Bug#152152: (no subject)

2005-01-05 Thread Rene Wilder
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Bug#288897: elilo-installer: needs to remove 'do_bootloader = no' entry from kernel-img.conf

2005-01-05 Thread dann frazier
Package: elilo-installer Version: 1.2 Severity: grave base-installer adds 'do_bootloader = no' to /etc/kernel-img.conf. With this setting, kernel-image packages will no longer prompt the user to run ELILO in their post-install. This means users will see no indication that the kernel they just in

Bug#288884: Sarge Installation fails with auto-partioning on 4G drive

2005-01-05 Thread Christian Perrier
reassign 24 partman-auto retitle 24 Should assign a bigger root partition when choosing "Desktop machine" receipe severity 24 important thanks Quoting Rob Bochan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I chose auto-partitioning on a 4G drive, chose the "Desktop machine" > configuration (seperate roo

Processed: Re: Bug#288884: Sarge Installation fails with auto-partioning on 4G drive

2005-01-05 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 24 partman-auto Bug#24: Sarge Installation fails with auto-partioning on 4G drive Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `partman-auto'. > retitle 24 Should assign a bigger root partition when choosing "Desktop > ma

Bug#288884: Sarge Installation fails with auto-partioning on 4G drive

2005-01-05 Thread Rob Bochan
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Debian Sarge rc2, from the project page http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ uname -a: Linux blah 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Fri Sep 3 06:24:46 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 2004-01-05 Method: netinst CD-image, static IP, NAT'd via router, n

Re: Sarge branch build dies with free blocks count == 0

2005-01-05 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Daniel Dickinson wrote: [snip] > | FWIW, I wrote buildscript just as a helper for local d-i testing, > | and put it in SVN when it evolved enough to be useful for other > | d-i developers with different architectures. It was never intended > | to be useful for production builds of d-i. > > Ah, I

Re: dual-boot 64-32bit

2005-01-05 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Guiseppe, Thanks for the reply. I gave confusing info in my first post. I resized the 64bit /home to free up about 25GB of space. I used parted> mkpartfs to make a new ext2 partition but that was a mistake. I deleted that partition in the demudi install dialog. Debian-installer then created the

Re: Sarge branch build dies with free blocks count == 0

2005-01-05 Thread Daniel Dickinson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thiemo Seufer wrote: | Daniel Dickinson wrote: | [snip] | |>Well afir the only change between a build with this message and the |>build getting further, was adding the pic's so something screwy was |>going on. Personally I think my problems are a resul

Re: Bug#288476: Problems with fr_CA installs

2005-01-05 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Giuseppe Sacco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Il giorno mer, 05-01-2005 alle 18:52 +0100, Christian Perrier ha > scritto: > [...] > > However, locales have LC_PAPER precisely for this purpose, so I think > > that correctly handling the defaults really should be done in > > libpaper1 config script,

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I think you're being inconsistent in your definition of "Bob user". Bob > as been someone we don't bother with little details like disk > partitioning, but he's expected to know how to choose between kde and > gnome? Maybe not the same Bob Users...:-) We'

Bug#288799: silo fails

2005-01-05 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 01:49:32PM -0500, Mehul N. Sanghvi wrote: > Comments/Problems: > > ok boot cdrom > SILO 1.4.8 > > Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux sarge! > . > . > . > . > [ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ] > boot: > Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x400

Re: dual-boot 64-32bit

2005-01-05 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
Hi Norval, I think you are trying something impossible since demudi is a 32bit environment an amd64 is 64bit so you have different executable formats. What you should have is: two different partitions for / that are only listed in /etc/fstab for the relevant system, i.e., the 64bit system should on

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Joey Hess wrote: > Christian Perrier wrote: > > Our now famous "Bob User" will for sure never use the method suggested > > by Joey for choosing tasks. > > I think you're being inconsistent in your definition of "Bob user". Bob > as been someone we don't bother with little details like disk > parti

Re: Bug#281843: Bug#281839: Fwd: Re: Bug#281839: sid-amd64-netinst.iso install report

2005-01-05 Thread Norval Watson
Hi Frans, Sorry this reply is so late, hectic times for me. re booting 2.4 kernel on AMD64 with SATA: I have tried installing Demudi_1.2.0-i386 and installer can't see disk for partitioning. I think that might be 2.4.18 kernel.. However demudi_1.2.1-rc1-i386 will see the disk and partition it, usin

Re: [daily 20041227][i386] freeze on SATA Promise PDC20621 [SATA150 SX4]

2005-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > retitle 287533 ? > I made some further tests and also had some email exchange with Promise > support and I got finally a clue about the problem: sd_mod need to be > loaded before sata_sx. This is a know problem even for the original > driver (shipped only for redhat and sus

dual-boot 64-32bit

2005-01-05 Thread Norval Watson
Hi, I am trying to setup a 64-bit debian-amd64 and 32-bit AGNULA/Demudi dual boot. I installed debian-amd64 first. Then I used parted to make some free space on the /home partition. Then I installed demudi_1.2.1-rc1-i386.iso into the free space. On reboot demudi recognizes SATA disk but hangs at ch

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > Ah, no, there where a bunch of people who didn't like it, especially as it > started breaking on all sides when kde was uninstallable on non-mainstream > arches, and we were told that this was the right true way. Please don't go > into revisionism at this time. I agree that it

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Christian Perrier wrote: > Our now famous "Bob User" will for sure never use the method suggested > by Joey for choosing tasks. I think you're being inconsistent in your definition of "Bob user". Bob as been someone we don't bother with little details like disk partitioning, but he's expected to k

Bug#288799: installation-reports

2005-01-05 Thread Mehul N. Sanghvi
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/sparc/20050103/sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso uname -a: Unable to run 'uname -a' as I do not have a shell. Date: 2005-01-04 13:30 Method: I downloaded the image, burnt it to CD, then booted

Re: Sarge branch build dies with free blocks count == 0

2005-01-05 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Daniel Dickinson wrote: [snip] > Well afir the only change between a build with this message and the > build getting further, was adding the pic's so something screwy was > going on. Personally I think my problems are a result of trying to use > the buildscript before this. I know it's supposed

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 06:49:53PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > FWIW, this is exactly the way Mandrake does this and it's quite > > successful for new users... > > > > Personally I would be in favour of such an approach. > > As already mentioned, the main problem is certainly that we a

Re: Bug#288476: Problems with fr_CA installs

2005-01-05 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
Il giorno mer, 05-01-2005 alle 18:52 +0100, Christian Perrier ha scritto: [...] > However, locales have LC_PAPER precisely for this purpose, so I think > that correctly handling the defaults really should be done in > libpaper1 config script, by using LC_PAPER of course. Actually, the default pape

Bug#288701: Selected keymap not used for gdm, gnome or kde

2005-01-05 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Irrevenant ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: debian-installer > Version: Debian Sarge RC2 - 17-Dec-2004 > > I installed Debian Sarge from CDs 1-3 of Debian Sarge RC2 - > 17-Dec-2004. It asked me for my desired keymap up front and I selected > it (dvorak). It was used throughout the inst

Re: Bug#288476: Problems with fr_CA installs

2005-01-05 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > If libpaper1 does not have a mechanism for this, it seems to me setting a > default paper size is definitely something that could be done in l-c. Well, yes an no. This was my first thought when dealing with this bug report and reassigning one part to l-c.

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Christian Perrier
> FWIW, this is exactly the way Mandrake does this and it's quite > successful for new users... > > Personally I would be in favour of such an approach. As already mentioned, the main problem is certainly that we all did not pay enough attention to this tasksel thing during the last months, whi

rescue_0.1_powerpc.changes is NEW

2005-01-05 Thread Debian Installer
(new) rescue-check_0.1_all.udeb standard debian-installer enter d-i rescue mode if requested (new) rescue-mode_0.1_all.udeb optional debian-installer mount requested partition and start a rescue shell (new) rescue_0.1.dsc optional debian-installer (new) rescue_0.1.tar.gz optional debian-installer C

Processing of rescue_0.1_powerpc.changes

2005-01-05 Thread Archive Administrator
rescue_0.1_powerpc.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: rescue_0.1.dsc rescue_0.1.tar.gz rescue-check_0.1_all.udeb rescue-mode_0.1_all.udeb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: [FYI] linux 2.6 still not working with PReP (ppc32)

2005-01-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 09:04:01AM -0800, J. William Campbell wrote: > Hi Sven, >Thanks for the comments. I think you are correct that it is at least an >interrupt assignment problem. Cool. > I will look into this and see if I can figure out what is wrong. I will > compile a Kernel and

Processed: [daily 20041227][i386] freeze on SATA Promise PDC20621 [SATA150 SX4]

2005-01-05 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 287533 [daily 20041227][i386] freeze on SATA Promise PDC20621 > [SATA150 SX4] Bug#287533: [daily 20041227][i386] stop when loading sd_mod if Tekram SCSI board is present Changed Bug title. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me

Re: [FYI] linux 2.6 still not working with PReP (ppc32)

2005-01-05 Thread J. William Campbell
Hi Sven, Thanks for the comments. I think you are correct that it is at least an interrupt assignment problem. I will look into this and see if I can figure out what is wrong. I will compile a Kernel and build an initrd as soon as I get my cross-development system running. Unfortunately I h

[daily 20041227][i386] freeze on SATA Promise PDC20621 [SATA150 SX4]

2005-01-05 Thread Giuseppe Sacco
retitle 287533 thanks I made some further tests and also had some email exchange with Promise support and I got finally a clue about the problem: sd_mod need to be loaded before sata_sx. This is a know problem even for the original driver (shipped only for redhat and suse.) So the solution might

Re: Difficulty upgrading kernel on LVM/software RAID-1 system

2005-01-05 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 16:41, David Bruce wrote: > I am fairly confident from reading today that what I need to do is to > make or copy a initrd.img file and set up initrd for my new kernel - > new territory for me that I may explore when I get home tonight. Any > pertinent suggestions would

Difficulty upgrading kernel on LVM/software RAID-1 system

2005-01-05 Thread David Bruce
I recently installed Sarge using D-I in a lvm-on-raid setup, and everything worked perfectly.  The 2.4-based kernel works fine.  Out of pure geekish compulsion, I decided to "upgrade" to 2.6.9.  I compiled a new kernel (using make-kpkg) with all of the lvm and raid options built in and insta

Bug#288759: insmod missing

2005-01-05 Thread debbug2
Package: busybox-cvs-static Version: 20040623-1 Hi, the busybox manpage says that the insmod command is supported, but the binary doesn't support it. Maybe a compilation problem? regards Hadmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On ÎÎÏ 05 ÎÎÎ 2005 16:07, Sven Luther wrote: > [ ] Simple Desktop (No gnome or KDE) > [ ] Gnome Desktop > [ ] KDE Desktop > (both of these would enable the simple desktop stuff) > ... load of server tasks ... FWIW, this is exactly the way Mandrake does this and it's quite successful

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 05:21:03AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > Joeyh, this is no solution, and you perfectly know it. We need something a > > bit > > more fine grained than the current tasks, which allow everyone to be happy, > > without having to loose time fiddling through i

[D-I Manual] Build log for en (05 Jan 2005)

2005-01-05 Thread Frans Pop
A build of the Debian Installer Manual was triggered by an update to SVN. There were no errors during the build process. The new version of the manual has been uploaded successfully. A log of the build is available at: - http://home.tiscali.nl/isildur/d-i/log/en.log === New in this theater: thes

Re: Bug#284230: megaraid2 issue

2005-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Matulat, Ralf wrote: > During installation everything works fine. But after reboot, the System > hangs when it comes to load the RAID-driver. It tries to load the > megaraid.o instead of megaraid2.o. So I looked into the initrd of the > installed system: There is a file named laodmodules, where all

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Sven Luther wrote: > Joeyh, this is no solution, and you perfectly know it. We need something a bit > more fine grained than the current tasks, which allow everyone to be happy, > without having to loose time fiddling through individual package lists in > aptitude. I admit that this is maybe not do

Processed: reassign 288701 to kbd-chooser

2005-01-05 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.8.6 > reassign 288701 kbd-chooser Bug#288701: Selected keymap not used for gdm, gnome or kde Bug reassigned from package `debian-installer' to `kbd-chooser'. > End of message, stopping proc

Re: Desktop task broken on !(i386/powerpc)

2005-01-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 12:27:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Joerg Friedrich wrote: > > Then we have no tool for the experienced user. Searching through a list > > of more than 1 Packages is no option. > > Perhaps you're not aware that aptitude allows browsing of the task > contents and select

Re: [FYI] linux 2.6 still not working with PReP (ppc32)

2005-01-05 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 11:46:37AM -0800, J. William Campbell wrote: > Hi Sven, >I don't know if this will help you any but I have similar results > with both a MCP750 and an MVME3604. I have attached a copy of my install > reports below. They > both hang at exactly the same point as reported

Bug#288701: Selected keymap not used for gdm, gnome or kde

2005-01-05 Thread Irrevenant
Package: debian-installer Version: Debian Sarge RC2 - 17-Dec-2004 I installed Debian Sarge from CDs 1-3 of Debian Sarge RC2 - 17-Dec-2004. It asked me for my desired keymap up front and I selected it (dvorak). It was used throughout the installer, but once the system was installed, I was thro

Re: Bug#288476: Problems with fr_CA installs

2005-01-05 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 05 January 2005 06:50, Christian Perrier wrote: > I don't know how libpaper1 sets the default and if it depends on the > localeor if it is always A4. But, anyway, if it sets the default > based on the locale, then it is wrong for fr_CA

Re: Bug#284230: megaraid2 issue

2005-01-05 Thread Matulat, Ralf
Hi, To put a finger on it: Debian-Version: Sarge-Snapshot 03.Jan.2005 Hardware: DELL PowerEdge 1850 with a PERC 4E/Si RAID Controller Problem: After Installation, System tries to boot with megaraid.o instead of megaraid2.o During installation everything works fine. But after reboot, the System ha