Bug#972281: linux-source-5.8: Fails to compile with no LKMs if no Module.symvers

2020-10-15 Thread John Talbut
Package: linux-source-5.8 Version: 5.8.10-1 Severity: serious Tags: ftbfs Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past) When compiling a static kernel (i.e. with no LKMs), which I have done many times before, deb-pkg fails after the compiling has finished unless

Bug#807600: initramfs-tools: LVM called before encrypted partition is mounted causing boot to hang

2015-12-10 Thread John Talbut
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.120 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? I compiled a static kernel from the latest source in Debian Testing, 4.2.6. I have successfully compiled kernels many times before. I have a boot partition and the rest of the

Bug#752701: initramfs-tools: Does not load firmware for in kernel wireless drivers

2014-06-26 Thread John Talbut
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:43:56 +0200 maximilian attems wrote: We don'T support NFS over wireless there would be no other reason to put it there Another reason is that if wireless firmware is not loaded in the initramfs then it does not get loaded at all. This is a general problem that I have

Bug#752701: initramfs-tools: Does not load firmware for in kernel wireless drivers

2014-06-25 Thread John Talbut
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.109.1 Severity: normal After compiling and installing a kernel using the latest source in stable (linux-source (3.2+46)) the wireless does not work. The kernel is compiled with all required drivers built in, i.e. no modules, including the RTL8195SE driver.

Bug#595026: Works in latest kernel but throws up error messages

2010-12-13 Thread John Talbut
I am using the inbuilt RTL8192E driver with kernel 2.6.37-rc5 from experimental. It is working but is throwing up lots of error messages, see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16594 . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#595026: Problem is with RTL8192E driver

2010-11-09 Thread John Talbut
I have now got my system working using the rtl8192e_linux_2.6.0015.1013.2010 package from Realtek. See http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3t=555p=4257#p4257 for how. This is presumably: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16594 upstream John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#561241: linux-2.6: control the backlight on a number of Samsung laptops

2010-11-03 Thread John Talbut
The samsung-laptop staging driver is now in the Debian 2.6.32 source. However, it seems only to include a couple of models. Can this driver be patched to include all models, so that it works in the same way as the related http://code.google.com/p/easy-slow-down-manager/ ? Cheers John --

Bug#581554: Not fixed

2010-07-18 Thread John Talbut
I do not think this can be considered fixed yet. It is still a problem for me in the latest version and it seems still to be not working for others. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#581554: Firmware or driver

2010-07-18 Thread John Talbut
Mainly because that is where people seem to be looking for a solution! Also because the firmware with 0.26 is identical with earlier firmware that I have downloaded and opinion seems to be that different firmware is needed for a 64bit kernel. And because the messages I am getting are similar

Bug#573950: 8192 driver

2010-03-16 Thread John Talbut
The particular driver that I am wanting currently is for a Samsung N120 netbook. The PCI ID is 10ec:8192 which appears to be an RTL8192E. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Bug#573950: firmware-linux-nonfree: Please add Realtek drivers

2010-03-15 Thread John Talbut
Package: firmware-linux-nonfree Version: 0.23 Severity: wishlist Please could all the Realtek firmware drivers needed by kernel staging drivers be added. I am particularly after the RTL8192 driver. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#573604: linux-source-2.6.32: getting continuous ieee80211_parse_info_param(): athros AP is exist messages

2010-03-12 Thread John Talbut
Package: linux-source-2.6.32 Version: 2.6.32-9 Severity: important I have compiled and installed a kernel from this package on an otherwise Lenny system. I did this in order to use the RTL8192E drivers. I obtained the RTL8192 firmware and installed it at /lib/firmware/RTL8192E. The wireless is

Bug#566726: config

2010-01-25 Thread John Talbut
# # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # Linux kernel version: 2.6.32-20100124 # Sun Jan 24 19:22:46 2010 # # CONFIG_64BIT is not set CONFIG_X86_32=y # CONFIG_X86_64 is not set CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT=elf32-i386 CONFIG_ARCH_DEFCONFIG=arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig

Bug#566726: linux-source-2.6.32: compile fails with multiple definition of `ieee80211_ errors

2010-01-24 Thread John Talbut
Package: linux-source-2.6.32 Version: 2.6.32-5 Severity: important When I tried to compile a kernel it failed with the following messages: AR arch/x86/lib/lib.a LD vmlinux.o net/built-in.o: In function `ieee80211_wake_queue': (.text+0xbb5ed): multiple definition of

Bug#541992: What next?

2009-08-23 Thread John Talbut
What needs doing next about this bug? It seems to be being closed and opened without explanation. Albert Zangerl's problem was different from mine. Ben Hutchings wrote to Albert: Please provide: - the kernel configuration (.config file) - the output of the make-kpkg command with --verbose

Bug#541992: linux-source-2.6.30: Compile failed

2009-08-17 Thread John Talbut
Package: linux-source-2.6.30 Version: 2.6.30-5 Severity: does-not-build -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-20090110 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8

Bug#541992: linux-source-2.6.30: Compile failed

2009-08-17 Thread John Talbut
I tried (twice) to compile a kernel from this source, and each time it failed. The messages at the point of failure were: LD arch/x86/kernel/apic/built-in.o CC arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.o arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c: In function ‘slab_buffer_size’:

Bug#541992: linux-source-2.6.30: Compile failed

2009-08-17 Thread John Talbut
OK, I tried to compile using the linux-headers-2.6.30-1-486 .config and it failed again. This time the messages at fail were: CC arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.o LD arch/x86/kernel/apic/built-in.o CC arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.o arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c:

2.6.30 source into testing?

2009-07-02 Thread John Talbut
Is there any chance of linux-source 2.6.30 migrating to testing any time soon? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#505252: b43: PHY transmission error

2008-11-21 Thread John Talbut
I am also getting this error. What information might help in resolving this bug? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#416388: linux-source-2.6.18: Wodim hangs and system may freeze

2007-12-12 Thread John Talbut
Now on kernel 2.6.22 and still getting the same problem. I do: ~$ wodim dev=/dev/cdrw /data/Our Old Documents 2005-07 oncd I get: wodim: No write mode specified. wodim: Asuming -tao mode. wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults. wodim: Operation not

Bug#416388: linux-source-2.6.18: Wodim hangs and system may freeze

2007-12-11 Thread John Talbut
OK, I am now on kernel 2.6.21 and I am getting the same problem. Syslog now reads after the hang: Dec 11 19:47:52 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Dec 11 19:47:52 localhost kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Dec 11 19:47:52 localhost kernel: ide: failed opcode

Bug#416388: linux-source-2.6.18: Wodim hangs and system may freeze

2007-03-28 Thread John Talbut
I don't have boot log, this is dmesg Linux version 2.6.18-28mar7 (Version: rev.04) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 PREEMPT Wed Mar 28 07:23:22 BST 2007 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: - 0009fc00 (usable)

Bug#416388: linux-source-2.6.18: Wodim hangs and system may freeze

2007-03-27 Thread John Talbut
Package: linux-source-2.6.18 Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11 Severity: important This is similar to 265747, which was determined to be a kernel problem, but this is happening with a different kernel version, different package (wodim) and different drive. I insert a blank CD-R disk in the drive.

Bug#265747: cdrecord hangs with cyberdrive cw088d

2007-03-27 Thread John Talbut
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Bug#416388: linux-source-2.6.18: Wodim hangs and system may freeze

2007-03-27 Thread John Talbut
Thanks, Oleg, that has made a bit of difference. I did: hdparm -d0 /dev/cdrw in a root terminal and it responded with: /dev/cdrw: setting using_dma to 0 (off) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma= 0 (off) I then proceeded as before. Wodim hung as before, but then

Bug#265747: cdrecord hangs with cyberdrive cw088d

2007-03-26 Thread John Talbut
I am still getting the problem. I have CDR_NODMATEST=true in /etc/environment The drive reads CDs and DVDs all right. I insert a blank CD-R disk in the drive. I run: wodim dev=/dev/cdrw /home/john/debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso in a terminal and I get: wodim: No write mode specified. wodim:

Bug#265747: cdrecord hangs with cyberdrive cw088d

2007-03-26 Thread John Talbut
Should I open a new issue, since what I am getting is with kernel 2.6.18, wodim and a Samsung drive? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#265747: cdrecord hangs with cyberdrive cw088d

2007-02-18 Thread John Talbut
I seem to be getting the same problem (system hang and dmesg as above) when trying to write to a CD using nautilus-cd-burner. I am using Debian testing, 2.6.18 kernel and my CD drive is a SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a