Bug#230552: installation report: IBM Thinkpad X23
* Debian User <ddj@gyxi.dk> [2004-01-31 20:11]:
> DHCP worked, but had trouble with setup of static ip-address.
> To this day I've have never been able to figure out how
> to fix an ip-address to my card. This in spite that I have
> used Debian exclusively for over three years! Sigh!
What problems did you encounter exactly when configuring a static
address?
> Postconfiguration are becoming harder and harder with Debian.
> It used to be easy. I'm thrilled with the new installer,
> but dead tired of cleaning up afterwards.
>
> I have a long list of modules where I don't even use half
> of them. And dealing with alternatives, dozens of files
There are so many modules because of the automatic hardware detection.
If you don't want them to be loaded, simply put the modules you really
need in /etc/modules, and remove the discover package.
> Shouldn't it be default to let these modules be out and easy to add,
> rather than in and difficult beyond explanation to remove?
They don't really hurt and discover makes the detection of hardware
easy. You can simply remove it if you don't want this.
> While installing, a lot less questions was asked than usual,
> but I was surprised to see that GRUB was installed in the mbr
> without asking first! Not that I mind since it is what I use,
> but someone else might not like GRUB or/and have important stuff
> in those sectors...
Can you please try an image from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ - it will ask if
you want to install GRUB in the MBR.
> But I keep longing for a simpler base, where one could easily add,
> rather than a bloated software- explosion where things are too
> difficult to manage or remove even for basic stuff.
There are some packages being installed which probably shouldn't, and
we intend to remove some of them. But discover (which loads most of
the modules you've seen) is helpful for many people; but you can
savely remove it.
Can you give the image at
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/ a go and let me
know how that feels: if there are any new problems, regressions, etc.
--
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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