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

2023-09-24 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: os-prober Version: 1.81 Severity: normal Something happened in the last months. Whenever I upgrade, it seems like the os-prober part is disabled. This is just PITA. I can use the usual: dpkg-reconfigure -plow grub-efi-amd64 ... to turn it back on, and after an upgrade it's lost again. W

Bug#929224: apt-cacher-ng, debootstrap and deb.debian.org combination fails

2019-06-03 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Sean Whitton [Wed, May 22 2019, 06:02:15PM]: > Hello Eduard, > > On Wed 22 May 2019 at 09:24PM +02, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > Uhm, I suggest you do what it says and read the manual? > > I am not trying to use an https mirror. > > I don't know what&#

Bug#929224: apt-cacher-ng, debootstrap and deb.debian.org combination fails

2019-05-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Sean Whitton [Sun, May 19 2019, 08:08:07AM]: > I thought that the problem is that apt-cacher-ng is not able to resolve > SRV records. However, I'm not so sure about that now. debootstrap uses > wget to download stuff, so I tried this: > > root@iris:/srv/chroot>http_proxy=http://loca

Bug#873923: installer not detecting/configuring existing LUKS/LVM setup

2017-09-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal this is a follow-up to #873862 , see there for most details. So, the outcome is, when the installer fails with the problem mentioned there, I can still reboot the system. But then, the d-i is basically stuck at the same step. The LUKS partition is not d

Bug#873857: Cannot use the screenshot button with keyboard

2017-08-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal This is followup to #873854, see there for details. In the graphical installer, I am not able to access the "Screen picture" button in the bottom left corner with the KEYBOARD. When I use tab, the visible focus (i.e. the element with the rectangle somewh

Bug#763695: console-setup: even worse than assumed

2015-08-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Samuel Thibault [Wed, Aug 26 2015, 12:21:19AM]: > Eduard Bloch, le Wed 26 Aug 2015 00:11:10 +0200, a écrit : > > So... ok, maybe getting times from the log was a bad idea and causes > > exageration. > > Err, were you using strace for your whole timing of setupcon

Bug#763695: console-setup: even worse than assumed

2015-08-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Samuel Thibault [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 10:52:29PM]: > Eduard Bloch, le Tue 25 Aug 2015 22:34:17 +0200, a écrit : > > Hallo, > > * Samuel Thibault [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 09:56:39PM]: > > > Eduard Bloch, le Tue 25 Aug 2015 21:35:36 +0200, a écrit : > > > > * Samu

Bug#763695: console-setup: even worse than assumed

2015-08-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Samuel Thibault [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 09:56:39PM]: > Eduard Bloch, le Tue 25 Aug 2015 21:35:36 +0200, a écrit : > > * Samuel Thibault [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 08:54:35PM]: > > > Just so that people reading the log don't take it too exagerated: > > > > > Edu

Bug#763695: console-setup: even worse than assumed

2015-08-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Samuel Thibault [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 08:54:35PM]: > Just so that people reading the log don't take it too exagerated: > Eduard Bloch, le Tue 25 Aug 2015 20:24:22 +0200, a écrit : > > I checked again... about 20% of the time is spent in two calls of pidof > > We'

Bug#763695: console-setup: even worse than assumed

2015-08-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Anton Zinoviev [Mon, Aug 24 2015, 01:24:15PM]: > On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 02:02:30AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > > > $ grep ioctl log | wc -l > > > 14035 > > > OVER 9000 ioctls! Are you kidding me? > > Console-setup is definitely not THAT slow. It is. Kind of. I checked again...

Bug#763695: console-setup: even worse than assumed

2015-08-22 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: console-setup Version: 1.132 Followup-For: Bug #763695 Dear Maintainer, inspired by the recent talk about systemd utilities I analyzed my boot process on my lower-level laptop (CPU is ok but the harddisk is plain old mechanic thing). And it's even worse than in jak's original report, it

Re: Processed: dealing with old installation-reports

2013-07-20 Thread Eduard Bloch
reassign 642159 thanks * Debian Bug Tracking System [Sat, Jul 20 2013, 01:21:16PM]: > > reassign 642159 apt-cacher-ng > Bug #642159 [debian-installer] debian-installer preseed broken with > apt-cacher-ng mirror > Bug reassigned from package 'debian-installer' to 'apt-cacher-ng'. > No longer marke

Bug#590507: please allow proxy specification without http:// prefix

2010-07-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: debian-installer Version: http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/kfreebsd-amd64/20100726-10:40/ Severity: wishlist Hello, the subject says it all. I would like to quickly enter "10.1.2.3:1234" without the http:// prefix. Because the question is about http proxy anyway, the installer could ap

Re: removal of svenl from the project

2006-03-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
tructive way, definitely not by stupid expulsion process. Heck, even our current DPL may not be there if I would have acted like you few years ago (I did not forget comments like "Ah, Eduard Bloch joined the club of debian-legal experts, hahaha" and similar stupid rants found in IRC log

Bug#265183: pppoe workaround of the post-reboot problem

2004-09-20 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Vassilii Khachaturov [Mon, Sep 20 2004, 11:51:31AM]: > > PS: I won't clone 265183, there are already enough bug reports to the > > pppoe module problem. > > But what about the routing loop problem I had mentioned in the original > 265183 report? It is something pretty confusing for a

Bug#272209: the dhcp progress bar could have a button to skip

2004-09-18 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hello, when I install ubuntu in its default JohnDoe-user mode, I always have to see this DHCP lookup dialog. It needs too long. I wish there would be a button "skip" below the progress bar to stop searching and specify the network data later. Regards,

Bug#265183: pppoe workaround of the post-reboot problem

2004-08-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
severity 263224 serious reassign 262941 modutils severity 262941 serious merge 262941 263224 thanks #include * Vassilii Khachaturov [Fri, Aug 13 2004, 08:50:58AM]: > The thing that happens as a by-product of pppoeconf that enables the > pppoe to work later on is the loading of the pppoe module. S

Bug#264375: apt-setup does no save choosen cdrom device anyhwere

2004-08-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: base-config Version: 2.40 Severity: normal Hello, as a Joe user, I tried to install Sarge having a small netinst CD in the first drive and a few weeks old Sarge DVD in the second. In the second phase with apt-setup, I was asked to specify the device where apt should locate the media. Sin

Bug#202907: Processed: language tasks pull in reams of huge packages

2004-07-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Debian Bug Tracking System [Thu, Jul 29 2004, 11:03:04PM]: > Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > reopen 202907 > Bug#202907: language tasks pull in reams of huge packages Haha. Now you stumble around the problem that I have predicted years ago, requesting "conditional de

Re: pppoe install

2004-06-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Jan! Jan Schukat schrieb am Tuesday, den 08. June 2004: > Yesterday (June 7) I downloaded the sarge-i386-netinst.iso and installed the > base system on my new VIA CL9000 board for soon to become my DSL Router. > Now, after the first reboot, I set up root and normal user and then the ppp > con

Bug#235068: modconf: FTBFS: Cannot find unpacked kernel source

2004-02-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
severity 235068 important thanks > E: Package kernel-source has no installation candidate > -> Considering kernel-source-2.2.25 to satisfy the dependency Oha. > I'd suggest using a more specific kernel-source Build-Depends like > kernel-source-2.4 or kernel-source-2.4.24. Also, the kernel

Bug#227691: Really serious?

2004-02-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Thomas Hood [Mon, Feb 09 2004, 12:11:42AM]: > Eduard Bloch wrote: > > severity 227691 serious > > thanks > > [...] > > Something that must be fixed before the Sarge release. > > Do you think that this bug is so severe that if it is not fixed the

Bug#231634: modconf dialog has broken text

2004-02-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
retitle 231634 yesno box does not wrap text lines severity 231634 grave severity 224333 grave reassign 224333 whiptail reassign 231634 whiptail merge 231634 224333 thanks -- Seid realistisch - fordert das Unmögliche. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Bug#227691: modconf: I can't enter in kernel/drivers/net section

2004-01-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
severity 227691 serious thanks #include * willy [Wed, Jan 14 2004, 12:36:24PM]: > Package: modconf > Version: 0.2.45 > Severity: important > > If i try to select kernel/drivers/net modules section it return > to modules section main list. > I can't choose net modules. Something that must be fix

Fixed in NMU of modconf 0.2.45

2003-12-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
: source all Version: 0.2.45 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Boot Floppies Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: modconf- Device Driver Configuration Closes: 174833 192232 Changes: modconf (0.2.45) unstable;

Bug#221266: 'images-1.44/rescue.bin bug

2003-11-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Goswin! Goswin von Brederlow schrieb am Monday, den 17. November 2003: > "Tarun Kundhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > > Message > ... > > It would realy help if you could write a mail in english text instead > of publishing a website. He has done both. Get a MUA which can

Bug#209301: modconf: on module installation failure, suggest isa-pnp.o to the user

2003-09-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Ryan Underwood [Mon, Sep 15 2003, 02:55:37AM]: > > > Please refer to linux/Documentation/isapnp.txt: > > > > > > Write commands: > > > --- > > > > > > With the write interface you can activate or modify the configuration of > > > ISA Plug & Play devices. It is mainly usef

Bug#209301: modconf: on module installation failure, suggest isa-pnp.o to the user

2003-09-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Ryan Underwood [Sun, Sep 14 2003, 10:27:40PM]: > > > If the module itself is aware of isa-pnp, then yes, this is the case. > > > However, consider this scenario: The card is a PnP card, the driver is > > > not PnP aware and would like to know the I/O and IRQ resources when > > > loade

Bug#209301: modconf: on module installation failure, suggest isa-pnp.o to the user

2003-09-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Ryan Underwood [Fri, Sep 12 2003, 10:21:21PM]: > > Short answer: use precompiled kernels if you cannot do it properly in > > your own. If you build the isa-pnp module with the kernel, the created > > modules (ISA drivers) will depend on it and autoload when needed. > > I'm not sure wha

Re: Network card driver not found - bf24

2003-09-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Uwe Dippel [Mon, Sep 01 2003, 11:33:12AM]: > A minor hitch: > While installing 3.0rc1 as default (Enter) on a DELL Inspiron 8100, the > NIC-module (3c59x.o) is found and installed automatically. > With bf24, it isn't. It requires manual intervention (and knowledge > about the module) to

Bug#206616: modconf: too wide for 80-column console

2003-08-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
reassign 206616 whiptail thanks Moin Thomas! Thomas Koenig schrieb am Thursday, den 21. August 2003: > Package: modconf > Version: 0.2.44 > Severity: important > > I just ran modconf from a virtual console, and was confused when > I saw all module paths start with "/drivers". Here's what it > l

Bug#205519: installation: Wrong error message when disk is full

2003-08-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
severity 205519 minor tags 205519 + wontfix thanks #include * Michiel Holtkamp [Fri, Aug 15 2003, 09:47:19AM]: > Package: installation > Version: unavailable; reported 2003-08-15 > Severity: important > > When a partition is too small to install everything on, and packages are > unpacked to the

Re: boot.iso

2003-08-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * jayson [Tue, Aug 12 2003, 03:05:08PM]: > from http://people.debian.org/~dwhedon/boot-floppies/ > when i try to install, it boots, i press enter at the prompt then it says > keyboard: timeout - at keyboard not present? > > it is a ps2 keyboard and it obviously works if i pressed enter s

Re: d-i debcamp in Oldenburg 2003-09-25 to 2003-09-28

2003-08-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
en > Gaudenz Steinlin - Bern, Switzerland > Thomas Viehmann - ? Eduard Bloch - Karlsruhe, Germany Eduard. -- So einfach wie möglich, aber nicht einfacher! -- Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Status of aic79xx driver

2003-08-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Tue, Aug 05 2003, 10:49:34PM]: > I have recently bought a fine server running 3 raid disks on an Adaptec > 39320D SCSI card. This card is supported by the Linux aic79xx driver > (the old one aic7xxx does not work). > ==> Is there someone out there who has a compiled

Re: ITP shell-parted and debconf-partitioner

2003-08-02 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Thorsten Sauter [Thu, Jul 31 2003, 10:50:12PM]: > | It would perhaps be a good idea to integrate partitioner and > | partconf, if this succeeds... > > I'm not sure, that this is the best solution. > If you would like to merge both programs, then we also need support for > lvm and raid

Bug#191636: fix to this bug.

2003-07-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Alastair McKinstry [Sun, Jul 27 2003, 02:26:46PM]: > As the maintainer of whiptail, I was not aware of this bug, which was > filed against modconf. In the current newt package, whiptail and > whiptail-utf8 were merged; modconf seems to work fine for me now. > > (There are some minor gr

Bug#191636: fix to this bug.

2003-07-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Junichi Uekawa [Sun, Jul 27 2003, 08:15:22AM]: > tags 191636 + patch > thanks > > > Hi, > > whiptail-utf8 has now become 'whiptail', and so modconf can > just conflict with older versions of whiptail > > Conflicts: whiptail (<< 0.51.4-1) I am not sure, current whiptail looks comple

Re: aic79xx

2003-07-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Petter Reinholdtsen [Fri, Jul 25 2003, 10:22:21AM]: > I believe this driver first appeared in kernel 2.4.21, so it will be > available when d-i moves from kernel 2.4.20 to 2.4.21. This > transition was delayed when we discovered that the new kernel was a > lot bigger then the currentl

Re: Support for Linux Driver for the Pro/1000 MT NIC -- Debian bf2.4 Woody -- Dell Optiplex 260

2003-07-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Basab Maulik [Sat, Jul 19 2003, 06:46:22PM]: > ifconfig eth0 xx:xx:xx:xx netmask 255.255.252.0 up > > I am getting a segmentation fault and message of trying to dereference a > null pointer. > Also: > SIOCSIFADDR: No buffer space available > > Please help. Similar problems/issues wit

Re: Freeze after startup with bf24

2003-07-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jeremy Hankins [Thu, Jul 17 2003, 12:19:46PM]: > Just thought I'd ask to see if anyone knew why it was freezing like > that and save myself a bit of work. I'm just hoping it's a > boot-floppies issue and not a kernel issue, so I can install 2.4 on it It sounds like a kernel issue, wi

Re: Freeze after startup with bf24

2003-07-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jeremy Hankins [Thu, Jul 17 2003, 10:39:36AM]: > > Unfortunately, right after the boot up (when the select language > > display is up) the machine freezes and wont accept any input -- > > capslock doesn't light the keyboard led, either. The machine is a > > Precision 350 from Dell tha

Bug#201619: modconf: non-visible module names in some sections

2003-07-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
reassign 201619 whiptail thanks #include * Robert Millan [Wed, Jul 16 2003, 10:49:13PM]: > > > gnome-terminal is broken? well actualy the same happens for TERM=linux and > > > TERM=screen so it clearly has nothing to do with the terminal emulator, or > > > even with X. > > > > Please? You most-

Bug#201619: modconf: non-visible module names in some sections

2003-07-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Wed, Jul 16 2003, 08:27:42PM]: > Package: modconf > Version: 0.2.44 > Severity: important > > An image better than thousand words. PNG attached. What is wrong? Please retry in a not broken terminal, eg. xterm or rxvt, or load a fixed font in this one if you can. M

Re: Can't change running i386 Woody 3.0 to LSI 53C1020

2003-07-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Markus Rupprecht [Fri, Jul 04 2003, 07:43:50AM]: > Now I have read, that some 53C1030 users took the 2.4.20 modules floppy to > install the system. > > When I use mptbase.o from the 2.4.20 floppy modconf says, > that they were build for kernel 2.4.20 and loading fails. http://people.

Re: Building boot images with boot-floppies on PowerMac

2003-06-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Sat, Jun 28 2003, 11:16:30AM]: > The "arch maintainer" for what? My problem is with b-f, according to > those documents you mention, this list is the right place. For the problem with your powerpc kernel package which was your initial problem. > > > > whereever it

Re: Building boot images with boot-floppies on PowerMac

2003-06-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Thu, Jun 26 2003, 11:11:39AM]: > > > I have tried the testing version. It fails too: > > > 1393+1 records out > > > > You did not understand the problem. It is not the version of BFs > > The problem, I thought, is that the three versions of b-f I've used do > not p

Re: Building boot images with boot-floppies on PowerMac

2003-06-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Wed, Jun 25 2003, 02:47:44PM]: > > > > Stable still has 3.0.22. Is there a reason 3.0.23 never moved to > > > > stable, Eduard? > > > > See above. Woody has been moved to stable under our asses, and to this > > time there were an RC bug about potential security prob

Re: Building boot images with boot-floppies on PowerMac

2003-06-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon, Jun 23 2003, 07:19:54AM]: > /archive/debian/download/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap.invalid_dists_woody_main_binary-powerpc_Packages > E: Couldn't download pcmcia-modules-2.4.18-newpmac > E: ./kernel.sh abort > make[1]: *** [linuxnewpmac.bin] Error 1 > make[1]: L

Re: de/install broken

2003-06-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Josip Rodin [Mon, Jun 16 2003, 03:02:16PM]: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 02:23:33PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > debiandoc2text -l de -O install.de.sgml > install.de.txt > > > nsgmls:de/hardware.sgml:184:8:E: document type does not allow element "EXAMPLE&

Re: de/install broken

2003-06-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Josip Rodin [Sun, Jun 15 2003, 08:53:10PM]: > debiandoc2text -l de -O install.de.sgml > install.de.txt > nsgmls:de/hardware.sgml:184:8:E: document type does not allow element "EXAMPLE" > here; assuming missing "P" start-tag > make[3]: *** [install.de.txt] Error 1 We know and someone

Re: Problem Booting Install CD

2003-06-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Chris Tillman [Mon, Jun 02 2003, 05:58:47PM]: > > In case you need more info, my system is a Dell > > Dimension 8250 w/ 2.8 gHz P4 processor, 512 MB RAM, > > 112 GB HD, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video adapter w/128 MB > > RAM, a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card, and an 18" > > Dell 1800FP

Re: Bug#186927 acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#186927: romfs builtin)

2003-03-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Glenn McGrath [Mon, Mar 31 2003, 09:03:51PM]: > Both ext2 and romfs could be compiled into the kernel and as long as > romfs is used for the initrd it will save space. > > If we use ext2 or cramfs on the initrd it will add 2kB. > > I cant think of any reason against using romfs for th

Re: SCSI boot

2003-03-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * MJM Wright [Tue, Mar 25 2003, 11:50:50PM]: > I want a dual system -- not a dual-boot system. The IDE drives contain > Win 98, with all of the Debian installation on the SCSI drives. "Dual system"? What exactly is your meaning of this term? Separating to different harddisks wont work

Re: Bug#185420: marked as done (boot-floppies - bad kernel choice)

2003-03-23 Thread Eduard Bloch
reopen 185420 severity 185420 normal tags 185420 + help thanks #include * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Fri, Mar 21 2003, 10:46:24AM]: > Second, I agree with you that it should default to installing the same > version of the kernel I chose to install with. My install kernel is > debian/dists/woody/main/dis

Re: [pcmcia-problem] kernel-image-2.4.20-bf2.4 -5

2003-03-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Brian Mays [Fri, Mar 21 2003, 10:19:14AM]: > > Wait, the log messages are from WOLK, but are almost identical with > > those I got from 2.4.20-bf2.4 > > Yes. Looking at your original message, I realize that I have diagnosed > the problem with WOLK. The problem with 2.4.20-bf2.4 is a

Re: [pcmcia-problem] kernel-image-2.4.20-bf2.4 -5

2003-03-20 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Brian Mays [Thu, Mar 20 2003, 04:13:29PM]: > Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nothing relevant. It is pure 2.4.20 build from Herbert's kernle-source > > package. But we use Woody's version of pcmcia-source because it is for > > sta

Re: [pcmcia-problem] kernel-image-2.4.20-bf2.4 -5

2003-03-20 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Brian Mays [Tue, Mar 18 2003, 04:04:25PM]: > The 2.4.20 kernel source (in the kernel-source package) has version > 0.11b (I think that 2.4.18 also has this version), which is why this > problem doesn't appear more frequently. What patches did you apply to > this kernel? Where did the

[pcmcia-problem] kernel-image-2.4.20-bf2.4 -5

2003-03-18 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo John, * John H. Robinson, IV [Sun, Mar 09 2003, 12:34:11AM]: > i have built the USB 2.0 modules in. i have also built the pcmcia > external modules. ... We have a problem: something is broken with the modules in the pcmcia-modules or with cardmgr. I think about reporting a grave bug agains

Re: installing debian 3.0r1 (25.01.03)

2003-03-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin kuppermanfred! kuppermanfred schrieb am Sunday, den 09. March 2003: > i copied the iso-file and made image with nero. the cd boots and give > instructions how to boot. it a notebook "baycom wolrdbook2". > the installtions starts some lines are displayed on screen but to quick > to read. the

Re: TheBase System Installation

2003-03-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Bernard & Jean Dale [Sat, Mar 01 2003, 06:58:10PM]: > I've tried a number of times to install 3.0r0 from a set of 7 cd's > purchased over the internet but before the first installation cd has > finished I'm advised that it is unable to install the base system. > file:/instmnt/pool/m

Bug#182642: boot-floppies: boottime keymap makes 88 key adb keyboard unusable on oldworld powermac

2003-02-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Lee Adamson [Wed, Feb 26 2003, 06:47:31PM]: > When the box reboots after initial base system install, a boottime > keymap is loaded that seems to cause my old 88 key adb keyboard to be > mapped wrong (using the qwerty/us keymap). > > The solution I have found is to use the shell on VT

Re: Testing netinstall and others

2003-02-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Klaus Imgrund [Wed, Feb 26 2003, 03:05:23PM]: > With those (tried them all) the splash screen or whatever that screen It's called framebuffer console. > with tux is comes up and it loads the kernel until a error msg about a > reiser superblock that it cant find. > I do have all reise

Re: Network install of Woody

2003-02-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * John Summerfield [Fri, Feb 21 2003, 02:10:57PM]: > > to be a lot of interest, but not too much concrete input. Maybe > > one of the issues is there are so many ways to get it to work? > > If I were to write it (assuming I knew enough, which at present I don't), you > could probably p

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Eduard Bloch [Fri, Feb 21 2003, 10:20:45AM]: > > Yes, don't try extracting the kernel more than 7 times (assuming > > del_loop doesn't get called appropriately) ;-) > > Heh? IIRC this is dead code, I replaced loop-device operations with > direct losetu

Re: SV: loop: can't get info on device

2003-02-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Emile van Bergen [Fri, Feb 21 2003, 09:47:25AM]: > > I found a spot in boot-floppies where this could happen, and added a > > check. I think this will have to wait for r3 though. Do you see any > > possible workarounds in the find_unused_loop_device() code in > > losetup.c? > > Yes,

Bug#181739: how to fix?!

2003-02-20 Thread Eduard Bloch
And what is your idea about the possible solution for #181739? Another kernel? Feasible without breaking other things? Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A boot floppy which boots a CD ROM?!

2003-02-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Sebastian Schuon wrote on Fri Feb 14, 2003 um 11:22:49PM: > Hi all! > Does anyone happen to know if a boot floppy exists which only loads a driver > fpr the CD-Rom drive and launches the boot image found there? > My computer (P100) isn't capable to boot via CDrom and i'm to lazy to create

Re: hung at "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0".... need more RAM?

2003-02-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Adam Robson [Sun, Feb 09 2003, 11:33:28PM]: > I think I only have 8MB of RAM is that maybe the problem? If so, is Yes. > there a way to work around that? Get Slink disks from archive.debian.org and install with them. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Die Realität ist eine Illusion, die d

Status of boot-floppies for Debian 3.0r2

2003-02-07 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hello, after more than a month of wake-up phase, it is time to push the development a bit. Boot-Floppies 3.0.24 are almost ready, ports for most architectures have been build and we got positive test results. Outstanding issues are: - test the sparc build, any report welcome - testing and fixi

Re: cannot boot to install woody

2003-02-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Fabio Calefato [Thu, Feb 06 2003, 07:46:06PM]: > anyway, boot hangs. i've tried re-writing it twice again, but noway. > so i switched from root.bin to other img, till i succeded in booting > with the rescue.bin img file. After uncompressing the img and detecting > my hw, i got a kern

Re: Russian localized install?

2003-02-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Martin Quinson wrote on Thu Feb 06, 2003 um 09:33:14AM: > First of all, I'm not really the right person to help you coordinate your > efforts. I don't speak russian *at all*. But I participate to the > french translation effort, and can give some hints. I think I was the right person fo

Re: making my own netinstall CD

2003-02-05 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Markus! Markus Schabel schrieb am Wednesday, den 05. February 2003: > Eduard Bloch wrote: > > >Use floppies and read in the manuall about kernel replacement. However, > >the old driver CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD680 is enabled in the new kernel of > >next (testing) release

Re: Promise FastTrak133 Raid again

2003-02-03 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Markus! Markus Schabel schrieb am Monday, den 03. February 2003: > > Try the new module from http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/preload/ > > and PLEASE report the result. > > > > Gruss/Regards, > > Eduard. > > Warning: kernel-module version mismatch: FastTrak.o was compiled for > 2.4.20

Re: Promise FastTrak133 Raid again

2003-02-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Wolfgang! Wolfgang Pawlinetz schrieb am Saturday, den 01. February 2003: > Hi List, > > I was searching the web for any new ideas on installing a fairly current Debian >distribution (bf24 is an installation option) on a MSI Motherboard featuring the >Fasttrak133 IDE RAID Controller from Pr

Re: trouble starting up

2003-02-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Benjamin Meakin [Sat, Feb 01 2003, 01:41:01AM]: > hello, Hello - this List is for base-installation related topics, please report funny bugs of extra package to the appropriate maintainers. Cc'ing to gnome-session maintainer. > I am having trouble getting debian and gnome to work prop

Bug#174050: What do you mean?

2003-01-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
severity 174050 normal tags 174050 + moreinfo unreproducible thanks A-Ha. Sorry, your paths are Windows paths and do not tell us ANYTHING about which device is C, which is D, etc. Also, a problem with the bsdmainutils package has almost nothing in common with loadlin, so I wonder about your bug de

Re: Status of boot-floppies for Debian 3.0r2

2003-01-24 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * dann frazier [Fri, Jan 24 2003, 01:20:29AM]: > done. > http://people.debian.org/~dannf/boot-floppies/sparc/ > let me know if i missed anything. Fine. BenC claimed to be the one how knows what is needed to build, but I cannot count on his promises and response times. Now, I would like

Status of boot-floppies for Debian 3.0r2

2003-01-21 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hello, after a month of wake-up phase, it is time to push the development a bit. Boot-Floppies 3.0.24 are almost ready, ports for most architectures have been build and we got positive test results. Outstanding issues are: - help Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to test the Sparc boot-floppies

Re: m68k 3.0.24 boot-floppies

2003-01-19 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Christian T. Steigies [Sun, Jan 19 2003, 12:47:22AM]: > I've (re)built boot-floppies for m68k a few days ago and finally managed to > test them on my Amiga. Installation went fine. One thing I noticed, the > installer downloaded mac-fdisk, on an Amiga, is this necessary? Fine ("kreuzm

Re: Help, can't boot bf24 on laptop

2003-01-17 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Marsh [Thu, Jan 16 2003, 09:23:19PM]: > Compaq SMART2 Driver (v 2.4.21) > Compaq CISS (v 2.4.5) > > then hangs. It sure looks as though it's necessary to get a kernel > without the "Compaq" drivers, or at least be able to disable them at > boot time? > > Any suggestions?

Re: Help, can't boot bf24 on laptop

2003-01-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Marsh [Thu, Jan 16 2003, 04:54:12PM]: > edi> Required files: basedebs.tar (from the archive or other > edi> netinst CDs), drivers.tgz and rescue.bin (2880kb version), > edi> both from the new BFs repository, bf2.4 trees. > > I could not locate the "basedebs.tar". Could yo

Re: Help, can't boot bf24 on laptop

2003-01-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Marsh [Thu, Jan 16 2003, 08:48:59AM]: > edi> a) User idepci flavor. That one is created to support broken > edi> systems. b) Try experimental boot-floppies with > edi> 2.4.20-bf2.4. http://people.debian.org/~blade/bf3024/. > > Would it be possible to install the kernel b

Re: Help, can't boot bf24 on laptop

2003-01-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Marsh [Wed, Jan 15 2003, 02:16:06PM]: > When I select the boot method "bf24" the cd is accessed and the kernel > begins to load. The load proceeds normally then hangs at the point > where the following messages are displayed: > > ... > Loading I2O Core - (c) Copyright 1999 Red Hat So

Re: detecting keyboard and mouse

2003-01-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * kumar swamy [Thu, Jan 16 2003, 03:10:01PM]: > i am trying to build own debian cd. i have some problem > > > here how do go about configuring mouse and keyboard? > is there any tool that is available that will do this probing for me? a) This is the wrong list for such questions b) I

Re: Patch for utilities/dbootstrap/kbdconfig.c

2003-01-15 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Stephen R Marenka [Wed, Jan 15 2003, 12:04:18PM]: > | } > | else if (strstr(Arch2, "PowerMac") != NULL) { > | choices = keymaps_mac; > | nchoices = nchoices_mac; > | prefix = "i386/"; > | } else { > | choices= keymaps; > | nchoices=si

Re: Patch for utilities/dbootstrap/kbdconfig.c

2003-01-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Ross Vumbaca [Tue, Jan 14 2003, 09:49:53PM]: > Here's a patch which fixes the incorrect usage of "strstr" for PowerPC > in kbdconfig.c - which causes the wrong keyboard choices to appear on > non-apus PowerPC hardware. a) please, create a new thread and do not sent a follow-up mail

Re: USB and 2.4 kernel

2003-01-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Steve Cutler [Mon, Jan 13 2003, 03:19:32PM]: > I have a compaq presario 1200z laptop, and in every flavor of linux I ... > me the following messages and then freezes, and makes me pull the plug > to get it to come back. > > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > usb.c: reg

Re: intel e1000 gigabyte

2003-01-12 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Adam Di Carlo [Sun, Jan 12 2003, 02:26:21PM]: > The PERC3/Di SCSI controller did seem supported, although it may be > buggy, according to http://www.domsch.com/linux/> (cf "interrupt > fix patch"). Weird, I had a quick look at this pages, and was not able to find any patch for kerne

Re: Current EEPRO100 Driver in boot-floppies

2003-01-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Adam Di Carlo [Thu, Jan 09 2003, 09:59:14AM]: > > 2. http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/index.htm > > As for the issue of the shipped EEPro, are you using the bf2.4 to boot > with or no? This seems like an issue with the stable kernel-source-* > package. There is hope -

Re: This bug should be fixed on boot-floppies side

2003-01-09 Thread Eduard Bloch
Moin Junichi! Junichi Uekawa schrieb am Thursday, den 09. January 2003: > > eject is missing from the woody basedebs. On powerpc, this makes changing > > the CDs extremely awkward (newbies rarely dare poke a paper clip into the > > CD tray). Installation from CD is impeded severely, hence the seve

Re: Can't boot on a machine with LSI Logic 53C1030 Raid controller

2003-01-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jorge Martinez [Wed, Jan 08 2003, 10:28:50AM]: > [date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: Warning: loading > mptbase.o will taint the kernel: forced load > [date, and time] (none) user.info dbootstrap[80]: mptbase.o: init_module: > No such device Weird. Maybe it is incompat

Re: making my own netinstall CD

2003-01-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Bertrand d'Herouville [Wed, Jan 08 2003, 01:15:07AM]: > I need to enable the support of the Silicon Image 6880 directly into the > kernel. > I want to make my own netinstall CD and i don't find any documentations. > Does anybody have some good links for me ? Use floppies and read in t

Re: Can't boot on a machine with LSI Logic 53C1030 Raid controller

2003-01-08 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Jorge Martinez [Tue, Jan 07 2003, 10:47:22AM]: > downloaded it, and created the floppy with the extra drivers, but not much > luck. I tried the 'mptbase.o' and 'mptscsih.o' drivers, which I think are > the correct ones for my hardware. I also tried many others just for kicks. The q

Bug#174887: ["THOMAS CUNY" ] Re: Bug#174887: (no subject)

2003-01-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
reassign 174887 debconf thanks #include * Adam DiCarlo [Fri, Jan 03 2003, 12:43:32PM]: > Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 23:19:01 -0600 > From: "THOMAS CUNY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bug#174887: (no subject) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >From: Adam DiCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "THOMAS CUNY"

Bug#175241: boot-floppies: fails to ask for NONUS cdrom

2003-01-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
reassign 175241 apt thanks #include * James R. Van Zandt [Fri, Jan 03 2003, 05:11:07PM]: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: 20030103 > Severity: normal > > I have just installed Woody onto two machines using cdrom images > downloaded via jigdo. After selecting packages with dselect, I loaded >

Re: Possible bug in installation

2003-01-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Skip Queen [Wed, Jan 01 2003, 12:54:43AM]: > I have tried to install Debian Woody 3.0 a total of six times and each > time the same thing happens. My video is all screwed up. XWindows does > not work. When I pick up video card (i810) it won't work at all. If I > pick VESA it will "s

Re: i386 3.0.24 v2.4 boot floppies, installation report

2003-01-01 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include ant wrote on Tue Dec 31, 2002 um 11:45:31PM: > hi, > > had some time to give them[*] a try today. Thanks. > some trouble i had was that the installer skipped over > things before i could read them. Besides of that trouble, was the installation okay? > i was able to select the l

Re: Install dialogs

2002-12-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Narins, Josh [Tue, Dec 31 2002, 01:09:22PM]: > Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > Which recommendation? Currently, we have on boot-floppies: > > > > "containing a FAT filesystem. The boot partition should be at\n" > > "least 32MB. On the next sc

Re: Install dialogs

2002-12-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Narins, Josh [Tue, Dec 31 2002, 10:30:13AM]: > The combination of the two kernel images do not, I repeat, do not fit in a > 10MB /boot partition. > > Please consider changing the recommendation in the install dialogs, so other > people won't be forced to Which recommendation? Cur

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