Monthly Archive for March, 2009

Joomla 1.5.10 has been released

 Joomla version 1.5.10 has been released, which is a security update release

Joomla is an advanced PHP/MySQL CMS system which is used for thousands of sites.

Downloads:
Full: http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/9910/37908/Joomla_1.5.10-Stable-Full_Package.zip
Upgrade: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=4460

Releasenotes / changelog

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 1.5.10 Post-Release Notes to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Security

One low-level and one moderate-level security issue were fixed in this release:

  • Moderate Priority: A series of XSS and CSRF faults exist in the administrator application. Affected administrator components include com_admin, com_media, com_search. Both com_admin and com_search contain XSS vulnerabilities, and com_media contains 2 CSRF vulnerabilities. More information »
  • Low Priority: A XSS vulnerability exists in the category view of com_content. More information »

For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center.

Components

  • Article Alias no longer missing from Category Views (14228)
  • Section List now drills down correctly to a Category List with Global Content Filters (14510)
  • Web link Router now uses correct Category value (14705)
  • Article HTML filtering correct when only one Filter group selected (14758)
  • Tooltip Help corrected for Section, Category, and Article Alias (15007)
  • Sorting lists by values other than Order corrected (15107)
  • Archived Article Filter Function works correctly (15124)
  • Ampersand in site name no longer breaks Position value in vCard (15143)
  • Added “/” before URL in Remind Me and Password links for com_user (15215)
  • Search works properly using international characters with SEF enabled (15233)
  • Register to Read More in redirect URL correct for Section and Category Menu Items (15266)
  • Multiple Search Menu Items now return correct ItemID (15293)
  • com_media no longer incorrectly loads CSS files from the backend (15354)
  • Fixed invalid XHTML output in com_content and com_contact (15362)
  • Small errors in code comments corrected for com_user (15461)

Modules

  • Changing the module’s ‘Position’ value now correctly changes the value for the ‘Order’ listbox. (12119)
  • When Module is saved, Module’s cache is now cleared (12137)
  • Encoding behavior for quotes and ampersands corrected in Modules (13111)
  • Menu image alignment resolved (14071)
  • Menu Alias respects Active setting (14767)
  • Resolved tag error in mod_feed (14948)
  • Login Redirect returns to current page when no Redirect URL is specified (15376)

Plugins

  • Fixed ID tags used by openid.js (13285)
  • Pagebreak works correctly with JCE (14525)
  • Pagebreak outputs correct XHTML elements (14496)
  • Pagebreak accurately tracks active page (14558)
  • Pagebreak works correctly with Section tables (14827)
  • Caching error resolved for Remember Me function (14857)
  • Menu Item changes are now cached properly (14896)
  • SEF Plugin correctly handles “Data” attribute (15137)
  • Load Position no longer deletes dollar sign and next two positions, in Module output (15237)

Legacy

  • No legacy issues fixed for this release.

Templates

  • Beez: Correct Last Updated date used in Section Blog (14571)
  • JA Purity: All Article text no longer linked when Category presented (14286)
  • rhuk Milkyway: Correct authorEmail value (14439)
  • Corrected RTL issue for Site Title when mouse hovering over Template Logo (14945)

Language

  • Localization for user name corrected in registration form (14468)
  • Corrected localization issue for new Module (13999)
  • User details translatable (14710)
  • Localization corrected for installation of Component (14859)
  • Copy Menu Items function is now translatable (14944)
  • Pagebreak now translatable (15300)
  • Uninstalling a Component now has all Language Strings (15375)

Administrator

  • Categories are now sortable in reverse order by Order data element (14004)
  • Parameter Element ID for folderlist and filelist are correct (14514)
  • Date format correct for ‘checked out date’ (14381)

System

  • Installation of Extensions no longer fails when zip files are included (9701)
  • No longer missing l10n in JApplicationHelper::parseXMLInstallFile() (11798)
  • Resolved Javascript errors created by previous SEF Background Image Fix (13973)
  • Resolved problem with error handling in JFactory::getXMLParser (14022)
  • Case-sensitive image extensions (14059)
  • Atom feed validates correctly (14515)
  • JString::RTrim method is correct (14491)
  • Removed short open tag in admin.categories.html.php (14660)
  • JInstallerComponent::_rollback_menu() error resolved when getting DB Connector (14795)
  • File move now correctly returns “false” when not read or writable (14818)
  • Directory Permissions listed correctly for Temp and Log Folders (14865)
  • JFolder::folders no longer returns unnecessary warning (14875)
  • Setting Tooltip Offset works correctly (15006)
  • JArchiveZip::_extractNative() correctly identifies zip_open() failure (15044)
  • Installer.php parseMedia points to correct folder (15047)
  • Custom Install file upgraded on Component installation (15217)
  • Undefined index HTTP_USER_AGENT error fixed in behavior.php (15282)

nVIDIA GeForce 182.47 beta driver released with OpenGL 3.1 support

nVIDIA has released ForceWare 182.47 beta drivers for their 8xxx, 9xxxx and 200 series cards.  Most important change to this version is the support for OpenGL 3.1 and GLSL 1.40.
ForceWare 182.47 is based on 182.46 – more info and downloads for 182.46 can be found here.

Download GeForce 182.47 BETA for

Adobe Reader 9.1 for Solaris x86 has been released

Adobe releases Adobe Reader version 9.1 for Solaris x86/32 and SPARC-bases systems running on Sun Solaris 10 and/or OpenSolaris.

Downloads can be found at http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Linux Kernel 2.6.29 has been released

tasmanian tux medium Linux Kernel 2.6.29 has been releasedLinux Torvals has released the Linux kernel version 2.6.29. Most important new feature include Btrfs and SquashFS 4.

Btrfs is a new filesystem that is designed to be scalable, efficient and fast. Notable features include very fast offline filesystem check, online filesystem checking, checksumming of all metadata and fast, writable filesystem snapshots.

Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. It uses zlib compression to compress both files, inodes and directories. Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 64K.

Most important features of Linux Kernel 2.6.29:

  • Kernel Modesetting
  • Btrfs Filesystem
  • SquashFS 4.0
  • 4096 CPU Support
  • “Tree RCU”: scalable classic RCU
  • WiMAX Support
  • Wireless Access Point mode support
  • eCryptfs filename encryption
  • Filesystem freeze
  • Memory controller swap management and various improvements
  • Ext4 no journal mode
  • OCFS2 metadata checksums
  • Staging drivers
  • Tuz replaces Tux as logo

The official releasenotes can be found at http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/23/449

Downloads (source only!) can be found at http://kernel.org/

New/supported drivers include:

Storage:

· Nokia 5200 support
· Oxford OXU210HP HCD driver
· twl4030 transceiver driver
· imx udc gadget driver
· opticon serial driver
· siemens_mpi usb-serial “stub” driver
· Pentax K10D support
· Option N.V. ZeroCD modem support
· Multi-Tech modem support
· Added USB ID for Thomson Speedtouch 121g

· 32bit PIO support
· OCTEON SOC Compact Flash interface (v7) driver
· VT8261 support
· Large Block Transfer support for sata_sil
· cxgb3i iSCSI driver
· Fibre Channel over Ethernet
· Power Management Resume/Suspend support
· ISP81XX support

Input:

· Walkera WK-0701 RC transmitter support
· Touchscreen (tsc2007) driver
· PCF50633 input driver
· Wacom W8001 support
· Touchscreen (da9034) support
· Maple controller support

Network:

· Support for SMSC LAN9420 10/100 PCI ethernet adapter
· SMSC LAN921x and LAN911x driver
· KS8695 driver
· IXP4xx HSS HDLC driver
· 5150 support
· 82598AT support
· PCIe AER support
· Atheros AR9285 chipset support
· BCM50610 support
· HFC USB driver
· Mesh Point support
· 57780 support
· LSI ET1011C PHY driver
· Scatter Gather support
· Added USB ID for Linksys WUSB200
· Solos PCI ADSL2+ driver

Sound:

· ASoC audio driver
· Beagleboard support
· PCM3008 ALSA SoC driver
· WM8728 codec driver
· omap2evm support
· UDA134x codec driver
· Marvell Zylonite support
· Lyrtech SFFSDR driver
· OMAP3 Pandora support
· WM8350 Audioplus codec driver
· PXA SSP support
· Gumstix Overo support
· TWL4030 audio codec support
· Atmel AT91SAM9G20ek support
· Intel HDMI audio support
· ASUS V1sn support
· Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xa3530 support
· HP Acacia support
· Realtek ALC269 support
· ASUS P5Q-EM support
· Acer Aspire 4930G support
· MCP67 HDMI support
· Intel DX58SO support
· NVidia MCP78 HDMI support
· OLPC analog input support
· Claro halo support

V4L/DVB:

· s921 ISDB-T driver
· tw9910 driver
· ov772x driver
· TEA5764 radio driver
· KNC1 DVB-S2 support
· lgdt3304 driver
· Samsung Q310 webcam support
· STB6100 support
· HVR-950 IR support (experimental)
· STB0899 support
· STB6100 support
· Technotrend TT S2 3200 support
· Satelco Easywatch DVB-S2 PCI card support
· Prof 6200 DVB-S PCI card support
· Turbosight TBS8910 DVB-S PCI card support
· Terratec Cinergy S USB support
· Lenovo Thinkpad SL500 webcam support
· OMAP2 camera driver
· tvp514x I2C video decoder driver
· Pixelview PlayTV Box 4 support
· Kworld Plus TV Analog Lite PCI support
· Medion/Creatix CTX946 support (Analog and DVB-T)
· Avermedia AVer TV GO 007 FM Plus support
· Compro Videomate E650F (only DVB-T)
· Micron MT9T031 CMOS camera support

USB:

Linux Kernel 2.6.29 installation guide for Ubuntu and Debian Linux

The Ubuntu kernel guys have released an “official” build of the 2.6.29 Linux Kernel which came out tonight. The .deb files work for both Ubuntu and Debian!  (and outdated, stable and test releases like Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty jackalope.

The included kernel files have been compiled using the generic ubuntu configuration but lack ubuntu specific drivers.  Note: nVIDIA ForceWare drivers are automaticly installed using DKMS (which is included in Ubuntu 8.10)

The files can be found at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29/

Installation Guide

  1. Download http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29/linux-headers-2.6.29-020629_2.6.29-020629_all.deb
  2. Download your kernel headers package;
    I386:  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29/linux-headers-2.6.29-020629-generic_2.6.29-020629_i386.deb
    AMD64: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29/linux-headers-2.6.29-020629-generic_2.6.29-020629_amd64.deb
  3. Download your kernel compile;
    I386:  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29/linux-image-2.6.29-020629-generic_2.6.29-020629_i386.deb
    AMD64: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.29/linux-image-2.6.29-020629-generic_2.6.29-020629_amd64.deb
  4. Install the files in the same order as mentions above! (doing step 1 and 2 the other way around isn`t possible!)
    For lazy guys console freaks; dpkg -i *.deb
    (Notice: the console have to be in the same directory as the downloads and no other .deb packages should be there – else they also get installed)
  5. Reboot and select the kernel from the bootloader menu