Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD-ROM Image version: etch 4.0r1 Date: May 3, 2008
Machine: Dell Inspiron 4400 Processor: Intel Pentium 4 Memory: 512M Partitions: 4 (1 Windows NTFS, 1 Linux swap, 1 root (/), 1 home (/home)) Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: 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: [ ] 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: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Overall install: [O] Comments/Problems: I took the default for priority (i.e. no boot parameters) and in tasksel I selected only "standard system" and "desktop environment". The mouse was a PS/2-style mouse, was detected, and was installed for use in the X Window System. But the X server was configured to drive the mouse directly rather than through the gpm daemon. In my opinion, gpm should have been installed automatically and the X server should have been configured to use /dev/gpmdata as the mouse device. This would allow the mouse to be used both in X and in regular virtual consoles. This provides maximum flexibility. In my opinion, the user has everything to gain and nothing to lose by using gpm instead of direct control of the mouse by the X server. Even if the user does not ever use the mouse in a virtual console, using gpm provides more flexibility in the X server. For example, when using gpm, one can unplug the mouse and plug in a different one without restarting the X server. Simply restart the gpm daemon. All the X aplications keep running without missing a beat. gpm should be installed by default when the user requests a desktop environment, and the X server should be configured to use gpm. Indeed, one could even make a case that gpm should be installed by default even when the user requests only a "standard system", if a mouse is detected. gpm should also be on CD number 1, particularly if it is going to be installed by default. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]