GeeXboX

[Frank]

GeeXboX 0.98.7 : Digital Edition (11/11/05)
http://www.geexbox.org/en/index.html

Detailed Changelog (relative to 0.98.6 release) :

System :
- Linux updated to 2.6.14 version.
- Updated uClibc to 0.9.28.
- Support for FUSE (Filesystem In Userland) 2.4.1
- Support for driver firmware auto-loading. You can now use drivers that require an external proprietary firmware.
- Updated Syslinux to v3.11.
- Support for DVB cards.
- Added a DVB Free-To-Air channel scanner (at boot time for LiveCD, or when using installator).

Toolchain :
- New DEVTOOLS option at compilation, that adds many useful debugging tools for easier development.
- New UPNP option at compilation time to enable/disable building UPnP support.

Audio :
- Updated ALSA libraries and utilities to 1.0.10rc2.
- Fixes some PPC sound issues.

Video :
- Support for VESA with Intel i855 chips.
- Updated EM8300 (DXR3) drivers to v0.15.1.

Drivers :
- Added support for WiFi Prism54G cards (requires proprietary firmware).
- Added support for Centrino (ipw2x00) WiFi chipsets (requires proprietary firmware).
- Support for PCI and USB DVB cards (Satellite, Cable, Terrestrial) based on BT8x8 / CX88 / SAA7136 (AV7110) chipsets (some may require proprietary firmware).

Networking :
- Updated Samba to 3.0.20b.
- Added auto-discovery of UPnP A/V Media Server compliant devices.
- Added djmount 0.31 that uses FUSE to mount UPnP Media Server contents filesystem.

Generator :
- New MacOSX generator binary.
- Generator is now able to download extra firmwares/fonts/codecs for you (with MD5 sum check).
- Added an option to enable/disable UPnP support.

Miscellaneous :
- Updated LIRC to 0.7.3pre1.
- GeeXboX uShare UPnP A/V Media Server (for Linux only) is available to share content to GeeXboX through UPnP.
- Support for multiple gateways and DNS servers in network configuration file.
- Add sleep timer to automatically shutdown GeeXboX after a specified time.