Bug#639832: cryptsetup: initramfs hooks vs aesni-intel

2011-08-31 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Rebuilding the kernel with CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL=y (and for that matter CRYPTO_PCRYPT=y) produces the expected result (ie, hw-encryption) - even in the... FS (say, ext4) stacked on LV stacked on VG stacked on PV stacked on dm-crypt blockdev stacked on partition ... case (which, now that I have

Bug#639832: cryptsetup: initramfs hooks vs aesni-intel

2011-08-30 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: cryptsetup Version: 2:1.3.0-3 Severity: normal It seems as if arch-specific crypto modules (for example - aesni-intel) are loaded _after_ the root and swap devices are luksOpen'd (other devices are open'd later in boot, late enough that the forced modprobe (I have aesni-intel in

Bug#639832: cryptsetup: initramfs hooks vs aesni-intel

2011-08-30 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Actually this may be more serious than it first seems. A typical* user might have... FS (say, ext4) stacked on LV stacked on VG stacked on PV stacked on dm-crypt blockdev stacked on partition (a reasonably common/ recommended deployment, TRIM issues notwithstanding). In this case - the

Bug#635604: dnet-common: package causes ethernet address to be set to aa:00:04:00:0a:04

2011-08-07 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Leaving aside the dependancy bug (which is not dnet-common's issue at all) - there's three distinct problems here, both of which definitely are :- 1/ The MAC address assigned in the default case is not unique (imagine the effect of a stock-with-defaults install of this package on a 1000-way

Bug#526747: libssl0.9.8: openssl engine gmp -t fails with libgmp.so: undefined symbol: bind_engine

2009-05-03 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: libssl0.9.8 Version: 0.9.8g-16 Severity: normal ${Subject} $ openssl engine gmp -t -vvv 21922:error:2506406A:DSO support routines:DLFCN_BIND_FUNC:could not bind to the requested symbol name:dso_dlfcn.c:261:symname(bind_engine): /usr/lib/ssl/engines/libgmp.so: undefined symbol:

Bug#524076: xserver-xorg: debian-x11-keymap.fdi invisible to hal?

2009-04-14 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.4+1 Severity: important HAL doesn't seem to pull in this file... /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ debian-x11-keymap.fdi A simple rename to... 15-debian-x11-keymap.fdi results in the desired effect (ie call out to debian-setup-keyboard,

Bug#513545: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Confirmed again for sid xorg update - fixed via hal fdi

2009-04-14 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.1.0-1 Severity: normal ACK problem description; nb considering where the hotplug input stuff seems to be going I have locally worked around this via... /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi : merge

Bug#463606: still present in 2.6.26-1-686

2008-08-29 Thread Simon Mackinlay
${Subject} - also - wrt: getting the stock -486- image to boot, add noreplace-paravirt to the boot command line. Recompiling -686- with CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=y ought to address the Int 6 at early boot; is this a possibility? -- Nothing says Labor Day like 500hp of American muscle Visit OnCars.com

Bug#463606: confirmed: rebuild 2.6.26-1-686 as CONFIG_X86_GENERIC resolves

2008-08-29 Thread Simon Mackinlay
${Subject} - rebuilding debian kernel per... debian/config/i386/config.686: CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=y rm debian/abi/2.6.26-1/i386_none_686 -- obviously not ideal, a quick hack to prove the point and installing the result boots just fine (again still using the noreplace-paravirt boot commandline).

Bug#495908: packages.debian.org: feature request - hyperlink to package changelog?

2008-08-21 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: packages.debian.org Severity: wishlist The thought occurs that it'd be neat if pdo included a hyperlink to package changelogs - should be relatively simple to extract/ provide? -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable')

Bug#495908: packages.debian.org: feature request - hyperlink to package changelog?

2008-08-21 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Hmm, it already does... At least for the packages where it is indeed simple to do (so not for backports/volatile atm). Where exactly did you find it missing? You're quite correct, indeed it does. Can't believe I've overlooked it all these years. Bin the bug. And have a beer on me. Thanks

Bug#441400: nvidia-glx: diversion on libGLcore.a should be libGLcore.so

2007-09-09 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: nvidia-glx Version: 100.14.11-1 Severity: important nvidia-glx package appears to divert... diversion by nvidia-glx from: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a diversion by nvidia-glx to: /usr/lib/nvidia/libGLcore.a.xlibmesa however xserver-xorg-core provides...

Bug#436961: gnome shouldn't depend on tomboy

2007-08-09 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: gnome Version: 1:2.18.3 Severity: normal As per ${subject} - from a /brief/ look, tomboy is the only package in this installation that depends on mono runtime; given the choice I'd think it more suitable to put packages liable to create dependancies on mono/ CIL libraries into a

Bug#421449: xserver-xorg: xinerama extension reported even when disabled

2007-05-01 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Still present in version 1:7.2-3 =

Bug#421449: xserver-xorg: xinerama extension reported even when disabled

2007-04-29 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.1.0-18 Severity: normal There does not seem to be a way to prevent the XINERAMA extension being reported as a supported extension in xdpyinfo; from xorg.conf... Section Module : Disable XINERAMA SubSection extmod Option

Bug#406763: firmware-ipw3945: no initramfs-tools hook script

2007-01-16 Thread Simon Mackinlay
why? Just saw the resulting error and reporting it and cause seemed the logical thing to do... nobody wants rootnfs over wlan. ... if this is the only reason we attempt to bring up networking this early in boot I guess it's a non-issue as you suggest; I originally misdiagnosed this locally as

Bug#355881: initramfs-tools: should be hook-functions helper for firmware?

2007-01-16 Thread Simon Mackinlay
sure but they look very differently from what you think. the support needs to land in modprobe first. Yep fair call, just noticed the discrepancy between the way we handle modules ... nothing to be seen there, just use copy_exec ... against that for firmware; I haven't got religion one way

Bug#406763: firmware-ipw3945: no initramfs-tools hook script

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: firmware-ipw3945 Version: 0.3 Severity: wishlist Package ought to contain an initramfs-tools hook script so that the firmware image ends up installed into initrd - for example a minimal /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/firmware-ipw3945 is (hopefully) attached. -- System Information:

Bug#406763: firmware-ipw3945: possible initramfs-tools wishlist item

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: firmware-ipw3945 Version: 0.3 Followup-For: Bug #406763 The thought occurs that firmware-nonfree could benefit from a helper function specifically for firwmare in hook-functions; have hijacked bts #406763 with some comments to this end. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT

Bug#355881: initramfs-tools: should be hook-functions helper for firmware?

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.85e Followup-For: Bug #355881 Perhaps more generically there should be firmware support in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions orthogonal to the support for modules. firmware-nonfree would benefit from this in particular; see bts #406763, #386172. --

Bug#406767: linux-image-2.6-3-amd64: rdtsc instruction does not serialise on core2 cpu's

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: linux-image-2.6-3-amd64 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Commit from 2.6.18.6 upstream is vitally important for Core 2 family. Without this TSC drift between cores will result in unpredictable hard locks and reboots. commit

Bug#406769: linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64: rdtsc instruction does not serialise on core2 family

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64 Version: 2.6.18-8 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Commit from 2.6.18.6 upstream is vitally important for Core 2 family. Without this TSC drift between cores will result in unpredictable hard locks and reboots. commit