Bug#611108: installation-report: Succesful install with some remarks
tags 611108 -moreinfo
reassign 611108 debian-installer
forcemerge 596667 611108
thanks
Matthijs Kooijman a écrit :
> > > After doing the install software step, I left my machine unattended
> > > for a few hours. When I got back and started on the install grub
> > > step, my network connectivity was broken. It seems that the
> > > DHCP-obtained address was no longer set on eth0. The DHCP client was
> > > still running according to "ps". Also, /etc/resolv.conf was still
> > > ok. Unplugging my ethernet cable showed a "Link down" in dmesg, but
> > > plugging it back in didn't show a "Link up" message (though the led
> > > on the ethernet port did light up). Rerunning the "Configure the
> > > network" step fixed my connectivity and allowed me to finish the
> > > installation. This was all using an Intel 82577LM network adapter.
> >
> > Could you provide us with the installer logs so that somebody can
> > investigate further?
> > This may be a lease problem. For instance see #596667
> > (http://bugs.debian.org/596667).
>
> I've attached /install/syslog. The few hours of leaving the installer
> unattended happens around line 7600 (Jan 24 22:42 until Jan 25 09:01).
Quoting the syslog:
[…]
> Jan 24 20:06:14 main-menu[443]: (process:4529): Lease of 192.168.1.43 obtained, lease time 28800
[…]
> Jan 24 22:42:41 pkgsel: finishing up
> Jan 25 09:01:59 main-menu[443]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected
> Jan 25 09:01:59 grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: Reading package lists...
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target:
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: Building dependency tree...
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target:
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: Reading state information...
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target:
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: The following extra packages will be installed:
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: os-prober
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: Suggested packages:
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: multiboot-doc grub-emu xorriso
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed:
> Jan 25 09:02:00 in-target: grub-common os-prober
> Jan 25 09:02:56 in-target: 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Jan 25 09:02:56 in-target: Need to get 23.9 kB/1,823 kB of archives.
> Jan 25 09:02:56 in-target: After this operation, 4,415 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Jan 25 09:02:56 in-target: Err http://mirrors.nl.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze/main os-prober amd64 1.42
> Jan 25 09:02:56 in-target: Something wicked happened resolving 'mirrors.nl.kernel.org:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
> Jan 25 09:02:56 in-target: Failed to fetch http://mirrors.nl.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/o/os-prober/os-prober_1.42_amd64.deb Something wicked happened resolving 'mirrors.nl.kernel.org:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
> Jan 25 09:02:56 in-target: E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
[…]
> Jan 25 09:09:23 main-menu[443]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' succeeded but requested to be left unconfigured.
> Jan 25 09:09:27 main-menu[443]: INFO: Menu item 'netcfg' selected
> Jan 25 09:09:27 netcfg[13035]: INFO: eth0 is connected. (MII)
> Jan 25 09:09:27 netcfg[13035]: INFO: found link on interface eth0, making it the default.
> Jan 25 09:09:30 kernel: [44141.802281] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> Jan 25 09:09:30 kernel: [44141.839999] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
> Jan 25 09:09:30 kernel: [44141.895660] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
> Jan 25 09:09:30 kernel: [44141.897463] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
> Jan 25 09:09:32 kernel: [44143.511309] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
> Jan 25 09:09:32 kernel: [44143.511313] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
> Jan 25 09:09:32 kernel: [44143.514254] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
> Jan 25 09:09:34 udhcpc: Got IP 192.168.1.43 (using eth0) and routing through 192.168.1.254
> Jan 25 09:09:36 netcfg[13035]: INFO: DHCP hostname: "grubby"
> Jan 25 09:09:42 netcfg[13035]: INFO: Detected eth0 as a hotpluggable device
> Jan 25 09:09:42 main-menu[443]: (process:13034): udhcpc (v1.17.1) started
> Jan 25 09:09:42 main-menu[443]: (process:13034): Sending discover...
> Jan 25 09:09:42 main-menu[443]: (process:13034): Sending discover...
> Jan 25 09:09:42 main-menu[443]: (process:13034): Sending select for 192.168.1.43...
> Jan 25 09:09:42 main-menu[443]: (process:13034): Lease of 192.168.1.43 obtained, lease time 28800
> Jan 25 09:09:56 main-menu[443]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected
[…]
The first DHCP lease was obtained on Jan 24 20:06:14 for 8 hours and you
resumed the installation process about 13 hours after (Jan 25 09:01:59).
So, IMHO, it looks like a lease problem similar to the one reported in
#596667 "debian-installer does not renew DHCP leases".
--
Denis Laxalde
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