Sid installer hangs as "Setting up Base-Config (2.71)"
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I apologize in advance if I am using this mailing list incorrectly. I have
tried much troubleshooting and web research, but have run into dead ends.
Problem: Sid installer hangs at "Setting up Base-Config (2.71)"
with no error messages. See installation report below, with
specific details at end, under "Comments/Problems"
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Package: Installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Sid
Download Date: 10/1/2005
Downloaded from: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386...
.../current/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: 2.6.12-1-386
Installation Date: 10/2/2005
Method: Booted off of NetInstall CD
Machine: BioStar 210P Barebones SFF case w/250W power (new build, 2 months old)
K8NBP motherboard
nVidia nForce3 250Gb
ITE IT8712
IEEE 1394A
Onboard sound and ethernet
Processor: AMD Athlon64 3000+
Memory: 1Gb Corsair ValueSelect PC3200 (one stick)
Optical: NEC ND-3540A DVD-R/W
Graphics: Gigabyte AGP 9600XT w/128Mb
Discs: Seagate 120Gb w/8Mb SATA Barracuda
IBM Deskstar 42Gb PATA (5+ years old)
Floppy: None
BIOS: Phoenix-AwardBIOS
Root Device: / is /dev/sda6 on Seagate drive (/swap is /dev/sda7)
Root Size/partition table: / is 10Gb, /swap is 500Mb
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Output of lspci and lspci -n:
(Debian install failed, therefore used Knoppix to gather data)
knoppix@0[knoppix]$ uname -a
Linux Knoppix 2.6.11 #2 SMP Thu May 26 20:53:11 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
knoppix@0[knoppix]$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e1 (rev a1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev a2)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e4 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e8 (rev a2)
0000:00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00df (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ea (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e5 (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e3 (rev a2)
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e2 (rev a2)
0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ed (rev a2)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
0000:02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
knoppix@0[knoppix]$ lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:00e1 (rev a1)
0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:00e0 (rev a2)
0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:00e4 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:00e8 (rev a2)
0000:00:05.0 0680: 10de:00df (rev a2)
0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:00ea (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:00e5 (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.0 0101: 10de:00e3 (rev a2)
0000:00:0b.0 0604: 10de:00e2 (rev a2)
0000:00:0e.0 0604: 10de:00ed (rev a2)
0000:00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
0000:00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
0000:00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
0000:00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4152
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:4172
0000:02:06.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 46)
knoppix@0[knoppix]$ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e1 (rev a1)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 3401
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 3401
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e4 (rev a1)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 3401
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
I/O ports at 4c00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 4c40 [size=64]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 3401
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at eb003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e7 (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 3401
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at eb004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e8 (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 3401
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at eb005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00df (rev a2)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 2501
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at eb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ea (rev a1)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 8212
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
I/O ports at bc00 [size=128]
Memory at eb001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e5 (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 3401
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e3 (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 5400
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
I/O ports at d800 [size=16]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00e2 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 16
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=10
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: c0000000-dfffffff
0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00ed (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=128
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: ea000000-eaffffff
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 4038
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at e9010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device 4039
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M]
Memory at e9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 4200
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
I/O ports at a000 [size=128]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
knoppix@0[knoppix]$
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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: [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: [E] Hangs, no error messages
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Sid installer hangs, last message from various consoles:
"Setting up Base-Config (2.71)"
"Running /usr/lib/base-installer.d/40netcfg"
"Configuring network... (1% complete)"
Opened new console, ps -ef shows:
"run-debootstrap --components=main --debian-installer"
The base install was proceeding nicely, completing many
things, then hung after maybe a minute or two.
Allowed hang to continue for 45 minutes ... no change.
Verified over several install attempts ... normal mode,
expert mode, etc. Same. Tried with BOOT_DEBUG=2 and
DEBCONF_DEBUG=5. No additional info that would explain
the hang.
I guessed that at this point it might be trying to
download from the Internet. Only way I could think of
to check connectivity was to login to my router and view
realtime count of WAN packets. Nothing was going on
during the hang. Went to a different computer hooked up
to same router and verified WAN packets (on router display)
when using a web browser on that other computer. Therefore,
Internet connection appears to be OK at router.
Tried Debian install with both DHCP and manual. When trying
DHCP, I could see that the IP address assigned was 192.168.0.2,
exactly what I would expect my router to have assigned in
this case. I also unplugged CAT5 cable and verified that
kernel reported ethernet link down (it did). Replugged
cable and kernel reported link up. When setting up manually,
I used the same IP, gateway, netmask, etc. as the Win2k
installation that dual-boots on this same computer (Win2k
networking works fine). So it appears that my network setup
is basically sane.
I can stop the hang and return console 1 back to a functional
state (with errors displayed) by killing run-debootstrap
from a different console.
Tried dmesg, but I don't really know what this command does.
However the display was nothing related to network. dmesg was
displaying stuff about file systems (ext3, ReiserFS, NTFS, etc.)
Tried Etch installer (based on 2.6.8) but this did not detect
my SATA drive for the install. Known bug for pre-2.6.10
kernels and nForce3 chipsets I believe.
Tried default Sarge installer (based on 2.6.8???) and it did not
detect SATA either. Tried Sarge with "linux24" and it correctly
detected SATA, but did not detect onboard ethernet.
Prior to attempting Debian install, hardware was checked out
with Knoppox v3.9 (2.6.11) and Ubuntu 5.10-preview Live CD (2.6.12).
SATA disk was accessible. Onboard sound worked. Onboard ethernet
worked (could surf the web). This same computer runs Win2k OS
perfectly.
Any/all suggestions welcome. I am a Linux newbie, and really
know nothing much about this OS or Debian specifically. If
additional info would help, please be specific in saying how/where
I can find it.
Thanks!
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