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aracjwatson, morning09:39
loolWow, is it on purpose that /boot is formatted as ext2 with d-i?10:31
* persia likes non-journaling /boot10:32
loolWhy?10:32
persiaBecause it doesn't change often and I'm still suspicious of filesystems that construct my files from logs at request time.10:33
persiaI've become convinced they are OK for some stuff, but I like my kernels to try to be contiguous (helps to have /boot be far too large and keep few kernels for this).10:33
loolI dont think there are significant differences in the layout of the files between ext2 and ext3/ext4 once the writes are complete10:34
loolEspecially in the case of a relatively empty partition that you describe10:35
persiaYou may be right.  I tend to be overconservative on these matters.10:35
persiaI know that for partman-uboot NCommander wanted to change from ext2 to ext3 for lucid (but there's another bug in partman-uboot that needs fixing first).10:36
loolIn my eyes, the journal helps in the cases of incomplete transactions which is a bonus over ext2, but you still have as much access to the data by remounting the fs as ext210:36
persiaI've not looked as closely at other bits of partman.10:36
loolApparently it's on purpose10:37
loolI think it's recipes/atomic in partman-auto:10:37
lool        filesystem{ ext2 }10:37
lool        mountpoint{ /boot } .10:37
persiaHrm.  Either that ought be shifted, or partman-uboot shouldn't prefer ext310:39
loolI filed LP #527667, but it might all be on purpose, I'm not sure10:43
ubottuLaunchpad bug 527667 in partman-auto "Uses separate /boot and ext2 for automatic partioning with LVM and GRUB2" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/52766710:43
persiaLet's hope for a speedy wontfix or fix10:43
araev, good morning11:28
cjwatsonlool: I'm not keen to change this11:30
cjwatsonfor /boot, a lot of people seem to like to be conservative.11:30
cjwatsonthat said using a separate /boot in this case does seem slightly odd11:31
persiaIs it just a leftover from when grub (!2) couldn't understand LVM volumes?11:32
aracjwatson: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/52764111:32
ubottuLaunchpad bug 527641 in ubiquity "OEM mode (in Desktop i386) does not include the oem-config package or icon" [Undecided,New]11:32
cjwatsonpersia: possibly11:32
cjwatsonara: ok, queued11:32
aracjwatson, ok11:33
evara: good morning11:33
CIA-3ubiquity: cjwatson * r3844 ubiquity/debian/changelog: typo11:33
araev, do you know any reason why lang packs do not get installed? despite having internet connection11:34
evara: not offhand.  Odd, I could've sworn my install test with Spanish selected turned out okay.11:35
* ev digs11:35
araev, I filed a bug with logs11:35
araev, let me find it11:35
evah, cool11:35
CIA-3ubiquity: cjwatson * r3845 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/kde_components/PartMan.py):11:35
CIA-3ubiquity: * KDE frontend:11:35
CIA-3ubiquity:  - Fix partman component for use_as signature change (LP: #527468).11:35
araev, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/52770611:36
ubottuLaunchpad bug 527706 in debian-installer "Lang packs are not installed, although I had Internet connection during installation" [Undecided,New]11:36
evcjwatson: nice, thanks for that11:36
CIA-3ubiquity: cjwatson * r3846 ubiquity/ (2 files in 2 dirs): on_partitionResized needs a self argument (LP: #527457).11:38
cjwatsonara: BTW in future it's easier if you can attach logs separately rather than as a tarball11:39
aracjwatson, noted11:39
cjwatsonseparately => click in browser; tarball => download, fiddle about in vim11:39
araif only lp interface allowed attaching more than one file in one server post...11:40
cjwatsonI think it works if you use ubuntu-bug ...11:50
cjwatsonit sort of looks as if install_extras isn't working11:56
cjwatson(re 527641)11:57
cjwatsonand yet no errors, it just isn't doing anything useful, such as installing the oem-config-gtk package11:58
evhrm, I'm indeed getting language-pack-es12:08
cjwatsondo you get a cdrom entry in /etc/apt/sources.list?12:13
cjwatsonmy suspicion is that you don't...12:13
cjwatsonit might work for language packs that are in the livefs, because they can just not be removed12:13
cjwatsonexcept language-pack-es probably isn't is it?12:13
evindeed I do not12:18
evand language-pack-es is in the livefs12:21
cjwatsonah, well12:30
cjwatsonthat explains it then, you might see the bug with a different language; and then again you might not, since the network is enabled for language pack installation12:31
CIA-3ubiquity: jriddell * r3847 trunk/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/kde_ui.py):12:32
CIA-3ubiquity: kde_ui.py: Always show progressDialog during the install stage (LP:12:32
CIA-3ubiquity: #527448)12:32
CIA-3ubiquity: cjwatson * r3848 ubiquity/debian/changelog: releasing version 2.1.2812:41
CIA-3ubiquity: evand * r3849 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog gui/gtk/stepUserInfo.ui):12:52
CIA-3ubiquity: Align description labels to the top left on the user-setup page and get12:52
CIA-3ubiquity: rid of the width request (LP: #524827).12:52
persiaSpreading kudos from #ubuntu-server: Jeeves_> compliments on the Lucid server installer. To whom it may concern :)12:55
cjwatsoncool12:57
dpmcjwatson, sorry for the delay in replying, just came back some minutes ago. Re: bug 518718 , if the official name is "Ubuntu Netbook" and that's what the code uses, that's just fine. I just wasn't sure at the time.13:55
ubottuLaunchpad bug 518718 in ubuntu-translations "Change "Ubuntu Netbook Remix" messages to "Ubuntu Netbook Edition"" [Low,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/51871813:55
dpmregarding the question on whether to update strings, yes, I think it would be good if it's not too much work to update the strings you can as well, and leave the other ones as fuzzy. I can give a heads up to translators to check out that string once it's done13:57
ograin oem-config-firstboot i see RET="$(echo GET oem-config/remove | debconf-communicate)"14:23
ograwhat sets that debconf value ?14:24
cjwatsonit's available for preseeding14:24
cjwatsonDescription: for internal use; can be preseeded14:24
cjwatson Remove oem-config on successful completion14:24
cjwatsondefaults to true14:24
ograah, its ture by default14:24
ograyeah, just found that14:25
ograthanks14:25
* ogra wonders about the usecase to keep it :)14:25
cjwatsonkeep?  it was added as part of a lucid specification14:25
ograkeeping oem-config instealled i mean14:26
cjwatsonoh, keep oem-config you mean14:26
ograyeah14:26
cjwatsonuseful for debugging sometimes14:26
ograah14:26
cjwatsoninconvenient when it crashes, you want to run it again, and realise you have to reinstall14:26
ograwell, oem-config-firstboot should catch that, no ?14:26
ogra(crashes)14:27
ograat least the shell code looks like it would14:27
cjwatsonsort of - usually :)14:28
ograheh14:28
NCommandercjwatson: I was curious on your thoughts for enabling d-i (and ubiquity) to support installation to mtd devices for the 10.10 cycle; I know its been discussed before and upstream, but I was curious if you could shed some light on it (I'd like to propose it as a UDS/M spec)15:12
cjwatsonthe only thing I remember about it is that it's viciously hard, and requires parted extensions15:13
cjwatsonbest talk with whoever it was was doing it in d-i upstream; Per somebody15:13
aracjwatson, I am seeing a strange issue with LVM, can I explain it to you?15:14
ogracjwatson, NCommander, it likely requires even a specific design ... like rootfs images to dump there or some such, depending on the device15:16
cjwatsonara: sure ...15:16
cjwatsonmtd> the different device semantics meant that it involved quite a lot of deep and difficult changes in partman15:17
aracjwatson, I installed Ubuntu alt with LVM with encryption; passphrase, let say "pass1"15:17
aracjwatson, when done, in the same HD, I installed kubuntu OEM Full disk15:17
arawhen I reboot it asks for the old LVM password, and it reboots in the old Ubuntu system15:17
cjwatson(nitpick: not an LVM password)15:18
cjwatsonhad you believed you'd erased the old system?15:18
arayes, full disk, for me, is full disk15:19
arais not?15:19
cjwatsonsure, I was just asking15:19
cjwatsonwell, evidently it didn't - perhaps it reuses the old volume group, I'm not sure?  it will be difficult to guess without logs15:20
cjwatson(and I have about five other things on my list right now :-( )15:20
charlie-tcacjwatson: was able to reproduce the exit code 141 on install again. Am running with debug to get the logs. It seems to be when I have no internet connection15:22
charlie-tcabug 52784815:52
ubottuLaunchpad bug 527848 in ubiquity "[Lucid] ubi-partman failed with exit code 141 during manual partitioning" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/52784815:52
charlie-tcaI think I got it right this time15:52
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cjwatsoncharlie-tca: blah, thought I'd fixed that16:27
cjwatsonit's basically what seb128 was seeing, and I fixed it for him, but you're running a version that should contain that fix16:27
cjwatsonoh, something to do with the last partition to be updated being free space16:32
cjwatsonwhat a mess16:32
charlie-tcaYeah, it looks like if I don't delete all existing partitions, it fails16:43
charlie-tcaBut at least I got the logs this time. Did I get enough information ?16:43
cjwatsonyeah, you did, thanks16:44
cjwatsonI think the fix should be something like http://paste.ubuntu.com/383785/, but of course I'll have to test that16:45
charlie-tcaOkay. thanks16:45
HiHoLINUX_VERSION_CODE bombs out on Custom Vanilla build. Why Now? Suggestions ...18:16
superm1cjwatson, 87038c2d5bda2418fda8b1456a0ae81cc3ff5bd8 and 7d13af3279985f554784a45cc961f706dbcdbdd1 are the two commits you might be needing for full 4k stack support from the kernel.  they're GPT related, so i'm not sure you'll be able to develop a sane test case without a machine using uEFI20:56
cjwatsonGPT isn't bound to uEFI, whatever the manufacturers might like you to think ;-)20:57
cjwatsonor EFI for that matter20:58
superm1true..20:58
cjwatsonbut thanks - could you send those to kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com maybe?20:58
superm1sure20:58
cjwatsonlooks plausible to me, though non-512-byte sector sizes aren't limited to GPTof course20:59
cjwatsonmaybe the others don't have that problem20:59
cjwatsonColin King has a uEFI system lying around, I think21:00
superm1as i understand, the servers that will be launching with these types of drives will likely be using uEFI also21:00
cjwatsonright.  there are some existing machines as well, notably netbooks with certain SSDs I think21:01
cjwatsonmultiple concerns :-/21:01
cjwatsonbut yeah, definitely ought to fix this kind of issue in the kernel21:01
cjwatsonoh, yay, slangasek granted my parted FFe request21:02
cjwatsonso I'll start pushing that in after a3, subject to a check that ubiquity still works21:02
cjwatsonand then will probably have to figure out how to actually make use of the new alignment functions in partman21:02
superm1great!21:03

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