Re: D-I and UTF-8

2004-02-02 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
result_char (See struct kbdiacr in /usr/include/linux/kd.h) Is there a fix for this in the works? Or is this a "we could fix it, but it would break everything..." deal? -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.com] E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone [662-518-1636] -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: debian-installer help wanted

2004-02-01 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
d mean a patched kernel and some additional packages. Don't think that would be an easy thing to add. Herbert says this can be done using userspace tools, not a kernel-space driver. I say that if we can figure out how to do that, we should. -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.c

Re: x86 kernel guy?

2004-01-19 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-19 12:39]: Yeah, but the debian-installer x86 kernel is not a package in and of itself. Sure, it's generated from the linux-kernel-di source package. I'm looking for the person who's taking ch

Re: x86 kernel guy?

2004-01-19 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Geert Stappers wrote: On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 11:41:52PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: Who's the x86 d-i kernel guy? More generally, how do I find out who's taking on different components and how to contact them? Welcome to GNU/Linux distribution with the social contract. E

x86 kernel guy?

2004-01-18 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Who's the x86 d-i kernel guy? More generally, how do I find out who's taking on different components and how to contact them? -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.com] E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone [662-518-1636] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Bug#228311: Update

2004-01-18 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-18 18:31]: Well, I rebooted once more after I posted the previous message and again can't get an IP from the b44 driver. Many reboots, many repeated That was in Debian, not in the installer, right? That w

Bug#228311: Update

2004-01-18 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
st when it comes to half-duplex connections. -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.com] E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone [662-518-1636] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#228311: d-i Beta 2 netinst FAILED

2004-01-18 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-18 00:29]: The b44 module for my Broadcom BCM4401 10/100 ethernet card can't get an IP through DHCP. I tried this using the same module on an already-installed system, with the same results. This must have s

Bug#228311: d-i Beta 2 netinst FAILED

2004-01-17 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
My current Woody system using Broadcom's GPL bcm4400 module works fine and gets an IP immediately. Two ways to fix this: - Switch to Broadcom's bcm4400 driver (it's GPL) - Upgrade to a later kernel which might(?) include a less buggy b44 driver -- Joel Konkle-Parker -- To UNSUB

Re: contrib d-i modules?

2004-01-09 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Joey Hess wrote: Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: Can d-i include modules that in the regular Debian repository would fall under "contrib"? The package in question here is ndiswrapper <http://ndiswrapper.sf.net>, which uses an existing Windows driver to get net access through an 80

contrib d-i modules?

2004-01-09 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
e cards could be detected, and the user could be prompted for the location of the Windows drivers (either from removable media or a Windows partition). -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.com] E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone [662-518-1636] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Bug#226889: d-i netinst 20040107 SUCCESS

2004-01-09 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
e language" screen's first entry is a line of ?s. Otherwise, everything is fine. -- Joel Konkle-Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposal: Ask if user wants to set up network

2004-01-08 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 01:14:08PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:20:12PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: I propose (if this isn't being worked on already) that d-i ask the user if he/she wants to set up his/her ne

Re: Proposal: Ask if user wants to set up network

2004-01-08 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Steve Langasek wrote: On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 12:20:12PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: I propose (if this isn't being worked on already) that d-i ask the user if he/she wants to set up his/her network connections during installation instead of assuming so. As can be seen in bug #2

Proposal: Ask if user wants to set up network

2004-01-08 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
This would at least make installation work properly for people in my case (see above bug). -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.com] E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone [662-518-1636] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#226495: d-i 20040104 FAILED

2004-01-06 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
ness, and it would start again. At this point I gave up and quit the installer. -- Joel Konkle-Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Testing on Bochs?

2003-06-16 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
Is Bochs a useful environment to test debian-installer with? Would the results of any testing with it be useful in the real world? Or they most likely be caused by the fact that it's being run on an emulator instead of a real machine? -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.com]

Getting started with d-i?

2003-06-11 Thread Joel Konkle-Parker
drive? Or is there a way to simulate a partition and try to install it on that? I'm basically just looking for some advice on how to contribute here. I'm not officially a Debian Developer, although I'm certainly interested. -- Joel Konkle-Parker Webmaster [Ballsome.com] Phone [