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Bug#247218: installation-reports: Success on PowerBook G4 alu 17" (but problems with yaboot and spanish keyboard)



clone 247218 -1
reassign -1 yaboot-installer
retitle -1 append "video=ofonly" to yaboot.conf if started with install-safe
clone 247218 -2
reassign -2 kbd-chooser
retitle -2 wrong keymap for spanish powermac
Thanks

On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 11:06:05PM +0200, Luis Sanjuan wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Version: d-i beta4
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.5
> Locale: LANG=es_ES@euro, LC_CTYPE=es_ES@euro
> 
> ====================================================================
> 
> INSTALL REPORT
> 
> Autoboot worked perfectly.
> 
> * First yaboot config selection:
> I had to select install-safe-powerpc. Without automatic selection,
> it would be fine more information about wonky framebuffer support.

Does anybody know which machines need the video=ofonly kernel parameter?
If yes we could document this somewhere. The yaboot boot screen is probably
to small for this...

> 
> * Partitions, filesystems, mounting:
> I had partioned the disk drive in an earlier installation. The installer
> recognised correctly the partition table. Partition menu is clear,
> but help hasn't been yet translated. It might be difficult to grasp for
> non-english speakers. I kept home partition without formatting it: data
> were preserved after finishing the installation. Fine!
Is this a bug? AFAIK spanish should be at 100%.

> 
> * Yaboot installation:
> No problems at first glance, but after rebooting, wonky framebuffer
> issue reappeared. I had to configure the base system on a flickering screen
> and reboot again appending video=ofonly (I know the trick).
> This is an important bug. Installer should configure yaboot such as it was
> decided by user at first when she select install-safe.
I cloned this report to yaboot-installer.

> 
> * Spanish Keyboard map:
> Keyboard map selections doesn't work for spanish in this machine.
> AFAIK, this is a known problem. I had to reconfigure 'console-common' after
> finishing installation and base system configuration with
> the options 'Select from arquitecture/qwerty/Spanish/Standard/Standard'.
I cloned this to kbd-chooser. Hope this is the correct package to blame for
this...

Thanks for testing

Gaudenz

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