[Debian-eeepc-devel] [SCM] custom debian-installer for EeePC branch, master, updated. cb0d94d2d58dc330626bb0b0b28b72adddcb90eb

2008-10-16 Thread Ben Armstrong
The following commit has been merged in the master branch: commit cb0d94d2d58dc330626bb0b0b28b72adddcb90eb Author: Ben Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Oct 16 06:13:41 2008 -0300 Bump up kernel d-i version# diff --git a/build-eeepc.sh b/build-eeepc.sh index 29f52d4..672a4b2 100755

[Debian-eeepc-devel] 2.6.26-8 migrated to lenny now, fixing thermal/ACPI bugs

2008-10-16 Thread Ben Armstrong
Whew. The bugs in http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Bugs/2.6.26 relating to thermal/ACPI are now resolved with the 2.6.26-8 migration of linux-image-2.6.26-1-686! I'm in the process of rebuilding the installer against the new kernel today, but the old one is still OK to use, as it will install

Re: [Debian-eeepc-devel] 2.6.26-8 migrated to lenny now, fixing thermal/ACPI bugs

2008-10-16 Thread Marcos Torres Marado
Hi there, Ben Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if you think you're having problems due to the old kernel in the current installer you may want to wait until I'm done (by this weekend, if not sooner) Great! Please tell here on the list when the new installer is available, and thanks for the

Re: [Debian-eeepc-devel] 2.6.26-8 migrated to lenny now, fixing thermal/ACPI bugs

2008-10-16 Thread Pedro Bulach Gapski
I have just installed a eee 900 with the current installer and I can confirm the process runs smothly. The new kernel is downloaded to the target image and the first boot showed no problems. [], On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Ben Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Whew. The bugs in

[Debian-eeepc-devel] Contents-i386.gz missing from eeepc.debian.net repository

2008-10-16 Thread Sven
Hi folks Can you please add Contents-i386.gz to the repository? # apt-file update Can't get http://eeepc.debian.net/debian/dists/lenny/Contents-i386.gz [...] kind regards Sven ___ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list

Re: [Debian-eeepc-devel] What kernel driver should we be using for the disk? AHCI?

2008-10-16 Thread Phil Endecott
Darren Salt wrote: Could it be that they used some 'force' in the kernel driver? Probably something based on Matthew Garrett's patch, but I'm guessing here. Anyway, I've tried that patch (with minor adjustments) on 2.6.27. AHCI works on my older laptop but the DVD drive is not detected. It

[Debian-eeepc-devel] Using a pre-populated /dev for faster boot

2008-10-16 Thread Phil Endecott
Hi everyone, It's clear that it's possible to save a few seconds of boot time by using a pre-populated /dev, rather than letting udev populate it dynamically. This would be simple in a locked down system where upgrades were impossible or monolithic, but it's harder to do neatly in Debian.

Re: [Debian-eeepc-devel] Using a pre-populated /dev for faster boot

2008-10-16 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Phil Endecott, Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:42:52AM +0100 |=- I haven't used this much yet so if anyone can see any flaws please let me know. Not exactly a flaw, but an additional idea: I think you can safely ommit the settle call in the network coldplugging part. Also, the initial