Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting Gaudenz Steinlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The "build on 2004-05-28" is not wrong. It's the date the initrd on this > image was built. > Despite that it would be nice to have the iso build date there too. Yes, if I report a problem with d-i, I do not get the question "Which initrd exactly do you have?", but "Which ISO did you use?" Would it be difficult to add the variant (sid/sarge/home-grown/...) and ISO build date at a prominent place of the boot menus? Cheers, WB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 04:12:28PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: > Quoting "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I used the netinst (105 MB image) of 2004-07-01. Some problems occured: > > Many thanks for the replies. I hope, I can try the same hardware > again, when 2.6.7 is used by the d-i. It's not mine, unfortunately. > I will report about any success or failure. > > One remark: The link was > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ > It would be very, very, very useful, if the initial boot screen would > show the REAL version (e.g. "sid 2004-07-01" or "sarge 2004-07-02") > instead of "build on 2004-05-28" or so which is plainly wrong. Most > d-i users/testers could give much better indication of what d-i > version they use, with a useful version string in the boot screen! The "build on 2004-05-28" is not wrong. It's the date the initrd on this image was built. Despite that it would be nice to have the iso build date there too. Gaudenz signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I used the netinst (105 MB image) of 2004-07-01. Some problems occured: Many thanks for the replies. I hope, I can try the same hardware again, when 2.6.7 is used by the d-i. It's not mine, unfortunately. I will report about any success or failure. One remark: The link was http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ It would be very, very, very useful, if the initial boot screen would show the REAL version (e.g. "sid 2004-07-01" or "sarge 2004-07-02") instead of "build on 2004-05-28" or so which is plainly wrong. Most d-i users/testers could give much better indication of what d-i version they use, with a useful version string in the boot screen! Cheers, WB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting W. Borgert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 1. Method 'linux26': Hangs during PC card phase. Had to switch off. > > 2. Method 'linux26 hw-detect/pcmcia=off (or so)': Did not detect the >ethernet device (Broadcom 570x Gigabit). No idea which driver to use >from the list, so rebooted. > > 3. Method 'linux': No PC card probs :-) No network driver probs :-) Broadcom stuff is broken in 2.6.x with x<7. 2.6.7 just entered unstable and is supposed to have the tg3 driver back again >Installed grub on /dev/hda3 (because XP uses /dev/hda1,2) and I do >not want grub as primary boot manager on that machine. >Killed the MBR! No boot from HD at all possible. This probably needs to be reported as important or even serious to grub-installer if confirmed. > 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes >left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which >seems to be unnormal for 'ar'. Should be better at least for 1st stage with sid_d-i images. Howevr, the Arabic translation is currently incomplete and you'll have a lot of English here and there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
Quoting Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes > >left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which > >seems to be unnormal for 'ar'. > > I thought this was fixed in sid_d-i, for instance. In first stage only at this moment but this is a strong indication that the test was made with sarge_d-i -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple problems with d-i on Dell Latitude (i386)
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:13:48PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: > I used the netinst (105 MB image) of 2004-07-01. Some problems occured: Which netinst? sarge_d-i (== daily) or sid_d-i? The URL would be a good identifier. > 6. A colleague was unhappy about the 'ar' support, because it goes >left-to-right and the letters are detached from each other, which >seems to be unnormal for 'ar'. I thought this was fixed in sid_d-i, for instance. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
