Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/20040921/sarge-i386-netinst.iso (md5sum 09697510e1123190e78e103fd61b413f) uname -a: Linux version 2.6.7-1-686 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.4 (De bian 1:3.3.4-2)) #1 Thu Jul 8 05:36:53 EDT 2004 Date: 2004-10-01T19_16_39+1000 Method: How did you install? boot "linux" from netinst cdrom What did you boot off? netinst cdrom If network install, from where? n/a Proxied? no Machine: Dell Latitude C400 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 866MHz Memory: 256100 kB Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda Root Size/partition table: (fdisk -l /dev/hda) Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 191 1534176 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 * 192 829 5124735 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda3 830 862 265072+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 863 3648 22378545 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 863 1227 2931831 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1228 1289 497983+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 1290 1532 1951866 83 Linux /dev/hda8 1533 3492 15743668+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 3493 3554 497983+ 83 Linux /dev/hda10 3555 3648 755023+ 82 Linux swap /etc/fstab: # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda7 /opt ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda9 /tmp ext3 defaults,nosuid,nodev 0 2 /dev/hda5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda6 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda10 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda2 /c ntfs ro,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs Output of lspci and lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:3575 (rev 04) 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04) 0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:3577 (rev 04) 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04) 0000:00:02.1 0380: 8086:3577 0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] 0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2482 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 42) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42) 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:248c (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:248a (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:2485 (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:2486 (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02) 0000:02:00.0 0200: 10b7:9200 (rev 78) 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78) 0000:02:01.0 0607: 104c:ac50 (rev 02) 0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: Dual-boot with WinXP. Resized NT partitions with Partition Magic 8.0 Created linux partitions with partman. Initial install with "linux" (ie 2.4.27), then installed 2.6.7. [minor bug] (kernel framebuffer size miscalculated on Dell c400) The framebuffer driver appears to stop drawing one character cell short of the full width of the screen. This leads to a strongly "stepped" output which looks like hell but is (just) readable. I am uncertain if this is a problem in the framebuffer support or a buggy, lying BIOS. I am uncertain but from memory I think that this occurs in both the "linux" and "linux26" flavours of the installer. The same problem appears with the Ubuntu linux preview (warty warthog, 20040915, 2.6.8.1). workaround: (again from memory) linux debian-installer/framebuffer=false [usability bug] On the first attempt at installation, I filled up /var and had to go all the way back to the start. This is just silly. First, let me describe what happened when /var filled. 1. The install step failed, but I was stuck inside the step. I think the name is "copying packages"? 2. My notes are unclear but I think it was telling me that I'd run out of space. It is good that I'm told this. 3. The problem was that there was no obvious next step - no advice to hit <ESC>, no [Go Back] button, only an [OK] button which took me into the next stage "Configuring the Base System", which I feel was the wrong thing to do in this case. I had to hit ^c to escape and get back to the main menu. Perhaps this bug should be titled "cdrom-retriever(??) doesn't handle /var filling up correctly" I'm not sure where the fault lies, I'm guessing cdrom-retriever. I think the answer is to provide a [Go Back] button that takes you to the main menu. [wishlist bug] Now, to addressing the silliness: d-i knows that it is going to copy a bunch of .debs to /var and it can work out how much space it is going to take to do that (just sum the space taken on the cd). So it should be able to notice there is not enough space and do something about it. Note that I'm not talking about the space required to _extract_ the .debs (eg into /usr), I realise that is very hard to compute. A small complication is differences in inode size between the source and target filesystems. I think 90% of cases could be covered by a fudge factor. This could be estimated to sufficient accuracy by copying a handful of packages across and comparing the .debs' sizes. workaround1: The install manual could have a note added suggesting that /var should be _at least_ 512Mbyte, or at least make it more obvious that you need to compare the number of Mb in the packages to be downloaded and the free space in /var. A brief look at the manual (http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/) doesn't show any really clear statement that you need a big /var during installation. There are hints, but I don't think it says "/var too small => install fails". I suggest it be added to section 3.4 and/or 6.3; I will try to put a patch together. workaround2: Copy _some_ of the packages and install them, then delete the .debs and copy another batch. repeat. apt-get can work out the correct ordering so that installing in batches is possible. I think the following shell code does this, but I'm not sure if it is suitable for the d-i environment. This code does a fixed number of packages at a time. Ideally one would make an automated check of the free space and ensure that the number is set low enough that /var never fills. #!/bin/sh # PKGLIST must be in the environment and contain the list of # packages you want to install. [ "unset" = "${PKGLIST:-unset}" ] && exit chunk=10 sortedlist="/tmp/pkglist$$" apt-get --no-act --assume-yes install $PKGLIST 2>/dev/null | \ grep -E '^Inst ' 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}' > $sortedlist npkg=`cat $sortedlist |wc -l` ipkg=0 jpkg=`expr $ipkg + $chunk` while [ $ipkg -lt $npkg ] ; do list=`awk 'NR >= '$ipkg' && NR < '$jpkg'{printf "%s ", $0}'` [ "X " = "X${list}" ] && break if apt-get install $list ; then apt-get --assume-yes clean 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null ipkg=$jpkg jpkg=`expr $ipkg + $chunk` else exit 1 fi done /bin/rm -f $sortedlist exit 0 lsmod produces the following output: (2.6.7) Module Size Used by i830 78724 3 ds 18532 2 af_packet 22376 2 snd_intel8x0m 20264 0 snd_intel8x0 36460 0 snd_ac97_codec 70020 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 98756 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 25668 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 11752 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm gameport 4704 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 7968 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 25184 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 8200 1 snd_rawmidi snd 56644 8 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device pci_hotplug 34640 0 uhci_hcd 32880 0 usbcore 114784 3 uhci_hcd intel_agp 19836 1 floppy 61204 0 parport_pc 35008 0 parport 41832 1 parport_pc rtc 12760 0 pcspkr 3592 0 tsdev 7328 0 mousedev 10444 2 joydev 9888 0 psmouse 20360 0 evdev 9568 0 i810_audio 33972 0 ac97_codec 18956 1 i810_audio soundcore 10336 2 snd,i810_audio 3c59x 38952 0 yenta_socket 21440 0 pcmcia_core 68132 2 ds,yenta_socket agpgart 34152 4 intel_agp nls_cp437 5696 1 capability 4520 0 commoncap 7200 1 capability ide_cd 43332 0 cdrom 40352 1 ide_cd ntfs 93292 1 ext2 72392 0 ext3 127144 6 jbd 62264 1 ext3 mbcache 9348 2 ext2,ext3 ide_disk 19264 9 ide_generic 1408 0 piix 13440 1 ide_core 142808 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,piix sd_mod 21728 0 ata_piix 8004 0 libata 41700 1 ata_piix scsi_mod 125004 2 sd_mod,libata unix 28624 46 font 8320 0 vesafb 6656 0 cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. 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