Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: RC1 netinst, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ uname -a: Linux blackbox 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Tue Aug 24 13:31:19 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: September 5-6, 2004 Method: On my home, DSL-connected computer, downloaded the RC1 netinst ISO, and burned it to a CD-RW. Installed a new hard drive, and booted with the CD in the drive. Followed the prompts, partitioned the disk, let the netinst install ~350MB of packages overnight, and continued with configuration the next night. Used the mirror at oregonstate.edu. Machine: EPoX nForce2 motherboard, AMD Athlon2000+ CPU, Matrox G550 card, DVI connected to Samsung SyncMaster 172T, Samsung SpinPoint 1614N hard drive, 3 512MB DDR SDRAMs, Soundblaster Live Value card, CD-RW/DVD drive, Intel EtherExpress 100 card Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Memory: 1.5GB Root Device: Samsung SpinPoint 1614N 160GB 8MB cache IDE hard drive Root Size/partition table: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 135468 75015 53226 59% / tmpfs 452668 0 452668 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda8 145122904 45012 137706068 1% /home /dev/hda7 369000 8477 340863 3% /tmp /dev/hda5 4807056 1380980 3181892 31% /usr /dev/hda6 2885780 131932 2607260 5% /var Output of lspci and lspci -n: --------------------------------- lspci --------------------------------- 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1) 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1) 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a3) 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1) 0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1) 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) 0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a 3) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) 0000:01:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) 0000:01:07.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07) 0000:01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) 0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP (rev 01) ------------------- lspci -n ------------------------------------- 0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:01e0 (rev c1) 0000:00:00.1 0500: 10de:01eb (rev c1) 0000:00:00.2 0500: 10de:01ee (rev c1) 0000:00:00.3 0500: 10de:01ed (rev c1) 0000:00:00.4 0500: 10de:01ec (rev c1) 0000:00:00.5 0500: 10de:01ef (rev c1) 0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:0060 (rev a3) 0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0064 (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a3) 0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:0067 (rev a3) 0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:0068 (rev a3) 0000:00:04.0 0200: 10de:0066 (rev a1) 0000:00:05.0 0401: 10de:006b (rev a2) 0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:006a (rev a1) 0000:00:08.0 0604: 10de:006c (rev a3) 0000:00:09.0 0101: 10de:0065 (rev a2) 0000:00:0d.0 0c00: 10de:006e (rev a3) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 10de:01e8 (rev c1) 0000:01:07.0 0401: 1102:0002 (rev 07) 0000:01:07.1 0980: 1102:7002 (rev 07) 0000:01:0a.0 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 08) 0000:02:00.0 0300: 102b:2527 (rev 01) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: Overall, the install was fantastic. I spent the whole time staring in amazement and thinking back on my careful study of the O'Reilly Debian book while installing potato. Everything went smoothly, and I was grateful Qwest made me upgrade to 1.5Mb DSL. :-) That said, I still cannot get X to run at 1280x1024. First, the installer never offered that as a screen resolution choice, which seemed weird to me. Second, nothing I have tried with the XF86Config-4 file has helped, including copying over the one that was working on my old hard drive, which was also running testing. I have a Matrox G550 connected via DVI to a Samsung SyncMaster 172T LCD screen, which has a native resolution of 1280x1024 @ 75Hz. I am only able to run at 800x600 for some reason, which looks awful. Comparing the X log for 800x600 success vs. 1280x1024 failure, I see the following suspicious lines. Any help appreciated. 443c443 < (II) MGA(0): I2C Monitor info: 0x8622ca8 --- > (II) MGA(0): I2C Monitor info: 0x8622cf0 554a555 > (II) MGA(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name) 557,560d557 < (II) MGA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual si ze) < (II) MGA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual si ze) < (II) MGA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual si ze) < (II) MGA(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (width too large for virtual siz e) 562c559,561 < (--) MGA(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800) Also, I couldn't get sound working for quite a while. It took some time to figure out that 1) the kernel was using OSS, not ALSA and 2) something chose the crappy motherboard nForce2 sound instead of the so-so Soundblaster Live Value card. Installing ALSA and running the alsaconf program got me only a message that "No supported PnP or PCI cards found." Is there a trick to solving either of these problems? thanks, Matt __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
