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Bug#257988: Install report: PowerMac G4 Cube

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/20040705/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso uname -a: Linux cuban 2.4.25-powerpc #1 mer avr 14 15:38:38 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux 
Date: 2004-07-05
Method: Booted from net install CD including base system, installed packages from http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ via cable internet connection through consumer router/firewall (Netgear MR814). 

Machine: Apple Powermac G4 Cube
Processor: PowerPC G4 500MHz
Memory: 1GB (although there's a message in the syslog which says: "Warning, memory limited to 768 Mb, use CONFIG_HIGHMEM to reach 1024 Mb") 
Root Device: IDE: /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda
# type name length base ( size ) system /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map /dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap untitled 1954 @ 64 (977.0k) NewWorld bootblock /dev/hda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 77162110 @ 2018 ( 36.8G) Linux native (mounted on /) /dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 1001232 @ 77164128 (488.9M) Linux swap 

Block size=512, Number of Blocks=78165360
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: @ 64 for 23, type=0x1
2: @ 120 for 36, type=0xffff
3: @ 176 for 21, type=0x701
4: @ 232 for 34, type=0xf8ff

Output of lspci and lspci -n:

gordon@cuban:~$ lspci
0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP
0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS 
0000:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI
0000:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03)
0000:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
0000:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
0000:10:1a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link) 
0000:20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Internal PCI
0000:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01) 

gordon@cuban:~$ lspci -n
0000:00:0b.0 Class 0600: 106b:0020
0000:00:10.0 Class 0300: 1002:5046
0000:10:0b.0 Class 0600: 106b:001f
0000:10:17.0 Class ff00: 106b:0022 (rev 03)
0000:10:18.0 Class 0c03: 106b:0019
0000:10:19.0 Class 0c03: 106b:0019
0000:10:1a.0 Class 0c00: 104c:8020
0000:20:0b.0 Class 0600: 106b:001e
0000:20:0f.0 Class 0200: 106b:0021 (rev 01)


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
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]

Comments/Problems:
After an abortive attempt to use the beta4 installer, I tried the latest daily installer, 20040705. No problems until the installer tried to configure the network card using DHCP. It timed out and said that it couldn't obtain an IP address using DHCP.
This is a subset of /var/log/debian-installer/syslog containing the dhclient messages (I stripped out the netcfg messages which seemed to be echoing the dhclient messages):
Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) user.info netcfg[3777]: Using /lib/modules/2.4.25-powerpc/kernel/net/packet/af_packet.o Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. 
Jul  6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jul  6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient:
Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Please contribute if you find this software useful. Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html 
Jul  6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient:
Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:30:65:a7:7d:4e Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth0/00:30:65:a7:7d:4e Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net Jul 6 02:32:53 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 
Jul  6 02:32:55 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:32:58 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:04 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:12 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 
Jul  6 02:33:12 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:33:14 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:19 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:27 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 
Jul  6 02:33:27 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:33:29 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:36 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:47 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 
Jul  6 02:33:47 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:33:49 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. 
Jul  6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: All rights reserved.
Jul  6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient:
Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Please contribute if you find this software useful. Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html 
Jul  6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient:
Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/00:30:65:a7:7d:4e Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth0/00:30:65:a7:7d:4e Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net Jul 6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 
Jul  6 02:33:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:33:59 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:03 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:07 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 
Jul  6 02:34:07 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:34:09 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:11 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 
Jul  6 02:34:11 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:34:12 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:13 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:15 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:16 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:18 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:21 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 
Jul  6 02:34:21 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:34:22 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:23 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:26 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:31 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 
Jul  6 02:34:31 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:34:32 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:33 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 
Jul  6 02:34:34 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:34:34 (none) daemon.info dhclient: bound to 192.168.0.6 -- renewal in 302400 seconds. Jul 6 02:34:38 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 
Jul  6 02:34:38 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:34:40 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:34:48 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:35:05 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 
Jul  6 02:35:05 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:35:07 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:35:14 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:35:24 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 
Jul  6 02:35:24 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:35:26 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:35:32 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:35:50 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 
Jul  6 02:35:50 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:35:52 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:35:57 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:36:06 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 
Jul  6 02:36:06 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:36:08 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:36:11 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:36:16 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:36:29 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 
Jul  6 02:36:29 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1
Jul 6 02:36:31 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 6 02:36:37 (none) daemon.info dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
The DHCP server is a Netgear MR814 router. I have another Debian machine, a Thinkpad 600E running sid, which is able to obtain an IP address from this DHCP server with no errors. I also have two Windows 2000 machines also receiving their IP addresses from this DHCP server. So the point of error is definitely in this new install. It may be the dhcp-client, or it may be the network card driver.
I gave up trying to figure out what the problem was and went through the installer steps of manually configuring the network card with a static IP address. After that, everything went fine.
Once I had the system installed and running, I tried to run dhclient again and it behaved exactly the same. I also tried the dhclient from dhcp3-client and it behaved similarly.
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