cdrom-checker_0.01_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2003-02-24 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: cdrom-checker_0.01.dsc to pool/main/c/cdrom-checker/cdrom-checker_0.01.dsc cdrom-checker_0.01.tar.gz to pool/main/c/cdrom-checker/cdrom-checker_0.01.tar.gz cdrom-checker_0.01_all.udeb to pool/main/c/cdrom-checker/cdrom-checker_0.01_all.udeb Announcing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank y

Re: Running debian-installer within bochs and uml

2003-02-24 Thread John Summerfield
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Hi. > > Because I don't have a cdrw burner nor a desire to reboot my computer with the > debian-installer mirror for installing, I've been trying to run debian-installer > within a bochs simulation session and uml. > Bochs is somewhat slow, but the al

Re: Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something wentwrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread John Summerfield
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > [Sorry, forgot the bug cc in my first post.] > > Matt Kraai wrote: > [anna reloading package files] > > What problem this fix? > One gets invalid packages files every so often (e.g. during mirror update). > I get messages that my "Package files are

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:56:22AM +0100, Martin Sj?gren wrote: > tis 2003-02-25 klockan 00.25 skrev Matt Kraai: > > When you rerun anna, you will not get the new Packages file. The > > net retriever uses the -c option to wget, which will only append > > to the existing file. > > > > > Where is t

Bug#180694: does not explain why no partitions are available

2003-02-24 Thread Thorsten Sauter
Hi, what do you think should happen hier? A simple message "sorry, no partitions detected, please load modules" (or something). Or a detailed message with something like: "2 partitions found, but no one of those contains a ext2 partition flag"? Bye Thorsten -- Thorsten Sauter <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Bug#181975: di-utils-mkfs: failure with unpartitioned hard drive

2003-02-24 Thread Thorsten Sauter
Hi all, I think we really shouldn't do this It's an unusual way to use harddisks, and if the people is willing to do this, then he can always use the shell (tty2) and make it by hand. And it doesn't save lot of diskspace. Bye Thorsten -- Thorsten Sauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: How I want languagechooser to behave

2003-02-24 Thread Denis Barbier
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:51:01PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Denis Barbier] > > I disagree, there is no reason to propose languages which have no > > translated templates. > > Actually, I use this information to also set the default language in > KDE and GNOME, as well as the default di

Re: How I want languagechooser to behave

2003-02-24 Thread Alastair McKinstry
On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 23:33, Denis Barbier wrote: > Hi, you did not send your message to debian-boot, do you want to post > it again, or do you want me to reply there? > Sorry. Late night. I meant debian-boot. > Denis > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:08:23PM +, Alastair McKinstry wrote: >

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
tis 2003-02-25 klockan 00.25 skrev Matt Kraai: > When you rerun anna, you will not get the new Packages file. The > net retriever uses the -c option to wget, which will only append > to the existing file. > > > Where is this failing? Are you saying that you want an eplicit way to > > "re-install

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:01:53AM +0100, Martin Sj?gren wrote: > m?n 2003-02-24 klockan 23.05 skrev Thomas Viehmann: > > If the Packages gets updated after the packages. > > The downloaded Packages file can list packages that have been replaced by newer > > versions, the old ones ceasing to be ava

Re: cvs commit to debian-installer/utils/debian by tsauter

2003-02-24 Thread Denis Barbier
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:36:53PM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > Repository: debian-installer/utils/debian > who:tsauter > time: Mon Feb 24 15:36:53 MST 2003 > Log Message: > Update templates for new scripts. > > > Files: > changed:di-utils-choose_medium.templates d

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
mån 2003-02-24 klockan 23.05 skrev Thomas Viehmann: > If the Packages gets updated after the packages. > The downloaded Packages file can list packages that have been replaced by newer > versions, the old ones ceasing to be available. > Then a reload (after the Packages file has been adjusted) help

Re: How I want languagechooser to behave

2003-02-24 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Denis Barbier] > I disagree, there is no reason to propose languages which have no > translated templates. Actually, I use this information to also set the default language in KDE and GNOME, as well as the default dictionary in ispell. But there is no reason to list _all_ languages available, bu

Bug#182357: choose-mirror fails when called for the second time

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
retitle 182357 choose-mirror fails when called for the second time pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Processed: choose-mirror fails when called for the second time

2003-02-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 182357 choose-mirror fails when called for the second time Bug#182357: choose-mirror: Error message for failure Changed Bug title. > End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking syste

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Martin Sjögren wrote: >>One gets invalid packages files every so often (e.g. during mirror update). >>However, probably whishlist is better. > Well, even if the Packages files aren't verified for integrity right > now, they will be as soon as Release file support is added (which is > waiting for th

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Matt Kraai wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:13:20PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > The Packages file lists packages that have not been mirrored yet? If > so, how would downloading it again help? If the Packages gets updated after the packages. The downloaded Packages file can list packages tha

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:56:35PM +0100, Martin Sj?gren wrote: > m?n 2003-02-24 klockan 22.17 skrev Thomas Viehmann: > > One gets invalid packages files every so often (e.g. during mirror update). > > However, probably whishlist is better. > > Well, even if the Packages files aren't verified for

Re: ext3 problems

2003-02-24 Thread Cardenas
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 02:04:37PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:35:24PM -0800, Cardenas wrote: > > Unfortunately, I selected ext3 the first time for my file > > system. Apparently the kernel on the floppy doesn't have ext3 support, > > and as a result the lilo postinst fail

Re: How I want languagechooser to behave

2003-02-24 Thread Denis Barbier
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 08:01:05PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [...] > This package should behava as follows: > > 0. extract available languages from list of available locales > (mapping language code -> language name) I disagree, there is no reason to propose languages which have no

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
mån 2003-02-24 klockan 22.17 skrev Thomas Viehmann: > One gets invalid packages files every so often (e.g. during mirror update). > However, probably whishlist is better. Well, even if the Packages files aren't verified for integrity right now, they will be as soon as Release file support is added

Bug#180032: marked as done (choose-mirror: Can't change mirror if first one doesn't work)

2003-02-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated 24 Feb 2003 22:19:42 +0100 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#180032: choose-mirror: Error message for failure has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case i

Re: ext3 problems

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:35:24PM -0800, Cardenas wrote: > Unfortunately, I selected ext3 the first time for my file > system. Apparently the kernel on the floppy doesn't have ext3 support, > and as a result the lilo postinst failed, and upon first boot, the > root partition could not be mounted.

Processed: retitle 180038 mishandles comma in package description

2003-02-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 180038 mishandles comma in package description Bug#180038: install: downloading modules menu has to long entries Changed Bug title. > -- Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administra

Bug#182357: choose-mirror: Error message for failure

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Package: choose-mirror Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-24 Severity: Normal I get this /home/martin/projects/debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/frontend.c:16 (fronten d_add): /home/martin/projects/debian-installer/tools/cdebconf/src/frontend.c:16 (frontend_add): Assertion failed: q->next == NULL c

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:13:20PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Matt Kraai wrote: > [anna reloading package files] > > What problem this fix? I missing a verb. > One gets invalid packages files every so often (e.g. during mirror update). The Packages file lists packages that have not been mir

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Martin Sjögren wrote: > Just correcting the speeling :) Please excuse my lack of attention. > First I thought you meant the Packages files that are downloaded and > parsed, but then I guess you meant the actual packages? :) No. I meant the Packages file. > PS: Why maintonly? As both Matt and you

Re: Bug#182045: No framebuffer?

2003-02-24 Thread Cardenas
On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 12:35:09PM +0100, Martin Sj?gren wrote: > l?r 2003-02-22 klockan 21.54 skrev Herbert Xu: > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 05:03:19PM +0100, Martin Sj?gren wrote: > > > Package: kernel-image-2.4.20-386-udeb > > > Version: 2.4.20-4 > > > > > > I can't get any framebuffer running i

Re: debian-installer status 2003-02-21

2003-02-24 Thread Cardenas
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:32:36AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Larry Gilbert > > | Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > | > Also, having somebody with a good touch for English to go > | > through the templates would be nice. > | > | I wouldn't mind helping with this, but I can't seem to figure out

ext3 problems

2003-02-24 Thread Cardenas
I recently installed from tfheen's netinst floppy successfully on a dell c610 laptop. Unfortunately, I selected ext3 the first time for my file system. Apparently the kernel on the floppy doesn't have ext3 support, and as a result the lilo postinst failed, and upon first boot, the root partition

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
[Sorry, forgot the bug cc in my first post.] Matt Kraai wrote: [anna reloading package files] > What problem this fix? One gets invalid packages files every so often (e.g. during mirror update). However, probably whishlist is better. Cheers Thomas pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
severity 182349 wishlist thanks On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 09:09:38PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > I think it would often be preferable if anna (i.e. menu option Load installer > modules) would reload package files if called for the second time. > (However, please feel free to close this bug if yo

modcont-file and its generation

2003-02-24 Thread Norman Schmidt
Hi folks! Could anybody tell me what the modcont file should contain exactly (or point me to documentation)? I think that the part of kernel.sh of boot-floppies-3.0.24 that generates it doesn´t work as it should, but before I file a bug I would like to know what should be in the modcont file.

Processed: Re: Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 182349 wishlist Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time Severity set to `wishlist'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
severity 182349 wishlist thanks Just correcting the speeling :) mån 2003-02-24 klockan 21.09 skrev Thomas Viehmann: > Package: anna > Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-24 > Severity: whishlist > > I think it would often be preferable if anna (i.e. menu option Load installer > modules) would reload

commits of new di-utils-*

2003-02-24 Thread Thorsten Sauter
Hi all, I plan to commit the new/rewriten di-utils-* in the next few hours. This is a short list of the changes: - all packages use generic functions from new di-utils-generic pkg - partitioner/mkfs/mkswap use /proc/partitions to get also lvm/raid/... devices - package for creating swapspace -

Bug#180032: choose-mirror: Error message for failure

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Martin Sjögren wrote: > I don't see how these bug reports are related at all. Isn't this more of > a cdebconf issue? It fails and everything goes boom. I think you should > report this on cdebconf instead. Like the submitter, I had a problem with the download mirror and tried to change it. >Fr

Bug#180032: choose-mirror: Error message for failure

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
mån 2003-02-24 klockan 20.59 skrev Thomas Viehmann: > Followup-For: Bug #180032 > Package: choose-mirror > Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-24 > > Maybe it's nice to see the actual error message. I get the following. > After that, the mirror's name is the empty string. I don't see how these bug rep

Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Package: anna Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-24 Severity: whishlist I think it would often be preferable if anna (i.e. menu option Load installer modules) would reload package files if called for the second time. (However, please feel free to close this bug if you disagree.) Cheers Thomas pgp0

SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-24 Thread Åke Wivänge
> > I used a SBM floppy to boot from the CD. The sbm floppy image came from > > the Debian CD. > > > > I tried to boot from a rescue floppy / root floppy (images from the > > Debian CD) and then installed from the CD - same result. > > > > I've also burned a new CD in case something went wrong - sa

Bug#180032: choose-mirror: Error message for failure

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Followup-For: Bug #180032 Package: choose-mirror Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-24 Maybe it's nice to see the actual error message. I get the following. After that, the mirror's name is the empty string. Cheers Thomas ... 49. Turkey 50. Ukraine 51. United States 52. enter information manual

Bug#182344: di-utils-fake-mkfs: Dependency on partitioned-harddrives is probably incorrect

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Package: di-utils-fake-mkfs Version: N/A; reported 2003-02-24 Severity: minor Perhaps di-utils-fake-mkfs should provide partitioned-harddrives or something like that.Otherwise I will get what's shown below, which looks wrong to me. When I've make filesystems already, I've probably also partitioned

How I want languagechooser to behave

2003-02-24 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
I find the current languagechooser complex and non-intuitive. To make sure everyone know where I want it to move, I wrote down a little description on where I want the package to move. I know we have been discussing these things lately, so I thought this was good time to get something down in wr

Re: Running debian-installer within bochs and uml

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 06:22:23PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Matt Kraai wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:21:12PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > Would you please file a bug report for each problem against the > > appropriate package? You can assign them to the install > > pseudo-packa

Re: Running debian-installer within bochs and uml

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Matt Kraai wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:21:12PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Would you please file a bug report for each problem against the > appropriate package? You can assign them to the install > pseudo-package if you don't know which package is responsible? I'd really prefer doing

Re: Running debian-installer within bochs and uml

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:21:12PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: [snip all manner of d-i bugs] Would you please file a bug report for each problem against the appropriate package? You can assign them to the install pseudo-package if you don't know which package is responsible? Matt -- Oink! -

Re: Running debian-installer within bochs and uml

2003-02-24 Thread Matt Kraai
On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:21:12PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > 11. Create a file system > Prompt: 1 - 18> 11 > Debian Installer Main Menu > > Choose a configuration step > This configuration step requires one or more configuration steps that have not > yet been performed. Please select a conf

Ciao Stella

2003-02-24 Thread Marianna
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Re: Newt screenshots

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
mån 2003-02-24 klockan 14.39 skrev Martin Sjögren: > PS: It looks much prettier under bterm + framebuffer After a lot of hacking (you don't want to know what my build/Makefile looks like right now), here's a screenshot showing what it can look like. This needs a lot more work, but at least it see

debian-boot@lists.debian.org

2003-02-24 Thread John Hartnup
Hi, I've just installed Debian on a Toshiba Libretto 50CT. It's the first time I've installed Debian on any system, and I've very impressed by the flexibility of the install system. However I think I stumbled on some sort of problem with the PCMCIA support. Linux can't use the Libretto's floppy,

Running debian-installer within bochs and uml

2003-02-24 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Because I don't have a cdrw burner nor a desire to reboot my computer with the debian-installer mirror for installing, I've been trying to run debian-installer within a bochs simulation session and uml. Bochs is somewhat slow, but the alternative plex86 doesn't seem to support networking. user

Newt screenshots

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
Now that I found and fixed an evil segfault bug in my newt frontend, here's some eyecandy ;) http://people.debian.org/~sjogren/d-i/screenshots/2003-02-24/newt/ /Martin PS: It looks much prettier under bterm + framebuffer signature.asc Description: Detta =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E4r?= en digitalt signe

Progress bars again

2003-02-24 Thread Martin Sjögren
I've been tinkering with adding progress bars to base-installer, and it's tricky to say the least. The info that debootstrap gives when called with --boot-floppies is very different from the API of the cdebconf progress bars, and I'm sitting here wondering what would be easiest of 1. changing debo