Re: debian-installer: Use GeoIP support in installer

2014-07-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
(Not posting to the bug, because this is not GeoIP.) Has anyone looked into whether the EFI PlatformLang variable is at all useful? Windows 7 does not appear to use it, though I think Windows 8 may do. If Windows uses it, it's probably going to be a fairly good indicator of the locale the compute

Bug#755533: debian-installer: Use GeoIP support in installer

2014-07-22 Thread Patrick Häcker
> > it would be nice, if Debian installer would support GeoIP to use default > > values where appropriate. > > I don't think we're going to set up networking without asking, let alone > contacting some service on the internets to figure out what country the > user might be in. Good point, I didn'

Linux kernel ABI bump in unstable: from 3.14-1 to 3.14-2

2014-07-22 Thread Linux kernel watcher
Linux kernel ABI bump in unstable: from 3.14-1 to 3.14-2 Full summary: http://d-i.debian.org/kernel-summary.html#unstable -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.

Bug#755689: grub-installer: allow installation to multiple devices

2014-07-22 Thread Daniel Baumann
Package: grub-installer Version: 1.95 dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc lets you have grub writing to multiple devices and keeps them updated, however, grub-installer does not. it would be nice if it would be possible to already select multiple devices to write the bootloader during d-i. -- Address:

Bug#755686: installation-reports: installation is successful, but no notice about missing firmware

2014-07-22 Thread Johannes Obermueller
Package: installation-reports Severity: minor Tags: d-i Dear Maintainer, I tested the Jessie Alpha 1 release of the installer by installing it on an old laptop of mine (a toshiba tecra a9). The installation finished successfully, leaving a functional debian system. Only the driver for my wifi-ca

Bug#755533: debian-installer: Use GeoIP support in installer

2014-07-22 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
On 22 July 2014 02:35, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Patrick Häcker (2014-07-21): >> Package: debian-installer >> Severity: wishlist >> Tags: d-i l10n >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> it would be nice, if Debian installer would support GeoIP to use default >> values where appropriate. See >> http://henric

Bug#755533: debian-installer: Use GeoIP support in installer

2014-07-22 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 22. Juli 2014, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > I don't think we're going to set up networking without asking, let alone > contacting some service on the internets to figure out what country the > user might be in. I completly agree, d-i should not do this by default. That said, I do th