Re: Re: issues with initramfs after recently updating buster
Thanks so much Pascal Hambourg for all the great info. best, ~e -- https://edoubt.tumblr.com https://medium.com/@cderr/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
issues with initramfs after recently updating buster
administrivia: I'm not subscribed to debian-user (but will check the list for answers in any case). CCs to me are fine (even appreciated!). Today I saw the following errors on one of the machines (an HP EliteBook laptop) that I upgraded today: Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.133+deb10u1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-5-amd64 cryptsetup: WARNING: The initramfs image may not contain cryptsetup binaries nor crypto modules. If that's on purpose, you may want to uninstall the 'cryptsetup-initramfs' package in order to disable the cryptsetup initramfs integration and avoid this warning. W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_dmc_ver1_07.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/cnl_dmc_ver1_07.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_39.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver9_29.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/skl_guc_ver9_33.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_huc_ver02_00_1810.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_huc_ver01_07_1398.bin for module i915 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/skl_huc_ver01_07_1398.bin for module i915 I saw messages similar to the Possible missing firmware lines at the end while upgrading a Dell Inspiron laptop (also running buster) I upgraded earlier in the day. Unfortunately on that other machine I didn't save the output from the end of 'apt-get upgrade', though I'm quite certain the end of each line mentioned "module amdgpu" (or perhaps "module gpuamd"?). So I have two questions. On the HP laptop I do use cryptsetup (because it's older and I originally ran stretch on that machine -- only my homedir is encrypted (not the entire LV as is the Dell laptop, which is newer and got a virgin buster install recently). Is there anything I need to do in order to make sure that I don't lose support for cryptsetup with a new kernel on the HP laptop? My 2nd question is about the missing firmware. How do I get modules i915 and amdgpu so that my initramfs will be fully functional on these laptops (i'm fine with installing nonfree packages). If there's more information anyone needs to diagnose any of this, please feel free to ask. On one laptop (the HP), when I try to run 'apt-get upgrade' again, the following message appears: The following packages have been kept back: linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-amd64 On the other laptop (the Dell), 'apt-get upgrade' produces output that indicates that only linux-image-amd64 has been kept back. Thank you so very much in advance for any information. And as always, thanks tons for the most excellent OS on the planet, ~e -- https://edoubt.tumblr.com/ https://medium.com/@cderr/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Dell Inspiron 17 3000 Series 3785 problem with X
On Wed, 2019-08-14 at 14:20 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 08:11:34AM -0400, ernst doubt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > i had sent a message to debian-laptop a few hours back, but all > > i've > > seen so far is one response (suggesting i use q4os). i'm pretty > > committed to using debian directly though (at least until i've > > tried an > > awful lot more things). > > > > After installing buster, this brand new laptop of mine seems to > > hang on > > X (GDM) starting -- after briefly showing a flashing underscore > > char in > > the top left corner of the screen, it drops back to command-line > > output > > (but doesn't allow me to login). > > [...] > > It seems that your X server is giving up for some reason. > > Not a graphics expert here, but you may get some hints by inpecting > the X log file (called typically Xorg.0.log -- it usually lives in > /var/log or perhaps in your home directory. Towards the end, you > might find some lines tagged with (EE) -- those are errors. > > The content of that file might be of help to folks around here to > diagnose your problem. > > Cheers > -- tomás Thanks for all the help folks. i managed to solve it on my own. Pretty sure it was the linux-firmware-nonfree package that did it. best, ~e
Dell Inspiron 17 3000 Series 3785 problem with X
Hi all, i had sent a message to debian-laptop a few hours back, but all i've seen so far is one response (suggesting i use q4os). i'm pretty committed to using debian directly though (at least until i've tried an awful lot more things). After installing buster, this brand new laptop of mine seems to hang on X (GDM) starting -- after briefly showing a flashing underscore char in the top left corner of the screen, it drops back to command-line output (but doesn't allow me to login). i'm booted into recovery mode right now and i've managed to get networking up and running (and installed emacs-nox and gpm, yay!) and i'm looking through /var/log/daemon.log from my failed boot last night. My assumption is that there's probably some non-free firmware package i need to install (and maybe configure?) 20 years ago or so i remember fighting with modelines entries in order to get X working, but i imagine things have changed. This machine purportedly has: AMD Ryzen™ 5 2500U Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics If anyone has any suggestions or hints about how to proceed with troubleshooting, i'm happy to share log files, chase down documentation, install packages, edit configuration files or whatever else is needed. i could also burn an ubuntu disk and boot that live to see what i could learn from that experience (a web search seems to indicate ubuntu would install fine on this laptop, but my preference is to stick with debian). thanks so much in advance, ~e
Re: stretch update of thunderbird wants to remove enigmail
On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 8:55:00 PM EDT you wrote: > Le 18-09-17 à 17 h 10, ernst doubt a écrit : > > Greetings, > > > > I run debian stretch: > > > > ni@quark:/etc$ cat debian_version > > 9.5 > > > > and I use a number of email clients. I see there is currently an update > > (presumably security related?) for thunderbird. But as this upgrade would > > remove enigmail I chose (at least for the moment) to not implement it. > > > > Does anyone know if there are plans in the works for an associated upgrade > > of enigmail so that it might be possible in the near future to upgrade > > thunderbird without losing embedded support for gnupg? > > > > I'm not subscribed to this list (but will check the archives on-line for a > > while to make sure I don't miss a reply), so CCs to me are fine (and even > > appreciated if you are willing). > > > > thanks so very much in advance, > > > > ~e > > I let apt remove enigmail, and then manually reinstalled the addon from > Thunderbird's Tools>Addon menu. All my user settings were retrieved > correctly as far as I can see. Bouncing back to the list, since you replied to me only privately. Interesting data point; thanks so much. Though I think I would feel better (security-wise) about installing the debian version of enigmail. Of course running with the currently unupgraded version of thunderbird as I am is also suboptimal. ~e
stretch update of thunderbird wants to remove enigmail
Greetings, I run debian stretch: ni@quark:/etc$ cat debian_version 9.5 and I use a number of email clients. I see there is currently an update (presumably security related?) for thunderbird. But as this upgrade would remove enigmail I chose (at least for the moment) to not implement it. Does anyone know if there are plans in the works for an associated upgrade of enigmail so that it might be possible in the near future to upgrade thunderbird without losing embedded support for gnupg? I'm not subscribed to this list (but will check the archives on-line for a while to make sure I don't miss a reply), so CCs to me are fine (and even appreciated if you are willing). thanks so very much in advance, ~e
Kmail Broken?
David, Thanks much for the heads-up. Do you have a bug report you could refer me to so I can check out details? I guess in some sense I'm quite "lucky" as I do have one instance that's continuing to function properly (on the laptop) even though this one is reduced to being able to send emails and can't seem to receive them. I'd like to find the relevant bug report (or if there is none yet, open one myself) so that I can hopefully aid in troubleshooting the specific issue(s). It's hard for me to believe that this piece of software will just be abandoned considering how well it was working and how many functional options it has (had?). ~e signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
troubleshooting Kmail
Ernst, Things that come to mind... The way IMAP works is e-mail is delivered to the mail server (google/gmail, is what I think you said). Your client (kmail, thunderbird, etc) reads an email message from the server. Then, depending on configuration, the message is saved or deleted? So, check your configuration to be sure that the IMAP server is configured to leave mail on the server after being read. Also, have you checked that the version of kmail is the same on both computers? Mark Have you ckecked the version of each instance of kmail? Mark, Thanks much for your reply. I apologize for breaking the threading, but I don't think i succeeded at getting things right when replying to the mailing list via the web archive. I've always been careful to configure my IMAP client(s) to leave messages on the server, but to be sure, I have verified (via the gmail web interface) that no client is removing messages from the server for this account. It's really strange because up until Jan 30th incoming mail was still arriving at the problematic Kmail client (and I still have access to messages on or prior to that date in that client). I was pretty sure that both versions are identical (as I'm running vanilla stretch on both machines) but to be sure I've just verified that fact (5.2.3 in both cases). signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
troubleshooting Kmail
I sent a similar message to debian-kde this morning, but it appears there's not much activity there, so I figured I'd also try here. I've been a debian GNU/linux user (I like KDE for my desktop, though I generally keep openbox (and gnome) available as "fallbacks") for quite some time now (decades at least) and am in general a very happy user. I've been using both thunderbird and claws-mail as IMAP clients for some time, but recently (a few months ago) I set up Kmail (and I like it very much, as integration with gnupg was relatively painless). I am again using it as an IMAP client (with this gmail address). I have two computers, both running debian 9 stretch. On one of them (the laptop), Kmail is functioning properly, but on the desktop machine which I'm writing from now, incoming email has not been appearing since the end of January. I don't see any obvious menu entries which would give me access to log files in order to try to troubleshoot the problem, so I'm looking for any advice as to how I might go about correcting the issue so this instance of Kmail can again receive email (it's possible that the problem is as simple as an incorrectly entered password though I've just attempted to reenter it with no improvement in mail fetching behavior). I'm not currently subscribed to this list, so CCing me is perfectly fine (though I'll monitor the web archives for responses on which I may not be CCed). thanks so much in advance for any clues anyone may have to share with me, ~c signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
intel 3945 wireless
I have sid running, but so far no luck with successfully connecting to an access point (though I seem to be close). I had tried previously with ipw3945 but never gotten everything right, so now I'm giving iwl3945 a try instead. I inadvertently proved that the hardware is perfectly capable of working when at a friend's suggestion, I booted up ubuntu 7.10 (from a live CD) and was able to successfully connect (using iwconfig to specify an open essid, then adding a dhcp line to /etc/network/interfaces for eth1 and executing ifup eth1 to bring it up). On debian I seem (possibly) to be flumoxed by the lack of software support for enabling the Kill switch (when booted into the working ubuntu the wireless led does flash with activity -- under debian, it never lights up). When I hit Fn-F2 to try to turn the wireless device on or off (like I can when I'm booted into XP), I see the following in syslog (no matter how many times I try): Apr 9 18:33:52 delete kernel: iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On: Apr 9 18:33:52 delete kernel: Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work. Apr 9 18:33:52 delete kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0). Apr 9 18:33:52 delete kernel: atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 keycode' to make it known. Apr 9 18:33:54 delete kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0). Apr 9 18:33:54 delete kernel: atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 keycode' to make it known. Apr 9 18:33:56 delete kernel: iwl3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On: Apr 9 18:33:56 delete kernel: Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work. Apr 9 18:33:56 delete kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0). Apr 9 18:33:56 delete kernel: atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e008 keycode' to make it known. Any body have any clue what value of keycode might possibly succeed? (for the record I did google it and tried 172 but while that made the atkbd.c messages disappear, it doesn't appear to have enabled the wireless) Under debian eth0 is my wired card. I also have eth2 and wlan0_rename which both appear to be my 3945ABG device (same MAC address), but the wlan0_rename device seems to respond correctly to iwconfig and iwlist commands (other than the fact that the radio on the device appears to be turned off). Any hints on what more needs to be tweaked to succeed here? Or alternate choices? I'm certainly willing to play with ipw instead of iwl drivers if someone's got a complete recipe. I'm not a wireless guru, so it's possible I'm missing some 80211-related packages (or something else that's required?). I'm currently having the best luck with the 2.6.24-1-686 debian-packaged kernel and I do also have: ieee80211-modules-2.6-6861.1.14-1 firmware-iwlwifi 0.10 Here's the relevant part of my dmesg: ACPI: PCI Interrupt :0c:00.0[A] - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 PCI: Setting latency timer of device :0c:00.0 to 64 iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:1f.3[B] - GSI 17 (level, low) - IRQ 17 iwl3945: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.2, id: 0xfa0b1, caps: 0xa44713/0x20 input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input6 udev: renamed network interface wmaster0 to eth2 Adding 1951856k swap on /dev/sda8. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1951856k EXT3 FS on sda11, internal journal loop: module loaded ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13 ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll happily provide more data/config settings/whatever is requested. thx much in advance, -ed
Re: lost SD card with newer kernels
Mumia W.. wrote: On 04/04/2008 04:02 PM, Ernst Doubt wrote: snip My config is at http://pastebin.com/m9d3c9ea snip I see this in your config: 1567. # CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI is not set 1568. # CONFIG_MMC_WBSD is not set 1569. # CONFIG_MMC_TIFM_SD is not set Enable these and some of the other items under Device Drivers-- MMC/SD card support in make menuconfig (if that's what you're using to configure the kernel). I advise enabling them as modules and also enabling automatic module loading support. Good luck. Thank you so much, I disregarded your advice to build as modules (and just built those three opts directly into the kernel) and it now works great again. really appreciate it, ~ed
lost SD card with newer kernels
I have a 2.6.18 (self-compiled) kernel that I can use to successfully mount an SD card from my camera, but when I built a newer, more trimmed down kernel, my SD card access is no longer available. I thought I had enabled all the correct hardware options, but apparently I've missed something. My config is at http://pastebin.com/m9d3c9ea This is a Dell Precision M90 that's running sid. The kernels I'm building are from kernel.org and I'm not using debian-specific tools for that part. thanks in advance for any help, -ed
Re: upgrading to unstable
Alberto Bert wrote: Hi, after reading the FAQ at: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/debian_choosing_distribution.html I'm upgrading from sarge to unstable... I'm pretty scared, so it would be nice to have some help from the list... In doing it I'm using aptitude. I just saied it to U all the Upgrade packages, then I'm upgrading (it's downloading...) Is there anything else I should do? I'd have installed apt-listbugs prior, but it's not a guarantee against breakage (though it does allow you to possibly prevent some buggy packages from being installed). good luck, ~c Thanks, Alberto -- Be not afraid of your own subjectivity, just streamline its flow ;) - Youlian Troyanov gpg key fingerprint = 4C29 C87D BF94 26D8 94D4 94E1 67CD F26D 0A66 3D1A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
