Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sunday 26 November 2006 19:25, Johannes Berg wrote: > > During installation. How often does one install? > Well, it does take a while :) Though when I installed mine, the So you have such a machine :) Could you please test, if those noisy fans are made silent with d-i RC1 and with the cu

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sunday 26 November 2006 15:09, Sven Luther wrote: > > > currently shiping powerpc hardware are : > > > IBM pseries : not really supported, patch sitting without comment > > > since months, early work lost because of svn commit conflicts. > > raise the bug severity? which bug#, btw? > >

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sunday 26 November 2006 15:45, Alex Fernandez wrote: > One of the selling points of Free Software in general, and Debian in > particular, is that the people doing the coding are the people in > charge. Right. The people doing the vast majority of work on the debian-installer, which runs o

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 12:08:09PM +0100, Holger Levsen a écrit : > > Could you please test, if those noisy fans are made silent with d-i RC1 No need to test, they are not: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/11/msg00789.html > with the current daily-builds and tell us the results. (You d

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Monday 27 November 2006 18:38, Michael Schmitz wrote: > I see. Is the installer smart enough to pull packages from more than one > archive? Yes. During build time it looks for local udebs which will be included in the cd-image. regards, Holger pgpyCjvVeSRTS.pgp Description: P

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 12:08:09PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 26 November 2006 19:25, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > During installation. How often does one install? > > Well, it does take a while :) Though when I installed mine, the > > So you have such a machine :) > > Could y

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 12:18:54PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 26 November 2006 15:45, Alex Fernandez wrote: > > One of the selling points of Free Software in general, and Debian in > > particular, is that the people doing the coding are the people in > > charge. > > Right. Th

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 12:17:07PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 26 November 2006 15:09, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > currently shiping powerpc hardware are : > > > > IBM pseries : not really supported, patch sitting without comment > > > > since months, early work lost because o

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 12:25:27PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Monday 27 November 2006 18:38, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > I see. Is the installer smart enough to pull packages from more than one > > archive? > > Yes. During build time it looks for local udebs which will be included i

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > I see. Is the installer smart enough to pull packages from more than one > > archive? > > Yes. During build time it looks for local udebs which will be included in the > cd-image. That's not what I was asking - during run (install) time, there is no way to pull udebs off the net then, I gather

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:49, you wrote: > That's not what I was asking - during run (install) time, there is no way > to pull udebs off the net then, I gather? If you use your own mirror and modify that, you can. It's even explained in the d-i developer documentation how to do this, a

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Thursday 30 November 2006 12:20, Charles Plessy wrote: > No need to test, they are not: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/11/msg00789.html Ok. I will add info about this in the errata then. > On the other hand, I recommend to test wether they also stay silent on > the installed s

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:30, Sven Luther wrote: > > > #394970: finish-install: [powerpc64] Add support for IBM serial > I didn't, because [1, 2 & 3 - basically no time] And then you complain, that other people don't find the time to reply to the bugreport. Can't you imagine, that t

g5 imacs now silent?

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, this bug was originally about building certain windfarm drivers into the kernel instead of modules, but it seems, that this was a red herring and the current kernel in sid now includes working modules to turn the G5 fans silent. If this is correct, this bug can be closed. Is it correct?

Re: bug in cpufreqd?

2006-11-30 Thread leandro noferini
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Steinmann) writes: [...] > Same here. This is on an iBook. Also here is on an iBook g4 last generation. > I can't exactly tell when it occurs. For me always when I try to use the computer without charge. > Definitely not right after booting but rather later when the iB

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Schmitz
> On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:49, you wrote: > > That's not what I was asking - during run (install) time, there is no way > > to pull udebs off the net then, I gather? > > If you use your own mirror and modify that, you can. It's even explained in > the d-i developer documentation how to do th

Re: bug in cpufreqd?

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Same here. This is on an iBook. > > Also here is on an iBook g4 last generation. > > > I can't exactly tell when it occurs. > > For me always when I try to use the computer without charge. > > > Definitely not right after booting but rather later when the iBook > > goes on battery and back on A

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:16:42PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:30, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > #394970: finish-install: [powerpc64] Add support for IBM serial > > I didn't, because > > [1, 2 & 3 - basically no time] > > And then you complain, that other

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:07:08PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:49, you wrote: > > That's not what I was asking - during run (install) time, there is no way > > to pull udebs off the net then, I gather? > > If you use your own mirror and modify that, you c

Re: g5 imacs now silent?

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:24:07PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > this bug was originally about building certain windfarm drivers into the > kernel instead of modules, but it seems, that this was a red herring and the > current kernel in sid now includes working modules to turn the G5 fan

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Fabio Tranchitella
* 2006-11-30 18:05, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:30, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > #394970: finish-install: [powerpc64] Add support for IBM serial > > > I didn't, because > > > > [1, 2 & 3 - basically no time] > > > > And then you complain, that other people don't find

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Thursday 30 November 2006 18:21, Fabio Tranchitella wrote: > * Holger, Frans and who others involved, could you please stop to reply > to Sven's non-technical e-mail messages? It surely do not help anybody. Indeed, I did regret sending the previous mail in this thread to the list and

Re: which serious bugs exactly? (Re: if you care about debian on powerpc, please react ...)

2006-11-30 Thread Fabio Tranchitella
* 2006-11-30 19:31, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Thursday 30 November 2006 18:21, Fabio Tranchitella wrote: > > * Holger, Frans and who others involved, could you please stop to reply > > to Sven's non-technical e-mail messages? It surely do not help anybody. > > Indeed, I did regret s

Re: bug in cpufreqd?

2006-11-30 Thread leandro noferini
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > You guys are aware that cpufreqd has been the source of problems (read: > kernel lockup) on G4 before, Until now it worked perfectly for me. > and that there is powernowd which just works fine on G4? I did not know this: I will give a try.

Re: g5 imacs now silent?

2006-11-30 Thread Étienne Bersac
Hi, Beware not to confuse iMac G5 rev A&B and rev C (among PowerMac G5). iMac G5 rev C (chip PowerMac 12,1) do not have yet their windfarm driver. Benh told that he began the work on this driver but has difficulties to get access to de device. Benh, can you confirm ? Étienne. -- Verso l'Alto !

Re: bug in cpufreqd?

2006-11-30 Thread Bertrand Mingaud
I have the same problem on an iBook G4 on a fresh etch installation. The problem occurs when booting and then later on AC plug/unplug. Bertrand -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#397942: g5 imacs now silent?

2006-11-30 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 23:04 +0100, Étienne Bersac wrote: > Hi, > > Beware not to confuse iMac G5 rev A&B and rev C (among PowerMac G5). > iMac G5 rev C (chip PowerMac 12,1) do not have yet their windfarm > driver. Benh told that he began the work on this driver but has > difficulties to get access

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 05:48:55PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:03:41AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Hi fellow debian-powerpc users, > > > Once more, some influent folk in the debian-boot team, who didn't even > > > want to > > > be named, is trying to stop me from

Re: linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.24_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2006-11-30 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 01:53:01PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 05:48:55PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:03:41AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > > Hi fellow debian-powerpc users, > > > > Once more, some influent folk in the debian-boot team, w