I've just installed a new Debian system for the first time using the new installer (Sarge pre-release double-sided DVD on current Chip-Professional magazine (German)). It worked *very well* except for the following:
- wasn't able to choose the new Kernel (not an issue here) - sound seems unconfigured (ditto) - Gnome was installed as default, in particular gdm instead of kdm (I havn't figured out yet how to switch to kdm or get rid of the annoying thing in gdm that only root can shutdown (can't find how to change that without command-line magic)) - Although I was allowed to configure X, my choices were written to /etc/X11/xf86config instead of /etc/X11/xf86config-4, which is the file actually used. Changing anything involves running xf86config and then renaming /etc/X11/xf86config to /etc/X11/xf86config-4. Additionally, xf86config recommends entering "auto" for the choice of mouse, which didn't work: my setup seems to require /dev/psaux and will not run with /dev/mouse. Since I got it running, what am I asking here? The recent discussion on whether ordinary users should contact Debian maintainers and file bugs or not was inconclusive. Therefore re the above (last points): Are these bugs or not and if so, should anybody hear about them (other than readers here)? My interest is whether I can recommend Debian yet to beginners. This would be the case if the installer had installed kdm and found the correct x-driver and resolution by itself. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]