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infinityBenC: Ping.12:44
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infinityBenC: Nevermind, I see you already uploaded for the Makefile target confusion breakage.01:29
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BenCinfinity: Yeah, I just need lrm pushed out of dep-wait01:39
infinityBenC: I'm NEWing the kernel right now to make that happen.01:39
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BenCinfinity: thanks01:42
BenCI'll upload linux-meta in a few minutes then01:42
infinityOr, I would be, if I could find anything in the NEW queue other than i386...01:43
infinityMaybe Kamion beat me to the other arches?01:44
infinityOr soyuz lost them...01:44
infinityOr the queue tool is playing tricks on me.  Nevermind.01:45
infinityFouind the others, they'll hit NEW before the next cron.daily. :)01:46
infinitys/NEW/ACCEPTED/01:46
infinityBenC: Done.01:47
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zuluh...something wrong with security?02:13
zulUploading via ftp linux-source-2.6.10_2.6.10-34.23.dsc: Error '550 Permission denied.' during ftp transfer of linux-source-2.6.10_2.6.10-34.23.dsc02:13
infinityShouldn't be... Plenty of free disk space, and nothing looks to be mounted read-only...02:15
infinityTry harder?02:16
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BenCinfinity: "Chroot problem"02:47
infinityLIES.02:47
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infinityArgh.02:48
infinityBenC: Fixing the chroots.  sysvinit/upstart/apt confusion.02:50
BenCyeah, looks hairy02:51
infinityNot so much.  Just means manual fiddling.  Whee.02:51
infinityI didn't really want to work on my own specs today anyway. :P02:51
Keybukinfinity: yeah, why start now? :p02:58
Keybukno worry though, no matter how much you suck, you won't equal Colin "deferred" Watson02:58
Keybuk:p02:58
infinityAhh, but Captain Deferral also has a mess of completed work to show for it. :)02:59
Keybukreally, I thought he'd just been on holiday all cycle :p02:59
infinityNo, no.  That's Fabio. :)03:00
infinityEdgy Eft -- The Core Dev Vacation Release.03:00
Keybukhe never does any work anyway, nobody would have noticed the difference :p03:00
infinityOh, snap!03:01
gnomefreakok i have 2 kernel type updates neither are providing the kernel-2.6.17-7-386 is this ok?03:23
infinityBenC: All better.  It built everywhere.  Let linux-meta fly.03:23
zulKeybuk: hehe03:24
gnomefreaki got linux-libc-dev 2.6.17-7.20 and linux-source-2.6.17 2.6.17-7.20  03:24
crimsungnomefreak: if you can just hold off, say, a couple hours...03:24
infinitygnomefreak: You won't get a forced kernel upgrade until linux-meta is built.03:24
gnomefreakoh ok03:25
gnomefreakwasnt sure if upgrading now was gonna break it or not03:25
gnomefreakill wait til morning was just doing some bug work and decided to update03:25
infinityBenC: Uh oh.  I didn't lose you to sleep, did I? :)03:44
BenCnope, still here03:47
infinityYay.03:47
infinity-meta me, baby.03:47
BenCok03:47
zulmeh...qemu is broken..04:02
infinityBenC: I'm guessing it wasn't actually ready to upload?  You just missed a publisher run.  Tsk. :)04:03
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BenCinfinity: I'm booted into macox right now playing some online poker, so I need to reboot to get to the files :)04:47
infinityBenC: Pretty please? :)04:48
BenCinfinity: wish it was just an ABI bump, but it's got all the flavour changes04:48
BenCwill do within the next 30 minutes04:48
infinityBenC: I'd like to see the kernel update completed before FF, and since the -meta change is relatively complex, I dont't want to duplicate the effort. :)04:48
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infinityBenC: I assume all the flavours seemlessly upgrade (like, my -686 will get a forced upgrade to -generic), right?04:49
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BenCinfinity: Yeah05:24
BenCinfinity: rebooting now05:24
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BenCinfinity: and it's off05:35
infinityYay.  Thanks, dude.05:35
infinityGo ignore your computer for the evening.  Sorry to keep you around.05:35
infinity(Well, ignore IRC anyway.. Have fun with poker)05:36
BenCno problem, I'll keep IRC open, so ping me if anything craps up05:36
infinityHave you no faith?05:36
infinitySurely, it's all perfect.05:36
infinityRight?05:36
BenCwhat I did was perfect, but the buildd's seem a little unreliable :)05:36
infinityUh huh.  Like the undefined Makefile ordering that you blamed on pitti? :)05:37
infinity(Well, you blamed it on me, I blamed it on him.  Faster buck-passing, I've never seen)05:37
BenCactually, it was a dh_strip being called on a nonexistent directory :)05:38
BenCbut it worked on my box!!05:38
infinityYes, because the makefile ordering was sketchy (a target that should have depende on another target didn't)05:38
infinityAnd dh_strip is buggy for allowing that, afaict.  pitti filed a bug with Debian.05:38
BenCyeah, it's defnitely a bug05:39
BenCleave it to some weird program to expose bugs in another program, and my build system :P05:39
infinityhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=38624605:40
infinityNo response from Joey yet.  I was expecting a pretty rapid smackdown as soon as he saw the word "wrapper" in a debhelper bug report.05:40
BenClol05:44
infinityI'm just surprised that no rabid Debian developers have yet contacted me personally to yell at me for diverting dpkg-deb on our buildds.05:47
infinityThis is, quite possibly, my favourite hideous Ubuntu hack to date.05:48
infinityUncle LaMont has taught me well.05:48
lamontinfinity: oh my goodness05:48
infinityHello there, Mr Nick Hilight.05:49
infinityOf course, what I want to know is if you hilight on "LaMont", or on any occurance of the words "hideous" and "hack" in the same sentence.05:50
infinity:P05:50
lamontinfinity: heh05:50
BenClamont: Hey, I have a question05:51
BenClamont: should I even worry about hppa anymore?05:51
infinityTo your credit, the shoestring-and-bubblegum that is the w-b buildd network with sanae has held together fine with nearly zero intervention.05:51
lamontBenC: it's going to get love post-edgy05:52
infinityBenC: That all depends on Carlos and jbailey, but I suspect it'll skip edgy.05:52
lamontdon't worry too much about it until after edgy ships05:52
lamontinfinity: word from jbailey this morning was to that effect.05:52
BenCso if it fails to build right now, I can just ignore it?05:52
infinityBenC: It won't even try, let alone fail (on the buildds, that is)05:52
lamontBenC: well, don't gratuitously break it, but 2.6.17 is known to not boot, 2.6.18 actually boots05:52
lamont(in at least some configs)05:53
BenClamont: are you kidding? I am running 2.6.17 on my a500 :)05:53
lamontcurrent dapper kernel, that is05:53
BenCbut yeah, the default config fails for me05:53
lamontright05:53
lamontI've been rather distracted the last month or so - personal legal crap05:53
BenCsomething to do with the console stuff05:53
infinityWho needs a console anyway?05:54
lamontway overrated.05:54
infinityWhich reminds me...05:54
BenCthe hardware seems to prefer it, since it halts the kernel because of it :)05:55
infinitylamont: The box you sent me, being rack kit, rather than desktop kit, doesn't have a video card.  Any urge to dig one up for me for livecd console testing?05:55
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BenCa vid card for the a500 that is05:55
lamontI can look around, but frankly, you're best off grabbing a (semi-) random PCI video card05:55
infinitylamont: Or just send me a desktop-class workstation, and I can have two.  That won't bug me either. :)05:56
BenCI don't think I've ever opened my box05:56
lamontmore particularly, none of the existing Visualize F*(tm) cards do much of any interest05:56
infinitylamont: Ahh, I could do that, yes.  I wanted to test with hp-specific X drivers, but that's hardly critical.05:56
infinitylamont: Also, I assume, based on the lack of PS/2 ports on this box, that it boots with a USB keyboard just dandily?05:57
lamontkyle is currently being distracted from writing visualize FX drivers by his kernel work05:57
infinity(Forgive me, my last hppa box was a C200, I'm all old skool)05:57
lamontUSB kbd/mouse would be the expectation.  note that lack of video card being detected by the bios results in a serial console on the first serial port05:57
infinityYeah, I know that part. :)05:57
infinitySerial works fine on the thing.05:57
lamontso as long as the video card gets detected by firmware, you're golden.  If not, life sucks05:58
infinityActually, on the C200, it was even sneakier, it booted to serial if it didn't detect a monitor, even if there was a video card.05:58
infinitySomewhat irritating, if you weren't expecting that behaviour.05:58
lamontyeah, I expect so05:58
lamontbut with built-in video, what do you expect....05:58
infinityWasn't built-in.05:58
infinityIt was some honkin' Visualize thingee.05:59
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lamontah - well, said Visualize thingy should plug into the A500 just fine... or didn't I send you a J6700?05:59
infinityYou sent me a J6700, yes.  Of course, my C200 has been long gone for years.05:59
infinityIf I still had it, I wouldn't have asked you for a newer machine.06:00
lamontif J6700, it should have built-in video, I thought....  stupid strange connector (EVC), rather than a VGA connector06:00
infinityIt was "fast enough", after all.06:00
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infinityIt's just serial/lan/usb/scsi/sound on the back.  No video.06:00
infinityBut, yeah.  I'll find some random PCI hunk of junk when the time comes to test.06:01
lamonthrm.  ok.06:01
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infinityMoving is hell on the tech hoarding.06:01
BenCwent through my parts boxes today looking for a ps2 module06:02
BenCfound stuff I forgot I had06:02
infinityWhen I went through my parts bins before moving, I ended up building about 8 machines and giving them away to friends.06:03
BenChehe06:03
infinityIncluding finding enough spare parts to build a second AlphaServer that I didn't know I had.06:03
BenCI usually just find stuff to toss on ebay06:03
lamonthrm.. that reminds me.  I need to build a machine for a friend's wedding present (they got married saturday, so I'm now late)06:04
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infinityNot sure I need to go that far back in time. :)06:05
infinityI'll just be happy when edgy+1 starts happening on this J6700.06:05
infinityI also need to find a cheap/free rack, I think.06:05
BenCI need one of those too06:06
BenCsomething with a nice cooling/ventilation system06:06
infinityI built my last one.  Built it into the hutch in a desk.06:06
infinityNot sure I want to go that route this time.06:06
BenCI actually need like a 7 foot high rack06:06
infinityAhh, I'm not there yet.  Not unless lamont starts getting more generous. :)06:07
BenCwith wheels, power strips, cooling, and other neat stuff06:07
infinityRacing stripes too?06:07
infinityAnd a laser on top?06:07
BenCyeah, read with white stripes06:07
BenCand a night rider light ont the fronty06:08
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infinityOkay, see, night rider lights would be awesome.  I should build a set.06:08
BenCwow, it's late...three typos in those last two lines06:08
infinityThanks for giving me yet another pointless thing to do on the weekend.06:08
BenClol06:08
BenCinfinity: don't forget the little "woo woo" sound :)06:08
infinityThe more important part is that when you open the front door, there'll be a headshot of David Hasselhoff stuck to the front of the machines.06:09
lamonthttp://people.debian.org/~lamont/woowoo.wav06:10
lamontadmittedly, not 100% relevant, but it does have the "woo woo" sound...06:11
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BenClamont: good night06:14
lamontg'night06:14
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Mithrandirzul: \o/ the nvidia driver worked for me with your patch.07:52
Mithrandirzul: however, xend fails to start for me, it claims it fails to add device probewatch.07:53
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gnomefreakwhat file should i add to a bug on 2.6.17-7-386 if it doesnt boot?12:59
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BenCgnomefreak: Boot without the quiet option, and take a photo of the screen where it stops03:40
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janimoI get this at the end of a custom build03:47
janimodpkg-gencontrol: error: package linux-image-2.6.17-kdump not in control info03:47
janimothe control file has such a package but without the 2.6.17 in it03:48
BenCyou're using non-edgy kernel-package I assume03:48
janimoI followed the instructions in the wiki, and did a menuconfig, w/o changing the code03:48
janimoBenC: indeed it's on a dapper box03:48
janimoare incompatible?03:48
zulyep incompatible03:49
BenCyou need to check the Build-Depends in debian/control03:49
BenCmake sure all of them are met (including the min version)03:49
janimook, apart fromt this package do others need to be edgy versions?03:49
janimoI may get away with installing this one03:50
BenCthat's what Build-Depends is there for03:50
infinityjanimo: dpkg-checkbuilddeps will tell you.03:50
janimook, thanks03:50
zulBenC: people have been bugging me about those jmicron patches are they in your tree yet?04:11
BenCzul: going in today04:12
zulsweet..04:12
zulthanks04:12
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BenCgnomefreak: Found out why it doesn't boot yet?04:13
gnomefreakyep04:13
gnomefreakit cant find hda104:13
gnomefreaksorry04:13
gnomefreaksda104:13
gnomefreakchanging it to hda1 works04:13
gnomefreakBenC: wasnt linux-source updated for -7?04:14
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zulneed to reboot04:28
gnomefreakme?04:30
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Mithrandirzul: did you see my question about xend last night?04:57
zuli dont think so04:57
MithrandirSep  6 23:43:24 xoog BLKTAPCTRL: blktap0 open failed05:00
MithrandirSep  6 23:43:24 xoog BLKTAPCTRL: Unable to start blktapctrl05:00
Mithrandirare the errors I get.05:00
Mithrandirapart from that, your nvidia patch seems to work for me05:00
zulok..did you install the bridge-utils?05:00
Mithrandirthey're installed, yes.05:01
zulok..05:01
zulim getting the same..05:01
zul*sigh*05:02
Mithrandirand I suspect xen isn't much use without?05:02
zulyeahh...try to find a fix05:03
Mithrandirgoogle isn't very helpful.05:04
zulyep checking the xen mailing lists05:05
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BenCgnomefreak: Did you install using edgy knot?05:35
BenCor is this a dapper upgraded system05:36
gnomefreakknot 2 i think05:36
BenCthat makes sense then, and I expected it05:36
gnomefreakive tested all kinds of ways with edgy since june05:36
BenCthat wouldn't happen on a dapper->edgy05:36
BenCso just ignore it05:36
BenCno bug report, because I can't "fix" it05:37
gnomefreakno not dapper to edgy this was clean install05:37
BenCalso, UUID usage should have kept that from happening05:37
BenCI know05:37
gnomefreakk05:37
BenCdapper->edgy wont break like that05:37
gnomefreakno other things break that way ;)05:37
gnomefreaktheres a bunch wrong with latest updates its not just kernel 05:38
BenCthe thing is that your driver being sda1 in edgy was broken in the first place, it should have been hda1 all along05:40
BenCgnomefreak: Are you not using grub?05:41
gnomefreaki am05:41
BenCso it doesn't have root=UUID=XXXX for the root dev?05:41
gnomefreakhold on ill check but i dont htink it did05:42
gnomefreak/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-7-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash 05:44
gnomefreakthats all i got in that line05:44
gnomefreaksame with -6 and that one works as sda105:44
mjg59gnomefreak: Have you changed that yourself?05:44
gnomefreaki changes sda1 to hda1 in -7 to get it to boot05:45
BenCno, he means not having UUID= in there05:45
gnomefreakno i didnt touch that05:45
BenCthat does /etc/fstab have?05:45
mjg59How did sda1 ever get in there?05:46
gnomefreakmjg59: it is there on stock install05:46
BenCmjg59: he's suffering from a knot-2 install that used ATA_ENABLE_PATA, so had sda1, and now -7 is using hda1...which I expected to happen05:46
mjg59Ok, but that implies that there was a bug in the installer05:46
BenCbut I expected the UUID stuff to keep it from breaking existing edgy systems05:47
Mithrandirhaha, the xen-3.0 source package includes a copy of figlet.05:47
mjg59Since it should have provided the UUID, not the device node05:47
BenCgnomefreak: file a bug on the installer05:47
BenCfor grub installs, at least, it should provide UUID=05:47
gnomefreakwhat is alternative installer called as a package?05:48
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BenCnot sure05:50
gnomefreakok ill find it ty05:51
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Keybuk"Some of this code dates back to the beginning of Linux; since then it has been maintained by a substantial list of people, a number of whom are widely held to have been driven insane by the experience."06:34
KeybukROFL06:34
BenCwhat code is that?06:35
KeybukIDE subsystem06:36
BenChehe06:36
zulheh...i think we are on our way to be insane...at least i am06:36
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zulMithrandir: im going to resynchronize with debian tonight see if something broke07:34
Mithrandirzul: cheers.  Still no tree online, I suspect?07:34
zulheh...if i put it on my computer then it slows down my connection and my wife complains so im trying to get it into bzr on launchpad07:35
zulbut for some reason the push is timing out which sucks07:36
Mithrandirzul: you want to keep it in bzr rather than git?07:36
zulits just an infrastructure thing07:37
zuli dont have the bandwidth to host a git07:37
Mithrandirgit can be pulled over http, right?  It doesn't have to have a smart server?07:38
infinityRight.07:38
MithrandirI can easily set up a public mirror for you, if you want.07:38
Mithrandirit'd still require pulling the patches off your server, but just once.07:38
zulthat would be good07:38
zulill send you a url tonight07:39
Mithrandirthanks.07:39
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mjg59Waitasec.09:06
mjg59How do these x86/x86_64 generic kernels work?09:06
BenCthe x86_64 on is the same as the old amd64-generic kernel09:07
mjg59Oh09:07
BenCthe x86 one is pretty much the -686 kernel dumbed down to PentiumPro or better09:07
mjg59So it's just the description09:07
BenCyeah09:07
mjg59Sorry, I thought it suggested one kernel for both09:07
mjg59Do you mean PentiumPro or better, or Pentium or better?09:08
mjg59There was a bug from a C3 user09:08
BenCsince they are the same name package, I could only have one listing in control09:08
BenCI'm pretty sure it's 58609:08
BenCCONFIG_M586=y09:12
BenCCONFIG_M586=y09:12
BenCCONFIG_M586=y09:12
BenCCONFIG_M586=y09:12
BenCoops09:12
BenChmm, I don't have CONFIG_X86_GENERIC enabled09:13
BenCah, nm, that's for bigiron09:14
BenCand server09:14
BenCshit, no GENERICARCH is for server, I do need X86_GENERIC set09:15
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zullater..09:54
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neuraliszul: can you ping me when you're around?10:38
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zulneuralis: if its about xen im working on it10:54
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neuraliszul: known xend issue, then? 10:55
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zulyep10:56
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gnomefreakwhere do the kernel-source files get installed? nvidia is telling me it cant find them and it says to run it with --kernel-source-path10:57
neuraliszul: cool. my test shuttle is live, so let me know if you'd like me to do any testing for you.10:57
zulok10:58
BenCgnome: a) you could just use linux-restricted-modules, and b) to compile modules, install linux-headers-generic11:04
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