Bug#338695: [sparc] Ultra 5 installation report - etch beta1
clone 338695 -1
reassign -1 rootskel
retitle -1 Maybe also disable console blanking for serial consoles?
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usertag 338695 sparc etch-beta1 netinst none
thanks
On Saturday 12 November 2005 06:16, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> [1] The initial boot banner is not displayed. The screen looks like
> this:
>
> ok boot cdrom
> Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:f File and args:
> SILO Version 1.4.9
> \
> boot:
>
> I believe that banner should be displayed instead of \ symbol.
> This problem was present in the sarge installer as well.
I filed #324675 a while back. I never noticed that the "\" might have
something to do with the issue.
Please add information to that bug report.
> The language choice menu presents only two choices: C or English.
That is probably because you did a serial console install.
> [2] All window frames in the first stage are drawn using ASCII symbols
> -+| instead of pseudographics. In the second stage they are displayed
> properly.
Same reason. Suggest you use network-console for part of the installation.
> [3] During the base installation (the longest step) my console was
> blanked unexpectedly. This does not affect the installation, but the
> screen is garbled until redrawn later. Console blanking should probably
> be turned off somewhere early in the installation process.
In /lib/debian-installer.d/S40term-linux (rootskel) console blanking is
already disabled if $TERM_TYPE = virtual.
In your case is it the serial console that blanks or the "host console"?
Maybe you could test if the same works for serial consoles.
(Note that setterm is not available.)
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