Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Bastian Blank
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:56:03PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > The major issue for d-i with 2.6.13 is the dropped devfs support. It is only disabled. Bastian -- No one wants war. -- Kirk, "Errand of Mercy", stardate 3201.7 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#327355: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7: amverify w/ ide-tape causes bug, then kernel panic

2005-09-12 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Horms wrote: > Hi Anthony, > > I am forwarding this to the IDE Tape maintainer for his consideration. > Thank you. Please tell me if anything comes out of it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Install New Kernel - How do I?

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:04:26PM -0700, lordSauron wrote: > so... > > I already have grub (lucky me) and it already is my default boot > loader. So, do those commands to change kernels, are they just > options of kernels to boot? So, I specify to grub that the amd64-k8 > kernel is the one I wa

Re: Install New Kernel - How do I?

2005-09-12 Thread lordSauron
so... I already have grub (lucky me) and it already is my default boot loader. So, do those commands to change kernels, are they just options of kernels to boot? So, I specify to grub that the amd64-k8 kernel is the one I want to use default, start using it, then I can just remove the old kernel

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: CAN-2005-2802 split into separate CANs]

2005-09-12 Thread David S. Miller
From: Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:41:28 +0900 > Is there any discussion of how that should be done floating around, > and how much work do you think would be involved? Not really, Patrick McHardy and myself simply decided that is what is needed last time this got discussed

Bug#323077: initrd-tools: patch for #323077, handle linux-gate.so

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 12:29:43PM +1000, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > Package: initrd-tools > Version: 0.1.82 > Followup-For: Bug #323077 > > e2fsprogs is dying due to the new virtual DSO linux-gate.so > as described here > http://www.trilithium.com/johan/2005/08/linux-gate/ > > see attached patch fo

Re: Install New Kernel - How do I?

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 05:58:44PM -0700, lordSauron wrote: > forgive me - I'm very new to linux. I have a AMD Athlon64 3000+ chip, > and I just installed Debian linux with kernel version 2.4.27-2 i386, > so my chip is running in 32-bit emulation mode (to the best of my > knowledge) I'd like to i

Re: debian stable version (installation problems)

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:50:39AM +, enediel gonzalez wrote: > >From: Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: enediel gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: debian stable version (installation problems) > >Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:47:36 +0900 > > > >On Su

Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:36:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > > I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels for > powerpc for sarge. You will find all that is needed at : > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel > > or the apt source : > > deb http:/

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: CAN-2005-2802 split into separate CANs]

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 02:07:51PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Juergen Kreileder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:43:28 +0200 > > > Dave Miller didn't like the usage of xtime.tv_sec (via get_seconds()), > > as it can be changed from the outside which may cause problems. S

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Jurij Smakov
Thanks to everyone for feedback. The situation is somewhat more clear now. In summary: * d-i is fine as far as we keep the traditional initrd support for a while. As Bastian mentioned, it is pretty much guaranteed that it is going to be supported until 2.6.15, which gives the d-i team some t

Bug#323077: initrd-tools: patch for #323077, handle linux-gate.so

2005-09-12 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Package: initrd-tools Version: 0.1.82 Followup-For: Bug #323077 e2fsprogs is dying due to the new virtual DSO linux-gate.so as described here http://www.trilithium.com/johan/2005/08/linux-gate/ see attached patch for a possible fix -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstabl

Install New Kernel - How do I?

2005-09-12 Thread lordSauron
forgive me - I'm very new to linux. I have a AMD Athlon64 3000+ chip, and I just installed Debian linux with kernel version 2.4.27-2 i386, so my chip is running in 32-bit emulation mode (to the best of my knowledge) I'd like to install the 2.6.8-11 amd64-k8 kernel, however, and use it. I tried t

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:56:03PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 12 September 2005 03:23, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > 2. What changes need to be done to integrate a new initrd-generating > > tool into the kernel packaging infrastracture. It might be as simple as > > switching the postinst of kern

Bug#322697: fixed

2005-09-12 Thread Debian Archive Maintenance
We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following package(s) have been removed from unstable: kernel-build-2.6.10-1 | 2.6.10-6 | sparc kernel-doc-2.6.10 | 2.6.10-6 | all kernel-headers-2.6.10-1 | 2.6.10-1 | hppa kernel-headers-2.6.10-1 | 2.6.10-2 | alpha kernel-headers-2.6.1

Bug#317079: fixed

2005-09-12 Thread Debian Archive Maintenance
We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following package(s) have been removed from unstable: kernel-build-2.6.11-1 | 2.6.11-5 | sparc kernel-build-2.6.11-power3 | 2.6.11-2 | powerpc kernel-build-2.6.11-power3-smp | 2.6.11-2 | powerpc kernel-build-2.6.11-power4 | 2.6.11-2 |

Re: ftp.debian.org: Please remove those (renamed) hppa 2.6.12 kernels from the archive ...

2005-09-12 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 09:44:52AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hi, the following packages : > linux-headers-2.6-32, (...) > should be removed from the archive. Already done via rene. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Processed: Re: Please remove some linux packages from sid

2005-09-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 323183 kernel Bug#323183: Please remove some linux packages from sid Bug reassigned from package `ftp.debian.org' to `kernel'. > tags 323183 moreinfo Bug#323183: Please remove some linux packages from sid There were no tags set. Tags added: mo

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Marco d'Itri
In linux.debian.kernel Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The major issue for d-i with 2.6.13 is the dropped devfs support. However, >there already is support for udev in d-i; what's currently missing is a >udeb for hotplug. What we have was backported by Colin Watson from Actually we have h

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 12 September 2005 03:23, Jurij Smakov wrote: > 2. What changes need to be done to integrate a new initrd-generating > tool into the kernel packaging infrastracture. It might be as simple as > switching the postinst of kernel packages from running mkinitrd to > running yaird. I have no ide

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: CAN-2005-2802 split into separate CANs]

2005-09-12 Thread David S. Miller
From: Juergen Kreileder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:43:28 +0200 > Dave Miller didn't like the usage of xtime.tv_sec (via get_seconds()), > as it can be changed from the outside which may cause problems. So, > in short, I have to find a better fix (although I'm perfectly happy >

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: CAN-2005-2802 split into separate CANs]

2005-09-12 Thread Juergen Kreileder
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 01:14:49AM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: >> Hi Horms, >> can you please >> a) correct the changelog in SVN > > Done. > >> b) check whether CAN-2005-2873 is fixed as well > > That bug does seem to be present in 2.4.27, 2.6.8, 2.6.12, 2.6.13 > a

Bug#327758: Bug #327758; the issue doesn't occur on 2.6.8 kernel

2005-09-12 Thread Stefano Melchior
Hi all, I would like to add a short report about this bug. I installed my Apple Powerbook G4 with the 2.6.8 directly from the netinst.iso [EMAIL PROTECTED] uname -a Linux monteverdi 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Fri May 20 10:37:45 JST 2005 ppc GNU/Linux and it seems that this issue doesn't appear with this k

Re: changelog format

2005-09-12 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 07:49:29PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > filippo, with his devscripts' co-maint hat on > > What about supporting various formats, and in particular supporting our own > proposed format ? Looks fine to me, please feel free to open a bug against devscripts (I'll do if needed

Re: changelog format

2005-09-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:22:47PM +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > Horms wrote: > >>>Notice that the [] part will probably become a standard all among > >>>debian as dch enforces it, so maybe it is worthwhile thinking about it. > >> > >>Yes, perhaps I should be attacking the root of the problem.

Bug#120116: Thanks

2005-09-12 Thread Bud Stroud
CLIENT ALERT - For your immediate review: Sorry for the initial delay, but your file has now been reviewed and we are happy to present you with three options for you to consider. Please note that this is a time sensitive matter and that your previous credit situation should not be a factor.

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jurij Smakov [Sun, Sep 11 2005, 06:23:25PM]: > Hello, > > As you probably know, the 2.6.13 kernel is out, and we are facing some > problems with packaging it for Debian. A major change compared to 2.6.12 > is the discontinued support for devfs, which, I understand, renders > current

Re: changelog format

2005-09-12 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
Horms wrote: >>>Notice that the [] part will probably become a standard all among >>>debian as dch enforces it, so maybe it is worthwhile thinking about it. >> >>Yes, perhaps I should be attacking the root of the problem. See #326064. >>Perhaps discussion of this is a bit premature until we hear

Bug#326602: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc: [powerpc] ramdomly switches off

2005-09-12 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
Sven Luther wrote: [snip] >>Today it happened when i unplugged the computer from the power suply and went >>on battery. I noticed that the framebuffer did not answer to "raise the bright >>level" (fn-f2) key, and few seconds after it died on me. > > > may it be related to the nvidia chip for whic

Processed: Comments from AVM on Bug#325704

2005-09-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > noowner 325704 Bug#325704: "Kernel oops with c2faxsend" Removed annotation that Bug was owned by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, D

Bug#325704: Comments from AVM on Bug#325704

2005-09-12 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
noowner 325704 thanks - Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Subject: Re[2]: capi4hylafax: latest drivers? To: Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Lionel, this problem has another origin. While reconstructing kernel 2.6. the call of "capilib_release_a

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Bastian Blank
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 02:25:12PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Bastian Blank wrote: > > Why do we need klibc for initramfs? > small size. LVM and multipath-tools are not built against klibc and the first don't support it. > nice tools for initial userspace. libc or too

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread maximilian attems
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:20:29PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > > as next step an initramfs-tools upload is planed for that week. > > Why do we need klibc for initramfs? small size. nice tools for initial userspace. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: debian stable version (installation problems)

2005-09-12 Thread enediel gonzalez
From: Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: enediel gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: debian stable version (installation problems) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:47:36 +0900 On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 12:12:43AM +, enediel gonzalez wrote: > Hello: > > Using the ne

Bug#327827: sym53c8xx: Domain Validation Initial Inquiry Failed

2005-09-12 Thread Debian User
Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 Version: 2.6.12-6 Severity: normal -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7 Locale: LANG

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Frederik Schueler
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 07:10:43AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > A major drawback of yaird is lack of configuration. this has been added in > latest release, and I have now spend all night packaging it, so should be > available by tomorrow night in sid. Until then it can be grabbed at > http:

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hello, when we discussed the initrd issue yesterday, I tested yaird on my ide-based laptop, and it worked fine out of the box. I think we should have a closer look at it, but be prepared for problems as already the package description states it is not well tested and might have problems on SCSI

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread Bastian Blank
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:20:29PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > as next step an initramfs-tools upload is planed for that week. Why do we need klibc for initramfs? > ps we could simply reenable devfs in 2.6.13, > as only the Makefile snippet was removed, > but that's not a long-term option s

Re: In preparation for 2.6.13 - initrd issues

2005-09-12 Thread maximilian attems
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Andres Salomon wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 06:23:25PM -0700, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > Hello, > > > > As you probably know, the 2.6.13 kernel is out, and we are facing some > > problems > > with packaging it for Debian. A major change compared to 2.6.12 is the > > disco

Bug#327355: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7: amverify w/ ide-tape causes bug, then kernel panic

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
Hi Anthony, I am forwarding this to the IDE Tape maintainer for his consideration. -- Horms On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:43:54AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 > Version: 2.6.12-6 > Severity: important > > amverify started, then shortly later (after the first

Bug#327758: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc: sound on powerbook has reduced volume

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 08:49:25AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:39:57PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:51:43PM +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > > > Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc > > > Version: 2.6.12-6 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > The maxim

Bug#312255: Problems booting kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:34:08PM +0200, Alessandro Di Rubbo wrote: > Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 > Version: 2.6.8-16 > Followup-For: Bug #312255 > > > If I boot the system using kernel 2.6, after the message "Starting GNOME > DISPLAY MANAGER: gdm", a messy image appears, similar to my des

Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686: oops in hiddev

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 11:13:48AM +0200, Arno Peters wrote: > Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 > Version: 2.6.8-16 > Severity: normal > > *** Please type your report below this line *** > > Current setup: server protected by APC UPS. Monitoring of UPC status > using apcupsd package via USB. H

Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:37:59AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 06:13:24PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:00:56AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > kernel-package (>= 8.135) [!powerpc] | kernel-package (>= 8.135.sarge1) > > > > [powerpc] > > > > > > I di

Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

2005-09-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 06:13:24PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:00:56AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > kernel-package (>= 8.135) [!powerpc] | kernel-package (>= 8.135.sarge1) > > > [powerpc] > > > > I did another change, but maybe it was not needed, so i think the above is a

Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:00:56AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:50:33PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:36:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels > > > for > > > p

CAN-2005-2802 split into separate CANs

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
This is FYI, Moritz confirmend there is nothing confidential here. - Forwarded message from Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:38:42 +0900 From: Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Moritz Muehlenhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Juergen Kreileder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [

Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

2005-09-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:50:33PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:36:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels for > > powerpc for sarge. You will find all that is needed at : > > > > http://people

Bug#327553: Bug in kernel 2.6.13.1, Cannot find USB devices on 2.6.13.1, on ICH4m

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 01:05:32AM +0300, Sam (Uli) Freed wrote: > Subject: linux-2.6: Cannot find USB devices on 2.6.13.1, on ICH4m chipset. > Package: linux-2.6 > Severity: normal > > *** Please type your report below this line *** > > This is a bug in 2.6.13.1, as downloaded from kernel.org, a

Re: Announcing powerpc backport 2.6.12-6 kernel package for sarge

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:36:50PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > > I have made available backport packages of the linux-2.6 common kernels for > powerpc for sarge. You will find all that is needed at : > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/kernel > > or the apt source : > > deb http:/

Re: debian stable version (installation problems)

2005-09-12 Thread Horms
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 12:12:43AM +, enediel gonzalez wrote: > Hello: > > Using the netinst CD , I'm trying to install the stable version of > debian, (i386) > > The PC has an Realtek onboard network card, I faced some errors installing, > so, I decided to desactivate it an added a 3com9

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 09:27:31AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 05:56:38PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 04:59:54PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/testing : > > > > > > 2. It must be compiled and up to date o

Bug#327758: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc: sound on powerbook has reduced volume

2005-09-12 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:51:43PM +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: [...] >> Please note that 'beep' is working at the normal level, so it may >> be a problem related to only PCM channel. > > Appologies for my ignorance, but what sound chip and driver > is used on your machine? Kernel module should

Re: Bug#322723: 'ip route' kernel problem w/ gcc-4.0

2005-09-12 Thread Matthias Klose
severity 322723 important thanks there's a workaround, and gcc-3.4 is known to work as well. Is there any reason to use gcc-4.0 for kernel builds on all architectures? Frans Pop writes: > I've reassigned this bug from the kernel to gcc-4.0 as we feel that the > solution chosen in the kernel pac

Re: Linux 2.6.12-6 uploaded and built on all arches, waiting testing migration and futur upload plan.

2005-09-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 05:56:38PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 04:59:54PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > http://www.debian.org/devel/testing : > > > > 2. It must be compiled and up to date on all architectures it has previously > > been compiled for in unstable

Bug#327758: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc: sound on powerbook has reduced volume

2005-09-12 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:39:57PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:51:43PM +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > > Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc > > Version: 2.6.12-6 > > Severity: normal > > > > The maximum volume you may set using kernel 2.6.12 on a powerbook g4 > > Titanium >