Bug#369456: debian-installer: Multiple CD installation not possible
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 08:20, you wrote: y> Severity 369456 normal > Retitle 369456 debian-installer: Multiple CD installation not possible > Tags 369456 moreinfo > Thanks so far > > > It is not possible to scan the other CDs/DVDs before the reboot. > > Why should it be done before the reboot? > Please elaborate your request. > Because the implied intention is to install the system before the reboot. The following support the implication. 1. The network installation does this. This is also achieved by the first DVD, but only because ~99% of the packages that people want are on this DVD. 2. The automatic provision to scan discs and run tasksel after the reboot, as found in sarge, has been removed. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875Mobile 027 663 4453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs & DVDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#177445: is it you?
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Re: New DASD templates
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:34:31AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > Well, there is only one work up for translation. As s390 don't use any > translations, it may just worth to don't translate it at all. Then why'd you mark them as translatable...? -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords
Package: DebianInstaller Version: Etch Sorry for any confusion, the homepage of the DebianInstaller is not very clear how and where to send bugreports for the DebianInstaller. If the human maintainer of the bugtracker could be so kind to forward this report to the developers, i would be grateful. The actual bugreport: When using the graphical frontend of the Debian installer the user is asked for a root password and for a password of any newly created user. Unfortunatly these passwords are not saved, so that a login after installation fails. I used the Etch netinstall snapshot from the 28th of May 2006 and repeated this once with the same result. I don't know what information could be useful for you, so i just drop in some random data. I designated four partitions: / on XFS (hda6) /home on XFS (hda5) /boot on ext2 (hda2) swap on swap (hda3) I did not use DHCP but a static adress in my C-class LAN. After two failed attempts i used the normal textmode installer and installation succeeded on first try. HTH, Björn Janßen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATTENTION: d-i build machines need upgrae to glibc >= 2.3.6-11
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 09:16:52PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > [ upgrade to glibc >= > 2.3.6-11 ASAP ] > > (This issue might not affect a couple of architectures like ia64 and hppa > that I think already had libc linked to libgcc before. Also, the new > glibc hasn't autobuilt on a couple of arches (yet..)) Sparc is one of the 'not autobuilt yet' architectures. Will the next daily build fail due a dependency on libc6 => 2.3.6-11 ? How to monitor the availabillaty of the new libc6 ? Cheers Geert Stappers P.S. I kept the CC-list. Are it the porters of d-i? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: ATTENTION: d-i build machines need upgrae to glibc >= 2.3.6-11
Geert Stappers wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 09:16:52PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > [ upgrade to glibc >= > 2.3.6-11 ASAP ] > > > > (This issue might not affect a couple of architectures like ia64 and hppa > > that I think already had libc linked to libgcc before. Also, the new > > glibc hasn't autobuilt on a couple of arches (yet..)) > > Sparc is one of the 'not autobuilt yet' architectures. > Will the next daily build fail due a dependency on libc6 => 2.3.6-11 ? > > How to monitor the availabillaty of the new libc6 ? The advice might be a bit over the top, 2.3.6-13 is supposed to fix that particular bug, which AFAICS means older images will work again once it is built and in the archive. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to rotate a image display in DirectFB?
Dear all, Does anyone tell me how to display a image in DirectFB, the image format may be JPEG or Bitmap. Regards, Yunfeng
Re: [directfb-dev] how to rotate a image display in DirectFB?
Hi, You should have a look at the DirectFB API http://www.directfb.org/index.php?path=Documentation%2FAPI+Reference The IDirectFBImageProvider is used for getting information about and loading one image from a file. Pedro. On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 19:39 +0800, Lu yunfeng wrote: > Dear all, > > Does anyone tell me how to display a image in DirectFB, the image format may > be JPEG or Bitmap. > > Regards, > Yunfeng > > ___ > directfb-dev mailing list > directfb-dev@directfb.org > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: +AFs-directfb-dev+AF0- how to rotate a image display in DirectFB?
Pedro., I wish to rotate 90 degrees to display these image files (BMP, PNG, or JPG), noty just to show them. Regards, Yunfeng - Original Message - From: +ACI-Pedro Aguilar+ACI- +ADw-pedro.aguilar+AEA-visionee.com+AD4- To: +ACI-Lu yunfeng+ACI- +ADw-lvyunfeng+AEA-TCL.com+AD4- Cc: +ADw-debian-boot+AEA-lists.debian.org+AD4AOw- +ADw-directfb-dev+AEA-directfb.org+AD4- Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:07 PM Subject: Re: +AFs-directfb-dev+AF0- how to rotate a image display in DirectFB? +AD4- Hi, +AD4- +AD4- You should have a look at the DirectFB API +AD4- http://www.directfb.org/index.php?path+AD0-Documentation+ACU-2FAPI+Referenc- +AD4- +AD4- The IDirectFBImageProvider is used for getting information about and +AD4- loading one image from a file. +AD4- +AD4- Pedro. +AD4- +AD4- On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 19:39 +080-, Lu yunfeng wrote: +AD4- +AD4- Dear all, +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- Does anyone tell me how to display a image in DirectFB, the image format may be JPEG or Bitmap. +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- Regards, +AD4- +AD4- Yunfeng +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXw- +AD4- +AD4- directfb-dev mailing list +AD4- +AD4- directfb-dev+AEA-directfb.org +AD4- +AD4- http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev +AD4- +AD4- +AD4- +AD4-
Re: Custom partitioning shell script?
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:10:19AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > d-i is a modular design, Which I've been most impressed with in my travails, but unfortunately it's (necessarily) quite complicated to dig into, so I haven't been able to exercise it's full potential. > the obvious answer, is to create a custom .udeb, > which would replace the other partitioning tools. I guess it only needs to > provide the same meta-dependencies as the other partitioning tools, and use a > menu number inferior to the other partitioning tools. Is there a better description of how the partitioning system hangs together (as far as where scripts go and such) than http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/devel/partman/partman-doc.sgml ? I tried going through that, but I had the very devil of a time trying to actually understand how it all works. I strongly suspected that a custom udeb was the answer, but I didn't want to assume too much. I presume that if I just remove all of the partman-related udebs, and create matts-own-partitioner.udeb (and make sure it ends up in the d-i Packages.gz) it'll work nicely -- what I'm curious about is how I wire up the custom udeb to make it interact with the rest of the system, in (at least) the following ways: 1) Run at the right time (in the order of sequence) 2) Have all of the partitions mounted in /target 3) Have /target/etc/fstab written And so on. > The work is relatively easy, and you can take the nobootloader package as an > example, which is indeed just a simple script with a few debconf stuff needed > to print a user-informing message. I did it from scratch in the begining, and > thus know it is well suited for newbie doing their own scripts. Thanks for that, I'll definitely check it out as an example. > Simply add it to the image you build should be enough, or add it to a > local copy of your archive. Once d-i gains support for multiple package > archives, it will become easier even. I'm comfortable wiring up a custom install CD -- I've already done a little bit of that (removed a couple of problematic udebs in an instalinux CD I was using, and mangled preseed files onto a CD) so that part of it shouldn't be a drama. > Alternatively, you could help working on partman until it does what you need, > which is the responsible altough long-termed thing to do. I think that counts as *very* long-term. Considering the trouble I've had understanding even the basics of d-i, I don't think you want me poking around at it's internals too much too quickly. I've also noticed that, despite some attempts, there's still very little in the way of LVM support in partitioning recipes (that I can find documented at least; partman-auto-lvm is there, but I can't work out how to feed it a recipe), and if the best-and-brightest of the d-i team haven't come up with a good solution, it's quite unlikely that I'll do any better. My needs are also quite specialised -- I need a single CD which will do different things based on hardware configuration, which will probably always best be served by a shell script rather than a recipe. One thing I'll almost certainly end up doing, though, is documenting my travels with the custom partitioner, in case others wish to follow in my footsteps that way. Perhaps that's the contribution I can make -- that elusive preseed option that runs a shell script to do partitioning instead of invoking all of partman. As an aside, is there a suggested method for testing d-i udebs? I'd prefer not to have to reinstall a real machine every time, and qemu is just so damn slow... - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [directfb-dev] how to rotate a image display in DirectFB?
Dear Pedro, My question is not the simple display of an image by DirectFB, I want to rotate the image by 90 degrees first , then to display it by DirectFB. I cannot find any APIs in DirectFB LIB which can support image rotation display. Regards, Yunfeng - Original Message - From: "Pedro Aguilar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lu yunfeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ; Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [directfb-dev] how to rotate a image display in DirectFB? > Hi, > > You should have a look at the DirectFB API > http://www.directfb.org/index.php?path=Documentation%2FAPI+Reference > > The IDirectFBImageProvider is used for getting information about and > loading one image from a file. > > Pedro. > > On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 19:39 +0800, Lu yunfeng wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Does anyone tell me how to display a image in DirectFB, the image format > > may be JPEG or Bitmap. > > > > Regards, > > Yunfeng > > > > ___ > > directfb-dev mailing list > > directfb-dev@directfb.org > > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev > > > > > ___ > directfb-dev mailing list > directfb-dev@directfb.org > http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev >
Re: New DASD templates
Quoting Bastian Blank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Well, translators will need help here...:-) > > Well, there is only one work up for translation. As s390 don't use any > translations, it may just worth to don't translate it at all. Up to now, we have commited ourselves to translate so I'd prefer continuing. I just need to explain translators what do mean these "%s" strings signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Custom partitioning shell script?
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:00:19PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:10:19AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > d-i is a modular design,
>
> Which I've been most impressed with in my travails, but unfortunately it's
> (necessarily) quite complicated to dig into, so I haven't been able to
> exercise it's full potential.
>
> > the obvious answer, is to create a custom .udeb,
> > which would replace the other partitioning tools. I guess it only needs to
> > provide the same meta-dependencies as the other partitioning tools, and use
> > a
> > menu number inferior to the other partitioning tools.
>
> Is there a better description of how the partitioning system hangs together
> (as far as where scripts go and such) than
>
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/devel/partman/partman-doc.sgml
>
> ? I tried going through that, but I had the very devil of a time trying to
> actually understand how it all works.
Ah, no, as far as i see it, the partman stuff is an unscrutable spagetti mess,
I was not speaking of modifying partman there, but providing a .udeb which
would do your script, and place itself as default in higher priority than
partman for doing the partitioning task.
> I strongly suspected that a custom udeb was the answer, but I didn't want to
> assume too much. I presume that if I just remove all of the partman-related
> udebs, and create matts-own-partitioner.udeb (and make sure it ends up in
Nope, you can leave them there, if i am not wrong, the fact that
matts-own-partitioner.udeb has a higher menu item number and provide the right
functionality, should be enough.
We already have two partitioners in d-i, partman and autopartkit, so you can
see how they do it.
> the d-i Packages.gz) it'll work nicely -- what I'm curious about is how I
> wire up the custom udeb to make it interact with the rest of the system, in
> (at least) the following ways:
As said, have a look at the nobootloader control file. It runs (after though)
the other bootloader-installers, like grub-installer, so it does exactly what
you want, and is dead simple. Here is its control file :
Package: nobootloader
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Architecture: all
Provides: bootable-system
Depends: cdebconf-udeb, base-installer (>= 1.23), di-utils-mapdevfs
XB-Installer-Menu-Item: 77
Description: Don't install any bootloader.
This package will skip installing a boot-loader
There is a document somewhere which describe the menu item priority numbers.
> 1) Run at the right time (in the order of sequence)
This is what XB-Installer-Menu-Item: is for. The Provides: bootable-system is
the virtual package provided by all boot-loader installer, you can simply
provide the equivalent one provided by partman and autopartkit.
> 2) Have all of the partitions mounted in /target
> 3) Have /target/etc/fstab written
euh ...
Well, i am not an expert of those twos, but maybe looking at autopartkit would
be more useful, here is its control file :
Package: autopartkit
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, e2fsprogs-udeb, libuuid1-udeb,
libparted1.6-udeb, cdebconf-udeb (>= 0.43), disk-detect, md-modules,
lvm10-udeb | lvm2-udeb, partconf-mkfstab, di-utils (>= 1.15)
Provides: mounted-partitions, created-fstab, made-filesystems,
partitioned-harddrives
XB-Installer-Menu-Item: 50
Description: Automatically Partition Hard Drives (unsafe)
This module will automatically partition the harddrive on which you wish
...
So, you see, there is a whole lot of provides you have to do, and i guess you
can do those manually.
> As an aside, is there a suggested method for testing d-i udebs? I'd prefer
> not to have to reinstall a real machine every time, and qemu is just so damn
> slow...
Use a netbootable real machine.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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Debian IRC channels moving to OFTC....we shoudl do something
After tha announcement of irc.debian.org being moved to OFTC, I think we should take care of moving #debian-boot there. Of course, many people actually connect to "#debian-boot on irc.freenode.net" but we should probably advertise "#debian-boot on irc.debian.org" That means two actions: -open the channel on OFTC -keep the channel on freenode and set some survey by a few of us to redirect users to irc.debian.org Advices, comments, flames? -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Debian IRC channels moving to OFTC....we shoudl do something
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 10:30:26PM +0700, Christian Perrier wrote: > After tha announcement of irc.debian.org being moved to OFTC, I think > we should take care of moving #debian-boot there. > > Of course, many people actually connect to "#debian-boot on > irc.freenode.net" but we should probably advertise "#debian-boot on > irc.debian.org" > > That means two actions: > > -open the channel on OFTC > -keep the channel on freenode and set some survey by a few of us to > redirect users to irc.debian.org just set the /topic appropriately ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Debian IRC channels moving to OFTC....we shoudl do something
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Re: [D-I] New strings in partman-lvm: WAIT before translating! I need explanations by maintainers.
> > ...
> > I suggest you use a variable for the volume group name and make this
> > translatable:
> >
> > "in VG ${VG}"
>
> Ok, do you want to do the change or should I?
Hmmm, I maybe wasn't clear. Here, I think it would be better if you
make the change because this requires going to the code and, ahem, I
don't want to break everything..:-)
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mdadm heads-up: deprecating mdrun
Hi d-i folks, I am doing some serious maintenance on mdadm and am about to release a new version, which will deprecate /sbin/mdrun. Here's a patch against the latest d-i SVN checkout, which should replace all the mdrun stuff with appropriate mdadm calls. I would appreciate if someone could whack together an image with this patch and mdadm-udeb from experimental. I'll give it a spin, and anyone else would be very welcome. Index: packages/mdcfg/mdcfg.sh === --- packages/mdcfg/mdcfg.sh (revision 37707) +++ packages/mdcfg/mdcfg.sh (working copy) @@ -484,7 +484,8 @@ mkdir -p /dev/md # Try to detect MD devices, and start them -mdrun +mdadm --examine --scan --config=partitions > /tmp/mdadm.conf +mdadm --assemble --scan --config=/tmp/mdadm.conf --auto=yes # Make sure that we have md-support if [ ! -e /proc/mdstat ]; then Index: packages/rescue/debian/rescue-mode.postinst === --- packages/rescue/debian/rescue-mode.postinst (revision 37707) +++ packages/rescue/debian/rescue-mode.postinst (working copy) @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ try_load_module raid0 try_load_module raid1 try_load_module raid5 -log-output -t rescue mdrun || true +mdadm --examine --scan --config=partitions > /tmp/mdadm.conf || true +log-output -t rescue mdadm --assemble --scan --config=/tmp/mdadm.conf --auto=yes || true # LVM support try_load_module dm-mod Index: packages/rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S02udev-fixup === --- packages/rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S02udev-fixup (revision 37707) +++ packages/rootskel/src/lib/debian-installer-startup.d/S02udev-fixup (working copy) @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ # This is S02udev-fixup because udev-udeb already installs S02udev. if type udevd >/dev/null 2>&1; then # needed to make some programs (e.g. mdrun) behave correctly + # this used to say mdrun, but mdrun has been deprecated. do we still + # need it? mkdir -p /.dev mount -o bind /dev /.dev fi Index: packages/partman/partman-md/init.d/md === --- packages/partman/partman-md/init.d/md (revision 37707) +++ packages/partman/partman-md/init.d/md (working copy) @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ #modprobe raid1 1>/dev/null 2>&1 # ## Detect and start MD devices -#/sbin/mdrun +#/sbin/mdadm --examine --scan --config=partitions > /tmp/mdadm.conf +#/sbin/mdadm --assemble --scan --config=/tmp/mdadm.conf --auto=yes # Mark all RAID partitions as being MD for dev in /var/lib/partman/devices/*; do -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system my other computer is your windows box. signature.asc Description: Digital signature (GPG/PGP)
Re: Debian IRC channels moving to OFTC....we shoudl do something
Christian Perrier wrote: > After tha announcement of irc.debian.org being moved to OFTC, I think > we should take care of moving #debian-boot there. > > Of course, many people actually connect to "#debian-boot on > irc.freenode.net" but we should probably advertise "#debian-boot on > irc.debian.org" > > That means two actions: > > -open the channel on OFTC > -keep the channel on freenode and set some survey by a few of us to > redirect users to irc.debian.org > > Advices, comments, flames? We also need to move the CIA bot to oftc, I tried to contact scanli[nm]e about this already but don't think he saw the request. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: boot from ethernet with imac g3
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 09:53:50PM +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: > In data 31/05/2006 19:02 Giulio Canevari ha scritto: > >Hello, > > > >i have found out that putting the net card on another pci slot on my x86 > >doesn't lead to instability ;) . > > > >I think solution isn't that far. I try to explain everything i did and > >what happened. > > The problem was in the yaboot.conf file: > > here is how it looks now: > > >device=enet: > >partition=0 > >timeout=50 > >init-message="Debian GNU/Linux Network boot" > >default=linux > > > >image=vmlinux > >initrd=initrd.gz > >label=linux > >initrd-size=10240 > >#append="init=/linuxrc" > >append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc" > >read-only > > So now it boots, it search for the cdrom, the cdrom of course doesn't > work even with linux, and i'm still blocked. Now that you have a good working boot-method, there is no danger in wiping MacOS, if you want a Linux only system. > I'm unable to partition the hd nor to fetch at least the base packages > from the net with the internal modem with ppp, the installer seems to be > targeted only at cdrom install. Debian-installer comes in different flavours intended for different uses. The main thing that differs are the modules available in the initrd, in your case you should try to install everything from the net, that is net-install. Let me quote an earlier post to this list about the debian-installer: There are three different stages A, B and C, that can be loaded by different means: A. How to *start* the debian-installer? 1. Boot from removable media that has an installer-image on its boot block (e.g. CDROM, floppy, usb) 2. Use a bootloader from within a existing operating system (yaboot, BootX, penguin) 2b. (possible, but not very common) Use a native bootloader (yaboot, grub, lilo) installed on harddisk) 3. Netboot (pxe or other methods gets a bootloader by dhcp and tftp) (pxelinux or yaboot loads (by tftp) the kernel and initrd needed) B. From where is the debian-installer to get its *own modules* (needed for its own functioning)? 1. From the removable media (CDROM or usb) that started the debian-installer at boot 2. From .iso-file on local harddisk (Filesystem must be readable by the debian-installer, which exludes HFS+) 3. From the net (internet or local debian-mirror) C. From where is the debian-installer to get the software that will *install* C1: The base system 1. From the removable media (CDROM or usb) that started the debian-installer at boot 2. From .iso-file on local harddisk (Filesystem must be readable by the debian-installer, which exludes HFS+) 3. From the net (internet or local debian-mirror) C2: Additional packages 1. From the removable media (CDROM or usb) that started the debian-installer at boot 2. From .iso-file on local harddisk (Filesystem must be readable by the debian-installer, which exludes HFS+) 3. From the net (internet or local debian-mirror) You control B by choosing what images you will use. I *think* any image can be started in any of the tree ways outlined in A (thus netboot does NOT imply a tftp boot). "Netboot" means B:3 "Hd-media" means B:2 "Business" means B:1 I think that you can choose C1 and C2 at install time (if you run the installer at a low enough priority) > In fact only these steps are avaible: > > main-menu,languagechooser,countrychooser,kbd-chooser,hw-detect,cdrom-detect,cdrom-checker,shell > > > . > > So i don't have > netcfg,iso-scan,choose-mirror,partman,autopartkit,partitioner,partconf,base-installer,os-prober,bootloader-installer,base-config > > Actually i have got the debian-businnesscard iso [ from wich i have took > the kernel, yaboot and so on placed in /tftpboot ], I think that when you use the initrd from the businesscard flavor that means B:1, so you will have to use a usb-stick to load parts of the installer. Another strategy is to download an kernel+initrd from the netboot flavour and boot with those, which will be able to do B:3. > it fits the usb key > but i don't know how to reach and use it. > > The usb key is seen as /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc on the > mac, i can cat/head and so on the raw content, but i am unable to mount > it. Actually it has a vfat fs on top. As implied above business flavour mean B:1, and you seem to want B:2. I suspect that will not work. For it to work, use a kernel+initrd from the hd-install flavor of d-i. I'm CC:ing debian-boot@lists.debian.org in order to get advice from the really knowledgeable people on this subject. kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords
> The actual bugreport: > When using the graphical frontend of the Debian installer the user is > asked for a root password and for a password of any newly created user. > Unfortunatly these passwords are not saved, so that a login after > installation fails. That sounds fairly strange because the code is actually...the same. Which type of keyboard were you using. If not using a US keyboard, did you put "special" characters in the passwords? The current keyboard handling in g-i is not perfect because of the gtkdfb version we use. So, your problem might be here. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#369679: installation-reports: Etch works on Dell Precision 380
Quoting Wolfgang Lonien ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: installation-reports > Severity: wishlist > > > > -- Package-specific info: > > Boot method: CD > Image version: > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso > Date: > > Machine: Dell Precision 380 with Pentium D940 > Partitions: Good news. Given that your installation was a complete success, I do as usual with reports for successful installations: I close the bug..:-) This does not of course mean you weren't right to report. Knowing the installations are correct is important for the d-i team. Many thanks for your time testing the Debian Installer and reporting your results. Have fun with your new Debian system! signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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Re: [D-I] New strings in partman-lvm: WAIT before translating! I need explanations by maintainers.
On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:18:25AM +0700, Christian Perrier wrote:
> ...
> I suggest you use a variable for the volume group name and make this
> translatable:
>
> "in VG ${VG}"
Ok, do you want to do the change or should I?
Hmmm, I maybe wasn't clear.
We'll if "I'll do it" meant "You do it", then I'm afraid it wasn't very
clear :)
Here, I think it would be better if you
make the change because this requires going to the code and, ahem, I
don't want to break everything..:-)
I'll commit a fix to SVN ASAP. I'll also change the menu choices from
e.g. "Create logical volume" to "Create a logical volume" per comments
I've gotten from translators.
Regards,
David
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Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords
Christian Perrier wrote: The actual bugreport: When using the graphical frontend of the Debian installer the user is asked for a root password and for a password of any newly created user. Unfortunatly these passwords are not saved, so that a login after installation fails. That sounds fairly strange because the code is actually...the same. Which type of keyboard were you using. If not using a US keyboard, did you put "special" characters in the passwords? The current keyboard handling in g-i is not perfect because of the gtkdfb version we use. So, your problem might be here. i did a complete graphical installation some times ago and everything worked, including saving of root's password. I'm also pretty sure the PASSWORD handler of the GTK frontend works, as i tested it many times. A question: what's the password you used ? maybe it contains "strange" characters? (i swear i won't use it to hack your PC :) Attilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Custom partitioning shell script?
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:00:19PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:10:19AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > the obvious answer, is to create a custom .udeb, > > > which would replace the other partitioning tools. I guess it only needs to > > > provide the same meta-dependencies as the other partitioning tools, and > > > use a > > > menu number inferior to the other partitioning tools. > > > > Is there a better description of how the partitioning system hangs together > > (as far as where scripts go and such) than > > > > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/devel/partman/partman-doc.sgml > > > > ? I tried going through that, but I had the very devil of a time trying to > > actually understand how it all works. > > Ah, no, as far as i see it, the partman stuff is an unscrutable spagetti mess, Thank $DEITY I'm not the only one who thinks so. > I was not speaking of modifying partman there, but providing a .udeb which > would do your script, and place itself as default in higher priority than > partman for doing the partitioning task. This (and the further comments you made below) give me an "aha!" moment about how d-i works out what to run -- it seems like, once one package which Provides: the appropriate bits and pieces (mounted-partitions, etc) has run, no others of the same ilk get run -- is that about right? > We already have two partitioners in d-i, partman and autopartkit, so you can > see how they do it. I was going to mention autopartkit in my last message, but I thought it was some sort of after-partman thing (didn't realise about the Provides: stuff). I think I'll have a closer look at autopartkit -- it may do what I want (or at least, it's name suggests it might). > There is a document somewhere which describe the menu item priority numbers. I think I've seen it -- installer/doc/devel/menu-item-numbers.txt, right? I've also just had a re-read of doc/devel/design.txt after reading your message, and it's making a bit more sense now. I haven't found (or at least, didn't recognise when I saw it) the canonical list of valid options for Provides: entries and what precisely they mean, but I'll either find it or work out what I need from the values in partman and autopartkit. > > 1) Run at the right time (in the order of sequence) > > This is what XB-Installer-Menu-Item: is for. The Provides: bootable-system is > the virtual package provided by all boot-loader installer, you can simply > provide the equivalent one provided by partman and autopartkit. Cunning, and oh-so-simple. > > 2) Have all of the partitions mounted in /target > > 3) Have /target/etc/fstab written > > euh ... > Well, i am not an expert of those twos, but maybe looking at autopartkit would > be more useful, here is its control file : Yep, that explains it -- the four Provides: I need are (with my assumed description): partitioned-harddrives: the actual parted/MD/LVM wrestling made-filesystems: mkfs. /dev/sd* mounted-partitions: mount /dev/sd* /target/* created-fstab: cat > As an aside, is there a suggested method for testing d-i udebs? I'd prefer > > not to have to reinstall a real machine every time, and qemu is just so damn > > slow... > > Use a netbootable real machine. I can dredge up one of those. Thanks for all your help, it's been invaluable. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords
> I'm using a german (qwertz) Logitech Cordless iTouch keyboard on a PS/2 > port. I selected german on all three accounts (language, location, > keyboard) in the installer process. > Both passwords, root and 1st user, ended on "##" (w/o quotes), so you > seem to be spot on. Unfortunatly i didn't try any password without > special characters, but i will install another Etch on the weekend and i > will try the g-i with a mixture of plain passwords and some with special > characters and report if i notice a pattern. Well, then that's probably the problem. Just try entering your passwords in a field where you can see what's displayed, for instance, the system name input dialog box, at the beginning of the install. You'll see that the "#" characters are not inputted (dunno where they are on a german keyboard). There are also problemns with capitalized letters (already reported). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#369736: preseed: Should run its prebaseconfig script later
Package: preseed Severity: normal On IRC, one of our users complained that he is not able to run a command that requires the newly created user to exist. Indeed, preseed's prebaseconfig script, which runs the "late_command" is numbered 05 while user-setup one is 06 >From the documentaiton, one might expect that the late_command is run as late as possible. For that reason, I prefer suggesting that preseed's prebaseconfig script is run a bit later, if possible. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#369664: (forw) Re: Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords
- Forwarded message from "B. Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:46:19 +0200 From: "B. Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords Christian Perrier wrote: >>I'm using a german (qwertz) Logitech Cordless iTouch keyboard on a PS/2 >>port. I selected german on all three accounts (language, location, >>keyboard) in the installer process. >>Both passwords, root and 1st user, ended on "##" (w/o quotes), so you >>seem to be spot on. Unfortunatly i didn't try any password without >>special characters, but i will install another Etch on the weekend and i >>will try the g-i with a mixture of plain passwords and some with special >>characters and report if i notice a pattern. > > >Well, then that's probably the problem. > >Just try entering your passwords in a field where you can see what's >displayed, for instance, the system name input dialog box, at the >beginning of the install. You'll see that the "#" characters are not >inputted (dunno where they are on a german keyboard). There are also >problemns with capitalized letters (already reported). > > > Alright! Here's the xev output, i hope that helps to identify the problem. Keep up the good work! KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x1c1, root 0x64, subw 0x0, time 42873815, (419,99), root:(431,170), state 0x0, keycode 51 (keysym 0x23, numbersign), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (23) "#" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (23) "#" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x1c1, root 0x64, subw 0x0, time 42873965, (419,99), root:(431,170), state 0x0, keycode 51 (keysym 0x23, numbersign), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (23) "#" Regards, Björn - End forwarded message - -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
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Bug#369664: (forw) Re: Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords
Christian Perrier wrote: - Forwarded message from "B. Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:46:19 +0200 From: "B. Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Bug#369664: Graphical DebianInstaller does not save passwords Christian Perrier wrote: I'm using a german (qwertz) Logitech Cordless iTouch keyboard on a PS/2 port. I selected german on all three accounts (language, location, keyboard) in the installer process. Both passwords, root and 1st user, ended on "##" (w/o quotes), so you seem to be spot on. Unfortunatly i didn't try any password without special characters, but i will install another Etch on the weekend and i will try the g-i with a mixture of plain passwords and some with special characters and report if i notice a pattern. Well, then that's probably the problem. Just try entering your passwords in a field where you can see what's displayed, for instance, the system name input dialog box, at the beginning of the install. You'll see that the "#" characters are not inputted (dunno where they are on a german keyboard). There are also problemns with capitalized letters (already reported). Alright! Here's the xev output, i hope that helps to identify the problem. Keep up the good work! KeyPress event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x1c1, root 0x64, subw 0x0, time 42873815, (419,99), root:(431,170), state 0x0, keycode 51 (keysym 0x23, numbersign), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (23) "#" XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (23) "#" XFilterEvent returns: False KeyRelease event, serial 29, synthetic NO, window 0x1c1, root 0x64, subw 0x0, time 42873965, (419,99), root:(431,170), state 0x0, keycode 51 (keysym 0x23, numbersign), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (23) "#" bjorn, could you try running the GTKDFB 2.9-based udeb [1] like this -boot with "install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt" Then, switch to VT2 and type -export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk -debconf -f gtk -o d-i /usr/bin/main-menu [1] https://debian.polito.it/downloads/udebs/mini.iso and see if the problem is still here? tahnks Attilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Custom partitioning shell script?
On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 07:36:39AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:00:19PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 08:10:19AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > the obvious answer, is to create a custom .udeb, > > > > which would replace the other partitioning tools. I guess it only needs > > > > to > > > > provide the same meta-dependencies as the other partitioning tools, and > > > > use a > > > > menu number inferior to the other partitioning tools. > > > > > > Is there a better description of how the partitioning system hangs > > > together > > > (as far as where scripts go and such) than > > > > > > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/devel/partman/partman-doc.sgml > > > > > > ? I tried going through that, but I had the very devil of a time trying > > > to > > > actually understand how it all works. > > > > Ah, no, as far as i see it, the partman stuff is an unscrutable spagetti > > mess, > > Thank $DEITY I'm not the only one who thinks so. > > > I was not speaking of modifying partman there, but providing a .udeb which > > would do your script, and place itself as default in higher priority than > > partman for doing the partitioning task. > > This (and the further comments you made below) give me an "aha!" moment > about how d-i works out what to run -- it seems like, once one package which > Provides: the appropriate bits and pieces (mounted-partitions, etc) has run, > no others of the same ilk get run -- is that about right? Yep. > > We already have two partitioners in d-i, partman and autopartkit, so you can > > see how they do it. > > I was going to mention autopartkit in my last message, but I thought it was > some sort of after-partman thing (didn't realise about the Provides: stuff). > I think I'll have a closer look at autopartkit -- it may do what I want (or > at least, it's name suggests it might). Autopartkit is used by the debian-edu/skolelinux folk, not sure what exactly it does though. BTW, what exactly do you need. The first time i ran d-i in early 2003, autopartkit was the default, and it ate my devel harddisk without asking any question, so i never ever looked at it. > > There is a document somewhere which describe the menu item priority numbers. > > I think I've seen it -- installer/doc/devel/menu-item-numbers.txt, right? Yep. > I've also just had a re-read of doc/devel/design.txt after reading your > message, and it's making a bit more sense now. I haven't found (or at > least, didn't recognise when I saw it) the canonical list of valid options > for Provides: entries and what precisely they mean, but I'll either find it > or work out what I need from the values in partman and autopartkit. I guess the Provides can be anything depended upon by other .udebs, there is no such canonical list. > > > 1) Run at the right time (in the order of sequence) > > > > This is what XB-Installer-Menu-Item: is for. The Provides: bootable-system > > is > > the virtual package provided by all boot-loader installer, you can simply > > provide the equivalent one provided by partman and autopartkit. > > Cunning, and oh-so-simple. > > > > 2) Have all of the partitions mounted in /target > > > 3) Have /target/etc/fstab written > > > > euh ... > > Well, i am not an expert of those twos, but maybe looking at autopartkit > > would > > be more useful, here is its control file : > > Yep, that explains it -- the four Provides: I need are (with my assumed > description): > > partitioned-harddrives: the actual parted/MD/LVM wrestling > made-filesystems: mkfs. /dev/sd* > mounted-partitions: mount /dev/sd* /target/* > created-fstab: cat > Presumably created-fstab is going to run at some far-distant time after the > rest, but now I know *what* the existing systems do, I don't think I'll have > such a hard time working out exactly how they do it. I'll probably dissect > autopartkit, simply because it's not in a dozen different udebs. > > > > As an aside, is there a suggested method for testing d-i udebs? I'd > > > prefer > > > not to have to reinstall a real machine every time, and qemu is just so > > > damn > > > slow... > > > > Use a netbootable real machine. > > I can dredge up one of those. > > Thanks for all your help, it's been invaluable. No problem. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
