Please add support for the Playstation 3 Platform

2008-03-09 Thread Norberto Feliberty
To whom it may concern, Hi, my name is Norberto Feliberty. I own a playstation 3 which has a powerpc based processor. As you may know, it is capable of running linux distrobutions and therefore can be used as a personal computer. I have tried several different linux distros all with various de

Bug#470048: installation-report: long pause -- 3 minutes -- at 97% during "cleaning up" phase

2008-03-09 Thread Frans Pop
Hi Rick, On Saturday 08 March 2008, Rick Thomas wrote: > Comments/Problems: > completely nominal install except that at 97% complete (Mar 8 08:06:52 in > the attached installation syslog file) there was a 3 minute pause where > it seemed to be doing nothing. If you have the chance, please repeat

Bug#470027: installation report

2008-03-09 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 08 March 2008, Tom wrote: First of all, thank you for your report. > Configure network: [O] OK, prefer auto ethX to allow-hotplug in > network/interfaces Feel free to change it. We chose hotpug because it offers flexibility for laptops and even for s

Re: Patch to tidy up wget use, and add return=4 when 404's are seen

2008-03-09 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 07 March 2008, Philip Hands wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > Or maybe use a switch to toggle between "continuation" and "full" > > retries. Continuation retries probably make sense for larger files > > (Packages comes to mind) for which the integrity can be checked > > (md5sum). > > Given th

partman-partitioning 57 MIGRATED to testing

2008-03-09 Thread Debian testing watch
FYI: The status of the partman-partitioning source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 56 Current version: 57 -- This email is automatically generated; [EMAIL PROTECTED] is responsible. See http://people.debian.org/~henning/trille/ for more information.

pkgsel 0.18 MIGRATED to testing

2008-03-09 Thread Debian testing watch
FYI: The status of the pkgsel source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 0.17 Current version: 0.18 -- This email is automatically generated; [EMAIL PROTECTED] is responsible. See http://people.debian.org/~henning/trille/ for more information. -- To UN

[RFR] Major localechooser revamp

2008-03-09 Thread Frans Pop
Hi, This weekend has been rather dedicated to localechooser. Although there's more in the pipeline, I think these changes are ready to be committed. Before I commit the changes, here's an overview. If anyone sees any problems with these changes or has questions, please let me know. I have done

Debian Installer Lenny Beta1: Status Update 4

2008-03-09 Thread Otavio Salvador
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Here goes a new status update about release. Please respect the reply-to header and please follow up to debian-boot mailing list. Bellow is the updated timeline: +--+---+ | Da

Bug#338192: marked as done (Please use a font with line drawing characters for Greek)

2008-03-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 9 Mar 2008 22:27:12 +0100 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#338192: Please use a font with line drawing characters for Greek has caused the Debian Bug report #338192, regarding Please use a font with line drawing characters for Greek to be marked as

Bug#443979: Package: installation-reports

2008-03-09 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 09 March 2008, Bob Proulx wrote: > Testing to determine other datapoints. Woody installer boots linux > 2.2.20 and 2.4.18. Sarge installer boots linux 2.4.27 and 2.6.8. But > Etch will not boot 2.6.18, Lenny will not boot 2.6.22 and Sid will not > boot 2.6.24. Booting DSL-N boots linu

Re: kernel version in boot files

2008-03-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-06 14:02]: > Is there any good reason for this? > > [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:~/ftp/dists/unstable/main/installer-mips/current/images>find |grep > 2.6.22 > ./sb1-bcm91250a/netboot/vmlinux-2.6.22-3-sb1-bcm91250a > ./qemu/netboot/vmlinux-2.6.22-3-qemu > ./sb1a-bc

Bug#443979: Package: installation-reports

2008-03-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Steven Tupper wrote: > Machine: ETX-LX-800 R10 board on an mini ITX base board > Processor: AMD Geode GX MMX 500MHz > Memory: 256MB + 8MB graphics > Comments/Problems: > > I run up the system and it boots to the cd which runs the Debian > installer app. I get the splash screen with the 'F1 or ent

MIPS port maintenance (debian-installer, kernel)

2008-03-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
We need more people actively testing debian-installer and the kernel on various MIPS (mips and mipsel) platforms. I've tested d-i and the kernel on various MIPS platforms over the last years, even platforms I wasn't terribly interested in myself. I no longer have the time or interest to maintain

Re: New partman-multipath udeb

2008-03-09 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 09 March 2008, Guido Günther wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 03:21:48AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > However, /usr/lib/post-base-installer.d/ is perfect as that is run > > after debootstrap but before kernel installation. It works the same as > > finish-install.d: just dump a script in th

Bug#468832: multipath support

2008-03-09 Thread Guido Günther
HI Otavio, On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 03:30:36PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > I'm ok with you pushing it for Beta2 but I'd like that you keep around > if any issues is discovery with your code changes. I hope we'll be > able to do a fast Beta2 release and want to avoid too risky changes. Sure. The

Re: [PATCH] enable armel/versatile in the build dir

2008-03-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-01 13:34]: > I noticed that my patch would break arm builds, since versatile is > only available for armel. > > Perhaps this means the "armel -> arm" symlink ought to be removed? > I suppose similar symlinks can be added on the subdirectories to > archi

Bug#470061: network install starting from USB

2008-03-09 Thread Geert Stappers
retitle 470061 network install starting from USB stop Op 08-03-2008 om 23:08 schreef oc-spam66: > Hello, > > I would like to install a debian (network install) starting with a USB key. > The file : http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst > gives a link to : > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/et

Processed: Re: Bug#470061: network install starting from USB

2008-03-09 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 470061 network install starting from USB Bug#470061: Package: installation-reports Changed Bug title to `network install starting from USB' from `Package: installation-reports'. > stop Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need a

Re: New partman-multipath udeb

2008-03-09 Thread Guido Günther
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 03:21:48AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > However, /usr/lib/post-base-installer.d/ is perfect as that is run after > debootstrap but before kernel installation. It works the same as > finish-install.d: just dump a script in there and it'll get executed. > Because of when it is

Re: Consistency in "doing foo..." strings

2008-03-09 Thread Daniel Baumann
Christian Perrier wrote: > So, well, the only language I'm sur eabout is French: no bloody space > before ellipsis. (« Il n'y a pas d'espace avant les points de > suspension, mais il y en a une après. » in German, it's wrong as well as defined by Duden (the 'legally' authoritative source for Germa