Bug#739669:
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: USB flash drive
Image version: debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Jessie 20140219
(md5=1a32dff1dc4a137428aecbce85b2bf32)
Date: 20 Feb 2014
Machine: MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch late-2012 (MacbookPro10,2)
Processor: i5-3210m
Memory: 8GB
Partitions:
Model: ATA APPLE SSD SM128E (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 121GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 20.5kB 210MB 210MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot
2 210MB 60.2GB 60.0GB hfs+ Customer
3 60.3GB 121GB 61.0GB btrfs LINUX msftdata
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor
DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:0102]
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen
Core processor PCI Express Root Port [8086:0151] (rev 09)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen
Core processor PCI Express Root Port [8086:0155] (rev 09)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen
Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:0102]
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 7
Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev
04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series
Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation QS77 Express Chipset LPC
Controller [8086:1e56] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset
Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset
Family SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation Device
[14e4:16a3] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:16a3]
02:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Broadcom Corporation BCM57765/57785
SDXC/MMC Card Reader [14e4:16bc] (rev 21)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:96bc]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4331
802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4331] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:010f]
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [E]
Configure network: [E]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [E]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
0. ISO GPT checksum is still wrong due to Xorriso bug.
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-cd@lists.debian.org/msg21403.html
1. Same comments on documentation apply. It is not possible to do what
the documentation suggests and create an extra partition on the USB
stick for firmware.
2. Grub font still tiny (no hidpi)
3. Grub cosmetic video corruption still occurs after select
4. Debian installer font still tiny (no hidpi)
5. Touchpad does not work at all. (graphical install)
6. "Detect network hardware" does not find wifi card. Manually
selecting b43 fails (there is no attempt to mount USB drive like in
debian-7.4.0-amd64-netinst).
7. Manually re-selecting b43 does nothing. First time attempts to load
from /lib/firmware/, after that nothing. Kernel module needs
reloading.
Workaround: rmmod b43; mount -tvfat /dev/sdc /mnt; mkdir
/lib/firmware; cp -a /mnt/b43 /lib/firmware/ # then manually select
b43 in installer
8. (graphical install) "(WW) The fbdev driver didn't call xf86SetGamma
to initialise the gamma values PLEASE FIX THE 'fbdev' DRIVER!"
9. (graphical install) "Fatal server error (EE) Server is already
active for display 0"
10. (Manual partitioning) Trying to install a btrfs fs on existing
partition results in: red screen "Failed to create a file system", log
shows "/dev/sda3 appears to contain an existing filesystem (btrfs).
Error: Use the -f option to force overwrite." (This is Debian bug
#721847) https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721847
Workaround: select "Erase data on this partition" when setting up
partition (this zeroes the partition, may take a long time) OR "Format
this partition"=no and manually mkfs.btrfs
Note: bug only affects btrfs, other fs types work fine. This
breaks installs where user will manually partition outside of
installer.
11. (Configure the package manager) The wifi kept disconnecting with
error "ieeee80211 phy1: wlan0: No probe response from AP ... after
500ms, disconnecting"
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1233960 and
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-828545-start-0.html suggests this
is due to QOS or Powersave being enabled on the Broadcom driver or
incompatible DHCP client.
Arch sugggest this can be fixed by changing settings on the AP
(which is no use if you don't control it)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_configuration
(I just kept retrying and eventually it worked...)
12. clock-setup unable to set time. many "clock-setup: rdate: invalid
cookie received, rejected packet", then "rdate: too many bad or lost
packets"
(I would put this down to being a network issue, but I was able to
run wget ok while these messages were appearing, and the subsequent
600MB+ installer download went ok)
13. On reboot grub screen is again only 1/5 width of full screen
(Debian logo takes up full screen, but the white outlined grub box is
narrow)
14. firmware-b43-installer is not installed. The firmware packages
supplied to the user got copied to /lib/firmware/b43 but this
directory belongs to no package.
Workaround: mv /lib/firmware/b43{,.old}; apt-get install
firmware-b43-installer
== POST-INSTALL ISSUES ==
(Not issues with the installer itself, but issues with the default
install that were immediately apparent)
15. Visible tearing vertical scrolling in iceweasel
16. XFCE DPI setting is wrong. In XFCE
Settings>Appearance>Fonts>DPI>Custom DPI is checked and set to 96 by
default. (under wheezy there was no custom dpi set, XFCE used Xorg DPI
which was 224dpi)
17. Xorg DPI is wrong. 'xdpyinfo' says (2560x1600 pixels, 676x423
millimeters, 96x96 dots per inch).
[In comparison, the Wheezy XFCE livecd 'xdpyinfo' says (2560x1600
pixels 290x181 millimeters, 224x225 dots per inch)]
Note: this might be deliberate, Xorg defaults to 96 now (?), what
I don't understand is why XFCE has the custom DPI checked and also set
to 96. Everything looks far too small.
18. Mute key broken. Start VLC, play a video. Press mute key, mute
icon appears and sound is muted. Press mute key again, unmute icon
appears, but sound is still muted. Restarting VLC did not cause the
sound to come back, so this is a desktop or drive issue, not
application.
19. Fast-forward/Rewind keys wrong - use in VLC, text appears
"previous" "next", but those would be |< >| keys not << and >>.
20. Keyboard backlight does not work. Backlight keys do not work.
21. VLC playback has tearing.
22. Chromium does not do HiDpi (to be fair, a lot of apps don't, but I
had expected Chromium to work since it works on the Pixel)
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=143619
23. Expose/Dashboard keys (f3, f4) do nothing (does XFCE have any
similar functionality to map?)
24. After boot, the lightdm login screen power menu has options
(suspend,hibernate,restart,shutdown) even though device can't
hibernate. After logging in and logging out, the power button only
shows (suspend,shutdown). lightdm is not initialising this correctly
somewhere.
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