Porteus-v1.0-rc3-x86_64 "Unplanned release"
Posted: 12 Jun 2011, 20:04
After short discussion with brokenman we have decided to release rc3 for both arch for one week testing before going with 1.0 milestone.
This is the last chance for reporting bugs so every feedback is welcome
Link to the repo:
http://ponce.cc/porteus/x86_64/testing/ ... -v1.0_rc3/
Short changelog:
- kernel 2.6.38.8
- KDE-4.6.4
- added super hot feature: 'Porteus Package Manager' by brokenman!
- linuxrc supports booting from 'UUID:' and 'LABEL:' which can be used instead of /dev/sdXy for all cheatcodes which uses full paths. more info:
http://porteus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=569
thanks to y1b for inspiration!
- removed creation of .dat file by linuxrc. please use 'Porteus .dat manager' instead
- 'noeject' cheatcode has one additional feature when used together with copy2ram: prevents unmounting of booting partition
(please read /boot/chatcodes.txt for more detailed info)
- fixed 'load=' and 'noload=' cheatcodes which were conflicting in some cases (thanks to crashman for bug report)
- Ahau set all cheatcodes in alphabetical order (francois suggestion) - thanks for that.
- /boot/tools/TweakUAC.exe replaced with MyUAC by Blaze (thanks!)
- removed 'quiet splash=' cheatcodes from liloinst.sh as we dont use splash
- added user 'guest' to following groups: power and dialout
- kernel config: RAID is compiled as (M) . initrd doesn't support it anyway.
- added more info to the /001/opt/porteus-scripts/porteus_encrypter script. should be more user friendly now.
- 'Porteus module manager': fixed deactivation of modules
- removed all firmware which had no license attached, added atheros fw
- lzm2xzm: fixed convertions of folders with "lzm" in name
- porteus-usb.sh: calls lin_start_here.sh and not bootinst.sh at the end
- psinfo: added '-k' switch to lspci which shows kernel drivers used for pci hardware
- added licenses to /usr/doc for all non-free packages (ie: firmware, xvba-video)
- 'Porteus Module Tools' got various fixes: merged tgz and txz options, additional info is displayed after creating xzm from changes
- /002/usr/share/applications/cups.desktop: changed path to http://localhost:631/admin (thanks to wread)
- 'Porteus .dat manager': added info about "changes=" cheatcode and .dat containers
- /002/xf86-video-nouveau-git is downgraded to previous version as per Blaze's bug report
Be aware that 64bit repo for 'Porteus Packages Manager' is not populated with packages yet. i have got 64bit version of PPM 30 mins ago. currently we have 32bit ones there so you can use them for testing. Give me few days and i'll start replacing 32bit ones with 64bit equivalents.
Happy testing!
The Porteus Team
This is the last chance for reporting bugs so every feedback is welcome
Link to the repo:
http://ponce.cc/porteus/x86_64/testing/ ... -v1.0_rc3/
Short changelog:
- kernel 2.6.38.8
- KDE-4.6.4
- added super hot feature: 'Porteus Package Manager' by brokenman!
- linuxrc supports booting from 'UUID:' and 'LABEL:' which can be used instead of /dev/sdXy for all cheatcodes which uses full paths. more info:
http://porteus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=569
thanks to y1b for inspiration!
- removed creation of .dat file by linuxrc. please use 'Porteus .dat manager' instead
- 'noeject' cheatcode has one additional feature when used together with copy2ram: prevents unmounting of booting partition
(please read /boot/chatcodes.txt for more detailed info)
- fixed 'load=' and 'noload=' cheatcodes which were conflicting in some cases (thanks to crashman for bug report)
- Ahau set all cheatcodes in alphabetical order (francois suggestion) - thanks for that.
- /boot/tools/TweakUAC.exe replaced with MyUAC by Blaze (thanks!)
- removed 'quiet splash=' cheatcodes from liloinst.sh as we dont use splash
- added user 'guest' to following groups: power and dialout
- kernel config: RAID is compiled as (M) . initrd doesn't support it anyway.
- added more info to the /001/opt/porteus-scripts/porteus_encrypter script. should be more user friendly now.
- 'Porteus module manager': fixed deactivation of modules
- removed all firmware which had no license attached, added atheros fw
- lzm2xzm: fixed convertions of folders with "lzm" in name
- porteus-usb.sh: calls lin_start_here.sh and not bootinst.sh at the end
- psinfo: added '-k' switch to lspci which shows kernel drivers used for pci hardware
- added licenses to /usr/doc for all non-free packages (ie: firmware, xvba-video)
- 'Porteus Module Tools' got various fixes: merged tgz and txz options, additional info is displayed after creating xzm from changes
- /002/usr/share/applications/cups.desktop: changed path to http://localhost:631/admin (thanks to wread)
- 'Porteus .dat manager': added info about "changes=" cheatcode and .dat containers
- /002/xf86-video-nouveau-git is downgraded to previous version as per Blaze's bug report
Be aware that 64bit repo for 'Porteus Packages Manager' is not populated with packages yet. i have got 64bit version of PPM 30 mins ago. currently we have 32bit ones there so you can use them for testing. Give me few days and i'll start replacing 32bit ones with 64bit equivalents.
Happy testing!
The Porteus Team