Re: http://live.debian.net/manual/html/persistence.html

2009-07-29 Thread Daniel Baumann
Charles Johnson wrote: > I had to read the aforementioned page, so thought i might as well > copy-edit it at the same time and have attached a patch most welcome, however, did you read about applying patches on your own? http://live.debian.net/manual/html/meta.html#contributing -- Address:

http://live.debian.net/manual/html/persistence.html

2009-07-29 Thread Charles Johnson
I had to read the aforementioned page, so thought i might as well copy-edit it at the same time and have attached a patch Unfortunately i couldn't make sense of the last sentence in '7.5.3. Snapshots', so have left it untouched (and not very intelligible) Charles Johnson 35,38c35,38 < A l

Re: lh_build & squeeze & cups-pdf

2009-07-29 Thread Ronny Standtke
> all user interaction has to be done through debconf by policy, if not, > issue rc bug please. Done: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539156 Regards Ronny -- Ronny Standtke Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Dozent MedienpƤdagogik / ICT PƤdagogische Hochschule Te

Re: Bug#522382: live-initramfs: using 'persistent=nofiles' parameter [PATCH]

2009-07-29 Thread Rui Miguel Bernardo
2009/7/29 Daniel Baumann > Rui Miguel Bernardo wrote: > > Here is a correct patch (I hope). > > for the records (it doesn't matter here, but it's a major nuissance in > general when sending patches): your diff is somewhat cluttered, you > should only change what you changed on purpose and thus s

Re: lh_build & squeeze & cups-pdf

2009-07-29 Thread Daniel Baumann
Ronny Standtke wrote: > Shouldn't a package install without harassing users with questions when > installing > with "apt-get --assume-yes"? Doesn't this violate some Debian policy? all user interaction has to be done through debconf by policy, if not, issue rc bug please. -- Address:Dan

lh_build & squeeze & cups-pdf

2009-07-29 Thread Ronny Standtke
Hi I just tried again to build a squeeze image. Unfortunately, the build pauses when installing the cups-pdf package with the following console output: ... Setting up cups-pdf (2.5.0-4) ... Password for root on localhost? This sucks because this way the build on

Re: [PATCH] fixed USB detection for newer kernels

2009-07-29 Thread Ronny Standtke
> applied, Thanks. > and as it's just the same as my previous commit with > 8aa547e7c6ea205e5ea8dc3ed6fd3082e73fdbe7 but applied on scripts/live, > i've also changed the comment to match it. The comment is just a tiny detail but I can confirm that "readlink ${sysblock}" works on 2.6.28. I have n

Re: Bug#522382: live-initramfs: using 'persistent=nofiles' parameter [PATCH]

2009-07-29 Thread Daniel Baumann
Rui Miguel Bernardo wrote: > Here is a correct patch (I hope). for the records (it doesn't matter here, but it's a major nuissance in general when sending patches): your diff is somewhat cluttered, you should only change what you changed on purpose and thus send a minimal diff only (e.g. here, the

Re: cryptsetup and how to create luks partiton?

2009-07-29 Thread Daniel Baumann
Rui Miguel Bernardo wrote: > Hi, Hi, > A -> | <- is missing between askpass and cryptsetup commands: added, thanks for spotting it. > How I created the luks partiton: > > mkfs.ext2 -L home-rw /dev/hda1 > cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/hda1 > cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/hda1 home-rw > mkfs.ext2 -L hom

Re: [PATCH] fixed USB detection for newer kernels

2009-07-29 Thread Daniel Baumann
Ronny Standtke wrote: > Detection of USB flash drives in the live script of live-initramfs is > broken for newer kernels (>= 2.6.28). The attached patch fixes this bug. applied, and as it's just the same as my previous commit with 8aa547e7c6ea205e5ea8dc3ed6fd3082e73fdbe7 but applied on scripts/liv

Re: Video Drivers & Screen Resolution

2009-07-29 Thread Daniel Baumann
Michal Suchanek wrote: > I suggest looking at the X logs and find why X is choosing 800x600 > mode over 1024x768. right, and in any case, the xorg configuration is not debian-live specific, it's entirly done by a simple 'dpkg-reconfigure xorg'. so if xorg doesn't autodetect your card the way it s

Re: The problem with --linux-flavours 686. Lenny. amd64.

2009-07-29 Thread Alexander Tiurin
I removed all files and folders in ~/livecd and try again ~/livecd$ lh_config -b usb-hdd -ai386 -k686 ~/livecd$ sudo lh_build It`s OK. In the folder (~/livecd) containing the files, left behind ~/livecd$ lh_config ~/livecd$ sudo lh_build ~/livecd$ lh_clean Thank you for your help! -- To UNSUBS

Re: Video Drivers & Screen Resolution

2009-07-29 Thread Michal Suchanek
2009/7/29 Steve Allen : > I am looking to replace my knoppix build with debian-live. > It is mostly going Ok but one small problem I have been unable to overcome > (google) is screen resolution. > > Take for example a Proliant DL380, the KDE Info Center reports an ATI Rage > XL. > Running Knoppix &

Video Drivers & Screen Resolution

2009-07-29 Thread Steve Allen
I am looking to replace my knoppix build with debian-live. It is mostly going Ok but one small problem I have been unable to overcome (google) is screen resolution. Take for example a Proliant DL380, the KDE Info Center reports an ATI Rage XL. Running Knoppix & Debian Live lenny, both the /var/log