Re: fix for missing nic drivers in access version of DI

2004-10-05 Thread Kenny Hitt
Replying to myself. I filed bug 275075 about the speakup kernel image not getting installed. The bug should be fixed in the next build of the access floppies. It took the developer no time to fix it. Just goes to show I'm still just a user and not a programer. Kenny On Tue, Oct 05, 20

Re: fix for missing nic drivers in access version of DI

2004-10-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It installed the speakup kernel but I had to do the install as expert so I would get a choice. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Re: fix for missing nic drivers in access version of DI

2004-10-05 Thread Kenny Hitt
Good to hear. That means the problem of not installing the speakup kernel is the only remaining problem. Did the Sarge cd you used install the speakup kernel or the kernel image that matched your cpu? Kenny On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 11:36:33AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I do know tha

Re: fix for missing nic drivers in access version of DI

2004-10-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I do know that when I installed with the first cdrom of the sarge cds I burned )(I believe they were the week of September 20) with the expert boot I was given a choice of a bunch of kernels and speakup was one of them. So it is present in the mainstream install media. -- Cheryl "Where your tr

Re: fix for missing nic drivers in access version of DI

2004-10-05 Thread Kenny Hitt
Hi. It looks like the problem with the nic drivers has already been fixed in the latest images from the Debian site. I don't think I can fix the kernel image problem. I'm just going to file an installer report about it and quit. I've looked through the code I have from svn and don't see where t

Re: fix for missing nic drivers in access version of DI

2004-10-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It's good that you're fixing this. It also can be worked around by using the net.img floppy and loading it when prompted. Even with the regular first cd of the sarge set, I have to choose my 3com from a list; it isn't automatically detected. Btw, my hacked cd did the job for installing with brlt

fix for missing nic drivers in access version of DI

2004-10-05 Thread Kenny Hitt
Hi. It appears some common nic drivers are missing from the access version of Debian installer. The 3c59x is an example. The problem can be fixed by adding the line nic-modules-${kernel:Version} * to the installer/build/pkg-lists/access-net-drivers/i386.cfg file. The standard DI has this m