Bug#144067: Boot floppies

2003-11-19 Thread David Kimdon
Thanks for the notes Rolf. FYI, boot-floppies is end-of-lifed now, so these fixes will never get into cvs or into a Debian release. All new development is on the new debian-installer. In any case I'm forwarding this to the BTS for the record. -David On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 09:11:03AM +0100,

Re: brltty-udeb

2002-11-20 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:23:40PM +0100 wrote: > OK, Its done and in the archives. great. > > P.S.: To whom do I need to talk to, to get cvs access? Your Debian account should allow you to access cvs.debian.org. -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Kernel Panic

2002-10-24 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:48:19AM +0900 wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Compaq Proliant ML 330 with an 18 GB SCSI hard-drive and another > hot-plug able SCSI HDD of the same capacity. > I want to install Debian Potato on this machine as in I would like to use it > as a DNS, Mail, Proxy Server. You probab

Re: mklibs script problem...

2002-10-24 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, Thanks for the report. Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 10:06:20PM +0100 wrote: > 2. The script wouldn't run properly on my system - the problem was > basically it was looking for libc symbols in libcrypt I think (but this > was some time ago, I've been without the internet for a few weeks). > This is d

Re: Graphical installer

2002-10-24 Thread David Kimdon
Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 10:59:04AM -0400 wrote: > Hi...I saw today that Debian is working on a new graphical installer, > probably gtkfb based. How wedded are you to that? I'm a former Trolltech > employee and one of the people who wrote Qt/Embedded; I might be interested > in writing/helping to write

Re: help

2002-10-23 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:53:16AM + wrote: > i want to install debian ,but my notebook computer only has a pcmcia cdrom > and a floppy.can debian install on it?or does debian have a > pcmcia-supported boot floopy?thanks. Hi, Debian installs do support pcmcia. You can boot off your floppy, in

Re: 2.4.19 boot-floppies problem

2002-10-14 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, try this: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s-rescue-replace-kernel -David Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:54:32AM +0100 wrote: > Could someone kindly lead me to where I might find documentation on how to use >boot-floppies to create a custom boot set of 2

Re: I need help

2002-10-12 Thread David Kimdon
Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 12:26:43AM +0300 wrote: > Hi, I am redirecting this to debian-user where you will be able to get better advice, but I will give it a shot: > > Hello, I'm sorry to bother you but I need some expert advice. I had > installed a couple of days ago the new debian os and since th

Re: Woody bf2.4 laptop network setup broken?

2002-10-11 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, > Hi. I'm trying to install Woody from the network on my laptop using . . . > /var/log/messages contains after attempting to bring up eth0 . . . I just built new images (untested) that I believe fix this problem and placed them on : http://people.debian.org/~dwhedon/boot-floppies/3.0.24-p

Re: woody install problems

2002-10-03 Thread David Kimdon
Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:41:18PM -0500 wrote: > I'm wondering why I've not received any responces. Am I on the right list? it's the right list, I expect we just don't have any answers for you, I'll give it a shot. 0. maybe a bad hard drive? or at least buggy such that the linux driver can't hand

Re: LILO fails

2002-09-30 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, > I half-remember having read sometime that the letters in LILO printed at start-up >show up after > certain stages have been completed, but can?t seem to find it again. > I pulled out hunks of the lilo manual for you. It looks like you need to tweak /etc/lilo.conf as described below and

Bug#162429: modconf: No user interface for modconf

2002-09-26 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I can't reproduce this. Can you please change the first line of /usr/sbin/modconf to: #!/bin/sh -x (that is, add a -x so we can see where it is failing). And mail the output to this list. Something like: # modconf > modconf.log 2>&1 Thanks, -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: usb mouse

2002-09-11 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 11:36:30AM +0200 wrote: > hello!!, > > I have installated debian 3.0, but the mouse does not work. It uses usb. How can >I configurate it? > Hi, This question is better suited to debian-user, cc'ing. Here is a pretty good guide: http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/c122.

Re: New boot-floppies for 3.0r1?

2002-09-11 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I'm in favor of doing a new boot-floppies release, hopefully we can get it tested for 3.0.r1, seconds? Looking through the changelog it looks like we have mostly doc fixes so I'm less worried about significant breakage. Remaining issues (maybe, please comment, please add your own) : - upda

Re: Debian Testing Installation

2002-09-02 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:58:53PM -0400 wrote: > Hello. I have been running Debian Potato and I am installing a new > system and would like to install the Testing distribution over a > network. Hi, If you are upgrading from potato you probably want to use woody, which is the ne wstable distributi

Re: [d-i] libd-i building

2002-09-02 Thread David Kimdon
Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 01:24:17PM +0200 wrote: > I'm just curious, why is libd-i built as it is, every function in a > separate .o? The logic is that it allows us to provide a shared reduced version of libd-i, or to statically link only the objects we need. > > I will probably move some package f

Re: [d-i] Updating CVS changelogs

2002-08-30 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 08:27:28PM -0300 wrote: > * ddetect > * lilo-installer > * grub-installer > > Should I add the initial changelog entry and mention something like > "NOT RELEASED YET" ? Could someone do it as I'm not yet a Debian > developer ? I just did this. In general, in the future you c

Re: boot and root disk assembly

2002-08-30 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 10:58:43AM -0300 wrote: > Hi all, I'd like to make my own boot and root disks. > AFAIK, I can use mkrescue to make my boot disk using the working kernel. > When I boot with this disk, after the kernel is loaded, it asks for a > root disk. > > how do I make one ? > I'd like t

Re: shell not working

2002-08-30 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 04:15:56PM -0700 wrote: > Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > >| and the postinst process? > > > >It won't work in make demo, but it works from a floppy. > > > > > > I was trying it from a floppy, and it didn't work. FWIW it works from 'make demo' for me, I haven't tested the flopp

Re: Boot floppy install issue

2002-08-29 Thread David Kimdon
Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 07:49:44AM -0700 wrote: > Ok, i've tried two differnet Hard Drives and 5 floppies and still getting > the same errors, maybe i'm not using the correct image? > what would be the best image for the IBMthinkpad 755c with no CDRom, well > i do have a backpack CDrom, but could n

Re: Boot floppy install issue

2002-08-28 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:41:36PM -0700 wrote: > Ok, >so i booted on the rescue disk, and hit enter at the "boot:" > it starts loading linux.bin, then uncompresses. > > i then get the message: > > VFS: insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press enter > > i insert the root

Re: Boot floppy install issue

2002-08-28 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 08:44:38AM -0700 wrote: > Hello, >I have an IBM Thinkpad 755c with no CDRom, but i do have a pcmcia nic. > I am trying to > do the floppy install from the internet. I down loaded the files, > introduction screen with "boot:" at the bottom. At this prompt i typed > "res

Bug#158426: DHCP support is broken on compact rescue disk

2002-08-27 Thread David Kimdon
severity 158426 important quit Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 01:03:01AM -0400 wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Tags: woody > > It appears that the kernel for the woody compact rescue disk does not > have CONFIG_PACKET or CONFIG_FILTER included. This is sad, because Something else must be going on, IMO

Re: pcmcia-scheme - solved

2002-08-26 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 11:59:00AM -0700 wrote: > Janne, > > This work-around did the trick. I really appreciate your input. Thanks you so > much! Woody is up and running on my Dell Inspiron 8000. Quite a relief after > my unsuccessful conversion from progeny debian and subsequent problems > inst

Bug#158422: [fw: suggestions for ch1, Woody Install x86]

2002-08-26 Thread David Kimdon
Package: boot-floppies Severity: wishlist - Forwarded message from Lloyd D Budd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Lloyd D Budd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: suggestions for ch1, Woody Install x86 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at fep01-mail.blo

Re: modconf information lines

2002-08-20 Thread David Kimdon
Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:16:45PM -0700 wrote: > "modconf" is neat but many entries come without explanation. > > As I run "modinfo" on module, I quickly lean these modules comes without > description. > > tcic - (No description available) > xircom_cb - (No description availa

Re: I need a little help here...

2002-08-19 Thread David Kimdon
Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 05:17:51PM -0700 wrote: > On this site (http://people.debian.org/~dwhedon/boot-floppies/), > which ISOs do I need to get to install Woody? You have a choice, please see: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-kernel-choice Thanks for the ques

Re: cvs commit to mklibs by dwhedon

2002-08-09 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 12:12:46AM -0600 wrote: > On Thu Aug 08, 2002 at 07:39:09PM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > > Repository: mklibs > > who:dwhedon > > time: Thu Aug 8 19:39:09 PDT 2002 > > Log Message: > > + * Ensure that the dynamic linker is installed along with the s

Re: Design information on D-I compared to dbootstrap ? and more.

2002-08-09 Thread David Kimdon
> As It now seems I will be using boot-floppies for > a while on, I'm curious to know a bit more of other > peoples earlier concerns with this installation > method. >From a user's perspective boot-floppies offers a lot of options, this is good and bad. People with obscure hardware are please

Re: [d-i] Problems encountered while trying to build modules

2002-08-04 Thread David Kimdon
Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 10:31:47PM -0300 wrote: > 2) partkit module : > > partkit failed to build and generated errors while being compiled as > follow : partkit hasn't been touched in a while (since 2001/01/26). I expect libparted has changed since partit was last compiled. It is entirely possi

Re: Woody directly to ATA/100 drives?

2002-08-04 Thread David Kimdon
Hi all, Let's keep our interaction with users civil and give them the respect they deserve. We are fortunate to get people here with lots of different backgrounds. Some people are Debian install guru's and others aren't. That's the way it should be. Please don't feel like I am chastising you,

Bug#155267: default login with no password possible

2002-08-02 Thread David Kimdon
> A recent security audit turned up the ability to login on a fresh > install with the accounts bin, daemon, and games from a telnet session > with out a password. I just did a fresh woody install (idepci, serial console FWIW) and installed telnetd. I cannot reproduce this problem: Debian GNU/

Bug#153283: mklibs: python portability fix?

2002-07-17 Thread David Kimdon
Package: mklibs Version: 0.1.2 Severity: minor Tags: patch I have a report of the += syntax not working on Redhat 7.2, erroring like this: File "scripts/mklibs", line 225 debuglevel += 1 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax The included patch fixes the problem, I don't know what pytho

Bug#153282: mklibs: Don't impose constraints on what my cross tools are called

2002-07-17 Thread David Kimdon
Package: mklibs Version: 0.1.2 Severity: minor Tags: patch At present when using mklibs in a cross build setup my tools need to be called something like /path/to/tool/bin/prefix-gcc. Sometimes the tools I want to use are /path/to/tool/bin/gcc. mklibs shouldn't force me to have a '-' in the tool

Re: Boot Error

2002-07-17 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, What version of boot-floppies? What arch? What kernel flavor? We need the exact version for the panic to be meaningful. Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 09:59:37AM +0200 wrote: > Hi, > Im getting this error ever time I boot > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00

Re: hungarian translation isn't included on i386 bootfloppies

2002-07-08 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 11:34:26AM +0200 wrote: > Hello! > > I uploaded new dbootstrap and f keys hungarian translation to the cvs, > but the hu language isn't included here: > ifeq ($(architecture),i386) > export langs_root := en pt de fr ja es > else That line is the line for

Re: problems with mklibs.sh

2002-07-07 Thread David Kimdon
Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 06:41:42PM -0700 wrote: > when i run mklibs.sh it seems to make the smaller libraries > but when i boot the disk and run any of the > binaries i get this error: AFAIK mklibs.sh is now unmaintained, new applications should use the python version that can be found here: http:

Re: installation of via-rhine doesnt work

2002-06-27 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, IIRC those images have a choice of kernel at boot. Which kernel did you choose? If the bf2.4 kernel fails to work with your via-rhine dirver (it is 2.4.18) we should report this as a bug against that kernel image. -David Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 09:27:13PM + wrote: > > Hi, > > I've burn

Re: help creating a special set of boot floppies

2002-06-18 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 04:34:37PM -0500 wrote: > Hi. I am a blind person who uses Debian. I access the system with a hardware >device for > speech output and a set of kernel patches called speakup to read the screen. I am >trying > to use the 2.4.18-bf2.4 version of the kernel. Of course, > wh

Re: After base install, which packages should I add?

2002-06-13 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 12:10:33PM -0700 wrote: > Hello, > I just installed the potato base and I'm not sure which packages I > should start adding in order to have a "full featured" system. I know I > want X,gcc,emacs, etc. but I'm not sure what else. debian-boot is for discussion and problem

Bug#149698: Dell 2650 & Debian boot

2002-06-11 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 10:00:00PM +0200 wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: 3.0.23-2002-05-21 > > > flavor:3.0.23-2002-05-21 by flavor we mean the kernel flavor, vanilla, idepci, bf2.4 or compact, which one doesn't work? Have you tried the bf2.4 flavor? > architecture: i686

Re: BiDi and RTL

2002-06-11 Thread David Kimdon
I'm cc'ing debian-boot. Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:29:31AM +0430 wrote: > > > On Tuesday 11 June 2002 17:51, David Kimdon wrote: > > > Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 12:20:35PM - wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: &

Re: BiDi and RTL

2002-06-11 Thread David Kimdon
Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 12:20:35PM - wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The current fribidi library is about 64kb. I guess the next > > version with arabic shaping will be something about 75kb. > > Thanks a lot for the data point! > I'm not sure wha

Re: Bug#149281: Module selection "many different filesystems" broken

2002-06-07 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 08:59:39PM -0700 wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:51:35PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > In the module installation submenu, the line item "drivers that > > > allow many different filesystems" returns a codepage selection menu > > > instead. Shux, I wanted to be able t

Re: during boot, penguin's colors go wacko

2002-06-07 Thread David Kimdon
Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 03:35:20AM +0800 wrote: > Booting woody, after the computer boots a bitmapped penguin appears > above the "dmesg" messages. But halfway through those messages the > penguin's colors "go wacko". Maybe this is on purpose, an art > effect. I think it is a bug, a kernel bug.

Re: Old rescue.bin i386 w/2.2.18pre21???

2002-06-05 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 07:05:05AM -0500 wrote: > I have an old stable box that seems to have a whacked bios and will not > boot from hdd after a power failure ... it's built with an old 2.2 > version that used 2.2.18pre21 as the kernel. I don't seem to have > rescue.bin for that version laying arou

Re: Installing Debian Linux

2002-06-05 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 06:13:41PM +0200 wrote: > How can I install Debian Linux 2.2r5 on a Compaq Armada with parallel port > external non-bootable CD ? > > I searched for any info on your web page. Hi, Do you have a floppy drive? If so: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-rescue-boot

Re: thank you for last time here is another one

2002-05-29 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, May 29, 2002 at 03:48:57PM -0700 wrote: > thank you for the last reply, now i got another > question i just finished downloading the debian iso > today. with jigdo is the current stable released iso > does the kernel work with hpt370 raid device? I don't know. > i was > told the hpt370 is

Re: pcmcia_core module missing from woody installer ?

2002-05-27 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, May 27, 2002 at 02:35:52PM +0200 wrote: > Hi, > > Looks like the pcmcia_core module is missing from the woody installer ? Can you be more specific, which version? where did you get it, what flavor (idepci, bf2.4 . . . ) what arch? Thanks, -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Possible bug...

2002-05-27 Thread David Kimdon
Sat, May 25, 2002 at 10:41:18AM +0200 wrote: > I hope im not the only one to experience this problem: > > when booting from the current ATA66 boot floppies or the v2.2.5 iso, That is potato, yes? Please try woody boot-floppies. There won't be another release of potato boot-floppies. We are ver

Re: Change to the validator in the makefile of po dir

2002-05-22 Thread David Kimdon
reopen 138679 retitle 138679 newt can't handle long list boxes reassign 138679 newt quit Wed, May 22, 2002 at 03:17:31PM +0200 wrote: > Hello, > > Here is a patch to the makefile of dbootstrap/po dir, to check against too > long messages. It relies on comments to the translators of the good form

creating root.bin was: help

2002-05-20 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:33:29AM -0500 wrote: > When I turn the machine on the "Welcome to Debian" screen appears, and > instructs me to press 'enter'. > > Loading Linux. > Uncompressing Linux.. > Then a bunch of information about the machine. > > Then "VFS: Insert root floppy disk to b

Re: boot floppies debian

2002-05-17 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, May 17, 2002 at 07:24:50PM +0300 wrote: > Hello dwhedon, > > AFAIK I didn't find russian in a previous (1-2 month ago) versions of > boot-floppies. You are right, but I believe newer disks have Russian. Specifically, CDROM installs should have Russian translations now. > Does You want rus

Bug#147232: boot-floppies: rootfs not unmounted cleanly

2002-05-16 Thread David Kimdon
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.23 Severity: normal Hi, I just installed with idepci. I put rootfs on /dev/hdb2, I chose to make a boot-floppy, then chose 'reboot the system', when I reboot into my fresh Debian system I get a message saying /dev/hdb2 was not unmounted cleanly, and fsck is r

Re: coordinating b-f 3.0.23 release

2002-05-15 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, May 15, 2002 at 12:23:59PM -0400 wrote: > > If so, lets all show up on #debian-boot. I'd prefer to David to build > the i386 (and maybe source). Anyhow, I'm around and I can tag, build > source pkgs, and build the powerpc version I'm building i386 binary now. -David -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Debian-installer : is there a leader or a plan ?

2002-05-15 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, May 15, 2002 at 06:39:41PM +0200 wrote: > * David Kimdon > > | Wed, May 15, 2002 at 04:39:02PM +0200 wrote: > | > * thomas poindessous > | > > | > Maintainer: David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is from libd-i's control > | > file. David, I as

Re: Debian-installer : is there a leader or a plan ?

2002-05-15 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, May 15, 2002 at 04:39:02PM +0200 wrote: > * thomas poindessous > > Maintainer: David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is from libd-i's control > file. David, I assume you don't mind people hacking your code and NMU-ing? hack away, and NMU, you have my blessing. libd-i needs a new name, it got

testing b-f 3.0.23

2002-05-13 Thread David Kimdon
Hi all, We are going to release 3.0.23 boot-floppies soon. Some archs will likely use this version for woody, depending on a variety of factors. A test i386 set is available here: http://people.debian.org/~dwhedon/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/ changes here: http://people.debian.org/~dwh

Re: MCA/PCI-failure

2002-05-11 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I'm cc'ing back to debian-boot, some more ideas may surface there. I'm a bit confused about your present status (I've deleted our rather lengthy conversation from this thread since it confuses me and I think we should start fresh with some facts.) 1. You verified that bf24 version doesn't co

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/messages/fr by mquinson

2002-05-05 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, May 03, 2002 at 05:26:21PM +0200 wrote: > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:20:56AM -0700, Debian Boot CVS Master wrote: > > Repository: boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/messages/fr > > who:mquinson > > time: Fri May 3 00:20:56 PDT 2002 > > Log Message: > > Sync to EN [Pierre Machard]

Re: patch for debian-boot/boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/messages/C/release_notes

2002-04-25 Thread David Kimdon
Looks good to me. -David Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:02:42PM -0400 wrote: > I didn't want to step on anyone's toes by committing the following > change without bringing it up here. > > There was a discussion on #debian-devel complaining about the use of the > word 'unpaid' when referring to the deb

Re: 3.0.23 for mips/i386 Was: boot-floppies manual

2002-04-18 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 02:36:29AM +0200 wrote: > I have just > tried to use the 3.0.22 floppys on i386 (The normal ones) which are > broken too - The DOS gfx/line characters i is that the same bugs as: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=142305&repeatmerged=yes ? > are not displayed an

Re: Boot Floppys

2002-04-17 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, debian-boot only deals with problems getting a basic Debian system up, that doesn't include X. I'm forwarding this to debian-user where there are more knowledgable people for this type of problem. -David Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:39:39PM -0400 wrote: > Gentlemen/Ladies, > > Have in the past

Re: Compaq cciss

2002-04-11 Thread David Kimdon
> maybe you remember: some weeks (or months) I've emailed you... I > wanted to help out with Debian and cciss support for the Installer > > too sad... my time is spare at the moment (I will marrie in may and > there is A LOT to prepare) congratulations :-) > and I wasn't able to finish my

Bug#142305: i386 - borders gone on vanilla flavor

2002-04-10 Thread David Kimdon
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.22 Severity: minor I observed this as well today. I tested the vanilla kernel, there were no borders on the first few boxes (I didn't progress as far as the driver config, so I can't confirm problems there.) -David Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 01:37:11AM -0400 wro

borders gone on vanilla flavor

2002-04-10 Thread David Kimdon
Paskage: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.22 Severity: minor I observed this as well today. I tested the vanilla kernel, there were no borders on the first few boxes (I didn't progress as far as the driver config, so I can't confirm problems there.) -David Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 01:37:11AM -0400 wro

Re: parted.txt build problem

2002-04-08 Thread David Kimdon
Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 12:03:46AM +0200 wrote: > Hi, > > % make parted.txt > ./man2text /archive/debian parted 8 parted > parted.txt > ./man2text: /usr/lib/debootstrap/functions: No such file or directory > No manual entry for parted > W: parted(8) ASCII man page cannot be generated, stubbing boot-

Re: newt boxes displaying problems (translation problem)

2002-04-08 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I recently added more TRANS messages saying to keep these under 63 characters. If you see a string that is too long and doesn't have an appropriate TRANS message, please add it. So far all the strings I have seen us talking about have such a TRANS message (as of a few days ago). -David Mo

frame-buffer on vanilla? (was: Re: 2.4 kernel as default boot kernel on CD #1 ??)

2002-04-05 Thread David Kimdon
Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 05:17:57AM +0200 wrote: > On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 04:06:19AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > > > > > cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla > > > I got a second, any opposed? > > After considering this, I'm opposed. > > If the decision is that the default boot floppies f

Re: 2.4 kernel as default boot kernel on CD #1 ??

2002-04-05 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 05:00:45PM -0800 wrote: > > cd1: idepci; cd2 scsi; cd3: bf2.4; cd4: vanilla > > SCSI??? is there such a devil ? > Its not in bf 3.0.22-2002-04-03 ;-/ s/scsi/compact/ I got a second, any oppos

Re: 2.4 kernel as default boot kernel on CD #1 ??

2002-04-05 Thread David Kimdon
Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 07:59:05PM +0100 wrote: > On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 19:45, Jim Westveer wrote: > > Before you lam-bast me with a nastygram, please grab > > or create a copy of the woody CD's, and try an installation with > > CD#1 as the disk you innitially boot from, then try the > > CD#3 with

Bug#140980: boot-floppies: confusing message box

2002-04-05 Thread David Kimdon
Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 01:29:30AM +0200 wrote: > message, IMHO. Patch attached, untested. Yes, that is exactly what I am looking for. Obviously someone needs to test it, but it fixes this bug. Thanks, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: 2.4 kernel as default boot kernel on CD #1 ??

2002-04-04 Thread David Kimdon
Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 07:17:58AM -0800 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: MD5 > > Hi, > - -- > Question: > > Would there be any objections to setting the default > boot kernel on woody CD#1 to the bf2.4 flavor ??? > Yes, the bf2.4 kernel is described in the woody release note

Bug#140980: boot-floppies: confusing message box

2002-04-03 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 08:39:00PM +0200 wrote: > severity 140980 minor > thanks > > > Am I viewing the list of bootable partitions, or am I choosing which > > partitions I want in the boot menu? I think I am choosing, so the above > > 'View : Show' menu should probably be change to read 'Choose'.

Re: Solved: sparc tftpboot failure

2002-04-03 Thread David Kimdon
Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 02:45:30PM -0500 wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:17:59PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > On an Ultra1, 384MB boot-floppies 3.0.20-2002-03-07: > > > > 2b3000 TILO > > Selecting sun4u kernel... > > Memory Address not Aligned > > I built my own tftpboot.img using boot-f

Re: Unidentified subject!

2002-04-03 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 12:23:39AM +0530 wrote: > dear users, > > where can i find the latest source for the boot-floppies package. > where can i get a change log http://cvs.debian.org/ > a todo list http://bugs.debian.org/boot-floppies Though you may also want to look into the debian-ins

Fixed in NMU of modconf 0.2.43

2002-04-02 Thread David Kimdon
: 0.2.43 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Boot Floppies Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: David Kimdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: modconf- Device Driver Configuration Closes: 137547 Changes: modconf (0.2.43) unstable; urgency=low . - clear screen p

Bug#140980: boot-floppies: confusing message box

2002-04-02 Thread David Kimdon
Package: boot-floppies Version: 3.0.22 Severity: normal Hi, In the 'other bootable partitions' dialog I choose: View: Show the list of bootable partitions Then I get: The following partitions are bootable: /dev/hda1: WinNT Am I viewing the list of bootable partitions, or am

Bug#140579: boot-floppies: [i386] boot-floppies 3.0.21 fail to load root.bin via tftp

2002-04-02 Thread David Kimdon
> If not, the easiest thing is to simply disable TFTP on i386... IIRC we had a bug saying someone wanted tftp support on i386. We enabled it but later the submitter said he wasn't able to test to see if the images we produce actually worked. I don't know if the i386 tftpboot images have ever be

Re: 3.0.22 tagged, please build your arch

2002-04-01 Thread David Kimdon
> > So -- can you re-upload it? Or should I do another i386 3.0.22 build? I'm re-uploading to ftp-master now, it will take a few hours. -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

3.0.22 tagged, please build your arch

2002-04-01 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I'm currently uploading 3.0.22 source and i386 binary, it should be finished in an hour or so. cvs is tagged, please build 3.0.22 for your arch. You may want to use the new and improved modconf 0.2.43, it has a screen clearing fix for i18n flavors, I uploaded it to samosa this evening. Or g

Re: [fw: 3.0.22 plan, translations (b-f bugs dropping like flies.)]

2002-03-31 Thread David Kimdon
It is late Sunday Pacific Time, I'm releasing 3.0.22, FYI. I'm on #debian-boot -David Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 04:05:25PM -0500 wrote: > David Kimdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd like to see a release of boot-floppies 3.0.22 on or around the > > week

Re: pending issues for boot-floppies

2002-03-31 Thread David Kimdon
> I've heard several reports that modconf/whiptail crashes on some > kind of framebuffer. I've heard of some bad framebuffer problem, > and I've heard of other causes. > > At least, I have fixed a possible cause of the problem, > in whiptail, with 0.50.17-9.6 > It will be a while until it will hi

Re: Still some problems with CLEAR in bterm and dbootstrap

2002-03-31 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 10:32:39AM +0100 wrote: > These are only about the CLEAR problem (ie, not a translation error). > > > > http://diablero.free.fr/debian/08-choix_clavier_error.html > > > http://diablero.free.fr/debian/09-partition.html > > > http://diablero.free.fr/debian/10-partition_choix.ht

Bug#140493: reassign to whiptail? (the program "modconf" crash when i go to

2002-03-31 Thread David Kimdon
reading the log it looks like this bug is pending and should be reassigned to whiptail, any seconds? -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

3.0.22 plan, translations (b-f bugs dropping like flies.)

2002-03-28 Thread David Kimdon
Hi all, I'd like to see a release of boot-floppies 3.0.22 on or around the weekend of April 6. I'm hoping to organize some extensive testing of this release (probably the weekend of April 13). In addition I'd like to coordinate cdimages (both full, net-inst maybe dvd too?) built in a semi-offic

Bug#136328: boot-floppies message needs transating

2002-03-28 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, We have 4 languages left that need translations of : Choose this and press Enter to proceed in English. (substituting 'English' for the appropriate language, less that 64 characters, please). The files in question are here: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/langs/ chinese_s.src czech.src

Bug#140215: i386 serial console support

2002-03-27 Thread David Kimdon
Package: boot-floppies Severity: wishlist - Forwarded message from Burján Gábor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Burján Gábor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: installing To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-Copies-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.7 tests= version=2.01 Resent-Bc

Re: [kautz@kcservice.net: Out of place text?]

2002-03-26 Thread David Kimdon
Thanks, This is fixed in cvs. -David Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 03:22:12PM +0100 wrote: > - Forwarded message from Adam Kautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 26 02:09:12 2002 > Delivery-date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 02:09:11 +0100 > From: "Adam Kautz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Booting Problem: LILO 22.1Loading LinuxEBDA too big....

2002-03-26 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, Is this a new install? (Debian potato or woody?) Did you recently change kernels? If you change kernels did you keep a copy of the old kernel? Does the old copy boot? -David Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 07:31:53PM -0500 wrote: > Hi, > I am having rebooting my server machine, it comes to load

Re: Still some problems with CLEAR in bterm and dbootstrap

2002-03-24 Thread David Kimdon
reassign 138679 boot-floppies quit Hi, Martin I cc'ed you to comment on (and apply if you like) the patch below. > http://diablero.free.fr/debian/08-choix_clavier_error.html > http://diablero.free.fr/debian/09-partition.html > http://diablero.free.fr/debian/10-partition_choix.html > http://di

Re: Still some problems with CLEAR in bterm and dbootstrap

2002-03-24 Thread David Kimdon
Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 03:59:41PM +0100 wrote: > le dim 24-03-2002 à 15:27, Junichi Uekawa a écrit : > > Thomas Poindessous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit: > > > > > There is also a CLEAR problem when you insert a module, screen is not > > > cleared. > > > > > > Hmm.. did we fix it in

Re: Still some problems with CLEAR in bterm and dbootstrap

2002-03-24 Thread David Kimdon
Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 11:27:53PM +0900 wrote: > Thomas Poindessous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit: > > > There is also a CLEAR problem when you insert a module, screen is not > > cleared. > > > Hmm.. did we fix it in modconf ? > The problem being something about missing, or extra "2"

Bug#138716: [b-f sparc] enable fs other than ext2

2002-03-21 Thread David Kimdon
reassign 139418 kernel-image-sparc-2.4 quit Hi, I looked through dbootstrap a bit and it does look like (as rgh pointed out) if the kernel supports ext3 the ext3 option will be available at install time. that is: CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y should do the trick. I bet one (or maybe both?) of the boot-fl

Bug#138849: boot-floppies: syslinux screen on boot-floppies created boot-floppy has messed chars

2002-03-19 Thread David Kimdon
Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 11:10:48AM +0100 wrote: > #include > David Kimdon wrote on Mon Mar 18, 2002 um 10:38:29PM: > > > > Same for german. The message is hardcoded in dbootstrap translation and > > > > > > While we are at it, are there messages used? P

Bug#138849: boot-floppies: syslinux screen on boot-floppies created boot-floppy has messed chars

2002-03-18 Thread David Kimdon
Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 09:04:32AM +0100 wrote: > #include > David Kimdon wrote on Sun Mar 17, 2002 um 09:41:59PM: > > > I installed in french and made a boot-floppy. When I boot off that > > floppy the message from syslinux is nicely in french for me. However > >

Re: boot-floppies 3.0.21 releasing

2002-03-18 Thread David Kimdon
> m68k built fine. I did not see any disks-* for 3.0.21 on auric, has this > version been accepted yet? I was curious about this as well. I asked on #debian-devel. byhand installs are stalled for the moment, but in one or two days 3.0.21 should make it in, I'm told. > > Do I have to build 3.0

Bug#138849: boot-floppies: syslinux screen on boot-floppies created boot-floppy has messed chars

2002-03-17 Thread David Kimdon
Package: boot-floppies Version: N/A; reported 2002-03-17 Severity: minor Hi, I installed in french and made a boot-floppy. When I boot off that floppy the message from syslinux is nicely in french for me. However every accented character is garbled, it looks very bad. This is probably a bug

Bug#105621: #105621: boot-floppies: Woody installer failes when pre-loading modules from a floppy

2002-03-17 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I took a look at the current b-f source wrt this bug. If the the /tmp/mod-save-dir exists (the deleted dir in the bug report) that indicates that the _("Preload essential modules from a floppy") step was chosen. _("This step is only required if the hard disk controller, on which you want t

Re: cvs commit to boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/langs by cklin

2002-03-17 Thread David Kimdon
Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 06:19:57PM -0500 wrote: > > > Repository: boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/langs > > who:cklin > > time: Sun Mar 17 00:31:36 PST 2002 > > Log Message: > > Fixes #136328. > > Please add changelog entries agreed > and the 'closes: #136328' entry in > debian

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