MirOS News

The following bugs are known in the MirOS #10-current snapshot, dated 2008-07-22:

• The user shell for the default “live” user is /usr/dbin/mksh, which however has been optimised away. This is a bug in the production of this one snapshot and easy to fix in future issues. Workaround: while the rc.netselect script runs, choose ‘9’ to escape to a shell, and change the “live” user’s shell using vipw(8) – chsh -s /bin/mksh live might also work, but has not been tested.
• Running “startx” does not work because /usr/X11R6/bin/X is no symbolic link but a copy of the XFree86® server itself (on other baselive CDs it was a hard link instead of a copy; the change is due to production differences, but both break startx(1) and xinit(1)). Workaround is to use xdm(1) instead or try: startx -- /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 :0
• The X11 server may not switch to graphics mode on the ALIX.1c board.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused, and will try to solve these issues in the next development snapshot.