Bug#556906: Net-install (i386, build of November 8) fails on Dell Optiplex 360

[jim <mcclosk@ucsc.edu>]

Package: installation-reports
Severity: important


[1] The USB keyboard is detected correctly in the BIOS and in the initial
    boot menu, but becomes unavailable when the `Choose a Language' menu
    is presented. The installation can go no further.

    Tried booting with acpi=off but this made no difference

[2] Tried the graphical install, but this failed right away, the following error 
    message being flashed repeatedly to the console:

       Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_drawable_set_colormap: assertion `cmap == NULL || 
       gdk_drawable_get_depth (drawable) == `cmap->visual->depth' failed

[3] Tried changing USB-related settings in BIOS (limited); no difference

[3] Tried build of Sept 6th 2009: same problem

[4] Tried build of Aug 1st 2009: got as far as the boot menu, chose Install; the 
    system then froze with this message on the console:

    (process:1047): INFO: kbd-mode: setting console mode to Unicode (UTF-8)

[5] Went back to the official 5.3 installer and did not encounter the problemt 
  

-- System Information:

Don't really know (can't get in to it), but:

   DELL OPTIPLEX 360