Bug#389314: installation good, few unimportant suggestions, sending as directed -thanks

2006-09-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 06:37:44PM -0400, t u wrote: You did the right thing with uninstalling the services you don't need. Have you any idea why they were installed? not really, no. the installer didn't let me choose anything [packages]. it just downloaded everything it wanted from the

Re: Creating custom CDs

2006-09-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 07:47:49AM +0200, Luca wrote: Hi! I downloaded and used Debian Etch beta 3 release to compile my own system from scratch i a new partition of my hd. The hard disk is partitioned like that: hda1 swap hda2 / (Debian Etch beta 3 release) hda3 / (My own system) I

Bug#389314: installation good, few unimportant suggestions, sending as directed -thanks

2006-09-27 Thread t u
:) no, I believe I had Base Desktop checked. Do you know the list of the options (or give a printer) to refresh my memory? thanks Geert Stappers wrote: On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 06:37:44PM -0400, t u wrote: You did the right thing with uninstalling the services you don't need. Have you any

Re: Releasing G-I with RC1 - one RC issue remaining

2006-09-27 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Loïc Minier wrote: Hi, On Tue, Sep 26, 2006, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: Anyway, yesterday i eventually found the root of the boom bug [1] (it's in GTK or GLib) and, while waiting for someone to fix it, the below patch seems to workaround this issue in most cases. Loic, do you feel to

Re: miboot net-install floppies too big

2006-09-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 08:47:57PM +, rob rob wrote: Hi, I have a powerpc 6500/275 and am trying to install debian etch with the floppy images from ~wouter, or the beta3 from debian for that matter. Everything works fine until I insert the net-install.img. Through mail contact with

Re: Proposal to remove gfxdrivers directory from libdirectfb udeb

2006-09-27 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi, On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 15:21:51 +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: Yesterday i posted [1] on directfb-user to get help about crashes we experience with PPC machines, and Claudio Ciccani suggested to remove the gfxdrivers directory to disable device initialization by chip-specific modules.

Re: Debian Etch on IBM JS20 fails on hard drive

2006-09-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 02:51:42PM -0500, Mathew Binkley wrote: Hello. I attemped to install Debian Etch on a IBM JS20 using an iso from 09/22/2006. The install works correctly until it tries (and fails) to detect the PATA hard drive. None of the modules listed will work with it. When I

Re: Proposal to remove gfxdrivers directory from libdirectfb udeb

2006-09-27 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Guillem Jover wrote: Hi, On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 15:21:51 +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: Yesterday i posted [1] on directfb-user to get help about crashes we experience with PPC machines, and Claudio Ciccani suggested to remove the gfxdrivers directory to disable device initialization by

Creating custom CDs

2006-09-27 Thread Luca
Hi! The idea was to create an installation cd but without utilizing package managers to install to hd but to let that a user that for example uses this installation cd will have the packages installed for his/her own computer, for example with a kernel compiled for i486, or amd64 etc.. and the

Bug#389314: installation good, few unimportant suggestions, sending as directed -thanks

2006-09-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 04:00:52AM -0400, t u wrote: Geert Stappers wrote: On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 06:37:44PM -0400, t u wrote: [ services listening to outside world ] Did you check box tasks like 'print server' ? :) no, I believe I had Base Desktop checked. Do you know the list of

Bug#389717: Package: installation-reports

2006-09-27 Thread arnaud fevrier
Package: installation-reports Boot method: network Image version: wget http://people.debian.org/~stappers/d-i/images/daily/sparc64/netboot/2.6/boot.img 27 September 2006, Around 12:00 CET Date: 27 September 2006, Around 13:00 CET Machine: Sun Netra X1 Processor:TI UltraSparc IIe (Hummingbird)

Powerpc kernel udebs change + floppy size

2006-09-27 Thread Frans Pop
Hi Colin, A user had problems because the amd74xx module is not included in ide-modules for powerpc [1]. This is at least partly due to the fact that the powerpc definition has its own list instead of using the kernel-wedge list. Could you take a look and see if there's any reason not to just

Re: Bug#385150: Tests with PPPoE connection

2006-09-27 Thread Gregory Colpart
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 02:34:57PM +0300, Eddy Petri??or wrote: Please do test without the || true code attached to apt-install and with the db_stop line removed or commented out. I expect this to be the correct fix, and, as explained above, the || true being a lucky way out in some cases.

Processed: Re: Bug#389717: Package: installation-reports

2006-09-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 389717 linux-2.6 Bug#389717: Package: installation-reports Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `linux-2.6'. tags 389717 + d-i Bug#389717: Package: installation-reports There were no tags set. Tags added: d-i thanks

Bug#389717: Package: installation-reports

2006-09-27 Thread Frans Pop
reassign 389717 linux-2.6 tags 389717 + d-i thanks On Wednesday 27 September 2006 13:30, arnaud fevrier wrote: Machine: Sun Netra X1 Processor:TI UltraSparc IIe (Hummingbird) Memory:MemTotal: 1034656 kB The dhcp configuration failed. Since I used the network install, I got the initial

Re: miboot net-install floppies too big

2006-09-27 Thread rob rob
Hi, I thought network boot doesn't work for old world macs. At least that's what the debian instruction manual says. If it does work, maybe you can explain the process and I can maybe do a little rewrite for the manual. As for the floppies, really all I can offer is to test the stuff out. so I

Bug#388501: Installation Report

2006-09-27 Thread Michael S. Peek
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 21:18, Michael S. Peek wrote: Comments/Problems: Installation works fine, but unable to mount the root filesystem on reboot. Checking /proc/cmdline shows root=/dev/sda1 ro, which is correct, but no /dev/sda1 exists (/dev/sda exists though). This may be due to

Bug#388501: Installation Report

2006-09-27 Thread Eugeniy Meshcheryakov
27 вересня 2006 о 11:33 -0400 Michael S. Peek написав(-ла): Did I do something wrong during the installation? No, you did not. I think it is bug in udev that loads modules for those devices in different order. The same problem was fixed for network devices some time ago, similar things problably

Entering parameters at the boot prompt

2006-09-27 Thread Christian Perrier
(from a discussion in -devel) The hint to non US keyboard is *very* important. I would love if *every* string a user (not a hacker) has to type at the boot prompt would work on *any* keybord according to its marking, which means only letters (no =_/ etc.) are allowed. A - might work on the

Re: Entering parameters at the boot prompt

2006-09-27 Thread Christian Perrier
Which reminds me [OT] that when I tried a d-i beta i've been deceived not to see the magic keyboard wizard i saw on the first ubuntu ; the one that asks to press some keys and guess the keyboard type based on that set of keys you typed. Will probably be in the TODO list for post-etch but

Re: Entering parameters at the boot prompt

2006-09-27 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 06:15:39PM +0200, Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (from a discussion in -devel) The hint to non US keyboard is *very* important. I would love if *every* string a user (not a hacker) has to type at the boot prompt would work on *any* keybord according

Bug#389314: installation good, few unimportant suggestions, sending as directed -thanks

2006-09-27 Thread t u
[x] desktop [ ] dns-server [ ] file-server [ ] laptop [ ] mail-server [ ] print-server [ ] web-server [ ] manual oh I checked laptop desktop... Please tell also how you found out that services where listing to the outside world. $ su -c netstat -vatn $ su -c

creating a netinstall iso from the installer

2006-09-27 Thread Marco Herrn
Hi there, I finally managed to build my installer with a 2.6.18 kernel. That worked fine. The only problem is: How do I produce an ISO now? In http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/custom-kernel.txt a target build_monolithic is mentioned. When I call make list in

Re: Debian Etch on IBM JS20 fails on hard drive

2006-09-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:45:55AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Mayube someone else within the d-i team can look at the powerpc kernel .udebs to see where the amd74xx module is included and further help MAthew ? Frans did it in http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/09/msg01234.html -- To

Bug#342053: DirectFrameBuffer crashes on PPC systems if HW accelerated drivers are used

2006-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
OK, I booted from the CD with install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt switched to the F2 console when the choose language screen came up. The hardware info you wanted is: ~# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep motherboard Motherboard: PowerMac3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh ~# cat /proc/fb 0 ATI Radeon QW

Bug#342053: DirectFrameBuffer crashes on PPC systems if HW accelerated drivers are used

2006-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
OK, I booted from the CD with install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt switched to the F2 console when the choose language screen came up. Then I did: ~# echo disable-module=radeon /etc/directfbrc ~# echo no-hardware /etc/directfbrc ~# export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk ~# debian-installer It crashed when it

Bug#342053: DirectFrameBuffer crashes on PPC systems if HW accelerated drivers are used

2006-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 27, 2006, at 7:03 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: (!) DirectFB/FBDev: No supported modes found in /etc/fb.modes and current mode not supported! (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Current mode's pixelformat: rgba 8/0, 8/0, 8/0, 0/0 (8bit) For what it's worth, there is no file /etc/fb.modes in the

Bug#342053: once more without the mouse (part 1)

2006-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
This time without the mouse connected ~# echo disable-module=radeon /etc/directfbrc ~# echo no-hardware /etc/directfbrc ~# export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk ~# debian-installer As usual, it crashed when it tried to initialize the graphical installer. Messages were substantially the same as

Bug#342053: once more without the mouse (part 2 -- linux-input disabled)

2006-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
This time without the mouse connected, and with disabling linux-input ~# echo disable-module=linux-input /etc/directfbrc ~# export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk ~# debian-installer As usual, it crashed when it tried to initialize the graphical installer. Messages were substantially the same as

Bug#342053: DirectFrameBuffer crashes on PPC systems if HW accelerated drivers are used

2006-09-27 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Rick Thomas wrote: OK, I booted from the CD with install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt switched to the F2 console when the choose language screen came up. The hardware info you wanted is: ~# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep motherboard Motherboard: PowerMac3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh ~# cat /proc/fb