Bug#580265: Failed netinst
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Notifier <notifier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
>> reassign 580265 linux-2.6 2.6.32-9
>> thanks
>>
>> On Tuesday 04 May 2010, Gmail Notifier wrote:
>>> 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82578DC Gigabit
>>> Network Connection [8086:10f0] (rev 06)
>>> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0037]
>>> Kernel driver in use: e1000e
>>>
>>> Comments/Problems:
>>>
>>> Did not find my e1000e network interface, even after selecting it
>>> explicitly from the list. After installing without using a net
>>> connection, a simple "modprobe e1000e" and "dhclient" made the net
>>> connection work. The following were added automaticly to /etc/modules
>>> by the installation:
>>>
>>> e100
>>> e1000
>>> e1000e
>>>
>>> But booting with these in /etc/modules did not make the network
>>> interface work. Had to do "modprobe e1000e" manually after each boot.
>>
>> This sounds like a kernel issue. Reassigning to the kernel team.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> FJP
>>
>
> I have a correction to make, it was only the DHCP part that didn't
> work when booting into the installed kernel. The e1000e driver is
> loaded correctly, and the other (incorrect) drivers can't be seen when
> doing "lsmod". The detection in the installation is still broken
> though.
>
> If it's any help, the installed kernel is 2.6.32-trunk-amd64, and the
> one used on the USB key is 2.6.30-2-amd64. The network also worked
> fine with the installed kernel being 2.6.32-3-amd64. I remember
> reading that Linus and Molnar had problems with this driver in one of
> the latest kernels, maybe updating the USB key kernel would fix it.
>
> When making the USB key I used the boot.img.gz from
> http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/
> and the netinstall image
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
>
Another followup: I tried the daily build of the netinst with the
daily USB stick image, and the hardware detection worked, so this can
probably be closed. Maybe add this to the errata.
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