DesktopBSD 1.0-RC2 Notes
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This document contains notes regarding the second Release Candidate of DesktopBSD 1.0, such as information about installation, known bugs, security issues and fixes. Please consult this document before reporting bugs.
Overview
DesktopBSD aims at being a stable and powerful operating system for desktop users. DesktopBSD 1.0-RC2 is based on FreeBSD 5.4-p3 and KDE 3.4.1. See the DesktopBSD website for further details.
Changes
This section contains major and minor changes since RC1.
- The problem that caused the
Illegal instruction (core dumped)error on specific processor types was fixed. - Software installation works properly "out-of-the-box".
- The font problems with the console window of the software module are solved.
- Mounted CD and DVD drives are listed correctly in the control center module.
- Connecting to networks with a gateway specified now works.
- Instead of automatically setting a more likely disk geometry, you can also specify the disk geometry yourself.
- The login screen and KDE personalizer now appear in the language selected at install time.
- Default user icon changed, setting an own user icon should work now.
- Locked users are still locked after their password has been changed.
- The Back/Next button issue with the installer was fixed.
- The CD is labeled "DesktopBSD" now.
- The installer now uses the wm2 window manager and has a neat background.
Installation
Burn the ISO-image available at the website onto a CD-R or CD-RW and insert the disc before your computer starts. You probably have to change the boot order of your BIOS to be able to boot from CD-ROM. When the computer boots from CD-ROM, wait until the installer appears and follow it's instructions. When the installation finished, remember to remove the CD-ROM from your drive so your computer doesn't boot from CD again. Start your newly installed operating system and use the configuration wizard to add users, set the system password and get a short introduction in the concepts of DesktopBSD. Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured your new DesktopBSD installation!
Upgrading
There is currently no way to upgrade from a previous release candidate.
Known Issues
- Mounting disks can fail under very specific circumstances (still being investigated)
- Mounting ext2fs partitions from the Mounter can fail (feedback required)
- Mounting UDF fails. (still being investigated)