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Package: <5.0.4 "Lenny">
1. System is Toshiba, Satellite, L300; Original OS Windows Vista.
2. Toshiba claims NO proprietary FIRMWARE for wireless or "soft"modem.
3. Made CD set of 31 package and 6 update discs.
4. On install, (Graphical or Graphical Expert or Rescue,) Reloaded multiple times using different install means; Can NOT configure Network, Does NOT find Wireless OR Modem.
(I can understand it NOT finding the softmodem, supplied by Agere, possibly since it is located on,(according to windows,) "location 1 (Internal High Definition Audio Bus)" and has a hardware ID of HDAudio\Func_02&VEN_11C1&DEV_1040$SUBSYS_11790001&REV_1002.)
5. AFTER install "Device manager" pkg shows Ethernet controller, but system will NOT activate controller. Unit is Intel, RTL8101E/RTL8102E, PCI Express Fast Ethernet Controller. (According to Intel, and Linux sources, the drivers are IN the Kernal!)
5. "Device manager" ALSO shows Wireless WiFi Link 5100 - Intel, BUT NO INTERFACE. It does NOT show up on "Net Manager" AT ALL.
6. Modem simply NOT found
7. Install FINDS Bluetooth, WHICH I DO NOT HAVE!!!
The above leaves me with NO POSSIBLE Internet connection using Debian, even IF I had anything but dial-up.
NOTE: "Device manager" pkg is able to give information ONLY, and then very little. Pretty graphics though. (I expected it to HELP with problems, based on description given. Like maybe find and install drivers!)
Package suggestions:
1. Remove Floppy formatter from "Gnome Utilities" pkg. and make separate as NO NEW SYSTEMS even have a floppy anymore, and in some it can NOT be added!
2. Remove Ekiga Softphone from "Gnome Desktop Environment" pkg and make separate.
NEITHER of these can be REMOVED WITHOUT messing up the entire system, and the OTHER applications removed can NOT, in some cases, be reloaded separately. It is an ALL or NOTHING situation!!
3. Please separate the games it loads by default so you can remove them one at a time.
Package install problems:
ITEM: IF I use ONLY Disc 1 for install, there is NO "Add/Remove Applications" OR "Synaptics package manager AND NO WAY to check the set to FIND the needed files to install them. (I tried!!)
IF I "list" the entire set during the install, It loads both GOOD and BAD in some respects. See above regarding removals that can NOT be done WITHOUT messing up the entire system.
Regarding Loading Packages, the following will either NOT load or will NOT run AFTER loading. I did NOT try to figure out where the errors were as most use multiple files from multiple discs in the set.
Games:
Adanaxis - Loads but doesn't work.
Extreme Tux Racer - Loads, but can't be run as it has screen resolution problems with Laptop.
Sabre - Loads but won't run
Search and Rescue - Loads, but Default sound system for game is NOT the sound system loaded, so NO sound. ALSO, does NOT clear screen when setting options, which means you can't "see" what you are doing VERY quickly. (Did NOT try to proceed beyond this.)
Torcs - Has loading problems.
Trigger Auto Racing - Loads but won't run.
Internet:
Network Selector - Loads but won't run
RutilT WLAN manager - Can't find interface (Understandable)
WIFI Radar - Loads, BUT (possibly due to system NOT finding WIFI), starts and shutsdown without ever putting up a screen. (NOTE: Windows version WILL put up screen even with Wireless turned off MANUALLY!)
Other:
Touchpad - (Tried this because I use mouse and would LIKE to turn off touchpad.) Loads - can't run because "Manually set "true" in SHMconfig in xorg.conf or x-86Config". AFTER some searching found xorg.conf. THERE IS NO SUCH ITEM TO SET IN THE FILE, and the file clearly states, DO NOT EDIT.
Since I did NOT load everything, I did NOT check everything.
It would appear that many of these programs need further work or their dependencies are incorrect.
Some that DO work require files from over 8 separate discs, before they quit loading due to dependencies.
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