Bug#788384: installation-reports: Boots into black screen due to modesetting on nVidia card
Package: installation-reports
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
See below.
-- Package-specific info:
Boot method: USB stick
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.1.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: jun 8 22:49
Machine: Custom PC from 2008
Partitions:
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [E]
Detect network card:[O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup:[O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system:[O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader:[O]
Overall install:[O]
Comments/Problems:
1. Everything seemed to go fine, except the first (and subsequent) boots. The
system booted into a black screen and was thus not usable at all. I had only
installed the base system, as I unselected everything in tasksel, as I
wanted to upgrade to testing later.
After some searching on the web, I found that it may be caused by nouveau
and kernel mode setting. So, I tried booting with 'nomodeset' in the kernel
options and then it booted fine.
After that I could upgrade to testing (which was my goal) and installing the
proprietary nVidia drivers fixed the issue.
I'm writing this report after having fixed it and upgraded to testing, so
attached information may be wrong.
2. After installing GNOME, it appeared that gnome-terminal was not working.
After trying to start it up, it gave the following error:
Error constructing proxy for
org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling
StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process
org.gnome.Terminal exited with status 8
I was able to fix this by editing /etc/locale.gen (I uncommented the locale
that I selected with the installer ("en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8") and also one for
"nl_NL.UTF-8 UTF-8"). After that, it worked fine. I have no idea why this
file is not properly updated by the installer (or actually, how that file is
supposed to be created at all). But clearly, something had gone wrong there.
If you have any questions or need more information, please let me know.
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Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other
installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this
report. Please compress large files using gzip.
Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org.
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Installer lsb-release:
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DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="8 (jessie) - installer build 20150422+deb8u1"
X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom
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Installer hardware-summary:
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uname -a: Linux sonata 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1 (2015-05-24)
x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci -knn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM
Controller [8086:2e20] (rev 02)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82d3]
lspci -knn: 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI
Express Root Port [8086:2e21] (rev 02)
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
lspci -knn: 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10
Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:3a37]
lspci -knn: Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82d4]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
lspci -knn: 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10
Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:3a38]
lspci -knn: Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82d4]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
lspci -knn: 00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10
Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:3a39]
lspci -knn: Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82d4]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
lspci -knn: 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10
Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a3c]
lspci -knn: Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82d4]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
lspci -knn: 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10
Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e]
lspci -knn: Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8311]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
lspci -knn: 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family)
PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:3a40]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
lspci -knn: 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family)
PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:3a4a]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
lspci -knn: 00:1d.0 USB control
Bug#413354: debian-installer: Boot screen should have notification about graphical installer
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist I think the initial boot screen should mention somewhere how to start the graphical installer. The text installer is the default, but without any kind of notification, a user would never use the graphical installer, unless he happens to know about it or reads the manual (most don't, of course). -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#239784: lspci/lspci -n
Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: Please provide the output of "lspci -n" without it I cannot fix this bug or confirm if it's already fixed. If you can't provide the necessary information, I will have to close this report without actually knowing if it's really fixed. Someone screwed the Debian installation on the machine, but I was able to get a Knoppix cd and boot it. Here's the output of lspci -n: :00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:2550 (rev 03) :00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:2552 (rev 03) :00:02.0 Class 0604: 8086:2553 (rev 03) :00:1d.0 Class 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 01) :00:1d.1 Class 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 01) :00:1d.2 Class 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 01) :00:1d.7 Class 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 01) :00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:244e (rev 81) :00:1f.0 Class 0601: 8086:24c0 (rev 01) :00:1f.1 Class 0101: 8086:24cb (rev 01) :00:1f.3 Class 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 01) :00:1f.5 Class 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01) :01:00.0 Class 0300: 102b:2527 (rev 01) :02:1c.0 Class 0800: 8086:1461 (rev 04) :02:1d.0 Class 0604: 8086:1460 (rev 04) :02:1e.0 Class 0800: 8086:1461 (rev 04) :02:1f.0 Class 0604: 8086:1460 (rev 04) :03:0e.0 Class 0200: 8086:100f (rev 01) :04:0d.0 Class 0104: 9005:0285 (rev 01) :05:0c.0 Class 0c00: 104c:8023 I hope this is the info you needed. Kind regards, -- --- Manuel Bilderbeek --- Oce-Technologies B.V. tel +31 77 3595039 St Urbanusweg 43 fax +31 77 3595337 NL-5900 MA Venlo home +31 24 3238923 The Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#239784: Debian Installer Beta 3 installation report on Dell Precision 650
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 23 March 2004, from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta3/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux backlog-server 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST
2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Date: 23 March 2004, 10am GMT+1
Method: Boot from the CD, network install from ftp.nl.debian.org, via proxy
Machine: Dell Precision 650
Processor: dual Intel Xeon 3GHz
Memory: 512MB
Root Device: SCSI. RAID controller: Dell PERC 320/DC
Root Size/partition table:
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. E7505 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. E7000 Series Processor to AGP Controller
(rev 03)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. E7000 Series Hub Interface B PCI-to-PCI
Bridge (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller
(rev 01)00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G550 AGP
(rev 01)
02:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
02:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
02:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 04)
02:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 04)
03:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
04:0d.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID (rev 01)
05:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked:[O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E] [1]
Partition hard drives: [E] [1]
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:
[1]:
After setting up the network (enter the host name), I got in the
partitioning section, where I saw the following:
Partition table overview:
[blank space]
Finish and write
Automatically partition a drive
Undo changes to partition
Config the LVM
I could even select a line of the blank space with my cursor. I expected
a partition table there, obviously. Since there was none, I thought the
RAID controller was somehow not detected or at least the kernel module
was not loaded.
I rebooted with a Knoppix cd to find out that the kernel module that
fits the controller is 'aacraid'. Rebooted again with the d-i cd, and
went to the console with CTRL-ALT-F2 in the partition menu to load the
aacraid driver ("modprobe aacraid"). This didn't help. Rebooted, and did
the same during the network-config menu. This did the trick: apparently
the partition menu doesn't 'refresh' for the new situation. After this,
installation went on as expected.
One minor thing: the graphics card was not detected. The xfree86 dialog
suggested 'vesa'. I changed it to 'mga', which worked, but it set a
resolution of only 800x600, while 1280x1024 would have been ideal.
Another minor thing: maybe it should install an SMP kernel if more than
one CPU is detected.
All in all: the installer definately needs improvement for the case of a
non-detected disk controller. Maybe the cause was that there is also an
ATA controller onboard.
On the other hand: I'm impressed with the d-i as it is now! Keep up the
good work, people!
Kind regards,
--
--- Manuel Bilderbeek ---
Oce-Technologies B.V. tel +31 77 3595039
St Urbanusweg 43 fax +31 77 3595337
NL-5900 MA Venlo home +31 24 3238923
The Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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