Bug#222775: Attempt on Dell Latitude CSx -- PCMCIA NIC problems
Package: installation-reports
Version: daily netinst build 2003-11-20
Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: daily netinst build from gluck, 2003-11-20
uname -a: Linux ephemeral 2.4.22-1-686 #6 Sat Oct 4 14:09:08 EST i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 2003-11-20
Method: Default ('cdrom') install - external CD-ROM drive, appears
as /dev/scd0
Machine: Dell Latitude CSx
Processor: PIII-500
Memory: 192 MB
Root Device: IDE hard disk, 12 GB (/dev/hda)
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda2 - 230MB - swap
/dev/hda5 - 25 MB - /boot (ext2)
/dev/hda6 - 6.6GB - / (reiserfs)
unused during installation:
/dev/hda1 - old suspend-to-disc partition (now unused), 214 MB
/dev/hda3 - isolated woody setup, 5.0 GB
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2360 [MagicMedia 256ZX]
01:00.1 Multimedia audio controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2360 [MagicMedia 256ZX Audio]
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)
06:00.1 Serial controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem (rev 03)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
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]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
The network card in this notebook is a Xircom RBEM56G-100 (PCMCIA),
requiring the xircom_cb module. Selecting this from the list failed
with a "cannot detect your ethernet card" error. 'lsmod' on vt2 showed
the module loaded, but not any of the other PCMCIA modules. (A brief
diversion was taken here to reset the keyboard map to American English,
due to #221932.) modprobe'ing yenta_socket and ds manually (which also
pulled in pcmcia_core) was necessary for the Ethernet interface to be
recognized.
Selecting 'none of the above' initially, loading yenta_socket and ds,
and then attempting network hardware detection also failed - the
installer mistakenly requested the tulip_cb module instead of xircom_cb.
All steps up to and including the reboot went flawlessly. However,
after reboot, the system was unable to continue installation, as none of
the PCMCIA modules had been installed.
--
Nicholas Breen
nbreen@ofb.net
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