Bug#690938: installation report, System76 Gazelle Value (GAZ-V5) - one failure, eventual success
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB netinst
Image version: http://napoleon.acc.umu.se/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-b3-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 2012-10-18T22:45/19T00:45
Machine: System76 Gazelle (Compal FT01)
Processor:
root@wheezy:~# grep model\ name /proc/cpuinfo | uniq -c
2 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz
root@wheezy:~#
Memory: MemTotal: 2051800 kB [grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo]
Partitions:
root@wheezy:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cddad
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 226093055 113045504 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 226095102 234440703 4172801 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 226095104 234440703 4172800 82 Linux swap / Solaris
root@wheezy:~#
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
root@wheezy:~# lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:2849] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2829] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0026]
Kernel driver in use: tg3
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Vaio VGN-SZ79SN_C [8086:1100]
0e:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
0e:06.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
0e:06.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0024]
Kernel driver in use: r592
root@wheezy:~#
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: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
My first attempt to install wheezy failed; the second was successful. The initial failure wiped out the (unimportant, to me) existing data on the hard drive, which I had tried to leave in-place on the first attempt.
tried to install wheezy beta 3 from usb
- sudo dd if=Desktop/debian-wheezy-DI-b3-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4096
- 2GB USB stick
- no obvious errors
- iso has correct md5sum
- e9f2479c43a623dd8b9c0bc95d8460ce Desktop/debian-wheezy-DI-b3-amd64-netinst.iso
- press tab when install menu comes up, add "desktop=kde" (without the
quotes), press enter [normal installer, not graphical installer]
- plugged in ethernet cable at the language selection screen
- for some reason, when prompted for components, "desktop environment"
wasn't auto-selected. I added it. Laptop, ssh, maybe one other at
the bottom were all already correctly selected, I left those alone.
- selected auto partitioning, using largest contiguous free space,
only use one partition for all directories
- no particular reason to leave existing Squeeze installation in
place, but thought it might be nice to see how nicely the Wheezy
installer plays with Squeeze on a hdd
- failed at some point during the install phase
- "select and install software" had been progressing normally, as if
it would take roughly half an hour, total; I thought there should
still be 5-10 minutes left when things failed
- I *think* it was still downloading files when things broke. But
I'm not positive: I wasn't paying that close of attention.
- suddenly had a red screen saying something had failed and I could
retry the individual step
- retried the highlighted step, to install software, twice. Both
times got the same red screen.
- gave up, exited installation, causing laptop to reboot.
- was able to press F12 for boot selection menu, but then couldn't
change selection (i.e. needed to press the down arrow three
times to select the USB drive; nothing happened when I pressed
that key).
- F12 key is loose (key isn't fully connected to keyboard), so
may have been a hardware error on my end.
power cycled, tried the install from scratch
- same USB stick (didn't try to re-write the image to it)
- added 'desktop=kde' again
- this time, when selecting components, desktop environment *was*
auto-selected. So was print server, though, which I didn't
expect; I deselected that. The "bottom 3" (ssh, laptop, ummmm
something else?) were also selected, like last time, which I
expected and didn't try to change.
- no longer had the option to install to free space
- does this imply the original install attempt did something bad to
the drive?
- selected auto partitioning, full drive, only use one partititon
- installation was successful
- probably irrelevant, but grub menu had unexpected extra entries. Complete menu:
- Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64
- Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (recover mode)
- Debian GNU/Linux (wheezy/sid) (on /dev/sdb5)
- Debian GNU/Linux (wheezy/sid) (on /dev/sdb5)
- Debian GNU/Linux (wheezy/sid) (on /dev/sdb5)
- Debian GNU/Linux (wheezy/sid) (on /dev/sdb5)
- Debian GNU/Linux (wheezy/sid) (on /dev/sdb5)
I selected the first, and booted successfully into a KDE desktop
Partitions and lspci output, above, are after the second, successful
boot attempt into wheezy-KDE.
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