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Bug#238778: marked as done (xserver-xfree86: [debconf] set XKB question defaults based on debian-installer/keymap)



Your message dated Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:36:20 +0200
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and subject line housekeeping of old bugs
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 2004-03-16 Debian-Installer beta 3 for i386 from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux murmeltier 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-03-18 11:00 am CET
Method: Debian-Installer beta 3 netinstall; installation from
http://ftp.leo.org; no proxy

Machine: Asus L8400C (in Germany: Medion MD9580A)
Processor: Genuine Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) CPU Mhz 1002.285 (CPU Mhz
with Battery: 701.616) 256KB cache 
Memory: 257024 KB
Root Device: IDE HITACHI_DK23CA-20 20GB /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table: #1 /dev/hda1 primary 510.9MB swap     swap
		           #2 /dev/hda2 primary 19.46GB reiserfs /
Output of lspci: 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 03
)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev
03)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev
12)
00:06.1 Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem (rev 12)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139
C+ (rev 10)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/MX-MV (rev 12)


Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [0]
Configure network HW:   [0]
Config network:         [0]
Detect CD:              [0]
Load installer modules: [0]
Detect hard drives:     [0]
Partition hard drives:  [0]
Create file systems:    [0]
Mount partitions:       [0]
Install base system:    [0]
Install boot loader:    [0]
Reboot:                 [0]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it


Comments/Problems:

My aim was to install a system in American English with a German keyboard
layout.
I'm not sure whether the listed steps of the installationprocess are of use
but here they are. I'll talk about the problems later:

Boot Menu => Enter
Choose Language => en_US 
Keyboard Layout => German (nodeadkeys) 
Try DHCP again => No 
IP => ... 
Netmask => ... 
Gateway => ... 
Nameservers => ... 
hostname => murmeltier 
domain-name => ... 
Partition Disks => Manual (See above) 
Create Filesystems => Yes 
Device for Bootloader GRUB => (hd0) 
System Reboot => Continue 
Welcome => Ok 
GMT => No 
Select time zone => other 
Select time zone => Europe 
Select time zone => Berlin
Root password => *** 
Root password => ***
Full username => Who Cares 
username => whocares 
user password => *** 
user password => ***
apt source => http => Germany => http://ftp.leo.org/ 
Proxy => "" 
Software selection => tasksel 
Tasksel => Selected packages: Desktop environment, Linux Standard Base, X
window system, Office environment, Laptop, Java, C and C++, Python, Tcl/Tk
Lilo => Ok (I use GRUB why this question?) 
Ispell => american 
statd => Ok 
SSH Privilege separation => Ok 
Display Manager => gdm 
Popularity contest => Ok => Participate Yes
X-server driver => savage (WRONG PRESELECTION)
Auto Mouse Detection => yes
Auto Monitor Detection=> yes
Is monitor LCD => yes
configuring => Ok => medium => 1024x768@70Hz
exim4 => Local delivery
Thank you => Ok

#
#  PROBLEMS AT INSTALLTIME:
#

* When I have selected one http mirror the installation routine moves along
to the software selection without asking whether I want to add an additional
mirror. This function existed in Beta2 of the installer.
* A hint about Lilo is displayed that it has to be executed before using it,
but I already installed GRUB. Wouldn't it be better to remove this hint?
* At the selection of the desired X server driver there is a wrong(?)
preselection, namely vesa. Knoppix and SuSE Linux both recommend the savage driver.

#
# PROBLEMS AFTER INSTALLATION:
#

* After Restart one has a pleasant surprise: The X-server configuration
didn't work. Modifying of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 was necessary. I had/wanted to
change the default colour depth from 24 to 16 and for each colour depth the
resolution from a maximum of 800x600 to 1024x768. 
* Additionaly there was a wrong keyboard layout chosen. The layout was us,
pc104, xfree86, but I wanted de, nodeadkeys, pc105, xfree86. After these
modifications everything worked just fine.
* Another problem is that there exist no entries for the cdrom and the
floppy drive in the /etc/fstab. There exist the folders /floppy and /cdrom why not
enter the fstab entries automatically?
* Another thing was missing, which I already noticed in Beta2: There is no
questin whether someone would like to turn of pcmcia when updating. This was
and is the case for the english installation. The German installation from
Beta2 did ask this question. You can manually configure this by dpkg-reconfigure
pcmcia-cs.
* By the way: Where is /var/log/boot?
* And last there is no questions about locales (dpkg-reconfigure locales).
So you have to add locales by yourself and choose your standard locale (in
case you wanted UTF8 or something like that) for example.

#
#
#

Despite of all this stuff I enjoyed a quite easy installation and hope that
you will continue with this great work.

For further questions don't hesitate to write vampir@gmx.net (in English or
German)

-- 
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100% Virenerkennung nach Wildlist. Infos: http://www.gmx.net/virenschutz
Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: 2004-03-16 Debian-Installer beta 3 for i386 from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux murmeltier 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-03-18 11:00 am CET
Method: Debian-Installer beta 3 netinstall; installation from http://ftp.leo.org; no proxy

Machine: Asus L8400C (in Germany: Medion MD9580A)
Processor: Genuine Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) CPU Mhz 1002.285 (CPU Mhz with Battery: 701.616) 256KB cache 
Memory: 257024 KB
Root Device: IDE HITACHI_DK23CA-20 20GB /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table: #1 /dev/hda1 primary 510.9MB swap     swap
		           #2 /dev/hda2 primary 19.46GB reiserfs /
Output of lspci: 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03
)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
00:06.1 Communication controller: ESS Technology ESS Modem (rev 12)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139
C+ (rev 10)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 80)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/MX-MV (rev 12)


Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [0]
Configure network HW:   [0]
Config network:         [0]
Detect CD:              [0]
Load installer modules: [0]
Detect hard drives:     [0]
Partition hard drives:  [0]
Create file systems:    [0]
Mount partitions:       [0]
Install base system:    [0]
Install boot loader:    [0]
Reboot:                 [0]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

My aim was to install a system in American English with a German keyboard.
I'm not sure whether the listed steps of the installationprocess are of use
but here they are. I'll talk about the problems later:

Boot Menu => Enter
Choose Language => en_US 
Keyboard Layout => German (nodeadkeys) 
Try DHCP again => No 
IP => ... 
Netmask => ... 
Gateway => ... 
Nameservers => ... 
hostname => murmeltier 
domain-name => ... 
Partition Disks => Manual (See above) 
Create Filesystems => Yes 
Device for Bootloader GRUB => (hd0) 
System Reboot => Continue 
Welcome => Ok 
GMT => No 
Select time zone => other 
Select time zone => Europe 
Select time zone => Berlin
Root password => *** 
Root password => ***
Full username => Who Cares 
username => whocares 
user password => *** 
user password => ***
apt source => http => Germany => http://ftp.leo.org/ 
Proxy => "" 
Software selection => tasksel 
Tasksel => Selected packages: Desktop environment, Linux Standard Base, X window system, Office environment, Laptop, Java, C and C++, Python, Tcl/Tk
Lilo => Ok (I use GRUB why this question?) 
Ispell => american 
statd => Ok 
SSH Privilege separation => Ok 
Display Manager => gdm 
Popularity contest => Ok => Participate Yes
X-server driver => savage (WRONG PRESELECTION)
Auto Mouse Detection => yes
Auto Monitor Detection=> yes
Is monitor LCD => yes
configuring => Ok => medium => 1024x768@70Hz
exim4 => Local delivery
Thank you => Ok

#
#  PROBLEMS AT INSTALLTIME:
#

When I have selected one http mirror the installation routine moves along to the software selection without asking whether I want to add an additional mirror. This function existed in Beta2 of the installer.
A hint about Lilo is displayed that it has to be executed before using it, but I already installed GRUB. Wouldn't it be better to remove this hint?
At the selection of the proper X server driver there is a wrong(?) preselection, namely vesa. Knoppix and SuSE Linux both recommend the savage driver.

#
# PROBLEMS AFTER INSTALLATION:
#

After Restart one has a pleasant surprise: The X-server configuration didn't work. Modifying of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 was necessary. I had/wanted to change the default colour depth from 24 to 16 and for each colour depth the resolution from a maximum of 800x600 to 1024x768. Additionaly there was a wrong keyboard layout chosen. The layout was us, pc104, xfree86, but I wanted de, nodeadkeys, pc105, xfree86. After these modifications everything worked just fine.
Another problem is that there exist no entries for the cdrom and the floppy drive in the /etc/fstab. There exist the folders /floppy and /cdrom why not enter the fstab entries automatically?
Another thing was missing, which I already noticed in Beta2: There is no questin whether someone would like to turn of pcmcia when updating. This was and is the case for the english installation. The German installation from Beta2 did ask this question. You can manually configure this by dpkg-reconfigure pcmcia-cs.
By the way: Where is /var/log/boot?
And last there is no questions about locales (dpkg-reconfigure locales). So you have to add locales by yourself and choose another locale or UTF8 for example.

#
#
#

Despite of all this stuff I enjoyed a quite easy installation and hope that you will continue with this great work.

For further questions don't hesitate to write vampir@gmx.net


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Hi!

Taking a look at old bug reports I send, I think this one can be closed
by now.


Yours sincerely,
  Alexander

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