Re: Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-19 Thread Stefano Canepa
Il giorno mer, 19/04/2006 alle 00.42 +0100, Digby Tarvin ha scritto: > > > dmesg also warns: > > > "Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda6 ro libata.atapi_enabled=1" > > > "Unknown boot option `libata.atapi_enabled=1': ignoring" > > > which I assume was added by the install system but the syntax is

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 02:20, Frans Pop wrote: > Hmm. Actually, I think I've read that modprobe.conf overrules anything > that is in /etc/modprobe.d... > Could you check if that is the case if you use the second method? Is > there a file (maybe empty) /etc/modprobe.conf that could overrule what

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 02:20:06AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 19 April 2006 01:42, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > But the modprobe.d method doesn't work on my system for installation or > > post installation, and I think there is a good chance the two issues > > are be related. > [snip] > In o

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 01:42, Digby Tarvin wrote: > But the modprobe.d method doesn't work on my system for installation or > post installation, and I think there is a good chance the two issues > are be related. This is the code that parses the option you pass as a kernel option: if [ -n "$PA

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 12:47:36AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 19 April 2006 00:12, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Actually I should have mentioned that I had tried correcting > > the syntax in modprobe.d. I had changed /etc/modprobe.d/libata to > > "options libata atapi_enabled=1" > > which no

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:17:36PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 18 April 2006 21:49, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > I suppose 'change your hardware to something better supported' is > > always going to be a possible solution to an installation problem, > > but won't be much help to the next person

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 00:12, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Actually I should have mentioned that I had tried correcting > the syntax in modprobe.d. I had changed /etc/modprobe.d/libata to > "options libata atapi_enabled=1" > which no longer produces a syntax warning, but I still get > "ata1(0): WARNI

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 09:26:49PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 18 April 2006 20:04, Frans Pop wrote: > > > # echo "libata.atapi_enabled=1" >/etc/modutils.d/local > > > > > > This file was supposed to be created by the installer, but there was > > > an error in the code. > > > > Still no lu

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 18 April 2006 20:04, Frans Pop wrote: > > # echo "libata.atapi_enabled=1" >/etc/modutils.d/local > > > > This file was supposed to be created by the installer, but there was > > an error in the code. > > Still no luck - are you sure about the directory? I had no > /etc/modutils.d exitin

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 03:04:43PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Many of the old 10Mbit hubs didn't handle speed and/or duplex > negotiation as well as modern specs require. > > Is it possible that the installer's driver software (or the associated > configuration files) are less sophisticated

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 18 April 2006 21:49, Digby Tarvin wrote: > I suppose 'change your hardware to something better supported' is > always going to be a possible solution to an installation problem, > but won't be much help to the next person who tries the same > combination. Well, if you can find out why d

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Apr 18, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Frans Pop wrote: The Realtek device is a 10/100 UTP interface, which was connected to a 10Mb hub, which failed to work also. It was not till I connected to a 10/100Mb hub that the network started to work for the Debian install, so I suspect it was not supporting

Bug#363331: Fwd: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports

2006-04-18 Thread Frans Pop
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Bug#363331: installation-reports Date: Tuesday 18 April 2006 19:38 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Frans, Thanks for acknowledging my report... On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:23:42PM +0200, Frans Pop