Asus U35JC - Debian
Hardware info on main page.
This machine runs the x86_64 or amd64 version of Debian.
Currently, it runs Debian 8.
The hard drive (ad4) is sliced up as follows:
slice 1 - 20 GB - recovery partition slice 2 - 149 GB - win7 partition slice 3 - 213 GB - FreeBSD partition slice 4 - 213 GB - Xubuntu partition
boot key: Esc,
Links
local links
Dell Latitude D620,
Work log
2021-12-11: I re-created this page on my self-hosted web server.
2015-10-30: when I check out the SSD on my FreeBSD workstation, partitioning looks standard:
tingo@kg-core1$ uname -a FreeBSD kg-core1.kg4.no 9.3-STABLE FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #1 r287724: Sun Sep 13 00:23:47 CEST 2015 root@kg-core1.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
gpart
root@kg-core1# gpart show -p da0 => 63 351651825 da0 MBR (167G) 63 1985 - free - (992k) 2048 97654784 da0s1 linux-data [active] (46G) 97656832 2046 - free - (1M) 97658878 15622146 da0s2 ebr (7.5G) 113281024 238370864 - free - (113G)
disktype
root@kg-core1# disktype /dev/da0 --- /dev/da0 Character device, size 167.7 GiB (180045766656 bytes) DOS/MBR partition map Partition 1: 46.57 GiB (49999249408 bytes, 97654784 sectors from 2048, bootable) Type 0x83 (Linux) Ext3 file system UUID AEAA10C5-9FD6-4069-B4FA-40F29383D73E (DCE, v4) Last mounted at "/" Volume size 46.57 GiB (49999249408 bytes, 12206848 blocks of 4 KiB) Partition 2: 7.449 GiB (7998538752 bytes, 15622146 sectors from 97658878) Type 0x05 (Extended) Partition 5: 7.449 GiB (7998537728 bytes, 15622144 sectors from 97658878+2) Type 0x82 (Linux swap / Solaris) Linux swap, version 2, subversion 1, 4 KiB pages, little-endian Swap size 7.449 GiB (7998529536 bytes, 1952766 pages of 4 KiB)
ok.
2015-08-25: install - even after making sure that only sdc1 is affected by the install, and that grub is written to /dev/sdc (manual device) the machine won't boot from the SSD, it just hangs on a blank screen. A different machine (Dell Latitude D620) has no problems booting from the SSD, using the same usb-to-sata adapter. Strange.
2015-08-24: install - I start the installer. I select English language, Norway as country and en_US.UTF-8 as locale, Norwegian keyboard. End result: installation works, but the boot doesn't afterwards. It works on another machine. Crap.
2015-08-24: install - I'm going to install on a 180 GB SSD (Intel 530 Series) connected via a usb-to-sata adapter as a trial, and to gain experience with Debian install process. I connect the SSD, and it shows up as sdc in /var/log/syslog:
Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.623601] usb 2-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 9 using ehci-pci Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.716805] usb 2-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2509 Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.716813] usb 2-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=11, SerialNumber=3 Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.716818] usb 2-1.3: Product: Usb production Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.716822] usb 2-1.3: Manufacturer: JMicron Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.716826] usb 2-1.3: SerialNumber: 0012345667888 Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.717707] usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost kernel: [768392.717942] scsi5 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0 Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 9: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.3" Aug 24 17:53:02 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 9 was not an MTP device Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.715424] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Disk Name DC32 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.715776] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.716918] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 351651888 512-byte logical blocks: (180 GB/167 GiB) Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.717905] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.717910] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 28 00 00 00 Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.719292] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.719296] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.727397] sdc: unknown partition table Aug 24 17:53:03 localhost kernel: [768393.730395] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
good.
2015-08-24: Debian liveUSB has been running for about 8 days now:
user@debian:~$ date;acpi -t;sudo tail /var/log/syslog;df -h;uptime Mon Aug 24 19:50:09 CEST 2015 Thermal 0: ok, 66.0 degrees C Aug 24 14:05:03 localhost NetworkManager[872]: <info> domain name 'kg4.no' Aug 24 14:05:03 localhost dhclient: bound to 10.1.161.18 -- renewal in 17419 seconds. Aug 24 14:05:03 localhost dbus[888]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Aug 24 14:05:03 localhost dbus[888]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Aug 24 14:05:03 localhost nm-dispatcher: Dispatching action 'dhcp4-change' for wlan0 Aug 24 14:17:01 localhost CRON[26516]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 24 14:59:09 localhost wpa_supplicant[1208]: nl80211: send_and_recv->nl_recvmsgs failed: -33 Aug 24 15:17:01 localhost CRON[26620]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 24 16:17:01 localhost CRON[27033]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 24 17:17:01 localhost CRON[27186]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on aufs 3.9G 833M 3.0G 22% / tmpfs 1.6G 9.1M 1.6G 1% /run /dev/sdb1 941M 941M 0 100% /lib/live/mount/medium /dev/loop0 821M 821M 0 100% /lib/live/mount/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /lib/live/mount/overlay devtmpfs 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 3.9G 457M 3.4G 12% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs 3.9G 172K 3.9G 1% /tmp tmpfs 780M 12K 780M 1% /run/user/1000 /dev/sda5 202G 130G 62G 68% /media/user/ae5de014-e0b5-4045-80ca-d4d6ff37aa79 19:50:09 up 8 days, 21:31, 3 users, load average: 0.52, 0.40, 0.45
good.
2015-08-21: Debian liveUSB has now been running for about a week:
user@debian:~$ date;acpi -t;sudo tail /var/log/syslog;df -h;uptime Fri Aug 21 21:39:23 CEST 2015 Thermal 0: ok, 69.0 degrees C Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost NetworkManager[872]: <info> gateway 10.1.10.1 Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost NetworkManager[872]: <info> server identifier 10.1.10.1 Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost NetworkManager[872]: <info> lease time 43200 Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost NetworkManager[872]: <info> nameserver '10.1.10.1' Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost NetworkManager[872]: <info> domain name 'kg4.no' Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost dbus[888]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost dbus[888]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Aug 21 17:25:31 localhost nm-dispatcher: Dispatching action 'dhcp4-change' for wlan0 Aug 21 18:17:01 localhost CRON[14762]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 21 19:17:01 localhost CRON[15069]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on aufs 3.9G 827M 3.0G 22% / tmpfs 1.6G 9.1M 1.6G 1% /run /dev/sdb1 941M 941M 0 100% /lib/live/mount/medium /dev/loop0 821M 821M 0 100% /lib/live/mount/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /lib/live/mount/overlay devtmpfs 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 3.9G 309M 3.6G 8% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs 3.9G 108K 3.9G 1% /tmp tmpfs 780M 12K 780M 1% /run/user/1000 /dev/sda5 202G 130G 62G 68% /media/user/ae5de014-e0b5-4045-80ca-d4d6ff37aa79 21:39:23 up 5 days, 23:20, 2 users, load average: 0.94, 0.69, 0.87
with light to moderate use.
2015-08-16: Debian still works (from liveUSB):
user@debian:~$ date;acpi -t;sudo tail /var/log/syslog;uptime Sun Aug 16 11:12:38 CEST 2015 Thermal 0: ok, 68.0 degrees C Aug 16 05:55:06 localhost NetworkManager[872]: <info> domain name 'kg4.no' Aug 16 05:55:06 localhost dbus[888]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' Aug 16 05:55:06 localhost dbus[888]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' Aug 16 05:55:06 localhost nm-dispatcher: Dispatching action 'dhcp4-change' for wlan0 Aug 16 06:17:01 localhost CRON[25000]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 16 06:25:01 localhost CRON[25020]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )) Aug 16 06:47:01 localhost CRON[25065]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )) Aug 16 07:17:01 localhost CRON[25115]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Aug 16 07:30:01 localhost CRON[25133]: (root) CMD (test -x /etc/init.d/anacron && /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d anacron start >/dev/null) Aug 16 08:17:01 localhost CRON[25238]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) 11:12:38 up 12:53, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.24, 0.24
ok.
2015-08-15: I booted Debian 8.1 from a live usb stick, and that worked nicely. Details:
user@debian:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.1 (jessie) Release: 8.1 Codename: jessie user@debian:~$ uname -a Linux debian 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1 (2015-05-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux user@debian:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 8.1
gfx:
user@debian:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 293mm x 164mm 1366x768 60.02*+ 1360x768 59.80 59.96 1024x768 60.00 800x600 60.32 56.25 640x480 59.94 VGA2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
disk layout:
user@debian:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on aufs 3.9G 238M 3.6G 7% / tmpfs 1.6G 9.1M 1.6G 1% /run /dev/sdb1 941M 941M 0 100% /lib/live/mount/medium /dev/loop0 821M 821M 0 100% /lib/live/mount/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /lib/live/mount/overlay devtmpfs 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 3.9G 27M 3.8G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs 3.9G 36K 3.9G 1% /tmp tmpfs 780M 12K 780M 1% /run/user/1000
inxi info
user@debian:~$ inxi -c0 CPU~Dual core Intel Core i3 M 370 (-HT-MCP-) clocked at Min:933.000Mhz Max:1866.000Mhz Kernel~3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Up~25 min Mem~606.3/7791.5MB HDD~NA(-) Procs~162 Client~Shell inxi~2.1.28 user@debian:~$ inxi -c0 -G Graphics: Card-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller Card-2: NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce 310M] Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nouveau,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.02hz GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2 user@debian:~$ inxi -c0 -b System: Host: debian Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: N/A Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 8 Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: U35JC v: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends v: U35JC.208 date: 08/10/2010 CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3 M 370 (-HT-MCP-) clocked at 933 MHz Graphics: Card-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller Card-2: NVIDIA GT218M [GeForce 310M] Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nouveau,intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.02hz GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2 Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1c Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k Drives: HDD Total Size: NA (-) Info: Processes: 162 Uptime: 28 min Memory: 612.6/7791.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.28 user@debian:~$ inxi -c0 -D Drives: HDD Total Size: NA (-) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD6400BEVT size: 640.1GB ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Cruzer size: 4.0GB user@debian:~$ inxi -c0 -o Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 20.97G fs: FAT (32 bit) label: RECOVERY uuid: 3E5F-3A2B ID-2: /dev/sda2 size: 160.03G fs: NTFS label: OS uuid: E298896398893757 ID-3: /dev/sda3 size: 229.78G label: N/A uuid: N/A ID-4: /dev/sda5 size: 220.01G label: N/A uuid: ae5de014-e0b5-4045-80ca-d4d6ff37aa79 ID-5: /dev/sda6 size: 9.34G fs: swap label: N/A uuid: c90ec7cd-30c6-415b-98ef-a9a1738aaf07 ID-6: /dev/sda7 size: 2.15G label: N/A uuid: 555e3e003648a468 ID-7: /dev/sda8 size: 4.29G label: N/A uuid: N/A ID-8: /dev/sda9 size: 5.37G label: N/A uuid: 555e3e01fbd74f08 ID-9: /dev/sda10 size: 1.07G label: N/A uuid: 555e3e047258442c ID-10: /dev/sda11 size: 216.90G label: N/A uuid: 555e3e06e3cd708a ID-11: /dev/sdb1 size: 0.99G label: Debian jessie 20150606-15:17 uuid: 2015-06-06-14-18-19-00
ok
2015-08-15: Since Ubuntu currently refuses to work, let me try Debian on this machine. I downloaded a live image (debian-live-8.1.0-amd64-xfce-desktop.iso) and use my FreeBSD workstation (c1) to write it to a usb stick.