Bug#384601: Debian Installer Daily 2006-08-19
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 2006-08-19
Machine: Acer Aspire 1353LC Notebook
Processor: Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Memory: 710708
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 608 4883728+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 609 3648 24418800 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 609 2310 13671283+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 3527 3648 979933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 2311 2323 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 2324 2336 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 2337 3526 9558643+ 8e Linux LVM
/dev/mapper/system-linux2
ext3 6438440 3012740 3098636 50% /
tmpfs tmpfs 355352 0 355352 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda8 ext3 97826 18178 74429 20% /boot
/dev/hda1 ext3 4807056 4531932 30940 100% /media/hda1
/dev/hda5 ext3 13456580 11448964 1324052 90% /media/hda5
tmpfs tmpfs 10240 148 10092 2% /dev
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400/A] Chipset Host Bridge00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
00:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video (rev 01)
lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 1106:3205
00:01.0 0604: 1106:b168
00:07.0 0607: 104c:ac50 (rev 02)
00:08.0 0c00: 104c:8026
00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 82)
00:11.0 0601: 1106:3177
00:11.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 50)
00:11.6 0780: 1106:3068 (rev 80)
00:12.0 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 74)
01:00.0 0300: 1106:7205 (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [OK]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [OK]
Detect hard drives: [OK]
Partition hard drives: [OK]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [OK]
Install boot loader: [OK]
Reboot: [OK]
Comments/Problems:
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Network problems:
Installer detected 2 network cards although I only have 1 in my notebook! I had to chose eth1 otherwise I got no network with eth0.
But with eth1 I was able to install over net.
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Other problems:
When starting installer with
installgui vga=791
Installer freezed when graphical gui was started
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My mouse pointer disappeared when using installgui. I have Synaptics touchpad and I was not able to use it. Had to navigate with keyboard.
Same when I plugged in my USB mouse - mousepointer disappeared.
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<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
The installer is very comfortable but I would REMOVE one step:
- Configuration of exim mail transfer agent - why should a normal user need this?
Beside that it was a little bit confusing to set the language settings for select-default-wordlist, select-default-ispell etc. (can't remember the exact names of them)
-> It would be better to ask user which language setting to use and set these settings for all other packages as well.
Good work!
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