Bug#239111: GRUB and XFS

2006-09-21 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, Would be nice if you could provide a GRUB 2 version of this patch, too. Could you please contact upstream (grub-devel@gnu.org) about it? -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my

Bug#217048: grub2

2006-09-23 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, Please could you try if you can archieve what you wanted with grub2 instead? -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#389002: please use utf-8 to draw nicer display

2006-09-23 Thread Robert Millan
Package: bittorrent Version: 3.4.2-8.1 Severity: wishlist Please consider using utf-8 to draw a nicer display. The following characters would come handy: ┌─┐ │ │ └─┘ -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1,

Bug#388724: grub: automatically update /etc/kernel-img.conf

2006-09-23 Thread Robert Millan
-new That matches more things than necessary (e.g. replaces /usr/sbin/update-grub with /usr/update-grub). If at all, it would have to be something like: sed -i /etc/kernel-img.conf -e s,\(.*\) */sbin/update-grub$,\1 update-grub,g -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note

Bug#388724: grub: automatically update /etc/kernel-img.conf

2006-09-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 04:31:56PM -0700, Karl Chen wrote: On 2006-09-23 01:57 PDT, Robert Millan writes: Robert That matches more things than necessary (e.g. replaces Robert /usr/sbin/update-grub with /usr/update-grub). If at Robert all, it would have to be something like

Bug#295595: etch-backports

2006-09-24 Thread Robert Millan
Hi! Although etch hasn't been released, there are people using it (like me). Please could you consider putting vegastrike in etch-backports already? Thanks -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get

Bug#333516: grub2 manpages

2006-09-24 Thread Robert Millan
this to upstream. If upstream is willing to include (and hence maintain) a manpage you write, then it's no problem for us. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Bug#381150: does not support partitionable RAID arrays

2006-09-24 Thread Robert Millan
Can you please send the output of grub-probefs -v / ? -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Bug#381150: does not support partitionable RAID arrays

2006-09-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 10:04:12PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: Can you please send the output of grub-probefs -v / ? Oh, and the contents of your device.map, and (if different), the output of grub-mkdevicemap -m -. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address

Bug#241972: GRUB Legacy is feature frozen

2006-09-25 Thread Robert Millan
This bug in particular is being worked on for GRUB 2 (by implementing the proper hooks in grub-probefs) and will be fixed soon. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list

Bug#284522: wontfix

2006-09-25 Thread Robert Millan
2, this won't be a problem anymore. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#345931: A patch solving #345931

2006-09-25 Thread Robert Millan
(stage2_first_buffer, SECTOR_SIZE) != SECTOR_SIZE) -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Bug#345931: A patch solving #345931

2006-09-25 Thread Robert Millan
Also please send your input to bug report addresses (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Otherwise it gets lost here. On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:17:15PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 06:26:37PM +0200, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: Venerable Maintainers of Grub, I offer you

Bug#345931: A patch solving #345931

2006-09-26 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 09:52:28AM -0400, Leandro Dorileo wrote: Hi Robert On Monday 25 September 2006 10:17, Robert Millan wrote: On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 06:26:37PM +0200, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: Venerable Maintainers of Grub, I offer you a patch that should close bug report

Bug#106399: GRUB Legacy is feature frozen

2006-09-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 08:34:22PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:21:58AM +0200, Frédéric BOITEUX wrote: Robert Millan wrote : tag 106399 wontfix GRUB Legacy is now feature frozen, both in upstream and in debian. We only accept bug fixes or very

Bug#106399: GRUB Legacy is feature frozen

2006-09-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:21:58AM +0200, Frédéric BOITEUX wrote: Robert Millan wrote : tag 106399 wontfix GRUB Legacy is now feature frozen, both in upstream and in debian. We only accept bug fixes or very essential features (e.g. to support something new that is going to become

Bug#106399: GRUB Legacy is feature frozen

2006-09-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 05:07:49PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 10:21:58AM +0200, Frédéric BOITEUX wrote: Robert Millan wrote : tag 106399 wontfix GRUB Legacy is now feature frozen, both in upstream and in debian

Bug#106399: GRUB Legacy is feature frozen

2006-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
patch there first. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#106399: GRUB Legacy is feature frozen

2006-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 08:33:34AM +0200, Frédéric BOITEUX wrote: Le mer 27 sep 2006 22:31:42 CEST, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Frédéric, why don't you send a mail to grub-devel@gnu.org and ask about networking status? Perhaps if you help them get these network patches

Bug#389873: grub2: FTBFS (ppc64): util/console.c:275: undefined reference to `stdscr'

2006-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
;; -esac - case $target_cpu in i[[3456]]86) target_cpu=i386 ;; x86_64) target_cpu=i386 target_m32=1 ;; -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Bug#389873: grub2: FTBFS (ppc64): util/console.c:275: undefined reference to `stdscr'

2006-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
[ Please don't use -quiet. I didn't see your reply and had to copy it from BTS ] IIRC, bootloading on ppc64 needs to be done at 32bits space. Can someone confirm it? Yes, it needs to be 32-bit. But the part that links with ncurses is grub-emu which is a host tool. -- Robert Millan My

Bug#389873: grub2: FTBFS (ppc64): util/console.c:275: undefined reference to `stdscr'

2006-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 12:00:48PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [ Please don't use -quiet. I didn't see your reply and had to copy it from BTS ] Ok, sorry! Np ;) IIRC, bootloading on ppc64 needs to be done at 32bits space. Can someone

Bug#345931: A patch closing #345931, verified against debian testing

2006-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
, is this compatibility between different versions of MBR and stage files? I don't think having version disparity between MBR and stage was meant to be supported. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black

Bug#345931: A patch closing #345931, verified against debian testing

2006-09-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 04:58:52PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:51:55AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: This code also looks great for upstream subimition. I would like if you could send it to bug-grub@gnu.org and talk

Bug#401562: please add a big warning about upstream bug #6622 (wine segfaults on Linux 2.6.18 with noexec enabled)

2006-12-04 Thread Robert Millan
Package: wine Severity: important Because of this problem, many legacy win32 apps stopped working. Since this will be the default setup on Debian systems, I think it would be good to add a big warning to notify the user (before they start thinking it's wine's fault, file bugs, etc). For

Bug#380338: s,/sbin/update-grub,update-grub,g transition (was: Bug#380338: fixed in kernel-package 10.051)

2006-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
*_hook variables, thanks to Robert Millan. I elected not to use the patch provided, since I did not want to blindly trust the PATH variable, and wanted also to change the ignoring of the return value of the scripts. (Closes: #380338

Bug#361929: status update

2006-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
ourselves, though. I think something like this would be safe enough: sed -i /etc/kernel-img.conf -e s,\(.*\) */sbin/update-grub$,\1 update-grub,g -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black

Bug#380351: new patch (includes fix for /etc/kernel-img.conf)

2006-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
Hi! Please use this new patch instead. It includes fix for update-grub entries in /etc/kernel-img.conf as well. As of 10.051, kernel-package now supports relative paths in kernel-img.conf. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam

Bug#340452: not fixed

2006-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
reopen 340452 thanks Not really fixed. Uptodate patch attached. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. --- bash_completion.old 2006-08-06 10:02:00.0 +0200

Bug#381653: do local checks before non-reject ones?

2006-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
Package: exim4-config Version: 4.62-3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch How about doing those checks that can't produce a reject (i.e. just a warning) after CHECK_RCPT_LOCAL_ACL_FILE ? Rationale: If CHECK_RCPT_LOCAL_ACL_FILE is going to produce a reject, it makes no sense to go through the warn

Bug#381919: segfaults on startup

2006-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
Package: qgo Version: 1.5-r1-2 Severity: grave On amd64: (gdb) r Starting program: /usr/games/qgo [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 47153582413040 (LWP 11823)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 47153582413040 (LWP 11823)]

Bug#381653: do local checks before non-reject ones?

2006-08-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 02:08:19PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 11:35:43AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: Rationale: If CHECK_RCPT_LOCAL_ACL_FILE is going to produce a reject, it makes no sense to go through the warn checks first, since the message is going

Bug#365628: postinst fails when LANG doesn't point to a valid locale

2006-08-11 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:21:04AM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 06:38:43PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: OTOH, LANG is being passed as parameter now: if [ -n $SELECTED ] [ $SELECTED != None ]; then /usr/sbin/update-locale LANG=$SELECTED fi

Bug#346298: patch for Catalan keyboard

2006-01-16 Thread Robert Millan
/catalan_layout.htm It has been sent to upstream already. Please apply, thanks! -- Robert Millan diff -Nur console-data-2002.12.04dbs.old/debian/console-data.config console-data-2002.12.04dbs/debian/console-data.config --- console-data-2002.12.04dbs.old/debian/console-data.config 2006-01-11 10

Bug#346298: patch followup

2006-01-16 Thread Robert Millan
language, she's most likely using a Catalan keyboard. Note: ca_FR, ca_AD and ca_IT locales don't exist yet in Glibc. They've been already requested though, and I expect they will be available in Debian RSN. -- Robert Millan diff -Nur console-data-2002.12.04dbs.old/debian/udeb/console-keymaps

Bug#346298: patch followup

2006-01-17 Thread Robert Millan
one that has been dessigned specificaly for that purpose? In Spain and Andorra, it is different: Spanish keyboards are the default. They're available in stores, etc. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#339296: ping

2006-01-17 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, Any news on this? Does my patch look ok? -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#346298: split bug?

2006-01-18 Thread Robert Millan
that appropiate. Thanks -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#346298: patch followup

2006-01-18 Thread Robert Millan
a few other people who are using it as well. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#346298: patch followup

2006-01-18 Thread Robert Millan
: they are irrelevant to the user who bought one of these keyboards and can't use Debian with them. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#346298: patch followup

2006-01-19 Thread Robert Millan
Format Computing's Catalan keyboard, I propose calling it lfc-cat. Is that fine? -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#346298: patch followup

2006-01-20 Thread Robert Millan
be ;) at large. Ok. We can discuss that later then. -- Robert Millan diff -Nur console-data-2002.12.04dbs.old/debian/console-data.config console-data-2002.12.04dbs/debian/console-data.config --- console-data-2002.12.04dbs.old/debian/console-data.config 2006-01-11 10:01:49.0 +0100

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-12 Thread Robert Millan
this is for an m68k processor. I suppose we have a command to assemble this code in binutils-multiarch or so? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-15 Thread Robert Millan
an assembler, a56 (see http://www.zdomain.com/a56.html), which seems to be DFSG-free (BSD-style license). I'll see about packaging it. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-16 Thread Robert Millan
remaining question is what's the deal with this section that's supposed to start at 0x7ea9 but actually starts at 0x4f (0xed in the file). My code adds a workaround for that: if (offset 0x7000) offset -= 0x7e5a; which is really nasty. Anyone knows better? -- Robert Millan The DRM

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-17 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:50:11PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: Ok, fixed that. I got a 100% code match now. The only remaining question is what's the deal with this section that's supposed to start at 0x7ea9 but actually starts at 0x4f (0xed in the file). My code adds a workaround

Bug#494010: ITP: a52 -- Motorola DSP56001 assembler (Re: Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware)

2008-10-17 Thread Robert Millan
of compiling the firmware used in Linux' dsp56k.c driver. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-17 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 08:45:06AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: I can live without knowing why the code needs to run in that address; but I'm still puzzled by how is the code supposed to tell the assembler that the 0x7ea9 chunk really should be saved to 0x4f. We can't remove my ad-hoc hack

Bug#500336: patch for grub detection

2008-10-20 Thread Robert Millan
) before we apply it, since the current behaviour was stablished by him. Also, I'd like to know if we should adjust GRUB 2 accordingly (its current policy is not to special-case Xen images). Thanks! -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how

Bug#502848: please move pciutils to Recommends

2008-10-20 Thread Robert Millan
Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.0.16-2 Severity: wishlist ALSA can work on devices without a PCI bus, like the Neo Freerunner phone. Could you move pciutils to Recommends? -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')

Bug#494010: a56 package

2008-10-20 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, I just uploaded the a56 package. I'll provide a patch for this bug soon. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data

Bug#496221: invalid group haldaemon

2008-08-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 06:21:27PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: Robert Millan wrote: Package: hal Version: 0.5.11-3 Severity: serious Postinst failed while installing gparted (which dragged in hal): S'està configurant hal (0.5.11-3) ... chown: el grup no és vàlid

Bug#496221: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#496221: invalid group haldaemon

2008-08-25 Thread Robert Millan
haldaemon both in /etc/passwd and /etc/group (and I didn't add them myself). -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access

Bug#495754: grub-pc: Support for screen resolutions other than 640x480 is not simple enough

2008-08-25 Thread Robert Millan
this functionality. It adds three preprocessor switches: Nice idea and nice work! Would you please send this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so it can be discussed there? Thanks -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's

Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

2008-08-25 Thread Robert Millan
but not in the lenny packages. Please try the attached patch. It should uncover the real reason for your problem. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you

Bug#496221: invalid group haldaemon

2008-08-26 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 07:06:05PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: Robert Millan wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 06:21:27PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: I'd be interested how it is possible, that a user haldaemon exists, but no group haldaemon. Have you copied /etc/passwd from somewhere else

Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

2008-08-26 Thread Robert Millan
distinguishable so we can find which one you hit. Thank you -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all. Index: util

Bug#496780: please provide a --enable-tinygui build

2008-08-27 Thread Robert Millan
Package: wesnoth Version: 1:1.4.4-2 Severity: wishlist Please could you provide a --enable-tinygui build? smallgui is not small enough for 480x640 (neo freerunner). This configure flag is supported by upstream; haven't tried yet, but I believe it should work in my setup. P.S: What's the point

Bug#494422: It IS a bug somewhere that installing 2 bootloader packages breaks booting

2008-08-27 Thread Robert Millan
I'd have to see the details, but I'm not very fond of the extra burden this could mean to bootloader maintainers. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow

Bug#496780: please provide a --enable-tinygui build

2008-08-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 02:12:07PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: Hi! * Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-08-27 15:20:06 CEST]: Please could you provide a --enable-tinygui build? smallgui is not small enough for 480x640 (neo freerunner). Will propably take a while

Bug#495909: (grub) pre-approval for #495909

2008-08-28 Thread Robert Millan
not, since some of these errors have no meaning there (as Martin correctly spotted). My fix (only for grub, not grub2) would be to simply send grub-probe stderr output to /dev/null. It's no great loss, and I think it's the simplest most suitable solution for lenny. Thanks -- Robert Millan The DRM

Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

2008-08-28 Thread Robert Millan
, and so we don't know if `name' was NULL or otherwise a non-NULL drive was paired with a NULL device. So please, try with this patch (in addition to what you had before). I realize this is getting annoyingly long; thanks for your patience in going through it, it's very appreciated. -- Robert

Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 07:37:30AM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: /usr/src/grub2-1.96+20080724/util/biosdisk.c: In function ‘find_free_slot’: /usr/src/grub2-1.96+20080724/util/biosdisk.c:130: error: ‘i’ undeclared (first use in this function) Sorry, my bad. Please change this. -- Robert

Bug#356055: loadlin: loadlin.exe cannot be built from source

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Millan
upstream. In any case, I can already provide a loadlin.exe built from source that works for Lenny. I hope to find the time to get my patches integrated during August. Hi Samuel Any news on this? Thanks for your efforts -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We

Bug#396291: Bug#356055: loadlin: loadlin.exe cannot be built from source

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 06:00:39PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: Robert Millan, le Fri 29 Aug 2008 18:46:23 +0200, a écrit : On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:43:14AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: One sad piece of news is that I wasn't able to contact upstream again: [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't

Bug#496981: Case sensitive path name in windows based installer

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Millan
from the script is quite ugly. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#496981: Case sensitive path name in windows based installer

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:32:19PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:39:56AM +0100, peter green wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run the windows based installer but after reboot grub won't boot and shown his prompt. After a little investigation I discovered grub

Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

2008-08-30 Thread Robert Millan
drive handling; please could you check if removing or commenting out this line: (fd0) /dev/fd0 from device.map silences the error message? Thanks -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's

Bug#496981: Case sensitive path name in windows based installer

2008-08-30 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:32:19PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:39:56AM +0100, peter green wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run the windows based installer but after reboot grub won't boot and shown his prompt. After a little investigation I discovered grub

Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

2008-08-30 Thread Robert Millan
, please; could you add the floppy line back (exactly in the same position), and test with this change? I think this should be the last test; Thank you very much for your help so far! -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access

Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

2008-08-30 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 02:33:36AM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: In other words, no output referencing the floppy drive. Great, we're done here. I bestow upon you the persistent dedicated GRUB bug submitter award of Aug 2008. Wear it proudly ;-) -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy

Bug#489287: fix for /boot/grub/core.img issue

2008-08-31 Thread Robert Millan
to reopen the bug as well, please unmerge it first. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all

Bug#494589: fix for /boot/grub/core.img issue

2008-09-03 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 12:21:14PM -0400, Edward Allcutt wrote: Robert Millan wrote: We believe that these three bugs are all caused by the same problem, which is now fixed in latest upload to experimental (1.96+20080826-1). Tested using 1.96+20080831-1, 1.96+20080826-1 seems to have

Bug#497676: win32-loader: FTBFS in lenny: Nonexistent build-dependency: loadlin

2008-09-03 Thread Robert Millan
, but I'd rather not do that if I can rely on loadlin being restored to releasable status. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data

Bug#498151: mechanism for bootloader to know about iso9660 timestamp/uuid

2008-09-28 Thread Robert Millan
. :-) Done. Please see attached patch. While testing it, I found a few minor issues in the code. Since I figured that janitor work would be welcome, I'm attaching these in a separate patch. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you

Bug#500460: oss-compat: modules are not loaded

2008-09-29 Thread Robert Millan
; : ; } +install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; } Please try to avoid hardcoding absolute paths. It's a PITA when things break because of it (been there). -- Robert Millan The DRM opt

Bug#500962: [win32-loader] Updated Turkish translation

2008-10-03 Thread Robert Millan
-i.alioth.debian.org/l10n-stats/level3/files/tr/win32-loader_l10n_po_tr.po Regards P.S. I always update the translation in SVN so that can be used when building new version. Thanks, it will be automaticaly updated with next upload. Btw there's no need to file a bug for this. -- Robert Millan

Bug#501152: binary firmware in drivers/net/starfire_firmware.h

2008-10-04 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-5 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/net/starfire_firmware.h (licensed under GPLv2) is entirely composed of binary firmware, such as: static const u32 firmware_rx[] = { 0x010003dc, 0x, 0x04000421, 0x0086, [...] It's worth noting that the last

Bug#501153: binary firmware in drivers/net/tehuti_fw.h

2008-10-04 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-5 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/net/tehuti_fw.h (licensed under GPLv2+) is entirely composed of binary firmware, such as: static u32 s_firmLoad[] = { 0x000f0002, 0x40718000, [...] Since this file is licensed under GPL, this could make

Bug#500631: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64: Fails in postinst with grub2: no such file /sbin/update-grub

2008-10-05 Thread Robert Millan
. Thanks! -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#500134: /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme: make changing splash image easier

2008-10-05 Thread Robert Millan
,${THEME_IMAGE_GRUB}}/${THEME_IMAGE_FILE}.{png,tga} ; do Please could you have user provide a full path instead, so the heuristic can be avoided when she does? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's

Bug#501209: awful ~/config file with reference to virus names

2008-10-05 Thread Robert Millan
Package: viruskiller Version: 1.0-1-1 Severity: important After running the program, I found: $ strings ~/config | sort -u Blaster Bugbear Code Red iloveyou Klez Melissa MyDoom Slammer Sober SoBigF which for a minute led me to believe my system had been compromised. If this game has to store

Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight -- open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight

2008-10-06 Thread Robert Millan
is, but it is certain there is one, so please find that out, and have it discussed in debian-legal. Thanks -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you

Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight -- open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight

2008-10-06 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 03:24:26PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: Description : open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight [...] Hi, The description is misleading. This is (AFAICT) not an implementation of a standard but a clone product, like wine, and much like wine

Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight -- open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight

2008-10-06 Thread Robert Millan
-- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight -- open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight

2008-10-06 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 03:33:48PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: [2] http://www.microsoft.com/interop/msnovellcollab/moonlight.mspx Btw, an independent analisys of that covenant is available: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080528133529454 -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy

Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight -- open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight

2008-10-07 Thread Robert Millan
here. You can start a discussion there by pointing to this ITP. Thanks -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access

Bug#501190: Reworded control

2008-10-09 Thread Robert Millan
published on the web; [...] http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2007/Sep-05.html -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access

Bug#501190: Reworded control

2008-10-09 Thread Robert Millan
Btw, please keep in mind that the description issues I pointed out are relatively unimportant compared to legal risk (and I haven't seen that being discussed in debian-legal yet). On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 03:32:48PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 12:38:41AM +0100, Jo Shields

Bug#491076: grub-install does not work

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 01:43:11PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:50:54PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it works! thank you very much! Thanks Stefan. I'll add your patch in next upload. Erm, I mean Eric's patch of course :-) Thank ya all folks! -- Robert Millan

Bug#491076: grub-install does not work

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:50:54PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it works! thank you very much! Thanks Stefan. I'll add your patch in next upload. -- Robert Millan GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen

Bug#492317: (update breaks grub boot (MBR) Grub Error 28: Selected item can not fit into memory)

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
of what kdm is doing. Let's reassign this bug; later it can be moved back to GRUB if necessary. -- Robert Millan GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Bug#492213: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: reinstall of kernel stalls when recreating missing grub/menu.lst

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
Synaptic to close What do you see when running: bash -x update-grub -y ? Please paste the last 10 lines or so. -- Robert Millan GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Bug#491977: grub-probe fails with Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/dm-N.

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 08:39:15PM +0200, Moritz Naumann wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Robert Millan wrote: Does this patch (for grub-common) fix the problem? While the patch applies fine and I can compile using ./configure; make, I cannot rebuild the deb using

Bug#491376: recipe for BIOS-based boot on gpt

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 09:08:56AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: Ok, so here are two patches. One of them using recipes-x86, and the other simply modifiing recipes. The first one expects recipes-x86 has been created previously via svn copy. So is either of these okay? -- Robert Millan

Bug#492317: (update breaks grub boot (MBR) Grub Error 28: Selected item can not fit into memory)

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 06:16:33PM +0200, Alan BRASLAU wrote: On Friday 25 July 2008 15:12:42 Robert Millan wrote: reassign 492317 kdm thanks Look at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63800 On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 02:05:01PM +0200, Alan BRASLAU wrote: Further investigation shows

Bug#475718: Bug #475718 grub gets confused by hybrid apple/pc partmap

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
the recommended chain-load): Please could you try the attached patch? If it works (i.e. discards the apple partmap), I would also need a positive result (test on a pure apple layout). If it doesn't work, please provide a dump of the first 2 sectors of your disk (1024 Bytes). -- Robert Millan

Bug#475718: Bug #475718 grub gets confused by hybrid apple/pc partmap

2008-07-25 Thread Robert Millan
messy. It can't be so complicated; your layout is properly detected on Linux, isn't it? Maybe we just need to give preference to MSDOS partitions. Btw, adding grub-devel to CC. Let's try to have discussions in upstream list.. -- Robert Millan GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call

Bug#492213: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: reinstall of kernel stalls when recreating missing grub/menu.lst

2008-07-26 Thread Robert Millan
of the script failing. If you can't reproduce the problem by invoking it directly, try setting its first line to '#!/bin/bash -x' and then using your package manager to reproduce it. -- Robert Millan GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What good is a phone call… if you are unable

Bug#393339: reproducible segfault in nstxd

2008-07-26 Thread Robert Millan
error 6 by starting nstxd and issuing any type of query to it from remote. Strace is attached. Hi, I can't reproduce this. If you still can, could you provide a backtrace? -- Robert Millan GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call! DRM What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak

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