Bug#559878: debian-installer: keyboard e grub problems
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: netinstall CD
Image version: debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 5 dec 2009 11:00
Machine: Acer AX1300
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 8550 Triple-Core Processor
Memory: 3 GByte
Partitions:
/dev/sda3 ext3 146086452 15308664 130777788 11% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1547540 0 1547540 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 272 9968 3% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 1547540 88 1547452 1% /dev/shm
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
Memory Controller [10de:0754] (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] LPC
Bridge [10de:075c] (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus
[10de:0752] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0153]
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
Memory Controller [10de:0751] (rev a1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
Co-Processor [10de:0753] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0153]
00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
Memory Controller [10de:0568] (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077b] (rev a1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077c] (rev a1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:077d] (rev a1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:077e] (rev a1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
IDE [10de:0759] (rev a1)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:cb84]
Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation
MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio [10de:0774] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0153]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI
Bridge [10de:075a] (rev a1)
00:09.0 SATA controller [0106]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200]
AHCI Controller [10de:0ad4] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0153]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP77 Ethernet
[10de:0760] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0153]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI
Express Bridge [10de:0778] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:12.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI
Express Bridge [10de:075b] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:13.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI
Bridge [10de:077a] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map [1022:1201]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron,
Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control [1022:1204]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV710
[Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f]
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e990]
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730 [1002:aa38]
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited R700 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4000 Series]
[174b:aa38]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
03:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Systems, Inc.
CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8852] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Yuan Yuan Enterprise Co., Ltd. Device [12ab:d775]
Kernel driver in use: cx23885
04:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device
[1106:3403]
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0153]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [E]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Note: I have used the expert installation (the graphical installer was
broken as reported in #557387)
1) User/password setup with a non-english keyboard configuration
In "User/password setup" the keyboard is not configured as selected. I
have selected Italian keymap, but after reboot my passwords was wrong. I
have used some not alphanumeric characters in the passwords.
I think it can be best to have an edit box where you can write and test
if all characters you want to use can be typed with the current keyboard
layout.
Also others Italian people have had the same problem (I have ask on the
italian-user mailing list).
Note: also in others installation section I have see that the keyboard
was not set as Italian. Also I noted some very strange: in some edit-box
the CapsLock was enable, but some characters was printed as lowercase
and other as uppercase.
2) very strange problem with bootloader install
The first time I have try to install Debian all seem to go OK, but when
I have to install the bootloader (grub) I have an error that say that
HD0 is not ready. I have finished the installation process with "no
bootloader" option. After with Debian installer or Knoppix I was unable
to access the partition I have created and installed with Debian (I
always use ext3). It look like it was not formatted (very strange). I
repeat the installation from start (I delete the partition and recreate
a new one identical to the previous) and this second time all go OK: the
bootloader install without problem and the system was correctly installed.
I have had the same problem on the first install with an eeepc 1101HA
and the second install was OK. Here I have used the testing install for
i386 on a USB stick. Also here I have had the problem with the keyboard
described in the first point.
3) grub menu
On that PC I have installed grub2 and there is also ms-windows (sigh!).
In the grub menu was only present the two Debian selection. During
installation grub has see the ms-windows partition.
I have used
# update-grub2
to solve the problem
Note: in the others installations I have done I don't have a
ms-partition, so is the first time I had that problem.
Ciao
Davide
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