Re: kbd-chooser in the attic?
Quoting Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org): kbd-udeb is still pulled through console-setup-linux-fonts-udeb (and kbd-chooser wasn't removed from unstable accordingly, which IMHO should be the first thing to check before moving something to the attic). Moved back into place, debcheckout works again, and I see Steve's commits/tag as expected. Removed deleted = true in .mrconfig (r69260). Hmmm, there might be things to do with i18n too as it probably brings back some strings (not checked, though). However, these strings, if still here, might be no longer needed signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Bug#759189: isolinux: isohybrid dropped, breaking debian-installer builds
On 08/25/2014 07:35 AM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: [ Again, please keep debian-boot@ in the loop. ] [ clicking on reply-all in icedove only adds CCs for addresses that were CCed in the original message. ] Because your package is actively dropping features your reverse dependencies are using. there were two (suspected) reverse dependencies: debian-cd and debian-installer. i filled bugs against both beginning of june. turns out, debian-cd is not using isohybrid. debian-installer is the only package using it. So please avoid doing so until packages have been adapted, uploaded, and possibly migrated to testing. 10 weeks should be enough, even for debian-installer, to add a simple additional build-depends. Patches are always appreciated. patch attached. About using syslinux-utils in build-depends, I don't know yet. It'd be nice if someone could take some time to investigate that. no need to overcomplicate things: debian-installer calls the 'isohybrid' command which is in bin:syslinux-utils instead of bin:isolinux. adding syslinux-utils to build-depends as you do for any other packages you are using during the build is enough. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg 3, CH-3012 Bern Email: daniel.baum...@progress-technologies.net Internet: http://people.progress-technologies.net/~daniel.baumann/ diff -Naurp debian-installer.orig/debian/control debian-installer/debian/control --- debian-installer.orig/debian/control 2014-08-02 00:09:06.0 + +++ debian-installer/debian/control 2014-08-25 05:43:42.460472053 + @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Build-Depends: # still called debian-boot.. syslinux [i386 amd64], isolinux [i386 amd64], + syslinux-utils [i386 amd64], pxelinux [i386 amd64], syslinux-common (= 3:6) [i386 amd64], # With isohybrid.
Fwd: Installing Debian from one hard-disk to another hard-disk.
I have a completely customised Debian and ubuntu installation(Normal installation) in my external hard-disk. I can add or remove or update the packages from anywhere I have an internet connection. Now I want to install the same system to another I want to by using the installer. I can I do this? I couldn't understand the following links:- https://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/ch05s01.html.en https://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/ch04s05.html.en -- Regards Sooraj Kenoth I am Being the Change I Wish to See in the World -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/calkky41m+twnfpx9kvb8l4pk+xyvswgvw6u-+f0if4lfolg...@mail.gmail.com
debian installer -win32 loader ????
Good Afternoon Debian Norton gives a trojan warning when I download the installer from goodbye-microsoft.com or wiki with your mirror my question is : is this a false negative?? hoping to install Debian soon with this loader when it in fact is a false negative I've already contacted Norton , their advise contact Debian for more info how they checked the installer for trojans or similair best regards , Barry
Re: debian installer -win32 loader ????
Hi b. Le lundi, 25 août 2014, 12.14:33 b.betz a écrit : Norton gives a trojan warning when I download the installer from goodbye-microsoft.com or wiki with your mirror my question is : is this a false negative?? win32-loader is built entirely from sources available in Debian and doesn't embed any foreign binary. On the other hand, win32-loader _is_ executing Windows system tools and _will_ modify the Windows bootloader, so it's far from surprising that it triggers anti-virus warnings. So, my answer is yes, it is a false negative. Cheers, OdyX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2273914.VjAMjWR1kC@gyllingar
Bug#752410:
HI Ben, Do you still have any feedback about the new patch?
Re: debian installer -win32 loader ????
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org writes: Hi b. Le lundi, 25 août 2014, 12.14:33 b.betz a écrit : Norton gives a trojan warning when I download the installer from goodbye-microsoft.com or wiki with your mirror my question is : is this a false negative?? win32-loader is built entirely from sources available in Debian and doesn't embed any foreign binary. On the other hand, win32-loader _is_ executing Windows system tools and _will_ modify the Windows bootloader, so it's far from surprising that it triggers anti-virus warnings. So, my answer is yes, it is a false negative. That's actually a false _positive_, since the the anti-virus software is indicating that it found something (a positive result) where no malware really exists (false). A false negative would be if the anti-virus software had failed to detect a real threat. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg,GERMANY pgphzv2bBUf1X.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#752410: libdebian-installer: ppc64el support
On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 14:11 -0300, Breno Leitao wrote: HI Ben, Do you still have any feedback about the new patch? I have no objections, but I am not a maintainer for this package so it is not for me to apply. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings All extremists should be taken out and shot. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#673715: [d-i manual] doc about creating a bootable Debian usb stick
Hi, Brian Potkin claremont...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun 24 Aug 2014 at 19:24:48 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: +USB stick is large enough mdash; you have the option of copying any +ISO image, even a DVD image to it. Could you tolerate an extra comma? Sure! +USB stick is large enough mdash; you have the option of copying any +ISO image, even a DVD image, to it. Sorry to nitpick. No problem. Thanks Holger -- Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140825212541.8f3e38512a46c1efa84b4...@mailbox.org
Bug#759148: d-i manual: loop-AES no longer supported - update docs
Hi, Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-24): In netinst CD Jessie Beta1 there seems to be no support for crypt method loop-AES. I suspect this is intended. The d-i manual therefore needs an update. I think it's very long gone. (Interestingly I thought about it when That would probably mean, I could remove the loop-AES paragraphs instead of commenting them. Holger -- Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140825215407.357b6d7b095446d87d377...@mailbox.org
Bug#673715: marked as done ([installation-guide] boot.img now creates a 1 GB filesystem, no longer 256 MB)
Your message dated Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:09:37 +0200 with message-id 20140825220937.e259012750f96f2ffbf67...@mailbox.org and subject line Re: Bug#673715: [d-i manual] doc about creating a bootable Debian usb stick has caused the Debian Bug report #673715, regarding [installation-guide] boot.img now creates a 1 GB filesystem, no longer 256 MB 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.) -- 673715: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=673715 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: installation-guide Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: 666...@bugs.debian.org According to 4.3.1. Copying the files — the easy way: Note that, although convenient, this method does have one major disadvantage: the logical size of the device will be limited to 256 MB, even if the capacity of the USB stick is larger. http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html This is no longer correct with the work done on #666090. boot.img is now a 1 GB filesystem. This also makes the following sentence wrong: A second disadvantage is that you cannot copy a full CD image onto the USB stick, but only the smaller businesscard or netinst CD images. The enlargement of boot.img now allows putting CD 1 on the stick :-) One unfortunate consequence which I didn't foresee, though, is that writing boot.img to the key is now significantly longer (at least with my key/laptop) :-( Unused space is written with blank. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Hi, Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org wrote: Hi, Brian Potkin claremont...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun 24 Aug 2014 at 19:24:48 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: +USB stick is large enough mdash; you have the option of copying any +ISO image, even a DVD image to it. Could you tolerate an extra comma? Sure! +USB stick is large enough mdash; you have the option of copying any +ISO image, even a DVD image, to it. Committed. Closing this bug. -- Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org---End Message---
Bug#759157: d-i manual: default desktop is Xfce according to the d-i manual
Hi, Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org wrote: Package: installation-guide Hi, the d-i manual says, that the default desktop is Xfce. Since it seems, that the default desktop is switched back to Gnome for Jessie, we need an update here. Probably it would be worse adding an entity for the default desktop? Holger -- Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140825221146.179c1a949d928f4dd8259...@mailbox.org
Bug#759148: d-i manual: loop-AES no longer supported - update docs
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-25): That would probably mean, I could remove the loop-AES paragraphs instead of commenting them. That would look good to me, unless I missed something. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#759157: d-i manual: default desktop is Xfce according to the d-i manual
Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org (2014-08-25): Hi, Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org wrote: Package: installation-guide Hi, the d-i manual says, that the default desktop is Xfce. Since it seems, that the default desktop is switched back to Gnome for Jessie, we need an update here. Probably it would be worse adding an entity for the default desktop? I'd just wait a bit until the dust settles. See last two items of: https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2014/08/msg00613.html Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Package: debian-installer Severity: minor Tags: d-i Hello, when experimenting with unattended installations using PXE-boot and preseeding d-i, I did not find the 'Automated install' (auto mode) working as described in [1]: The auto kernel parameter is an alias for auto-install/enable and setting it to true delays the locale and keyboard questions until after there has been a chance to preseed them ... When I choose 'Automated install' from the 'Advanced options' menu, the first questions show up nevertheless (before setting up the network) and I have to answer them or preseed them on the kernel boot line. Could it be that the delaying functionality got lost? Best regards, Andi [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs02.html.en#preseed-auto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140825211903.23640.55094.reportbug@flashgordon
Re: Debian installer and CD BoF: my views for jessie
On 25/08/14 04:55, Cyril Brulebois wrote: * Architecture support: my own, limited testing made me discover how badly broken d-i on GNU/kFreeBSD was, and I shared my concerns some days ago with BSD people and the release team. I haven't seen anyone commit to fixing d-i there and making sure it's kept in a good shape. [ To be determined, needs release team input at least. ] But I provided patches already for all the important issues you mentioned: #757985, #757987, #757988 and at least replied about the other, to say that it's not a blocker for jessie release: #757986 In case you still need me to say it explicitly, I am committed to testing for and fixing kfreebsd d-i issues between now and release. I'll be trying to automate some of this too (initially my own thing, hopefully leading to jenkins.d.n integration someday). I admit I was not doing full test installs since the d-i alpha (though I was doing daily builds of it as part of the kfreebsd 10.1 kernel packaging work). I still thought it was early days to worry about d-i, and didn't know the Beta 1 was coming. I watched Steve's talk and I do understand the need for this to happen now. Thank you, Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#712907: grub-installer: No longer installs automatically on a normal machine with one hard drive
Cyril Brulebois, le Thu 20 Mar 2014 14:51:32 +0100, a écrit : Salvatore Bonaccorso car...@debian.org (2014-03-20): It looks bootdev could be preseeded[1], at least for a test for a VM preseed the following worked for me: d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/vda [1] https://bugs.debian.org/666974 But having string (hd0) does not seem to work here (have not checked why), which would be nicer to have more generalised preseed files as previous possible (for say when having machines having a /dev/vda or a /dev/sda ...). First of all, I'm not familiar with d-i best practices. So maybe the following won't make sense. We could imagine either proposing another variable which would take specifications like “(hd0)” and do what's needed to convert them back to /dev/foo stuff, or detect (based on what? parens?) when a conversion is needed for the bootdev variable that was passed, and do that. Well, grub-installer actually already does something like this in the auto-detect phase. It tries to be very careful about not using an hd0 that would actually be a USB stick, but apparently (considering the bug reports we have seen) it's not reliable enough. We at the very least need to document this in the preseed file of the installer, and probably in the relase as this will hit all automated installations. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140825224515.ga9...@type.youpi.perso.aquilenet.fr
Processed: Re: Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Processing control commands: tags -1 unreproducible Bug #759290 [debian-installer] debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions Added tag(s) unreproducible. -- 759290: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759290 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/handler.s.b759290.14090107442495.transcr...@bugs.debian.org
Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions
Control: tags -1 unreproducible Andreas B. Mundt, le Mon 25 Aug 2014 23:19:03 +0200, a écrit : when experimenting with unattended installations using PXE-boot and preseeding d-i, I did not find the 'Automated install' (auto mode) working as described in [1]: The auto kernel parameter is an alias for auto-install/enable and setting it to true delays the locale and keyboard questions until after there has been a chance to preseed them ... When I choose 'Automated install' from the 'Advanced options' menu, the first questions show up nevertheless (before setting up the network) and I have to answer them or preseed them on the kernel boot line. Could it be that the delaying functionality got lost? No, it is still there, but only if you provide some preseeding URL on the boot line or CD image etc. Otherwise it will prompt for the URL, and I guess that while at it, there's no point in not configuring the keyboard before that. At any rate, booting jessie b1 with the Automated install boot entry and passing url=http://dept-info.labri.fr/~thibault/preseed-jessie.txt on the kernel command line does install a Debian system without any prompt. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140825235217.ge3...@type.youpi.perso.aquilenet.fr
Bug#759307: installation-report: Had to backport non-free broadcom-sta driver
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.49 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, -- Package-specific info: Boot method: win32-loader Image version: version 0.7.4.7+deb7u2 +net +pxe http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.exe Date: Aug 21 21:07:08 -- Aug 22 03:05:35 Machine: Dell Inspiron 3521 Partitions: ,[ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda ] | | Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors | Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes | Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes | I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes | Disk identifier: 0x744b4600 | |Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System | /dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility | Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. | /dev/sda2 * 8192045518847227184647 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT | /dev/sda345518848 529955847 2422185007 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT | /dev/sda4 726773758 976771071 1249986575 Extended | Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary. | /dev/sda5 726773760 976771071 124998656 8e Linux LVM ` ,[ sudo lsblk ] | NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT | sda 8:00 465.8G 0 disk | ├─sda1 8:10 39.2M 0 part | ├─sda2 8:20 21.7G 0 part | ├─sda3 8:30 231G 0 part /media/OS | ├─sda4 8:40 1K 0 part | └─sda5 8:50 119.2G 0 part | ├─Group1-ROOT (dm-0) 254:00 14.9G 0 lvm / | └─Group1-SWAP (dm-1) 254:10 4G 0 lvm [SWAP] | sr0 11:01 1024M 0 rom ` ,[ sudo lvm lvs ] | LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert | ROOT Group1 -wi-ao-- 14.90g | SWAP Group1 -wi-ao-- 4.00g ` Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[O/E] (wired/wireless) Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] (was too lazy to find media) Load installer modules: [O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup:[O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system:[O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader:[O] Overall install:[O] Comments/Problems: = Detect network card = The installer did not even notice my wireless device, nevermind have a clue what might be needed in order to actually make it work. (It *did*, however, complain about missing firmware for my wired adapter, which could have been confusing if I'd remembered just the brand and nothing else. Fortunately, my memory isn't that good.) Here's the relevant output from lspci: lspci -knn: 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01) lspci -knn: Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0016] I eventually worked out that backporting broadcom-sta-dkms ought to work, which it did, as documented at https://bugs.debian.org/759298. I knew wifi cards tended to need non-free stuff to work, but I really wasn't expecting to need non-free *drivers*, much less to have to backport them myself. Thankfully, the hardest part of the backport was formatting the changelog entry. = Partition hard drives = Setting up LVM was a big clunky, as I kept having to back out of the LVM menu to actually put something on a given volume, and I didn't realize that swap was mandatory at first ... However, it didn't seem particularly *involved*, technically; the hartest part may have been entering the size numbers when prompted. (Partly because I'm not very good with this laptop keyboard yet, and keep hitting extraneous things.) I did wish it would accept sizes in MiB/GiB, though, rather than mandating disk-maker's units. = Misc = I was kind of surprised that I did't automatically get an ssh client to go with my Xfce desktop, or at least when I installed the ssh server task later on. -- 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=7 (wheezy) - installer build 20130613+deb7u2+b1 X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=netboot == Installer hardware-summary: == uname -a: Linux Sam-laptop 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.57-3 x86_64 GNU/Linux lspci -knn:
Alpha install ISOs
I am taking a run at creating some install CD/DVDs for the Alpha port. Following the instructions at: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Build I get down to 'fakeroot make build_miniiso' which returns the following errors. E: Unable to locate package fat-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'fat-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' E: Unable to locate package fb-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'fb-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' E: Unable to locate package kernel-image-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'kernel-image-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' E: Unable to locate package nic-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'nic-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' E: Unable to locate package nic-shared-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'nic-shared-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' E: Unable to locate package nic-wireless-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'nic-wireless-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' E: Unable to locate package srm-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'srm-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' E: Unable to locate package srm-reader E: Unable to locate package usb-storage-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'usb-storage-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' Seems like I need to create those packages for Alpha. How do I do that? Thanks, Bill -- 'We have meet the enemy, and he is us' Walt Kelly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/94AA097B3C08FE2A11B43F1B@deeth.local
Priority of partman-iscsi
While adding i18n to partman-iscsi, I noticed that it is a sta,ndard component of D-I. My understanding of iSCSI devices is that this is quite a corner case for installation. Therefore, shouldn't the package be priority: optional. The consequence would be that iSCSI partitioning wouldn't be showing up in partman menus in default installs.but only when users of expert mode choose to load to udeb. -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
