Success report: GRUB2, LVM, GPT, AMD64, Debian Installer

2009-08-14 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hello! A short success report about using GRUB2 on a LVM-only system, with GPT instead of the usual MBR booting, on a AMD64 system, installed with the 20090531-7 Debian Installer. I had the DI create a GPT partition table, partitioned that into a small (1 MiB) GRUB booting partition (as

clock-setup: should not change hardware clock if the system time is not updated

2009-08-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Package: clock-setup From a thread in -boot: On Thursday 13 August 2009, Uwe Bugla wrote: a. as default installation I always use expert install b. the NTP question I always answer with Yes. The installer tells me that my local time zone is Europe / Berlin c. The UTC question I always

Bug#399840: Do we want an ssh-server task?

2009-08-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop (elen...@planet.nl): On Thursday 13 August 2009, Philip Hands wrote: Any suggestions for ways to protect the clueless from themselves? Password strength checking probably. There are open wishlist BRs against user-setup for that, but AFAIK so far nobody has made the

Bug#541120: marked as done (cdebconf-gtk-udeb: G-I no longer working with serial mice)

2009-08-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:42:54 +0200 with message-id 20090814064254.gl13...@mykerinos.kheops.frmug.org and subject line Re: Bug#541120: Acknowledgement (cdebconf-gtk-udeb: G-I no longer working with serial mice) has caused the Debian Bug report #541120, regarding cdebconf-gtk-udeb:

Processed: submitter 541436

2009-08-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: submitter 541436 Uwe Bugla uwe.bu...@gmx.de Bug #541436 [clock-setup] clock-setup: should not change hardware clock if the system time is not updated Changed Bug submitter to 'Uwe Bugla uwe.bu...@gmx.de' from 'Christian Perrier

Bug#399840: Do we want an ssh-server task?

2009-08-14 Thread Per Olofsson
Christian Perrier wrote: On the other hand, I wonder about the default settings of openssh-server, that (IIRC, I have no reference handy right now) allows remote root login with a password. I guess this has already been pondered by Colin, but it would be interesting to have the rationale for

Installer components are in freeze

2009-08-14 Thread Bernhard
Hello, only a question: Some installer components are in freeze. Example: user-setup-udeb or netcfg. Is this OK? If yes, why? Regards Bernhard signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil

Re: unblock freetype, cairo, pango1.0?

2009-08-14 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 15:09 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: Would it be appropriate to unblock freetype, cairo and pango1.0? All three seem to be frozen due to udebs (debian-boot CCed). Unblocking them's not a problem, although I'd prefer an ack (or at least a moo) from the maintainers. Cheers, Adam

Re: please unblock pciutils 1:3.1.3-2 (udeb)

2009-08-14 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 06:24 +1000, AnĂ­bal Monsalve Salazar wrote: please unblock pciutils 1:3.1.3-2 (udeb) Unblocked (and just waiting for the powerpc build to be uploaded). Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Please unblock gtk2-engines

2009-08-14 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 12:37 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: gtk2-engines 1:2.18.2-1 has been ready to migrate for quite a while, so could you please unblock it? Unblocked. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: unblock freetype, cairo, pango1.0?

2009-08-14 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 20:35 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 15:09 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: Would it be appropriate to unblock freetype, cairo and pango1.0? All three seem to be frozen due to udebs (debian-boot CCed). Unblocking them's not a problem, although I'd prefer

Re: installing Lenny on Dell PowerEdge R610

2009-08-14 Thread Tulio Oliveira
Hello, I saw your problem, and I just solve the mine. I install Windows Server 2003 on the Dell R610, via Dell Systems Management Tools. Then I upgrade the BIOS (from Dell site) And after that, the Debian Lenny could be installed easly. If you need more details, mail-me. -- Tulio Oliveira

Re: Bug#509178: installation-reports: sparc fails to boot 2.6.26: Memory Address not Aligned

2009-08-14 Thread Frans Pop
First of all, you are replying to a thread concerning an ancient and already closed bug report. This is very confusing (as nobody will have the old mails anymore, so we're missing the context) and does not help in getting responses. Please file a _new_ installation report yourself, including