Hello Frans! On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:00:23 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 30 December 2006 01:11, Luca Capello wrote: >> All went smoothly until the hard disk partitioning step: [...] > I'm afraid we cannot do all that much about this if you cannot give > a more precise description of what you steps preceded the error and > what the exact error message was.
I was aware of this and I can understand. But when I installed the
system I was too lazy to just note everything down. Anyway...
> So, unless you want to try to reproduce this, I'd suggest we drop
> it.
Well, I could reproduce the error with just another install on the
same system (as the system was almost a stock Debian Etch, I
re-installed it). The problem is when I load the 'lvmcfg' module,
which I cannot find in a network [1] or full-CD [2] installation, thus
I couldn't reproduce the error on qemu.
> We'll keep an eye out for other reports (I do have an idea what it
> could have been, but that's a very wild guess with the available
> now.
Here the steps necessary to reproduce the error:
1) netboot
2) load the 'lvmcfg' module
3) create a primary /boot partition
4) create an LVM partition (but don't configure it)
5) finish partitioning and write changes to the disk
6) first error: "No root filesystem is defined. Please correct this
from the partitioning menu."
7) go back to the partition step
8) configure the LVM: one virtual group and two logical volumes
9) same as 5)
10) same error as at 6), thus continue as at 7)
11) configure the new partitions (/ and swap)
12) same as 5)
13) chose the next step "Configure the LVM"
14) error: "An installation step failed. You can try to run the
failing item again from the menu, or skip it and choose something
else. The failing step is 'Configure the LVM'."
> From your lspci output:
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV350
> AS
> [Radeon 9550] [1002:4153]
> 01:00.1 Display controller [0380]: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 ??
> [Radeon 9550] (Secondary) [1002:4173]
>
> Hmm. The program responsible for X11-driver detection has the lines
> below for your hardware, so the only way I can explain that is if
> you are using the secondary channel. Can you confirm that?
>
> 10024153 video Server:XFree86(ati) RV350 AS [Radeon 9550]
> 10024173 video unknown RV350 AS [Radeon 9550]
> (Secondary)
Actually, the display is attached to the VGA plug (the second one is a
DVI one), so I guess it should use the primary channel.
Attached the two Xorg.0.log (ati and vesa), in case you need them.
> Reassigning to discover-data for this issue.
Maybe should we clone the bug for the lvmcfg issue?
BTW, as a side note, I'm leaving my parents' lately this morning, thus
I won't be able to perform more tests on the system, at least before a
month or two.
Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
Footnotes:
[1]
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
[2]
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-binary-1.iso
Xorg.0.log.ati.gz
Description: Xorg.0.log (ati driver)
Xorg.0.log.vesa.gz
Description: Xorg.0.log (vesa driver)
pgpSehggmh3j6.pgp
Description: PGP signature
