Processed: Re: Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions

2014-08-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: retitle -1 debian-installer: 'Auto install' does not delay questions when DHCP sends preseeding url Bug #759290 [debian-installer] debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions Changed Bug title to 'debian-installer: 'Auto

Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions

2014-08-26 Thread Andreas B. Mundt
Control: retitle -1 debian-installer: 'Auto install' does not delay questions when DHCP sends preseeding url Control: tag -1 - unreproducible Control: severity -1 wishlist Hi Samuel, thanks for your quick reply! On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:52:17AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Andreas B.

Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Andreas B. Mundt, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 08:16:01 +0200, a écrit : Before, I was using the method B.2.5. Using a DHCP server to specify preconfiguration files described in [1]. Is there a reason not to delay the questions with that method? Probably not, and then it's a bug indeed. Samuel --

Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Control: tags -1 + pending Hello, Andreas B. Mundt, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 08:16:01 +0200, a écrit : Before, I was using the method B.2.5. Using a DHCP server to specify preconfiguration files described in [1]. Is there a reason not to delay the questions with that method? This apparently takes

Processed: Re: Bug#759290: debian-installer: 'Automated install' does not delay the locale and keyboard questions

2014-08-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: tags -1 + pending Bug #759290 [debian-installer] debian-installer: 'Auto install' does not delay questions when DHCP sends preseeding url Added tag(s) pending. -- 759290: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759290 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact

Bug#759327: (no subject)

2014-08-26 Thread Christof Boeckler
Package: installation-reports Boot method: network (PXE with preseeding) Image version: http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/i386/daily/netboot/netboot.tar.gz Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:12:17 +0200 Machine: selfmade PC Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 250 Memory: 2 GiB Partitions: automatic

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, yesterday I joined the videostream of the installer BoF at DebConf[1]. I also became a bit involved via IRC. Joey Hess raised the question about the criteria to add a Blend or not. I answered all in the list of the bug report #758116 which IMHO fits the criterion of actively maintained and

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Sebastiaan Couwenberg
On 08/26/2014 01:27 PM, Andreas Tille wrote: I think it should be also a criterion that the team behind the Blend confirms that they are interested and so I'm hereby pinging all lists in question to ask you for confirmation. I second the inclusion of Debian GIS tasks, as I would love for the

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:27:23PM +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit : Hi, yesterday I joined the videostream of the installer BoF at DebConf[1]. I also became a bit involved via IRC. Joey Hess raised the question about the criteria to add a Blend or not. I answered all in the list of the bug

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Package: debian-installer Version: 20140802 Severity: important On 13/08/14 02:55, Cyril Brulebois wrote: (Looking at syslog when I can, it seems anna is the tool running into a full partition, which isn't surprising.) [...] I'm very concerned to see that Jessie Alpha 1 images were already

Re: Priority of partman-iscsi

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 26/08/14 06:40, Christian PERRIER wrote: While adding i18n to partman-iscsi, I noticed that it is a sta,ndard component of D-I. My understanding of iSCSI devices is that this is quite a corner case for installation. Therefore, shouldn't the package be priority: optional. [...] I agree,

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 13:48:53 +0100, a écrit : Using: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso wheezy install guide suggests a minimum of 80MB RAM to run d-i. But even with 128MB RAM, not choosing any additional

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Filippo Rusconi
Greetings, Fellow Debianites, On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 01:27:23PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: Hi, yesterday I joined the videostream of the installer BoF at DebConf[1]. I also became a bit involved via IRC. Joey Hess raised the question about the criteria to add a Blend or not. I answered all

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 26/08/14 14:00, Samuel Thibault wrote: Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 13:48:53 +0100, a écrit : Using: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso wheezy install guide suggests a minimum of 80MB RAM to run d-i. But even with

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 14:10:51 +0100, a écrit : I should be able to help with that, I'll already be testing lots of low-memory installs, in order to find a good size for the kfreebsd d-i ramdisks. Well, the testing has to be done for each architecture, since that change quite

Re: d-i's purpose

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
During Steve's talk it was mentioned that cloud/VPS installs often don't use d-i, and that means lots of questions do not get asked and configuration generated as a result. Some people would like to still have that. This seems like another reason for userland bits of d-i to be able to run

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 14:10:51 +0100, a écrit : It's odd that there still seemed to be ~50% free memory when this problem happened, though. Is there some maximum size that the linux-i386 root ramdisk can grow to? There seems to be something odd somewhere indeed. Just trying

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi, On 26/08/14 14:15, Samuel Thibault wrote: Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 14:10:51 +0100, a écrit : I should be able to help with that, I'll already be testing lots of low-memory installs, in order to find a good size for the kfreebsd d-i ramdisks. Well, the testing has to be

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 15:46:25 +0200, a écrit : Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 14:10:51 +0100, a écrit : It's odd that there still seemed to be ~50% free memory when this problem happened, though. Is there some maximum size that the linux-i386 root ramdisk can grow

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 14:48:30 +0100, a écrit : On 26/08/14 14:15, Samuel Thibault wrote: Steven Chamberlain, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 14:10:51 +0100, a écrit : I should be able to help with that, I'll already be testing lots of low-memory installs, in order to find a good size

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 15:49:32 +0200, a écrit : In /proc/mounts, one can read for the rootfs on / a size= value, which seems to be half the memory size. That's probably the culprit, perhaps it can be worked around somehow for d-i at least. Indeed: static unsigned long

Bug#759336: linux-i386 lowmem install: anna fails with ENOSPC

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 26/08/14 15:05, Samuel Thibault wrote: [...] We can however do this early at boot: mount / -o remount,size=$(( $(grep ^MemTotal: /proc/meminfo | { read x y z; echo $y; }) * 1024 ) notably before unpacking .udebs, S15lowmem would probably be a fine place for this? (it notably already

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread JOSEFSSON Erik
Hello! (sorry for top posting) DebianParl is a blend that could also be in taskel, no? https://wiki.debian.org/DebianParl Best regards. //Erik -Original Message- From: Charles Plessy [mailto:ple...@debian.org] Sent: 26 August 2014 14:09 To: 758...@bugs.debian.org;

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Markus Koschany
On 26.08.2014 13:27, Andreas Tille wrote: [...} I think it should be also a criterion that the team behind the Blend confirms that they are interested and so I'm hereby pinging all lists in question to ask you for confirmation. I have set Reply-To to the bug report and the general Blends list

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
[ replying only to bug + list - hope all are subscribed ] Quoting JOSEFSSON Erik (2014-08-26 16:27:43) Hello! (sorry for top posting) Feeling sorry is no use. Consider at least strip fullquote next time. DebianParl is a blend that could also be in taskel, no?

Re: Alpha install ISOs

2014-08-26 Thread Ian Campbell
On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 21:26 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote: [...] E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'usb-storage-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' Seems like I need to create those packages for Alpha. How do I do that? Those should all come from the kernel packaging. I expect alpha

Re: Priority of partman-iscsi

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (2014-08-26): While adding i18n to partman-iscsi, I noticed that it is a sta,ndard component of D-I. My understanding of iSCSI devices is that this is quite a corner case for installation. Therefore, shouldn't the package be priority: optional. The

Bug#759327: installation fails with acl/bzcat dependency error

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Control: retitle -1 installation fails with acl/bzcat dependency error Christof Boeckler pos...@jamesie.de (2014-08-26): Package: installation-reports Boot method: network (PXE with preseeding) Image version: http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/i386/daily/netboot/netboot.tar.gz Date: Tue,

Processed: Re: Bug#759327: installation fails with acl/bzcat dependency error

2014-08-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: retitle -1 installation fails with acl/bzcat dependency error Bug #759327 [installation-reports] (no subject) Changed Bug title to 'installation fails with acl/bzcat dependency error' from '(no subject)' -- 759327:

Bug#752410: libdebian-installer: ppc64el support

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk (2014-08-25): On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 14:11 -0300, Breno Leitao wrote: HI Ben, Do you still have any feedback about the new patch? I have no objections, but I am not a maintainer for this package so it is not for me to apply. I suppose I could blindly

Re: Priority of partman-iscsi

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org (2014-08-26): Christian PERRIER bubu...@debian.org (2014-08-26): While adding i18n to partman-iscsi, I noticed that it is a sta,ndard component of D-I. My understanding of iSCSI devices is that this is quite a corner case for installation. Therefore,

Bug#752410: marked as done (libdebian-installer: ppc64el support)

2014-08-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:57:45 +0200 with message-id 20140826175745.gi15...@hall.aurel32.net and subject line Re: Bug#752410: libdebian-installer: ppc64el support has caused the Debian Bug report #752410, regarding libdebian-installer: ppc64el support to be marked as done. This

New team member

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, FWIW I've just added Baptiste (in Cc) to the d-i group. Welcome! Quoting the request mail: | Hi, | | I'm involved in -l10n-french team and I'm updating the french translation of d-i manual. | I'd like to migrate it from xml to poxml. | | Thank's | | Baptiste I trust you're in touch with

Re: Debian installer and CD BoF: my views for jessie

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org (2014-08-25): On 25/08/14 04:55, Cyril Brulebois wrote: * Architecture support: my own, limited testing made me discover how badly broken d-i on GNU/kFreeBSD was, and I shared my concerns some days ago with BSD people and the release team. I

Re: Bug#759189: isolinux: isohybrid dropped, breaking debian-installer builds

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
reopen 759189 Daniel Baumann daniel.baum...@progress-technologies.net (2014-08-26): close 759189 thanks I see you've fixed the bug in your package: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/debian-installer.git/commit/?id=a212be5de579ed41643e4eaf1a03775839608ff5 so this bug can be closed

Bug#759148: marked as done (d-i manual: loop-AES no longer supported - update docs)

2014-08-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:01:33 +0200 with message-id 20140826210133.769ea98f9b1f9a7f34c36...@mailbox.org and subject line Re: Bug#759148: d-i manual: loop-AES no longer supported - update docs has caused the Debian Bug report #759148, regarding d-i manual: loop-AES no longer

Re: isolinux: isohybrid dropped, breaking debian-installer builds

2014-08-26 Thread Daniel Baumann
close 759189 thanks I see you've fixed the bug in your package: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/debian-installer.git/commit/?id=a212be5de579ed41643e4eaf1a03775839608ff5 so this bug can be closed here, #751731 is enough to track it on your end. -- Address:Daniel Baumann,

Bug#759029: installation-report: loongson-2f: Jessie Beta 2 netboot mostly OK

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 23/08/14 23:00, Steven Chamberlain wrote: I only picked 'standard' and 'SSH server' tasks so was surprised to see these installed: libcairo2 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libpangocairo-1.0-0 pinentry-gtk2 This is now a well-known issue,

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Ross Gammon
Hi Andreas, Yes. It is a great idea to be able to choose your blend at installation time. Most of my machines are used for different purposes, and not to have to remember the name of a meta-package to install after the initial installation would be fantastic. It is much easier to tell someone

Re: Bug#759189: isolinux: isohybrid dropped, breaking debian-installer builds

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Daniel Baumann daniel.baum...@progress-technologies.net (2014-08-26): On 08/26/2014 09:07 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Not until it's uploaded, and I'm not going to upload debian-installer just for that. since this is not a bug in isolinux, can you explain why should it be kept open? Sure:

Re: Bug#759189: isolinux: isohybrid dropped, breaking debian-installer builds

2014-08-26 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 08/26/2014 09:07 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Not until it's uploaded, and I'm not going to upload debian-installer just for that. since this is not a bug in isolinux, can you explain why should it be kept open? -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg 3, CH-3012 Bern Email:

Bug#485586: debian-installer: Default to graphical install

2014-08-26 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Holger Wansing hwans...@mailbox.org wrote: Defaulting to a graphical (gtk) frontend on i386 and amd64 would mean that it becomes the regular frontend, unless it is desired to credit the newt frontend with some special status. From a global point of view, the graphical

Re: Bug#759189: isolinux: isohybrid dropped, breaking debian-installer builds

2014-08-26 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 08/26/2014 10:29 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Sure: breaking reverse dependencies is a bug; a quite nasty one when that happens in an uncoordinated and deliberately disruptive manner. i do disgree with that interpretation which can be seen in the previous mail, but insisting on that would not

Re: Alpha install ISOs

2014-08-26 Thread Bill MacAllister
--On August 26, 2014 at 4:22:35 PM +0100 Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk wrote: On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 21:26 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote: [...] E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'usb-storage-modules-3.10-3-alpha-generic-di' Seems like I need to create those packages for Alpha.

Bug#759388: Os-prober doesn't notice initrd files other than debian's one

2014-08-26 Thread Mauro Sacchetto
package: os-prober version: 1.64 Os-prober doesn't notice initrd files other than debian's one. In a partiion I've Slackware. I created a initd.gz for slaclware (generic kernel needs a initrd for ext4 module, if not I receive a kernel panic) and tried to make grub set it from debian. Please,

Processed: your mail

2014-08-26 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: unarchive 537656 Bug #537656 {Done: Daniel Baumann daniel.baum...@progress-technologies.net} [di-netboot-assistant] Please update tftp server root directory Unarchived Bug 537656 reopen 537656 Bug #537656 {Done: Daniel Baumann

acl needs bzcat command

2014-08-26 Thread Gasha
Hi all, just tried to install using PXE environment latest (jessie). netboot.tar.gz from there: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ version dated 02-08-2014 tried both amd64 and i386 versions. first hit ldlinux.c32 issue (bug #750586)

Re: acl needs bzcat command

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, and thanks for your mail. Gasha ga...@pie-dabas.net (2014-08-27): just tried to install using PXE environment latest (jessie). netboot.tar.gz from there: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ version dated 02-08-2014 tried both

Re: Alpha install ISOs

2014-08-26 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 14:44 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote: --On August 26, 2014 at 4:22:35 PM +0100 Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk wrote: On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 21:26 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote: [...] E: Couldn't find any package by regex

Bug#758116: Please be verbose whether you would like to get your Blend promoted by tasksel

2014-08-26 Thread Per Andersson
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Andreas Tille andr...@an3as.eu wrote: Hi, yesterday I joined the videostream of the installer BoF at DebConf[1]. I also became a bit involved via IRC. Joey Hess raised the question about the criteria to add a Blend or not. I answered all in the list of the

Bug#754093: debian-installer: ppc64el: ping / vmlinuz

2014-08-26 Thread Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
Package: src:debian-installer Tags: patch Hi, Would you have any news/comments about the patch attached in this bug? We would like to switch the kernel on ppc64el to vmlinuz starting with 3.16 (introduction of zImage support for 64el). I am attaching an interdiff for that, on top of the

Bug#754093: debian-installer: ppc64el: ping / vmlinuz

2014-08-26 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, and thanks for both the bug report and the patch. Mauricio Faria de Oliveira mauri...@linux.vnet.ibm.com (2014-08-26): Would you have any news/comments about the patch attached in this bug? I'll rather let Aurelien comment on ppc64el patches. (Also, some bits could probably be shared

Bug#754093: debian-installer: ppc64el: ping / vmlinuz

2014-08-26 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Hi, On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 01:32:32AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Hi, and thanks for both the bug report and the patch. Mauricio Faria de Oliveira mauri...@linux.vnet.ibm.com (2014-08-26): Would you have any news/comments about the patch attached in this bug? I'll rather let

Bug#754093: debian-installer: ppc64el: ping / vmlinuz

2014-08-26 Thread Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
On 08/26/2014 08:32 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: and thanks for both the bug report and the patch. Sure; my pleasure. Mauricio Faria de Oliveiramauri...@linux.vnet.ibm.com (2014-08-26): Would you have any news/comments about the patch attached in this bug? I'll rather let Aurelien comment

Re: Debian Installer Jessie Beta 1 release

2014-08-26 Thread cstrobel
Are you saying XFCE is the problem? Is there going to be an updated installer you want me to test again, or what do you suggest to get ORCA working?? Thanks for looking into this. On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:52:38 +0200 Samuel Thibault sthiba...@debian.org wrote: Cyril Brulebois, le Fri 22 Aug 2014

Re: Debian Installer Jessie Beta 1 release

2014-08-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
cstrobel, le Tue 26 Aug 2014 20:31:55 -0400, a écrit : Are you saying XFCE is the problem? Yes. Is there going to be an updated installer you want me to test again, or what do you suggest to get ORCA working?? You can use a gnome image, such as

Re: Alpha install ISOs

2014-08-26 Thread Bill MacAllister
--On August 27, 2014 at 12:19:13 AM +0100 Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk wrote: On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 14:44 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote: --On August 26, 2014 at 4:22:35 PM +0100 Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk wrote: On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 21:26 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote:

Re: Alpha install ISOs

2014-08-26 Thread Ian Campbell
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 19:13 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote: --On August 27, 2014 at 12:19:13 AM +0100 Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk wrote: On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 14:44 -0700, Bill MacAllister wrote: --On August 26, 2014 at 4:22:35 PM +0100 Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk wrote:

Re: Alpha install ISOs

2014-08-26 Thread Bill MacAllister
--On August 27, 2014 at 3:25:16 AM +0100 Ian Campbell i...@hellion.org.uk wrote: Judging from ftp://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/pool-alpha/main/l/linux/ (assuming you are building against debian-ports) the kernel isn't building any udebs for alpha. I've no idea why that should be, but you