New features in 14.04 LTS Beta 2

Kubuntu

Further notes about this release of Kubuntu can be found at: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/TrustyTahr/Beta2/Kubuntu

Xubuntu

Further notes about this release of Xubuntu will be available at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/Beta2/Xubuntu

Edubuntu

Further notes about this release of Edubuntu can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/Edubuntu

Ubuntu Kylin

Further notes about this release of Ubuntu Kylin can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu%20Kylin/1404-beta-2-ReleaseNote

Ubuntu GNOME

Further notes about this release of Ubuntu GNOME can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/Beta2/UbuntuGNOME

Known Issues

Installation

• The desktop image installer cannot unlock existing encrypted (LUKS) volumes. If you need to make use of existing encrypted volumes during partitioning, then use the "Try Ubuntu without installing" boot option to start a live session, open the encrypted volumes (for example, by clicking on their icons in the Unity launcher), enter your password when prompted to unlock them, close them again, and run ubiquity to start the installer. (1066480)

• When using installer to upgrade or reinstall an existing installation with encrypted swap, the installer may fail to reuse the partition. A warning will be shown, however the installation can be completed. The installed system will not have swap activated and users are advised to recreate swap on their systems. Please see advice about adding and activating swap at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq (1172002)

• Installs on very small memory systems may fail to start or exit without completing with no error. It is recommended that swap be created before install for such systems. Please see advice about adding and activating swap at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq (1172161)

• In rare circumstances the 'Next' button on the installer 'Install Type' screen is non-functional. This is intermittent and may be resolved by hitting 'Back' and retrying. (1172572)

• On some systems, after installation, pressing 'Enter' doesn't reboot the system and a hard reset is required (1297851)

• Live session starts with keyboard set to English US and time zone as UTC even if non-english languages are selected (1297234)

Upgrade

• During upgrades from 12.04 LTS in graphical mode (with update-manager -d) prompts are displayed in the terminal window of the upgrader. To proceed with the upgrade, read the question and if you agree, click in the terminal window of the upgrader, press the 'Tab' key until the focus in on '<Ok>' and validate with 'Enter' (1298281)

Kernel

• On some systems, when opening lid, there is a kerneloops with a suspend/resume failure message seen. (1054732)

Networking

• In order to improve compatibility with other local nameserver packages, NetworkManager now assigns IP address 127.0.1.1 to the local nameserver process that it controls instead of 127.0.0.1. If the system's /etc/resolv.conf is absent or is a static file instead of the symbolic link to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf installed by default then this static file will have to be updated by the administrator in order to continue using the NetworkManager-controlled nameserver.

AppArmor

• The major tools in apparmor-utils AppArmor 2.8.95 have been rewritten to improve maintainability. While this allows us to better support them and add fixes going forward, currently the aa-genprof and aa-logprof CLI tools contain several bugs (1294797, 1294819, 1294825, 1295346, 1296218) that affect their utility. These bugs should be fixed before release or in an SRU. It is recommended that people develop policy manually at this time.