Bug#1058806: HP EliteBook 860 G9 (4C148AV)

Paul van der Vlis writes: > I've tried it again now and found in the bios an option "use Microsoft > UEFI CA key". This option was off, when I turn it on the Debian > installer did start with secure boot on. Yes, this is a problem with many modern PCs. Quite frustrating as the failure mode is

Re: Bug#987503: swap partition only 1 GB instead of at least 1 x RAM size

Bastian Blank writes: > Hibernation does not work on any modern x86 machine "any"? Really? You've tested all of them? And your definition of "modern" is? Implying that Debian now only supports "modern" hardware matching that definition? Sorry, your argument is void. Hibernation works.

Re: ifupdown/dhcp

Michael Hudson-Doyle writes: > Well busybox's udhcpc would seem a likely candidate here -- but its IPv6 > support (iirc the reason we switch to dhclient from klibc's ipconfig in > Ubuntu's initramfs, at least) is described as incomplete. udhcpc is a very good IPv4 candidate indeed. The ability

Re: adduser Debconf question - can we remove it?

Philip Hands writes: > That's just a case of running `chmod g+rw /home/*` though isn't it? I guess you meant `chmod g+r /home/*`. Group writable home will upset quite a few applications, whether the groups are unique per user or not. Bjørn

Re: Bug#970678: Network preseeding using http is broken

Ben Hutchings writes: > On Mon, 2020-09-21 at 20:42 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: >> On Mon, 2020-09-21 at 17:43 +0200, Martin Samuelsson wrote: >> > Philip Hands @ 2020-09-21 (Monday), 15:30 (+0200) >> > > Martin Samuelsson writes: >> > > >> > > Just to be clear on this point, are you saying

Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

Geert Stappers writes: > Virtual Machines (Qemu, KVM, Xen, ... ) and OCI containters ( "Docker > images") are the new serial port only computers. > > In other words: There are many servers without video hardware. (Un)fortunately, depending how you look at it, running a remote qemu machine with

Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

john doe writes: > Unless I'm missing something, it does work for me with something like: > > -nographic -cdrom *.iso -kernel kernel-path -append > "console=ttyS0,115200n8 ..." > > > '-serial' might also be needed. Try repeating that when installing on bare metal without a monitor. The lack

Re: Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > According to that logic you would have to replace the save icon in every > desktop application because we're no longer using floppy disks. Well.. I actually bought a 5 1/4" floppy drive a few weeks ago. Had been thinking about maybe copying whatever

Bug#935589: cdimage.debian.org: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package missing in xfce-CD-1 iso

Julien Cristau writes: > Users shouldn't have to think about it. It's our job to make our > install process do the right thing in the first place. Well, it doesn't, and most users are aware of that. DTRT is hard. It's almost impossible when hardware is part of the equation. Debian is good,

Bug#935589: cdimage.debian.org: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package missing in xfce-CD-1 iso

Julien Cristau writes: > The synaptics Xorg driver is obsolete and should not be installed by > default. Maybe the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package could hint about this and point to xserver-xorg-input-libinput? As it is now, I don't understand how anyone is supposed to figure out that

Re: Adding flexibility to Debian Installer paths

Michael Kesper writes: > Having to change all affected places after downloading the bootfiles can be > error prone > and should be avoidable, I think. +1 I use this (most likely buggy and incomplete) script to unpack the netboot.tar.gz into a release dependedent location: #!/bin/sh # DEBUG=1

Re: Bug#914897: debootstrap, buster: Please disabled merged /usr by default

Julien Cristau writes: > We already have a change queued to revert it for build chroots. I don't > believe anything more is warranted at this stage. Making the package behave differently on build chroots is adding a bug, not fixing one. Bjørn

Bug#901255: netcfg-static: Unable to configure fe80::1 as a gateway

Samuel Thibault writes: > It's a matter of someone fixing the code. It seems Igor Scheller is > happy to work on it, he just needs a way forward, not being only told > that what is currently there is nonsense. Well, using fe80::1 as default gateway would not be a problem if it weren't for the

Bug#901255: netcfg-static: Unable to configure fe80::1 as a gateway

Samuel Thibault writes: > Bjørn Mork, le mar. 12 juin 2018 13:30:39 +0200, a ecrit: >> But this will: >> >> frtest3:~# ip route add 2001:db8:f00::1/128 dev eth1 > > So this is a route, which can be checked for. No, it is a route you can safely add. Checking f

Bug#901255: netcfg-static: Unable to configure fe80::1 as a gateway

Samuel Thibault writes: > Bjørn Mork, le mar. 12 juin 2018 10:52:30 +0200, a ecrit: >> Huh? What is this? There is no "gateway must be in subnet" requirement >> in IPv6. The gateway must only be reachable, which means that you must >> be able to resolve the

Re: Bug#901255: netcfg-static: Unable to configure fe80::1 as a gateway

Igor Scheller writes: From 6bff2dee11a8d5493f87ec541f854e3897ef6a9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Igor Scheller > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 23:52:37 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Added support for fe80 addresses as gateway > > --- > netcfg-common.c | 5 - > static.c

Re: WiFi install (Intel 8265) (Dell Precision 5520)

Stanislaw Findeisen writes: > On 2017-06-19 03:48, Charles Chambers wrote: >> Has anyone else tried to install 9.0 over WiFi yet? > > I have tried to install 9.0 on a new Dell Precision 5520, with an Intel > WiFi Link 8265 card, and failed. > > The missing firmware

Re: Bug#846002: Debian Installer Stretch RC 1 release

Andreas Tille writes: >> Since this is still an open discussion in #846002, I would have >> preferred if you would not try to force your own preference here before >> the CTTE made its decision. > > While I'm not sure whether its a personal preference or whether some >

Bug#783264: Bug#783247: Please don't install acpid and acpi-support-base

Wouter Verhelst wou...@debian.org writes: On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:07:36PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: I'm not sure, if the acpi command line utility is that useful which would warrant having it installed by default. The attached patch drops it as well. Incidentally, this was also

Bug#783247: Please don't install acpid and acpi-support-base

m...@linux.it (Marco d'Itri) writes: On Apr 24, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: A while ago, I already filed a bug to have acpid and acpi-support-base removed from tasksel [1], since it duplicates functionality which is nowadays provided by systemd/logind. Indeed they are not needed

Bug#734171: Network install does not work with I-217V ethernet controller

Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca writes: On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 05:21:30PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (2014-01-06): Debian stable means not changing things in general, so adding new drivers is not something that is done.

Bug#721869: install appropriate linux-headers

Dmitrijs Ledkovs x...@debian.org writes: On 5 September 2013 20:58, Bjørn Mork bj...@mork.no wrote: Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org writes: Quoting Bjørn Mork (bj...@mork.no): So, it's probably less overkill than it may seem at first glance to imagine that installing headers by default

Bug#721869: install appropriate linux-headers

Joey Hess jo...@debian.org writes: If we begin installing it by default, users should come to just expect that they can build kernel modules from source without doing anything more than a make, which will be a good thing. Really? I seriously doubt that. It's about as good as making it

Re: Bug#721869: install appropriate linux-headers

Joey Hess jo...@debian.org writes: Bjørn Mork wrote: Really? I seriously doubt that. It's about as good as making it easier for the users to replace the default libc or init system with a non- Debian package. I have never needed to replace libc in order to make my laptop's wifi work. *I

Bug#721869: install appropriate linux-headers

Dmitrijs Ledkovs x...@debian.org writes: My latest ultra notebook doesn't have ethernet port and needs out-of-the-tree wifi drivers compiled. I fetched the tarball off github on my phone transferred it to that notebook over USB and then compiled. And this is the preferred solution, which

Bug#721869: install appropriate linux-headers

Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org writes: Quoting Bjørn Mork (bj...@mork.no): We can continue like this if you want. Or maybe you'd like to define your problem instead of your solution? I'm sorry to play this game, but have you noticed who sent this bug report? Yes, which is all

Bug#710203: Can't install firmware from USB stick using PXE boot, amd64 wheezy

Peter Chubb peter.ch...@nicta.com.au writes: Petter == Petter Reinholdtsen p...@hungry.com writes: Petter [Peter Chubb] It's more than that -- cat /proc/partitions doesn't show the stick at all. I suspect that the USB stick wasn;t recognised when it was plugged in. Petter Right. Then it

Re: fails to detect usb mobile broadband device

Richard Betham rich...@betham.org.uk writes: Installer failed to detect mobile broadband device on USB. I suggest that the kernel module called 'option' should have been installed, but it was not. Huawei Mobile Broadband device (bought from 3) was plugged into a USB socket during boot.

Re: all kinds of problems installing with IPMI serial-over-IP terminal - SOLVED (sort of)

Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net writes: well, it turns out that the installer, when accessed over a remote serial connection, forgets its kernel options when going into rescue mode i.e.: boot: CR #works just fine boot: rescue CR # fails miserably boot: rescue

Bug#686970: Inconsistent ipv6 handling of localhost in netbase and netcfg

Philipp Kern pk...@debian.org writes: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:30:58PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: On Sep 17, Philipp Kern pk...@debian.org wrote: True, but somehow I feel that freeze time is not the time to change this. I disagree, netcfg should be fixed. There is plenty of time to look at

Bug#686970: Inconsistent ipv6 handling of localhost in netbase and netcfg

Philipp Kern pk...@debian.org writes: On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:25:06AM +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: For example: bjorn@canardo:~$ grep localhost /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback bjorn@canardo:~$ host localhost localhost has

Re: IPv6 support in d-i

Michelle Konzack linux4miche...@tamay-dogan.net writes: You can use DNS64/NAT64 to access IPv4 destinations, you will need to make this possible for some years anyway. I will see, how I have to set it up on my Linux Router and CISCO 7600. I recommend using the tayga and bind9 wheezy

Re: IPv6 support in d-i

Michelle Konzack linux4miche...@tamay-dogan.net writes: Am 2012-09-08 16:43:00, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: Maybe. But given that many customers will be completely satisfied with a solution where they have access to the IPv4 web via a http proxy, I believe that we will start to see IPv4

Bug#684968: debian-installer: requests non-free firmware for a device that works just as well without it

Stefan Nagy pub...@stefan-nagy.at writes: Am Mittwoch, den 15.08.2012, 20:21 +0200 schrieb Bjørn Mork: The driver firmware request is required to enable those who want to load the optional firmware. Just ignore it if you don't want to. I'm not saying debian installer shouldn't recommend

Bug#684968: debian-installer: requests non-free firmware for a device that works just as well without it

Stefan Nagy pub...@stefan-nagy.at writes: I have a notebook with a realtek nic which doesn't need any non-free firmware files to operate. However, debian installer requests me to install non-free firmware. It doesn't make any difference if I install it or reject the request – the network

Re: Wheezy release: CDs are not big enough any more...

Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindf...@iki.fi writes: Wookey woo...@wookware.org writes: And the USB-stick process is not as simple as it might be because you have to find the HD-media files and then _also_ find an iso image to put on. It's no wonder newbs are still downloading CD/DVD images.

Re: Wheezy release: CDs are not big enough any more...

Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindf...@iki.fi writes: Bjørn Mork bj...@mork.no writes: No, you don't. On a default Debian system you need to be a member of the floppy group. From /lib/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules : Yeah but you are not a member of that group by default surely

Bug#646626: console-setup: Font Lat15-VGA16 shows ¦ instead of |

Bjarni Ingi Gislason bjarn...@rhi.hi.is writes: I looked a some keyboards (new and old) with Icelandic letters. The keys B00 are marked with the broken bar in violation to the Icelandic standard for keyboards (ÍST 125:1995) and also the (ÍST) ISO/IEC 9995:3:1994 standard (Keyboard layout

Re: Debian Installer Keyboard choices

Samuel Thibault sthiba...@debian.org writes: Christian PERRIER, le Mon 11 Apr 2011 06:55:47 +0200, a écrit : Northern Norwegian Should be Norwegian Nynorsk if that keymap is really aimed for nn. Beware, this could also be a keymap suited for Northern Sami. Hence CC'ing Petter as the

Re: Bug#609972: installation-reports: Installation of Squeeze on Dell 710m

Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org writes: T.F. Torrey tftor...@tftorrey.com (14/01/2011): I had two problems installing Xorg: 1. The synaptics touchpad does not respond to tapping or scrolling by default, which is an odd choice. I was able to get it working after reading instructions at

Re: Bug#609972: installation-reports: Installation of Squeeze on Dell 710m

Julien Cristau jcris...@debian.org writes: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 17:12:43 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: The SHMConfig is of course not necessary, but convenient. Among other things, it makes it very easy to check the current settings using synclient -l Good to know people read docs. Yes

debian-installer bootloader serial console configuration

Hello, I wonder if it would be possible to add the line serial 0 to the debian-installer syslinux config? This should not affect the common desktop installation at all, and it is absolutely necessary for headless server installations depending on serial console. I have noted the wontfix bug

Re: Bug#579519: grub-installer - Overwrites bootloaders on different device

Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org writes: Huh? Don't use grub-setup - use grub-install. Calling grub-setup directly is strictly for experts and is not generally supported. Interesting. How is the non expert user supposed to know this? Judging by the manual pages, I would have guessed the

Re: extlinux

Daniel Baumann dan...@debian.org writes: how about adding your parameters to EXTLINUX_PARAMETERS in /etc/default/extlinux? then they will be used for all images in the config automatically. Yes, I do that for the kernel console. But you also need to configure extlinux for serial console so

Re: [PATCH] hw-detect: Do not attempt to load ide-generic if paravirt is active.

Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk writes: The lguest and Xen paravirt_ops implementations both reserve all IO ports in the 0-65535 range which prevents ide-generic from loading Excuse me for being daft, but wasn't that the whole point of paravirt-ioport? /* * Reserve the whole legacy IO

Re: debian-installer for GNU/kFreeBSD

Aurelien Jarno aurel...@aurel32.net writes: Following the work of Luca Favetella [1] during the Google Summer of Code [2], I am happy to announce that a first version of the debian-installer images are available here: http://temp.aurel32.net/d-i-kfreebsd/ Here are the SHA512 of the two

Re: Bug#543256: Make installing recommends optional

Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I think the use case is users who are being control freaks about the set of packages on their systems. If the set of packages being pulled in as recommends is *wrong* (they don't fit the Policy definition of Recommends), bugs should be filed against

Re: console-setup + X = broken console

Julien Cristau jcris...@debian.org writes: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 14:38:35 -0500, Adam Majer wrote: David Nusinow wrote: Please see http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide for the rationale and #515214 for more info. That is great, yet it does nothing for me except change

Re: lilo about to be dropped?

Samuel Thibault samuel.thiba...@ens-lyon.org writes: Giacomo Catenazzi, le Wed 08 Apr 2009 19:47:55 +0200, a écrit : Samuel Thibault wrote: I installed grub (and Debian). Trying the Windows hidden partition (to install windows), grub stopped working (it was rescue mode, but without

Re: Bug#514211: lenny not installable on sparc (Qemu)

Michal Čihař ni...@debian.org writes: I just wanted to test something on sparc and tried to install Lenny in Qemu and it fails, it looks like silo configuration is somehow broken, but I don't know the platform at all. Do you try to boot the Lenny installer with a sparc32 qemu system? That

Re: Bug#510544: Installer/partition guide tried to use 500GB as swap

Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl writes: On Sunday 11 January 2009, Ferenc Wagner wrote: Yes, at above 4 TB in kB based (LVM/crypto) calculation and above 4 EB in the MB based case. I wonder what would be the overhead I'm not going to worry about 4TB support at this point. 4TB and more will

Re: Please help solve #504721

Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have recently recognized that serial console detection in the installer is not working as expected, which resulted in RC bug http://bugs.debian.org/504721. The problem is that there is no reliable platform independent way to detect the preferred

Bug#309223: Serial console support for PXE boot

I know the timing is bad and that this probably have to be delayed until after lenny is released, but I just haven't been able to find the answer to this question: Why isn't serial 0 9600 0 included in debian-installer/*/boot-screens/menu.cfg? Is this known to cause problems on any system?