Bug#497212: installation-reports: booting the lenny installer via pxe leeds to a black screen
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org> wrote:
> tags 497212 - patch
> thanks
>
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:13:00AM +0200, Master wrote:
>> It seems that debian-installer/i386/pxelinux.cfg/default is broken. If
>> I replace it with the etch version the installer boots and leads to a
>> normal installation.
>
> Which kind of display are you using?
17" TFT (LG Flatron L1730B)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 04
> Could you try to press "esc", "enter" or "tab" when you are in front of
> the black screen?
non of the keys work.
ctrl+alt+del doesn't work, even the num lock LED doesn't toggle
> Lenny installer now displays a graphical menu which might be
> incompatible with some displays. See:
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s01.html#boot-screen
>
> One of the possible thing we could do is to ship a variant of
> pxelinux.cfg that would not use the graphical menu… but I wonder if it
> would really worth it.
Best regarts
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