Re: permission to upload hdparm

2008-12-23 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt (h...@ftwca.de): > Stephen Gran writes: > > +hdparm (8.9-3) unstable; urgency=low > > + > > + * Fix output formatting for drives configured from /etc/default/hdparm > > +(closes: #494660) > > + * Add documentation about changing device names (closes: #421087) >

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-23 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): > > >Quoting: Christian Perrier > >>Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): > > >> First thought: race condition (the panic message contained a backtrace > >> of different threads), so then I tried multiple times with only one >

Processed: Re: Bug#509378: should use labels for all partitions in fstab

2008-12-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 509378 partman-target Bug#509378: should use labels for all partitions in fstab Bug reassigned from package `partman-base' to `partman-target'. > forcemerge 509378 389881 Bug#509378: should use labels for all partitions in fstab Bug#3898

Bug#389881: Bug#509378: should use labels for all partitions in fstab

2008-12-23 Thread Christian Perrier
reassign 509378 partman-target forcemerge 509378 389881 thanks I now have the right reference: http://bugs.debian.org/389881 ...is roughly the same suggestion than the one you're doing right now. It talks about SCSI devices but the bug discussion makes it clear that persistent naming goes much b

Re: Opening trunk for post-lenny changes?

2008-12-23 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop (elen...@planet.nl): > On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Colin Watson wrote: > > IIRC, we never used to keep trunk closed during release periods; > > instead, we used to create a branch, do all the release work off that, > > and open trunk for post-release changes. > > At the risk o

Bug#509379: firmware not found on virtual floppy or virtual CDROM

2008-12-23 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Daniel Pocock (dan...@pocock.com.au): > My explanation wasn't thorough enough: > > - I saw the prompt to insert the floppy or USB disk > > - I used the iDRAC (Dell's iLO solution) to enable the virtual floppy > > - I pressed the OK button in d-i, telling it to search for the removable >

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-23 Thread The Eclectic One
>Quoting: Christian Perrier >>Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): >> First thought: race condition (the panic message contained a backtrace >> of different threads), so then I tried multiple times with only one >> change at at time: expert mode, regular mode, ethdetect -x, vga=

Re: Opening trunk for post-lenny changes?

2008-12-23 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Colin Watson wrote: > IIRC, we never used to keep trunk closed during release periods; > instead, we used to create a branch, do all the release work off that, > and open trunk for post-release changes. At the risk of angering Otavio and Christian, the simple reason

Opening trunk for post-lenny changes?

2008-12-23 Thread Colin Watson
Hi, IIRC, we never used to keep trunk closed during release periods; instead, we used to create a branch, do all the release work off that, and open trunk for post-release changes. I have to say that I've been feeling quite frustrated with the extended closure of trunk. There's lots of post-lenny

Bug#509378: should use labels for all partitions in fstab

2008-12-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
Colin Watson wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 08:15:55PM +, Daniel Pocock wrote: I believe it would be much safer to use labels for partitions rather than using the device nodes. Automatically assigning labels is a really, really bad idea. Red Hat tried this and the result was that

Bug#509379: firmware not found on virtual floppy or virtual CDROM

2008-12-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
Christian Perrier wrote: reassign 509379 hw-detect thanks Quoting Daniel Pocock (dan...@pocock.com.au): Package: debian-installer Installing lenny amd64 on a Dell M600 blade server using PXE/netboot method. bnx2 firmware required for network access. Installer prompts for a floppy or USB

Re: permission to upload hdparm

2008-12-23 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Stephen Gran writes: > +hdparm (8.9-3) unstable; urgency=low > + > + * Fix output formatting for drives configured from /etc/default/hdparm > +(closes: #494660) > + * Add documentation about changing device names (closes: #421087) This change is OK from the release team's POV. d-i people sh

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-23 Thread Armstrong, Mike
OK. I will assume you start with an empty (unpartitioned) hard drive. I added the XP stuff to completely duplicate my HD. I don't think it is necessary to duplicate the problem. 1) Use a Linux live CD or repair disk to create: a) Partition 1 (boot volume) --> primary - 750 to 1024 MB

Bug#509556: marked as done (installation-reports: Successful installation)

2008-12-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:18:53 +0100 with message-id <20081223171853.gt30...@mykerinos.kheops.frmug.org> and subject line Re: Bug#509556: installation-reports: Successful installation has caused the Debian Bug report #509556, regarding installation-reports: Successful installation to

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 09:04:17AM -0600, Armstrong, Mike wrote: > Yup - the temp dir was created (see attached). FYI it was empty. I think I'll have to try reproduce this bug. Can you give me instructions on how to setup an environment that has the same problem? -- Robert Millan The DRM op

Bug#509178: marked as done (installation-reports: sparc fails to boot 2.6.26: Memory Address not Aligned)

2008-12-23 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:42:12 +0100 with message-id <20081223134212.gc8...@dijkstra.uvt.nl> and subject line booting Debian installer kernel on SunBlade from CDROM is not really supported (was: Re: Bug#509178: installation-reports: sparc fails to boot 2.6.26: Memory Address not Al

Bug#509178: booting Debian installer kernel on SunBlade from CDROM is not really supported (was: Re: Bug#509178: installation-reports: sparc fails to boot 2.6.26: Memory Address not Aligned)

2008-12-23 Thread Joost van Baal
Hi, Op Sat 20 Dec 2008 om 10:43:17 +0100 schreef Joost van Baal: > > This might be the same bug as #509202. > > I'll try to setup cu or minicom to collect kernel messages on tuesday, > while I am at the university again. > > FWIW, the boot fails in the same way with > http://cdimage.debian.org/

Bug#509299: installation: Error in Windows-Based Debial Installation

2008-12-23 Thread Robert Millan
[ Please keep CC to the BTS ] On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:48:15PM -0600, Armstrong, Mike wrote: > >Perhaps that is the problem. My boot drive is C: and does not have a > C:\Windows or a C:\Windows\Temp directory. My system drive is D: and it does > have a D:\Windows\Temp dir. I DO have a

Bug#509556: installation-reports: Successful installation

2008-12-23 Thread Andrea Brenci
Package: installation-reports Severity: wishlist -- Package-specific info: Boot method: DVD Image version: Debian testing - Official RC i386 DVD Binary-1 20081104-07:33 Date: 22 dec 2008 Machine: Notebook Packard Bell EASYNOTE MZ36-U-055 Partitions: /dev/sda1 ext374318844 26175016 4

Bug#509378: should use labels for all partitions in fstab

2008-12-23 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Colin Watson (cjwat...@debian.org): > I absolutely think that we should be using UUIDs by default for devices > where there isn't some other stable naming, as Ubuntu does. I agree. As I said earlier, we now just need to dinf someone who would commit self to do it. I suggest we add this