Bug#334597: sid-d-i i386 install report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: cdimage.debian.org sid-d-i
debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso 24-9-05
uname -a:
Linux sid 2.6.12-1-386 #1 Tue Sep 27 12:41:08 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
Linux sid 2.6.12-1-k7 #1 Tue Sep 27 13:22:07 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
(2 kernels installed, then upgraded to the above versions)
Date: 24-9-2005 18:00 UTC
Method: sid-d-i i386-netinst.iso CD (24-9-05)
Machine: PC (MSI K8T Master 2 FAR m/board)
Processor: Opteron 240 x 2 (this was a 32 bit install)
Memory: 2x512MB DDR400 ECC
Root Device: IDE HD Maxtor 30GB
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda: 30.7 GB, 30750031872 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3738 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 17 136521 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 18 3738 29888932+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 18 148 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda6 149 1973 14659281 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 1974 3738 14177331 83 Linux
/dev/hda1 ext3 mounted on /boot
/dev/hda6 ext3 mounted on /
/dev/hda7 not used
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 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 [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
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)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:3188 (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:b188
0000:00:05.0 0401: 1412:1712 (rev 02)
0000:00:08.0 0401: 1412:1712 (rev 02)
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 14e4:1653 (rev 03)
0000:00:0f.0 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 0601: 1106:3227
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
0000:00:19.0 0600: 1022:1100
0000:00:19.1 0600: 1022:1101
0000:00:19.2 0600: 1022:1102
0000:00:19.3 0600: 1022:1103
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:5964 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:5d44 (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: [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: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
Did base installation only, then updated/upgraded from sid archive
and manually installed required packages with apt-get (my preferred
install method).
Mouse problem below came to light when I installed Xorg.
Unresolved problem: No PS/2 mouse
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Have everything working except the mouse.
`cat /dev/psaux' reports `cat: /dev/psaux: No such device'
even though `ls -l /dev/psaux' shows:
crw------- 1 root root 10, 1 2005-09-15 15:52 /dev/psaux .
/etc/modules.conf contains:
alias char-major-10-1 psmouse
and `lsmod' shows that psmouse is loaded.
This is not a hardware problem. Plugging in a different hard disk
containing amd64 sid (same config) shows same info but mouse works
perfectly (eg. `cat /dev/psaux' produces expected garbage on screen when
mouse is moved).
Plugging this hard disk (i386) into another PC (k7)
shows the same problem.
As a further test I did a new base install from Sarge i386 CD then upgraded
from sid archive. The mouse works fine with this.
Other problems
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Installer couldn't find valid installation kernel. Had to chroot /target
and use dpkg -i manually to install kernel plus dependencies, run mkinitrd etc.
Once this was done GRUB installed OK from installer menu and reboot worked fine.
The installer kept complaining about not being able to find an installable
CD-ROM, even though I could see it was mounted (on /cdrom) and accessible
from the command line on tty1. By going back and forth through various installer
pages I got it to work (can't remember how). I've just tried the 18-10-05
netinst.iso and it does the same. I gave up here as it would be too painful
to proceed!
No locales package in installer.
Comments
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I like the fact that exim4 wasn't installed by default. I use it
on my internet PC but not on others.
John
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