Bug#245235: installation report (d-i 20040421)

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:38:20 -0700

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version:       2004.04.21
                                gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386

uname -a:
Linux debtst7 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

Date: 2004.04.21

Method:
        Using the Sarge netinst ISO image downloaded from
        http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386/20040421/

Machine:
        x86 "wintel" clone: Gigabyte GA-7VT600-P-L motherboard, plus
        ASUS Radeon 9200SE AGP 64MB video card.
        The built-in SATA controller was not turned off.

Processor:
        Duron 1.4 GHz, 266MHz FSB.

Memory:
        256MB RAM DDR (PC3200)

Root Device:
        EIDE (1 HD)
        WDC WD400EB-00CPF0

Root Size/partition table:

Command (m for help): p

         Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40019582464 bytes
         255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
         Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 1304 10474348+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 1305 1368 514080 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 * 1369 4865 28089652+ 83 Linux

Command (m for help): q


Output of lspci:

*** START ***

lspci:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
0000:00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940/2940W / AIC-7871 (rev 03)
0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0c.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3149 (rev 80)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [K8T800 South]
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
0000:00:13.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)

-----
lspci -n:


0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:3189 (rev 80)
0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:b198
0000:00:0a.0 Class 0100: 9004:7178 (rev 03)
0000:00:0c.0 Class 0400: 109e:036e (rev 11)
0000:00:0c.1 Class 0480: 109e:0878 (rev 11)
0000:00:0f.0 Class 0104: 1106:3149 (rev 80)
0000:00:0f.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 Class 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 Class 0601: 1106:3227
0000:00:11.5 Class 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 60)
0000:00:13.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:5964 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.1 Class 0380: 1002:5d44 (rev 01)

*** END ***

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [E]
Config network:         [E]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Reboot:                 [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

* During install, while the base system was being copied/installed, I switched to
another virtual console to see what modules were loaded. I re-did the check after the
first reboot (between base system install and system post-install configuration).
While I knew the network hw had been detected and configured via dhcp right from the bat,
the sound hardware was not. This is a regression from installer 20040408, where both the
nic and sound hw were detected.

* Actually, while the built-in NIC (matching module: 8139too) was loaded and
properly configured (DHCP) during the first stage of the install, once the system has been
rebooted, I saw that the nic's modules were no longer configured nor even loaded.
The file /etc/modules contained no entries for the built-in nic, the built-in audio
or even the system's tvcard. (The tvcard issue was already reported in bug report
#243233.) It is like if the installer forgot to write to /etc/modules after detecting the hw.

* This motherboard (and another used, see below) is "apm capable", i.e. apmd
_can_ fully shut down the machine. Yet the installer did not notice that and did not try
to load apmd. It should.

* There are other issues (usability of manual partition, etc.), but right now
the bigger issue is to get all the hardware recognized and all the required drivers/kernel
modules loaded in a "persistent" fashion (survives a reboot). There has been clear
regression in that dept. since d-i 20040408.

* These issues also occured on a machine using a Gigabyte 7VAXP (uses a VIA KT400).
Such a motherboard uses the same NIC & sound kernel modules. It has the same video card
(ASUS Radeon 9200SE 64MB AGP).



Bruno Majewski
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