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Bug#228850: Package: installation-reports



On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:49:01AM +0100, Wolfgang Loeffler wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> 
> 
> INSTALL REPORT
> 
> Debian-installer-version: 2004-01-20 <http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/2004019/sarge-i386-netinst.iso>
<snip/>
>    
> Output of lspci:
<snip/>
> 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
> 00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)

Please provide this bugreport ( "Reply all" in your E-mail programm )
with the output of `lspci -n` of those two lines

<snip/>
> Configure network HW:   [E]   ( see below )
> Config network:         [E]   ( done manually )
<snip/>
> BUG: 
> 
> The TI CardBus Bridge needs the Yenta Socket driver. The installation system
> does not detect this correctly and then inserts the wrong socket driver in
> /etc/default/pcmcia (line: PCIC=). This means that after the reboot, the
> network does no longer come up automagically and the whole installation
> process is hosed.
> 
> correct hardware detection with wrong driver association:
> 
> info: /bin/report-hw: discover: i82365;;;Texas Instruments;PCI1450;
> info: /bin/report-hw: discover: i82365;;;Texas Instruments;PCI1450;
<snip/>
> SUGGESTIONS: 
> 
> Give the option to select a keyboard with UK layout at the installation.
> It's marginally different from the US layout, but the differences are
> tiresome enough.
> 
> Would it be possible to make the machine boot into a VESA console with more
> than 80x25, if supported by the hardware? If necessary, ask the user, what
> (s)he wants in an "expert mode".
> 
> Improve the bug-tracking system in such a manner that it finds the
> pesudo-header "Package: installation-reports" even if it should happen not
> to be the first line of the message body. Better idea: Make that @&%$#! thing 
> a true header: "X-Packages: installation reports". Best idea: accept both.

Please report it as separate (wishlist) bugs.
> 
> 
> 
> Yours,  Wolfgang

Geert Stappers

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