"Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

2020-06-14 Thread Richard Owlett
This is a rewrite of my original post after having received input directly and indirectly related to my problems. I wish to have an uncluttered install of Debian 10 with MATE desktop. It is my understanding that when MATE is selected, the installer begins with mate-desktop-environment. Reading

Bug#962802: Installation Report

2020-06-14 Thread Dylan Lom
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso Date: 2020-06-14 Machine: Lenovo Yoga S730 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz Memory: 16GB Partitions: Filesystem T

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

2020-06-14 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Richard Owlett (2020-06-14 12:52:10) > Reading > [https://packages.debian.org/buster/mate-desktop-environment] indicates > that not installing "suggested" will achieve my *specified* goal. [...] > Append "recommends=false" in 2 trials Suggested and recommended packages are dif

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

2020-06-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/14/2020 06:51 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Richard Owlett (2020-06-14 12:52:10) Reading [https://packages.debian.org/buster/mate-desktop-environment] indicates that not installing "suggested" will achieve my *specified* goal. ^ *TYPO* I was 'thinking

Correcting typo was [Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples]

2020-06-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/14/2020 05:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: This is a rewrite of my original post after having received input directly and indirectly related to my problems. I wish to have an uncluttered install of Debian 10 with MATE desktop. It is my understanding that when MATE is selected, the installer

Processed: Re: Bug#962802: Installation Report Lenovo Yoga S730

2020-06-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag 962802 +moreinfo Bug #962802 [installation-reports] Installation Report Added tag(s) moreinfo. -- 962802: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=962802 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#962802: Installation Report Lenovo Yoga S730

2020-06-14 Thread Geert Stappers
ttps://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/ Please do an install with firmware-testing-amd64-netinst.iso from https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/daily-builds/sid_d-i/20200614-3/amd64/iso-cd/ and report back. Regards Geert

Bug#962802: nonfree firmware install media exists

2020-06-14 Thread Geert Stappers
ch means it wouldn't get > included on official Debian install media. > > Workaround is > https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/ > > Please do an install with firmware-testing-amd64-netinst.iso from > https://cdimage.debian.org/ima

Re: Bug#960265: s390x install Debootstrap warning: Failure while configuring base packages. s390-tools depends on perl:any.

2020-06-14 Thread Philipp Kern
On 11.05.20 11:53, Winfried Münch wrote: > package: s390-tools > > Version: current Installer from 04.05.2020 21:14 > http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-s390x/current/images/generic/ > > > When I install debian I run in this Problem (from console 4): > > May 11

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

2020-06-14 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: > This is a rewrite of my original post after having received input > directly and indirectly related to my problems. > > I wish to have an uncluttered install of Debian 10 with MATE desktop. > It is my understanding that when MATE is selected, the installer begins >

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

2020-06-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/14/2020 10:21 AM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, [snip] If you just want an installation with Mate, I don't understand why you would want to remove the 'recommends' but ... Because MATE with all the recommended packages is too cluttered. It has tools to do a range of tasks that most need done

Re: Bug#960265: s390x install Debootstrap warning: Failure while configuring base packages. s390-tools depends on perl:any.

2020-06-14 Thread Vctl Piotr Kolasinski
Hi I'm new on that list and and notified (from another -email address - that will be removed), about my desire to help and contribute that port. Please don't remove it, Debian is only one of two free (not charged) distributions. The mainframe platform is evolving, now exist not only IBM Z servers b

Re: "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" needs examples

2020-06-14 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > This is a rewrite of my original post after having received input > > directly and indirectly related to my problems. > > > > I wish to have an uncluttered install of Debian 10 with MATE desktop. > > It is my understanding that whe