Statler install a breeze , usb keyboard problem, no root account

For an Alpha release the install of Statler was smooth.

My experience is with CENTOS, sidux, squeeze, pardus and *bunutu.

The debian text installer did not like my apple usb keyboard and did not detect its input. Plugging in a serial keyboard and rebooting fixed the problem.  If I did not have a serial keyboard it would have been a show stopper.

I do not recall being prompted to create a root account during the installation process.  I blame the Ubuntu heritage of #!.  This is not a real problem but it is different from the other debian installs I have done (squeeze, lenny and sidux).

The third quibble is not being given a prompt to pick the US debian repository during installation.  This lead to a rather sluggish 1G  installation of Kile and Texlive.

On the upside #! was plug and play with my Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870 Wireless Adapter and WPA.
(the installer did not see my wireless device).  This expedited installing on my wireless desktop computer.   While not as fast and smooth as a sidux install the installation of on par with a *buntu and there was no need to sneakernet the firmware-ralink package.

Enabling the nvidia proprietary graphics driver analogous to the procedure in sidux and required a reboot because I could not restart x with control-alt-backspace.

Statler is an excellent vehicle for installing debian testing without need of connectivity during the process.  After the install is complete you may reboot with the benefit of many debian social contract unfriendly (un-libre) drivers.  As an added bonus you also get desktop 'box'  environment that is as attractive as fluxbox mint and much more attractive than the sidux default fluxbox.   

Stalter could borrow heavily from sidux manual and knowledge base.  A rolling bleeding edge debian amd64 with a nice destop environment and nonfree drives on the livecd?  What could be better.

Cheers

brokenpike

crunch@crunchbang:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 SATA controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0584 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200] (rev a2)
crunch@crunchbang:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:7e04 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet F4100 Printer series
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Hama Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ac:0220 Apple, Inc. Aluminum Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:1006 Apple, Inc. Hub in Aluminum Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
crunch@crunchbang:~$