Bug#488434: installation-reports: somewhat problematic install on Thecus N2100
Sjoerd, do you have any more input on this bug report? If not, I suggest we close it as unreproducable. * Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com [2008-10-29 07:42]: Sjoerd, we're still waiting for your input on this. (see below) * Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl [2008-09-16 19:45]: On Saturday 13 September 2008, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Sjoerd Simons sjo...@debian.org [2008-06-28 22:19]: The big issue was that i couldn't configure a custom mirror or even select a country mirror. After some debugging it turned out that the newt frontend immediately returned backup instead of actually showing the UI bits. The relevant debconf debugging output is: Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GET mirror/country Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 manual Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/hostname Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/directory Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GO Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 30 backup Using the text frontend instead of the newt frontend let me finish the installation just fine. Frans, Jeremy, Colin, etc: can one of you comment on this? Sjoerd, can you please try again with a current daily image? There have been some changes and we've not have any other reports of mirror selection failures, so it seems most likely that you hit a bad daily image. If it still fails then please send the full syslog with debconf debugging enabled (gzipped!). Cheers, FJP -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#488434: installation-reports: somewhat problematic install on Thecus N2100
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:29:34PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: Sjoerd, do you have any more input on this bug report? If not, I suggest we close it as unreproducable. Unfortunately no, i don't have a free N2100 to try and reproduce this. It might very well be fixed by now, so i agree that the best thing is probably to close it as unreproducable * Martin Michlmayr t...@cyrius.com [2008-10-29 07:42]: Sjoerd, we're still waiting for your input on this. (see below) * Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl [2008-09-16 19:45]: On Saturday 13 September 2008, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Sjoerd Simons sjo...@debian.org [2008-06-28 22:19]: The big issue was that i couldn't configure a custom mirror or even select a country mirror. After some debugging it turned out that the newt frontend immediately returned backup instead of actually showing the UI bits. The relevant debconf debugging output is: Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GET mirror/country Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 manual Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/hostname Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/directory Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GO Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 30 backup Using the text frontend instead of the newt frontend let me finish the installation just fine. Frans, Jeremy, Colin, etc: can one of you comment on this? Sjoerd, can you please try again with a current daily image? There have been some changes and we've not have any other reports of mirror selection failures, so it seems most likely that you hit a bad daily image. If it still fails then please send the full syslog with debconf debugging enabled (gzipped!). Cheers, FJP -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- Experience varies directly with equipment ruined. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#488434: installation-reports: somewhat problematic install on Thecus N2100
Sjoerd, we're still waiting for your input on this. (see below) * Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-09-16 19:45]: On Saturday 13 September 2008, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Sjoerd Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-06-28 22:19]: The big issue was that i couldn't configure a custom mirror or even select a country mirror. After some debugging it turned out that the newt frontend immediately returned backup instead of actually showing the UI bits. The relevant debconf debugging output is: Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GET mirror/country Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 manual Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/hostname Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/directory Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GO Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 30 backup Using the text frontend instead of the newt frontend let me finish the installation just fine. Frans, Jeremy, Colin, etc: can one of you comment on this? Sjoerd, can you please try again with a current daily image? There have been some changes and we've not have any other reports of mirror selection failures, so it seems most likely that you hit a bad daily image. If it still fails then please send the full syslog with debconf debugging enabled (gzipped!). Cheers, FJP -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#488434: installation-reports: somewhat problematic install on Thecus N2100
* Sjoerd Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-06-28 22:19]: One small issue. The installation is preseeded from the old environment on flash, that is the configuration in the config partition of the original thecus firmware. This makes sense for the initial install, but less so when doing a reinstallation. In this case the old firmware was installed with a static ip, which didn't make any sense at all in the network i was installing in. I'm not sure what to do about this, though. While the current rules may not work for everything, at least they are pretty simple to understand (i.e. the configuration is read from flash). I guess I could try to take the configuration from disk if there's one, but I'm a bit worried that this would just confuse users (will it take the config from disk? from flash?) I don't think people re-install often enough to put much time into supporting this scenario better. People should simply flash the original Thecus firmware (as documented) and then, from there, flash Debian again. However, I'd be interested to hear your comments. Maybe you have some good ideas how the situation could be handled. The big issue was that i couldn't configure a custom mirror or even select a country mirror. After some debugging it turned out that the newt frontend immediately returned backup instead of actually showing the UI bits. The relevant debconf debugging output is: I don't know anything about the debconf frontends, so someone else will have to comment. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#488434: installation-reports: somewhat problematic install on Thecus N2100
Package: installation-reports Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: network Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/armel/images/daily/iop32x/netboot/ -- June 28 2008 Date: June 28, 2008 Machine: Thecus N2100 Partitions: Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000c6e0b Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 973 7815591 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda2 9741216 1951897+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda31217 19457 146520832+ fd Linux raid autodetect allegri:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0006c723 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 973 7815591 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb2 9741216 1951897+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb31217 19457 146520832+ fd Linux raid autodetect allegri:~# df -Tl FilesystemType 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 ext3 7692776636852 6665152 9% / tmpfstmpfs 258508 0258508 0% /lib/init/rw udev tmpfs 1024076 10164 1% /dev tmpfstmpfs 258508 0258508 0% /dev/shm /dev/md2 ext3 144221560192132 136703392 1% /srv 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: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system:[E] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup:[O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader:[O] Overall install:[O] Comments/Problems: One small issue. The installation is preseeded from the old environment on flash, that is the configuration in the config partition of the original thecus firmware. This makes sense for the initial install, but less so when doing a reinstallation. In this case the old firmware was installed with a static ip, which didn't make any sense at all in the network i was installing in. The big issue was that i couldn't configure a custom mirror or even select a country mirror. After some debugging it turned out that the newt frontend immediately returned backup instead of actually showing the UI bits. The relevant debconf debugging output is: Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GET mirror/country Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 manual Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/hostname Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- INPUT critical mirror/http/directory Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 0 question will be asked Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- GO Jun 28 16:38:30 debconf: -- 30 backup Using the text frontend instead of the newt frontend let me finish the installation just fine. Sjoerd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
