Bug#488544: installation-reports: lenny beta2 report

[Gerard MacNeil <aa030@chebucto.ca>]

On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 20:18 +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Sunday 29 June 2008, Gerard MacNeil wrote:
> > Comments/Problems:
> > 1. To set up pppoe, I used modules=ppp_udeb. It was not detected
> > properly although the fallback DHCP works.
>
> That is the wrong syntax. It should be 'modules=ppp-udeb'.
Wrong syntax, it was.  My failing eyesight, no doubt.

> And if that's just a typo then I'm afraid "not detected properly" is not 
> really going to help us improve things...
>
> Please provide a more detailed description of what was not detected and 
> any errors displayed or visible in the syslog.
>
> >From your comment "fallback DHCP works" it would seem to me that you do 
> not actually need pppoe and ppp-udeb at all, but that your router 
> provides the translation to regular Ethernet?

No router. The DSL modem from my telecom (Aliant in NS, Canada) has my pppoe connection information and provides a DHCP server and can be used that way.  It will also transparently pass a PPPOE connection through, allowing me to control ports that are not filtered. I have no access to the ports on the DSL modem, just a web interface for entering authentication data.

pppoeconf works like a charm, if that is any use.
> > 2. Graphic capability was not detected correctly.  I ended up with
> > 800x600 on 1680x1050 capable hardware.
>
> Please file a separate bug report against the relevant X.Org package for 
> this issue (use xserver-xorg-core if you're unsure). This is outside the 
> scope of the installer itself. Please use 'reportbug' to submit that bug 
> so that all relevant info gets included.

I'm sure they have heard enough about legacy nVidia hardware.

> Cheers,
> FJP