Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-24 Thread The Eclectic One
Quoting: Christian Perrier >>>So, in short, in regular mode, it crashes (always at the same place) >>>but in vga=771 mode, it doesn't, right? >>Correct. >And I assume that you get no crash as well if you're using the >graphical installer. I had not tried the graphical installer, figuring that

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-23 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): > > >Quoting: Christian Perrier > >>Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): > > >> First thought: race condition (the panic message contained a backtrace > >> of different threads), so then I tried multiple times with only one >

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-23 Thread The Eclectic One
>Quoting: Christian Perrier >>Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): >> First thought: race condition (the panic message contained a backtrace >> of different threads), so then I tried multiple times with only one >> change at at time: expert mode, regular mode, ethdetect -x, vga=

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-22 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): > First thought: race condition (the panic message contained a backtrace > of different threads), so then I tried multiple times with only one > change at at time: expert mode, regular mode, ethdetect -x, vga=771, > vga normal. It turns out th

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-22 Thread The Eclectic One
Quoting Christian Perrier >> Ok, tried a few more times. I usually get the same kernel panic screen, >Did you try in expert mode, ie choosing it from the "Advanced options" >in the boot menu. Yes, I tried expert as well as regular. >In expert mode, when you reach the HW detection step, you'l

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-21 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): > >This is where we would need to really narrow things down and where > >using the expert mode could help. > > Ok, tried a few more times. I usually get the same kernel panic screen, Did you try in expert mode, ie choosing it from the "Advan

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-21 Thread The Eclectic One
Quoting Christian Perrier >OK. Are you in the position of testing with something else than a USB >stick boot? Actually, before I gave up on CDs (ruined 11 CD-Rs, probably marginal media, drive or wodim problems) I had a CD made on a windows machine of the lenny installer RC1. This is what I ju

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-20 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting The Eclectic One (eclec...@sdf.lonestar.org): > >First of all, it would be nice if you could precise what exact version you > >tested. > > I tried both the rc1 debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso and the daily > build as of a few days ago. Same result. OK. Are you in the position of testing

Bug#509238: panic backtrace

2008-12-20 Thread The Eclectic One
>First of all, it would be nice if you could precise what exact version you >tested. I tried both the rc1 debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso and the daily build as of a few days ago. Same result. >The version we would like to see tested at this moment is: >- RC1, which you can download from: >hd