Bug#868710: src:debian-installer: No virtio drivers in initramfs
Package: src:debian-installer Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Trying to install Debian 9.0 x86_64 from CD via qemu with virtio device for cdrom results in installer unable to find the CD drive. The expected behaviour is that virtio drivers are present in the initramfs as these are common when installing Debian in a VM. Workaround is to use ide-cd or similar emulation. - Adam
Re: console-setup + X = broken console
David Nusinow wrote: Hi Adam, Adam Majer wrote: Hello, I've just installed the console-setup because X server depends on it. Now, my console is completely unusable. The text does not scroll it just runs off the screen. I'm writing to both maintainers because, 1. Why, why, why is console-setup a dependency of X? X does not function without console-setup? Is it possible to have X only Suggest or Recommend console-setup? 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 fonts. I've read the bug report, and it is just people complaining about Hal and console-setup dependencies. Frankly, I see no reason why console-tools and hal cannot be moved to Recommends. I understand the reasoning behind the above link and agree with it. But at same time defaults can be hardcoded to something like, keymap - US (or Linux default) mouse - standard /dev/input/mice device Moving these packages to Recommends DOES NOT mean you need to support input definitions in xorg.conf! For testing purposes, I've removed console-tools inspite of the depends. My system didn't explode - it just retained standard Linux console fonts. The problem with cursor and scrolling was not corrected, which probably indicates the core issue is in the nvidia binary driver. That would be something that nVidia will have to address themselves. My recommendations would be: 1. fix console-setup to not change the font of the console by default. Default options should not change boot font, please. Maybe have debconf options as [Boot font], Terminus, Fixed, VGA 2. move hal and console-setup to xserver-xorg Recommends as others have requested - X runs without these though you may deem most users would benefit by installing these packages - the entire purpose of Recommends. Personally, I will keep both Hal and console-setup installed. I like hal. Console-setup installation is more for debugging purposes for me. Regarding console-setup, is there possibility of setting it in such a configuration right now to not change Linux's default console fonts? That is, it reads the current setup from Linux kernel without setting a new configuration. PS. I'm not on the list(s) - CC me in replies As requested. Thank you, - Adam PS. For others that are wandering, xterm and all that work perfectly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
console-setup + X = broken console
Hello, I've just installed the console-setup because X server depends on it. Now, my console is completely unusable. The text does not scroll it just runs off the screen. I'm writing to both maintainers because, 1. Why, why, why is console-setup a dependency of X? X does not function without console-setup? Is it possible to have X only Suggest or Recommend console-setup? 2. What are the settings in console-setup that leave my console alone? I just want to have boot time fonts, with boot time display. The console fonts look rather *bad* and it doesn't matter which ones I try to set. Be it VGA or Terminus or whatever. Is it possible for console-setup to only setup keyboard map and leave the fonts as is? I'm using nvidia drivers which work perfectly until the console-setup dependency broke my console :( - Adam PS. I'm not on the list(s) - CC me in replies. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Definition of COUNTRY (Was: Resignation)
Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 07:05:00AM +0800, David Palmer wrote: @ 05/05/2004 11:40 : wrote Wang WenRui : The 2nd screen of d-i: /-[Choose *country*]-\ | Choose your country: | || | China | | Hong Kong | | Taiwan| || || \___/ This is ridiculous. Nobody calls Hong Kong a country. It is incorrect to call it as a country. It is very relevant to list it in the installer, due to the de facto differences in written language use between Hong Kong (and blame the British if you like, but the difference is there) and the rest of mainland China. Indeed. The word country needs to be replaced by locale or similar. It might be best to drop the word country in to avoid any international incidents. For example, Canada has two locales, English and French. You don't say, Choose your country: * English Canada * French Canada That would be inapproriate. It should be, Select your locale: * Canada + English + French This can be a very sensitive matter, too sensitive if you ask me. Just think about: Choose your country: * Israel * Palestine or for similar reaction, * Israel West Bank That is why the word country should be dropped in favour of locale. Then we can keep Taiwan and Palestine and Tibet and others in the installer (or even add them :). At least with locale no one can complain that anyone is in favour of segregation or of trying to separate countries. - Adam PS: For people that don't know what locale means, *lo·cale* https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dlocale ( P ) *Pronunciation Key* http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html (l-kl) /n./ 1. A place, especially with reference to a particular event 2. The scene or setting, as of a novel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#228816: Install report
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: Got it sometime in mid January, 2004 http://people.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/powerpc/beta2/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux g3bw 2.4.22-powerpc #1 jeu dACc 18 10:17:34 CET 2003 ppc GNU/Linux Date: Tue Jan 20 20:44:12 CST 2004 Method: Boot from CD. Installed from mirror.kernel.org Machine: BlueWhite G3 Processor: 400MHz G3 Memory: 512MB Root Device: /dev/hda10 Root Size/partition table: #type name length base ( size ) system /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple63 @ 1( 31.5k) Partition map /dev/hda2 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh56 @ 64 ( 28.0k) Driver 4.3 /dev/hda3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh56 @ 120 ( 28.0k) Driver 4.3 /dev/hda4Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh56 @ 176 ( 28.0k) Unknown /dev/hda5Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh56 @ 232 ( 28.0k) Unknown /dev/hda6 Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 512 @ 288 (256.0k) Unknown /dev/hda7 Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 800 (256.0k) Unknown /dev/hda8 Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1312 (256.0k) Unknown /dev/hda9 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 1824 (800.0k) NewWorld bootblock /dev/hda10Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Sarge 4194304 @ 3424 ( 2.0G) Linux native /dev/hda11Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Woody 2204208 @ 4197728 ( 1.1G) Linux native /dev/hda12 Apple_HFS 10.15528160 @ 6401936 ( 2.6G) HFS /dev/hda13 Apple_HFS 10.26391920 @ 11930096 ( 3.0G) HFS /dev/hda14 Apple_HFS 10.37946720 @ 18322016 ( 3.8G) HFS /dev/hda15 Apple_HFS qt 13810344 @ 26268736 ( 6.6G) HFS /dev/hda16 Apple_Free 8 @ 40079080 ( 4.0k) Free space Block size=512, Number of Blocks=40079088 DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 Drivers- 1: @ 64 for 23, type=0x1 2: @ 120 for 36, type=0x 3: @ 176 for 21, type=0x701 4: @ 232 for 34, type=0xf8ff root is /dev/hda10 boot/dev/hda9 Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] (rev 40) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21154 (rev 02) 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RE/SG 01:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCILynx/PCILynx2 IEEE 1394 Link Layer Controller (rev 02) 01:01.0 IDE interface: CMD Technology Inc PCI0646 (rev 07) 01:05.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Paddington Mac I/O 01:06.0 USB Controller: OPTi Inc. 82C861 (rev 10) Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[O] Install boot loader:[O] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Initialy I set my mirror as mirror.direct.ca (which is broken). Then I specified mirror.kernel.org but the installer got stuck. It downloaded the package files, but then some error flashed at the top of the screen (something like cannot read files) and then it went back to configuring apt. Specifying a new configuration for apt did not overwrite previous configuration, just appended to it. After fixing the apt.source manually (by deleting first from broken sources), the installation continued correctly. It would make much more sense for the apt configuration step in the installer to overwrite apt files ALWAYS. Otherwise if a mirror is broken, the installation is stuck unless the apt.source is edited manually. It would also be nice to have HID module installed and /dev/input created (for mice, etc.) New Intel and especially Macs use USB. - Adam Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
