Bug#273881: Installer puts faulty information in /etc/environment
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20040927/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux whiskey 2.6.8-1-386 #1 Mon Sep 13 23:29:55 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: September 28th, 2004
Method: Network install from ftp.funet.fi
Machine: Self-build Athlon XP 1600+
Processor: Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4GHz)
Memory: 512MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: (Debian on /dev/hdb)
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 3734 29993323+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 3735 3863 1036192+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 3864 15017 89594505 83 Linux
/dev/hdb1 * 1 19262 9708016+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 19263 19386 62496 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb5 19263 19386 62464+ 82 Linux swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7[Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
0000:00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
0000:00:0b.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to 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)
0000:00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:3099
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:b099
0000:00:0a.0 0400: 109e:036e (rev 11)
0000:00:0a.1 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 11)
0000:00:0b.0 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 04)
0000:00:0b.1 0980: 1102:7003 (rev 04)
0000:00:0b.2 0c00: 1102:4001 (rev 04)
0000:00:0c.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 74)
0000:00:11.0 0601: 1106:3074
0000:00:11.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:11.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1b)
0000:00:11.4 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1b)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4152
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:4172
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Installing with Finnish language, installer seemingly makes
faulty additions to /etc/environment:
---
LANGUAGE="fi_FI:fi:sv:en_GB:en"
LANG=fi_FI@euro
---
Namely, the "sv" there makes translations to fall back to
Swedish, which is wrong. Removing the ":sv" from /etc/environment
fixes this. The addition of sv might be explainable because Swedish
is the second official language in Finland, but using it as a fall
back language is a poor choice because most people (that are
not in the 6% Swedish-Finnish minority) don't know much Swedish,
especially in the case of computer/software terminology in which
people have accustomed to often have some non-localized (=English)
software.
According to educated guesses on IRC, installer's countrychooser has been
rewritten some time ago and it nowadays writes wrong default values (if
not doing expert installation).
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