On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 04:35:42PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > I booted today's sid_d-i build from a usb stick. At the language > chooser, I chose the nice new Arabic choice, and then at countrychooser, > it was at the full list of contries, and I realized I din't speak > Arabic, and selected the back button. > At this point, the installer enters a crash loop. I'm seeing it start > the frame buffer in preparation for starting main-menu, over and over, > only to have it crash before it ever displays any UI. > Some experimentation and it looks like the problem is just with showing > the current d-i main menu, localised to Arabic. I can reproduce the same > problem by booting in expert mode, selecting Arabic, and pressing enter; > when it tries to draw the main menu (same as it does when you go back > from countrychooser), it must not like something, and it crashes. Are there any differences between the (untranslated) strings displayed in the main menu for you on a usb stick, and those that would be on the menu for a CD? Perhaps this bug is isolated to a particular codepoint that's being mishandled. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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