Re: Detect already installed partitions.
On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Rabbul Nawaz wrote: I am working on deepOfix, one of the distribution of GNU/Linux which follows debian based packaging [ http://code.deeproot.in/deepofix/ ]. I would like to know, the procedure how the debian-installer detects the existing partition labels and displays them. I mean when we select manual partition, during the installation, the installer shows the existing partitions. I am able to get the partition table information from the /proc/partitions in the installer environment of deepOfix, but would like to display the partition-labels information also, as debian does. The partitioning program uses libparted to get details of the current partitioning of the system and to make changes to the partitioning. The interaction between the scripted part of partman and libparted is through a C program called parted_server. Cheers, FJP signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Rick Thomas wrote: I'm only a user and a tester, so I don't get to vote, but I'd go for Of course you get to vote (and vote here is more just an expression of preference than an official count anyway). the increased utility of dropping ppc from the multi-arch/multi- desktop DVD-1. In exchange, I'd like to see a PPC-only DVD-1 with the same functionality. The regular powerpc DVD will switch from GNOME-based to all-desktop. The only thing missing is offering boot options to select different desktop environments as we'll now do for x86, but that could possibly be implemented by someone more familiar with powerpc than I am. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Andrew Lee wrote: So the question would be source vs ppc arch support, which is more useful for our users on the multi-arch DVD for the purpose? I think only people who don't have good internet connection would need source packages. And I guess rare of these people needs multi-arch support. So for these users, better choose standalone arch DVD image, cause they would need fully offline installation and source packages. So, may I vote for 4? Source has been added specifically to make the m-a DVD suitable to be handed out at trade shows or included with magazines and such. It makes sure that the source availability requirement of the GPL is met. It is an option and my original tests showed that all tasks would be completely covered, but I don't think its the most likely choice. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Detect already installed partitions.
On Tuesday 30 December 2008 13:34:12 Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Rabbul Nawaz wrote: I am working on deepOfix, one of the distribution of GNU/Linux which follows debian based packaging [ http://code.deeproot.in/deepofix/ ]. I would like to know, the procedure how the debian-installer detects the existing partition labels and displays them. I mean when we select manual partition, during the installation, the installer shows the existing partitions. I am able to get the partition table information from the /proc/partitions in the installer environment of deepOfix, but would like to display the partition-labels information also, as debian does. The partitioning program uses libparted to get details of the current partitioning of the system and to make changes to the partitioning. The interaction between the scripted part of partman and libparted is through a C program called parted_server. Hello FJP, Thanks for the quick respose. Installing libparted, and all its dependencies including all the libraries inside the rootfs environment would definetely increase the size of the rootfs. Moreover it would require a static compilation. Is there any other way, by which I can just get the partition-label information which is lighter than using libparted. -Rabbul Nawaz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Revisiting partman-nbd
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:23:49PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 29 December 2008, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: Unable to determine geometry of file/device /dev/nbd0. You should not use Parted unless you REALLY know what you're doing! This message comme straight from libparted. From a quick look at parted sources, it looks like it has no understanding of NBD right now. As these devices seem special enough, I think it could be worthwhile to add the necessary bits there instead of adding work arounds in partman. It's really just the fact that the device has a size of zero. Once they're connected, parted has no problems understanding what they are like. I had the same thought when reading the message. It sounds to me that this should be fixed in libparted, not worked around in partman. The reason init.d/30parted already skips some classes of devices is rather different from what you are seeing. Basically it is because we don't want such devices to be visible at all, not because we need to do some dirty manipulation to get them working. Well, I don't want unconnected devices to be visible in the main menu, either. Only once they have a connection to a remote server does it make sense for them to show up. It's pretty stupid for an unconnected NBD device to show up in a menu of partitionable devices, because it isn't -- yet. I'm not convinced that parted should consider unconnected NBD devices to be nonexistent; I think this will cause confusion when the user tries to run regular parted on an unconnected device (what do you mean, no such device? The device file is /right there/!). I will take that up with the parted maintainers, however. In any case, my partman-nbd udeb will add a menu option to manage NBD devices, allowing the user to connect and/or disconnect them. This menu option can then call restart_partman (in fact, it already does), allowing the devices to show up. Given all of the above, I don't think skipping an unconnected device really /is/ a workaround, as opposed to the correct way forward; but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise :-) One more thing: if the user chooses to install / to an NBD device, they have to add some boot parameters; also, currently, there are some things that are not supported (like having an NBD device be part of an LVM or MD device that needs to be set up at boot time). For the latter, I'll make sure to check for such a setup when the user chooses the finish option in the main menu, and issue an appropriate error message when the setup won't work; but how do I do the former? -- Lo-lan-do Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:11:20AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: The regular powerpc DVD will switch from GNOME-based to all-desktop. The only thing missing is offering boot options to select different desktop environments as we'll now do for x86, but that could possibly be implemented by someone more familiar with powerpc than I am. I'm willing to have a look at that, at least for the yaboot part. Can you give me some reasonable pointers as to where the source is and what needs to be done? -- Lo-lan-do Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Detect already installed partitions.
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 02:47:58PM +0530, Rabbul Nawaz wrote: Thanks for the quick respose. Installing libparted, and all its dependencies including all the libraries inside the rootfs environment would definetely increase the size of the rootfs. Moreover it would require a static compilation. Is there any other way, by which I can just get the partition-label information which is lighter than using libparted. parted actually reads data from the partition to get at the labels. AFAIK, this data is not available through the kernel. -- Lo-lan-do Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:11:20AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: The regular powerpc DVD will switch from GNOME-based to all-desktop. The only thing missing is offering boot options to select different desktop environments as we'll now do for x86, but that could possibly be implemented by someone more familiar with powerpc than I am. I'm willing to have a look at that, at least for the yaboot part. Can you give me some reasonable pointers as to where the source is and what needs to be done? Basic boot loader configuration _may_ be prepared by D-I and passed on to debian-cd as part of the image/files generated by the build_cdrom target. See installer/build/boot/ in D-I SVN. That is then further manipulated by debian-cd using the make CD bootable scripts based on the value of the DESKTOP envvar. See utils/boot/lenny/ in debian-cd SVN. That's how x86 works, but no idea if powerpc is the same. I cannot comment very much on what needs to happen as that very much depends on what the bootloader supports. But essentially you have to create options for the user to choose from based on which desktop environments are available and add the correct desktop=XXX boot parameter. Main challenge is that the total number of permutations explodes as you also have regular, expert, auto and 32-bit versus 64-bit to support, so you'll have to find a way to keep it organized. See the patch series [1] I recently committed to debian-cd for x86 for inspiration, especially 4 and 5. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2008/12/ Note that the final commits were slightly different from the mails. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#510199: win32-loader: [INTL:sk] Slovak translation
Package: win32-loader Priority: wishlist Tags: l10n patch Version: .po attached ~~helix84 sk.po Description: Binary data
Re: Revisiting partman-nbd
On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Wouter Verhelst wrote: It's really just the fact that the device has a size of zero. Once they're connected, parted has no problems understanding what they are like. In that case 30parted should _only_ skip devices with a size of zero, so you need a solid method to detect exactly that. The correct way to enable newly enabled devices is to do only that in partman-nbd and then re-exec the init.d scripts to get them listed by partman. That is the way it is also implemented for LVM and RAID. Look for 'restart_partman'. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#252164: Junge geile Teens, wollen volles Verguege
Hallo Maenner! Ich bin die HeisseSilvia eine s:e:xy Blondine und wie fast alle Frauen gehe ich fuer mein Leben gerne shoppen! Allerdings lege ich es dabei nicht so sehr darauf an, mit vollen Taschen nach Hause zu gehen, sondern mich in einer Umkleidekabine von einem heissen Mann verwoehnen zu lassen. Dann und wann wandert aber doch das ein oder andere Utensil in meinen Einkaufskorb wie etwa scharfe Dessous, Handschuhe, Nylons, HighHeels oder auch mal geile s:e:xtoys! live im Chat zeige ich Dir gerne meine neuesten Errungenschaften im Einsatz! Gebe die U.R.L einfach ohne die Leerzeichen in den Browser ein: www . privateamateure . tv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510199: win32-loader: [INTL:sk] Slovak translation
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:40:22PM +0100, helix84 wrote: Package: win32-loader Priority: wishlist Tags: l10n patch Version: .po attached This translation is maintained by Peter Mann (CCed). Please get in touch with him in order to have your updates/improvements approved and committed. Thanks! -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510199: win32-loader: [INTL:sk] Slovak translation
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 03:26:13PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:40:22PM +0100, helix84 wrote: Package: win32-loader Priority: wishlist Tags: l10n patch Version: .po attached This translation is maintained by Peter Mann (CCed). Please get in touch with him in order to have your updates/improvements approved and committed. i'm busy for translations, so you can accept updates from Ivan Masár heli...@centrum.sk -- 5o Peter.Mann at tuke.sk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510211: console-setup breaks display of splashy
Package: console-setup Version: 1.28 Severity: minor While using splashy, during boot, the display flickers then become entirely black except the splashy progress bar. If I skip the console-setup init script, the problem doesn't happen. I have tested different console-setup/fontface without success. This is eye-candy, and so, minor. Regards Mathieu -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages console-setup depends on: ii console-terminus 4.26-2.1 Fixed-width fonts for fast reading ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii xkb-data 1.3-2 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu Versions of packages console-setup recommends: ii console-tools1:0.2.3dbs-65.1 Linux console and font utilities Versions of packages console-setup suggests: ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip -- debconf information: * console-setup/variant: France - (Legacy) Alternative * console-setup/fontsize-text: 16 * console-setup/compose: No compose key console-setup/modelcode: console-setup/switch: No temporary switch console-setup/fontsize: 16 * console-setup/charmap: UTF-8 console-setup/layoutcode: fr console-setup/optionscode: lv3:ralt_switch debian-installer/console-setup/title: * console-setup/layout: France console-setup/variantcode: latin9 console-setup/codesetcode: Lat15 console-setup/dont_ask_layout: * console-setup/altgr: Right Alt * console-setup/ttys: /dev/tty[1-6] * console-setup/model: Generic 105-key (Intl) PC console-setup/fontsize-fb: 16 * console-setup/codeset: # Latin1 and Latin5 - western Europe and Turkic languages console-setup/toggle: No toggling * console-setup/fontface: VGA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Dec 30, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:11:20AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: The regular powerpc DVD will switch from GNOME-based to all-desktop. The only thing missing is offering boot options to select different desktop environments as we'll now do for x86, Given that all the necessary packages will be available on the DVD, doesn't it make more sense to do the selection in tasksel, rather than at boot-time? It would certainly be more convenient for the user. IMHO, doing it at boot time violates the principle of least astonishment. As I understand it, the original argument for doing it at boot time was that you couldn't fit all the options onto a single CD, so you had to segregate them into one CD per desktop type, so the decision really had to be pushed back even further than boot-time -- it was already made at CD creation time. This makes sense in the CD context (except for those who had good Internet connectivity and could get whatever they needed from a friendly neighborhood mirror site). But if you can fit all the desktops into a DVD, that argument is moot. Or am I missing something? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Rick Thomas wrote: Given that all the necessary packages will be available on the DVD, doesn't it make more sense to do the selection in tasksel, rather than at boot-time? It would certainly be more convenient for the user. IMHO, doing it at boot time violates the principle of least astonishment. See [1] in http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2008/12/msg00019.html signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#510236: successful installation of amd64 lenny
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB stick Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2008-12-29 Machine: Generic DG965-based PC Processor: Intel Q6600 Memory: 4GB Partitions: Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000bf133 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 13 91201 732475642+ 8e Linux LVM $ df -Tl FilesystemType 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/araminta-root ext3 9611492 3745660 5377592 42% / tmpfstmpfs 1994184 0 1994184 0% /lib/init/rw udev tmpfs 1024088 10152 1% /dev tmpfstmpfs 1994184 0 1994184 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 ext3 93307 23747 64743 27% /boot /dev/mapper/araminta-home ext396118540344912 90890992 1% /home /dev/mapper/araminta-music ext3 199330920 47779224 141433808 26% /music /dev/mapper/araminta-var ext3 9611492 1798140 7325112 20% /var /dev/mapper/araminta-news ext3 913816 17640847436 3% /var/spool/news tmpfstmpfs 262144 0262144 0% /var/spool/squid Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub [8086:29a0] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel Kernel modules: intel-agp 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82G965 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29a2] (rev 02) Kernel modules: intelfb 00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 82P965/G965 HECI Controller [8086:29a4] (rev 02) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection [8086:104b] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev f2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation
Modifications after configuration
Shouldn't an OS installer execute destructive modifications *after* the user has performed configuration options and confirms them just before the OS installation? It seems rather evil for an installer to modify the hard disks' partition before all configuration options are chosen. It seems like it would be better to store configuration options in memory and perform them before the OS is installed and after the user concurs with the configuration options he chose. - Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510263: installation-report: installing Lenny on a slug - eventually successful after a few trys and some fixups
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal At first -- Package-specific info: Boot method: following instructions on http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/ Image version: http://www.slug-firmware.net/d-click.php?p=download%2Fdebian%2Fnslu2f=debian-armel-5.0rc1.zipl=d-license.txtk=800164d2fb07ee586bb586c7d0851358 MD5=3a46b5f46ee0f1b5c87a140c2e82d2c8 Released 2008-11-12 Date: Date and time of the install Machine: bog standard NSLU2 - no mods Partitions: df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [ ] Detect network card:[ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup:[ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Overall install:[ ] Comments/Problems: Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org. == Installer lsb-release: == DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Debian GNU/Linux installer DISTRIB_RELEASE=5.0 (lenny) - installer build 20081029 X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=netboot == Installer hardware-summary: == umame -a: Linux slug 2.6.26-1-ixp4xx #1 Fri Oct 10 02:29:27 UTC 2008 armv5tel unknown lspci -knn: 00:01.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:01.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:01.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd lsmod: Module Size Used by lsmod: jfs 166636 0 lsmod: reiserfs 245524 0 lsmod: ext3 123304 2 lsmod: jbd45396 1 ext3 lsmod: vfat9952 0 lsmod: fat48156 1 vfat lsmod: nls_base7168 3 jfs,vfat,fat lsmod: ext2 63496 0 lsmod: mbcache 7872 2 ext3,ext2 lsmod: sd_mod 22736 4 lsmod: usb_storage82375 3 lsmod: scsi_mod 111076 2 sd_mod,usb_storage lsmod: ohci_hcd 18212 0 lsmod: ehci_hcd 35148 0 lsmod: evdev 8608 0 lsmod: ixp4xx_eth 12216 0 lsmod: ixp4xx_npe 7936 2 ixp4xx_eth lsmod: firmware_class 7552 1 ixp4xx_npe lsmod: ixp4xx_qmgr 5336 6 ixp4xx_eth lsmod: ixp4xx_beeper 2720 0 lsmod: usbcore 128252 4 usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd df: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on df: tmpfs1476832 14736 0% /dev df: /dev/sda1 6728280620632 5765868 10% /target df: /dev/sda6 69228152317064 65394464 0% /target/home df: /dev/sda1 6728280620632 5765868 10% /dev/.static/dev df: tmpfs1476832 14736 0% /target/dev free: total used free shared buffers free: Mem:2954026632 29080 836 free: Swap: 979924 4228 975696 free: Total: 100946430860 978604 /proc/cmdline: console=ttyS0,115200 rtc-x1205.probe=0,0x6f noirqdebug /proc/cpuinfo: Processor: XScale-IXP42x Family rev 1 (v5l) /proc/cpuinfo: BogoMIPS : 132.71 /proc/cpuinfo: Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp /proc/cpuinfo: CPU implementer : 0x69 /proc/cpuinfo: CPU architecture: 5TE /proc/cpuinfo: CPU variant : 0x0 /proc/cpuinfo: CPU part : 0x41f /proc/cpuinfo: CPU revision : 1 /proc/cpuinfo: Cache type : undefined 5 /proc/cpuinfo: Cache clean : undefined 5 /proc/cpuinfo: Cache lockdown : undefined 5 /proc/cpuinfo: Cache format : Harvard /proc/cpuinfo: I size : 32768 /proc/cpuinfo: I assoc : 32 /proc/cpuinfo: I line length: 32 /proc/cpuinfo: I sets : 32 /proc/cpuinfo: D size : 32768 /proc/cpuinfo: D assoc : 32 /proc/cpuinfo: D line length: 32 /proc/cpuinfo: D sets : 32 /proc/cpuinfo: /proc/cpuinfo: Hardware : Linksys NSLU2 /proc/cpuinfo: Revision : /proc/cpuinfo: Serial :
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:23:33PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: I think we have the following options here: 1) keep the m-a DVD as it is: GNOME only and i386/amd64/ppc/source (3rd column in 1st table, or 1st column in 2nd table) 2) drop ppc from existing m-a DVD, GNOME only, but with hugely increased usability for installs without network (4th column in 1st table) 3) change m-a DVD to support all desktop environments; drop powerpc (3rd column in 2nd table) 4) something I have not investigated: drop source... My personal vote goes to option 3. Seconded. Let's do that now. At this point, I'm no longer convinced that ppc is worth the space on this m-a DVD. If people feel strongly otherwise, at least it's now much easier to make custom images using debian-cd. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com You can't barbecue lettuce! -- Ellie Crane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510263: Please close this bug
This is an abortive attempt at an installation report. A full report was subsequently submitted. Sorry for the noise! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510281: installation-reports: All worked fine.
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: network Image version: Debian GNU/Linux testing Lenny - Official RC amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20081104-23:38 Date: 20081104-23:38 Machine: Acer Aspire 2920Z Partitions: df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred Disco /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x45dfe081 Disposit. InicioComienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema /dev/sda1 1 1027682541938+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 * 10277 1257018426555 83 Linux /dev/sda3 12571 13092 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 13093 30401 139034542+ 83 Linux Disco /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16026435584 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1948 cylinders Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x7e278036 Disposit. InicioComienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema /dev/sdc1 * 1194915650815+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) --- S.ficheros Tamaño Usado Disp Uso% Montado en /dev/sda2 18G 3,3G 14G 20% / tmpfs1004M 0 1004M 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10M 108K 9,9M 2% /dev tmpfs1004M 192K 1003M 1% /dev/shm /dev/sda4 131G 7,1G 117G 6% /home /dev/sdc1 15G 12G 3,7G 76% /media/disk Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system:[O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup:[O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader:[O] Overall install:[O] Comments/Problems: Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install. ¿Where is the manual package selection/installation during the installation? I used Expert Install (text) for a sucessfull installation. Spanish language. Graphical Expert Install is broken. Spanish language. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org. == Installer lsb-release: == DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Debian GNU/Linux installer DISTRIB_RELEASE=5.0 (lenny) - installer build 20081029 X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom == Installer hardware-summary: == umame -a: Linux kairi 2.6.26-1-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 9 14:16:53 UTC 2008 x86_64 unknown lspci -knn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03) lspci -knn: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03) lspci -knn: 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 03) lspci -knn: 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules: uhci-hcd lspci -knn: 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules: uhci-hcd lspci -knn: 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules: ehci-hcd lspci -knn: 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03) lspci -knn: 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver lspci -knn: 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver lspci -knn: 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver lspci -knn: 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules:
Bug#510285: installation-guide: Typo in B.4.3 -- anna/choose-modules
Package: installation-guide Severity: normal In section B.4.3 of the installation guide (http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs04.html#preseed-network-console), the option to choose the network-console module is presented as follows: #d-i anna/choose-modules string network-console but should be #d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console Thanks! -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510288: win32-loader: detect common Windows software and install the equivalents in Debian
Package: win32-loader Severity: wishlist I think it would be good if win32-loader could detect various Windows software and prompt the user to install the equivalents available in Debian. FOSS software for Windows could be directly mapped to the Debian packages. Machines containing games could suggest games metapackages for the general category of games installed. Some examples of other apps: Firefox - Iceweasel Microsoft Office - OpenOffice.org Adobe Photoshop - GIMP, Inkscape Warcraft - Wesnoth, Glest, Warzone2100 This would be a useful part of Windows - Debian migrations. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#510288: win32-loader: detect common Windows software and install the equivalents in Debian
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:30:15PM +0900, Paul Wise wrote: Package: win32-loader Severity: wishlist I think it would be good if win32-loader could detect various Windows software and prompt the user to install the equivalents available in Debian. FOSS software for Windows could be directly mapped to the Debian packages. Machines containing games could suggest games metapackages for the general category of games installed. Some examples of other apps: Firefox - Iceweasel Microsoft Office - OpenOffice.org Adobe Photoshop - GIMP, Inkscape Warcraft - Wesnoth, Glest, Warzone2100 This would be a useful part of Windows - Debian migrations. I think it would be more useful to migrate the settings for those applications than the list of installed apps itself. Note that the default desktop task already contains a balanced selection of programs that includes Iceweasel, OOo and GIMP. As for capturing the settings, I'm not sure if win32-loader is the place to do that. If it was done somewhere else, then this functionality would always be available, regardless of which method was used to load D-I. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510288: win32-loader: detect common Windows software and install the equivalents in Debian
On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 05:04 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: I think it would be more useful to migrate the settings for those applications than the list of installed apps itself. Note that the default desktop task already contains a balanced selection of programs that includes Iceweasel, OOo and GIMP. True, although I imagine there are a lot of Windows apps out there that have FOSS equivalents but those equivalents aren't installed in the default Desktop. As a first start on identifying them, maybe debian.exe could prompt the user if it is OK to submit the list of apps in the start menu and the Windows 'installed applications' list to Debian. Another idea would be to scan the formats in the users Desktop and My Documents folders and then if anything special is found, then suggest appropriate applications for opening those files. As for capturing the settings, I'm not sure if win32-loader is the place to do that. If it was done somewhere else, then this functionality would always be available, regardless of which method was used to load D-I. Ubuntu seems to have that available, perhaps we can steal it: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigrationAssistance http://www.ubuntu.com/files/u1/migration-assistant.jpg http://packages.ubuntu.com/migration-assistant -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Detect already installed partitions.
On Dec 30, 2008, at 6:24 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 02:47:58PM +0530, Rabbul Nawaz wrote: Thanks for the quick respose. Installing libparted, and all its dependencies including all the libraries inside the rootfs environment would definetely increase the size of the rootfs. Moreover it would require a static compilation. Is there any other way, by which I can just get the partition-label information which is lighter than using libparted. parted actually reads data from the partition to get at the labels. AFAIK, this data is not available through the kernel. Take a look at the source code for the mount(8) command. It has some heuristics for figuring out things like the filesystem type and the label/UUID. I haven't done this myself, and maybe it uses libparted so it won't help you, but if it's self-contained it may be easier to hack those heuristics than to put up with the size of parted and friends... Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: [RFC] Consequences for official CD/DVD images for Lenny
On Dec 30, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 30 December 2008, Rick Thomas wrote: Given that all the necessary packages will be available on the DVD, doesn't it make more sense to do the selection in tasksel, rather than at boot-time? It would certainly be more convenient for the user. IMHO, doing it at boot time violates the principle of least astonishment. See [1] in http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2008/12/msg00019.html Frans wrote: The simple reason is that Joey Hess, the lead developer for tasksel, has always been opposed to doing it in tasksel with as main argument that tasksel is mostly for new users who are probably not aware of what DEs exist and thus would only be confused when having to choose between meaningless names as GNOME, KDE, etc. I don't know (or care to get involved with) the personalities here, so if I'm meddling in the affairs of wizards, I apologize and somebody should email me off-line ti tell me back off. Nevertheless: Suppose somebody (maybe me?) were to write a patch to tasksel that implemented an expert mode with big bold warnings Here there be dragons. Don't do this unless you *really* know what you're doing! Useful, but newbie-dangerous, options could be put there, including selection of which DEs to install. If such a patch was available, would Joey be willing to accept it? (Before I volunteer, what language is tasksel written in? If it's in Python or C, languages that I know well, I might be able to take it on.) Crawling back under my rock, Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510263: marked as done (installation-report: installing Lenny on a slug - eventually successful after a few trys and some fixups)
Your message dated Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:41:06 +0100 with message-id 20081231064105.gh2...@deprecation.cyrius.com and subject line Re: Bug#510263: Please close this bug has caused the Debian Bug report #510263, regarding installation-report: installing Lenny on a slug - eventually successful after a few trys and some fixups 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.) -- 510263: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510263 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal At first -- Package-specific info: Boot method: following instructions on http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/ Image version: http://www.slug-firmware.net/d-click.php?p=download%2Fdebian%2Fnslu2f=debian-armel-5.0rc1.zipl=d-license.txtk=800164d2fb07ee586bb586c7d0851358 MD5=3a46b5f46ee0f1b5c87a140c2e82d2c8 Released 2008-11-12 Date: Date and time of the install Machine: bog standard NSLU2 - no mods Partitions: df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [ ] Detect network card:[ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup:[ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Overall install:[ ] Comments/Problems: Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org. == Installer lsb-release: == DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Debian GNU/Linux installer DISTRIB_RELEASE=5.0 (lenny) - installer build 20081029 X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=netboot == Installer hardware-summary: == umame -a: Linux slug 2.6.26-1-ixp4xx #1 Fri Oct 10 02:29:27 UTC 2008 armv5tel unknown lspci -knn: 00:01.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:01.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd lspci -knn: 00:01.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd lsmod: Module Size Used by lsmod: jfs 166636 0 lsmod: reiserfs 245524 0 lsmod: ext3 123304 2 lsmod: jbd45396 1 ext3 lsmod: vfat9952 0 lsmod: fat48156 1 vfat lsmod: nls_base7168 3 jfs,vfat,fat lsmod: ext2 63496 0 lsmod: mbcache 7872 2 ext3,ext2 lsmod: sd_mod 22736 4 lsmod: usb_storage82375 3 lsmod: scsi_mod 111076 2 sd_mod,usb_storage lsmod: ohci_hcd 18212 0 lsmod: ehci_hcd 35148 0 lsmod: evdev 8608 0 lsmod: ixp4xx_eth 12216 0 lsmod: ixp4xx_npe 7936 2 ixp4xx_eth lsmod: firmware_class 7552 1 ixp4xx_npe lsmod: ixp4xx_qmgr 5336 6 ixp4xx_eth lsmod: ixp4xx_beeper 2720 0 lsmod: usbcore 128252 4 usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd df: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on df: tmpfs1476832 14736 0% /dev df: /dev/sda1 6728280620632 5765868 10% /target df: /dev/sda6 69228152317064 65394464 0% /target/home df: /dev/sda1 6728280620632 5765868 10% /dev/.static/dev df: tmpfs1476832 14736 0% /target/dev free: total used free shared buffers free: Mem:2954026632 29080 836 free: Swap: 979924 4228 975696 free: Total: 100946430860 978604 /proc/cmdline: console=ttyS0,115200 rtc-x1205.probe=0,0x6f noirqdebug /proc/cpuinfo: Processor: XScale-IXP42x
Bug#510271: installation-report: Lenny on a Slug - eventual success after a few tries and some fixups
On Dec 30, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: for some reason it decided that the DNS domain was example.org, not the one being offered by DHCP. For what it's worth: Normal installs (on the console, not via SSH) on PowerPC Macs and i386 PCs on this subnet, using this DHCP server, don't have this problem. They pick up the local DNS domain from DHCP and run with it. HTH, Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
