Mariusz Matuszek wrote: > > Mariusz Matuszek wrote: > > > I was installing 'linux26' using the installer daily build from 25th (or > > > 26th) Sept. on my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop. I experienced the 'red > > > screen' at one stage of installation (package consistency check) and got > > > rid of it by burning the netinstall image once more, but this time using > > > the --pad option of cdrecord. This second CD worked without problems. > > > > It sounds to me like you experienced an error message, which is intended > > to use a red background. If you didn't have a red background from the > > very beginning, you did not see the red screen problem. > > > > Uh oh - sorry for taking your time then. Wanted to help. While I have your > attention though, please check if d-i images are generated with padding or > not. If not then maybe it is worth to pad them? File size increase is > minimal (max. 32kB) and it would reduce the number of 'd-i CD not working' > error reports from people with older hardware later on. If you mean running mkisofs -pad, that adds 300k I think. Forwarding to debian-cd for consideration. > Regarding other point I made in my first email (misconfiguration of sound > on Toshiba Tecra) whom should I contact to file this as a bug and with > what additional information? If it simply failed to load a module for a card that is on the PCI bus, file a bug on discover1-data. If it's some other bus or the module loaded but did not work, file an installation report or a bug on the kernel. -- see shy jo
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