Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 06:40:26PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > I'd love to test it. And I have PPC hardware (PowerPC Macs) to test > it on. But I'm not a developer. What can I do to help? Here's a short explanation: - Checkout d-i source. - Apply my patch and build grub

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:15:12AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: > > >Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>>I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but > >>>unfortunately I can't > >>>test it (no ppc hardware here). Wou

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote: Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but unfortunately I can't test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it? -- Robert Millan Hi Robert, I'd love to test it. And I

Re: installation-report i18n'ed?

2006-09-07 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frans Pop wrote: > > This is a discussion that comes back every 6 months or so... > Suggest you check the mailing list archives for previous discussions. IIRC > the last one was on d-i18n, but could have been -project or -devel too. > It's kind of o

Re: installation-report i18n'ed?

2006-09-07 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 08 September 2006 02:49, Andre Luis Lopes wrote: >I would say so, but it seems you beat me :-) In fact, I was thinking > how we could attract more people reporting bugs if we only accept > english-written reports. This is a discussion that comes back every 6 months or so... Suggest y

Re: installation-report i18n'ed?

2006-09-07 Thread Andre Luis Lopes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Stefano Canepa wrote: > > This is one of the thinks written in the TODO file of reportbug, and > reading the code somethink started sometime ago. Do you think it make > sense even if bug reports need to be written into English? Gnome > bugbudd

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 08:00:42PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but > >> unfortunately I can't > >> test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it? > >> > >> -- > >> Robert Millan

Re: non-free firmware and d-i

2006-09-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 07:02:18PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Joey Hess wrote: > > >This won't be practical. They are just udebs, but they have complex > >interdependencies and we can't expect users to pick the right set of > >udebs to put on a driver floppy that bo

Re: uninstallables "unique" to sparc/etch

2006-09-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 07:44:53PM -0400, Clint Adams wrote: > libsp-gxmlcpp1c2a: Depends: libcppunit-1.10-2c2a > - needs a +b1 built against libcppunit-1.12 Scheduled. > gcompris: Depends: libslang2 (>= 2.0.6-3) but 2.0.6-2 is to be installed > - needs either a +b1 built against the slang2 in

Re: non-free firmware and d-i

2006-09-07 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 7, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Joey Hess wrote: This won't be practical. They are just udebs, but they have complex interdependencies and we can't expect users to pick the right set of udebs to put on a driver floppy that both supports all the hardware they need to support and fit in its limite

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Otavio Salvador
Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but >> unfortunately I can't >> test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it? >> >> -- >> Robert Millan > > Hi Robert, > > I'd love to test it. And I have PPC hardware (PowerPC Macs)

Re: non-free firmware and d-i

2006-09-07 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 03:05:09PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > Your mail suggests a number of things, but I feel most of those are > > redundant; it should be possible to do just a subset. > > My mail tries to explore all the positibities, it doesn't suggest > implementing

Re: grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Robert Millan wrote: Hi, As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i when using the expert mode, but it is only yet available on i386/amd64. I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but unfortunately I can't test it (no

Re: installation-report i18n'ed?

2006-09-07 Thread Stefano Canepa
Il giorno mar, 22/08/2006 alle 18.19 -0400, Joey Hess ha scritto: > Christian Perrier wrote: > > > > > +++ trunk/packages/installation-report/bug/installation-report/script > > > Thu Aug 17 22:47:20 2006 > > > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ > > > if [ ! -e "$logsavedir/hardware-summary" ]; then > > > g

ftp.debian.org: please update override.sid/etch.extra.main file with newer tasksel

2006-09-07 Thread Kenshi Muto
Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: wishlist Although some tasks of tasksel package had been updated, it seems be not reflected to FTP mirror. Please update/sync override.sid.extra.main and override.etch.extra.main files with newest tasksel version. Thanks, -- Kenshi Muto [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- T

Re: New version of iso-codes ready for testing

2006-09-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 07:44:14PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > the last upload of iso-codes (0.53-1, frozen because of a udeb) has been in > > unstable for 10 days. If the D-I team has no objections, it could be hinted > > into testing now. > iso-codes udeb is used only by localechooser

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-07 Thread Chris Lale
Joey Hess wrote: [ ... ] synaptic is included in the desktop task. Certian installation methods (notably, using the full-size CD and no additional mirror) won't include synaptic since it doesn't fit on the CD. Most other installation methods (DVDs or anything involving a mirror) will include syn

Bug#307306: marked as done (debian-installer: Uses 2.6.10 kernel on amd64.)

2006-09-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Processed: tagging 386244

2006-09-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#306976: marked as done (debian-installer: monolithic should use libdevmapper1.01-udeb.)

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Processed: block 382216 with 381952

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Bug#386055: tasksel: Please add a GIS workstation task

2006-09-07 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 07 September 2006 20:35, Joey Hess wrote: > Christian Perrier wrote: > > What about using the last slot for a "special tasks for specific > > purposes" thing which could deliberately point users to the fact that > > these are "not for dummies"..:) > > > > A kind of "second level" to cho

Processed: retitle 382976 to lpr should not be standard, reas 382976 ftp.debian.org, tagging 382976

2006-09-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.21 > retitle 382976 lpr should not be standard, reas 382976 ftp.debian.org Bug#382976: installation-report: Should lpr or cupsys-bsd be installed by default? Changed Bug title. > tags 38

Bug#386244: tasksel 'Desktop environment' task hangs

2006-09-07 Thread Joey Hess
Chris Lale wrote: > Selecting 'Desktop environment' (in Etch Testing) causes tasksel to > hang. (There is a flashing cursor at the bottom left-hand corner of the > console.) If 'Desktop > environment' is selected from within the Etch beta-3 > Debian-installer, the installation fails. I have repl

Processed: retitle 382976 to lpr should not be standard, reassign 382976 to ftp.debian.org, tagging 382976

2006-09-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.21 > retitle 382976 lpr should not be standard Bug#382976: lpr should not be standard, reas 382976 ftp.debian.org Changed Bug title. > reassign 382976 ftp.debian.org Bug#382976: lpr shoul

Processing of localechooser_1.24_i386.changes

2006-09-07 Thread Archive Administrator
localechooser_1.24_i386.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: localechooser_1.24.dsc localechooser_1.24.diff.gz localechooser_1.24_all.udeb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: non-free firmware and d-i

2006-09-07 Thread Joey Hess
Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Your mail suggests a number of things, but I feel most of those are > redundant; it should be possible to do just a subset. My mail tries to explore all the positibities, it doesn't suggest implementing them all. However, a certian amount of redundancy is necessary to get

Bug#386055: tasksel: Please add a GIS workstation task

2006-09-07 Thread Joey Hess
Christian Perrier wrote: > What about using the last slot for a "special tasks for specific > purposes" thing which could deliberately point users to the fact that > these are "not for dummies"..:) > > A kind of "second level" to choices in tasksel, I would say. Yes, I've been thinking about doin

Bug#386399: tasksel: [INTL:it] Translation update

2006-09-07 Thread Christian Perrier
> > Please check, Stefano. If you don't, I'll grant it to you so that you > > can commit by yourself (don't forget filling in the changeelog for > > tasksel, see D-I i18n doc). > > > Trying to access tasksel svn using ssh keep asking password without granting > me in. > I added you for commit

localechooser_1.24_i386.changes REJECTED

2006-09-07 Thread Debian Installer
Rejected: localechooser_1.24_i386.changes: a file with this name already exists in the Done directory. Rejected: md5sum and/or size mismatch on existing copy of localechooser_1.24.dsc. Rejected: localechooser_1.24_all.udeb: old version (1.24) in unstable >= new version (1.24) targeted at unstab

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-07 Thread Joey Hess
Chris Lale wrote: > Is it possible to include a gui front end for APT in the installer for > the Etch release? synaptic is included in the desktop task. Certian installation methods (notably, using the full-size CD and no additional mirror) won't include synaptic since it doesn't fit on the CD. M

Bug#386399: tasksel: [INTL:it] Translation update

2006-09-07 Thread Stefano Canepa
Il giorno gio, 07/09/2006 alle 16.23 +0200, Christian Perrier ha scritto: > Quoting Stefano Canepa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Package: tasksel > > Version: N/A > > Severity: wishlist > > Tags: patch l10n > > > > Attached you can find the updated Italian translation of debconf. > > > Hmmm, don't yo

Bug#269972: Refined patch to recognize floppy installs and display a warning about using English

2006-09-07 Thread Christian Perrier
The patch for solving #269972 (should warn users about English being temporarily used during floppy installs even when choosing another language) was waiting for a better method to "recognize" floppy installs than the one I initially proposed. Thanks to Sven Luther for the initial idea and to Joey

Re: New version of iso-codes ready for testing

2006-09-07 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Tobias Toedter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi all, > > the last upload of iso-codes (0.53-1, frozen because of a udeb) has been in > unstable for 10 days. If the D-I team has no objections, it could be hinted > into testing now. iso-codes udeb is used only by localechooser and in initrd so

Bug#386399: tasksel: [INTL:it] Translation update

2006-09-07 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Stefano Canepa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: tasksel > Version: N/A > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch l10n > > Attached you can find the updated Italian translation of debconf. Hmmm, don't you have commit access to tasksel SVN? Please check, Stefano. If you don't, I'll grant it to yo

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-07 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Chris Lale ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > It does not seem possible to install a desktop system with a totally gui > interface using the beta-3 debian-installer. expertgui looks really > good, but tasksel 2.53 only has an option for 'Desktop environment'. > This may be broken > (http://bugs.deb

Bug#386440: Absent xfs utils.

2006-09-07 Thread Olleg Samoylov
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.18 Severity: normal I try to use debian netinst CD as repair disk. But there are not xfs utils such as xfs_check, xfs_repair, xfs_restore, etc. While there are jfs and ext2 repair utils. Please, add xfs utils to netinst CD too. -- Package-specific info: B

grub2 on powerpc

2006-09-07 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i when using the expert mode, but it is only yet available on i386/amd64. I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but unfortunately I can't test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it? -- Robe

Re: mdadm/sid into etch please

2006-09-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.09.07.1321 +0200]: > Could you please give a thumbs-up on mdadm 2.5.3.git200608202239-2 > migrating into etch, please? It's blocked because of the udeb... Hm, #385994 is RC (I just bumped it to serious). I'll upload -3 with urgency high becaus

[D-I Manual] Build log for en (07 Sep 2006)

2006-09-07 Thread Frans Pop
A build of the Debian Installer Manual was triggered by an update to SVN. There were no errors during the build process. The new version of the manual has been uploaded successfully. A log of the build is available at: - http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i_manual/log/en.log === It is possible to u

New version of iso-codes ready for testing

2006-09-07 Thread Tobias Toedter
Hi all, the last upload of iso-codes (0.53-1, frozen because of a udeb) has been in unstable for 10 days. If the D-I team has no objections, it could be hinted into testing now. Regards, Tobias -- Tobias Toedter | The following statement is not true. Hamburg, Germany | The previous statemen

Processing of efi-reader_0.8_ia64.changes

2006-09-07 Thread Archive Administrator
efi-reader_0.8_ia64.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: efi-reader_0.8.dsc efi-reader_0.8.tar.gz efi-reader_0.8_ia64.udeb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

mdadm/sid into etch please

2006-09-07 Thread martin f krafft
Could you please give a thumbs-up on mdadm 2.5.3.git200608202239-2 migrating into etch, please? It's blocked because of the udeb... The only changes are: now creates /dev/mdX symlinks for all /dev/md/X devices by default, which should not affect d-i, and stuff related to partitionable arrays, whic

Re: Please migrate linux-2.6 2.6.17-8 to testing

2006-09-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 01:45:27PM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote: > linux-2.6 2.6.17-8 has finally been successfully built on all > architectures. > We have currently 3 RC-bugs left, 2 of them (#242866, #383481) concern > firmware blobs and should be addressed after the GRs. The third RC-bug > (#

Bug#385385: marked as done (FTBFS: expected specifier-qualifier-list before '__u8')

2006-09-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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efi-reader_0.8_ia64.changes ACCEPTED

2006-09-07 Thread Debian Installer
Accepted: efi-reader_0.8.dsc to pool/main/e/efi-reader/efi-reader_0.8.dsc efi-reader_0.8.tar.gz to pool/main/e/efi-reader/efi-reader_0.8.tar.gz efi-reader_0.8_ia64.udeb to pool/main/e/efi-reader/efi-reader_0.8_ia64.udeb Override entries for your package: efi-reader_0.8.dsc - source debian-

Bug#386399: tasksel: [INTL:it] Translation update

2006-09-07 Thread Stefano Canepa
Package: tasksel Version: N/A Severity: wishlist Tags: patch l10n Attached you can find the updated Italian translation of debconf. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /b

Re: udevd[]: nss_ldap: could not connect to any LDAP server as (null) - Can't contact LDAP server

2006-09-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 09:10:42AM +0200, De Leeuw Guy wrote: > Effectivly, I read the bugs report and follow the instructions : > touch /var/lib/libnss-ldap/bind_policy_soft > (chrooted from my rh) > I reboot and the debian boot > This correct my problem. > But if I understand, if the shutdown o

Announcement of D-I translation to telugu language.

2006-09-07 Thread Prasad Ramamurthy Kadambi
Dear All,I am Prasad Kadambi from Mysore, India interested in translating the Debian Installer to telugu language. I am currently maintaining festival-te package which is a TTS (text to speech synthesizer) and requires festival. I would request your co-operation and guidance during the translat

Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-07 Thread Chris Lale
It does not seem possible to install a desktop system with a totally gui interface using the beta-3 debian-installer. expertgui looks really good, but tasksel 2.53 only has an option for 'Desktop environment'. This may be broken (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386244), but, as

Re: udevd[]: nss_ldap: could not connect to any LDAP server as (null) - Can't contact LDAP server

2006-09-07 Thread De Leeuw Guy
Hello Geert, Steve Effectivly, I read the bugs report and follow the instructions : touch /var/lib/libnss-ldap/bind_policy_soft (chrooted from my rh) I reboot and the debian boot This correct my problem. But if I understand, if the shutdown of the system is not make properly the problem appear a