Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread wjaouad1
> I've found and just fixed an error that prevented installs booted from a > usb stick from using the CD for any packages pase the base installation. > Assuming all your CDs were iso images on a USB stick, this explains the > problem. Great news ! I'm eager to test this right now (I'm finished res

Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20060429 meeting)

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 May 2006 08:33, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Grmbl. Now that this available, I realize that brltty and gnopernicus > must go into testing _together_, and gnopernicus waits for gnutls13 > (which has a RC bug) and avahi, which depends on qt4-x11, which depends > on x11proto-core, i.e. Xorg

Re: [G-I] Udeb dependency resolution issue resolved!

2006-05-13 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Frans Pop wrote: Hi all, Today I've been able to upload cdebconf with updated dependencies and built the graphical installer *without any localudebs* :-) This means we've finally arrived at the point where we can integrate the graphical installer into trunk. hey, this is for sure good news!

Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20060429 meeting)

2006-05-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
Frans Pop, le Sat 13 May 2006 09:30:07 +0200, a écrit : > On Saturday 13 May 2006 08:33, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Grmbl. Now that this available, I realize that brltty and gnopernicus > > must go into testing _together_, and gnopernicus waits for gnutls13 > > (which has a RC bug) and avahi, which

Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 11:21:42AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Which should be the cd from the last beta release, which certianly does > > have grub on it. Yuou cold verify this by mounting the iso on another > > machine though. > > Yes I d

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 09:09:43AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found and just fixed an error that prevented installs booted from a > > usb stick from using the CD for any packages pase the base installation. > > Assuming all your CDs were

Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20060429 meeting)

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:14:12PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Frans Pop, le Sat 13 May 2006 09:30:07 +0200, a écrit : > > On Saturday 13 May 2006 08:33, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Grmbl. Now that this available, I realize that brltty and gnopernicus > > > must go into testing _together_, and

Re: partman and installations to MTD (flash)

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 06:50:00PM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Flash is getting cheaper and there are now devices which have enough > flash to install a full blown Debian to it. My question is how to > change partman to support installations to flash. Under Linux, MTD is > used to access fla

Bug#367068: debian-installer: qemu support for cdrom images

2006-05-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
Package: debian-installer Version: 20060304 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, Here is a patch for supporting CD-ROM images in qemu targets. Index: build/Makefile === --- build/Makefile (révision 37265) +++ build/Makefile

Processed: Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20060429 meeting)

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Bug#355851: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20060429 meeting)

2006-05-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
tags 355851 + patch thanks Geert Stappers, le Sat 13 May 2006 13:08:31 +0200, a écrit : > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:14:12PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Frans Pop, le Sat 13 May 2006 09:30:07 +0200, a écrit : > > > On Saturday 13 May 2006 08:33, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > Grmbl. Now that

Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20060429 meeting)

2006-05-13 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Geert Stappers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > daily builds. > > > > Do all debian-installer builds only fetch from unstable? > > Yes Well, ahem not exactly...:) etch_d-i daily builds use udebs from testing sid_d-i daily builds use udebs from sid during development phases , what is calle

Bug#366979: installation report: ppc daily build - hard disk not detected

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:01:16AM -0700, Paul Telford wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Machine: PowerMac G4 NewWorld, 500Mhz > Memory: 1GB > > > Output of lspci and lspci -n: > No way to copy/paste this, sorry. Recent version of d-i have a http server included. See http://wiki.debian

Re: cleaning up the d-i logs

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 05:32:32PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > I want to clean up the d-i syslog so it's more readable. Right now > there's lots of junk which makes it hard to trace problems. I think it > makes sense to continue having d-i output debug type information in > areas where it's still use

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : > > > And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? > > > > I'll try and tell you > > Nice! Well, I tried. It didn't go far : base system could not be installed. I learned the exact message by heart, but after 3 hours fighting with netcourrier.com which was on vacation t

Re: Running debian-installer from the command line?

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 02:54:07PM +0200, Joachim Durchholz wrote: > > So... what I'm really after is a way to skip all the boot machinery in > debian-installer. It should still do everything else (hardware > detection, partitioning, base configuration, package installation, and > whatever else

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : > IIRC is [EMAIL PROTECTED] the life form that wants > to install an AMD64 with an i386 image of d-i. Oh! I forgot to mention : I'm a non-intelligent life form! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Bug#367080: Please change lanuage input priority to critical

2006-05-13 Thread Steffen Joeris
Package: localechooser Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi While I try to port the debian-edu installation on etch I have a small problem. Of course the users want to choose the language and for that we need localechooser. But we try to avoid more questions than neccessary, as you might know the adva

Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20060429 meeting)

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 May 2006 14:12, Christian Perrier wrote: > etch_d-i daily builds use udebs from testing > sid_d-i daily builds use udebs from sid > > during development phases , what is called "daily builds" are > sid_d-i. They are switched to etch_d-i in freeze phases. > > *Both default to install

Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 01:56:41PM +, Wasfi JAOUAD wrote in a different order: > Geert Stappers wrote : > > > > And how works an AMD64 installer on a AMD64 ? > > > > > > I'll try and tell you > > > > Nice! > > Well, I tried. It didn't go far : base system could not be installed. > I learne

Bug#367080: Please change lanuage input priority to critical

2006-05-13 Thread Christian Perrier
CC'ing you just in case > If you agree please change: > > db_input high $template || [ $? -eq 30 ] > to > db_input critical $template || [ $? -eq 30 ] > > (line 253 in localechooser) > > Anyway please give me a small feedback. The rationale of the language priority being set to high was s

Bug#367080: Please change lanuage input priority to critical

2006-05-13 Thread Steffen Joeris
On Saturday 13 May 2006 16:24, Christian Perrier wrote: > The rationale of the language priority being set to high was similar > to all other questions: the answer is not absolutely mandatory for the > install to run, given that the installation can be run in English > without compromising the resu

Re: installing from a Compact Flash IDE using the USB stick receipe

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
(CC-ing to mailinglist that is about syslinux and extlinux) On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:24:33PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-05-09 15:22:29, schrieb martin f krafft: > > also sprach Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.05.07.1442 +0200]: > > > 2) mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sd

Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : > Play the game again. > Play it as a game with no rules. > Nobody did forbid you to take notes, to write down the exact message, nobody. Lest's play. > Take your time to do another install. > Take your time to make notes about it. .. , 1. Took me some time ! Now I

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Geert Stappers wrote : >> It's this one : >> http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> right ? > Yes, and if not, then try tomorrow again. I must ;-) Binaries I downloaded this morning behaved exactly the same way (grub not found). Thank you Geert for your follow

[D-I Manual] Build log for en (13 May 2006)

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
A build of the Debian Installer Manual was triggered by an update to SVN. There were no errors during the build process. The new version of the manual has been uploaded successfully. A log of the build is available at: - http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i_manual/log/en.log === It is possible to u

Bug#367093: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Package: installation-reports Geert Stappers wrote : > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 01:56:41PM +, Wasfi JAOUAD wrote in a [ http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/05/msg00380.html ] > > Any further testing I can do ? > > Yes. > Play the game again. > Play it as a game with no rules. > Nobody

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found and just fixed an error that prevented installs booted from a > > usb stick from using the CD for any packages pase the base installation. > > Assuming all your CDs were iso images on a USB stick, this explains the > > problem. > > Great news ! I'm eager to

Bug#367080: Please change lanuage input priority to critical

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 May 2006 16:24, Christian Perrier wrote: > The rationale of the language priority being set to high was similar > to all other questions: the answer is not absolutely mandatory for the > install to run, given that the installation can be run in English > without compromising the resu

Re: [G-I] Udeb dependency resolution issue resolved!

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 May 2006 05:04, Frans Pop wrote: > If you build the graphical installer, please make sure that you clean > localudebs and you should no longer use the 'update-localudebs' script. I have uploaded a new build for i386 of the graphical installer; this should include the latest changes

Re: cleaning up the d-i logs

2006-05-13 Thread Joey Hess
Geert Stappers wrote: > Please keep "Executing /lib/main/menu.d/2modification" messages. > Seeing a > Mar 11 11:03:41 base-installer: info: Running /usr/lib/base-installer.d/ > 99for_my_site > will be appreciated. Why? You can simply syslog something from your script if you're unsure about it b

Bug#367093: Etch/Sid not installable on amd64

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
Tags: moreinfo Thanks > > Wasfi, always willing to install ! Yes, Wasfi is doing the install. On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 11:05:40AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've found and just fixed an error that prevented installs booted > > > from a > > > usb stick from using

Proposal for integration of the graphical installer

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
Yesterday Joey and I discussed the integration of the graphical installer into the regular build system, and the result is below for wider discussion and comments. The below should be valid for both i386, but may need adjustment for powerpc. Comments from Colin on that are very welcome. - Usin

Processing of linux-kernel-di-i386_1.10_i386.changes

2006-05-13 Thread Archive Administrator
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2006-05-13 Thread Debian Installer
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[d-i manual] chapter B.2.3. Using boot parameters to supplement preseeding

2006-05-13 Thread Holger Wansing
Hello, in appendix/preseed.xml (line 385 + 388) we have this: "A –– in the boot options has special meaning. ... " In the output (as type html) the two dashes look like one big, long dash, when displayed in firefox (or is this a problem of my firefox/font setting et cetera? In opera it's ok.) M

Bug#365747: Add crypto nodes as well

2006-05-13 Thread David Härdeman
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:18:13PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 11 May 2006 01:10, David Härdeman wrote: Something like the attached patch should suffice. Is it acceptable? Is it a specific set of devices you need or do they vary depending on the crypto method used or number of encrypt

Bug#367149: kbd-chooser: [powerpc] does not detect ADB keyboards

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
Package: kbd-chooser Version: 1.26 It appears that kbd-chooser does not actually detect ADB keyboards as used for example on Powerbook G4 laptops. Until Beta 2 keyboard selection only worked because of the default mac-usb keyboard added in usb-kbd.c, but that's absolutely not optimal. After a s

Re: [d-i manual] chapter B.2.3. Using boot parameters to supplement preseeding

2006-05-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 14 May 2006 00:46, Holger Wansing wrote: > In the output (as type html) the two dashes look like one big, > long dash, when displayed in firefox (or is this a problem of > my firefox/font setting et cetera? In opera it's ok.) Fixed. Thanks. pgpiJL4O1GaYv.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Wasfi JAOUAD
Joey Hess wrote : >> It's this one : >> http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> right ? > > You'll need to wait until this evening's build to get the fix I uploaded.. Waited. Downloaded. You're the man Joey. Thanks. Debian_user++; Resolved. W. J. i386-13-M

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Etch/Sid not installable

2006-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 06:22:37AM +, Wasfi JAOUAD wrote: > Joey Hess wrote : > > > > You'll need to wait until this evening's build to get the fix I uploaded.. > > Waited. Downloaded. > > You're the man Joey. Thanks. > Debian_user++; > > Resolved. Good to hear that. Have fun with your D

Bug#367093: marked as done (Etch/Sid not installable on amd64)

2006-05-13 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 14 May 2006 08:32:22 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#367093: Etch/Sid is installable on amd64 has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it i