Bug#654280: installation-reports
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>
2.6.32-5amd64
Date: <Date and time of the install>
28/12/2011
Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Compaq Presario CQ43-111BR
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-core P6200
Memory: 4Gb
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
root@roblaptop:/home/rob# df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 ext3 9611492 4234932 4888320 47% /
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 0 5120 0% /lib/init/rw
tmpfs tmpfs 385656 132 385524 1% /run
udev tmpfs 1922316 204 1922112 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 771308 0 771308 0% /run/shm
/dev/sda6 ext3 290639064 322204 275553240 1% /home
root@roblaptop:/home/rob#
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
root@roblaptop:/home/rob# lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM
Controller [8086:0044] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core
Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 5
Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller [8086:3b64] (rev 06)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
Chipset High Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:3b46] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:3b4a] (rev 05)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
[8086:2448] (rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset
LPC Interface Controller [8086:3b09] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series
Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b29] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
SMBus Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136]
(rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1629]
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Device [10ec:5209] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
Kernel driver in use: rts_pstor
ff:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath
Architecture Generic Non-core Registers [8086:2c62] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
ff:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath
Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2d01] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
ff:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link
0 [8086:2d10] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
ff:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI
Physical 0 [8086:2d11] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
ff:02.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved
[8086:2d12] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
ff:02.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved
[8086:2d13] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3674]
root@roblaptop:/home/rob#
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: [E ]
Install base system: [O ]
Clock/timezone setup: [O ]
User/password setup: [ O]
Install tasks: [ O]
Install boot loader: [ O]
Overall install: [O ]
Comments/Problems:
My Toshiba A200 laptop was stolen by Brazilian thieves. HP were
running a Xmas special
deal to unload these Compaq's, so I bought one. Both memory chips
failed and had to be replaced.
I had an old 5.0.5 install CD and it advised using an amd64 version.
So I downloaded an iso image and then spent a few hours locating a
windoze program to unpack the image and then copy the files to a blank
CD.
The installation ran overnight given the large quantity of packages
that had to be downloaded.
Problem # 1
I wanted to keep the windoze 7 starter set-up in a separate partition
so that I could use Skype there, given the problems one has running
Skype under Linux. Now that the dark side have purchased Skype, I
can't imagine it improving.
However, when I re-booted, there was no windoze in the grub list. I
ran update-grub but it made no changes.
Problem # 2
The keyboard preferences can't be saved. In the <layout> tab of
keyboard "manager" it shows Brazil and United Kingdom. After I boot
up, I have to manually remove United Kingdom in order for the keyboard
to function per the characters appearing on the key pad. Rather
difficult to use vi when you don't have a working ":" character.
Problem # 3
dhcp was installed, not dhcp3. I always thought that dhcp3 was the
latest version. isc.org list version 4 as the current version. I need
to reject offers from 187.65.0.0/16 and force it to obtain a lease
from 189.4.0.0/16. These are the two inet ranges assigned to
virtua.com.br. If I'm assigned a 187.65 IP address I can't communicate
with my ISP in Australia.
Problem # 4
Changed my sources.list to use testing. There was a typo in the
sources.list left by the installer. On one of the lines there is a
space between non and the hyphen. It should be non-free but appears as
non -free. Be that as it may, I wanted to upgrade the installed
version of synaptic. However packages libapt-inst1.2 and
libapt-pkg4.10 are both missing. According to the documentation, these
are created via apt-utils. I re-installed apt-utils but nothing
changed. There is another broken package but I can't find out its
name. It is revealed if you try to update iceweasel, for example.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
Given that it is practically impossible to buy a new laptop these days
without already having windoze 7 starter pre-installed (except HP do
have a Suse pre-installed laptop available), and given the facilities
offered by grub, I believe that the installer should make it easier to
partition the hard drive in a more user friendly fashion, so that if
one wishes to keep a working windoze available, one may do so. At no
point did the installer mention that a windoze boot record/image was
found.
Regards,
Rob Stone
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