#1094363 Failed to boot the Alpha 1 installer

Package:
installation-reports
Source:
installation-reports
Submitter:
Mikael Petersson
Date:
2025-02-20 06:33:09 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1094363#5
Date:
2025-01-27 14:36:07 UTC
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To:
Boot method: USB stick
Image version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/trixie_di_alpha1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-trixie-DI-alpha1-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 2025-01-21

Machine: MSI Prestige 13 AI Evo
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7
Memory: 32 GB
Partitions: df -Tl from Swedish Ubuntu installation:

Filsystem      Typ       1K-block  Använt Tillgängligt Anv% Monterat på
tmpfs          tmpfs      3183500    2588      3180912   1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p6 ext4      50080296 9699524     37804388  21% /
tmpfs          tmpfs     15917492   53012     15864480   1% /dev/shm
efivarfs       efivarfs       192     128           60  69%
/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
tmpfs          tmpfs         5120       8         5112   1% /run/lock
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0         1024   0%
/run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0         1024   0%
/run/credentials/systemd-udev-load-credentials.service
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0         1024   0%
/run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0         1024   0%
/run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0         1024   0%
/run/credentials/systemd-sysctl.service
/dev/nvme0n1p1 vfat        303104   37980       265124  13% /boot/efi
tmpfs          tmpfs     15917492    7632     15909860   1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p8 ext4     373495388 6140428    348309232   2% /home
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0         1024   0%
/run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
tmpfs          tmpfs         1024       0         1024   0%
/run/credentials/systemd-resolved.service
tmpfs          tmpfs      3183496     128      3183368   1% /run/user/1000

Output of lspci -knn from Swedish Ubuntu installation:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7d01] (rev 04)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: igen6_edac
	Kernel modules: igen6_edac
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation
Meteor Lake-P [Intel Arc Graphics] [8086:7d55] (rev 08)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Video
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915, xe
0000:00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation
Meteor Lake-P Dynamic Tuning Technology [8086:7d03] (rev 04)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal_pci
	Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device_pci
0000:00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P
Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #0 [8086:7ec4] (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
0000:00:07.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P
Thunderbolt 4 PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:7ec5] (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
0000:00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P
Gaussian & Neural-Network Accelerator [8086:7e4c] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
0000:00:0a.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation
Meteor Lake-P Platform Monitoring Technology [8086:7d0d] (rev 01)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: intel_vsec
	Kernel modules: intel_vsec
0000:00:0b.0 Processing accelerators [1200]: Intel Corporation Meteor
Lake NPU [8086:7d1d] (rev 04)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: intel_vpu
	Kernel modules: intel_vpu
0000:00:0d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P
Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller [8086:7ec0] (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0000:00:0d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P
Thunderbolt 4 NHI #0 [8086:7ec2] (rev 10)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt
	Kernel modules: thunderbolt
0000:00:0e.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation Volume
Management Device NVMe RAID Controller Intel Corporation [8086:7d0b]
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: vmd
	Kernel modules: vmd
0000:00:12.0 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P
Integrated Sensor Hub [8086:7e45] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: intel_ish_ipc
	Kernel modules: intel_ish_ipc
0000:00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P
USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller [8086:7e7d] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci
0000:00:14.2 RAM memory [0500]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7e7f] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
0000:00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Meteor
Lake-P Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:7e78] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
	Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
0000:00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Meteor
Lake-P CSME HECI #1 [8086:7e70] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7e38] (rev 20)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7e3a] (rev 20)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7e02] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
0000:00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation
Meteor Lake-P HD Audio Controller [8086:7e28] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Sound
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:13ff]
	Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-mtl
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_mtl
0000:00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Meteor Lake-P SMBus
Controller [8086:7e22] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801
0000:00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Meteor
Lake-P SPI Controller [8086:7e23] (rev 20)
	DeviceName: Onboard - Other
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: intel-spi
	Kernel modules: spi_intel_pci
0000:55:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi
7(802.11be) AX1775*/AX1790*/BE20*/BE401/BE1750* 2x2 [8086:272b] (rev
1a)
	Subsystem: Rivet Networks Device [1a56:1773]
	Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
	Kernel modules: iwlwifi
0000:56:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTS525A PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:525a] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:140b]
	Kernel driver in use: rtsx_pci
	Kernel modules: rtsx_pci
10000:e0:06.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation RST VMD
Managed Controller [8086:09ab]
10000:e0:06.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7eca] (rev 10)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
10000:e1:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung
Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller PM9C1a (DRAM-less) [144d:a80d]
	Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:a801]
	Kernel driver in use: nvme
	Kernel modules: nvme

Base System Installation Checklist:

[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

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

Comments/Problems:

The installation image fails to boot. I don't get any console output
at all. It looks like the screen resolution is about to change or
something like that, because some elements of the boot screen gets
duplicated in what kind of looks like a smaller console window within
the boot screen (that's the best explanation I can give you).

I managed to get Ubuntu 24.10 installed and working by using its 'safe
graphics' option. It contains the following boot parameters:

set gfxpayload=keep
linux .../vmlinuz nomodeset --- (I removed 'quiet splash' from here
before booting)
initrd .../initrd

I tried the same parameters with the Debian Installer media but it
didn't work at all. It would be nice to have something similar, at
least for the non-graphical install, to get some kind of console
output instead of only the frozen graphical boot screen.

None of the boot parameter suggestions in the installation manual
worked either. I got the feeling that that section of the manual is
somewhat outdated?

Please note that I am definitely not a Grub expert. Any suggestions to
get the installation to at least boot would be highly appreciated. As
a thank you, I will send more installation reports. :-)

This report was manually written in gmail web client. I apologize for
any and all formatting chaos.

Kind regards

Micael Petersson, Falun, Sweden
#1094363#10
Date:
2025-01-31 10:30:42 UTC
From:
To:
Hi, Mikael,
(...)

Do you confirm you can see the UEFI installer boot menu (GRUB) ?
If yes, what happens if you select Advanced > Expert install ?
#1094363#15
Date:
2025-02-19 19:07:31 UTC
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To:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:30:42 +0100 Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/trixie_di_alpha1/amd64/iso-cd/debian-trixie-DI-alpha1-amd64-netinst.iso

Hi, sorry for late answer.

Yes, the Grub boot menu loads and works as it should. The problem seems to
be when the kernel or initrd is loaded, or shortly thereafter during
initial startup. When I select the menu option to install, it looks like
the screen resolution is about to change, then the computer completely
freezes.

I will try using today's (2025-02-19) daily image in a while, will try
using expert mode. Do you want me to continue reporting how that image
works in this bug report, or shall I submit a completely new installer
report?

Kind regards,
Micael
#1094363#20
Date:
2025-02-19 21:00:59 UTC
From:
To:
Yes please. "Expert install" will boot the kernel without the "quiet"
parameter and hopefully make it display more messages before it freezes.
#1094363#25
Date:
2025-02-20 06:27:55 UTC
From:
To:
On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:59 +0100 Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:

OK, so it freezes after only 2 lines of console output when using the
Expert install option in the 2025-02-19 daily Installer image (photo of the
screen is attached):

    EFI stub: Loaded initrd from LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path
    EFI stub: Measured initrd data into PCR 9

The iso image file was written to an USB memory stick using the dd command
in an Ubuntu installation on the same computer.

Regards,

Micael