Question about custom kernels and linux-libc-dev

2009-07-24 Thread Dave Witbrodt
Hi, Can some kind member of the Debian Kernel Team direct me to some documentation about how the package 'linux-libc-dev' fits into the picture. I am learning about the standard toolchain, and just noticed that installing 'gcc' brings in a dependency on 'libc6-dev'. (That makes sense to m

ITP: RT kernel patch

2009-07-24 Thread Pedro R
Hello all I wish to file an ITP for the realtime kernel patch (http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page). I was told in IRC to mail here for your opinions on this matter before submitting the ITP. Note that I don't have any experience packaging for Debian, but I have ample experience bu

Re: Kernel BoF, 25th July

2009-07-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 15:37 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote: > There will be a kernel BoF at DebConf tomorrow (25th July) at > 10:00-11:00 local time (12:00-13:00 UTC). This is intended for the I mean, of course, 08:00-09:00 UTC. (Going west and forward an hour is confusing...) > kernel team and oth

Processed: tagging 511385

2009-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny3 > tags 511385 + pending Bug #511385 [linux-image-2.6.26-1-686] AverMedia AverTV Cardbus Hybrid E506R not working Added tag(s) pending. > End of message, stopping processin

Bug#538332: linux-2.6: [x86] Null pointer dereference in hrtick_start_fair.

2009-07-24 Thread Alok Kataria
Package: linux-2.6 Version: Debian 5.0r2 Hi, There was a regression on mainline kernel due to my patches for tsc unification. It seems lenny has picked-up those unification patches but didn't pick the fix for that regression. I checked sources for Debian5 5.0r2 and its missing the fix. The co

Bug#538159: CONFIG_X86_PAT=y breaks bogl-bterm, d-i

2009-07-24 Thread Joey Hess
Users have now confirmed this bug on real hardware: It breaks d-i on a Compaq DC9600. Probably the tip of the iceberg. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#536537: What to fix in BIOS?

2009-07-24 Thread Kushal Koolwal
I too encountered the same problem on our Intel Atom (Poulsbo chipset) based computer running Debian 5.0. Upon looking at the file reboot.c in the kernel I found that the following two works for me: reboot=bios reboot=acpi Now at this point of time I am not sure if this is a BIOS issue or a ke

Processed: same here on thinkpad x300

2009-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > found 534422 2.6.29-6 Bug #534422 [linux-2.6] Enabling KMS causes lots of segfaults after hibernation resume There is no source info for the package 'linux-2.6' at version '2.6.29-6' with architecture '' Unable to make a source version for versi

Bug#537085: linux-image-2.6-amd64: garmin_gps module stopped working - patch

2009-07-24 Thread Jan Hudec
Hello, The patch attached to https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=671991&aid=2821531&group_id=115375 works for me. Tested with gpsbabel both read and write and verified that it does not break mapsource running in wine. Regards, Jan PS: Sourceforge stopped working for me -- I am not

Bug#538159: CONFIG_X86_PAT=y breaks bogl-bterm, d-i

2009-07-24 Thread Joey Hess
maximilian attems wrote: > haven't looked at what bogl tries to do, > but yes please report on bugzilla.kernel.org I'm sorry, but reporting kernel bugs in the debian BTS is as far as I go. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#538159: CONFIG_X86_PAT=y breaks bogl-bterm, d-i

2009-07-24 Thread maximilian attems
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:47:37PM +0200, Joey Hess wrote: > maximilian attems wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > > The simplest fix seems to be to turn PAT off, especially since its > > > Kconfig mentions that it can lead to "boot crash, boot hang, > > > spontaneous reboots)

Re: piupart failure on preinst

2009-07-24 Thread maximilian attems
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, maximilian attems wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, maximilian attems wrote: > > > as bonus linux-2.6 images are easily installed in chroots > > without stupid do_initrd set in /etc/kernel-img.conf > > also gets rid of 4 ambigous debconf templates. > > > > as follow up the old-

Bug#538159: CONFIG_X86_PAT=y breaks bogl-bterm, d-i

2009-07-24 Thread Joey Hess
maximilian attems wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Joey Hess wrote: > > > The simplest fix seems to be to turn PAT off, especially since its > > Kconfig mentions that it can lead to "boot crash, boot hang, > > spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver". > > that was the case for <= 2.6.29,

Bug#537085: same problem here ...

2009-07-24 Thread Frank Loeffler
Hi, this is to let you know that I seem to have the same problem. I recently updated from the current lenny kernel (2.6.26, self-compiled, but only with changes to one pata-driver), to the current version in sid (2.6.30, with the same change). Communication with my Garmin GPSMap 60csx was no pro

scheduling an upload to stable-p-u

2009-07-24 Thread dann frazier
We have several fixes queued up so I'd like to schedule an upload for lenny p-u. I propose we shoot for Wednesday, 7/29. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#538159: CONFIG_X86_PAT=y breaks bogl-bterm, d-i

2009-07-24 Thread maximilian attems
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Joey Hess wrote: > The simplest fix seems to be to turn PAT off, especially since its > Kconfig mentions that it can lead to "boot crash, boot hang, > spontaneous reboots) or a non-working video driver". that was the case for <= 2.6.29, anyway for KMS you want PAT *on*. so PA

Kernel BoF, 25th July

2009-07-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
There will be a kernel BoF at DebConf tomorrow (25th July) at 10:00-11:00 local time (12:00-13:00 UTC). This is intended for the kernel team and other people interested in the state and development of the kernel packages. In order to include waldi and maks from the kernel team, discussion should

Bug#538212: please provide a linux-image-r5k-ip22

2009-07-24 Thread Siggy Brentrup
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 22:44 -0600, dann frazier wrote: > reassign 538212 linux-2.6 > thanks > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 05:55:01AM +0200, Siggy Brentrup wrote: > > Package: linux-latest-2.6 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > I'm owning an Indy R5000 with IP22 ROM. > > > > last dist-upgrade left me

Bug#537862: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: does not boot, probably due to #537389)

2009-07-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:25:08 +0200 with message-id <20090724102508.ga19...@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> and subject line Re: Bug#537862: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: does not boot, probably due to #537389 has caused the Debian Bug report #537862, regarding linux-image-2.6.30-1-686: does

Bug#522956: [firmware-linux] Duplicate of 528056

2009-07-24 Thread David Baron
This is a duplicate--they finally found there way into the package's listing. I am presently testing a corrected version which seems to be OK. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org