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> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc2/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso 17-Mar-2007 22:59 > Date: <Date and time of the install> Mar 30 2007 > Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)> Self-build machine > Processor: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+ > Memory: acrobaat:~# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 906792 817876 88916 0 79604 403468 -/+ buffers/cache: 334804 571988 Swap: 979832 60 979772 > Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> acrobaat:~# df -Tl Bestandssysteem Type 1K-blokken Gebruikt Beschikbaar Gebruikt% Aangekoppeld op /dev/md1 reiserfs 243208572 65347884 177860688 27% / tmpfs tmpfs 453396 0 453396 0% /lib/init/rw udev tmpfs 10240 60 10180 1% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 453396 0 453396 0% /dev/shm > Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: acrobaat:~# lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge [1106:3189] 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge [1106:b168] 00:0d.0 Network controller [0280]: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN [1244:0e00] (rev 02) 00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) 00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) 00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) 00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 82) 00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge [1106:3177] 00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev 06) 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 50) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 74) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] [10de:0185] (rev a4) acrobaat:~# lspci -vnn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge [1106:3189] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X motherboard [1043:807f] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge [1106:b168] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: ee000000-efefffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: eff00000-f7ffffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:0d.0 Network controller [0280]: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN [1244:0e00] (rev 02) Subsystem: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN [1244:0e00] Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 185 Memory at ed800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32] I/O ports at d800 [size=32] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169 I/O ports at d400 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169 I/O ports at d000 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169 I/O ports at b800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104] (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard rev 1.01 [1043:80a1] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 169 Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge [1106:3177] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard [1043:80a1] Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:11.1 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571] (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X motherboard rev. 1.01 [1043:80a1] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255 I/O ports at b400 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 50) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X Motherboard [1043:80a1] Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 193 I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 74) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X Motherboard [1043:80a1] Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 177 I/O ports at b000 [size=256] Memory at ec800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] [10de:0185] (rev a4) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Expansion ROM at effe0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0 > Base System Installation Checklist: > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > Initial boot: [0] > Detect network card: [0] > Configure network: [0] > Detect CD: [0] > Load installer modules: [0] > Detect hard drives: [0] > Partition hard drives: [0] > Install base system: [0] > Clock/timezone setup: [0] > User/password setup: [0] > Install tasks: [0] > Install boot loader: [0] > Overall install: [0] > > Comments/Problems: Strange default machinename: Knoppix A very high default resolution: 1920×1200 I think this is the theoretical maximum the CRT monitor (IIyama HM903D/DT) and VGA card, but in practise it was not OK. It did install a wrong kernel: acrobaat:~# uname -a Linux acrobaat 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed Feb 21 15:25:16 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Because this customer has a slow internet connection, I used a full install CD. I did still added a mirror-server for apt-get. The installer did not take the packages from the CD, but from the mirror-server. When the installer was ready then apt-get takes the packages from the CD. This was exactly not what I want... > <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments > and ideas you had during the initial install.> The default machine-name will be an error. I think it is better to use a maximum default resolution of 1200x1024 for X, even when the VGA-card and the monitor can do better. It would be better if the installer automatically installs a K7 kernel, if this is the best choice. I think it would be better if the installer would install automatically from CD, if I have a full-CD, and automatically from internet, if I have a netinstall CD. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- http://www.vandervlis.nl/
