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Bug#628975: installation-reports: Debian Squeeze 6.0.1a and Lenovo G555 with BCM4313



reassign 628975 linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 2.6.38-5
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Am Donnerstag, den 02.06.2011, 19:59 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel:

> Am Donnerstag, den 02.06.2011, 19:41 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel:
> > Package: installation-reports
> > 
> > Boot method: CD
> > Image version: Debian 6.0.1a amd64 1
> > Date: 6/2/2011
> > 
> > 	$ more lsb-release
> > 	DISTRIB_ID=Debian
> > 	DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
> > 	DISTRIB_RELEASE="6.0 (squeeze) - installer build 20110106+squeeze1"
> > 	X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom
> > 
> > Machine: Lenovo G555
> > Partitions: n. a.
> > 
> > 
> > Base System Installation Checklist:
> > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
> > 
> > Initial boot:           [O]
> > Detect network card:    [E]
> > Configure network:      [E]
> > 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:        [E]
> > 
> > Comments/Problems:
> > 
> > 1. Wireless LAN (WLAN)
> > 
> > Ethernet was not available and therefore Wireless LAN is crucial. For unknown reasons the WLAN adapter BCM4313 [1] is not detected. According to the Wiki page [1] it should be supported by the Linux kernel but the following is shown in the syslog.
> > 
> > 	Jun  2 17:08:43 check-missing-firmware: no missing firmware in /dev/.udev/firmware-missing
> > 
> > I hope if it is detected that the installer asks for the firmware files automatically.
> 
> please note that the same behavior is seen using 
> 
>    Debian GNU/Linux testing "Wheezy" - Official Snapshot amd64 CD Binary-1
>                                20110523-04:27
> 
> using
> 
>         Jun  2 08:49:30 kernel: [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.38-2-amd64 (Debian 2.6.38-5) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.4.6 (Debian 4.4.6-3) ) #1 SMP Sun May 8 13:51:57 UTC 2011
> 
> from [2].

I believe this is a Linux kernel problem (or Udev?) since it should be
included since 2.6.32-22 [1] and therefore I am reassigning this report.
Ben, I am sorry, if this was wrong.

> > 2. Base system.
> > 
> > a) Getting the system set up afterward did not work at all. No network manager was installed and I could not find any on the installation medium (CD).
> > b) No graphical package manager was installed.
> > c) After a second restart logging into GNOME did not work due to some libgconf error. I do not know the error anymore though and the installation is not available anymore.


Thanks,

Paul


> > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211
> [2] http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/

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