1 casper (1.218) lucid; urgency=low
3 * Allow dpkg and apt-get to be installed from within commands that operate
4 in the chroot via early_command or driver updates. (LP: #521218)
6 -- Mario Limonciello <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:38:48 -0600
8 casper (1.217) lucid; urgency=low
11 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Enable accessible login for the blindness
12 and braile accessibility profiles.
15 * Use egrep rather than 'grep -E' (LP: #512386).
18 * 15autologin: Add support for LXDM autologin (LP: #511976).
21 * Properly shut down debconf-communicate so that its database gets
22 written (LP: #518272).
24 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:25:53 +0000
26 casper (1.216) lucid; urgency=low
29 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
30 - Remove code to disable pulseaudio, as it is no longer needed, and
31 the supporting code in the pulseaudio package was removed a long time
33 - Set the default empathy theme to classic for blindness and braille
34 accessibility profiles.
37 * Speed up work around debconf-communicate. Replace several calls to
38 debconf-communicate with one persistent invocation followed by
40 * Disable guest account by rm'ing rather than waiting for dpkg to
43 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:41:57 -0800
45 casper (1.215) lucid; urgency=low
48 * Support multiple preseed file/urlarguments on the kernel commandline
49 rather than just selecting the last one and going with that.
50 * debian/control: Set Vcs-Bzr.
53 * Add scripts/casper-bottom/48enable_kubuntu_netbook and ubiquity-
54 hooks/48enable_kubuntu_netbook to enable Plasma Netbook workspace
55 for Kubuntu Netbook Remix
57 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:55:42 +0000
59 casper (1.214) lucid; urgency=low
61 * 15autologin: simplify the code with escape character evaluation
64 -- Didier Roche <didrocks@ubuntu.com> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:57:05 +0100
66 casper (1.213) lucid; urgency=low
68 * printf does not evaluate escape characters in the argument string.
70 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:02:12 +0000
72 casper (1.212) lucid; urgency=low
75 * debian/control: Add ${misc:Depends}.
76 * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no changes necessary).
79 * 15autologin: Use printf rather than echo -e, since its behaviour is
80 portable across shells.
83 * Remove scripts/casper-bottom/42disable_apparmor. Apparmor
84 2.3.1+bzr1312-0ubuntu3 and ifupdown 0.6.8ubuntu26 now no-op when
85 they detect the live CD environment.
87 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:56:27 +0000
89 casper (1.211) lucid; urgency=low
91 * Readd scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin changes: derivatives have
92 now a custom.conf file and still need autologin in live version.
93 Merge with my previous fix proposed for sponsoring one week ago:
94 use echo -e to enable \n interpretation (/bin/sh is busybox ash
95 which behavior differs from vanilla ash interpretor) (LP: #500786)·
97 -- Didier Roche <didrocks@ubuntu.com> Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:05:26 +0100
99 casper (1.210) lucid; urgency=low
101 [ Scott James Remnant ]
102 * Dropped Vcs-Bzr headers, pushed to lp:ubuntu/casper
103 * conf-hooks.d/casper: Changed to FRAMEBUFFER=y
106 * Source /scripts/casper-functions and /scripts/casper-helpers only after
107 processing 'prereqs' argument, to avoid lots of warnings with new
110 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:54:54 +0000
112 casper (1.209) lucid; urgency=low
114 * Revert the previous change to 15autologin and instead just make sure
115 custom.conf does not exist.
117 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:18:47 +0000
119 casper (1.208) lucid; urgency=low
122 * scripts/casper-bottom/25configure_init: sreadahead is no more, disable
126 * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Don't erase /etc/gdm/custom.conf but
127 only append autologin on casper startup if needed. This avoids removing
128 default session set in this file for ubuntu derivatives which use GDM.
129 The script also check if the modification is already there for
130 persistent usb keys. (LP: #498971)
132 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:54:36 +0100
134 casper (1.207) lucid; urgency=low
136 * Drop 46_disable_services. It didn't need to be running on "all" systems
137 with casper installed. Mythbuntu systems will pull this in via a package
138 that is administerable via ~mythbuntu-dev.
140 -- Mario Limonciello <superm1@ubuntu.com> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:28:29 -0600
142 casper (1.206) karmic; urgency=low
144 * Fix broken /cdrom writable test in 43disable_initramfs
147 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:49:15 +0100
149 casper (1.205) karmic; urgency=low
151 * scripts/casper-bottom/25configure_init: Disable sreadahead on live CD
152 boot. Not only does it profile the live CD boot to no benefit, but it
153 also looks as if it may be responsible for breaking Wubi installs by
154 reading from partman's synchronisation FIFOs (LP: #439279).
156 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:32:02 +0100
158 casper (1.204) karmic; urgency=low
160 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
161 - .pulse_a11y_nostart -> pulse_a11y_nostart due to being in a system
162 directory, to completely match the change in pulseaudio, which I missed
165 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:29:07 +1100
167 casper (1.203) karmic; urgency=low
169 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
170 - Change .pulse_a11y_nostart location to /var/lib/pulseaudio, as per
171 the change in pulseaudio itself, to solve a race condition with volume
174 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:31:51 +1100
176 casper (1.202) karmic; urgency=low
178 * scripts/casper-bottom/46_disable_services:
179 - MythTV backend is now an upstart service, so rename it's conf file
180 in /etc/init, rather than using update-rc.d.
182 -- Mario Limonciello <superm1@ubuntu.com> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:47:00 -0500
184 casper (1.201) karmic; urgency=low
187 * Don't prompt to eject the SD card on Babbage boards, since for now it's
188 reused as a quasi-boot-floppy (LP: #364273).
191 * scripts/casper-bottom/44pk_allow_ubuntu: update to work for polkit-1
192 as well. Allow the live cd user to perform any action when at the
193 active console. (LP: #447141)
195 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:06:53 +0100
197 casper (1.200) karmic; urgency=low
199 * scripts/casper-bottom/20xconfig:
200 - Fix xforcevesa to generate a good failsafe xorg.conf (LP: #423969)
202 -- Mario Limonciello <superm1@ubuntu.com> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:26:42 -0500
204 casper (1.199) karmic; urgency=low
207 * Scan device-mapper (RAID) devices for live filesystem (LP: #385305).
209 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:39:57 +0100
211 casper (1.198) karmic; urgency=low
213 * scripts/casper: Send PULSELOGO usplash command at startup. (LP: #438762)
215 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:51:07 +0200
217 casper (1.197) karmic; urgency=low
220 * Fix tty device name construction to work with new upstart (LP: #438678).
223 * scripts/casper-bottom/22serialtty: pass -L to getty and set term to vt100.
224 * scripts/casper-bottom/22serialtty: set +x...
226 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:27:45 +0100
228 casper (1.196) karmic; urgency=low
230 * Extend our hack that arranges to run setupcon after usplash exits to
231 cover the new Upstartified usplash as well.
233 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:36:55 +0100
235 casper (1.195) karmic; urgency=low
238 * add support for serialtty= cmdline option for debugging purposes in live
242 * Upstart moved /etc/event.d/ to /etc/init/; adjust shell provision on VTs
243 to match (LP: #434769).
245 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:52:32 +0100
247 casper (1.194) karmic; urgency=low
249 * Fix 47unr_ubiquity shell code to make slightly more sense.
250 * Tell mkinitramfs that casper needs usplash (LP: #434980).
252 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:29:21 +0100
254 casper (1.193) karmic; urgency=low
256 * Sync LSB headers in init script with desired behaviour: don't start
257 casper at boot, and stop after umountroot but before halt/reboot.
259 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:08:23 +0100
261 casper (1.192) karmic; urgency=low
264 * Upgrade to debhelper v7.
267 * Add 37kubuntu_netbook_installer_link to show ubiquity launcher
269 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:10:03 +0100
271 casper (1.191) karmic; urgency=low
273 * Slightly re-work 47unr_ubiquity, so that ubiquity doesn't keep getting
274 added to the favourites if persistence is used.·
276 -- Steve Kowalik <stevenk@ubuntu.com> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:35:00 +1000
278 casper (1.190) karmic; urgency=low
281 * Don't produce an invalid sed program when trying to remove an applet
282 which isn't in the panel (LP: #406188).
285 * do not remount filesystems that already have been probed when
286 searching for the livefs (LP: #424464)
287 * Fix quoting in try_snap (LP: #424742).
288 * Silence error messages for non-existent device nodes (LP: #425159).
290 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:10:53 +0100
292 casper (1.189) karmic; urgency=low
294 * In 10adduser fix path to ubiquity-kde.desktop file
296 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:54:41 +0100
298 casper (1.188) karmic; urgency=low
300 * Allow for platform-orion-ehci in ID_PATH to qualify as a "nice_device"
301 i.e. one which can host a livefs. This is the name of the USB device
302 driver on Marvell Dove boards.
304 -- Loïc Minier <loic.minier@ubuntu.com> Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:16:21 +0200
306 casper (1.187) karmic; urgency=low
308 * Stop recommending unionfs-fuse, as we're using aufs again in Karmic.
310 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:07:14 +0100
312 casper (1.186) karmic; urgency=low
315 * Allow for platform-mxsdhci in ID_PATH to qualify as a "nice_device" i.e.
316 one which can host a livefs. This is the new name of this device in
317 2.6.31 kernels on Babbage i.MX51.
320 * Rename 47unr-ubiquity as 47unr_ubiquity, as scripts with dashes don't
321 get installed into the initramfs. (LP: #411616)
323 -- Steve Kowalik <stevenk@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:39:34 +1000
325 casper (1.185) karmic; urgency=low
327 * Actually set 47unr-ubiquity as executable.·
329 -- Steve Kowalik <stevenk@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:41:35 +1000
331 casper (1.184) karmic; urgency=low
334 * Apply the Ubuntu release version to the installer menu entries as well
338 * Fix disabling of apt-check (LP: #406191).
341 * Remove the UNR ubiquity .desktop hack in 10adduser.
342 * Set ubiquity as a UNR Favourite in 47unr-ubiquity.
344 -- Steve Kowalik <stevenk@ubuntu.com> Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:11:58 +0100
346 casper (1.183) karmic; urgency=low
348 * Remove erroneous /root prefix on the ubiquity desktop files in
351 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:02:34 +0100
353 casper (1.182) karmic; urgency=low
356 * Busybox sed does not preserve ownership, so chown after using it.
359 * Set AutomaticLogin=$USERNAME, not =ubuntu (thanks, arky; LP: #401321).
361 [ Mario Limonciello ]
362 * Add support for lzma type archives to casper-new-uuid.
364 -- Mario Limonciello <mario_limonciello@dell.com> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:36:55 -0500
366 casper (1.181) karmic; urgency=low
368 * Insert a version number in the name field for ubiquity's desktop file
371 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:11:40 +0100
373 casper (1.180) karmic; urgency=low
376 * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Minor consistency fixes.
379 * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Update for new gdm custom configuration
380 file (/etc/gdm/custom.conf). (LP: #395861)
382 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:40:00 +0200
384 casper (1.179) karmic; urgency=low
387 * If LIVE_MEDIA_PATH is set on the command line, record it in
388 /etc/casper.conf for the benefit of ubiquity.
391 * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Update to work with new gdm.
393 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:51:57 +0200
395 casper (1.178) karmic; urgency=low
397 * Ensure that unionfs-fuse isn't killed by /etc/init.d/sendsigs on
398 shutdown (LP: #386010).
399 * Patches from "phl" (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-leledy), adjusted by
400 me, to fix snapshot resync:
401 - Avoid using cpio -u -d options if klibc cpio is in use (LP: #384059).
402 - Copy /etc/casper.conf into /root, otherwise we forget snapshot resync
403 settings (LP: #384061).
404 - Adjust the first field of *SNAP entries in casper.conf to be relative
405 to /cow, not /root (LP: #384066).
406 - Prefix $DEST with $MOUNTP in casper-snapshot (LP: #384068).
407 - /etc/init.d/casper is usually called with 'start', so handle that as
408 well as 'stop' to do snapshot resyncing and CD ejecting (LP: #384076).
409 * Fix casper-snapshot(1) syntax to avoid missing spaces between options
411 * Fix showmounts when used in conjunction with unionfs-fuse; read-only
412 filesystems need to be bind-mounted rather than move-mounted.
414 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:24:28 +0100
416 casper (1.177) karmic; urgency=low
418 * Port from Debian (thanks, Daniel Baumann):
419 - Added live-media-path as suggested by Jordi Pujol.
420 - Tail casper.log and show its messages during boot (thanks, Michal
421 Suchanek; LP: #363886).
423 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:10:59 +0100
425 casper (1.176) karmic; urgency=low
428 * Fix symlinking of anacron to /bin/true.
431 * Drop scripts/casper-bottom/38jockey_disable_check: Some drivers, like wl
432 or printer drivers, do need to be advertised in a live system. Jockey has
433 been fixed to not advertise video drivers automatically if the packages
434 aren't available (such as in the live system), and even if we should ever
435 put them back, it is easier to disable the notifications in jockey's
436 handlers instead of here. (LP: #381687)
438 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:40:05 +0200
440 casper (1.175) karmic; urgency=low
442 * Suppress error message if
443 /root/usr/share/applications/firefox-fav.desktop doesn't exist.
444 * Add unionfs-fuse support.
445 * Automatically fall back to unionfs-fuse if the default union filesystem
446 is not available but unionfs-fuse is.
448 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Sun, 24 May 2009 12:28:00 +0100
450 casper (1.174) karmic; urgency=low
452 * debian/control: Increase dependency on initramfs-tools to get the version
453 that uses blkid, depend on util-linux as well
454 * hooks/casper: No need to copy vol_id into the initramfs image.·
455 * scripts/casper-bottom/13swap: Use blkid -o udev -p instead of vol_id,
456 there's probably a much cleaner way to check for RAID like this, but
457 this is the direct equivalent.
458 * scripts/casper-helpers (get_fstype): use a blkid call to get the type·
459 * scripts/casper-helpers (find_cow_device): use a blkid call to get the
462 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Tue, 12 May 2009 13:29:41 +0100
464 casper (1.173) jaunty; urgency=low
466 * Don't use head -n1 in where_is_mounted, we don't have head in the
467 initramfs. LP: #363038.
469 -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:22:06 -0700
471 casper (1.172) jaunty; urgency=low
473 * 43disable_updateinitramfs: The /cdrom mount has been moved to
474 /root/cdrom by the time this script runs, so check that instead.
476 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:29 +0100
478 casper (1.171) jaunty; urgency=low
480 * Set MP_QUIET to -q instead of -Q on Ubuntu as well, and not just for
481 Debian as the modprobe in the latest upstream release of module-init-tools
482 doesn't accept -Q anymore.
484 -- Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:31:40 +0200
486 casper (1.170) jaunty; urgency=low
488 * is_nice_device(): allow devices with an ID_PATH of platform-mmc* as well
489 as used for instance for SD cards on the ARM iMX51 Babbage board;
492 -- Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:34:01 +0200
494 casper (1.169) jaunty; urgency=low
496 * [ -w /cdrom ] turns out not to be a sufficient test for files under
497 /cdrom being writable; with busybox, it always returns true even for
498 read-only filesystems. Explicitly check for the read-only flag in mount
499 output to work around this.
500 * Fix where_is_mounted helper function to actually produce output (thanks,
501 Steve Dodd; LP: #346941).
502 * Add a comment to find_cow_device explaining why the choice of
503 filesystems is restricted (I asked for this comment in LP #230703 but it
504 apparently never got written).
506 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:47:05 +0100
508 casper (1.168) jaunty; urgency=low
510 * Fix writing of "$@" to diverted update-initramfs script (here-documents
511 perform parameter expansion unless the delimiter is quoted).
512 * Don't bring up a temporary network interface while fetching the preseed
513 file when netbooting, as that will disconnect our root filesystem
516 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:39:29 +0100
518 casper (1.167) jaunty; urgency=low
520 * Disable kwallet from KDE 4 in 34disable_kde_services
522 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:40:35 +0000
524 casper (1.166) jaunty; urgency=low
527 * Show the ubiquity icon in kourou (LP: #338730)
530 * Move examples.desktop to Desktop/ if it exists, as an alternative to
531 Examples (LP: #45489).
534 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
535 - Make the special case disabling of pulseaudio per user, and not system
537 - Also disable PulseAudio for the Braille profile.
538 - Fix incorrect paths when chowning files.
539 - Don't use /root for the ubiquity hook accessibility script, /target is
540 where the installed system is located.
541 - Remove laptop detect code. Its not currently working, and getting it to
542 work requires invasive changes.
543 - Only set pulseaudio settings and create the .orca directory if sed
544 packages are installed on the live filesystem and installed system.
545 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Copy orca settings to the installed system.
547 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:38:20 +1100
549 casper (1.165) jaunty; urgency=low
551 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
552 - When the blindness accessibility profile is chosen, create the .orca
553 directory in the live user's home directory. This seems to allow orca
554 to properly reload and use settings in the live session without needing
555 to be restarted. This is only needed for the blindness profile, due to
556 the other profiles that use orca already creating the .orca directory.
559 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:37:20 +1100
561 casper (1.164) jaunty; urgency=low
563 * Update 34disable_kde_services to not start
564 update-notifier-kde or plasma's contact plugin which uses akonadi
566 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:07:52 +0000
568 casper (1.163) jaunty; urgency=low
570 * 34disable_kwallet moved to 34disable_kde_services and disables
571 various services not needed by live CDs
573 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:33:13 +0000
575 casper (1.162) jaunty; urgency=low
577 * If /cdrom is writable, call the diverted update-initramfs and copy
578 the resulting kernel and initrd to /cdrom/casper (LP: #292159).
580 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:36:30 +0000
582 casper (1.161) jaunty; urgency=low
585 * Regenerate SSL certificate at boot so that it isn't the same for all
586 live CD users (LP: #337723).
588 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:39:21 +0000
590 casper (1.160) jaunty; urgency=low
592 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
593 - Adjust sudoers file to allow ORBIT_SOCKET_DIR, XDG_SESSION_COOKIE and
594 GTK_MODULES environment variables through to root, for v2, v3, and
595 braille profiles. This allows users to use administrative GTK/GNOME
596 applications executed by gksudo with accessibility tools like orca.
598 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:38:17 +1100
600 casper (1.159) jaunty; urgency=low
602 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
603 - Disable pulseaudio for the blindness profile, as pulseaudio and espeak
604 and portaudio v19 do not play very well with each other, lots of
605 crackling, cut of speech. At least espeak via ALSA natively is usable,
606 and latency is relatively low.
608 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:03:06 +1100
610 casper (1.158) jaunty; urgency=low
612 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
613 - use laptop_detect function in blindness profile as well
615 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:07:17 +1100
617 casper (1.157) jaunty; urgency=low
620 * 10adduser: add Category=Favorites support for netbook-launcher
624 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
625 - Remove the fast user switch applet from the top panel, to re-enable
626 the logout/shutdown menu options in the system menu. This is done for
627 the speech and braille accessibility profiles. Requiring several
628 keyboard shortcuts to access something that is not entirely accessible
629 yet only makes things difficult for blind/vision impaired users, and is
630 likely to cause much confusion if sed menu entries are not present.
632 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:49:21 +1100
634 casper (1.156) jaunty; urgency=low
636 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
637 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
638 - If using a laptop, enable the laptop keyboard layout
639 - There is no longer a need to set gconf values as root in only-ubiquity
642 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:59:52 +0100
644 casper (1.155) jaunty; urgency=low
647 * Add myself to debian/copyright as an author, as I've done fairly
648 significant work on this.
649 * Eliminate casper-md5check's libm linkage; patch from "SurJector" who
650 points out that the automatic conversion is sufficient (LP: #293613).
651 * Restore showmounts/show-cow option (thanks, Carlo de Wolf and "probono";
652 LP: #159006, #290330).
655 * Add support for ext4.
657 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:14:00 +0000
659 casper (1.154) jaunty; urgency=low
662 * scripts/casper-bottom/02timezone:
663 - Remove as it's no longer needed and resets the timezone when
664 persistence is enabled (LP: #296855).
667 * Preseed console-setup/optionscode and console-setup/codesetcode to the
668 empty string on boot to avoid debris from the live filesystem build
669 process getting in the way of installation (LP: #94177).
671 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:44:45 +0000
673 casper (1.153) jaunty; urgency=low
675 * scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser:
676 - Create links for Mythbuntu items on the Desktop too.
677 - Don't show removable drives on Mythbuntu desktop
678 * scripts/casper-bottom/46disable_services:
679 - New script for disabling services unnecessary to Live
680 mode that should still start after being installed.
682 -- Mario Limonciello <superm1@ubuntu.com> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:25:59 -0600
684 casper (1.152) intrepid; urgency=low
686 * Use kde4rc now for accessibility profiles
688 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:44:54 +0100
690 casper (1.151) intrepid; urgency=low
692 * Force ubiquity to --automatic mode for ubuntu-mid
694 -- Emmet Hikory <persia@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:31:16 +0100
696 casper (1.150) intrepid; urgency=low
698 * Fix path to Kubuntu help file in 10adduser (really)
700 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:16:54 +0100
702 casper (1.149) intrepid; urgency=low
704 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
705 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
706 - Revert to using gconf keys for starting orca, as this is now what
707 orca does when the user chooses to automatically start orca from Orca's
709 - Explicitly set orca as the program to start up for magnification,
712 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:33:02 +1100
714 casper (1.148) intrepid; urgency=low
716 * Skip remounting read-only in try_mount as it's unnecessary and
717 breaks persistence. Thanks James Westby (LP: #274076).
719 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:09:57 -0400
721 casper (1.147) intrepid; urgency=low
723 * Fix path to Kubuntu help file in 10adduser
725 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:49:29 +0100
727 casper (1.146) intrepid; urgency=low
729 * Update About Kubuntu link in 10adduser for KDE 4
731 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:54:15 +0100
733 casper (1.145) intrepid; urgency=low
735 * 38disable_restricted_manager: Remove some obsolete l-r-m and
736 restricted-manager code, and rename the script to 38jockey_disable_check
737 to better reflect its purpose.
739 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:21:40 +0200
741 casper (1.144) intrepid; urgency=low
743 * Bump media detection timeout to a minute; thanks to Tormod Volden and
744 Steve Beattie for analysis (LP: #258432).
745 * Note that this changes (fixes?) the semantics of LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT due
746 to not using hex values in a for loop which aren't understood by test
747 -lt (thanks, Steve Beattie).
749 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:35:13 +0100
751 casper (1.143) intrepid; urgency=low
753 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
754 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Change the way that orca is set to
755 automatically start. Orca can be started via a gconf key, however this
756 is not reflected in the orca UI, and doesn't easily allow the user to
757 prevent orca from autostarting on an installed system.
759 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:37:35 +1000
761 casper (1.142) intrepid; urgency=low
763 * Fix syntax error introduced by is_nice_device regex fix.
765 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:30:59 +0100
767 casper (1.141) intrepid; urgency=low
770 * Handle spaces in file names in md5sum.txt (LP: #251112).
773 * Support ?= (set value but don't mark as seen) preseeding syntax in
774 preseed script; previously we only supported it in the keyboard script,
775 which confusingly doesn't deal with propagating console-setup/* preseeds
776 to the target filesystem (LP: #253749).
777 * Update to localechooser's new languagelist format.
780 * scripts/casper: don't scan floppy drives for livefs images (LP: #97306)
781 * scripts/casper: fix broken RE in is_nice_device() (LP: #250328)
782 * scripts/casper: properly use argument $1 in matches_uuid()
784 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:14:05 +0100
786 casper (1.140) intrepid; urgency=low
789 * Disable jockey as well as the old restricted-manager. While jockey does
790 do more than restricted-manager did, it also still uses a good chunk of
791 memory for a use case that's fairly limited on the live CD.
794 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
795 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
796 - Check that usr/bin/orca exists and is executable before creating user
799 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:23:41 +1000
801 casper (1.139) intrepid; urgency=low
803 * add compcache conf.d configuration for initramfs-tools
805 -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:25:54 +0200
807 casper (1.138) intrepid; urgency=low
810 * use full path for vol_id in swap-on-raid detection (LP: #136804)
813 * 33enable_apport_crashes: Change the apport default file, not the
814 update-notifier gconf keys, to undo the corresponding change for disabling
815 apport right before the release.
816 * Add 45disable_guest_account: Purge the gdm-guest-session package from the
817 live system, since having guest sessions in a live session does not make
818 much sense. (See gdm-guest-login spec)
820 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:19:07 +0200
822 casper (1.137) intrepid; urgency=low
824 * Update scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin for KDM from KDE 4.
825 * Update 32disable_hibernation for KDE 4.
827 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:41:38 +0100
829 casper (1.136) intrepid; urgency=low
831 * Remove bad-and-wrong setting of PATH to include directories under /root;
832 now that grep links to more libraries than before, this broke a number
833 of things. Requires initramfs-tools (>= 0.92bubuntu5) because this
834 doesn't work with klibc chroot.
836 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:34:35 +0100
838 casper (1.135) intrepid; urgency=low
841 * Fix use of PREREQ instead of PREREQS in hooks/casper.
844 * Fix mount argument ordering for klibc mount.
846 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:34:26 +0100
848 casper (1.134) intrepid; urgency=low
851 * Do not use mode= when mounting /cow using persistent mode (LP: #219192).
854 * Support ?= (set value but don't mark as seen) preseeding syntax for
855 console-setup/* (LP: #64058).
857 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:52:41 +0100
859 casper (1.133) intrepid; urgency=low
862 * Do not use swap on RAID raw devices (LP: #136804)
865 * Test if livemedia is a directory before trying to mount it as a
867 * Reverted changes to casper-helpers as requested by Mithrandir since
868 replaying the journal on a hibernated system would lead to file system
869 corruption (LP: #230703).
871 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:34:58 -0400
873 casper (1.132ubuntu0.2) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
875 * Test if livemedia is a directory before trying to mount it as a
877 * Reverted changes to casper-helpers as requested by Mithrandir since
878 replaying the journal on a hibernated system would lead to file system
879 corruption (LP: #230703).
881 -- Agostino Russo <agostino.russo@gmail.com> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:27:12 +0100
883 casper (1.132ubuntu0.1) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
885 * Do not scan only vfat volumes when looking for cow devices (LP: #230703)
886 * Allow casper to use a squashfs filesystem within an arbitrary path (LP:
889 -- Agostino Russo <agostino.russo@gmail.com> Thu, 15 May 2008 22:10:50 +0100
891 casper (1.132) intrepid; urgency=low
894 * Switch default unionfs implementation to aufs.
897 * Do not scan only vfat volumes when looking for cow devices (LP: #230703)
898 * Allow casper to use a squashfs filesystem within an arbitrary path (LP:
901 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 28 May 2008 15:01:30 -0400
903 casper (1.131) hardy; urgency=low
906 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility: Set gconf and orca config values as
907 root in automatic-ubiquity, only-ubiquity, and debug-ubiquity modes.
908 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Remove unneeded gconf call to disable esd.
911 * Ensure that the live CD user's Desktop directory is owned by them, not
912 by root (LP: #218576).
913 * Duplicate a chunk of console-setup logic into the keyboard script so
914 that we can deal with non-Latin keymaps and the like without having to
915 have gfxboot-theme-ubuntu help us; the previous approach broke other
916 uses of console-setup, and thus the alternate install CD (LP: #218754).
917 This should later be replaced by just running console-setup, and I'll
918 open another bug for this.
920 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:52:05 +0100
922 casper (1.130) hardy; urgency=low
924 * Handle use of debian-installer/language for locale selection
927 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:30:10 +0100
929 casper (1.129) hardy; urgency=low
931 * Add COPYING file with GPL text (LP: #211923).
932 * Add casper-new-uuid script to simplify UUID regeneration process,
933 contributed by Mario Limonciello of Dell (LP: #209847).
934 * Update casper-snapshot for genext2fs --reserved-blocks =>
935 --reserved-percentage option change (LP: #202048). Add a Breaks as the
936 most lightweight available method of documenting that we need genext2fs
939 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:45:47 +0100
941 casper (1.128) hardy; urgency=low
944 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
945 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
946 - Update gconf keys to ensure onboard actually gets loaded.
947 - Change ownership of created orca settings files to the user.
948 - Add extra bits to make orca settings actually work.
951 * Add mode=755 to the tmpfs mount that becomes / in the unionfs mount
952 so that / in the live filesystem does not end up with 777 permissions
956 * Make scripts/casper-bottom/38disable_restricted_manager executable
958 * Depend on uuid-runtime for uuidgen.
960 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:11:55 +0100
962 casper (1.127) hardy; urgency=low
964 * Leave spawning the noninteractive ubiquity frontend to its initscript.
966 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:52:32 -0400
968 casper (1.126) hardy; urgency=low
970 * scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser: Test for konqueror not kdesktop,
971 stops putting a broken icon on the Kubuntu KDE 4 desktop
973 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:42:31 +0000
975 casper (1.125) hardy; urgency=low
978 * Stop quoting Exec arguments in .desktop files. Apparently this used to
979 work but now the system conforms more strictly to the desktop entry
980 specification (LP: #204185).
983 * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Enable auto-login for KDM-KDE4
985 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:20:17 +0000
987 casper (1.124) hardy; urgency=low
990 * Name generated snapshot images according to their type (LP: #202699).
993 * scripts/casper-bottom/44pk_allow_ubuntu: Remove erroneous blank line at
994 the start of PolicyKit.conf, since this is invalid XML. This broke
995 PolicyKit completely on the live system.
997 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:20:08 +0100
999 casper (1.123) hardy; urgency=low
1001 * Add scripts/casper-bottom/44pk_allow_ubuntu: Allow PolicyKit privileges
1002 without password to the default live session user. This avoids the need to
1003 press Enter at the password prompt, which is quite confusing. Thanks to
1004 MarioDebian! (LP: #201852)
1006 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:26:37 +0100
1008 casper (1.122) hardy; urgency=low
1010 * Fix paths in About Kubuntu links
1012 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:12:38 +0000
1014 casper (1.121) hardy; urgency=low
1016 * Use a link for About Kubuntu docs in Kubuntu-KDE4
1018 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:57:50 +0000
1020 casper (1.120) hardy; urgency=low
1022 * Use dhclient directly instead of ifupdown for the url= kernel cmdline
1023 argument so that we don't have to worry about the interfaces file
1024 propagating to the installed system.
1026 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:08:08 -0400
1028 casper (1.119) hardy; urgency=low
1031 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
1032 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
1033 - Disable compiz for screen reader and braille terminal accessibility
1034 profiles. It is currently not possible to get feedback about open
1035 windows when cycling through them using ALT + Tab with Compiz.
1036 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Add braille terminal profile.
1039 * Always set language in both /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment
1040 (thanks, Sebastien Bacher).
1042 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:21:42 +0000
1044 casper (1.118) hardy; urgency=low
1046 [ Julian Andres Klode, Colin Watson ]
1047 * Use aufs instead of unionfs if union=aufs is given (LP: #187259).
1049 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:00:36 +0000
1051 casper (1.117) hardy; urgency=low
1053 * Disable speech for magnifier and braille profiles again. Thanks
1055 * esd is enabled by default, so the comment in 30accessibility is no
1058 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:20:22 -0500
1060 casper (1.116) hardy; urgency=low
1062 * Fix setting orca options in 30accessibility.
1063 * Remove gdm and kdm from init when using automatic-ubiquity and
1064 only-ubiquity. The ubiquity initscript will take care of spawning
1067 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:19:39 -0500
1069 casper (1.115) hardy; urgency=low
1071 * Add the user to the groups specified by user-setup-udeb.
1073 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:08:33 +0000
1075 casper (1.114) hardy; urgency=low
1078 * casper-md5check: Close md5_file before exiting.
1079 * Disable tracker-applet as well as trackerd, otherwise the former starts
1081 * casper-snapshot: Fix argument parsing (thanks, Tormod Volden;
1084 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:25:21 +0000
1086 casper (1.113) hardy; urgency=low
1089 * dpkg-divert away update-initramfs as it's useless on live CDs and
1090 annoying when people install LVM and similar tools in order to rescue
1091 a system. LP: #150188
1094 * Adjust /etc/sudoers editing code so that it doesn't repeatedly add
1095 "NOPASSWD:" in persistent mode (LP: #175159).
1096 * Avoid ejecting the CD if booting from an ISO image rather than from a
1097 physical CD (thanks, Agostino Russo; LP: #176014).
1099 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:17:50 +0000
1101 casper (1.112) hardy; urgency=low
1103 * hooks/casper: no need to copy udevinfo into the initramfs, it's already
1104 there inside udevadm
1105 * scripts/casper: call udevadm with trigger and settle arguments
1106 * scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: call udevadm with trigger and
1108 * scripts/casper-helpers: call udevadm with info and settle arguments
1110 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:00:29 +0000
1112 casper (1.111) hardy; urgency=low
1114 * Remove code to set the progress bar to throbbing, this now comes as
1115 standard so we don't need to duplicate it or override things that
1116 attempted to set progress. LP: #162397.
1118 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:49:31 +0000
1120 casper (1.110) gutsy; urgency=low
1122 * Don't generate fglrx or the nvidia modules in the live session at boot;
1123 we disable restricted-manager in the live session anyway so they aren't
1124 straightforward to use (see #43706). Saves about 19 MB of memory.
1126 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:28:29 +0100
1128 casper (1.109) gutsy; urgency=low
1130 * Cache the stty binary before ejecting the CD.
1131 * Skip the CD eject prompt if 'noprompt' is on the kernel command line
1133 * Try each of (e.g.) 2.6.22-13-generic, 2.6.22-13, and 2.6.22 in turn as
1134 directory names for driver updates (LP: #122430).
1136 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:24:43 +0100
1138 casper (1.108) gutsy; urgency=low
1140 * If CASPER_GENERATE_UUID is set, generate a random UUID in the initramfs,
1141 and check it against the discovered medium (unless booting with the
1142 ignore_uuid parameter). This allows live CD images to be safely copied
1143 to the hard disk without causing problems when booting future live CDs
1146 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:23:37 +0100
1148 casper (1.107) gutsy; urgency=low
1150 * Fix gconf keys for suspend and hibernate (thanks, Oliver Grawert;
1152 * Enable suspend again since as far as I can see we no longer need to
1153 probe DMI while figuring out whether to enable it (see #61535).
1154 * Add a 'textonly' boot option to disable X (LP: #65818).
1155 * Write the please-remove-CD message to /dev/console so that it works even
1156 if usplash isn't running, and make sure to set /dev/console into a sane
1157 state so that pressing Enter doesn't just result in ^M being displayed.
1159 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:12:57 +0100
1161 casper (1.106) gutsy; urgency=low
1163 * Support preseed/early_command; code supplied here will be run using 'sh
1164 -c' from casper-bottom, and can chroot to /root if needed (LP: #144845).
1165 * Make sure we don't accidentally continue to boot if casper-md5check
1167 * Clear out debconf database backup files after preseeding to save memory
1169 * Mount everything as noatime to avoid unnecessary metadata writes.
1171 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:27:52 +0100
1173 casper (1.105) gutsy; urgency=low
1175 * scripts/casper-bottom/36disable_trackerd: Disable trackerd in the live
1176 session; it's not very useful in this context and it uses a fair bit of
1179 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:25:50 +0100
1181 casper (1.104) gutsy; urgency=low
1183 * casper-md5check: Fall back to text output if opening the usplash FIFO
1184 fails (LP: #131209).
1186 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:07:45 +0100
1188 casper (1.103) gutsy; urgency=low
1190 * Disable anacron harder so that it doesn't get started by battery events.
1191 * Don't write out DHCP network interface stanzas if network-manager is
1192 installed (LP: #139403).
1194 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:52:21 +0100
1196 casper (1.102) gutsy; urgency=low
1198 * Rename 42disable_cups_apparmor to 42disable_apparmor and remove AppArmor's
1199 rc.d startup links instead of just disabling the cups profile. AA profiles
1200 will not generally work on the live system, so disabling it completely
1201 allows us to ship more profiles without worrying any further.
1204 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:37:50 +0200
1206 casper (1.101) gutsy; urgency=low
1208 * Add scripts/casper-bottom/42disable_cups_apparmor: Disable AppArmor
1209 protection for cups on the live CD by switching the profiles to complain
1210 mode. This is necessary until AppArmor works properly on stacked file
1211 systems. (LP: #131976)
1213 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:44:02 +0200
1215 casper (1.100) gutsy; urgency=low
1217 * scripts/casper-bottom/41apt_cdrom: Remove unnecessary /root/cdrom
1218 mounting/unmounting code, which only serves to generate error messages
1219 (scripts/casper-bottom/05mountpoints handles this already).
1221 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:47:58 +0100
1223 casper (1.99) gutsy; urgency=low
1226 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
1227 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
1228 - Change gconf setting used to automatically start Orca (LP: #131808).
1230 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:09:46 +0100
1232 casper (1.98) gutsy; urgency=low
1234 * Load /preseed.cfg if it exists in the initramfs.
1236 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:18:27 +0100
1238 casper (1.97) gutsy; urgency=low
1240 * Fix paths in scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser and
1241 scripts/casper-bottom/38disable_restricted_manager
1243 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:26:33 +0100
1245 casper (1.96) gutsy; urgency=low
1248 * Fix name and executability of timezone script.
1250 [ Jonathan Riddell ]
1251 * In 10adduser add About Kubuntu document to desktop and remove
1252 restricted-manager autostart files
1254 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:51:02 +0100
1256 casper (1.95) gutsy; urgency=low
1258 * Fix regex syntax error while looking for non-CD devices for driver
1260 * Fix ip= boot parameter, documented but not properly merged from Debian.
1263 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:03:41 +0100
1265 casper (1.94) gutsy; urgency=low
1268 * Hack around keyboard configuration not being done until after the keymap
1269 is set by having /etc/init.d/usplash reconfigure the console
1271 * Disable pam_lastlog on the console if doing autologin (LP: #126800).
1274 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
1275 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
1276 - Prevent gksu from grabbing keyboard focus for the v2, v3, and m1
1277 accessibility profiles. (LP: #67172)
1278 * Start Orca when a Braille device is configured from choosing the
1279 Braille option in the Accessibility menu. (Partially fixes Launchpad
1281 * Re-enable desktop sounds for the blindness accessibility profile, as
1282 eSpeak should be able to speak alongside audio playback.
1284 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:24:55 +0100
1286 casper (1.93) gutsy; urgency=low
1288 * revert gdm-cdd.conf handling for autologin to the chrooted code
1289 as we had it in feisty. not chrooting brings up problems with the
1290 alternatives system (dead symlinks) used for gdm-cdd.conf
1292 -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:08:16 +0200
1294 casper (1.92) gutsy; urgency=low
1297 * Don't bother chrooting just to run test(1).
1300 * Added support for URL-based preseeding.
1301 * Added 'noninteractive' option that starts ubiquity in noninteractive
1304 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:23:51 +0100
1306 casper (1.91) gutsy; urgency=low
1308 * Fix Maintainer field (ubuntu-devel-discuss, not ubuntu-devel).
1309 * Remember to strip directories from paths when dealing with driver update
1310 .debs (LP: #120217).
1312 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:51:33 +0100
1314 casper (1.90) gutsy; urgency=low
1316 * Added to 22screensaver, to stop the screen automatically locking.
1317 Fixes LP: #13497 for kubuntu as well.
1319 -- Sarah Hobbs <hobbsee@ubuntu.com> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:50:42 +1000
1321 casper (1.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
1323 * Update Maintainer field to reflect reality; this package is no longer
1326 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:56:46 +0200
1328 casper (1.88) gutsy; urgency=low
1330 * Add default values for root_persistence, home_persistence,
1331 root_snapshot_label, and home_snapshot_label, and parse the persistent
1332 command-line option, which went missing in the last merge from Debian.
1333 This goes some way towards LP #84591 but doesn't quite fix it for me
1334 since the USB stick inexplicably doesn't appear until a little too late.
1335 * Use 'losetup -f' instead of walking /sys/block/loop*. Requires
1336 busybox-initramfs 1:1.1.3-4ubuntu3.
1337 * Install temporary workaround for /dev/loop* breakage in post-2.6.21
1338 kernels (LP: #118561).
1340 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:26:59 +0100
1342 casper (1.87) feisty; urgency=low
1345 * Improve language at end of MD5 check (LP: #100088).
1348 * Add casper-bottom/33enable_apport_crashes: Enable apport crash
1349 notifications. They are disabled now by default in the installed system
1350 for the final release.
1352 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:31:50 +0200
1354 casper (1.86) feisty; urgency=low
1357 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
1358 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
1359 - Point to new settings file for gnome-orca, as package was changed
1360 from python-support to pycentral. (LP: #91868)
1362 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:42:54 +0100
1364 casper (1.85) feisty; urgency=low
1366 * Stop disabling nvidia and fglrx drivers. LP: #94359
1368 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:16:46 +0200
1370 casper (1.84) feisty; urgency=low
1373 * scripts/casper-bottom/13swap: Call /bin/dd not dd so it
1374 correctly detects and uses existing swap partitions (LP: #62868)
1377 * Make sure that we are settled before trying to set up netbooting.
1379 * Bind-mount /dev too, when configuring X, this should make it easier
1380 for X to be correctly configured on a lot of systems.
1381 * Add /root/lib and /root/usr/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf in the initramfs.
1382 * Add any sources on the CD to APT using apt-cdrom.
1383 * Set the time zone to UTC. LP: #13782
1384 * Fix deletion of checkroot script. LP: #66585.
1387 * Fix error message if do_netmount fails (LP: #95134).
1389 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:37:58 +0200
1391 casper (1.83) feisty; urgency=low
1393 * Fix usplash version in Conflicts.
1394 * Add XS-Vcs-Bzr field to debian/control.
1395 * scripts/casper-bottom/25configure_init: Support for "respawn COMMAND"
1396 has been dropped from upstart jobs; cope with /etc/event.d/tty* using
1397 "respawn" plus "exec COMMAND" now instead (LP: #92928).
1399 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:44:22 +0000
1401 casper (1.82) feisty; urgency=low
1404 * Depends on eject package, and copy it into initramfs.
1405 * Add log_wait_msg function to use usplash_write INPUTENTER.
1406 * Conflict with usplash older than the one that fixes INPUTENTER.
1407 * Add driver-updates hooks.
1410 * Fix more leftover /live_media wreckage (LP: #84592).
1411 * Add a ubiquity hook to install driver-updates on the target system.
1413 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:19:48 +0000
1415 casper (1.81+debian-4) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * Added patch from Serkan Sakar <serkan.sakar@gmx.net> to allow local keymap
1418 for use with encryption.
1420 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:04:00 +0200
1422 casper (1.81+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Added depends to eject.
1425 * Removed recommends to live-package.
1427 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:30:00 +0100
1429 casper (1.81+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * Applied patch from Sebastian Raveau <sebastien.raveau@epita.fr> to
1433 add support for filesystem images encrypted with loop-aes.
1436 * Added a "quickreboot" boot parameter, that prevent casper to eject the
1437 media, useful for remote rebooting of a casper system, thanks to
1438 Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com> for the patch.
1440 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:26:58 +0100
1442 casper (1.81+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * New upstream release.
1445 * Some cleaning and renaming involved because most of the debian-only code
1446 was merged in ubuntu sources, then back here.
1447 * Extended manpage, thanks to Alex Owen <r.alex.owen@gmail.com> and
1448 Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com> (Closes: #409980).
1449 * Included a slightly reworked and bug fixed version of "Allow specific
1450 ordering of images" by Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com> with a new boot
1451 parameter: module=NAME.
1453 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:21:01 +0100
1455 casper (1.81) feisty; urgency=low
1457 * Merge in Debian's changes.
1459 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:39:30 +0100
1461 casper (1.80) feisty; urgency=low
1463 * scripts/casper-bottom/31disable_update_notifier: Allow update-notifier
1464 to run for crash report handling, but disable its apt-check hook.
1466 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:11:06 +0000
1468 casper (1.79+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
1470 * Fix DEFCONSOLE for autoserial console, thanks to
1471 "Alex Owen" <r.alex.owen@gmail.com>.
1473 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 4 Feb 2007 20:12:08 +0100
1475 casper (1.79+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1477 * It now depends also on "file" (Closes: #409308).
1478 * Fixed LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT values (Closes: #409300).
1479 Thanks for both to Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com>.
1481 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 18:29:20 +0100
1483 casper (1.79+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * New Upstream release.
1486 * Reverted: "Mount the first squashfs as /rofs."
1488 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:12:34 +0100
1490 casper (1.79) feisty; urgency=low
1493 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Change /root to /target in
1494 kderc_addtoprefixes (thanks, Jani Monoses).
1495 * Call udevsettle after udevtrigger (thanks, Matthias Urlichs; LP:
1497 * Send casper-reconfigure error messages to stderr rather than stdout to
1498 avoid interfering with debconf.
1501 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility, scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility:
1502 Fix v2 option to start orca in magnifier not speech mode.
1503 Add v1, v2, v3, m1 and m2 Xubuntu options
1506 * Apply patch from Luka Renko to support kde-guidance-powermanager and
1507 ksmserver instead of klaptoprc as the latter is no longer used.
1509 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:37:30 +0100
1511 casper (1.78) edgy; urgency=low
1513 * Mount the first squashfs as /rofs. Breaks showmounts and won't work
1514 properly with stacked filesystems, but works around a kernel oops with
1515 multiply-mounted squashfses for Edgy.
1517 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:46:05 +0100
1519 casper (1.77+debian-7) testing; urgency=medium
1521 * Backported two 1 line fixes (both serious bugs) from casper-1.79+debian-1
1522 and casper-1.79+debian-3:
1523 - It now depends also on "file" (Closes: #409308).
1524 - Fix DEFCONSOLE for autoserial console, thanks to
1525 "Alex Owen" <r.alex.owen@gmail.com>.
1527 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:19:46 +0100
1529 casper (1.77+debian-6) unstable; urgency=medium
1531 * Improved snapshots features (even still experimental).
1532 * Added "live-media-offset=BYTES" boot param, to enable "hiding"
1533 feature, thanks to Sebastien Raveau <sebastien.raveau@epita.fr>.
1534 * Now it creates /etc/resolv.conf if netbooted.
1536 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:43:30 +0100
1538 casper (1.77+debian-5) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * Fixed preseeding locale and keyboard's variant and options.
1541 * Reorganized scans of /proc/cmdline.
1542 * Improved manpages, thanks to Oliver Osburg for syntax corrections.
1543 * Added "nopersistent" boot option to disable the "persistent" boot param.
1544 * Added "xdebconf" boot option, that uses xdebconfigurator on the
1545 rootfs to configure X (experimental).
1547 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:12:18 +0100
1549 casper (1.77+debian-4) unstable; urgency=medium
1551 * Removed -phigh from casper-reconfigure, not needed anymore.
1552 * Fixed netboot /etc/network/interfaces generation, thanks to Hadar
1554 * Fixed X keyboard setup. Thanks to <ascii_77@yahoo.fr> for the idea.
1555 * Fixed keyboard setup.
1556 * Allow commandline-device to show up late, thanks to Bas Wijnen
1557 <wijnen@debian.org> for the code and the care (Closes: #397320).
1558 * Urgency is set to medium to try reaching Etch with important
1561 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:00:29 +0100
1563 casper (1.77+debian-3) unstable; urgency=medium
1565 * Fixed "todisk=" parsing.
1566 * Urgency is set to medium to try reaching Etch with important
1569 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:15:56 +0100
1571 casper (1.77+debian-2) unstable; urgency=medium
1574 * Improved snapshotting (but still experimental).
1575 * Renamed "host=" boot parameter to "hostname=" and shell variable "HOST" to
1576 "HOSTNAME" for consistence, with linux and with username/USERNAME, as
1577 requested by many people.
1578 * Fixed a "keyb=" typo.
1579 * Added dependence on lsb-base (used by init-script and
1581 * Removed DM support (obsolete).
1582 * Changed a bit locale and keyboard handling.
1583 * Fixed locale generation.
1584 * Urgency is set to medium to try reaching Etch with important
1588 * Really lowered usplash conflicts since Debian doesn't has 0.4.
1590 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:06:48 +0100
1592 casper (1.77+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1594 * New upstream release.
1595 * Added snapshot persistence feature (copy on boot, sync on reboot) via
1596 different ways: squashfs, cpio.gz, and block device filesystems.
1597 * Added boot parameter "live-media=<device>" to force trying to boot from
1599 * Added support for "todisk=<device>" to copy the live media to a
1600 device filesystem, subsequent boots could use "live-media=<device>".
1601 * Slightly polished locales and keyboards handling.
1602 * Extendend manpages.
1603 * Readded a missing "sleep 1", reworked how live_media is detected,
1604 thanks to Bas Wijnen <wijnen@debian.org> for the reports.
1605 (Closes: #394308, #394554).
1606 * Reworked casper-getty system, thanks to Alex Owen (Closes: #394686).
1607 * Postint now rebuild all initramfs.
1608 * Casper now Recommends also squashfs-tools and genext2fs, maybe
1609 needed by casper-snapshot.
1610 * Lowered usplash requirements, since usplash 0.4 is not in debian
1613 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:25:38 +0200
1615 casper (1.77) edgy; urgency=low
1617 * Honour console-setup/modelcode preseeding. Needed for Malone #66719,
1620 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:59:39 +0100
1622 casper (1.76) edgy; urgency=low
1625 * Copy access=m2 accessibility changes into the corresponding ubiquity
1627 * Remove spurious quoting from accessibility script.
1628 * Clear console-setup/layoutcode and console-setup/variantcode if they
1629 aren't supplied on the command line.
1632 * scripts/casper-bottom/35fix_language_selector:
1633 - run fontconfig-voodoo if available to make sure that we have
1634 optimal fontconfig settings for the CJK languages (lp: #49334)
1636 [ Henrik Nilsen Omma ]
1637 * Fix a few accessibility items that were out of date, changing
1638 gnopernicus -> orca and gok -> onboard (the gok entry was missing some
1639 brackets as well; patch from Malone #58836, closes: Malone #65861).
1641 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:20:15 +0100
1643 casper (1.75) edgy; urgency=low
1645 * Turn on accessibility in "Motor Difficulties - pointing devices" which
1646 makes onboard start properly. closes: Malone: #65861.
1648 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:12:10 +0200
1650 casper (1.74) edgy; urgency=low
1653 * Sync up ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility with
1654 scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility fixing spelling errors and
1655 enabling accessibility in KDE.
1658 * Fix check for presence of gconf2 (closes: Malone #58836).
1660 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:18:00 +0100
1662 casper (1.73) edgy; urgency=low
1664 * Never run install-keymap or preseed debian-installer/keymap if
1665 console-setup is detected, even if console-setup wasn't explicitly
1666 preseeded. Contributes to Malone #60067.
1668 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Sat, 7 Oct 2006 01:56:20 +0100
1670 casper (1.72) edgy; urgency=low
1672 * Force suspend and hibernate both off, since reconfiguring
1673 gnome-power-manager kills usplash here. Fixes Malone: #61535
1676 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:22:23 +0200
1678 casper (1.71+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1680 * New upstream release.
1681 * Added experimental casper-snapshot script and manpage.
1682 * Tagged for debtags project.
1684 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:04:54 +0200
1686 casper (1.71) edgy; urgency=low
1688 * Use TEXT-URGENT in shutdown script to make sure we display the "please
1689 remove disc and press enter" text. Malone: #61533
1690 * Increase usplash timeout since "TIMEOUT 0" no longer means "spin
1692 * Don't move-mount all the squashfs-es into / since that confuses mono
1693 (and some other apps too). Malone: #62756
1694 * Disable kwallet by default. Malone: #47743
1695 * Add -n to language selector to make it not whine about
1696 not-fully-installed langpacks. Malone. #37568
1697 * Override definition of log_end_msg in casper-functions. Make sure all
1698 casper-bottom scripts use this.
1699 * Pulsate bar in casper-top and casper-bottom. Malone: #61535
1701 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 09:52:06 +0200
1703 casper (1.70) edgy; urgency=low
1705 * Check for new file= alias as well as preseed/file= (closes: Malone
1708 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:59:53 +0100
1710 casper (1.69) edgy; urgency=low
1713 * Use grep -E in scripts/casper. Malone: #57620
1714 * Fix syntax error in accessibility script
1717 * Run 'sh -n' over everything in build target to avoid future syntax
1719 * Fix check for /etc/default/console-setup (closes: Malone #62775).
1721 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:58:19 +0100
1723 casper (1.68+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
1725 * Really add casper manpage (Closes: #389867).
1726 * Lintian cleanness reached.
1728 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:36:29 +0200
1730 casper (1.68+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1732 * Changed "staticip=" boot param to just "ip=".
1733 * Added a manpage for casper.
1734 * Lintian cleanings.
1736 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:45:21 +0200
1738 casper (1.68+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1740 * New upstream release.
1741 * Added static network configuration support.
1742 * Fixed gnome-screensaver-lock differences between ubuntu.
1743 * username, host, and userfullname are now also settable
1744 via kernel parameters.
1746 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:26:02 +0200
1748 casper (1.68) edgy; urgency=low
1750 * Honour console-setup/layoutcode and console-setup/variantcode preseeding
1751 (closes: Malone #61573).
1753 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:09:53 +0100
1755 casper (1.67) edgy; urgency=low
1757 * Make sure to write xorg.conf md5sum to the installed system, not the
1758 live system in ubiquity-hooks/20xconfig
1759 * Implement support for setting KDE's accessibility options too, thanks
1760 to Jonathan Riddell for the patch.
1761 * Use usplash's TEXT-URGENT for important messages when doing md5 checks
1762 * Fix flashing of progress bar on 32 bit arches
1764 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:34:57 +0200
1766 casper (1.66+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1768 * Added "magic" to make it work seamlessy also on ubuntu systems.
1769 * Default user password now "live".
1771 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 1 Sep 2006 17:18:07 +0200
1773 casper (1.66) edgy; urgency=low
1775 * Fix use of db_get in ubiquity accessibility hook.
1776 * Use sudo instead of su to get to the live session user from the
1777 initramfs or to the newly-installed user from ubiquity. su's argument
1778 handling has changed so that the previous code no longer worked, and su
1779 was never all that good for arguments containing spaces anyway.
1781 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:46:55 +0100
1783 casper (1.65+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1785 * New upstream release.
1786 * Re-included ubiquity sources since it is here anyway in diff.gz.
1787 * Included remote getty patch from Alex Owen (enable it with "casper-getty"
1788 as kernel parameter).
1790 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:06:10 +0200
1792 casper (1.65) edgy; urgency=low
1794 * Update to call udevsettle/udevtrigger instead of udevplug
1796 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:37:58 +0200
1798 casper (1.64) edgy; urgency=low
1800 * Fix moving of squashfs mount points so that /proc/mounts in the
1801 installed system refers to them correctly (closes: Malone #55019). As a
1802 bonus, this lets us mount them on subdirectories of /casper/ right from
1804 * Treat locale= as equivalent to debian-installer/locale= (closes: Malone
1806 * Fix ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility not to use log_end_msg, and to chroot
1807 to /target instead of /root (closes: Malone #53277).
1809 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:00:22 +0100
1811 casper (1.63+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
1813 * Really do not try to eject cd if netbooted.
1814 * Fixed unionfs ro param in case of nfs netboot (Closes: 383346).
1816 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:10:11 +0200
1818 casper (1.63+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1820 * Working netboot support (Closes: #380506).
1821 * Polished kernel parameters parsing a bit.
1823 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:52:14 +0200
1825 casper (1.63+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1828 * New upstream release.
1829 * Fixed upstream changelog.
1830 * Really fixed the user password issue, now really "debian".
1831 * Reincluded casper-md5ckeck in debian/rules and 05mountpoints in
1832 script/casper-bottom.
1833 * Rewrote netboot support now will support all types of rootfs file images
1834 (not only plain dirs) like cd/dvd one.
1835 * Included a fix for USB by Davide Natalini <davide.natalini@studio.unibo.it>
1836 * Included support for plain directory as RO rootfs.
1837 * Removed xfs support (not implemented in make-live, maybe useless).
1840 * Added NFS netboot support (Closes: #380506).
1841 * Fixed /etc/inittab editing (Closes: #380488).
1842 * Do not try to eject cd if netbooted (Closes: #380502).
1845 * Minor debian/rules reordering.
1846 * Changed "Section:" from "admin" to "misc".
1848 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:10:23 +0200
1850 casper (1.63) edgy; urgency=low
1853 * Change "Live CD user" to "live session user" in the adduser script.
1855 * Wait for persistent devices for 30 seconds, not 1500.
1856 * Make sure that readahead-list is installed before chmod -x'ing it.
1857 * Only disable l-r-m and anacron if they are installed.
1858 * Make sure laptop-detect is installed before trying to call it.
1859 * Do not install init script from the initramfs any more. It should
1860 have rc.d links already in the squashfs.
1861 * Minor build system fixes.
1862 * Only copy devmapper relevant files if devmapper is installed.
1863 * Remove ubuntu-specific branding from the default casper.
1864 * Install default configuration file and make it end up in the
1866 * Get rid of CD references and replace with medium or other appropriate
1868 * Add stacked file system support
1871 * Added possibility to set locale on chroot, not only at runtime.
1872 * Updated 14locales to latest debian policy.
1875 * USB devices can have ID_PATH with pci-*-usb, too.
1877 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:20:51 +0200
1879 casper (1.61+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1881 * Set password for user to 'debian'.
1883 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:56:00 +0200
1885 casper (1.61+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1888 * Rebuild tarball without debian directory.
1889 * Using dpatch for upstream modifications.
1890 * Added patch for proper GDM autologin from Arnaud Cornet
1891 <arnaud.cornet@gmail.com>.
1894 * New upstream release (Resynced with 1.61, bzr 258).
1895 * Usb discover patch from Malcom Gilles <live@ouabain.org>.
1897 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:34:59 +0200
1899 casper (1.61) edgy; urgency=low
1901 * Move PATH setting to top of casper script to avoid silliness where
1902 PATH isn't correctly set.
1904 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:53:59 +0200
1906 casper (1.60) edgy; urgency=low
1908 * Change start symlinks to kill symlinks for anacron, to avoid it being
1909 started by invoke-rc.d and similar.
1910 * Rearrange source package.
1911 * Redo how the init script works and require it to be installed in the
1913 * Bump version number to be higher than Debian's so we don't
1916 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 31 May 2006 00:01:40 +0200
1918 casper (1.59+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1921 * Upload to unstable (Closes: #354539).
1924 * Added possibility to set locale on chroot, not only at runtime.
1925 * Removed "persistent" wait.
1926 * Fixed persistence lock and added "homepersistence" boot parameter.
1927 * Updated locales handling to latest debian policy.
1930 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:21:00 +0200
1932 casper (1.59+debian-0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
1934 * Added "toram" boot parameter.
1935 * Extendend fs support to ext2 and xfs file image.
1936 * Changed debian-inexistant "-Q" modprobe option with "-q".
1937 * Removed ubiquity code.
1938 * USERNAME and HOST defaulted to "debian".
1939 * Preliminary netboot (cifs) patch by
1940 "Jason D. Clinton" <me@jasonclinton.com>
1941 * Lowered dependence of dmsetup code (now only Suggests).
1942 * Checks for replacing "udevplug" (ubuntu-only) with "udevtrigger".
1943 * Reworked xorg and anacron patches from
1944 Frederic Lehobey <Frederic.Lehobey@free.fr>.
1945 * scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser: configuring only the $USERNAME for sudo
1946 instead of group 'admin'.
1948 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:01:48 +0200
1950 casper (1.58) dapper; urgency=low
1952 * Really rename properly, without dirname.
1954 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Tue, 30 May 2006 22:47:04 +0100
1956 casper (1.57) dapper; urgency=low
1958 * Rename the anacron rc.d/S* symlinks to K*, instead of removing them.
1959 Because otherwise pbbuttonsd decides that starting anacron on the
1960 LiveCD would be a clever thing to do.
1962 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 24 May 2006 23:06:04 +0100
1964 casper (1.56) dapper; urgency=low
1966 * Hopefully work a bit better when checking DVDs on 32 bit
1968 * Do an explicit read from /dev/console when waiting for keypress after
1969 CD/DVD has been ejected.
1971 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 May 2006 16:43:03 +0200
1973 casper (1.55) dapper; urgency=low
1975 * Reconfigure gnome-power-manager when doing live installations.
1978 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 May 2006 11:16:46 +0200
1980 casper (1.54) dapper; urgency=low
1983 * Set large print fonts for the v1 accessibility profile. Closes
1987 * Fix preseed/file handling (closes: Malone #43683).
1989 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 18 May 2006 19:36:24 +0200
1991 casper (1.53) dapper; urgency=low
1994 * Disable fglrx and nvidida drivers by default. Somewhat addresses
1998 * Pass all command-line preseed arguments (other than preseed/file) to
2001 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 May 2006 10:14:36 +0200
2003 casper (1.52) dapper; urgency=low
2005 * Export the path in casper-reconfigure so X and friends actually have
2008 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 11 May 2006 21:04:11 +0200
2010 casper (1.51) dapper; urgency=low
2013 * casper-bottom/30accessibility:
2014 - Removed stale reference to acessx_applet.
2015 - Fix some typos for gconf values that had to be set as lists.
2018 * Pass debian-installer/locale to /root's debconf db (closes: Malone
2020 * Identify ourselves as casper when communicating with debconf.
2021 * Factor out preseeding code into casper-preseed; this knows that it only
2022 needs to register a question if it fails to set it, which saves memory
2023 by avoiding debconf having to rewrite templates.dat.
2024 * Preseed kbd-chooser/method as well as debian-installer/keymap, so that
2025 kbd-chooser run from ubiquity picks up the selected keyboard (closes:
2027 * Use new dpkg-reconfigure --no-reload option (debconf 1.4.72ubuntu6) to
2028 avoid needlessly rewriting templates.dat.
2031 * Add ... to the end of all usplash messages. Malone #43856
2032 * Add maybe_break casper-bottom to allow breaking before running bottom
2033 scripts. Malone #43860
2034 * Don't show the name of the live cd user that's added.
2035 * Mount COW filesystem if show-cow is present on the kernel command line.
2037 * Disable the Kubuntu update notifier too. Malone #43806
2038 * Disable hibernation and enable sleep where appropriate. Malone #23882
2040 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 11 May 2006 12:11:08 +0200
2042 casper (1.50) dapper; urgency=low
2045 * Fixed some typos, and added missing settings to some accessibility
2046 profiles, as they were either not working properly, or at all. Malone:
2048 * Removed the desktop wallpaper, and changed the background colour to gray
2049 for the v1 accessibility profile.
2050 * Set the whiteglass mouse theme for the v1 accessibility profile.
2051 * Moved the gconftool-2 -s flag to individual gct calls, to allow for future
2052 use of gconftool-2 flags that are incompatible with -s.
2055 * Allow custom HOST, USERNAME, USERFULLNAME. Malone: #42118
2057 - debian/casper.dir: Add examples dir
2058 - debian/casper.conf: Explain briefly how to use new variables
2059 - debian/rules: Install casper.conf as example_conf_casper
2062 * Stylistic changes to Daniele's changes.
2064 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 2 May 2006 14:12:31 +0200
2066 casper (1.49) dapper; urgency=low
2068 * Also look for hardware named wlan*
2070 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:37:13 +0100
2072 casper (1.48) dapper; urgency=low
2074 * Write /etc/network/interfaces entries for eth0, eth1, eth2, ath0 and
2075 wlan0 if there's no hardware detected for them; as it may be plugged
2078 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:31:38 +0100
2080 casper (1.47) dapper; urgency=low
2083 * Turn on debugging of the X config.
2084 * Log to a file which gets copied to /var/log/casper.log. Malone: #39895
2085 * Only pick UTF-8 locales. Malone: #40178
2086 * Use correct /root rather than /target for seeing what version of
2087 gnome-panel-data is installed.
2088 * Make festival (and probably some other apps) happier by using
2089 127.0.1.1 for our ubuntu hostname and 127.0.0.1 just resolves to
2091 * Make casper-md5check read from tty8 since it wants to get keypresses
2092 from the active console (where usplash runs). Malone: #40490.
2093 * Copy /etc/modules when installing with ubiquity. Malone: #40311
2094 * /etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf can be a symlink. Cope with that. Malone: #40767
2097 * ubiquity-casper conflicts/replaces espresso-casper.
2099 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:41:14 +0200
2101 casper (1.46) dapper; urgency=low
2103 * Use debian-installer/dummy for preseeding rather than espresso/dummy,
2104 since the latter was removed in espresso 0.99.38.
2105 * espresso is being renamed to ubiquity. Rename espresso-casper to
2106 ubiquity-casper to match.
2108 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:52:48 +0100
2110 casper (1.45) dapper; urgency=low
2113 * [share/shutdown] Disable the usplash timeout and wrap the prompt to two
2117 * Use devmapper for ia64, hppa and sparc.
2119 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:36:49 +0200
2121 casper (1.44) dapper; urgency=low
2123 * Reset the timeout after casper-premount has run so we're sure that the
2124 timeout is what we want it to be. Udev seems to change it too.
2125 * Remove a few set -x commands to make the boot slightly less verbose.
2126 * Fix 10adduser to actually install the correct icons for espresso.
2128 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:20:53 +0200
2130 casper (1.43) dapper; urgency=low
2132 * Copy espresso-kdeui.desktop file to user's desktop
2133 Branch at http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/bzr/casper/trunk/
2135 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:37:49 +0100
2137 casper (1.42) dapper; urgency=low
2140 * casper-bottom/30accessibility:
2141 - Removed some settings from accessibility profiles as these are now
2142 in the relevant packages.
2145 * Make sure to call gconftool as the right user. Malone #38408
2146 * Write an entry for / in fstab. Hopefully fixes Malone #34330
2147 * Change gdm-cdd.conf if it exists, not gdm.conf. Malone #37467
2148 * Really disable update-notifier, this time by removing the correct
2151 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:43:24 +0200
2153 casper (1.41) dapper; urgency=low
2155 * Don't mkdir then install -D, just install -D (this should prevent
2156 ~ubuntu/Desktop being owned by root)
2158 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:52:42 +0200
2160 casper (1.40) dapper; urgency=low
2162 * Add snd_powermac to /etc/modules on ppc. (Malone: #27862)
2163 * Use chmod -x instead of mv to disable readahead in order to not
2164 trigger unionfs bugs
2165 * Reboot the system when a key is pressed at the end of the integrity
2166 check. (Malone: #29203)
2167 * Use usplash_write too when doing shutdown. (Malone: #34537)
2169 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:09:49 +0200
2171 casper (1.39) dapper; urgency=low
2174 * Disable update-notifier by default, as it won't make much sense for
2178 * Clear out user-setup questions from the debconf database after creating
2179 the live CD user, to avoid confusing espresso into offering "Ubuntu
2180 LiveCD user" as the user's default full name.
2182 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:38:39 +0100
2184 casper (1.38) dapper; urgency=low
2186 * Disable readahead since it breaks too much with squashfs and unionfs.
2188 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:43:39 +0100
2190 casper (1.37) dapper; urgency=low
2192 * Add support for having the squashfs directly on a device, thanks to
2193 Paul Sladen for idea and a patch.
2194 * If a directory "Examples" exists in ~ after we've run adduser, move it
2195 to the Desktop subdirectory for greater visibility.
2197 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:55:50 +0100
2199 casper (1.36) dapper; urgency=low
2202 * Fix typo in find_cow_device so block devices didn't work at all.
2203 Malone #31639. Thanks to Richard Nemec for the catch.
2204 * Update accessibility framework, thanks to Luke Yelavich.
2207 * Move the /cdrom mount into the new root filesystem.
2209 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:13:54 +0100
2211 casper (1.35) dapper; urgency=low
2213 * Check for preseed/file= in /proc/cmdline and feed any given file to
2214 debconf-set-selections.
2216 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:32:02 +0000
2218 casper (1.34) dapper; urgency=low
2221 * Add initial accessibility support framework
2223 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:36:07 +0100
2225 casper (1.33) dapper; urgency=low
2227 * Make sure Desktop and the espresso-$ui.desktop is owned by the Ubuntu
2229 * Fix check for rc6.d/S90reboot at the bottom of 25configure_init to
2230 actually look in the right place.
2231 * Make me the maintainer of the package.
2233 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:49:02 +0100
2235 casper (1.32) dapper; urgency=low
2237 * Fix copying of /usr/share/applications/espresso-gtkui.desktop.
2239 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:47:15 +0000
2241 casper (1.31) dapper; urgency=low
2244 * Print message about rebooting the system when the md5 check is
2246 * Just have one copy of the casper shutdown scripts and symlink those
2247 into the right place. Malone #20978
2250 * Copy /usr/share/applications/espresso-gtkui.desktop to the live CD
2253 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:52:16 +0100
2255 casper (1.30) dapper; urgency=low
2257 * Set a blank password for the ubuntu user. This hopefully resolves
2259 * Pass keyboard layout information to xserver-xorg in the "new" scheme.
2260 * Set up the right console keymap.
2262 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:48:14 +0100
2264 casper (1.29) dapper; urgency=low
2267 * Fix typo in 22gnome_panel_data
2268 * Configure all detected network interfaces.
2269 * Add support for putting the persistent storage in a loopback file on
2271 * Configure all detected network interfaces.
2272 * Allow putting the live filesystem image on a VFAT volume
2273 * Allow putting the persistent storage in a loopback file on a VFAT
2278 * Change casper-reconfigure to take the target root filesystem as its
2280 * Add espresso-casper package with hooks to repeat some things done by
2281 casper in the installed system.
2283 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:25:45 +0100
2285 casper (1.28) dapper; urgency=low
2287 * Depend on user-setup
2288 * First shot at IEEE1394 support. Add sbp2 and ohci1394 as modules to
2289 be copied into the initramfs.
2291 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:06:35 +0100
2293 casper (1.27) dapper; urgency=low
2295 * Try using unionfs on ppc again
2297 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:55:19 +0100
2299 casper (1.26) dapper; urgency=low
2301 * Add persistency support
2302 * Usplash integration
2304 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:53:54 +0100
2306 casper (1.25) dapper; urgency=low
2308 * Make /rofs available to in the target system.
2310 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:25:12 +0100
2312 casper (1.24) dapper; urgency=low
2314 * For debconf-communicate, use a here-doc rather than trying to have \n
2315 working in shell variables.
2316 * The usplash fifo has moved, update paths accordingly. Also conflict
2317 with the old usplash and depend on new enough initramfs-tools.
2319 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:20:37 +0100
2321 casper (1.23) dapper; urgency=low
2323 * Move the building to binary-dep, since we're an arch: any package
2326 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:37:31 +0100
2328 casper (1.22) dapper; urgency=low
2330 * Bunch debconf-communicate commands together to speed up the boot a
2332 * Add integrity checker, this is compiled code, so casper is now arch:
2335 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:56:13 +0100
2337 casper (1.21) dapper; urgency=low
2339 * If locale is unset, use en_US.UTF8, not whatever comes first in the
2340 list of supported locales.
2341 * Generate locale and set the locale in /etc/environment
2342 * Use user-setup to create the user, rather than doing it ourselves.
2343 * Various cleanups and fixes, such as making debconf-communicate silent
2344 * Disable checkroot when booting
2346 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 2 Jan 2006 11:00:25 +0100
2348 casper (1.20) dapper; urgency=low
2350 * Remove a large bunch of debugging output
2351 * Depend on dmsetup so the hook script can copy in that
2352 * Handle both squashfs and cloop images, with run-time detection
2353 * Use devmapper + cloop on powerpc, not unionfs, since unionfs is a
2355 * Make sure we have both SCSI and IDE CDROM modules available in the
2357 * Do some initial keyboard setup handling so X will, at least in some
2358 cases, have a chance of giving the user a sane keymap.
2360 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:23:13 +0100
2362 casper (1.19) dapper; urgency=low
2364 * Switch to initramfs, so casper only survives in spirit
2365 * Use unionfs instead of a writeable devmapper snapshot
2366 * Remove all debconfiscation, since we're an initramfs script now
2367 * Make the postinst call update-initramfs -u
2368 * Mount the CD read-only explicitly
2369 * Make udevinfo silent if the device is not found.
2371 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:22:45 +0100
2373 casper (1.18) breezy; urgency=low
2375 * Update translations from Rosetta: Greek, Spanish, French, Hungarian,
2376 Brazilian Portuguese.
2378 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:05:02 +0100
2380 casper (1.17) breezy; urgency=low
2382 * Set /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock if gnome-screensaver is installed
2384 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:24:35 -0700
2386 casper (1.16) breezy; urgency=low
2388 * Install a fake script in /lib/debian-installer.d/S72menu-exit after
2389 pivoting that just calls sleep, to prevent scary console messages as d-i
2390 tries to exit without its root filesystem.
2392 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:28:06 +0100
2394 casper (1.15) breezy; urgency=low
2396 * Neutralize branding in startup message
2397 * Use clear in addition to reset, in hopes of concealing error messages on
2398 the console from d-i's death throes
2400 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:24:14 -0700
2402 casper (1.14) breezy; urgency=low
2404 * Set RUNNING_UNDER_GDM=yes in the user's environment to stop xscreensaver
2405 locking the screen (Ubuntu #7150).
2407 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:37:00 +0100
2409 casper (1.13) breezy; urgency=low
2411 * Use reset, rather than clear, to clean up after the colored dialogs on vt1
2413 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:09:45 -0700
2415 casper (1.12) breezy; urgency=low
2417 * Kill bterm after pivoting so that we can use vt1 rather than vt2,
2418 thereby avoiding a fight between gdm and the X server (closes: Ubuntu
2421 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:48:40 +0100
2423 casper (1.11) breezy; urgency=low
2425 * Remove debugging code which crept into 1.10
2426 * Revert changes to casper-udeb.postinst which were intended for
2427 starting usplash earlier (pre-1.10)
2429 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:43:03 -0700
2431 casper (1.10) breezy; urgency=low
2433 * Instead of starting usplash directly, create an init script which will
2434 start it later (after the new init), to avoid it being killed by
2437 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:26:58 -0700
2439 casper (1.9) breezy; urgency=low
2441 * Remember to re-run 30copy-dev from 94usplash, in order to preserve the
2442 device nodes clobbered by udev
2443 * Redirect stdin of /etc/init.d/udev from /dev/console, to avoid
2444 incredibly obnoxious 60-second sleep because it thinks we're
2447 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:30:38 -0700
2449 casper (1.8) breezy; urgency=low
2451 * Add usplash support
2453 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:30:57 -0700
2455 casper (1.7) breezy; urgency=low
2457 * Set DEBUG_XORG_PACKAGE=yes when reconfiguring xserver-xorg. The
2458 output is only written to post.log and isn't visible to the user, and
2459 can be invaluable for debugging
2461 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:25:38 -0700
2463 casper (1.6) breezy; urgency=low
2465 * Use debconf-copydb again (thanks, Tollef)
2466 * Rename pre.d/20xconfig to pre.d/20prexconfig so that it is distinct from
2467 post.d/20xconfig for purposes of the progress bar (no text for it; it's
2470 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:55:24 -0700
2472 casper (1.5) breezy; urgency=low
2474 * Call MAKEDEV console in post.d/20xconfig as a workaround for bug
2477 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:24:06 -0700
2479 casper (1.4) breezy; urgency=low
2481 * Revert to the old debconf hack; the debconf-copydb approach needs more
2484 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:48:11 -0700
2486 casper (1.3) breezy; urgency=low
2488 * Revert unintentional release of experimental unionfs code in 1.2
2490 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:19:50 -0700
2492 casper (1.2) breezy; urgency=low
2494 * Fix debconf-copydb regex in 20xconfig
2496 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:07:46 -0700
2498 casper (1.1) breezy; urgency=low
2500 * Cope with xserver-xorg's rename of force_keyboard_detection to
2503 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 4 Jul 2005 02:52:07 -0700
2505 casper (1.0) breezy; urgency=low
2507 * Version number bump (we've been through a stable Ubuntu release, after
2509 * Rename pre.d/10snapshot to post.d/10filesystem, as it is about to
2511 * Seed xserver-xorg/force_keyboard_detection to true in 20xconfig, so as
2512 to cause the keyboard layout to (continue to) be autodetected based on
2515 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:21:54 -0700
2517 casper (0.65) breezy; urgency=low
2519 * As a performance optimization, only reconfigure gnome-panel-data if
2521 * Disable the "lock screen" menu item (Ubuntu bug#7150)
2523 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:02:14 -0700
2525 casper (0.64) breezy; urgency=low
2527 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--debconf-copydb--0
2528 - Use debconf-copydb rather than our temporary hack
2530 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 31 May 2005 12:08:51 -0700
2532 casper (0.63) breezy; urgency=low
2534 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--cdebconf-info--0
2535 - Update for cdebconf 0.75: use db_info rather than db_x_setbacktitle.
2537 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:59:58 -0700
2539 casper (0.62) hoary; urgency=low
2541 * Updated translations from
2542 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (nb)
2544 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:01:02 -0700
2546 casper (0.61) hoary; urgency=low
2548 * Updated translations from
2549 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (el, es, ro)
2551 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:06:51 -0700
2553 casper (0.60) hoary; urgency=low
2555 * Updated translations from
2556 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (hu, id, pl)
2558 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:26:21 -0800
2560 casper (0.59) hoary; urgency=low
2562 * Updated translations from
2563 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (de, pt_BR)
2565 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:51:17 -0800
2567 casper (0.58) hoary; urgency=low
2569 * Remove postfix shutdown links, as well as startup, to avoid an ugly error
2571 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:24:03 -0800
2573 casper (0.57) hoary; urgency=low
2575 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 up to
2577 * Preseed netcfg/wireless_essid_again for noninteractive network setup, +new
2578 in netcfg 1.08ubuntu3 [colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--netcfg--0]
2580 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:33:46 -0800
2582 casper (0.56) hoary; urgency=low
2584 * Suppress error output from eject
2585 * Remind the user to close the CD tray if they have one (Ubuntu #6668)
2586 * Add arch-build target to debian/rules
2588 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:21:41 -0800
2590 casper (0.55) hoary; urgency=low
2592 * Remove the hack introduced in 0.54, xorg 6.8.2-5 should be fixed
2594 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:11:05 -0800
2596 casper (0.54) hoary; urgency=low
2598 * Temporarily set RECONFIGURE=true when reconfiguring xserver-xorg, to work
2599 around a bug introduced in 6.8.2-3
2601 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:08:45 -0800
2603 casper (0.53) hoary; urgency=low
2605 * Provide target-base-system (i.e. base system installed in /target, also
2606 provided by base-installer).
2608 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:01:53 +0000
2610 casper (0.52) hoary; urgency=low
2612 * Arrange for $LANG to be set after pivot_root, so that (e.g.)
2613 xserver-xorg can use it to infer the keymap (Ubuntu #7138)
2615 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:10:59 -0800
2617 casper (0.51) hoary; urgency=low
2619 * Disable kpersonalizer startup on first login
2621 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:47:13 -0800
2623 casper (0.50) hoary; urgency=low
2625 * Add support for configuring kdm autologin
2626 * Rename 15gdm-autologin to 15autologin, and the corresponding debconf template
2627 * Remove obsolete XORG_FORCE_PROBE from 20xconfig
2629 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:37:31 -0800
2631 casper (0.49) hoary; urgency=low
2633 * Fix 20xconfig harder
2635 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:20:03 -0800
2637 casper (0.48) hoary; urgency=low
2639 * Source confmodule in 20xconfig
2641 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:02:35 -0800
2643 casper (0.47) hoary; urgency=low
2645 * Copy over the value of debian-installer/keymap into the target system,
2646 to allow the new logic in xserver-xorg.config to work
2648 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:45:38 -0800
2650 casper (0.46) hoary; urgency=low
2652 * Lock the live user's password entirely. Since the user is now
2653 automagically logged in, continuously, both on the console and in X,
2654 their password is irrelevant.
2656 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:31:13 -0800
2658 casper (0.45) hoary; urgency=low
2660 * Enable TimedLogin in gdm, so that if the user logs out, they are
2661 automatically logged back in after a few seconds (Ubuntu #6667)
2663 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:06:16 -0800
2665 casper (0.44) hoary; urgency=low
2667 * Configure init to spawn shells on virtual consoles, rather than login
2668 prompts (Ubuntu #6666)
2669 * Skip X configuration if a serial console is in use
2670 * Set the live user's password to be blank, rather than "ubuntu". This
2671 is, paradoxically, more secure if the user decides to install
2672 openssh-server, since empty passwords are disallowed by default
2674 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:40:15 -0800
2676 casper (0.43) hoary; urgency=low
2678 * Override localechooser progress bar text to be more appropriate for the
2679 live CD (closes: Ubuntu #6664).
2681 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:12:00 +0000
2683 casper (0.42) hoary; urgency=low
2685 * Preseed netcfg/no_interfaces, to avoid prompt when no network interfaces
2686 can be configured (closes: Ubuntu #6107).
2687 * Remove redundant DH_COMPAT setting in debian/rules, since there's
2688 already a (different) debian/compat.
2690 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:43:43 +0000
2692 casper (0.41) hoary; urgency=low
2694 * Cope with change in default /etc/sudoers (admin group).
2696 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:14:30 +0000
2698 casper (0.40) hoary; urgency=low
2700 * Copy /dev/tts to the live system as well as /dev/vc, for serial console.
2702 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:03:54 +0000
2704 casper (0.39) hoary; urgency=low
2706 * Fix reboot operation (cache the reboot binary)
2708 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:51:08 -0800
2710 casper (0.38) hoary; urgency=low
2712 * Eject the CD during shutdown/reboot
2713 - Awful hack to copy /dev/cdroms to the live system, because the CD is
2714 mounted using devfs names
2715 - Add /usr/share/casper/shutdown script to casper-udeb
2716 - Copy /usr/share/casper/shutdown to /etc/rc[06].d in 25configure-init
2717 * Remove caspermon binary package, inadvertently enabled (not even
2720 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:43:56 -0800
2722 casper (0.37) hoary; urgency=low
2724 * Fix casper-udeb/runlevel template
2726 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:37:43 -0800
2728 casper (0.36) hoary; urgency=low
2730 * Rename post.d/25disable-init-scripts to 25configure-init
2731 * Add casper-udeb/runlevel, to allow the default runlevel
2734 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:14:16 -0800
2736 casper (0.35) hoary; urgency=low
2738 * Preseed netcfg/wireless_essid
2739 * Remove obsolete confmodule load from pre.d/12fstab
2740 * Don't mount a tmpfs on /var/run; it doesn't save a huge amount of
2741 snapshot space, and packages expect their directories there to be
2744 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:46:52 -0800
2746 casper (0.34) hoary; urgency=low
2748 * Use casper-reconfigure in 10adduser as well
2749 * Add post.d/93save-logs to save copies of the bootstrap logs to
2751 * Stop reconfiguring fontconfig; it insists on rebuilding the entire
2752 font cache, and the only benefit was to unable subpixel hints
2754 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:42:19 -0800
2756 casper (0.33) hoary; urgency=low
2758 * Re-upload to fix borked source package
2760 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:21:07 -0800
2762 casper (0.32) hoary; urgency=low
2764 * Factor out debconf hackery into casper-reconfigure
2765 * Mount sysfs earlier, so we don't need to mess with it in 20xconfig
2766 * Break 22simple-reconfig into 22fontconfig and 22gnome-panel-data, and
2767 create progress bar text for them
2768 * Preseed netcfg/dhcp_failed, to avoid a prompt when DHCP fails
2770 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:03:36 -0800
2772 casper (0.31) hoary; urgency=low
2774 * Clear tty2 and print a nice message, before signalling init
2776 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:15:44 -0800
2778 casper (0.30) hoary; urgency=low
2780 * Reconfigure fontconfig, to enable subpixel rendering based on the
2783 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:21:49 -0800
2785 casper (0.29) hoary; urgency=low
2787 * Fix the problem described in 0.28 by preseeding a default for
2790 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:04:03 -0800
2792 casper (0.28) hoary; urgency=low
2794 * Suppress network configuration questions
2796 - The goal is to make a reasonable effort to configure one interface
2797 automatically, but if that is not possible, fall back to no
2798 configuration. We aren't quite there yet.
2800 - If we fail to resolve our IP into a hostname using DNS, netcfg seems
2801 to fall back to an empty value, rather than the default in the
2804 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:55:35 -0800
2806 casper (0.27) hoary; urgency=low
2808 * Add post.d/22simple-reconfig
2809 - Reconfigure gnome-panel-data if it is installed, to set up the GNOME
2810 session based on whether the system is a laptop
2811 - Corresponding progress template
2812 - mount /proc earlier (needed for, e.g. laptop-detect)
2813 * Warn about screen blanking in X configuration progress message
2814 * Simplify post.d/20xconfig and pre.d/13swap a bit
2817 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:56:49 -0800
2819 casper (0.26) hoary; urgency=low
2821 * Set NOPASSWD in /etc/sudoers for the initial user
2823 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:53:49 -0800
2825 casper (0.25) hoary; urgency=low
2827 * mount /proc before signalling init, as it now uses /proc to determine
2828 what is and is not a kernel thread
2830 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:04:52 -0800
2832 casper (0.24) hoary; urgency=low
2834 * Add a backtitle properly
2836 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:07:19 -0800
2838 casper (0.23) hoary; urgency=low
2842 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:02:01 -0800
2844 casper (0.22) hoary; urgency=low
2846 * Search for swap on SCSI disks as well as IDE
2848 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:27:09 -0800
2850 casper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
2852 * Cosmetic changes to debconf templates
2853 * Fix 10adduser to register debconf questions before setting their
2856 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:14:20 -0800
2858 casper (0.20) hoary; urgency=low
2860 * Remove legacy symlinks from casper/pre.d; they are now contained in
2863 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:22:33 -0800
2865 casper (0.19) hoary; urgency=low
2868 * casper-udeb Depends: md-modules
2870 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:23:51 -0800
2872 casper (0.18) hoary; urgency=low
2874 * Enable new adduser code, using db_fset ... seen to suppress the questions
2876 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:06:48 -0800
2878 casper (0.17) hoary; urgency=low
2880 * Convert snapshot setup to use debconf instead of hardcoded parameters
2881 * Remove obselete-before-being-used username template
2882 * Convert post.d/10adduser to use debconf passthrough to the passwd package,
2883 and thus share its user-adding code rather than duplicating it.
2884 - But don't enable it yet, since we need to find a way to prevent its
2885 questions from being asked
2887 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:04:48 -0800
2889 casper (0.16) hoary; urgency=low
2891 * casper-udeb Depends: casper-check, harddrive-detection
2892 * Automatically find and enable swap devices
2894 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:23:48 -0800
2896 casper (0.15) hoary; urgency=low
2898 * Set anna/standard_modules to false at startup to suppress unnecessary
2901 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:41:00 +0000
2903 casper (0.14) hoary; urgency=low
2905 * Enable X autoconfiguration(!)
2907 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:19:58 -0800
2909 casper (0.13) hoary; urgency=low
2911 * Rename templates so that they are named after the {pre,post}.d hook
2913 * Remove some unused templates
2915 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:11:02 -0800
2917 casper (0.12) hoary; urgency=low
2919 * Add debconf templates for various things that we currently hardcode.
2920 Not actually used yet due to need for testing, but having the
2921 templates present greatly simplifies testing the remaining integration
2924 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:32:39 -0800
2926 casper (0.11) hoary; urgency=low
2928 * Update post.d/20xconfig to use debconf passthrough to cdebconf
2929 (requires debconf 1.4.42 and cdebconf 0.75), but leave it disabled for
2931 * Create /etc/fstab in the target (this also seems to solve the problem
2932 with noatime disappearing, and so should reduce snapshot utilization)
2934 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:25:36 -0800
2936 casper (0.10) hoary; urgency=low
2938 * Remove rc?.d/K??hwclock.sh links, to avoid changing the system clock
2939 during reboot or shutdown
2941 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:13:31 -0800
2943 casper (0.9) hoary; urgency=low
2945 * Fix gdm autologin configuration (broken in 0.8)
2947 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:52:05 -0800
2949 casper (0.8) hoary; urgency=low
2951 * Add debian-installer/casper-udeb/title template, to specify more
2952 readable menu item text
2953 * Create /usr/lib/casper/{pre,post}.d and move all of our internal logic
2955 * Create temporary symlinks in pre.d for the prebaseconfig.d items we
2957 * Convert errors into proper error dialogs
2958 * Make some pre.d scripts idempotent, for ease of testing
2960 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:59:35 -0800
2962 casper (0.7) hoary; urgency=low
2964 * Disable X configuration temporarily; need to resolve debconf issues
2966 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@canonical.com> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:14:43 -0800
2968 casper (0.6) hoary; urgency=low
2970 * Allow "modprobe ext2" to fail; apparently it's sometimes compiled in
2972 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:12:28 -0800
2974 casper (0.5) hoary; urgency=low
2976 * Attempt to configure X
2977 - This doesn't work very well yet (PCI BusID doesn't seem to get
2978 updated, for example), so we still don't start gdm by default)
2979 * Conditionalize some of the configuration code, so we automatically do
2980 the right thing if gdm or X isn't installed
2981 * Add German translation from Andreas Mueller
2982 * modprobe ext2, to let powerpc work (this should probably happen
2983 elsewhere, but for now...)
2985 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:49:56 -0800
2987 casper (0.4) hoary; urgency=low
2989 * Mount tmpfs on /tmp and /var/run, should save many writes to the snapshot
2991 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:35:26 -0800
2993 casper (0.3) hoary; urgency=low
2995 * Disable anacron and postfix startup
2996 * Don't cripple /bin/apt-install in d-i (this was a workaround to
2997 prevent d-i from installing packages which should have been present in
2998 the filesystem image anyway, but weren't)
3000 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:10:55 -0800
3002 casper (0.2) hoary; urgency=low
3004 * Use mount --move to move the cdrom mount point, so that we can unmount
3005 /initrd and free up the memory used by d-i
3006 * Use /dev/ram1 rather than /dev/ram0 for the COW stuff, since /dev/ram0
3007 is used for initrds and we want to avoid confusion
3008 * Organize casper-udeb.postinst into shell functions
3009 * Add a progress bar
3010 * Add a debian/compat file (version 4)
3012 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:01:21 -0800
3014 casper (0.1) hoary; urgency=low
3018 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@canonical.com> Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:30:28 -0800