Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 11:19:06PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 21 July 2006 22:09, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Putting the install CDrom into sources.list makes sense when you are > > installing from a full CD (or DVD) set, because there's a large > > amount of significant information on them, *

Bug#379205: base-installer: more explicit support for xen and vserver kernels

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
Package: base-installer Version: 1.63 With 2.6.16 we now also have xen and vserver kernel flavors. Currently these are just listed as available kernels. Possibly checks can be added so they are only shown in a xen resp. vserver environment. pgpAKqOAhDp5c.pgp Description: PGP signature

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 22, 2006, at 3:01 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 11:19:06PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Friday 21 July 2006 22:09, Rick Thomas wrote: Putting the install CDrom into sources.list makes sense when you are installing from a full CD (or DVD) set, because there's a large

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 04:09:23PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > PS: For the record -- this bug report mentions a couple other > problems -- Neither of these installs encountered the problem with > the missing "etc/mkinitramfs" directory. And both of them were > missing the "lspci" command

Processed: Re: Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 379067 apt-setup Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc Bug reassigned from package `installation-reports' to `apt-setup'. > retitle 379067 netinst CD should not be added to sources list of target system Bug#379067: couple

Bug#378954: Pismo can't install Xorg

2006-07-22 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 12:12:38PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 05:05:45PM -0700, brian wrote: > > > > > Output of lspci and lspci -n: sorry, command is missing !!! > > Strange, it should be in the daily build. Bugreport #379120 is opened for further follow-up on t

Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal

2006-07-22 Thread Eddy Petrisor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 21 July 2006 14:57, Geert Stappers wrote: >> * Why leave typos in the original text? Why should translators all see >> (or ignore) the same typo? > > Because updating it now would force _all_ translators to update their >

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Eddy Petrisor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Thomas wrote: > But, it does *not* make sense for a businesscard or netinst install. > For either of those, you must have reasonable network access to have any > chance of succeeding. Making people keep their install CD around > forever (or unti

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Jens Seidel
Hi Rick, On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 03:55:28AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > Hmmm... That doesn't square with my recent experience. I've had > aptitude hang on me a couple of times with messages saying > (approximately -- from memory) "can't read cdrom". If you want, I > can explore this behavi

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:45 AM, Jens Seidel wrote: Hi Rick, On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 03:55:28AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Hmmm... That doesn't square with my recent experience. I've had aptitude hang on me a couple of times with messages saying (approximately -- from memory) "can't read cdrom".

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Jens Seidel
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:59:02AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:45 AM, Jens Seidel wrote: > >There are at least two ways to add a CD to APT: > > 1) By using apt-cdrom which adds a deb cdrom:[...] stanza to > >sources.list > > 2) By accessing a mounted CD: "deb file:/mnt/etc

Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal

2006-07-22 Thread Geert Stappers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 06:23:19PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 21 July 2006 14:57, Geert Stappers wrote: > > What I don't get is the long term policy. I only have questions about > > it. > > > > * Would a "state flag" help to indicate a status

Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal

2006-07-22 Thread Jens Seidel
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 12:58:27PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 06:23:19PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Important is to realize that a project has sideline contributors. I fully agree! I really well remember comments like: "do not touch it at all" even for such simple stuff

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:59:02AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > so it hung. (Does hanging if the CD is not inserted count as a bug?) If it did not ask you to insert it, yes. -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

upgrade to kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 levaes modules disabled

2006-07-22 Thread Larry Evans
Using synaptic, I installed the above kernel-image and rebooted. gdm failed to initialize the Xserver. The /var/log/kernal.log contained: <-- cut here Jul 21 17:48:24 null kernel: klogd 1.4.1#16, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Jul 21 17:48:24 null kernel: Inspecting /boot/System

Bug#379197: debian-installer: etch d-i mistakenly installed pbuttonsd even though i do not have a mac laptop

2006-07-22 Thread Michael Gilbert
On 7/22/06, Frans Pop wrote: I suspect this is an issue in tasksel's laptop task. i did select laptop packages in tasksel during install. Well, you could just purge the package; that should get rid of the error: aptitude purge pbbuttonsd yep, already done. i just wanted to make you all

Bug#379197: debian-installer: etch d-i mistakenly installed pbuttonsd even though i do not have a mac laptop

2006-07-22 Thread Otavio Salvador
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > reassign 379197 tasksel > thanks > > On Saturday 22 July 2006 01:32, zero79 wrote: >> the etch beta d-i installed pbbuttonsd, which is a program for mac >> laptops. i have a dell laptop, so i believe that this is an installer >> mistake > > I suspect this is

Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 22 July 2006 12:58, Geert Stappers wrote: > A question like "How much revert work?" could be answered with: > | * find out the previous version of the file > | * get time stamp information from that version. > | * revert the change > | * apply time stamp information on it > | * inject t

Re: upgrade to kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 levaes modules disabled

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 22 July 2006 16:15, Larry Evans wrote: > How can I get 2.6.8 to boot with modules enabled? I'm sorry, but debian-boot is not the correct mailing list for your question (it deals with the development of the installation system, not boot problems). Please send your question to the debi

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 22 July 2006 13:10, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:59:02AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > so it hung. (Does hanging if the CD is not inserted count as a bug?) > > If it did not ask you to insert it, yes. It may not be an apt error though, but a kernel driver issue.

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 22 July 2006 11:59, Rick Thomas wrote: > Hmmm... Does it matter that I first did a "bare bones" install ( by > un-checking the default "desktop" task)? Then when I later went back > to pick up something that is normally installed as part of the > Desktop task, it tried to go to the CD

Bug#379197: debian-installer: etch d-i mistakenly installed pbuttonsd even though i do not have a mac laptop

2006-07-22 Thread Otavio Salvador
"Michael Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7/22/06, Frans Pop wrote: >> I suspect this is an issue in tasksel's laptop task. > > i did select laptop packages in tasksel during install. Yes. I see two problems here. I did a look on tasksel and it really ask pbbuttonsd to be installed. Pre

Re: Question for d-i project managers re: powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
(IIRC you asked to be CCed for specific replies) On Friday 14 July 2006 03:30, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > I seem to recall reading that we couldn't point to the miBoot floppies > in the d-i manual because miboot is non-free and can't even be included > in non-free. Is this correct, or can I update

Processed: reopen 378790

2006-07-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reopen 378790 Bug#378790: Latest Etch installer fails to load device mapper Bug reopened, originator not changed. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, De

Re: Question for d-i project managers re: powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, fresh from IRC: fjp, regarding the ppc-manual: the point is actually not (to document) miboot - using miboot is dead simply: boot from floppy and be happy (or not cause the floppy is broken). the question is also/more about documenting bootX, the non-free macos<=9 bootloader for booting f

cdebconf 0.104 MIGRATED to testing

2006-07-22 Thread Debian testing watch
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libdebian-installer 0.43 MIGRATED to testing

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installation-report 2.17 MIGRATED to testing

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user-setup 1.3 MIGRATED to testing

2006-07-22 Thread Debian testing watch
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Bug#366177: marked as done ([amd64] Tyan S2877 installation-report)

2006-07-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#377752: installation report

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
I have one request for future reports. Please check your spelling and use proper capitalization of sentences. As it is now, the report is unnecessarily difficult to read, which makes a response to it less likely. On Tuesday 11 July 2006 03:50, Brian Morris wrote: > i have bugreport installed, b

Bug#379193: installation report sarge/etch

2006-07-22 Thread Frans Pop
This report is a kind of follow-up to http://bugs.debian.org/377752. The only interesting bit looks to be: > see my previous report about failed install etch directly on wednesday > this week. scary part here when upgrade deletes /boot contents, must > apt-get vmlinux manually to refill it, then y

Changes in linux-ntfs affecting the name of d-i udeb.

2006-07-22 Thread David Martínez Moreno
Hello, d-i developers. I have just uploaded linux-ntfs 1.13.1 to unstable, and this affects to you because of: [...] - Removed completely fake ntfstools package, as it was a dummy one in sarge. Thanks to Stefan Huehner for noticing (closes: #369106). - While at it, ren

Bug#379365: Semi-successful install with miBoot floppy set and Netinst CD on OldWorld Mac...

2006-07-22 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Installation on (OldWorld) PowerMac beige G3 (Gossamer) using miBoot floppies and netinst CDrom. INSTALL REPORT | Debian-installer-version: image> | | Debian etch daily powerpc netinst install CD iso dated "21-Jul-2006 01:57 166MB" uname -a: | Linux de