Bug#639832: cryptsetup: initramfs hooks vs aesni-intel

2011-08-31 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Rebuilding the kernel with CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL=y (and for that matter CRYPTO_PCRYPT=y) produces the expected result (ie, hw-encryption) - even in the... FS (say, ext4) stacked on LV stacked on VG stacked on PV stacked on dm-crypt blockdev stacked on partition ... case (which, now that I have a

Bug#639832: cryptsetup: initramfs hooks vs aesni-intel

2011-08-30 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Actually this may be more serious than it first seems. A typical* user might have... FS (say, ext4) stacked on LV stacked on VG stacked on PV stacked on dm-crypt blockdev stacked on partition (a reasonably common/ recommended deployment, TRIM issues notwithstanding). In this case - the arch-s

Bug#639832: cryptsetup: initramfs hooks vs aesni-intel

2011-08-30 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: cryptsetup Version: 2:1.3.0-3 Severity: normal It seems as if arch-specific crypto modules (for example - aesni-intel) are loaded _after_ the root and swap devices are luksOpen'd (other devices are open'd later in boot, late enough that the forced modprobe (I have aesni-intel in /etc/mod

Bug#635604: dnet-common: package causes ethernet address to be set to aa:00:04:00:0a:04

2011-08-07 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Leaving aside the dependancy bug (which is not dnet-common's issue at all) - there's three distinct problems here, both of which definitely are :- 1/ The MAC address assigned in the default case is not unique (imagine the effect of a stock-with-defaults install of this package on a 1000-way com

Bug#526747: libssl0.9.8: openssl engine gmp -t fails with libgmp.so: undefined symbol: bind_engine

2009-05-03 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: libssl0.9.8 Version: 0.9.8g-16 Severity: normal ${Subject} $ openssl engine gmp -t -vvv 21922:error:2506406A:DSO support routines:DLFCN_BIND_FUNC:could not bind to the requested symbol name:dso_dlfcn.c:261:symname(bind_engine): /usr/lib/ssl/engines/libgmp.so: undefined symbol: bind_en

Bug#513545: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Confirmed again for sid xorg update - fixed via hal fdi

2009-04-14 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics Version: 1.1.0-1 Severity: normal ACK problem description; nb considering where the hotplug input stuff seems to be going I have locally worked around this via... /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi : true 1 2 3 true :

Bug#524076: xserver-xorg: debian-x11-keymap.fdi invisible to hal?

2009-04-14 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.4+1 Severity: important HAL doesn't seem to pull in this file... /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/ debian-x11-keymap.fdi A simple rename to... 15-debian-x11-keymap.fdi results in the desired effect (ie call out to debian-setup-keyboard, pa

Bug#463606: confirmed: rebuild 2.6.26-1-686 as CONFIG_X86_GENERIC resolves

2008-08-29 Thread Simon Mackinlay
${Subject} - rebuilding debian kernel per... debian/config/i386/config.686: CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=y rm debian/abi/2.6.26-1/i386_none_686 <-- obviously not ideal, a quick hack to prove the point and installing the result boots just fine (again still using the noreplace-paravirt boot commandline).

Bug#463606: still present in 2.6.26-1-686

2008-08-29 Thread Simon Mackinlay
${Subject} - also - wrt: getting the stock -486- image to boot, add "noreplace-paravirt" to the boot command line. Recompiling -686- with CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=y ought to address the Int 6 at early boot; is this a possibility? -- Nothing says Labor Day like 500hp of American muscle Visit OnCars.com

Bug#495908: packages.debian.org: feature request - hyperlink to package changelog?

2008-08-21 Thread Simon Mackinlay
> Hmm, it already does... At least for the packages where it is indeed > simple to do (so not for backports/volatile atm). > > Where exactly did you find it missing? You're quite correct, indeed it does. Can't believe I've overlooked it all these years. Bin the bug. And have a beer on me. Thank

Bug#495908: packages.debian.org: feature request - hyperlink to package changelog?

2008-08-21 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: packages.debian.org Severity: wishlist The thought occurs that it'd be neat if pdo included a hyperlink to package changelogs - should be relatively simple to extract/ provide? -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Archi

Bug#441400: nvidia-glx: diversion on libGLcore.a should be libGLcore.so

2007-09-09 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: nvidia-glx Version: 100.14.11-1 Severity: important nvidia-glx package appears to divert... diversion by nvidia-glx from: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a diversion by nvidia-glx to: /usr/lib/nvidia/libGLcore.a.xlibmesa however xserver-xorg-core provides... xserver-xo

Bug#436961: gnome shouldn't depend on tomboy

2007-08-09 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: gnome Version: 1:2.18.3 Severity: normal As per ${subject} - from a /brief/ look, tomboy is the only package in this installation that depends on mono runtime; given the choice I'd think it more suitable to put packages liable to create dependancies on mono/ CIL libraries into a separ

Bug#421449: xserver-xorg: xinerama extension reported even when disabled

2007-05-01 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Still present in version 1:7.2-3 =

Bug#421449: xserver-xorg: xinerama extension reported even when disabled

2007-04-29 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.1.0-18 Severity: normal There does not seem to be a way to prevent the XINERAMA extension being reported as a supported extension in xdpyinfo; from xorg.conf... Section "Module" : Disable "XINERAMA" SubSection "extmod" Optio

Bug#355881: initramfs-tools: should be hook-functions helper for firmware?

2007-01-16 Thread Simon Mackinlay
> sure but they look very differently from what you think. > the support needs to land in modprobe first. Yep fair call, just noticed the discrepancy between the way we handle modules ... > nothing to be seen there, just use copy_exec ... against that for firmware; I haven't got religion one way

Bug#406763: firmware-ipw3945: no initramfs-tools hook script

2007-01-16 Thread Simon Mackinlay
> why? Just saw the resulting error and reporting it and cause seemed the logical thing to do... > nobody wants rootnfs over wlan. ... if this is the only reason we attempt to bring up networking this early in boot I guess it's a non-issue as you suggest; I originally misdiagnosed this locally a

Bug#406769: linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64: rdtsc instruction does not serialise on core2 family

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64 Version: 2.6.18-8 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Commit from 2.6.18.6 upstream is vitally important for Core 2 family. Without this TSC drift between cores will result in unpredictable hard locks and reboots. commit e4a835d383dc582

Bug#406767: linux-image-2.6-3-amd64: rdtsc instruction does not serialise on core2 cpu's

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: linux-image-2.6-3-amd64 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Commit from 2.6.18.6 upstream is vitally important for Core 2 family. Without this TSC drift between cores will result in unpredictable hard locks and reboots. commit e4a835d383dc58212a9648ef905cb8087e0c4

Bug#355881: initramfs-tools: should be hook-functions helper for firmware?

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.85e Followup-For: Bug #355881 Perhaps more generically there should be firmware support in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions orthogonal to the support for modules. firmware-nonfree would benefit from this in particular; see bts #406763, #386172. -- Pa

Bug#406763: firmware-ipw3945: possible initramfs-tools wishlist item

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: firmware-ipw3945 Version: 0.3 Followup-For: Bug #406763 The thought occurs that firmware-nonfree could benefit from a helper function specifically for firwmare in hook-functions; have hijacked bts #406763 with some comments to this end. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT p

Bug#406763: firmware-ipw3945: no initramfs-tools hook script

2007-01-13 Thread Simon Mackinlay
Package: firmware-ipw3945 Version: 0.3 Severity: wishlist Package ought to contain an initramfs-tools hook script so that the firmware image ends up installed into initrd - for example a minimal /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/firmware-ipw3945 is (hopefully) attached. -- System Information: Deb