Re: bugs.debian.org is randomly failing for src:linux

2018-07-03 Thread Don Armstrong
sed this widely because I will likely break it from time to time (and the interface will definitely change). -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unifica

Re: jessie won't install/boot on a Dell Poweredge R815

2016-06-22 Thread Don Armstrong
e rootdelay and get it to boot. (Again, in theory.) -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com The computer allows you to make mistakes faster than any other invention, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila -- Mitch Ratcliffe

Re: jessie won't install/boot on a Dell Poweredge R815

2016-06-22 Thread Don Armstrong
bug in the kernel itself) which is causing this issue. What I'm trying to do is get enough information so that the error is obvious. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com What I can't stand is the feeling that my brain is leaving me for someone more interesting.

Re: jessie won't install/boot on a Dell Poweredge R815

2016-06-21 Thread Don Armstrong
rget the error. The error would be useful to know. Most likely one or more of them dropped out of the array for some reason and you're booting off of one which has a lower event count and it won't assemble. But it could be any number of things. The output of mdadm --examine /dev/sd[abcdef]1; when md

Bug#742109: Acknowledgement (Soft lookup during port scan and IPTables log enabled)

2014-03-28 Thread Don Armstrong
cannot keep up, and the printk blocks. You should probably switch to using -j ULOG and ulogd instead of -j LOG. [As a note, you can just e-mail bug...@bugs.debian.org; sending mail to owner@ goes to the administrator of the bug tracking system, not the individual maintainers.] -- Don Armstrong

Bug#721002: Please set CONFIG_HID_HUION=m

2013-08-26 Thread Don Armstrong
Package: src:linux Version: 3.11~rc4-1~exp1 Severity: minor Please set CONFIG_HID_HUION=m; this driver handles a series of cheap tablet input devices which was recently added to the kernel. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com DIE! -- Maritza Campos http

Bug#649735: Null pointer dereference in sd_revalidate_disk

2012-03-06 Thread Don Armstrong
I've just seen this again in 3.2.4-1, and so it probably still hasn't been fixed yet. The patch to fix it is here, and it will presumably make it into newish releases: http://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/21/443 Don Armstrong -- With one simple pill we cured unhappiness and art -- a softer world #437

Re: Bug#607368: Call for Vote: Kernel ABI numbering policy

2012-02-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Ian Jackson wrote: Don Armstrong writes (Bug#607368: Call for Vote: Kernel ABI numbering policy): I call for a vote on the kernel ABI numbering policy bug with the following ballot: A) The technical committee declines to override the kernel maintenance team's ABI

Re: lkcl interference with initramfs-tools bug handling

2011-08-25 Thread Don Armstrong
], my bar is not going to be very high to restrict him from mailing the BTS. Don Armstrong 0: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?correspondent=lkcl%40lkcl.net 1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2011/08/msg00155.html -- A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy

Re: lkcl interference with initramfs-tools bug handling

2011-08-25 Thread Don Armstrong
as possible. And yet ext4 works fine for other people. aren't terribly productive. It's much easier for me to deal with problematic BTS interactions when I don't get the impression that both sides are contributing to the problem. Don Armstrong 1: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi

Re: Bug#607368: Please decide how kernel ABI should be managed

2011-01-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 04 Jan 2011, Julien BLACHE wrote: Don Armstrong d...@debian.org wrote: Julien: Are you currently shipping a kernel in production which would be affected by this change if we don't change the ABI number? Or does this only affect cases where you are testing squeeze? Could it be I

Re: Bug#607368: Please decide how kernel ABI should be managed

2011-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 15:55 -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: Ok. And am I correct in assuming that if the ABI change would break an OOT module, you would normally change the ABI number? In the time I've been involved in the kernel team, I haven't yet

Re: Bug#607368: Please decide how kernel ABI should be managed

2010-12-26 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 12:08 -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Julien BLACHE wrote: I think it would be best if this matter would be decided upon before the release of Squeeze, or not too long after it, so as to avoid further

Re: Bug#607368: Please decide how kernel ABI should be managed

2010-12-26 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Sun, 2010-12-26 at 12:23 -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: or possibly by using Breaks: for all of the affected out-of-tree modules where the change wasn't wide-spread enough to bump the ABI number. No. Firstly, if we know that an ABI change would

Bug#607368: Please decide how kernel ABI should be managed

2010-12-24 Thread Don Armstrong
modules like the vmware modules to sanely keep in step with the kernel ABI. While this may not be a concern for kernel upstream, it's something that we would ideally deal with to avoid issues for our users on upgrades. Don Armstrong -- He no longer wished to be dead. At the same time, it cannot

Bug#589118: `rdev` setting ignored

2010-07-16 Thread Don Armstrong
be overridden. This necessitates a patch as required for #1. In neither case should you reopen bugs that a maintainer has closed.[1] Continuing to do so will result in restricting your use of cont...@bugs.debian.org. Don Armstrong (on behalf of ow...@bugs.debian.org) 1: It is of course acceptable

Re: Removing pseudo package kernel

2009-01-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008, Don Armstrong wrote: On Sun, 28 Dec 2008, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: BTS administrators, all bugs have been reassigned to linux-2.6 Can you please disable the kernel pseudo package? If there are no objections, I'll remove this around the 1st of the year. I've gone

Re: Removing pseudo package kernel

2009-01-04 Thread Don Armstrong
probably be reasonable is to assign those bugs to something like Source: linux-$(uname -r |cut -f1,2 -d.); instead. Don Armstrong -- A Democracy lead by politicians and political parties, fails. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: Removing pseudo package kernel

2008-12-28 Thread Don Armstrong
.) Don Armstrong -- A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing

Bug#310668: 310668 isn't RC, downgrading

2005-05-25 Thread Don Armstrong
severity 310668 important thanks While this is likely a bug, the severity is at most important, as it doesn't affect everyone, or even every person who has a aha152x card. See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities for information on how the severities are assigned. Don Armstrong

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-05 Thread Don Armstrong
be extracted I'd instead suggest applying a pre-existing license like MIT[1] to the firmware portion of the code file, rather than inventing your own licensing text that only partially deals with the problem(s) at issue. (Inventing licensing text is quite often very hazardous to your health.) Don Armstrong

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-16 Thread Don Armstrong
(which should go to -legal) we should assume that the combined, derivative work cannot be distributed unless both works can satisfy the DFSG. Don Armstrong -- DIE! -- Maritza Campos http://www.crfh.net/d/20020601.html http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu