[PC-BSD Testing] 8.0 ALPHA for your inspection

[Bill Leeper]

OK, a couple of problems right off the bat. First, the nVidia drivers  
are a no go for me. I get to the configuration screen and select my  
settings. When I click on apply I get the normal box about testing the  
settings and I then get the black text screen. After a few seconds I  
get an error message.   link_elf: Symbol dev2unit undefined and then  
the system reboots. It does boot just fine if I select the nv driver.  
I tried the latest three nVidia drivers in the list and the all give  
the same error message. Second, it doesn't look like any of the  
programs I selected to install during the installation process  
actually installed. Also, up date manager says it can't connect to the  
server.

On a positive note this alpha provided the incentive I needed to blow  
away my Windows 7 RC install. Thanks for that at least Kris.   :-)


On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Kris Moore wrote:

>
>
> Testers,
>
> We've gotten a PC-BSD 8.0 ALPHA ISO to the point where the brave can  
> begin to take a look at some of it's
> new features, and test out the new FreeBSD 8 on your hardware. This  
> release is for 32bit only, after FreeBSD 8.0
> is released we'll begin the amd64 builds as well. Also, we have not  
> begun to build the PBI tree for 8.0, and will
> do so after FreeBSD 8.0 releases. However, you can still install 7.x  
> PBIs on 8.0, but they may not all
> perform properly.
>
> *WARNING* *WARNING* *WARNING*
>
> This is obviously a very early alpha build, so expect plenty of bugs  
> and missing features. This is mainly
> a release for previewing what's to come, we will begin a more  
> serious bug hunt after we finish implementing all
> the new features for 8.0.
>
> *WARNING* *WARNING* *WARNING*
>
>
> Download Link:
>
> ftp://ftp.pcbsd.org/pub/alpha-iso/x32/
>
> (You may wish to use a FTP client that supports resuming for this  
> download)
>
>
> -- Changes implemented already --
>
> * Built on FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2
>
> * Includes KDE 4.3.1 / QT 4.5.2
>
> * ISO Changes
>   - Support for running in Installation or LIVE mode to try out PC- 
> BSD straight from disk
>
> * New Software Manager
>   - Web-based software browser
>   - Download & Install PBIs in the background
>   - Background updating of PBIs
>   - Mirror Selection / Customization options
>   - Automated system update installation
>   - Re-create desktop icons for applications
>
> * PBI Improvements
>   - Using xdg-desktop* utilities for mime / kmenu icon installation
>   - Scripts to re-create desktop / kmenu / mime icons anytime after  
> installation
>
>
>
> -- Changes still needing to be merged in --
>
> * Brand new System Installer
>   - Supports installing PC-BSD Desktop/Server and FreeBSD Vanilla
>   - Supports scriptable installation
>
> * Backup / Recovery tool
>
> --
> Kris Moore
> PC-BSD Software
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