0.4beta iso image is available

apeiro · 2002-12-07 23:29:42

We've got a 0.4 beta iso out on some of the ftp servers (ibiblio, but not sourceforge). If you try it out, please post any problems/results here. Thanks!

ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distrib … .4beta.iso

ody · 2002-12-08 11:13:04

worked fine after figured out a package conflict between kdebase and kdenetwork, part from that it seems fine.

Arielext · 2002-12-08 11:14:49

can you post a changelog or something?

apeiro · 2002-12-08 19:35:59

Sure. here are the major points.

-- New Packages: (pending)
-- Updated Packages: (pending)
-- added nfsmounts to initscripts
-- install script improvements
-- install CD layout modified to run from an initrd
-- modified rc.d scripts to kill with .pid files or pidof
-- rc.sysinit now handles UTC times (user patch)
-- module depenencies are only updated if required
-- all packages rebuilt with gcc 3.2
-- pacman now supports multiple servers and respositories

apeiro · 2002-12-08 19:44:54

Thanks, ody. That file conflict will be gone in the release.

mordantly · 2002-12-08 21:26:38

im dlin it right now.. ill pop it tonight and take her out fur a test drive.

dunbar · 2002-12-10 16:17:58

D/L in process. Will be looking for a clean install.

scottro · 2002-12-11 00:02:34

Worked like a charm--the issues of 0.3 with pacman and not being able install more than a base package have been fixed--I'll be updating my page in a day or so.

Great job, as always. I think I'm going to throw it on a laptop next and see how it does. (Though as 0.3 did fine with that laptop, I anticipate no problems)
Scott

jk · 2002-12-11 08:34:00

some comments from an irc user:

10:26 noxarin| hey guys, just thought id mention incase it hasnt been, for archlinux 0.4 beta, the executable is missing from the
enlightenment package
10:26 noxarin| and for ethereal there's missing docsis files that prevent it running

I can confirm the enlightenment issue, the current package is broken. It's strange, since the PKGBUILD works fine

jon · 2002-12-11 21:14:37

if i get the 4.0 beta iso and istall it, when you release the 4.0 can i just do a
"pacman -Syu" to update my version or do i need to reinstall.

thanks
jon

apeiro · 2002-12-12 02:32:16

Thanks, jk. Enlightenment should be fixed now.

apeiro · 2002-12-12 02:33:17

jon wrote:

if i get the 4.0 beta iso and istall it, when you release the 4.0 can i just do a
"pacman -Syu" to update my version or do i need to reinstall.

Yes. You never have to download a new .iso to upgrade your arch system. Install once and then use 'pacman -Syu' to keep it up to date.

scottro · 2002-12-12 06:15:18

I figure this is worth mentioning, as Gentoo has become so popular--with Arch, upgrading, even from the 0.3 with gcc 2.95 (or whatever) to gcc 3.x is painless. The developers have done a fantastic job on this.

(In Gentoo it's not at all painless--most folks gave up and did a new install--same with FreeBSD, though that's a bit smoother--FreeBSD 5.x is using gcc 3.x).

So yes, though I was one of the ones posting about using the new ISO, that was mainly to keep my own Arch Linux page up to date--with pacman -Syu, as has been said, your system gets updated quite smoothly to the most current release and packages.

Scott

Arielext · 2002-12-12 06:54:56

alsa: no modules found after install. e.g. modprobe snd-ice172 doesn't work!
network: where is the dns configured? with 0.2/0.3 I didn't have this problem at all
install: selecting everything takes too long. I rebooted the system after waiting for 30 minutes after "checking dependencies"

on the other hand: the new install/vi configuration is cool.
pacman 2.2 still kicks ass
and this is the first time gnome2 works as it should.

Still a pity about alsa. Without it linux is worthless to me.

sarah31 · 2002-12-12 15:12:46

alsa can be a bit touchy sometimes. i suggest you rebuild it locally from your abs tree.

Arielext · 2002-12-12 16:16:13

that would be cool, but gives a make error.
Was the very frist thing I tried of course

apeiro · 2002-12-12 18:41:50

What was the error? Were the modules themselves missing?

[root@saturn root]# find /lib/modules/2.4.20 -name "*ice*"
/lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/pci/ice1712
/lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice1712.o
/lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq-device.o

Did you run depmod -a after installing alsa-driver?

Arielext · 2002-12-13 18:50:53

nope, will try that when I boot back into Arch
Never ever had to do that with ALSA ...

Arielext · 2002-12-14 12:55:05

I had the same, but when I installed the base packages only the install continued. Have you tried installing the base packages only?

apeiro · 2002-12-14 19:24:32

It's probably not hanging, just taking a long time to check dependencies and conflicts (especially conflicts). It works much faster when you just install base because there are far less packages to process.

There are a couple of conflicts between packages in the 0.4beta iso. They'll be resolved for the final release.

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