Mandriva Linux 2008 Errata

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Mandriva Linux 2008 Errata

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[edit] Introduction

This page contains the Errata for Mandriva Linux 2008. This means it contains information on known problems with Mandriva Linux 2008 and, where available, how to fix, avoid or work around them. You should also see the Release Notes, which contain more general information on the Mandriva Linux 2008 release.

[edit] Errata for earlier Mandriva Linux releases

Other errata pages are also available for older versions:

[edit] Testing Candidate Updates

When an issue in Mandriva Linux 2008 is identified, the maintainer of the package concerned may build a package he believes will fix the bug, and upload it to a certain Mandriva software repository named /main/testing which is dedicated to testing potential fixes for such issues. This package can then be tested by users affected by the issue and by the Mandriva quality assurance team. If this testing determines that the package resolves the issue and does not cause any new ones, the package will be issued as an official update which will be provided to all Mandriva Linux 2008 users via MandrivaUpdate.

If you are affected by an issue for which a candidate update package is available and you would like to help test the candidate package, you may configure your system so the Mandriva package management tools will recognize the /main/testing repository as a source of installable packages. For instructions on how to do this, please see installing and removing software (advanced use: backports and candidate updates).

There is also a /contrib/testing repository which performs the same function for packages in the /contrib section (although please note that we do not guarantee issues with /contrib packages will be fixed, the maintainers of each package may choose whether to issue updates at their own discretion). Configuring this repository is covered on the same page.

[edit] Installing Updates

Updates for packages in the /main, /non-free and /contrib sections of Mandriva Linux can be installed using Mandriva Update. You can run Mandriva Update from the Mandriva Control Center by navigating to the Software Management tab and clicking on the link labelled "Look at available updates and apply any fixes or upgrades to installed packages". Unless you disable it, you will also be notified of updates by the Mandriva Online update notification system, which displays an icon in the system tray to notify you whether updates are available.

[edit] Resolved issues

This section contains issues that have been resolved by official updates.

[edit] HTML files incorrectly recognized by MIME system (not indexed by Beagle and Kerry)

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34988 and update advisory MDKA-2007:094. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for shared-mime-info, which contains the MIME type definitions that form a centralized system for the recognition of different file types, incorrectly assigned the application/x-mozilla-bookmarks MIME type to HTML files, instead of text/html. This could have several consequences, including Beagle (and hence Beagle clients such as Kerry) failing to index HTML files. An updated shared-mime-info package, shared-mime-info-0.22-4mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on October 24th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] SSL support missing from irssi

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34951 and update advisory MDKA-2007:095. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for irssi, an IRC client, was built without SSL support. An updated irssi package, irssi-0.8.11-1.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on October 24th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] csh / tcsh unusable due to error in OpenOffice.org csh profile script

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34423 and update advisory MDKA-2007:098. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for openoffice.org, an office suite, contains a csh profile script - /etc/profile.d/openoffice.org.csh - which includes a serious syntax error. As the files in /etc/profile.d are parsed by the shell during initialization, this rendered the tcsh shell ('csh' on Mandriva is simply a link to tcsh) unusable. As well as users who prefer to use tcsh as their shell (rather than the default bash), this affects any script which requests, in its header, to be run via (t)csh. Some users discovered that installation scripts included in third party software or drivers would not function due to this problem. An updated set of openoffice.org packages, openoffice.org-2.2.1-4.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on October 29th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Firefox crashes when opening Print Preview window

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #33579 and update advisory MDKA-2007:100. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for gtk+2.0, the GTK+ graphical toolkit, contained a bug which caused Firefox to crash sometimes when opening the Print Preview window. An updated set of gtk+2.0 packages, gtk+2.0-2.12.1-2.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on October 30th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Evince does not display some PDF files correctly (white text)

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35193 and update advisory MDKA-2007:103. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for cairo, a library used for vector-based rendering, contains a bug which can cause Evince, the GNOME PDF viewer, to be unable to display certain PDF files. Text will be rendered white, making it invisible until selected. An updated set of cairo packages, cairo-1.4.10-2.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 5th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Autofs does not work reliably when used in conjunction with ypbind

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34559 and update advisory MDKA-2007:106. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for autofs, a filesystem auto-mounting tool, contains an error in its initialization script. The script should include a dependency on ypbind, so that when autofs and ypbind are used in conjunction, autofs is not started until after ypbind is started. The lack of this dependency means that autofs may fail to function correctly when used in conjunction with ypbind. An updated autofs package, autofs-5.0.2-8.2mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 12th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] KWeather does not work

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35399 and update advisory MDKA-2007:108. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for kdetoys, a set of auxiliary utilities for the KDE desktop, mistakenly omitted some files required for the KWeather weather information panel applet to work. An updated set of kdetoys packages, kdetoys-3.5.7-2.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 9th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. The package kdetoys must be installed, kdetoys-weather isn't sufficient.

[edit] KWeather available for addition to KDE panel even if not installed

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35327 and update advisory MDKA-2008:008. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for kdetoys, a set of auxiliary utilities for the KDE desktop, contained a bug which would cause the kweather weather information panel applet to be listed as available for adding to the KDE panel even if the kdetoys-kweather package was not actually installed. An updated set of kdetoys packages, kdetoys-3.5.7-2.3mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on January 14th, 2008 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] beagle-info crashes

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35388 and update advisory MDKA-2007:109. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for beagle, a desktop search mechanism, contained a bug which would cause the beagle-info command to fail with an Unhandled Exception error. An updated set of beagle packages, beagle-0.2.18-8mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 13th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] python-reportlab causes Xen and other applications to crash

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #31040 and update advisory MDKA-2007:112. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for python-reportlab, a library for creating PDF documents with Python, contains a serious bug which can cause crashes in several other applications and operations - including Xen - when it is installed. An updated python-reportlab package, python-reportlab-2.1-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 21st, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] mkdosfs cannot check bad blocks when creating filesystems larger than 2GB in size

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #27436, update advisory MDKA-2007:113 and update advisory MDKA-2008:003. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for dosfstools, containing utilities for creating and manipulating FAT filesystems, was compiled without large file support. Consequently, the mkdosfs tool cannot check for bad blocks when trying to create a filesystem larger than 2GB in size, which usually means the operation will fail. An initial update dosfstools package, dosfstools-2.11-4mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 21st, 2007 that resolved this issue. However, it introduced a separate problem which would cause the dosfsck program to crash. Consequently, a further updated dosfstools package, dosfstools-2.11-6.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on January 3, 2008 that resolved that crash. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Eclipse fails to run

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34399 and update advisory MDKA-2007:114. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for Eclipse, a Java development environment, contains a bug which causes it not to run. When trying to start up, it will output either a glibc or JVM error and fail. An updated set of eclipse packages, eclipse-3.3.0-0.20.8.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Sound Juicer locks the disc drive when an audio disc is inserted

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34635 and update advisory MDKA-2007:115. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for Sound Juicer, an audio disc extraction application, locks the drive when it is running and an audio disc is in the drive. When the disc in question is a CD-RW or CD+RW disc, this prevents some other applications (such as brasero) from writing to the disc. An updated sound-juicer package, sound-juicer-2.20.1-1.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Xman does not find man pages and cannot handle LZMA compressed pages

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34697 and update advisory MDKA-2007:117. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for xman, a man page reader, contained two bugs. It did not look for man pages in the correct path, so it would find no pages unless started with this command: 

MANPATH=/usr/share/man xman

It also could not handle pages compressed in the LZMA format, which is used for many packages in Mandriva Linux 2008. An updated xman package, xman-1.0.3-1.2mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Photo software (F-Spot, DigiKam) not working correctly with some cameras

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35642 and update advisory MDKA-2007:112. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for libgphoto, a library for communication with digital cameras, contained a bug which caused it not to work reliably with some camera models (including at least Canon, Olympus and Panasonic models). This would prevent applications that use libgphoto, such as F-Spot and DigiKam, from reading pictures from the cameras. An updated set of libgphoto packages, libgphoto-2.4.0-4.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 22nd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] mount cannot mount Samba mount points that exist on the local filesystem

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35084 and update advisory MDKA-2007:120. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for util-linux-ng, a package containing various basic system commands including mount, contains a bug. When trying to mount a Samba share with the path //example/path, if there happens to be a directory on the local filesystem named /example/path, the mount would fail, even though this should not interfere in any way. An updated util-linux-ng package, util-linux-ng-2.13-3.2mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 23rd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Some printers requiring external firmware downloads cannot be configured

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35424 and update advisory MDKA-2007:121. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for cups-drivers-foo2zjs, a driver for ZjStream-based printers, contains a bug. When these printers require an external firmware file to work, Mandriva attempts to download the firmware file automatically. However, the URL for these firmware downloads was changed, causing the process to fail. An updated cups-drivers-foo2zjs package, cups-drivers-foo2zjs-0.0-0.20070820.4.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 23rd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Cannot build applications against the kernel source (e.g. VMware)

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34672 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:232. Several users have reported problems trying to build various applications and drivers which need to build against the kernel in Mandriva Linux 2008, in particular VMware. At least one cause for these problems is that running the make mrproper command would result in the removal of vital kernel header files. Many third party compilation scripts use the make mrproper command as part of their preparation sequence for building against the kernel. An updated set of kernel packages, kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] ENE CB712/4 SD card readers not supported

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #30172 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:232. The kernel shipped with Mandriva Linux 2008 did not support SD card readers of the model ENE CB712/4 (PCI ID 0x1524 0x0551). This model of SD card reader is found in several Acer laptops. An updated set of kernel packages, kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] ipset, psd and ifwlog support missing from kernel

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #32399, Image:bug_small.png Bug #26376, Image:bug_small.png Bug #29982 and Image:bug_small.png Bug #31402 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:232. The kernel shipped with Mandriva Linux 2008 was missing the ipset, psd and ifwlog extensions for netfilter. This has several implications for various firewalling applications, including the Mandriva interactive firewall (see referenced bug reports for details). An updated set of kernel packages, kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] No sound on internal speakers for Fujitsu-Siemens 1410 model laptop

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34555 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:232. The kernel shipped with Mandriva Linux 2008 contained a bug which resulted in no sound coming from the internal speakers of the Fujitsu-Siemens 1410 laptop model. Headphones or external speakers connected to the line/speaker-out jack worked correctly. An updated set of kernel packages, kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] OXCB950 Cardbus 16950 UART not supported

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #33821 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:232. The kernel shipped with Mandriva Linux 2008 contained no support for the OXCB950 Cardbus 16950 UART. An updated set of kernel packages, kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Attansic L2 gigabit ethernet chip not supported

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34281 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:232. The kernel shipped with Mandriva Linux 2008 contained no support for Attansic L2 gigabit ethernet chips. An updated set of kernel packages, kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] No 3D acceleration support for ATI Mach64 (Rage3D)-based cards

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34473 and update advisory MDKSA-2007:232. The kernel shipped with Mandriva Linux 2008 did not contain the DRM modules for the Mach64 graphics chipset (used in most ATI Rage cards), and consequently there was no support for 3D acceleration on these chips. An updated set of kernel packages, kernel-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 28th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update. However, please note that the alternative 6.7 version of the ati driver must be used for 3D acceleration to work. Please see this entry in the Release Notes for details on switching drivers.

[edit] --install-src parameter for urpmi does not work, --src does not work as expected

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35164 and update advisory MDKA-2007:123. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for urpmi, the Mandriva package management tool, has regressions in the behaviour of the --src and --install-src parameters. The --install-src parameter fails to work at all. The --src parameter does not download and install the actual .src.rpm as it did in previous releases, it only installs the necessary build dependencies. An updated set of urpmi packages, urpmi-4.10.14.1-1.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 29th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Cannot access files on AFS servers

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34839 and update advisory MDKA-2007:124. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for openafs, an implementation of the AFS distributed filesystem, contain a bug which can prevent access to files on AFS servers. An updated set of openafs packages, openafs-1.4.4-6mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 30th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] OpenAFS fails to work on x86-64 architecture as kernel module fails to load

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35421 and update advisory MDKA-2007:124. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for openafs, an implementation of the AFS distribution filesystem, contains a bug which causes the needed kernel module to fail to load on x86-64 installations, triggering a kernel oops. An updated set of openafs packages, openafs-1.4.4-6mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on November 30th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] GIMP crashes when using Ia Ora GTK+ theme and GIMP Small theme

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #31354 and update advisory MDKA-2007:125. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for ia_ora-gnome, the Mandriva 'Ia Ora' theme for GTK+ / GNOME, contained a bug which could cause GIMP to crash when the GIMP Small theme (for GIMP) and the Ia Ora theme (for GTK+) were used together. An updated ia_ora-gnome package, ia_ora-gnome-1.0.17-1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on December 3rd, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] F-Spot cannot import pictures on systems upgraded from a previous Mandriva release

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34832 and update advisory MDKA-2007:126. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for f-spot, a photo manager for the GNOME desktop, contained several bugs which could cause it not to be able to import images any more following a system upgrade from an earlier release to Mandriva Linux 2008. New installations of Mandriva Linux 2008 do not suffer from this problem. An updated f-spot package, f-spot-0.4.0-6.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on December 4th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Some GNOME applications do not start due to evolution-data-server not exiting at session end

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34221 and update advisory MDKA-2007:130. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for evolution-data-server contains a bug. This can cause evolution-data-server not to shut down correctly when a session is ended. In this case, some applications and panel applets will no longer launch correctly in future sessions (until the system is restarted, or the process manually terminated). An updated set of evolution-data-server packages, evolution-data-server-1.12.2-1.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on December 17th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Run-time configuration changes for top not correctly stored

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #19589 and update advisory MDKA-2007:131. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for procps, which contains several important utilities including the top process and resource monitor, contains a bug. If a user runs top, makes a configuration change (for instance, enabling color output mode by pressing the z key) and then attempts to save that change by pressing the W key, the change is not correctly saved, and on running top again, the original configuration is used. The reason for this problem is that top generates a malformed ~/.toprc file when attempting to save configuration changes. An updated procps package, procps-3.2.7-3.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on December 18th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Totem volume control does not display correctly in full screen mode

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #36031 and update advisory MDKA-2007:132. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for totem, a media player, contained a bug which caused the volume control indicator not to display correctly when full screen playback mode was active. An updated set of totem packages, totem-2.20.1-1.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on December 18th, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Characters not correctly displayed on virtual terminals with non-Unicode locale

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35082 and update advisory MDKA-2007:134. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for initscripts, the system initialization scripts, contained a bug which could cause characters to be incorrectly displayed on the virtual terminals in certain language, if the non-Unicode locale is used. For instance, if the non-Unicode Russian locale - ru_RU, rather than ru_RU.UTF-8 - is used, Russian characters are not correctly displayed on virtual terminals. An updated initscripts package, initscripts-8.54-8.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on December 31st, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] ez-ipupdate crashes on x86-64 systems

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35001 and update advisory MDKA-2007:136. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for ez-ipupdate, a dynamic DNS update client, contained a bug which would cause it to crash on startup on x86-64 systems. An updated ez-ipupdate package, ez-ipupdate-3.0.11b8-7.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on December 31st, 2007 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] drakvpn crashes when attempting to enter a username and password

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #36126 and update advisory MDKA-2008:002. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for drakx-net, the Mandriva network configuration tools, did not depend on the perl-Net-Telnet package, which is in fact required for correct operation of drakvpn when entering a username and password for the VPN connection. This would cause drakvpn to crash if this package was not installed for some other reason. An updated set of drakx-net packages, drakx-net-0.24-1.1mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on January 3, 2008 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] Modems supported by hsfmodem and hcfpcimodem drivers do not work when configured via Mandriva tools

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35223. The packages included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for hsfmodem and hcfpcimodem, drivers for various Conexant-chipped modems, contained a bug. The packages containing the kernel drivers would not be automatically installed when these modems were configured via the Mandriva configuration tools, so an error would be printed on system startup and the modem would not work. An updated set of hsfmodem packages, hsfmodem-7.60.00.09-3mdv2008.0, and an updated set of hcfpcimodem packages, hcfpcimodem-1.13-2mdv2008.0, was released through the official update channels on January 3, 2008 that resolves this issue. Use MandrivaUpdate to fetch and install this update.

[edit] gparted does not appear in system menu

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for gparted, a GNOME partition editor, contains a broken menu entry, resulting in it not appearing in the system menus.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, gparted-0.3.3-5mdv2008.0, was released on October 28th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] No sound in Hydrogen

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for Hydrogen, a drum machine, was not rebuilt sufficiently recently against FLAC. This causes it not to correctly read the FLAC files that contain its samples, and thus it cannot play any sounds.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, hydrogen-0.9.3-4mdv2008.0, was released on October 23rd 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Various crasher bugs in Flamerobin

The version included with Mandriva Linux 2008 of Flamerobin, a database administration tool, contained various bugs that could potentially lead to crashes.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a new release through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, flamerobin-0.8.1-1mdv2008.0, was released on October 23rd 2007. It provides version 0.8.1, which fixes several of these crasher bugs. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Slune fails to launch

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #29980. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for Slune, a car racing game, had compatibility problems with the package for its underlying engine (soya), causing it not to work. The following error would be displayed: 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/games/slune", line 137, in <module>
    import slune.level, slune.character, slune.player
  File "/usr/share/games/slune/level.py", line 24, in <module>
    import slune.globdef as globdef, slune.character, slune.sound as sound
  File "/usr/share/games/slune/character.py", line 34
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xb0' in file
/usr/share/games/slune/character.py on line 34, but no encoding declared; see
http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
* Soya3D * Quit...

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, slune-1.0.13-1mdv2008.0, was released on October 23rd 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] No drivers provided for select in knoda

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for knoda, a database frontend, and its backends hk_classes, was wrongly packed, which leads to users cannot select database drivers in knoda.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing fixed packages through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated packages, knoda-0.8.3-4mdv2008.0 and hk_classes-0.8.3-3mdv2008.0, was released on October 24th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Katalog does not launch

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for katalog, a CD organizer, was wrongly packaged, which causes katalog not to launch as expected.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, katalog-0.4-3mdv2008.0, was released on October 26th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] No Avahi (zeroconf) support in Vinagre

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35220. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for vinagre, a VNC client, did not have support for Zeroconf (via Avahi) enabled.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, vinagre-0.3-2mdv2008.0, was released on November 2nd 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] virt-manager fails to run if gnome-python is not installed

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35181. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for virt-manager, a virtualization management tool, is missing a dependency on gnome-python. It will not run if gnome-python is not installed, but this dependency is not stated and so not enforced by the package management tools.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, virt-manager-0.5.0-6mdv2008.0, was released on November 2nd 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] KBFX does not work

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for kbfx, an alternative kicker for KDE, was very old and contained multiple problems causing it not to work at all.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed and updated package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, kbfx-0.4.9.3.1-1mdv2008.0, was released on November 21st 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Hotwayd does not work correctly

The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for hotwayd, a daemon for retrieving mail from Hotmail servers, was an old version that no longer works correctly.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing an updated package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, hotwayd-0.8.4-1mdv2008.0, was released on November 23rd 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Dosemu package cannot be installed

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34837. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for dosemu, a DOS emulator, contained a packaging error causing it to be impossible to install. On attempting to install the package, the following error message would be displayed: 

error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/dosemu/freedos: cpio: rename failed - Is a directory

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, dosemu-1.4.0-3mdv2008.0, was released on November 26th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Cannot install Mandriva as a Xen guest with drakvirt

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34275. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for xen, a virtualization system, lacked squashfs support in the Xen kernel. Consequently, Mandriva could not be installed as a Xen guest using the drakvirt tool. The following error message would be displayed: 

mount: unknown filesystem type 'squashfs'
running " mount -t squashfs -o loop,ro
/mnt/disk/i586//install/stage2/mdkinst.sqfs /tmp/drakx-in-chroot/tmp/stage2"
failed: 8192

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, xen-3.1.0-7mdv2008.0, was released on November 27th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates. This update also fixes several security issues.

[edit] mrtg does not work correctly due to missing /var/cache/mrtg directory

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35833. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for mrtg, a network traffic analysis tool, contained a bug. It does not create a /var/cache/mrtg directory. mrtg cannot work correctly without this directory. Attempting to run mrtg would result in an error unless this directory was created manually.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, mrtg-2.15.2-6mdv2008.0, was released on November 29th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] xsupplicant cannot be installed due to missing library

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35884. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for xsupplicant 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 libiw.so.28 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, xsupplicant-1.2.8-2mdv2008.0, was released on December 3rd 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] gphpedit cannot be installed due to missing library

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #34913. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for gphpedit, a PHP-centric text editor, 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, gphpedit-0.9.91-2mdv2008.0, was released on December 9th 2007. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] gxmms does not work

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #36448. The package included with Mandriva Linux 2008 for gxmms, a GNOME panel applet for controlling the xmms music player, contained a bug which caused it not to be able to run.

We have chosen to fix this issue by providing a fixed package through the /contrib/updates repository. The updated package, gxmms-0.3.0-10mdv2008.0, was released on January 2nd 2008. See the "Installing Updates" section, above, for instructions on installing packages from /contrib/updates.

[edit] Installation

[edit] Installation fails on Dell Precision T3400

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #37859. The installer for Mandriva Linux 2008 (Powerpack and Free editions) contains a bug which causes installation to fail on Dell Precision T3400 workstations. The installer will attempt to install both the laptop and the server kernels, when it should in fact install only the server kernel. Generation of the initrd image for the laptop kernel would then fail.

To work around this issue, switch to a console and replace the mkinitrd executable with a symlink to /bin/true, after the initrd generation for the server kernel has concluded. It will likely not be possible to correct this issue in Mandriva Linux 2008, but it will be addressed for future releases.

[edit] Upgrading

[edit] RPM database errors after upgrading

After upgrading from previous Mandriva versions, some users get (random) rpm db errors using rpm/urpmi/rpmdrake.

  • try rebuilding rpm db: 
    /bin/rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb
(cd /var/lib/rpm; for i in Basenames Conflictname Dirnames Filedigests Group Name Packages Providename Provideversion Pubkeys Requirename Requireversion Triggername; do /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify $i; done)
    • if rpmdb_verify does not find any problem, you may be cured. If problems still occur, please report it on Image:bug_small.png Bug #32547
    • if rpmdb_verify still finds some problem, see "ext3 corruption" below
  • if you installed Mandriva Linux 2007.0, /var/lib/rpm may be on a slightly corrupted ext3, and those corruptions seem to trouble only (or mostly) rpm. Until a fix is found, the easiest way to avoid the issue is to boot on your old kernel. If you really need the new kernel, you can do the following as root: 
    dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/lib/rpm.loopback bs=1M count=120
mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 -F /var/lib/rpm.loopback
mkdir /tmp/rpmdb
mount -o loop /var/lib/rpm.loopback /tmp/rpmdb
cp -a /var/lib/rpm/* /tmp/rpmdb
umount /tmp/rpmdb
rmdir /tmp/rpmdb
mount -o loop /var/lib/rpm.loopback /var/lib/rpm
echo '/var/lib/rpm.loopback /var/lib/rpm ext3 loop 1 2' >> /etc/fstab

    then do "try rebuilding rpm db" as explained above.

    see Image:bug_small.png Bug #32547 for more information on this issue

[edit] 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'.

[edit] System crashes when netrom module is unloaded

See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #35739. The kernel shipped with Mandriva Linux 2008 will oops, causing a system crash, when the netrom module is unloaded.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: kernel-2.6.22.14-1.uc1mdv2008.0. 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 kernel packages. Please report the results of your test to Image:bug_small.png Bug #35739.

[edit] System freezes when cm4000 / cm4040 PCMCIA card is ejected

The kernel included with Mandriva Linux 2008 contains a bug which can cause the system to freeze when a cm4000 / cm4040 PCMCIA card is ejected.

A candidate fix has been uploaded to the /main/testing package repository: kernel-2.6.22.14-1.uc1mdv2008.0. 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 kernel packages.

[edit] 2008 One detects only up to 880MB of RAM

The One edition of Mandriva Linux 2008 uses a kernel build designed for compatibility with the widest possible range of systems, the kernel-desktop586 build. If you install One on a system with more than 880MB of RAM, not all of the RAM on the system will be detected and used.

If you have only 1GB of RAM, there is nothing to be gained by switching kernels. Supporting more than 880MB of RAM inherently slows down the kernel slightly. The advantage you would gain by having the last 120MB of RAM detected is negated by the speed you lose by using a kernel with support for over 880MB of RAM.

If you have more than 1GB of RAM, you will be able to gain the benefit of your extra memory by switching to the kernel-desktop kernel build. Unfortunately, this is made slightly complex if your system needs to use any drivers external to the kernel package, such as the NVIDIA or ATI proprietary graphics card drivers. A (nearly) full list of affected drivers follows:

  • nvidia71xx: Riva TNT through to GeForce 2 (high end, not 2MX)
  • nvidia96xx: GeForce 2MX, GeForce 3 and GeForce 4 cards
  • nvidia-current: later NVIDIA cards (GeForce FX and later)
  • fglrx: all ATI cards between Radeon 9500 and Radeon X1950
  • fglrx-hd2000: ATI Radeon HD2xxx cards
  • madwifi: Atheros wireless chipsets
  • vboxvfs
  • vboxadd
  • unicorn
  • hsfmodem
  • hcfpcimodem
  • slmodem
  • virtualbox

To switch from the kernel-desktop586 build to the kernel-desktop build, use the following procedure. First set up the official online software repositories, following the instructions here. Install the package kernel-desktop-latest. Then install all packages of the form (driver)-kernel-desktop-latest, where (driver) is one of the drivers in the list above that you believe is installed on your system. For instance, if your system has a GeForce 6600 graphics card, you would install the kernel-desktop-latest and nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest packages. If your system has a Radeon X850 graphics card and an Atheros wireless chipset, you would install the kernel-desktop-latest, fglrx-kernel-desktop-latest and madwifi-kernel-desktop-latest packages.

You can have the list of the current installed (driver)-kernel-desktop-latest by asking : 

$ rpm -qa | grep kernel-desktop586-latest

If you are unsure which, if any, of these drivers are needed on your system, you can simply install all of them in order to be safe. If you are not sure how to install packages, see this page.

Once you have installed the necessary packages, you can simply restart your system. The new kernel build should be the default, and you should notice that this one recognizes all the memory your system contains.

[edit] Mandriva often dies when running as a VirtualBox guest

It has been reported that Mandriva Linux 2008 will die mysteriously quite frequently when run as a VirtualBox guest. The entire guest environment will just suddenly disappear, and the entry on the VirtualBox control panel will read 'Aborted'. At least one cause of this problem is noted in the VirtualBox FAQ - VirtualBox does not work well with guests that use a tickless kernel timer. Mandriva Linux 2008's kernel uses a tickless timer in order to improve power efficiency. If you are running Mandriva Linux 2008 as a VirtualBox guest, you can avoid this problem by disabling the tickless timer with a kernel parameter: 

nohz=off

See the instructions above on how to add kernel parameters.

This issue may also affect VMware.

[edit] Hardware issues

[edit] Slow internet response (particularly web browsing)

See also Image:bug_small.png 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/modprobe.conf, add the following line, and reboot: 

install ipv6 /bin/true

See also Image:bug_small.png 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