Bug#672160: Directory /boot/console-setup

2012-05-11 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Steve Langasek > My complaint is that this is excessively ugly. For persistent variable data > that needs to be available during early boot, even when this is binary data > that the user won't edit, /etc is the normal place to keep it - it's the > creation of a a .cache subdirectory that I ob

Bug#672458: installation-reports: IPv6 privacy extensions should be enabled by default

2012-05-11 Thread a debian user
Package: installation-reports Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, I know that I can enable the IPv6 privacy extensions after the installation of debian. But I think it is important that I can enable the IPv6 privacy extensions for the installation in the debian installer. The problem is that de

Bug#672458: installation-reports: IPv6 privacy extensions should be enabled by default

2012-05-11 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 11.05.2012 12:32, a debian user wrote: > Package: installation-reports > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, > > I know that I can enable the IPv6 privacy extensions after the installation of > debian. > > But I think it is important that I can enable the IPv6 privacy extensions for > the

Bug#672219: Fw: Re: Bug#672219: OS install fails at package config

2012-05-11 Thread Holger Wansing
[Forward to bug] Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:37:55 -0500 From: Aaron Paden To: Holger Wansing Subject: Re: Bug#672219: OS install fails at package config I did try with mirrors.kernel.org, and this time it worked. :) My USB was still in, but not my MP3 player. This is a slower DSL connection, bu

Re: [sparc] Kernel NULL pointer dereference in sungem/gem_poll() (Re: updates)

2012-05-11 Thread gustavo panizzo
adding debian-boot i've installed unstable on the box (using debootstrap) and it boots 3.2.0-2-sparc64 sucessfully, networking works obp diags shows no errors but when i boot from network using http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/sparc/daily/netboot/boot.img 11-05-2012 i get the following erro

Bug#672520: syslinux-common: spins on boot, never shows the boot menu

2012-05-11 Thread Julien Cristau
Package: syslinux-common Version: 2:4.05+dfsg-3 Severity: grave Tags: d-i Justification: renders package unusable Steps to reproduce: - in a d-i checkout, run "make -C build build_netboot" - boot the resulting build/dest/netboot/mini.iso With 2:4.05+dfsg-2 I get the expected boot menu. With -3 n

Bug#672523: please include "preserve /home" functionality

2012-05-11 Thread email . bug
Package: debian-installer Downstream, I have found the possibility to do a clean re-install "over" an exitising installation very useful, and I think it may also be useful with debian. For example, if you need to upgrade laptops that have rather small (thus only a swap+root partition setup) an

Re: [sparc] Kernel NULL pointer dereference in sungem/gem_poll() (Re: updates)

2012-05-11 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:25:01PM -0300, gustavo panizzo wrote: > adding debian-boot > > > i've installed unstable on the box (using debootstrap) and it boots > 3.2.0-2-sparc64 sucessfully, networking works > > obp diags shows no errors > > but when i boot from network using > http://d-i.deb

Debian installer build: failed or old builds

2012-05-11 Thread Daily build aggregator
Debian installer build overview --- Failed or old builds: * OLD BUILD:armel May 08 08:10 buildd@ancina build_iop32x_netboot http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/daily/build_iop32x_netboot.log * OLD BUILD:armel May 08 08:13 buildd@ancina

Re: [sparc] Kernel NULL pointer dereference in sungem/gem_poll() (Re: updates)

2012-05-11 Thread gustavo panizzo
Jurij Smakov wrote: > >If that triggers a null pointer exception on your machine (try it both >with and without network brought up and check dmesg afterwards), we >will be in a very good position to report it upstream for fixing. i will be checking it next week -- Sent from my Android phon

Bug#672523: please include "preserve /home" functionality

2012-05-11 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting email@arcor.de (email@arcor.de): > > Package: debian-installer > > Downstream, I have found the possibility to do a clean re-install "over" an > exitising > installation very useful, and I think it may also be useful with debian. I'm less convinced. Debian is meant for being upg

Bug#672523: please include "preserve /home" functionality

2012-05-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, May 12, 2012 at 08:08:12AM +0200, Christian PERRIER a écrit : > > > > For example, if you need to upgrade laptops that have rather small (thus > > only a swap+root partition setup) and full harddisks to the next release. > > (Especially if you will also need to change the desktop environm