11 Jan 2004 BUILD - Display Problems (Toshiba Satellite A20)

[Michael Bonert <bonerti@mie.utoronto.ca>]

I tried installing Debian Sarge build 11 Jan 2004 on my A20.

Debian-installer-version:
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11 Jan 2004

$ md5sum sarge-i386-netinst.iso
a32f7a32be8adff64514ec4e46a196e7  sarge-i386-netinst.iso
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Install Date (Attempt):
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14 Jan 2004
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Method:
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netinst (CD)
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Hardware:
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Processor: Intel Pentium IV, 2.53GHz
Memory: 512 MB
uname -u: Linux schilling 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686
unknown

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Satellite A20 -- A20-31Q: 2.53GHz (PSA20C-0231Q)
http://www.toshiba.ca/web/specifications.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=1&product=1912&part=1772

Graphics Controller:
Trident CyberBlade 32MB shared. AGP bus 128 MHzx4 (AGP4x), 2D and 3D
graphics accelerator, Simultaneous Display Capable.

ACCORDING TO MANDRAKE LINUX 9.2'S HARDWARE DETECTION:
Video Card
- Vendor: Trident Microsystems
- Bus: PCI
- Bus identification: 1023:8820:1179:1
- Location on the bus: 1:0:0
- Descript.: CyberBlade/XP/DSTN/Ai1
- Module: Card:Trident CyberBlade (generic)
- Media class: DISPLAY_VGA
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Base System Installation Checklist:
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Initial boot worked:    [E]*
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [E]**
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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Comments:
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The hardware detection doesn't properly set-up the display.

*The "Choose language" screen was cut off at the bottom.

**When I get to the disk paritioning I'm screwed 'cause I can't see the
info/menu of commands at the bottom of the screen.

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A short jump to the console (ALT-CTRL-F2) let me determine that the bottom
four lines are cut-off.

It appears the driver isn't on the install disk.

Questions:
How can I fix this?

If it is a driver issue...
Will the installer have a larger selection of drivers?
Is there a friendly way of adding more drivers or configuring the display?

I'd really like to run Debian on my laptop... but don't see a way of
making that happen.  The installer for stable (Woody) has the same
problem... I tried that first.

Thanks,
Michael