Bug#689474: debian-installer: garbage in /etc/network/interfaces

2012-10-03 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 02:34:06AM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote: > Robert Edmonds wrote: > > (when i did the install i put in "8.8.8.8" for the DNS server and that > > setting was written correctly to /etc/resolv.conf.) > i guess i should also mention that i did static IPv4 network > configuration (

Re: all kinds of problems installing with IPMI serial-over-IP terminal - SOLVED (sort of)

2012-10-03 Thread Bjørn Mork
Miles Fidelman writes: > well, it turns out that the installer, when accessed over a remote > serial connection, forgets its kernel options when going into rescue > mode > > i.e.: > boot: CR #works just fine > boot: rescue CR # fails miserably > boot: rescue console=ttyS2,115200n8 #works just fin

Bug#689512: installation-reports: Lenovo ThinkPad X131e AMD - graphics initially fail after installation

2012-10-03 Thread Phil Reynolds
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Boot method: USB stick with dd of iso netinstall image Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd /wheezy-DI-b2-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 01/10/2012 17:00-02/10/2012 11:45 Machine: Lenovo ThinkPad

Re: Bug#433568: VLANs during install are important

2012-10-03 Thread YunQiang Su
I patched vlan to work with VLAN for linux and kfreebsd now. While I have no idea whether we should load 8021q module manually. I seems that 8021q module is not included in d-i (Linux). Thanks for Aron Xu to write the templates. -- YunQiang Su vlan.diff Description: Binary data

Bug#688273: Preseed netcfg/use_autoconfig and netcfg/disable_dhcp doesn't work

2012-10-03 Thread YunQiang Su
This patch seems make it work. -- YunQiang Su use_autoconfig.diff Description: Binary data

Please unblock/urgent debian-installer/20120930

2012-10-03 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi folks, debian-installer/20120930 has been copy-installer'd earlier, so please unblock it: unblock debian-installer/20120930 urgent debian-installer/20120930 If you're happy to do that independently of ftpmasters' actions, I can mail both teams next time. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Descripti

boot parameter libata.force=1.5Gbps not recognized

2012-10-03 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Hi, Adding "libata.force=1.5Gbps" to the boot parameters for the installer doesn't work. It leads to a message saying "unknown parameter 5Gbps". (Trying 3.0Gbps leads to "unknown parameter 0Gbps" so it looks like it could be a parsing issue.) Details: I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NS140E laptop that

Re: preseed.cfg file ignored?

2012-10-03 Thread Philipp Kern
On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 09:51:57PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I noticed that d-i used DHCP, even though the /preseed.cfg information > specified a static IP. Can /preseed.cfg no longer be used to preseed > network config? The preseed option name changed. That's on the to-do list for the nex

Re: preseed.cfg file ignored?

2012-10-03 Thread YunQiang Su
See Bug#688273 On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 09:51:57PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: >> I noticed that d-i used DHCP, even though the /preseed.cfg information >> specified a static IP. Can /preseed.cfg no longer be used to preseed >> network con

Bug#689528: please add virtio support for cdrom at install time

2012-10-03 Thread Harald Dunkel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD kvm -m 2048 -drive file=/export/storage/usba.img,if=virtio -drive file=/var/tmp/debian-wheezy-DI-b2-amd64-netinst.iso,if=virtio,media=cdrom,boot=on -net nic,model=virtio -net tap -vnc :1 -usbdevice table

Re: preseed.cfg file ignored?

2012-10-03 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Philipp Kern [2012-10-03 17:34]: > The preseed option name changed. That's on the to-do list for the next > beta/RC. Is use_dhcp in there? If not it might be that IP > configuration still triggers DHCP autoconfiguration because of a bug > in netcfg. We set the following: d-i netcfg/confirm_

Re: preseed.cfg file ignored?

2012-10-03 Thread YunQiang Su
d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true is enough On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Philipp Kern [2012-10-03 17:34]: >> The preseed option name changed. That's on the to-do list for the next >> beta/RC. Is use_dhcp in there? If not it might be that IP >> configur

Bug#689531: Static config doesn't work - disable_autoconfig needed

2012-10-03 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Package: oldsys-preseed Severity: serious I noticed that d-i used DHCP, even though the /preseed.cfg information specified a static IP. Apparently disable_autoconfig is required now. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/10/msg00023.html -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ --

Bug#689474: debian-installer: garbage in /etc/network/interfaces

2012-10-03 Thread Robert Edmonds
Philipp Kern wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 02:34:06AM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote: > > Robert Edmonds wrote: > > > (when i did the install i put in "8.8.8.8" for the DNS server and that > > > setting was written correctly to /etc/resolv.conf.) > > i guess i should also mention that i did static

Re: Please unblock/urgent debian-installer/20120930

2012-10-03 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 15:42:29 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi folks, > > debian-installer/20120930 has been copy-installer'd earlier, so please > unblock it: > > unblock debian-installer/20120930 > urgent debian-installer/20120930 > Unblocked and aged. Cheers, Julien signature.asc Desc

Debian EFI test CDs build 4 on a Macbook 3,1

2012-10-03 Thread Michael Strobel
Hello, i recently installed debian wheezy on my quite old Macbook 3,1. Since it has been installed only 4 or 5 days there's no final conclusion, but as far as i can judge the situation everything looks fine. GPT with LVM is fine, grub2-efi works and even the nasty AHCI-SSD bug is gone (http://bugs

Bug#689531: Static config doesn't work - disable_autoconfig needed

2012-10-03 Thread Philipp Kern
Please give us time post-b3 to finalize the preseeding details before uploading a fix. Unless b3 is postponed for this. It's possible/likely that we revert the new behavior or support the old setting in addition. It is an open to-do item for netcfg in any case but we agreed back then not to dela

Bug#689531: Static config doesn't work - disable_autoconfig needed

2012-10-03 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Philipp Kern [2012-10-03 23:34]: > Please give us time post-b3 to finalize the preseeding details > before uploading a fix. Unless b3 is postponed for this. No need to delay b3 for this imho. Please let me know post-b3 what I have to change in oldsys-preseed or commit your fix directly. Thank

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Robert Edmonds
Package: debian-installer Version: 20121003 Severity: normal hi, i've set up a wheezy box for running virtual machines using libvirt, QEMU/KVM, virt-install, etc. i don't really like installing VMs using VGA-over-VNC, so i tried a serial console installation, like this: vi

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 18:04:50 -0400, a écrit : > virt-install \ Do you know what kind of terminal virt-install emulates? (if it emulates anything, instead of just passing chars by). > i ran this over ssh, running in an 80x25 xfce4-terminal, value of TERM > was "xterm", if that m

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Robert Edmonds
Robert Edmonds wrote: > * normally on a long menu screen you can scroll down by pressing the > down arrow key. this doesn't seem to work, and i couldn't manage > to reach the (hidden) options on the "configure the package > manager" screen where you can toggle sources.list en

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Robert Edmonds
[ sorry, this should have gone to the BTS. ] Robert Edmonds wrote: > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 18:04:50 -0400, a écrit : > > > virt-install \ > > > > Do you know what kind of terminal virt-install emulates? (if it emulates > > anything, instead of just pass

Bug#689531: Static config doesn't work - disable_autoconfig needed

2012-10-03 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Martin Michlmayr (03/10/2012): > No need to delay b3 for this imho. > > Please let me know post-b3 what I have to change in oldsys-preseed > or commit your fix directly. Looks like a candidate for an errata item indeed. Feel free to provide me/the list with the usual one-line summary plus a para

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 18:33:13 -0400, a écrit : > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 18:04:50 -0400, a écrit : > > > virt-install \ > > > > Do you know what kind of terminal virt-install emulates? (if it emulates > > anything, instead of just passing cha

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Robert Edmonds
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 18:04:50 -0400, a écrit : > > virt-install \ > > Do you know what kind of terminal virt-install emulates? (if it emulates > anything, instead of just passing chars by). virt-install actually just invokes "virsh console". looking at

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Robert Edmonds
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 18:33:13 -0400, a écrit : > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 18:04:50 -0400, a écrit : > > > > virt-install \ > > > > > > Do you know what kind of terminal virt-install emulates? (if it emulates > > >

Bug#689548: debian-installer: serial console glitches

2012-10-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Edmonds, le Wed 03 Oct 2012 19:01:48 -0400, a écrit : > ok, i tried "virsh console" from a real linux virtual console and it > worked just fine with d-i. Probably because the linux console is more based on vt102 sequences than xterm is. > is there a better X terminal emulator in debian for

Bug#689474: debian-installer: garbage in /etc/network/interfaces

2012-10-03 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 12:23:17AM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote: > i'd guess there's a buffer somewhere in netcfg that's not getting > properly filled. Indeed, thanks for the report. I see the issue, maybe it got lost in the rebasing efforts. (Two nameserver variables exist and one of them is popul

Debian installer build: failed or old builds

2012-10-03 Thread Daily build aggregator
Debian installer build overview --- Failed or old builds: * OLD BUILD:armel Sep 30 08:09 buildd@ancina build_iop32x_netboot http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/daily/build_iop32x_netboot.log * OLD BUILD:armel Sep 30 08:12 buildd@ancina