Bug#709436: marked as done (debian-installer: too low memory requirement documented on the F2 boot screen)
Your message dated Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:44:51 +0200 with message-id <201307201245.07701.hol...@layer-acht.org> and subject line dealing with old debian-installer bugs has caused the Debian Bug report #709436, regarding debian-installer: too low memory requirement documented on the F2 boot screen to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 709436: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=709436 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems --- Begin Message --- Package: debian-installer Version: wheezy Severity: minor Hi, Booting the Wheezy mini.iso, choosing Help from the menu, pressing F2 says: You must have at least 44 megabytes of RAM to use this Debian installer. Starting the installer with 64 MB of memory enters low memory mode, and reports insufficient memory: [...] At least 86 megabytes of memory are required. Continuing the installation then runs into OOM situation. The two memory requirement statements should be synchronized, 44 (or even 64) MB is clearly not enough. Thanks, Feri. --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- reassign 473144 win32-loader reassign 598653 discover reassign 511896 partman-base thanks Hi, thank you for submitting bug reports concering debian-installer, much appreciated. I read through all the bugs mentioned here (and I'm sure they were read by several people at the time they were submitted) and am closing them now as/if - they (finally) indicated success and/or - I know from first hand experience that the functionality is working in Wheezy and/or - they only contained very little information and/or - they contained user errors and/or - they have been from a development phase where things were not stable and/or - they are very old and/or - they are wishlist but rather special + exotic and not have been acted on for years. (See http://blog.liw.fi/posts/wishlist-bugs/ why it's often useful to close wishlist bugs.) If I've closed a bug incorrectly please do reply (it's easy to reopen and I'll do if requested) or just file a new one - thats often better, as the bug log will be clearer and shorter and not contain cruft. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. --- End Message ---
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Bug#709436: debian-installer: too low memory requirement documented on the F2 boot screen
Control: tags -1 + pending Ferenc Wágner, le Thu 23 May 2013 12:25:37 +0200, a écrit : > The two memory requirement statements should be synchronized, 44 (or even > 64) MB is clearly not enough. Indeed, the update hint was missing in the lowmem package. I have now added that and updated the figures. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130523103654.gf6...@type.bordeaux.inria.fr
Bug#709436: debian-installer: too low memory requirement documented on the F2 boot screen
Package: debian-installer Version: wheezy Severity: minor Hi, Booting the Wheezy mini.iso, choosing Help from the menu, pressing F2 says: You must have at least 44 megabytes of RAM to use this Debian installer. Starting the installer with 64 MB of memory enters low memory mode, and reports insufficient memory: [...] At least 86 megabytes of memory are required. Continuing the installation then runs into OOM situation. The two memory requirement statements should be synchronized, 44 (or even 64) MB is clearly not enough. Thanks, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130523102537.32127.97533.report...@lant.ki.iif.hu
Re: d-i Manual: 5.1.7. The Boot Screen - alternative DEs
On Sun 21 Oct 2012 at 08:34:53 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi Holger, > Hi, > > Brian Potkin wrote: > > The attached patch is a description of an option which does not appear > > to be mentioned in any detail in the Guide, (Thinking on, it is almost a > > hidden option. Why can it not be in the top level menu?) > > > > --- manual/en/boot-installer/x86.xml2012-10-20 18:53:08.923819809 > > +0100 > > +++ manual/en/boot-installer/x86_alternativeDEs.xml 2012-10-20 > > 19:27:43.0 +0100 > > @@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ > > that allows to boot the installer in expert mode, in rescue mode and for > > automated installs. > > > > +The second menu also offers an 'Alternative desktop environments' menu. > > +You can choose from KDE, LXDE or Xfce. You will be asked about having a > > +DE towards the end of the install as part of installing extra packages. > > +Unless you make a choice here (or with an installer boot parameter) you > > +will have the GNOME Desktop Environment automatically installed. > > + > > > > Please note, that that menu is not existing on all CDs. > netboot or netinst CD for example does not have it. The mini,iso and netinst.iso for beta-3 both have an 'Alternative desktop environments' menu. To cater for images which do not present it, the wording could be changed to "Depending on the installation method you are using the second menu may also offer an . . . ". However, it was remiss of me to claim > The attached patch is a description of an option which does > not appear to be mentioned in any detail in the Guide, . . . Section 6.3.5.2. Selecting and Installing Software has this: > Some CD images (netinst and DVD) also allow selection of the > desired desktop environment from the graphical boot menu. > Select the “Advanced options” option in the main menu and look > for “Alternative desktop environments”. Regards, Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121021114120.GM26295@desktop
Re: d-i Manual: 5.1.7. The Boot Screen - alternative DEs
Hi, Brian Potkin wrote: > The attached patch is a description of an option which does not appear > to be mentioned in any detail in the Guide, (Thinking on, it is almost a > hidden option. Why can it not be in the top level menu?) > > --- manual/en/boot-installer/x86.xml 2012-10-20 18:53:08.923819809 +0100 > +++ manual/en/boot-installer/x86_alternativeDEs.xml 2012-10-20 > 19:27:43.0 +0100 > @@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ > that allows to boot the installer in expert mode, in rescue mode and for > automated installs. > > +The second menu also offers an 'Alternative desktop environments' menu. > +You can choose from KDE, LXDE or Xfce. You will be asked about having a > +DE towards the end of the install as part of installing extra packages. > +Unless you make a choice here (or with an installer boot parameter) you > +will have the GNOME Desktop Environment automatically installed. > + > Please note, that that menu is not existing on all CDs. netboot or netinst CD for example does not have it. Holger -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Created with Sylpheed 3.0.2 under D e b i a n G N U / L I N U X 6.0 ( S q u e e z e ) Registered LinuxUser #311290 - http://counter.li.org/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121021083453.f47cce79.li...@wansing-online.de
d-i Manual: 5.1.7. The Boot Screen - alternative DEs
The attached patch is a description of an option which does not appear to be mentioned in any detail in the Guide, (Thinking on, it is almost a hidden option. Why can it not be in the top level menu?) It also occured to me that users might want to see what the sub-menus contain. At present only the main menu is shown in this section. A patch is available if required, Also. Would there be any benefit to having a paragraph or two linking the menu items to other sections of the Guide.? For example, Linking 'Install with speech synthesis' to section 5.2. or 'Automated install' to Appendix B. Easily done if wanted. A user reading this section might want to know what they are in for. Regards, Brian. --- manual/en/boot-installer/x86.xml 2012-10-20 18:53:08.923819809 +0100 +++ manual/en/boot-installer/x86_alternativeDEs.xml 2012-10-20 19:27:43.0 +0100 @@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ that allows to boot the installer in expert mode, in rescue mode and for automated installs. +The second menu also offers an 'Alternative desktop environments' menu. +You can choose from KDE, LXDE or Xfce. You will be asked about having a +DE towards the end of the install as part of installing extra packages. +Unless you make a choice here (or with an installer boot parameter) you +will have the GNOME Desktop Environment automatically installed. + If you wish or need to add any boot parameters for either the installer
Re: d-i Manual: 5.1.7. The Boot Screen - help menu
Hello, Brian Potkin, le Wed 17 Oct 2012 18:52:01 +0100, a écrit : > In 5.1.7. The Boot Screen we have: > >Note that it is not possible to return to the boot menu >after the help screens have been displayed. > > This is not the case. Patch attached. Oh! Thanks! > -Choosing the Help entry will result in the first help screen > -being displayed which gives an overview of all available help screens. > +Choosing the Help entry will result in the first help > +screen being displayed which gives an overview of all available help Another nitpicking here: please avoid reformating the paragraphs, just let the text mostly as it is, so that the resulting patch becomes way easier to read since it'll only show the actually modified lines. Yes, it often means having lines with varying lengths, but that's less trouble than patches consisting in whole paragraphs :) Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121018224835.gm5...@type.youpi.perso.aquilenet.fr
d-i Manual: 5.1.7. The Boot Screen - help menu
In 5.1.7. The Boot Screen we have: Note that it is not possible to return to the boot menu after the help screens have been displayed. This is not the case. Patch attached. Regards, Brian. --- manual/en/boot-installer/x86.xml 2012-10-16 18:40:11.614238828 +0100 +++ manual/en/boot-installer/x86_help.xml 2012-10-17 18:26:51.0 +0100 @@ -419,12 +419,11 @@ -Choosing the Help entry will result in the first help screen -being displayed which gives an overview of all available help screens. -Note that it is not possible to return to the boot menu after the help -screens have been displayed. However, the F3 and F4 help screens list -commands that are equivalent to the boot methods listed in the menu. All -help screens have a boot prompt at which the boot command can be typed: +Choosing the Help entry will result in the first help +screen being displayed which gives an overview of all available help +screens. To return to the boot menu after the help screens have been +displayed type 'menu' at the boot prompt and press &enterkey;. All help +screens have a boot prompt at which the boot command can be typed: Press F1 for the help index, or ENTER to boot:
Bug#579954: marked as done (installation-guide: Add link from accessibility section to boot screen section)
Your message dated Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:17:52 + with message-id and subject line Bug#579954: fixed in installation-guide 20110122 has caused the Debian Bug report #579954, regarding installation-guide: Add link from accessibility section to boot screen section to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 579954: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=579954 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems --- Begin Message --- Package: installation-guide Version: 20090901 Severity: wishlist Hello, It has been reported that it would be useful to add a link from the accessibility to the boot screen section, as the attached patch does, since the latter describes precisely how keypresses work there. Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.33 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- Samuel Thibault The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first. (Arno Schaefer's .sig) Index: en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml === --- en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml (révision 63063) +++ en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml (copie de travail) @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ On machines that support it, the boot menu emits a beep when it is ready to receive keystrokes. Some boot parameters can then be appended to -enable accessibility features. Note that on most architectures the boot +enable accessibility features. See + for details on how to type them. +Note that on most architectures the boot loader interprets your keyboard as a QWERTY keyboard. --- End Message --- --- Begin Message --- Source: installation-guide Source-Version: 20110122 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of installation-guide, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: installation-guide-amd64_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-amd64_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-armel_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-armel_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-hppa_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-hppa_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-i386_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-i386_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-ia64_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-ia64_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-kfreebsd-amd64_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-kfreebsd-amd64_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-kfreebsd-i386_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-kfreebsd-i386_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-mips_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-mips_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-mipsel_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-mipsel_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-powerpc_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-powerpc_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-s390_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-s390_20110122_all.deb installation-guide-sparc_20110122_all.deb to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-sparc_20110122_all.deb installation-guide_20110122.dsc to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide_20110122.dsc installation-guide_20110122.tar.gz to main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide_20110122.tar.gz A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 579...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Christian Perrier (supplier of updated installation-guide package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@debian.org) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:16:49 +0100 Source: installation-guide Binary: installation-guide-amd64 installation-guide-armel installation-guide-hppa installation-guide-i386 ins
Processed: Re: Bug#579954: installation-guide: Add link from accessibility section to boot screen section
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Bug#579954: installation-guide: Add link from accessibility section to boot screen section
tag 579954 pending thanks On Sunday 02 May 2010, Samuel Thibault wrote: > It has been reported that it would be useful to add a link from the > accessibility to the boot screen section, as the attached patch does, > since the latter describes precisely how keypresses work there. I've added the link, but using a simpler change. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201007151915.31864.elen...@planet.nl
Re: Bug#571045: syslinux: Incorrect display of boot screen image in D-I
Cyril Brulebois (13/07/2010): > Patch attached […] That's r63926. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Bug#571045: syslinux: Incorrect display of boot screen image in D-I
Cyril Brulebois (13/07/2010): > I'm going to send a follow-up with the new files (to -boot@ > only). Not sure what the mail size limit is (if any) on that list. As promised. Mraw, KiBi. <> klowner.rle Description: Binary data http://dugnet.com/klown/pics/klowner_debboot.png by Mark Riedesel, license same as open use logo Resized to address syslinux's #571045 by Cyril Brulebois To create klowner.rle: 1. convert klowner.png klowner.bmp 2. bmptoppm < klowner.bmp | ppmtolss16 '#FBFDFA=7' > klowner.rle (FBFDFA is the color used for the inside of the "n" in Debian.) Alternatively (e.g. if bmptoppm fails): 1. save klowner.png as klowner.ppm in Gimp. 2. ppmtolss16 '#FBFDFA=7' < klowner.ppm > klowner.rle Tools as of July 2010: - convertis shipped in imagemagick - bmptoppm is shipped in netpbm - ppmtolss16 is shipped in syslinux-common signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Bug#571045: syslinux: Incorrect display of boot screen image in D-I
Frans Pop (14/04/2010): > debian-cd does not actually have the image. It is provided by D-I > [1]. So IIUC someone will need to change the boot splash image from > 640x320 to 640x480. > > [1] installer/build/boot/x86/pics/klowner.* And since nobody dared to click a couple of times in Gimp in the meanwhile⦠Patch attached, although attaching a binary diff sounds very wrong to me, but if that's what svn gives⦠I'm going to send a follow-up with the new files (to -boot@ only). Not sure what the mail size limit is (if any) on that list. FWIW: To test it, I made sure to have uptodate syslinux* in my build chroot, checked the image was broken in a freshly rebuilt d-i, then updated the image, and checked it was showing up properly in the newly-rebuilt d-i. That was netboot-gtk's mini.iso for i386, running inside qemu. Mraw, KiBi. Index: boot/x86/pics/klowner.rle === --- boot/x86/pics/klowner.rle (revision 63895) +++ boot/x86/pics/klowner.rle (working copy) @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -=ó...@ $- +=óà $- >?>!"!$%$()(+,+010ð ]D ðà\Y<