Bug#269559: installation-reports: Multiple problems
Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: RC1 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a:
Date: 1 Sep 2004
Method: Netinst CD, took non-base from network
Machine: Toshiba Satellite 3000-400
Processor: Intel Pentium III
Memory:
Root Device: /dev/hda3
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda1 is NTFS
5 and 6 are FAT32
3 is EXT3
4 is swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
Install packages after base system [E]
Comments/Problems:
First boot hanged the machine at hotplug time. Some USB module
apparently got automatically blacklisted, second boot worked, but
rivafb module fucked up the console. After manual blacklisting, could
reach baseconfig.
- I got only server tasks (WWW server, print server, ...) and
localisation tasks, but no desktop task (X Window system, desktop
environment, TeX/LaTeX environment, scientific application, C
development, python development, ...)
- I didn't get asked which locales should be generated and
/etc/locale.gen didn't contain sensible defaults (was
empty). Debconf was configured with "medium"
priority. "dpkg-reconfigure locales" took care of it, but we
shouldn't assume installers know to do that.
- Configured X with nv driver, LCD works, but not external
monitor. Usually, X tells me in the log what the native resolution
of the LCD is (DDC?), but not in this case.
(Sorry for being somewhat vague, but I don't have the machine at hand
now. I'll get a grip on it Friday.)
--
Lionel
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