Bug#248627: Debian Installer version 4 - Installation report
I've done some further testing according to your suggestions and it was
successful. With the images I tested when I sent my last update (latest
version was from May 26th 2004) even an ifup/ifdown didn't solve the issue
with the Xircom REM56G-100 and an /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart also didn't
solve it. The card uses the correct module according to the pcmcia for linux
project website. It is the "xirc2ps_cs".
In /var/log/syslog I could find five DHCPDISCOVER messages and then the
entry "No DHCPOFFERS received" and "No working leases in persistent
database". (When I boot with a current Knoppix version on the same machine I
get an IP-address, so the DHCP server is working fine). I've added the
syslog extract below.
Jun 11 10:59:06 localhost cardmgr[495]: socket 0: Xircom CEM56
Ethernet/Modem
Jun 11 10:59:06 localhost cardmgr[495]: executing: 'modprobe xirc2ps_cs'
Jun 11 10:59:06 localhost kernel: xirc2ps_cs.c 1.31 1998/12/09 19:32:55
(dd9jn+kvh)
Jun 11 10:59:06 localhost cardmgr[495]: executing: 'modprobe serial_cs'
Jun 11 10:59:07 localhost dhclient: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client
2.0pl5
Jun 11 10:59:07 localhost dhclient: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
The Internet Software Consortium.
Jun 11 10:59:07 localhost dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jun 11 10:59:07 localhost dhclient:
Jun 11 10:59:07 localhost dhclient: Please contribute if you find this
software useful.
Jun 11 10:59:07 localhost dhclient: For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
Jun 11 10:59:07 localhost dhclient:
Jun 11 10:59:08 localhost kernel: eth0: MII link partner: ffff
Jun 11 10:59:08 localhost kernel: eth0: MII selected
Jun 11 10:59:08 localhost cardmgr[495]: executing: './network start eth0'
Jun 11 10:59:08 localhost kernel: eth0: media 100BaseT, silicon revision 5
Jun 11 10:59:08 localhost kernel: eth0: Xircom: port 0x300, irq 3, hwaddr
00:10:A4:F5:03:AC
Jun 11 10:59:08 localhost kernel: ttyS03 at port 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a
16550A
Jun 11 10:59:10 localhost kernel: eth0: MII link partner: 45e1
Jun 11 10:59:10 localhost kernel: eth0: MII selected
Jun 11 10:59:10 localhost kernel: eth0: media 100BaseT, silicon revision 5
Jun 11 10:59:12 localhost dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:10:a4:f5:03:ac
Jun 11 10:59:12 localhost dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth0/00:10:a4:f5:03:ac
Jun 11 10:59:12 localhost dhclient: Sending on
Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Jun 11 10:59:12 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 5
Jun 11 10:59:17 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 5
Jun 11 10:59:22 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 10
Jun 11 10:59:32 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 19
Jun 11 10:59:51 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 17
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: No working leases in persistent
database.
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: Exiting.
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client
2.0pl5
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
The Internet Software Consortium.
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient:
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: Please contribute if you find this
software useful.
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient: For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
Jun 11 11:00:08 localhost dhclient:
Jun 11 11:00:09 localhost dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:10:a4:f5:03:ac
Jun 11 11:00:09 localhost dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth0/00:10:a4:f5:03:ac
Jun 11 11:00:09 localhost dhclient: Sending on
Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Jun 11 11:00:09 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 8
Jun 11 11:00:17 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 18
Jun 11 11:00:35 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 17
Jun 11 11:00:52 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 7
Jun 11 11:00:59 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 9
Jun 11 11:01:08 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 1
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost dhclient: No working leases in persistent
database.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost dhclient: Exiting.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Internet Software Consortium DHCP
Client 2.0pl5
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + All rights reserved.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: +
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Please contribute if you find this
software useful.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: +
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Listening on
LPF/eth0/00:10:a4:f5:03:ac
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Sending on
LPF/eth0/00:10:a4:f5:03:ac
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Sending on
Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + No DHCPOFFERS received.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + No working leases in persistent
database.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: +
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Exiting.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: +
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: + Failed to bring up eth0.
Jun 11 11:01:09 localhost cardmgr[495]: executing: './serial start ttyS3'
As requested here is the ifconfig -a output:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:F5:03:AC
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3762 (3.6 KiB)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
I've also tried to reboot right after the base-config starts, then the card
works.
In the meantime I've downloaded the daily installer beta from June
1st and the testcandidate 1 and with that the network card works fine during
the complete
installation phase.
During the testing I've found two more interesting things, maybe they've
already been reported by others:
1. When I select german during the installation process and reboot during
the base-config and then complete the configuration after the machine is up
again, the rest of the base-config runs in english. This happened with all
the versions described above
2. I've tested the above things also with the Xircom card CE3B-100BTX that
is also supported by the xirc2ps_cs driver but only has the network and no
modem function. This card worked in all installations and did not have the
problem like the REM56G-100. The only thing that looked strange is that
during the basic PCMCIA and ethernet configuration of the installation. The
card gets an IP-address via DHCP however in all versions of the debian
installer the message that the card couldn't find an IP adress and if a DHCP
request should be tried again. Certainly only a cosmetic issue.
Translation issues:
Several translation issues I mentioned earlier and that Dennis solved, seem
until now not to have found the way from CVS into the Debian Installer.
Again, thanks for all your efforts.
Thorsten
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