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Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Sarge RC1 CD1, downloaded with bittorrent
uname -a: Linux decoud 2.6.7-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 8 05:08:04 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Aug 8 23:30 EEST
Method: Installed from CD1 and network using http from ftp.fi.debian.org. Booted off CD1.
DHCP. 8M/1M ADSL line. No proxy.
Machine: Self-built x86 PC
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hdc7
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hdc: 80.0 GB, 80054059008 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155114 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 1 40635 20480008+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hdc2 40636 155114 57697416 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdc5 40636 81270 20480008+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdc6 81271 121905 20480008+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdc7 * 121906 155114 16737304+ 83 Linux (ROOT HERE)
Disk /dev/hdd: 120.0 GB, 120060444672 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 232632 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 1 232632 117246496+ b W95 FAT32
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
0000:00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
0000:00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
0000:00:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
0000:00:11.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20265 (FastTrak100 Lite/Ultra100) (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R100 QD [Radeon 7200]
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0305 (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8305
0000:00:04.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 22)
0000:00:04.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 10)
0000:00:04.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 10)
0000:00:04.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 10)
0000:00:04.4 0600: 1106:3057 (rev 30)
0000:00:09.0 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 04)
0000:00:09.1 0980: 1102:7003 (rev 04)
0000:00:09.2 0c00: 1102:4001 (rev 04)
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08)
0000:00:11.0 0180: 105a:0d30 (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5144
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: [ ]
Create file systems: [ O]
Mount partitions: [ O]
Install base system: [ O]
Install boot loader: [ O]
Reboot: [ O]
Comments/Problems:
The install was quite smooth and fast and the whole process
took just a bit over half an hour. Overall the installer was
clearly easier than for Woody. I booted off CD1 and selected
Finnish as the language just to see how much of the system
was translated. Most of it was, with the exception of some
font configuration. Also there was no Finnish language
option for KDE. Some word choices seemed odd, though. In
particular the apparent references to LVM partitions would
have been clearer if they had mentioned "LVM", instead of
just the Finnish translation for the term.
I installed the system on a spare partition on a drive that
had an existing W2k install and a Debian Sid system. The
installer autodetected those and added them to the GRUB menu
smoothly. Nice.
I didn't specify mount locations for the existing partitions
and consequently they were not available after booting. I
wasn't able to find an easy (ie. graphical) way to set up
mount points after the install. It would be nice to have a
some kind of automatic mountpoint determination system, like
the one in Knoppix.
The question about whether or not the hardware clock is set
to UTC would be easier to answer if the dialog showed the
current hardware clock time. I didn't remember which it was
and guessed wrong.
I'm not sure if this should be filed here, but the most
annoying bug in the install was that the monitor hsync/vsync
limits detection failed and X was left at 1024x768, 60 Hz
display mode. Really, really bad for the eyes. Also, I
wasn't able to find any obvious tool for reconfiguring this
without resorting to manual editing. /var/log/XFree86.0.log
said:
(WW) RADEON(0): config file hsync range 28-50kHz not within DDC hsync range 30-110kHz
(WW) RADEON(0): config file vrefresh range 43-75Hz not within DDC vrefresh range 50-160Hz
(II) RADEON(0): SyncMaster: Using hsync range of 28.00-50.00 kHz
(II) RADEON(0): SyncMaster: Using vrefresh range of 43.00-75.00 Hz
...so apparently there was a configuration file that overrides parameters from DDC. I can post
the entire log if you want.
The relevant section in XF86Config-4 is:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SyncMaster"
HorizSync 28-50
VertRefresh 43-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
The monitor is a Samsung SyncMaster 959NF.
The sound card (Creative Audigy2) was detected and the
proper driver was installed, but master volume was set to
zero, so I had to increase it with KMix before I could hear
anything. Setting it to a nonzero value by default would be
a good idea.
The mouse and keyboard model is "Logitech Cordless Desktop
Optical". The mouse has a wheel and a thumb button. The
wheel works, but the thumb button is the same as the middle
button. The keyboard has all sorts of funny extra keys, and
a volume control wheel. None of these work.
The installed kernel had no highmem support, so there was
only 907564 kilobytes of physical memory available in the
newly installed system instead of the full gigabyte.
Installing the Palm syncronization software by default (or
maybe it was part of the "desktop" selection?) seemed odd,
in particular because the installer even asked an obscure
question about its' configuration.
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
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the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
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