Re: Second round of powerpc subarch investigation : boot-loaders.

2003-10-22 Thread Rogério Brito
OH, I think that support for some features and/or drivers could be turned off. Also, they could (with some limiations) be put into an initrd (depending on how the new installation system works). []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogério Bri

Re: PowerPC Problem

2002-10-21 Thread Rogério Brito
ver again. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogério Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Help with boot floppies wanted?

2001-08-17 Thread Rogério Brito
I'm quite swamped with work right now). Any feedback is welcome. If you people don't want anybody else bothering you, please let me know and I'll just go away. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: how to use BTS for install disks

2001-08-18 Thread Rogério Brito
e Debian always supports a wide range of software (many platforms etc), I guess that things will be worked out in the meantime. And I have already offered my help to the boot floppies team. :-) []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Bug#536683: console-setup: Installation/upgrade freezes when non-standard XKBLAYOUT used

2009-08-20 Thread Rogério Brito
configuration phase, spawning new processes and there is starvation in the installation. BTW, I tested with many keyboard layouts not with "non-standard" and I never had any success. Thus, I'm raising the severity of this bug. If more information is desired, please let me know.

Re: debian-installer daily images

2009-09-06 Thread Rogério Brito
usable it is (perhaps to get more users for the port). Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org

Re: no sound on powermac3,3 (powerbook g4 550) debian502 gnome

2009-09-07 Thread Rogério Brito
Just for the record, I'm including here people from debian-boot, so that this extra piece of information gets somehow included in future versions of d-i (if it is not incorporated already). On Sep 07 2009, sergio sevillano wrote: > Rogério Brito escribió: > >See if it works and

Re: no sound on powermac3,3 (powerbook g4 550) debian502 gnome

2009-09-13 Thread Rogério Brito
edge about hardware. Opinons? Regards, Rogério Brito. P.S.: Ben, are there low-hanging fruits in the kernel for PowePC on Macs? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#536683: bash execution trace

2009-09-14 Thread Rogério Brito
but I saw that it was looking for xorg.conf and I moved it out of the way, "dpkg -i console-blablah" and it installed. Now, one thing to see is if all the people having this very serious problem have any X configuration file or if they are starting with a non-existent X config.

Bug#536683: Info received (bash execution trace)

2009-09-14 Thread Rogério Brito
the settings for the mouse and interprets them as the settings for the keyboard also (which is not always the right thing). I will continue this bug-hunting here, but it seems to be coming to an end. :-) Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D

Re: Update of Linux 2.6.30?

2009-09-14 Thread Rogério Brito
273] | Fedora bugzilla reports: [443203] | but possible some additional bugs as well. | | Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn | Signed-off-by: John W. Linville ` The "some additional bugs as well" is particularly important, at least in my case. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr

Bug#536683: bash execution trace

2009-09-14 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Andreas. On Sep 14 2009, Andreas Juch wrote: > Am Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:59:11 -0300 > schrieb Rogério Brito : > > Please, let us know. > > Hi! > > I'm suffering from that problem too (testing/unstable system). Right. > I have a Xorg config: (...)

Bug#536683: console-setup: getting it diagnosed

2009-09-14 Thread Rogério Brito
age, it seems that any presence of xorg.conf creates a problem here. The configure script of console-setup (in my case, console-setup-mini, as I don't want to drag spurious dependencies) should be more resistant. Thanks for testing my hypothesis, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito :

Re: Problems with Debian PowerPC

2009-12-16 Thread Rogério Brito
h part of gnome is not installable? Have you tried seeing the subpackages which gnome uses (if you're going for the full-blown metapackage---I always stay away from that for philosophical reasons, as I want a "different" gnome from what one gets by default). Regards, Rogério Brito.

Re: [RFH] Update of Debian Installer for 2.6.29

2009-04-25 Thread Rogério Brito
dragging more and more dependencies. Getting miboot and miboot-enabled kernels would be a good thing. And I can try to see how things are going if the kernel doesn't work... Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.us

Re: powerpc dailies back

2009-04-26 Thread Rogério Brito
ge and I think that it could enter non-free, perhaps. Here are my modifications: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Format: 1.8 Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:37:43 -0300 Source: miboot Binary: miboot Architecture: source all Version: 1.0d4-2.1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Jeremie Koenig Changed-By: Rogério Brit

Re: Debian PowerPc installer initramfs-tools generates malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab

2010-06-28 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, there. Just a quick status update. I am including debian-boot here. If any mailing list should be dropped, just say so. On 06/27/2010 10:01 PM, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Jun 28 2010, Benjamin Cama wrote: >> - maintenance of yaboot has always been "flacky" in the sense

Re: Debian PowerPc installer initramfs-tools generates malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab

2010-07-13 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi. Just a quick status update on this (I'm catching up on e-mail). On 06/28/2010 02:42 PM, Rogério Brito wrote: > We could, perhaps, offer two boot loaders for NewWorld ppc machines in Debian > and phase out yaboot once we know that GRUB2 works fine. (That still leaves > those u

Re: Debian PowerPc installer initramfs-tools generates malformed yaboot.conf created when alternate partitions use UUID= in fstab

2010-07-14 Thread Rogério Brito
with/taken from OpenFirmware (in case it would be the hd alias that OpenFirmware uses for the disk), but flexibilizing this for systems that may have more than one HD would be desireable (i.e., stay with the numbering with the HDs). But that doesn't prevent one from using grub2 right

Re: patches to ybin

2010-07-21 Thread Rogério Brito
e newer upstream versions into the repository that I listed above. That's it for the moment. Regards, -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{ime.usp.br,gmail.com} : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://rb.doesntexist.org : Packages for LaTeX : algorithms.berlios.de DebianQA: http://qa.debian.org/developer.

Re: Which module should one use for sound on pmacs? (was: Re: debian-testing-powerpc-xfce+lxde, 7/26/10)

2010-07-29 Thread Rogério Brito
-aoa > didn't auto-load? Right. The way that things are currently is that snd-aoa is "force fed" and causes some machines to not have any kind of sound. Otavio, who should we talk to to get it working this way for the upcoming release? Thanks for your input, -- Rogér

Re: Debian Installer - boot floppies

2006-03-04 Thread Rogério Brito
reported earlier, but using mtools (say, mcopy and friends) makes the drive become unusable (I don't remember the messages literally here, because I'm not at the front of the computer, but I can serve as a guinea pig if needed---despite my lack of free time). Thanks, Rogério Brito. -- Ro