Re: Problem with reinstallation, bootloader

2014-11-12 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, Samuel Thibault wrote: On the official Debian hurd ports page, simply: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-cd it points at https://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/ and https://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/ Darn, I had to search further, instead I got t

Re: Problem with reinstallation, bootloader

2014-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Riccardo Mottola, le Wed 12 Nov 2014 11:30:29 +0100, a écrit : > 1) if I try text-install, I select additional components (I only add DDE for > network stuff), Why selection additional components by hand? The automatic way should just work. > it will freeze without any error while loading additi

[PATCH hurd] utils/rpctrace: fix crash while printing messages

2014-11-12 Thread Justus Winter
% fakeroot rpctrace install [...] 63<--66(pid5363)->io_read (-1 8192) = 0 [... rpctrace crashes] /bin/fakeauth: Segmentation fault for child 5362 /bin/settrans: Error 139 for child 5361 * utils/rpctrace.c (print_data): Fix this by guarding the code escaping non-printable characters introduced in

Re: [PATCH hurd] utils/rpctrace: fix crash while printing messages

2014-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Wed 12 Nov 2014 13:31:04 +0100, a écrit : > % fakeroot rpctrace install > [...] > 63<--66(pid5363)->io_read (-1 8192) = 0 [... rpctrace crashes] > /bin/fakeauth: Segmentation fault for child 5362 > /bin/settrans: Error 139 for child 5361 > > * utils/rpctrace.c (print_data): Fix

Unprivileged Subhurds

2014-11-12 Thread Justus Winter
Hello, I'm trying to get unprivileged Subhurds to work. The first part of the puzzle is in fact a tiny kernel patch to provide a robust parental relationship of tasks to userspace. Currently, /hurd/proc relies on posixesque processes to call proc_child to form a process hierarchy. I've written

[PATCH gnumach 2/2] include: add X_IMPORTS to ipc definitions

2014-11-12 Thread Justus Winter
This makes it possible to inject imports. * include/mach/gnumach.defs: Make it possible to inject imports. * include/mach/mach.defs: Likewise. * include/mach/mach_host.defs: Likewise. --- include/mach/gnumach.defs | 4 include/mach/mach.defs | 4 include/mach/mach_host.defs | 4 +

[PATCH gnumach 1/2] kern: provide notifications about new tasks

2014-11-12 Thread Justus Winter
These notifications are sent to the port registered via `register_new_task_notification' and provide a robust parental relation between tasks to a userspace server. * Makefrag.am: Add task_notify.defs. * include/mach/gnumach.defs: Add register_new_task_notification. * include/mach/task_notify.defs

Re: Problem with reinstallation, bootloader

2014-11-12 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, On 11/12/14 11:53, Samuel Thibault wrote: Riccardo Mottola, le Wed 12 Nov 2014 11:30:29 +0100, a écrit : 1) if I try text-install, I select additional components (I only add DDE for network stuff), Why selection additional components by hand? The automatic way should just work. If I enabl

Re: Problem with reinstallation, bootloader

2014-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Riccardo Mottola, le Thu 13 Nov 2014 01:05:57 +0100, a écrit : > On 11/12/14 11:53, Samuel Thibault wrote: > >Riccardo Mottola, le Wed 12 Nov 2014 11:30:29 +0100, a écrit : > >>1) if I try text-install, I select additional components (I only add DDE for > >>network stuff), > >Why selection addition

Re: Problem with reinstallation, bootloader

2014-11-12 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, On 11/13/14 01:16, Samuel Thibault wrote: Riccardo Mottola, le Thu 13 Nov 2014 01:05:57 +0100, a écrit : On 11/12/14 11:53, Samuel Thibault wrote: If I enable DDE, I get a network card detected, since DHCP is attempted, if I do not, I get the message that no network card is present. DHCP fa

Re: Hurd build failure investigation

2014-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, It seems we'd indeed need SO_RCVBUF/SO_SNDBUF on AF_UNIX sockets. It means reading a bit libpipe to make sure how to get/set the limit, and plug that into pflocal/socket.c:S_socket_setopt. Any taker? Mattias Ellert, le Wed 12 Nov 2014 16:38:36 +0100, a écrit : > I have been investigating

FOSDEM talk?

2014-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, As usual for a few years now, there will be a microkernel room at FOSDEM, I'll be happy to make a hurd talk there, but what could I talk about? Samuel