[12:48] <jcole> debconf-get-selections --installer
[12:48] <jcole> debconf: DbDriver "di_questions": could not open /var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf/questions.dat
[12:48] <jcole> is the debconf installer questions now nuked?
[01:26] <Keybuk> shouldn't be
[01:26] <Keybuk> are you root?
[01:41] <makx> Keybuk: for the record the same question was asked on freenode on #debian-boot
[02:17] <zul> hey
[02:26] <chuck> heh..some of the edgykernel ideas is funny
[02:44] <crimsun> zul: on the spec page?
[02:51] <zul> the communityedgyideas/kernel page
[02:52] <crimsun> ah, ok. thanks.
[02:52] <zul> reiserfs4 
[02:54] <crimsun> swsusp looks interesting
[02:55] <infinity> Uhm, "squashfs support" as bullet point 1... Awesome.
[02:55] <infinity> Someone check that off, since without it, our livecds wouldn't be working.
[02:56] <ajmitch> sad, I haven't seen autopackage mentioned yet
[02:56] <infinity> I hope that was irony.
[02:56] <crimsun> I think point 6 (NTFS fs mounted by default) is already done...
[02:57] <crimsun> s/fs//
[02:57] <ajmitch> the autop* question seems to come up & have to be beaten down every few months
[03:57] <TheMuso> c
[05:53] <WebMaven> BenC: are you around?
[06:22] <WebMaven> Yoo hoo...
[06:30] <WebMaven> Ben, the new kernel I installed does not change any of the broken behavior.
[11:58] <kimo> Guys, I am facing problems with my sky2 driver and with my laptop not powering off. Both are filed bugs, and confirmed. I just wanna ask about, when to expect the new kernel update ?? (if not soon, is there some sort of dev build I can use ?)
[01:54] <zul> heylo
[01:54] <ajmitch> hi
[01:57] <zul> BenC: ping
[03:49] <zul> mmm....dapper running on 3 cpu xeon
[05:27] <BenC> zul: pong
[05:32] <zul> BenC: morning...is everyting ok with the 2.6.12 diff?
[05:32] <BenC> yeah, looks good
[05:33] <zul> sweet...2 for 2 :)
[05:43] <zul> so ill send off the changelog to pitti
[06:08] <jag_fsf> i'm sorry for asking this on the devel channel, but i think it's probably a little to specific for the support channel... running ubuntu's 2.6.10 kernel, one of my machines during kernel boot analyzes the raid1 arrays on disk and determines that one of them has to be reconstructed... then it says: "Stopping tasks: [06:24] <WebMaven> BenC: ping
[08:18] <alex_joni> infinity: hello
[08:21] <alex_joni> infinity: need a bit of help.. you gave me directions for a custom post-install to write, that copies the vesa16fb? to initrd, but 'make-kpkg clean' ate it .. :( care to tell me again how it should work?
[08:23] <infinity> http://cerberus.0c3.net/~adconrad/post-install
[08:23] <infinity> The part you want is near the end.
[08:23] <alex_joni> THANK YOU :-)
[08:59] <BenC> mjg59: ping
[08:59] <mjg59> BenC: Hi
[08:59] <BenC> mjg59: hey, in dapper is there a way to disable use of ACPI in libata?
[08:59] <mjg59> Yup
[08:59] <mjg59> libata=noacpi, or something
[09:01] <mjg59> Ah, noacpi=1
[09:01] <mjg59> libata.noacpi=1, rather
[09:01] <BenC> ok, thanks
[09:01] <mjg59> echo stuff into /sys/module/libata/parameters/noacpi at runtime
[09:02] <BenC> https://launchpad.net/bugs/48556
[09:02] <BenC> for reference
[09:18] <zul> BenC: the server kernel works well
[09:54] <WebMaven> BenC: Hi.
[09:55] <infinity> zul: Good, cause it's a bit late to change it. :)
[09:56] <zul> really i didnt know? :)
[10:16] <zul> crimsun: welcome to the club
[10:16] <crimsun> zul: danke
[11:39] <jcole> anyone here know how to create a bootable sparc iso?
[11:47] <jcole> mkisofs -r -J -o $(TEMP_MINIISO) -G /boot/isofs.b -B ... $(TEMP_CD_TREE)
[11:47] <jcole> i get a mkisofs: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/boot/isofs.b'.
[11:54] <cvp> Is it true that all kernels in Dapper have hyperthreading junk enabled?
[11:55] <infinity> (base)adconrad@cthulhu:~$ grep X86_HT /boot/config-2.6.15-23-686
[11:55] <infinity> CONFIG_X86_HT=y
[11:55] <infinity> CONFIG_X86_HT_DISABLE=y
[11:55] <infinity> Looks like it's compiled in but disabled by default to me.
[11:56] <infinity> (boot with "ht=on" to turn it on, I think.. or "ht=enable"... Or something... I never remember)
[11:56] <cvp> Alright, I've tried tacking on "ht=on" after the "ro quiet splash", and I saw absolutly no boost in performance...
[11:57] <alex_joni> infinity: that's odd.. my /boot/config-2.6.15-23-386 has no X86_HT in it
[11:57] <infinity> What were you expecting?
[11:57] <infinity> alex_joni: makes perfect sense, since th -386 kernel is the "uber safe, failsafe default"
[11:57] <alex_joni> oh, yours is 686 .. sorry :)
[11:57] <cvp> Well, I was expecting a boost in performance, really.
[11:58] <infinity> cvp: What performance change were you expecting?  HT doesn't magically grow you a second CPU, just makes some context switching more efficient in some cases.
[11:58] <alex_joni> shouldn't it show up as a second virtual processor under cat /proc/cpuinfo ?
[11:58] <infinity> alex_joni: Yes, it should.
[11:58] <alex_joni> cvp: just to check that it actually was turned on
[11:59] <cvp> In particular, I was told that I'd see an improvement in the fps output in glxgears...
[11:59] <alex_joni> cvp: that's crap probably
[11:59] <infinity> cvp: Okay, now you're just trolling, right?
[11:59] <cvp> By the way, my /boot/config-2.6.15-23-686 has HT=y and HT_DISABLE=y
[11:59] <infinity> cvp: A) glxgears isn't a benchmark, B) glxgears isn't multithreaded, C) WTF?
[11:59] <cvp> What? No, I'm a little noobish...
[11:59] <cvp> Okay...
[12:00] <cvp> Um... that other thing you were mentioning, the checking to see the virtual processor and junk?
[12:00] <cvp> How do I do that?
[12:00] <alex_joni> cat /proc/cpuinfo
[12:01] <alex_joni> infinity: it seems the kernel I built (with your help) still didn't quite work ok on another machine. but I just built a new one, and I hope it'll work OK.. if not I might get back to bug you some more
[12:01] <cvp> Alrighty, and that outputs information for processors 0 and 1... does that mean I have hyperjunk enabled?
[12:01] <alex_joni> "quite work" means that usplash stays dark
[12:02] <infinity> cvp: If you only have one CPU, and it's not dual-core, then HT is enabled.
[12:02] <alex_joni> cvp: unless you do have a second CPU, yes
[12:02] <cvp> Okay, cool. Thanks for the help, and sorry for the inane questions!
[12:02] <infinity> (If you have two dual-core CPUs with HT enabled, you'd see 8 CPUs in cpuinfo, for instance)
[12:02] <alex_joni> guess 8 CPUs scared him away
[12:04] <alex_joni> infinity: could you explain why only vesafb is needed in initrd? isn't it possible that some user might need some other fb?