Re: VMWare Workstation licences available for D-I development/testing

Quoting Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi all, > > As you may or may not know, VMWare has kindly donated some licences for > VMWare Workstation to the D-I team, to be used for development and > testing of the installer. > > We currently need an upgrade of these licences from version 5 to vers

Re: Bug#430023: please add gnu-fdisk-udeb and gnu-cfdisk-udeb

On Saturday 14 July 2007 20:15, Robert Millan wrote: > > - we already have parted-udeb, which I expect _does_ support GPT > > In my use case, the person who was installing had to call me because he > had to edit a GPT disk and didn't know how to handle parted. With my > proposed solution, I would

VMWare Workstation licences available for D-I development/testing

Hi all, As you may or may not know, VMWare has kindly donated some licences for VMWare Workstation to the D-I team, to be used for development and testing of the installer. We currently need an upgrade of these licences from version 5 to version 6, mainly because version 5 does not work anymor

Retiring the sparc32 port

Hi, First of all, I would like to apologize for falling out of the loop for almost 4 months. My move and settling-in period took quite a bit longer than I expected. In the meantime there was no further progress on the decision about continued sparc32 support, so I would like to address it as s

Re: d-i Customization

--- Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > udeb_{include,exclude} is meant to be used to instruct d-i to load or > not something "by default" but d-i also loads a lot of modules that > are standard or required. > > You can to change the set of d-i modules that're included on the CD > chan

Bug#432314: Issue Similar to Bug #380416

On Tuesday 10 July 2007 08:14, Youssef Eldakar wrote: > The issue is similar to bug #380416, I suppose. Hmm. If you also have messages similar to the following in the syslog, that could indeed be the case: main-menu[2214]: (process:1635): sfdisk: main-menu[2214]: (process:1635): cannot open /dev/

linux-kernel-di-arm-2.6_1.15_arm.changes ACCEPTED

Accepted: ata-modules-2.6.21-2-ixp4xx-di_1.15_arm.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-arm-2.6/ata-modules-2.6.21-2-ixp4xx-di_1.15_arm.udeb cdrom-core-modules-2.6.21-2-footbridge-di_1.15_arm.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-arm-2.6/cdrom-core-modules-2.6.21-2-footbridge-di_1.15_arm.udeb cd

linux-kernel-di-arm-2.6_1.16_arm.changes ACCEPTED

Accepted: ata-modules-2.6.21-2-ixp4xx-di_1.16_arm.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-arm-2.6/ata-modules-2.6.21-2-ixp4xx-di_1.16_arm.udeb cdrom-core-modules-2.6.21-2-footbridge-di_1.16_arm.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-arm-2.6/cdrom-core-modules-2.6.21-2-footbridge-di_1.16_arm.udeb cd

Processed: Re: Bug#432314: installation-report: LILO Installation Fails on Machine with 4 SATA Disks

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 432314 lilo-installer 1.20 Bug#432314: installation-report: LILO Installation Fails on Machine with 4 SATA Disks Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `lilo-installer'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if

Bug#432314: installation-report: LILO Installation Fails on Machine with 4 SATA Disks

reassign 432314 lilo-installer 1.20 thanks On Monday 09 July 2007 13:12, Youssef Eldakar wrote: > Installing on a machine with 4 SATA disks proceeds smoothly until it > reaches the LILO boot loader installation. First of all a little side note. lilo is pretty much deprecated (grub is preferred a

Bug#432589: Bug in netinst for Etch causes expert-installation to hang at tasksel

On Tuesday 10 July 2007 21:22, Jeroen Maris wrote: > Comments/Problems: > I have tried this installation five or six times now, and I have been > able to reproduce a bug. > When I boot the netinst-cd and use the `expert`-argument to do a fully > customised installation, the installation fails at ta

Re: Netcfg and allow-hotplug vs auto

Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 12 July 2007 20:59, Matheus Morais wrote: >> netcfg module is responsible to write >> /etc/network/interfaces at installation time right? Why use >> allow-hotplug instead auto in network configuration file? > > Mostly because it improves support

Bug#432787: marked as done (installation report of Thinkpad X60)

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Re: Netcfg and allow-hotplug vs auto

On Thursday 12 July 2007 20:59, Matheus Morais wrote: > netcfg module is responsible to write > /etc/network/interfaces at installation time right? Why use > allow-hotplug instead auto in network configuration file? Mostly because it improves support for laptops which may not always be connected

Re: About the technology being used to build Debian Installer Manual

On Saturday 14 July 2007 08:14, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Yes I agree with you on this... I just wanted to know the technical > > aspect of how the D-I installation manual are created. Hope this > > helps... > > Well, on that specific topic, the best is probably looking in the > manual/ director

Bug#433073: Please disable DirectFB's window backend buffer

On Saturday 14 July 2007 11:15, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: > DirectFB allows to set [1] the way the desktop window buffering > mechanism works by disabling the backend buffer. > The result, in my experiments, was saving some some hundreds KB of > memory with no noticeable drawbacks. > I propose to a

Re: D-I switched to dhcp3-client

On Saturday 14 July 2007 20:18, Robert Millan wrote: > You might be interested in: > http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/soc-projects.html#tiny-dhcp > > I don't know the current status, but it might be worth keeping an eye > on. Thanks. I've added a link to that on http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall

Re: d-i Customization

On Saturday 14 July 2007 12:03, Craig Block wrote: > I'm attemping to set up a custom network d-i CD for a new computer. > Nothing critical, just a machine I might want run Debian once in a > while. I need the CD to boot with and install a newer kernel verison > (for chipset/disk support). Unfort

Re: D-I switched to dhcp3-client

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 08:59:37PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > We do still plan to keep looking for a smaller alternative. You might be interested in: http://www.netbsd.org/contrib/soc-projects.html#tiny-dhcp I don't know the current status, but it might be worth keeping an eye on. -- Rober

Re: Bug#430023: please add gnu-fdisk-udeb and gnu-cfdisk-udeb

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:21:06PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 July 2007 09:54, Robert Millan wrote: > > I'd like to request that the gnu-fdisk and gnu-cfdisk packages be added > > to^W^Wkept in the D-I section of the Debian archive. There is a small > > use case in which this is useful

Re: Regarding: Bug 430023: please add gnu-fdisk-udeb and gnu-cfdisk-udeb

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 06:17:32PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > About the udebs, I agree that would be better to have a message on > Debian Boot mailing list about them, before asking for them to be > build but I also think that noone need to know about that. We ought > write it on Developer

Re: Requesting new udebs (was: Bug#430023: please add gnu-fdisk-udeb and gnu-cfdisk-udeb)

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:33:40PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 13 July 2007 09:44, Robert Millan wrote: > > Ok, but please let's not make a big fuss of this. The udebs were just > > added to the archive, not to D-I. > > And you also added them to all CD images... Doesn't "extra" priority

Bug#433109: marked as done (installation-reports: Successful installation on Thecus N2100)

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Bug#433109: installation-reports: Successful installation on Thecus N2100

Package: installation-reports Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: Netboot (via replacement firmware) Image version: Date: Sat Jul 14 15:00:00 EST 2007 Machine: Thecus N2100 P

linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6_0.18_mips.changes ACCEPTED

Accepted: cdrom-core-modules-2.6.21-2-sb1-bcm91250a-di_0.18_mips.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6/cdrom-core-modules-2.6.21-2-sb1-bcm91250a-di_0.18_mips.udeb cdrom-core-modules-2.6.21-2-sb1a-bcm91480b-di_0.18_mips.udeb to pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6/cdrom-core-modules-2.

Processing of linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6_0.18_mips.changes

linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6_0.18_mips.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6_0.18.dsc linux-kernel-di-mips-2.6_0.18.tar.gz kernel-image-2.6.21-2-r4k-ip22-di_0.18_mips.udeb ppp-modules-2.6.21-2-r4k-ip22-di_0.18_mips.udeb loop-modules-2.6.21-2

Re: d-i Customization

Craig Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The documentation in the Wiki says that I should be able to exclude > udebs using ./.disk/udeb_exclude. I was dissapointed to find that > doesn't seem to work. I can exclude udebs by removing their entries in > the the status and Package files, but I don

Re: Next online d-i meeting: Wed 25th July, 19:00 UTC?

On Saturday 14 July 2007 13:52, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > May I suggest Saturday 28 July at 20:00 UTC. Saturdays at 20:00 UTC > was the most common date for d-i meetings during 2004 and 2005. That's not entirely true: - we alternated between Wednesdays and Saturdays - most of those meetings

Re: Next online d-i meeting: Wed 25th July, 19:00 UTC?

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 06:03:47PM +0200, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: >Hi! > >A few weeks ago in Edinburgh, members of the debian-installer team >discussed about getting back the habit of having monthly online >meetings [1]. > >Here is a proposition for the next IRC meeting: > > Wednesday, 25th of July,

Gardul viu - minune!!!

GARDUL VIU-MINUNE!!! Creste rapid (1.20-1.80 m/an)!!! E incredibil de nepretentios!!! (atât în privinta solului cât si a îngrijirii) E incredibil de ieftin!!! Capacitate de umbrire excelenta! Capacitate antipraf de un grad înalt! Este o planta foioasa, de culoare verde viu, cu frunze mici lucioase,

d-i Customization

I haven't played with Debian since Woody and I'd like to say how excellent I feel the current (stable) installer is. It seems very polished. I'm glad I can still use the newt interface, hehe, guess I'm old fashioned. I like that it's so accesible to customization and I hope the plan is to keep d

Processed: retitle 387512 to [etch-beta3] Only asks one time for GRUB password

Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.1 > retitle 387512 [etch-beta3] Only asks one time for GRUB password Bug#387512: [etch-beta3] Only asks on time for GRUB password Changed Bug title to `[etch-beta3] Only asks one time for

Bug#433073: Please disable DirectFB's window backend buffer

package: rootskel-gtk severity: wishlist tags: patch DirectFB allows to set [1] the way the desktop window buffering mechanism works by disabling the backend buffer. The result, in my experiments, was saving some some hundreds KB of memory with no noticeable drawbacks. I propose to apply the at

DirectFB 1.0 needed to fix a memory leak in gtk/dfb

Hi I'd like to know if any progress was recently made towards packaging DirectFB 1.0. DirectFB 1.0, among many improvements and fixes over version 0.9.25 like better touchpad support, provides a new method (DFBWindow::DetachEventBuffer () ) which is needed by a patch which was recently commit

Re: Next online d-i meeting: Wed 25th July, 19:00 UTC?

> We can use the wiki in the meantime to collectively work out an > agenda [2] for the meeting. Please also register yourselves as attendees so that we can get a rough picture of who will attend the meeting. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Meetings/Coordination signature.asc Descriptio