Package: installation-reports
Boot method: netinst CD
Image version: Daily build from May 16, 2008
Date: May 16, 2008
Machine: Self assembled
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo e8400 (3.0 Ghz)
Memory: 4GB ddr2 1066
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/polar-root
ext3 284067440 6581208 263056436 3% /
tmpfs tmpfs 2029004 0 2029004 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 96 10144 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 2029004 0 2029004 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 ext3 241116 33197 195471 15% /boot
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM
Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI
Express Root Port [8086:29c1] (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev
92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) LPC Interface
Controller [8086:2918] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) 4 port SATA
AHCI Controller [8086:2923] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
[8086:2930] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT
[10de:0611] (rev a2)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 01)
$ lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM
Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5000]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI
Express Root Port [8086:29c1] (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f7ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000efffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at e200 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at e100 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 02) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5006]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at fa004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio
Controller [8086:293e] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:a002]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express
Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: f8000000-f9ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fa100000-00000000fa1fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at e300 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at e400 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI
Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at e500 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI
Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5006]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at fa005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev
92) (prog-if 01)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) LPC Interface
Controller [8086:2918] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5001]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) 4 port SATA
AHCI Controller [8086:2923] (rev 02) (prog-if 01)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:b005]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 1275
I/O ports at e600 [size=8]
I/O ports at e700 [size=4]
I/O ports at e800 [size=8]
I/O ports at e900 [size=4]
I/O ports at ea00 [size=32]
Memory at fa006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
[8086:2930] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:5001]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at fa007000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 0500 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT
[10de:0611] (rev a2)
Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:2330]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at c000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nvidia
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:e000]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 1274
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Memory at f9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fa100000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
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: [E]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Issues in no particular order:
1.) The installer repeatedly asks me if I want to start pccard services. I
realize I'm doing an expert install, but I can't see a situation where I would
change my mind and therefore would want to be asked again.
2.) Guided partitioning does not ask at all about swap. It gave me a 10 or 12
GB swap partition which is pretty ridiculous for my needs. A simple question
like "How large do you want your swap partition to be (in multiples of main
memory)?" would be fine. Again, this is an expert install. I'd like to be asked
about this stuff.
3.) GB != GB in manual LVM setup. Space available on a volume group is reported
as 299GB and yet making a logical volume of 295GB fails because there isn't
enough space. I don't really care whether the installer uses traditional mega-,
giga- or "hard drive manufacturer" mega-, giga-, BUT it should be consistent.
As it is, manual partitioning is guess and check.
4.) The gui installer crashed when I tried to manually partition. Given some of
the recent reports on debian-boot, I decided not to investigate this further,
but if there are no known crashes (was gdk-something) I can try to get it to
happen again.
5.) Having a gui is a great way to make partitioning easier. Unfortunately, the
current gui is an exact clone of the text interface. This does not translate
well at all. I'd like to see visual representation of the layout as well as
buttons for add/delete/modify next to partitions. Also, there's no need to go
to a separate page when modifying a partition... just bring up a modal dialogue.
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