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Bug#694803: marked as done (Wheezy beta4 installation report)

Your message dated Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:52:55 +0200
with message-id <201308311253.30231.holger@layer-acht.org>
and subject line dealing with old installation-reports
has caused the Debian Bug report #694803,
regarding Wheezy beta4 installation report
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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694803: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694803
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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: CD
Image version:http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta4/i386/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-b4-i386-netinst.iso
Date: 09:00 Fri 30 Nov 2012

Machine: Dell Inspiron 530
Processor:Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz × 4
Memory:4GB
Partitions: df -Tl:
Filesystem                                             Type     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                                                 rootfs   472486168 3649328 444835868   1% /

udev                                                   devtmpfs     10240       0     10240   0% /dev
tmpfs                                                  tmpfs       413836     708    413128   1% /run
/dev/disk/by-uuid/<anonymised>                         ext4     472486168 3649328 444835868   1% /

tmpfs                                                  tmpfs         5120       0      5120   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                                                  tmpfs      2500460     152   2500308   1% /run/shm


--- fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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: 0x00010153
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   960040959   480019456   83  Linux
/dev/sda2       960043006   976771071     8364033    5  Extended

/dev/sda5       960043008   976771071     8364032   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Output of lspci -knn:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port [8086:29c1] (rev 02)

	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:29c2] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	Kernel driver in use: i915

00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection [8086:10c0] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	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 Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	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 Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]

	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	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 Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	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 Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]

	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 Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	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 Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	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 Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	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 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02)

	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:2920] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]

	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:2926] (rev 02)

	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 [1028:020d]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1186:4300] (rev 10)
	Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1186:4300]

	Kernel driver in use: r8169


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:              [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:        [E ]

Comments/Problems:

Install went fine (grub installed) until first reboot (at end of installation process)
Then had two problems which I've seen before, and I think people should be given workarounds for them if the installer can't cope with them.


Both problems relate to CRT display, probably about failure of auto-detect.
NB the machine's graphics device is on-motherboard and described as 'Intel® G33 x86/MMX/SSE2'

Problem 1: on booting uncorrected install, part-way through boot process, display went blank with (display hardware-generated) box saying:

'Out of range
' HF=30-96 KHz
' VF=47-160 Hz
'106 KHz  75Hz
which I guess you can easily interpret.
Disconcertingly, THIS HAPPENED EVEN WHEN BOOTING IN recovery MODE (apologies for shouting, but that's very disconcerting!)


My workaround: edit grub command string by adding to linux command the string 'video=1024x768@75' (and boot in recovery mode to avoid entering X11).
More permanent workaround: add this string as a default linux kernel para=meter in /etc/default/grub


Problem 2: I had installed the Debian Desktop (gnome), and even with the 'Problem 1' workaround above, entry to X11 failed as in Problem 1.
But at least I could ctrl-alt-F1 to a text terminal.

My workaround: create (or copy across from previous install) a pretty minimal /etc/X11/xorg.conf with a couple of stanzas like:


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Hansol 920D"
    VendorName     "Hansol"
    ModelName      "920D"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 96.0
    VertRefresh     47.0 - 160.0

    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Monitor        "Hansol 920D"
EndSection

With this in place, booting to gnome works fine.


Hope that helps!

Barry

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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 or
- they are wishlist but rather special + exotic and not have been acted on for 
years. (See http://blog.liw.fi/posts/wishlist-bugs/ why it's often useful to 
close wishlist bugs.)

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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