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ahiliation:~$sudo ./aping.py -P i www.kernel.org * Starting APing at: Sun Feb 7 05:45:32 2010 IST * Sending ICMP Information request ./aping.py:132: DeprecationWarning: raising a string exception is deprecated raise “timeout” Halt reason: Retransmission exceeded after 3 probe(s) Status: – All is OK ++++++++++++++ statistics ++++++++++++++ Packets: Total sent:3 | lost:3 | received:0 | lost:100.00% | …

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Re: Bug#568292: auto-install: pulls netcfg into images that should

On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 06:16:57PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: Package: auto-install Version: 1.6 Severity: important auto-install is included in most types of images and for some reason depends on netcfg. But for example cdrom and hd-media images don’t include any network driver kernel modules, so the network is completely unusable. In those cases …

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And if riches be a desirable possession in life, what is more rich than Wisdom, who produces all things? Wisdom 8:5 Verifies IP-level connectivity to another TCP/IP computer by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request messages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Control_Message_Protocol http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc792.html Gates, Bill: Microsoft’s Vision [audio:http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media/sounds/20.mp3]

Re: Bug#567969: installation-reports: Machine freezes on X

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 04:14:20PM +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote: Package: installation-reports Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** — Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: build date Februar 1 2010 Date: Machine: Jewel laptop Partitions: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please …

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Re: [RFC] Degrading reiserfs to optional filesystem?

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 07:55:19PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: What do people think of degrading reiserfs support to optional, i.e. only usable by specifically selecting partman-reiserfs in anna? The rationale would be that its popularity has decreased (AFAIK), upstream development is not very active and that more (and better?) alternatives are available now …

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Re: Bug#433568: VLANs during install are important

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 02:22:34PM +0100, Josef Wolf wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 08:41:25PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: At any rate, the size of the initrd isn’t a download problem so much as an installer memory footprint problem — which isn’t mitigated by using an install CD. [ … ] We …

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Re: dvi2ps in squeeze

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:09:21AM +0000, T o n g wrote: Hi, I found dvi2ps in squeeze is not installable: The following packages have unmet dependencies: dvi2ps: Depends: libkpathsea4 (>= 2007) but it is not installable Is it only me? Thanks — Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ — To UNSUBSCRIBE, email …

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