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Re: failed to test the graphical installer from local directory



On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 02:28:52PM +0100, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote:
> Vern Sun wrote:
> Given the great number of environmental variables involved, could you 
> please first check that the regular gtk miniiso boots on your system ?
> 
> >>I think some more error output is needed; 
> >>
> >
> >I don't yet know enough about d-i and DirectFB both. If you don't mind, can
> >you tell me what steps to take to properly troubleshoot.
> 
> First, i suggest you to ssh into your test machine from another one, do 
> the chroot and start the installer from remote: you'll be able to see 
> error messages that otherwise you wouldn't.
> 
> Attilio

last time I've tried it, I had to apply the following patch. 

zino@slurpy:~/gtk-trunk/installer/build/tmp/netboot-gtk/tree/etc$ diff -u directfbrc.orig directfbrc
--- directfbrc.orig     2007-02-08 19:16:44.000000000 +0100
+++ directfbrc  2007-02-08 19:16:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-no-hardware
+# no-hardware
 bg-color=ffdcdad5
 screenshot-dir=/var/log
-disable-module=keyboard
-disable-module=ps2mouse
+# disable-module=keyboard
+# disable-module=ps2mouse
 #disable-module=linux_input


regards,
Davide

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