Bug#628125: Can not install 6.0.1 on PC Sempron 2600
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 02:44:33PM +0200, jastra@jastra.com.pl wrote:
> package: installation-reports
>
> I can not install Debian stable neither 5.0.8 nor 6.0.1, neither
> from netinst, nor from CD set.
>
> I have tried both automatic and expert installators.
> Standard problems are segmentation faults on installation of base
> system in various places. I have succeeded to pass the process with
> 5.0.8 once, but system was not able to boot. while installing 6.0.1
> netinst there is not resolved dependency problem during
> configuration.
>
> In another attempts installation just hangs with dead keyboard and
> flashing together lights Caps Lock and Scroll Lock during base
> system installation. Only hard reset helps.
>
> Debian 6 live DVD gnome just hangs on not finding correct kernel
>
> Sorry for so general description - there has been several days
> attempts to install, without any success and without any reasonable
> signal of hardware failure...
>
> I am afraid, it is not hardware issue - I have just installed
> Knoppix 6 on this machine without any problems
> (I am writing this on this newly installed Knoppix).
It sounds a lot like bad RAM or maybe other hardware. I have seen Windows
install happily on a machine that couldn't even get past the bogomips
calibration loop on linux. Replaced the CPU and the machine worked fine.
Windows installed and ran (although crashed frequently, although the
owner of the machine didn't think that was unusual for some reason).
Software only segfaults if it has a major bug (in which case it segfaults
consistently in most cases), or if the ram or cpu is corrupting memory
(which I suspect is what you are seeing).
> Machine:
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family : 6
> model : 8
> model name : AMD Sempron(tm) 2600+
> stepping : 1
> cpu MHz : 1834.621
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up
> bogomips : 3670.12
> clflush size : 32
> cache_alignment : 32
> address sizes : 34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
> power management: ts
>
> cat /proc/meminfo
> MemTotal: 512444 kB
> MemFree: 302400 kB
> Buffers: 12264 kB
> Cached: 135156 kB
> SwapCached: 0 kB
> Active: 98836 kB
> Inactive: 92096 kB
> Active(anon): 44780 kB
> Inactive(anon): 0 kB
> Active(file): 54056 kB
> Inactive(file): 92096 kB
> Unevictable: 0 kB
> Mlocked: 0 kB
> HighTotal: 0 kB
> HighFree: 0 kB
> LowTotal: 512444 kB
> LowFree: 302400 kB
> SwapTotal: 1052248 kB
> SwapFree: 1052248 kB
> Dirty: 16 kB
> Writeback: 0 kB
> AnonPages: 43512 kB
> Mapped: 24664 kB
> Shmem: 1268 kB
> Slab: 12028 kB
> SReclaimable: 6524 kB
> SUnreclaim: 5504 kB
> KernelStack: 1224 kB
> PageTables: 2184 kB
> NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
> Bounce: 0 kB
> WritebackTmp: 0 kB
> CommitLimit: 1308468 kB
> Committed_AS: 84000 kB
> VmallocTotal: 507960 kB
> VmallocUsed: 9752 kB
> VmallocChunk: 491764 kB
> HugePages_Total: 0
> HugePages_Free: 0
> HugePages_Rsvd: 0
> HugePages_Surp: 0
> Hugepagesize: 4096 kB
> DirectMap4k: 12224 kB
> DirectMap4M: 512000 kB
>
> fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 164.7 GB, 164696555520 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 1 131 1052257 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda2 * 132 20023 159782490 83 Linux
>
> lspci -knn
> 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377
> [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge [1106:3189] (rev 80)
> Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. KT4AV motherboard (KT400A)
> [1106:0000]
> Kernel driver in use: agpgart-via
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI
> Bridge [1106:b198]
> 00:07.0 Network controller [0280]: AVM GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN
> [1244:0e00] (rev 02)
> Subsystem: AVM GmbH Fritz!PCI v2.0 ISDN [1244:0e00]
> Kernel modules: hisax_fcpcipnp, avmfritz
> 00:0f.0 IDE interface [0101]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571]
> (rev 06)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:0210]
> Kernel driver in use: pata_via
> 00:10.0 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI
> USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:0210]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> 00:10.1 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI
> USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:0210]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> 00:10.2 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI
> USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:0210]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> 00:10.3 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI
> USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038] (rev 81)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:0210]
> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
> 00:10.4 USB Controller [0c03]: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
> [1106:3104] (rev 86)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:0210]
> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
> 00:11.0 ISA bridge [0601]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge
> [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] [1106:3227]
> Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device [1106:0000]
> Kernel modules: i2c-viapro
> 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059] (rev 60)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. K8T NEO 2 motherboard
> [1462:0080]
> Kernel driver in use: VIA 82xx Audio
> Kernel modules: snd-via82xx
> 00:12.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102
> [Rhine-II] [1106:3065] (rev 78)
> Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:021c]
> Kernel driver in use: via-rhine
> Kernel modules: via-rhine
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc
> Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] [1002:5159]
> Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Sapphire Radeon VE 7000 DDR
> [174b:7c28]
> Kernel modules: radeonfb
> ***
>
> There is something fundamentally wrong with last time installers of
> Debian stable ...
> I am really diappointed - I use stable Debian at work and testing at
> home...
> What can I do to trace the problem?
I don't think there is anything wrong with the debian installer.
It sounds like hardware problems.
The fact knoppix boots really doesn't mean much at all. It may just be
lucky and load some data in the bad memory area and not notice that it
got corrupt.
--
Len Sorensen
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