Re: accessing efivarfs in debian-installer
Hi On 27/5/2016 10:59, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:41:39AM +0200, Francesco De Vita wrote: > >On 25/5/2016 16:31, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > >> > >> I'm pretty sure we can do that from d-i since that's needed to get > >> UEFI support working AFAICT. Looking at udebs, it seems you want > >> to > >> be loading this one, probably manually if you're at an early > >> stage: > >> efi-modules-4.5.0-2-amd64-di_4.5.4-1_amd64.udeb > >> > >> It contains: > >> ./lib/modules/4.5.0-2-amd64/kernel/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars. > >> ko > > > >This time I'm using the Stretch Alpha 6 DI. I successfully loaded > >the efivars module as you suggested, however the efivarfs interface > >remains inaccessible, it still cannot be mounted. > > > >I suppose that the efivarfs module has to be loaded too but there is > >no trace of efivarfs.ko in the DI and I didn't find any udeb > >containing it. Should I load it someway from an external source? > > Ah, that's your problem. It looks like we're not including that > module yet. Most EFI variable users like efibootmgr will fall back > to the older interfaces, so we've not noticed this yet. > > I'll go and fix that now. I tested the new Stretch Alpha 7 DI and now it automatically identifies the wifi card and it asks for the proper driver. After that, the wifi card works. So far so good but a problem remains. The required firmware is composed by two files: - brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.bin - brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt The first one is available in a debian package [1] but the second one, as I reported here [2], can be retrieved only by accessing the efivarfs interface. I repeated the steps discussed in the previous messages (see the quote above) but still I was unable do it. Is the efivarfs module still not present in the DI or I missed a step? Of course the latter file can be retrieved using a live distro on usb, I simply retrieved it using the Debian that I already installed on the pc. But starting with nothing, if the efivarfs interface cannot be accessed, one has to use a live distro and do this additional step, or take the file from someone else (which in principle should be not recommended). I think that this particular procedure should be easier, right now it could be a hassle for less experienced people. If you answer, please add my e-mail address in CC because I'm not subscribed to this list. Thank you very much. Ciao Francesco [1] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-brcm80211 [2] https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/T100TA#WiFi
d-i and some game to help pass the time when the system is installing -DVD image
Hi all, In this year's debconf we had an installfest and it took more than an hour (and a little more) to install a Debian .iso image. It was a DVD image which was put on a usb stick by means of $ cat debian.iso >> /media/shirish/ and not the single CD image. While going through the install process I was thinking wouldn't it be nice if there was some simple game, either a card game or any board game to help pass the time in-between the phases when packages are being installed on the system. I do see the constraints that - a. The game needs to be on all platforms (with multi-arch this question might not be relevant) b. The game shouldn't use much memory resources (so probably a game like kshisen or most card games which use either QT or GTK-3.0 would probably be out of the question.) But in-spite of these constraints if a game is found which most people would like to play, we still would perhaps need a way to make sure that the mouse by mistake shouldn't click where the processes are happening in the background. Inspite of all the above, is it/would it be possible to have something like that. If yes, any idea which games would be good candidates for something like this ? Look forward to hearing from all. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8
Manual uSD mounting to provide missing firmware
Hello I tested the Stretch Alpha 7 DI with an ASUS T100TA [1] whose wifi card is a Broadcom 43241b1 [2]. This device requires a firmware composed by two files that are requested by the DI during the configuration of the network: - brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.bin - brcmfmac43241b4-sdio.txt Due to the limited hardware of the T100TA, having the DI on a usb drive, those firmware files can only be supplied on a microSD card. In my tests I encountered the following issue: - If the microSD card is formatted with btrfs, I have to manually mount the microSD card (I mounted it on /media) both times the DI requests the two files. The card is unmounted each time the DI gets one the file. - If the card is formatted with FAT32, the DI requests only the second file, the .txt one, but I have to manually mount the card anyway. I suppose that in this case the DI automatically finds the first file but fails in finding the other one. Reading the documentation [3], if I'm not wrong, manual mounting of an external memory should not be required. If you answer, please add my e-mail address in CC because I'm not subscribed to this list. Thank you very much. Ciao Francesco [1] https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/T100TA [2] https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Asus/T100TA#WiFi [3] https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/ch06s04.html.en
Re: d-i and some game to help pass the time when the system is installing -DVD image
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:23:18PM +, shirish ??? wrote: > Hi all, > > In this year's debconf we had an installfest and it took more than an > hour (and a little more) to install a Debian .iso image. It was a DVD > image which was put on a usb stick by means of $ cat debian.iso >> > /media/shirish/ and not the single CD image. While going > through the install process I was thinking wouldn't it be nice if > there was some simple game, either a card game or any board game to > help pass the time in-between the phases when packages are being > installed on the system. I do see the constraints that - > > a. The game needs to be on all platforms (with multi-arch this > question might not be relevant) > b. The game shouldn't use much memory resources (so probably a game > like kshisen or most card games which use either QT or GTK-3.0 would > probably be out of the question.) > > But in-spite of these constraints if a game is found which most people > would like to play, we still would perhaps need a way to make sure > that the mouse by mistake shouldn't click where the processes are > happening in the background. > > Inspite of all the above, is it/would it be possible to have something > like that. If yes, any idea which games would be good candidates for > something like this ? > > Look forward to hearing from all. snake Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven
Processed: assign to busybox
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 827733 busybox Bug #827733 [openrc] BusyBox Init + OpenRC Bug reassigned from package 'openrc' to 'busybox'. Ignoring request to alter found versions of bug #827733 to the same values previously set Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #827733 to the same values previously set > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 827733: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827733 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems
assign to busybox
reassign 827733 busybox thanks Hi, I am hence reassigning the feature request to busybox. Benda
