Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-02-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This is a heads up for a major change in kernel-package, the tool to create user packaged kernel images and headers; which will make the make-kpkg script far less error prone, and far more deterministic. a. Every invocation of kernel-package will remove ./debian directory,

Processed: tagging 514567

2009-02-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.26etch1 > tags 514567 + pending Bug#514567: alsa hda - backport hardware support changes Tags were: patch Tags added: pending > End of message, stopping processing here. Please con

Bug#514567: alsa hda - backport hardware support changes

2009-02-08 Thread dann frazier
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-13 Severity: important Tags: patch Moritz Muehlenhoff pointed me to several changesets that increase/fix hardware supported by alsa. This bug is to track the progress of getting these changes included in the lenny kernel. d5337debacc00591b3f81fc3c982b40af7de1ab6

Bug#446323: mdadm: recovery in infinite loop

2009-02-08 Thread Lukasz Szybalski
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Lukasz Szybalski wrote: > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:45 PM, martin f krafft wrote: >> also sprach Lukasz Szybalski [2009.02.05.0731 +0100]: >>> Both drives are fairly new...Would the drive be defective since day1? >>> >>> Was the error log that I am getting now av

Bug#514288: stock debian kernels map heap, data, and other sections as rwx

2009-02-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 15:44 -0800, tgo wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.24-e > Version: 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7 > On both vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 and vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 > kernels, the debian system maps the heap, binary data, and other data > sections as rwx, instead of the normal and sensi

Bug#514418: [FIX]: ultra45 boot failing...

2009-02-08 Thread David Miller
From: Jurij Smakov Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:05:21 + > To give a little bit of background, this patch was supposed to fix > http://bugs.debian.org/500358. Bug trail contains all the gory > details, but the crux of the problem (as I understand it) is the > following: the commit [0] into the

Re: finalizing 2.6.28 config options

2009-02-08 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 14:42 +0100, maximilian attems wrote: [...] > * FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL > default enabled > we probably don't ship right yet relevant firmware separetly? FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL enables inclusion of firmware along with drivers in the main kernel image, and has no effect on driver m

Processed: tagging 512031

2009-02-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Bug#514418: [FIX]: ultra45 boot failing...

2009-02-08 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 02:51:05AM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Jurij Smakov > Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:45:31 + > > > Thanks for pointing it out, David. > > Please contact me in the future if you guys want to add non-trivial > sparc specific changes. That's how you can keep stuff like

Udeb migrations (was: Meeting(s) at FOSDEM)

2009-02-08 Thread Frans Pop
As requested during the meeting here are two links that explain udeb migration. The first also has a proposal how to improve udeb support in britney. Please ignore the introductory comment about the python implementation of britney. Note that the proposal is not a perfect solution. For that we

Bug#514557: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: File Capabilities no longer work for scripting languages

2009-02-08 Thread Torsten Werner
Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 Version: 2.6.26-13 Severity: normal Hi, the section 'Transformation of Capabilities During execve()' of the man page capabilities(7) does no longer describe the current kernel behaviour when it comes to python scripts or other scripting languages. It was correct

Re: Breaking X.Org on sparc (was: Bug#514418: [FIX]: ultra45 boot failing...)

2009-02-08 Thread W. Martin Borgert
On 2009-02-08 17:33, Jurij Smakov wrote: > Something like this: Added. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Breaking X.Org on sparc (was: Bug#514418: [FIX]: ultra45 boot failing...)

2009-02-08 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 03:49:22PM +0100, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > On 2009-02-08 00:07, Luk Claes wrote: > > I think it's best to delay that to r1. Can someone please provide a text > > for the release notes to describe the problem, TIA? > > Hi all: Please send me a paragraph of text ASAP. > (Or

Bug#514511: Wuth regular kernel

2009-02-08 Thread Mathieu Parent
Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-686 Version: 2.6.26-13 Followup-For: Bug #514511 Here is the syslog with a regular kernel: Feb 8 15:46:15 servthieu kernel: [ 192.220011] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 Feb 8 15:46:15 servthieu kernel: [ 192.354952] usb 1-5: co

Re: Breaking X.Org on sparc (was: Bug#514418: [FIX]: ultra45 boot failing...)

2009-02-08 Thread W. Martin Borgert
On 2009-02-08 00:07, Luk Claes wrote: > I think it's best to delay that to r1. Can someone please provide a text > for the release notes to describe the problem, TIA? Hi all: Please send me a paragraph of text ASAP. (Or file a bug with the proposed text against "release-notes".) -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Breaking X.Org on sparc

2009-02-08 Thread Otavio Salvador
Luk Claes writes: >> This means that we have to back it out again and the only question is if >> we will do that for r0 or r1. > > I think it's best to delay that to r1. Can someone please provide a text > for the release notes to describe the problem, TIA? I also agree about let it for r1; it w

Bug#486582: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: fails to mount xfs filesystem: I/O error in filesystem)

2009-02-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:33:29 +0100 with message-id <20090208103328.ga4...@galadriel.inutil.org> and subject line Re: linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: fails to mount xfs filesystem: I/O error in filesystem has caused the Debian Bug report #486582, regarding linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: fa

Bug#483830: marked as done (Writing to a filesystem mounted with 'loop' don't work)

2009-02-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:28:21 +0100 with message-id <20090208102821.ga3...@galadriel.inutil.org> and subject line Re: your mail has caused the Debian Bug report #483830, regarding Writing to a filesystem mounted with 'loop' don't work to be marked as done. This means that you claim

Bug#485692: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64: fails to work with USB mouses and USB flash devices)

2009-02-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:30:00 +0100 with message-id <20090208103000.ga3...@galadriel.inutil.org> and subject line Re: Bug#485692: linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64: fails to work with USB mouses and USB flash devices has caused the Debian Bug report #485692, regarding linux-image-2.6.25-2-

Bug#514511: USB storage doesn't work with Xen

2009-02-08 Thread Mathieu Parent
Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen-686 Version: 2.6.26-13 Severity: important When inserting usb storage with the Xen kernel, USB hang and the device is not mounted. It seems to hang while running modprobe. The problem doesn't ocur with non-Xen kernel. lsusb is also hanging. Here is some relevan

Bug#479101: marked as done (linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: Kernel panic: Unable to mount root)

2009-02-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:26:20 +0100 with message-id <20090208102620.ga1...@galadriel.inutil.org> and subject line Re: Bug#479607: With lilo 22.8-5 still can't boot on macbookpro has caused the Debian Bug report #479101, regarding linux-image-2.6.25-1-amd64: Kernel panic: Unable to mo