Bug#260686: Sparc64 Install Report
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 2004/7/19 got from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/current/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.26-sparc64 #1 Fri Jun 18 02:04:50 PDT 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux Date: Tue Jul 20 21:41:10 CEST 2004 Method: netinst CD Machine: Sun Ultra 5 Processor: UltraSPARC IIi 306MHz cpu : TI UltraSparc IIi (Sabre) fpu : UltraSparc IIi integrated FPU promlib : Version 3 Revision 19 prom: 3.19.4 type: sun4u ncpus probed: 1 ncpus active: 1 Cpu0Bogo: 719.25 Cpu0ClkTck : 15752a00 MMU Type: Spitfire Memory: 256 MB Root Device: /dev/hda Root Size/partition table: 8.1GB major minor #blocks name 3 08420832 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc 3 17910280 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 3 2 510552 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 3 38420832 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 Output of lspci: :00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi :00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13) :00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13) :01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01) :01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01) :01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c) :01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) PCI0646 (rev 03) Base System Installation Checklist: 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] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#247993: SparcClassic installation report
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:15:27PM +0200, Frederik Dannemare wrote: > any luck with the most current image on this machine? This machine is up and running, actually. The previous install needed some prodding and manual intervention, but I got it completed. I'm not doing anything with the machine anyway, so I can wipe it and start afresh to test the new current image and see if the manual prodding has now become unnecessary, if it is useful. I'll *try* to do it next week-end. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#990112: installation-report: 10.10.0-amd64-DVD-1 booted in Xen PV mode
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.71 Severity: normal (report done from another macn -- Package-specific info: Boot method: DVD (Xen PV mode) Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/bt-dvd/debian-10.10.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso.torrent 2021-06-19 19:20 Date: 2021-06-20 evening Machine: Xen PV DomU Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [E] Load installer modules: [E] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup:[O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system:[O] Install tasks: [E] Install boot loader:[E] Overall install:[E] Comments/Problems: Problem 1: The CD is not recognised as a valid source of package, and thus grub installation fails; my assumption is that it requires grub-common from the CD but doesn't have it. So I loaded the extra installer module pppoe in order to get an Internet connection and use a network mirror to get packages. That failed to work, because the pppoe kernel module failed to load, which is: Problem 2: the ppoe installer module needs "depmod" but doesn't run it "depmod" run from the shell fixed that. Then I selected a network mirror, namely http / Luxembourg / deb.debian.org Problem 3: the selected network mirror is not used. I ended up going to the shell again, chrooting into /target, editing /etc/sources.lst with nano to put the requested deb.debian.org mirror source, and after "apt-get update && apt-get install grub-xen" the installer finished correctly. Note also that the "security updates" and "updates" lines in source.list were commented out "because they failed to validate". "Install tasks" worked OK, but the only task available was "basic system utilities" or something like that, again that's because nothing in sources.list, not the CD and not the network mirror.
Bug#269559: installation-reports: Multiple problems
Package: installation-reports Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC1 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/rc1/sarge-i386-netinst.iso uname -a: Date: 1 Sep 2004 Method: Netinst CD, took non-base from network Machine: Toshiba Satellite 3000-400 Processor: Intel Pentium III Memory: Root Device: /dev/hda3 Root Size/partition table: /dev/hda1 is NTFS 5 and 6 are FAT32 3 is EXT3 4 is swap Output of lspci and lspci -n: 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: [E] Install packages after base system [E] Comments/Problems: First boot hanged the machine at hotplug time. Some USB module apparently got automatically blacklisted, second boot worked, but rivafb module fucked up the console. After manual blacklisting, could reach baseconfig. - I got only server tasks (WWW server, print server, ...) and localisation tasks, but no desktop task (X Window system, desktop environment, TeX/LaTeX environment, scientific application, C development, python development, ...) - I didn't get asked which locales should be generated and /etc/locale.gen didn't contain sensible defaults (was empty). Debconf was configured with "medium" priority. "dpkg-reconfigure locales" took care of it, but we shouldn't assume installers know to do that. - Configured X with nv driver, LCD works, but not external monitor. Usually, X tells me in the log what the native resolution of the LCD is (DDC?), but not in this case. (Sorry for being somewhat vague, but I don't have the machine at hand now. I'll get a grip on it Friday.) -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#269559: installation-reports: Multiple problems
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:51:44AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: >> First boot hanged the machine at hotplug time. Some USB module >> apparently got automatically blacklisted, second boot worked, but >> rivafb module fucked up the console. After manual blacklisting, >> could reach baseconfig. > May someone looks at this ? More info probably needed. I'll give a full lspci listing on Friday. >> - I didn't get asked which locales should be generated and >>/etc/locale.gen didn't contain sensible defaults (was >>empty). Debconf was configured with "medium" >>priority. "dpkg-reconfigure locales" took care of it, but we >>shouldn't assume installers know to do that. > The generated locale is the one you have chosen when choosing > language/country. > This locale is set as the default system locale. Nope. We chose Portugal as country, US keymap and install procedure in English. No locale _at_ _all_ was generated (i.e. listed in /etc/locales.gen), and the default was POSIX. > Not showing the locales configuration is done on purpose as it would > be confusing to most users I think the best would actually be something along the lines of "What languages do the users of this machine wish to be able to use", and a list containing language names like "French", "German" to select. Not going to fight it if the d-i team thinks users will be confused by that. (Not stepping forward to implement that idea, either.) > All further changes to this pertain to "dpkg-reconfigure locales" > which is expected if people have expectations about localization > which go further than a simple default. Hmm... I would at least mention it in the install manual, then. Someone experimented with Unix / GNU/Linux, but not with Debian wouldn't know about "dpkg-reconfigure". > Debconf was using "medium" either because you asked it (using the > expert switch) It asked me which one should be used, I answered. I used the expert switch only to get a shell so that I could mount the root and blacklist rivafb, that is *after* base install. I don't remember exactly when it asked, maybe it was when it upgraded debconf from the network after base install from >> - Configured X with nv driver, LCD works, but not external >>monitor. Usually, X tells me in the log what the native resolution >>of the LCD is (DDC?), but not in this case. > This is a X problem which will not be dealt with by the D-I > team. Sounds consistent. I'll try to get the details and report a bug against xserver-xfree86. > Indeed, the D-I team work mostly stops at a base system install (no > packages selected in tasksel). Alas, the new user install experience doesn't stop at "no packages selected in tasksel". -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#269559: No additional info coming
I promised more info on the machine where the install happened, but the owner of the machine has now left with it and we didn't find the time to deal with it. I fear I cannot give the info anytime soon now. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#247993: SparcClassic installation report
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 20040705 netinst, from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/ uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.24-sparc32 #1 Fri Jan 30 16:04:55 EST 2004 sparc unknown Date: 2004/5/8 11.30 Method: booted on netinst CD, installed base from CD and rest from my local apt-proxy. Machine: SparcClassic + external CD-ROM + external 2GB HD Processor: ? Memory: 32 + 8 + 8 Root Device: /dev/sdb, SCSI id 0,4,0 Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 9 heads, 36 sectors, 1254 cylinders Units = cylinders of 324 * 512 bytes Device FlagStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/sda1 0 10001620001 Boot /dev/sda2 1000 1254 41148 82 Linux swap /dev/sda3 0 12542031485 Whole disk Disk /dev/sdb (Sun disk label): 67 heads, 62 sectors, 1009 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4154 * 512 bytes Device FlagStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/sdb1 0 1009 2095693 83 Linux native /dev/sdb3 0 1009 20956935 Whole disk Output of lspci: pita:/home/master# lspci pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci lspci: Cannot find any working access method. Base System Installation Checklist: 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:[E] Install boot loader:[O] Reboot: [E] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: beta4 wouldn't boot: Just after the "freeing n kb of unused kernel memory" message (I think that's the moment the kernel execs init), it loops on an "attempt to read beyond end of device" message. Back to 20040407 snapshot: When I select "Install base system", it displays "Installing the debian base system" and the progress bar, but the latter stays at zero and it returns to the main menu after a second or two. "Check CD-ROM integrity" says the CD is not a Debian CD, on console 4, anna says "bad d-i packages file" and ": not such file" (seems like it is complaining there is no file with an empty name). Eject CD, put it back, retry. Nope. I go to console 2, mount shows that /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is mounted on /cdrom. "ls /cdrom" shows empty directory. "umount /cdrom" and "mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom", then "ls /cdrom" shows something sensible. Go back to console 1. "Install base system". Works. The filesystems were not cleanly unmounted after install: fsck run at first boot from HD, fails critically with I/O error. remount root ro, fsck on both disks finds no error, continue boot. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#247997: Sparc Ultra5 installation report
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 20040705 netinst, from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/ uname -a: n/a Date: 2004/5/8 15.10 Method: tried to boot netinst CD Machine: Sparc Ultra 5 Processor: Ultra IIi 360 Memory: 256 Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[E] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Tried also beta4, same result. Get to SILO prompt, press enter, displays Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Loaded kernel version 2.4.24 Loading initial ramdisk (1814320 bytes at 0x40c0)... illegal instruction and back to OpenBoot prompt. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#247993: SparcClassic installation report
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 03:06:25PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > Processor: ? Make that: pita:/home/master# cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : Texas Instruments, Inc. - MicroSparc fpu : TI MicroSparc on chip FPU promlib : Version 3 Revision 2 prom: 2.12 type: sun4m ncpus probed: 1 ncpus active: 1 BogoMips: 49.76 MMU type: TI Tsunami contexts: 64 nocache total : 1048576 nocache used: 160256 -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#247993: about your Debian installation report
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:54:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Since you filed that report, we have released several much improved > versions of the installer, (...) we currently lack the manpower to > check every installation report. So, I'd appreciate your help. I'll try to give it a try this week-end. Given that I said the same thing on 26 Jul, don't get your hopes too high. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#247993: about your Debian installation report
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:54:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Hello, I'm writing you because you filed an installation report a > while ago > Try another install and see if the problem you reported is still > present. > If you're unable to do this test for whatever reason, please send a > mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and let us know, and we will try to > look at your report in more detail. I can't connect the CD drive to the machine; I moved since my original bug report and the cable seems to be gone $DEITY-knows-where. The machine has a SCSI Wide connector, but the CD drive a SCSI narrow. Sorry, -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#275506: installation-reports: grub misconfigured in presence of LVM
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: pre-rc2 from people.d.o/~joeyh/d-i/images/pre-rc2/ uname -a: Linux kamoun 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Tue Sep 14 00:22:58 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux Date: 8 Oct 2004 Method: netboot and ftp.easybet.be, no proxy Machine: IBM Thinkpad X40 Processor: Pentium M 1.2 GHz Memory: 512 MB Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda: 77520 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary. DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently. Units = cylinders of 516096 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls#blocks Id System /dev/hda1 0+ 74369 74370- 37482479+ 5 Extended /dev/hda2 0 - 0 00 Empty /dev/hda3 0 - 0 00 Empty /dev/hda4 74370 7751931501587600 a0 IBM Thinkpad hibernation /dev/hda5 0+519 520-262079 83 Linux /dev/hda6520+ 7258- 3658031+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 7778+ 98582081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda8 9859+ 119392081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda9 11940+ 140202081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda10 14021+ 161012081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda11 16102+ 181822081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda12 18183+ 202632081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda13 20264+ 223442081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda14 22345+ 244252081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda15 24426+ 265062081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda16 26507+ 285872081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda17 28588+ 306682081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda18 30669+ 327492081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda19 32750+ 348302081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda20 34831+ 369112081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda21 36912+ 389922081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda22 38993+ 410732081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda23 41074+ 431542081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda24 43155+ 452352081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda25 45236+ 473162081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda26 47317+ 493972081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda27 49398+ 514782081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda28 51479+ 535592081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda29 53560+ 556402081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda30 55641+ 577212081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda31 57722+ 598022081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda32 59803+ 618832081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda33 61884+ 639642081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda34 63965+ 660452081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda35 66046+ 681262081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda36 68127+ 702072081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda37 70208+ 722882081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda38 72289+ 743692081- 1048823+ 8e Linux LVM All LVM partitions in one VG, one LV for /. /boot is on /dev/hda5. Output of lspci and lspci -n: :00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02) :00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O Control Registers (rev 02) :00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Configuration Process Registers (rev 02) :00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) :00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) :00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) :00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) :00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) :00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 01) :00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81) :00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01) :00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 01) :00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01) :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) :00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) :02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev 8d) :02:00.1 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd: Unknown device 0822 (rev 13) :02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller :02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 80
Bug#275506: Wrong X keyboard, too.
I didn't get asked for the X keymap, but xfree86/pc104/us was automatically chosen. The closest to my keyboard is xfree86/pc102/be. debian-installer knew my keyboard is be, and correctly configured it for console. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#278566: base-config: "configure apt" menu entry doesn't ask mirror question again
Package: base-config Version: unknown Severity: normal I don't have the right version at hand, it is the one installed by debian-installer pre-rc2. After tasksel, I interrupted aptitude downloading packages because the mirror I chose turned out to be too slow; I then was thrown into the base-config menu. I chose "configure apt", expecting to be asked again what mirror to use and given a chance to change my mind. But it just reused my previous answers and regenerated /etc/apt/sources.list (commenting out the lines that were already there and adding fresh lines for the mirror I originally chose). It actually asks me "add another apt repository", but if I answer "yes", it just updates /etc/apt/sources.list again, runs "aptitude update" (or something like that) and asks the question again; no chance to actually choose another apt repository. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#282711: debian-installer-manual: Slightly more beginner-friendly PPPOE text
Package: debian-installer-manual Severity: normal Section 7.2.3.1 of the manual says: However, the necessary software has been installed, which means you can configure PPPOE manually at this stage of the installation by switching to VT2 and running pppoeconf. I propose However, the necessary software has been installed, which means you can configure PPPOE manually at this stage of the installation as follows: - Switch to VT2: press CTRL-ALT-F2 - Log in as user "root", with the password you have chosen in the previous step. - run pppoeconf - logout: type in the command logout - Switch back to the base configuration on VT1: press CTRL-ALT-F1 (If other arches use other keystrokes to switch VT, put the right keystroke for other arches.) In my experience, mildly knowledgeable users will know how to login, to type commands at a shell, etc, but may have never used their computer in non-X mode, and not know about the console's VTs. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (300, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-7 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#387085: debian-installer: Support install from a running system into another partition
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show debian-installer Package: debian-installer Priority: optional Section: devel Description: Debian installer This package currently only contains some documentation for the Debian installer. We welcome suggestions about what else to put in it. How about a program /usr/bin/debian-installer that gives me the same curses interface than the bootable CDs and permits me to install Debian on a different disk/partition? This niche was (as far as I am concerned) adequately filled by the combination of (c)debootstrap and base-config before, but as base-config has now disappeared, we actually have a regression in etch compared to potato / woody / sarge. Using the debian-installer infrastructure for that and giving people the same nice hand-holding interface than for a from-scratch installation would be an awesome way to address that, to not only fix the regression, but replace it by something really better, nostalgia à la http://www.infodrom.org/~joey/log/?200609102259 notwithstanding. (I'm aware this will probably not be ready for etch, but please consider it for later.) Thanks, -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#535733: installation-report: lenny installation report
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal Boot method: USB stick Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-502-amd64-businesscard.iso Date: 4 July 2009 Machine: IBM X200s Partitions: Disk /dev/sda: 30401 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls#blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 0+ 30 31-248976 83 Linux /dev/sda2 31 30400 30370 243947025 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda3 0 - 0 00 Empty /dev/sda4 0 - 0 00 Empty Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Install base system:[O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup:[O] Install tasks: [E] Install boot loader:[O] Overall install:[E] Comments/Problems: I chose "guided partitioning - use whole disk and set up LVM", the system asked me to confirm destructive repartitioning, I did, but then I got a red screen with an LVM error (could not find partition or something like that). I made the exact same choice in the menu (guided whole disk with LVM) and then it worked. I chose "belgian" as keyboard. The installer and linux console (in the installed system) indeed had the keyboard configured correctly; but X11 was using layout "us". The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file was empty and /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum indeed has the hash of an empty file. mas...@doggy:~$ md5sum /dev/null d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e /dev/null mas...@doggy:~$ cat /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e /etc/X11/xorg.conf Running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" indeed had the "be" layout by default, but still left the xorg.conf file untouched. Running "dexconf" by hand solved the problem. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org. == Installer lsb-release: == DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer" DISTRIB_RELEASE="5.0 (lenny) - installer build 20090123lenny3" X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=hd-media == Installer hardware-summary: == umame -a: Linux doggy 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Jun 21 04:47:08 UTC 2009 x86_64 unknown lspci -knn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07) lspci -knn: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) lspci -knn: 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a43] (rev 07) lspci -knn: 00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller [8086:2a44] (rev 07) lspci -knn: 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10f5] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: e1000e lspci -knn: Kernel modules: e1000e lspci -knn: 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules: uhci-hcd lspci -knn: 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules: uhci-hcd lspci -knn: 00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules: uhci-hcd lspci -knn: 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd lspci -knn: Kernel modules: ehci-hcd lspci -knn: 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03) lspci -knn: 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver lspci -knn: 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03) lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver lspci -knn: 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]:
Bug#535733: installation-report: lenny installation report
On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 07:40:30PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > Boot method: USB stick > Image version: > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-502-amd64-businesscard.iso > Date: 4 July 2009 > Machine: IBM X200s > I chose "belgian" as keyboard. The installer and linux console (in the > installed system) indeed had the keyboard configured correctly; but > X11 was using layout "us". I just noticed that X was using the driver "vesa" instead of "intel", hence not giving me xrandr support, nor the backlight keys on the keyboard working. Hardcoding the "intel" driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf corrects all these problems. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#538685: busybox: dc does not support basic dc syntax
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.13.3-1 Severity: normal mas...@capsaicin:~ 0 $ echo '10 2+f'|busybox dc mas...@capsaicin:~ 0 $ echo '10 2+f'|dc 12 On the other hand: mas...@capsaicin:~ 0 $ echo -e '10\n2\n+\nf'| busybox dc 12 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_LU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages busybox depends on: ii libc6 2.9-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries busybox recommends no packages. busybox suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#284286: i386 install report
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: daily on 5 Dec 2004 uname -a: Date: 5 Dec 2004, 09:32 am Method: netboot, then tiscali.be mirror Machine: IBM Thinkpad X40 Processor: Intel Pentium M LV 1200MHz Memory: 512MB Output of lspci and lspci -n: No lspci available in the installer's shell, but see bug 275506, it is about the same machine. (According to IBM's warranty repair, they replaced only the hard disk, so should give the same lscpi output.) 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: [ ] (machine has no CD drive) Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [E] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: The 2.6 install option uses mismatching kernel and modules. I booted with "linux26". hw-detect tries to load piix for 'Intel Corporation 82801DBM', but this fails: ide_core: disagrees about version of symbol dma_alloc_coherent ide_core: Unknown symbol dma_alloc_coherent (the same with dma_free_coherent) Then a bunch of "Unknown symbol"s for piix, usb-storage, via82cxxx, trm290, triflex, slc90e66, sis5513, siimage, serverworks, sc1200, rz1000, pdc202xx_old, pdc202xx_new, opti621, ns87415, hpt34x, generic, cy82c693, cs5530, cs5520, cmd64x, atiixp, amd74xx, alim15x3, aec62xx, ide-generic, ide-disk,. Hence, the hard disk is not found, and installation cannot proceed. I also tried with ftp.fr.debian.org, same result. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#284286: i386 install report
On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 10:56:43AM +0100, John Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 09:49, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >> Comments/Problems: >> The 2.6 install option uses mismatching kernel and modules. > 'linux' and 'expert' still work, just tried it, from another mirror > of course. Thanks for the information. I finally installed with debian-installer rc2, with "linux26". -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
