Bug#872057: The problem in flexbackup has to do with tar

Further tests have shown that the bug in flexbackup seems to surface only when using tar. I did not test all other tools supported by tar but several backups using cpio and zip all went through without the problem. Debian Jessie used tar 1.27 while Debian Stretch uses tar 1.29. I can't tell if

Bug#849525: Bug also confirmed in version 1.28.2

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 21:41:20 -0500 Jason Crain wrote: On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 05:15:56PM -0400, Markus Hamilton wrote: > The bug is still there using version 1.28.2 now ... in fact there are forum > discussions and bug reports all over the internet about this

Bug#872057: flexbackup stores multiple copies of files in backup archive

Package: flexbackup Version: 1.2.1-6.3 Flexbackup used to work for me for years, the last version included in Debian 8 works without problems. The version for Debian 9 had changes made due to a new version of perl. Seems like nobody ever tested the software ... Here's how to reproduce the

Bug#784579: [REGRESSION] vmwgfx black screen until X started

Hi Bernhard, I'm so sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. Somehow I was not notified that there was a new (your) message waiting to be read. The good news is that adding "vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1" to the kernel command line definitely solves the problem! The system works as expected now.

Bug#784579: linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64: Boot process / DRM initialization causes blank console

If I disable the GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX parameter then GRUB does not tell Linux anything. I assume that GRUB (or is it the Linux kernel?) switches back to 80x25 text mode and the whole boot process completes without problems. No black screen. Markus Hamilton. On 5/6/2015 17:46, Ben Hutchings