Tests wanted for beta 1 !

[ennael]

As has been stated in the Mageia roadmap, Mageia 1 Beta1 is now available for tests. The first Mageia stable release is planned for 1st of June (which is now quite near!). Our focus is always on improving distribution content but also lots of work was done on localisation support (locales, main applications, Asian locales). Core packages versions include: kernel 2.6.38.2, KDE 4.6.1, GNOME 2.32, Firefox 4.0, ... More information is available in the release notes and web announcement.

For Beta1, the Mageia team has set up an easy page to help you download the ISO's: have a look at the download page. Also note that torrents have been set up for Beta1, grab the relevant .torrent file from here. 2 Live CDs will be available on mirrors, on 7th of april the latest.

Once again we need your feedback to improve quality:

Read the howto-report-a-bug guide and use the Mageia bug tracker to file bug reports when appropriate

If you are not that familiar with Bugzilla, you can post your comments in the Mageia forums

Tests wanted

Enjoy!

[DShelbyD]

I have a fully updated Alpha 2 and am a little mystified that the kernel is 2.6.37 rather than 2.6.38, especially because "drakconf" shows that "latest kernel" and kernel 2.6.38 is installed. It does not, however, show up in the boot configuration section of drakconf or on the menu.lst in /boot/grub. Is this a bug or how it's supposed to be with Alpha 2 updated?

I'm downloading via torrent Beta 1 and will test it separately, but I'm a bit confused about what I have under Alpha 2.

David

[isadora]

32-bits-version of Mageia 1 Beta 1 is downloading right here through torrents.
Will test it as soon as i am back from a few days out in the country.

Thanks Mageia-team for yet another beautiful product.

[jkerr82508]

I have a fully updated Alpha 2 and am a little mystified that the kernel is 2.6.37 rather than 2.6.38

Please post the results of the following commands entered in a terminal/konsole:

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uname -r
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

Jim

[Yemets]

700mb version have been installed from usb.
result - light desktop stands still, but kde do not woring right.
todo?

[ennael]

700mb version have been installed from usb.
result - light desktop stands still, but kde do not woring right.
todo?

What do you mean exactly and how did you install it ?

[Yemets]

iso of dual arch cd was carefully installed on flash drive and than it set ups on my hard drive. lxde is up. kde is down)
sorry i`m n00b, please concretize the question

[jkerr82508]

The dual-arch CD does not include KDE. (It's mainly intended for expert users.) I recommend that you wait for a couple of days. A KDE live CD will then be available, which can be used to install KDE.

Jim

[Yemets]

I do not need live cd, I just have broken cdrom))
Now downloading dvd version, thank you for explaining

[DShelbyD]

I have a fully updated Alpha 2 and am a little mystified that the kernel is 2.6.37 rather than 2.6.38

Please post the results of the following commands entered in a terminal/konsole:

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uname -r
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

Jim

These are what I ran before submitting the question:

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[root@Athlon6000 ~]# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=ea72ed16-355e-4463-9cf4-f19558483798 resume=UUID=d493033a-5620-421e-abf6-878802ba2625 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=ea72ed16-355e-4463-9cf4-f19558483798 resume=UUID=d493033a-5620-421e-abf6-878802ba2625
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=ea72ed16-355e-4463-9cf4-f19558483798 failsafe
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

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[root@Athlon6000 ~]# uname -a
Linux Athlon6000 2.6.37.3-desktop-1.mga #1 SMP Tue Mar 8 23:07:06 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[jd]

For those of us who updated from Mandriva 2010.2 to alpha 2 got the kernel to 2.6.38.2. This was via urpmi --auto-update. I also have kernel 2.6.38.2-2.mga and there are no problems or are there?

[jd]

What about the bloated / partition after upgrading from Mandriva 2010.2? When will this be corrected? What is causing the bloat?

[jkerr82508]

@DShelbyD

Yes. As you said, it seems that for some reason (I've no idea why) the 2.6.38 kernel was not properly installed. If you were planning on keeping the installation, I'd recommend removing that kernel and re-installing it. You could open a bug report. I don't see a report of anyone else experiencing the same problem.

Jim

[wobo]

I checked this last night.
First I did my usual update of Alpha2 - the new kernel was installed and grub menue was changed accordingly.
Then I did an update of my Mandriva 2010.2 system to Beta 1 - it's running this kernel.

So, as Jim wrote, it seems to be a bad installation of the kernel.

[mtparet]

I updated from Mandriva 2010.2 to Beta 1 last night.
I had a 2.6.37 i586 kernel and i confirm that was not automatically updated to 2.6.38.2. I updated manually to this kernel.

[DShelbyD]

OK, thanks Jim and wobo. That's sorta what I suspected. I'll remove and re-install 2.6.38-xx-xx. I've been running Alpha 2 since a clean installation very shortly after its release and upgrading it mostly through urpmi, since the drak tool didn't seem to be working yet -- at least I had not seen notifications of updates, and even when I initiated an update myself it came up empty until very recently. But the drak issues may be another indication of a problematic installation. Everything else -- I mean EVERYTHING else I use -- is working splendidly. I'm amazed at how snappy the performance is. I've had whiplash for days now. Mageia 1 promises to be a landmark release.

Right now, BTW, I'm upgrading a Mandriva 2010.2 on an older x86_64 Compaq notebook. Great thing about the newest kernels is the open source Broadcom driver for my 4318 b43. This upgrade is taking well over 2 hours. Then I'll probably wipe it and try a clean install. This will keep me off the streets today.

David

[DShelbyD]

Removed, reinstalled kernel 2.6.38-xx-xx. No difference. As before, it is nowhere to be found. While it might be interesting to know why, I'm moving on and will install Beta 1 instead -- cleanly.

David

[viking60]

I updated my Alpha2 with urpmi --auto-update in Virtualbox.
My kernel stayed 2.6.38.2.

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[viking@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.38.2-desktop-2.mga #1 SMP Sat Apr 2 19:36:15 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


But after using it for a while (FF4) it freezes on me to the extent that I have to shut down the window and "power of the machine".
It is hard to gather data about this because when frozen nothing is possible.

[DShelbyD]

... on an older x86_64 Compaq notebook. Great thing about the newest kernels is the open source Broadcom driver for my 4318 b43.....

Would you believe the kernel does NOT contain the firmware for the Broadcom 4318? Looks like I'm going to have to go to the web to download and configure the firmware so the wireless will work. That's a major disappointment.

David

[saptech]

I just picked up an older HP Compaq DX5150 Athlon 64 1.8GHz. I partition the hard dive in half and put Win7 x64. It runs okay but sluggish when a few windows are open. Now the other half I'm going to install Mageia on it or either Mandriva, kinda undecided if I should install the x86 or x64, but leaning towards the x86 version for now. Some specs are:

512mb memory ddr2
40gb drive
integrated ATI RADEON 9600 Graphics, 64 MB allocated video memory
integrated PCI-E Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC

I do plan on upgrading the memory and hard drive, so this will be a test for Mageia at this time.

Any thoughts on this setup?

[wobo]

Would you believe the kernel does NOT contain the firmware for the Broadcom 4318? Looks like I'm going to have to go to the web to download and configure the firmware so the wireless will work. That's a major disappointment.

I know, I had to do this in the middle of a Linux exhibition to get internet on my netbook - means:
- getting the source,
- compiling it with make
- adding it to /lib/firmware

But it worked after that.

[DShelbyD]

Would you believe the kernel does NOT contain the firmware for the Broadcom 4318? Looks like I'm going to have to go to the web to download and configure the firmware so the wireless will work. That's a major disappointment.

I know, I had to do this in the middle of a Linux exhibition to get internet on my netbook - means:
- getting the source,
- compiling it with make
- adding it to /lib/firmware

But it worked after that.

Well, that's a bit more pressure to get it working than I faced! Still, isn't the firmware integral to kernels 2.6.36 and higher? I got the b43fw-cutter, then saw and installed a kernel-firmware module; but I still had to go through those three steps you outlined for the wireless to work. Because I was installing without an internet wire, it even took some doing (reboot after configuration) to get the wired connection to work first before I could do the firmware, extras, and steps.

Wobo, do you know why the devs cleaned the firmware from the 2.6.38 kernel? Or does each distro have to add it, along with other firmware, to a "free" kernel?

[wobo]

Wobo, do you know why the devs cleaned the firmware from the 2.6.38 kernel? Or does each distro have to add it, along with other firmware, to a "free" kernel?

No, I don't know.

And I have to wait for the answer to the question if Beta ISOs are hybrid or if I made a mistake when trying to dd the ISO to a usb key - then I can install the Beta to the netbook and see what happens with the wifi driver.

EDIT: question answered: Beta ISOs are hybrid, but I also learned that I can always use dd, not related to the ISO being hybrid or not.

[Yemets]

wireless on samsung r60 stands perfectly.
can not run compiz "from a box". Mga asking food)

[DShelbyD]

wireless on samsung r60 stands perfectly.

Yemets, does the Samsung use the Broadcom wireless?

David