Hey gang, I hope that most of you have gotten your hands on Sabayon Linux 5.0 by now and are enjoying it. I just want to pass along some things we have noticed since release.
We ran into a couple installer bugs, so please use the Update Installer button before installing. Where is this magical button you ask? Start the installer up and it will be at the bottom of the window, please see this nice screenshot for more information. It should download a file and the installer should restart automatically. You are safe now to complete the installer.
We also ran into an odd issue with Gnome and JPG files. If you run into problems with gnome simply not recognizing jpg files. Simply reinstall gtk+ by issuing the command as root equo install gtk+ now restart gnome session and all your jpg files should work with the system again. Just one of those things I guess.
Fabio did some enhancement to entropy right after release or right around release, can’t remember for sure, but many people saw with entropy a queue of 300 packages or so wanting to be reinstalled. This is normal and was expected, just let entropy do it’s thing. Fabio really didn’t have time to explain why, but it has to do with checking and making sure all is good with the various branches that we have alive. You can keep an eye on the git summary if you like to monitor such things. When the boss says prepare for a 300 package rebuild cause I made it better, all I can say is ok and thanks.
I try to keep a known issues page on the wiki btw.
Some more important information is the limbo repository. If you are a rolling release type of person, than this repo is for you. New entropy packages are dumped into limbo first and testers test the packages out and than the packages are dumped into the main repository. We have a wiki entry for how to setup this repo. As long as you use that repo, you will always be current and never need to reinstall a release. I’ve been rolling my original 4.0 LiteMCE edition to 5.0+. I see someone added a nice big warning sign on the wiki page. Limbo packages are untested, so you have to decide if you want to use this repo or not. If you are well experienced, you should be able to maintain it and things normally get fixed in a timely manner. You will find that the package maintainers try to keep limbo current with portage.
One last note about 5.0, we are using pulseaudio now. I am seeing for some it’s a good thing and I am seeing new issues popping up for others. The gentoo wiki does have information on pulseaudio. I do encourage everyone to get familiar with pulseaudio.
A reminder about reporting stuff to the bugzilla or forums, please provide as much information as possible. We need which sabayon linux 5.0 you installed, we need hardware info, we need to know how to reproduce issue and we need log files. The more information you provide can save you a lot of time in getting an issue resolved. I’ve seen posts that take up to 3 days or so just to get the basic information. Remember, all our supporters are volunteers that are unpaid and are very much appreciated.
Don’t forget we are so close to reaching our Donation Goal. It’s not required, but any help is appreciated. We’ve already started purchasing and I believe Fabio stated one of the new servers is now in, just needs to get setup. Thanks to everyone that has already sent in, you make a difference for us and the community.
Enjoy!
Well during my usual perusal of Linux based sites one particular article took my eye, it was Linux Magazines Gentoo Optimizations Benchmarked.
Have you checked for updates lately with entropy? Some are already seeing and questioning 500+ updates hitting their queue. The Limbo repository was released and all the packages got dumped to the main line repository. So when you see the update list, you can be assured that everything is working the way it should be. Now if you have been rolling along with the updates, you of course wouldn’t see such an update. I haven’t updated my package list for threes days now and I only have 35 updates.
I have created a PPA for Mplayer. Its a community repo that is updated with the latest mplayer code from svn (nearly) every day. This means you can have the latest and greatest mplayer on your system at all times.