MySQL was version 4.0.21 on both OSes, Apache was 1.3.32, PHP 4.3.9
The problem does not occur if I:
- install alpha1 using the setup wizard
- untar beta1
- copy settings/override/* , settings/siteaccess/* from alpha1 to beta1
- copy appropriate design directories from alpha1 to beta1
- run update/database/mysql/3.5/unstable/dbupdate-3.5.0alpha1-to-3.5.0beta1.sql
- access the beta1 installation - clear the cache
I tried once with "Plain" and no additional modules, and once with "Corporate" and all modules selected.
Image-System was GD2
Mail delivery was an SMTP server on the Windows installation and sendmail on Linux (both known to work) Database was a local TCP connection (no socket) with the root account and an empty password for both OSes, the DB was named ez_test.