Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: I ordered the disc from Debian, and installed from them uname -a: I can run ok on the shell / command line Date: 12/20/2005 Method: Just booted off the discs...the install ran fine, except... Machine: It's an old HP P3 Processor: 500mgz Memory: 384mb Root Device: cdrom SCSI? Name of device?> Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.> Output of lspci and lspci -n: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [x ] Configure network HW: [x ] Config network: [? ] Detect CD: [x ] Load installer modules: [? ] Detect hard drives: [x ] Partition hard drives: [x ] Create file systems: [x ] Mount partitions: [x ] Install base system: [x ] Install boot loader: [x ] Reboot: [x ] Comments/Problems: Just can't seem to figure out how to install the gnome window thing. I'm looking for a way to help some older folks with older machines, and thought this might be a good shot, but I'm having trouble using the installer atitude...seems to have one for me. Funny thing whenever booting too...there is like a shimmy in the screen...like it trys to load something and can't...I wonder if it's trying to get the gnome up...and can't for some reason. Anyway, I've tried 3 times now, and it's the same thing. Really don't expect these simple users to work in a command line envirornment...they need some kind of window envirornment... Rich Gosselin Online since 1983 ....Tacit knowledge is a characteristic of experts, who often have no explicit theory of their work: they simply perform skillfully...
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