Bug#417051: installation report
Package: installation-reports
> Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?>
CD.
> Image version: <Full URL to image you downloaded is best>
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso
17-Mar-2007 22:59
> Date: <Date and time of the install>
Mar 30 2007
> Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Self-build machine
> Processor:
AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+
> Memory:
acrobaat:~# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 906792 817876 88916 0 79604 403468
-/+ buffers/cache: 334804 571988
Swap: 979832 60 979772
> Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
acrobaat:~# df -Tl
Bestandssysteem Type 1K-blokken Gebruikt Beschikbaar Gebruikt%
Aangekoppeld op
/dev/md1 reiserfs 243208572 65347884 177860688 27% /
tmpfs tmpfs 453396 0 453396 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 60 10180 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 453396 0 453396 0% /dev/shm
> Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
acrobaat:~# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600
AGP] Host Bridge [1106:3189]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
[1106:b168]
00:0d.0 Network controller [0280]: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer
System GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN [1244:0e00] (rev 02)
00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
[1106:3104] (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
[1106:3177]
00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102
[Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV18
[GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] [10de:0185] (rev a4)
acrobaat:~# lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600
AGP] Host Bridge [1106:3189]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X motherboard [1043:807f]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
[1106:b168] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ee000000-efefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: eff00000-f7ffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:0d.0 Network controller [0280]: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer
System GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN [1244:0e00] (rev 02)
Subsystem: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH
Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN [1244:0e00]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 185
Memory at ed800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32]
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169
I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169
I/O ports at b800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
[1106:3104] (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard rev 1.01
[1043:80a1]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169
Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
[1106:3177]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1]
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev
06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard rev. 1.01
[1043:80a1]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255
I/O ports at b400 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 50)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X Motherboard [1043:80a1]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 193
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102
[Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 74)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X Motherboard [1043:80a1]
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 177
I/O ports at b000 [size=256]
Memory at ec800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV18
[GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] [10de:0185] (rev a4) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at effe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot: [0]
> Detect network card: [0]
> Configure network: [0]
> Detect CD: [0]
> Load installer modules: [0]
> Detect hard drives: [0]
> Partition hard drives: [0]
> Install base system: [0]
> Clock/timezone setup: [0]
> User/password setup: [0]
> Install tasks: [0]
> Install boot loader: [0]
> Overall install: [0]
>
> Comments/Problems:
Strange default machinename: Knoppix
A very high default resolution: 1920×1200
I think this is the theoretical maximum the CRT monitor (IIyama
HM903D/DT) and VGA card, but in practise it was not OK.
It did install a wrong kernel:
acrobaat:~# uname -a
Linux acrobaat 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed Feb 21 15:25:16 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Because this customer has a slow internet connection, I used a full
install CD. I did still added a mirror-server for apt-get.
The installer did not take the packages from the CD, but from the
mirror-server. When the installer was ready then apt-get takes the
packages from the CD. This was exactly not what I want...
> <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
> and ideas you had during the initial install.>
The default machine-name will be an error.
I think it is better to use a maximum default resolution of 1200x1024
for X, even when the VGA-card and the monitor can do better.
It would be better if the installer automatically installs a K7 kernel,
if this is the best choice.
I think it would be better if the installer would install automatically
from CD, if I have a full-CD, and automatically from internet, if I have
a netinstall CD.
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.
--
http://www.vandervlis.nl/
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