Re: out of tree modules and custom kernels in testing and beyond

2012-02-01 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 02/01/2012 05:19 PM, Andres Cimmarusti wrote: > I don't know how to FORCE lb-config and lb-build to boot my > customized kernel instead of the one mainline. build proper .debs from that 3.3~rc version of yours, then put them as local packages in the config tree. if you don't want to do the fir

Re: out of tree modules and custom kernels in testing and beyond

2012-02-01 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 02/02/2012 12:12 AM, Andres Cimmarusti wrote: > With the broadcom-sta driver, I don't know how to instruct > module-assistant to compile the module...but I guess this isn't so > important as the nvidia stuff. broadcom-sta uses dkms in sid too. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg

Re: dictionaries-common & myspell

2012-02-01 Thread Kai Hendry
Hi Richard, thanks for your time again. On 2 February 2012 10:57, Richard Nelson wrote: > Looking at dictionaries-common through aptitude it shows what it > breaks. Maybe something like the untested (and ymmv) pinning below Could you elaborate? I remember trying yesterday and just confused what

Re: dictionaries-common & myspell

2012-02-01 Thread Richard Nelson
Greetings, On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Kai Hendry wrote: > Thanks for the reply Richard, > > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been cr

Re: out of tree modules and custom kernels in testing and beyond

2012-02-01 Thread Daniel Reichelt
Hi > towards 3.2). I compile kernels from upstream sources all the time, > but I don't know how to FORCE lb-config and lb-build to boot my > customized kernel instead of the one mainline. Can you give me some > pointers? (I've never set-up an APT repository... I would prefer to > avoid this unless

Re: out of tree modules and custom kernels in testing and beyond

2012-02-01 Thread Andres Cimmarusti
Just an update on my question. The nvidia part was easy enough by fetching the nvidia-kernel-dkms package. So that dkms automatically builds the module for you. With the broadcom-sta driver, I don't know how to instruct module-assistant to compile the module...but I guess this isn't so important a

out of tree modules and custom kernels in testing and beyond

2012-02-01 Thread Andres Cimmarusti
Hello I have a couple of computers that are working ok using squeeze + squeeze-backports. I wanted to run wheezy on one of the computers, but a serious bug in the bluetooth module firmware prevents the computer from restarting properly. I want to debug this feature without having to wipe out my e

Bug#658265: live-boot doesn't support overlayfs correctly

2012-02-01 Thread Stephan Adig
Package: live-boot Version: 3.0~a24-1 Dear Colleagues, I just had to fight with live-boot and overlayfs on Ubuntu Precise. The Ubuntu Precise Kernel doesn't support the aufs module anymore, but as a replacement it supports the overlayfs module. Sadly, live-boot doesn't support overlayfs correctl

Re: Debian live system, booting difficulties

2012-02-01 Thread Daniel Ellison
On 01/02/12 07:09 AM, christoffer krakou wrote: Hello people. I'm trying to build a live system using the Debian Live Builder, But i cannot get it to work. Just building the vanilla image with the default config produces an image wich never gets past the bootloader When i boot the hybrid-iso (i

Debian live system, booting difficulties

2012-02-01 Thread christoffer krakou
Hello people. I'm trying to build a live system using the Debian Live Builder, But i cannot get it to work. Just building the vanilla image with the default config produces an image wich never gets past the bootloader When i boot the hybrid-iso (i have tried using virtualbox and vmware playe

Re: dictionaries-common & myspell

2012-02-01 Thread Kai Hendry
Thanks for the reply Richard, Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help t