Linux Mint 5 Elyssa RC2 (BETA 048) is out!

[Husse]

I have found that mintUpdate shows updates it does not show otherwise if you open preferences and (first untick and then) tick the dist-upgrade option, regardless of it it's ticked already
If this is an Elyssa or a mintUpdate bug I don't know

[leo5111]

looks good, im not rushing you guys or anything just wondering when the final version might appear...

[orduek]

I know that the 2.6.24 kernel is doing some problems to people.
and as I understand, the point release of Ubuntu Hardy will change it to 2.6.25 -
any ideas as to what is the policy here?

[Computersleuth]

I thank all of the Mint team for their outstanding work. This is a very nice release. . . .

I have a Compaq v5000 notebook with an AMD Turion CPU and Broadcom wireless. I am unable to get wireless to work. The card did not work on the initial install. I have since implemented the workaround(s) outlined here:

http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=11945&p=73370&hilit=wireless+config#p73370

Neither the initial installation restricted driver nor the workarounds had much effect. In both cases, there was no detection of any wireless router.

I have a hunch that this is about DHCP support, primarily because the IP addresses that are detected are not the usual Linksys values. But I am unable to determine this for sure, and I do not have the time to run this down.

That said, I am surely hoping that the stable release has this fixed.

Again, thanks for a great distro. I currently use Mint 4 on my desktop. I am hoping to be able to use Mint 5 on both my desktop and my notebook.

[Computersleuth]

I thank all of the Mint team for their outstanding work. This is a very nice release. . . .

I have a Compaq v5000 notebook with an AMD Turion CPU and Broadcom wireless. I am unable to get wireless to work. The card did not work on the initial install. I have since implemented the workaround(s) outlined here:

http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=11945&p=73370&hilit=wireless+config#p73370

Neither the initial installation restricted driver nor the workarounds had much effect. In both cases, there was no detection of any wireless router.

I have a hunch that this is about DHCP support, primarily because the IP addresses that are detected are not the usual Linksys values. But I am unable to determine this for sure, and I do not have the time to run this down.

That said, I am surely hoping that the stable release has this fixed.

Again, thanks for a great distro. I currently use Mint 4 on my desktop. I am hoping to be able to use Mint 5 on both my desktop and my notebook.

BTW, I performed this workaround:

1)Blacklist the bcm43xx kernel module. Do this by browsing in the desktop file browser to /etc/modprobe.d. Right click in the open directory window (on a blank space) and select Open In Terminal. In the terminal window, type sudo gedit blacklist. Type your user password. The blacklist file will open in a text editor. Go to the bottom of the file and add these lines:

#disable bcm43xx
blacklist bcm43xx

Save the file and reboot the computer.
2) Get the sp34152.exe file from the HP website. If you need the address, it's here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/soft ... 28&lang=en
3) Create a folder called "Wireless" and put the downloaded exe file in there.
4) Enter that new folder and right click on an empty space. Again, choose Open In Terminal. Type in the Terminal window: sudo cabextract sp34152.exe . Give your password. The cabextract program will extract the contents of the exe file to your Wireless folder. (It doesn't matter where that folder is. We created it simply to keep all the extracted files in the same place.)
5) We're almost there: run Mint Menu>Administration>Windows Wireless Drivers. Click the Install New Drivers button. Navigate to your Wiress folder, and select bcmwl5.inf. Click okay and install. After a few seconds of hard drive activity the window will have a listing for the new driver but report Hardware Present: No. Ignore this!
6) At this point your wireless LED should be glowing blue instead of orange! If so, quit the Windows Wireless Drivers program and click on the Network Manager applet icon. Select your wireless network from the list. Enter the password if necessary. And you should be off and running.

I also did this:

After this point, open terminal and type

sudo ndiswrapper -m

And add the following line to /etc/modules: (sudo gedit /etc/modules)

ndiswrapper

BTW, I am a newbie with Linux, although I have substantial experience on Tandem Nonstop systems and MS Windows. This means that I know the concepts, but I know few details on how to find my way around in Linux.

[kurkosdr]

Ok, here I ve found an important bug and it happens a lot often. Hope you can fix it before the final release.

When browsing the internet with firefox, (specifically, the dilbert.com website, viewing the strips in 2-3 tabs open), browser just closes and I get tossed back to desktop.
Sometimes it happens randomly, but it usually does when I try to close a tab or change between tabs.

I decided to run firefox from terminal, so, here is what it gave when the crash happened:

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mint@mint ~ $ firefox

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Segmentation fault


As I said above, it happens on a popular site, so, if you (if it's the mint causing it) or the guys from firefox (if it's firefox's fault) could fix it, it would be nice.

[67GTA]

Computersleuth: If you will make another thread in the "Networking" section of the forums, and give all the info about what you have tried and your hardware, someone should be able to help you get it going.

[kurkosdr]

Ok, here I ve found an important bug and it happens a lot often. Hope you can fix it before the final release.

When browsing the internet with firefox, (specifically, the dilbert.com website, viewing the strips in 2-3 tabs open), browser just closes and I get tossed back to desktop.
Sometimes it happens randomly, but it usually does when I try to close a tab or change between tabs.

EDIT: It happens on garfield.com when I click the button "today's comic", with no tabs open. I just click the button, wait for the page to load, and while loading, it just crashes.

I decided to run firefox from terminal, so, here is what it gave when the crash happened:

Code: Select all

mint@mint ~ $ firefox

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(firefox:16388): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_draw_image: assertion `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed

(firefox:16388): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Segmentation fault


As I said above, it happens on a popular site, so, if you (if it's the mint causing it) or the guys from firefox (if it's firefox's fault) could fix it, it would be nice.

Hardware info: T2500, 1GB, mobility x1600 256MB ram (1440x900 resolution).

[kurkosdr]

Computersleuth: If you will make another thread in the "Networking" section of the forums, and give all the info about what you have tried and your hardware, someone should be able to help you get it going.

Ok done However, I don't really need to get it going, as I use windows most of the time, so I usually browse from there. Linux just isn't ready yet. I just found it an extremely annoying bug and thought it would be nice to report it.

[67GTA]

kurkosdr,
I was referring to Computersleuth's wireless problem. The Firefox bug will be fixed upstream by Mozilla, or in the flash-plugin package.

[Computersleuth]

Computersleuth: If you will make another thread in the "Networking" section of the forums, and give all the info about what you have tried and your hardware, someone should be able to help you get it going.

Done. Thanks.

[AK Dave]

I have Firefox3 installed on Kubuntu on another partition. Same exact crash. Not a Mint problem.

[clem]

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that BETA 054 looks good to me. I'll do a few more tests on it and I will send it to Exploder tomorrow. If everything goes well we could have a STABLE release before the week-end.

Clem.

[AK Dave]

ROFL! I installed 032, and within days 048 was sent to Exploder. I finally got around to abusing network privileges enough to download 048, haven't even burned the iso to disc, and here comes 054. I'll hold on installing 048 and spent my time waiting for 054 by scrapping Kubuntu-KDE4 off of a test partition and giving a shot to the OpenGeu 8.04 alpha. I feel like a little Enlightenment will put me in the proper frame of mind to enjoy 054/Stable.

[Lantesh]

The wallpaper bug is from one of today's updates. I am sure it will get fixed.

This bug is manifesting itself on my PC as well.

[Tony G]

# Edit: I un-installed and reinstalled Opera, during which I changed the Mint repo in MintInstall from local to default. Problem-free installation.

Elyssa b048 in VirtualBox.

I tried installing Opera from the software portal. On the first attempt, the installation failed with a message saying that dpkg was locked. At the time of the error message, there were a lot of sub-applications spawned by MintInstall. I succeeded in installing Opera by closing all of the applications and then launching Opera.mint from Firefox downloads. Even when I succeeded on this second attempt, there looked to be an extra sub-application working on the install.

Anyone care to try to replicate?

As an aside, the package maintainers for TinyMe (a PCLinuxOS derivative) have come up with a nice work-around to the Opera 9.2x flash issues, by putting the old version of flash in their repos, with a warning that if you install, you expose yourself to a minor security risk.

Best regards,

Anthony

[tuxStyle]

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that BETA 054 looks good to me. I'll do a few more tests on it and I will send it to Exploder tomorrow. If everything goes well we could have a STABLE release before the week-end.

Clem.

Ha.
And i just did a fresh install 0f RC2 (until now i used an un-persistent USB live) ..
Well, looking forward for the next fresh install.

At least i won't try to apply any fixes for my Vostro

[jinchoung]

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that BETA 054 looks good to me. I'll do a few more tests on it and I will send it to Exploder tomorrow. If everything goes well we could have a STABLE release before the week-end.

Clem.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! i love how official policy is "it's done when it's done" but the developer doesn't think twice about giving us heads up like this! thanks!

jin

[Lantesh]

I thought I'd post up here for Clem and the development team that Firefox 3 RC2 has been released. Hopefully this makes it into the final release of Elyssa.

[Catze]

I found a tiny "bug" in mintUpdate.

In the german localization it says "Es sindN empfohlene Updates verfügbar". (N being the number of Updates currently available). Notice: There's one space missing between "sind" and the number.