Bug#392767: parted/d-i bug : vanishing print output, bug traced to table.c code.

2006-11-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 02:12:40PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Hi, ... > > it seems this bug is also affecting i386 and s390. > Ah, i found one hint on this. I found that : printf ("%s\n", L"STRING"); Doesn't print anything, and that the L-strings are

Bug#396812: linux-image-2.6.18-1-amd64 bug

2006-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel {sid,trunk} main In the meantime, edit the postinst, remove the two die lines at line 393/394, run dpkg-reconfigure or dpkg -a --configure, and make sure the old link in /boot is not broken. (in particular the initrd.img.old link is broken then). Friendly

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

2006-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
l installer Xavier was working on. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#392767: parted/d-i bug : vanishing print output, bug traced to table.c code.

2006-11-02 Thread Sven Luther
; i386 and s390 AFAIK 13:51 < svenl> waldi: the bug is : 392767 13:51 < svenl> oh. 13:51 < svenl> so it doesn't touch only powerpc. 13:52 < svenl> can you comment something on bug 392767 about this ? Include this log or something. 13:52 < svenl> waldi: i was wonde

Bug#395262: "Arch: all" package FTBFS due to test needing network access - RC?

2006-11-01 Thread Sven Luther
d lately ? I think mips/mipsel, and some other arch where concerned. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 12:55:45AM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:59:18 +0100 Sven Luther wrote: > > [...] > > Nope, because you can ship the source code and the object file if you > > wanted. > > > > Already now, major parts of debian/m

Bug#396471: linux-image-2.6.18-1-parisc64-smp: fails to install

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:59:57PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 12:21:56AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > This bug is closed by the new kernel-package version, and linux-2.6 only > > needs > > to be rebuilt with it, which is scheduled for -4,

Bug#396471: linux-image-2.6.18-1-parisc64-smp: fails to install

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
This bug is closed by the new kernel-package version, and linux-2.6 only needs to be rebuilt with it, which is scheduled for -4, and amply discussed here previously. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#396458: powerpc d-i miboot floppy doesn't boot

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
error i may make in the future. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:06:50PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Hi Sven > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 07:32:02PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > ...CUT... > > > Will all reverse engineered drivers with hardcoded values be considered > > > as closed source? Must you alwa

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

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:36:54AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:30:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > So, i am not entirely sure how d-i handles the case at hand here, where > > libraries are part of the actual image, but symbols are removed durin

Bug#383481: Must source code be easy to understand to fall under DFSG?

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
documentation of the registers may be more of a source for such binary blobs, but it would in any case be no worse than any other reverse-engineering effort out there. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:09:46PM +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sven Luther wrote: > > My impression is that d-i loads the full libraries later on, or something > > such. > > AFAIK, this never happens. The re

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

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:05:26AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 01:06:12PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > A version of gdb as .udeb, which could easily be loaded inside the d-i would > > be very useful for developers. This would come in handy to debug va

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

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
having right now, in parted/libparted, which only are apparent inside the d-i environment. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Ker

Bug#396340: choose-mirror doesn't allow to use a d-i only mirror for .udebs.

2006-10-31 Thread Sven Luther
debian archive, to get all the .debs. choose-mirror did not let me do this though, and gave me an error message saying that my mirror doesn't support my architecture, and the log showed it checked for the main .deb archive, not the .udeb one. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: D

Bug#396020: no bootloader configuration on powerpc

2006-10-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 02:11:56PM -0700, dann frazier wrote: > On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 02:35:36PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Indeed. But this is something which need to be thought about in a more > > generic > > way, and we probably need some generic way

Bug#382298: Please enable CONFIG_USB_APPLETOUCH=m in 2.6.18 ff

2006-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
hose are the intel macs, right, so nothing i could do on powerpc, right ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#395110: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc: uninstallable

2006-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 03:09:32PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > > > We really need a better way to handle bug reports which affect more than one > > package, since cloning and merging is not the best way to go for those. > > In t

Bug#395110: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc: uninstallable

2006-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 02:28:24PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > > > [ snipped paragraph about Manoj ] > > Quoting Julian Gilbey in the logs for this bug: > > > According to Manoj in the logs to bug#394661, which was blocking

Bug#396020: no bootloader configuration on powerpc

2006-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
ric way, and we probably need some generic way to handle those cases. For powerpc, the best way to fix this, is using the mkvmlinuz package, which is depended upon by all powerpc kernels, and already does some sub-arch detection. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#395110: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc: uninstallable

2006-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
someone else (you maybe), to follow up on bugs like this one, maybe he does also ignore the bug just because i am affected by it, or something else so unproffesional. I already pinged him twice on irc about this, and redirected the bug to kernel-package. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#395983: nobootloader: [powerpc/pegasos] bump chrp-compliant partition numbering to 1.3.99+.

2006-10-29 Thread Sven Luther
Package: nobootloader Version: 1.13 Severity: normal Please commit the attached patch to svn. Notice that i already uploaded the package with the fix, so only a commit is necessary. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT

Bug#395259: nobootloader: [powerpc/pegasos] bad sed invocation breaks devfs style paths (division by zero)

2006-10-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 01:33:55PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 26 October 2006 09:10, Sven Luther wrote: > > That said, please also apply the first hunk of the attached patch, > > which bumps the check to 1.4, as my colegues released a 1.3 firmware > > from an old

Bug#395259: nobootloader: [powerpc/pegasos] bad sed invocation breaks devfs style paths (division by zero)

2006-10-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 03:25:33AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 23:12, Sven Luther wrote: > > It seems that nobootloader uses still devfs paths for some reason. The > > following line : > > That is not so strange as that line is using th

Bug#395259: nobootloader: [powerpc/pegasos] bad sed invocation breaks devfs style paths (division by zero)

2006-10-25 Thread Sven Luther
a bootable pegasos system. Please apply the below patch to fix this problem. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2

Bug#394661: Missing Required paramater 'Old' at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc.postinst line 393.

2006-10-24 Thread Sven Luther
k etch install. I tried using yaird, but the problem persisted, so it is not a initramfs-tools issue afterall, like Frans thought. I commented out the two lines at 393/394 (die statements, i suppose they are checks for older versions of the kernel or something), and was able to manage installing the

Bug#394971: updated patch, reordered modprobes accordying to depmod and fixed typo.

2006-10-24 Thread Sven Luther
modprobing of the parent modules in the depmod tree, and only load childrens if the parents where successfull. But this is mostly cosmetic, and will not change the functionality in any way. Friendly, Sven Luther Index: debian/changelog

Bug#394972: debian-installer: [powerpc64] include fancontrol modules into netboot and cdrom images.

2006-10-24 Thread Sven Luther
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Tags: patch Please apply the following patch, which adds the fancontrol modules to the powerpc netboot and cdrom images, in order to stop the fans from going into full speed and have the installed box sound like an aircraft after a few minutes. -- Syste

Bug#393795: [powerpc] initramfs creation fails with 2.6.18 during install

2006-10-24 Thread Sven Luther
ostinst. I suppose this is a kernel-package bug of some kind, reassigning there, as well as bumping the severity to critical, as this makes the kernel unusable. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#369448: Can you still reproduce this with 2.6.18 from unstable ?

2006-10-24 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 05:10:46PM -0400, Michael Furr wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > > Just wondering if you can still reproduce this bug ? > Yup :-( > > Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc (from > .../linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc_2.6.18

Bug#394971: rootskel: [powerpc64] load the fan control modules.

2006-10-24 Thread Sven Luther
Package: rootskel Version: [powerpc64] load the fan control modules. Severity: normal Load the fan control modules in order to not let the apple G5 fans go into full speed and aircraft noise level after a few minutes. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing

Bug#394970: finish-install: [powerpc64] Add support for IBM serial consoles (hvc and hvsi)

2006-10-24 Thread Sven Luther
h to do it better without risking breakage, so i will only provide this functional patch. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Ke

Bug#393882: linux-image-2.6.18-1-vserver-powerpc: system freezes eratically with no reason [powerpc, vserver]

2006-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
the issue may be something which is fixed in the 2.6.18.1 upstream release, and available in the upcoming 2.6.18-3 upload. Changelog entry says : - bcm43xx: fix regressions in 2.6.18 (Closes: #392065) If so, it is important you try the daily snapshot builds Bastian mentioned. Friendly,

Bug#392921: Patch attached ...

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
tags 392921 + patch thanks Hello, Find here attached a patch which adds support for the apple fancontrol modules in d-i, creating the fancontrol-modules .udeb. Friendly, Sven Luther Index: debian/changelog === --- debian/changelog

Bug#392764: partman: [powerpc] RAID support is broken on powermac hardware (64bit, XServe G5)

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:56:08PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 13:43, Sven Luther wrote: > > As the title says, an install on my XServe G5, with two brand new 320GB > > sata disks, fails. I can manually setup the RAID partitions, but when i > > go i

Bug#392764: partman: [powerpc] RAID support is broken on powermac hardware (64bit, XServe G5)

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:03:15AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:36:13AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Saturday 14 October 2006 09:41, Sven Luther wrote: > > > The exact message is : > > > > > > Aucune partition de RAID disponible >

Bug#392764: partman: [powerpc] RAID support is broken on powermac hardware (64bit, XServe G5)

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 10:36:13AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 14 October 2006 09:41, Sven Luther wrote: > > The exact message is : > > > > Aucune partition de RAID disponible > > Aucune partition de type << Linux RAID Autodetect >> n'est dis

Bug#392764: partman: [powerpc] RAID support is broken on powermac hardware (64bit, XServe G5)

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
Mmm, did you get the attachement, i got some reject mail. I uploaded the tarball to http://people.debian.org/~luther/partman.tar.bz2 just in case. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#392921: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6: [powerpc64] please include apple fan control modules in the ramdisk.

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
most knowledgeable of guys with regard to their functioning or best practice, but i guess the above information should be more usefull than a patch to be checked anyway. Furthermore, the patch needs then to be added into the powerpc64 ramdisks too. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information

Bug#392765: partman-auto-lvm: [powerpc] Using auto-LVM recipe on apple XServe G5 fails to include apple bootstrap partition.

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:53:48PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 13:48, Sven Luther wrote: > > Doing an install on an apple Xserve G5, using the LVM automatic > > partitioning, fails to create a apple_bootstrap partition for the apple > > bootloader.

Bug#392764: partman: [powerpc] RAID support is broken on powermac hardware (64bit, XServe G5)

2006-10-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:56:08PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 13:43, Sven Luther wrote: > > As the title says, an install on my XServe G5, with two brand new 320GB > > sata disks, fails. I can manually setup the RAID partitions, but when i > > go i

Bug#392765: partman-auto-lvm: [powerpc] Using auto-LVM recipe on apple XServe G5 fails to include apple bootstrap partition.

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:58:29PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 23:08, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Please check that the get_recipedir function in > > > /lib/partman/recipes.sh selects an appropriate set of recipes for > > > that box. You can debu

Bug#392765: partman-auto-lvm: [powerpc] Using auto-LVM recipe on apple XServe G5 fails to include apple bootstrap partition.

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:53:48PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 13:48, Sven Luther wrote: > > Doing an install on an apple Xserve G5, using the LVM automatic > > partitioning, fails to create a apple_bootstrap partition for the apple > > bootloader.

Bug#392764: partman: [powerpc] RAID support is broken on powermac hardware (64bit, XServe G5)

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:56:08PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2006 13:43, Sven Luther wrote: > > As the title says, an install on my XServe G5, with two brand new 320GB > > sata disks, fails. I can manually setup the RAID partitions, but when i > > go i

Bug#392767: [mac] parted is unable to reread partition tables created by d-i/partman.

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
mac partition table, but shows no partitions. The partitions show up just right inside partman though, which uses libparted. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Sh

Bug#392765: partman-auto-lvm: [powerpc] Using auto-LVM recipe on apple XServe G5 fails to include apple bootstrap partition.

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
Package: partman-auto-lvm Version: 63 Severity: important Doing an install on an apple Xserve G5, using the LVM automatic partitioning, fails to create a apple_bootstrap partition for the apple bootloader. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT

Bug#392764: partman: [powerpc] RAID support is broken on powermac hardware (64bit, XServe G5)

2006-10-13 Thread Sven Luther
tition* part, PedPartitionFlag flag) { ... case PED_PARTITION_RAID: Since this is consistently ok, i suppose there is some kind of brokeness in the partman support. If needed, i can provide full logs. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT

Bug#248234: Could you try the current etch beta3 installer, or daily builds ?

2006-10-12 Thread Sven Luther
Hi, ... Could you try the current etch beta3 or daily build installer ? Also, it would be helpful if you gave more info about your hardware, since it seems to be lacking in the bug report. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Bug#369448: Can you still reproduce this with 2.6.18 from unstable ?

2006-10-12 Thread Sven Luther
Hi, ... Just wondering if you can still reproduce this bug ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#391451: linux-2.6: [powerpc] Please enable the amd74xx driver

2006-10-10 Thread Sven Luther
h, if not more, the "powerpc kernel maintainer" than me these past month, ever since you kicked me out of the d-i project while i pleaded you to be comprehending, while my mother was dying beside me. But, then, what can one expect from someone who lacks such basic decency, as you have shown

Bug#390616: linux-image-2.6.18: Enable ATA-Security for Sid kernels

2006-10-05 Thread Sven Luther
massive testing. > massive testing would be to have an debian-installer rc, > with the specific option turned on. for that it is to late > as the next d-i won't use 2.6.18. Which is an error, since we plan to release with a 2.6.18 kernel, and doing an d-i rc round with a kernel we won

Bug#387496: mkvmlinuz: MKPREP variable is not set

2006-10-05 Thread Sven Luther
and > just silently finishes without producing the requested output file. Indeed, they show only up if -v is enabled, we need to add explicit check for each step, and output a verbose message. As above, patches are welcome. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Bug#390565: Can i proceed with commit?

2006-10-05 Thread Sven Luther
the patch proposed for > this bug? Fine with me, we should even make an upload of it rather quickly. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#390994: linux-2.6: e100 microcode: distributable with BSD license, but license not in Linux source

2006-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
part, this is commonly understood to mean micro-code, and as thus it is indeed code for which there is most probably another source formwat than the above as "prefered source of modification", probably some C code or some human readable kind of assembly mnemonic list. Friendly, Sven Luthe

Bug#390994: linux-2.6: e100 microcode: distributable with BSD license, but license not in Linux source

2006-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
an do this post-etch, as the current GRs propose ? Fact is d-i will not have support for non-free firmware in etch, which means qlogic will be unsupported, and any such firmware we move out is in the same case. Frans's "No way" and corresponding statement from Joey Hess make this rather a definitive situation. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 06:56:06PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Sven Luther wrote: > > > I am building a new image, and uploading it, stay tuned. > > I tried the new image (from http://people.debian.org/~luther/g-i/ > powerpc/gtk-miniiso/mi

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

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:24:09PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2006, at 3:34 AM, Sven Luther wrote: > > >>>When I tried this mini.iso on a G4/533MHz "QuickSilver" tower with > >>>"ATY Rage128" graphics, I saw the white-on-

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

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
-i "s/^#disable-module=radeon/disable-module=radeon/" > /etc/directfbrc > +fi > + > +#disabling linux_input DFB module except for "PowerBook6,7" > +if grep "PowerBook6,7" /proc/cpuinfo ; then > + sed -i "s/^#disable-module=linux_input/disa

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

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 09:22:24AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 02:48:50AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > > On Oct 1, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > >I have built the images, and tested it on radeon with the 9200SE, i > &g

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

2006-10-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 02:48:50AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Sven Luther wrote: > > >I have built the images, and tested it on radeon with the 9200SE, i > >confirm > >that disable-module=radeon is uncomented, and the bugs (white-on- &

Bug#390347: linux-2.6: [powerpc64] XServe G5 fails to boot with "Invalid memory access"

2006-10-01 Thread Sven Luther
The g5_defconfig .config works fine, so there is something wrong with the debian config on those machines. I will investigate this. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-10-01 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:04:12AM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:31:05PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > > > >>About the "sed -i" thing, this is to keep coherency with other parts of > >>the i

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

2006-10-01 Thread Sven Luther
the packages including those changes, and then do a call for tester on debian-powerpc. Of especial interest would be testers with nvidia graphic cards, since we don't yet have feedback for those. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2006-10-01 Thread Sven Luther
edback. Friendly, Sven Luther > Index: rootskel-gtk/src/etc/directfbrc > === > --- rootskel-gtk/src/etc/directfbrc (revisione 41145) > +++ rootskel-gtk/src/etc/directfbrc (copia locale) > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ > no-hardwar

Bug#382628: debian-installer: Please support the native ppc64 port

2006-10-01 Thread Sven Luther
've forgotten something. Notice that cdrom64 and netboot64 have gone away (patch from me, commited by Colin Watson), and the powerpc64 flavours are now building from the main netboot/cdrom config options, but i guess you noticed that, and applied the patches from Andreas to the cdrom/netboot dir

Bug#385026: Bug #385026: GTK installer rendering bug in multiselect: progress?

2006-10-01 Thread Sven Luther
related, just want to add my own datapoint. Notice also that Attilio mentioned that the gtk 2.10 based debconf-gtk solves this issue, but we should keep 2.8 because of the BOOM bug, which is since then solved i think. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Bug#390347: linux-2.6: [powerpc64] XServe G5 fails to boot with "Invalid memory access"

2006-09-30 Thread Sven Luther
02111466 Device tree struct 0x02112000 -> 0x02134000 Calling quiesce ... returning from prom_init Invalid memory access at SRR0: .0140399c SRR1: 1000.00083030 Apple RackMac3,1 5.1.7f2 BootROM built on 12/09/04 at 10:58:45 ... Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Deb

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

2006-09-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 04:48:51PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > 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 compa

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

2006-09-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 04:01:15PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > 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: > >> > >&

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

2006-09-24 Thread Sven Luther
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 powerp

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:46:05PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 12:45:10PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > > > >>looking at DFB's supported-hardware page > >> > >>http://www.directfb.org/index.php

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
this would be nice. Maybe you can introduce the problem, and i give a full summary of what i have experienced thus far ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- 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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
ppc stuff ? > > > >No idea, i on no radeon boards :( > > $ lspci | grep ATI > :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 > [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] So, do you see the garbage in the console too ? Ah, but i suppose you don't use radeonfb, but vesafb, right ? Friendly, Sven Luther

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:13:10PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 12:45:10PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > > looking at DFB's supported-hardware page > > > > http://www.directfb.org/index.php?path=Main%2FSupport%2FGraphics > > Well, ...

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
so maybe the above guess was bad, and something else funny happened, since that was with a 2.6.18 kernel. Friendly, Sven Luther

Bug#389079: partman-md: 2.6.18 kernel renamed raid5 module to raid456.

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
Package: partman-md Severity: normal FYI, so partman-md doesn't break once 2.6.18 is uploaded to unstable and migrated to testing, especially important since 2.6.18 is the etch target release kernel. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT pr

Bug#389074: kernel-wedge: 2.6.18 kernel has raid456 instead of raid5 module.

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
Package: kernel-wedge Version: 1.20 Severity: normal As subject says, please find attached patch. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 05:09:15PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 23 September 2006 16:17, Sven Luther wrote: > > Is there some place where we can do some kind of framebuffer device > > detection, and loading of the appropriate modules ? Where is it done > > for vesa

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
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Bug#342053: DirectFrameBuffer crashes on PPC systems if HW accelerated drivers are used

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 01:56:40PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > > > >>>>Yes, i saw the vanished lines in your screenshots and i belive this may > >>>>be #385026, which is GTKDFB 2.8.x related and affects all HW platf

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
hem. nvidia is evil and should be > >boycotted anyway :) > > On my PReP 7043/140 box i experienced success in running unaccelerated > DFB applications with a Matrox card some times ago, but i never managed > to test GTKDFB applications. The problem on PReP is getting it to load the huge g-i initrd, not really running apps afterward, altough this would indicate there is a serious problem with matroxfb maybe. Friendly, Sven Luther -- 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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 12:07:45PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > > > >>I belive disabling hw acceleration on PPC machines is a good choice, as > >>we're interested in stability, not performance, and i also belive > >>perf

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

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:53:56AM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 10:40:34PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > >>On Friday 22 September 2006 21:32, Sven Luther wrote: > >> > >>>We did never implement

Bug#375194: Can you test 2.6.18-rc7 ...

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Luther
; sure that is harmless. > > > > what are your bootargs? > > > > ramdisk_size=8192 video=atyfb:vmode:13,cmode:16 > > hmm what about passing an root bootarg?? > svenl i'm not familiar with that box, please explain how. :) Probably in yaboot.conf's ap

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

2006-09-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 10:40:34PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 22 September 2006 21:32, Sven Luther wrote: > > We did never implement the thingy which disables the acceleration in > > the directfbrc, right ? > > I've committed a patch now that always di

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

2006-09-22 Thread Sven Luther
, this happens also. Ok, that is all for now, i will propose a patch later on which always enables no-hardware on powerpc, so we can at least get some testing done, and then would be happy to do some more advanced debuging to tackle the bug and/or also the console font issue. Friendly, Sven

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

2006-09-22 Thread Sven Luther
Well, My first naive test with the unstable g-i, gives just a blue screen. I can alt-ctr-f2 away, and check a bit. We did never implement the thingy which disables the acceleration in the directfbrc, right ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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

2006-09-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 02:52:24PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >>Last times the g-i was tested on PPC, it turned tout that > >> > >> Known good : radeonfb, vesafb (or whatever x86 uses). > > > > > >vesafb is not bui

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

2006-09-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 09:37:28AM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:32:28PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > >>severity 342053 important > >>thanks > >> > >>Lowering the severity of this bug to impor

Bug#388591: nobootloader: [powerpc]

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
Patch attached ... Index: debian/nobootloader.templates === --- debian/nobootloader.templates (revision 40806) +++ debian/nobootloader.templates (working copy) @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Type: note #flag:translate!:3,6 _Descrip

Bug#388591: nobootloader: [powerpc]

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 05:08:59PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 21 September 2006 15:39, Sven Luther wrote: > > You will only need to do this once. Afterwards, enter the "boot" > > command or reboot the system to proceed to the next installation stage. > >

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

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
en solved already :). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#387780: initramfs-tools: power cut during update-initramfs leaves system unbootable

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 11:52:29AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 11:06:54AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 11:00:21AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > > > > nono, not debconf please. > > > > Why not debconf

Bug#388591: nobootloader: [powerpc]

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:54:34PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 21 September 2006 13:55, Sven Luther wrote: > > The attached patch clarifies the wording of the nobootloader > > chrp_pegasos case, in order to adapt to future non-pegasos Genesi > > models. > >

Bug#388591: nobootloader: [powerpc]

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
Package: nobootloader Version: 1.10 Severity: normal Tags: d-i, patch The attached patch clarifies the wording of the nobootloader chrp_pegasos case, in order to adapt to future non-pegasos Genesi models. Friendly, Sven Luther -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT

Bug#375194: Can you test 2.6.18-rc7 ...

2006-09-20 Thread Sven Luther
do you think of a facility like that ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#387780: initramfs-tools: power cut during update-initramfs leaves system unbootable

2006-09-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 11:00:21AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 10:17:12AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > What about backuping the currently running one ? Or keeping load of backups > > ? > > > > But the idea was to ask this in a debconf q

Bug#387780: initramfs-tools: power cut during update-initramfs leaves system unbootable

2006-09-20 Thread Sven Luther
f available kernels : ... Then the user can change either the default or backup kernels, and how many he would like to save and so on. ramdisk generators, bootloaders and co should share in this scheme, and everything will work happily thereafter. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#388296: nobootloader: Pegasos firmware older than 1.2.99 need to substract 1 from partitions.

2006-09-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 09:22:45PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > tags 388296 pending > thanks > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 07:41:45PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Can you please check the attached patch and commit it in both ubuntu and > > debian if it seems ok to you.

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