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Bug#685634: marked as done (installation-reports)

Your message dated Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:28:11 +0200
with message-id <201308292328.29265.holger@layer-acht.org>
and subject line dealing with old installation-reports
has caused the Debian Bug report #685634,
regarding installation-reports
to be marked as done.

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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: <How did you boot the installer? CD? floppy? network?>
         netinst CD

Image version: <Full URL to image you downloaded is best>
             debian-wheezy-DI-b1-i386-netinst.iso
         from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Date: <Date and time of the install>
         Aug 21 2012 about 2pm EST

Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
           IBM Thinkpad T60p
Processor: T2500 2.00GHz  stepping 8
Memory: 1 GB Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> 

    (I don't know how to copy the partition table from fdisk, so this is
     from df -Tl; before install the 500G disk had sda1, 100G type83 and 20G type 82 only;
      the  wheezy install is on sda5 and the swap partition, sda2, was converted to ext4.)

Filesystem                                             Type     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                                                 rootfs   107252260 2723864  99157364   3% /
udev                                                   devtmpfs     10240       0     10240   0% /dev
tmpfs                                                  tmpfs       103300     340    102960   1% /run
/dev/disk/by-uuid/a2f385f7-ffe7-4142-a52e-c8b8db5ad5a6 ext4     107252260 2723864  99157364   3% /
tmpfs                                                  tmpfs         5120       0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                                                  tmpfs       206596       0    206596   0% /tmp
tmpfs                                                  tmpfs       206596       0    206596   0% /run/shm
/dev/sdb1                                              vfat      15679552 7063296   8616256  46% /mnt


Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):

ubsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60 [17aa:2015]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:27a1] (rev 03)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:2010]
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200a]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200a]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200a]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200a]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200b]
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:2009]
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200c]
        Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:27c5] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200d]
        Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:200f]
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5200] [1002:71c4]
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60p [17aa:2007]
        Kernel driver in use: radeon
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:109a]
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60 [17aa:2001]
        Kernel driver in use: e1000e
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4227] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1010]
        Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
15:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac56]
        Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T60/R60 series [17aa:2012]
        Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

First attempt, non-graphic installer:

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:          [E ]
    stopped with 'Invalid release file: no entry for contrib/binary-i386/Packages'.
    At this point I returned to the 'Partition hard drive' step, erased the new partition, and
    partitioned the disk again.  Then the 'Install base system' step failed to complete and I
    aborted the install.
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]


Second attempt, graphic installer:

   I started the install from the beginning and chose the graphic installer. This time
   everything worked. Even though I told it to erase the partition (actually 2, since it made
   a logical partition and therefore there was a number 3 and a number 5 where there originally
   had been number 1, with squeeze, and number 2, swap) on this second try I was not asked for the
   non-free firmware from removable media as I had been on the first. Perhaps that is because
   the firmware is stored elsewhere than the hard drive. I don't understand that detail however.
   See below for further remarks about this.


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:

<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
      and ideas you had during the initial install.>


a) I do not know what went wrong the first time. I tried the graphical installer
in part because I had never previously used it. I was quite surprised to find that
it made a difference.

b) I was prepared for the non-free firmware request because I needed it for the
squeeze install. It seems to me that would be a pretty mysterious message even
for a relatively sophisticated user.

c) That firmware (iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode and -2.ucode) was for the thinkpad's wifi
card. It got my hopes up that the wifi would be working after the install
was finished, but it was not. (wlan0 is shown, with the correct MAC address, by ifconfig, but it does not have an ipaddress.) 
 I suppose you've heard this before, but it sure
would be a boost to Debian if the user did not have to know the details of
configuring wireless in order to get his or her computer on the net. I have
still not made it work.
d) The messages about grub in the bootloader step were helpful but still required a lot of the user. For example the statement that 'you might have to tell grub about .....' might benefit from a reference to a good grub recipe site. (http://dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html#mozTocId16468 helped me.) 

And since the things one has to tell grub about are quite specific to the
kernel that the installer has just installed, does it make sense to  replace
the generic grub hint with the specific kernel and initrd filenames that
have just been installed?
The grub 1 replacement by grub 2 could be mentioned as well, especially since the
disk numbering convention has been changed.


And finally, thank you for all this work!!


Charles Kaufman
chuck@uri.edu

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reasign 691666 debian-installer
severity 691666 wishlist
merge 704768 691666
retitle 704768 please suport neo2, dvorak, french bépo, ..., keyboard layouts 
tags 704768 +wontfix
retitle 685801 Wheezy LXDE live system can't boot on Asus EeePC 1015BX netbook
thanks

Hi,

thank you for submitting installation reports, much appreciated.

I read through all the bugs mentioned here (and I'm sure they were read by 
several people at the time they were submitted) and am closing them now as/if
- they (finally) indicated success and/or
- I know from first hand experience that the functionality is working in 
Wheezy and/or
- they only contained very little information and/or
- they contained user errors and/or
- they were caused by broken hardware and/or
- they have been from a development phase where things were not stable and/or
- they are quite old (and thus likely fixed today) and/or
- moreinfo was asked and not given.

If I've closed a bug incorrectly please do reply (it's easy to reopen and I'll 
do if requested) or just file a new one - thats often better, as the bug log 
will be clearer and shorter and not contain cruft.


cheers,
        Holger

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