Bug#694777: Wheezy Beta4 installs but X server unusable
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: debian-wheezy-DI-b4-amd64.netinst
Date: Nov 28, 2012, 01:00 UTC
Machine: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 755
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Partitions:
root@ivanovad:/var/log# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 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: 0xa62a3850
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 244337985 122167969 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 244338688 254103551 4882432 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 254103552 449415167 97655808 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 449415168 488396799 19490816 82 Linux swap / Solaris
root@ivanovad:/var/log# df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs rootfs 96121612 3608508 87630316 4% /
udev devtmpfs 10240 0 10240 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 392984 656 392328 1% /run
/dev/disk/by-uuid/7712d588-c97c-4890-a3b1-3d8dfacf1624 ext4 96121612 3608508 87630316 4% /
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 4684120 72 4684048 1% /run/shm
/dev/sda2 ext4 4805760 158140 4403500 4% /boot
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): (from running system)
root@ivanovad:/var/log# lspci -knn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29b0] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell OptiPlex 755 [1028:0211]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:29b1] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express MEI Controller [8086:29b4] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell OptiPlex 755 [1028:0211]
00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PT IDER Controller [8086:29b6] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell OptiPlex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: ata_generic
00:03.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Serial KT Controller [8086:29b7] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell OptiPlex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: serial
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection [8086:10bd] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell OptiPlex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IO (ICH9DO) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2914] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2922] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0211]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV610 [Radeon HD 2400 XT] [1002:94c1]
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex 755 [1028:0d02]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
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: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Setup as dual-boot with existing Windoze 7.
Windows still works as well as ever when booted via GRUB.
However, booting into the new wheezy gives an unreadable display.
The BIOS and GRUB-select screens come up OK after boot, in text mode.
After wheezy is selected, there appear a few lines of text status,
which disappear very quickly. They are replaced by a scrunched display
of B/W digital hash, approx 50% of screen area, not legible at all.
After maybe 10 or 20 seconds this disappears, and the screen is blank.
I tried to access a text console, via CTRL-ALT-F1
which resulted in a return of the B/W digital hash, but nothing readable.
CTRL-ALT-F7 brought me back to the blank screen.
Luckily, I can SSH to the machine just fine from elsewhere, and look
at stuff, and run aptitude and shutdown, etc.
The video card is a
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV610 [Radeon HD 2400 XT]
Various online research brings me to
http://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
which looks like I should install some non-free firmware for this card.
I find this in the running dmesg:
root@ivanovad:/var/log# dmesg |grep -i firmware
[ 8.322395] r600_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/RV610_pfp.bin"
[ 8.322442] [drm:r600_startup] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
I put up 3 of the installer logfiles and an Xorg log from the
running system here:
http://myweb.cableone.net/ytpoppler/hardware-summary
http://myweb.cableone.net/ytpoppler/status
http://myweb.cableone.net/ytpoppler/syslog
http://myweb.cableone.net/ytpoppler/Xorg.0.log
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