Software Update: OpenELEC 4.2 Beta 2

The second beta of version 4.2 of the Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center has been released. This Linux distribution is based on XBMC Media Center and can turn a computer into a full-fledged HTPC. OpenELEC is easy to install, maintain and use, as well as being small and lightning fast. Version 4.2 runs on Linux kernel 3.15, Mesa-10.2, and Xorg-1.16, and includes newer nVidia drivers. XBMC Gotham 13.2 Beta 2 is used as a base. The main changes in this version, internally referred to as 4.1.2, are as follows:

OpenELEC 4.2 Beta 2 released

This release includes some bug fixes, security fixes and improvements since OpenELEC-4.1.1. Besides the usual bugfixes and package updates we updated XBMC to XBMC Gotham 13.2 beta 2, FFmpeg to ffmpeg-2.3, kernel to linux-3.15.6, Mesa to Mesa 10.2.4 and Xorg to the final version of xorg-server-1.16. 0. We updated the RaspberryPi firmware to include the last fixes and features and fixed some issues with not starting XBMC/Xorg on some AMD hardware.

Updated core Components (summary)

• update to libXfont-1.5.0
• update to xbmc-pvr-addons-be12a8d
• update to bcm2835-bootloader-09c0f5f
• update to bcm2835-driver-09c0f5f
• update to xbmc-13-6d3bb09 (XBMC Gotham 13.2 beta2)
• update to linux-3.15.6
• update to Mesa-10.2.4
• update to libXi-1.7.4
• update to curl-7.37.1
• update to libnl-3.2.25
• update to gettext-0.19.2
• update to dvb-firmware-0.0.42
• update to xorg-server-1.6.0
• update to ffmpeg-2.3
• update to gcc-4.9.1
• create_installstick_osx: enable debug shell in installer
• projects/RPi/patches/linux: update RPi support patch
• libepoxy: build as shared library to avoid “(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so: undefined symbol: epoxy_eglCreateImageKHR”
• libcec:add PR29
• projects/RPi/linux: enable CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY
• projects/Generic: dont build XHCI driver as module, and dont unload on suspend
• lcdproc: tune lcdd.service

For a full changelog on what’s new, follow this link.