Re: powerpc d-i daily ISOs are one week out of date.

2006-09-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
een a change in the daily ppc images which the CD build process doesn't like. In fact, looking further - there are d-i build failures on ppc which are causing the problem. Wouter/Frans, can you take a look please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Weekly snapshot of powerpc CDs shows much breakage

2006-10-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
lates also seem to build reasonable >CDs, but the .torrents reflect the abnormally short .iso lengths. > >Would someone who knows where to kick the build process please do so? Oops; I'll take a look. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Weekly snapshot of powerpc CDs shows much breakage

2006-10-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 12:37:19PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 01:28:58AM -0500, Don Wright wrote: >>http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/powerpc/iso-cd/ >>http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ >> >>A lot of zero length

Re: Weekly snapshot of powerpc CDs shows much breakage

2006-10-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:32:05PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: >On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 01:46:53PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> Looks like the cdimage server just ran out of disk temporarily during >> the ISO build, leaving some short/zero-length ISO files. I'm &

Re: NMU for contrib package

2006-10-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
Please cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed. Building now on both mips and ppc; will probably be in incoming by the time you read this... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comm

Re: Simplified booting of Debian install CD on IBM PowerPC servers - Suggestion

2007-03-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
se? We'd love some good feedback at this point. :-) Thanks, -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews signature.asc Description: Digital signature

DPL teams review 2008

2008-04-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
=== Other stuff === That's the list of things I'm hoping to learn more about from this review of teams. Of course, I'm sure there are many other things in Debian that you'd like to ask or tell me about. By all means, talk t

Re: PowePC sid_d-i daily builds are not happening...

2009-05-31 Thread Steve McIntyre
09. > > What is wrong and what can we do to fix it? Sorry, no idea what was wrong but just as I went to look at the logs of the last build the latest one just succeeded. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com We don't need no ed

Re: powerpc DVDs

2009-06-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
s. If you need them, the remaining DVD images can be generated using jigdo. See http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ for more information about that. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: PowerPC daily install CDs? [Was: Re: Netinst for testing?]

2009-11-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
orry, I'm away on vacation until next weekend so there's not much I can do about this right now. I've just about got enough net access to do mail from time to time... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "...In the UNIX world, peo

Woody DVD problem on powerpc

2002-08-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
e have far too many files */ if (count >= 65536) return (-1); else return (size); This seems to be a brick wall. Is HFS really this crap? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the

Re: Woody DVD problem on powerpc

2002-08-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 10:13:07AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: >On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:34:45PM -0700, Brad Boyer wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 01:44:55AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> > This seems to be a brick wall. Is HFS really this crap? >> >> Y

Re: Woody DVD problem on powerpc

2002-08-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 11:11:07AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >Maybe the answer is to fiddle with the HFS bits so we only have the >boot / install stuff visible in the HFS volume descriptor and leave >the rest of the files on the disc only visible through >ISO9660/RockRidg

Re: ppc version

2002-01-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
I didn't >succeed in finding >any information which could help me with my problem. > >Please be so kind to tell me how I can solve this problem. I'm not sure if the CDs are able to boot on RS6000 hardware. Maybe somebody on the powerpc list can help with that...? --

Please build xpostitplus for me

2002-05-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
c people to build it for me? Pretty please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rpg-soc.ucam.org/curs/>CURS home page "Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, "Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound

Re: debian-update-3.0r4-powerpc

2005-04-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
#x27;t need the 30r4 update. However, you should be aware - 30r5 was released last weekend, along with new CDs... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "This dress doesn't reverse." -- Alden Spiess signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Seeking a powerpc debian-admin

2005-05-24 Thread Steve McIntyre
en > gnat-3.3 | gnat-4.0 | gnat-3.4 > libmpfr-dev > libcairo1-dev (>= 0.3.0) > realpath (>= 1.9.12) > chrpath > lsb-release > graphviz (>= 2.2) > >I got no response from debian-admin, so I'm trying here instead. I can give you an account on my ppc if

Re: linux on mac

1999-02-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
he people on the powerpc mailing list can help...? -- Steve McIntyre, Allstor Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the far end, and the goat, terminated ove

Want another buildd?

2004-11-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi guys, I've acquired a powerpc machine (an IBM RS/6000, 43p/240). It's installed and not doing much at the moment. Would another buildd be useful? I have a full local mirror on the same LAN, and I've already got sbuild and friends up and running... -- Steve McIntyre

Re: Want another buildd?

2004-11-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 04:00:58PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: >On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 01:29:08PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I've acquired a powerpc machine (an IBM RS/6000, 43p/240). It's > >What model is it ? is it already a c

Re: Want another buildd?

2004-11-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 05:00:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: >On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 03:05:00PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> with one removed for now. Nobody has yet done the kernel work to >> enable the second processor on these machines under Linux and it has >

Re: Security updates

2005-06-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones >used instead. >run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/apt-update exited with return code 100 You're now pointing at testing security. The new testing, aka "etch" does not exist yet. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge,

Re: iso image for PPC G4 700MHz

2022-05-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
d be better asking the porters on the powerpc list, we've not maintained official CD releases for old powerpc images for some time. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane

Re: unbreaking LibreOffices tests on at least release architectures

2023-06-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
t. > >Must have misremembered. It still does - I got this copy via the debian-arm list... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "This dress doesn't reverse." -- Alden Spiess

Re: Fwd: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch'

2016-10-31 Thread Steve McIntyre
ma...@debian.org wrote: >Anyone has a summary of the powerpc specific discussion ? The meeting log is at http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-release/2016/debian-release.2016-10-30-20.00.log.html -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Armed with &qu

Re: debian-installer now available in Ports

2017-04-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
I'd expect it to work OK. I've offered before: I don't have the time personally to work on building ports images, but I'm more than happy to help other people getting them building on our official infrastructure... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed?

Re: installing NETINST 20190127 on Mac mini G4

2019-01-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
reference, I do absolutely see no reason >why I should carry the additional maintenance burden for it. Right. That's important. Similarly, we've been discussing removing support for lilo on x86. It's dead (again!) upstream and there's no good reason or motivation for us to continue

Re: Releasing ppc64el cloud images with Buster

2019-06-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 02:23:54PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: >Hi > >Do we want to release ppc64el cloud images with Buster? > >They work for me but only got minimal test coverage. Do we know if anybody is using them at all? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: Multi-arch netinst getting too big

2010-07-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
[ Added cc: to debian-powerpc for help... ] On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 08:44:15AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: >On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 22:46 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 03:45:31PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> >Steve McIntyre writes: >> &

Re: Multi-arch netinst getting too big

2010-07-09 Thread Steve McIntyre
will still be a standalone powerpc netinst, but we may have to drop it from the multi-arch disk. I'm hoping to be able to find savings elsewhere, but it's tight. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Because heaters aren't

Re: ISO For Recent Debian Squeeze

2010-07-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
alpha/ >* http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/powerpc/arm/ Hmmm. There's been a screwup somewhere then - this clearly shouldn't happen. Thanks for the report! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Welcome my son, welcome to the machine

Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
32-bit processor >-expert64expert mode on 64-bit processor >+install 64-bit processor (G5 or POWER3/4/5/6/7) >+install32 32-bit processor (G4 or earlier) Is there a reason why you've dropped mention of the "expert" options here? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
tags 678066 +pending thanks On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 01:22:19PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote: >On 08/04/2012 12:41 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 05:56:54PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote: >>> This is a Debian installation ${MEDIA_TYPE}, >>

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-02-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
same menus into grub format for UEFI x86 booting. AFAIK none of the other arches have that support. If you'd like to play with yaboot and see if you can get it to play ball, I doubt anybody would be averse to adding that as a feature. :-) To be honest, it may be too late for Wheezy, but I guess

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
all with the xfce desktop >environment, type >"expert desktop=xfce" >at the "boot:" prompt. > >Would it help if I submit a wishlist bug report? If so, which package? The message there comes from debian-cd, so I'm simply adding it now. -- Ste

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >>The following desktop environments are available: >>gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default is gnome. >>If you pre

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:58:54PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> >>>The following desktop environments are available: >>>

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 01:46:06PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >>Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the >>powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot options to >>sp

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
h the changes in - please test and make sure all works OK? I can see the code looks ok from here, but I don't have easy access to a powerpc machine to be able to check that text fits on screen correctly, silly things like that... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Help with Wheezy CD testing on Saturday

2013-05-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
iki.debian.org/Teams/DebianCD/ReleaseTesting/Wheezy and I'll be filling in more details there in the next couple of days, including some specific configurations that I'd like to see tested. If you can help us test on Saturday, please take a look and join me in #debian-cd where we'll

Re: How to make a custom installer CD/DVD/BD/USB-stick?

2013-09-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
d is. simple-cdd is meant to do that kind of thing AFAIK, yes. Alternatively, debian-cd is the core package that we use for creating the main Debian images. It's very flexible and (sorry!) not particularly well documented... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: Results of the porter roll call (Was: Roll call for porters of architectures in sid and testing)

2013-10-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
++---++-- >> armel || 3 || 0 || 1 ||4 >> armhf || 3 || 1 || 2 ||6 > >> armel: Wookey (DD), Gatis Visnevskis (!DD), Nobuhiro Iwamatsu (DD), Steve >> McIntyre (DD) >> armhf: Jeremiah Foster (!DD, but NM?), W

Time to change the debian-ports "list"?

2014-09-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
hat interested people can subscribe to. Maybe "debian-cross-ports" or "debian-architectures" or something. Please feel free to suggest a better name! If such a list were to be set up, we could/should encourage existing architecture porters to sign up there too.

Re: Time to change the debian-ports "list"?

2014-09-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 06:39:10PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >Hi folks, > >I believe the existing debian-ports setup (as an exploder pointing to >all the different port lists) is not working well at all. It's a >confusing setup to many people, which leads to lots of cros

Re: Fixing buildd issues on ppc64el

2014-09-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
on new systems. You're kidding, surely? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." -- Danie

Re: Time to change the debian-ports "list"?

2014-09-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
stions related to setting up a Debian port, > including wanna-build, buildd, etc. That's exactly it, yes. Thanks. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course,

Re: Fixing buildd issues on ppc64el

2014-09-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 02:13:43PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: >On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, Steve McIntyre wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 01:02:52PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: >> >Hi, >> > >> >status update, we have these 4 left: >> > >>

Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
we be doing to make bootable CD/DVD/USB images for ppc64el, please? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 09:57:44AM -0300, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: >On 09/22/2014 12:00 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: >>On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>>I'm adding support for new architectures at the moment. powerpc is one >>

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
upport to debian-cd. Could >you please merge it? Done, and pushed. I've also just added ppc64el to the daily and weekly build config - let's see how well it works! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Getting a SCSI chain working is per

Re: Help with the arm64 and ppc64el installation-guides needed

2015-04-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
going to need work for arm64, to describe both U-Boot and UEFI boot options across platforms. I'm looking it now, but it's going to need some time. I'm hoping to be able to re-use some of the existing content from amd64 and armhf, at least... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Ports pages need updating on www.d.o

2015-04-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
her than Jessie. Please take a look. In the webwml source, there's even a file to list maintainers for the various port pages. Until I touched it today, it hadn't been modified since 2005. It's clearly not very useful at the moment! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.

Re: Time to change the debian-ports "list"?

2015-07-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:51:29PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 07:01:00PM +, Thorsten Glaser wrote: >>Alexander Wirt dixit: >> >>>Could you please (technically) summarize what needs to be done from >>>listmaster side?

Re: Time to change the debian-ports "list"?

2015-07-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 05:38:17PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 01:40:20PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:51:29PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 07:01:00PM +, Thorsten Glaser wrote: >>