Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

GNOME 1.4 Beta 2 is Out

Posted by michael on from the keeping-up-with-the-joneses dept.

Maciej Stachowiak writes: "The GNOME 1.4 Release Team is proud to announce GNOME 1.4 Beta 2 "Hit Me Baby, One More Time". This is only a beta and there may be problems with compiling and running. However, if you are adventurous and would like to help with testing, get it from your favorite GNOME mirror site in /pub/gnome/stable/betas/gnome-1.4beta2. We would also like to announce the GNOME Fifth Toe 1.4 Beta 2 release, a collection of additional packages that are not part of the core desktop but designed to work well with GNOME. This should also be available on gnome mirrors in /pub/gnome/stable/betas/gnome-fifth-toe-1.4beta2. Bug reports for most packages should go in one of the following, depending on the module: GNOME Bugzilla, Eazel Bugzilla or Ximian Bugzilla."

3 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. how to get this working if the installer dumps by margulies · · Score: 5

    if the installer cores on you, try the following:

    cd to /var/cache/red-carpet/packages
    then issue "rpm -Uvh *"

    works for me on RH7.0 (even on fisher).

    i believe the installer dumps right before or during the final call to rpm. not sure why it works from the command line and not from within red-carpet.

  2. Re:X marks the spot by dbarclay10 · · Score: 5

    We really, really need something better than X and we need it now.

    Okay :) You've got a text editor, you've got a compiler, and you've got source code. Start coding.

    No? Why not? Listen, replacing X isn't going to be easy. And unless you're going to do it, shut up and stop whining. Instead, THANK the people who have *given* you a Free implementation of the X Windowing System. Got it? Good.

    Barclay family motto:
    Aut agere aut mori.
    (Either action or death.)

    --

    Barclay family motto:
    Aut agere aut mori.
    (Either action or death.)
  3. Re:Too bad linux kernel 2.4.x breaks the installer by itp · · Score: 5

    It fails on fisher not because of the kernel, but because of the broken version of RPM that is shipped with fisher (and with Nautilus PR3). There are several other posts about this in this article, or you can read up for more information at rpm-list@redhat.com or red-carpet@ximian.com.

    Basically your package database is corrupted by using by using RPM 4.0.2, and the corruption causes clients like Red Carpet, up2date, etc to crash.

    We're talking to Jeff Johnson, the RPM maintainer, to come up with a solution as quickly as possible.

    --
    Ian Peters