Bug#926395: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/zz-busybox: initramfs hook script fails with initramfs-tools 0.133

2019-04-04 Thread Sam Morris
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.30.1-4 Severity: important File: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/zz-busybox Since upgrading to initramfs-tools 0.133, the busybox hook fails when invoking 'ln' in the loop at the end of the script. Some debugging[0] reveals: 0 \

Bug#859458: console-setup: Suggested initramfs hook

2017-10-18 Thread Sam Morris
Package: console-setup Version: 1.164 Tags: + patch Followup-For: Bug #859458 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Here's the initramfs hook script I'm using. It just copies /etc/console-setup and /bin/setupcon into the initramfs wholesale, and relies on udev to trigger the setting of

Bug#684717: debian-installer-7.0-netboot-amd64: Relative paths in syslinux configuration interact badly with TFTP prefix

2012-08-13 Thread Sam Morris
Package: debian-installer-7.0-netboot-amd64 Version: 20120712 Severity: wishlist I tried to make the d-i files available under the /debian-installer path of my TFTP server with a bind mount: $ findmnt /srv/tftp/debian-installer/ TARGET SOURCE

Bug#608343: installation-reports: nouveau makes display unusable (GeForce 5200 FX)

2010-12-29 Thread Sam Morris
Package: installation-reports Severity: important -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: squeeze installer beta 2 netinst Date: Thu Dec 30 01:22:45 GMT 2010 Machine: Partitions: Disk /dev/sda: 61.5 GB, 61492838400 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders Units =

Bug#544114: installation-reports: No networking on Dell Vostro 1320

2009-08-29 Thread Sam Morris
On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 08:54 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Sam Morris (s...@robots.org.uk): Package: installation-reports Severity: important -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 eth0 is detected but the installer fails to get a DHCP response from the server

Bug#544114: installation-reports: No networking on Dell Vostro 1320

2009-08-29 Thread Sam Morris
On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 13:26 +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: Am Samstag, den 29.08.2009, 12:07 +0100 schrieb Sam Morris: On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 08:54 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Sam Morris (s...@robots.org.uk): Package: installation-reports Severity: important

Bug#544114: installation-reports: No networking on Dell Vostro 1320

2009-08-28 Thread Sam Morris
Package: installation-reports Severity: important -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 eth0 is detected but the installer fails to get a DHCP response from the server. Configuring the network manually also does not work.. The network card is: 08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]:

Bug#542030: installation-reports: Forgets keyboard layout in X11

2009-08-22 Thread Sam Morris
On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 08:52 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Sam Morris (s...@robots.org.uk): Package: installation-reports Severity: important Chose United Keyboard layout in the installer. This choice remains in effect during the installation and on the console after

Bug#542030: installation-reports: Forgets keyboard layout in X11

2009-08-17 Thread Sam Morris
Package: installation-reports Severity: important Chose United Keyboard layout in the installer. This choice remains in effect during the installation and on the console after installation, but when I log into X11 I am stuck with a US keyboard layout. This would make it rather difficult for

Re: How about playing a game while installing Debian?

2009-04-12 Thread Sam Morris
thought it was a great idea, but ISTR reading somewhere that the idea was patented. Unfortunately I have not found a reference after some quick Googling, so perhaps it is not the case. :) Kind regards Evgeni Golov Debian Games Team PS: please keep -games@ CC'ed if possible. -- Sam Morris https

Bug#523771: console-setup: Corrupted text mode consoles when installed

2009-04-12 Thread Sam Morris
Package: console-setup Version: 1.30 Severity: normal After console-setup was first installed, it corrupted all my text mode consoles. After I rebooted, everything was fine. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) --

Bug#485911: debian-installer: Add default user to 'scanner' group

2008-06-12 Thread Sam Morris
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal The default user should be added to the 'scanner' group so that they can use image scanners. We already add them to plugdev, netdev, video, etc., so I think this is consistent with what is already done. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid

Bug#451380: acpi-support also saves hard drives

2008-05-18 Thread Sam Morris
Another important function of acpi-support is to disable agressive power management settings that artifically shorten the lives of hard drives: http://bugs.debian.org/448673 -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078

Bug#451380: pm-utils and #!/bin/bash

2008-04-19 Thread Sam Morris
FYI, pm-utils 1.1.0 has been out for a while. All the scripts that make up pm-utils have been rewritten to conform to POSIX and the Single Unix Specification. Any remaining bashisms or GNUisms are bugs. If you encounter a script that is not POSIX and SuS compliant, please file a bug. -- Sam

Bug#412796: hang while booting the installer, after 'io scheduler cfq registered'

2007-02-28 Thread Sam Morris
io scheduler anticipatory registered (default) io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Bug#412796: hang while booting the installer, after 'io scheduler cfq registered'

2007-02-28 Thread Sam Morris
Protect is off SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb4 sdb5 sdb6 sdb7 sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdb but the system still hangs at this point. -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB

Bug#412796: Also hangs with daily built images

2007-02-28 Thread Sam Morris
fjp pointed me to newer installer images at http://people.debian.org/~aba/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/, they also hang at the same point . -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 signature.asc Description

Bug#412796: hang while booting the installer, after 'io scheduler cfq registered'

2007-02-28 Thread Sam Morris
, noapic, nolapic. Indeed, noapic worked fine. Although I don't really know what it does. Anyway, thanks for the hint. :) -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

Bug#406431: debian-installer-manual: Document how to enable the use of SATA optical drives

2007-01-10 Thread Sam Morris
Package: debian-installer-manual Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Could the information at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataAtapiHowto be added to the manual? I'm suggesting as a new section under 5.3. Something like: 5.3.x SATA ATAPI optical drive

Bug#251905: Problems/workarounds for install to root on LVM on RAID

2006-09-22 Thread Sam Morris
I just tried a root-on-RAID1 setup and the only issue was that GRUB was only installed to the MBR of the first hard disk, so when I simulated the failure of the first disk, the system would not boot. -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869

Re: Move of update-grub and grub-install to /usr/sbin

2006-08-12 Thread Sam Morris
be rewritten to function without /usr being mounted. -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#373221: installation-reports: installer ignores unusual default gateway

2006-06-13 Thread Sam Morris
default gw 10.255.255.1 The combination of both of those together left me with no way to get back into the machine to fix anything, except by netbooting into the recovery system provided by the hosts. ;) -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B