Re: kernel-package uploaded to experimental, please use.

2005-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:35:09AM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 01:04:01PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > Hello, > > > > i just uploaded kernel-package 9.008.0.experimental.1 to experimental, as a > > test before doing the real unstable upload. I have tested it here locally, > > a

Bug#329319: swsusp2 in initramfs risks disk corruption

2005-10-19 Thread Erik van Konijnenburg
Changing the init script to do swsusp is easy, but without other changes you risk data corruption; see for references http://www.suspend2.net/HOWTO-4.html A more robust solution requires not replaying the journal from initramfs in logbased filesystems. libblkid helps here. I'm still examining the

Processed: severity of 332587 is important, merging 332587 330287

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.8 > severity 332587 important Bug#332587: linux-2.6: [CAN-2005-3055] Oops while completing async USB via usbdevio Severity set to `important'. > merge 332587 330287 Bug#330287: linux-2.6

Bug#334113: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Paul Jakma
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: OTOH I don't know why ordinary users should be allowed to change key bindings. I like to load a custom keymap to swap ctrl and caps-lock. I'd like to keep that ability, but I'd much prefer if it didn't affect all VTs, and if it didn't persist past

Re: kernel-package uploaded to experimental, please use.

2005-10-19 Thread Horms
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 01:04:01PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Hello, > > i just uploaded kernel-package 9.008.0.experimental.1 to experimental, as a > test before doing the real unstable upload. I have tested it here locally, and > it doesn't break anything i have tried, but i would like more wid

Re: Bug#333522: possible problem cause: wait4(-1)

2005-10-19 Thread Horms
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:14:53PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > reassign 333522 linux-2.6 > thank > > On Oct 19, Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Right. It's not a modprobe bug then. Thanks, that makes sense. > Oops... I did not read correctly Rusty's answer. > If it's not a modpr

Bug#334113: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Rudolf Polzer
Scripsis, quam aut quem »Krzysztof Halasa« appellare soleo: > Rudolf Polzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That's the only thing that might actually work - an inductive device wrapped > > around the keyboard cable. But I've never seen those available ready to buy. > > There are simpler designs -

Bug#334113: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Krzysztof Halasa
Rudolf Polzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's the only thing that might actually work - an inductive device wrapped > around the keyboard cable. But I've never seen those available ready to buy. There are simpler designs - it's just a serial line, right? A simple "dongle" can send data from

Re: automatic pending tags on commit

2005-10-19 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 11:38 +0200, Filippo Giunchedi wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:06:28 -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > > hey, > > I added a post-commit hook to our svn that looks for bug closures > > added to a changelog. If it finds some, it'll add a pending tag. > > there's also tagpendin

Re: Bug#333858: Proposed improved patch for yaird

2005-10-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:03:24 +0200 Maximilian Attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wooow, very nice story :) > would be a blog post i would love to read and reread on planet.d.o Feel free to quote me outside of... OH, we _are_ outside of debian-priva

Re: debian-kernel archive

2005-10-19 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:37 -0600, dann frazier wrote: > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 08:11 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 02:23:01PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > > Seems like a reasonable thing to add to the kernel.alioth.debian.org > > > infrastructure (with an appropriate nam

Re: Bug#333858: Proposed improved patch for yaird

2005-10-19 Thread Maximilian Attems
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 11:19:58PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:31:06 +0200 maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Oh, I actually understand that. > > Perhaps you noticed that that particular sentence is unfinished - I > intended to write more on exactly wha

Processed: Re: Bug#334445: kernel-image-2.6.12-1-686: auditd not packaged for debian, kernel headers don't support required interfaces

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 334445 linux-2.6 Bug#334445: kernel-image-2.6.12-1-686: auditd not packaged for debian, kernel headers don't support required interfaces Warning: Unknown package 'kernel-image-2.6.12-1-686' Bug reassigned from package `kernel-image-2.6.12-1-68

Bug#334445: kernel-image-2.6.12-1-686: auditd not packaged for debian, kernel headers don't support required interfaces

2005-10-19 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
Package: kernel-image-2.6.12-1-686 Severity: normal on selinux mailing list, copy of message from russell coker: On Tuesday 18 October 2005 02:39, Stephen Smalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (In or out of enforcing mode). What's the best way for me to get > > the kernel to log the appropriat

Re: Bug#333858: Proposed improved patch for yaird

2005-10-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:31:06 +0200 maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > One of the things that worries me is what the dispute last night > > (european time) between you and Maximilian about i

Bug#325117: NFS client problem with kernel 2.6 and SGI IRIX 6.5

2005-10-19 Thread Trond Myklebust
on den 19.10.2005 klokka 18:52 (+0200) skreiv Ruediger Oberhage: > Hello again. > > Some first findings regarding nfs problems: > > At first I have to apologize for my memory (again :-)) serving me > wrong: I did state, that the "find /nfsDir -print" problem was > (generally) gone with the 2.6.12

Re: Bug#333858: Proposed improved patch for yaird

2005-10-19 Thread maximilian attems
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:31:28AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Well, you do what you want, but i believe that having at least the > > debian part in the kernel svn repo alongside initrd-tools and >

Bug#334732: marked as done (synaptics X driver support for powerpc laptops)

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:15:47 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#334732: synaptics X driver support for powerpc laptops has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not

Bug#334113: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Rudolf Polzer
Scripsis, quam aut quem »Krzysztof Halasa« appellare soleo: > Rudolf Polzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Ok. So they are exposed to known attacks with quite high probability. > > > > Which others? Are there other places that assume only trusted users can > > access > > the console? > > Prob

Re: debian-kernel archive

2005-10-19 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 08:11 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 02:23:01PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > Seems like a reasonable thing to add to the kernel.alioth.debian.org > > infrastructure (with an appropriate named dist), if you're interested - > > unless you want to minimiz

Processed: merge

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 324591 + patch Bug#324591: kernel-source-2.4.27: FTBFS: Missing Build-Depends Tags were: pending Tags added: patch > tags 334631 + pending Bug#334631: FTBFS: Missing build-dependency on gcc-3.3 Tags were: patch Tags added: pending > merge 324591

Bug#334572: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k6: Module "tuner" prohibits additional options (i.e. "-type=5") , bug ???

2005-10-19 Thread dann frazier
On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 20:27 +0200, Hans wrote: > The kernel module "tuner.o" will not accept additional options, > just like -type=xx or pll=x. This was in earlier kernel-versions o.k. What was the most recent kernel that worked? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Bug#334113: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Krzysztof Halasa
Rudolf Polzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Ok. So they are exposed to known attacks with quite high probability. > > Which others? Are there other places that assume only trusted users can > access > the console? Probably: BIOS booting, messing with computer cases (are the computers in locked r

Bug#318326: initrd-tools: Same here. (3W-6200)

2005-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:12:45PM -0400, Josh Wilmes wrote: > Package: initrd-tools > Version: 0.1.82 > Followup-For: Bug #318326 > > > I have a 3ware 3W-6200, and after a kernel upgrade i found that my system > would no longer boot. Since i'd (stupidly) removed the old working > kernel package

Bug#318326: initrd-tools: Same here. (3W-6200)

2005-10-19 Thread Josh Wilmes
Package: initrd-tools Version: 0.1.82 Followup-For: Bug #318326 I have a 3ware 3W-6200, and after a kernel upgrade i found that my system would no longer boot. Since i'd (stupidly) removed the old working kernel package, recovery was a real pain in the neck. I finally did figure out that the pr

Processed: automated pending tag

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 334467 + tag Unknown tag/s: tag. Recognized are: patch wontfix moreinfo unreproducible fixed potato woody sid help security upstream pending sarge sarge-ignore experimental d-i confirmed ipv6 lfs fixed-in-experimental fixed-upstream l10n etch etc

Bug#325117: NFS client problem with kernel 2.6 and SGI IRIX 6.5

2005-10-19 Thread Ruediger Oberhage
Hello again. Some first findings regarding nfs problems: At first I have to apologize for my memory (again :-)) serving me wrong: I did state, that the "find /nfsDir -print" problem was (generally) gone with the 2.6.12 kernel; this is wrong(!). The problem does exist for both (Debianized) kernel

Processed: Re: Bug#334572: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k6: Module "tuner" prohibits additional options (i.e. "-type=5") , bug ???

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 334398 linux-2.6 Bug#334398: kernel-image-2.6.12-1-k7: Filesystem corruption with sata_sil Warning: Unknown package 'kernel-image-2.6.12-1-k7' Bug reassigned from package `kernel-image-2.6.12-1-k7' to `linux-2.6'. > reassign 334572 linux-2.6 B

Bug#252745: mkfs.cramfs uses MD5 sums

2005-10-19 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 09:18:07PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Hi John, > > regarding your bug report "cramfsprogs: Extremely inefficient > performance on large trees": > > mkfs.cramfs (shipped with the util-linux package) already uses md5sums > the way you suggest them. Can you confirm that mk

Processed: Re: Bug#333522: possible problem cause: wait4(-1)

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 333522 linux-2.6 Bug#333522: udev: modules randomly aren't loaded at startup - "Unknown symbol" Bug#333052: race in the modules loader? Bug reassigned from package `module-init-tools' to `linux-2.6'. > thank Stopping processing here. Please c

Bug#334732: synaptics X driver support for powerpc laptops

2005-10-19 Thread Luca Bigliardi
Package: linux-source-2.6.12 Version: 2.6.12-10 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch http://www.artha.org/shammash/ppc/adb_syn/ Add support for synaptics Xorg/Xfree drivers on ibook and powerbook. This is only for adb trackpad (not for the usb ones). The README in the link above should explain you ea

Re: debian.kernel.net archive for security updates & other stuff

2005-10-19 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 11:53 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:37:36PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > Unified Repository for Proposed Kernel Security Updates > > --- > > I've created a unified archive for our proposed security

Bug#334398: kernel-image-2.6.12-1-k7: Filesystem corruption with sata_sil

2005-10-19 Thread Roger Gammans
Package: kernel-image-2.6.12-1-k7 Severity: important When trying to upgrade the harddisc to a bigger sata drive, I also decided to use lvm. However a simple copy (like tar -C /usr -cf- . | tar -C /mnt -xvf- ) here (/mnt is on the lvm on sata and /usr is a raw ext3 on pata), will fail and the des

Bug#334572: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k6: Module "tuner" prohibits additional options (i.e. "-type=5") , bug ???

2005-10-19 Thread Hans
Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k6 Version: linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 Severity: normal -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kerne

Bug#334113: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Rudolf Polzer
Scripsis, quam aut quem »Krzysztof Halasa« appellare soleo: > Rudolf Polzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > However, pool computers like in this case are neither servers nor > > terminals. If they were terminals, we would need about 30 servers to > > handle the load of 100 active students. So they

Re: Bug#333522: possible problem cause: wait4(-1)

2005-10-19 Thread Marco d'Itri
reassign 333522 linux-2.6 thank On Oct 19, Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right. It's not a modprobe bug then. Thanks, that makes sense. Oops... I did not read correctly Rusty's answer. If it's not a modprobe bug and not an udev bug (I checked udevd and it looks fine to me) then loo

Bug#334113: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Krzysztof Halasa
Rudolf Polzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, pool computers like in this case are neither servers nor terminals. > If they were terminals, we would need about 30 servers to handle the load of > 100 active students. So they are workstation installations that do most of > the > work locally.

Bug#334113: [Secure-testing-team] Re: kernel allows loadkeys to be used by any user, allowing for local root compromise

2005-10-19 Thread Krzysztof Halasa
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, you can configure a single vty to only allow logins from admins. > Then you avoid the fake login problem, but not the loadkeys problem > (since that affects all vtys) Just a guess... Can you use loadkeys to change keys used for switching VTs?

kernel-package uploaded to experimental, please use.

2005-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
Hello, i just uploaded kernel-package 9.008.0.experimental.1 to experimental, as a test before doing the real unstable upload. I have tested it here locally, and it doesn't break anything i have tried, but i would like more widespread testing before i do the unstable upload, probably sometime this

Bug#334467: /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libm.so.6

2005-10-19 Thread Maximilian Attems
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 10:28:50AM +0200, Jean Charles Delepine wrote: > > Maximilian Attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait (wrote) : > > > chroot works fine so far with busybox-static. > > but no love while booting it, lots of strange error messages. > > Better to give samples of those strange er

Re: debian.kernel.net archive for security updates & other stuff

2005-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:37:36PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > Unified Repository for Proposed Kernel Security Updates > --- > I've created a unified archive for our proposed security updates for > sarge. Hopefully this will make it easier for u

Re: automatic pending tags on commit

2005-10-19 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 02:06:28 -0600, dann frazier wrote: > hey, > I added a post-commit hook to our svn that looks for bug closures > added to a changelog. If it finds some, it'll add a pending tag. there's also tagpending from devscripts which does exactly this :) (the latter part) filippo

Bug#334467: /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libm.so.6

2005-10-19 Thread Jean Charles Delepine
Maximilian Attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivait (wrote) : > chroot works fine so far with busybox-static. > but no love while booting it, lots of strange error messages. Better to give samples of those strange error messages. ;-) You might have a look to busybox-static's Bug #334672 -- > R : T

automatic pending tags on commit

2005-10-19 Thread dann frazier
hey, I added a post-commit hook to our svn that looks for bug closures added to a changelog. If it finds some, it'll add a pending tag. The message it sends out also provides instructions on disabling it if something should go wrong, or turns out to just be a sucky idea. -- dann frazier <[EMA

Bug#334554: linux-image-2.6.12-1-686: unresolved symbols in snd_usb_audio kernel module

2005-10-19 Thread Maximilian Attems
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Keith Geffert wrote: > I don't want to take up space on the BTS for this question. please _always_ share knownledge. busy atm so forwarding that other can take a look. > Do you have a referral bug # I can read? or a mailing list thread with the > solution? > > On another

Processed: reassign 333522 to module-init-tools

2005-10-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.7 > reassign 333522 module-init-tools Bug#333522: udev: modules randomly aren't loaded at startup - "Unknown symbol" Bug#333052: race in the modules loader? Bug reassigned from package `li