Thanks. I'll be around, just no longer as a DD.
Ben
On August 1, 2016 6:55:28 PM "Michael ." wrote:
Thanks for all your hard work Ben, good luck in your future endeavours
Cheers.
Michael..
On 1 August 2016 at 23:21, Ben Armstrong
wrote:
On 01/08/16 09:20 AM, Ben Armstr
On 01/08/16 12:15 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ben Armstrong (2016-08-01):
>> I've just done this for live-manual. However, debian-installer-launcher
>> is maintained by debian-boot, and apparently I don't have permission to
>> remove myself, so I nee
On 01/08/16 09:20 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Many of you may have already heard, but I retired last month. For
> details, see:
>
> http://syn.theti.ca/2016/08/01/retiring-as-a-debian-developer/
>
> In particular, please note that live-manual and
> debian-installe
On 23/01/16 05:02 AM, Fekete Zoltán László wrote:
> Sziasztok!
>
> Windows 7 x64 SP1 HUN alatt használom a Debiant az 5.0.12-es Virtualboxban. A
> debian-8.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso-t telepíteném fel, de a csatolt képernyőképen
> látszódik, hogy 22%-on windows-os vírust jelez a Nod32 x64 4.2-es verzi
On 23/09/14 02:36 PM, Joey Hess wrote:
> One way might be to decide if a given DE is fundamentally different
> than the others in some way, and if not, only include one of a set
> that share common characteristics. So, maybe only gnome and not
> cinnamon since it's a rather near cousin (AFIACS).
W
Package: tasksel
Version: 3.26
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
There is a typo in the tasks/mate-desktop file. I have attached a patch
to fix it.
diff -Nru tasksel-3.26/tasks/mate-desktop tasksel-3.26+nmu1/tasks/mate-desktop
--- tasksel-3.26/tasks/mate-desktop 2014-09-20 10:57:09.0 -0300
+++
Package: tasksel
Version: 3.26
Severity: normal
Please turn on display of the Cinnamon desktop task. I have tested
building Jessie live images with Cinnamon included and it seems to
already provide a usable desktop. It would be useful for testers to
be able to see Cinnamon so they can try it and h
No, you need to put the virtual package second, otherwise an arbitrary package
providing it will be selected, which makes it unpredictable.
Ben
On 06/09/14 08:56 AM, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> Cinnamon includes a meta package (cinnamon-desktop-environment) that contains
> everything the task should contain.
>
> I'm attaching a diff that creates the task package with that dependency. I
> hope
> this can get applied before the freeze.
I
On 10/08/13 02:12 PM, Tuxicoman wrote:
> I booted on the usb key, the debian installer launch and propose to me to
> "install" or "64 bit install". As I was pretty sure it was a 64 bit machine I
> used the last option and then nothing happened except black dots drawn on top
> of the screen.
It is
On 04/04/13 02:28 PM, ian_br...@fastmail.net wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:45:55 -0300
> Ben Armstrong wrote:
>
>> Just take care in future that the style of communications you used
>> triggered someone's "wetware spam filter" with a false positive.
>
I'm in Uploaders now, so technically I could just upload my (fully
tested) fix. I'd appreciate, however, a review & pull before I do.
See:
git clone http://syn.theti.ca/git/debian-installer-launcher.git
gitweb: http://syn.theti.ca/gitweb/?p=debian-installer-launcher.git
Thanks,
Ben
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Package: debian-installer-launcher
Version: 15
Severity: grave
If umount is prevented for any reason, such as the user opening a shell in
/lib/live/installer/target and then leaving it open, while exiting the
installer, then the cleanup of /lib/live/installer after the install will
remove the /tar
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On 03/25/2013 10:25 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> The reason is, the kernel can make this much easier for you!
I agree I want things to be easier. :)
> (That said, I don't know how you're supposed to create a simple
> cgroup in a shell script. cgexec f
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On 03/25/2013 10:02 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Use a cgroup.
Is there a compelling reason for me to switch my approach right now,
since I have already solved it another way? If not, I will throw this
on the TODO and investigate post-release. I'm incli
Package: debian-installer-launcher
Version: 14
Followup-For: Bug #702335
I have made some small progress in narrowing down where the failure
occurs. It appears that in plugins/live, fuser is identifying a much
larger list of PIDs than it looks like was intended:
live_cleanup () {
# Stopping sys
n the
+filesystem using the old criteria. (Closes: #702335).
+ * Adding myself to Uploaders.
+
+ -- Ben Armstrong Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:28:46 -0300
+
debian-installer-launcher (14) unstable; urgency=low
[ Updated translations ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a4ba62e..1e
Package: debian-installer-launcher
Version: 14
Severity: normal
Steps to reproduce:
Boot
http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/next/i386/iso-hybrid/debian-wheezy-live-rc1-i386-lxde-desktop.iso
Download and install debian-installer-launcher 14, as this image only
contains 13 which does not work
Praveen,
What this comes down to is the b4 version of the image was inadvertently
built with extra material from sid due to an error in configuration (it
was intended that only the live-* packages be included from sid). This
problem was fixed in rc1, but that meant that it used all wheezy
versions
On 04/03/13 06:20 AM, Praveen A wrote:
> package: live-installer
> version: 40
> severity: critical
>
> I downloaded debian-wheezy-live-rc1-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso and live
> installer just hangs when selecting "Install Debian Sid" from System
> Tools menu as seen in the screenshot. It was working
On 02/11/12 10:26 AM, Brian Potkin wrote:
> The message is out there for people writing an isohybrid to a USB device
> under Linux. My impression is that more and more of them are using
> cp/dd/cat. There is no message given to those who want to use the same
> technique under other OSs, such as Win
On 02/11/12 04:47 AM, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Luka Rahne wrote:
>> Package: installation-reports
>> Severity: important
>>
>> -- Package-specific info:
>>
>> Boot method: usb made with unetbootin from iso
This is suspect. There's no need to do this, as d-i images are isohybrid
and theref
On 03/09/12 05:41 PM, Gyuro Lehel wrote:
>* What led up to the situation?
> Latest update introduces direct dependency to gdm3, and loads of
> gnome-related libs.
>* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
> N/A
>* What was the outcome of this ac
On 25/08/12 07:29 AM, os.n...@gmx.de wrote:
> please have a look at bug 655505. I reported the same or similar
> bug at 11. January 2012 with the installer. Now I wanted to try out
> if the bug is solved.
Sure, no problem with that. But in that case, since you did an actual
install, an installatio
On 24/08/12 01:22 PM, os.n...@gmx.de wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> I built the following live iso-hybrid from http://live-build.debian.net:
>
> distribution: wheezy
> package-lists: kde
> architectures: i386
> bootstrap-flavour: standard
> linux-flavours: 486
> bootappend: locales=de
On 07/31/2012 05:51 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Committed. Last word, right? :-)
Damn, I sure hope so. :)
Ben
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On 07/31/2012 11:42 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> While my brief testing of lightdm indicates it is a possible candidate, but
> there is also slim to
> consider. We're considering the merits of each before requesting a change to
> task-lxde-desktop.
We have concluded our testing a
On 07/30/2012 08:19 PM, Bob Bib wrote:
> please don't force the gdm3 dependency;
I have had some discussion this morning with the Debian lxde maintainers and we
agree the gdm3
dependency explosion (a fairly recent thing, looking at gdm3's Debian
changelog) renders it much
less desirable to use i
On 07/07/12 02:18 PM, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> I have tried the install method described here with the Debian Wheezy alpha1
> d-i:
>
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apas02.html#howto-getting-images-usb
First, this is not the official doc, but is an internal site used to
track trans
On 05/16/2012 06:10 AM, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> Bjørn Mork writes:
>> No, you don't. On a default Debian system you need to be a member of
>> the "floppy" group. From /lib/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules :
>
> Yeah but you are not a member of that group by default surely?
$ debconf-sho
On 05/15/2012 02:18 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> I am a bit scared by the catastrophic potential of
> cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX
> for X = valuable hard disk.
I've wondered about that, too, when working on the relevant section of
the Debian Live Manual.
> Maybe one should advise people to first r
Flávio,
On 02/04/12 10:46 AM, Nilton Seixas wrote:
I'm Flávio, a student at Federal University of Bahia. I found an error
when trying to make a live cd. The settings were defaults. Only typed
commands lb lb config and build. The error was as follows:
W: Failed to fetch
var/lib/apt/lists/partial/
On 04/27/2011 10:42 AM, Pedro Larroy wrote:
> I'm trying to follow:
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en
>
>
> But I suspect the manual is outdated since the installer gets stuck on
> the "Detect and mount CD-ROM" which is not detected.
>
> This should be working or t
On 06/03/11 12:08 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Well, having it fixed in unstable would be a good start. The problem
> doesn't just affect stable so having the first time the patch is in the
> archive be a stable point release isn't generally appropriate.
The biggest barrier to this is that Matt sa
On 06/03/11 12:08 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Well, having it fixed in unstable would be a good start. The problem
> doesn't just affect stable so having the first time the patch is in the
> archive be a stable point release isn't generally appropriate.
>
> Where would one find the patch for #614
On 06/03/11 11:20 AM, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> - anything I missed?
netcfg. #614884 blocks #606268 against network-manager. We have a
working solution with the two fixes I mentioned in 614884 and my
supplied patch for NM's ifblacklist_migrate.sh filed against 606268.
The NM bug is RC but had no i
On 24/02/11 05:40 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On 24/02/11 04:29 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
>> +++ ./55netcfg-network-manager 2011-02-24 16:25:10.0 -0400
>
> Argh. This file should have been mode 755 and was 644 instead, so it
> could not be executed. Rebuilding my tes
On 24/02/11 04:29 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> +++ ./55netcfg-network-manager 2011-02-24 16:25:10.0 -0400
Argh. This file should have been mode 755 and was 644 instead, so it
could not be executed. Rebuilding my test image again with permission
fixed and hoping for the best.
Ben
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On 23/02/11 10:39 PM, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> I've built an i386 testing mini.iso containing a proposed fix for this bug,
> and uploaded it to:
>
> http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/614884_mini.iso
>
> If someone can test it out with an NM package that has the ap
Package: netcfg
Severity: important
Tags: squeeze
As discussed with Matt Palmer and Michael Biebl on irc on #debian-boot
and #debian-gnome respectively, we've agreed that netcfg should execute
a finish-install fragment when NetworkManager is present, and that we
want to target this at 6.0.1. See #
Package: live-installer
Severity: wishlist
To address the use case where small media might not be able to contain all
desired packages for a live install, please support installing the contents
of the live media first, followed by a (most likely preseeded) list of
additional materials from another
Package: installation-guide
Severity: normal
The Debian Eee PC team has often been asked this question by our users.
We've never found an entirely satisfactory answer until I was asked
again today, and went again to look at what my colleagues were using. I
found this guide at Ubuntu:
https://help
On 01/24/2011 08:16 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> My initial attempt using amd64 image failed at "Attempting to exchange
> keys with the access point", probably because the access point has a
> hidden essid
I did manage to get a net admin here to unhide the essid for me and
retes
On 01/24/2011 06:42 AM, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> What I need is people with and i386 or amd64 wireless-enabled machine and a
> WPA network, who are willing to do a test install with the mini.iso I've
> built. Images can be downloaded at http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/wpa/
Thanks! The Eee PC com
On 01/21/2011 11:35 AM, Christophe Schockaert wrote:
> So, I followed what's here for a network install:
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html
Following "4.3.1. Copying the files — the easy way", I assume? Please
indicate the URLs used for download of boot.img.gz and the iso.
Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
I looked into this and determined that the attached patch solves the
issue when a WM is in use. If, for some reason, the fullscreen fails
(e.g. no WM is in use) then the window size will still be set to the
screen size.
I did a test live-buil
Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal
There is a workaround for this (GNOME-specific, but may have counterparts for
other flavours). Bring up the GNOME keyboard shortcuts configuration:
System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts
Scroll down and under "Window Management", select "Toggle ful
Package: debian-installer-launcher
Version: 5
Severity: normal
I want to do a live install from the media without disrupting my
existing network connection in the live system, so I am using preseeding
from the boot prompt to attempt to accomplish this. When performed from
the launcher, it fails. W
On 01/11/2011 05:58 PM, Miguel Rentes wrote:
> Thank you Len, I'll grab the latest snapshot and try it :) I'll then
> tell you if I succeded.
Huh. I thought I had reports from our (Debian Eee PC's) users that this
worked with beta2, so I'm not sure using the latest snapshot would make
anything bet
On 01/11/2011 12:37 PM, Bernhard wrote:
>> No idea about the broadcom. My experience with broadcom has always
>> been awful.
>
> Hello,
>
> For the wireless Broadcom chipset, please have a look at
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
> You see, there is at least kernel 2.6.33 necessar
The Debian Eee PC project is interested in seeing you succeed. We have
some hints to offer with this bug ...
On 01/11/2011 05:51 AM, Miguel Rentes wrote:
> I got for Christmas a new Asus 1215N and I'm trying to install Debian
> testing (I'm using debian-squeeze-di-beta2-amd64-netinst.iso on a USB
On 19/09/10 11:05 AM, Christian PERRIER wrote:
I think this is more because cdrom-detect hasn't been uploaded since
the fix was committed.
Ah, good, if that's all it is ...
Strange, though, since I examined the initrd and it definitely had the
older version of the patch in it. I'm going to a
I just built a live image with the daily installer included and noticed
it still has the bug. When I checked the cdrom-detect.postinst, it is
missing this additional line from my second patch:
-mount | grep -q 'on /cdrom' && exit 0
+mount | grep -q 'on /cdrom' && set_suite_and_codename && exit
/changelog (working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+cdrom-detect (1.35+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Set cdrom/suite and cdrom/codename when premounted /cdrom found.
+
+ -- Ben Armstrong Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:43:10 -0300
+
cdrom-detect (1.35) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Samuel
n/bash
Index: debian/changelog
===
--- debian/changelog (revision 64584)
+++ debian/changelog (working copy)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+cdrom-detect (1.35+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Set cdrom/suite and cdrom/codename when premounted /cdrom found.
+
+ -- Ben Armstrong T
I had the same problem as Mark using the daily installer with the gui
interface. I don't think the cdebconf errors are fatal, as the install
seems to proceed after that point, but then it subsequently fails at the
same point as it did for him with a similar dialog box. The error near
the end
Package: tasksel
Version: 2.81
Severity: normal
Calling tasksel from the command-line (as live-helper does in chroot_tasks)
instead of via d-i, if you try to install lxde-desktop, it will include gnome.
While not a serious problem for most users, it is very serious for debian-live,
since lxde is s
Will the Squeeze installer support WPA?
For some time, Glenn Saberton's patches have been available to support
WPA, but discussing this with Otavio on irc, he reminded me that we need
changes not only to netcfg, but also wpasupplicant. Here's the last
message I could find dealing with the top
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 16:44 +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> Ben, ...
>
> I am unfamiliar with debtags, can you give us a quick example of how such a
> tag looks like, and how it could be used to denote a game ?
>
> Something like :
>
> X-DebTag: d-i-game ?
Something like:
Tag: game::arcade, int
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 15:36 +0200, Eddy Petrişor wrote:
> The sledgehammer is debtags itself, not the actual tag; no user will
> need without D-I an udeb (at least not one thatknows what he's doing
> ;-), only the installer will use udebs
I have come around to seeing that. So the rest of my musin
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 14:48 +0200, Eddy Petrişor wrote:
> udeb definition, and there is no need for D-I to have such a huge
> sledge hammer in order to break the tiny (vaporware) issue of game
> loading
Indulge me another moment, and then I'll shut up. Aren't we just
talking about one package hea
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 14:39 +0200, Eddy Petrişor wrote:
> On 2/17/06, Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Pardon me if this question is totally naive, but why do we keep
> > reinventing new ways to classify things when we already have debtags?
>
> Because w
On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 13:08 +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> game-.udeb maybe ?
>
> Or we could use a special XC-Game-Udeb header for this exact purpose ?
Pardon me if this question is totally naive, but why do we keep
reinventing new ways to classify things when we already have debtags?
Ben
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To what extent is it a goal to make the installation steps
rerunnable?
I have noted while testing the woody boot floppies that some
steps that intuitively one would not think need repeating
actually do. Namely, the install OS & drivers step. S
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