Re: daily build 12/12/11 amd64

2011-12-16 Thread richard
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:01:38 -0500 Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Richard wrote: > > Hi > > I used the daily build 12/12/11 for a clean install on a amd64 machine, > > the network dchp problem is fixed, but the graphical install still freezes > > on the first page, or c

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Roger Leigh
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 07:34:16AM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > (reducing CC as I guess that most are subscribed to -devel) > > Quoting Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org): > > > I don't think these things are alike. Separating /var and /tmp from the > > rest of the file systems is done because

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 12/16/2011 04:46 AM, Josh Triplett wrote: > In all of the recent discussions about separate /usr partitions, most > people seem to acknowledge them as unusual, special-purpose > configurations, even those who use them. I do *not* agree that there's such a consensus. On 12/16/2011 04:46 AM, Jos

Bug#652353: installation-reports: Bottom 1/3 of screen turns black, then system locks-up

2011-12-16 Thread Chris
Package: installation-reports Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system The system will run a for upto an hour under causual usage (browsing the web, checking email, writing openoffice docs, etc.). Then suddenly, the bottom 1/3 of the screen turns black, and the machine locks up.

Bug#652353: installation-reports: Bottom 1/3 of screen turns black, then system locks-up

2011-12-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:54:06AM -0500, Chris wrote: > Package: installation-reports > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks the whole system > > The system will run a for upto an hour under causual usage (browsing the web, > checking email, writing openoffice docs, etc.). Then suddenly, t

Bug#652353: installation-reports: Bottom 1/3 of screen turns black, then system locks-up

2011-12-16 Thread asdf
I have this in my /var/log/syslog, repeated for probably about 100 lines or so... nSource: METHOD_CNT, nStatus: INVALID_STATE PROTECTION_FAULT Ch: 1/3 Class 0x004a Mthd 0x0db4 Data 0x0020:0x System also runs fine under knoppix, so it does not seem to be hardware related. Do you h

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Joey Hess
Christian PERRIER wrote: > I'm inclined to follow this advice and would indeed propose that the > "atomic" partman-auto recipe is kept, however without a separate /usr > partition (discussions on -devel and the current practice convinced me > that a separate /usr is seomthing that probably belongs

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Biebl
On 16.12.2011 18:38, Joey Hess wrote: > Christian PERRIER wrote: >> I'm inclined to follow this advice and would indeed propose that the >> "atomic" partman-auto recipe is kept, however without a separate /usr >> partition (discussions on -devel and the current practice convinced me >> that a separ

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 07:32:35PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 16.12.2011 18:38, Joey Hess wrote: > > Christian PERRIER wrote: > >> I'm inclined to follow this advice and would indeed propose that the > >> "atomic" partman-auto recipe is kept, however without a separate /usr > >> partition (di

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): > > I don't think that d-i should be on the leading edge of this discussion. > > Once Debian has made up its mind, d-i can be updated to follow the > > consensus. > > To me it looks like there is broad consensus that a separate /usr > partition should be

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Josh Triplett
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:11:22PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 12/16/2011 04:46 AM, Josh Triplett wrote: > > In all of the recent discussions about separate /usr partitions, most > > people seem to acknowledge them as unusual, special-purpose > > configurations, even those who use them. > >

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Michael Biebl writes: > On 16.12.2011 18:38, Joey Hess wrote: >> Christian PERRIER wrote: >>> I'm inclined to follow this advice and would indeed propose that the >>> "atomic" partman-auto recipe is kept, however without a separate /usr >>> partition (discussions on -devel and the current practic

Bug#652353: installation-reports: Bottom 1/3 of screen turns black, then system locks-up

2011-12-16 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting asdf (a...@brokensolstice.com): > Len, you nailed it. I'm surprised that my web searches didn't turn > anything up. I searched everywhere wit that log entry information, > and got nothing. > > Thank you for being so quick nab this. Not a bug after all. Hmmm, from this, I wonder whethe

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Joey Hess
Steve Langasek wrote: > There isn't. There's just a broad consensus among those who are talking > about changing things. Yes. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Joey Hess
Josh Triplett wrote: > Exactly my point, then. The guided partitioning option I mentioned > makes /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp all separate partitions. You just > said you don't want a separate /home, and you do want a separate /var. > Thus, you have custom requirements that don't fit the guided o

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 16, Josh Triplett wrote: > A configuration with everything in one partition needs no extra > configuration; anyone who wants such a configuration will like what the > guided partitioner comes up with. A configuration with five separate > partitions seems almost impossible to provide sensi

Bug#652353: installation-reports: Bottom 1/3 of screen turns black, then system locks-up

2011-12-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 08:04:27PM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Hmmm, from this, I wonder whether I should just close the bug or > reassign it to another package. For sure, we can't keep it assigned to > installation-reports Certainly either the kernel has a bug for this particular nvidia

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Steve Langasek wrote: > Michael Biebl wrote: > > To me it looks like there is broad consensus that a separate /usr > > partition should be considered deprecated and this option removed from > > the installer. > > There isn't. There's just a broad consensus among those who are talking > about chan

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Thomas Goirand
Hi Josh, Seems you're as much passionate about this topic as I am! :) At this point, I don't remotely hope to convince you, but perhaps you will find some of my points valid. On 12/17/2011 02:46 AM, Josh Triplett wrote: > Hence why I said "most people" (because I didn't want to imply > unanimity)

Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning

2011-12-16 Thread Josh Triplett
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 04:13:50AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Seems you're as much passionate about this topic as I am! :) > At this point, I don't remotely hope to convince you, but perhaps you > will find some of my points valid. Likewise. :) > On 12/17/2011 02:46 AM, Josh Triplett wrote: >

Re: daily build 12/12/11 amd64

2011-12-16 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:45 AM, richard wrote: > On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:01:38 -0500 > Michael Gilbert wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Richard wrote: >> > Hi >> > I used the daily build 12/12/11 for a clean install on a amd64 machine, >> > the network dchp problem is fixed, but the g

Re: daily build 12/12/11 amd64

2011-12-16 Thread Richard
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:47:00 -0500 Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:45 AM, richard wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:01:38 -0500 > > Michael Gilbert wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Richard wrote: > >> > Hi > >> > I used the daily build 12/12/11 for a clean ins