Bug#1054459: debian-installer: Debian 12.2 amd64 netinst failes to find a kernel image for a Dell 7812

2023-10-23 Thread David George Henderson III

Package: debian-installer
Version: debian installer found on amd64 12.2 netinst.iso
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

I have several systems and have experienced this difficulty only with 
the Dell 7812 with an Xeon E5 CPU.


The debian 12.2.0 amd64 netinst.iso boots normally and seems to start 
normally.
    When it gets to finding a kernel to install, it complains that it 
cannot find a suitable kernel.


I had the same results with debian 12.2 adm64 dvd-1.iso and dlbd-1.iso

 When I booted the debian 12.2 amd64 live.iso system, its installer ran OK.
I am running on the system installed from the live installer right now. 
This is what made the lspci.


I also successfully managed to perform a dist-upgrade from an install of 
debian 11.6.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.2
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/56 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE 
not set

Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
DMI2 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 01)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 01)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 01)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 01)
00:03.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 01)
00:03.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 01)
00:03.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D 
PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 01)
00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D Map/VTd_Misc/System Management (rev 01)
00:05.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D IIO Hot Plug (rev 01)
00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D IIO RAS/Control Status/Global Errors (rev 01)
00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D I/O APIC 
(rev 01)
00:11.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset SPSR 
(rev 05)
00:11.4 SATA controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset sSATA 
Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset USB xHCI Host 
Controller (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset MEI 
Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM (rev 
05)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset USB Enhanced 
Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset HD Audio 
Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset PCI Express Root 
Port #1 (rev d5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset PCI Express Root 
Port #2 (rev d5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset USB Enhanced 
Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset LPC Controller 
(rev 05)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SATA 
RAID Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation C610/X99 series chipset SMBus Controller (rev 
05)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104GL [Quadro K5000] 
(rev a1)
03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
09:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2001 PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge
df:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D QPI Link 0 (rev 01)
df:08.2 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D QPI Link 0 (rev 01)
df:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D QPI Link 0 (rev 01)
df:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D QPI Link 1 (rev 01)
df:09.2 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D QPI Link 1 (rev 01)
df:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D QPI Link 1 (rev 01)
df:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link 0/1 (rev 01)
df:0b.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link 0/1 (rev 01)
df:0b.2 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link 0/1 (rev 01)
df:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 
v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link Debug (r

Bug#998664: Acknowledgement (libntl43: undefined reference to `NTL::sub(NTL::ZZ&, NTL::ZZ const&, long))

2021-11-06 Thread David George Henderson III
This calling/type signature worked with buster that had libntl version 
10.5.0. I'm faced with several workaround choices:


    a) custom install libntl 10.5.0 in /usr/local/lib and change the 
compiler and linker commands to search this directory first


    b) revert to buster which implements 10.5.0

    c) recode source to not use this calling signature

    d) run bullseye with libntl35 package installed; have not tried 
this since choice 1) is so much easier for me



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Bug#998664: libntl43: undefined reference to `NTL::sub(NTL::ZZ&, NTL::ZZ const&, long)

2021-11-05 Thread David George Henderson III
Package: libntl43
Version: 11.4.3-1+b1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: d...@its.caltech.edu

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
 ineffective)?
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.1
  APT prefers stable-security
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-security')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libntl43 depends on:
ii  libc62.31-13+deb11u2
ii  libgcc-s1 [libgcc1]  10.2.1-6
ii  libgf2x3 1.3.0-1+b1
ii  libgmp10 2:6.2.1+dfsg-1
ii  libstdc++6   10.2.1-6

libntl43 recommends no packages.

libntl43 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Here is the program that reproduces the problem when compiled:

#include 
#include 
#include 

int bugdemo(NTL::ZZ & result, const NTL::ZZ &left, long right) {
result = left - right;
return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

NTL::ZZ u,v;
long w;
v = 4;
w = 4;
bugdemo(u,v,w);
}



Bug#989962: proceeding with bullseye checking using debian-bullseye-DI-rc1-amd64-DVD-1.iso and apt-mark hold shim-signed

2021-06-30 Thread David George Henderson III

To whom it may concern:

I decided not to wait for updated version of shim-signed that runs on 
the very old Dell T1600


I'm proceeding with bullseye checkout using shim-signed package found on 
debian-bullseye-DI-rc1-amd64-DVD-1.iso


This version of shim-signed works with me T1600 and its Xeon E3. Others 
can take advantage of this too.


Procedure:

    install the abovementioned dvd without any ethernet connection to 
get working shim-signed


    apt-mark hold shim-signed (keeps old dvd-1 copy of shim-signed intact)

    connect the ethernet

    modify sources.list to refer to the debian online repository

    apt-get update


Now I can check out the packages that really matter to me:

    gcc, g++, cython3,  python3-numpy, libntl-dev, etc.



Bug#989962: update to the version of shim-signed(Re: Bug#989962: shim-signed 1.36~1+deb10u1 fails to boot some systems)

2021-06-28 Thread David George Henderson III
Updated: the email is incorrect: this is the version shown in Debian 10 
security : shim-signed (1.36~1+deb10u2+15.4-5~deb10u1)


On 6/28/21 9:19 AM, David George Henderson III wrote:

Hello Steve,


I generally install Debian off of DVD or a *.iso copied to flash 
rather than an online repository.


    That way I get a reproducible install.


Recently, I found that my Debian 10.9 amd64 dvd-1 install stopped 
working on the Dell T1600 boot in UEFI mode.


    This is the machine that does not support secure boot.


The symptoms were that the install went as expected, but the boot 
failed complaining about MOK list being exhausted.



What I discovered was that security updates were being applied during 
the install off dvd:


    I noticed the message 'applying security updates' that flashed by 
briefly during the install from DVD.


   I surmise that the version of shim-signed in security.debian.org 
was being applied when the ethernet to the cable modem was plugged in.


   (the web site shows  shim-signed (1.36~1+deb10u1+15.4-5~deb10u1) in 
Debian 10 security )



An install if 10.9 off of the same dvd without the ethernet cable 
plugged in installed and booted normally.


    I'm surprised at this behavior. I would have expected that these 
updates would be applied after booting the installed system rather 
than during the install.



Using the Dell T1600 and the system installed with no ethernet cable 
connection:


     I copied the shim-signed file from the attachment below into 
/boot/efi/EFI/debian.


    Then I shut down and rebooted. I could not tell if a MOK message 
came up because something flashed by very quickly.


    Debian 10.9 booted up as expected.


I hope this fix makes it into the online security repository.


David


David

On 6/22/21 2:36 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 09:20:36PM +0200, Grzegorz Szymaszek wrote:

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 01:35:51PM +0200, Grzegorz Szymaszek wrote:
I have recently upgraded several buster amd64 machines; shim-signed 
went

up from 1.33 to 1.36~1+deb10u1. […]

FWIW, upgrading to 1.36~1+deb10u2 brings the problem back.

Looks like the same as #990158.

Yes, it's the same problem. I'm testing a fix now. Could you please
verify if this new build fixes the problem you're seeing on your
hardware?

   https://people.debian.org/~93sam/shim/

has a new *unsigned* amd64 shim binary, and a checksum file. If you
would be so kind, please copy that shimx64.efi binary into place on
your system and test it boots OK. It may still complain about resource
failures and "import_mok_state() failed", but should then boot anyway
in non-secure mode.





Bug#989962: debian-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-DVD-1.iso image on flash media flash fails to boot on a system that does not support secure boot

2021-06-28 Thread David George Henderson III

Steve,

I goofed on the model number, its a T1600, not a T1200. I've created a 
text file from /proc/cpuinfo; see attachment.


The T1600 has a 11.rc1 system that installs OK but does not directly 
boot off the disk drive;


    what does work is EFI booting  an existing Debian 10.9 system and 
placing the 11.rc1 grub stanza inside the 10.9 /etc/grub.d/40_custom 
file ;  see Bug#989962


I have performed an 11.rc2 install via bios mode booting 11.rc2 media 
and performing an install without any use of EFI


All my laptops boot in secure boot mode; this is greatly appreciated.

I perform test installs to this T1600 system to emulate the laptop 
configuration.


    What matters the most to me is the compiler/library configuration.

    At the moment I'm using gnu gcc/g++ because the llvm and clang 
compilers on Debian 10 failed to execute some intricate c++ code.


    In the big picture, it does not matter very much if the T1600 boots 
bios mode or UEFI mode.


David




On 6/17/21 5:27 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:

Control: reassign -1 shim-signed
Control: reassign 989810 shim-signed

Hi David!

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 01:50:51PM -0700, David George Henderson III wrote:

Package: grub-efi-amd64

The system is a Dell Precision T1200 E3, 16GB of memory,booting off
flash copy of debian-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-DVD-1.iso

Booting the rc2 version flash drive fails to go into the normal menus.

     (note bug 989810 my experiences with rc1 ; it installed as expected but
the installed system failed to boot)

The delivers the following messages and halts(I had only a few seconds to
capture the gist):

MoklistRT out of resources

MoklistXRT out of resources

import moc state() -- didn't have time to even get the gist of this error
message

OK. These messages are from shim, which runs before GRUB on a Secure
Boot setup. Your problem isn't that your system does not support
SB, it's just that it's running out of EFI variable storage
space. Shim is trying to store copies of some of its internal
variables, and that's failing. That's painful. :-(

Google is refusing to find me anything about your system, which is
surprising. Could you give me an idea of its age and the rest of its
specs please?

As a workaround for your installed system: if you're not wanting /
trying to use SB, you could try booting with older bullseye media in
Rescue mode. Get into the booted system and run

   # apt-get remove --purge shim-signed
   # grub-install

and that should let you get in OK after that.

processor   : 0
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model   : 42
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31240 @ 3.30GHz
stepping: 7
microcode   : 0x2f
cpu MHz : 1600.719
cache size  : 8192 KB
physical id : 0
siblings: 8
core id : 0
cpu cores   : 4
apicid  : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp  : yes
flags   : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm 
constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid 
aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr 
pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm 
epb pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid xsaveopt 
dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d
vmx flags   : vnmi preemption_timer invvpid ept_x_only flexpriority 
tsc_offset vtpr mtf vapic ept vpid unrestricted_guest
bugs: cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds 
swapgs itlb_multihit
bogomips: 6584.98
clflush size: 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor   : 1
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model   : 42
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31240 @ 3.30GHz
stepping: 7
microcode   : 0x2f
cpu MHz : 1623.585
cache size  : 8192 KB
physical id : 0
siblings: 8
core id : 1
cpu cores   : 4
apicid  : 2
initial apicid  : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp  : yes
flags   : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm 
constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid 
aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr 
pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm 
epb pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid xsaveopt 
dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d
vmx flags   : vnmi preemption_timer invvpid ept_x_only flexpriority 
tsc_offset vtpr mtf vapic ept vpid unrestricted_guest
bugs   

Bug#989962: shim-signed 1.36~1+deb10u1 fails to boot some systems

2021-06-28 Thread David George Henderson III

Hello Steve,


I generally install Debian off of DVD or a *.iso copied to flash rather 
than an online repository.


    That way I get a reproducible install.


Recently, I found that my Debian 10.9 amd64 dvd-1 install stopped 
working on the Dell T1600 boot in UEFI mode.


    This is the machine that does not support secure boot.


The symptoms were that the install went as expected, but the boot failed 
complaining about MOK list being exhausted.



What I discovered was that security updates were being applied during 
the install off dvd:


    I noticed the message 'applying security updates' that flashed by 
briefly during the install from DVD.


   I surmise that the version of shim-signed in security.debian.org was 
being applied when the ethernet to the cable modem was plugged in.


   (the web site shows  shim-signed (1.36~1+deb10u1+15.4-5~deb10u1) in 
Debian 10 security )



An install if 10.9 off of the same dvd without the ethernet cable 
plugged in installed and booted normally.


    I'm surprised at this behavior. I would have expected that these 
updates would be applied after booting the installed system rather than 
during the install.



Using the Dell T1600 and the system installed with no ethernet cable 
connection:


     I copied the shim-signed file from the attachment below into 
/boot/efi/EFI/debian.


    Then I shut down and rebooted. I could not tell if a MOK message 
came up because something flashed by very quickly.


    Debian 10.9 booted up as expected.


I hope this fix makes it into the online security repository.


David


David

On 6/22/21 2:36 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote:

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 09:20:36PM +0200, Grzegorz Szymaszek wrote:

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 01:35:51PM +0200, Grzegorz Szymaszek wrote:

I have recently upgraded several buster amd64 machines; shim-signed went
up from 1.33 to 1.36~1+deb10u1. […]

FWIW, upgrading to 1.36~1+deb10u2 brings the problem back.

Looks like the same as #990158.

Yes, it's the same problem. I'm testing a fix now. Could you please
verify if this new build fixes the problem you're seeing on your
hardware?

   https://people.debian.org/~93sam/shim/

has a new *unsigned* amd64 shim binary, and a checksum file. If you
would be so kind, please copy that shimx64.efi binary into place on
your system and test it boots OK. It may still complain about resource
failures and "import_mok_state() failed", but should then boot anyway
in non-secure mode.





Bug#989962: debian-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-DVD-1.iso image on flash media flash fails to boot on a system that does not support secure boot

2021-06-16 Thread David George Henderson III

Package: grub-efi-amd64

The system is a Dell Precision T1200 E3, 16GB of memory,booting off 
flash copy of debian-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-DVD-1.iso


Booting the rc2 version flash drive fails to go into the normal menus.

    (note bug 989810 my experiences with rc1 ; it installed as expected 
but the installed system failed to boot)


The delivers the following messages and halts(I had only a few seconds 
to capture the gist):


MoklistRT out of resources

MoklistXRT out of resources

import moc state() -- didn't have time to even get the gist of this 
error message




Bug#989810: debian 11 rc1 boot sequence fails attempting to run secure boot code on a system that does not support secure boot

2021-06-13 Thread David George Henderson III

Package: grub-efi-amd64


Summary: The defect occurs on a bullseye.rc1 install ;

    install went normally using  bullseye rc1; booting the installed 
system fails


    the UEFI boot sequence on a system that doesn't support secure boot 
fails trying to access owner MOK




Hello Debian bullseye boot sequence team,

I dont have a screen grab and the message only stayed up a few seconds.

The system is a Dell Precision T1200 E3, 16GB of memory, SSD, installing 
off CDROM to an encrypted LVM with dedicated /boot and encrypted LVM 
partitions.


The bullseye system was installed using the bullseye rc1 system for an 
amd64 target.


Installation went normally; the difficulty lies when attempting to boot 
the installed system off the ssd.


Again, the boot time error message that briefly showed on the screen is 
that the MOK machine owner key could not be accessed.


I found a workaround using a previously installed Buster 10.9 system 
with a similar configuration:


    a) boot Buster 10.9 dvd in recovery mode

    b) rewrite the SSD bootstrap so the Buster 10.9 system boots

    c) reboot into Buster 10.9

        to diagnose what was going on I ran : mokutil --disable-validation

  the error message returned was 'this system does not support 
secure boot'


    d) update buster  /etc/grub.d/40_custom so it has the bullseye rc1 
boot stanza


    e) update grub

    f) shutdown the system

    g) boot the buster grub and select the bullseye 11 rc1 boot stanza 
present in 40_custom


bullseye rc1 now runs




Bug#916386: Success installing Debian buster/testing using 12/3/2018 amd64.iso

2018-12-13 Thread David George Henderson III
Package: installation-reports

Boot method:  flash 
drive
Image version:  
debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso dated 12/3/2018

Date:  12/13/2018

Machine: Macintosh Macbook Pro 
model 5,1
Processor: Core 2 Duo
Memory:4gb
Partitions: 
Installed to separate /boot and encrypted LVM with swap and root.

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):

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:[O]


Comments/Problems:


Used dd to copy installer from *.iso to a flash drive.
Installed from flash drive and hardwired ethernet.
Only anomaly was going to sid for  broadcom b43 wifi firmware post-install.
Not sure if this a bug or simply incomplete definition of buster.



Bug#916381: installation-reports: Sucessful install and boot of Buster on Macboot Pro 5,1

2018-12-13 Thread David George Henderson III
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
 ineffective)?
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   * What outcome did you expect instead?

*** End of the template - remove these template lines ***



-- Package-specific info:

Boot method: flash drive
Image version: Buster amd64 dvd-1 iso of December 3,2018
Date: 

Machine: Macbook Pro model 5,1
Partitions: 


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:   [ ]
Detect network card:[ ]
Configure network:  [ ]
Detect CD:  [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:[ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:[ ]
Install tasks:  [ ]
Install boot loader:[ ]
Overall install:[ ]

Comments/Problems:




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Installer lsb-release:
==
DISTRIB_ID=Debian
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux installer"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="9 (stretch) - installer build 20170615+deb9u4"
X_INSTALLATION_MEDIUM=cdrom

==
Installer hardware-summary:
==
uname -a: Linux hp470prod 4.9.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-1 (2018-07-05) 
x86_64 GNU/Linux
lspci -knn: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5904] 
(rev 02)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device 
[8086:5916] (rev 02)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP 
USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:9d2f] (rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
lspci -knn: Kernel modules: xhci_pci
lspci -knn: 00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 
Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem [8086:9d31] (rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise 
Point-LP CSME HECI #1 [8086:9d3a] (rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP 
SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:9d03] (rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: ahci
lspci -knn: Kernel modules: ahci
lspci -knn: 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d10] 
(rev f1)
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
lspci -knn: 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI 
Express Root Port #5 [8086:9d14] (rev f1)
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
lspci -knn: 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI 
Express Root Port #6 [8086:9d15] (rev f1)
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
lspci -knn: 00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI 
Express Root Port #9 [8086:9d18] (rev f1)
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: pcieport
lspci -knn: 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d4e] 
(rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise 
Point-LP PMC [8086:9d21] (rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:9d71] 
(rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus 
[8086:9d23] (rev 21)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: 01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GM108M [GeForce 
930MX] [10de:134e] (rev a2)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8235]
lspci -knn: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
lspci -knn: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:8234]
lspci -knn: Kernel driver in use: r8169
lspci -knn: Kernel modules: r8169
lspci -knn: 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device 
[8086:24fd] (rev 78)
lspci -knn:  

Bug#916233: Difficulty with Debian Buster netinst dvd on Mac Pro 1,1

2018-12-11 Thread David George Henderson III
Package: d-i.debian.org
Severity: important

I'm trying to install Debian testing on a Mac Pro 1,1 dedicated 
boot/swap/root partition set.

The 12/3/2018 debian-testing-amd64-i386-netinst.iso DVD boots using the 
refit boot manager.
     It hangs at the first splash screen when I select install for amd64.
     This is very similar to what I notice in 915...@bugs.debian.org

What works to install Debian Buster/testing on a Mac Pro 1,1 with Radeon 
570 video card:

1. Install Jessie/amd64 without X11 using the amd64-i386 netinst dvd
2. Perform a dist-upgrade to Buster, still without any X11.
     The dist-upgrade ran without an intermediate upgrade to Stretch.
     After doing this I have a functional system with no X11 window 
manager using firmware video.
     (This was tested with a shutdown and reboot)
3. After performing the dist-upgrade to buster:
     a. install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
     b. install xfce following directions in https://wiki.debian.org/Xfce

What seems to be failing with the Buster amd64-i386 netinst:
     It looks like installer disk seems to be running the 
xserver-xorg-video-radeon driver.
     This behavior for xserver-xorg-video-radeon seems to have 
started with Stretch
     The Mac Pro 1,1 has a 32 bit ia32 EFI firmware.
     I have never gotten the radeon driver to work on this machine 
for either Stretch or Buster.
     What does work is xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

I have a change suggestion for the debian installer:
     Go back to using the text window installer.
     If you can't go back to using the text window installer,
     run installer under xserver-xorg-video-nouveau


Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

*** /home/dgh/mp_config.txt
dgh@mpgpt:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset Memory Controller 
Hub (rev
30)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 
Port
2-3 (rev 30)
00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series 
Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 3 (rev 30)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset PCI Express x16 Port 4-7
(rev 30)
00:05.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series 
Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 5 (rev 30)
00:06.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series 
Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 6 (rev 30)
00:07.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series 
Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 7 (rev 30)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset DMA Engine
(rev 30)
00:10.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers 
(rev
30)
00:10.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers 
(rev
30)
00:10.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers 
(rev
30)
00:11.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved 
Registers
(rev 30)
00:13.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved 
Registers
(rev 30)
00:15.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers 
(rev
30)
00:16.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers 
(rev
30)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB High Definition 
Audio
Controller (rev 09)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI 
Express
Root Port 1 (rev 09)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI 
Express
Root Port 2 (rev 09)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI 
Express
Root Port 3 (rev 09)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI 
Express
Root Port 4 (rev 09)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset 
UHCI USB
Controller #1 (rev 09)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset 
UHCI USB
Controller #2 (rev 09)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset 
UHCI USB
Controller #3 (rev 09)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset 
UHCI USB
Controller #4 (rev 09)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset EHCI
USB2 Controller (rev 09)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d9)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset LPC
Interface Controller (rev 09)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB IDE Controller (rev
09)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB SATA AHCI 
Controller
(rev 09)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset SMBus 
Controller
(rev 09)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express 
Upstream Port
(rev 01)
01:00.1 PIC: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB I/OxAPIC Interrupt Controller
(rev 01)
01:00.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express to PCI-X
Bridge (rev 01)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream
Port E1 (rev 01)
02:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express Downstream

Bug#916093: netinst amd64-i386.iso buster dvd fails to find kernel for Mac Pro 1,1 with i386 target

2018-12-09 Thread David George Henderson III
Package: d-i.debian.org
Severity: important

The dvd is dated 12/3/2018. Its the dvd that mounts with the volume
label: /debian-testing-amd64-i386-netinst.iso

Installing for the i386 target on a Mac Pro 1,1 produces the error message:

"No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources."

What I have done to get around this bug is to install a previous release, then 
perform dist-upgrade



Bug#915813: d-i.debian.org: netinst 9.6.0 success with i386 as target, hangs in initial screen when amd64 as target

2018-12-06 Thread David George Henderson III
Package: d-i.debian.org
Severity: important

I have a Mac Pro 1,1 that is currently running 8.11.0 using a Radeon 570 video
card.

I am using refit boot selector to boot the debian 9.6.0 amd64-i386 netinst.iso

Also installed on separation partitions: OSX Snow Leopard. This hosts the
refit program.

What works: boot the *.iso and installing i386 on separate boot/swap/root
partitions.

What doesn't work: boot the *.iso and select the amd64 CPU option. The
installer program just hangs at the first spash screen.

I tested the install dvd on another system with UEFI (a modern HP 470 G4). It
boots in UEFI mode and started to actually run the installer.

An alternate was tried. dist-upgrade on a running amd64 system. It does not
work for me. Here is the procedure I used:
a) install a sacrificial 8.11.0 amd64 system on the same set of
partitions targeted for the 9.6.0 install
b) modify the /etc/apt/sources.list to use stretch
doing a dist-upgrade; shut down and reboot production system.
on the production 8.11 system , created a grub boot stanza in
  40_custom for the 9.6.0 dist-upgrade partition set
make sure nomodeset is present
update-grab
then boot the production system using the 40_custom boot stanza
for the 9.6.0 dist-upgrade target partition set:
 just shows loading vmzlinux and hangs

I have looked at the xorg modules installed before and after the dist-upgrade-
they all seem to be ATI or Radeon related.

My tentative conclusion is that something about the radeon video card and the
  amd64 option Mac Pro 1,1 is not compatible with Stretch.
a)The radeon video card works fine with Jessie installer dvd and
   8.11.0 on the installed system.
b)The radeon video card works fine on Stretch i386 installed system.



-- System Information (Note this is the system used to report the bug, not the
one using the install dvd):
Debian Release: 9.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

*** /home/dgh/mp_config.txt
dgh@mpgpt:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev
30)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x8 Port
2-3 (rev 30)
00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 3 (rev 30)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5000X Chipset PCI Express x16 Port 4-7
(rev 30)
00:05.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 5 (rev 30)
00:06.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 6 (rev 30)
00:07.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset PCI
Express x4 Port 7 (rev 30)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset DMA Engine
(rev 30)
00:10.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev
30)
00:10.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev
30)
00:10.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FSB Registers (rev
30)
00:11.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers
(rev 30)
00:13.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset Reserved Registers
(rev 30)
00:15.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers (rev
30)
00:16.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5000 Series Chipset FBD Registers (rev
30)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB High Definition Audio
Controller (rev 09)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express
Root Port 1 (rev 09)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express
Root Port 2 (rev 09)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express
Root Port 3 (rev 09)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset PCI Express
Root Port 4 (rev 09)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB
Controller #1 (rev 09)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB
Controller #2 (rev 09)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB
Controller #3 (rev 09)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset UHCI USB
Controller #4 (rev 09)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset EHCI
USB2 Controller (rev 09)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d9)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB/3100 Chipset LPC
Interface Controller (rev 09)
00:1f.1 IDE int

Bug#805264: constructor gmpy2.xmpz(z[k]) where z is a numpy int32 array - more context

2015-11-18 Thread David George Henderson III

Hi Martin,

I'm not far enough along to create a performance comparison.

The immediate functionality is the gram-schmidt factorization of a 
lattice basis matrix stored in columns of int32 vectors. The numpy array 
of objects are the orthogonalized vectors and the dot product is the 
time-critical code to optimize. Please forgive my jargon, its not 
relevant to the bug.


It seems plausible that there is a bytecode reference to an int32 array 
component that is defined independently of the numpy library. If this is 
indeed the case, the gmpy2.xmpz() constructor could be reworked to 
accept this datatype as input. After all, Python2 short ints are int32.


The code I'm writing handles each of native int(), gmpy2.mpz() and 
gmpy2.xmpz() objects  for the containers for big integer vector 
components. Each orthogonalized vector is as an numpy array of object 
(each object is a xmpz or other bigint container).


The gmpy2.xmpz objects are going to have extremely large magnitudes. Its 
unclear whether the int(z[i]) is going to be a big hit in performance. 
What is clear that I'm going to be recalculating the int32 arrays quite 
frequently in each step of lattice basis reduction.


A numpy dtype=int32 array holds mutable int32 array components. This is 
the functionality I'd like to mimic with a numpy dtype=object array 
where each object is a mutable xmpz.


I'll certainly be doing a timing analysis on each implementation 
alternative. I'm not counting on the gmpy2.xmpz working because it is 
written up as experimental.


Would you please forward this elaboration to the ultimate maintainer of 
gmpy2?


Thanks in advance,

David



Bug#805264: What I expected to to happen with gmpy2.mpz/gmpy2.xmpz

2015-11-16 Thread David George Henderson III
What I'm attempting to do is perform a dot product of an int32 array 
with a list of mpz integers.


z=np.zeros(10,np.int32)
y=[gmpy.mpz[1] *10 ]

summation = gmp.xmpz(0)
for i in range(0,10):
product = gmpy2.xmpz(z[i])
product *= y[i]
summation += product

The bug prevents this from running.

My workaround defeats the purpose of using gmpy2.xmpz typed variables :

for i in range(0,10):
product = gmpy2.xmpz(int(z[i]))



Bug#805264: python3-gmpy2: When z is a numpy array of int32, gmpy2.mpz(z[3]) reports TypeError: mpz() requires numeric or string argument

2015-11-15 Thread David George Henderson III
Package: python3-gmpy2
Version: 2.0.3-1+b1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages python3-gmpy2 depends on:
ii  libc62.19-18+deb8u1
ii  libgmp10 2:6.0.0+dfsg-6
ii  libmpc3  1.0.2-1
ii  libmpfr4 3.1.2-2
ii  python-gmpy2-common  2.0.3-1
ii  python3  3.4.2-2

python3-gmpy2 recommends no packages.

python3-gmpy2 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Using numpy installed by aptitude: python3-numpy_1.8.2-2_amd64.deb 

The following program reproduces the error. The assignment to xmpz5 shows the 
diagnostic message.

import numpy as np
import gmpy2

z32 = np.zeros(10,np.int32)
for i in range(0,10): 
z32[i] = 3200 + i

z64 = np.zeros(10,np.int64)
for i in range(0,10): 
z64[i] = 6400 + i

a5 = gmpy2.mpz(5)
aa5= gmpy2.mpz(a5)
x5= gmpy2.xmpz(5)
xx5=gmpy2.xmpz(x5)

print("value of a5 is %d"%(a5))
print("value of aa5 is %d"%(aa5))
print("value of x5 is %d"%(x5))
print("value of xx5 is %d"%(xx5))

mpz5 =gmpy2.mpz(z32[5])
print("value of mpz5 is %d"%(mpz5))

mpz9  =gmpy2.mpz(z64[9])
print("value of mpz9 is %d"%(mpz9))

xmpz3 =gmpy2.mpz(z32[3])
print("value of xmpz3 is %d"%(xmpz3))

xmpz7  =gmpy2.mpz(z64[7])
print("value of xmpz7 is %d"%(xmpz7))