Bug#254027: installation-reports TC1 on Acer TravelMate 800
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: June 12 on http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/tc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux acer-debian 2.6.6-1-386 #1 Wed May 12 13:19:06 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: June 12
Method: Basic install off base system from netinst iso only
Machine: Acer Travelmate 800
Processor: centrino 1.3 Mhz
Memory: 512 Mo
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: 12 Go ext2 swap 1 Go
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 83)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [Radeon Mobility 9000 M9] (rev 01)
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
0000:02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
0000:02:06.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7114 (rev 20)
0000:02:06.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7114 (rev 20)
0000:02:06.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7110
0000:02:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
Base System Installation Checklist:
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: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems: hardware is OK but still serious localisation problems
Like you can see the installation is ok and even the broadcom ethernet controller is working great but
please read this carefully, theses bugs are not criticals but quite serious for common users.
1) if you select fr_FR during installation but it's probably the same with some others langages with special characters (US is ok)
if you pressed a key like 'é' (french character) when you enter the IP then you get stuck with a frozen field and have to reboot. (some filter is needed here)
2) if you select 2.6 kernel and fr_FR during installation but it's probably the same with some others langages (US is ok and 2.4 is ok)
This one is quite serious for common user. 2.6 only (2.4 is OK) but nothing to do with UNICODE. It's another problem.
Just after the first reboot after the installation keys like 'é' are displayed correctly but if you boot again 'é' are displayed 'õ'
Same problem for all "special" characters. Seems that a script is played at the first reboot but not for the others reboot.
But it must be something more ##!## because only kernel 2.6 is affected by this.
3) during the first reboot after installation a check forced is done for not cleanly unmounted partition and you have to reboot after the check.
ok after the check so not to serious (problem only with etx2, reiserfs is ok)
These problems are easy to reproduce at least on beta 4 and on snapshot 20040610.
Thanks. Have a nice day.
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