Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !

2015-05-02 Thread Alexey Eromenko
I'd prefer not to introduce any new dependecies, for portability reasons. Would like to have floppy support back.

Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !

2015-05-02 Thread Alexey Eromenko
at 1:36 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2015-05-02 at 16:50 +0300, Alexey Eromenko wrote: >> I ask to reverse decision about "floppy-modules", because while >> physical floppies aren't used in years, this functionality is very >> much used for virtualization. >&g

Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !

2015-05-02 Thread Alexey Eromenko
s in VirtualBox. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- 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.org/CAOJ6w=GLDET9N-xubU23f0EQ=l4+nvoaigjhpazembsopfk...@mail.gmail.com

Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !

2015-05-02 Thread Alexey Eromenko
py.ko" module. Which causes the problem. Now what ? Who is responsible for d-i kernels ? Should I open a separate bug ? Thanks for help, -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !

2015-05-02 Thread Alexey Eromenko
I have created /dev/fd0 via. # mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0 # mkdir floppy Results: mknod never reported any problem, But (!) # mount /dev/fd0 floppy Works in Debian 7 (d-i), and fails in Debain 8 (d-i) with message: mount: mounting /dev/fd0 on floppy failed: No such device or address -- -Alexey

Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !

2015-05-01 Thread Alexey Eromenko
You said > "I think you are looking for providing a preseed file, hence my advice https://www.google.nl/search?q=virtualbox+host+http+server+for+guests"; 1. You're correct in that I'm looking to provide preseed file. But host-side HTTP server won't work for my needs, unless VirtualBox has it integ

Bug#783982: D-i: preseed from floppy no longer works !

2015-05-01 Thread Alexey Eromenko
ian installer. Please fix "preseed/file=/floppy/preseed.cfg": As a separate, but related question: is it possible to load preseed script from 2nd CDROM ? (IDE Secondary Slave, or SATA 2nd CD...) I tried "preseed/file=/cdrom2/preseed.cfg", but it didn't work. Thanks in advance

Bug#697372: Please add 32-bit compatibility to amd64 Debian desktops *by default*

2013-01-04 Thread Alexey Eromenko
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0, kernel 3.2. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOJ6w=h7fton4g6jeltdmwnsg-5oqwvzxab2pjwcwf7hhx8...@mail.gmail.com

Bug#686226: [FATAL] Wheezy Debian installer fails on Qosmio hardware

2012-08-30 Thread Alexey Eromenko
and in console (F4) it complains about the lack of iwl Intel Wireless firmware and missing eth1394 (Firewire Ethernet). Expected Result: Should proceed without problematic firmware or drivers. Debian 6.0 works great on this same hardware. (installed from amd64 DVD) -- -Alexey Eromenko "T

Bug#655841:

2012-01-15 Thread Alexey Eromenko
f flash plugin manually to watch YouTube (no WebM support in Squeeze) It turns out, that "gnome" package has dependency on "gnash", so I will not go deep into this. It's up to the gnome people to look into this -- I left gnome as-is, unchanged. -- -Alexey Eromenko &q

Bug#655841:

2012-01-14 Thread Alexey Eromenko
romium). Removing "konqueror-nsplugins" solves konqueror crash, but does not solve the Google Finance issues with Gnash. In essence: We have 2 bugs with "gnash": Konqueror browser and Google finance incompatibility. "Maturity problems" -- -Alexey Eromenko &quo

Bug#655841: Please remove Gnash from default Debian install, as it crashes

2012-01-14 Thread Alexey Eromenko
t;BETA" tag in the package description for the near point release (6.0.4). And later make some serious review of this package for Wheezy, before deciding to re-include it by default. (I will help with the testing) -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Fwd: Debian-Stable and KDE crashes

2012-01-14 Thread Alexey Eromenko
bian to do) "gnash" package is unstable, and will probably not be fixed anytime soon. (upstream project had last release 10 months ago, which points at slow development) -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#655841: Please remove Gnash from default Debian install, as it crashes

2012-01-14 Thread Alexey Eromenko
rt.cgi?bug=655839 NOTE: I'm not sure this bug must be opened against "debian-installer", but I can't seem to find any better alternative. I am using Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 on AMD64 (also tried i386) -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Fwd: Debian-Stable and KDE crashes

2012-01-14 Thread Alexey Eromenko
-- Forwarded message -- From: Alexey Eromenko Date: Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 9:26 AM Subject: Debian-Stable and KDE crashes To: debian-user It turns out, that Debian-stable (6.0.3, both i386 and AMD64) has constant KDE crashes, by default. Due to bug in konqueror-nsplugins: http

Request to support KDE as first-class citizen in Debian and add GNOME3 as technical-preview

2012-01-04 Thread Alexey Eromenko
DE4 -- too big change to swallow by many (GNOME2) users. I understand this will toss packages on the DVDs, but still it looks like a good idea. Thanks in advance, -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Debian Installer preseed - Feedback on real-use case

2012-01-02 Thread Alexey Eromenko
sh echo 'echo "Hello World Yet Again !"' >> /tmp/mywork.sh Debian's preseed/late_command is basically unreadable. Real-world result: Debian scripts take longer to write, and are difficult to maintain / read / update. Expected Result: Please provide a better embedded

Request to support KDE as first-class citizen in Debian and add GNOME3 as technical-preview

2011-12-14 Thread Alexey Eromenko
g change to swallow by many (GNOME2) users. I understand this will toss packages on the DVDs, but still it looks like a good idea. Thanks in advance,-- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"