On Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 12:09 PM David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 22:25:42 (-0600), Charles Curley wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:52:31 -0500 David Wright wrote: > > > > > ... [W]e haven't yet been shown any direct evidence of > > > which module drives the 8723, nor of what firmware it uses. > > > (These can easily be determined from dmesg when the installed > > > system is running.) > > > > Also, more detail from /var/log/syslog while d-i is running, and > > from /var/log/installer/ after installation is complete. > > Yes, that was my very next sentence, which you snipped: "This should > allow a more focussed report from the installation logs (of which > we've seen nothing IIRC)." > > But it appears that I might need to point out that it's very easy and > quick to re-collect a failing installation log at any time if the > "original" ones were lost/overwritten or whatever: > > 1. Boot with the appropriate installation medium. > > 2. Proceed with expert installation in the original manner, > as far as the "Detect Network Hardware", which of course fails. > > 3. After the failure, and back at the Main Menu, select > "Save debug logs". > > 4. Insert a USB stick, switch to VC2, mount the stick and create > a directory on it. > > 5. Back at VC1, complete the directory name at the prompt and > save the logs. (ls on VC2 if you want to check them.) > > 6. Select "Abort the installation". All that should have taken > about five or ten minutes so far. > > 7. Read/edit/post excerpts from the logs at leisure. (That's when > it helps to know what strings you're looking for.) > Since the actual logs from the Install are small, I proceeded, up to # 6. And then, tarred the resulting directory, and sent it to the Bug Report. That's what's lacking from the bug report. > Hopefully, this will help. > > The OP wrote "The Problem is Recreated. It's hard to figure out how > to describe something so early in the Install Process." > > That's how you do it. > I overlooked the presence of the Debug Logs. > > Cheers, > David. > Kenneth Parker >
