----- Forwarded message from Mike Hoover <ixarka@gmail.com> ----- From: Mike Hoover <ixarka@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:31:38 -0600 To: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Subject: Re: Bug#292277: Debian Installation Report (netinst cd image for sarge rc2) Reply-To: Mike Hoover <ixarka@gmail.com> On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:14:09 -0500, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> wrote: > Mike Hoover wrote: > > The installer completely froze on the language chooser. System did > > not repond. Needed to do a cold reboot. This has been documented as > > being a result of framebuffer problems, but using > > boot: linux video=vga16:off > > and also trying > > boot: linux debian-installer/framebuffer=false > > options had no effect (the language chooser still came up and froze). > > The intaller appears to be broken for this hardware. > > I don't know where it would be documented that such a freeze has > anything to do with the framebuffer. Sounds like a keyboard or hardware > problem to me. What kind of keyboard do you have? Did you try booting > the installer with "linux26" to try the other kernel version? > I saw this on some newsgroup, and I got those options from: http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/ch-rescue-boot.en.html Specifically, it said (in Section 5.1.1): nolangchooser Some architectures use the kernel framebuffer to offer installation in a number of languages. If framebuffer causes a problem on your system you can use this option to disable the feature. Problem symptoms are error messages about bterm or bogl, a blank screen, or a freeze within a few minutes after starting the install. The video=vga16:off argument may also be used to disable the framebuffer. Such problems have been reported on a Dell Inspiron with Mobile Radeon card. As for a hardware problem, it's a laptop and the keyboard works fine (fine enough to type all those options at the boot menu, anyway). I didn't try linux26, because I figured it was an installer problem and not so much a problem with linux, but I'll give that a shot. Anyway, I installed debian succesfully on this laptop about 2 years ago, so I know the hardware can support it. Thanks for the help. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- see shy jo
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