Bug#509238: debian-installer: lenny installer (daily build) locks up after net hw detection screen
Package: debian-installer
Version: lenny installer
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0 <--- Not really. It's the lenny installer
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
As the above system information shows, Etch works perfectly on this
system, although it was not easy to install on a blank HD when the OS
was woody.
The installation that triggered this bug was attempted by building
a bootable USB memory stick (boot.img.gz (downloaded today) +
debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso) to install lenny on a new blank HD.
Attempted work-arounds.
As can be seen for the output of lswh (done from Etch and appended
below), this laptop has lots of built-in hardware. In addition to
the suggested temporary options (noapic, nolapic, acpi=off, irqpoll)
and hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false, I have excluded all the i/o
addresses that are likely to cause a problem: the pcmcia system,
the firewire port, the wireless adapter (ipw2100), the AC97 sound
system and the modem.
Obviously, since this is a net install, the network card (that in
Etch uses the b44 driver just fine) is mandatory.
Immediately after the "network hardware detection" is apparently
complete, the screen goes dark, the right 2 LEDs next to the power
button flash at 1 second interval and the system totally freezes.
Holding the power button for about 10 seconds is necessary to shut
down the machine.
I'd be glad to run specific tests if asked. Any other suggestions
of work-arounds welcome.
Output of lshw follows:
dell-8600
description: Portable Computer
product: Inspiron 8600
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
serial: xxxxxxx
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable uuid=xxxxxxxC-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0X1069
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
serial: .xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id: 0
version: A11 (10/25/2004)
size: 64KB
capacity: 448KB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.9.5
slot: Microprocessor
size: 1400MHz
capacity: 1700MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
size: 8KB
capacity: 8KB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
size: 1MB
capacity: 1MB
clock: 66MHz (15.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 512MB
capacity: 1GB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM_A
size: 256MB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM_B
size: 256MB
width: 64 bits
clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: e8000000
bus info: pci@00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: iomemory:e8000000-efffffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@00:01.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@01:00.0
version: a1
size: 64MB
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: vga bus_master vga_palette cap_list
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
resources: iomemory:fc000000-fcffffff iomemory:f0000000-f3ffffff irq:11
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: ioport:bf80-bf9f irq:11
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: ioport:bf40-bf5f irq:11
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: ioport:bf20-bf3f irq:11
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: iomemory:f4fffc00-f4ffffff irq:11
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@00:1e.0
version: 81
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401 100Base-T
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=1.01 duplex=full ip=192.168.200.7 latency=32 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
resources: iomemory:faffe000-faffffff irq:11
*-pcmcia
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@02:01.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192
resources: iomemory:f8000000-f8000fff irq:11
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@02:01.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: iomemory:faffd800-faffdfff iomemory:faff8000-faffbfff irq:11
*-network:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@02:03.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=34 mingnt=2
resources: iomemory:faffc000-faffcfff irq:5
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@00:1f.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=PIIX_IDE latency=0
resources: ioport:bfa0-bfaf iomemory:32000000-320003ff irq:11
*-ide:0
description: IDE Channel 0
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@0
logical name: ide0
clock: 33MHz
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HTS548080M9AT00
vendor: Hitachi
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@0.0
logical name: /dev/hda
version: MG4OA53A
serial: MRL495L4J1UX5B
size: 74GB
capacity: 74GB
capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm apm partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: apm=off mode=udma5 smart=on
*-volume:0
[partitioning info deleted - not relevant]
*-ide:1
description: IDE Channel 1
physical id: 1
bus info: ide@1
logical name: ide1
clock: 33MHz
*-cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: PHILIPS DVD+RW SDVD6004
vendor: Philips
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@1.0
logical name: /dev/hdc
version: 1.03
capabilities: packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy pm audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration: mode=udma2
*-disc
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/hdc
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@00:1f.5
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH latency=0
resources: ioport:b800-b8ff ioport:bc40-bc7f iomemory:f4fff800-f4fff9ff iomemory:f4fff400-f4fff4ff irq:5
*-communication
description: Modem
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@00:1f.6
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: generic bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=slamr latency=0
resources: ioport:b400-b4ff ioport:b080-b0ff irq:5
*-network DISABLED
description: IEEE1394 interface
physical id: 1
logical name: eth2
serial: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
capabilities: ieee1394 physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=eth1394 multicast=yes
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