Bug#602531: PowerPC installation report
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta1/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-beta1-powerpc-netinst.iso
Date: Fri Nov 5 2010
Machine: Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Processor: 2x G4 500MHz (installer isn't SMP though)
Memory: 640MB
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
root@mnemosyne:~# fdisk -l
/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 74863282 @ 2018 ( 35.7G) Linux native
/dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 3300059 @ 74865300 ( 1.6G) Linux swap
/dev/hda5 Apple_Free Extra 1 @ 78165359 ( 0.5k) Free space
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=78165360
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
/dev/hdb
# type name length base ( size ) system
/dev/hdb1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/hdb2 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 54 @ 64 ( 27.0k) Driver 4.3
/dev/hdb3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 74 @ 118 ( 37.0k) Driver 4.3
/dev/hdb4 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 54 @ 192 ( 27.0k) Unknown
/dev/hdb5 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 74 @ 246 ( 37.0k) Unknown
/dev/hdb6 Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 200 @ 320 (100.0k) Unknown
/dev/hdb7 Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 520 (256.0k) Unknown
/dev/hdb8 Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1032 (256.0k) Unknown
/dev/hdb9 Apple_HFS untitled 80416676 @ 1544 ( 38.3G) HFS
/dev/hdb10 Apple_Free Extra 20 @ 80418220 ( 10.0k) Free space
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=80418239
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: @ 64 for 23, type=0x1
2: @ 118 for 36, type=0xffff
3: @ 192 for 21, type=0x701
4: @ 246 for 34, type=0xf8ff
Output of lspci -knn:
root@mnemosyne:~# lspci -knn
0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge [0600]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP [106b:0020]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-uninorth
0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS [1002:5046]
Kernel driver in use: aty128fb
0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge [0600]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI [106b:001f]
0001:10:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21154 [1011:0026] (rev 05)
0001:11:03.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec AIC-7850 [9004:5078] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-2904/Integrated AIC-7850 [9004:7850]
Kernel driver in use: aic7xxx
0001:11:07.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O [106b:0022] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: macio
0001:11:08.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB [106b:0019]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
0001:11:09.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB [106b:0019]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
0001:11:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link) [104c:8020]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
0002:21:0b.0 Host bridge [0600]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Internal PCI [106b:001e]
0002:21:0f.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) [106b:0021] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: gem
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: [E]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
This was my first install on a powerpc for some releases.
I used expert mode.
The install went relatively smoothly.
I was mildly surprised to see no option to install an sshd and complete
the installation over the network, a feature of lenny's installer I have
come to use a lot.
I've listed Clock/timezone setup as E -- it didn't ask me if the clock
was in local time or UTC, despite being in expert mode.
After the reboot the system came up fine but then X failed with the
display corrupt. Fortunately I had installed sshd so was able to log in
remotely and discover the following in dmesg:
[ 48.335971] platform r128_cce.0: firmware: requesting r128/r128_cce.bin
[ 48.429909] r128_cce: Failed to load firmware "r128/r128_cce.bin"
[ 48.429938] [drm:r128_do_init_cce] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
[ 48.430016] [drm:r128_cce_stop] *ERROR* called with no initialization
This driver is in the firmware-linux-nonfree package which I had not been
prompted about or warned about during the install.
Once I had installed that driver and rebooted all was well.
I'm not planning on using the system for anything serious in the next
few months, so if you want I can probably test a later version of the
install media.
J.
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