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- To: submit@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: INSTALL REPORT, Disk 1 woudn't boot, No user GUI, CD mount wrong
- From: J Stovall <oouc@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Message-id: <20041016150911.6558.qmail@web54704.mail.yahoo.com>
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Sarge Sept 8, 2004 i386 net
plus Oct 8 Disks 1-5
uname -a: Linux dt1 2.4.26-1-386 #1 Thu Jul 22
12:46:23 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: Oct 9, 2004 all day
Method:
How did you install? I booted the month old net
installer then inserted Disk 1 to 4 as instructed.
What did you boot off? Disk 1 wouldn't boot so I
booted the month old net installer
If network
install, from where? Proxied?
Machine: ECS AMD 2800+ with Nvidia 64MB
Processor:AMD 2800 Tbird
Memory: 512 DDR
Root Device: IDE /hda2
Root Size/partition table:
cfdisk 2.12
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 40020664320 bytes, 40.0
GB
Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63
Cylinders: 4865
Name Flags Part Type FS Type
[Label] Size (MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Primary NTFS
7731.77
hda2 Boot Primary Linux ext3
[/] 7197.12
hda5 Logical Linux ext3
[/home] 5996.23
hda9 Logical Linux ext3
[/swap] 3002.23
hda6 Logical Linux ext3
[/var] 3002.23
hda7 Logical Linux ext3
[/tmp] 3002.23
hda8 Logical Linux ext3
[/usr/local] 3002.23
hda10 Logical Linux ext3
[/usr] 5502.72
Pri/Log Free Space
1579.26
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
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
0000:00:0f.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)
0000:00:10.3 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 [K8T800 South]0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio
controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237
AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies,
Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia
Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] (rev a3)
dt1:~#
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] =
didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E ]
Configure network HW: [O ]
Config network: [O ]
Detect CD: [O ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
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:
I can't mount a cd as you can see later in
.bash_history.
Sarge now comes up with gui login. Root is the only
user which gets the system going.
When I get bash by Ctrl-Alt-F5/F1 or F7 and login I
can't see a gui. Startx gives Server Error ...
remove /tmp/.X0-lock.
At root I tried init 3, got nothing. The init 5, still
nothing.
At bash I tried startx -- :1 and got a hang that said
"waiting for server..."
Google found some help but most of it was just idle
chatter like remove /tmp/.X0-lock
instead of specific instructions.
Can you tell me the keystrokes to cure the problem?
Thanks,
The machine is worthless as root only
without a user gui to connect to the Internet.
I can get on the Internet as root but via cabel only
not via ppp.
To send this I have to boot on Knoppix. If there is a
tar command
to write what I have to my DVDwriter and commands to
reload this
and fix it, I would like to know what to do. This is
my first
Debian install although I have been through Knoppix
3.2 to 3.6 for
over a year.
Disk 1-5 of the latest Sarge were downloaded and
burned. They wouldn't boot so booted with month old
Sarge 100 MB
net install disk then used Disk 1 to 4 as instructed.
Maybe I did something wrong in or after install. Here
is
dt1:~# cat .bash_history
apt-get install sudo
apt-get update
man apt-get
apt-cdrom update
apt-cdrom install sudo
man apt-cdrom
man apt-cdrom
apt-cdrom add
man apt-conf
man apt-cdrom
man apt.conf
man apt-config
apt-config dump
locate apt
cd /
locate apt
ls
ls /etc/apt
ls -ls /etc/apt
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-cdrom add
apt-cdrom add
apt-cdrom add
apt-cdrom add
apt-get install sudo
apt-get update
apt-get show
apt-get list
man apt-get
apt-get upgrade -m -no-download
man apt-get
apt-get upgrade -m --no-download
apt-get install -m --no-download
apt-get install firefox
apt-get install mozilla-firefox
apt-get install java
apt-get install python
visudoers
visudo
exit
logout
exit
cd j2sdk1.4.2/
ls -l
cd jre
ls -l
cd plugin/
ls
exit
df
users
su w40
passwd w40
exit
apropos user
intro
man sulogin
man usermod
usermod
cat /usr/passwd
man usermod
cat /etc/passwd
man unix_chkpwd
unix_chkpwd
passwd w40 w40
exit
exit
df
mount /dev/cdrom1 /mnt
md5sum /mnt
ls /mnt
md5sum /mnt/KNOPPIX_V3.6-2004-08-16-EN.iso
apropos user
man newusers
man adduser
adduser
usermod
usermod -u w40 -p w40
man usermod
usermod -l w40 -p w40
deluser w4
adduser --home /home/w40
exit
exit
md5sum /mnt/KNOPPIX_V3.6-2004-08-16-EN.iso
init 3
init 5
ls /mnt
ls
cd /
ls
ls /mnt
cd mnt
ls
whoami
mount /mnt/cdrom /mnt
cat /etc/fstab
ls /media/cdrom1
mount /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
ls /dev/hdc
ls /media/cdrom1
ls /media
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
cat /etc/fstab
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
eject /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom1
mount -t iso9660 /dev/sda /media/cdrom1
apropos ppp
pppconfig
pon
pppd
ll /home/w4/45
ll /home/w4/56
ls -ls /home/w4/56
exit
dt1:~#
Here is part of /var/log/debian-installer/messages
Using
/lib/modules/2.4.26-1-386/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o
insmod crc32
insmod mii
insmod via-rhine
No matching physical volumes found
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
No matching physical volumes found
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
No matching physical volumes found
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
No matching physical volumes found
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
No matching physical volumes found
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
No matching physical volumes found
No volume groups found
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
Selecting previously deselected package base-files.
(Reading database ... 0 files and directories
currently installed.)
Unpacking base-files (from
.../base-files_3.1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package base-passwd.
Unpacking base-passwd (from
.../base-passwd_3.5.7_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: base-passwd: dependency problems, but
configuring anyway as you request:
base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4);
however:
Package libc6 is not installed.
Setting up base-passwd (3.5.7) ...
dpkg: base-files: dependency problems, but configuring
anyway as you request:
base-files depends on awk; however:
Package awk is not installed.
Setting up base-files (3.1) ...
dpkg: regarding .../archives/dpkg_1.10.23_i386.deb
containing dpkg, pre-dependency problem:
dpkg pre-depends on dselect
dselect is not installed.
dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
dpkg: regarding .../archives/dpkg_1.10.23_i386.deb
containing dpkg, pre-dependency problem:
dpkg pre-depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)
dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
(Reading database ... 84 files and directories
currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dpkg 1.10.23 (using
.../archives/dpkg_1.10.23_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
dpkg: dpkg: dependency problems, but configuring
anyway as you request:
dpkg depends on dselect; however:
Package dselect is not installed.
dpkg depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4); however:
Package libc6 is not installed.
Setting up dpkg (1.10.23) ...
Moving /usr/info/dir to /usr/share/info/dir.
Making /usr/info a symlink to /usr/share/info.
Selecting previously deselected package libc6.
(Reading database ... 257 files and directories
currently installed.)
Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.3.2.ds1-13_i386.deb)
...
dpkg: libc6: dependency problems, but configuring
anyway as you request:
libc6 depends on libdb1-compat; however:
Package libdb1-compat is not installed.
Setting up libc6 (2.3.2.ds1-13) ...
Current default timezone: 'UTC'.
Local time is now: Sat Oct 9 12:28:32 UTC 2004.
...
Setting up debconf (1.4.30) ...
(Reading database ... 2556 files and directories
currently installed.)
Preparing to replace base-files 3.1 (using
.../base-files_3.1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement base-files ...
Preparing to replace base-passwd 3.5.7 (using
.../base-passwd_3.5.7_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement base-passwd ...
Selecting previously deselected package bash.
dpkg: regarding .../bash_2.05b-15_i386.deb containing
bash, pre-dependency problem:
bash pre-depends on libncurses5 (>= 5.4-1)
dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
Unpacking bash (from .../bash_2.05b-15_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bsdutils.
Unpacking bsdutils (from
.../bsdutils_1%3a2.12-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package coreutils.
dpkg: regarding .../coreutils_5.2.1-2_i386.deb
containing coreutils, pre-dependency problem:
coreutils pre-depends on libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1)
dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
Unpacking coreutils (from
.../coreutils_5.2.1-2_i386.deb) ...
...
Selecting previously deselected package debianutils.
dpkg: regarding .../debianutils_2.8.4_i386.deb
containing debianutils, pre-dependency problem:
debianutils pre-depends on coreutils (>= 4.5.8-1)
coreutils is unpacked, but has never been
configured.
dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
Unpacking debianutils (from
.../debianutils_2.8.4_i386.deb) ...
...
Selecting previously deselected package login.
dpkg: regarding .../login_1%3a4.0.3-30_i386.deb
containing login, pre-dependency problem:
login pre-depends on libpam0g (>= 0.76)
libpam0g is unpacked, but has never been configured.
dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
dpkg: regarding .../login_1%3a4.0.3-30_i386.deb
containing login, pre-dependency problem:
login pre-depends on libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14)
libpam-runtime is unpacked, but has never been
configured.
dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
Unpacking login (from .../login_1%3a4.0.3-30_i386.deb)
...
Selecting previously deselected package makedev.
...
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map
/boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines
is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
(hd0) /dev/hda
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found:
/boot/grub .
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file...
Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Would you
like /boot/grub/menu.lst generated for you? (y/N)
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-386
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
console-tools is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not
upgraded.
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
console-tools is already the newest version.
console-data is already the newest version.
console-common is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not
upgraded.
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