linux-kernel-di_0.12_source+i386+alpha+m68k.changes is NEW

2003-11-09 Thread Debian Installer
brltty-modules-2.4.22-1-386-di_0.12_i386.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di/brltty-modules-2.4.22-1-386-di_0.12_i386.udeb brltty-modules-2.4.22-1-generic-di_0.12_alpha.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di/brltty-modules-2.4.22-1-generic-di_0.12_alpha.udeb cdrom-core-modules-2.4.22-1-386-di_0.12

Processed: Tag #219889

2003-11-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 219889 + pending d-i Bug#219889: anna: Poorly handles commas in components descriptions Tags were: patch Tags added: pending, d-i > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrat

Bug#219902: anna: cuts off the last character in the udeb description

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 04:00:12AM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > In the list of modules to fetch, anna seems to cut off the last > character from some of the descriptions. This might be a bit confusing > to the user. :-) Actually this seems to be a libd-i bug. src/package_parser.c:312 and o

Re: debian-installer images failing on ia64 autobuilder

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
.org/fetch.php?&pkg=debian-installer&ver=20031109&arch=ia64&stamp=1068431608&file=log&as=raw mkfs.msdos -i deb1 -n "Debian Inst" -C dest/cdrom-image.img.new 8192 /bin/sh: line 1: mkfs.msdos: command not found Well at least the error is different this time. Is this a

Re: Flavors

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
Chris Tillman wrote: > In the old installation manual, there were four (no, 5) flavors of > kernels for i386. In the current kernel module, only one kernel > version is listed. Can we dump all the instructions for users about > choosing flavors on i386? (Please say yes). The installer chooses a fl

Bug#219897: hw-detect: destroys debconf/priority up if run after a failed module

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > If one first runs a module that fails (for instance, install LILO on a > non-existant drive, or install base from network with cable unplugged) > and then run hw-detect, weird stuff happens: Can you provide an easier way to reproduce this? hw-detect here does skip loa

Re: beta released

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 07:08:49PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > I've just sent a release announcement to debian-boot. I am actually > > still waiting for tomorrow's dinstall to get the official non-cd images > > updated in the debian archive, but everything else is in p

Re: Slow redraws in the debootstrap stage

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
Leaving aside the cdebconf progress bar resize bug, if I were doing any number of installs over slow serial (more than 1..), I would switch d-i to use the cdebconf text frontend in my install media. Of course we don't currently ship any media with that frontend on them, but it should be an easy cha

Bug#219889: anna: Poorly handles commas in components descriptions

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 03:49:51AM +0100, Jeremie Koenig wrote: > Thanks, i didn't know debconf was offering this possibility. Here is the > new version : Applied in CVS, thanks. (Please send your patches as attachment in the future; it makes them a lot easier to apply.) /* Steinar */ -- Homepa

Bug#219902: anna: cuts off the last character in the udeb description

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
Package: anna Severity: minor File: anna Tags: d-i (I was quite sure I had reported this before, but can't find it. Apologies if this is a dupe. :-) ) In the list of modules to fetch, anna seems to cut off the last character from some of the descriptions. This might be a bit confusing to the user

Bug#219889: anna: Poorly handles commas in components descriptions

2003-11-09 Thread Jeremie Koenig
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 02:11:29AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It would be better to escape the commas by preceding them with a backslash. Thanks, i didn't know debconf was offering this possibility. Here is the new version : Index: util.c ===

Re: beta released

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 02:46:00AM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > We should probably fix the web pages so > - The errata is a little more complete (most notably "you can't select mirror > at priority=high, and manual mirror selection is broken") Add to that "multiple network cards doesn't

Bug#219889: anna: Poorly handles commas in components descriptions

2003-11-09 Thread kraai
Jeremy Koenig wrote: > When selecting which components to load, commas in udeb description > cause debconf to split the list item in two. > > I suggest the following fix to be applied (strip out commas in > package_to_choice, in util.c) : It would be better to escape the commas by preceding them

debian-installer_20031109_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2003-11-09 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: debian-installer-demo_20031109_i386.deb to pool/main/d/debian-installer/debian-installer-demo_20031109_i386.deb debian-installer_20031109.dsc to pool/main/d/debian-installer/debian-installer_20031109.dsc debian-installer_20031109.tar.gz to pool/main/d/debian-installer/debian-instal

Bug#219897: hw-detect: destroys debconf/priority up if run after a failed module

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
Package: hw-detect Severity: important Tags: d-i This has been discussed on IRC earlier, but deserves a bug report so we won't forget it before it's fixed :-) If one first runs a module that fails (for instance, install LILO on a non-existant drive, or install base from network with cable unplugg

Re: Slow redraws in the debootstrap stage

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:46:01PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: >> during the "install base system" step in d-i, i.e. while debootstrap >> is running, there is one annoying effect. The newt frontend redraws >> the whole status box (the progress bar and the text about which file >> is retrieve

Re: beta released

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 07:08:49PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > I've just sent a release announcement to debian-boot. I am actually > still waiting for tomorrow's dinstall to get the official non-cd images > updated in the debian archive, but everything else is in place for the > beta now. I've learne

beta released

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
I've just sent a release announcement to debian-boot. I am actually still waiting for tomorrow's dinstall to get the official non-cd images updated in the debian archive, but everything else is in place for the beta now. I've learned some things this time around, but am too tired to articulate them

Re: net booting

2003-11-09 Thread Jeremie Koenig
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 12:23:58AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Since none of the older computers can read CD-RW discs, I am > interested in trying to net boot (dhcp, tftp and nfs (or a large > initrd)) them instead. > > However, with the new installation system it is not obvious to me how > to do

Bug#187075: marked as done (Missing module sis900?)

2003-11-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Mon, 10 Nov 2003 00:20:50 +0100 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Missing module sis900? 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 it is now your responsibil

Bug#219890: ethdetect: Strange main-menu item title

2003-11-09 Thread Jeremie Koenig
Package: ethdetect Version: 0.56 Severity: minor Ethdetect's menu entry text is "Detect network hardware". However, at DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low, ethdetect's first question is "Would you like me to try to detect hardware ?", and the user can manually choose which module to install. I think the menu it

Bug#219888: anna: Give the user full control of modules to be installed

2003-11-09 Thread Jeremie Koenig
Package: anna Version: 0.043 Severity: wishlist Hello, The anna TODO list contains : | * Include all packages that will be autoinstalled in the question about | what to install, in addition to those that will not be installed. | In corner cases the user mqay need to omit a particular package

Bug#219889: anna: Poorly handles commas in components descriptions

2003-11-09 Thread Jeremie Koenig
Package: anna Version: 0.044 Severity: normal Tags: patch When selecting which components to load, commas in udeb description cause debconf to split the list item in two. I suggest the following fix to be applied (strip out commas in package_to_choice, in util.c) : Index: util.c

Installation report for beta1 images ppc (iBook2)

2003-11-09 Thread Thorsten Sauter
INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: http://people.debian.org/~tsauter/d-i/images-powerpc/2003-11-09/ uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.22-powerpc #1 Sat Sep 27 06:55:23 CEST 2003 ppc unknown Date: 11/10/2003 00:33pm (CEST) Method: Creating my own busines card cdrom from d-i cvs and the daily

net booting

2003-11-09 Thread Hans Ekbrand
Hi list-members! I am new to this list. I intend to do some test installations. I have one modern laptop, and a couple of older (first generation of Pentiums) to play with. Since none of the older computers can read CD-RW discs, I am interested in trying to net boot (dhcp, tftp and nfs (or a lar

Flavors

2003-11-09 Thread Chris Tillman
In the old installation manual, there were four (no, 5) flavors of kernels for i386. In the current kernel module, only one kernel version is listed. Can we dump all the instructions for users about choosing flavors on i386? (Please say yes). -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People,

Bug#219879: linux-kernel-di: please include jfs modules

2003-11-09 Thread Thorsten Sauter
Package: linux-kernel-di Version: 0.11 Severity: wishlist Hi, [I'm not sure, if this is the correct module to report this, but maybe we can clone this bug later to all kernel packages.] Please include a module for the jfs filesystem. Thanks Thorsten -- System Information: Debian Release: te

Processed: Make it easier to find d-i related bugs

2003-11-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 164140 + d-i Bug#164140: grub: fails with two SCSI disks, works with one There were no tags set. Tags added: d-i > tags 177347 + d-i Bug#177347: libparted1.6-0: Should support creating ext3 filesystems There were no tags set. Tags added: d-i > ta

Bug#219868: choose-mirror: Go Back does not work properly

2003-11-09 Thread Alastair McKinstry
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 20:58, Denis Barbier wrote: > Package: choose-mirror > Version: CVS > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > Hi, > > if you select http protocol, continue until the last question, > go back to the first question and select ftp protocol, then > choose-mirror exits before reaching t

Bug#219868: choose-mirror: Go Back does not work properly

2003-11-09 Thread Denis Barbier
Package: choose-mirror Version: CVS Severity: normal Tags: d-i Hi, if you select http protocol, continue until the last question, go back to the first question and select ftp protocol, then choose-mirror exits before reaching the last question. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [cdebconf] Backing up can't work if seen questions are skipped

2003-11-09 Thread Denis Barbier
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 07:12:28PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:44:58PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:27:47PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > > Recently cdebconf behavior has been changed to not display already seen > > > questions, in

Re: [cdebconf] Backing up can't work if seen questions are skipped

2003-11-09 Thread Denis Barbier
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:44:58PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:27:47PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > Recently cdebconf behavior has been changed to not display already seen > > questions, in order to help non-interactive installations. > > But this change makes

Re: Slow redraws in the debootstrap stage

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:37:25PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: > during the "install base system" step in d-i, i.e. while debootstrap > is running, there is one annoying effect. The newt frontend redraws > the whole status box (the progress bar and the text about which file > is retrieved respecti

Re: [cdebconf] Backing up can't work if seen questions are skipped

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:27:47PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > Recently cdebconf behavior has been changed to not display already seen > questions, in order to help non-interactive installations. > But this change makes back up quite useless, because one cannot go > back and forth without trouble

[cdebconf] Backing up can't work if seen questions are skipped

2003-11-09 Thread Denis Barbier
Recently cdebconf behavior has been changed to not display already seen questions, in order to help non-interactive installations. But this change makes back up quite useless, because one cannot go back and forth without trouble, some questions are skipped. So I would like to revert this change, is

Re: beta release and freeze plans

2003-11-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 11:37:54AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > I object. > > > > It is ok for me to wait until monday for the new powerpc packages to be > > added, and the kernel-di stuff to be adapted to them, but i will sure as > > hell not wait 1 month for that. > > Read i

Re: explicit image classification in INSTALLER-HOWTO

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > Difference between netinst and businesscard is indeed explained in section 2.1, > in section 3 I can't find anything related to explanation of different image > favours. My point was only to do a more explicit image classification Yes, I meant section 2.1 not 3. > there

Re: beta release and freeze plans

2003-11-09 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > I object. > > It is ok for me to wait until monday for the new powerpc packages to be > added, and the kernel-di stuff to be adapted to them, but i will sure as > hell not wait 1 month for that. Read it again, nothing in there says you cannot rev the kernel. > Also, i don't

Bug#219829: autopartkit: confusing error message when there are no drives to partition

2003-11-09 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
Package: autopartkit Severity: normal Tags: d-i If autopartkit can't find any drives to partition (say, a SCSI-only system where the SCSI card was not properly detected), it dies with the following (rather confusing) error message: Could not stat device autopartkit/device_name doesn't exist - N

Re: explicit image classification in INSTALLER-HOWTO

2003-11-09 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Am Son, den 09.11.2003 schrieb Filippo Giunchedi um 11:02: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 03:55:58PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > > > first of all thanks for the great work with d-i, it is really cool! after > > > playing around with some images I found netinst confusing, I th

Re: beta release and freeze plans

2003-11-09 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:37:52AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > It's time to get a beta release out and get some wider testing. There are > some things that are very obviously broken still, such as mkreiserfs > hanging. I've collected the worst issues at the top of the TODO. I suggest > that we take t

Re: sarge-install onto Thinkpad

2003-11-09 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:43:22PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 02:12:07PM -0600, Bibek Sahu wrote: > > Is there anything special I need to know about using XFS, or using XFS for > > boot? > > I would certainly be interested in discussing XFS support for d-i with > anyone

Re: explicit image classification in INSTALLER-HOWTO

2003-11-09 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 03:55:58PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > > first of all thanks for the great work with d-i, it is really cool! after > > playing around with some images I found netinst confusing, I thought it was > > "full networked installation (d-i included)" but t

Re: setting /etc/modules in d-i / base-config?

2003-11-09 Thread Alastair McKinstry
On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 23:59, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Alastair McKinstry] > > Do we (expect to) prime the /etc/modules on /target in d-i, in > > general, eg. for network interfaces, or should kbd-chooser add the > > USB modules if it spots a USB keyboard? > > My plan is to leave this to the H

Re: updated lithuanian .po files

2003-11-09 Thread Alastair McKinstry
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 00:04, KÄstutis BiliÅnas wrote: > Hi, > > In attachement there are some updated lithuanian (lt_LT) > .po files for d-i. Could someone commit them for me? > > Thanks, Committed. Thanks for your contribution to Debian. Alastair -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]