New live images released (9.0.1)

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Subject: New live images released (9.0.1)

From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>

Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:22:49 +0100

Message-id: <[🔎] 20170621092249.oakumrg4nzipxtiw@einval.com>

Hi folks, We found multiple issues in the live images released at the weekend. Since then, I've been working on fixes for the worst problems. I've just published a new set of images as 9.0.1. Here's a summary of the issues found, and current status: 1. KDE live desktop unstable on some (tested) hardware ====================================================== Status: still a problem with 9.0.1 There is a segmentation fault in kmanage - the first obvious symptom will be a failure to automatically log in. A workaround is to switch to VT1 and wait for the desktop to start there. This has been reproduced on hardware (using Intel graphics?), but not when testing in a virtual machine. See #865382. 2. Live images isolinux menu display problems ============================================= Status: Fixed in 9.0.1 When booted in BIOS mode (using isolinux), some of the localisation options from the "Debian Live with Localisation Support" submenu are displayed incorrectly. They may appear intermittently and then disappear. They can still be selected and used and will work - just be careful when selecting one. See #861421. 3. Live images are not configuring UTF-8 console correctly ========================================================== Status: still a problem with 9.0.1 After boot, X-based terminal programs will display non-ASCII characters correctly, but the Linux console does not. The system is configured to use UTF-8 locales, but the console is defaulting to ISO-8859-15. There is a quick workaround: "dpkg-reconfigure console-setup" and select "UTF-8". See #864955. 4. Installation from the live image boot menu does not work =========================================================== Status: Fixed in 9.0.1 There is a bug in the Packages files included on the live images, causing the included Debian Installer code to fail with the error "There was an error reading data from the CD-ROM. Please make sure it is in the drive. If retrying does not work, you should check the integrity of your CD-ROM." See #865015. 5. Incorrect Volume ID used for all live images =============================================== Status: Fixed in 9.0.1 live-wrapper does not currently set the Volume ID on images it creates, so they use the default supplied by xorriso: "ISOIMAGE". See #865384. 6. The root directory of the live images has very restrictive permissions ========================================================================= Status: Fixed in 9.0.1 The root directory is mode 0700 (i.e. drwx------) See #865386. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Managing a volunteer open source project is a lot like herding kittens, except the kittens randomly appear and disappear because they have day jobs." -- Matt Mackall