Jaka “lynx” Kranjc has just posted to the mailing lists that sorcery 1.14.2 has been released.

Stable Sorcery 1.14.2 has been released! Notable bugs missing in this bugfix release include the one of repair file mishandling, usages of translations and the one of cast -O ignorance.

See the full message and ChangeLog

The Cauldron Lead, Justin “flux_control” Boffemmyer has just released a new Source Mage ISO for all of us! Please support SMGL and Justin by testing this ISO. We need as many testers as possible! Please report bugs at the link provided at the end of this post. The following lists the release notes written by Justin. Thank you for the hard work Justin!

Important bug fixes for 0.10.0-test4 over 0.10.0-test3:
* (possibly) correctly boots SATA, SCSI, *and* IDE
* more correctly recognizes devices to boot from during initrd
* ability to override the initrd’s detection of boot device
* the directions for making a custom kernel include casting (in addition to the manual method)
* rp-pppoe and ppp are provided on the ISO for non-ethernet internet access
* parted is now actually provided instead of just listed as provided
* bash is linked against utf8 ncurses (really this time)

Users who experience problems booting the installed kernel are strongly encouraged try booting with a custom kernel (via the optional custom kernel step) and to submit bug reports that list:
1. The output of lsmod during the ISO install
2. Whether they are using grub or lilo

Users who experience display problems when booting the installed kernel (for example, their screen goes black) are advised to append “vga=normal” to their boot command-line (this can be done either each time they boot, or added to their boot-loader’s configuration).
Alternatively, they can build a custom kernel that does not include framebuffer support.

Users who want fancier consoles during the install can boot the ISO with other vga modes. If the user doesn’t know what modes are available, they can try booting the ISO with vga=ask, as shown below:

install vga=ask

As always, we need as many testers as possible for this ISO, with as diverse hardware as possible. I strongly urge (I’d say “require” but I don’t hold that much sway over others) everyone who tests the ISO to file bug reports for anything that doesn’t work as expected.

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* Source Mage 0.10.0-test4 Released! *
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* Download it here:
* smgl-0.10.0-test4.iso.bz2
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* File Bug Reports here:
* http://bugs.sourcemage.org
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