Bug#373704: Wrong patch

2007-01-15 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.1.3-3 Followup-For: Bug #373704 Sorry, I send the wrong patch last night. MfG Goswin -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel:

Bug#406971: megaraid is aborting

2007-01-15 Thread Philipp Hübner @ SLZ
Subject: cdrom: the kernel-driver/module megaraid isn't working correctly Package: debian-installer Severity: important Justification: breaks the whole system version: n/a: daily-build Debian GNU/LINUX testing Etch - Official Snapshot i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070112-09:17 *** Please type your

Re: Debian has failed us

2007-01-15 Thread Mathew Binkley
Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you give us examples of actions from the D-I team who could be used as illustrations of negligence towards the powerpc architecture users? Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has already been explained that the bug at issue here has not

Bug#406971: found kind of solution

2007-01-15 Thread Philipp Hübner @ SLZ
Hey. I've made a new installation, but this time in expert mode. I kept it all the same, just installed the kernel 2.6.18-3-486 instead of 2.6.18-3-686. Now it's working fine. So I think it must have something to do with the linux-image-2.6.18-3-686, and not with the debian-installer. I

Re: Debian has failed us

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 15, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Rick Thomas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): It's sad to see d-i on powerpc, a major architectural variant, being eroded and neglected as a result of a few people who can't get past their own personal animosity to Sven. Whatever his merits

Re: an ordinary user and password is requested

2007-01-15 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 14-01-2007 om 19:55 schreef Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton: slight irony: the tasksel thing is fixed, and yesterday, root password was being requested when the preseed entries were in the database to stop it. today that is _also_ fixed - but ironically, an ordinary user and password is

Re: an ordinary user and password is requested

2007-01-15 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 15-01-2007 om 20:29 schreef Geert Stappers: Mmm, that can (could) be preseeded to be skipped. In http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/example-preseed.txt it this snippet: ### Account setup # Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to # use sudo). #d-i

Bug#407035: graphical installer crashes

2007-01-15 Thread Joel Johnson
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Justification: after crashing, installer hangs starting partitioning task Boot method: CD Image version: installer build 20070109-03:51 Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Memory: 1GB Partitions: Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads,

Bug#407017: installation-report: SUN Ultra 10

2007-01-15 Thread Peter Van Loock
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.23 Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/sparc/iso-cd/debian-testing-sparc-netinst.iso Date: 2007/01/15 17:00 Machine: SUN Ultra 10 Partitions: Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk

Bug#407039: LVM Volume deleted from graphical installer

2007-01-15 Thread Joel Johnson
Package: installation-reports Severity: critical Justification: unrequested Volume removal - substantial data loss Boot method: CD Image version: installer build 20070109-03:51 Comments/Problems: When using the graphical installer (either installgui or expertgui) the mapping appears to be set

Incomplete upload found in Debian upload queue

2007-01-15 Thread Archive Administrator
Probably you are the uploader of the following file(s) in the Debian upload queue directory: installation-guide_20070115.dsc installation-guide_20070115.tar.gz This looks like an upload, but a .changes file is missing, so the job cannot be processed. If no .changes file arrives within

Bug#407063: wine in desktop task?

2007-01-15 Thread Robert Millan
Package: tasksel Version: 2.58 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch How about adding wine to desktop task? --- tasksel-2.63/tasks/desktop~ 2007-01-12 23:19:19.0 +0100 +++ tasksel-2.63/tasks/desktop 2007-01-16 00:10:54.0 +0100 @@ -65,3 +65,7 @@ cupsys-bsd # gui for configuration of

Bug#406912: tasksel-data: Should add numlockx to desktop

2007-01-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Miroslav Kure, le Mon 15 Jan 2007 17:38:22 +0100, a écrit : On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:56:14AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: I'd hence suggest to add the numlockx package to the desktop task. Think about the poor laptop users who will have to turn it off each time they login, because

Bug#406912: tasksel-data: Should add numlockx to desktop

2007-01-15 Thread Miroslav Kure
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:56:14AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: I'd hence suggest to add the numlockx package to the desktop task. Think about the poor laptop users who will have to turn it off each time they login, because half of the keyboard would be unusable for them. ...and they will

Re: Debian has failed us

2007-01-15 Thread Christian Perrier
Can you give us examples of actions from the D-I team who could be used as illustrations of negligence towards the powerpc architecture users? Well, OK: The one that particularly got to me was the very long dry spell for OldWorld PowerMacs during which etch would not boot on that

Re: Debian has failed us

2007-01-15 Thread Christian Perrier
Right about now, I'm expecting several people to chime in we've fixed the problem already on our installers, and you're an idiot, just go here to get it. I, and probably most of humanity with a job and a life, don't have time to dig through the entire website. When we see a link on the