Re: Suggestions needed for gtk frontend for cdebconf

2003-06-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Bastian Blank wrote: >>Against X: >>- larger than libdirectfb (is this true?) [Some numbers which may or may not be applicable.] IMHO really one would have to compare libdirectfb+gtk+2.0-directfb with X-Server+X-Client lib+Toolkit. Cheers T. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Suggestions needed for gtk frontend for cdebconf

2003-06-12 Thread Sebastian Ley
* Bastian Blank wrote: > > Against libdirectfb: > > - vt switching not supported. This is only for the moment, I just > > recieved word, that it is supported in the cvs version > > i ask for support a long time ago but had no time to write a patch. It must be a brand-new feature, available alr

Re: Suggestions needed for gtk frontend for cdebconf

2003-06-12 Thread Sebastian Ley
* Blars Blarson wrote: > >I am still looking for killer arguments for/against one of the two > >solutions: X server vs. libdirectfb. > > >Against libdirectfb: > > - x86 only Oha, is this really true? This would be a knockout criterium wouldn't it? Sebastian -- PGP-Key: http://www.mmweg.rwth-

Re: Suggestions needed for gtk frontend for cdebconf

2003-06-12 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I am still looking for killer arguments for/against one of the two >solutions: X server vs. libdirectfb. >Against libdirectfb: - x86 only >For X: - (mostly?) architecture independant >Against X: >- more difficult to configure (is this

Re: Suggestions needed for gtk frontend for cdebconf

2003-06-12 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 10:28:43PM +0200, Sebastian Ley wrote: > Against libdirectfb: > - vt switching not supported. This is only for the moment, I just > recieved word, that it is supported in the cvs version i ask for support a long time ago but had no time to write a patch. > - does not (ye

Re: cdeboostrap

2003-06-12 Thread Bastian Blank
http://debian.ipv4.waldi.eu.org/cdebootstrap/cdebootstrap-0.0.5.tar.gz i worked out some C99 things and enhance the packages lists. bastian -- "Get back to your stations!" "We're beaming down to the planet, sir." -- Kirk and Mr. Leslie, "This Side of Paradise",

Re: Suggestions needed for gtk frontend for cdebconf

2003-06-12 Thread Sebastian Ley
* Thomas Viehmann wrote: > (But as Sebastian points out, a mini-X-Server might be preferred.) I am still looking for killer arguments for/against one of the two solutions: X server vs. libdirectfb. If I might start: For libdirectfb: - small - easy to setup - very actively maintained - fast - al

Re: 2003-06-12 installation failure report

2003-06-12 Thread Chris Tillman
> - mac-fdisk (no udeb see #188420) Hmmm, I'm sure I saw messages on debian-powerpc about the maintainer finshing the udeb. Didn't it get uploaded? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2003-06-12 installation failure report

2003-06-12 Thread Martin Sjögren
tor 2003-06-12 klockan 11.41 skrev Gaudenz Steinlin: > 2. partconf does not call swapoff nor unmount partitions when called >again. So if your configuration partially faild and you have to >reinvoke partconf, you have to do this manually first. That's right, partconf currently has no real

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Re: Suggestions needed for gtk frontend for cdebconf

2003-06-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
My apologies for writing German. Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Sebastian Ley wrote: > > >>libdirectfb does not support vt switching, so I searched for a possibility >>to use a graphical terminal. There are terminal widgets for gtk (vte, zvt) >>but they require the X target of gtk, so they will only wo

Re: CD-ROM debootstrap

2003-06-12 Thread Thorsten Sauter
Hello, * Martin Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-06-12 13:36]: | Does debootstrap have support for using CDROMs as a source instead of an | http mirror? untested... but: # mount /cdrom # debootstrap woody . file:///cdrom/debian/ I: Retrieving file:///cdrom/debian/dists/woody/Release could work. B

Re: 2003-06-12 installation failure report

2003-06-12 Thread Thorsten Sauter
* Gaudenz Steinlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-06-12 11:41]: | - partitioner (script for powerpc, see #194590) commited, but needs an upload. -- Thorsten Sauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Is there life after /sbin/halt -p?) pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: 2003-06-12 installation failure report

2003-06-12 Thread Glenn McGrath
On 12 Jun 2003 12:52:47 +0200 Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Gaudenz Steinlin] > > 1. mkfs.ext2 and mkfs.ext3 are files of size 0 instead of links > >to mke2fs. Deleting these files and creating links made partconf > >work > > Bug #196508. Probably a bug in busybo

CD-ROM debootstrap

2003-06-12 Thread Martin Orr
Does debootstrap have support for using CDROMs as a source instead of an http mirror? And if not, is it possible to use d-i to do an installation entirely off a CDROM? -- Martin Orr Linux Administrator, Methodist College Belfast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: cdeboostrap

2003-06-12 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Bastian Blank] > skolelinux? Yes. A woody-based linux distribution for schools. http://developer.skolelinux.no/projectinfo.html.en> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting started with d-i?

2003-06-12 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Cardenas] > For starters, take a look at > > http://people.debian.org/~mbc/di.html How is this page related to the CVS documentation checked out at http://people.debian.org/~pere/debian-installer/>? Perhaps it should be checked into CVS as well? > As for not touching your drive, there used to

Re: 2003-06-12 installation failure report

2003-06-12 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Gaudenz Steinlin] > 1. mkfs.ext2 and mkfs.ext3 are files of size 0 instead of links >to mke2fs. Deleting these files and creating links made partconf >work Bug #196508. Probably a bug in busybox tar. > 3. debootstrap segfaults. It begins to download release and packages >files a

2003-06-12 installation failure report

2003-06-12 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Machine: powerpc (PowerBook G4) distribution: sarge type: net mirror: http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/debian Localudebs: - mac-fdisk (no udeb see #188420) - partitioner (script for powerpc, see #194590) - socket-modules (wrong name, unix.o not included see #193402) Problems: 1. mkfs.ex