> problems with all install modes: > - Cannot select British English and a Dvorak keyboard layout (either > standard or converted to British layout). Ubuntu has a 'type some > keys to guess the layout' option which is nice, but being able to > select it in at least expert mode would be good
Using that method (which requires using console-setup) is planned for
"some time after etch".
Frankly speaking, not being able to select the Dvorak layout at intall
time is not something that I personnally would consider high
priority. We all know that Dvorak keyboard users are geeky enough to
be able to switch their keyboard layout after the installation.
However, from what I see briefly, the dvorak layout is among those we
ship in the udeb so it should be there. Do you mean that you can't
choose it.....or that it doesn't work?
> - Does not detect a firewire CDROM drive.
> Even when selecting the sbpcd module by hand from the list, modprobe
> fails.
Really strange. The Dell X200 is precisely the machine that we were
using back in 2004 to actually test the Firewire CD support in the
sarge installer. More precisely *my* X200 was the one we tested on (at
the Debconf 4 in Brazil). I have to admit, however, that the etch
installer hasn't been tested on it (by me, at least).
The following bit of code is what should do the trick:
# if firewire was found, try to enable firewire cd support
if is_not_loaded sbp2 && is_available scsi_mod; then
if is_available sbp2; then
db_subst hw-detect/load_progress_step CARDNAME
"FireWire CDROM support"
db_subst hw-detect/load_progress_step MODULE "sbp2"
db_progress INFO hw-detect/load_progress_step
load_module sbp2
else
missing_module sbp2 "FireWire CDROM"
fi
fi
Have you tried manually loading the "sbp2" module?
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