Bug#379290: parted: request for ability to resize an extended partition

Package: parted Version: 1.6.25.1-3 Severity: wishlist hello, i am attempting to reconfigure my hard drive and need to resize my extended partition. parted is currently incapable of this operation. if i do "rezize 4 8GB 20GB" i get the error message "Error: can't have overlapping partitions." th

Bug#379197: debian-installer: etch d-i mistakenly installed pbuttonsd even though i do not have a mac laptop

Package: debian-installer Severity: normal the etch beta d-i installed pbbuttonsd, which is a program for mac laptops. i have a dell laptop, so i believe that this is an installer mistake this isn't really problematic per se, but i do get an error message, "ERROR: The object '/dev/pmu' does not ex

Bug#379198: /etc/X11/default-display-manager needs to be set so gdm does not complain every boot

Package: gdm Version: 2.14.5-1 Severity: minor i'm not sure which package should be in charge of this (maybe xorg), but /etc/X11/default-display-manager should be defined. the consequence is that during every boot, gdm complains that the /etc/X11/default-display-manager has not been set. even t

Bug#379194: console-tools: sets up per-VC fonts even if no getty running

Package: console-tools Version: 1:0.2.3dbs-63 Severity: normal i've disabled gettys 2-6 in /etc/inittab, however /etc/init.d/console.sh continues to set up the per-VC fonts for each getty. my goal for disabling the gettys was to eliminate the screen flicker during boot do to setting the per-VC fo

Bug#379192: user is unable to shutdown or restart from xfce4 quit menu (after default etch installation)

Package: xfce4 Version: 4.3.90.1-2 Severity: normal directly after a default etch install (using the beta etch debian-installer), the user is not permitted to restart or shutdown the system from the xfce4 quit menu. it should be possible for the user (for which the first user account was set up)

Bug#379189: nautilus: no option to format zip disks in Computer Place

Package: nautilus Version: 2.10 Severity: normal one has the option to format floppies in the nautilus Computer Place, but zip disks do not get the same treatment. it should be possible to format a zip disk in the same manner as a floppy in nautilus. not this bug report is on nautilus 2.10. i

Bug#378959: debian-installer: needs option to bypass network config dialog

Package: debian-installer Severity: normal d-i assumes that the user always wants to bring up a network connection during installation. sometimes this is not desirable; for example when using the rescue mode or when doing a cd or dvd install. so the problem is that the d-i network config dialo