Hi,

Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@...>:
> I'll start us off:
> 
> - Which media did you download? (Minimal, Universal, LiveCD, LiveDVD)
> - Did the media pass MD5/SHA1 checks? (If you didn't check, say so.)
> 
> - Does the media boot on your system?
> - If not, what errors were reported?
> - Did you use any command line options?
> - If so, which ones?
> 
> - After boot, were all of your devices detected?
> - If not, what was not detected?
> - What driver does this device use?
> - Is the driver on the media? (Say "don't know" if you're unsure.)
> 
> - Did previous releases work where this one is not?
> 
> - What chipset is your motherboard? IDE? SATA?
> - Do you use external controllers for SATA/SAS/SCSI/etc.?
> - If so, which ones?
> - How much RAM is in your system?
> - Did you try to boot with "docache" enabled?
> - What video card(s) do you have?
> - Was it properly detected?
> - Did X start properly?
 
> This should be a pretty decent start and give everyone an idea of what
> we would be looking for with these checklists.  What things do you
> think need to be checked for and what information do you think we
> would need to properly diagnose any issues?

 About hardware information.  I proposed app-admin/hwreport for that,
which gathers information from lspci and friends (I attach one to this
mail) and tars it up.  Some more questions (I never got the call on
-core, btw...):

* Did you try a lot of the software on the live CD/DVD?  Did they work
fine?

* Are all links on the desktop working (terminal, Handbook etc.)?

* Was splash image displayed correctly?

V-Li



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