Bug#896908: busybox cpio: fails to extract absolute symlinks

2018-04-25 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Package: busybox-static Version: 1:1.27.2-2 Severity: normal I tried building debirf on a current Sid system (chroot, rather). The generated initramfs failed to properly boot. I noticed that the second-stage rootfs in it, is OK but when extracted misses /sbin/init and a number of other symlinks fr

openchrome and "Modules" section [was: Re: [Openchrome-users] How to say No!! in a polite though ridiculous way]

2017-01-18 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
;, the openchrome_drv loads fine. Thus the following seems to work for me: Section "Module" Load"vgahw" Load"shadow" Load"exa" Load"fb" EndSection -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best tzaf...@debian.org|| friend

Re: [Openchrome-users] How to say No!! in a polite though ridiculous way

2017-01-18 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 08:51:06PM +0100, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:47:40PM +0100, Kevin Brace wrote: > > Hi Andreas, > > > > Throw this in your xorg.conf > > > > > > Section "Mo

Re: [Openchrome-users] How to say No!! in a polite though ridiculous way

2017-01-15 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
appreciate it if the Debian package could include such a file (if it is harmless) or at least as an example. Or find a way to avoid the extra configuration. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's tzaf...@

[PATCH 2/2] allow spaces before 'default' in grub.cfg

2015-08-11 Thread tzafrir
From: Tzafrir Cohen --- cronscript | 2 +- preseed_late | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/cronscript b/cronscript index e7a4aae..89a8da5 100755 --- a/cronscript +++ b/cronscript @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ GRUBLINE=$(echo "$LANG" | cut -d: -f4)

[PATCH 1/2] preseed.cfg: typo: gnome-icon-teme

2015-08-11 Thread tzafrir
From: Tzafrir Cohen Installing babelbox fails due to a typo: the package "gnome-icon-teme" is missing. --- preseed.cfg | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/preseed.cfg b/preseed.cfg index 9920353..f85a82a 100644 --- a/preseed.cfg +++ b/preseed.cfg @@ -

BabelBox: package list and grub update

2015-08-11 Thread tzafrir
I tried using BabelBox[1] recently. I found several issues, see the following patches: * The list of extra packages to install included a typo. * /boot/grub/grub.conf was not edited due to some changes in the way the configuration file is layed up. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Ba

[PATCH 1/2] preseed.cfg: typo: gnome-icon-teme

2015-08-11 Thread tzafrir
From: Tzafrir Cohen Installing babelbox fails due to a typo: the package "gnome-icon-teme" is missing. --- preseed.cfg | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/preseed.cfg b/preseed.cfg index 9920353..f85a82a 100644 --- a/preseed.cfg +++ b/preseed.cfg @@ -

Bug#471410: Installing accessibility packages by default?

2009-03-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
enable" them? Furthermore, if you're a blind person using KDE, what good would it do for you that dasher is installed on the system? That is: accessibility sounds to me a bit like l10n: normally no point in installing all of it. Most potential users would need just part of it. -- Tzafrir C

Re: debconf: country code in a base-config script

2004-11-05 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 07:02:24PM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > On ÎÎÏ 05 ÎÎÎ 2004 15:55, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > Hi > > > > I want to configure some packages in the base-config script using > > the value of the two-letter country code (e.g: "us",

debconf: country code in a base-config script

2004-11-05 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
t country name from debconf using 'en'" country_lc='en' ;; esac How can I read that value from debconf? -- Tzafrir Cohen +---+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: not asking for a language

2004-09-08 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
In-Reply-To=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:00:21 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Tzafrir Cohen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi > > > > I want to build a custom installer CD that will c

not asking for a language

2004-09-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
about the timezone. Is it possible to do (1) without changing existing file on the initrd (or adding a script that will change them at runtime)? I tried adding a preseed file, but it is only read after mounting the CD (even if I put it on the initrd itself). Any suggestions? TIA -- Tzafrir