Thursday, February 17, 2011

GNOME 3 Live image - version 0.0.4

Another week, another release of GNOME 3 live image.

Sorry for the delay but the release of GTK 3.0 and glib 2.28 last week pushed back my planned release since I needed to rebuild the entire stack with it.

If you want to spread the word about the image, you can also link now to http://gnome3.org/tryit.html 

Anyway, what is new in this release :

  • many modules have been updated to GNOME 2.91.6
  • kernel 2.6.37 (desktop flavor) and Xorg 1.9.3 (ie fresh drivers for many cards) : thanks to OBS, I've been able to easily integrate those packages update on our stable distribution (openSUSE 11.3). Still no gallium driver for radeon, this is scheduled for next week.
  • fixed freeze at startup on some radeon card (there was a race between graphical splash and radeon KMS)
  • some additional network drivers (shaun, this release is for you ;)
  • more GNOME 3 modules, based on feedback we got from FOSDEM (epiphany, evince, brasero, gnome-packagekit, file-roller, evolution, gnome-games, totem-plugins...)
  • new gnome-shell, with integration with evolution-data-server (no, you won't have yet new workspace layout in this image, since GNOME-Shell hackers are still busy working on it)
  • The Board is also in the image, feel free to test it
On the know issues :
  • ndiswrapper is not shipped (not available for 2.6.37 yet)
  • same for vmware guest (please use SUSE Studio appliance instead)
  • there are some SSL certificates popups issues (when using empathy)
  • changing language from gnome-control-center doesn't work
If you installed the image on a system, you should be able to update it, running "zypper dup" as root (careful, we changed a lot of things this time)

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6 comments:

  1. MillerFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    From what I know its based on opensuse 11.3

    However, using a USB stick, the first boot is fine, but second boot from the stick always gives me:

    failed to mount ext3 clic container
    failed to mount root filesystem
    rebootException: error consoles at Alt-F3/F4
    rebootException: reboot in 120 seconds

    I have to recreate the usb stick to "fix" it each time. Anyone have any ideas? Google hasn't turned up much.

    Thanks Frederic!

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  2. FredFebruary 19, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    @suoko : it is openSUSE 11.3 (and soon 11.4)

    @Miller : yes, I'm seeing this here, from time to time. It seems to be caused by the switch to kernel 2.6.37. I'll investigate. Thanks for your feedback.

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  3. Götz WaschkFebruary 19, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    At each boot it starts the setup routine. I guess it is caused by the segmentation fault of umount /livecd at shutdown.

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  4. O CostaFebruary 19, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    I just tried the x86_64 version on a USB stick and it freezes consistently right after loading the kernel (even the "safe mode" version). I have a GeForce 9800 GT, which could be the cause (I use Nvidia's proprietary drivers on Fedora 14). Where should I report this?

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  5. MillerFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    Thanks so much. Please let me know if I can help test or provide any more information.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Thanks for this new version! After testing the previous one, I've installed F15, which has gnome-shell.

    I wanted to test this iso for The Board, as there are no application like that for Gnome and it's really rocking!

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