Bug#923675: debian-installer: consider using haveged to gather entropy

2019-04-16 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2019/04/16 23:45, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > I'm no cryptographer so I cannot judge haveged from that angle. Ditto here, but... > But from a /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail standpoint, starting > the haveged daemon inside d-i, a couple of screens after the graphical > installer start-up, I

Help needed: outstanding Debian live bugs

2019-04-17 Thread Jonathan Carter
Thanks! -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄ Be Bold. Be brave. Debian has got your back.

Re: 10.4 planning

2020-04-06 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2020/04/06 13:16, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > I realise things are a little unusual right now, but it's about time > that we started looking at dates for 10.4. > > I guess the biggest impact of current circumstances on the process is > likely to be around image testing, as there won't be a bunch o

Re: Towards Debian Buster Alpha 4

2018-08-29 Thread Jonathan Carter
ee if I can manage >> to make the new alpha happen in the next few days or weeks. > > OK! :-) Also ack, downloading and initiating smoke testing for live images too. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/high

Permission to join

2019-01-17 Thread Jonathan Carter
). Raphael and Christian, are you ok that I add myself to uploader of live-installer? thanks -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄ Be Bold. Be brave

Re: Permission to join

2019-01-17 Thread Jonathan Carter
I care about today. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄ Be Bold. Be brave. Debian has got your back.

Re: Permission to join

2019-01-18 Thread Jonathan Carter
ter is released unless someone has beaten me to it. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄ Be Bold. Be brave. Debian has got your back.

Re: 10.7 planning

2020-10-30 Thread Jonathan Carter
th of 5th would be preferable. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄ Debian, the universal operating system.

Re: Calamares Installer on the website?

2020-12-19 Thread Jonathan Carter
md64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#debian-live] - but (clearly) no one ever reads those :) -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄ Debian, the universal operating system.

Re: Finding a tentative bullseye release date

2021-04-23 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi Cyril On 2021/04/23 22:30, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > No, I don't have any amdgpu hardware at the moment; but yes, I have > leader@'s checklist handy for when I can allocate some time to plan for > this. I suggest getting a standalone card and laptop (there are some really cheap ones with amd GP

Re: 11.7 planning + bookworm planning

2023-04-13 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi Paul On 2023/04/13 11:29, Paul Gevers wrote: The 13th is in a month from today. We're still missing press and a cooked solution for the release team. Press team is in some slight limbo at the moment, I hope to help fix that after the DPL election is over, in the mean time, it might be a g

Re: 11.7 planning + bookworm planning

2023-04-13 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi Paul On 2023/04/13 11:29, Paul Gevers wrote: > The 13th is in a month from today. We're still missing press and a cooked solution for the release team. Press team is in some slight limbo at the moment, I hope to help fix that after the DPL election is over, in the mean time, it might be a

Bug#1037118: installation-reports: booting to d-i does not complete on Samsung Galaxy Book (arm64 laptop)

2023-06-05 Thread Jonathan Carter
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal Boot method: USB Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bookworm_di_rc4/arm64/iso-cd/debian-bookworm-DI-rc4-arm64-netinst.iso Date: 2023-06-05 Machine: Samsung Galaxy Book Go 5G Partitions: n/a Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = O

Bug#1037391: debian-installer: xorg configuration fails when booting d-i graphical mode on netinst iso under virtualbox

2023-06-12 Thread Jonathan Carter
Source: debian-installer Version: 20230607 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, When booting the debian-12.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso image in VirtualBox (7.0.8-dfsg-2 from unstable/contrib) under UEFI and selecting the Graphical Install (default) option, Xorg fails to start, apparently due to being inco

Bug#1037391: debian-installer: xorg configuration fails when booting d-i graphical mode on netinst iso under virtualbox

2023-06-12 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2023/06/12 12:51, Jonathan Carter wrote: I can't copy and paste from my virtualbox screen, but will add a screenshot in a reply. Screenshot attached.

Bug#1041207: debootstrap: bad NMU produces buildds not supported by dpkg _and_ CTTE

2023-07-17 Thread Jonathan Carter
I want to echo what Simon said, please don't partake in commit ping-pong, it is unbecoming of a Debian Developer, and not the correct course of action if you disagree with something. It also reflects poorly on the project, so please refrain from doing so, even if you don't agree with how decisi

Bug#1043226: debian-installer: Please consider moving root user setup to expert install, or change text

2023-08-07 Thread Jonathan Carter
Source: debian-installer Version: 20230607+deb12u1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, When setting up users and passwords in debian-installer in a default install, it prompts a user to set up a root password. In d-i, this works very different than in other installers, which causes quite a bit of

Re: Bug#1068197: debian-installer: accesses the internet during build

2024-04-01 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2024/04/01 18:55, Aurelien Jarno wrote: debian-installer attemps network access during build, although only to the mirrors listed in /etc/apt/sources.list and in a secure way. This is forbidden by Policy 4.9: For packages in the main archive, required targets must not attempt network ac

Re: 10.6 planning

2020-09-10 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2020/09/09 20:24, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > - September 26/27 > - October 3/4 Both work for me thanks. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄ Debia

Re: Firmware GR result - what happens next?

2022-10-09 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Hi Steve On 2022/10/08 18:37, Steve McIntyre wrote: * Is PXE over wifi a thing? Never seen it... I've been poking around firmware setups of new laptops, and I'm intrigued by a new option that at least all the new Dell laptops have, called httpboot. It seems that you can just provide a URL

Bug#863868: USB Memory Stick: Issues with win32diskimager

2017-06-06 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
On 06/06/2017 12:07, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>> My own recommendation now would be Rufus, in dd mode. >> >> My recommendation would be for nothing to be recommended. Changing it >> on a year by year is hardly inspiring. Debian should not be >> *recommending* software it has no control over; especial

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-16 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Hi Wouter On 16/11/2017 13:53, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > At $DAYJOB I'm currently supporting a piece of software for which I > provide binary packages for a number of distributions. As part of that, > I find myself having to install a Fedora or CentOS VM occasionally. At my $DAYJOB(s) I work on al

Re: Easier installer?

2017-11-18 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Hi Samuel On 18/11/2017 02:15, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Put another way: I *don't* think we want to change this set of > questions, we'd just lose users. Thus the other proposal, proposed right > from the start of the thread: have *another* panel of questions really > meant for beginner, and that

Re: Installing 2 encrypted Debians alongside Windows

2018-03-05 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
On 05/03/2018 17:44, coco...@t-online.de wrote: > If I try to accomplish this with the 9.2.1 install DVD, will Debian > Installer be aware of the existence of the pre-existing Debian install > when generating/updating Grub? Yep. -Jonathan