Bug#410971: interactive aptitude wants to remove hfsutils and sudo after etch installation

2007-02-14 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 14, 2007, at 8:00 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 15 February 2007 01:10, Joey Hess wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: After installation on a powerpc system (PowerMac BlueWhite G3) when aptitude is run in interactive (curses) mode, told to do update and finish any pending operations (g

Bug#410625: G3 B/W pcilynx firewire blues

2007-02-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 12, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 15:30 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: Maybe I should try the whole thing again and write down the details. Can you give me a URL for the linux ieee1394 mailing list? https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo

Re: Errors on downloading d-i images

2007-02-09 Thread Rick Thomas
. Not so much recently. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian-installer (auto is confusing)

2007-01-31 Thread Rick Thomas
, priority critical has never been intended for interactive installs. Then maybe 'auto should be renamed to something like 'preseeded' ? It might avoid confusion in the future... Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#408818: cool

2007-01-28 Thread Rick Thomas
guru to know if this is going to be recognized as a NIC. Anybody else? Also, I saw a bunch of PCI bridges and so on. Is is possible that the NIC is on the far side of one of them and that's confusing the issue? Or am I talking total nonsense? Just a thought... Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Debian has failed us

2007-01-16 Thread Rick Thomas
no responsibility to try. Sad. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian has failed us

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 15, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Rick Thomas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): It's sad to see d-i on powerpc, a major architectural variant, being eroded and neglected as a result of a few people who can't get past their own personal animosity to Sven. Whatever his merits

Re: Debian has failed us

2007-01-14 Thread Rick Thomas
architecture deserves better than it's seen recently. Rick Can't we all just get along? -- Rodney King -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFC: warn user about first accounts privs

2007-01-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 11, 2007, at 5:47 PM, dann frazier wrote: I'm curious if I'm the only experienced admin who didn't notice and is surprised. I didn't notice for a while, and I was surprised to find out. I've been sysadmining UNIX for 25 years, and Linux for 10. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Powerstack II: installation success with some quirks

2007-01-04 Thread Rick Thomas
will (If I understand them correctly) render this success obsolete. The process Ulrich described will not work with the etch/sid netinst CD if prep support is removed. Or am I missing something? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: 20061230-2 netinst powerpc iso

2007-01-01 Thread Rick Thomas
-prep-di_1.02_powerpc.udeb /mnt/pool/main/p/partman-prep /mnt/pool/main/p/partman-prep/partman-prep_9_powerpc.udeb /mnt/pool/main/p/prep-installer /mnt/pool/main/p/prep-installer/prep-installer_0.4_powerpc.udeb # Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: State of Debian-Installer

2006-12-30 Thread Rick Thomas
Howabout if somebody volunteered (Geert?) to, on (say) a weekly basis, cut and paste the latest of Franz' status reports from the debian-boot mailing list into the wiki page? would that work? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: kde/gnome/xfce media other than full CDs

2006-12-21 Thread Rick Thomas
* to be a better way to let a user of only average expertise specify which desktop environment to install. It should be an up-front/in-your-face option at tasksel time. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#403778: installation-report: sudo password not specified

2006-12-21 Thread Rick Thomas
before that) the man pages aren't available during installation. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: miboot-floppies (powerpc oldworld) for sarge

2006-12-20 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Sven, On Dec 20, 2006, at 2:16 AM, Sven Luther wrote: What is really needed is for confirmation with the current kernels that : 1) miboot booting works (or not). 2) bootx booting works (or not). 3) quik booting works (or not). Rick, you have been rather active in this, could i

Re: miboot-floppies (powerpc oldworld) for sarge

2006-12-20 Thread Rick Thomas
have Package: linux-2.6 as the first line, and should have Subject: [powerpc,oldworld] Yes, apart, that after the [powerpc,oldworld] you can add a short description. Cool... That's what I'll do. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: miboot-floppies (powerpc oldworld) for sarge

2006-12-19 Thread Rick Thomas
and lenny. It's a one-time effort, not a continuing commitment. And many people will benefit. Please! Sorry for not using your patch, but you can always rebuild the miboot floppies yourself ;-) Sincerely, Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: miboot-floppies (powerpc oldworld) for sarge

2006-12-19 Thread Rick Thomas
agree with Sven on this one, but I don't think it's worth a lot of emotion. There are plenty of bigger issues regarding OldWorld PowerMacs that need looking into. Until recently, just getting Etch to boot *at-all* on OldWorld was one of them! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Is something wrong with CDIMAGE.debian.org daily builds?

2006-12-18 Thread Rick Thomas
The latest builds for all architectures are from Dec 15th. Is there a problem with the daily build process? Rick Index of /cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest Name Last modified Size Parent Directory - alpha

Bug#402547: NetworkManager: Workaround for OldWorld beige G3 Macintosh bmac network interface disabled on reboot

2006-12-14 Thread Rick Thomas
it sounds. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#402547: Further details at Bug#403112

2006-12-14 Thread Rick Thomas
Further details at Bug#403112 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#402547: Processed: Re: Bug#403112: NetworkManager: Workaround for OldWorld beige G3 Macintosh bmac network interface disabled on reboot

2006-12-14 Thread Rick Thomas
more details (many of them probably irrelevant) in the referenced bug report at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi? bug=402547 which I submitted against the debian-installer before I realized where the real problem lies. Does this help? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#402547: debian-installer: OldWorld beige G3 Macintosh bmac network interface disabled on reboot

2006-12-11 Thread Rick Thomas
]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3) Dec 11 02:34:52 debian /usr/sbin/cron[2544]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok) Dec 11 02:34:52 debian /usr/sbin/cron[2544]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs) Dec 11 02:34:58 debian kernel: eth1: no IPv6 routers present Dec 11 02:35:08 debian gconfd (rick-2641): starting (version

Bug#402547: debian-installer: OldWorld beige G3 Macintosh bmac network interface disabled on reboot

2006-12-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 11, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 11 December 2006 09:26, Rick Thomas wrote: After installing etch from a daily netinst CD (2006/12/10 20:42 UTC) on my beige G3 (OldWorld) PowerMac machine, the builtin ethernet interface is disabled. [...] There is a strange

Bug#402547: debian-installer: OldWorld beige G3 Macintosh bmac network interface disabled on reboot

2006-12-11 Thread Rick Thomas
In interesting image... (-8) Can you be a little more specific about how to go about doing this? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#402547: debian-installer: OldWorld beige G3 Macintosh bmac network interface disabled on reboot

2006-12-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 11, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Joey Hess wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: In interesting image... (-8) Can you be a little more specific about how to go about doing this? If networkmanager is running I assume you are logged into a desktop environment that has some kind of netowork manager applet

Bug#402267: Not just powerpc -- x86 too [Re: Bug#402267: PowerPC Netinst CD Invalid Release File]

2006-12-09 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 9, 2006, at 1:01 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: installation-reports Installing from the netinst CD on a PowerMac G4, I get the following error: [!!] Install the base system Debootstrap Error Invalid Release file: no entry for main/binary-powerpc/Packages. This is the netinst CD

Bug#402267: More info

2006-12-09 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 9, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Frans Pop wrote: Hi Rick, On Saturday 09 December 2006 07:49, Rick Thomas wrote: Curiously enough, the netinst CD does appear to have the missing file... Seems to me like the message is not about the presence of the file itself but rather

Bug#402267: PowerPC Netinst CD Invalid Release File

2006-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
130.239.18.159 ftp.acc.umu.se has address 130.239.18.138 ftp.acc.umu.se has address 130.239.18.158 Curiously enough, if I use the Businesscard CD, I do not get this error. Any thoughts? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#402267: More info

2006-12-08 Thread Rick Thomas
Curiously enough, the netinst CD does appear to have the missing file... $ ls -l dists/etch/main/binary-powerpc/ total 688 -rwxr-xr-x 1 rbthomas rbthomas 209980 Dec 8 10:33 Packages -rwxr-xr-x 1 rbthomas rbthomas 131702 Dec 8 10:33 Packages.gz -rwxr-xr-x 1 rbthomas rbthomas

Re: signature invalid: BADSIG 010908312D230C5F Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2006)

2006-12-06 Thread Rick Thomas
of its synchronization procedure. If you get this message all the time then you should send an email to the maintainer of the MIT mirror to make him/her aware of the problem. Thanks Florian! This helps. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: signature invalid: BADSIG 010908312D230C5F Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2006)

2006-12-05 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 2, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: Does anybody know why I'm getting this message when I do aptitude update W: GPG error: http://mirrors.usc.edu etch Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 010908312D230C5F Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2006) [EMAIL

Bug#397649: install-report: NTP sync missing by default

2006-11-25 Thread Rick Thomas
On Nov 25, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 03:57:25PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: Installing ntp by default (making it have priority standard) would be good for the many Debian users who have always-on network access. But it would be a problem for the minority who

Re: IMPORTANT: Significant changes to CD/DVD build setup

2006-11-23 Thread Rick Thomas
going crazy! So, I ask that you code it is a way that if three or more daily builds just happen to get done in one day, it won't overwrite anything. Maybe a name scheme based on the date, hour, and minute of the build? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: IMPORTANT: Significant changes to CD/DVD build setup

2006-11-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Nov 23, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: The system as it's set up now will increment a build number for each build it does, resetting to 1 again as the day changes. Hopefully that will suffice for you...? That will work. Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Is cdimage.debian.org having trouble?

2006-11-22 Thread Rick Thomas
on this side of the Atlantic that carries the daily and weekly installer builds? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#397649: install-report: NTP sync missing by default

2006-11-22 Thread Rick Thomas
expected. I leave it to the PTBs to figure out whether there is a compromise position. PTBs? Powers That Be (From the US TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#397649: install-report: NTP sync missing by default

2006-11-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Nov 22, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Olaf van der Spek wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: No network mean the Network Time Protocol won't work. Intermittent network (e.g. dial-up) means that NTP goes for long periods with no connection to the external time servers. The ntpd daemon is (mostly) OK

Bug#397649: install-report: NTP sync missing by default

2006-11-12 Thread Rick Thomas
to figure out whether there is a compromise position. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cdimage.debian.org presents different faces for ftp and http access

2006-10-25 Thread Rick Thomas
-netinst.iso.zsync 292 KB 10/25/06 3:53:00 AM Note the difference in dates of the .iso files... Something strange is happening. Is it a Halloween prank? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fwd: cdimage.debian.org presents different faces for ftp and http access

2006-10-25 Thread Rick Thomas
Rick Thomas wrote: From: Rick Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: October 25, 2006 8:44:01 PM EDT To: Installer Debian debian-boot@lists.debian.org, debian- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cdimage.debian.org presents different faces for ftp and http access Pointing my browser at http

Re: Debian Installer - Call for testing *this week*

2006-10-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:20 AM, Frans Pop wrote: - graphical installer, especially whether your mouse and touchpad work correctly Where is the latest mini.iso for the powerpc version of the graphical installer? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: D-I RC1 - release planning - soft freeze for changes in SVN

2006-10-16 Thread Rick Thomas
using *daily* images! Hmmm... The daily images directory http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily- builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/ is empty and seems to have been that way since October 9th. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Bug#381875: loop-AES key generation requires tiresome typing

2006-10-10 Thread Rick Thomas
On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:39 PM, James Westby wrote: I had a couple of idea while I was typing to generate keys in this fashion. Here they are in no particular order. 1) Make a game that involves typing, Doesn't aptitude have a minesweeper game built in? Would that work? Rick

Re: Bug#390565: Patch for the graphical installer on PPC boxes

2006-10-03 Thread Rick Thomas
. Hope it helps! Rick error_messages4 Description: Binary data error_messages3 Description: Binary data error_messages2 Description: Binary data error_messages1 Description: Binary data configuration Description: Binary data

Re: Bug#390565: Patch for the graphical installer on PPC boxes

2006-10-02 Thread Rick Thomas
built to http://people.debian.org/ ~luther/g-i so we others can test. I will do an announcement on debian-powerpc now. When I tried this mini.iso on a G4/533MHz QuickSilver tower with ATY Rage128 graphics, I saw the white-on-white problem. So it's not gone away completely. Rick

Re: Bug#390565: Patch for the graphical installer on PPC boxes

2006-10-02 Thread Rick Thomas
? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#390565: Patch for the graphical installer on PPC boxes

2006-10-02 Thread Rick Thomas
is broken in some fundamental way? Hope this helps! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#389881: SCSI device renaming breaks install

2006-09-28 Thread Rick Thomas
in the errata is not an excuse for not fixing the problem. Is it possible to generalize the fix that worked for network interfaces to also deal with disk drives? It's definitely a case where the Debian Installer does not just work. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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

2006-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
...) (process:1076): INFO kbd-mode: setting console mode to Unicode (UTF-8) (*) DirectFB/Config: Parsing file '/etc/directfbrc' - DirectFB v0.9.25 - ... [ stuff snipped to save typing -- let me know if it's important - Rick] (*) Direct/Modules: suppress module

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

2006-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
' - DirectFB v0.9.25 - ... [ stuff snipped to save typing -- let me know if it's important - Rick] (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'VT Switcher' (CRITICAL, 1101) (*) Direct/Thread: Running 'Linux Input' (INPUT, 1102) () *** UNIMPLEMENTED [fusion_reactor_set_lock

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 initrc

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
know if there's anything more I can do to help. In particular, is there a different ISO I should try? Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-09-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 24, 2006, at 5:52 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 04:17:58AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: On Sep 23, 2006, at 6:13 AM, Sven Luther wrote: Also, about the console font corruption with radeonfb, i would be interested in feedback of if it is a powerpc only issue, or ppc

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

2006-09-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 26, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 04:01:15PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: OK. I have a G4 PowerMac with :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500] Should work flawlessly with the current daily-builds

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

2006-09-24 Thread Rick Thomas
up to do netbooting at this moment. Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: missing lspci on a fresh install

2006-09-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 18, 2006, at 10:17 AM, De Leeuw Guy wrote: Frans Pop a écrit : The d-i team is not responsible for what is part of the base system and what is not. Then who is? Where should I send a bug report?

Re: powerpc d-i daily ISOs are back and (almost) working

2006-09-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 16, 2006, at 3:16 AM, Frans Pop wrote: When I switched to the alt-F2 console, it give me an unexpected error message: Known issue. Fixed in rootskel 1.37. Any idea when that will make it into a daily businesscard iso? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: missing lspci on a fresh install

2006-09-18 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: base On Sep 18, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 18 September 2006 21:49, Rick Thomas wrote: On Sep 18, 2006, at 10:17 AM, De Leeuw Guy wrote: Frans Pop a écrit : The d-i team is not responsible for what is part of the base system and what is not. Then who is? Where

Re: powerpc d-i daily ISOs are back and (almost) working

2006-09-16 Thread Rick Thomas
-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in command -sh: Syntax error: do unexpected (expecting then) ==' Curiouser and curiouser!, cried Alice. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#382129: Is now a good time to revisit installer not booting on OldWorld PowerMac beige G3?

2006-09-16 Thread Rick Thomas
machines if they will work with me on solving this problem. Any takers? If not, I think it may be time to withdraw OldWorld PowerMacs from the list of hardware supported by the Debian Installer. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#382129: Is now a good time to revisit installer not booting on OldWorld PowerMac beige G3?

2006-09-16 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 16, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 09:50:03AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Saturday 16 September 2006 09:09, Rick Thomas wrote: Is there someone out there who will work with me to get a kernel that boots to run debian-installer on my beige G3 PowerMac

Re: powerpc d-i daily ISOs are back but broken. (was: one week out of date. )

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 15, 2006, at 4:53 AM, Colin Watson wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 09:44:02PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: 0Rebooting in 180 seconds... Maybe something wrong with the initrd? Or the new 2.6.17 kernel? Actually it was a debian-cd bug. Should be fixed now, thanks Thanks! When should

Re: powerpc d-i daily ISOs are back but broken. (was: one week out of date. )

2006-09-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Friday 15 September 2006 19:02, Rick Thomas wrote: When should I expect to be able to burn a working businesscard (or netinst) CD? The CD build starting in about 4 hours should have the changes. Not sure if it will be working :-) Thanks

powerpc d-i daily ISOs are back but broken. (was: one week out of date. )

2006-09-13 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 12, 2006, at 3:06 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: The files in http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ powerpc/iso-cd/ date from September 4th. Just incase nobody's noticed... Well... Now the files there are from September 13th, but the businesscard ISO fails

powerpc d-i daily ISOs are one week out of date.

2006-09-12 Thread Rick Thomas
The files in http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ powerpc/iso-cd/ date from September 4th. Just incase nobody's noticed... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Rick Thomas
it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it? -- Robert Millan Hi Robert, I'd love to test it. And I have PPC hardware (PowerPC Macs) to test it on. But I'm not a developer. What can I do to help? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: non-free firmware and d-i

2006-09-07 Thread Rick Thomas
. End of story. No complex dependencies needed. Or am I missing something? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: Rick Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but unfortunately I can't test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it? -- Robert Millan Hi Robert, I'd love to test it. And I

Daily CDimages haven't been updated since Aug 31

2006-09-03 Thread Rick Thomas
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ powerpc/iso-cd/ shows images from 2:14 AM August 31. Is there something going on that is preventing the daily ISOs from being posted? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

can .zsync files be added to weekly DVD image directories?

2006-09-03 Thread Rick Thomas
image directories? Thanks! Rick (*) The main thing that makes it easier is that you don't have to mount the previous CD/DVD images to use zsync, the way you do with jigdo. So the whole process can be done without resorting to root. As a side note, I find the zsync documentation easier

Bug#380105: Show current hour in hardware clock question

2006-08-25 Thread Rick Thomas
.) But it seems a shame to ban a useful tool just because some people can't or won't use it... My two cents worth, Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-20 Thread Rick Thomas
in hearing of your experiences upgrading to Dapper. Enjoy! Rick On Aug 20, 2006, at 3:25 AM, Harold Johnson wrote: Oh, and since I forgot to mention it, the kernel version I currently (at this moment) have installed is 2.6.12-9; that's after simply installing Breezy. Once I upgrade to Dapper

Re: Bug#352610: Please create a udeb for ntpdate

2006-08-19 Thread Rick Thomas
full time-zone info (as an option) to dhcp. Full RFC status is probably many months (years?) away. Implementation in production dchp servers will most likely wait for that. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#352610: Please create a udeb for ntpdate

2006-08-19 Thread Rick Thomas
allows the dhcp administrator to tailor the response based on the MAC address of the client. Most won't, but it should be possible if you want to. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#352610: Please create a udeb for ntpdate

2006-08-19 Thread Rick Thomas
. Do you have access to perl or python at the time you want to do this? Do you have access to the date/time libraries for either of those languages? Would it be better to write a simple, one-purpose, C program to do what you want? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Bug#352610: Please create a udeb for ntpdate

2006-08-19 Thread Rick Thomas
. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 18, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: Hi, On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 03:19:18AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Has *anybody* had any success getting the Linux version 2.6.16-2- powerpc (Debian 2.6.16-17) kernel to boot an OldWorld machine with BootX? Or *any* kernel after 2.6.15? I

Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: What is PTBs? :) Powers that be...

Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-18 Thread Rick Thomas
, even if it were free, miboot would not be a workable solution because it only works from floppies. Rick

Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 18, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 02:52:24PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: What is PTBs? :) Powers that be... On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 11:44:23AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Perhaps the Debian PTBs

Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 18, 2006, at 6:43 PM, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 12:18:23AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 11:58:07PM +0200, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 02:52:24PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote

Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-13 Thread Rick Thomas
? Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Switch to 2.6.17 kernel udebs (was: D-I Beta 3 - release today)

2006-08-11 Thread Rick Thomas
Will this fix the problem of the kernel not booting on OldWorld PowerPC Macintosh? On Aug 11, 2006, at 5:12 AM, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 10 August 2006 12:30, Frans Pop wrote: - switch to 2.6.17 kernel udebs (long term 2.6.16 maintenance no longer seems to be an option for the

Bug#382129: daily wont boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-09 Thread Rick Thomas
frequency = 200.69 MHz MMU:exit then it hangs. I can provide more details if necessary, but obviously, there are no log files. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#382129: daily wont boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

2006-08-09 Thread Rick Thomas
I should have added that sarge boots and runs just fine on this machine with BootX. On Aug 9, 2006, at 2:05 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: installation-reports kernel and initrd from latest daily refuses to boot on OldWorld beige G3 Mac Hardware used is PowerMac G3 (Gossamer

Bug#382070: Long pauses during configuring portmap and configuring printconf

2006-08-08 Thread Rick Thomas
available yet? Logs are available on request... Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#379120: lspci present on i386, verify on powerpc

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
I booted my test beige G3 (oldworld) from the miboot floppies with the July 30'th businesscard CD in the CDrom drive. I was also able to do 'lspci' at keyboard selection time. Rick On Jul 31, 2006, at 6:04 AM, Eddy Petrişor wrote: On 29/07/06, Geert Stappers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Bug#258907: This bug can be closed. It's no longer relevant.

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
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Bug#262201: Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant.

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant. I believe it has been fixed in the released sarge installer. Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#262198: Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant.

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant. Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#380718: lspci command not present after reboot in non-Desktop configuration

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
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Bug#379526: papersize is a4 for US install - should be letter

2006-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 24 July 2006 07:17, Rick Thomas wrote: During the install process, I selected the C locale early on. Later, when asked, I indicated I have a US-English keyboard. I also specified US-EastCoast timezone, and in general did everything I

Bug#379067: closed by Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Re: Processed: Re: Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc, lspci)

2006-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
) is correct, but this is not the correct reason. Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#379526: papersize is a4 for US install - should be letter

2006-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
my problem is that (for the intended application of this system) I want a locale that says language is C and country is US -- but there is no such locale. Rick -- If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride! -- anonymous English proverb -- If a frog had wings, he'd have a long

Bug#379526: papersize is a4 for US install - should be letter

2006-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
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Bug#379365: Semi-successful install with miBoot floppy set and Netinst CD on OldWorld Mac...

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Installation on (OldWorld) PowerMac beige G3 (Gossamer) using miBoot floppies and netinst CDrom. INSTALL REPORT | Debian-installer-version: Fill in date and from where you got the image | | Debian etch daily powerpc netinst install CD iso dated 21-Jul-2006

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 22, 2006, at 6:11 AM, Jens Seidel wrote: On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:59:02AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: so it hung. (Does hanging if the CD is not inserted count as a bug?) It depends on the kind of hanging. If APT just asks you to insert a special CD I think this is OK and expected

Bug#379120: Bug#379365: Semi-successful install with miBoot floppy set and Netinst CD on OldWorld Mac...

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 23, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 02:14:26AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: installation-reports Installation on (OldWorld) PowerMac beige G3 (Gossamer) using miBoot floppies and netinst CDrom. INSTALL REPORT | Debian-installer-version

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