Bug#259252: marked as done (Soyo SY-K7VME + AMD)
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From: Bill Gooding <bgood97@yahoo.com>
Subject: Soyo SY-K7VME + AMD
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 7-8-2004 Daily build image
of sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux elisa 2.6.6-1-386 #1 Wed May 12
13:19:06 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 7-8-2004
Method: Used the cd image to install, booted initially
from the cd, no
proxy, connected to the internet through router/DHCP
server
Machine: Custom built, Motherboard = Soyo SY-K7VME
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Memory: 512 M
Root Device: IDE hard drive, Western Digital
Root Size/partition table:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available
Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 366015 101293 245194
30% /
tmpfs 242476 0 242476
0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda8 14514496 3930228 9846968
29% /home
/dev/hda9 1921872 8239 1811096
1% /home2
/dev/hda7 1830261 9286 1723327
1% /tmp
/dev/hda5 14418320 1867896 11818016
14% /usr
/dev/hda6 2883672 413864 2323324
16% /var
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8378 [KM400] Chipset Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237
PCI Bridge
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
USB 2.0 (rev 82)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235
ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master
IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA
Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio
Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies,
Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA
Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated
Video (rev 01)
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:
I originally downloaded the CD corresponding to the
beta4 version.
Unfortunately this version could not get its address
from DHCP. The
time expired before the process could complete. I had
a CD for the
woody install process which did properly work with
DHCP. This problem
has been corrected since the daily build CD did get
its address
through DHCP. In the installation process, I used the
daily build cd
for 7-8-2004 and expert26 option at the boot prompt.
The other two problems I had were with the built-in
video card and the
soundcard. I got the video card working properly with
some
adjustments. The soundcard is not working yet, but I
am really not
that concerned about it since I do not really use it.
I do not
consider these things to be bugs in the installer
since I cannot
elimiate the possibility that I did something wrong in
the setup or
that the motherboard may be a little new and not yet
perfectly
supported.
On the built-in video card, I used the auto-detect
capabilities
whenever possible. Overall, these functions did a
very good job. The
only error in my XF86Config-4 file was the video card
driver. I
forgot which one was orginally selected (maybe apm?),
but the first
thing I did was change that value to "via". This only
partially
worked, I could only get the lowest possible
resolution. After a
little research, I decided to try the "vesa" driver.
This worked, I
got the resolution up to 1600x1200. I am not sure why
this worked,
but I do not think it does any harm to my system since
it does work.
On the soundcard, I do not know much because I am not
that motivated
to look at the problem. I only know that the kernel
appears to load
the drivers, but the soundcard is not available in
/proc/asound/cards.
It may be that some oss drivers are interfering with
some alsa
drivers. I may try to compile a custom 2.6 kernel
with sound modules
as loadable and use alsa. But as I said, I did not
really research
this.
On the plus side, the usb support worked very well
although I only
have a usb mouse to test it with. Also, I orginally
used a PS/2 mouse
and I did not change the XF86Config-4 file when I
changed to the usb
mouse. Despite that, the system still worked fine and
so I do not see
a reason to change the XF86Config-4 file.
One other suggestion, on the website
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ it says
"After using the
Debian-Installer, please send us an installation
report using the
template, so we can track and fix any problems you may
find." After
following the template link, I noticed that the report
is submitted to
a bug list. Since I don't consider what I have to be
a bug, I was not
going to report it. I asked on IRC and they said they
want to collect
all experiences with the installer (which is what I
thought since if I
was creating an installer, I would want all reports
given the
difficulty in testing many configurations). I suggest
you add an
extra sentence, something like "We also encourage all
successful
installation reports to be sent using this template so
that we can get
as much information as possible on the largest number
of hardware
configurations". You may get more reports this way.
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Thank you for submitting the report.
On Tuesday 13 July 2004 19:27, Bill Gooding wrote:
> On the soundcard, I do not know much because I am not
> that motivated
> to look at the problem. I only know that the kernel
> appears to load
> the drivers, but the soundcard is not available in
> /proc/asound/cards.
> It may be that some oss drivers are interfering with
> some alsa drivers.
This could well be the cause of your problem. The installer (and discover and
hotplug) are mostly geared towards 2.4. Some module tuning is necessary when
you run 2.6.
An alternative to building your own kernel is to exclude modules in
discover.conf and hotplug's blacklist.
> One other suggestion, on the website
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> [...]
> You may get more reports this way.
I have forwarded your suggestion. Thanks.
Closing this report as there are no installer related issues.
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