Bug#545508: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: debian-502a-i386-netinst.iso from debian.org
Date: 2009-09-07 02:51:00
Machine: Dell Inspiron 9300 (Laptop)
Processor: Pentium M, 1.86GHz
Memory: 1GB
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 ext3 55280924 3549760 48923004 7% /
tmpfs tmpfs 517972 0 517972 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 792 9448 8% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 517972 0 517972 0% /dev/shm
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:2591] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:266d] (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller [8086:2653] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M22 [Mobility Radeon X300] [1002:5460]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev b3)
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0552] (rev 08)
03:01.2 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 17)
03:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4324] (rev 03)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
After the standard (text) Install option failed completely, I tried Graphical Install which worked great. My only complaint is the touchpad operation. Windows was previously installed on the laptop and the tapping feature was disabled (by me, I hate it). During the debian setup I kept accidentally tapping when trying to move the cursor over the Next button (cursor moved very fast BTW) and then it would skip a screen since I also clicked the actual left mouse button. So I had to keep going back. I'm not suggesting you change anything because most people probably like tapping. Just giving you my feedback.
I used wired networking throughout the install. I wanted to switch to wireless after everything was running, but it doesn't work. It is related to the one error I see while booting, missing "b43/ucode5.fw", but once the desktop is running and I try to connect there is no further mention of that error. The average user would probably give up at that point. I tried going to the website mentioned in the boot log and followed their instructions for ubuntu/debian but that didn't work either (package b43-fwcutter doesn't exist?). So for now I'm stuck with wired-only.
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