iMedia Linux ChangeLog

Version 6.0.4 - released Jul-14-2008

fixed problems with ratpoison package
ratpoison wm should not set /etc/conf.d/xmanager to MythTV since now it's used on MMS also
fixed MMS template problem
fixed XWindows package
missing dependency libusb
fixed M99-XWindows script for Kiosk
     when adding kiosk options Server Flags overrides the Default server Layout thus X is not using proper configuration and
     complains about trident driver missing
     Get "Options \"DefaultServerLayout\"" from conf file before adding new ServerFlags options
fixed iMedia Installer invalid fstab when user is choosing not to install GRUB
fixed iMedia Installer old problem with root device when installing on diferent system
instead of using old way device parsing to kernel line, not we are using fs label to parse to grub kernel line and fstab
fixed iMedia Installer invalid path to initrd files
added variable $install::INSTALL_SOURCE = "/mnt/source"
fixed Install CD, automount mounted /mnt/source before install script does thus not properly created flag file and tricking installer
that mount source is not installed, added umount in mount_install_source script
TO BE FIXED all other vars dep on install source should be consturncted from this var
fixed /etc/initd.d/99network
     udhcpc script should not be invoked with -b ( fork to backgroung option ) because it will not try to rediscover DHCP servers
     instead drop messages to a newly created log file and fork it to background &
     mknod /dev/logging/udhcpc.log c 241 16
     when spawning udhcpc make sure interface is up first ( ifconfig ${DEVICE} up )
modified /sbin/udhcp-manager to create a semaphore file in /var/lock/$interface.fail for future use
create script for reseting xorg.cong values
/usr/bin/xorg-auto-config
commeted out lines from M99-XWindows that auto detects Xorg.conf ( not working for some board especially ALIX board .. damn those boards )
fixed LABEL=xxx in grub
in order for root=LABEL=xxx to work we must always have an initrd image, nash beeing responsable for translating root=LABEL=xxx into root=/dev/xxx
now full initrd is installed every time
fixed InstallCD Interface.pm::AdvancedBootLoaderForm to support for boot device LABEL option
     if ( EntryGetValue($root_entry) !~ /\/dev\/[hs]d[a-e]\d+/i && EntryGetValue($root_entry) !~ /LABEL=/i ) {
           ErrorMessage("\nInvalid Root Device: ".EntryGetValue($root_entry)."\n");
           $data = "continue";
     }
fixed InstallCD Interface.pm GRUB_OPTIONS{conf_type} improper set when parsing the existing imls
Moved after user sets it's selection
fixed XWindows package
xset missing dep lib libXfontcache.so
kiosk mode created new starts and added -dpms to serverargs
fixed bash script /etc/X11/xinit/Xmanager
&& in bash is -a and for string use != not -ne
added support for $HOME/xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.imedia
disabled screen saver and DPMS in Kiosk mode
     modified /etc/rcS.d/M99-XWindows
     added to ServerFlags options:
           Option "StandbyTime" "0"
           Option "SuspendTime" "0"
           Option "OffTime" "0"
           Option "BlankTime" "0"
fixed mplayer package
missing libraries libXext.so libX11.so libexpat.so
fixed alix kernel, now with working boot splash, fbset and Xorg
added install::NO_SPLASH var to disable for custom build imedia splash
fixed rc.sysinit to support real quit booting
fixed /etc/init.d and other echos to look for /etc/boot.silent first
fixed initrd image to properly unmount /inirtd after boots
added cisco-vpnclient package with kernel modules and package
modified kernel-build.sh and added cisco modules build based on gentoo build system
updated Firefox to Firefox 3.0

Version 6.0.3 - released Apr-18-2008

iMedia Installer USB stick booting support and minimal CF Install Booting support;
iMedia Linux Install can now run from USB Stick. Just copy the released zip archive on your USB Stick, make file system ( preferable EXT3 ), make partition active and manually install grub in it and you will be able to bootI.I f user know how to dd first 512bs on USB stick we put on iso/USB-MBR Master boot record image ( dd if=/usb-mbr.img of=/dev/device bs=512 count=1 ) ( we will release also in the near future a tool to automatically partition and install grub on your USB stick )
iMedia Linux install can load installer from a minimal CF install and the load packages from USB stick ( request from ALIX users that are not able to boot from CDROM and, USB booting is unavailable on some ALIX board )
Copy zip archive released imedia-cfboot-6.0.3.zip. Once again user must manually partition and install grub on his CF. After Installer fully loads, tries to search mediums ( CDROM, USB Stick ) for Install CD layout ( you can unzip USB Stick archive on it ). CD is released and can be used during install as a target device.
Media Installer minor bug fixes ( alix headless support, serial fixes )
Some templates fixes
iMedia Linux Alix appliance and network appliance proper support for headless boards
Minor packages fixes ( missing dependencies )

Version 6.0.0 - released Jan-22-2008

Fixed libdrm ( drm.h ) added #include
some drivers would not compile because some missing types declarations
Fixed xorg intel driver problems with libdrm
Created new ebuild to fetch from git
Fixed lcdproc ( modules moved from /usr/share/lcdproc to /usr/lib/lcproc )
Fixed X11 problems with dbus
Fixed problem during install on root fs /install directory appears
due to improper call of UsersForm after Cancel was hit in user_manipulation('ADD')
Fixed ntop problems with /var/lib/ntop user rightes and created proper startup command
Fixed problem with mixed consoles 1,2 login conosole 3 X and 4 back login console
now all console are in order 1,2,3 login 4 X and 5 logging
Fixed /etc/hosts problem, order inversed first FQND then hostname, in this way we Fixed syslog problem with no hostname displayed in logging
Fixed user right problems for user quagga
Fixed starup script and ospf starup problems
Fixed useradd and shadow tools problems
! NOTE: useradd does not create automatically home dir it must be specified from cmd line with -m ! to lassy to add CREATE_HOME flag patch to shadow package and recompile, left default gentoo behavbior and not redhat merged gentoo passwd shadow and group with imedia's add new additions to install hidden users
Fixed ld.so.conf problems with new gcc-4.2, path was missing in current
Fixed tftpd package
added tftpd-hpa gentoo package
removed busybox link to tftp
added client binary to tftpd package
created new startup script to run standalone and not from inetd
commented out inetd line for tftpd
Fixed i2c driver package ( bus i2c_isa is a goner )
Fixed cups ( charset problems )
Fixed packages metalist ( get ctorrent from common/i386 not custom )
Fixed V4L video-buf renamed
Fixed usbhid
drivers localtion moved and force feedback dependencies added
Fixed smp kernel config
Fixed build.spec kernel modules package version ( 2.6.23 )
Fixed xkb problems
Fixed Font problem, added xfce hinting, rgb and fonts
Fixed intel-accell packages ( i586,i686 )
removed missing /usr/lib/dri/i915tex_dri.so
Fixed wpa_supplicant ( added dbus support )
Fixed miro ( removed missing /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/vtemodule.so )
Fixed pdigin (removed missing pidgin.svg )
Fixed rrdtool ( removed python bindings )
Fixed minibox packages meta list

New packages and support added:

Added IMQ kernel patch for iptables http://www.linuximq.net/patches.html
Saved in /extra/kernel/kernels-patches/patches-2.6.20/new/imq.diff.gz
Added fxdesktop desktop icons
Added dbus support
Added hal support
Added users for hal and dbus
Added java 1.6.0.03
Fixed Java problems with compat libstdc++.so.5
Added ekiga package
Added linuxtv-dvb-apps
Added kernel modules for dvb 700
Added kernel config i586 wireless ( missing )
Added smp initrd
Added wvdial 1.60 package
Added mmsv2 template hal and dbus
Added vwdial

Fixed/updated packages:

Removed gentoo-sources and linux-headers from emerge, conflicting with our headers
Put them in /etc/portage/profile/packages.provided
: remember to update versions every time the system is updated
updated /imedia/current to latest ( bin and libs )
updated udevd
updated ndiswrapper to 1.48
moved /usr/lib/gcc/i586-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/ from packages to /imedia/current
too many packages use them
updated GCC to 4.2.1
updated gaim to pidgin
recompiled xfce4-extra/exo with hal support
moved sysadmin from opt to /home/sysadmin and renamed admin* to sysadmin* ( bin, conf, rcfile )
removed duplicate entry from passwd of sysadmin
updated etc ( profile.d and profile.env )
updated fbdesk to 1.4.1
updated phpmyadmin
updated openssl
updated GCC to 4.2.2
updated udev to stable release 116
updated current to latest
updated lirc to 0.8.3
updated Firefox 2.0.0.10
opera 9.24
openssl 0.9.8g
apache 2.2.6-r2
phpmyadmin 2.11.1.2
nagios 2.10
removed console ttyS0 from grub configuration on standard systems
TESTING new sis driver found on ubuntu forums /home/pando/work/sisp
ndiswrapper 1.49
madwifi 0.9.3.3
ivitv 0.10.6
kernel 2.6.23
Fixed console orders in inittab
now spawning sconsole to tty3 not 4 and X opens in tty4
Found Xorg.conf configuration values for Kiosk Operation
ServerFlags: DontZap, DontVTSwitch, DontZoom
udev 117 upgrade on imedia current
modified linuxrc in initrd to unmount /initrd after pivot root
Versions bump ( reviewed and modified all imedia packages versions )
version freeze , update freeze, devel freeze

Version 5.0.4- released Sep-04-2007

Fixed USB CDROM booting problems
Fixed USB CDROM super mount problem after install due to missing sr-mod module in 04usbstorage script
Fixed sysadmin console not to handle CDROM mounting ( supermount does that )
Fixed sysadmin to properly detect root partiton disk space
Updated UDEVD
Fixed InstallCD to properly write /etc/fstab when using CF Disks
Fixed Alsa sound drivers for VIA EX boards

New packages and support added:

cups 1.2.12
cups-printer-drivers Foomatic 20070501
pptpd - PopTop 1.3.4
pppoe 3.8.1
python – Basic Python 2.4.4
vsftpd 2.0.5
wpa_supplicant 0.5.8
democracy 0.9.6
alsa-sound-intel Alsa support for Intel D201 GLY
fuse-ntfs3g – support for NTFS file system
quagga

Fixed/updated packages:

dhcpd
diag – added ttcp for TCP testing
madwifi-tools 0.9.3.2
madwifi 0.9.3.2
network-base-drivers
vmware-scsi – added support for VMWare Buslogic SCSI needed in VMWare installs only
vmware-network - added support for VMWare PCNET adapter needed in VMWare installs only

Version 5.0.3- released Jul-03-2007

Added support for Intel D201GLY video/2D/3D acceleration
Added support for usb webcams
Added support for touchscreens on usb
Updated madwifi package
Fixed video acceleration problems/lockups with VIA EPIA EX motherboards
Fixed sound support on VIA EPIA EX motherboards
Fixed USB keyboard issues in installer
You can choose your motherboard type in installer now and the drivers for your board will be installed automatically

Version 5.0.0- released May-03-2007

New packages added
- epdfview - Addded ePdfView as a optional replacement for XPdf.
- gawk - the gnu awk programming language
- gpm - console mouse support
- lm_sensors - suite for getting data from lm_sensors kernel modules
- ntop - show network usage as top does
- parprouted - daemon for transparent IP proxy ARP bridging. Usefull in bridging ethernet nodes behind wireless points.
- parted - utility to partition the hard drive
- unzip, zip - ZIP archiver
- aterm - XWindows terminal
- beaver - Simple GTK editor
- conky - Displays machine usage in XWindows
- cputnik - Displays CPU/Memory usage in XWindows
- fbida - Tool to display images using only the framebuffer
- imedia-pkg-maker - Tool to create iMedia Linux packages
- lcd4linux - LCD4Linux software allows displaying different widgets to LCD (mini-box picoLCD support included)
- leafpad - Simple GTK editor
- picoLCD - mini-box picoLCD support for bash scripts or development
- alsa-sound-full - Complete ALSA drivers for all sound card supported by ALSA
- alsa-sound-geodelx - ALSA sound drivers for GEODE LX and GX
- geodelx-accell - XWindows accelerated driver for GEODE LX and GX
- imedia-all-modules - Complete tree of kernel drivers
Performance updates and fixes
- Updated DRM, OpenChrome drives for VIA boards to include CX700 support
- Updated Mplayer along with the VIA XVMC patch
- Updated to XOrg 7.2
- Updated ivtv to 0.10.1
- Updated to latest 2.5 glibc
- Several fixes for MythTV build
- Fixed MMS build and changed MMS branch to 1.0.9 for more features
- Added shadow passwd and group support
- Replaced tinylogin with gnu login utility
Usability updates and fixes
- Fixed X, MythTV, MSS autologin users permisions for audio, video and disk
- Anti Aliased fonts now available
- Custom iMedia menu from MythTV can now run MythFillDatabase
- Fixed Logout action in XWindows interface
- Added menu entries for other applications
- Conky hardware resources monitor now automatically starts if is installed
- Fixed USB storage boot problems and added a 10seconds delay to allow better device detection
- Fixed ACPI daemon handling of power button
- XWindows interface no longer requires Keyboard or mouse to be connected
- Updated and reconfigured BusyBox binaries
Install application updates and fixes
- Install application can now partition your hard drive or choose an existent partition
- Install application can now make use of HID devices such as keyboards
- Several fixes in install application for package names parsing
- New and updated install templates
Updated packages (partial list)
- bzip2 1.0.3 -> 1.0.4
- diag -> updates pciutils,added sdparm, etc
- gpm 1.20 -> 1.20.1
- joe 3.4 -> 3.5
- ltrace 0.3.32 -> 0.4
- mtr 0.71 -> 0.72
- ncftp 3.1.9 -> 3.2.0
- nmap 4.11 -> 4.20
- ntp 4.2.2 -> 4.2.4
- openssl 0.9.7j -> 0.9.8e
- quagga 0.99.4 -> 0.99.6
- rsync 2.6.8 -> 2.6.9-r2
- samba-client, server, tools 3.0.22 -> 3.0.24
- dropbear 0.48.1 -> 0.49
- strace 4.5.14 -> 4.5.15
- tcpdump 3.9.4 -> 3.9.5-r1
- vim 7.0.17 -> 7.0.201
- vtun 2.5 -> 2.6
- abiword 2.4.5 -> 2.4.6
- alsaplayer 0.99.76 -> 0.99.77-r1
- calcoo -> 1.3.16
- dillo 0.8.5 -> 0.8.6
- firefox 1.5.0.4 -> 2.0.0.2
- gaim 1.5.0 -> 2.0.0-beta6
- gdm 2.14.4 -> 2.16.4
- gentoo-commander 0.11.55 -> 0.11.56
- lirc 0.8.0 -> 0.8.1
- mmsv 1.0.8-rc1 -> 1.0.9
- mythtv 0.20.1 -> 0.21 svn release 13181
- mplayer 1.0-pre8 -> 1.0-rc1
- opera 9.0 -> 9.10
- realplayer 10.0.7 -> 10.0.8-r2
- sylpheed 2.2.6 -> 2.3.1
- thunderbird 1.5.0.5 -> 1.5.0.10
- tvtime
- vncviewer 4.0 -> 4.1.2-r1
- X 7.1 -> 7.2
- Kernel 2.6.18 -> Kernel 2.6.20

Older Releases

Version 4.0.1- released Jan-11-2007

- Fixed SATA/initrd boot support
- Added more SATA drivers
- mkdisk util creates ext3 partition instead of old reiserfs
- Fixed samba package(rendundant links removed)

Version 4.0.0- released Dec-16-2006

This version is a major overhaul of the entire distribution with the move to 2.6 kernel tree
Kernel 2.6.18 with performance patches
Major software packages updated to latest versions
Updated Openchrome and DRM drivers for VIA unichrome to latest svn versions
Added support for CN700 chipset (MPEG acceleration, 2D/3D acceleration)
MPEG decoding acceleration in mplayer now works by default with fall back to non-accelerated playback for non-VIA boards
Several install CD changes to ease the setup of the distribution
MythTV updated to 14-12-2006 SVN release
Changed the style of kernel module loading now autoloading should work
Added udevd and removed old /dev
Updated embedded logging module
This release uses alsa for audio driver and no longer relies on viaaudiocombo kernel module
This release uses 0.7.3 branch of ivtv driver and the firmware shipped in the ivtv package should work with all PCI PVR cards
Updated usblcd package (support for M200/M300 with LCD boxes)
Fixed some automatic XWindows boot user permisions
Added gpm daemon for console mouse operations
Added bridge, VPN, CIFS support and utils
Fixed openvpn support

Version 3.0.1

released Sep-19-2006

Fixed booting from USB sticks
Fixed Wifi startup script

Version 3.0.0

released Aug-14-2006

Installs anywhere: USB stick, USB harddrive, USB ZIP, Compact Flash, SATA, SCSI, etc
VIA C3, Geode, i586 or Pentium targets
2.4.33 kernel with performance patches(with O(1) scheduler, low latency and other patches)
Graphical boot
Tiny CF distribution with journaling filesystem and embedded logging
Eyecandy desktop based on XOrg 7.1 Xwindows with AIGLX and GTK2
Menu driven installation
Menu driven user and password administration
Menu driven network installation
Software updates via FTP HTTP
Size from 6Mb to 500Mb