-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:46:22AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Gregory Nowak, le Tue 09 Nov 2010 21:25:09 -0700, a ?crit : > > Following up on this, it looks like my recollections were correct, > > that doesn't work with this particular converter. Here's what I tried: > > > > 1. Boot from the netinst 64 cd, and get the beep. > > > > 2. Hit tab, hit space, and type console=ttyUSB0 > > hit enter. > > > > The cd spins for a bit, and then nothing, not a peep. I also tried > > console=ttyUSB0,38400 to make sure I got the right baud rate, but > > still nothing. Yes, everything is wired correctly. I've used serial > > consoles before starting at the boot loader with the console= > > parameter, so this is something I am familiar with. > > Please report this using reportbug, else the debian-boot team won't be > aware of the issue. You should probably mention that your USB serial > port usually uses the belkin_sa module, which is available in the cdrom > initrd. Done. > > > I've read through appendix B of the > > install guide, and have downloaded, and appropriately modified the > > example preseed file, but there are still a couple of things I'm not > > clear on, that section b.4 of the install guide doesn't > > clarify. > > Please report this as well. > Also done. > > Also, when I run debconf-set-selections on my preseed file on > > a 32-bit Lenny system, I get this: > > > > error: Cannot find a question for passwd/root-password > > error: Cannot find a question for passwd/user-password > > error: Cannot find a question for passwd/user-password-again > > Mmm, that's a bit odd. You should probably also report it. > I did this last time as a normal user, which also gave me some message about not being able to open password driver, permission denied. When I tried it as root though, everything was fine. Is this expected behavior (I.E. running debconf-selections -c as a normal user will result in these errors), or should normal users also have no problem running this? If normal users should be able to run this, then I assume I should still report it? Thanks for your help. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkzfkNMACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyBDeQCgqcPzgGKzfx08MsgVorCD34Dj tysAoIoZ+Zbqq+pi9CLK+zbaCUcgxrwf =uw/o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
