Re: Installer issue with DDO

Op 02-11-2006 om 12:22 schreef Alan Richardson: > Hey, > I'd just like to suggest that you look into solving the problem of the > installer not detecting a DDO (dynamic drive overlay). This was an issue in > previous Debian release installers, but I haven't checked the new etch > installer - I

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 09:24:28PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > Yeah, but adding them to the image is not always the best solution, loading > > afterward may be a better way. > > > > Also, there may be another future for .udebs out there than just for d-i > > use, > > altough i know the d-i f

Re: Installing Debian amd64 on an asus P5W DH Deluxe + E6600 : kernel on installer broken + bugs in d-i when changing kernel + modules

Op 01-11-2006 om 20:07 schreef Eric Valette: > > The patch that solved the infinite loop trying to load evdev and that is > referenced by the script is there > > > > Comments welcome. The patch --- S61mouse-support-x862006-10-31 23:54

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 12:39:50AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 03 November 2006 23:51, Sven Luther wrote: > > Bah, i can commit to debian-cd, and now that i know about this fact, if > > ever a .udeb i asked is out there, i will naturally add it to the > > blacklist. > > No, sorry that was

Bug#396983: Debian Linux installation hangs

> Going through initial installation, the setup hangs at 40% completion > during "Installing the Debian base system" Do you have further indiccations ? Does the 3rd or 4th console show something? Given that this happens when installing Debian sarge, ie the satble verison, there is probably not

Re: [RFR] Manual - new section on CD (resend)

Hi, On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 07:39:01PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 03 November 2006 09:54, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > I think it may be good idea to remind easy/quick fix solution before > > giving elaborate solution. So I suggest following as the starting > > section. > > Yes, I see your po

Bug#396983: Debian Linux installation hangs

Title: Message Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: v3.1r3 9/2/2006 us.cdimage.debian.org Date: 11/3/2006 20:45 Machine: Dell Latitude C610 Processor: Pentium III 1.2GHz Memory: 1024MB Partitions: single 30GB / erase whole disk Output of lspci and lspci -n: couldn't ru

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 04 November 2006 01:24, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed >> devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using >> another group of packages would make both worlds happy and m

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Saturday 04 November 2006 01:24, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Another alternative can be use something like edeb for embeed > devices. That would be a clear option then use udeb for both. Using > another group of packages would make both worlds happy and make both > team lives easier. One wouldn't a

Re: An option for bootsplash.

"Mathieu Stumpf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello! > > There is something which is really missing to debian, to my mind: a > default boot splash. I understand that not all materials support boot > splash, and that debian aims to be "the universal OS". But it's > exactly why it need this kind of

An option for bootsplash.

Hello! There is something which is really missing to debian, to my mind: a default boot splash. I understand that not all materials support boot splash, and that debian aims to be "the universal OS". But it's exactly why it need this kind of thing: most people like a beautiful splashscreen when t

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Well, it's trivial but the team need to be aware of those >> modifications otherwise it can take a while to discover useless udebs >> that are being include on the image. Currently there's no automatic CD >> testing tool to try to figure those mistakes ou

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Friday 03 November 2006 23:51, Sven Luther wrote: > Bah, i can commit to debian-cd, and now that i know about this fact, if > ever a .udeb i asked is out there, i will naturally add it to the > blacklist. No, sorry that was not the intention. Having everybody committing uncoordinated changes t

Re: Regarding participating in Debian-Installer Development

Op 02-11-2006 om 19:39 schreef Chandan M. C.: > > Hi , > I am Chandan from India... Iam working on building a distro based on > Debian .. > I am working on this project from enarly a year .. and Iam proficient in > working with Debian .. > I would like to participate in Development of Debian Ins

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 07:04:03PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > I really would like to understand what is the rationale behind this. > >> > Adding a > >> > .udeb into the archive, if it is not part of the image, and not loaded > >> > by d-i, >

Bug#394050: Fwd: Re: Bug#394050: installation-reports

Sorry about the long delay:On 10/27/06, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Luis Echevarria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> On 10/19/06, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > - check if the interface is up with 'ifconfig' >> ifconfig:> (My note:) Interface does not  show  up, (only loopback)OK, so th

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > I really would like to understand what is the rationale behind this. >> > Adding a >> > .udeb into the archive, if it is not part of the image, and not loaded by >> > d-i, >> > can hardly have any influence on d-i. >> >> Not exactly. When we're build

Bug#396931: marked as done (http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz makes usb-stick unusable)

Your message dated Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:53:34 -0500 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#396931: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz makes usb-stick unusable has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim tha

Re: Creating a bootable CD for a RS/6000 PReP machine

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 08:47:37AM -0800, asdf wrote: > --- Attilio Fiandrotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Why don't you try netbooting? this should work, even if i never > > tested > > this myself. > > When i installaed woody on my 43p/140 some years ago i used floppies > > and > > a

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:34:53PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > >> On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: > >> > There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug repor

Re: Is broken Etch current on S/390 a known problem?

Hello Adam, On Friday 03 November 2006 20:47, Adam Thornton wrote: > I tried a few days ago to install Etch on an s390 system, and failed > to partition my DASD because kernel modules appropriate to the > installer kernel level weren't found. I presume this is a known > issue that will be resolve

Is broken Etch current on S/390 a known problem?

I tried a few days ago to install Etch on an s390 system, and failed to partition my DASD because kernel modules appropriate to the installer kernel level weren't found. I presume this is a known issue that will be resolved when RC1 rolls out and is just version skew between testing and th

Bug#396931: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz makes usb-stick unusable

Package: installation-report Version: 02-Nov-2006 16:06 15.0M Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable I downloaded the usb-image from http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/ ie. the file boot.img.gz 02-Nov-2006 16:06 15.0M Before continuing I g

Starting of Amharic translation

My name is Tegegne Tefera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and I will be the coordinator of the Amharic translation for Debian Installer. I am a native Amharic speaker and have been involved with translation and localization effort of free software to Amharic for about 4 years. On this occasion I would like t

Re: [RFR] Manual - new section on CD (resend)

On Friday 03 November 2006 09:54, Osamu Aoki wrote: > I was wondering your use of "head -c" instad of "dd" with "count", but > I guess that may be the busybox tool limitation. Don't know. I found the example this way. Maybe it is to avoid changing the blocksize for dd (as count is in number of bl

Re: [RFR] Manual - new section on CD (resend)

On Friday 03 November 2006 09:54, Osamu Aoki wrote: > I think it may be good idea to remind easy/quick fix solution before > giving elaborate solution. So I suggest following as the starting > section. Yes, I see your point. I have done that, though is a slightly different way from what you sug

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:03:49AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >> On Thursday 02 November 2006 22:38, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> > There's no need to _ask_ you before to open a bug report. We're a >> > comunity and as one we all want the best for the project. >

Re: Creating a bootable CD for a RS/6000 PReP machine

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 08:42:32AM -0800, asdf wrote: > --- Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > the netinst.iso should be bootable on your box, it has all the right > > things in > > debian-cd's powerpc script. You should look at them, and twiddle them > > until > > they work, but this

Re: Creating a bootable CD for a RS/6000 PReP machine

--- Attilio Fiandrotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why don't you try netbooting? this should work, even if i never > tested > this myself. > When i installaed woody on my 43p/140 some years ago i used floppies > and > a serial console: i guess this should work for sarge (and etch?) too. >

Re: Creating a bootable CD for a RS/6000 PReP machine

--- Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the netinst.iso should be bootable on your box, it has all the right > things in > debian-cd's powerpc script. You should look at them, and twiddle them > until > they work, but this may well break something else elsewhere. > > The prefered method of

Bug#396469: Installation report: failed install on Toshiba Satellite

On Tuesday 31 October 2006 23:23, Bill McNeill wrote: > I'm stuck. Can't get Debian to work on this machine. I did some > Googling and determined that others have hit this error, but there > appears to be no clear workaround. Could it be that you were using the installer for Sarge? If so, could

Bug#388290: Reopening 388290 which was closed erroneously by debbugs

# debbugs closed this cloned bug erroneously... reopen 388290 stop -- Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Processed: Reopening 388290 which was closed erroneously by debbugs

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # debbugs closed this cloned bug erroneously... > reopen 388290 Bug#388290: Please honor Recommends Bug reopened, originator not changed. > stop Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administra

Re: Ubuntu ubiquity

On Friday 03 November 2006 12:36, Renier Viljoen wrote: > I need to deploy Ubuntu to similar pc's and would like to know if I > could provide automatic answers to ubiquity ? I strongly suggest you ask this question on a _Ubuntu_ mailing list. People here are not likely to know anything about ubiq

Ubuntu ubiquity

Hi There, I need to deploy Ubuntu to similar pc's and would like to know if I could provide automatic answers to ubiquity ? Renier   -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal noti

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:54:39AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 03 November 2006 11:33, Sven Luther wrote: > > Ah, i thought there was some automatic tool, or whatever, so much for > > me, next time i will make sure to CC debian-boot or something, that > > Please discuss it on the list _bef

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Friday 03 November 2006 11:33, Sven Luther wrote: > Ah, i thought there was some automatic tool, or whatever, so much for > me, next time i will make sure to CC debian-boot or something, that Please discuss it on the list _before_ you file a bug report. > said i was kill-filled by most of you

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:18:09AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 03 November 2006 08:29, Sven Luther wrote: > > I tagged the bug d-i, i think, which should have been enough to attract > > your attention. At least this is how i understood the issue. > > No, it is not. I don't get some kind of

Re: Bug#396365: please add a gdb .udeb, for easier debugging inside d-i

On Friday 03 November 2006 08:29, Sven Luther wrote: > I tagged the bug d-i, i think, which should have been enough to attract > your attention. At least this is how i understood the issue. No, it is not. I don't get some kind of automatic notification by email for bugs tagged d-i. > Or don't yo

Re: [RFR] Manual - new section on CD (resend)

Since I do not see it on ML., resend... - Hi, On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 11:33:42PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > (Resending this mail as it hasn't reached the list after about 24 hours) > > Hi all, > > I've written a new section for the manual on how to deal with CD-ROM >

DFB and cdebconf signal handling

This bug is currently assigned to package directfb, but no one yet proved this is really DFB rlated. In an old bugreport about cdebconf [1], cjw warned about wrong/dangerous SIGRUSR1/2 handling on PPC/AMD64 by some d-i components. What do this has to do with this br? when a VT switch is requested

Re: Creating a bootable CD for a RS/6000 PReP machine

asdf wrote: What is the procedure for creating a bootable debian-installer netinst CD, to boot on a RS/6000 43P Model 140? I tried to burn the PowerPC netinst.iso image as I normally do for my i386 installs, but the system doesn't boot from the CD. I own a 43p/140 too where woody is currently