[Thinstation-announce] Thinstation 2.2rc5

[Miles R. <mr...@xt...>]

Hi All,

As below.  Last release pre-2.2 final.  Should be starting to get fairly stable now, please give it 
the once over.  Apologies for long time between releases.

Note files are still uploading so won't be available until sometime tomorrow.

G'Night

Miles

Thinstation 2.2rc5(Many Authors & Contributors)
Release Date: 21/08/06

  * Changed Version Number
  * Modified initrd.devices file to be chmod 644, otherwise won't build as a
   non-root user
  * Changed supermount patch so when using auto, it tries vfat first.  This is
   to help floppy disk performance
  * Added Thomas's comments to the card reader modules in build.conf
  * Included some missing files in the card reader packages, reported by Thomas
  * Fixed typo in acpi package, reported by Nikolai
  * Applied hdupdate patch from jss2 at users.sourceforge.net
  * Included iwpriv in wireless package for missing config option, reported by jss2 at 
users.sourceforge.net
  * Included libiw.so.28 in lib, reported by jss2 at users.sourceforge.net
  * Applied Thomas Karlsson's patches to the pcscd script, added some new
   options to thinstation.conf for card readers
  * Upgraded Samba to 3.0.22, replaced smbpasswd in utils/tools as was for
   samba 2.2
  * Made some changes to how password is generated for samba.
  * Applied ROWS COLUMNS bug fix patch from Jeremy Parrish
  * Fixed firefox window size, fix from Mike
  * Minor patches to network and network_files scripts from Nikolai
  * Found a bug with menu generation when using custom config options
  * Fixed bug in network_files script when dhcpc is turned off, found by Roine Gustafsson
  * Hopfully a fix to --buildtime option which fixed a ts-o-matic issue, to
   convert dos file to unix text
  * Fix from Roine Gustafsson for network_files script.
  * Fix to de console keymap, suggestion from berlin at mails dot de
  * Various minor documentation/menu changes suggested by Mike
  * Copied tn5250 binary over script file.  I installed wrong one orginally.
   Thanks to Alex Mauer and Trevor for reporting problem
  * Applied Jason Meers patch to show IP address in replimenu
  * Hopefully fixed XDM session type problems by removing -nolisten tcp.
    Bug report from Paolo.
  * Removed new www administrative function, reverted to 2.2rc3 www package
  * Added NET_DHCP_DELAY parameter to network settings, see sample file for
   details, suggestion by Jason Meers
  * Applied Jason Meers patch to samba-common package to show version & IP
   while browsing in network neighbourhood
  * Changed en_us keymap to definition to xkb_symbols { include "us(pc105)" };
  * Upgraded rdesktop to 1.5.0-rc1
  * Applied Jeremey Parrish's patch with some mods to nx.functions script and
   nx.init script to fix display session is running on
  * Modified x.init script to include dynamic checking of font packages.
  * Fixed bug with start-session, causing error in console session types,
   Reported by Mike
  * Fixed another bug with network_files, wasn't always setting hostname
   correctly
  * More fixes to nx scripts.
  * Applied sync option to usb udev script to fix write caching issues when
   removing usb stick.  Fix from Nikolai
  * Added another example for nx config options, from Paul van der Vlis
   <paul at vandervlis dot nl>
  * Included fix from Paolo for downloading and installing binary packages as
  non-root user
  * Included command checking for build script, to check if all commands are
   present on your OS, from Roine Gustafsson <roine at users dot sourceforge dot net>
  * Applied some patches from Thomas Karlsson <thomas dot karlsson at relea dot se> for
    ica smartcard support.  If you include the card reader package and ica a
    new ica parameter becomes available, SESSION_#_ICA_SMARTCARD