Release notes/8.2.1
Release Notes Place Holder for 8.2.1 Release Notes
Second Draft, Not Final, Subject to Change without Notice
Purpose
This maintenance release resolves a few targeted bugs needed for major deployments, most notably Uruguay.
Changes since release 8.2.0
New features
Although primarily a bugfix update, release 8.2.1 includes a couple of new features which will be of great use to delpoyments.
- Delegation of image signing keys to selected deployments <trac>9045</trac>
- NAND Blaster: Multicast wireless software installation
In 8.2.1 the booting animation is the same for both write-protected (secure) and non write-protected laptops. If you have a developer key; then press the escape key right after powering up the laptop to get to the firmware 'OK' prompt.
Bug fixes
Improved interoperability with encrypted access points
<trac>8667</trac> wpa_supplicant generates many redundant scan requests before associating
<trac>8799</trac> WPA association issue when attempted from GUI: XO do not respond to first EAPOL frame
<trac>9053</trac> Wireless firmware release - 5.110.22.p23
<trac>7825</trac> failure to associate to "fast" Access Points when WPA is enabled
Touchpad fix and support for new touchpad hardware:
<trac>8451</trac> OFW should support Synaptics touchpad
<trac>9008</trac> touchpad recalibration fails
Fedora branding. OLPC's 8.2 releases are based on Fedora 9.
<trac>8767</trac> Kernel boot logo needs to include fedora logo
<trac>9140</trac> Graphical boot in initramfs/bootanim needs fedora branding
Localization fixes:
<trac>9044</trac> software updater needs spanish translation
<trac>8745</trac> "Your journal is full" sugar message isn't translated in Spanish in 8.2-766
<trac>9218</trac> Add Dari and Pashto locales for Afghanistan
Other:
<trac>9126</trac> US English keyboard generates "wrong" accent character
<trac>6028</trac> update MPP script to use dnsmasq
<trac>8976</trac> Wireless activation doesn't work in 8.2.
<trac>9048</trac> Wireless scanning causes network pauses
Related activity changes. These changes are not part of the base 8.2.1 image. They are released at the same time and noted here for completeness. Note to editor: Add URLs to confirmed version.
<trac>8982</trac> mp3 support for Uruguay
<trac>9112</trac> Enable Browse to embed PDF files in itself
Notable current bugs
Unless noted in the bug fixes above, the open bugs are the same as in 8.2.0: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OpenBugs_8.2.0
Upgrade instructions
Instructions for upgrading from a previous release are the same as those in 8.2.0: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.0#Upgrading_from_previous_releases
Use build "staging-latest" instead on "767" when following those instructions. Please note this is an unsigned image.
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Current test image: 11.3.1