Bug#245235: installation report (d-i 20040421)
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 2004.04.21
gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386
uname -a:
Linux debtst7 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 2004.04.21
Method:
Using the Sarge netinst ISO image downloaded from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386/20040421/
Machine:
x86 "wintel" clone: Gigabyte GA-7VT600-P-L motherboard, plus
ASUS Radeon 9200SE AGP 64MB video card.
The built-in SATA controller was not turned off.
Processor:
Duron 1.4 GHz, 266MHz FSB.
Memory:
256MB RAM DDR (PC3200)
Root Device:
EIDE (1 HD)
WDC WD400EB-00CPF0
Root Size/partition table:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40019582464 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 1304 10474348+ c W95 FAT32
(LBA)
/dev/hda2 1305 1368 514080 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 * 1369 4865 28089652+ 83 Linux
Command (m for help): q
Output of lspci:
*** START ***
lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP]
Host Bridge (rev 80)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
0000:00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940/2940W / AIC-7871
(rev 03)
0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0c.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device
3149 (rev 80)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [K8T800
South]
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
0000:00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
9200 SE] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200
SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)
-----
lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:3189 (rev 80)
0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:b198
0000:00:0a.0 Class 0100: 9004:7178 (rev 03)
0000:00:0c.0 Class 0400: 109e:036e (rev 11)
0000:00:0c.1 Class 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 11)
0000:00:0f.0 Class 0104: 1106:3149 (rev 80)
0000:00:0f.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 Class 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 Class 0601: 1106:3227
0000:00:11.5 Class 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 60)
0000:00:13.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:5964 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Class 0380: 1002:5d44 (rev 01)
*** END ***
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [E]
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:
* During install, while the base system was being copied/installed, I
switched to
another virtual console to see what modules were loaded. I re-did the check
after the
first reboot (between base system install and system post-install
configuration).
While I knew the network hw had been detected and configured via dhcp right
from the bat,
the sound hardware was not. This is a regression from installer 20040408,
where both the
nic and sound hw were detected.
* Actually, while the built-in NIC (matching module: 8139too) was
loaded and
properly configured (DHCP) during the first stage of the install, once the
system has been
rebooted, I saw that the nic's modules were no longer configured nor even
loaded.
The file /etc/modules contained no entries for the built-in nic, the
built-in audio
or even the system's tvcard. (The tvcard issue was already reported in bug
report
#243233.) It is like if the installer forgot to write to /etc/modules
after detecting the hw.
* This motherboard (and another used, see below) is "apm capable",
i.e. apmd
_can_ fully shut down the machine. Yet the installer did not notice that
and did not try
to load apmd. It should.
* There are other issues (usability of manual partition, etc.), but
right now
the bigger issue is to get all the hardware recognized and all the required
drivers/kernel
modules loaded in a "persistent" fashion (survives a reboot). There has
been clear
regression in that dept. since d-i 20040408.
* These issues also occured on a machine using a Gigabyte 7VAXP (uses
a VIA KT400).
Such a motherboard uses the same NIC & sound kernel modules. It has the
same video card
(ASUS Radeon 9200SE 64MB AGP).
Bruno Majewski
bruno@pubnix.qc.ca
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