Bug#397317: installation-report: Installation of etch fails on Dell X200
Package: installation-report
Severity: important
Trying to install Etch with the daily netinst CDs on a Dell X200
problems with all install modes:
- Cannot select British English and a Dvorak keyboard layout (either
standard or converted to British layout). Ubuntu has a 'type some
keys to guess the layout' option which is nice, but being able to
select it in at least expert mode would be good
- Does not detect a firewire CDROM drive.
Even when selecting the sbpcd module by hand from the list, modprobe
fails.
problems with gui mode specifically:
- When suggesting changing to a console to check the cdrom device
it instructs the user to press "Ctrl-F2", which does not work.
Instead the user should press "Alt-Ctrl-F2" when in GUI mode.
Since this works in either mode it could be replaced in the installer
as a whole, if this is easier.
problems with text-mode specifically:
- Installer selects an inappropriate framebuffer mode which is almost
unusable (screen flashes at a high rate, lines offset vertically,
etc). Specifying a non-framebuffer vga mode on the kernel command
line does not help, since the framebuffer is initialised later in
userspace.
I didn't succeed in getting any further, if I manage to work around the
lack of CD support, I'll submit a further report.
Laptop details: Dell X200
Firewire controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C551
Display adapter: Intel 82830 CGC
The CDROM works in Linux with the sbp2 module
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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