Quoting Lennart Sorensen (lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca): > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 02:10:03PM -0400, Jeff Arbour wrote: > > Same issue applies on IBM x236 server, was about to shelve debian and start > > picking a new distro until I found this report. It never once occurred to me > > that when choosing a text based install the installer would attempt to use a > > graphic mode to do it in. The seems like broken administration of the > > installer, rather than a technical mal-function. The whole purpose of text > > mode imo is to give a generic works on any device environment as a fail safe > > when graphical install fails or is not feasible. No vga mode should ever be > > set for this option, nor anything that even considers a frame buffer. The > > issue is very easy to resolve once understood, but this is a never should > > have happened in the first place error to rival "No keyboard detected, Press > > F1 to continue". > > And how would you do say japanese text without a framebuffer? > > A framebuffer running text is not the same as a graphical install (which > has windows, and mouse support and such). > > In fact a none frmaebuffer text mode is a rather unique thing on PCs, > and of course on serial consoles. Most other systems have only frame > buffers for their console. And we should close this bug report, I agree... There are instructions in the installation manual about booting the installer without framebuffer.....and avoid this bug without giving lessons to people who are developing the said installer..:-)
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