From git-svn to plain git

Here is my script to prepare a git-svn repository to be pushed on a plain git repository. It create local branches from svn branches and local tags from svn tags.

#! /usr/bin/python
from subprocess import *
output = Popen(["git", "branch", "-rl"], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
for b in output.split("\n"):
    b=b.strip()
    if b != "trunk" and len(b)>0:
        ref="remotes/"+b
        parent=Popen(["git", "log", "-n1", "--pretty=%P", ref], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
        parent=parent.split()[-1]
        if b.startswith("tags/"):
            tag=b[len("tags/"):]
            message=Popen(["git", "log", "-n1", "--pretty=%B", ref], stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0]
            message=message.strip()
            call(["git", "tag", "-m", message, tag, parent])
        else:
            call(["git", "branch", b, parent])

Debian Wheezy on Eee PC 1001PX

Installing Debian on a 1001PX Eee PC is almost straightforward. Here are solutions for the few issues I met.

The first problem came with the ath9k driver for the AR9285 wireless adapter. The hardware encryption seem buggy so I disabled it:

echo options ath9k nohwcrypt=1 > /etc/modprobe.d/ath9.conf

Next I get the Query no Synaptics: 6003C8 error message in the Xorg log. /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d configure the touchpad with both /dev/input/mouse* and /dev/input/event*. Adding the following content to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-touchpad.conf solved the problem:

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "disable mouse touchpad"
	MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
	MatchIsTouchpad "on"
	Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "touchpad catchall"
	MatchIsTouchpad "on"
	MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
	Driver "synaptics"
EndSection

Finally, as xdpyinfo|dimensions reported a screen much larger than 10.1″ I forced the dimension in /etc/X11/10-monitor.conf:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier ""
    DisplaySize 223 125
EndSection

Touchpad on Latitude E5410

I found the problem on Debian Wheezy/Sid with both Linux 2.6.38 and 2.6.39.

To begin udev won’t modprobe any module for the touchpad. To fix it:

echo psmouse > /etc/modules
modprobe psmouse

Unfortunnatly the touchpad will be detected as a PS/2 Mouse not as an ALPS Touchpad. Xorg won’t find any rules from
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d to associate drivers to devices. To help it just create a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
with the following content:

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier       "Touchpad Emulation"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event1"
        Driver           "evdev"
        Option          "GrabDevice"            "true"
EndSection

This solution is less thant satisfactory because XInput will see the touchpad as a mouse, which will prevent to do any sensible configuration.

I suspect this is related to this bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14660.