Bug#1056697: 12.2 Installation Report, Complete Failure of Network
On 11/25/23 01:37, Cyril Brulebois wrote: Extracting /var/log/syslog would be useful to understand what's going on there. A very quick search suggests this card might be supported by the tg3 module (drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c), which is definitely shipped in the installer. So maybe it's something that needs tweaking or fixing on the firmware side (e.g. “modprobe dance”), or a missing auxiliary bus (e.g. mhi) to make the card visible. Hard to tell without any logs. Thanks Cyril. This system is running Debian 12, so there is no /var/log/syslog. As I mentioned in the original report, I found nothing apparently related in the Journal. -- David Hillman
Bug#1056697: 12.2 Installation Report, Complete Failure of Network
On 11/24/23 12:59, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, David Hillman wrote (Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:34:50 -0600): Ubuntu 20 and 22 installers work just fine on the same hardware, so this is a Debian-specific issue. All four interfaces work just fine under both Ubuntu 20 and 22, but are totally dysfunctional with Debian 12. Maybe you could try a preview Debian 13 image? https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/ Thanks Holger. I could do that, but that would completely defeat the purpose. I installed Debian 12 on this machine as a test, to confirm that everything necessary works, before installing it on a dozen or so other similar machines. And clearly, the opposite is the case, and it isn't ready for use yet, at least, not on server hardware. I have D12 running on a laptop, and a few virtual machines, and it doesn't suffer this problem, but I will apparently have to stay with Ubuntu for a while on the servers. -- David Hillman
Bug#1056697: 12.2 Installation Report, Complete Failure of Network
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB stick Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2023-November-23 11PM GMT Machine: Dell R720 Processor: 2 x Xeon E5-2650 Memory: 192GB 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 media: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [O ] Partition hard drives: [O ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [O ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [E ] Comments/Problems: Installer completely failed to identify the presence of all four integrated Broadcom BCM5720 ethernet ports, and even after manually adding and configuring the four interfaces, no network connectivity is to be had. Interfaces are allegedly "UP", but cannot ping anything nor respond to any communication. IDRAC card interface works fine -- on the same subnet. A half-dozen other multi-interface machines on the same subnet are working fine, as well. Ubuntu 20 and 22 installers work just fine on the same hardware, so this is a Debian-specific issue. All four interfaces work just fine under both Ubuntu 20 and 22, but are totally dysfunctional with Debian 12. Journal entries for NetworkManager and avahi-daemon appear to show the correct IP addresses being registered for all four interfaces, and "ip" agress, all to no avail. No related error messages exist in the journal. -- David Hillman
