Bug#834974: Installation Report: Stretch Alpha 7 on Cubox-i4pro

2016-09-04 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 4, 2016, at 3:12 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: >> On Sep 2, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >> >>> I'd be curious if you re-install and delete each partition individually >>> and re-create manually vs. using one of the auto-partitioning methods. &

Bug#836925: u-boot: installation report for u-boot and u-boot-tools 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1

2016-09-07 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: u-boot Version: 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1 Severity: normal I installed u-boot and u-boot-tools from the Debian experimental repo -- versions 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1 I installed the new u-boot using the procedure in /usr/share/doc/u-boot/README.Debian The newly installed u-boot loaded and execut

Bug#832713: systemd: after "systemd (231-1) unstable" update systemd-jurnald.service fails to start

2016-08-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 12, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Pete Batard wrote: > Okay. I have now gone through a dpkg -i install of all the (non dbgsym) .deb > I see on your server, and also issued a reboot for good measure, but I still > see the same problem with journald being failed, along with dependent services Hi Fil

Bug#816959: apticron: Error with packages on hold.

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: apticron Version: 1.1.58 Followup-For: Bug #816959 Dear Maintainer, Me too... -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architect

Bug#832713: closed by Martin Pitt (Bug#832893: fixed in systemd 231-2)

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Thomas
Sorry, it’s not fixed in 231-2… Please see attached boot log. Rick screenlog.xz Description: Binary data

Bug#834376: ifupdown: boot console says 'Failed to start Raise network interfaces' yet interface is up

2016-08-14 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: ifupdown Version: 0.8.13 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Updated to latest debian Sid See attached screenlog of boot. note error message quoted in subject line After boot is completed we see: rbthomas@sheeva:~$ systemctl status networking.service * networking.service - Raise netw

Bug#832713: closed by Martin Pitt (Bug#832893: fixed in systemd 231-2)

2016-08-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 14, 2016, at 11:13 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > Rick, if you comment out MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes in your service > files in /lib/systemd/system, is the problem gone? Yeah, that seems to make the problem go away. Rick

Bug#834376: ifupdown: boot console says 'Failed to start Raise network interfaces' yet interface is up

2016-08-16 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks Pascal! On Aug 16, 2016, at 12:59 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 16/08/2016 à 09:03, Rick Thomas a écrit : >> >> Aug 14 17:02:41 sheeva systemd[1]: Starting Raise network interfaces... >> Aug 14 17:02:46 sheeva ifup[893]: /sbin/ifup: waiting for lock on >>

Bug#834376: ifupdown: boot console says 'Failed to start Raise network interfaces' yet interface is up

2016-08-16 Thread Rick Thomas
> On Aug 16, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Guus Sliepen wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 01:07:15PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> Thanks Pascal! > > Indeed thanks, now I have less explaining to do :) And thank you Guus :) Now I understand a lot more than I did. > A

Bug#834376: ifupdown: boot console says 'Failed to start Raise network interfaces' yet interface is up

2016-08-16 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 16, 2016, at 4:51 PM, Guus Sliepen wrote: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 03:56:56PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >>> Another option is to add the following line to /etc/systl.conf: >>> >>> net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra=0 >> >> Do I understand

Bug#834376: ifupdown: boot console says 'Failed to start Raise network interfaces' yet interface is up

2016-08-16 Thread Rick Thomas
It may be worth noting that after “updateinitramfs -u” I don’t see /etc/sysctl.conf in the new initrd file: > root@sheeva:~# lsinitramfs -l /boot/initrd.img | grep sysctl > -rwxr-xr-x 205 root root0 Apr 17 15:03 sbin/sysctl So if the kernel is picking up the RA before switching

Bug#836925: u-boot: installation report for u-boot and u-boot-tools 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1

2016-09-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 12, 2016, at 2:30 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > Control: severity 836925 important > > On 2016-09-07, Rick Thomas wrote: >> I installed the new u-boot using the procedure in >> /usr/share/doc/u-boot/README.Debian >> >> The newly installed u-boot

Bug#837629: u-boot 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1 bricks my openrd ultimate

2016-09-12 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: u-boot Version: 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? As requested by Vagrant I'm testing u-boot 2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1 on my OpenRD Ultimate machine. * Wha

Bug#837629: u-boot 2016.09 in Debian

2016-09-14 Thread Rick Thomas
> On Sep 12, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > > On 2016-09-10, Karsten Merker wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 09:22:23AM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >>> The current u-boot packages in Debian experimental (2016.09~rc2+dfsg1-1) >>> appear to be working fine for the platforms I've

Bug#837629: u-boot 2016.09 in Debian

2016-09-14 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 14, 2016, at 5:31 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > Worst case, we have to remove it from stretch again if it really is that > bad... I’ll certainly do the test. If it still doesn’t work on the OpenRD, I would not remove it from stretch just yet. Frankly, there just aren’t that many Ope

Bug#837629: u-boot 2016.09 in Debian

2016-09-16 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 15, 2016, at 10:43 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > Control: severity 837629 serious > > On 2016-09-14, Rick Thomas wrote: >> On Sep 14, 2016, at 5:31 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >> >>> Worst case, we have to remove it from stretch again if it really

Bug#837629: OpenRD* with debian's u-boot 2016.09

2016-09-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 16, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > There is at one report of an OpenRD ultimate that would not boot with > the 2016.09~rc2 version of u-boot in debian. Uploaded 2016.09+dfsg-1 to > unstable a few days ago. Would you be able to confirm if OpenRD variants > that you have still

Bug#834376: ifupdown: boot console says 'Failed to start Raise network interfaces' yet interface is up

2016-08-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 17, 2016, at 12:09 AM, Guus Sliepen wrote: > What you then have to do is clean up after the > kernel, by adding the following to /etc/network/interfaces: > > pre-up ip -6 a flush dev $IFACE mngtmpaddr > > You can add this to either the inet or inet6 stanza. Tried it. This works

Bug#834974: Installation Report: Stretch Alpha 7 on Cubox-i4pro

2016-08-22 Thread Rick Thomas
I can confirm this problem. I just got thru running a “stretch” install on my test Cuboxi4Pro with ingredients from: > wget > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz > wget > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists

Bug#834974: Installation Report: Stretch Alpha 7 on Cubox-i4pro

2016-08-22 Thread Rick Thomas
For what it’s worth, I just tried booting with an HDMI monitor connected to see if the silence on the serial-port was just a matter of console messages being directed to the HDMI video port instead. Still no go. Silence all-round. Rick > On Aug 22, 2016, at 9:15 PM, Rick Thomas wr

Bug#821056: u-boot-tools: no example /etc/fw_env.config files for openrd devices

2016-04-14 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: u-boot-tools Version: 2016.03+dfsg1-3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, The directory /usr/share/doc/u-boot-tools/examples/ has example .config files for a variety of devices, but none for the OpenRD base, client or ultimate. Until recently, this was not a roblem because recent versions

Bug#821056: u-boot-tools: no example /etc/fw_env.config files for openrd devices

2016-04-16 Thread Rick Thomas
On Apr 15, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2016-04-14, Rick Thomas wrote: >> The directory /usr/share/doc/u-boot-tools/examples/ has example .config files >> for a variety of devices, but none for the OpenRD base, client or ultimate. > ... >> Oh, and

Bug#821056: u-boot-tools: no example /etc/fw_env.config files for openrd devices

2016-04-16 Thread Rick Thomas
the change? Or was it just one of those things that “seemed like a good idea at the time” ? On Apr 16, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Apr 15, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > >> On 2016-04-14, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> The directory /usr/share/d

Bug#821056: u-boot-tools: no example /etc/fw_env.config files for openrd devices

2016-04-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On Apr 17, 2016, at 8:35 AM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2016-04-16, Rick Thomas wrote: >> Re-reading this, I realize that I said “0x8” for the environment >> location of legacy u-boot. But when I went to test it, the true value >> turned out to be “0xa”.

Bug#837629: OpenRD* with debian's u-boot 2016.09

2016-10-01 Thread Rick Thomas
OK. I’ll give it a try. More when I know more. Rick On Oct 1, 2016, at 3:39 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2016-09-17, Rick Thomas wrote: >> On Sep 16, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >>> https://bugs.debian.org/837629 >>> >>> If it can&#

Bug#837629: OpenRD* with debian's u-boot 2016.09

2016-10-03 Thread Rick Thomas
On Oct 1, 2016, at 3:39 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > On 2016-09-17, Rick Thomas wrote: >> On Sep 16, 2016, at 3:19 PM, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >>> https://bugs.debian.org/837629 >>> >>> If it can't be fixed, I'll likely remove OpenRD ultimat

Bug#1068898: Tested Martin's installer on OpenRD client and it works.

2024-07-19 Thread Rick Thomas
Sorry for the long delay in getting to this! I have successfully installed Debian 12.6 on my OpenRD "client" machine using Martin's installer. Please make it generally available as per this bug report! Enjoy! Rick

Bug#1068898: Reinstate OpenRD netboot images for bookworm

2024-06-20 Thread Rick Thomas
No sweat -- just point me at the image and let me know anything special I should be looking out for. Rick On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, at 10:06 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Cyril Brulebois [2024-06-20 07:04]: >> If memory serves, last time I did build stuff on a porter box to make >> sure the genera

Bug#415543: xorg: xserver crashes on beige G3 PowerMac

2007-05-27 Thread Rick Thomas
It will take a little while for me to get to this. I put the machine in storage when Etch went "live". If there's still interest in the issue, I'll get it back out and we can do any experiments you want to do. Unfortunately, "real" life is taking a bit more time than usual recently (m

Bug#415543: xorg: xserver crashes on beige G3 PowerMac

2007-05-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On May 27, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Brice Goglin wrote: Well, it is up to you to decide whether you want the problem to be fixed soon or not :) The question behind the question was (an I apologize for not asking it directly the first time around), in light of my "real" life situation, is your

Bug#467167: Package: installation-reports

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 23, 2008, at 7:59 AM, Ulrich Krumpholz wrote: Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD for network installation Image version: lenny daily snapshot http://cdimage.debian.org/ cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing- i386-netinst.iso Date: 21.02.2008 20:

Bug#468103: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: xterm On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the "ssh" package on it. I can "ssh" to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to

Bug#463765: debian-installer: Installer offers to install "grub" bootloader on PowerPC. Why?

2008-02-02 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Using this "businesscard" install disk: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/ Daily build #2 for powerpc, using installer build from sid These images will install the testing version of Debian, currently Len

Bug#463765: debian-installer: Installer offers to install "grub" bootloader on PowerPC. Why?

2008-02-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 2, 2008, at 11:39 PM, Nick Schmalenberger wrote: Grub does exist for powerpc, grub2 http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/grub2.html but as that page says it has an unsatisfiable dependency right now for powerpc so its broken. Has there been any progress on this since: http://lists.debian.o

Bug#451386: #451386 mac-fdisk: warning about differently sized symbol in shared object

2007-12-14 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:11:33 +0100 (CET), Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The error is from ld.so, so gdb won't help a lot here. I'm on the move as we speak, so uploading a new version may take a few more days. That was almost a month ago. But the warning is still getting pri

Bug#506813: "aptitude update" downloads same pdiff file twice

2008-11-24 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.10-1lenny1.1+b1 Severity: normal As shown in the appended output, "aptitude update" seems to be downloading some "pdiff" files twice. I'm also appending my sources.list file incase it matters. = aptitude update output === Get:1 http:

Bug#419571: cryptsetup: Bug is still present in very recent Lenny

2008-10-09 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: cryptsetup Version: 2:1.0.6-6 Followup-For: Bug #419571 Unless it has been fixed *very* recently, this bug (boot fails to ask for password of second physical volume of VG containing root) has not been fixed. (At least) part of the problem may be in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cr

Bug#510271: installation-report: Lenny on a Slug - eventual success after a few tries and some fixups

2008-12-31 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 31, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: ext2 instead of ext3 is a good idea... maybe this should be offered on the NSLU2 by default as one option. On the other hand, it's also fairly easy to use the default partition schema and then change ext3 to ext2 in the partitioner manually

Bug#510666: Installer run from USB stick should prefer iso image on stick over one on hard drive

2009-01-04 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 4, 2009, at 2:45 AM, Christian Perrier wrote: reassign 510666 iso-scan thanks Quoting Aenoch Lynn (aenoch_l...@yahoo.com): I wanted to try the USB install of lenny, so from a working lenny installation on my machine (which I intended to overwrite) I put the installer on a 2 GB USB thu

Bug#510271: installation-report: Lenny on a Slug - eventual success after a few tries and some fixups

2009-01-08 Thread Rick Thomas
I'm getting ready to try this Friday. What URL should I use to download the Debian Installer from? Thanks! Rick On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Rick Thomas [2008-12-30 19:12]: One thing worth mentioning though: I have a full-service DHCP on this subnet, so i

Bug#510271: installation-report: Lenny on a Slug - eventual success after a few tries and some fixups

2009-01-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Rick Thomas [2008-12-30 19:12]: One thing worth mentioning though: I have a full-service DHCP on this subnet, so it got the network parameters from DHCP. This was successful, but for some reason it decided that the DNS domain was

Bug#510271: installation-report: Lenny on a Slug - eventual success after a few tries and some fixups

2009-01-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 12, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Rick Thomas [2009-01-12 10:13]: If you send me a copy of your /dev/mtdblock1, I can verify whether you set a domain name or not. Here you go. Yep, no domain is set. Assuming that I did not set a domain back when I had the Linksys

Bug#504592: upgrade-reports: Went like a charm! (almost)

2008-11-07 Thread Rick Thomas
On Nov 5, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Package: upgrade-reports Severity: wishlist Thanks to everyone for the excellent work. As far as I am concerned: go ahead and release!! 8-) Despite the few remaining RC bugs, lenny is already better than etch. I followed the very simpl

Bug#375422: Boot failure with kernel 2.6.15 on G4

2008-12-20 Thread Rick Thomas
t, but it works OK. I think you can close this bugreport. Enjoy! Rick On Nov 27, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 05:50:17PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: debian-installer I just attempted to install the debian powerpc daily businesscard iso fro

Bug#509308: gksu failing to remember password

2008-12-20 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: gksu Version: 2.0.0-6 When I try to start the "Root Terminal" accessory on my recently installed (from the RC1 xfce CD) xfce4 "Sid" system it asks for the superuser password every time even though I have checked the "remember" box. When I provide the password, the screen flashes a cou

Bug#509308: Acknowledgement (gksu failing to remember password)

2008-12-20 Thread Rick Thomas
Installing "dbus-x11" made the problem go away. Is the xfce CD not installing that automatically, perhaps? Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#369760: Video problems installing etch on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige G3)

2008-12-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 25, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 03:00:47AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: debian-installer Severity: Important I've been trying to test install the "etch" daily netinst CD on an oldworld Mac (beige G3) and I can't get of

Bug#510263: installation-report: installing Lenny on a slug - eventually successful after a few trys and some fixups

2008-12-30 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal At first -- Package-specific info: Boot method: following instructions on http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/ Image version: http://www.slug-firmware.net/d-click.php?p=download%2Fdebian%2Fnslu2&f=debian-armel-5.0rc1.zip&l=d-license

Bug#510263: Please close this bug

2008-12-30 Thread Rick Thomas
This is an abortive attempt at an installation report. A full report was subsequently submitted. Sorry for the noise! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#510271: installation-report: Lenny on a Slug - eventual success after a few tries and some fixups

2008-12-30 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 30, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: for some reason it decided that the DNS domain was "example.org", not the one being offered by DHCP. For what it's worth: Normal installs (on the console, not via SSH) on PowerPC Macs and i386 PCs on this subnet, using t

Bug#373586: PMac install - probs w/ finish install

2006-06-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 14:24 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > I can confirm this problem ("finish install" doesn't finish the > install - just flashes the screen and returns to the main menu) when > installing on a PowerMac G4. > > I saw it when installing directly

Bug#375422: Boot failure with kernel 2.6.15 on G4

2006-06-25 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: debian-installer I just attempted to install the debian powerpc daily businesscard iso from June 24 on my OldWorld beige G3 test machine, and got the same error. There's been some discussion of a set of patches that prevented this but got dropped from the 2.6.15 kernel. Is anyb

Bug#258908: partitioning works now, can we close this bug?

2006-06-28 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:17 AM, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi Rick, partitioning works now, sarge has been released, can we close this bug? :-) regards, Holger Makes sense to me. Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Bug#370373: Something is wrong in the daily build process for debian testing netinst and businesscard images

2006-06-04 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: debian-installer Interestingly enough, though I first discovered this on the "powerpc" it's not unique to the "powerpc" -- the same thing seems to be happening for "i386". Looking at the DebianInstaller/FAQ - Debian Wiki question 29 takes us to: http://wiki.debian.org/Debia

Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-05 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: debian-installer Installing from the Debian testing beta2 netinst image on a beige G3 oldworld PowerPC Mac, using the BootX bootloader from MacOS9... Everything went just fine until it came time to reboot. (copied by hand from the screen, so forgive any inaccuracies!): Begin: M

Bug#370373: Something is wrong in the daily build process for debian testing netinst and businesscard images

2006-06-05 Thread Rick Thomas
Good! It looks like whatever it was got fixed. Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#370631: failed Installation report for etch daily 2006/06/05 netinst on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-05 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: debian-installer Severity: Important This is a failed Installation report for etch daily 2006/06/05 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3) Installing from the Debian testing etch daily 2006/06/05 netinst image on a beige G3 oldworld PowerPC Mac, using the BootX bootloader from MacOS

Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-06 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 6, 2006, at 6:18 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jun 6, 2006, at 3:46 AM, Sven Luther wrote: Rick, can you send us a list of the dpkg -l of this system, and check exactly what did happen during the kernel installation. If you can provide us all the logs of the installation, or can do

Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-06 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 6, 2006, at 3:46 AM, Sven Luther wrote: Rick, can you send us a list of the dpkg -l of this system, and check exactly what did happen during the kernel installation. If you can provide us all the logs of the installation, or can do another one, it would be welcome. Friendly, Sven L

Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-06 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 6, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Frans Pop wrote: (removing all irrelevant CCs; please respect the reply-to) On Tuesday 06 June 2006 12:18, Rick Thomas wrote: OK, they are here: http://www.rcthomas.org/~rbthomas/logfiles/ As there is absolutely no mention of 2.6.8 in this installation

Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-06 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 6, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Sven Luther wrote: On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 06:29:10PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: It's an oldworld Mac (beige G3) and I use MacOS-9/BootX as the bootloader, so I skipped the "install quik bootloader" step during the install (used "continu

Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-07 Thread Rick Thomas
I just wrote: Ops! Typo! The "2.6.8" in the (hand-typed) quotation above is actually "2.6.15-1" Since this is likely to invalidate all debugging efforts up to now, I'm awaiting further instructions on what to do to provide additional information. I've added to the logfiles website

Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

2006-06-07 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 6, 2006, at 3:46 AM, Sven Luther wrote: reassign 370418 base-installer thanks On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 01:46:02AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: reassign 370418 initramfs-tools thanks On Monday 05 June 2006 09:13, Rick Thomas wrote: Begin: Mounting root file system ... ... Begin: Running

Bug#377747: tasksel dies refusing to install untrusted packages...

2006-07-10 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Boot method: Image version: Date: CD -- netinst > Index of /cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd > Name Last modified Size > > Parent Directory

Bug#377747: tasksel dies refusing to install untrusted packages...

2006-07-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 10, 2006, at 9:18 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: installation-reports Tasksel died refusing with it's last breath to install untrusted packages. Earlier on there were some "GPG" errors that are probably relevant... The syslog file is attached (gziped) Interest

Bug#377747: tasksel dies refusing to install untrusted packages...

2006-07-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 11, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 11 July 2006 23:43, Rick Thomas wrote: Interestingly enough, I just tried this with the corresponding "BusinessCard" image and it worked just fine. Could it be that the first time you tried during a mirror sync? That co

Bug#377747: tasksel dies refusing to install untrusted packages...

2006-07-12 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 12, 2006, at 12:06 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jul 11, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 11 July 2006 23:43, Rick Thomas wrote: Interestingly enough, I just tried this with the corresponding "BusinessCard" image and it worked just fine. Could it be that the

Bug#378164: OldWorld Mac-specific problems; perhaps drop?

2006-07-13 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports On Jul 13, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 06:46:02PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 13 July 2006 18:20, Sven Luther wrote: initrd-tools used to be knoweldgeable about the root device, while initramfs-tools doesn't and you have t

Bug#352610: Please create a udeb for ntpdate

2006-07-14 Thread Rick Thomas
NTP is something I know a bit about. Yeah, ntpdate will do the job, and it's a good bit smaller than the full ntp-simple package. The alternative you were thinking of *may* be "chrony". Both implement enough of the network time protocol (NTP) to do what you want. However, keep in mind tha

Bug#373238: reprise of Something is wrong in the daily build process for debian testing netinst and businesscard images

2006-06-13 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: debian-installer Interestingly enough, though I first discovered this on the "powerpc" it's not unique to the "powerpc" -- the same thing seems to be happening for "i386". Looking at the DebianInstaller/FAQ - Debian Wiki question 29 takes us to: http://wiki.debian.org/Debia

Bug#373863: Installation report netinst PowerMac (new world) printer administration not completely installed

2006-06-15 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Boot method: Booted direct from daily netinst CD Image version: Index of /cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd Name Last modified Size Parent Directory

Bug#373586: PMac install - probs w/ finish install

2006-06-20 Thread Rick Thomas
I can confirm this problem ("finish install" doesn't finish the install - just flashes the screen and returns to the main menu) when installing on a PowerMac G4. I saw it when installing directly from the June 12 jigdo DVD. I haven't had a chance to try the June 19th jigdo DVD just yet.

Bug#379120: lspci present on i386, verify on powerpc

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
I booted my test beige G3 (oldworld) from the miboot floppies with the July 30'th businesscard CD in the CDrom drive. I was also able to do 'lspci' at keyboard selection time. Rick On Jul 31, 2006, at 6:04 AM, Eddy Petrişor wrote: On 29/07/06, Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: O

Bug#258907: This bug can be closed. It's no longer relevant.

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
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Bug#262201: Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant.

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant. I believe it has been fixed in the released "sarge" installer. Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#369760: Similar symptoms using miboot ofonlyboot floppy

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
Interestingly enough, I get similar results when booting from the miboot "ofonlyboot" floppy. Even more interesting, when I use the miboot "boot" floppy the video is slightly strange (some columns flicker) but usable for installation. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#262198: Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant.

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
Please close this bug. It's no longer relevant. Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#380718: lspci command not present after reboot in non-Desktop configuration

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Note: This is not the same bug as #379120. This bug report is about the condition after the reboot. It's not about the time during installation -- before the reboot. It seems that lspci is pulled in by the "Desktop" task. It's absent after the reboot in a "b

Bug#369760: Video problems installing etch on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige G3)

2006-06-01 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: debian-installer Severity: Important I've been trying to test install the "etch" daily netinst CD on an oldworld Mac (beige G3) and I can't get off first base because I can't get the video to co-operate. I'm using the BootX bootloader under MacOS-9.2.2 Before I begin describing my

Bug#258545: OldWorld Mac-specific problems; perhaps drop?

2006-07-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 15, 2006, at 4:21 AM, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Friday 14 July 2006 14:55, Rick Thomas wrote: This bug (258545) can be closed as "wont fix". It's not reasonable (or possible -- I think) to do what I wanted and what your revised bug title asks for. We can detect

Bug#352610: Please create a udeb for ntpdate

2006-07-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-15 01:48]: Yeah, ntpdate will do the job, and it's a good bit smaller than the full ntp-simple package. The alternative you were thinking of *may* be "chrony". Maybe, a

Bug#378593: D-I partition manager unable to see one of two Macintosh partition tables

2006-07-17 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Boot method: BootX and netinst CD (see below) I also tried using the businesscard CD witht he same results Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20060715/ powerpc/iso-cd/ Index of /cdimage/daily-bui

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-20 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Boot method: booted from daily businesscard CD Image version: | Index of /cdimage/daily-builds/etch_d-i/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd | NameLast modified Size | | Parent Directory

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [o] Detect network card:[o] Configure network: [o] Detect CD: [o] Load installer module

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-20 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 20, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: 2) However, strangely, the "lspci" command seems to be missing from the installed system. I *was* able to get it (as part of the "pciutils" package) from the mirror via aptitude. So it's not missing completely.

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 21, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 09:13:51PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Some testing also noted that /etc/apt/sources.list includes the install CD as a source. I don't think this is a good idea -- it means that I have to hang onto the install C

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 21, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Eddy Petrişor wrote: I call BS :-D ! Joke aside, this i from a system installed on Monday via a buisnesscard CD: ... snipped... I don't see any CD source. Maybe you were talking about netinst? ... "Curiouser and curioser!", cried Alice. I'll try aga

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 21, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jul 21, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Eddy Petrişor wrote: I call BS :-D ! Joke aside, this i from a system installed on Monday via a buisnesscard CD: ... snipped... I don't see any CD source. Maybe you were talking about ne

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 22, 2006, at 3:01 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 11:19:06PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: On Friday 21 July 2006 22:09, Rick Thomas wrote: Putting the install CDrom into sources.list makes sense when you are installing from a full CD (or DVD) set, because there's a

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:45 AM, Jens Seidel wrote: Hi Rick, On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 03:55:28AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Hmmm... That doesn't square with my recent experience. I've had aptitude hang on me a couple of times with messages saying (approximately -- from memory) "c

Bug#379365: Semi-successful install with miBoot floppy set and Netinst CD on OldWorld Mac...

2006-07-22 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Installation on (OldWorld) PowerMac beige G3 (Gossamer) using miBoot floppies and netinst CDrom. INSTALL REPORT | Debian-installer-version: image> | | Debian etch daily powerpc netinst install CD iso dated "21-Jul-2006 01:57 166MB" uname -a: | Linux de

Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 22, 2006, at 6:11 AM, Jens Seidel wrote: On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:59:02AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: so it hung. (Does hanging if the CD is not inserted count as a bug?) It depends on the kind of "hanging". If APT just asks you to insert a special CD I think this is OK an

Bug#379120: Bug#379365: Semi-successful install with miBoot floppy set and Netinst CD on OldWorld Mac...

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 23, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 02:14:26AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: installation-reports Installation on (OldWorld) PowerMac beige G3 (Gossamer) using miBoot floppies and netinst CDrom. INSTALL REPORT | Debian-installer-version

Bug#379120: Bug#379365: Semi-successful install with miBoot floppy set and Netinst CD on OldWorld Mac...

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 23, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jul 23, 2006, at 6:58 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 02:14:26AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: installation-reports Installation on (OldWorld) PowerMac beige G3 (Gossamer) using miBoot floppies and netinst CDrom

Bug#379525: Unfortunate difference between tasksel and aptitude when cd-drive is empty...

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: tasksel == In short, when the CD-drive is empty, but apt/sources.list contains a 'deb cdrom:', tasksel hangs and can not recover. In the same situation aptitude responds gracefully by asking the user to insert the missing CD -- with an option to ignore the CD a

Bug#379120: Bug#379365: Semi-successful install with miBoot floppy set and Netinst CD on OldWorld Mac...

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 23, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 24 July 2006 02:36, Rick Thomas wrote: I have not yet tried using lspci on a system during installation. Do you need that test done? You should be able to simply check if the lspci output is present in (IIRC) /var/log/installer

Bug#379526: papersize is a4 for US install - should be letter

2006-07-23 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: installation-reports Sorry! I don't know which package creates the "/etc/papersize" file, so I'm submitting this as "Package: installation-reports". During the install process, I selected the "C" locale early on. Later, when asked, I indicated I have a US-English keyboard. I als

Bug#379526: papersize is a4 for US install - should be letter

2006-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 24 July 2006 07:17, Rick Thomas wrote: During the install process, I selected the "C" locale early on. Later, when asked, I indicated I have a US-English keyboard. I also specified US-EastCoast timezone, and in general did ev

Bug#379067: closed by Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: Processed: Re: Bug#379067: couple of minor glitches in install of powerpc, lspci)

2006-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report #379067: netinst CD should not be added to sources list of target system, which was filed against the apt-setup package. It has been closed by Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTEC

Bug#379526: papersize is a4 for US install - should be letter

2006-07-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 24, 2006, at 4:14 PM, Christian Perrier wrote: plan is to also support en_US. I assume this means that if I do whatever magic is required to get en_US locale, then I'll get "letter" in /etc/papersize. What if I choose "C" locale? This should be discussed with the localization-confi

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