Re: Repositories

2012-06-16 Thread peter
Thanks! I'll give it a try once i've managed to get a working installation! I've just ordered a RTL8139 card so hopefully i will be able to run the latest version of debian hurd soon. /Peter /Peter > pe...@kahn.nu, le Sun 17 Jun 2012 01:43:42 +0200, a écrit : >> > pe...@kahn.nu, le Sun 17 Jun 201

python-psutil patch failing test suite

2012-06-16 Thread Barry deFreese
Hi again, Here is another patch that I could use some help with. I was essentially trying to cheat by just using the posix files. It does allow the package to build, however it fails the test suites because _EXTRA_ALL isn't defined. I was going to copy the _pslinux and _psutil_linux files to

Patch for libv8

2012-06-16 Thread Barry deFreese
Hi folks, I have been working on a patch for libv8 for GNU/Hurd. I've attached it here. I am able to get the library built but getting some strange errors such as: /media/data/home/bdefreese/libv8/try2/libv8-3.8.9.20/out/ia32.release/d8: error while loading shared libraries: /media/data/home/

Re: Debian installer, rescue mode?

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Svante Signell, le Fri 15 Jun 2012 16:18:38 +0200, a écrit : > Executing a shell in rescue mode you are informed that the hard disk was > mounted at /target. But it is not, I don't think anybody has ever had a look at making sure the rescue-mode udeb actually works for hurd-i386. Samuel -- To

Re: Repositories

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
pe...@kahn.nu, le Sun 17 Jun 2012 01:43:42 +0200, a écrit : > > pe...@kahn.nu, le Sun 17 Jun 2012 01:28:55 +0200, a écrit : > >> But for some reason (after uncommenting thel appropriate lines in > >> /etc/apt/sources.list) i only get three upgrades. > >> > >> Am i using the wrong repositories > > >

Re: Repositories

2012-06-16 Thread peter
> pe...@kahn.nu, le Sun 17 Jun 2012 01:28:55 +0200, a écrit : >> But for some reason (after uncommenting thel appropriate lines in >> /etc/apt/sources.list) i only get three upgrades. >> >> Am i using the wrong repositories > > We can't tell if you don't post your sources.list. Sorry, i guess i wa

Re: Repositories

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
pe...@kahn.nu, le Sun 17 Jun 2012 01:28:55 +0200, a écrit : > But for some reason (after uncommenting thel appropriate lines in > /etc/apt/sources.list) i only get three upgrades. > > Am i using the wrong repositories We can't tell if you don't post your sources.list. > or is it not possible to

Repositories

2012-06-16 Thread peter
Since i couldn't get networking to work on the latest release i used the iso from 2012-02 to install hurd. But for some reason (after uncommenting thel appropriate lines in /etc/apt/sources.list) i only get three upgrades. Am i using the wrong repositories or is it not possible to upgrade from th

Re: inetutils & netdde

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Mon 21 May 2012 00:33:33 +0200, a écrit : > inetutils-ifconfig doesn't like being passed /dev/eth0, could somebody > work on making it happy with it? Oops, sorry, actually I was using it wrongly. It already just works fine. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-hurd-re

netdde_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.changes ACCEPTED into unstable

2012-06-16 Thread Debian FTP Masters
Accepted: netdde-dbg_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.deb to main/n/netdde/netdde-dbg_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.deb netdde-udeb_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.udeb to main/n/netdde/netdde-udeb_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.udeb netdde_0.0.20120520-2.debian.tar.bz2 to main/n/netdde/netdde_0.0.20120520-2.debian

Processing of netdde_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.changes

2012-06-16 Thread Debian FTP Masters
netdde_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: netdde_0.0.20120520-2.dsc netdde_0.0.20120520-2.debian.tar.bz2 netdde_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.deb netdde-udeb_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.udeb netdde-dbg_0.0.20120520-2_hurd-i386.deb Greetings,

Re: Debian installer, rescue mode?

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Svante Signell, le Fri 15 Jun 2012 16:36:31 +0200, a écrit : > Installing grub: > grub-install /dev/hd0 > Illegal instruction As I have said before, I've never encountered the issue, so can not divine what is happening. I guess you have already checked what could be different between your box whi

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 23:00:28 +0200, a écrit : > > pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 22:52:52 +0200, a écrit : > >> At this point the computer just restarts, thats all information i have. > > > > Ah. Could it be that it is lacking memory? > > Memory shouldn't be a problem. I have 4gb

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread peter
> pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 22:52:52 +0200, a écrit : >> At this point the computer just restarts, thats all information i have. > > Ah. Could it be that it is lacking memory? Memory shouldn't be a problem. I have 4gb installed and that shoudl be enough. Right? > >> The installer seems fl

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 22:52:52 +0200, a écrit : > At this point the computer just restarts, thats all information i have. Ah. Could it be that it is lacking memory? > The installer seems flaky in some ways. Sometimes it just stalls (again i > wish i could give you some logs and inform

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread peter
> pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 22:01:37 +0200, a écrit : >> 1.) Yup, that works for me too. Tried English - United Kingdom and that >> just aborted in the middle of installation. > > how so? I wish i could tell you. If there is some way i can get logs from the installation or see console outp

Re: netdde drivers

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 21:49:56 +0200, a écrit : > Samuel Thibault, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 21:15:51 +0200, a écrit : > > > 3.) My previously working network interface is not detected anymore thus i > > > have no networking. lspci output: > > > > > > Via Technologies, inc. VT6105/VT610GS [

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 22:01:37 +0200, a écrit : > 1.) Yup, that works for me too. Tried English - United Kingdom and that > just aborted in the middle of installation. how so? It just works for me without a glitch. > 3.) Ok, so the networking "should" work, as long as you use support

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread peter
1.) Yup, that works for me too. Tried English - United Kingdom and that just aborted in the middle of installation. 3.) Ok, so the networking "should" work, as long as you use supported hardware. I'll replace the network card and try again. With any luck i have something thats supported! Its at mo

netdde drivers

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 21:15:51 +0200, a écrit : > > 3.) My previously working network interface is not detected anymore thus i > > have no networking. lspci output: > > > > Via Technologies, inc. VT6105/VT610GS [Rhine-III] (rev 86) > > Please also post lspci -n. It seems I've forgo

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 21:30:20 +0200, a écrit : > 1.) The locale i'm using at the moment is english - united states. That one also just works for me without a glitch. How exactly do you proceed (i.e. when do you not just press enter to select the default?) What actual issue do you get

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread peter
Thanks for the quick reply! 1.) The locale i'm using at the moment is english - united states. The locale i use doesn't really matter since the swedish keyboard layout doesn't work in console anyway (as for system language i prefer english). So it's not a big issue, just thought you'd like to kono

Re: My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
pe...@kahn.nu, le Sat 16 Jun 2012 20:52:08 +0200, a écrit : > 1.) The installation still won't go through unless you select "English - > United states" for language and locale. Which locale are you using? Things just go completely right in french. > 2.) Partitioning still fails to recognize the s

My experiences with the new hurd installation cds

2012-06-16 Thread peter
First of all, i'm really happy that you are doing this and really greatful for all the work you put into making the hurd run! I have just tried the new dvd.iso on real hardware and these are some of the things i encountered. 1.) The installation still won't go through unless you select "English -