Re: Link to firmware tarball from D-I and Lenny webpages

2008-10-02 Thread Ferenc Wagner
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I propose to add the following paragraph below the links to installation > images on the D-I project page and on the lenny D-I page. > > I am currently writing the info for the installation guide. I'll send the > draft text for that for review when I have it

Bug#500795: Etch SPARC install fails to sync monitor.

2008-10-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 01 October 2008, Donald Pellegrino wrote: > Please let me know if you have any suggestions for keeping the > installer from changing graphic modes or for specifying the appropriate > monitor frequency to the installer. The installer does not really do anything. The problem is more lik

Re: r56235 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: choose_partition/partition_tree debian

2008-10-02 Thread Frans Pop
This change breaks the recently added column alignment in partman as it drops the "align" capability set in the main partman script. On Thursday 02 October 2008, Colin Watson wrote: > Author: cjwatson > Date: Thu Oct 2 13:50:48 2008 > New Revision: 56235 > > Log: > Disable backup while displayin

Re: r56235 - in trunk/packages/partman/partman-base: choose_partition/partition_tree debian

2008-10-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 04:40:18PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > This change breaks the recently added column alignment in partman as it > drops the "align" capability set in the main partman script. Sigh, sorry. I've reverted this; I don't have time or energy to sort it out properly right now. --

Re: Heads-up: source compliance for D-I build dependencies

2008-10-02 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Frans Pop [Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:38:50 +0200]: > Maybe it could be an option to use the "transition upload block" mechanism > to prevent further uploads of (selected) D-I build dependencies to sid > and thus prevent version skew between testing and unstable. I don't mind doing this for lenny, b

Re: Heads-up: source compliance for D-I build dependencies

2008-10-02 Thread Frans Pop
Thanks for picking up on this Adeodato. On Thursday 02 October 2008, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > This is only true for udebs that are included in installer initrds, > > but as that varies per type of image and architecture it does need to > > be checked on a case-by-case basis. > > Examples: parted w

linux-kernel-di-m68k-2.6_0.96_m68k.changes REJECTED

2008-10-02 Thread Debian Ports Archive Maintainer
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team Uploader: Stephen R. Marenka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Host: debian-ports.org Rejected: linux-kernel-di-m68k-2.6_0.96_m68k.changes Reason: wrong-arch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

[RFR] D-I Manual: new section on how to load firmware during installs

2008-10-02 Thread Frans Pop
There was at least one important new feature of the installer missing in the installation guide that IMO should be documented before we can consider freezing it for the final translation update and upload for Lenny. And that is the new option to load firmware during installation. I have written

Re: Bug#499662: Proposed changes for #499662

2008-10-02 Thread Luk Claes
Dave Beckett wrote: > The patch looks OK although I cannot test any directfb stuff, or do > any cairo work today. > > One reason the directfb was NOT enabled in the main cairo package > by me is that it is unsupported upstream. The customer for debian > is really just the installer, so limiting t

Bug#500795: Etch SPARC install fails to sync monitor.

2008-10-02 Thread Don Pellegrino
Thanks for the quick response. I have tried your ideas with the following results: boot: install fb=false Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Loaded kernel version 2.6.18 Loading initial ramdisk (3881967 bytes at 0x3F80200 phys, 0x40C0 virt)... - Remapping the kernel... done.

Re: Bug#499662: Proposed changes for #499662

2008-10-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Luk Claes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dave Beckett wrote: >> The patch looks OK although I cannot test any directfb stuff, or do >> any cairo work today. >> >> One reason the directfb was NOT enabled in the main cairo package >> by me is that it is unsupported upstream. The customer for debian

Re: Bug#499662: Proposed changes for #499662

2008-10-02 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 02 octobre 2008 à 20:52 +0200, Luk Claes a écrit : > Dave Beckett wrote: > > The patch looks OK although I cannot test any directfb stuff, or do > > any cairo work today. > > > > One reason the directfb was NOT enabled in the main cairo package > > by me is that it is unsupported upstream

Re: Heads-up: source compliance for D-I build dependencies

2008-10-02 Thread Otavio Salvador
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'll leave is to others to determine which of those are actually relevant >> for source compliance. A lot of them obviously are not. >> I'll also leave it to others to decide whether or not to preventively >> block uploads to unstable for certain buil

Bug#500962: [win32-loader] Updated Turkish translation

2008-10-02 Thread Mert Dirik
Package: win32-loader Severity: normal Tags: l10n patch There is updated Turkish translation in d-i SVN but the latest version of the program doesn't seem to be include it. You can update Turkish translation using http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/l10n-stats/level3/files/tr/win32-loader_l10n_po_tr.po

Bug#500982: Asus P5K SE/EPU: ide cdrom drive not found

2008-10-02 Thread Harald Dunkel
Package: installation-reports Boot method: netinst image of Oct.2nd,2008 Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Date: Oct 2nd, 2008 Machine: custom PC with Asus P5K SE/EPU mainboard Processor: Intel E8500 (cor