Re: [RFC] Updating boot loaders in lenny and squeeze

2010-06-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 08:50:27PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 23:31 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:12:42AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: That does seem like a more general-purpose solution, rather than having lilo and zipl treated as special

Bug#587215: [linux-image-2.6.32-5-686]

2010-06-27 Thread ing. Barry B.F. de Graaff (debian)
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 Version: 2.6.32-15 --- Please enter the report below this line. --- --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel:       Linux 2.6.32-5-686 Debian Release: squeeze/sid  500 unstable        mirror.hro.nl  500 unstable        ftp.debian.org --- Package

Bug#587215: Info received ([linux-image-2.6.32-5-686])

2010-06-27 Thread ing. Barry B.F. de Graaff (debian)
--- Output from package bug script --- ** Version: Linux version 2.6.32-5-686 (Debian 2.6.32-15) (b...@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-1) ) #1 SMP Tue Jun 1 04:59:47 UTC 2010 ** Command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=UUID=a9777dc3-55f7-4c80-a03a-9e9ba9ad5539 ** Not

Processed: Re: Bug#585677: linux-image-2.6.32-5-486: impossible to mount partitions (except /)

2010-06-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 585677 initscripts Bug #585677 [initramfs-tools] linux-image-2.6.32-5-486: impossible to mount partitions (except /) Bug reassigned from package 'initramfs-tools' to 'initscripts'. Bug No longer marked as found in versions

Processed: reassign 587290 to linux-base

2010-06-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: # initramfs-tools does not modify yaboot.conf reassign 587290 linux-base Bug #587290 [initramfs-tools] initramfs-tools: malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab Bug reassigned from package 'initramfs-tools' to

Bug#585677: linux-image-2.6.32-5-486: impossible to mount partitions (except /)

2010-06-27 Thread maximilian attems
reassign 585677 initscripts stop On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 09:57:21PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 22:49 +0200, Stéphane Blondon wrote: 2010/6/20 Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk: Please try booting with 'break=premount' added to the kernel parameters. When the boot

Bug#586558: [stable] [PATCH] Btrfs: should add a permission check for setfacl

2010-06-27 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 09:55:47AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 06:47:05AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 03:47:05PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 06:30:21PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: This was commit

Processed: retitle 585609 to linux-base: Difficult to recover from failed device ID transition

2010-06-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: retitle 585609 linux-base: Difficult to recover from failed device ID transition Bug #585609 [linux-base] linux-base: postinstall script fails on loop-aes partitions Changed Bug title to 'linux-base: Difficult to recover from failed device ID

Bug#587290: initramfs-tools: malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
Please send the files /etc/fstab, /etc/yaboot.conf.old and /etc/yaboot.conf from your system. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Processed: tagging 587290, found 587290 in 2.6.32-15

2010-06-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tags 587290 moreinfo Bug #587290 [linux-base] initramfs-tools: malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab Added tag(s) moreinfo. found 587290 2.6.32-15 Bug #587290 [linux-base] initramfs-tools: malformed

Bug#488566: some info

2010-06-27 Thread Martin Michlmayr
- Forwarded message from Fito . binaura...@hotmail.com - Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:39:59 + From: Fito . binaura...@... To: t...@cyrius.com Subject: kernel bug hello. i'm writing to you to inform that there's a working patch (at least it worked for me) for an important kernel bug.

Bug#587329: nfs-common: does not ignore commented out lines in fstab

2010-06-27 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
Package: nfs-common Version: 1:1.2.2-1 Severity: important Tags: patch The fstab read while loop in /etc/init.d/nfs-common catched my eye. There's a real danger things may go wrong there, as commented out lines are _not_ ignored. The lenny version of the init script suffers from the same problem.

Re: Call for Testing: initramfs-tools 0.97

2010-06-27 Thread Joachim Wiedorn
Michael Prokop m...@debian.org wrote on 2010-06-18 23:48: we - the initramfs-tools maintainers in Debian - want to provide a solid initramfs-tools version for squeeze. The new release 0.97 is expected to fix many longstanding problems. It would be great if we could receive feedback from

Bug#587215: [linux-image-2.6.32-5-686]

2010-06-27 Thread ing. Barry B.F. de Graaff (debian)
linux-image-2.6.32-5-686.bug Description: Binary data

Bug#587329: fix for some errors introduced with patch 11

2010-06-27 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
Another patch attached. Cheers, -- Cristian--- nfs-common.~13~ 2010-06-27 16:06:58.0 +0200 +++ nfs-common 2010-06-27 16:54:58.0 +0200 @@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ if [ $NEED_IDMAPD = yes ] then log_progress_msg idmapd - start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --name

RE: setup multimodem gprs on debian (multitech system

2010-06-27 Thread lejkt lejkt
After having download the firmware, # cp /home/dis/Download/mts_gsm.fw/lib//firmware/ # rmmod ti_usb_3410_5052 modprobe ti_usb_3410_5052 ERROR: Module ti_usb_3410_5052 does not exist in /proc/modules From: b...@decadent.org.uk To: jtam...@hotmail.com CC: bluestonech...@gmail.com;

RE: setup multimodem gprs on debian (multitech system

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 15:46 +, lejkt lejkt wrote: After having download the firmware, # cp /home/dis/Download/mts_gsm.fw/lib//firmware/ # rmmod ti_usb_3410_5052 modprobe ti_usb_3410_5052 ERROR: Module ti_usb_3410_5052 does not exist in /proc/modules That's odd. Just 'modprobe

Bug#587329: fix for some errors introduced with patch 11

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 17:05 +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote: Another patch attached. So far as I can see, these patches break down as: 02. I don't think we want to do this. I think the script should fail noisily if files are present but unreadable. 03. Fixes this bug. 10. Fixes another

VCS for nfs-utils and ethtool

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
Since we're co-maintaining nfs-utils, I think it's about time we put it in version control. I would favour putting it in git under the kernel project. Similarly for ethtool. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description:

Re: (was Bug#570350) Google Chrome

2010-06-27 Thread Berni Elbourn
On 27/06/10 03:02, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:01 +0100, Berni Elbourn wrote: Re: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570350 Sorry but the patch at the bottom of the thread doesn't seem to like me: Preparation: apt-get source linux-2.6 apt-get install

Bug#587215: [linux-image-2.6.32-5-686]

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
OK, and for comparison, can you repeat that while using the original driver? (Temporarily remove the driver you got from the manufacturer.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

Bug#587329: fix for some errors introduced with patch 11

2010-06-27 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 17:05 +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote: Another patch attached. So far as I can see, these patches break down as: 02. I don't think we want to do this. I think the script should fail noisily if files are present but

Re: [RFC] Updating boot loaders in lenny and squeeze

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 22:43 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:45:58 -0400 (EDT), Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 20:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: Sounds reasonable to me. This is for Squeeze+1, right? No, we need something like this for squeeze. On

Re: [RFC] Updating boot loaders in lenny and squeeze

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 10:19 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 08:50:27PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 23:31 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:12:42AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: That does seem like a more general-purpose

Bug#587290: initramfs-tools: malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab

2010-06-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On 06/27/10 08:19, Ben Hutchings wrote: Please send the files /etc/fstab, /etc/yaboot.conf.old and /etc/yaboot.conf from your system. Ben. OK. Here they are: /etc/yaboot.conf from the hda6 partition (see note [1]) ## yaboot.conf generated by debian-installer ## ## run: man yaboot.conf

Bug#488566: some info

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 14:57 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: - Forwarded message from Fito . binaura...@hotmail.com - Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:39:59 + From: Fito . binaura...@... To: t...@cyrius.com Subject: kernel bug hello. i'm writing to you to inform that there's a

Processed: unarchiving 570350, reopening 570350, fixed 570350 in 2.6.32-5

2010-06-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: unarchive 570350 Bug #570350 {Done: Moritz Muehlenhoff j...@inutil.org} [linux-2.6] [chrome] linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64: kernel BUG at kernel/exit.c:822! Bug #542115 {Done: Moritz Muehlenhoff j...@inutil.org} [linux-2.6] [chrome]

Bug#585609: linux-base: postinstall script fails on loop-aes partitions

2010-06-27 Thread Adam Spragg
On Saturday 26 June 2010 22:50:42 Ben Hutchings wrote: On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 14:45 +0100, Adam Spragg wrote: r...@host:~# dpkg --configure --pending Setting up linux-base (2.6.32-15) ... tune2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda6

Bug#587355: i915: X locks up when trying to play DVD on Thinkpad X40

2010-06-27 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 Version: 2.6.32-15 Severity: important I ran into this on a freshly installed Thinkpad X40 with todays Debian/Squeeze. The external VGA connector is connected to a video projector. I plugged in a USB DVD player, installed libdvdcss2 and tried to play the DVD

Bug#587290: initramfs-tools: malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
reassign 587290 yaboot thanks On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 15:12 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: On 06/27/10 08:19, Ben Hutchings wrote: Please send the files /etc/fstab, /etc/yaboot.conf.old and /etc/yaboot.conf from your system. [...] [1] the hda6 partition is using my modified /usr/sbin/ybin that I

Processed: Re: Bug#587290: initramfs-tools: malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab

2010-06-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 587290 yaboot Bug #587290 [linux-base] initramfs-tools: malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab Bug reassigned from package 'linux-base' to 'yaboot'. Bug No longer marked as found in versions

Bug#573144: linux-image-2.6-686: kernel freezes related to i915 handle error

2010-06-27 Thread Zbynek Michl
Hello, I am experiencing the same problem in 2.6.32-5-686 and 2.6.34-1-686 on my Acer laptop with i855 chipset. System freezes randomly as described by Eric. I guess that 2.6.32-3-686 was fine, but I am not sure (have not this kernel anymore). Thanks, Zbynek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: [RFC] Updating boot loaders in lenny and squeeze

2010-06-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:22:07 -0400 (EDT), Ben Hutchings wrote: There is a minor problem with this, which is that it will likely result in updating the boot loader twice during a kernel installation or upgrade. We could avoid that by specifying that: 3. Boot loaders must install kernel

[DRAFT] Policy for Linux kernel, initramfs, boot loader update process

2010-06-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
I propose the following policy for squeeze and later releases. This affects all Linux kernel, initramfs builder and boot loader packages, and the installer. I regret that this is happening so late in the release cycle, but currently a kernel update can easily leave the system unbootable and this