Ubuntu 9.04 lpia alternate CD does not contain module support for SSD or USB sticks

Bug #355376 reported by Arnaud Soyez
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linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Michael Casadevall

Bug Description

The ISO named ubuntu-9.04-beta-alternate-lpia.iso doesn't contain module support for usb sticks and SSD's. The debian-installer says it can't find any cd-rom (even with the cdrom-detect/try-usb=true as I use a USB stick). And the SSD is not mounted either.

This is a *regression* from the ISO for 8.10 which worked fine.

I believe the module needed for the SSD is ssb.

There is no ethernet connection made so this is hard to transmit any information to attach to this bug report but I'll copy most of it manually. Tell me if you need specific information. I'll also try with the new daily iso.

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/cdrom is empty.
The lsusb command is not found.

* Unplugging and plugin back the usb stick shows this in dmesg:
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
...
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi1: SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle ...
usb-storage: scan complete
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0

* lsmod:
rsc_nonstatic
pcmcia_core
sg
usb_storage
scsi_mod
libusual
uhci_hcd
ehci_hcd
usbcore

* mount:
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=600)

* lspci -vv (important ones):
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ...
  Region 4: I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
  Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
  Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ...
  Region 4: I/O ports at d880 [size=32]
  Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
  Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ...
  Region 4: I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
  Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
  Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ...
  Region 4: I/O ports at d480 [size=32]
  Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
  Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20)
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ...
  Region 0: Memory at fe937c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
  Capabilities: [50] Power management version 2
  ...
  Capabilities: [58] Debug port: Bar=1 offset=00a0
  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
  Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ...
  Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information <?>

00:1f.1 IDE Interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-fi 8a [Master SecP PriP])
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ..
  Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size-8]
  Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4 [size-1]
  Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size-8]
  Region 3: I/O ports at 0374 [size-1]
  Region 4: I/O ports at ffa0 [size-16]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
  Subsystem: HP Company Device 361a
  ..
  Region 4: I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]

...

Arnaud Soyez (weboide)
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Craig Huffstetler (xq) wrote :

Related bug 354226

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Craig Huffstetler (xq) wrote :

Ref: Also see bug 354679

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Loïc Minier (lool) wrote :

I believe this was fixed with this git commit:
commit 8b75a28b5202d3ef55c384f257663814c70dc0e0
Author: Michael Casadevall <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Mar 31 17:47:36 2009 -0400

    UBUNTU: [lpia] Change ATA, SCSI, SD, ext2-4 modules into compiled-in components

    debian-installer requires that modules needed to see the boot device (i.e.
    CDROM or USB stick), and the installation media be available in the kernel,
    and not as modules. All ext versions also must be compiled in. This change
    puts lpia in line with other architectures.

    Bug: #347458

    Signed-off-by: Michael Casadevall <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <email address hidden>

which was uploaded with 2.6.28-11.39 on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:37:32 -0600.

So this should be fixed in images newer than beta.

affects: ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Steve Beattie (sbeattie) wrote :

To follow up on Loïc's response, you can grab the daily alternate lpia isos from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/; specifically the url to the lpia alternate iso is http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/jaunty-alternate-lpia.iso. Thanks!

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Loïc Minier (lool) wrote :

Michael, could you also check that this works?

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Loïc Minier (lool) wrote :

I completed an install of jaunty-alternate-lpia under KVM and rebooted in the desktop successfully.

DHCP failed in d-i, but worked on the installed system with NM.

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Arnaud Soyez (weboide) wrote :

Thanks Loic and Steve, I'll test that!

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Arnaud Soyez (weboide) wrote :

This works perfectly! Thanks!

cdrom-detect/try-usb=True was of course needed at the ubuntu screen (F6 key).

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Craig Huffstetler (xq) wrote :

Thanks guys for the quick turn-around.

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Craig Huffstetler (xq) wrote :

I believe this bug should be added to the "Known Issues" page on the Wiki if it is not fixed or added to the Beta build image being distributed to users since it does affect a wide enough audience. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JauntyJackalope/TechnicalOverview#Known%20issues>

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