Overview
Some Debian i386 installation tests on real non-amd64-capable i386 hardware.
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Debian 10 buster (stable)
debian-live-10.7.0-i386-lxde.iso
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianCD/ReleaseTesting/Buster_r7
Test Number |
1105a |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.7.0-i386-lxde.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
c9dfac9e9461df6967fd79b43220277cbf53185cd91cf962d76401b8e497dc2d |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image |
|
- Install using DI (simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
|
- Could not test Calamares (too little memory) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-4 |
X-Date |
2020/12/21 |
debian-live-10.7.0-i386-standard.iso
Test Number |
1106d |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.7.0-i386-standard.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
d2f1a740c25158a9dda58e0d060efccf077074a0a799efb7a0143727f9c2076a |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image |
|
- Install using DI (simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-4 |
X-Date |
2020/12/21 |
Test Number |
1106d |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.7.0-i386-standard.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
d2f1a740c25158a9dda58e0d060efccf077074a0a799efb7a0143727f9c2076a |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image |
X-Hardware |
masysma-6 |
X-Date |
2020/12/21 |
debian-live-10.8.0-i386-lxde.iso
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianCD/ReleaseTesting/Buster_r8
Test Number |
1105ac |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.8.0-i386-lxde.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
f96122a9844b9fd40c73c288b7e642e1b68fc1b89435cd8303ab7f236ec978e7 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (a) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/02/06 |
- Install using Calamares
- During installation, Calamares window turned black. Might have been fixable by resize (only noticed after the installation was already complete).
- Reboot after install would not commerce after two [ENTER] and two minutes of waiting, foced reboot with [ALT]-[SYSRQ]-[B]
- Debian Installer works as expected.
- Run Live
- Install using Debian-Installer
debian-live-10.8.0-i386-kde.isoo
Test Number |
1105abc |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.8.0-i386-kde.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
a5ce901837fb125573d3252d3bf27359a07a0b367189b5932e331170f8326686 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Install using DI (a, masysma-2) |
|
- Start Live Image (b, masysma-6, fails on masysma-2) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c, masysma-6) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2, masysma-6 |
X-Date |
2021/02/07 |
Tests on masysma-2
- Install using Debian-Installer
- d-i runs as expected, afterwards, system boots to GUI with black screen and non-default X11 cursor. No further GUI is coming up. Expected: Login screen.
- Cursory attempts like
# systemctl stop sddm
and then $ startx
resulted in the same outcome.
- Start Live Image – mostly the same outcome. However, upon pressing the power button, a dialog opens (see screenshots).
Tests on masysma-6
- Start Live Image
- Greeted with a graphical lock screen that can be unlocked by password
live
.
- Install using Calamares
- Throughout the installation, after certain periods of time, the screen will blacken (except for the cursor which remains movable). This seems to be related to the lock screen because it can be mitigated by killing process
kscreenlocker_greet
.
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-lxqt.iso
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianCD/ReleaseTesting/Buster_r9
Test Number |
1106ac |
Claim |
PASSWD |
Image |
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-lxqt.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
31a84b7f93cf0fef2f4d25c7bc1544b24b002390e817f40864196830b49e06bc |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (a) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/03/27 |
Tests on masysma-2
- Live image works just fine (LXQT does a decent job on the old hardware!)
- Black window during installation with Calamares (known to happen)
- After installation sddm flashes shortly but does not come up. Manual
startx
brings LXQT up fine. The problem of the display manager not working could also be observed on KDE images of the previous point release, but at that time, it was not possible to bypass the issue with startx
.
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-lxde.iso
Test Number |
1105ac |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-lxde.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
7548c2e4ae54dfb6c44f225a696128a8e084b044edd361faafe1ff5979723adf |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (a) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/03/27 |
Tests on masysma-2
- Installed system does not present GUI loading screen
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-standard.iso
Test Number |
1106a |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-standard.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
201c55b7e736352c6477ad4e10d10c68fd8b5c4c22172d77e3c3d39f21c9c873 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (a) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/03/27 |
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-mate.iso
Test Number |
1103abc |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.9.0-i386-mate.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
2e265536b7ad8d9afe837b6440d57c6f31012675bc8d048b56d585adb0194290 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Install using DI (a, no network, btrfs, encrypted!) |
|
- Start Live Image (b) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/03/27 |
Tests on masysma-2
- Disk not ejected upon live image shutdown.
debian-live-10.10.0-i386-lxqt.iso
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianCD/ReleaseTesting/Buster_r10
Test Number |
1106ac |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.10.0-i386-lxqt.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
74cf0ea5273c05723001a02011878db5fdac9974b8b8d869578c01032e5f4aa2 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (a) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/06/19 |
Test on masysma-2
- Calamares black window during installation (known issue for this machine)
- Starting the GUI on the installed system requires
sudo systemctl stop sddm; startx
(known issue for this machine). This is irrespective of installation method (d-i, calamares same behaviour)
debian-live-10.10.0-i386-standard.iso
Test Number |
1106d |
Claim |
PSSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.10.0-i386-standard.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
709008483d13688d9ec4682fb3f4b71491011fa7b6b659ccd10c91081d9d6ca2 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image |
|
- Install using DI (simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/06/19 |
debian-live-10.10.0-i386-lxde.iso
Test Number |
1105ac |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-10.10.0-i386-lxde.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
fe3577e65bdc229e4909f6ccf0c82400d08414e0b38e00056a1ab677b4a85b9d |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (a) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/06/19 |
Debian 11 bullseye (testing)
debian-bullseye-DI-alpha3-i386-netinst.iso
Test Number |
(unassigned) |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-bullseye-DI-alpha3-i386-netinst.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
62e43e3835fdc2f996201f8aef336827bfb7a7c8a2158290f8ee1c1e4efd12e0 |
Install Mode |
Text |
Disk |
simple disk: single fs |
FileSystem |
ext4 |
Desktop |
None |
Net |
Enabled |
Language |
Locale: en_US.UTF-8 / Keyboard: de |
Arch used |
i386 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Hardware |
masysma-6 |
Comments |
boot from real CD, non-expert install |
X-Date |
2020/12/21 |
Debian 11 bullseye (stable)
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianCD/ReleaseTesting/Bullseye_r0
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-lxqt.iso
Test Number |
1106abc |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-lxqt.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
2b7d42a63f384f8f95d0742f3d53d21ce3f5cc161750176536cc2910a08bd34c |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (b) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/08/14 |
Test on masysma-2
- Calamares installer black window during installation (known issue)
- Test 1106c debian-live-11.0.0-i386-lxqt.iso On live system without “localization support” I used
setxkbmap de
, then in Calamares installer configured keyboard for German layout. When entering the user creation screen the keyboard layout was back to a QUERTY layout (most likely US). After booting into the new installation, keyboard layout is correctly set to German.
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-lxde.iso
Test Number |
1105abc |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-lxde.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
5a1104fb3ad9632373dfeb8b705b6899fb35f1711941a646e8cfe9eef599af07 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (b) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/08/14 |
Test on masysma-2
- Calamares installer black window during installation (known issue)
- This time not tested with
setxkbmap de
and this way it works.
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-standard.iso
Test Number |
1106a |
Claim |
PASSED |
Image |
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-standard.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
26cd4e2205e5e1674e5881a0e27f610c05ccf2e8380ff0b627100c03f079c9c3 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (b) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-2 |
X-Date |
2021/08/14 |
Test on masysma-2
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-cinnamon.iso
Test Number |
1104abc |
Claim |
mixed results |
Image |
debian-live-11.0.0-i386-cinnamon.iso |
ISO SHA-256 |
e7a32a7b62189b4eaba31de2f2bd31c20a43e7abcf78825d472fcc25607311b5 |
Boot method |
BIOS |
Test Details |
- Start Live Image (b) |
|
- Install using Calamares (c) |
|
- Install using DI (a, simple ext4 + Network IPv4 DHCP eth) |
X-Hardware |
masysma-6 |
X-Date |
2021/08/14 |
Test on masysma-2
- 1104bc: Failed – Entire screen black after splash screen finishes. DVD is rotating wildly but no visible progress occurs after >30min. Mouse pointer vanishes (?) and does not appear again despite the screen turning on (black) upon mouse movement.
Test on masysma-6
- 1104bc: Failed – System does not present a usable GUI: It showed the GUI but could not interactively be used - had to wait > 10min for the menu to become responsive at 100% CPU load on the machine. It might be due to the low amount of RAM or due to missing graphics accelleration which could explain the exessive CPU usage. Most likely this is a problem with the old systems rather than the image itself.
- 1104a: passed
Machines
Note: syssheet
output was obtained before doing the clean installs described before.
Ma_Sys.ma 2 (masysma-2)
hp Compaq d530 CMT
┌─────── System Sheet Script 1.2.6, Copyright (c) 2012-2020 Ma_Sys.ma ─────────┐
│ linux-fan (id 1000) on screen Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) │
│ Linux 4.19.0-14-686 i686 │
│ 07.02.2021 12:56:35 masysma-2 │
│ up 9 min, 4 users, load avg: 0.25, 0.56, 0.42 377/994 MiB │
│ 1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz │
├────────────────────────────────── Network ───────────────────────────────────┤
│ Interface Sent/MiB Received/MiB Address │
│ enp5s2 0 127 192.168.1.109/24 │
├─────────────────────────────── File systems ─────────────────────────────────┤
│ Mountpoint Used/GiB Of/GiB Percentage │
│ / 8 143 6% │
├─────────────────────────────────── Users ────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Username MEM/MiB Top/MEM CPU Top/CPU Time/min │
│ linux-fan 39 systemd 0.4% tmux: 0 │
│ systemd-tim+ 3 systemd-timesyn 0% systemd-timesyn 0 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
/proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 3
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping : 4
microcode : 0xc
cpu MHz : 2793.129
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
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 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pebs bts cpuid pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr
bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit
bogomips : 5586.25
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:
Ma_Sys.ma 4 (masysma-4)
┌─────── System Sheet Script 1.2.1, Copyright (c) 2012-2018 Ma_Sys.ma ─────────┐
│ linux-fan (id 1000) on rxvt-unicode-256color Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) │
│ Linux 4.19.0-5-686-pae i686 │
│ 21.12.2020 20:39:29 masysma-4 │
│ up 3 min, 1 user, load avg: 1.16, 1.25, 0.55 129/429 MiB │
│ 1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz │
├────────────────────────────────── Network ───────────────────────────────────┤
│ Interface Sent/MiB Received/MiB Address │
│ enp2s0 0 0 192.168.1.111/24 │
│ wlp6s2 0 0 │
├─────────────────────────────── File systems ─────────────────────────────────┤
│ Mountpoint Used/GiB Of/GiB Percentage │
│ / 14 34 44% │
├─────────────────────────────────── Users ────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Username MEM/MiB Top/MEM CPU Top/CPU Time/min │
│ root 238 glances 8.6% glances 0 │
│ www-data 33 apache2 0% apache2 0 │
│ linux-fan 32 systemd 14% bash 0 │
│ messagebus 4 dbus-daemon 0.2% dbus-daemon 0 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
/proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 13
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz
stepping : 8
microcode : 0x20
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe bts cpuid est tm2
bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit
bogomips : 3192.11
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:
Ma_Sys.ma 6 (masysma-6)
┌─────── System Sheet Script 1.2.1, Copyright (c) 2012-2018 Ma_Sys.ma ─────────┐
│ linux-fan (id 1000) on rxvt-unicode-256color Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) │
│ Linux 4.19.0-6-686 i686 │
│ 21.12.2020 20:37:32 masysma-6 │
│ up 6 min, 1 user, load avg: 0.86, 1.03, 0.64 230/1002 MiB │
│ 1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz │
├────────────────────────────────── Network ───────────────────────────────────┤
│ Interface Sent/MiB Received/MiB Address │
│ eth0 0 0 192.168.1.129/24 │
├─────────────────────────────── File systems ─────────────────────────────────┤
│ Mountpoint Used/GiB Of/GiB Percentage │
│ / 19 35 57% │
├─────────────────────────────────── Users ────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Username MEM/MiB Top/MEM CPU Top/CPU Time/min │
│ root 149 libvirtd 6.9% updatedb.mlocat 0 │
│ linux-fan 32 systemd 11% bash 0 │
│ messagebus 4 dbus-daemon 0% dbus-daemon 0 │
│ ntp 3 ntpd 0% ntpd 0 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Test Procedures
Live CDs
- Boot from actual DVD-ROM.
- Check if a (G)UI opens on the live CD.
- Try to run a webbrowser (firefox/w3m) and open https://masysma.lima-city.de
Installation
- Manual partitioning (ext4 for root + swap)
- Create user
linux-fan
and set root password.
- Use local Debian mirror
- Install “standard system utilities”, and “SSH server” tasks, install Laptop task on laptops [if asked for].
- The install is successful, if login works after installation and
vim
can be installed and run to edit file /etc/apt/sources.list
.
Created: 2020/12/21 14:19:41 |
Revised: 2022/09/18 20:47:53 |
Tags: debian, i386, installation, report, blog |
Version: 1.0.1 |
SRC (Pandoc MD) |
GPL
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