hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false on debian-installer cmdline causes segfault and loop
I started to file the following after trying unsuccessfully to get reportbug (6.6.3) to install on openSUSE. I had no luck finding instructions on filing a bug against the installer or its version. Neither did searching for an existing bug get me anywhere. Any suggestions on whether or how to proceed with this? I don't often install Debian, maybe a half dozen times in the past decade, and can't recall ever having occasion to file a bug against it. To: sub...@bugs.debian.org From: mrma...@earthlink.net Subject: ipv6.disable on debian-installer cmdline causes segfault Package: debian-installer Version: x86/32 bit Using this ( /proc/cmdline ) to load Jessie installation kernel and initrd with Grub Legacy causes the installer to segfault and loop back to IP address input: vga=791 --- net.ifnames=0 ipv6.disable=1 netcfg/disable_dhcp=true netcfg/get_hostname=myhost hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false nosplash splash=0 Using this ( /proc/cmdline ) instead allows Jessie installer to proceed past network setup: vga=791 --- net.ifnames=0 ipv6.disable=1 netcfg/get_hostname=myhost tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false nosplash splash=0 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false on debian-installer cmdline causes segfault and loop
Hi, Felix Miata wrote: > I started to file the following after trying unsuccessfully to get reportbug > (6.6.3) to install on openSUSE. I cannot talk it into using my peculiar SMTP sender contraption. So i save its text templates and send them manually. > To: sub...@bugs.debian.org That's where i send mine. > Package: debian-installer > Version: x86/32 bit In Debian, the 32 bit x86 machine type would probably be reported by Architecture: i386 in the "-- System Information:" footer. It should suffice to explicitely state in the message that you experience it with a 32 bit Intel/AMD CPU. A few days ago i filed https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796470 with Version: ? Cyril Brulebois later mentioned versions as "20150813" and "20150828". So if yours tells a date, use it as version text (in brackets with question mark, since we are clueless ?). When i asked Cyril where i would have learned the current version number, he pointed me to https://packages.qa.debian.org/d/debian-installer.html https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/debian-installer But in your case, the installer is probably older than current. > can't recall ever having occasion to file a bug against it. Modern times. Have a nice day :) Thomas
