The GNOME version of Mandriva Linux 2008 One has been released and is now available via BitTorrent or from the mirror sites. Featuring all the same great new features as the other editions of Mandriva Linux 2008, with a fully up-to-date GNOME 2.20 desktop. Hope this makes all our GNOME-using members happy!
A final message on the NOKEY issue: all mirrors in the official list are now okay with the sole exception of ftp.cica.es. Any other mirror proposed by the Mandriva repository configuration tools should now be okay. As mentioned in the previous message, if you have already set up your repositories and are encountering the NOKEY issue, you will need to either run urpmi.update -a --force-key as root or remove and re-add your repositories to stop the errors from showing up in future. Once again, we’re sorry for this inconvenience.
Another site is running a favorite distribution poll - LinuxLookup. They’re also looking for donations to buy a new server machine. It’s a good site, so if you can chip in a bit of money we’re sure it’d be appreciated!
Following up the previous post on this topic, the issue with missing pubkey files leading to NOKEY errors is now resolved on the majority of mirror servers. The following servers from the list used by the Mandriva tools have been tested and found to be GOOD:
ftp://ftp.mandrake.ikoula.com/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.mandrake.com/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.mandriva.com/MandrivaLinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ramses.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/mandrake/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/mandrake/official/2008.0
ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/2008.0
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/pub/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
http://mandriva.dcc.fc.up.pt/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/pub/mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.esat.net/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/mandrake/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.tuniv.szczecin.pl/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
The following servers have been tested and found to be BAD:
http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/mandrake/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.cica.es/pub/Linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/mandrake/official/2008.0
ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/mandrake/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/mandrake/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
ftp://ftp.nara.wide.ad.jp/pub/Linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
The following servers could not be tested as they were full:
ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/pub/linux/distributions/Mandriva/official/2008.0
ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2008.0
If you are using one of the servers listed as GOOD, you may be able to resolve the problem by running this command:
urpmi.update --force-key
If you are using one of the servers listed as BAD, or if the --force-key command does not work to resolve the problem, you can resolve the problem by removing your repositories and re-adding them using one of the servers listed as GOOD.
Tomorrow we will test all servers again, and remove those that have still not properly synchronized the fix from the official server list.
Again, we apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue.
This is for anyone getting NOKEY errors trying to install packages from the online repositories for Mandriva Linux 2008.
The problem was that the pubkey files, which contain the keys used to sign packages in each repository, were missing from the media_info directories in the 2008 tree, so when it was adding the repositories, Mandriva could not get the key for each repository. Since the repository seemed to have no key associated with it, but the packages were signed, when you tried to install any package, Mandriva would give you the NOKEY warning.
This has been fixed on our master mirror around two hours before this post. I have checked several mirrors and found that at the time of writing this post, a couple of mirrors have synced up with the fix already, but most have not.
Once all the mirrors sync up with the fix, the problem will not occur again for anyone adding repositories. However, if you have already set up your repositories, the problem will not be fixed automatically. You must remove your repositories using the repository configuration tool, which can be found in the Mandriva Control Center, or the urpmi.removemedia command line tool. You can then set the repositories up again (using the repository configuration tool, or urpmi.addmedia) and you should no longer see the errors.
I will post a follow-up message when my checks indicate that most mirrors are synced up with the fix.
We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
We’re proud to announce that Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available for download on the official site, and on the network of public mirror servers.
The result of six months of heavy development and testing, 2008 includes all the latest software and many enhancements over previous Mandriva Linux releases. You will find KDE 3.5.7 and the new GNOME 2.20 already integrated, a solid kernel 2.6.22.9 with fair scheduling support, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, cutting-edge 3D-accelerated desktop courtesy of Compiz Fusion 0.5.2, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6, and everything else you’ve come to expect from the latest Mandriva Linux release. We have integrated a reworked hardware detection sub-system, with support for a lot of new devices (particularly graphics cards, sound cards and wireless chips). Also, the addition of new features and ongoing improvements to the renowned Mandriva tools continues, including a wizard to import Windows documents and settings, the new network configuration center, and improvements to the Mandriva software management tools.
You can read about the most exciting new features of Mandriva Linux 2008 in depth in the Release Tour. The Release Notes contain important information on changes from previous releases. The Errata will contain information on any future known issues and solutions for them.
Mandriva Linux 2008 was developed by the Mandriva development community, based around the Cooker development distribution. This open, community-driven development system has been in place since 1998, making it one of the longest-standing open source development communities around. The involvement of the Mandriva development community helps us to make Mandriva Linux one of the largest, most up-to-date, integrated, internationalized and standardized distributions available, for which we thank our contributors greatly. We’re proud of the standardization efforts included in Mandriva Linux 2008, including support for the Freedesktop.org XDG menu, user directories and icon theme specifications.
Mandriva Linux 2008 is available for download free of charge at the Mandriva website. The One installation CD is the recommended download with everything you need to start using Mandriva Linux 2008: it comes with a full KDE desktop and application suite, NVIDIA and ATI proprietary video card drivers, Intel wireless firmware, Adobe Flash and Sun Java browser plugins, all included.
Enjoy your brand new Mandriva Linux 2008 system!