Re: Bug#998408: "good password" advice in installer is still bad two years after this was reported

On Thu 07 Sep 2023 at 01:27:23 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: > Jonathan Kamens writes: > > > Oh, I see now that the fact that the installer shouldn't recommend > > changing one's password regularly was also reported previously, in bug > > #868869. > > Also, in #656509 (in which Cyril states that

Re: Unable to set root password with clear text using preseed/early_command

On Wed 16 Feb 2022 at 10:32:25 +0100, More Thanks wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 04:52:48PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote: > > On Feb 16, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Philip Hands wrote: > > > Glen Huang writes: > > > > Thanks to Cyril Brulebois’s tip that I could use DEBCONF_DEBUG > > > > to debug debconf, I

Re: Problem preseeding wifi password

On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 06:05:49 -0800, VDRU VDRU wrote: > > It is assumed something like 'cp /dev/sdX' has been used to write > > to the USB stick. > > I always use Rufus on a Windows desktop to write iso's to bootable usb > sticks. I know a lot of others do as well, maybe the assumption it's > d

Re: Problem preseeding wifi password

On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 06:41:04 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 06:08:22PM -0800, VDRU VDRU wrote: [...] > > And, preseeding just a wpa password fails in all cases. > > That is unexpected. > > Disclosure: > I myself never did preseed WIFI password. > (and didn't noticed p

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

On Thu 21 Oct 2021 at 20:39:01 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Am Donnerstag, dem 21.10.2021 um 18:33 +0100 schrieb Brian Potkin: > > I think this is exactly the way it was designed. Whether the design > > is the best is what has been brought up in this report. > > T

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

On Thu 21 Oct 2021 at 17:27:22 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Hi Holger, > > thanks for your reply! > > Am 21.10.2021 16:31, schrieb Holger Wansing: > > Selecting "Desktop Environment", but not choose one of the displayed > > possiblities (like "GNOME", "KDE" and so on) is not the way, how thi

Bug#604839: Bug#988472: Bug#604839: [installation-guide] Planned overhaul of chapter 4.3 "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting"

On Sat 09 Oct 2021 at 11:21:54 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, Hello Holger, Thank you for your consideration > Brian Potkin wrote (Sun, 3 Oct 2021 14:45:29 +0100): > > > You should be able to see to which device the USB stick was mapped > > > by running the comma

Bug#604839: [installation-guide] Planned overhaul of chapter 4.3 "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting"

On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 19:48:41 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: [...] > - Because a long time has passed by since the last overhaul of this chapter, > maybe there is some more, that could be changed, for example because of > changed/new technology or experience? Regarding 4.3.2. at https://p

Bug#988472: Bug#604839: [installation-guide] Planned overhaul of chapter 4.3 "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting"

On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 19:48:41 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: [...] > I had some understanding issues, mostly in chapter > "Manually copying files to the USB stick — the flexible way" I have never really understood what is so special about syslinux and mbr.bin in the context of using hd-media. GRU

Bug#988472: Bug#604839: [installation-guide] Planned overhaul of chapter 4.3 "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting"

On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 19:48:41 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, Hello Holger, > I'm thinking about (long overdue) updating chapter > https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch04s03.html > "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting". I am working from https://people.debi

Bug#993668: CUPS is missing after a default GNOME Desktop Install

On Sat 04 Sep 2021 at 16:16:50 +0200, Nader Nooryani wrote: > Package: task-gnome-desktop > Version: 3.68 > > As of Debian 11, Print Server is no longer included as an option in the > Debian installer if you use the defaults: Debian desktop environment, GNOME > and standard system utilities. Ref

Bug#993668: CUPS is missing after a default GNOME Desktop Install

On Sat 04 Sep 2021 at 21:09:56 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Nader Nooryani wrote (Sat, 4 Sep 2021 16:16:50 > +0200): > > As of Debian 11, Print Server is no longer included as an option in the > > Debian installer if you use the defaults: Debian desktop environment, GNOME > > and stan

Bug#993668: CUPS is missing after a default GNOME Desktop Install

On Sun 05 Sep 2021 at 01:48:06 +0200, Nader Nooryani wrote: > Sorry, I should have mentioned that I have the packages you mention as well > as ipp-usb. > Will Debian detect and add both driverless-enabled printers and ones that > require drivers? Yes - if the scheduler is present. Printing, wheth

Re: Merge request created [Re: Use isenkram to get around the firmware problem?]

On Mon 08 Mar 2021 at 22:41:53 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Holger Wansing wrote (Sun, 7 Mar 2021 17:02:06 +0100): > > And for the (graphics) firmware problem, isenkram is of no help as it > > seems, > > at least for Bullseye. > > I have reached the end of my path on this issue. >

Re: Use isenkram to get around the firmware problem?

On Sun 07 Mar 2021 at 17:12:33 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 3/7/21 5:02 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: > > I fear, all the above is out of my skills. > > > > And for the (graphics) firmware problem, isenkram is of no help as it > > seems, > > at least for Bullseye. [...] > As a com

Re: Manually add firmware (or other) packages for installation?

On Sat 27 Feb 2021 at 11:16:13 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: [...] > + If you know your hardware requires this, and you have enabled "non-free" > + package sources, you can list firmware packages here to have them installed. > + For AMD/ATI graphics cards you might want to install > "firmware-amd

Re: Manually add firmware (or other) packages for installation?

On Sat 27 Feb 2021 at 17:32:34 +, Justin B Rye wrote: > John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On 2/27/21 11:46 AM, Holger Wansing wrote: > >> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote (Sat, 27 > >> Feb 2021 11:21:58 +0100): > >>> The point is: We separate free and non-free images for a very reason and

Re: Manually add firmware (or other) packages for installation?

On Sat 27 Feb 2021 at 19:22:24 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Brian Potkin wrote (Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:54:01 +): > > > +Template: hw-detect/firmware_packages_to_install > > > +Type: string > > > +# :sl2: > > > +Description: Additional/firm

Re: Manually add firmware (or other) packages for installation?

On Sat 27 Feb 2021 at 19:28:49 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Brian Potkin wrote (Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:54:01 +): > > > but if the installer does not include non-free > > > firmware > > > + packages, > > > >

Re: Manually add firmware (or other) packages for installation?

On Sat 27 Feb 2021 at 11:16:13 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: [...] > In summary, I have thrown this all together to the attached patch. > > Holger > > > > -- > Holger Wansing > PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076 > diff --git a/debian/hw-detect.templates b/de

Re: Manually add firmware (or other) packages for installation?

On Sat 27 Feb 2021 at 11:21:58 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 2/27/21 12:12 AM, Holger Wansing wrote: [...] > > And there was a huge discussion on debian-devel in January regarding > > firmware/nonfree etc., starting here: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2021/01/msg00151

Bug#982640: [d-i] finish-install: improve understandability of reboot screen

On Fri 12 Feb 2021 at 21:26:50 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote (Fri, 12 Feb > 2021 21:08:14 +0100): > > On 2/12/21 9:00 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > I have prepared a small patch, to improve the understandability of the > > > screen. > > > > "+ Then, choose t

Bug#666530: cups fails to configure under cdebconf

A nine year old bug with no response. I am closing it. If it has relevance to today's printing system, someone will reopen it. -- Brian.

Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium

On Sun 25 Aug 2019 at 22:18:34 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Holger Wansing, le dim. 25 août 2019 22:12:57 +0200, a ecrit: > > Change "CD" into "installation medium" > > More generally, our usage of "CD" confuses people, and people tend to > think that our ISO images don't work on

Re: Bug#931911: user-setup: Fails to present no-root-password_first-user-sudoer option as a reasonable choice

On Fri 12 Jul 2019 at 10:22:59 +0200, Philip Hands wrote: > Package: user-setup > Severity: normal > > Prompted by this LWN comment relating to installing buster: > > https://lwn.net/Articles/792960/ > > "The installer text specifically said that not setting a root password >was a Very

Bug#913389: installation-guide: Updating advice for choosing a network mirror (Section 6.3.5.1.3)

Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Tags: d-i patch The present "6.3.5.1.3. Choosing a network mirror" at https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/i386/install.txt.en has four paragraphs. Each paragraph is treated separately in what follows and the proposals are based on #797340, #9077

Bug#911020: installation-guide: Comments on section D.3

On Tue 16 Oct 2018 at 23:00:17 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Brian Potkin wrote: > > Please have a look at > > > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/10/msg00438.html > > > > and its followup > > > > https:/

Bug#911020: installation-guide: Comments on section D.3

Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Tags: d-i Please have a look at https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/10/msg00438.html and its followup https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/10/msg00448.html Could changes to advice for /e/n/i and /etc/hosts be considered? Regards,

Bug#861454: console-setup: Have to use setupcon at every boot

notfound 861454 1.186 thanks On Sat 29 Apr 2017 at 11:32:13 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > Package: console-setup > Version: 1.160 > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > > Debian (i386) was installed without tasksel's extra software using the > RC3 Stretch install

Bug#606287: d-i manual: should add a "what is the Debian Installer" section

On Sun 30 Sep 2018 at 23:28:25 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Brian Potkin wrote: > > On Sun 30 Sep 2018 at 20:18:32 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > > > > > > Miguel Figueiredo wrote: > > > > on 1.x add What is the Debian In

Bug#606287: d-i manual: should add a "what is the Debian Installer" section

On Sun 30 Sep 2018 at 20:18:32 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > Miguel Figueiredo wrote: > > on 1.x add What is the Debian Installer (purpose and scope of the > > installer) > > I would like to apply the below patch from Miguel, if noone objects: > > > > What is the Debian Installer? > > >

Bug#759428: [installation-guide] non-US is no longer existing, so there is also no "export-restricted" software

On Thu 02 Aug 2018 at 08:34:04 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Control: tags -1 + pending > > > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-07-31 at 11:00 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > > > > diff --git a/en/post-install/orientation.xml > > > b/en/post-install/orientation.xml > > > index 0ec0503

Bug#615646: [installation-guide] How do I know which CD has the package I need?

On Sun 29 Jul 2018 at 10:05:51 +, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, 29. Juli 2018 schrieb Wouter Verhelst: > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 07:50:18AM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > +Also, keep in mind: if the CDs/DVDs you are using don't contain some > > > packages > > > +you need,

Bug#615646: [installation-guide] How do I know which CD has the package I need?

On Sat 28 Jul 2018 at 19:44:26 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > Robert Cymbala wrote: > > QUESTION: > >I burned the first fifteen (15) CD's and GNU/Emacs, which I want to > > install, > >is not on them. How do I find out which CDs I need to burn? (There are > > 37 > >more in c

Bug#863868: [installation-guide] Re: USB Memory Stick: Issues with win32diskimager

On Fri 27 Jul 2018 at 19:07:37 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, Hi Holger, [Snip] > So I changed my patch into the following; committing shortly, if noone > objects: No objections from me. Thank you for listening and engaging. [Snip] Regards, Brian.

Bug#863868: [installation-guide] Re: USB Memory Stick: Issues with win32diskimager

I read the mail in -boot and responded to the list and not to the bug. Rectifying. Apologies. On Wed 25 Jul 2018 at 22:55:04 +, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Am Mittwoch, 25. Juli 2018 schrieb Brian Potkin: > > On Wed 25 Jul 2018 at 21:06:23 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote

Re: Bug#863868: [installation-guide] Re: USB Memory Stick: Issues with win32diskimager

On Wed 25 Jul 2018 at 21:06:23 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Varanka Risto wrote: > > Package: installation-guide > > Severity: important > > Tags: security > > > > The online installation guide for Debian Stable at > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en recom

Bug#900058: console-setup: Not keeping font over a reboot

On Fri 25 May 2018 at 23:37:49 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >* What led up to the situation? > I rebooted the computer. > >* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > Not sure what is meant by this question, but if I set the font > via dpkg-reconfi

Bug#694068: netcfg: Wireless connectivity present during an install but absent afterwards

On Tue 06 Mar 2018 at 11:07:59 +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote: > Brian Potkin wrote: > > The number of users affected by this issue over the years is not > > insignificant. Not a single one has written in support of the > > situation. > > This issue has bitten me at le

Bug#694068: netcfg: Wireless connectivity present during an install but absent afterwards

On Fri 23 Nov 2012 at 14:31:20 +, Brian Potkin wrote: > I installed in expert mode over a wireless link from > > Debian GNU/Linux testing "Wheezy" - Official Snapshot i386 NETINST Binary-1 > 20121122-21:21 > > This ISO has netcfg_1.102. Only "Standard syst

Bug#875858: pkgsel: Offer to install/manage unattended-upgrades

On Mon 11 Dec 2017 at 17:46:44 +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 06:20:55PM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > >Quoting Raymond Burkholder (r...@oneunified.net): > >> > > So, as an accommodation, a flag in the preseed mechanism to > >> > enable/disable would be helpful. > >>

Re: Run debootstrap twice

On Wed 16 Aug 2017 at 20:29:17 +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 16.08.2017 17:38, Sven Schiffner wrote: > > I don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I'm not able to run debootstrap > > twice in the same directory. I mean run debootstrap after a successfull run > > of debootstrap. So is this poss

Bug#868869: debian-installer should not recommend to change password periodically (and more)

On Wed 26 Jul 2017 at 17:00:12 +0100, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: > On 24-07-2017 11:38, Hideki Yamane wrote: > >Hi, > > > >On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:49:53 +0200 > >Philipp Kern wrote: > >>It seems to me that today at least the guidance of mixed > >>character classes still makes some sense as a default

Bug#868869: debian-installer should not recommend to change password periodically (and more)

On Tue 25 Jul 2017 at 23:22:19 +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > On 07/24/2017 12:38 PM, Hideki Yamane wrote: > > But it also makes administrator to remember it harder as its trade-off... > > (and they maybe choose easy password as a result). It's a not good idea > > to suggests to change root passw

Bug#866629: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation

On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 02:13:57 +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:24:20 +0100 > Brian Potkin wrote: > > > On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 00:35:21 +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > > > > > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and > >

Bug#866629: debian-installer: Installer showes Debootstrap Error debian stretch live installation

On Thu 06 Jul 2017 at 00:35:21 +0530, Prahlad Yeri wrote: > Can confirm this bug on the live installer - tried both XFCE and LXDE > versions. > > Never expected such goof up on a debian stable version! > Granted that its just released, but we do go through ages of testing > before reaching stable

Bug#863868: USB Memory Stick: Issues with win32diskimager

On Fri 02 Jun 2017 at 17:08:37 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 06:45:33AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > >Hi, > > > >and thanks for your report. > > > >Varanka Risto (2017-06-01): > >> Package: installation-guide > >> Severity: important > >> Tags: security > >> > >> The

Re: Bug#863868: USB Memory Stick: Issues with win32diskimager

On Fri 02 Jun 2017 at 17:08:37 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 06:45:33AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > >Hi, > > > >and thanks for your report. > > > >Varanka Risto (2017-06-01): > >> Package: installation-guide > >> Severity: important > >> Tags: security > >> > >> The

Bug#861454: console-setup: Have to use setupcon at every booty

On Sat 29 Apr 2017 at 17:40:46 +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 03:35:08PM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > > Then it seems this is a duplicate of the misterious bug #857132. I did look at #857132 and thought it to be a little different from what I wanted to

Bug#861454: console-setup: Have to use setupcon at every boot

On Sat 29 Apr 2017 at 17:02:21 +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:32:13AM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > > Debian (i386) was installed without tasksel's extra software using the > > RC3 Stretch installer. 'dpkg-reconfigure console-setup&#x

Bug#861454: console-setup: Have to use setupcon at every boot

Package: console-setup Version: 1.160 Severity: normal Tags: d-i Debian (i386) was installed without tasksel's extra software using the RC3 Stretch installer. 'dpkg-reconfigure console-setup' was run after the first boot to give # CONFIGURATION FILE FOR SETUPCON # Consult the console-setup(5)

Re: Bug#854801: Bug#740998: Bug#854801: No network after netinst Stretch RC2

On Thu 16 Feb 2017 at 14:10:08 +0100, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On 14.02.2017 00:43, Pierre Ynard wrote: > > Hi, > > >> in finish-install /e/n/i will never be properly populated for a wireless > >> installation without network-manager, although I think ifupdown would be > >> capable to do this (

Re: All D-I's debconf templates in a single HTML page.

On Thu 08 Sep 2016 at 00:37:15 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Charles Plessy (2016-09-06): > > while working on preseeding D-I to make Cloud images, I found it a bit > > difficult to figure out the details of this and that debconf template that > > is > > listed in the preseed.

Re: All D-I's debconf templates in a single HTML page.

On Wed 07 Sep 2016 at 16:42:32 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-09-06 at 21:18 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > >  > > I would be very intereted to have some feedback on how useful this is, and > > if > > > there would be a more relevant place or format to hold this information. > > Seems

Re: All D-I's debconf templates in a single HTML page.

On Tue 06 Sep 2016 at 21:18:58 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Hello everybody, Hello Charles, > while working on preseeding D-I to make Cloud images, I found it a bit > difficult to figure out the details of this and that debconf template that is > listed in the preseed.txt example of the instal

Re: debian-installer issues with no wireless network connection after a text based Jessie installation

On Fri 20 May 2016 at 01:54:02 -0500, Nick Gawronski wrote: > prompts but then once the Debian system rebooted no internet settings were > on the system in the /etc/network/interfaces or any other wifi packages that > were installed such as wpa_supplicant. My question is why does the Are you cer

Re: debian-installer issues with no wireless network connection after a text based Jessie installation

On Thu 19 May 2016 at 23:52:57 -0500, Nick Gawronski wrote: > Hi, I am using the net installer of Jessie version 8.0.0 that includes the > firmware as I am totally blind and found that the latest installer once it > was installed I had no software speech after installing the system. I was > insta

Bug#824645: task-print-server: Please reconsider the dependencies of this package

Package: task-print-server Version: 3.34 Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i cups and cups-client are Depends:. However, cups depends on cups-client and has done so since version 1.3.10-3. From the changelog: [ Till Kamppeter ] [...snip...] * debian/control: Moved dependency on cups-client to De

Bug#759657: console-setup w/ systemd forgets font setting

On Thu 10 Dec 2015 at 03:47:24 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 10.12.2015 um 00:55 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > > Eric Cooper, on Thu 19 Nov 2015 13:31:57 -0500, wrote: > >> While booting, it looks like the font switches from VGA to Terminus > >> during the boot messages. But then the screen is cl

Re: WiFi During Install

On Mon 14 Sep 2015 at 17:06:30 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Jamie Nunnery (2015-09-14): > > Over the weekend I installed Jessie on a netbook. All checkboxes were > > unchecked except for at the bottom for Standard Linux Tools (so no GUI). > > During setup, I was able to connect to Wifi, but a

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

On Mon 01 Jun 2015 at 00:51:58 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi Brian, Hello Norbert, > On Sat, 30 May 2015, Brian Potkin wrote: > > On the other hand, #785512 is reporting a "regression" between the > > Jessie installer and some random, unknown, testing version

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

On Sat 30 May 2015 at 11:19:17 +0200, Christian Kastner wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2015 12:32:13 +0900 Norbert Preining > wrote: > > > It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the > > > cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module, > > > nor do we at

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

On Tue 20 Jan 2015 at 23:25:14 +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote: > Elsewhere (#775689), there has been a discussion of some of the problems > that unetbootin can pose when used with Debian install media. It would be > great to better document these problems and warn users against copying > images to U

Bug#764587: installation-reports: After successful installation from usb stick the stick is not recognised on reboot.

Hello Philip, I'm assuming that since you did not CC the bug that this is intended to be a private mail. On Wed 26 Nov 2014 at 18:22:52 +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > > > I have a USB stick that is used for installing Wheezy and which is > > recognised on reboot. Instead of writing DVD1 to the

Bug#764587: installation-reports: After successful installation from usb stick the stick is not recognised on reboot.

On Tue 25 Nov 2014 at 22:11:48 +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 23:32 +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > > Package: installation-reports > > Severity: normal > > After successful installation from usb stick the stick is not > > recognised on reboot. > > > > Boot method: usb stick

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 22:43:53 +, Brian Potkin wrote: > I think needs fixing for this to work. ^ #668001 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Ar

Re: Old-timer installer, task-sysvinit?

On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 20:36:42 +, Philip Hands wrote: > If you want a way to do a non-shell based preseed, you _may_ be able to > get away with some combination of these: > > =-=-=-=- > Template: base-installer/includes > Type: string > Description: for internal use; can be preseeded > Packa

Re: UltraHD installation: partitioning step shows installation media too

On Fri 21 Nov 2014 at 16:07:52 +0100, Eugen Dedu wrote: > I am installing debian amd64 on a Lenovo Y50 with UltraHD 3840x2160 > resolution. I use today's debian-testing...iso from > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd. > > I chose for partitioning: guid

Re: preseeding choice of init system? - followup info

On Fri 17 Oct 2014 at 13:59:21 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Miles Fidelman (2014-10-17): > > > > Cool. But will it get applied (just read the log on #668001)? Sigh > > You already have a solution, provided in minutes after you asked. > > Feel free to take your sighing elsewhere, thanks

Bug#673715: [d-i manual] doc about creating a bootable Debian usb stick

On Sun 24 Aug 2014 at 19:24:48 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > +USB stick is large enough — you have the option of copying any > +ISO image, even a DVD image to it. Could you tolerate an extra comma? +USB stick is large enough — you have the option of copying any +ISO image, even a DVD imag

Bug#673715: [d-i manual] doc about creating a bootable Debian usb stick

On Sat 23 Aug 2014 at 18:54:14 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Bug report "boot.img now creates a 1 GB filesystem, no longer 256 MB" > > The mentioned changings are already fixed in the manual. > > > But the increase of the boot.img leads to another change in the d-i manual. > > "4.3.3. Manuall

Bug#485586: debian-installer: Default to graphical install

On Tue 19 Aug 2014 at 17:39:18 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Brian Potkin wrote: > > Defaulting to a graphical (gtk) frontend on i386 and amd64 would mean > > that it becomes the regular frontend, unless it is desired to credit the > > "newt" frontend with s

Bug#485586: debian-installer: Default to graphical install

On Mon 18 Aug 2014 at 23:07:11 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > I have prepared a patch for this (attached) and I would like to receive some > thoughts on it. > I have added Samuel Thibault in CC, since he has also some knowledge and > interest on the d-i manual. > > Basically I moved the chapter

Bug#758307: installation-reports: First user not added to the lpadmin group

On Sun 17 Aug 2014 at 16:03:13 +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Quoting Brian Potkin (claremont...@gmail.com): > > > > After more thinking, my (wild) guess is that, at the time this is > > > done, these groups...do not exist on the system. And "adduser > > &

Bug#758307: installation-reports: First user not added to the lpadmin group

On Sun 17 Aug 2014 at 08:29:57 +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Still: > > # Allow preseeding the groups to which the first created user is added > Template: passwd/user-default-groups > Type: string > Default: audio cdrom dip floppy video plugdev netdev powerdev scanner > bluetooth debian-tor

Bug#758307: installation-reports: First user not added to the lpadmin group

Package: user-setup-udeb Severity: normal Tags: d-i #697331 was closed with the following comment: * Add first created user to lpadmin group so that it can use local printers when installed. After an install using debian-jessie-DI-b1-i386-netinst.iso 'groups' gives brian cdrom flopp

Bug#758145: installation-reports: Missing dbus; logind service fails

merge 758111 thanks On Thu 14 Aug 2014 at 15:05:30 -0400, Mel Davis wrote: > What led to situation... > Fresh install of OS on new SD card. Basic default installation. No custom > drivers. No errors or problems reported during the install. > > Booting into OS reported the following error: >

Bug#758111: installation-reports: Please consider dbus for the core files

Package: installation-reports Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i The install using debian-jessie-DI-b1-i386-netinst.iso was uneventful; manual partitioning with one single partition and grub put in the MBR. No tasks were selected. The booted system has tty1 available but ttys 2-6 cannot be activated w

Bug#756893: ram requirements for d-i: stats in d-i manual

On Mon 04 Aug 2014 at 11:39:29 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Holger Wansing, le Mon 04 Aug 2014 11:22:06 +0200, a écrit : > > So what needs to be changed? > > In > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2013/05/msg00662.html > > I have already proposed the following: > > > > > > Table 3.2. R

Bug#756831: mountmedia: /hd-media unmounted during an installation

On Sat 02 Aug 2014 at 10:31:33 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > Commenting out the line "umount $dir 2>/dev/null || true" in mountmedia > gets 1. The behaviour would appear to be connected more with the > provision of firmware than the type of connection. I'm unsure what

Bug#756831: mountmedia: /hd-media unmounted during an installation

Package: mountmedia Version: 0.22 Severity: normal Tags: d-i I have a USB stick with the hd-media kernel and initrd, a preseed file and firmware-7.5.0-i386-netinst.iso. Booting is with grub. The preseed file has a late_command which copies files from /hd-media to /target. 1. With an ethernet con

Bug#755848: preseed d-i netcfg/hostname does not set hostname

On Wed 23 Jul 2014 at 23:12:02 +0200, Andre "Osku" Schmidt wrote: > using "d-i netcfg/hostname string foobar" in preseed file still makes > the installer to ask user for hostname. or when using kernel option > priority=critcal hostname is silently set to "noname". > > info from: > https://www.deb

Re: Re: hd-media iso-scan finds usable iso's but still fails, modprobe: invalid option -- 'l'

On Thu 26 Jun 2014 at 15:20:29 +0200, Sander Eikelenboom wrote: > I will fix a local initrd.gz with this fix, but i can't imagine a lot of > folks > are running into this, a space in a dir on any mountable filesystem on the > system you are > trying to install on and you are bust. May I sugge

Re: hd-media iso-scan finds usable iso's but still fails, modprobe: invalid option -- 'l'

On Wed 25 Jun 2014 at 11:19:32 +0200, Sander Eikelenboom wrote: > Jun 25 08:55:04 kernel: [ 13.743081] FAT-fs (sdb1): utf8 is not a > recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive! > Jun 25 08:55:04 iso-scan: Mounted /dev/sdb1 for first pass > Jun 25 08:55:04 iso

Re: Mount NTFS filesystem

On Tue 17 Jun 2014 at 08:17:21 -0700, Jack Bates wrote: > In the Debian Installer Rescue mode, how do I mount an NTFS filesystem? Boot with "priority=low" on the command line. When loading the installer components select ntfs-modules. Skip ahead to "Detect disks". mount -tntfs /dev/sdb1 /mnt

Bug#744865: Add check and warning for unetbootin

On Wed 23 Apr 2014 at 15:37:56 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > ACK. I'm going to look into that lot again myself. Thanks. I may have gone over the top with a few things like reorganising some things on the page. If I were doing it again today I'd be inclined to pare it down somewhat. > In my expe

Bug#744865: Add check and warning for unetbootin

On Tue 15 Apr 2014 at 16:46:30 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > As suggested in #739767... > > unetbootin used to be a helpful tool for many people to create > USB-bootable installer images, but these days seems responsible for > lots of user problems and difficult-to-resolve bug reports. > > If f

Re: Bug#744201: installation-reports: successful install of jessie - one problem, and other minor suggestions

On Fri 11 Apr 2014 at 11:04:25 +0100, Z wrote: > > 1. It wasn't clear what desktop I was going to get. I was reinstalling Jessie, > and so assumed that I would get what had been the default desktop, gnome. As > it > turned out, I got xfce, and had to manually install many programs, which took >

Bug#656509: closed by Cyril Brulebois (Re: Bug#656509: user-setup-udeb: Please consider amending password advice)

On Sun 02 Mar 2014 at 15:27:46 +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > Quoting Brian Potkin (claremont...@gmail.com): > > > d-i says: > > > > > >A good password will contain a mixture of letters, numbers and > > >punctuation

Bug#727740: installation-reports: wireless and wired network works in the installer but not transfered to the installed system

On Sun 27 Oct 2013 at 07:37:40 +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: > Nick Gawronski wrote: > > Overall install:[E network configuration was not transfered to > > installed system so after I booted my system I had no internet access ] > > > Now you are done with a static /etc/network/interface

Bug#727740: installation-reports: wireless and wired network works in the installer but not transfered to the installed system

severity 727740 important merge 727740 694068 thanks Reducing severity because the whole system is not broken. On Fri 25 Oct 2013 at 17:41:52 -0500, Nick Gawronski wrote: > I managed to do the installation successfully but found that after the > installation my network configuration settings we

Bug#687216: closed by Holger Levsen (dealing with old installation-reports)

On Thu 29 Aug 2013 at 21:33:24 +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the installation-reports package: > > #687216: installation-reports: Firmware detection beyond an extended > partition with Beta-2 > >

Re: debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso daily build 2013-07-14: apt configurational problems

On Mon 15 Jul 2013 at 09:52:31 +0200, r ductor wrote: > I'm sorry of the shortness of this short report but I do not have time to > complete the install, I need a working debian quickly. You'll want a Wheezy netinst ISO, then. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: late_command not late enough?

On Thu 06 Jun 2013 at 14:37:41 +0200, Alex Waite wrote: > Hello, > > I am attempting (and failing) to achieve these final two tasks for > my preseeded deployment of Wheezy to our computation cluster. > > 1) Add an NFS mount to fstab. partman seems to be unaware that NFS exists. > 2) Setup networ

Re: task-desktop: default desktop environment for Jessie

On Sun 02 Jun 2013 at 20:11:48 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Booting from USB has been a standard feature for ~10 years; see e.g. > . > So those machines may not be ancient but they apparently have a crap > BIOS. While we shoul

Re: task-desktop: default desktop environment for Jessie

On Sun 02 Jun 2013 at 19:36:35 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > For Debian we have the hd-media kernel and initrd. grub-mkrescue will > make an iso with them and include a grub.cfg. iso-scan will find > whatever ISO you choose to put on another USB stick. I hope Debian will > continu

Re: task-desktop: default desktop environment for Jessie

On Fri 31 May 2013 at 15:11:50 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Michael Gilbert (31/05/2013): > >> It would probably be good to get that discussion started early during > >> this cycle to reduce the surprise factor. > >> > >> Since it was

Re: [Debian installer] Problem with umounting hd-media

On Tue 23 Apr 2013 at 16:50:50 +0200, Julien Groselle wrote: > Hi, > > I didn't know the existence about the debian-boot mailinglist... Thanks > Brian ! > I'm up to date now ;-) > > So I copy/paste my issue here : [Snip] Please see http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/04/msg01246.html

Re: Re: Problems and questions with preseeding

On Fri 12 Apr 2013 at 22:42:16 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > Moving on: > >The auto kernel parameter is an alias for . . . > > I'll merely remark that 'auto' is not a kernel parameter. The statement > conflicts with the earlier assertion. I'll back do

Re: Re: Problems and questions with preseeding

On Fri 12 Apr 2013 at 15:58:53 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Vincent McIntyre, le Mon 08 Apr 2013 23:23:14 +1000, a écrit : > > Should this instead be worded '... is not defined on all arches'? > > I guess so. > > > Here's the patch, any good Phil? > > Seems good, I commited it. Looking at t

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