scim default config
o remove extra SCIM combinations (simpler)
Version 10.4.196 - 14 September 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- fix typo breaking reading fstab with UUID= entries
- don't set $o->{security} until accepted (#33567)
- packageCallbackChoices: use prefered packages given by perl-URPM 2.00
Version 10.4.195 - 14 September 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- fix loading of tifm_sd module (#18237)
Version 10.4.194 - 13 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- do not allow to upgrade i586->x86_64 or x86_64->i586 (#33370)
- do not configure "windows" bootloader entries for "hidden" partitions
- fix unwrapped label (#33243)
- fix grub hanging if /boot on xfs (#33267)
- use user_xattr by default on reiserfs (#15068)
- for wait_message, display a banner and move "Please Wait" in the banner
Version 10.4.191 - 5 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- "choose desktop" step:
o put images along labels in RadioButtons (HIG)
- summary screen:
o add spacing around separators
o fix not displaying the security group
- drop support for iiimf
- update bootloader & updates banner icons
Version 10.4.190 - 5 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- display a warning when capslock is enabled and entering a password (#33028)
- fix insmoding raid0 (#33172)
Version 10.4.189 - 4 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- summary screen:
o add spacing between elements
o add an horizontal bar between elements
Version 10.4.188 - 4 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- hardware detection layer:
o add support for tape device again (#31073)
o enumerate generic SCSI devices again
- enumerate generic SCSI devices again
Version 10.4.187 - 4 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- bugfix: add desktop-Custom.png to tarball
- add global variable settable via "use_uuid" on kernel cmdline
Version 10.4.185 - 4 September 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- fix gnome choice in "choose desktop" step (#33101)
Version 10.4.184 - 3 September 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- support for UUID (including UUID=xxx in fstab)
- do not set relatime option for mounting nfs
- nicely adjust mtime of fontconfig cache files
- steps window: do not underline categories (Installation, Configuration)
- nicer "choose desktop" step with icons
Version 10.4.183 - 31 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- add new step "choose desktop", before or hiding "choose groups"
- bootloader-config
o handle new naming of vmlinuz flavors: vmlinuz---Xmdv
instead of vmlinuz--Xmdv
o always use "linux" short name instead of "linux-"
(since the long name is quite nice nowadays)
Version 10.4.182 - 30 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- enable snd-ac97-codec power_save=1 option if installed on laptop (#32213)
- set specific icons for summary steps (#32923)
- assume system is a laptop if it contains some "Intel Corporation|Mobile" devices
(fix Samsung Q1U detection, #32967)
Version 10.4.181 - 29 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- fix translating steps titles
- ugtk2: use given title if available instead of default step title (#32923)
Version 10.4.180 - 27 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- bug command: fix choosing the usb-key/floppy drive
(ie adapting interactive::stdio to new interactive callbacks)
- add /usr/share/ldetect-lst/fallback-modules.alias for
drakx-in-chroot on old kernels
- fallback to kernel-desktop
- fix summary in text mode (#32858)
- fix loading linux software raid (mdadm) kernel modules
(after rename raid5&raid6 -> raid456)
- diskdrake
o fix action "Type" on a software raid (eg: dm0)
o fix coloring "Other" partitions (#32845)
- update banner for RC1
Version 10.4.179 - 24 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- install kernel-desktop-devel-latest instead of
kernel-source-stripped-latest on upgrade
Version 10.4.178 - 24 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- adapt to new kernel flavors
Version 10.4.177 - 24 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- fix typo in banner name (otherwise internal_error)
Version 10.4.176 - 24 August 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- fix resolving category from module (mainly fix usbhid loading)
Version 10.4.175 - 23 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- fix typo making selectKeyboard step not called
- diskdrake:
o change the legend and the colors per partition
- drop /etc/sysconfig/usb configuration (not used anymore in initscripts)
- update banner for beta2
Version 10.4.174 - 21 August 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- set default per step banner title & icon for all steps
- fallback on module name if the filename can't be found
(in the rare case the caller uses '-' in the module name)
- use '_' in module names when explicitely loading them (cosmetics only)
- kill old usb-storage code, mkinitrd now loads it when necessary
Version 10.4.173 - 21 August 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- convert module names to module filenames
Version 10.4.172 - 21 August 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- ignore wmaster* devices when detecting wireless interfaces
Version 10.4.171 - 20 August 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- really use '_' in modules names
Version 10.4.170 - 20 August 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- use '_' in modules names
Version 10.4.169 - 14 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- use better default title & icon for banners
- diskdrake:
o add support for 'relatime' mount option
o default all machines to 'relatime' mount option
(except laptops which use the stronger noatime)
o kill support for 'nodiratime' mount option
Version 10.4.168 - 13 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- merge root password step and create user step
- fix checking user creation info (#32517)
- allow to create only one user per default, but add an entry in summary to
create more users
- authentication method is not configurable anymore for now.
should we add it to summary?
- 'ibm_acpi' driver was replaced by 'thinkpad_acpi (#31606)
- internal
o use urpm::select::get_preferred to choose preferred packages
(need urpmi library >= 4.10.1)
o computeGroupSize: do direct requires before choices
(eg for epiphany: require libmozilla-firefox2.0.0.6 before choosing
package providing libmozjs.so)
Version 10.4.165 - 10 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- fix detecting sound cards
Version 10.4.164 - 9 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- cache PCI probe results
- use Xconfig::proprietary::pkgs_for_Driver2 from drakx-kbd-mouse-X11 0.21
Version 10.4.162 - 8 August 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- drakboot:
o allow choosing another bootloader method when a package cannot be
installed (occurs on 2008.0 beta1 where mandriva-gfxboot-theme is missing)
- diskdrake:
o do not show partition types which have no associated filesystem
for LVM LV (#32326)
- allow using diskdrake even if there is only a lvm PV on full disk available
- fix range max value >2TB when creating a partition (useful for LVs >2TB)
- kill security level step (only reachable from summary now)
- restore progress bar when formatting ext3
- summary screen:
o warn if the security level will prevent accessing windows partitions
o reorder steps according to specs
o render titles in bold
Version 10.4.158 - 3 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- configure removable writable media to use "flush" option instead of "sync" (#23042)
Version 10.4.155 - 2 August 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- use kbd (setfont) instead of console-tools (consolechars)
- drop supermount support
- diskdrake: drop "Rescue partition table" feature
(was based on rescuept which has been dropped in util-linux, but was quite
bad compared to testdisk anyway)
Version 10.4.150 - 24 July 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- update banner for 2008 beta 1 (from Anne)
Version 10.4.149 - 17 July 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- fix build of wireless binding with latest kernel headers
Version 10.4.148 - 17 July 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- add ide-disk module in disk/raw
- load ide-disk module when loading disk/ide category
Version 10.4.147 - 12 July 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- allow using sqlite for rpmdb when using option rpm_dbapi=4
- add /LIB/udev/usb_id which is needed by mouse.pm to generate /dev/input/by-id/xxx
Version 10.4.142 - 2 July 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- brown paper bag fix (stage1 can't create symlink /etc/rpm/platform)
Version 10.4.141 - 29 June 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- bundle /etc/rpm/platform for rpm 4.4.8
- use modularized ide drivers and configure ide-controller in modprobe.conf
- auto_install:
o allow "automatic=met:http,ser:server,dir:/pub/dir
kickstart=/pub/auto_inst.cfg" to get http://server/pub/auto_inst.cfg (#31474)
o ensure /etc/resolv.conf is configured in /mnt for network installs
- add /etc/mke2fs.conf in order to format ext3fs with 4k blocks (#27377)
- diskdrake
o fix 1.9TB displayed as 1TB
- do not ask for updates at end of installation when updates are already
available (network installs) (#30344)
- do not try to configure dvd devices since /dev is wiped out at
reboot
- fix detecting usb drives (#13395)
(need a perl-MDK-Common 1.2.5)
- hw support:
o handle snd-cs5530 driver
- install fonts-ttf-dejavu & fonts-ttf-liberation by default
- allow umounting cdrom during a transaction
- really allow having name with "/" in media.cfg
- use "mkfs.ext3" instead of "mkfs.ext2 -J"
(to have dir_index & resize_inode features)
(cf Frederik Himpe 23 Apr 2007 mail on cooker)
Version 10.4.129 - 4 April 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- move advertising out of drakx-installer-stage2 into drakx-installer-advertising
Version 10.4.128 - 3 April 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- don't configure /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc if it doesn't exist
(other kdmrc.rpmnew will be created, many important values will be missing)
- fix ext3 formatting with label and progress bar (#30032)
- fix taking screenshot
- prefering libkdebase4-kmenuedit over libkdebase46-kmenuedit to ensure
kdebase-kmenuedit is chosen instead of kdebase4-kmenuedit
Version 10.4.126 - 29 March 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- use pci_domain when matching sysfs device and computing
sysfs device path
Version 10.4.124 - 29 March 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- correctly mark "update" media in urpmi.cfg
- fix multiple detection of PCI network cards with the same driver (#29688)
- rename o->{build_live_system} as more generic o->{match_all_hardware} name
- automatically install network drivers when matching all hardware
Version 10.4.122 - 29 March 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- final banner image
- fix installing kernel-source-stripped
- include mmc_block for card readers
Version 10.4.120 - 23 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- allow having name with "/" in media.cfg
- interactive::curses:
o handle multi-line labels, and wrap too long labels (#29060)
- do not use bold&big for advanced_messages
(fixes authentication choice being big & ugly, #28676)
Version 10.4.119 - 22 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- use concat_symlink to get rid of ../../ in urpmi.cfg on x86_64 for main32 medium
- don't complain about missing pata drivers
- do not install nspluginwrapper on ia32 (#29808)
- use http://api.mandriva.com/mirrors/$type.$version.$arch instead of simply
$version.$arch (useful to differentiate CorpoDesktop4)
- fix ati/nvidia drivers installation on One
Version 10.4.116 - 19 March 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- do not fallback on english HTML help but on on old translated help
- handle more drivers (dvb, ethernet, gigabit, ide, pcmcia, sata,
sound, tv, usb hosts, wan, webcam, wireless)
- 2007 RC logo
- diskdrake: handle mkntfs
Version 10.4.115 - 16 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- use kernel-*latest to select the kernel,
and also kernel-source-stripped-latest when dkms is installed on upgrade
- add some nice code selecting the various kernel-source-stripped (or
kernel-.*-devel) corresponding to the chosen kernels
- allow having rpmsrate on CD0 overriding rpmsrate on CD1
(bugged introduced in rev 37253)
- when using 2 media_cfg in auto_inst,
allow specifying which rpmsrate will be used
- for locales with fallback (eg: br:fr), try main language before
english
Version 10.4.114 - 16 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- use grub-gfxmenu command to configure /boot/gfxmenu for grub
Version 10.4.111 - 15 March 2007, by Olivier "blino" Blin
- correctly translate Driver2 to package name (fix ati packages installation on One)
Version 10.4.109 - 15 March 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- display HTML help if availlable
- load tifm_sd if needed (#25133)
Version 10.4.107 - 13 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- prefer kde3 packages over kde4 packages
Version 10.4.106 - 12 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- move the lib64 symlink in share/symlinks (to fix drakx-in-chroot),
this will leave a harmless dangling symlink in most cases though
- configure "tifm_7xx1" driven card_reader (#25133)
- do not bother configure old modutils
- fix PCI descriptions returned from pci_probe()
- enhance wrapping in wizards
Version 10.4.103 - 6 March 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- add icons needed by xorg configuration (#29069)
Version 10.4.98 - 22 February 2007, by Thierry Vignaud
- do not install athcool on ia32, it freeze at least some nforce2 machines
- fix regexp for kernel-2.6.17.10mdv for autoinstall install & liveCD building
- include fsck.jfs on x86_64 too (#28821)
- update kernel/list_modules.pm
Version 10.4.96 - 16 February 2007, by Pascal "Pixel" Rigaux
- handle vga=0x3.. instead of vga=7..
- prefer free-kde-config (otherwise one-kde-config is chosen)
- use system-wide raghu.ttf (pablo)
- fix rights on files
- fix automatic selection of proprietary video kernel packages (blino)
- modify custom.conf instead of gdm.conf (blino)
10.4.93
- really fix command bug