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.
