Bug#286832: Sparc: missing characters

[Herbert.Kaminski@t-online.de (Herbert Kaminski)]

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: sid daily netinst iso as of 2004-12-19 from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/sparc/current/

uname -a: forgot to look for this, did a new install already

Date: 2004-12-21 23:30 CEST
Method: typing 'boot cdrom' at the boot prompt and waiting
      
Machine: Sun Ultra5
Processor: 270 MHz
Memory: 64 MByyte
Root Device: /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table (from last time's install):
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 12009 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
   Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             0     11906   6000624   83  Linux native
/dev/hda2         11906     12007     50904   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3             0     77545  39082680    5  Whole disk
/dev/hda5         12007     23633   5859504   83  Linux native

Output of lspci (from last time's install):
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)
0000:00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)
0000:01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] (rev 9a)
0000:01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) PCI0646 (rev 03)

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Create file systems:    [O]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Reboot:                 [O]

Comments/Problems:
The 'choose language' menu shows only black boxes or nothing at all
for non-latin characters (arabic, bulgarian, chinese, czech, greek,...)
chinese, japanese and korean also show wrong character count (displaced
right border of the box)

Everything else on first and second stage went fine. 
Just noticed that tasksel seems to be gone. Bug? Feature?

cu
  Herbert