Bug#606110: installation-report: gtk installer fail to start with PXE boot of Dell Latitude D505
Package: installation-report
I just tested a PXE installation on a Dell Latitude D505 of the
squeeze based d-i downloaded from
http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/i386/.
The installer failed to start and the screen went black when X was
supposed to start.
This was the pxelinux configuration used:
LABEL edu-squeeze-i386-kde
MENU LABEL Debian Edu/Squeeze (KDE)
kernel neteduboot/squeeze/linux
append initrd=neteduboot/squeeze/initrd.gz "url=http://ftp.skolelinux.org/installer-squeeze.dat"; desktop=kde hostname=pxelinux domain=intern debug video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr
The machine in question had a problem earlier with the kernel and X
because of a bug related to the X.org intel driver. See bug #599927
for the details about that issue. Details about the hardware is
available in this bug.
I lack the hardware to get a serial console on the machine, and the
skills and knowledge to get a network console, and thus am a but
unsure how to debug this. The installer crashes very early, before I
have any chance to get in and try to figure out what is going on.
The text installer work just fine, and the machine is installing now
using the latest text installer.
Happy hacking,
--
Petter Reinholdtsen
Reply to: