Petter Reinholdtsen: Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation

+Task: isenkram-packages +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are + proposed. +Test-new-install: show show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware + +Task: isenkram-firmware +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware + packages are proposed. +Test-new-install: mark show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware +

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diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html index a03fb6efa2..e3b69fc2cc 100644 --- a/blog/index.html +++ b/blog/index.html @@ -19,6 +19,121 @@ +

Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation

17th October 2014

When PXE installing laptops with Debian, I often run into the +problem that the WiFi card require some firmware to work properly. +And it has been a pain to fix this using preseeding in Debian. +Normally something more is needed. But thanks to +my isenkram +package and its recent tasksel extension, it has now become easy +to do this using simple preseeding.

+ +

The isenkram-cli package provide tasksel tasks which will install +firmware for the hardware found in the machine (actually, requested by +the kernel modules for the hardware). (It can also install user space +programs supporting the hardware detected, but that is not the focus +of this story.)

+ +

To get this working in the default installation, two preeseding +values are needed. First, the isenkram-cli package must be installed +into the target chroot (aka the hard drive) before tasksel is executed +in the pkgsel step of the debian-installer system. This is done by +preseeding the base-installer/includes debconf value to include the +isenkram-cli package. The package name is next passed to debootstrap +for installation. With the isenkram-cli package in place, tasksel +will automatically use the isenkram tasks to detect hardware specific +packages for the machine being installed and install them, because +isenkram-cli contain tasksel tasks.

+ +

Second, one need to enable the non-free APT repository, because +most firmware unfortunately is non-free. This is done by preseeding +the apt-mirror-setup step. This is unfortunate, but for a lot of +hardware it is the only option in Debian.

+ +

The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer:

+ +

+base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli
+apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true
+

+ +

The current version of isenkram-cli in testing/jessie will install +both firmware and user space packages when using this method. It also +do not work well, so use version 0.15 or later. Installing both +firmware and user space packages might give you a bit more than you +want, so I decided to split the tasksel task in two, one for firmware +and one for user space programs. The firmware task is enabled by +default, while the one for user space programs is not. This split is +implemented in the package currently in unstable.

+ +

If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :)

+ +

So, I bet you are wondering, how can this work. First and +foremost, it work because tasksel is modular, and driven by whatever +files it find in /usr/lib/tasksel/ and /usr/share/tasksel/. So the +isenkram-cli package place two files for tasksel to find. First there +is the task description file (/usr/share/tasksel/descs/isenkram.desc):

+ +

+Task: isenkram-packages
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are
+ proposed.
+Test-new-install: show show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware
+
+Task: isenkram-firmware
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware
+ packages are proposed.
+Test-new-install: mark show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware
+

+ +

The key parts are Test-new-install which indicate how the task +should be handled and the Packages line referencing to a script in +/usr/lib/tasksel/packages/. The scripts use other scripts to get a +list of packages to install. The for-current-hardware-firmware script +look like this to list relevant firmware for the machine: + +

+#!/bin/sh
+#
+PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH
+export PATH
+isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l
+

+ +

With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :)

+ +

If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install.

+ +

Debian Edu will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now.

+ + + Tags: debian, english, isenkram, sysadmin. + + +

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Debian Edu interview: Bernd Zeitzen

31st July 2014

The complete and free âout of the boxâ software solution for -schools, Debian Edu / -Skolelinux, is used quite a lot in Germany, and one of the people -involved is Bernd Zeitzen, who show up on the project mailing lists -from time to time with interesting questions and tips on how to adjust -the setup. I managed to interview him this summer.

- -

Who are you, and how do you spend your days?

- -

My name is Bernd Zeitzen and I'm married with Hedda, a self -employed physiotherapist. My former profession is tool maker, but I -haven't worked for 30 years in this job. 30 years ago I started to -support my wife and become her officeworker and a few years later the -administrator for a small computer network, today based on Ubuntu -Server (Samba, OpenVPN). For her daily work she has to use Windows -Desktops because the software she needs to organize her business only -works with Windows . :-(

- -

In 1988 we started with one PC and DOS, then I learned to use -Windows 98, 2000, XP, â¦, 8, Ubuntu, MacOSX. Today we are running a -Linux server with 6 Windows clients and 10 persons (teacher of -children with special needs, speech therapist, occupational therapist, -psychologist and officeworkers) using our Samba shares via OpenVPN to -work with the documentations of our patients.

- -

How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project?

- -

Two years ago a friend of mine asked me, if I want to get a job in -his school (Gymnasium -Harsewinkel). They started with Skolelinux / Debian Edu and they -were looking for people to give support to the teachers using the -software and the network and teaching the pupils increasing their -computer skills in optional lessons. I'm spending 4-6 hours a week -with this job.

- -

What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?

- -

The independence.

- -

First: Every person is allowed to use, share and develop the -software. Even if you are poor, you are allowed to use the software -included in Skolelinux/Debian Edu and all the other Free Software.

- -

Second: The software runs on old machines and this gives us the -possibility to recycle computers, weeded out from offices. The -servers and desktops are running for more than two years and they are -working reliable.

- -

We have two servers (one tjener and one terminal server), 45 -workstations in three classrooms and seven laptops as a mobile -solution for all classrooms. These machines are all booting from the -terminal server. In the moment we are installing 30 laptops as mobile -workstations. Then the pupils have the possibility to work with these -machines in their classrooms. Internet access is realized by a WLAN -router, connected to the schools network. This is all done without a -dedicated system administrator or a computer science teacher.

- -

What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu?

- -

Teachers and pupils are Windows users. <Irony on> And Linux -isn't cool. It's software for freaks using the command line. <Irony -off> They don't realize the stability of the system.

- -

Which free software do you use daily?

- -

Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Ubuntu Server 12.04 (Samba, -Apache, MySQL, Joomla!, â¦ and Skolelinux / Debian Edu)

- -

Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software?

- -

In Germany we have the situation: every school is free to decide -which software they want to use. This decision is influenced by -teachers who learned to use Windows and MS Office. They buy a PC with -Windows preinstalled and an additional testing version of MS -Office. They don't know about the possibility to use Free Software -instead. Another problem are the publisher of school books. They -develop their software, added to the school books, for Windows.

- - - Tags: debian edu, english, intervju. - - -

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diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 9f9ea2925b..31836fee3e 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,115 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:10:00 +0200 + When PXE installing laptops with Debian, I often run into the +problem that the WiFi card require some firmware to work properly. +And it has been a pain to fix this using preseeding in Debian. +Normally something more is needed. But thanks to +<a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/i/isenkram.html">my isenkram +package</a> and its recent tasksel extension, it has now become easy +to do this using simple preseeding. + +The isenkram-cli package provide tasksel tasks which will install +firmware for the hardware found in the machine (actually, requested by +the kernel modules for the hardware). (It can also install user space +programs supporting the hardware detected, but that is not the focus +of this story.) + +To get this working in the default installation, two preeseding +values are needed. First, the isenkram-cli package must be installed +into the target chroot (aka the hard drive) before tasksel is executed +in the pkgsel step of the debian-installer system. This is done by +preseeding the base-installer/includes debconf value to include the +isenkram-cli package. The package name is next passed to debootstrap +for installation. With the isenkram-cli package in place, tasksel +will automatically use the isenkram tasks to detect hardware specific +packages for the machine being installed and install them, because +isenkram-cli contain tasksel tasks. + +Second, one need to enable the non-free APT repository, because +most firmware unfortunately is non-free. This is done by preseeding +the apt-mirror-setup step. This is unfortunate, but for a lot of +hardware it is the only option in Debian. + +The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer: + +<blockquote><pre> +base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli +apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true +</pre></blockquote> + +The current version of isenkram-cli in testing/jessie will install +both firmware and user space packages when using this method. It also +do not work well, so use version 0.15 or later. Installing both +firmware and user space packages might give you a bit more than you +want, so I decided to split the tasksel task in two, one for firmware +and one for user space programs. The firmware task is enabled by +default, while the one for user space programs is not. This split is +implemented in the package currently in unstable. + +If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :) + +So, I bet you are wondering, how can this work. First and +foremost, it work because tasksel is modular, and driven by whatever +files it find in /usr/lib/tasksel/ and /usr/share/tasksel/. So the +isenkram-cli package place two files for tasksel to find. First there +is the task description file (/usr/share/tasksel/descs/isenkram.desc): + +<blockquote><pre> +Task: isenkram-packages +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are + proposed. +Test-new-install: show show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware + +Task: isenkram-firmware +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware + packages are proposed. +Test-new-install: mark show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware +</pre></blockquote> + +The key parts are Test-new-install which indicate how the task +should be handled and the Packages line referencing to a script in +/usr/lib/tasksel/packages/. The scripts use other scripts to get a +list of packages to install. The for-current-hardware-firmware script +look like this to list relevant firmware for the machine: + +<blockquote><pre> +#!/bin/sh +# +PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH +export PATH +isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l +</pre></blockquote> + +With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :) + +If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run <tt>DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install</tt> to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install. + +<ahref="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/">Debian Edu</a> will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now. + + + Ubuntu used to show the bread prizes at ICA Storo http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ubuntu_used_to_show_the_bread_prizes_at_ICA_Storo.html @@ -970,94 +1079,5 @@ narkotikamarkedet er mye bedre enn Ã¥ overlate det til kriminelle.</li> - - Debian Edu interview: Bernd Zeitzen - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Bernd_Zeitzen.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Bernd_Zeitzen.html - Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:30:00 +0200 - The complete and free âout of the boxâ software solution for -schools, <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / -Skolelinux</a>, is used quite a lot in Germany, and one of the people -involved is Bernd Zeitzen, who show up on the project mailing lists -from time to time with interesting questions and tips on how to adjust -the setup. I managed to interview him this summer. - -Who are you, and how do you spend your days? - -My name is Bernd Zeitzen and I'm married with Hedda, a self -employed physiotherapist. My former profession is tool maker, but I -haven't worked for 30 years in this job. 30 years ago I started to -support my wife and become her officeworker and a few years later the -administrator for a small computer network, today based on Ubuntu -Server (Samba, OpenVPN). For her daily work she has to use Windows -Desktops because the software she needs to organize her business only -works with Windows . :-( - -In 1988 we started with one PC and DOS, then I learned to use -Windows 98, 2000, XP, â¦, 8, Ubuntu, MacOSX. Today we are running a -Linux server with 6 Windows clients and 10 persons (teacher of -children with special needs, speech therapist, occupational therapist, -psychologist and officeworkers) using our Samba shares via OpenVPN to -work with the documentations of our patients. - -How did you get in contact with the Skolelinux / Debian Edu -project? - -Two years ago a friend of mine asked me, if I want to get a job in -his school (<a href="http://www.gymnasium-harsewinkel.de/">Gymnasium -Harsewinkel</a>). They started with Skolelinux / Debian Edu and they -were looking for people to give support to the teachers using the -software and the network and teaching the pupils increasing their -computer skills in optional lessons. I'm spending 4-6 hours a week -with this job. - -What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu? - -The independence. - -First: Every person is allowed to use, share and develop the -software. Even if you are poor, you are allowed to use the software -included in Skolelinux/Debian Edu and all the other Free Software. - -Second: The software runs on old machines and this gives us the -possibility to recycle computers, weeded out from offices. The -servers and desktops are running for more than two years and they are -working reliable. - -We have two servers (one tjener and one terminal server), 45 -workstations in three classrooms and seven laptops as a mobile -solution for all classrooms. These machines are all booting from the -terminal server. In the moment we are installing 30 laptops as mobile -workstations. Then the pupils have the possibility to work with these -machines in their classrooms. Internet access is realized by a WLAN -router, connected to the schools network. This is all done without a -dedicated system administrator or a computer science teacher. - -What do you see as the disadvantages of Skolelinux / Debian -Edu? - -Teachers and pupils are Windows users. <Irony on> And Linux -isn't cool. It's software for freaks using the command line. <Irony -off> They don't realize the stability of the system. - -Which free software do you use daily? - -Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Ubuntu Server 12.04 (Samba, -Apache, MySQL, Joomla!, â¦ and Skolelinux / Debian Edu) - -Which strategy do you believe is the right one to use to -get schools to use free software? - -In Germany we have the situation: every school is free to decide -which software they want to use. This decision is influenced by -teachers who learned to use Windows and MS Office. They buy a PC with -Windows preinstalled and an additional testing version of MS -Office. They don't know about the possibility to use Free Software -instead. Another problem are the publisher of school books. They -develop their software, added to the school books, for Windows. - - - diff --git a/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html b/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html index 746e7898a9..d67b436c9f 100644 --- a/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html +++ b/blog/jXplorer__a_very_nice_LDAP_GUI.html @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ and remove the failing query. Nothing big, but very annoying.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/debian/debian.rss b/blog/tags/debian/debian.rss index f28aa8b651..93dd71c198 100644 --- a/blog/tags/debian/debian.rss +++ b/blog/tags/debian/debian.rss @@ -6,6 +6,115 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:10:00 +0200 + When PXE installing laptops with Debian, I often run into the +problem that the WiFi card require some firmware to work properly. +And it has been a pain to fix this using preseeding in Debian. +Normally something more is needed. But thanks to +<a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/i/isenkram.html">my isenkram +package</a> and its recent tasksel extension, it has now become easy +to do this using simple preseeding. + +The isenkram-cli package provide tasksel tasks which will install +firmware for the hardware found in the machine (actually, requested by +the kernel modules for the hardware). (It can also install user space +programs supporting the hardware detected, but that is not the focus +of this story.) + +To get this working in the default installation, two preeseding +values are needed. First, the isenkram-cli package must be installed +into the target chroot (aka the hard drive) before tasksel is executed +in the pkgsel step of the debian-installer system. This is done by +preseeding the base-installer/includes debconf value to include the +isenkram-cli package. The package name is next passed to debootstrap +for installation. With the isenkram-cli package in place, tasksel +will automatically use the isenkram tasks to detect hardware specific +packages for the machine being installed and install them, because +isenkram-cli contain tasksel tasks. + +Second, one need to enable the non-free APT repository, because +most firmware unfortunately is non-free. This is done by preseeding +the apt-mirror-setup step. This is unfortunate, but for a lot of +hardware it is the only option in Debian. + +The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer: + +<blockquote><pre> +base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli +apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true +</pre></blockquote> + +The current version of isenkram-cli in testing/jessie will install +both firmware and user space packages when using this method. It also +do not work well, so use version 0.15 or later. Installing both +firmware and user space packages might give you a bit more than you +want, so I decided to split the tasksel task in two, one for firmware +and one for user space programs. The firmware task is enabled by +default, while the one for user space programs is not. This split is +implemented in the package currently in unstable. + +If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :) + +So, I bet you are wondering, how can this work. First and +foremost, it work because tasksel is modular, and driven by whatever +files it find in /usr/lib/tasksel/ and /usr/share/tasksel/. So the +isenkram-cli package place two files for tasksel to find. First there +is the task description file (/usr/share/tasksel/descs/isenkram.desc): + +<blockquote><pre> +Task: isenkram-packages +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are + proposed. +Test-new-install: show show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware + +Task: isenkram-firmware +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware + packages are proposed. +Test-new-install: mark show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware +</pre></blockquote> + +The key parts are Test-new-install which indicate how the task +should be handled and the Packages line referencing to a script in +/usr/lib/tasksel/packages/. The scripts use other scripts to get a +list of packages to install. The for-current-hardware-firmware script +look like this to list relevant firmware for the machine: + +<blockquote><pre> +#!/bin/sh +# +PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH +export PATH +isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l +</pre></blockquote> + +With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :) + +If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run <tt>DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install</tt> to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install. + +<ahref="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/">Debian Edu</a> will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now. + + + Ubuntu used to show the bread prizes at ICA Storo http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ubuntu_used_to_show_the_bread_prizes_at_ICA_Storo.html diff --git a/blog/tags/debian/index.html b/blog/tags/debian/index.html index c946706d35..3a55d46074 100644 --- a/blog/tags/debian/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/debian/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,127 @@

Entries tagged "debian".

+ Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation +

+ 17th October 2014 +

+ +

The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer:

+ +

+base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli
+apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true
+

+ +

If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :)

+ +

+Task: isenkram-packages
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are
+ proposed.
+Test-new-install: show show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware
+
+Task: isenkram-firmware
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware
+ packages are proposed.
+Test-new-install: mark show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware
+

+ +

+#!/bin/sh
+#
+PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH
+export PATH
+isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l
+

+ +

With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :)

+ +

If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install.

+ +

Debian Edu will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now.

+ +

+ + + Tags: debian, english, isenkram, sysadmin. + + +

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diff --git a/blog/tags/english/english.rss b/blog/tags/english/english.rss index 544ec0bb6d..514fa2fcb2 100644 --- a/blog/tags/english/english.rss +++ b/blog/tags/english/english.rss @@ -6,6 +6,115 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:10:00 +0200 + When PXE installing laptops with Debian, I often run into the +problem that the WiFi card require some firmware to work properly. +And it has been a pain to fix this using preseeding in Debian. +Normally something more is needed. But thanks to +<a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/i/isenkram.html">my isenkram +package</a> and its recent tasksel extension, it has now become easy +to do this using simple preseeding. + +The isenkram-cli package provide tasksel tasks which will install +firmware for the hardware found in the machine (actually, requested by +the kernel modules for the hardware). (It can also install user space +programs supporting the hardware detected, but that is not the focus +of this story.) + +To get this working in the default installation, two preeseding +values are needed. First, the isenkram-cli package must be installed +into the target chroot (aka the hard drive) before tasksel is executed +in the pkgsel step of the debian-installer system. This is done by +preseeding the base-installer/includes debconf value to include the +isenkram-cli package. The package name is next passed to debootstrap +for installation. With the isenkram-cli package in place, tasksel +will automatically use the isenkram tasks to detect hardware specific +packages for the machine being installed and install them, because +isenkram-cli contain tasksel tasks. + +Second, one need to enable the non-free APT repository, because +most firmware unfortunately is non-free. This is done by preseeding +the apt-mirror-setup step. This is unfortunate, but for a lot of +hardware it is the only option in Debian. + +The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer: + +<blockquote><pre> +base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli +apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true +</pre></blockquote> + +The current version of isenkram-cli in testing/jessie will install +both firmware and user space packages when using this method. It also +do not work well, so use version 0.15 or later. Installing both +firmware and user space packages might give you a bit more than you +want, so I decided to split the tasksel task in two, one for firmware +and one for user space programs. The firmware task is enabled by +default, while the one for user space programs is not. This split is +implemented in the package currently in unstable. + +If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :) + +So, I bet you are wondering, how can this work. First and +foremost, it work because tasksel is modular, and driven by whatever +files it find in /usr/lib/tasksel/ and /usr/share/tasksel/. So the +isenkram-cli package place two files for tasksel to find. First there +is the task description file (/usr/share/tasksel/descs/isenkram.desc): + +<blockquote><pre> +Task: isenkram-packages +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are + proposed. +Test-new-install: show show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware + +Task: isenkram-firmware +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware + packages are proposed. +Test-new-install: mark show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware +</pre></blockquote> + +The key parts are Test-new-install which indicate how the task +should be handled and the Packages line referencing to a script in +/usr/lib/tasksel/packages/. The scripts use other scripts to get a +list of packages to install. The for-current-hardware-firmware script +look like this to list relevant firmware for the machine: + +<blockquote><pre> +#!/bin/sh +# +PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH +export PATH +isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l +</pre></blockquote> + +With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :) + +If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run <tt>DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install</tt> to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install. + +<ahref="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/">Debian Edu</a> will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now. + + + Ubuntu used to show the bread prizes at ICA Storo http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ubuntu_used_to_show_the_bread_prizes_at_ICA_Storo.html diff --git a/blog/tags/english/index.html b/blog/tags/english/index.html index 5c0733ec90..d0d5713f4a 100644 --- a/blog/tags/english/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/english/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,127 @@

Entries tagged "english".

+ Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation +

+ 17th October 2014 +

+ +

The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer:

+ +

+base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli
+apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true
+

+ +

If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :)

+ +

+Task: isenkram-packages
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are
+ proposed.
+Test-new-install: show show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware
+
+Task: isenkram-firmware
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware
+ packages are proposed.
+Test-new-install: mark show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware
+

+ +

+#!/bin/sh
+#
+PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH
+export PATH
+isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l
+

+ +

With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :)

+ +

If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install.

+ +

Debian Edu will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now.

+ +

+ + + Tags: debian, english, isenkram, sysadmin. + + +

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diff --git a/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html b/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html index 6e94fdc02a..d33c750b4c 100644 --- a/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/isenkram/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,127 @@

Entries tagged "isenkram".

+ Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation +

+ 17th October 2014 +

+ +

The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer:

+ +

+base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli
+apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true
+

+ +

If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :)

+ +

+Task: isenkram-packages
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are
+ proposed.
+Test-new-install: show show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware
+
+Task: isenkram-firmware
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware
+ packages are proposed.
+Test-new-install: mark show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware
+

+ +

+#!/bin/sh
+#
+PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH
+export PATH
+isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l
+

+ +

With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :)

+ +

If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install.

+ +

Debian Edu will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now.

+ +

+ + + Tags: debian, english, isenkram, sysadmin. + + +

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diff --git a/blog/tags/isenkram/isenkram.rss b/blog/tags/isenkram/isenkram.rss index 27b2f5f2dc..1ca0b817bd 100644 --- a/blog/tags/isenkram/isenkram.rss +++ b/blog/tags/isenkram/isenkram.rss @@ -6,6 +6,115 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:10:00 +0200 + When PXE installing laptops with Debian, I often run into the +problem that the WiFi card require some firmware to work properly. +And it has been a pain to fix this using preseeding in Debian. +Normally something more is needed. But thanks to +<a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/i/isenkram.html">my isenkram +package</a> and its recent tasksel extension, it has now become easy +to do this using simple preseeding. + +The isenkram-cli package provide tasksel tasks which will install +firmware for the hardware found in the machine (actually, requested by +the kernel modules for the hardware). (It can also install user space +programs supporting the hardware detected, but that is not the focus +of this story.) + +To get this working in the default installation, two preeseding +values are needed. First, the isenkram-cli package must be installed +into the target chroot (aka the hard drive) before tasksel is executed +in the pkgsel step of the debian-installer system. This is done by +preseeding the base-installer/includes debconf value to include the +isenkram-cli package. The package name is next passed to debootstrap +for installation. With the isenkram-cli package in place, tasksel +will automatically use the isenkram tasks to detect hardware specific +packages for the machine being installed and install them, because +isenkram-cli contain tasksel tasks. + +Second, one need to enable the non-free APT repository, because +most firmware unfortunately is non-free. This is done by preseeding +the apt-mirror-setup step. This is unfortunate, but for a lot of +hardware it is the only option in Debian. + +The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer: + +<blockquote><pre> +base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli +apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true +</pre></blockquote> + +The current version of isenkram-cli in testing/jessie will install +both firmware and user space packages when using this method. It also +do not work well, so use version 0.15 or later. Installing both +firmware and user space packages might give you a bit more than you +want, so I decided to split the tasksel task in two, one for firmware +and one for user space programs. The firmware task is enabled by +default, while the one for user space programs is not. This split is +implemented in the package currently in unstable. + +If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :) + +So, I bet you are wondering, how can this work. First and +foremost, it work because tasksel is modular, and driven by whatever +files it find in /usr/lib/tasksel/ and /usr/share/tasksel/. So the +isenkram-cli package place two files for tasksel to find. First there +is the task description file (/usr/share/tasksel/descs/isenkram.desc): + +<blockquote><pre> +Task: isenkram-packages +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are + proposed. +Test-new-install: show show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware + +Task: isenkram-firmware +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware + packages are proposed. +Test-new-install: mark show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware +</pre></blockquote> + +The key parts are Test-new-install which indicate how the task +should be handled and the Packages line referencing to a script in +/usr/lib/tasksel/packages/. The scripts use other scripts to get a +list of packages to install. The for-current-hardware-firmware script +look like this to list relevant firmware for the machine: + +<blockquote><pre> +#!/bin/sh +# +PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH +export PATH +isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l +</pre></blockquote> + +With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :) + +If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run <tt>DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install</tt> to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install. + +<ahref="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/">Debian Edu</a> will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now. + + + Install hardware dependent packages using tasksel (Isenkram 0.7) http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Install_hardware_dependent_packages_using_tasksel__Isenkram_0_7_.html diff --git a/blog/tags/kart/index.html b/blog/tags/kart/index.html index 8a602a6145..a0d7db8a60 100644 --- a/blog/tags/kart/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/kart/index.html @@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ det viser at behovet for fribruks-sjÃ¸kart er til stedet.

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diff --git a/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html b/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html index 03790188f4..411b20d783 100644 --- a/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/sysadmin/index.html @@ -20,6 +20,127 @@

Entries tagged "sysadmin".

+ Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation +

+ 17th October 2014 +

+ +

The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer:

+ +

+base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli
+apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true
+

+ +

If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :)

+ +

+Task: isenkram-packages
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are
+ proposed.
+Test-new-install: show show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware
+
+Task: isenkram-firmware
+Section: hardware
+Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram)
+ Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware
+ packages are proposed.
+Test-new-install: mark show
+Relevance: 8
+Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware
+

+ +

+#!/bin/sh
+#
+PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH
+export PATH
+isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l
+

+ +

With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :)

+ +

If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install.

+ +

Debian Edu will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now.

+ +

+ + + Tags: debian, english, isenkram, sysadmin. + + +

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diff --git a/blog/tags/sysadmin/sysadmin.rss b/blog/tags/sysadmin/sysadmin.rss index 6f80b3f53a..0df75559d8 100644 --- a/blog/tags/sysadmin/sysadmin.rss +++ b/blog/tags/sysadmin/sysadmin.rss @@ -6,6 +6,115 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Debian Jessie, PXE and automatic firmware installation + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Jessie__PXE_and_automatic_firmware_installation.html + Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:10:00 +0200 + When PXE installing laptops with Debian, I often run into the +problem that the WiFi card require some firmware to work properly. +And it has been a pain to fix this using preseeding in Debian. +Normally something more is needed. But thanks to +<a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/i/isenkram.html">my isenkram +package</a> and its recent tasksel extension, it has now become easy +to do this using simple preseeding. + +The isenkram-cli package provide tasksel tasks which will install +firmware for the hardware found in the machine (actually, requested by +the kernel modules for the hardware). (It can also install user space +programs supporting the hardware detected, but that is not the focus +of this story.) + +To get this working in the default installation, two preeseding +values are needed. First, the isenkram-cli package must be installed +into the target chroot (aka the hard drive) before tasksel is executed +in the pkgsel step of the debian-installer system. This is done by +preseeding the base-installer/includes debconf value to include the +isenkram-cli package. The package name is next passed to debootstrap +for installation. With the isenkram-cli package in place, tasksel +will automatically use the isenkram tasks to detect hardware specific +packages for the machine being installed and install them, because +isenkram-cli contain tasksel tasks. + +Second, one need to enable the non-free APT repository, because +most firmware unfortunately is non-free. This is done by preseeding +the apt-mirror-setup step. This is unfortunate, but for a lot of +hardware it is the only option in Debian. + +The end result is two lines needed in your preseeding file to get +firmware installed automatically by the installer: + +<blockquote><pre> +base-installer base-installer/includes string isenkram-cli +apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/non-free boolean true +</pre></blockquote> + +The current version of isenkram-cli in testing/jessie will install +both firmware and user space packages when using this method. It also +do not work well, so use version 0.15 or later. Installing both +firmware and user space packages might give you a bit more than you +want, so I decided to split the tasksel task in two, one for firmware +and one for user space programs. The firmware task is enabled by +default, while the one for user space programs is not. This split is +implemented in the package currently in unstable. + +If you decide to give this a go, please let me know (via email) how +this recipe work for you if you decide to give it a go. :) + +So, I bet you are wondering, how can this work. First and +foremost, it work because tasksel is modular, and driven by whatever +files it find in /usr/lib/tasksel/ and /usr/share/tasksel/. So the +isenkram-cli package place two files for tasksel to find. First there +is the task description file (/usr/share/tasksel/descs/isenkram.desc): + +<blockquote><pre> +Task: isenkram-packages +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific packages are + proposed. +Test-new-install: show show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware + +Task: isenkram-firmware +Section: hardware +Description: Hardware specific firmware packages (autodetected by isenkram) + Based on the detected hardware various hardware specific firmware + packages are proposed. +Test-new-install: mark show +Relevance: 8 +Packages: for-current-hardware-firmware +</pre></blockquote> + +The key parts are Test-new-install which indicate how the task +should be handled and the Packages line referencing to a script in +/usr/lib/tasksel/packages/. The scripts use other scripts to get a +list of packages to install. The for-current-hardware-firmware script +look like this to list relevant firmware for the machine: + +<blockquote><pre> +#!/bin/sh +# +PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH +export PATH +isenkram-autoinstall-firmware -l +</pre></blockquote> + +With those two pieces in place, the firmware is installed by +tasksel during the normal d-i run. :) + +If you want to test what tasksel will install when isenkram-cli is +installed, run <tt>DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical tasksel --test +--new-install</tt> to get the list of packages that tasksel would +install. + +<ahref="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/">Debian Edu</a> will be +pilots in testing this feature, as isenkram is used to install +firmware now. + + + Scripting the Cerebrum/bofhd user administration system using XML-RPC http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Scripting_the_Cerebrum_bofhd_user_administration_system_using_XML_RPC.html diff --git a/blog/tags/valg/index.html b/blog/tags/valg/index.html index c70524611c..7f6731b178 100644 --- a/blog/tags/valg/index.html +++ b/blog/tags/valg/index.html @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ inneholdt i Iran hvis de ikke hadde hemmelige valg?

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