Re: tzsetup_0.126_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable

2025-01-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
nd Asian. The EU considers the entire island to be part of the EU. Not sure which tectonic plate it sits on :) CIA World Fact book is not helpful: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey; note - Cyprus views itself as part of Europe; geopolitically, it can be classified

Re: Planning for 12.10

2025-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 10:14:52PM +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > The next cycle for bookworm should end somewhere around 8th March > Please indicate your availability for: > > 1 March > 8 March > 15 March > > Thanks, > All of the above are

Re: CVE-2023-42366 fix date

2025-01-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
m a security assessment tool then it may be worth reassessing potential impact on your business based on your actual situation and the threat posed directly to your business. With every good wish, as ever, Andrew Cater (amaca...@debian.org) > Thank you for your reponse in advance. > > Radosła

Re: Reg. Debian OS hardware certification for Servers.

2024-10-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
led InstallingDebianOn which detail success/failure in installing Debian on various hardware - add your system there. Hope this helps, Andrew Cater (amaca...@debian.org) > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Mahendiran C > > Mob.: 91-9677305572 | E-mail: mailt

Re: debian wi-fi?

2024-09-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
ils, everyone's pretty much in the dark here. This is probably a more appropriate question for the debian-user mailing list - follow-up st to there. All the very best, as ever, Andrew Cater (amaca...@debian.org)

Re: Planning for 12.8 and 12.9 [WAS Planning for 12.7 and 12.8]

2024-09-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 05:31:55PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > The next cycle for bookworm should end somewhere around 2nd November. > Please ignore previous mails (!) and indicate your availability for: > > 26 October > 2 November > 9 November > Should be able to do 2 and 9 Nove

Re: Planning for 12.7/11.11

2024-06-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 10:35:35PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > A finally-final point release is required for bullseye, and we're a bit > constrained on dates. The security team (CC) wish to cease security support > from Wednesday 14th August and hand over to LTS as soon as a wash-up

Re: Planning for 12.6/11.10

2024-05-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 01:07:17PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > The final bullseye point release 11.10 (and therefore also 12.6 for > versioning) should be soon after 10th June, when security team support > will end. > > Please indicate availability for: > > Saturday 15th June >

Re: Re-planning for 12.6

2024-04-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 05:41:13PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 10:58:41PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Hiya! > > > > Not wanting to pester *too* much, but where are we up to? > > > > Right now I can still have 27th April on the cards but we're missing FTP and >

Re: Re-planning for 12.6

2024-04-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:07:27PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Hi, > > As we had to postpone 12.6, let's look at alternative dates. > Can do all, I think, Andy (amaca...@debian.org) > > Adam >

Re: Planning for 12.6

2024-02-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 06:04:17PM +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > 12.6 should be around 10th April, so please indicate availability for: > > 7 April > 13 April > 20 April > > Thanks, > Should be available for all these Andy > -- > Jonathan Wiltshire

Re: Debian installation wifi card not being detected

2024-02-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 11:20:43AM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > On 10/02/2024 at 20:06, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > It may also be possible to tether via a cable to a mobile phone and do the > > netinst install that way. > > Right, sorry for not mention

Re: Debian installation wifi card not being detected

2024-02-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 07:29:22PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > On 10/02/2024 at 12:48, Exeonz wrote: > > I'm trying to install debian bookworm > > 12.4 on MacbookAir7,2 that doesn't have an ethernet port and the installer > > doesn't recognize it's wifi card and what drivers it needs for the ca

Re: install isos with 6.1.0-16

2024-01-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 08:33:40PM +0100, Zargos wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Le 01/01/2024 à 15:10, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > > Hi! > > > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 12:32:41PM +0100, Zargos wrote: > > > Sorry if i'm not on the right list address (i'd like to know which is the > > > good one). > > > >

Re: Planning for 12.5/11.9

2023-12-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 09:25:06PM +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > It's time to set a date for 12.5 (taking account of the emergency .4) and > 11.9. I expect this to be the penultimate update for bullseye before LTS. > > Please indicate availability for: > > Saturday 3rd February (

Re: Debian

2023-10-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 03:25:06PM +, rg738 wrote: > Hello, > > I want to install Debian on my ASUS (Windows System 32) laptop. Could you > please provide me with a link for the download and the information how to > install it? > This is probably a better question to ask on the debian-user

Re: Bug#1052545: os-prober in initramfs gets repeatedly disabled

2023-09-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 01:39:07PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Package: os-prober > Version: 1.81 > Severity: normal > > Something happened in the last months. Whenever I upgrade, it seems like > the os-prober part is disabled. This is just PITA. I can use the usual: > > dpkg-reconfigure -plow g

Fix and improve usability of keyboard layout and input methods for users under zh_TW locale

2023-09-17 Thread Andrew Lee
MRs on salsa. Best regards, -Andrew

Bug#1040650: console-setup: transition from /etc/default/keyboard to /etc/vconsole.conf

2023-07-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jul 08, 2023 at 03:05:20PM +, snv5gh+elqseqrl4eotk@cs.email wrote: > Package: console-setup > Version: 1.221 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > Similarly to #1038798 please transition away from the debianism > /etc/default/keyboard to /etc/vconsole.conf which is used by many

Re: 12.1 planning

2023-06-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 08:21:54AM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > The proper cadence for 11.8 and 12.2 is the weekend of 30th September 2023. > Please indicate your availability for: > > 23 Sep > 30 Sep (preferred) > 7 Oct > > Thanks, > Subject to willingness of others to accommoda

Re: Bug#1034041: Should firmware-amd-graphics be automatically installed? Check inbox

2023-05-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 03:11:48PM -0700, Keith Proctor wrote: > Yep unsubscribe was in subject. > > > On May 22, 2023, at 2:45 PM, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > > Was 'unsubscribe' in the subject? > https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ Try debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subjec

Bug#1036171: debian-installer: /etc/apt/sources.list isn't populated if mirror can't be reached during installation

2023-05-16 Thread Andrew Savchenko
Package: debian-installer Version: 20230515 Severity: important X-Debbugs-Cc: and...@lists.savchenko.net # PROBLEM DESCRIPTION User is unable to perform `apt update` right after installation. # STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Start Bookworm installation and connect to a network where device is issued n

Re: Bug#1036038: debian-installer: Debian installer, graphical installer, live image, hang on Dell Inspiron 27

2023-05-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 12:58:47AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi Ernesto, > > Ernesto Alfonso (2023-05-13): > > I'm attempting to setup Debian on a Dell Inspiron All-in-One system, > > either as dual boot or replacing the existing windows 10 OS. > > > > The installer hangs after entering ei

Re: Bug#1034117: (no subject)

2023-04-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 09, 2023 at 08:34:43PM +, Julian Groß wrote: > Turns out that this is an “assumption” problem and not a bug. > > I assumed that the default behaviour would be to set up sources. > Turns out that the default behaviour of the installer is to *not* set up the > sources, but only set u

Re: Installation Errors

2023-03-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 01:23:39PM -0400, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > Awesome, thanks! > > How can we get those that make the mini disk or the other iso files to put > in nmtui so that if a person that wants a text only installation as many > blind users like have an easy way to connect without inst

Re: Bug#1031923: d-i.debian.org: testing (bookworm): Unable to boot due to unsupported FEATURE_C12 in e2fsck

2023-02-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 12:46:39PM +0100, Enrique Garcia wrote: > Package: d-i.debian.org > Severity: grave > Tags: d-i > Justification: renders package unusable > X-Debbugs-Cc: cqu...@arcor.de > > I have installed Debian testing (bookworm) from one of the latest ISO images > (https://cdimage.debi

Bug#1031594: os-prober is disabled by default in /etc/default/grub - Windows not found

2023-02-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Package: os-prober Version: 1.79 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, In testing for Debian Bookworm Alpha 2 release Windows not found when dist-upgrade from existing 11.6 system Disabled in /etc/default/grub * grub2: Add commented-out GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER to /etc/default/grub to make i

Re: Bug#934822: ath9k-htc free firmware still an issue in free software distributions

2023-01-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 09:58:05PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Holger Wansing (2023-01-28): > > I did not find any mention of ath9k-htc firmware in the list of > > packages you identified for this apptoach, > > Sure, that package is in main, so doesn't need to move from non-free to > non-free

Re: Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 08:09:58PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Package: hw-detect > Severity: important > > Hi, > > > # Allowing for main-only > > The next sentence of the text that was agreed to is: > > The included firmware binaries will normally be enabled by default > where the

Re: Install system problem.

2022-11-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 11:03:08AM +0100, Erik V wrote: Hi Erik, > I have a laptop. > The installation no longer recognizes my internet. > Not even my wireless. What's the model - has it previously been running Debian successfully? > The problem in not in GNU/Debian buster CD but in netinst CD

Re: Re: Re: Re: Issue with preseeded install - cannot skip apt media scanning

2022-10-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 07:53:06AM +0200, Jerzy Patraszewski wrote: > After some fiddling around, I think the logic is somehow broken. I might be > wrong, but when mirror is defined (use_mirror=true) and network is > configured (no_network is undef) than mirror-based install should take > precedens

Re: Laufwerke in Debian 11.3 funktioniert nicht

2022-05-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 03:17:17PM +0200, Markus Kaul wrote: > Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, > ich habe debian-live-11.3.0-amd64-gnome+nonfree.isoauf meinem Notebook > installiert und wollte eine ext4 Partition auf meiner externen SSD > mounten, da Timeshift diese nicht gefunden hat. Doch Laufwerk

Re: Debian 11.3.0 and Realtek RTL1882ec wireless adaptor

2022-04-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 08:46:16AM +0100, Dinny wrote: > Debian-live-11.3.0-amd64-mate.iso > Laptop Geoflex110 (latest model). > > Does not recognise Realtek RTL1882ec wireless adaptor. Hi Dinny, You may need to find the equivalent Debian-live .iso that specifically includes firmware. This is un

Re: Cannot boot

2022-04-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
version of Debian did you install - and from where dit you get the installation media. "Cannot boot" is very wide: can you be more specific as to exactly what does or doesn't happen, please? Follow up to the debian-user list, maybe. With every good wish, as ever, Andrew Cater

Re: Debian Update Cycle

2022-03-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 10:27:42PM +0100, phil995511 - wrote: > Hello, > > Don't you think it would be smart to integrate all the updates contained in > the Backports directory with each new minor update of our favorite OS ? For > example for the versions 11.3, 11.4, etc ? > In my (limited) view

Re: Debian 11 after upgrade from debian 10 issue

2022-03-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 11:00:26AM +0100, Italo Canepa wrote: > Good Day, > I ask you to focus your attention on the known issue, see below: > security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye Release does not have a > Release file .. > that happens with apt-get update command. > This is a bug: a system

Bug#1006442: NFS setup BTRFS RAID

2022-02-26 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 andrew@a68n:~$ cd projects/ andrew@a68n:~/projects$ wget https://attachment.irregulaire.info/mini-NAS-etc.txz --2022-02-26 08:35:50-- https://attachment.irregulaire.info/mini-NAS-etc.txz Resolving attachment.irregulaire.info

Bug#1006442: installation-report: mini-NAS v1 reinstalled with Buster 10.10 due to upgrade-failure

2022-02-25 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: installation-reports Version: 2.71 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, * system-upgrade to Buster 10.11 failed as reported here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1006369 * I did try out grub-rescue, but as far as I

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
the base system from the mirror and not the installation media. The > listed steps don't seem to help with that. > > @Andrew @Holger @Steve > I take that as it's not possible to force the installer to install the > base system from the mirror? I guess the netboot image probabl

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
if you wished to do that. > I couldn't find the preseed directive that controls this. Would be > grateful if someone could shed some light. > > Regards, > Glen > All best, as ever, Andrew Cater

Re: Bug#1004838: installation-reports: when booting in pure UEFI mode the kernel fails to assemble the RAID0 array

2022-02-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 10:36:56PM -0600, Charles Bailey wrote: > Package: installation-reports > Severity: important > X-Debbugs-Cc: cebaile...@charter.net > > (Please provide enough information to help the Debian > maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling > in the sections

Re: Bug#1003973: Should we pull in fwupd by default for most systems?

2022-01-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 04:40:02PM -0300, Osmario Avila wrote: > How to unsubscribe from this newsletter? > > > Em ter., 18 de jan. de 2022 às 16:39, Osmario Avila > escreveu: > > > How to unsubscribe from this newsletter? > > > > Osmario, I think you may be subsribed to notifications about t

Re: realtek usb wifi

2022-01-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 03:41:28AM +, oppdalloen wrote: > Hello i thought i could try asking if you guys have knowledge about the about > usb wifi driver, i've tried to locate evrywhere and no luck > below is the usb wifi information > > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor

Re: Bug#1002976: installation-reports: Installer Fault Accessibility No Screen Reader Heard

2022-01-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 07:56:46AM -0500, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 03:59 Holger Wansing wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Am 2. Januar 2022 02:40:16 MEZ schrieb "David J. Ring, Jr." > >: > > > > > >lspci -knn: 00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U > > Audio Cont

Re: passsword

2021-11-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 08:16:44PM -0300, Milena Machado wrote: > hi, > > I just got my first linux laptop but the password asked by system whenever > I want to download anything is not working. I've tried changing it several > times and still... it's a nightmare. > > can you help me? Hi, This

Re: Bug#940528: installation-reports: b43 firmware not found or installed (Debian 11 bullseye installer from image with firmware non-free)

2021-10-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 10:09:17AM +0200, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: > Hello > > I recently installed Debian 11 bullseye on a laptop with BCM4312 with a > non-free > firmware image, and could reproduce this issue. > > Below you can find my installation report. > > TL;DR: The installer reported:

Re: debian-installer for mac

2021-10-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 02:20:08PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > "Andrew M.A. Cater" writes: > > > As mentioned on debian-user: the debian-11.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso or the > > debian-11.1.0-amd-DVD-1.iso are the appropriate ones to use. > > > > T

Re: debian-installer for mac

2021-10-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 12:36:06PM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Hello, > > Le 23/10/2021 à 01:34, westlake a écrit : > > hello d-i team members, i noticed there is probably an area for > > improvement regarding getting bullseye to boot correctly on a mac. > > (mac-mini 2012 in my case --- which

Re: Bug#995235: debian-installer-11-netboot-arm64: debian installer live and firmware fail on empty machine

2021-09-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 12:30:09PM +, r wrote: > Package: debian-installer-11-netboot-arm64 > Severity: important > > Dear Reader, > > 0 The troubles happen on a new and empty machine (specially bought for Debian) > : > - Intel Core i3-10100 > - Gigabyte B560 HD3 > - Kingston Fury beast 16 Go

Re: Help with installing debian

2021-09-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
he small netinst image. Hope this helps, With every good wish, Andrew Cater

Re: not loading non-free firmware in 11.00 network installation debian-installer

2021-09-15 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 11:47:29AM -0500, Nick Gawronski wrote: > Hi, I was going to see if the network installation image would work > successfully to reinstall debian 11.00 with non-free firmware needed for my > network cards. When I ran the installer at low priority so everything would > work a

Re: Install Manual

2021-09-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 02:32:13AM +0300, mh2 drake wrote: > Hi i want to help with project I can't do better than to copy and quote Paul Wise about how to contribute to Debian documentation in general and the how to help link at the end. The install manual will also be mainteined in a git repos

Re: Need help debootstrapping Ubuntu impish

2021-09-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 03:50:39PM +, Joshua Peisach wrote: > Hello Boot team, > > I'm coming after asking for help from the live-team. The issue was narrowed > to debootstrap. I'm trying to build an impish image for Ubuntu Cinnamon > Remix, and I'm having issues with the base packages. > >

Re: Bug#992034: installation-guide: Include a note on how to change init system during install

2021-08-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:19:11PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Justin Rye wrote (Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:38:17 > +0100): > > Holger Wansing wrote: > > > I wonder if "the easiest time to select an alternative init system is > > > during the > > > installation process" is correct English.

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-07-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:25:17PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi all, > > On 11-07-2021 21:11, Paul Gevers wrote: > > With less than three weeks to go until the tentative release date, I > > would love to confirm the date by now, but there is a serious issue with > > crucial infrastructure (cdbui

Re: Installer annoyance - a bug? [SOLVED - loop mount .iso images]

2021-06-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 05:23:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/06/2021 09:51 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 06, 2021 at 07:48:06AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > There is *functional/quality/?* difference between an install from a > > >

Re: Installer annoyance - a bug?

2021-06-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 06, 2021 at 07:48:06AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > There is *functional/quality/?* difference between an install from a > physical CD/DVD and from an "equivalent" flash drive. There's no functional difference: the .iso image is exactly the same. An install from a physical CD/DVD boo

Re: jigdo

2021-06-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 08:02:40PM +, valentí juanola wrote: > Cannot download via jigdo because > > Jigdo downloads fail at address > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/jigdo-dvd/ > > file: debian-10.9.0-amd64-DVD-1.template > from: https://laotzu.ftp.acc.umu.se(?

Re: Bug#988797: RC1 installation report

2021-05-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:59:37AM +0200, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > Op 19-05-2021 om 20:06 schreef Cyril Brulebois: > > Goedendag Paul, > > > > and thanks for your report. > > > > Paul van der Vlis (2021-05-19): > > Correction, I did use: "pci=noaer", no capitals. > > I guess this will become

Re: moving graphical installer to GTK 3

2021-05-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 08:54:29AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 5/20/21 12:54 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Even if was decided to recommend that new users use live media for > > installations, the flexibility of d-i is massively powerful, and we > > shouldn't give up on it. The abi

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

2021-05-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 05:08:33AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/12/2021 03:09 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Steve McIntyre (2021-05-12): > > > So look around the other projects under the installer-team umbrella. > > > The same still applies for messages in the installation - look in the >

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

2021-05-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 07:53:24AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/10/2021 11:02 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:00:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 05/10/2021 09:32 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 10, 202

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

2021-05-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:00:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/10/2021 09:32 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 08:18:06AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Debian's goal might be described as providing "the most power to a > >

Re: Extracting documentation from Debian installer

2021-05-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 08:18:06AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Debian's goal might be described as providing "the most power to a maximally > diverse audience". My underlying problem is that it does that *TOO* well. > > I need two types of information that I doubt are documented anywhere except

Feature request: battery status / reminder to turn on

2021-05-08 Thread Andrew Fenn
x27;m assuming the ability to tell is available at install time. Regards, Andrew

Re: Is _Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide_ current?

2021-05-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 09:46:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to install Debian 10 on a laptop with no internet connectivity > following instructions at > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.en.html#usb-copy-flexible > > The system I'm using to prepare the flash driv

Re: Tentative summary of the AMD/ATI/NVidia issue

2021-04-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 12:18:03PM +0100, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: > Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > getting my hands on relevant hardware is in progress > > Note that https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2021/04/msg00247.html implies > the affected hardware is _not_ simply "all AMD/ATI or NVidia hardw

Re: [AMD/ATI graphics] Missing firmware not declared / kernel modules not included in initrd

2021-04-25 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:26:42AM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Holger Wansing wrote (Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:08:32 +0200): > > >I don't understand: > > >does this mean that the issue that you reported in > > >https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2020/12/msg00026.html can be > > >considered

Bug#987492: installation-reports: Successful upgrade of Bullseye from Buster

2021-04-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal (Please provide enough information to help the Debian maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling in the sections below.) Boot method: Upgrade from buster Image version: Date: Machine: Thinkpad T470 Partitions: Base System In

Bug#987491: installation-reports: Successful install AMD A6 - nonfree AMD Radeon firmware needed

2021-04-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal (Please provide enough information to help the Debian maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling in the sections below.) Boot method: USB Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bullseye_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-bulls

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-04-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 09:25:09PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Cyril, > > On 23-04-2021 15:13, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > >> Seems like our current best option is May 22 if you can make it. > > > > That's definitely not what I would call “best option” from an > > installer point of view. > > I

Re: Debian Installer Bullseye RC 1 release

2021-04-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 04:39:59PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater (2021-04-23): > > Unfortunately, the website links to media still only point to the > > Alpha-3 release :( > > I'm pretty sure I've both checked after triggering a website rebuild

Re: Debian Installer Bullseye RC 1 release

2021-04-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Unfortunately, the website links to media still only point to the Alpha-3 release :( All best, Andy C

Re: why doesn't d-i include firmware-b43-installer and firmware-b43legacy-installer?

2021-04-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 09:13:20AM +0200, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > In #740499 Chris Bainbridge writes that: > > > [...] but firmware-7.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso does not contain > > Broadcom firmware (at least not b43). > > I can see that there are firmware packages for Broadcom b43 in contrib: > > h

Bug#985853: debian-installer: Whitespace before a commented line in preseed file causes line to be parsed

2021-03-24 Thread Andrew McDonnell
Package: debian-installer Version: 20190702+deb10u8 Severity: important Tags: d-i In a preseed file I accidentally had a space before a comment character, which caused my preseed to fail in unexpected ways. I could not find anythying that stood out in the documentation (e.g. https://www.debian.org

Re: Issues with bullseye installer, graphics related

2021-02-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 10:04:28AM +0100, Fab Stz wrote: > Hello, > > I just tried to install testing/bullseye from DVD (image of 15/02/2021) > > I faced 2 problems related to graphics. This is in BIOS mode (didn't try in > UEFI mode) > You state lower down that you needed to install amdgpu fir

Re: [AMD/ATI graphics] Missing firmware not declared / kernel modules not included in initrd

2021-02-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 12:53:01PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hallo Karl-Heinz, > > no surprise, that the problem is still there, because nothing has been done > against it yet :-(( > > There has been a lot of discussion in some mailinglist on this topic, however > there seems to be not much

Bug#981805: debian-installer: mkfs.xfs failed due to missing libinih.so.1

2021-02-03 Thread Andrew Brouwers
Package: debian-installer Version: 20201202 I tried install debian testing, using the weekly d-i image (nonfree). All went as expected, until I got to the partitioning section. Trying to format a partition as xfs failed. I changed to tty, and when running mkfs.xfs by hand, I received an error m

Bug#980777: FIT-PC: Fails to find driver for Ethernet, Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI

2021-01-24 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 05:03:35PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:07:22 + > "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > > > > > 8.6 is old - I'd be surprised that 10.7 firmware iso wouldn't > > > > work. > > > >

Bug#980777: FIT-PC: Fails to find driver for Ethernet, Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI

2021-01-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 05:01:52PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > > Package: installation-reports > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: charlescur...@charlescurley.com > > Dear Maintainer, > > Please see Comments/Problems below. > > -- Package-specific info: > > Boot method: DVD > Image version:

Re: remove email from message body

2021-01-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 03:45:23PM +0200, niko...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hi, > > > When I reported an issue many years ago I also added my email by mistake. If > you could please remove it > > from the message that would be good. > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=718720 > H

Re: Debian Installer Bullseye Alpha 3 release

2020-12-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 06:04:45PM +0100, Mechtilde Stehmann wrote: > Hello, > one question: > > Am 06.12.20 um 17:37 schrieb Cyril Brulebois: > > The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the third alpha > > release of the installer for Debian 11 "Bullseye". > > > > Hardware support c

Re: Custom bootable install for 32/64 bit machines

2020-11-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 01:34:25AM +, Gustavo Pinent wrote: > Hi! First of all, congratulations for this awesome OS! > I have a Mac Mini mid 2007 with hybrid architecture, a 32 bit firmware with > 64 bit CPU. I installed a Debian 10 32 bits and it runs just fine! Problem > is, 32 bits has bee

Re: 10.7 planning

2020-10-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 07:10:20PM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Hi, > > In an attempt to be slightly more efficient than usual at planning a > point release... it's about a month since 10.6, so let's start looking > at dates for 10.7. > > Please could you confirm your availability, and any pre

Re: 10.6 planning

2020-09-09 Thread Andrew Cater
Here for both - happy to repeat mistakes :) On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:36 PM Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 08:28:48PM +0100, Mark Hymers wrote: > >On Wed, 09, Sep, 2020 at 07:24:06PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt spoke thus.. > >> - September 26/27 > >> - October 3/4 > > > >I can do ei

Bug#962465: installation-report: bullseye-testing on igel-m-330 C

2020-06-08 Thread andrew glaeser
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.74 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, Testing branch is generally not for productive use, so I should probably say, this is level 4, wishlist only, but my impression is that some of the disadvantages were chronified already, and you probably should not let

Bug#941026: netcfg_gateway_reachable wrongly rejects IPv6 link-local addresses

2019-10-09 Thread Andrew Kanaber
On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 08:27:34AM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 2019-09-23 18:00, Andrew Kanaber wrote: > > When doing static IP configuration, netcfg will reject a gateway address > > outside the host's network as defined by the netmask. > So how does it identify the i

Bug#941026: netcfg_gateway_reachable wrongly rejects IPv6 link-local addresses

2019-09-23 Thread Andrew Kanaber
actually tried the link-local address it would've worked. Thanks for your help, Andrew Kanaber

Bug#940946: installation-report: Mini-NAS v2 with dell-wyse

2019-09-22 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: installation-reports Version: 2.71 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, this is wishlist only, a shiny success-story for your pleasure only, if you want. - -- Package-specific info: Boot method: USB Image version: https://cdimage.debian.or

Bug#855349: Your mail

2019-01-18 Thread Andrew Worsley
On Sat, 1 Jul 2017 20:55:01 +0200 pre...@terta.de wrote: > for me an > > > $ apt-get remove kscreensaver kscreensaver-xsavers > > and > > $ apt autoremove > > solved the issue. > Nothing worked for me while I had the stretch repositories in my /etc/apt/sources.list. Once I went back to strictly je

Bug#916843: SSH-Login problems

2019-01-16 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This was confirmed as a configuration issue: > andrew@a68n:~$ ssh user@detst > ssh: connect to host detst port 22: Connection refused > andrew@a68n:~$ ssh root@detst > ssh: connect to host detst port 22: Connection refused > andrew@a

grub hangs at end of installing buster amd 64

2019-01-10 Thread andrew u frank
this problem? A step to correct the error without restarting the full installation procedure? andrew -- em.o.Univ.Prof. Dr. sc.techn. Dr. h.c. Andrew U. Frank Geoinformation, TU Wien +43 1 58801 12700 office Gusshausstr. 27-29 +43 1 55801 12799 fax 1040 Wien Austria privat

Bug#916843: desktop-experience

2018-12-20 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Now something else seems to be going wrong, as this is turning into an enormous success-story, namely about the debian-desktop, see attachment.[detst-desktop-e17.txt.xz] But how was it possible to fit everything into a 5GB filesystem-root?? Thanks to

Bug#916843: installed system not usable

2018-12-20 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:29:28 + Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 11:23:55AM +0100, andrew glaeser wrote: > >> > >> root@detst:/home/user# init 0 > >> bash: init: command

Bug#916843: desktop-task not installable

2018-12-20 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > root@detst:/home/user# tasksel > tasksel: apt-get failed (100) > root@detst:/home/user# ping www.debian.org > PING www.debian.org (5.153.231.4) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from senfter.debian.org (5.153.231.4): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=40.8 > ms

Bug#916843: installed system not usable

2018-12-20 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > root@detst:/home/user# init 0 > bash: init: command not found > root@detst:/home/user# shutdown -h now > bash: shutdown: command not found > root@detst:/home/user# ls > reportbug-installation-report-20181219-847-hn9d0g_o > root@detst:/home/user# apti

Bug#916843: installation-report: Buster testing on Dell DX0D thin-client without non-free section

2018-12-19 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: installation-reports Version: 2.69 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effecti

Bug#913733: os-prober: parsing for os-release is not implemented and has a bug for lsb-release

2018-11-14 Thread Andrew Gavrilin
Package: os-prober Version: 1.76~deb9u1 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, I have changed 40lsb script and added a script for /etc/os-release: operating system identification https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html For /etc/os-release: /dev/sda1:Debian GNU/L

Bug#902870: forwarded as Ubuntu linux-bug

2018-07-05 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1780219 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iF0EARECAB0WIQTF9uNaslvnJpWt8kXn6sEfJS3nCwUCWz3jyAAKCRDn6sEfJS3n CygxAKCTlNzi9acmUT5IJ8QahThefXKFUACgmn3AlPzun/Iq7S5LBxxEwCkw8nE= =EwB1 -END PGP SI

Bug#902870: USB-3 controller not workable with Linux 4.16 or 4.15 respectively

2018-07-04 Thread andrew glaeser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The problem appears like this: > [2.672381] xhci_hcd :02:00.0: Refused to change power state, > currently in D3 [2.672452] xhci_hcd :02:00.0: xHCI Host Controller > [2.672460] xhci_hcd :02:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigne

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