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Bug#250354: 2.6.5 kernel: Dialogs not shown correctly during base-config



Frans Pop wrote:
> For my Toshiba Satellite A40 laptop, I have tried installations with both 2.4 
> and 2.6 kernels.
> 
> If I install with 'linux26' and select the 2.6.5 kernel during base 
> installation and reboot, all borders and lines are shown as the OE character 
> ('O' and 'E' combined) for all base configuration dialogs, debconf dialogs 
> and also for dselect.
> During 1st stage installation the dialogs are shown correctly.
> 
> With a 2.4 based install, the dialogs are also correct after the reboot for 
> base configuration.

This bug was introduced with the following change in version 2.23 of
base-config:

  * Kenshi Muto
    - Load fbcon.ko for Linux 2.6 framebuffer. Closes: #247238

If we cannot figure out what's wrong, I suppose I can back out that change. :-(
Kenshi?

> It looks like this is framebuffer or maybe /etc/console-screen.sh related.
> 
> If I manually load the vga16fb and fbcon modules, the dialogs are shown 
> correctly.

This makes no sense to me, those are the same modules that base-config loads.

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