Bug#417231: marked as done (installation-report)
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and subject line Bug#417231: installation-report
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?>
Image version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image>
Date: <Date and time of the install>
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Processor:
Memory:
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller
(rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97
Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
(rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller
(rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200
TurboCache(TM)] (rev a1)
05:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
05:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
output of lspci -n:
00:00.0 0580: 10de:005e (rev a3)
00:01.0 0601: 10de:0050 (rev a3)
00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0052 (rev a2)
00:02.0 0c03: 10de:005a (rev a2)
00:02.1 0c03: 10de:005b (rev a3)
00:04.0 0401: 10de:0059 (rev a2)
00:06.0 0101: 10de:0053 (rev f2)
00:07.0 0101: 10de:0054 (rev f3)
00:08.0 0101: 10de:0055 (rev f3)
00:09.0 0604: 10de:005c (rev a2)
00:0a.0 0680: 10de:0057 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:0c.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:0d.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:0e.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3)
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
01:00.0 0300: 10de:0161 (rev a1)
05:0b.0 0c00: 104c:8023
05:0c.0 0200: 11ab:4320 (rev 13)
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:
When installing base system, installer said that some packages are
corrupted. (I wrote my net-install CD using K3b and I checked the MD5
checksum before recording disk.)
I ended not installing the base system. When I booted into the system I
installed xorg, kde-core and kdm. Everything works now.
Thoughts:
Expertgui does not give that much more options than typical installgui.
So, I thought maybe just a button on each screen to enter expert mode
when needed.
Extertgui allowed me to choose some extra steps -- e.g. choose network
mirror, which I OKed and later was asked to choose it twice. So, why
giving extra options if they are already part of the standard
installation process?
Thoughts 2:
why not having "install a minimal graphical system" (say,
xserver-xorg-core, kde-core, kdm)
Thoughts 3:
Why not split tingSQL database task into mySQL and POSTGRE and other. I
want mySQL but I do not want to setup everything. Basically, I am
suggesting a finer task selection.
Thought 4:
Great work! From 'installgui' to running system with graphical interface
in less than an hour. If had no problems probably could be less than 30mins.
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On Sunday 01 April 2007 23:17, Viktor Tsyrennikov wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> When installing base system, installer said that some packages are
> corrupted. (I wrote my net-install CD using K3b and I checked the MD5
> checksum before recording disk.)
Did you also run the CD-ROM consistency check that is available from the
main menu of the installer?
Were there any messages in /var/log/syslog or the output of 'dmesg' that
could indicate the cause of the problem?
(The syslog file is also saved in /var/log/installer/syslog after the
installation.)
> I ended not installing the base system. When I booted into the system I
> installed xorg, kde-core and kdm. Everything works now.
>
> Thoughts:
> Expertgui does not give that much more options than typical installgui.
> So, I thought maybe just a button on each screen to enter expert mode
> when needed.
That is not as easy as it may seems. Also, you can select expert mode
anyway by changing the debconf priority.
> Extertgui allowed me to choose some extra steps -- e.g. choose network
> mirror, which I OKed and later was asked to choose it twice. So, why
> giving extra options if they are already part of the standard
> installation process?
This is user error. Blindly selecting additional components is not really
advisable.
> Thoughts 2:
> why not having "install a minimal graphical system" (say,
> xserver-xorg-core, kde-core, kdm)
>
> Thoughts 3:
> Why not split tingSQL database task into mySQL and POSTGRE and other. I
> want mySQL but I do not want to setup everything. Basically, I am
> suggesting a finer task selection.
These and similar suggestions have been discussed often; this is unlikely
to change in the near future.
We do now have separate images with which you can install a system with
KDE or Xfce desktop environments; this can also be done using boot
options. See the installation guide.
> Thought 4:
> Great work! From 'installgui' to running system with graphical
> interface in less than an hour. If had no problems probably could be
> less than 30mins.
Thanks.
Closing your report as the installation was successful. If you want, you
can still reply about the corrupted packages, but we have just done
extensive testing for the Etch release and I'm fairly certain that it is
not a structural error in the installer.
Cheers,
FJP
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