Bug#763354: Enable support for RTS5129 card reader

2014-09-29 Thread jidanni
Package: src:linux Version: 3.16.3-2 Please enable support for the RTS5129 card reader. Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller # journalctl 9月 30 00:04:35 jidanni5 systemd-udevd[168]: Network interface NamePolicy= disabled on kernel comman

Bug#733907: get out of debian

2014-01-12 Thread jidanni
I would be happy to install any .deb you might want me to download. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87k3e5oys9@jidanni.org

Bug#733907: get out of debian

2014-01-12 Thread jidanni
Move the bad one out of the way please soon, else Debian users will get their disks messed up! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ob3hp07z@jidanni

Bug#733826: [PATCH] xhci: Set scatter-gather limit to avoid failed block writes.

2014-01-07 Thread jidanni
It only happens to me once in a full moon too. Not something I can reproduce at will. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87mwj8urid@jidanni.org

Bug#733826: [PATCH] xhci: Set scatter-gather limit to avoid failed block writes.

2014-01-06 Thread jidanni
Don't worry, I'll trust you! Plus I'm 53. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ob3o67fo@jidanni.org

Bug#733826: crazy loop "xhci_hcd Too many fragments"

2014-01-05 Thread jidanni
> "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> Assuming my fix for the repetition is correct, the remaining problem is BH> why usb-storage is generating such large/fragmented urbs. (And how did BH> this work before the recent changes to Link TRBs? Or did it result in a BH> different failure mode?) We

Bug#734266: too chatty during install

2014-01-05 Thread jidanni
Oops I forgot to start from unpacking, for the full story. (Anyway I think the usual is two lines per package unless something goes wrong.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: ht

Bug#734266: too chatty during install

2014-01-05 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-3.12-1-686-pae Compared to other packages, this package makes many lines of output during installation. That is nice, but the admin must look at each line looking for errors, when in fact they are all not errors or warnings. There ought to be a Debian standard. Setting up lin

Bug#733826: crazy loop "xhci_hcd Too many fragments"

2014-01-03 Thread jidanni
Crap. The same thing happened again today. Now it is up to # grep -c xhci /var/log/syslog 1958427 lines! 222] usb 1-4.3: USB disconnect, device number 5 Jan 4 05:28:05 jidanni5 kernel: [ 3904.883696] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Unhandled error code Jan 4 05:28:05 jidanni5 kernel: [ 3904.883702] sd 7:0:0:

Bug#733826: crazy loop "xhci_hcd Too many fragments"

2014-01-03 Thread jidanni
> "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> And what were those error messages? BH> Which USB devices are you using (this is probably disk or network BH> related)? I had done an aptitude update on writing onto # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sdg: 3867 MB, 3867148288 bytes 181 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1304 cylin

Bug#733565: SIX messages per on boot console should be TWO

2014-01-03 Thread jidanni
> "MKP" == Martin K Petersen writes: MKP> We have to discover the basics of the disk before we can create the MKP> gendisk/block device/request queue. And some of the subsequent MKP> parameters we need can't be stored or acted upon until everything has MKP> been set up. So some questions we h

Bug#733826: crazy loop "xhci_hcd Too many fragments"

2014-01-02 Thread jidanni
> "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> No, this message did not exist in that version. You are right. Wish there was a way to do $ reportbug $(the current kernel package name I am running) so I could avoid mistakes. BH> Is any other error message logged? Yes, I recall some about disk problems

Bug#733826: crazy loop "xhci_hcd Too many fragments"

2013-12-31 Thread jidanni
Package: src:linux Version: 3.11.10-1 Severity: wishlist Whatever you do, please add some break out code. Do not just loop putting # grep -c xhci /var/log/syslog 1052792 lines of xhci_hcd :00:14.0: Too many fragments 79, max 63 swelling # ls -l /var/log/syslog -rw-r- 1 root adm 107977515 0

Bug#683238: closed by Ben Hutchings (Re: document how one uses the firmware here)

2013-12-30 Thread jidanni
>> Mention how to use the firmware. B> Nothing needs to be done beyond installing the package. Yes but please explicitly say that somewhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Bug#733565: SIX messages per on boot console should be TWO

2013-12-29 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-3.12-1-686-pae Currently any such devices as below that are attached during boot still produce the below SIX messages per device when they should only produce TWO: # dmesg |egrep Caching\|Assuming [3.960663] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found [3.960701] sd 3

Bug#720272: unbootable and lead to data loss?

2013-08-23 Thread jidanni
Today I tried -686-pae on my model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe bts and it booted fine...despite all expert opinion I got years ago. That's why an off

Bug#720272: unbootable and lead to data loss?

2013-08-22 Thread jidanni
And fourth possibility, Your system probably can use 686-pae, but is not officially approved to do so by your manufacture. Therefore we must ask you not to use it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lis

Bug#720272: unbootable and lead to data loss?

2013-08-22 Thread jidanni
So could you guys make a script with three possible answers: $ ./check-if-my-machine-should-use-686-pae-or-486 Congratulations, you can use the 686-pae kernel! Sorry, you must use the 486 kernel! Maybe: It is hard to say, all we can say is try it. It will either boot or not, and you will know ri

Bug#720272: unbootable and lead to data loss?

2013-08-20 Thread jidanni
What will happen if I boot product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz version: 6.13.6 size: 1400MHz capacity: 1400MHz width: 32 bits clock: 400MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep

Bug#720272: unbootable and lead to data loss?

2013-08-19 Thread jidanni
The Description says: This kernel requires PAE (Physical Address Extension). Thus wouldn't installing it and removing other kernels make the system unbootable or lead to data loss? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Bug#720272: warn upon installing on non pae systems

2013-08-19 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-686-pae Version: 3.10+51 Severity: wishlist Shouldn't some warning be given upon attempting to install on machines where /proc/cpuinfo lacks pae? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Bug#717582: Logitech wireless products no longer work upon upgrade to 3.10

2013-07-22 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-3.10-1-686-pae Version: 3.10.1-1 Severity: important linux-image-3.10-1-686-pae:i386/unstable 3.10.1-1 contains a regression, possibly https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2125381/ related, which is absent in linux-image-3.9-1-686-pae:i386 3.9.8-1 With the former one will only

Bug#703592: closed by Ben Hutchings (Re: Bug#703592: /dev/console vs. mesg(1) in recovery mode)

2013-03-21 Thread jidanni
B> You booted in single user mode. What would be the point of letting B> other users write to your terminal? Besides which /dev/console had damn B> well better be trustworthy. The point is that single user mode comes before the ttys are fully set up! It should come after! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Bug#703592: /dev/console vs. mesg(1) in recovery mode

2013-03-21 Thread jidanni
Package: src:linux Version: 3.2.39-2 Severity: minor At boot choose recovery mode, 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-4-486 (recovery mode)' Type the root password, then in the shell that appears, type # mesg y This will cause mesg: error: tty device is not owned by group `tty' Note I did this

Bug#683238: document how one uses the firmware here

2012-07-29 Thread jidanni
Package: firmware-linux-free Severity: wishlist Mention how to use the firmware. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ipd67xin@jidanni.org

Bug#683237: document how one uses the firmware here

2012-07-29 Thread jidanni
Package: firmware-linux-nonfree Version: 0.36 Severity: wishlist Mention how to use the firmware. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87k3xm7xkh@jida

Bug#651022: failed to execute /lib/udev/mtp-probe messages at boot

2011-12-04 Thread jidanni
OK, so it is not the kernel CPIO to blame. It is other components. Hard for users to tell. Feel free to redirect my bug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.

Bug#651022: failed to execute /lib/udev/mtp-probe messages at boot

2011-12-04 Thread jidanni
Oops, you are right. Both kernel versions are affected. One just doesn't notice it unless libmtp-common/unstable libmtp9/unstable are installed. Sure wish they would fix the kernel CPIO stuff to not spew these messages. That's what it looks like is to blame to we the users. -- To UNSUBSCR

Bug#651022: failed to execute /lib/udev/mtp-probe messages at boot

2011-12-04 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 3.1.4-1 Severity: minor linux-image-3.1.0-1-486_3.1.4-1_i386.deb is affected by #624537 linux-image-3.1.0-1-486_3.1.1-1_i386.deb is not. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: Increasing minimum 'i386' processor

2011-11-21 Thread jidanni
How does one do a simple test to see if one is on the death list? # grep -c 86 /proc/cpuinfo 0 # lshw | grep -c 86 0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8

Bug#635353: wait longer for USB disks

2011-07-25 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Version: 3.0.0-1 At boot this, Checking file systems...fsck from util-linux 2.19.1 fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve 'UUID=c914c362-4b46-48be-afaf-6e061825b2ed' fsck died with exit status 8 ^[[31mfailed (code 8).^[[39;49m File system check failed. A log is being s

Bug#635350: page table error

2011-07-25 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 3.0.0-1 Seen in /var/log/kern.log [drm] capturing error event; look for more information in /debug/dri/0/i915_error_state render error detected, EIR: 0x0010 page table error PGTBL_ER: 0x0100 [drm:i915_report_and_clear_eir] *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x0010, maski

Bug#635348: FATAL: Error inserting ... (/lib/modules/3.0.0-1-486/kernel/drivers/...

2011-07-25 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 3.0.0-1 Seen at boot: Loading cpufreq kernel modules...FATAL: Error inserting powernow_k7 (/lib/modules/3.0.0-1-486/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k7.ko): No such device FATAL: Error inserting speedstep_ich (/lib/modules/3.0.0-1-486/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-i

Bug#627740: tons of USB flash card resets recently

2011-05-23 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.39-1 Severity: wishlist Lately plugging in various USB thumb drives or card readers produces tons of [ 2669.096186] usb 1-2.1: reset high speed USB device number 17 using ehci_hcd messages, and then today this: [ 2637.874205] [ cut here ] [

Bug#627566: does boot

2011-05-23 Thread jidanni
Wait, it does boot. Apparently after [UPGRADE] udev 169-1 -> 170-1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ipt1mp11@jidanni.org

Bug#627566: doesn't boot

2011-05-22 Thread jidanni
BH> Which doesn't boot? The new -486 kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874o4mrmnf@jidanni.org

Bug#627566: doesn't boot

2011-05-22 Thread jidanni
By the way, it doesn't boot. Just says cannot open /root/dev/console and panics. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878vtz3rag@jidanni.org

Bug#627566: rough transition to 486

2011-05-21 Thread jidanni
> "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> I wonder why you had both linux-image-686 and linux-image-2.6-686 BH> installed. They are redundant with each other. Well, can you please mention that in aptitude show linux-image-2.6-486 linux-image-486 else sooner or later over the years one will end up w

Bug#627566: rough transition to 486

2011-05-21 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-686 If we are going to end up with -486, things could be smoother. First it would be great if we didn't need to download the big .deb only to find out we can't use it... OK, never mind that. Upon aptitude upgrade We see this six (6) times │ This system requires a different

Bug#627507: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.

2011-05-21 Thread jidanni
> "JN" == Jonathan Nieder writes: JN> To be clear, does that mean you had been running 2.6.38-5 before the JN> upgrade, too? Yes. But I was forced to reboot with my backup, $ apt-show-versions|grep linux-image linux-image-2.6-686/unstable uptodate 2.6.38+34 linux-image-2.6.37-2-686 2.6.37-2 in

Bug#627507: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.

2011-05-21 Thread jidanni
> "BB" == Bastian Blank writes: BB> Please specify your problem clearly. Sorry. All I know is I did this upgrade, [UPGRADE] acpid 1:2.0.9-1 -> 1:2.0.10-1 [UPGRADE] binutils 2.21.51.20110421-5 -> 2.21.51.20110421-6 [UPGRADE] grub-common 1.99-3 -> 1.99-4 [UPGRADE] grub-pc 1.99-3 -> 1.99-4 [UPGR

Bug#627507: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.

2011-05-21 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.38-5 Setting the system clock. Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. Unable to set System Clock to: Sat May 21 10:29:45 UTC 2011 ... ^[[33m(warning).^[[39;49m ^[%@findfs:

Bug#614665: rmdir: failed to remove `/lib/modules/2.6.32-3-686': Directory not empty

2011-02-22 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-686 rmdir: failed to remove `/lib/modules/2.6.32-3-686': Directory not empty dpkg: warning: while removing linux-image-2.6.32-3-686, directory '/lib/modules/2.6.32-3-686' not empty so not removed. # cat /lib/modules/2.6.32-3-686/modules.softdep # Soft dependencies extracted

Bug#613662: unmet dependencies race condition

2011-02-17 Thread jidanni
> "D'R" == Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: D'R> On those 'slow' architectures, unsatisfied dependencies are frequent, but almost D'R> always get solved by _waiting_ (I run 'aptitude update; aptitude safe-upgrade' D'R> daily and I don't even see these issues). Try 'aptitude update; aptitude full

Bug#613662: unmet dependencies race condition

2011-02-16 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-2.6-686 You have a race condition or something that caused: The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-image-2.6-686: Depends: linux-image-2.6.37-1-686 which is a virtual package. linux-image-686: Depends: linux-image-2.6.37-1-686 which is a virtual package.

Bug#432025: closed by Ben Hutchings (Re: kernel-img.conf should be listed somewhere)

2010-12-14 Thread jidanni
> "B" == Debian Bug Tracking System writes: B> The kernel-img.conf file is documented in kernel-package. This should B> have been noted in e.g. README.Debian for image packages. However, it B> is no longer required and will not be created in fresh installations, so B> I do not see the point

Bug#600959: how to make the console not blank out and change resolution?

2010-11-19 Thread jidanni
>> > "PG(" == Peter G (nephros) writes: >> PG(> I think it is .modeset=0 (e.g. "radeon.modeset=0"). >> PG(> I use both: "vmlinuz foo radeon.modeset=0 modeset=0" which does work. OK, I finally figured it out: $ zgrep -c modeset /usr/share/doc/linux-doc-2.6.32/Documentation/kernel-parameters.t

Bug#600959: boot warnings too fast to read and not saved in any file nor dmesg

2010-10-21 Thread jidanni
> "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> This looks the same as #561764, reported by... you. I see. Anyways here's a little discovery I made. If it is not technologically possible to put such messages in files like dmesg, then at least they could be left on the screen: On one of my computers, th

Bug#600959: boot warnings too fast to read and not saved in any file nor dmesg

2010-10-21 Thread jidanni
X-debbugs-Cc: linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-26 I'm quite distressed that again I am seeing warnings at boot that fly off the screen and cannot be found in any log files. I believe the message was similar to udevd[263]: GOTO 'acl_end' has no matching label in: '/

Bug#595521: system locked up even without starting X

2010-09-24 Thread jidanni
severity 595521 critical thanks Critical for the same reasons as in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595521 With the addition that X never need to have been started for the problem to occur. I.e., use this kernel and be prepared for needing as cold reboot, fscking, etc. shortly: #5

Bug#595103: framebuffer gone for intel i915 starting 2.6.32-21

2010-09-23 Thread jidanni
forcemerge 595511 595103 severity 595511 grave thanks Even /etc/init.d/console-setup is affected I believe. Normally during boot the console messages disappear, then reappear but now getting printed at a smaller size. This corresponds to the point things start getting logged in /var/log/boot. The f

Bug#595103: framebuffer gone for intel i915 starting 2.6.32-21

2010-09-22 Thread jidanni
retitle 595103 framebuffer gone for intel i915 starting 2.6.32-21 severity 595103 grave thanks This is clearly a kernel issue and has nothing to do with xorg-anything. # zegrep i915\|fb\|Debian dmesg.0 dmesg dmesg.0:[0.00] Linux version 2.6.32-5-686 (Debian 2.6.32-23) (da...@debian.org)

Bug#595103: xwindows gone starting at 2.6.32-21

2010-09-01 Thread jidanni
JC> That sounds like #594623. I forcemerged them. But --- Mismatch - only Bugs in the same package can be forcibly merged Which is good because actually I note that both old and new xserver-xorg-video-intel work with the -20 kernel, but none work with the -21 kernel. So I conclude that it is the ke

Bug#595103: xwindows gone starting at 2.6.32-21

2010-09-01 Thread jidanni
forcemerge 594623 595103 thanks Also even before starting X the screen blanks for a few milliseconds every few minutes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.o

Bug#595103: xwindows gone starting at 2.6.32-21

2010-09-01 Thread jidanni
> "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 11:38 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: >> Package: linux-2.6 >> Version: 2.6.32-21 >> Severity: important >> >> Upon upgrading to -21 xdm nor nodm will not start. >> -20 worked fine. >> >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log says >> >> (EE) open /

Bug#595103: xwindows gone starting at 2.6.32-21

2010-08-31 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-21 Severity: important Upon upgrading to -21 xdm nor nodm will not start. -20 worked fine. /var/log/Xorg.0.log says (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory (EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected. (II) UnloadModule: "intel" (EE) Screen(s) fou

Bug#375277: three times if acpi installed

2010-08-14 Thread jidanni
found 375277 2.6.32-9 thanks I notice those repeated messages come three times on my jidanni3 computer vs. two times on my others. Probably due to the presence of one of acpi acpi-support-base console-tools cpufrequtils eeepc-acpi-scripts that is not installed on the other two computers. --

Bug#565225: over my head

2010-07-11 Thread jidanni
B> thanks for the feedback, closing as not a Debian bug. B> please report back to antiX dev. I hope somebody reports that to whomever. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http:/

Bug#541073: 152d:2338 JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge

2010-06-20 Thread jidanni
zh> do I take it correctly you connect your converter to a VIA Chip card? zh> Did you try to connect it to a motherboard USB? All I now is I first turn on the AC power, put in the CDROM disk, then attach USB. zh> (Maybe ata/66/100 cable, I suppose your drive is not udma/133) They are CD/DVD players

Bug#541073: 152d:2338 JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge

2010-06-16 Thread jidanni
To: b...@decadent.org.uk --text follows this line-- > "BH" == Ben Hutchings writes: BH> Dan, this has absolutely nothing to do with bug #541073. Well at least we see that nowadays the ID 152d:2338 is no longer even being recognized in the first place. > "zh" == zoltan herman writes: z

Bug#541073: 152d:2338 JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge

2010-06-16 Thread jidanni
All I know is when I plug in $ lsusb -v Bus 001 Device 008: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge Device Descriptor: bLength18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass

Bug#581554: marked as done (firmware-realtek: Incorrect firmware)

2010-06-16 Thread jidanni
Well no matter what architecture, I find that the firmware-realtek stuff grinds to a halt sooner or later, whilst ndiswrapper stuff stays connected much longer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Bug#585944: /proc/mounts ambiguity in output for same disk mounted more than once

2010-06-14 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-15 Severity: minor For the same disk mounted more than once, it is impossible to tell the actual options in effect. $ cat script { cat /proc/mounts;mount;}|perl -nwle ' next unless /sdb/; print STDERR; tr/()//d; next unless /\S+exec\S+/; $_=$&;tr/,/\n/;print;'|s

Bug#581554: ndiswrapper worked for RTL8188SU

2010-06-07 Thread jidanni
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 08:24:47PM +1000, Geoff Simmons wrote: > [Please do not CC 581...@bugs.debian.org in any reply, as this does not > concern firmware for the in-tree rtl8192su driver] I must, just in case there are other Jeffs out there stuck in the same boat... as I have a workaround!: OK

Bug#581554: can't even extract the .cab file

2010-06-07 Thread jidanni
Looks like we are s*it out of luck, $ apt-cache search installshield orange - extracts CAB files from self-extracting installers unshield - extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers can't even deal with the data2.cab file in the windows drivers in http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/download

Bug#581554: Firmware

2010-06-07 Thread jidanni
It looks like we will have to go the ndiswrappers route. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ocfn8c41@jidanni.org

Bug#583523: closed by Ben Hutchings (Re: Bug#583523: clarify which Pentiums are meant in Description)

2010-05-28 Thread jidanni
B> This should run on any Pentium processor (it is used during B> installation). Yes, but then one might never be aware of the -686 packages. >> Please clarify if that includes "Intel Pentium Pro/II/III/4/4M/D/M" etc. >> or not, or if there is a better package (-686) for them of course. B> The s

Bug#583523: clarify which Pentiums are meant in Description

2010-05-27 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-image-2.6-486 Severity: wishlist Please clarify "Pentium" in Description: Linux 2.6 for old PCs (meta-package) This package depends on the latest Linux kernel 2.6 and modules for use on PCs with a 486, Pentium or compatible processor. it sound like all Pentiums are meant! Pleas

Bug#580740: missing from 2.6.34

2010-05-25 Thread jidanni
reopen 580740 thanks The whole usb part of this module is missing in kernel 34 whereas it was there in 33. Help! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201

Bug#581695: mount manpage should mention ntfs read-only problem

2010-05-22 Thread jidanni
#Doing as Ben suggests clone 581695 -1 reassign -1 mount retitle -1 mount: manpage should mention best way to mount NTFS in Debian retitle 581695 Disable vestigal NTFS write mode and print to STDERR when attempted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subjec

Bug#581554: firmware-realtek: Incorrect firmware

2010-05-15 Thread jidanni
Also in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=579694#67 we note that realtek has just released a new version of the driver, whose notes say the driver is now ready for post-2.6.31 kernels finally. So it would be best to have this new driver packaged, and also its corresponding firmware

Bug#581554: firmware-realtek: Incorrect firmware

2010-05-15 Thread jidanni
Yeah, well with $ md5sum /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin 68533bf8078a9e00966a78c9f2da4b9b /lib/firmware/RTL8192SU/rtl8192sfw.bin $ uname -a Linux jidanni4 2.6.33-2-686 #1 SMP Wed May 5 18:59:51 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Before long, syslog will fill with May 16 06:05:43 jidanni4 kernel: [ 64

Bug#579694: Help

2010-05-13 Thread jidanni
If the firmware is embedded in a Windows package that needs Debian to convert, can somebody please do that. Help. Help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.

Bug#579694: Driver reissued

2010-05-12 Thread jidanni
Hello. It turns out there are big problems there is a new realtek driver availble today: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=48&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8192SU ] Inside it we read that Firmware Version: Firmware

Bug#580638: realtek r8192s_usb new_id

2010-05-07 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.33-1~experimental.5 X-debbugs-Cc: Ben Hutchings , Stefan Lippers-Hollmann , 579...@bugs.debian.org File: /lib/modules/2.6.33-2-686/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8192su/r8192s_usb.ko In contrast with the steps noted at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=57

Bug#580616: debconf: Unknown template field '_description'

2010-05-07 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.33-1~experimental.5 Severity: wishlist See many: debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #1 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.33-2-686.templates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Bug#579694: firmware-nonfree: Please include rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb firmware into the (unreleased) firmware-realtek binary package.

2010-05-06 Thread jidanni
OK, I spent all day trying to compile the linux drivers from http://filebin.ca/wrjcg/Cerio_UW-202N-O_linux_2.6.0002.0708.2009.tar.gz which is what came on the CDROM with the hardware. (Looking for a newer version just gets windows versions. http://www.cerio.com.tw/main.htm http://www.cerio.com.tw/i

Bug#580435: smartmontools not checked for

2010-05-05 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-base Version: 2.6.33-1~experimental.4 X-debbugs-Cc: smartmonto...@packages.debian.org Severity: wishlist /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-base.postinst doesn't detect that /etc/smartd.conf had /dev/hda listed. Now smartmontools doesn't start with linux-image-2.6.33-2-686 . I looked in /dev

Bug#580426: check for effects of GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

2010-05-05 Thread jidanni
Package: linux-base Version: 2.6.33-1~experimental.4 Severity: wishlist Hello. I notice the linux-base package snoops around to get a list of changes the user needs to approve. Well, there is one item it forgot to investigate: If the user has GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true in his grub configuration

Bug#565225: /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-base.postinst will need to be adjusted too

2010-05-05 Thread jidanni
Note /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-base.postinst also has /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume in it... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/871vdq3szp@jidan

Bug#579694: firmware-nonfree: Please include rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb firmware into the (unreleased) firmware-realtek binary package.

2010-05-03 Thread jidanni
OK, say I don't want to wait for a .deb containing > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=c0087580b8d414f6874cfe93d2653212842fcb44 to be available, even in debian-experimental distribution. Can I just write a shell script containing modprobes etc., thus be

Bug#579694: firmware-nonfree: Please include rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb firmware into the (unreleased) firmware-realtek binary package.

2010-05-02 Thread jidanni
BH> The driver is already there. To install the firmware right now: OK, very good. Now what I wish to do is essentially all the remaining steps of http://blog.xff.lt/2009/12/28/canyon-cnp-wf518n2-usb-wireless-linux/ but with only modprobe, no kernel compiling. With 2.6.33-2-686 all the .ko files s

Bug#579694: firmware-nonfree: Please include rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb firmware into the (unreleased) firmware-realtek binary package.

2010-05-02 Thread jidanni
The CD ROM included has all the steps assuming kernel source, but I'm hoping to figure out how to get this antenna working using .debs I can find. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Bug#579694: firmware-nonfree: Please include rtl8192su/ r8192s_usb firmware into the (unreleased) firmware-realtek binary package.

2010-05-02 Thread jidanni
I have bought this item, and the man says I have exactly one day to return it if I cannot get it working on linux... I will now attempt to do so using modprobe and .debs, like 2.6.33-2 kernel which I just downloaded, as I don't want to learn how to compile kernels. Wish me luck. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Bug#576677: find's %Y

2010-04-07 Thread jidanni
$ w3m -dump http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576772|grep ^Version Version: 4.5.7-1 findutils: Installed: 4.5.7-1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://li

Bug#576677: find's %Y

2010-04-07 Thread jidanni
JY> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?29460 OK glad this has been tracked down. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8739z7woe2@jidanni.org

Bug#576677: find's %Y

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
Apparently it is affected by CWD: 14:21 ~$ cd - /tmp 14:21 tmp$ find /tmp -name sleep -printf %Y\\n f f 14:21 tmp$ cd - /home/jidanni 14:21 ~$ find /tmp -name sleep -printf %Y\\n N N 14:21 ~$ cd - /tmp 14:22 tmp$ find /tmp -name sleep -printf %Y\\n f f 14:22 tmp$ mount|egrep /home\|/tmp /dev

Bug#576677: find's %Y

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
So I thought cd'ing to /tmp would help (cd /tmp find "${DESTDIR}" -type l -printf '%p %Y\n' | sed -n 's/ [LN]$//p' \ | xargs --verbose -rL1 rm -f ) however the files got zapped anyway. So it's back to the random %Y accuracy theory. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists

Bug#576677: find's %Y

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
Anyway, I have shown %Y is moody and not to be trusted. I will now step back and hand the baton to others. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/877hojojoh

Bug#576677: find's %Y

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
What's barfy is it turns out the same command sometimes gives different output! $ mount|grep /tmp #df shows plenty of space too. tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw) 14:04 ~$ find /tmp/NOSHUCH -printf %Y\\n N 14:05 ~$ find /tmp/sleep -printf %Y\\n f 14:05 ~$ find /tmp -name sleep -printf %Y\\n ###COMPAR

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
I don't know why find(1) says they are N - Non existent. ls -Ll shows them fine. $ find NOSHUCH sleep -type l -printf %Y\\n|s N f $ find NOSHUCH sleep |xargs ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 jidanni jidanni 16 2010-04-07 13:37 NOSHUCH -> /usr/bin/NOSHUCH lrwxrwxrwx 1 jidanni jidanni 10 2010-04-07 13:

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
I found out where all the missing files went by adding --verbose here: # diff -C 1 /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs /tmp *** /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs 2010-04-05 13:10:29.0 +0800 --- /tmp/mkinitramfs2010-04-07 13:26:12.237673402 +0800 *** *** 288,290 find "${DESTDIR}" -type l

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
By the way, a 0 byte "overlay"? # mkinitramfs -o /tmp/foo2 -k Working files in /tmp/mkinitramfs_8JZYvN and overlay in /tmp/mkinitramfs-OL_aFgfUj # find /tmp/mkinitramfs_8JZYvN|wc -l 160 # ls -l /tmp/mkinitramfs-OL_aFgfUj -rw--- 1 root root 0 2010-04-07 12:22 /tmp/mkinitramfs-OL_aFgfUj --

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
Maybe it all has to do with this recent change to /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 202,206d226 < # klibc < ln -s /usr/lib/klibc/bin/* ${DESTDIR}/bin < ln -s /lib/klibc-*.so ${DESTDIR}/lib maybe not. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
We see a truncated file produced, here on even a third machine. $ for i in $...@*; do ls -og $i; zcat $i|cpio -t|wc -l; done -rw-r--r-- 1 103770 2010-04-07 11:01 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 1092 blocks 160 -rw-r--r-- 1 7244191 2010-03-22 09:11 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686.bak 35062 blocks 646

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
# sh -x mkinitramfs -v -o /tmp/foo > bar1 2> bar2 # bzip2 bar? bar1.bz2 Description: Binary data bar2.bz2 Description: Binary data # zcat foo |cpio -t|nl|tail 1092 blocks 151 etc/modprobe.d/jidanni.conf 152 etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf 153 etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf 154

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
$ for i in $...@*; do echo $@;zcat $i|cpio -tv|nl|tail -n 5; done /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686 1092 blocks 156 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root5 Apr 7 11:01 conf/modules 157 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1055 Apr 4 11:43 conf/initramfs.conf 158 -rw-r--r-- 1 root

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
> "ma" == maximilian attems writes: ma> please post output of 0.94 ma> sh -x mkinitramfs -o /tmp/foo # aptitude install initramfs-tools #0.94 # sh -x mkinitramfs -o /tmp/foo 2> /tmp/bar bar.bz2 Description: Binary data

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
ma> cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 root=/dev/hda11 ro quiet panic=15 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87k4skpq7i@jidanni.

Bug#576677: Kernel Panic - no init found

2010-04-06 Thread jidanni
ma> is this with 0.94 initramfs-tools, I kinda doubt? ma> please recheck I guarantee. >> OK, now I have verified it on IBM Thinkpad and EEEPC: >> initramfs-tools_0.93.4_all.deb #works great >> initramfs-tools_0.94_all.deb #will lock one out of one's system ma> is your /tmp mounted noexec? ma> eg

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