Re: Debian GNU/(k)NetBSD and sparc32 hardware?
l could be read in the sources and debian/control. There are traces inclusion/exclusion of packages in debian/control "Depends:" lines, knetbsd-i386, netbsd-i386, netbsd-alpha, I also found a netbsd-mips somewhere. Since I have found that main problem is GNU libc vs. NetBSD libc I think that it could be usefule to have a couple of features, if there are not yet (maybe I don't know how to do, so please explain thanks! :)) 1) support for wildcards like netbsd-*, netbsd-%, netbsd-all, or something like this. Otherwise if some work is done for netbsd-i386 and netbsd-alpha, every package has to be checked againg for netbsd-mips and netbsd-sparc and so on. 2) architecture exclusion in debian/control "Architecture:" lines. Like: Architecture: any [!netbsd-alpha !netbsd-i386 !netbsd-sparc] or Architecture: any [!netbsd-*] I hope that my post could be useful to Debian platform improvement and I will report other information as they come, if there is interest in it. Bye Gianluca Bonetti
greetings kfreebsd list!
Hello everyone I am new to the list and to kFreeBSD, but I am long time Debian user, Debian sysadm for various private and cloud servers, and sincere Debian lover. I know kFreeBSD since many years, but I only tried the Ging live cd years ago. In the last days I gained more and more interest in kFreeBSD, since someone says that it is in bad shape and the risk is that it will be quitted. On the other hand, Linux they say is in good shape... I don't think so. Given the current state of Linux ecosystem, I feel that a kFreeBSD based Debian is a plan-b for everything. I tried kFreeBSD x86_64, both Wheezy and Jessie (weekly iso) on virtual machines and on real hardware. I have to say that kFreeBSD seems to me in very good shape, fully working, installed smoothly on real hardware like on VMs. Jessie is really in better shape, since has Iceweasel, LibreOffice, JDK and much more software. I put it as first and only OS on my work desktop (where I do all my daytime office routines, but not development) On IRC channel, Christopher told that current bugs are listed here https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-bsd@lists.debian.org Is this the list of all the bugs that kFreeBSD has right now? I will start to make some troubleshooting with non building packages. I have some experience in installing from alien sources and packaging in debian way, so I'd like to try. If you have some advice, I'll be glad to read on list or private email. Thank you Best regards Gianluca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/capknwjjhikeb-+zslsjmd9fgvdvqwqxvqoqfkgnpta-9pfq...@mail.gmail.com
kfreebsd repositories vanished after Jessie official release
Hello people! Today, I cannot update my Debian/kFreeBSD systems (1 phisical, 1 VM) because the repositories vanished after the official release of Jessie. What are the repositories to use from now on? I googled, but found nothing. I also took a look at debian.net and debian-ports.org but there aren't. Thank you Best regards gl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAPkNWJJMxnFNdh642yMXzi=bw2mwrpcapvwtyroela79zxu...@mail.gmail.com
Re: kfreebsd repositories vanished after Jessie official release
Hello Steven Thank you for the feedback I hope that all the compiled packages has been migrated somewhere so the repository will be online soon. If I ever thought it could happen, I would have done a mirror of that on an OVH VPS. When will the repository be online? kFreeBSD was in pretty good shape until two days ago. This seems quite a boycott to a project of very high value. Thank you Best regards gl 2015-04-26 16:42 GMT+02:00 Steven Chamberlain : > Hello, > > Gianluca Bonetti wrote: >> Today, I cannot update my Debian/kFreeBSD systems (1 phisical, 1 VM) >> because the repositories vanished after the official release of >> Jessie. >> What are the repositories to use from now on? > > jessie-kfreebsd isn't actually released yet, but I think it will be > distributed from here: (this should already work) > > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-kfreebsd main > > I'm not sure where security updates will go; possibly into that same > suite so it may not be necessary to have a separate line for those > in sources.list > > Regards, > -- > Steven Chamberlain > ste...@pyro.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAPkNWJK56XKP_cDLi5WHSEswmchpgA7OL1HUkNp5vo=s08h...@mail.gmail.com
Re: kfreebsd repositories vanished after Jessie official release
Great Steven The new httpredir works perfectly and I can update my kFreeBSD systems. To be honest, I also tried in a VM a daily sid CD image which I took here http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/kfreebsd-amd64/list-cd/ I have to say that the kernel (kfreebsd-10.1-0-amd64.gz) that has been installed does not work for updating by apt-get I had to manually copy another kfreebsd-10.1-0-amd64.gz + modules from a working and updated system to be able to apt-get from a fresh installed system. apt-get didn't work after install, but wget did (I downloaded the required debs by wget from a local network http server) I suspect that the kernel in the installer has to be updated. By the way, is there any "to-do-list" for kFreeBSD so that external developers could help in the project? Best regards gl 2015-04-26 16:59 GMT+02:00 Steven Chamberlain : > Gianluca Bonetti wrote: >> I hope that all the compiled packages has been migrated somewhere so >> the repository will be online soon. > > Those packages should be already available in the new repository. > ftp-master kindly copied the packages there a few days ago. > >> kFreeBSD was in pretty good shape until two days ago. >> This seems quite a boycott to a project of very high value. > > It is in good shape. Debian's ftp-master, install+CD, security teams > and DSA have been still helping us to make a release of jessie-kfreebsd, > which maybe could happen in two weeks or so. > > Regards, > -- > Steven Chamberlain > ste...@pyro.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/capknwjjezuxc4wjoeus1agkdecpcxk0mqpspnfb+tsg_veu...@mail.gmail.com
Re: kfreebsd repositories vanished after Jessie official release
I did a fresh install from daily installer on a VirtualBox VM. Install goes fine, base system, grub, reboot. At reboot, I put the new sources.list in the system, and try an apt-get update I get no errors, but "waiting for headers" until forever. apt-get sits waiting for http headers until forever, but wget works on http, at least on local net server. I first tried to update apt package by downloading the package on another system, then wgetting on the fresh install VM. apt package updated, still not working. So I updated the kfreebsd-image also by downloading on another system, then wgetting on fresh VM. Install updated kfreebsd-image-10.1, reboot, apt-get update works. I can reply on my system to have a second test, if you like. Bye gl 2015-04-26 18:03 GMT+02:00 Steven Chamberlain : > Gianluca Bonetti wrote: >> I have to say that the kernel (kfreebsd-10.1-0-amd64.gz) that has been >> installed does not work for updating by apt-get >> I had to manually copy another kfreebsd-10.1-0-amd64.gz + modules from >> a working and updated system to be able to apt-get from a fresh >> installed system. >> apt-get didn't work after install, but wget did (I downloaded the >> required debs by wget from a local network http server) > > I'd like some more details on this, if you can explain exactly what > error output you saw? > > Regards, > -- > Steven Chamberlain > ste...@pyro.eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAPkNWJKX0-6yUn7vy+GfViZtGY3=QPqSCednQF=3vyCuG4T=q...@mail.gmail.com
Re: releasing jessie-kfreebsd (was: kfreebsd IRC meeting?)
Hello I tested installation from the provided ISO. Installation process runs fine, also on ZFS and ZFS on root. Main problem is with APT mirrors, seems that many are not working. httpredir mirror should be selected as default for kfreebsd There is also a problem when changing keyboard language. For example, I select italian layout. The problem is related to filesystem mount at startup. I use a separate / /usr /var /home since the beginning of time /etc/init.d/keyboard-setup fails ate startup because runs before mountall /etc/init.d/keyboard-setup calls /bin/setupcon /bin/setupcon calls in turn /usr/bin/ckbcomp which is not available at startup, before mountall I am sure not many people will run kfreebsd on separate /usr, but I think that setupcon and ckbcomp which both belong to console-setup should live in same directory For all the rest, congratulations for great work! kFreeBSD is in amazing good shape! Bye gl 2016-03-25 16:26 GMT+01:00 Steven Chamberlain : > Hi, > > Steven Chamberlain wrote: > > We are running out of time, as wheezy security support ends in April, so > > we must release as soon as possible to give users time to upgrade. > > > > There is not much left to do however: > > * I need to upload GRUB2; > > done > > > * if we're sure debian-installer has no issues, I should upload > > gdk-pixbuf which will allow it to actually build; > > done > > > * some CDs built by debian-cd tools would be nice to test with, > > before official ones are built on cdimage.d.o. > > I've built a test image here including -p-u and I am happy with it: > > http://jenkins.kfreebsd.eu/jenkins/job/debian-installer_jessie-kfreebsd/ws/debian-8.4-kfreebsd-amd64-CD-1.iso > SHA-256: dae659788f2fd7d92e59a0a62f3144887d7a44f308703a93a46d3b7bca10ab2e > I'd encourage anyone to test that if they can. > > I think we can begin the release process now: > > debian-installer is uplodaed, but must be installed, which may be > automatic I'm not sure: > > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=debian-installer&suite=jessie-kfreebsd > > Then jessie-kfreebsd-p-u must be copied into jessie-kfreebsd. This is > probably a good time because the official suites are about to freeze p-u > for a point release next weekend. > > debian-cd tools need some symlinks to alias jessie-kfreebsd to jessie, > and another small bugfix may be needed. > > If the jessie-kfreebsd suite is ready in time, maybe the kfreebsd CD > images could be built along with the 8.4 point release. I'll start to > ping the relevant teams now. > > Regards, > -- > Steven Chamberlain > ste...@pyro.eu.org >
Re: Problems instaling kFreeBSD in amd64 VM
Hello Rich I have already installed kFreeBSD on a VM, but using VirtualBox. I am using VirtualBox both on desktop and on servers. If you need, the MATE Desktop Environment is fully working on kFreeBSD. As for installing kFreeBSD, I have a couple of upgraded installations from 7.x to 8.x I should try with an 8.x installer and see what happens. You can download these ISO: Debian 8.4 Installer RC3 http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/jessie_di_rc3/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-cd/ Debian 8.4 Installer from last Jenkins build http://jenkins.kfreebsd.eu/jenkins/job/debian-installer_jessie-kfreebsd/ws/ Debian 7.11 Installer then apt-get upgrade to 8.x http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/latest-oldstable/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-cd/ (for apt-get upgrade you'll need an up to date apt/sources.list) I will also have a try with these iso and do an install from scratch, to test what happens. Best regards Gianluca Bonetti 2016-11-07 7:40 GMT+01:00 Rich Wales : > Hi. I'm trying to install Debian GNU/kFreeBSD in an amd64 VM (Xen domU). > This VM will function as a server, so I don't care about a GUI, and I > assume it shouldn't matter if I install a system based on Jessie or Wheezy. > > I tried installing over the Internet using the mini.iso image, but the > installation failed with lots of errors saying that various presumably > critical packages could not be found. My high-speed Internet connection is > solidly reliable as far as I'm aware, so I'm confused as to why I would be > getting errors like this during installation. > > Is there a complete CD or DVD image which I can download and use for > installation? If so, I'd be grateful for the link to whatever image I > should use. > -- > *Rich Wales* > ri...@richw.org >
Re: Problems instaling kFreeBSD in amd64 VM
Hi Rich Here it is... # Debian GNU/kFreeBSD "Jessie" 8.x amd64 deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-kfreebsd main contrib non-free deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main contrib non-free deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-free deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian-security jessie-kfreebsd/updates main contrib non-free Last try today, I upgraded all packages and worked like a charm. It happened in past, and could happen again, that httpredir.debian.org points out to a mirror which has decided not to host a copy of "jessie-kfreebsd". This is a bad behavior of the mirror, but we cannot impose it to do. The simplest solution, is to try again to apt-get install, as the next try point out to another mirror and the majority of the mirrors now have jessie-kfreebsd. As a reminder for me, and hopefully for others googling around, I posted this informations on my blog http://decadence.it/debian-gnu/kfreebsd Enjoy the upgrade! ;) gl 2016-11-08 4:40 GMT+01:00 Rich Wales : > On 11/07/16 00:59, Gianluca Bonetti wrote: > > *Debian 8.4 Installer RC3* > *http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/jessie_di_rc3/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-cd/ > <http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/jessie_di_rc3/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-cd/>* > > > Thanks. The *debian-jessie-DI-rc3-kfreebsd-amd64-CD-1.iso* file from the > above directory allowed me to do a successful installation. > > But, now, what repositories should I use in */etc/apt/sources.list* in > order to install packages or do upgrades? > -- > *Rich Wales* > ri...@richw.org >
Re: Can I use GNU/kFreeBSD on a Sunfire
Ciao Paolo Yes I think you can do it. I am using kFreeBSD in spare time on: - as VM on VirtualBox on main PC - as kFreeBSD chroot on Kimsufi FreeBSD server IP 5.135.154.202 - native boot on Asus eeeBox Atom 270 dual core 2 GB RAM with 160GB SATA disk - native boot on IBM x3200 M2 Xeon Quad Core 4 GB RAM, SAS controller 2x72GB disk Enjoy Ciao gl ( PS: are you an italian user? feel free to mail me off list if you need :) ) 2016-11-08 13:46 GMT+01:00 pdb : > Hi, I am Paolo, > > I would like to know if i can use GNU/KFreeBSD on a: > > Sun Microsystems Sunfire X2200 2 cpu's Amd Opteron QC 2307, to 2.3 Ghz, 2 > hdd's 146 Gbyte SAS 15K and 16Gbyte of Ram as native operating system > without any VM system? > > This is the picture: > > http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMxWDE2MDA=/z/oF0AAOSwKfVXI2sh/$_3.JPG > > Awaiting for your reply, > > Greetings, Paolo Del Bene >
Re: internet connection less then 5 minutes
Hello Herbert You have to modify /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the current repositories. deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-kfreebsd main deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie-kfreebsd/updates main deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-kfreebsd main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie-kfreebsd/updates main Just edit the the file and apt-get update && apt-get install Bye gl 2016-11-28 15:16 GMT+01:00 Herbert Fortes : > Hi, > > I installed Debian kfreeBSD[0] yesterday and had some > problems with internet connection. The .iso file has > some weeks. > > [0] - debian-testing-kfreebsd-amd64-lxde-CD-1.iso > > During installation I skip internet connection, using > only packages from the CD. Then, when trying 'apt update', > if fails to fetch all address. Only one is fetched, then > the 'Could not resolve' error. > > msk0 is up with local ip and '/etc/resolv.conf' has two > ip address. But if I do 'ifdown' and try to 'ifup' I do > not get an ip from dhcp. > > One thing I think is strange is that I do not have > the 'ping' command installed. > > What do I have to do ? > > Please Cc me. I am not on the list. > > > > Regards, > Herbert > >
Re: internet connection less then 5 minutes
You have some networking troubles. You can try to manually configure the network by ifconfig / route add default / resolf.conf or edit /etc/network/interfaces to set a static address and default route. The process is like on any other debian-like. Then you have to update the whole system. It seems you are suffering of some bugs in the kernel or basic userland. Bye gl 2016-11-28 19:12 GMT+01:00 Herbert Fortes : > Hi Gianluca Bonetti, > > > Hello Herbert > > > > You have to modify /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the current > repositories. > > > > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-kfreebsd main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie-kfreebsd/updates main > > deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-kfreebsd main > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie-kfreebsd/updates main > > > > I did that. Thanks! > > But the problem is: apt can not resolve the address. Using > a browser I can not access google.com. > > I only have an ip address after the boot. If I do 'ifdown' 'ifup' > I do not get an ip from dhcp. And the internet connection can be > used for less then 5 minutes. > > > > Regards, > Herbert >
Re: Future of kFreeBSD in Debian unstable
Hello I am not a debian developer, and I just use kFreeBSD on a VMs for testing purposes. I think it is a project worth keeping alive, even if not 100% workable. Dumping it away is a great waste of previous and precious work on portability and kernel abstraction. kFreeBSD 7 was stable enough to be used as desktop, as I did on a secondary box, real hardware. Given the stats from https://popcon.debian.org/ it seems that kFreeBSD is still running on 38 active machines (not counting my 2 VMs, as I don't run them 24x7) 38 kFreeBSD boxes are more than hurd-i386, s390*, ppc64*. mips64el is an official port, and is running only on one machine, so it seems that there is more interest in unofficial kFreeBSD than official mips64el Just my personal opinion, as a debian user. Bye gl 2018-01-05 11:41 GMT+01:00 Ansgar Burchardt : > Hi, > > last month Julien Cristau wrote that buildds for kFreeBSD will go > away[1]; there was no reply and this has since happened. > > I'm wondering if there is still any interest in keeping kFreeBSD in > unstable? Given the lack of response, I am considering removal in a > few weeks. > > Ansgar > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2017/12/msg8.html > >
