Bug#227691: modconf: I can't enter in kernel/drivers/net section

2004-02-03 Thread John Lightsey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 tags 227691 + patch thanks The module descriptions in /usr/share/modconf/eval_C contain escaped double quotes which are interprited incorrectly at runtime. The attached patch fixed the problem at runtime by passing the dscriptions though sed. A

Bug#228654: installation-reports: ide-detect lockup on Alpha PWS500a

2004-01-22 Thread John Lightsey
Sent this to the wrong address. Sorry. On Wednesday 21 January 2004 09:19 pm, you wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 05:26:28PM -0600, John Lightsey wrote: Ah, so at no point did you pick Install aboot on a hard disk as an option from the main menu? Do you see this as an option

Bug#228654: installation-reports: ide-detect lockup on Alpha PWS500a

2004-01-21 Thread John Lightsey
Just tried the newest installer daily build (with 2.4.24 kernel) and it gets through the ide-detect portion without any trouble. I can do everything other than bringing up the network interface. The only other trouble I noticed is that the aboot.conf that is generated doesn't point to the

Bug#228654: installation-reports: ide-detect lockup on Alpha PWS500a

2004-01-21 Thread John Lightsey
The only other trouble I noticed is that the aboot.conf that is generated doesn't point to the proper location of my root filesystem. The installer kept going back to the configure network option even though I couldn't bring the network up, so it may be a case where I did something out

Bug#228654: installation-reports: ide-detect lockup on Alpha PWS500a

2004-01-21 Thread John Lightsey
Ah, so at no point did you pick Install aboot on a hard disk as an option from the main menu? Do you see this as an option? Is it listed in the wrong place in the menu (i.e., below finish the installation and reboot)? It's not listed as an option on the menu. Should it be there from the

Bug#228654: installation-reports: ide-detect lockup on Alpha PWS500a

2004-01-20 Thread John Lightsey
Thanks for the report. We have 2.4.24 kernel images in the archive for d-i, but I hadn't yet switched to using them for the daily builds. This is done now, and tomorrow's ISOs should be 2.4.24-based. Would you be willing to give them a try? I'd be happy to. Is there any way of skipping

Bug#228654: installation-reports: ide-detect lockup on Alpha PWS500a

2004-01-19 Thread John Lightsey
Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: 18 Jan 04 version of sarge-alpha-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux alpha 2.2.20 #2 Wed Mar 20 19:57:28 EST 2002 alpha GNU/Linux Date: 18 Jan 04 23:00 CST Method: SRM console Machine: DEC Personal Workstation 500a Processor: Alpha