09.08.06
RC1 and a full moon here in Paris
Mona, or Máni, God of the Moon, has been unleashed by Warly and the team. On the race to Mandriva Linux 2007, it’s the first release candidate. Miam.
Now that Tyr was put to sleep, there have been some changes:
- New Ia Ora Theme also available under KDE
- New backgrounds integrated
- The network module b44 should be fixed
- The default web page for the web browser should display correctly
Yes yes yes, new backgrounds.
As usual, read out the known issues, and once you’ve downloaded Mona and got it up and running, feed any nasty bug you find to Bugzilla.
Even though this is neither a beauty nor hair contest, everyone go grab a mirror !
Jure Repinc said,
September 8, 2006 at 6:47 pm
I’ve submitted the news to Digg.com:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Mandriva_Linux_2007_0_Release_Candidate_1_Mona_Released
Don’t forget to digg it and spread the news.
boklm said,
September 9, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Very funny announcement
werner said,
September 9, 2006 at 5:27 pm
The problems begin already with that your error reporting system is too complicated; there should be simply a web page like this here to post problems.
The package manager of Tyr was not working at all. When one typed in any Mandrake mirror, he needed 1-2 hours to download the hdlist file etc and then stopped with any error message.
Beside of this, I have a big downloaded file repertory what I want to use as install source, already with hdlist, list etc. made by # genhdlist. Even so it was steadily refused, with all kinds of untrue reclamations.
Mandrake should manage it that any local directory with .rpm files ANYWAY and ANYHOW is accepted as install source - f.ex. the package/source manager itself should rum # genhdlist –nobadrpm –list (– norecursive as option) - inclusive bad rpms should be simply ignored as they would not be present.
Next, with my Radeon 8500 card, the 2d desktop and much more often the 3d desktop crashes steadily. ATI should be notified to improve the driver.
Alexandre Solleiro said,
September 9, 2006 at 5:34 pm
@werner : Thank you for your reports and suggestions. I’m sorry that our Bugzilla seems complicated to you, but here is definitely not the place where you should report them. Maybe you could head to the Cooker forum in Mandriva Club: http://forum.mandrivaclub.com/viewforum.php?f=35 . All you need is a free My Mandriva account, that you’ll be able to create through the “Register” link you’ll find there.
werner said,
September 9, 2006 at 5:48 pm
It would be an extremly big step towards to the for-everybody-usability of Linux, and resolve 99% of all network problems in the practical live, to include an configuration tool what ANYHOW and ANYWAY (even not optimized) results in a sucessful configured, working ‘most-simple’ network - i.e. one computer connected via modem on internet, and a secondary computer connected via ethernet (or wifi) to the first one, inclusive internet and desktop sharing.
That configuration tool should have only one multiple-choice question, where one can select:
“The computer where you are sitting, has:
a) only internet connection, not connected to a next computer
b) internet connection, and connected via cable or wireless to a next computer in your house
c) connected via cable or wireless to another computer in your house/office which in turn is connected with internet
d) ” .. which is not connected to internet
These questions are sufficiently to set up, always sucessful and working, that 99%of-cases-network - in the worsest case giving the 1st one 192.168.0.1 and the second one 192.168.0.2. For beginners its important to get a network what works, not a network whats ‘optimized’ but what not works.
And there can be optionally put an item to click, that the person switch on all connected computers and then the program can sonding out on each of them is connected.
werner said,
September 9, 2006 at 5:50 pm
PS: Excuse me for the wrong place, and when you want, shift the comments to that place you explained to me - but send them also to the Mandrake developers that they can be considered
Leo said,
September 10, 2006 at 2:48 am
I installed Mandriva Mona and found the following problems:
1. RPM database will not install rpms (database locked)
2. Mona did not recognize my Sata hard drive.
3. Unable to get desktop weather to work.
My bigest compant is that the software does not reconize the sata hard drive.
I installed Mandrake 9.2 to my sata HD with out any problems. Also
Mandrake 10.1, Mandriva 2005, and 2006 did not find my sata hd.
Any one have this problem with Sata hard drives?
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jishu1972 said,
September 11, 2006 at 1:29 pm
mona is a very “popular/vulgar” word in italy, in special way in veneto area ^_^
I will surely give a try to this build
ourcraft said,
September 11, 2006 at 5:24 pm
If I try to download the dvd it says it is
2 gig but the list says 3.4 and the descritption says it should be over 3 gig too so whats happening?
ourcraft said,
September 11, 2006 at 5:56 pm
The two gig problem was mine, sorry fo the note.
PIERRE said,
September 14, 2006 at 4:33 pm
HEY … I HAVE USED A BUNCH OF DISTROS, MAYBE 10/12 & FIND THAT MANDRIVA 2006 IS SIMPLY KICKASS… I GOT RIGHT DOWN TO BUSINESS & WAS ABLE TO HOOK UP AT EVERY AIRPORT/HOTEL/RESORT VIA 802 OR EVEN 3G OR GPRS WITHOUT TEARING MY HAIR OUT …THAT JUST PLAIN SMOKES… WOODIES ARE VERY COOL … AM DOWNLOADING 2007 AS WE SPEAK & WILL COMMENT LATER … VIVA LA LIBERTY FRIES !!!! SCREW MICROSQUISH !!!
LATER …..
PATTAYA
THAILAND
PS I AM AMAZED THERE IS NOT MORE LINUX INTEREST HERE - MAYBE THERE ARE TOO MANY BOGUS XP COPIES FLOATING AROUND … END
V.B. Brasil said,
September 14, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Funny name.
Mona sounds funny at Veneto - Italy as jishu1972 said, and at Brasil sounds funny also.
Mona is a vulgar slang that means, at the streets, something like “transexual buddy”.
Windy said,
September 15, 2006 at 2:45 pm
wow… no way, I’ve tried either mandriva 2006 and also the 2007 rc1, no way for them to recognize my sata hard disk, the mona one recognize the controllers, but still dont’t recognize the disk… anyone have any hint.. help plz..
thx..
Joe said,
September 22, 2006 at 3:18 pm
The SATA drive problem could be occuring because you have the 32bit version of Mandriva and are trying to install it on an x64 system. just a thought as my friend had the same problem and I gave him the x64 version and all is now well.