1 casper (1.162) jaunty; urgency=low
3 * If /cdrom is writable, call the diverted update-initramfs and copy
4 the resulting kernel and initrd to /cdrom/casper (LP: #292159).
6 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:36:30 +0000
8 casper (1.161) jaunty; urgency=low
11 * Regenerate SSL certificate at boot so that it isn't the same for all
12 live CD users (LP: #337723).
14 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:39:21 +0000
16 casper (1.160) jaunty; urgency=low
18 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
19 - Adjust sudoers file to allow ORBIT_SOCKET_DIR, XDG_SESSION_COOKIE and
20 GTK_MODULES environment variables through to root, for v2, v3, and
21 braille profiles. This allows users to use administrative GTK/GNOME
22 applications executed by gksudo with accessibility tools like orca.
24 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:38:17 +1100
26 casper (1.159) jaunty; urgency=low
28 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
29 - Disable pulseaudio for the blindness profile, as pulseaudio and espeak
30 and portaudio v19 do not play very well with each other, lots of
31 crackling, cut of speech. At least espeak via ALSA natively is usable,
32 and latency is relatively low.
34 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:03:06 +1100
36 casper (1.158) jaunty; urgency=low
38 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
39 - use laptop_detect function in blindness profile as well
41 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:07:17 +1100
43 casper (1.157) jaunty; urgency=low
46 * 10adduser: add Category=Favorites support for netbook-launcher
50 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility && ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
51 - Remove the fast user switch applet from the top panel, to re-enable
52 the logout/shutdown menu options in the system menu. This is done for
53 the speech and braille accessibility profiles. Requiring several
54 keyboard shortcuts to access something that is not entirely accessible
55 yet only makes things difficult for blind/vision impaired users, and is
56 likely to cause much confusion if sed menu entries are not present.
58 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:49:21 +1100
60 casper (1.156) jaunty; urgency=low
62 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
63 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
64 - If using a laptop, enable the laptop keyboard layout
65 - There is no longer a need to set gconf values as root in only-ubiquity
68 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:59:52 +0100
70 casper (1.155) jaunty; urgency=low
73 * Add myself to debian/copyright as an author, as I've done fairly
74 significant work on this.
75 * Eliminate casper-md5check's libm linkage; patch from "SurJector" who
76 points out that the automatic conversion is sufficient (LP: #293613).
77 * Restore showmounts/show-cow option (thanks, Carlo de Wolf and "probono";
78 LP: #159006, #290330).
81 * Add support for ext4.
83 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:14:00 +0000
85 casper (1.154) jaunty; urgency=low
88 * scripts/casper-bottom/02timezone:
89 - Remove as it's no longer needed and resets the timezone when
90 persistence is enabled (LP: #296855).
93 * Preseed console-setup/optionscode and console-setup/codesetcode to the
94 empty string on boot to avoid debris from the live filesystem build
95 process getting in the way of installation (LP: #94177).
97 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:44:45 +0000
99 casper (1.153) jaunty; urgency=low
101 * scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser:
102 - Create links for Mythbuntu items on the Desktop too.
103 - Don't show removable drives on Mythbuntu desktop
104 * scripts/casper-bottom/46disable_services:
105 - New script for disabling services unnecessary to Live
106 mode that should still start after being installed.
108 -- Mario Limonciello <superm1@ubuntu.com> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:25:59 -0600
110 casper (1.152) intrepid; urgency=low
112 * Use kde4rc now for accessibility profiles
114 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:44:54 +0100
116 casper (1.151) intrepid; urgency=low
118 * Force ubiquity to --automatic mode for ubuntu-mid
120 -- Emmet Hikory <persia@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:31:16 +0100
122 casper (1.150) intrepid; urgency=low
124 * Fix path to Kubuntu help file in 10adduser (really)
126 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:16:54 +0100
128 casper (1.149) intrepid; urgency=low
130 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
131 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
132 - Revert to using gconf keys for starting orca, as this is now what
133 orca does when the user chooses to automatically start orca from Orca's
135 - Explicitly set orca as the program to start up for magnification,
138 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:33:02 +1100
140 casper (1.148) intrepid; urgency=low
142 * Skip remounting read-only in try_mount as it's unnecessary and
143 breaks persistence. Thanks James Westby (LP: #274076).
145 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:09:57 -0400
147 casper (1.147) intrepid; urgency=low
149 * Fix path to Kubuntu help file in 10adduser
151 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:49:29 +0100
153 casper (1.146) intrepid; urgency=low
155 * Update About Kubuntu link in 10adduser for KDE 4
157 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:54:15 +0100
159 casper (1.145) intrepid; urgency=low
161 * 38disable_restricted_manager: Remove some obsolete l-r-m and
162 restricted-manager code, and rename the script to 38jockey_disable_check
163 to better reflect its purpose.
165 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:21:40 +0200
167 casper (1.144) intrepid; urgency=low
169 * Bump media detection timeout to a minute; thanks to Tormod Volden and
170 Steve Beattie for analysis (LP: #258432).
171 * Note that this changes (fixes?) the semantics of LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT due
172 to not using hex values in a for loop which aren't understood by test
173 -lt (thanks, Steve Beattie).
175 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:35:13 +0100
177 casper (1.143) intrepid; urgency=low
179 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
180 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Change the way that orca is set to
181 automatically start. Orca can be started via a gconf key, however this
182 is not reflected in the orca UI, and doesn't easily allow the user to
183 prevent orca from autostarting on an installed system.
185 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:37:35 +1000
187 casper (1.142) intrepid; urgency=low
189 * Fix syntax error introduced by is_nice_device regex fix.
191 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:30:59 +0100
193 casper (1.141) intrepid; urgency=low
196 * Handle spaces in file names in md5sum.txt (LP: #251112).
199 * Support ?= (set value but don't mark as seen) preseeding syntax in
200 preseed script; previously we only supported it in the keyboard script,
201 which confusingly doesn't deal with propagating console-setup/* preseeds
202 to the target filesystem (LP: #253749).
203 * Update to localechooser's new languagelist format.
206 * scripts/casper: don't scan floppy drives for livefs images (LP: #97306)
207 * scripts/casper: fix broken RE in is_nice_device() (LP: #250328)
208 * scripts/casper: properly use argument $1 in matches_uuid()
210 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:14:05 +0100
212 casper (1.140) intrepid; urgency=low
215 * Disable jockey as well as the old restricted-manager. While jockey does
216 do more than restricted-manager did, it also still uses a good chunk of
217 memory for a use case that's fairly limited on the live CD.
220 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
221 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
222 - Check that usr/bin/orca exists and is executable before creating user
225 -- Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:23:41 +1000
227 casper (1.139) intrepid; urgency=low
229 * add compcache conf.d configuration for initramfs-tools
231 -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:25:54 +0200
233 casper (1.138) intrepid; urgency=low
236 * use full path for vol_id in swap-on-raid detection (LP: #136804)
239 * 33enable_apport_crashes: Change the apport default file, not the
240 update-notifier gconf keys, to undo the corresponding change for disabling
241 apport right before the release.
242 * Add 45disable_guest_account: Purge the gdm-guest-session package from the
243 live system, since having guest sessions in a live session does not make
244 much sense. (See gdm-guest-login spec)
246 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:19:07 +0200
248 casper (1.137) intrepid; urgency=low
250 * Update scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin for KDM from KDE 4.
251 * Update 32disable_hibernation for KDE 4.
253 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:41:38 +0100
255 casper (1.136) intrepid; urgency=low
257 * Remove bad-and-wrong setting of PATH to include directories under /root;
258 now that grep links to more libraries than before, this broke a number
259 of things. Requires initramfs-tools (>= 0.92bubuntu5) because this
260 doesn't work with klibc chroot.
262 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:34:35 +0100
264 casper (1.135) intrepid; urgency=low
267 * Fix use of PREREQ instead of PREREQS in hooks/casper.
270 * Fix mount argument ordering for klibc mount.
272 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:34:26 +0100
274 casper (1.134) intrepid; urgency=low
277 * Do not use mode= when mounting /cow using persistent mode (LP: #219192).
280 * Support ?= (set value but don't mark as seen) preseeding syntax for
281 console-setup/* (LP: #64058).
283 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:52:41 +0100
285 casper (1.133) intrepid; urgency=low
288 * Do not use swap on RAID raw devices (LP: #136804)
291 * Test if livemedia is a directory before trying to mount it as a
293 * Reverted changes to casper-helpers as requested by Mithrandir since
294 replaying the journal on a hibernated system would lead to file system
295 corruption (LP: #230703).
297 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:34:58 -0400
299 casper (1.132ubuntu0.2) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
301 * Test if livemedia is a directory before trying to mount it as a
303 * Reverted changes to casper-helpers as requested by Mithrandir since
304 replaying the journal on a hibernated system would lead to file system
305 corruption (LP: #230703).
307 -- Agostino Russo <agostino.russo@gmail.com> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:27:12 +0100
309 casper (1.132ubuntu0.1) hardy-proposed; urgency=low
311 * Do not scan only vfat volumes when looking for cow devices (LP: #230703)
312 * Allow casper to use a squashfs filesystem within an arbitrary path (LP:
315 -- Agostino Russo <agostino.russo@gmail.com> Thu, 15 May 2008 22:10:50 +0100
317 casper (1.132) intrepid; urgency=low
320 * Switch default unionfs implementation to aufs.
323 * Do not scan only vfat volumes when looking for cow devices (LP: #230703)
324 * Allow casper to use a squashfs filesystem within an arbitrary path (LP:
327 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 28 May 2008 15:01:30 -0400
329 casper (1.131) hardy; urgency=low
332 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility: Set gconf and orca config values as
333 root in automatic-ubiquity, only-ubiquity, and debug-ubiquity modes.
334 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Remove unneeded gconf call to disable esd.
337 * Ensure that the live CD user's Desktop directory is owned by them, not
338 by root (LP: #218576).
339 * Duplicate a chunk of console-setup logic into the keyboard script so
340 that we can deal with non-Latin keymaps and the like without having to
341 have gfxboot-theme-ubuntu help us; the previous approach broke other
342 uses of console-setup, and thus the alternate install CD (LP: #218754).
343 This should later be replaced by just running console-setup, and I'll
344 open another bug for this.
346 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:52:05 +0100
348 casper (1.130) hardy; urgency=low
350 * Handle use of debian-installer/language for locale selection
353 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:30:10 +0100
355 casper (1.129) hardy; urgency=low
357 * Add COPYING file with GPL text (LP: #211923).
358 * Add casper-new-uuid script to simplify UUID regeneration process,
359 contributed by Mario Limonciello of Dell (LP: #209847).
360 * Update casper-snapshot for genext2fs --reserved-blocks =>
361 --reserved-percentage option change (LP: #202048). Add a Breaks as the
362 most lightweight available method of documenting that we need genext2fs
365 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:45:47 +0100
367 casper (1.128) hardy; urgency=low
370 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
371 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
372 - Update gconf keys to ensure onboard actually gets loaded.
373 - Change ownership of created orca settings files to the user.
374 - Add extra bits to make orca settings actually work.
377 * Add mode=755 to the tmpfs mount that becomes / in the unionfs mount
378 so that / in the live filesystem does not end up with 777 permissions
382 * Make scripts/casper-bottom/38disable_restricted_manager executable
384 * Depend on uuid-runtime for uuidgen.
386 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:11:55 +0100
388 casper (1.127) hardy; urgency=low
390 * Leave spawning the noninteractive ubiquity frontend to its initscript.
392 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:52:32 -0400
394 casper (1.126) hardy; urgency=low
396 * scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser: Test for konqueror not kdesktop,
397 stops putting a broken icon on the Kubuntu KDE 4 desktop
399 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:42:31 +0000
401 casper (1.125) hardy; urgency=low
404 * Stop quoting Exec arguments in .desktop files. Apparently this used to
405 work but now the system conforms more strictly to the desktop entry
406 specification (LP: #204185).
409 * scripts/casper-bottom/15autologin: Enable auto-login for KDM-KDE4
411 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:20:17 +0000
413 casper (1.124) hardy; urgency=low
416 * Name generated snapshot images according to their type (LP: #202699).
419 * scripts/casper-bottom/44pk_allow_ubuntu: Remove erroneous blank line at
420 the start of PolicyKit.conf, since this is invalid XML. This broke
421 PolicyKit completely on the live system.
423 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:20:08 +0100
425 casper (1.123) hardy; urgency=low
427 * Add scripts/casper-bottom/44pk_allow_ubuntu: Allow PolicyKit privileges
428 without password to the default live session user. This avoids the need to
429 press Enter at the password prompt, which is quite confusing. Thanks to
430 MarioDebian! (LP: #201852)
432 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:26:37 +0100
434 casper (1.122) hardy; urgency=low
436 * Fix paths in About Kubuntu links
438 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:12:38 +0000
440 casper (1.121) hardy; urgency=low
442 * Use a link for About Kubuntu docs in Kubuntu-KDE4
444 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:57:50 +0000
446 casper (1.120) hardy; urgency=low
448 * Use dhclient directly instead of ifupdown for the url= kernel cmdline
449 argument so that we don't have to worry about the interfaces file
450 propagating to the installed system.
452 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:08:08 -0400
454 casper (1.119) hardy; urgency=low
457 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
458 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
459 - Disable compiz for screen reader and braille terminal accessibility
460 profiles. It is currently not possible to get feedback about open
461 windows when cycling through them using ALT + Tab with Compiz.
462 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Add braille terminal profile.
465 * Always set language in both /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment
466 (thanks, Sebastien Bacher).
468 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:21:42 +0000
470 casper (1.118) hardy; urgency=low
472 [ Julian Andres Klode, Colin Watson ]
473 * Use aufs instead of unionfs if union=aufs is given (LP: #187259).
475 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:00:36 +0000
477 casper (1.117) hardy; urgency=low
479 * Disable speech for magnifier and braille profiles again. Thanks
481 * esd is enabled by default, so the comment in 30accessibility is no
484 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:20:22 -0500
486 casper (1.116) hardy; urgency=low
488 * Fix setting orca options in 30accessibility.
489 * Remove gdm and kdm from init when using automatic-ubiquity and
490 only-ubiquity. The ubiquity initscript will take care of spawning
493 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:19:39 -0500
495 casper (1.115) hardy; urgency=low
497 * Add the user to the groups specified by user-setup-udeb.
499 -- Evan Dandrea <evand@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:08:33 +0000
501 casper (1.114) hardy; urgency=low
504 * casper-md5check: Close md5_file before exiting.
505 * Disable tracker-applet as well as trackerd, otherwise the former starts
507 * casper-snapshot: Fix argument parsing (thanks, Tormod Volden;
510 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:25:21 +0000
512 casper (1.113) hardy; urgency=low
515 * dpkg-divert away update-initramfs as it's useless on live CDs and
516 annoying when people install LVM and similar tools in order to rescue
517 a system. LP: #150188
520 * Adjust /etc/sudoers editing code so that it doesn't repeatedly add
521 "NOPASSWD:" in persistent mode (LP: #175159).
522 * Avoid ejecting the CD if booting from an ISO image rather than from a
523 physical CD (thanks, Agostino Russo; LP: #176014).
525 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:17:50 +0000
527 casper (1.112) hardy; urgency=low
529 * hooks/casper: no need to copy udevinfo into the initramfs, it's already
531 * scripts/casper: call udevadm with trigger and settle arguments
532 * scripts/casper-bottom/23networking: call udevadm with trigger and
534 * scripts/casper-helpers: call udevadm with info and settle arguments
536 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:00:29 +0000
538 casper (1.111) hardy; urgency=low
540 * Remove code to set the progress bar to throbbing, this now comes as
541 standard so we don't need to duplicate it or override things that
542 attempted to set progress. LP: #162397.
544 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:49:31 +0000
546 casper (1.110) gutsy; urgency=low
548 * Don't generate fglrx or the nvidia modules in the live session at boot;
549 we disable restricted-manager in the live session anyway so they aren't
550 straightforward to use (see #43706). Saves about 19 MB of memory.
552 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:28:29 +0100
554 casper (1.109) gutsy; urgency=low
556 * Cache the stty binary before ejecting the CD.
557 * Skip the CD eject prompt if 'noprompt' is on the kernel command line
559 * Try each of (e.g.) 2.6.22-13-generic, 2.6.22-13, and 2.6.22 in turn as
560 directory names for driver updates (LP: #122430).
562 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:24:43 +0100
564 casper (1.108) gutsy; urgency=low
566 * If CASPER_GENERATE_UUID is set, generate a random UUID in the initramfs,
567 and check it against the discovered medium (unless booting with the
568 ignore_uuid parameter). This allows live CD images to be safely copied
569 to the hard disk without causing problems when booting future live CDs
572 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:23:37 +0100
574 casper (1.107) gutsy; urgency=low
576 * Fix gconf keys for suspend and hibernate (thanks, Oliver Grawert;
578 * Enable suspend again since as far as I can see we no longer need to
579 probe DMI while figuring out whether to enable it (see #61535).
580 * Add a 'textonly' boot option to disable X (LP: #65818).
581 * Write the please-remove-CD message to /dev/console so that it works even
582 if usplash isn't running, and make sure to set /dev/console into a sane
583 state so that pressing Enter doesn't just result in ^M being displayed.
585 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:12:57 +0100
587 casper (1.106) gutsy; urgency=low
589 * Support preseed/early_command; code supplied here will be run using 'sh
590 -c' from casper-bottom, and can chroot to /root if needed (LP: #144845).
591 * Make sure we don't accidentally continue to boot if casper-md5check
593 * Clear out debconf database backup files after preseeding to save memory
595 * Mount everything as noatime to avoid unnecessary metadata writes.
597 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:27:52 +0100
599 casper (1.105) gutsy; urgency=low
601 * scripts/casper-bottom/36disable_trackerd: Disable trackerd in the live
602 session; it's not very useful in this context and it uses a fair bit of
605 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:25:50 +0100
607 casper (1.104) gutsy; urgency=low
609 * casper-md5check: Fall back to text output if opening the usplash FIFO
612 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:07:45 +0100
614 casper (1.103) gutsy; urgency=low
616 * Disable anacron harder so that it doesn't get started by battery events.
617 * Don't write out DHCP network interface stanzas if network-manager is
618 installed (LP: #139403).
620 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:52:21 +0100
622 casper (1.102) gutsy; urgency=low
624 * Rename 42disable_cups_apparmor to 42disable_apparmor and remove AppArmor's
625 rc.d startup links instead of just disabling the cups profile. AA profiles
626 will not generally work on the live system, so disabling it completely
627 allows us to ship more profiles without worrying any further.
630 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:37:50 +0200
632 casper (1.101) gutsy; urgency=low
634 * Add scripts/casper-bottom/42disable_cups_apparmor: Disable AppArmor
635 protection for cups on the live CD by switching the profiles to complain
636 mode. This is necessary until AppArmor works properly on stacked file
637 systems. (LP: #131976)
639 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:44:02 +0200
641 casper (1.100) gutsy; urgency=low
643 * scripts/casper-bottom/41apt_cdrom: Remove unnecessary /root/cdrom
644 mounting/unmounting code, which only serves to generate error messages
645 (scripts/casper-bottom/05mountpoints handles this already).
647 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:47:58 +0100
649 casper (1.99) gutsy; urgency=low
652 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
653 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
654 - Change gconf setting used to automatically start Orca (LP: #131808).
656 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:09:46 +0100
658 casper (1.98) gutsy; urgency=low
660 * Load /preseed.cfg if it exists in the initramfs.
662 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:18:27 +0100
664 casper (1.97) gutsy; urgency=low
666 * Fix paths in scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser and
667 scripts/casper-bottom/38disable_restricted_manager
669 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:26:33 +0100
671 casper (1.96) gutsy; urgency=low
674 * Fix name and executability of timezone script.
677 * In 10adduser add About Kubuntu document to desktop and remove
678 restricted-manager autostart files
680 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:51:02 +0100
682 casper (1.95) gutsy; urgency=low
684 * Fix regex syntax error while looking for non-CD devices for driver
686 * Fix ip= boot parameter, documented but not properly merged from Debian.
689 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:03:41 +0100
691 casper (1.94) gutsy; urgency=low
694 * Hack around keyboard configuration not being done until after the keymap
695 is set by having /etc/init.d/usplash reconfigure the console
697 * Disable pam_lastlog on the console if doing autologin (LP: #126800).
700 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
701 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
702 - Prevent gksu from grabbing keyboard focus for the v2, v3, and m1
703 accessibility profiles. (LP: #67172)
704 * Start Orca when a Braille device is configured from choosing the
705 Braille option in the Accessibility menu. (Partially fixes Launchpad
707 * Re-enable desktop sounds for the blindness accessibility profile, as
708 eSpeak should be able to speak alongside audio playback.
710 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:24:55 +0100
712 casper (1.93) gutsy; urgency=low
714 * revert gdm-cdd.conf handling for autologin to the chrooted code
715 as we had it in feisty. not chrooting brings up problems with the
716 alternatives system (dead symlinks) used for gdm-cdd.conf
718 -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:08:16 +0200
720 casper (1.92) gutsy; urgency=low
723 * Don't bother chrooting just to run test(1).
726 * Added support for URL-based preseeding.
727 * Added 'noninteractive' option that starts ubiquity in noninteractive
730 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:23:51 +0100
732 casper (1.91) gutsy; urgency=low
734 * Fix Maintainer field (ubuntu-devel-discuss, not ubuntu-devel).
735 * Remember to strip directories from paths when dealing with driver update
738 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:51:33 +0100
740 casper (1.90) gutsy; urgency=low
742 * Added to 22screensaver, to stop the screen automatically locking.
743 Fixes LP: #13497 for kubuntu as well.
745 -- Sarah Hobbs <hobbsee@ubuntu.com> Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:50:42 +1000
747 casper (1.89) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
749 * Update Maintainer field to reflect reality; this package is no longer
752 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:56:46 +0200
754 casper (1.88) gutsy; urgency=low
756 * Add default values for root_persistence, home_persistence,
757 root_snapshot_label, and home_snapshot_label, and parse the persistent
758 command-line option, which went missing in the last merge from Debian.
759 This goes some way towards LP #84591 but doesn't quite fix it for me
760 since the USB stick inexplicably doesn't appear until a little too late.
761 * Use 'losetup -f' instead of walking /sys/block/loop*. Requires
762 busybox-initramfs 1:1.1.3-4ubuntu3.
763 * Install temporary workaround for /dev/loop* breakage in post-2.6.21
764 kernels (LP: #118561).
766 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:26:59 +0100
768 casper (1.87) feisty; urgency=low
771 * Improve language at end of MD5 check (LP: #100088).
774 * Add casper-bottom/33enable_apport_crashes: Enable apport crash
775 notifications. They are disabled now by default in the installed system
776 for the final release.
778 -- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:31:50 +0200
780 casper (1.86) feisty; urgency=low
783 * scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility &
784 ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility:
785 - Point to new settings file for gnome-orca, as package was changed
786 from python-support to pycentral. (LP: #91868)
788 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:42:54 +0100
790 casper (1.85) feisty; urgency=low
792 * Stop disabling nvidia and fglrx drivers. LP: #94359
794 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:16:46 +0200
796 casper (1.84) feisty; urgency=low
799 * scripts/casper-bottom/13swap: Call /bin/dd not dd so it
800 correctly detects and uses existing swap partitions (LP: #62868)
803 * Make sure that we are settled before trying to set up netbooting.
805 * Bind-mount /dev too, when configuring X, this should make it easier
806 for X to be correctly configured on a lot of systems.
807 * Add /root/lib and /root/usr/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf in the initramfs.
808 * Add any sources on the CD to APT using apt-cdrom.
809 * Set the time zone to UTC. LP: #13782
810 * Fix deletion of checkroot script. LP: #66585.
813 * Fix error message if do_netmount fails (LP: #95134).
815 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:37:58 +0200
817 casper (1.83) feisty; urgency=low
819 * Fix usplash version in Conflicts.
820 * Add XS-Vcs-Bzr field to debian/control.
821 * scripts/casper-bottom/25configure_init: Support for "respawn COMMAND"
822 has been dropped from upstart jobs; cope with /etc/event.d/tty* using
823 "respawn" plus "exec COMMAND" now instead (LP: #92928).
825 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:44:22 +0000
827 casper (1.82) feisty; urgency=low
830 * Depends on eject package, and copy it into initramfs.
831 * Add log_wait_msg function to use usplash_write INPUTENTER.
832 * Conflict with usplash older than the one that fixes INPUTENTER.
833 * Add driver-updates hooks.
836 * Fix more leftover /live_media wreckage (LP: #84592).
837 * Add a ubiquity hook to install driver-updates on the target system.
839 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:19:48 +0000
841 casper (1.81+debian-4) unstable; urgency=low
843 * Added patch from Serkan Sakar <serkan.sakar@gmx.net> to allow local keymap
844 for use with encryption.
846 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:04:00 +0200
848 casper (1.81+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
850 * Added depends to eject.
851 * Removed recommends to live-package.
853 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:30:00 +0100
855 casper (1.81+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Applied patch from Sebastian Raveau <sebastien.raveau@epita.fr> to
859 add support for filesystem images encrypted with loop-aes.
862 * Added a "quickreboot" boot parameter, that prevent casper to eject the
863 media, useful for remote rebooting of a casper system, thanks to
864 Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com> for the patch.
866 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:26:58 +0100
868 casper (1.81+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
870 * New upstream release.
871 * Some cleaning and renaming involved because most of the debian-only code
872 was merged in ubuntu sources, then back here.
873 * Extended manpage, thanks to Alex Owen <r.alex.owen@gmail.com> and
874 Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com> (Closes: #409980).
875 * Included a slightly reworked and bug fixed version of "Allow specific
876 ordering of images" by Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com> with a new boot
877 parameter: module=NAME.
879 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:21:01 +0100
881 casper (1.81) feisty; urgency=low
883 * Merge in Debian's changes.
885 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:39:30 +0100
887 casper (1.80) feisty; urgency=low
889 * scripts/casper-bottom/31disable_update_notifier: Allow update-notifier
890 to run for crash report handling, but disable its apt-check hook.
892 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:11:06 +0000
894 casper (1.79+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
896 * Fix DEFCONSOLE for autoserial console, thanks to
897 "Alex Owen" <r.alex.owen@gmail.com>.
899 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 4 Feb 2007 20:12:08 +0100
901 casper (1.79+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
903 * It now depends also on "file" (Closes: #409308).
904 * Fixed LIVEMEDIA_TIMEOUT values (Closes: #409300).
905 Thanks for both to Jonathan Hall <flimzy@flimzy.com>.
907 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 18:29:20 +0100
909 casper (1.79+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
911 * New Upstream release.
912 * Reverted: "Mount the first squashfs as /rofs."
914 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:12:34 +0100
916 casper (1.79) feisty; urgency=low
919 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility: Change /root to /target in
920 kderc_addtoprefixes (thanks, Jani Monoses).
921 * Call udevsettle after udevtrigger (thanks, Matthias Urlichs; LP:
923 * Send casper-reconfigure error messages to stderr rather than stdout to
924 avoid interfering with debconf.
927 * ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility, scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility:
928 Fix v2 option to start orca in magnifier not speech mode.
929 Add v1, v2, v3, m1 and m2 Xubuntu options
932 * Apply patch from Luka Renko to support kde-guidance-powermanager and
933 ksmserver instead of klaptoprc as the latter is no longer used.
935 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:37:30 +0100
937 casper (1.78) edgy; urgency=low
939 * Mount the first squashfs as /rofs. Breaks showmounts and won't work
940 properly with stacked filesystems, but works around a kernel oops with
941 multiply-mounted squashfses for Edgy.
943 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:46:05 +0100
945 casper (1.77+debian-7) testing; urgency=medium
947 * Backported two 1 line fixes (both serious bugs) from casper-1.79+debian-1
948 and casper-1.79+debian-3:
949 - It now depends also on "file" (Closes: #409308).
950 - Fix DEFCONSOLE for autoserial console, thanks to
951 "Alex Owen" <r.alex.owen@gmail.com>.
953 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:19:46 +0100
955 casper (1.77+debian-6) unstable; urgency=medium
957 * Improved snapshots features (even still experimental).
958 * Added "live-media-offset=BYTES" boot param, to enable "hiding"
959 feature, thanks to Sebastien Raveau <sebastien.raveau@epita.fr>.
960 * Now it creates /etc/resolv.conf if netbooted.
962 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:43:30 +0100
964 casper (1.77+debian-5) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Fixed preseeding locale and keyboard's variant and options.
967 * Reorganized scans of /proc/cmdline.
968 * Improved manpages, thanks to Oliver Osburg for syntax corrections.
969 * Added "nopersistent" boot option to disable the "persistent" boot param.
970 * Added "xdebconf" boot option, that uses xdebconfigurator on the
971 rootfs to configure X (experimental).
973 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:12:18 +0100
975 casper (1.77+debian-4) unstable; urgency=medium
977 * Removed -phigh from casper-reconfigure, not needed anymore.
978 * Fixed netboot /etc/network/interfaces generation, thanks to Hadar
980 * Fixed X keyboard setup. Thanks to <ascii_77@yahoo.fr> for the idea.
981 * Fixed keyboard setup.
982 * Allow commandline-device to show up late, thanks to Bas Wijnen
983 <wijnen@debian.org> for the code and the care (Closes: #397320).
984 * Urgency is set to medium to try reaching Etch with important
987 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:00:29 +0100
989 casper (1.77+debian-3) unstable; urgency=medium
991 * Fixed "todisk=" parsing.
992 * Urgency is set to medium to try reaching Etch with important
995 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:15:56 +0100
997 casper (1.77+debian-2) unstable; urgency=medium
1000 * Improved snapshotting (but still experimental).
1001 * Renamed "host=" boot parameter to "hostname=" and shell variable "HOST" to
1002 "HOSTNAME" for consistence, with linux and with username/USERNAME, as
1003 requested by many people.
1004 * Fixed a "keyb=" typo.
1005 * Added dependence on lsb-base (used by init-script and
1007 * Removed DM support (obsolete).
1008 * Changed a bit locale and keyboard handling.
1009 * Fixed locale generation.
1010 * Urgency is set to medium to try reaching Etch with important
1014 * Really lowered usplash conflicts since Debian doesn't has 0.4.
1016 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:06:48 +0100
1018 casper (1.77+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * New upstream release.
1021 * Added snapshot persistence feature (copy on boot, sync on reboot) via
1022 different ways: squashfs, cpio.gz, and block device filesystems.
1023 * Added boot parameter "live-media=<device>" to force trying to boot from
1025 * Added support for "todisk=<device>" to copy the live media to a
1026 device filesystem, subsequent boots could use "live-media=<device>".
1027 * Slightly polished locales and keyboards handling.
1028 * Extendend manpages.
1029 * Readded a missing "sleep 1", reworked how live_media is detected,
1030 thanks to Bas Wijnen <wijnen@debian.org> for the reports.
1031 (Closes: #394308, #394554).
1032 * Reworked casper-getty system, thanks to Alex Owen (Closes: #394686).
1033 * Postint now rebuild all initramfs.
1034 * Casper now Recommends also squashfs-tools and genext2fs, maybe
1035 needed by casper-snapshot.
1036 * Lowered usplash requirements, since usplash 0.4 is not in debian
1039 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:25:38 +0200
1041 casper (1.77) edgy; urgency=low
1043 * Honour console-setup/modelcode preseeding. Needed for Malone #66719,
1046 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:59:39 +0100
1048 casper (1.76) edgy; urgency=low
1051 * Copy access=m2 accessibility changes into the corresponding ubiquity
1053 * Remove spurious quoting from accessibility script.
1054 * Clear console-setup/layoutcode and console-setup/variantcode if they
1055 aren't supplied on the command line.
1058 * scripts/casper-bottom/35fix_language_selector:
1059 - run fontconfig-voodoo if available to make sure that we have
1060 optimal fontconfig settings for the CJK languages (lp: #49334)
1062 [ Henrik Nilsen Omma ]
1063 * Fix a few accessibility items that were out of date, changing
1064 gnopernicus -> orca and gok -> onboard (the gok entry was missing some
1065 brackets as well; patch from Malone #58836, closes: Malone #65861).
1067 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:20:15 +0100
1069 casper (1.75) edgy; urgency=low
1071 * Turn on accessibility in "Motor Difficulties - pointing devices" which
1072 makes onboard start properly. closes: Malone: #65861.
1074 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:12:10 +0200
1076 casper (1.74) edgy; urgency=low
1079 * Sync up ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility with
1080 scripts/casper-bottom/30accessibility fixing spelling errors and
1081 enabling accessibility in KDE.
1084 * Fix check for presence of gconf2 (closes: Malone #58836).
1086 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:18:00 +0100
1088 casper (1.73) edgy; urgency=low
1090 * Never run install-keymap or preseed debian-installer/keymap if
1091 console-setup is detected, even if console-setup wasn't explicitly
1092 preseeded. Contributes to Malone #60067.
1094 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Sat, 7 Oct 2006 01:56:20 +0100
1096 casper (1.72) edgy; urgency=low
1098 * Force suspend and hibernate both off, since reconfiguring
1099 gnome-power-manager kills usplash here. Fixes Malone: #61535
1102 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:22:23 +0200
1104 casper (1.71+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * New upstream release.
1107 * Added experimental casper-snapshot script and manpage.
1108 * Tagged for debtags project.
1110 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:04:54 +0200
1112 casper (1.71) edgy; urgency=low
1114 * Use TEXT-URGENT in shutdown script to make sure we display the "please
1115 remove disc and press enter" text. Malone: #61533
1116 * Increase usplash timeout since "TIMEOUT 0" no longer means "spin
1118 * Don't move-mount all the squashfs-es into / since that confuses mono
1119 (and some other apps too). Malone: #62756
1120 * Disable kwallet by default. Malone: #47743
1121 * Add -n to language selector to make it not whine about
1122 not-fully-installed langpacks. Malone. #37568
1123 * Override definition of log_end_msg in casper-functions. Make sure all
1124 casper-bottom scripts use this.
1125 * Pulsate bar in casper-top and casper-bottom. Malone: #61535
1127 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 09:52:06 +0200
1129 casper (1.70) edgy; urgency=low
1131 * Check for new file= alias as well as preseed/file= (closes: Malone
1134 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:59:53 +0100
1136 casper (1.69) edgy; urgency=low
1139 * Use grep -E in scripts/casper. Malone: #57620
1140 * Fix syntax error in accessibility script
1143 * Run 'sh -n' over everything in build target to avoid future syntax
1145 * Fix check for /etc/default/console-setup (closes: Malone #62775).
1147 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 10:58:19 +0100
1149 casper (1.68+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * Really add casper manpage (Closes: #389867).
1152 * Lintian cleanness reached.
1154 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:36:29 +0200
1156 casper (1.68+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Changed "staticip=" boot param to just "ip=".
1159 * Added a manpage for casper.
1160 * Lintian cleanings.
1162 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:45:21 +0200
1164 casper (1.68+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * New upstream release.
1167 * Added static network configuration support.
1168 * Fixed gnome-screensaver-lock differences between ubuntu.
1169 * username, host, and userfullname are now also settable
1170 via kernel parameters.
1172 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:26:02 +0200
1174 casper (1.68) edgy; urgency=low
1176 * Honour console-setup/layoutcode and console-setup/variantcode preseeding
1177 (closes: Malone #61573).
1179 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:09:53 +0100
1181 casper (1.67) edgy; urgency=low
1183 * Make sure to write xorg.conf md5sum to the installed system, not the
1184 live system in ubiquity-hooks/20xconfig
1185 * Implement support for setting KDE's accessibility options too, thanks
1186 to Jonathan Riddell for the patch.
1187 * Use usplash's TEXT-URGENT for important messages when doing md5 checks
1188 * Fix flashing of progress bar on 32 bit arches
1190 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:34:57 +0200
1192 casper (1.66+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Added "magic" to make it work seamlessy also on ubuntu systems.
1195 * Default user password now "live".
1197 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 1 Sep 2006 17:18:07 +0200
1199 casper (1.66) edgy; urgency=low
1201 * Fix use of db_get in ubiquity accessibility hook.
1202 * Use sudo instead of su to get to the live session user from the
1203 initramfs or to the newly-installed user from ubiquity. su's argument
1204 handling has changed so that the previous code no longer worked, and su
1205 was never all that good for arguments containing spaces anyway.
1207 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:46:55 +0100
1209 casper (1.65+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1211 * New upstream release.
1212 * Re-included ubiquity sources since it is here anyway in diff.gz.
1213 * Included remote getty patch from Alex Owen (enable it with "casper-getty"
1214 as kernel parameter).
1216 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:06:10 +0200
1218 casper (1.65) edgy; urgency=low
1220 * Update to call udevsettle/udevtrigger instead of udevplug
1222 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:37:58 +0200
1224 casper (1.64) edgy; urgency=low
1226 * Fix moving of squashfs mount points so that /proc/mounts in the
1227 installed system refers to them correctly (closes: Malone #55019). As a
1228 bonus, this lets us mount them on subdirectories of /casper/ right from
1230 * Treat locale= as equivalent to debian-installer/locale= (closes: Malone
1232 * Fix ubiquity-hooks/30accessibility not to use log_end_msg, and to chroot
1233 to /target instead of /root (closes: Malone #53277).
1235 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:00:22 +0100
1237 casper (1.63+debian-3) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * Really do not try to eject cd if netbooted.
1240 * Fixed unionfs ro param in case of nfs netboot (Closes: 383346).
1242 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:10:11 +0200
1244 casper (1.63+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * Working netboot support (Closes: #380506).
1247 * Polished kernel parameters parsing a bit.
1249 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:52:14 +0200
1251 casper (1.63+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * New upstream release.
1255 * Fixed upstream changelog.
1256 * Really fixed the user password issue, now really "debian".
1257 * Reincluded casper-md5ckeck in debian/rules and 05mountpoints in
1258 script/casper-bottom.
1259 * Rewrote netboot support now will support all types of rootfs file images
1260 (not only plain dirs) like cd/dvd one.
1261 * Included a fix for USB by Davide Natalini <davide.natalini@studio.unibo.it>
1262 * Included support for plain directory as RO rootfs.
1263 * Removed xfs support (not implemented in make-live, maybe useless).
1266 * Added NFS netboot support (Closes: #380506).
1267 * Fixed /etc/inittab editing (Closes: #380488).
1268 * Do not try to eject cd if netbooted (Closes: #380502).
1271 * Minor debian/rules reordering.
1272 * Changed "Section:" from "admin" to "misc".
1274 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:10:23 +0200
1276 casper (1.63) edgy; urgency=low
1279 * Change "Live CD user" to "live session user" in the adduser script.
1281 * Wait for persistent devices for 30 seconds, not 1500.
1282 * Make sure that readahead-list is installed before chmod -x'ing it.
1283 * Only disable l-r-m and anacron if they are installed.
1284 * Make sure laptop-detect is installed before trying to call it.
1285 * Do not install init script from the initramfs any more. It should
1286 have rc.d links already in the squashfs.
1287 * Minor build system fixes.
1288 * Only copy devmapper relevant files if devmapper is installed.
1289 * Remove ubuntu-specific branding from the default casper.
1290 * Install default configuration file and make it end up in the
1292 * Get rid of CD references and replace with medium or other appropriate
1294 * Add stacked file system support
1297 * Added possibility to set locale on chroot, not only at runtime.
1298 * Updated 14locales to latest debian policy.
1301 * USB devices can have ID_PATH with pci-*-usb, too.
1303 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:20:51 +0200
1305 casper (1.61+debian-2) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * Set password for user to 'debian'.
1309 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:56:00 +0200
1311 casper (1.61+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Rebuild tarball without debian directory.
1315 * Using dpatch for upstream modifications.
1316 * Added patch for proper GDM autologin from Arnaud Cornet
1317 <arnaud.cornet@gmail.com>.
1320 * New upstream release (Resynced with 1.61, bzr 258).
1321 * Usb discover patch from Malcom Gilles <live@ouabain.org>.
1323 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:34:59 +0200
1325 casper (1.61) edgy; urgency=low
1327 * Move PATH setting to top of casper script to avoid silliness where
1328 PATH isn't correctly set.
1330 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:53:59 +0200
1332 casper (1.60) edgy; urgency=low
1334 * Change start symlinks to kill symlinks for anacron, to avoid it being
1335 started by invoke-rc.d and similar.
1336 * Rearrange source package.
1337 * Redo how the init script works and require it to be installed in the
1339 * Bump version number to be higher than Debian's so we don't
1342 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 31 May 2006 00:01:40 +0200
1344 casper (1.59+debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * Upload to unstable (Closes: #354539).
1350 * Added possibility to set locale on chroot, not only at runtime.
1351 * Removed "persistent" wait.
1352 * Fixed persistence lock and added "homepersistence" boot parameter.
1353 * Updated locales handling to latest debian policy.
1356 -- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:21:00 +0200
1358 casper (1.59+debian-0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
1360 * Added "toram" boot parameter.
1361 * Extendend fs support to ext2 and xfs file image.
1362 * Changed debian-inexistant "-Q" modprobe option with "-q".
1363 * Removed ubiquity code.
1364 * USERNAME and HOST defaulted to "debian".
1365 * Preliminary netboot (cifs) patch by
1366 "Jason D. Clinton" <me@jasonclinton.com>
1367 * Lowered dependence of dmsetup code (now only Suggests).
1368 * Checks for replacing "udevplug" (ubuntu-only) with "udevtrigger".
1369 * Reworked xorg and anacron patches from
1370 Frederic Lehobey <Frederic.Lehobey@free.fr>.
1371 * scripts/casper-bottom/10adduser: configuring only the $USERNAME for sudo
1372 instead of group 'admin'.
1374 -- Marco Amadori <marco.amadori@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:01:48 +0200
1376 casper (1.58) dapper; urgency=low
1378 * Really rename properly, without dirname.
1380 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Tue, 30 May 2006 22:47:04 +0100
1382 casper (1.57) dapper; urgency=low
1384 * Rename the anacron rc.d/S* symlinks to K*, instead of removing them.
1385 Because otherwise pbbuttonsd decides that starting anacron on the
1386 LiveCD would be a clever thing to do.
1388 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 24 May 2006 23:06:04 +0100
1390 casper (1.56) dapper; urgency=low
1392 * Hopefully work a bit better when checking DVDs on 32 bit
1394 * Do an explicit read from /dev/console when waiting for keypress after
1395 CD/DVD has been ejected.
1397 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 May 2006 16:43:03 +0200
1399 casper (1.55) dapper; urgency=low
1401 * Reconfigure gnome-power-manager when doing live installations.
1404 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 May 2006 11:16:46 +0200
1406 casper (1.54) dapper; urgency=low
1409 * Set large print fonts for the v1 accessibility profile. Closes
1413 * Fix preseed/file handling (closes: Malone #43683).
1415 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 18 May 2006 19:36:24 +0200
1417 casper (1.53) dapper; urgency=low
1420 * Disable fglrx and nvidida drivers by default. Somewhat addresses
1424 * Pass all command-line preseed arguments (other than preseed/file) to
1427 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 May 2006 10:14:36 +0200
1429 casper (1.52) dapper; urgency=low
1431 * Export the path in casper-reconfigure so X and friends actually have
1434 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 11 May 2006 21:04:11 +0200
1436 casper (1.51) dapper; urgency=low
1439 * casper-bottom/30accessibility:
1440 - Removed stale reference to acessx_applet.
1441 - Fix some typos for gconf values that had to be set as lists.
1444 * Pass debian-installer/locale to /root's debconf db (closes: Malone
1446 * Identify ourselves as casper when communicating with debconf.
1447 * Factor out preseeding code into casper-preseed; this knows that it only
1448 needs to register a question if it fails to set it, which saves memory
1449 by avoiding debconf having to rewrite templates.dat.
1450 * Preseed kbd-chooser/method as well as debian-installer/keymap, so that
1451 kbd-chooser run from ubiquity picks up the selected keyboard (closes:
1453 * Use new dpkg-reconfigure --no-reload option (debconf 1.4.72ubuntu6) to
1454 avoid needlessly rewriting templates.dat.
1457 * Add ... to the end of all usplash messages. Malone #43856
1458 * Add maybe_break casper-bottom to allow breaking before running bottom
1459 scripts. Malone #43860
1460 * Don't show the name of the live cd user that's added.
1461 * Mount COW filesystem if show-cow is present on the kernel command line.
1463 * Disable the Kubuntu update notifier too. Malone #43806
1464 * Disable hibernation and enable sleep where appropriate. Malone #23882
1466 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 11 May 2006 12:11:08 +0200
1468 casper (1.50) dapper; urgency=low
1471 * Fixed some typos, and added missing settings to some accessibility
1472 profiles, as they were either not working properly, or at all. Malone:
1474 * Removed the desktop wallpaper, and changed the background colour to gray
1475 for the v1 accessibility profile.
1476 * Set the whiteglass mouse theme for the v1 accessibility profile.
1477 * Moved the gconftool-2 -s flag to individual gct calls, to allow for future
1478 use of gconftool-2 flags that are incompatible with -s.
1481 * Allow custom HOST, USERNAME, USERFULLNAME. Malone: #42118
1483 - debian/casper.dir: Add examples dir
1484 - debian/casper.conf: Explain briefly how to use new variables
1485 - debian/rules: Install casper.conf as example_conf_casper
1488 * Stylistic changes to Daniele's changes.
1490 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 2 May 2006 14:12:31 +0200
1492 casper (1.49) dapper; urgency=low
1494 * Also look for hardware named wlan*
1496 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:37:13 +0100
1498 casper (1.48) dapper; urgency=low
1500 * Write /etc/network/interfaces entries for eth0, eth1, eth2, ath0 and
1501 wlan0 if there's no hardware detected for them; as it may be plugged
1504 -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com> Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:31:38 +0100
1506 casper (1.47) dapper; urgency=low
1509 * Turn on debugging of the X config.
1510 * Log to a file which gets copied to /var/log/casper.log. Malone: #39895
1511 * Only pick UTF-8 locales. Malone: #40178
1512 * Use correct /root rather than /target for seeing what version of
1513 gnome-panel-data is installed.
1514 * Make festival (and probably some other apps) happier by using
1515 127.0.1.1 for our ubuntu hostname and 127.0.0.1 just resolves to
1517 * Make casper-md5check read from tty8 since it wants to get keypresses
1518 from the active console (where usplash runs). Malone: #40490.
1519 * Copy /etc/modules when installing with ubiquity. Malone: #40311
1520 * /etc/gdm/gdm-cdd.conf can be a symlink. Cope with that. Malone: #40767
1523 * ubiquity-casper conflicts/replaces espresso-casper.
1525 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:41:14 +0200
1527 casper (1.46) dapper; urgency=low
1529 * Use debian-installer/dummy for preseeding rather than espresso/dummy,
1530 since the latter was removed in espresso 0.99.38.
1531 * espresso is being renamed to ubiquity. Rename espresso-casper to
1532 ubiquity-casper to match.
1534 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:52:48 +0100
1536 casper (1.45) dapper; urgency=low
1539 * [share/shutdown] Disable the usplash timeout and wrap the prompt to two
1543 * Use devmapper for ia64, hppa and sparc.
1545 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:36:49 +0200
1547 casper (1.44) dapper; urgency=low
1549 * Reset the timeout after casper-premount has run so we're sure that the
1550 timeout is what we want it to be. Udev seems to change it too.
1551 * Remove a few set -x commands to make the boot slightly less verbose.
1552 * Fix 10adduser to actually install the correct icons for espresso.
1554 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:20:53 +0200
1556 casper (1.43) dapper; urgency=low
1558 * Copy espresso-kdeui.desktop file to user's desktop
1559 Branch at http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/bzr/casper/trunk/
1561 -- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell@ubuntu.com> Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:37:49 +0100
1563 casper (1.42) dapper; urgency=low
1566 * casper-bottom/30accessibility:
1567 - Removed some settings from accessibility profiles as these are now
1568 in the relevant packages.
1571 * Make sure to call gconftool as the right user. Malone #38408
1572 * Write an entry for / in fstab. Hopefully fixes Malone #34330
1573 * Change gdm-cdd.conf if it exists, not gdm.conf. Malone #37467
1574 * Really disable update-notifier, this time by removing the correct
1577 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:43:24 +0200
1579 casper (1.41) dapper; urgency=low
1581 * Don't mkdir then install -D, just install -D (this should prevent
1582 ~ubuntu/Desktop being owned by root)
1584 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:52:42 +0200
1586 casper (1.40) dapper; urgency=low
1588 * Add snd_powermac to /etc/modules on ppc. (Malone: #27862)
1589 * Use chmod -x instead of mv to disable readahead in order to not
1590 trigger unionfs bugs
1591 * Reboot the system when a key is pressed at the end of the integrity
1592 check. (Malone: #29203)
1593 * Use usplash_write too when doing shutdown. (Malone: #34537)
1595 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:09:49 +0200
1597 casper (1.39) dapper; urgency=low
1600 * Disable update-notifier by default, as it won't make much sense for
1604 * Clear out user-setup questions from the debconf database after creating
1605 the live CD user, to avoid confusing espresso into offering "Ubuntu
1606 LiveCD user" as the user's default full name.
1608 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:38:39 +0100
1610 casper (1.38) dapper; urgency=low
1612 * Disable readahead since it breaks too much with squashfs and unionfs.
1614 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:43:39 +0100
1616 casper (1.37) dapper; urgency=low
1618 * Add support for having the squashfs directly on a device, thanks to
1619 Paul Sladen for idea and a patch.
1620 * If a directory "Examples" exists in ~ after we've run adduser, move it
1621 to the Desktop subdirectory for greater visibility.
1623 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:55:50 +0100
1625 casper (1.36) dapper; urgency=low
1628 * Fix typo in find_cow_device so block devices didn't work at all.
1629 Malone #31639. Thanks to Richard Nemec for the catch.
1630 * Update accessibility framework, thanks to Luke Yelavich.
1633 * Move the /cdrom mount into the new root filesystem.
1635 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:13:54 +0100
1637 casper (1.35) dapper; urgency=low
1639 * Check for preseed/file= in /proc/cmdline and feed any given file to
1640 debconf-set-selections.
1642 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:32:02 +0000
1644 casper (1.34) dapper; urgency=low
1647 * Add initial accessibility support framework
1649 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:36:07 +0100
1651 casper (1.33) dapper; urgency=low
1653 * Make sure Desktop and the espresso-$ui.desktop is owned by the Ubuntu
1655 * Fix check for rc6.d/S90reboot at the bottom of 25configure_init to
1656 actually look in the right place.
1657 * Make me the maintainer of the package.
1659 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:49:02 +0100
1661 casper (1.32) dapper; urgency=low
1663 * Fix copying of /usr/share/applications/espresso-gtkui.desktop.
1665 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:47:15 +0000
1667 casper (1.31) dapper; urgency=low
1670 * Print message about rebooting the system when the md5 check is
1672 * Just have one copy of the casper shutdown scripts and symlink those
1673 into the right place. Malone #20978
1676 * Copy /usr/share/applications/espresso-gtkui.desktop to the live CD
1679 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:52:16 +0100
1681 casper (1.30) dapper; urgency=low
1683 * Set a blank password for the ubuntu user. This hopefully resolves
1685 * Pass keyboard layout information to xserver-xorg in the "new" scheme.
1686 * Set up the right console keymap.
1688 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:48:14 +0100
1690 casper (1.29) dapper; urgency=low
1693 * Fix typo in 22gnome_panel_data
1694 * Configure all detected network interfaces.
1695 * Add support for putting the persistent storage in a loopback file on
1697 * Configure all detected network interfaces.
1698 * Allow putting the live filesystem image on a VFAT volume
1699 * Allow putting the persistent storage in a loopback file on a VFAT
1704 * Change casper-reconfigure to take the target root filesystem as its
1706 * Add espresso-casper package with hooks to repeat some things done by
1707 casper in the installed system.
1709 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:25:45 +0100
1711 casper (1.28) dapper; urgency=low
1713 * Depend on user-setup
1714 * First shot at IEEE1394 support. Add sbp2 and ohci1394 as modules to
1715 be copied into the initramfs.
1717 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:06:35 +0100
1719 casper (1.27) dapper; urgency=low
1721 * Try using unionfs on ppc again
1723 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:55:19 +0100
1725 casper (1.26) dapper; urgency=low
1727 * Add persistency support
1728 * Usplash integration
1730 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:53:54 +0100
1732 casper (1.25) dapper; urgency=low
1734 * Make /rofs available to in the target system.
1736 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:25:12 +0100
1738 casper (1.24) dapper; urgency=low
1740 * For debconf-communicate, use a here-doc rather than trying to have \n
1741 working in shell variables.
1742 * The usplash fifo has moved, update paths accordingly. Also conflict
1743 with the old usplash and depend on new enough initramfs-tools.
1745 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Fri, 6 Jan 2006 14:20:37 +0100
1747 casper (1.23) dapper; urgency=low
1749 * Move the building to binary-dep, since we're an arch: any package
1752 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:37:31 +0100
1754 casper (1.22) dapper; urgency=low
1756 * Bunch debconf-communicate commands together to speed up the boot a
1758 * Add integrity checker, this is compiled code, so casper is now arch:
1761 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:56:13 +0100
1763 casper (1.21) dapper; urgency=low
1765 * If locale is unset, use en_US.UTF8, not whatever comes first in the
1766 list of supported locales.
1767 * Generate locale and set the locale in /etc/environment
1768 * Use user-setup to create the user, rather than doing it ourselves.
1769 * Various cleanups and fixes, such as making debconf-communicate silent
1770 * Disable checkroot when booting
1772 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 2 Jan 2006 11:00:25 +0100
1774 casper (1.20) dapper; urgency=low
1776 * Remove a large bunch of debugging output
1777 * Depend on dmsetup so the hook script can copy in that
1778 * Handle both squashfs and cloop images, with run-time detection
1779 * Use devmapper + cloop on powerpc, not unionfs, since unionfs is a
1781 * Make sure we have both SCSI and IDE CDROM modules available in the
1783 * Do some initial keyboard setup handling so X will, at least in some
1784 cases, have a chance of giving the user a sane keymap.
1786 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:23:13 +0100
1788 casper (1.19) dapper; urgency=low
1790 * Switch to initramfs, so casper only survives in spirit
1791 * Use unionfs instead of a writeable devmapper snapshot
1792 * Remove all debconfiscation, since we're an initramfs script now
1793 * Make the postinst call update-initramfs -u
1794 * Mount the CD read-only explicitly
1795 * Make udevinfo silent if the device is not found.
1797 -- Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@ubuntu.com> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:22:45 +0100
1799 casper (1.18) breezy; urgency=low
1801 * Update translations from Rosetta: Greek, Spanish, French, Hungarian,
1802 Brazilian Portuguese.
1804 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:05:02 +0100
1806 casper (1.17) breezy; urgency=low
1808 * Set /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock if gnome-screensaver is installed
1810 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:24:35 -0700
1812 casper (1.16) breezy; urgency=low
1814 * Install a fake script in /lib/debian-installer.d/S72menu-exit after
1815 pivoting that just calls sleep, to prevent scary console messages as d-i
1816 tries to exit without its root filesystem.
1818 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:28:06 +0100
1820 casper (1.15) breezy; urgency=low
1822 * Neutralize branding in startup message
1823 * Use clear in addition to reset, in hopes of concealing error messages on
1824 the console from d-i's death throes
1826 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:24:14 -0700
1828 casper (1.14) breezy; urgency=low
1830 * Set RUNNING_UNDER_GDM=yes in the user's environment to stop xscreensaver
1831 locking the screen (Ubuntu #7150).
1833 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:37:00 +0100
1835 casper (1.13) breezy; urgency=low
1837 * Use reset, rather than clear, to clean up after the colored dialogs on vt1
1839 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:09:45 -0700
1841 casper (1.12) breezy; urgency=low
1843 * Kill bterm after pivoting so that we can use vt1 rather than vt2,
1844 thereby avoiding a fight between gdm and the X server (closes: Ubuntu
1847 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:48:40 +0100
1849 casper (1.11) breezy; urgency=low
1851 * Remove debugging code which crept into 1.10
1852 * Revert changes to casper-udeb.postinst which were intended for
1853 starting usplash earlier (pre-1.10)
1855 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:43:03 -0700
1857 casper (1.10) breezy; urgency=low
1859 * Instead of starting usplash directly, create an init script which will
1860 start it later (after the new init), to avoid it being killed by
1863 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:26:58 -0700
1865 casper (1.9) breezy; urgency=low
1867 * Remember to re-run 30copy-dev from 94usplash, in order to preserve the
1868 device nodes clobbered by udev
1869 * Redirect stdin of /etc/init.d/udev from /dev/console, to avoid
1870 incredibly obnoxious 60-second sleep because it thinks we're
1873 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:30:38 -0700
1875 casper (1.8) breezy; urgency=low
1877 * Add usplash support
1879 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:30:57 -0700
1881 casper (1.7) breezy; urgency=low
1883 * Set DEBUG_XORG_PACKAGE=yes when reconfiguring xserver-xorg. The
1884 output is only written to post.log and isn't visible to the user, and
1885 can be invaluable for debugging
1887 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:25:38 -0700
1889 casper (1.6) breezy; urgency=low
1891 * Use debconf-copydb again (thanks, Tollef)
1892 * Rename pre.d/20xconfig to pre.d/20prexconfig so that it is distinct from
1893 post.d/20xconfig for purposes of the progress bar (no text for it; it's
1896 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:55:24 -0700
1898 casper (1.5) breezy; urgency=low
1900 * Call MAKEDEV console in post.d/20xconfig as a workaround for bug
1903 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:24:06 -0700
1905 casper (1.4) breezy; urgency=low
1907 * Revert to the old debconf hack; the debconf-copydb approach needs more
1910 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:48:11 -0700
1912 casper (1.3) breezy; urgency=low
1914 * Revert unintentional release of experimental unionfs code in 1.2
1916 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:19:50 -0700
1918 casper (1.2) breezy; urgency=low
1920 * Fix debconf-copydb regex in 20xconfig
1922 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:07:46 -0700
1924 casper (1.1) breezy; urgency=low
1926 * Cope with xserver-xorg's rename of force_keyboard_detection to
1929 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 4 Jul 2005 02:52:07 -0700
1931 casper (1.0) breezy; urgency=low
1933 * Version number bump (we've been through a stable Ubuntu release, after
1935 * Rename pre.d/10snapshot to post.d/10filesystem, as it is about to
1937 * Seed xserver-xorg/force_keyboard_detection to true in 20xconfig, so as
1938 to cause the keyboard layout to (continue to) be autodetected based on
1941 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:21:54 -0700
1943 casper (0.65) breezy; urgency=low
1945 * As a performance optimization, only reconfigure gnome-panel-data if
1947 * Disable the "lock screen" menu item (Ubuntu bug#7150)
1949 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:02:14 -0700
1951 casper (0.64) breezy; urgency=low
1953 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--debconf-copydb--0
1954 - Use debconf-copydb rather than our temporary hack
1956 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 31 May 2005 12:08:51 -0700
1958 casper (0.63) breezy; urgency=low
1960 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--cdebconf-info--0
1961 - Update for cdebconf 0.75: use db_info rather than db_x_setbacktitle.
1963 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:59:58 -0700
1965 casper (0.62) hoary; urgency=low
1967 * Updated translations from
1968 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (nb)
1970 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:01:02 -0700
1972 casper (0.61) hoary; urgency=low
1974 * Updated translations from
1975 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (el, es, ro)
1977 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:06:51 -0700
1979 casper (0.60) hoary; urgency=low
1981 * Updated translations from
1982 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (hu, id, pl)
1984 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:26:21 -0800
1986 casper (0.59) hoary; urgency=low
1988 * Updated translations from
1989 colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 (de, pt_BR)
1991 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:51:17 -0800
1993 casper (0.58) hoary; urgency=low
1995 * Remove postfix shutdown links, as well as startup, to avoid an ugly error
1997 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:24:03 -0800
1999 casper (0.57) hoary; urgency=low
2001 * Merge colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--translations--0 up to
2003 * Preseed netcfg/wireless_essid_again for noninteractive network setup, +new
2004 in netcfg 1.08ubuntu3 [colin.watson@canonical.com--2005/casper--netcfg--0]
2006 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:33:46 -0800
2008 casper (0.56) hoary; urgency=low
2010 * Suppress error output from eject
2011 * Remind the user to close the CD tray if they have one (Ubuntu #6668)
2012 * Add arch-build target to debian/rules
2014 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:21:41 -0800
2016 casper (0.55) hoary; urgency=low
2018 * Remove the hack introduced in 0.54, xorg 6.8.2-5 should be fixed
2020 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:11:05 -0800
2022 casper (0.54) hoary; urgency=low
2024 * Temporarily set RECONFIGURE=true when reconfiguring xserver-xorg, to work
2025 around a bug introduced in 6.8.2-3
2027 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:08:45 -0800
2029 casper (0.53) hoary; urgency=low
2031 * Provide target-base-system (i.e. base system installed in /target, also
2032 provided by base-installer).
2034 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:01:53 +0000
2036 casper (0.52) hoary; urgency=low
2038 * Arrange for $LANG to be set after pivot_root, so that (e.g.)
2039 xserver-xorg can use it to infer the keymap (Ubuntu #7138)
2041 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:10:59 -0800
2043 casper (0.51) hoary; urgency=low
2045 * Disable kpersonalizer startup on first login
2047 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:47:13 -0800
2049 casper (0.50) hoary; urgency=low
2051 * Add support for configuring kdm autologin
2052 * Rename 15gdm-autologin to 15autologin, and the corresponding debconf template
2053 * Remove obsolete XORG_FORCE_PROBE from 20xconfig
2055 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:37:31 -0800
2057 casper (0.49) hoary; urgency=low
2059 * Fix 20xconfig harder
2061 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:20:03 -0800
2063 casper (0.48) hoary; urgency=low
2065 * Source confmodule in 20xconfig
2067 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:02:35 -0800
2069 casper (0.47) hoary; urgency=low
2071 * Copy over the value of debian-installer/keymap into the target system,
2072 to allow the new logic in xserver-xorg.config to work
2074 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:45:38 -0800
2076 casper (0.46) hoary; urgency=low
2078 * Lock the live user's password entirely. Since the user is now
2079 automagically logged in, continuously, both on the console and in X,
2080 their password is irrelevant.
2082 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:31:13 -0800
2084 casper (0.45) hoary; urgency=low
2086 * Enable TimedLogin in gdm, so that if the user logs out, they are
2087 automatically logged back in after a few seconds (Ubuntu #6667)
2089 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:06:16 -0800
2091 casper (0.44) hoary; urgency=low
2093 * Configure init to spawn shells on virtual consoles, rather than login
2094 prompts (Ubuntu #6666)
2095 * Skip X configuration if a serial console is in use
2096 * Set the live user's password to be blank, rather than "ubuntu". This
2097 is, paradoxically, more secure if the user decides to install
2098 openssh-server, since empty passwords are disallowed by default
2100 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:40:15 -0800
2102 casper (0.43) hoary; urgency=low
2104 * Override localechooser progress bar text to be more appropriate for the
2105 live CD (closes: Ubuntu #6664).
2107 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:12:00 +0000
2109 casper (0.42) hoary; urgency=low
2111 * Preseed netcfg/no_interfaces, to avoid prompt when no network interfaces
2112 can be configured (closes: Ubuntu #6107).
2113 * Remove redundant DH_COMPAT setting in debian/rules, since there's
2114 already a (different) debian/compat.
2116 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:43:43 +0000
2118 casper (0.41) hoary; urgency=low
2120 * Cope with change in default /etc/sudoers (admin group).
2122 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:14:30 +0000
2124 casper (0.40) hoary; urgency=low
2126 * Copy /dev/tts to the live system as well as /dev/vc, for serial console.
2128 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:03:54 +0000
2130 casper (0.39) hoary; urgency=low
2132 * Fix reboot operation (cache the reboot binary)
2134 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:51:08 -0800
2136 casper (0.38) hoary; urgency=low
2138 * Eject the CD during shutdown/reboot
2139 - Awful hack to copy /dev/cdroms to the live system, because the CD is
2140 mounted using devfs names
2141 - Add /usr/share/casper/shutdown script to casper-udeb
2142 - Copy /usr/share/casper/shutdown to /etc/rc[06].d in 25configure-init
2143 * Remove caspermon binary package, inadvertently enabled (not even
2146 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:43:56 -0800
2148 casper (0.37) hoary; urgency=low
2150 * Fix casper-udeb/runlevel template
2152 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:37:43 -0800
2154 casper (0.36) hoary; urgency=low
2156 * Rename post.d/25disable-init-scripts to 25configure-init
2157 * Add casper-udeb/runlevel, to allow the default runlevel
2160 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 8 Feb 2005 19:14:16 -0800
2162 casper (0.35) hoary; urgency=low
2164 * Preseed netcfg/wireless_essid
2165 * Remove obsolete confmodule load from pre.d/12fstab
2166 * Don't mount a tmpfs on /var/run; it doesn't save a huge amount of
2167 snapshot space, and packages expect their directories there to be
2170 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:46:52 -0800
2172 casper (0.34) hoary; urgency=low
2174 * Use casper-reconfigure in 10adduser as well
2175 * Add post.d/93save-logs to save copies of the bootstrap logs to
2177 * Stop reconfiguring fontconfig; it insists on rebuilding the entire
2178 font cache, and the only benefit was to unable subpixel hints
2180 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:42:19 -0800
2182 casper (0.33) hoary; urgency=low
2184 * Re-upload to fix borked source package
2186 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:21:07 -0800
2188 casper (0.32) hoary; urgency=low
2190 * Factor out debconf hackery into casper-reconfigure
2191 * Mount sysfs earlier, so we don't need to mess with it in 20xconfig
2192 * Break 22simple-reconfig into 22fontconfig and 22gnome-panel-data, and
2193 create progress bar text for them
2194 * Preseed netcfg/dhcp_failed, to avoid a prompt when DHCP fails
2196 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:03:36 -0800
2198 casper (0.31) hoary; urgency=low
2200 * Clear tty2 and print a nice message, before signalling init
2202 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:15:44 -0800
2204 casper (0.30) hoary; urgency=low
2206 * Reconfigure fontconfig, to enable subpixel rendering based on the
2209 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:21:49 -0800
2211 casper (0.29) hoary; urgency=low
2213 * Fix the problem described in 0.28 by preseeding a default for
2216 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:04:03 -0800
2218 casper (0.28) hoary; urgency=low
2220 * Suppress network configuration questions
2222 - The goal is to make a reasonable effort to configure one interface
2223 automatically, but if that is not possible, fall back to no
2224 configuration. We aren't quite there yet.
2226 - If we fail to resolve our IP into a hostname using DNS, netcfg seems
2227 to fall back to an empty value, rather than the default in the
2230 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:55:35 -0800
2232 casper (0.27) hoary; urgency=low
2234 * Add post.d/22simple-reconfig
2235 - Reconfigure gnome-panel-data if it is installed, to set up the GNOME
2236 session based on whether the system is a laptop
2237 - Corresponding progress template
2238 - mount /proc earlier (needed for, e.g. laptop-detect)
2239 * Warn about screen blanking in X configuration progress message
2240 * Simplify post.d/20xconfig and pre.d/13swap a bit
2243 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:56:49 -0800
2245 casper (0.26) hoary; urgency=low
2247 * Set NOPASSWD in /etc/sudoers for the initial user
2249 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:53:49 -0800
2251 casper (0.25) hoary; urgency=low
2253 * mount /proc before signalling init, as it now uses /proc to determine
2254 what is and is not a kernel thread
2256 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:04:52 -0800
2258 casper (0.24) hoary; urgency=low
2260 * Add a backtitle properly
2262 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:07:19 -0800
2264 casper (0.23) hoary; urgency=low
2268 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:02:01 -0800
2270 casper (0.22) hoary; urgency=low
2272 * Search for swap on SCSI disks as well as IDE
2274 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:27:09 -0800
2276 casper (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
2278 * Cosmetic changes to debconf templates
2279 * Fix 10adduser to register debconf questions before setting their
2282 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:14:20 -0800
2284 casper (0.20) hoary; urgency=low
2286 * Remove legacy symlinks from casper/pre.d; they are now contained in
2289 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:22:33 -0800
2291 casper (0.19) hoary; urgency=low
2294 * casper-udeb Depends: md-modules
2296 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:23:51 -0800
2298 casper (0.18) hoary; urgency=low
2300 * Enable new adduser code, using db_fset ... seen to suppress the questions
2302 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:06:48 -0800
2304 casper (0.17) hoary; urgency=low
2306 * Convert snapshot setup to use debconf instead of hardcoded parameters
2307 * Remove obselete-before-being-used username template
2308 * Convert post.d/10adduser to use debconf passthrough to the passwd package,
2309 and thus share its user-adding code rather than duplicating it.
2310 - But don't enable it yet, since we need to find a way to prevent its
2311 questions from being asked
2313 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:04:48 -0800
2315 casper (0.16) hoary; urgency=low
2317 * casper-udeb Depends: casper-check, harddrive-detection
2318 * Automatically find and enable swap devices
2320 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:23:48 -0800
2322 casper (0.15) hoary; urgency=low
2324 * Set anna/standard_modules to false at startup to suppress unnecessary
2327 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:41:00 +0000
2329 casper (0.14) hoary; urgency=low
2331 * Enable X autoconfiguration(!)
2333 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:19:58 -0800
2335 casper (0.13) hoary; urgency=low
2337 * Rename templates so that they are named after the {pre,post}.d hook
2339 * Remove some unused templates
2341 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:11:02 -0800
2343 casper (0.12) hoary; urgency=low
2345 * Add debconf templates for various things that we currently hardcode.
2346 Not actually used yet due to need for testing, but having the
2347 templates present greatly simplifies testing the remaining integration
2350 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:32:39 -0800
2352 casper (0.11) hoary; urgency=low
2354 * Update post.d/20xconfig to use debconf passthrough to cdebconf
2355 (requires debconf 1.4.42 and cdebconf 0.75), but leave it disabled for
2357 * Create /etc/fstab in the target (this also seems to solve the problem
2358 with noatime disappearing, and so should reduce snapshot utilization)
2360 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:25:36 -0800
2362 casper (0.10) hoary; urgency=low
2364 * Remove rc?.d/K??hwclock.sh links, to avoid changing the system clock
2365 during reboot or shutdown
2367 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:13:31 -0800
2369 casper (0.9) hoary; urgency=low
2371 * Fix gdm autologin configuration (broken in 0.8)
2373 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:52:05 -0800
2375 casper (0.8) hoary; urgency=low
2377 * Add debian-installer/casper-udeb/title template, to specify more
2378 readable menu item text
2379 * Create /usr/lib/casper/{pre,post}.d and move all of our internal logic
2381 * Create temporary symlinks in pre.d for the prebaseconfig.d items we
2383 * Convert errors into proper error dialogs
2384 * Make some pre.d scripts idempotent, for ease of testing
2386 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:59:35 -0800
2388 casper (0.7) hoary; urgency=low
2390 * Disable X configuration temporarily; need to resolve debconf issues
2392 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@canonical.com> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:14:43 -0800
2394 casper (0.6) hoary; urgency=low
2396 * Allow "modprobe ext2" to fail; apparently it's sometimes compiled in
2398 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:12:28 -0800
2400 casper (0.5) hoary; urgency=low
2402 * Attempt to configure X
2403 - This doesn't work very well yet (PCI BusID doesn't seem to get
2404 updated, for example), so we still don't start gdm by default)
2405 * Conditionalize some of the configuration code, so we automatically do
2406 the right thing if gdm or X isn't installed
2407 * Add German translation from Andreas Mueller
2408 * modprobe ext2, to let powerpc work (this should probably happen
2409 elsewhere, but for now...)
2411 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:49:56 -0800
2413 casper (0.4) hoary; urgency=low
2415 * Mount tmpfs on /tmp and /var/run, should save many writes to the snapshot
2417 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:35:26 -0800
2419 casper (0.3) hoary; urgency=low
2421 * Disable anacron and postfix startup
2422 * Don't cripple /bin/apt-install in d-i (this was a workaround to
2423 prevent d-i from installing packages which should have been present in
2424 the filesystem image anyway, but weren't)
2426 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:10:55 -0800
2428 casper (0.2) hoary; urgency=low
2430 * Use mount --move to move the cdrom mount point, so that we can unmount
2431 /initrd and free up the memory used by d-i
2432 * Use /dev/ram1 rather than /dev/ram0 for the COW stuff, since /dev/ram0
2433 is used for initrds and we want to avoid confusion
2434 * Organize casper-udeb.postinst into shell functions
2435 * Add a progress bar
2436 * Add a debian/compat file (version 4)
2438 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:01:21 -0800
2440 casper (0.1) hoary; urgency=low
2444 -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@canonical.com> Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:30:28 -0800