Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: 5.03-KDE CD1 (http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.3/i386/iso-cd/debian-503-i386-kde-CD-1.iso) Date: 06 Oct 2009 Machine: Dell SX270 Processor: P4 2.8G Memory: 1G Partitions: 31.6 G /home 1.4 G Swap 7 G / Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): N/A 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: [O ] Install base system: [O ] Clock/timezone setup: [O ] User/password setup: [O ] Install tasks: [X ] Install boot loader: [O ] Overall install: [O ] Comments/Problems: The problem was with installing the additional software. The wiki says there are three options for the desktop. Task, KDE, KDE-core. I wanted KDE. I didn't want some of the things that are included in Task. The only option was either install Desktop or not. The first time I had to interrupt the installation (ctl-alt-del) and start over. The second time when I could find no way to select KDE only I had to not install Desktop and do it all manually afterward. I've never used aptitude before and it's not exactly newuser friendly. I had to dig to find out what things meant, some I never did figure out and just went ahead anyway. Installing the desktop that way, nothing was configured and I had to grab a copy of xorg.conf from the backup just to get xorg to sync with the monitor. Note: I chose graphical expert installation. One would have thought that installation options would have been more refined than all or nothing. While I haven't checked yet on this installation, an OpenSUSE that I recently installed on this same machine (and removed) one version of the kernel was installed but a different version of the kernel source. Why not have the correct source for the kernel that's on the CD and either install it when installing the system or give the option to? Want to try something radical? Install FreeBSD sometime. There's no trying to figure out what basic options to install for users, developers, kernel developers, X or no X, it's right there on a menu. Want the all sources, headers (kernel too) and X? Select that from the menu and not worry about it later when you need it. Need to pick and choose or eliminate something from the list? No problem, it's on the menu. You folks need to remember, in most cases when someone's installing the OS, they don't have a web browser available - that won't happen until they get the OS installed! It's not an option to go to the website to look something up. <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install.> Vince. -- Michigan VHF Corp. http://www.nobucks.net/ http://www.CDupe.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org