[Bug 1460] needs documentation: package firmware-linux-nonfree missing in ltsp chroot

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460 Holger Levsen changed: What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED

Re: Squeeze with upgraded kernel and firmware

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 05:09:24PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Freitag, 30. März 2012, Giorgio Pioda wrote: - a single package that takes a debian system and turns it into a workstation client /roaming client so that it could be possible to first install a squeeze with upgraded

Squeeze with upgraded kernel and firmware

Hi, what about having either -an installer with integrated firmware and upgraded kernel, like Kenshi Muto's one, for Debian Edu or in alternative - a single package that takes a debian system and turns it into a workstation client /roaming client so that it could be possible to first install

Re: Squeeze with upgraded kernel and firmware

Hi, On Freitag, 30. März 2012, Giorgio Pioda wrote: - a single package that takes a debian system and turns it into a workstation client /roaming client so that it could be possible to first install a squeeze with upgraded kernel and then conncet to Edu? debian-edu-config should do that. we

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

hand, our DVD and CD images include all the firmware packages and this firmware will be used automatically if it is needed on the machine being installed. I guess we should clean up the scripts and make them have consistent behaviour, but that can wait for Wheezy, I believe. yes. documenting

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

[Wolfgang Schweer] Well, it would work I suppose. But it was easier for me to use existing ltsp knowhow. In most cases only some firmware must be added. In that case the initrd will only be a bit bigger than before. (The packages get superfluously installed in the chroot but that should do

Re: Automatically install required firmware packages (please test)

[Petter Reinholdtsen] The process of finding and installing required firmware packages can be automated, and the following is a draft script to do so. I hope eventually to have something similar integrated into the hw-detect udeb used by debian-installer Please test it and let me know

Automatically install required firmware packages (please test)

I've been looking at how to improve the laptop experience, and one common problem is the need for extra firmware for the wireless cards. The process of finding and installing required firmware packages can be automated, and the following is a draft script to do so. I hope eventually to have

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

On Sat, 07 Jan 2012, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Why these changes? -debnames=$(apt-cache search ^firmware-.*|cut -d -f1) +debnames=$(apt-cache search ^firmware-.*|grep -v b43|cut -d -f1) Why do you need to drop the b43 firmware installer? Both packages contain no firmware

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

[Wolfgang Schweer] Both packages contain no firmware, docu only. Real error was: Right. I added code to ignore all installer packages for now. -y for speed, the other ones are actually superfluous (habit). Right. Changed to --download-only -y -q. + if [ $name != firmware-linux

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 10:50:26AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Btw, it might probably be possible to use the same script to convert the LTSP initrd to include firmware for LTSP clients. Would be useful to investigate. :) Well, it would work I suppose. But it was easier for me to use

pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

It should be documented somewhere, that those small binary blobs (package firmware-linux-nonfree) must be provided (on usb key / floppy disk), if the machine has an appropriate network card - like some old Intel cards (kernel module e100). Otherwise pxeinstall will not be possible

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

[Wolfgang Schweer] It should be documented somewhere, that those small binary blobs (package firmware-linux-nonfree) must be provided (on usb key / floppy disk), if the machine has an appropriate network card - like some old Intel cards (kernel module e100). Otherwise pxeinstall

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

On Fri, 06 Jan 2012, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: [Wolfgang Schweer] It should be documented somewhere, that those small binary blobs (package firmware-linux-nonfree) must be provided (on usb key / floppy disk), if the machine has an appropriate network card - like some old Intel cards

Re: pxeinstall fails if network card requires nonfree firmware

[Wolfgang Schweer] Next week. I will also add a note for thin clients cause there's a similar problem. Yeah. :( Do not have a finished script to fix LTSP boot. It didn't until I changed it a bit. Why these changes? -debnames=$(apt-cache search ^firmware-.*|cut -d -f1) +debnames

[Bug 1429] Non-free firmware on the CD and DVD is not installed automatically when needed

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429 Marius Kotsbak mar...@kotsbak.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC||mar...@kotsbak.com

[Bug 1460] needs documentation: package firmware-linux-nonfree missing in ltsp chroot

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460 Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org changed: What|Removed |Added Summary|package firmware-linux- |needs documentation

[Bug 1460] package firmware-linux-nonfree missing in ltsp chroot

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460 Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |ASSIGNED --

[Bug 1460] New: package firmware-linux-nonfree missing in ltsp chroot

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460 Summary: package firmware-linux-nonfree missing in ltsp chroot Product: Skolelinux Version: SVN Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority

Re: Firmware

Hallo Petter, On Fr, 31 Dez 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: It is not done because it should not be needed in the generic case. o.k.; then it might be right on the server side, where no firmware was needed. On the client side, a box with a module e100 neading card didn't came up. I had

Firmware

Hi, I'm new to this list and I'm testing today's netinstall-image (using usb stick) on some real hardware. All firmware-linux packages are available on cd, but only firmware-linux-free gets installed in the chroot. There should be firmware-linux-nonfree as well to make some hardware work out

Re: Firmware

[Wolfgang Schweer] Hi, I'm new to this list and I'm testing today's netinstall-image (using usb stick) on some real hardware. All firmware-linux packages are available on cd, but only firmware-linux-free gets installed in the chroot. There should be firmware-linux-nonfree as well to make

Fwd: Firmware images moved

Hi, does this affect Debian Edu builds? If so, how? (Apologies if this already has been dealt with, I'm catching up on DebConf10 backlog...) cheers, Holger -- Forwarded Message -- Betreff: Firmware images moved Datum: Samstag, 7. August 2010 Von: Steve McIntyre st

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

with firmware on the first CD. Add FORCE_FIRMWARE=1 in CONF.sh. I've also tweaked the build scripts so that we'll start generating them. I can see that I've got all the firmware debs in /firmware in the ISO, but I don't see any feedback to suggest that the installer is picking up on them. Test images

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com writes: On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 03:17:08PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 06:58:52PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: I've added code into debian-cd to generate images with firmware on the first CD. Add FORCE_FIRMWARE=1 in CONF.sh. I've

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

Hi! * Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com [100609 14:16]: * how to describe them in the README on the disc. For now I've added: This disc includes non-free firmware files to make installation easier on some systems. See http://wiki.debian.org/Firmware for more details

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 03:17:08PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 06:58:52PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: I've added code into debian-cd to generate images with firmware on the first CD. Add FORCE_FIRMWARE=1 in CONF.sh. I've also tweaked the build scripts so that we'll

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 06:58:52PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Today I had a look at this issue, and tested a bit. A new package was just uploaded to unstable with the changes I believe we need in Debian Edu. I changed the hw-detect code that take care of the firmware loading, to see

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

that it is insufficient. hw-detect call check-missing-firmware, which look on several devices (disk, USB sticks, floppies) for firmware, but fail to look on the CD itself. This, I must admit, is very sad. I had a look at the source of check-missing-firmware and saw it was looking in the firmware/ directory

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Further testing of this fix proved that it is insufficient. hw-detect call check-missing-firmware, which look on several devices (disk, USB sticks, floppies) for firmware, but fail to look on the CD itself. This, I must admit, is very sad

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

[Frans Pop] I think the problem with that is that including the firmware on the CD in the first place is in contradiction with Debian's current policy not to include firmware in the distribution. The current firmware support is very explicitly limited to support loading from external media

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

Hi, On Dienstag, 16. März 2010, Frans Pop wrote: An additional issue with non-free firmware is that including it in the way you propose would (I think) mean it will get loaded without any prompting of the user, which may in some cases violate licence terms. i thought the same at first

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

[Holger Levsen] P.S.: should this be moved to a proper bug? Yes. Patch for hw-detect submitted in #574116. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, Holger Levsen wrote: On Dienstag, 16. März 2010, Frans Pop wrote: An additional issue with non-free firmware is that including it in the way you propose would (I think) mean it will get loaded without any prompting of the user, which may in some cases violate

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Actually, something causes main-menu to crash if I adjust mountmedia to return CD devices too, so I suspect it is better to adjust check-missing-firmware to also look in /cdrom/firmware/ for debs. Probably because the CD is already mounted

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

Frans Pop wrote: On Tuesday 16 March 2010, Holger Levsen wrote: On Dienstag, 16. März 2010, Frans Pop wrote: An additional issue with non-free firmware is that including it in the way you propose would (I think) mean it will get loaded without any prompting of the user, which may

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

[Joey Hess] That source package does not contain all available firmware, FWIW. You're missing at least zd1211-firmware and atmel-firmware. debian-cd has a list in tasks/firmware. Btw, tasks/firmware refer to the non-existing package firmware-ipw3945. Did it change name, go away

[Bug 1429] Non-free firmware on the CD and DVD is not installed automatically when needed

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429 --- Comment #2 from Petter Reinholdtsen p...@hungry.com 2010-03-15 20:07:43 --- I implemented this for our build this weekend. It need to be tested on a machine needing extra firmware, to verify that symlinking from firmware

Re: Provide extra firmware where debian-installer find it

On Samstag, 13. März 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: I am refering to the question whether to look for the firmware. I do not change how d-i handle firmware, so I do not affect the other stuff. Ah. Thanks for clarifying! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Should this be the default behaviour of debian-cd, or should hw-detect be changed to look for firmware packages where debian-cd put them when firmware debs is in the package list? The problem with making hw-detect look in pool/ is that it does not know what debs

Re: Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

[Joey Hess] The problem with making hw-detect look in pool/ is that it does not know what debs contain firmware. It assumes there will not be too many debs in the places it looks, and so it examines them all, unpacking them to find ones that contain the firmware files. If it also looked

Provide extra firmware where debian-installer find it

I just patched the CD and DVD build system to try to provide the extra firmware packages in a location where debian-installer (hw-detect) is able to find them. The firmware packages are only looked for in / and /firmware/ on the CD and DVD, while we provided them in /pool/non-free/f/firmware

Re: Provide extra firmware where debian-installer find it

Hi, On Samstag, 13. März 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: I just patched the CD and DVD build system to try to provide the extra firmware packages in a location where debian-installer (hw-detect) is able to find them. The firmware packages are only looked for in / and /firmware/ on the CD

Re: Provide extra firmware where debian-installer find it

[Holger Levsen] Are you refering to the question whether to look for the firmware or to accept specific licences? The latter I actually see as a requierement :-) I am refering to the question whether to look for the firmware. I do not change how d-i handle firmware, so I do not affect

Getting d-i to find firmware on the CD generated by debian-cd

In the Debian Edu project, we generate our own CDs with adjustment to the installer and provided packages. We have also included some non-free firmware deb packages in the naive hope that d-i would use them when needed. This has proven to not work, as d-i do not look for firmware packages

Firmware packages in use in Debian Edu, according to popcon.skolelinux.org

I did a quick test to see which firmware packages are currently installed on machines reporting to popcon.skolelinux.org. Here is the complete list: % GET http://popcon.skolelinux.org/by_inst|grep firmware|cut -c1-95 2446 firmware-bnx2 15 0 8 0 7 (Debian

Re: Firmware packages in use in Debian Edu, according to popcon.skolelinux.org

Hi, On Dienstag, 26. Januar 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Perhaps the missing firmware packages should be added to the DVD to make sure those that need them can find them even without a working network connection? Sure! cheers, Holger signature.asc Description

Re: Firmware packages in use in Debian Edu, according to popcon.skolelinux.org

(as long as they are at least distributable, obviously) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[Bug 1429] New: Non-free firmware on the CD and DVD is not installed automatically when needed

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429 Summary: Non-free firmware on the CD and DVD is not installed automatically when needed Product: Skolelinux Version: lenny-rc1 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status

[Bug 1429] Non-free firmware on the CD and DVD is not installed automatically when needed

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429 Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |ASSIGNED ---

[Bug 1395] needs documentation workaround problems with certain RAIDs and usbstick for nonfree firmware

http://bugs.skolelinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1395 Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org changed: What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED

[Bug 1395] needs documentation workaround problems with certain RAIDs and usbstick for nonfree firmware

|with RAID and usbstick for |workaround problems with |nonfree firmware|certain RAIDs and usbstick ||for nonfree firmware -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.skolelinux.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email

[Bug 1395] problems installing GRUB with RAID and usbstick for nonfree firmware

Priority|P1 |P2 Summary|Reboot after installation of|problems installing GRUB |main server gives GRUB error|with RAID and usbstick for ||nonfree firmware --- Comment #8 from Holger Levsen hol