Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.6.0+nonfree/i386/bt-cd/firmware-8.6.0-i386-netinst.iso.torrent Date: Dec 13, 2016 17:00 UTC
Machine: Uniwill 223ii0 Processor: CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz (fam: 06, model: 0d, stepping: 06) Memory: 500 MB Partitions: /dev/sda1 * 2048 115181567 115179520 54.9G 83 Linux /dev/sda2 115183614 117209087 2025474 989M 5 Extended /dev/sda5 115183616 117209087 2025472 989M 82 Linux swap / Solaris Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): root@hermes:/home/lwp# lspci -knn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel 00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] 00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9500] 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9500] 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 83) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 03) Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich 00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] Kernel driver in use: ata_piix 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller [8086:24c3] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9022] Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:8401] Kernel driver in use: snd_intel8x0 00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 03) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:4007] Kernel driver in use: snd_intel8x0m 01:03.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac50] (rev 02) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:3200] Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus 01:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01) Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7005] Kernel driver in use: ath5k 01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx] [104c:8023] Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:7000] Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci 01:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter [10ec:8139] (rev 10) Subsystem: Uniwill Computer Corp Device [1584:9700] Kernel driver in use: 8139too 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: Upon first boot into new system, the syslog began filling up with hundreds of KB of messages like: Dec 15 20:24:45 hermes kernel: [ 8.320187] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Dec 15 20:24:45 hermes kernel: [ 8.320299] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 188 at /build/linux-gLUc9E/linux-3.16.36/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:4952 intel_modeset_check_state+0x724/0x730 [i915]() Dec 15 20:24:45 hermes kernel: [ 8.320303] wrong connector dpms state see: http://paste.debian.net/902680/ for a 99kB version of this stuff. At this point, the screen was showing a gnome login screen. After I entered the password, we eventually get to the famous "Oh no! Something has gone wrong" screen, and gnome becomes useless. Browsing online, I found the suggestion to add this line: options i915 modeset=0 into /etc/modprobe.d/modesetting.conf Doing that seems to have solved the problem -- no more of the [ cut here ] blocks in the syslog, and the gnome login works OK, and the system seems mostly normal now.