Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 26 June 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > Should the description "BIOS boot area:" not also mention grub in > > some way? Something like "Reserve BIOS boot area for GRUB:" (although > > that may already be a bit long for this dialog)? > > I don't think it's essential to mention GRUB; in th

Bug#487906: Lenny Beta2 on PowerPC - strange video mode after reboot

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
reassign 487906 xserver-xorg-core thanks On Thursday 26 June 2008, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Comments/Problems: > > All went as expected during the install.  However, after the reboot, > > the screen came up in 800x600 mode and could not be changed. > > I wonder if this is related to Bug#484015 ? Th

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 27 June 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 27 June 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > How about "staging area that may be used by BIOS-based bootloaders"? > > Though, this description text isn't settled yet (see the other mail). > > That's way too long for this dialog. > > The description and

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 27 June 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > How about "staging area that may be used by BIOS-based bootloaders"? > Though, this description text isn't settled yet (see the other mail). That's way too long for this dialog. The description and current value have to easily fit on a single line a

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2008-06-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 487906 xserver-xorg-core Bug#487906: Lenny Beta2 on PowerPC - strange video mode after reboot Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `xserver-xorg-core'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistan

Re: Bug#487906: Lenny Beta2 on PowerPC - strange video mode after reboot

2008-06-26 Thread Stephen Frazier
There are several bugs that may be related see also Bug#483618 and Bug#486925. All use recent versions of Xorg and all fixed by changing xorg.conf. It would appear that more information is needed about the monitor than is currently being generated. Rick Thomas wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: I won

Bug#479431: pkgsel: Upgrade packages if (security) updates are available

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 26 June 2008, Joey Hess wrote: > I can't test this path set right now, but I think it should work. Typo in changelog: "provied" Changelog is not correct: this does not only affect CD installs, but affects _any_ install method as none of them will have security sources active during

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 05:56:50PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Robert Millan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Package: partman-partitioning > > Version: 60 > > Severity: wishlist > > Tags: patch > > > > This adds support for BIOS Boot Partition flag in partman, which will allow > > GRUB to i

Bug#479431: pkgsel: Upgrade packages if (security) updates are available

2008-06-26 Thread Joey Hess
I can't test this path set right now, but I think it should work. -- see shy jo From 6ad146f53afb3c4df08a218a698162f4b65769ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:47:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Move redundant error handling code into a function. --

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 05:53:07PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > A few naming suggestions that IMO make the scripts better readable: > - s/toggle_bios/toggle_biosgrub/ (affects script directory name too) > - s/biosable/biosgrub/ > - s/unbiosable/nobiosgrub/ > - s/valid_bios/valid_biosgrub/ > > Shou

Bug#487906: Lenny Beta2 on PowerPC - strange video mode after reboot

2008-06-26 Thread Rick Thomas
Rick Thomas wrote: Subject: Bug#487906: Lenny Beta2 on PowerPC - strange video mode after reboot :00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Steppin

Bug#488146: marked as done (installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall))

2008-06-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:29:55 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Re: Bug#488146: installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall) has caused the Debian Bug report #488146, regarding instal

Bug#488146: installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall)

2008-06-26 Thread Dennis Boone
> Please provide output of 'lspci -knn' instead. > If this hardware uses the bnx2 driver, then the problem is missing > firmware. See http://bugs.debian.org/487228#10 05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:164c] (rev 12) K

Bug#488146: installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall)

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
retitle 487228 Installer should support loading firmware for bnx2 driver thanks On Thursday 26 June 2008, Dennis Boone wrote: > Comments/Problems: > lspci shows two interfaces (retyped): Please provide output of 'lspci -knn' instead. If this hardware uses the bnx2 driver, then the problem is mi

Processed: Re: Bug#488146: installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall)

2008-06-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > retitle 487228 Installer should support loading firmware for bnx2 driver Bug#487228: bug report Changed Bug title to `Installer should support loading firmware for bnx2 driver' from `bug report'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me i

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Robert Millan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: partman-partitioning > Version: 60 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > This adds support for BIOS Boot Partition flag in partman, which will allow > GRUB to install on GPT drives without use of blocklists. It requires the user > to manually

Bug#488146: installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall)

2008-06-26 Thread Dennis Boone
Subject: installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall) Package: installation-reports Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http

Re: rename 'Beta3' into 'RC1'

2008-06-26 Thread Otavio Salvador
Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Op 21-06-2008 om 22:44 schreef Debian Wiki : >> Dear Wiki user, >> >> You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Debian Wiki" for >> change notification. >> >> The following page has been changed by OtavioSalvador: >> http://wiki.debian.

Re: Switch to 2.6.25

2008-06-26 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 22 June 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> +++ b/packages/kernel/kernel-wedge/modules/nic-extra-modules >> +enc28j60 >> +igb >> +r6040 > > Did you do a test build for all arches with these? There will be failures > if not all of them support this. Y

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 26 June 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > I get the feeling that this patch is incomplete. Are some new files > > missing? > > > > Some other files show changes while I don't think they currently > > exist, but that's OK. They look to have been copied from existing, > > similar files deali

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 04:16:39PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 26 June 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > This adds support for BIOS Boot Partition flag in partman, which will > > allow GRUB to install on GPT drives without use of blocklists. It > > requires the user to manually setup a part

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 26 June 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > This adds support for BIOS Boot Partition flag in partman, which will > allow GRUB to install on GPT drives without use of blocklists. It > requires the user to manually setup a partition for embedding GRUB in > it. I get the feeling that this patc

Bug#488111: support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT

2008-06-26 Thread Robert Millan
Package: partman-partitioning Version: 60 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch This adds support for BIOS Boot Partition flag in partman, which will allow GRUB to install on GPT drives without use of blocklists. It requires the user to manually setup a partition for embedding GRUB in it. Although bloc

Re: hotkey-setup dependencies: discover versus discover1

2008-06-26 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[David] > The problem is that I cannot find out whether discover or discover1 > is preferrable. I noticed that discover was not updated since last > year, so maybe discover1 is preferrable? In short: *which is > preferrable system-wide: discover or discover1*? discover is preferable and should rep

hotkey-setup dependencies: discover versus discover1

2008-06-26 Thread David
Hello Peter, I am running Debian sid and today hotkey-setup was updated. The last version depends on discover, but my system has discover1 installed, so apt wants to remove discover1 and libdiscover1, and install discover, discover-data and libdiscover2. The problem is that I cannot find out whet