Bug#1035477: installation-reports: grub or kernel of D-I image hangs on Thinkpad X13s after "EFI stub: Exiting boot services..."

2023-10-11 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Emanuele, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > On 2023-10-10 01:45, Axel Beckert wrote: > > I tried that, installer ran through fine, grub boots from disk after > > installation, kernel loads initramfs and then falls into the initramfs > > prompt and fractions of a second later (some

Bug#1035477: installation-reports: grub or kernel of D-I image hangs on Thinkpad X13s after "EFI stub: Exiting boot services..."

2023-10-09 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Emanuele, Axel Beckert wrote: > Emanuele Rocca wrote: > > On 2023-05-04 11:53, Axel Beckert wrote: > > > Sure. I intend to run Debian Unstable on it anyway > > > > Now you can. :-) > > Hmmm, I tried a few days ago (October 1st) with the image from > h

Bug#1035477: installation-reports: grub or kernel of D-I image hangs on Thinkpad X13s after "EFI stub: Exiting boot services..."

2023-10-06 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Emanuele, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > On 2023-05-04 11:53, Axel Beckert wrote: > > Sure. I intend to run Debian Unstable on it anyway > > Now you can. :-) Hmmm, I tried a few days ago (October 1st) with the image from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/curre

Re: Bug#1036933: screen-udeb: Should screen really be installed setgid utmp?

2023-06-26 Thread Axel Beckert
ere way to deep into the Bookworm freeze to do anything on that front IMHO. And the installer just worked fine with regards to its screen usage. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , https://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.o

Bug#1035477: installation-reports: grub or kernel of D-I image hangs on Thinkpad X13s after "EFI stub: Exiting boot services..."

2023-05-04 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Emanuele, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > On 2023-05-03 08:16, Axel Beckert wrote: > > Machine: Thinkpad X13s (ARM) > > Sorry, I've realized only after sending my previous message and having a > coffee that this is about the X13s. :) :-) > The X13s is unfortunately not s

Bug#1035477: installation-reports: grub or kernel of D-I image hangs on Thinkpad X13s after "EFI stub: Exiting boot services..."

2023-05-03 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: Axel Beckert , Dimitri Ledkov , Debian ARM Mailing List , Manuel Traut Boot method: USB Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bookworm_di_rc2/arm64/iso-cd/debian-bookworm-DI-rc2-arm64-netinst.iso Date: 2023-05

Bug#1030627: debootstrap: Causes dpkg segfault in "chroot /… dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.26_amd64.deb" when trying to bootstrap Wheezy or earlier

2023-02-05 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: reassign -1 xen-tools 4.9.1-1 Control: retitle -1 xen-tools: Document configuration needed for older releases better Hi, Axel Beckert wrote: > > I must admit, I currently don't see which system call caused the > > segfault. Full strace log attached. > > I curr

Bug#1030627: debootstrap: Causes dpkg segfault in "chroot /… dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.26_amd64.deb" when trying to bootstrap Wheezy or earlier

2023-02-05 Thread Axel Beckert
Control: tag -1 + moreinfo Hi, I think, I found the cause: Axel Beckert wrote: > 9440 open("/var/log/dpkg.log", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0666) = 6 > 9440 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 > 9440 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_

Bug#1030627: debootstrap: Causes dpkg segfault in "chroot /… dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.26_amd64.deb" when trying to bootstrap Wheezy or earlier

2023-02-05 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.128+nmu2 Severity: normal Control: affects -1 xen-tools Running "debootstrap --verbose --arch amd64 --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-removed-keys.gpg wheezy /tmp/hH11H2NR4o http://archive.debian.org/debian"; (or Debian or Ubuntu releases older than tha

Bug#983491: Keyboard Layout configuration wizard - Swiss localization

2021-02-27 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi again, Axel Beckert wrote: > But then we should name it "Swiss German/Rumantsch/Liechtenstein > German" and "Swiss French/Lëtzebuergesch" to be correct in your sense > of correctness. *sigh* "Swiss French/Swiss Italian/Lëtzebuergesch" of

Bug#915830: busybox: cp: failed to access '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_h8da2B//usr/bin/busybox': Too many levels of symbolic links

2019-05-08 Thread Axel Beckert
nst initramfs-tools, I will file one after this mail. > But this is a very different problem from the one Chris Lamb > reported. I disagree that it is _very_ different since it has very similar symptoms. The cause might be very differnt, though, indeed. Regards, Axe

Bug#915830: busybox: cp: failed to access '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_h8da2B//usr/bin/busybox': Too many levels of symbolic links

2019-05-07 Thread Axel Beckert
t have found this bug report, I'd have filed (and might still file) the above as at least severity serious as it breaks the installation/upgrade of more or less unrelated packages. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , https://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :'

Re: HTTPS metadata in Mirrors.masterlist?

2017-04-09 Thread Axel Beckert
ase" hostname, like ftp.acc.umu.se, > but please don't do it on ftp.*.debian.org. Hence I disagree. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517

Re: HTTPS metadata in Mirrors.masterlist?

2017-04-06 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Axel Beckert wrote: > After having HTTPS-enabled mirrors listed in the Mirrors.masterlist, > the next step would be to make httpredir.debian.org HTTPS-aware. > Currently https://httpredir.debian.org/ shows me the following error > message: > > httpredir.debian.org uses a

Re: HTTPS metadata in Mirrors.masterlist?

2017-04-06 Thread Axel Beckert
74) packages.hs-regensburg.de (194.95.104.50) pkg.adfinis-sygroup.ch (95.128.34.165) pubmirror.plutex.de (109.69.67.245) rsync.osuosl.org (140.211.166.134) security-master.debian.org (82.195.75.93) sft.if.usp.br (143.107.129.14) shadow.ind.ntou.edu.tw (140.121.80.200) suro.ubaya.ac.id (203.114.224.

Re: screen-udeb prevents bterm, and thus a lot of languages

2016-09-12 Thread Axel Beckert
ogl-bterm? Or something completely different? > > Axel, do you have any comment on this issue? Sounds like a strong argument against enabling it by default on VGA consoles. I'm totally fine with that. :-) Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people

Re: Screen support (was: Next d-i alpha release: late June)

2016-08-15 Thread Axel Beckert
n-latin input methods other than the compose key. The most common usability issue is "Go to beginning of line" being bound to Ctrl-A in Emacs and emacs-ish UIs like (b)ash in emacs-mode. (But Ctrl-B of tmux or Ctrl-T of ratpoison isn't better: It's bound to "cursor left&q

Re: [RFC] Call for review of GNU/screen support for D-I (was Re: Merge orion5x/kirkwood to flavour marvell and marvell-qnap)

2016-05-02 Thread Axel Beckert
sed that feature already on Intel x86 architectures. And the required packages exist for quite a while now: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=network-console Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | De

Re: [RFC] Call for review of GNU/screen support for D-I (was Re: Merge orion5x/kirkwood to flavour marvell and marvell-qnap)

2016-04-30 Thread Axel Beckert
lly all but two models on http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm) http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2b2.htm So I think adding screen support to D-I on at least i386, too, would add some value. Regards, Axel -- ,&#x

Bug#792729: debootstrap: Uses wrong keyring to bootstrap etch (and likely also other archived releases)

2015-07-17 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Axel Beckert wrote: > may also count for archived Ubuntu releases. (Didn't test the > latter, but ubuntu-archive-keyring contains a similarily named file > /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-removed-keys.gpg) Nope. That file is empty. O.o Regards, Axel --

Bug#792734: debootstrap: Please support bootstrapping "oldoldstable"

2015-07-17 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.71 Severity: wishlist Hi, debootstrap supports bootstrapping "oldstable" but does not yet support bootstrapping "oldoldstable". A symlink from "/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/oldoldstable" to "sid" likely suffices to fix this. -- System Information: Debian Relea

Bug#792729: debootstrap: Uses wrong keyring to bootstrap etch (and likely also other archived releases)

2015-07-17 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.67 Severity: normal Control: affects -1 xen-tools $ debootstrap --verbose --arch amd64 etch /tmp/2d2hgjrQsL http://debian.ethz.ch/debian-archive/debian I: Retrieving Release I: Retrieving Release.gpg I: Checking Release signature E: Release signed by unknown k

Bug#767682: D-I: installer hangs on re-formatting ext4 partition (having grub in the partition boot record).

2015-04-15 Thread Axel Beckert
oduce it either. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `-| 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E

Bug#767682: D-I: installer hangs on re-formatting ext4 partition (having grub in the partition boot record).

2015-02-04 Thread Axel Beckert
complete installation) which can happen often enough and will confuse users massively due no feedback from the installer what happens. (D-I team: feel free to downgrade again to important if you disagree, but I really would like to see this fixed for Jessie.) Regards, Axel --

Re: Bug#776101: aptitude: hangs forever on 'setting up console-setup (1.116)'

2015-01-23 Thread Axel Beckert
ng locked as well. This sounds as if the aptitude including its children processes were killed while debconf tried to ask you a question or -- more likely -- generate a config file. I'm quite sure this is no issue with aptitude at all but likely with the postinst script of a to-be-installed package. I c

Bug#756841: tasksel: --task-desc no more works

2014-08-02 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi again, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Axel Beckert (2014-08-02): > > In the meanwhile I was able to reproduce the issue on an existing > > Wheezy installation, too. So the mentioned screenshots were likely > > from Squeeze. Marking as found in Wheezy. The screenshots I know ab

Bug#756841: tasksel: --task-desc no more works

2014-08-02 Thread Axel Beckert
l in a wheezy chroot doesn't seem to get any better results. In the meanwhile I was able to reproduce the issue on an existing Wheezy installation, too. So the mentioned screenshots were likely from Squeeze. Marking as found in Wheezy. Regards, Axel -- ,''

Bug#756841: tasksel: --task-desc no more works

2014-08-02 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: tasksel Version: 3.20 Severity: important Dear Tasksel Maintainers, acording to the man page, "tasksel --task-desc $task" should give a description of a task. But all I get is an empty blank line per task: abe@c-cactus:~$ tasksel --list-tasks u desktop Debian desktop environment u

Bug#683329: flash-kernel: Toshiba AC100 support broken [fix included]

2013-10-25 Thread Axel Beckert
$i >/dev/null 2>&1 ; echo $?; done /dev/mmcblk0p1 * image size = 5242880 bytes (5.00 MB) 0 /dev/mmcblk0p2 * image size = 8388608 bytes (8.00 MB) 0 /dev/mmcblk0p3 /dev/mmcblk0p3: no Android Magic Value /dev/mmcblk0p3: not a valid Android Boot Image. 1 ← This is where flash-kernel aborts due

Bug#703404: debian-installer: wheezy (PXE boot) failes to install busybox and kernel

2013-04-06 Thread Axel Beckert
fine (at least for that aspect). Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE `-| 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA

Re: Bug#684128: down the memory hole

2013-04-05 Thread Axel Beckert
our mail is concise and does not tell fairy tales to hide your intent. The BTS is no literature contest. TIA. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9

Bug#703146: Bug#704263: installation-reports: busybox fails to verify on current wheezy/sid installer

2013-04-02 Thread Axel Beckert
2, too. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE `-| 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59

Bug#676373: debootstrap: No more can bootstrap Ubuntu releases before Feisty

2012-06-06 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.40 Severity: normal Affects: xen-tools Dear Maintainer, while testing xen-tools I noticed that debootstrap can no more bootstrap the Ubuntu releases Warty, Hoary, Breeazy, Dapper or Edgy. (Only the last two matter for xen-tools.) In those cases debootstrap fails

Bug#676370: debootstrap: Outdated default mirrors for Ubuntu

2012-06-06 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.40 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, Many (but not all) Ubuntu releases which are supported by debootstrap but officially EoL have not http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu set as default mirror: * dapper * edgy * feisty * gutsy * intrepid * jaunty

Bug#665466: task-laptop: Should no more depend on apmd

2012-03-24 Thread Axel Beckert
retitle 665466 task-laptop: Should no more recommend apmd severity 665466 minor kthxbye Axel Beckert wrote: > task-laptop currently depends on apmd. s/depends/Recommends/ Nevertheless it's installed by default since Recommends are installed by default. Additionally that way apmd is l

Bug#665466: task-laptop: Should no more depend on apmd

2012-03-24 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: task-laptop Version: 3.08 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, task-laptop currently depends on apmd. But the description of apmd says: Since lenny Debian kernels are not built with APM support anymore. You need to compile a kernel with apm support enabled to use this package. You n

Bug#649747: 127.0.1.1 hack is not supported by kFreeBSD

2011-11-23 Thread Axel Beckert
s:~# (Had to install inetutils-ping first as iputils-ping is not available on Hurd.) Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C

Bug#646984: busybox-syslogd: Regression in 1.19.2: Line breaks, date, hostname, type and severity missing in logread output

2011-10-28 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: busybox-syslogd Version: 1:1.19.2-1 Version: 1:1.19.2-3 Severity: grave Justification: Makes package (nearly) unusable Hi, since 1:1.19.2-1, line breaks, date, hostname, log entry type and severity are missing in logread's output. It should look like this (missing parts manually added,

Re: SPARC daily d-i builds

2011-01-12 Thread Axel Beckert
ch I haven't setup yet, so I don't know the details about processor speed -- but I got it for free and it has/had Woody installed according to the previous owner, so it can't be very new. (I also have some more 32-bit Sparcs, but I know that _they_ won't help. ;-) If any of them cou

Bug#609733: installation-reports: UltraSparc 10 doesn't find its CD-ROM drive

2011-01-12 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 00:58:24 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > > > Jan 11 23:20:31 kernel: [0.00] Linux version 2.6.32-5-sparc64 > > (Debian 2.6.32-15) (b...@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian > > 4.3.5-1) ) #1 Tue Jun 1 06:56

Bug#609733: installation-reports: UltraSparc 10 doesn't find its CD-ROM drive (Lenny works fine)

2011-01-11 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Axel Beckert wrote: > after debugging http://bugs.debian.org/560823 resulted in an unbootable > system again, I tried today's Squeeze installer image to revive the > installation. I used the netinst image btw. > But the installer fails because it can't find it's

Bug#609733: installation-reports: UltraSparc 10 doesn't find its CD-ROM drive

2011-01-11 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Hi, after debugging http://bugs.debian.org/560823 resulted in an unbootable system again, I tried today's Squeeze installer image to revive the installation. But the installer fails because it can't find it's cdrom. According to lsmod the cdrom driv

Bug#591756: busybox-udeb: Please enable VLAN support

2010-08-05 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: busybox-udeb Version: 1:1.15.3-1 Severity: wishlist Please enable VLAN support in busybox-udeb (and probably the best if also enabled in busybox and busybox-static) so that D-I can be used in environments where VLANs are used. See also http://bugs.debian.org/433568 -- System Information

Bug#572013: Patch for #572013, #572008 (bashism in udhcpc/default.script)

2010-03-01 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 02:10:54AM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > > - /sbin/route add default gw $i dev $interface metric > > $((metric++)) > > + /sbin/route add default gw $i dev $interface metric > > $((metric=

Bug#572013: Patch for #572013, #572008 (bashism in udhcpc/default.script)

2010-02-28 Thread Axel Beckert
=== --- changelog (revision 62547) +++ changelog (working copy) @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +busybox (1:1.15.3-2) unstable; urgency=low + + [ Axel Beckert ] + * Fix bashism in udhcpc default.script (Closes: #572008, #572013) + + -- Axel Beckert Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:04:13 +0100 + busybox (1

Re: Bug#572008: udhcpc: bash-ism in default.script

2010-02-28 Thread Axel Beckert
nt, like > $((metric++)). The attached patch uses metric=$((metric+1)) instead. Hehe, I just reported the same bug against that code I added to the package, too, just a few minutes later. Merged the two bugs. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.

Bug#572013: udhcpc: bashism in /usr/share/udhcpc/default.script causes network setup to fail

2010-02-28 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: udhcpc Version: 1:1.15.3-1 Severity: important File: /usr/share/udhcpc/default.script I got a bug report by private mail. Here's the summary of it: /usr/share/udhcpc/default.script contains $((metric++)) which seems to be a bashism although checkbashisms doesn't find it (http://bugs.debi

Bug#517935: debian-installer: partman-auto/expert_recipe minimum size sanity check counts both LVM VG and LV

2009-03-02 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Version: 20090123 While preparing the presseding file for our fully automated Lenny workstation installation I ran into the following bug: The following recipe works fine on a 80026 MB: d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \

Bug#517231: libc6-udeb: busybox' wget segfaults in libresolv-2.9.so during d-i

2009-02-26 Thread Axel Beckert
s version > 2.7. Thanks for debugging and the explanation! Kind regards, Axel Beckert -- Axel Beckertsupport: +41 44 633 26 68 IT Services Group, HPT D 17 voice: +41 44 633 41 89 Departement of Physics, ETH Zurich CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Bug#505897: busybox: syslogd option -D mentioned in man page not available in binary

2008-11-16 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.10.2-2 Severity: minor >From the man page: ---snip--- syslogd syslogd[OPTION]... System logging utility. Note that this version of syslogd ignores /etc/syslog.conf. Options: -n

Bug#504655: debian-installer: Kernel panic when velocity driver started

2008-11-05 Thread Axel Beckert
e above mentioned kernel bug report. Regards, Axel -- Axel Beckert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://noone.org/abe/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#502618: #502618: Patch works fine here, too

2008-10-22 Thread Axel Beckert
$arch.udeb Tested it with our fully automatic (preseeding from http://debian.ethz.ch/d-i/p.server) installation on amd64 as well as i386 (both on the same machine though). Kind regards, Axel Beckert -- Axel Beckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> support: +41 44 633 2668 IT Support Gro

Bug#502913: #502913: Patch works fine here, too

2008-10-22 Thread Axel Beckert
n amd64 as well as i386 (both on the same machine though). Kind regards, Axel Beckert -- Axel Beckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> support: +41 44 633 2668 IT Support Group, HPT D17 (new address!) voice: +41 44 633 4189 Departement Physik, ETH Zurichfax: +4

Bug#502618: partman: /dev/mapper/vg0-home is apparently in use by the system

2008-10-21 Thread Axel Beckert
raid10+dmcrypt+lvm) seems to be the same bug. Kind regards, Axel Beckert -- Axel Beckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> support: +41 44 633 2668 IT Support Group, HPT D17 (new address!) voice: +41 44 633 4189 Departement Physik, ETH Zurichfax: +41 44 633

Bug#502913: #502913: probably same as #502618 and #502432

2008-10-21 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, this bug is very likely the same bug as #502618 and #502432. Kind regards, Axel Beckert -- Axel Beckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> support: +41 44 633 2668 IT Support Group, HPT D17 (new address!) voice: +41 44 633 4189 Departement Physik, ETH Zurich

Bug#502618: #502618: No change with scratching the disk before installing

2008-10-21 Thread Axel Beckert
as their changelog, but none of the changes pointed into this direction. Probably the only relevant package which changed at all during the last weeks is partman-base (changed in Lenny as well as in Sid). HTH. Kind regards, Axel Beckert -- Axel Beckert <[EMAIL PROTEC

Bug#502618: Same thing here, too -- some more details incl. preseed file

2008-10-20 Thread Axel Beckert
or so. There was at least one time on Friday where it didn't work on one of the 64 bit machines while it worked afterwards on the 32 bit machine. Currently we use the netboot image snapshots from 17th of September on our PXE boot server. Kind regards, Axel Beckert -- Ax