Bug#413538: G-I freezes on directfb initialization
reassign 413538 cdebconf-gtk-udeb
retitle 413538 G-I freezes on directfb initialization
thanks
On Monday 05 March 2007 18:46, murphymichael@netscape.net wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> The only problem was with graphical installation. I wanted to give
> it a go but admit to not trying very hard to make it work. When
> initializing the graphical display, one can just make out a message
> about attempting to initialize the frame buffer, then a greyish screen
> appears with a large mouse pointer (that for a split second can be
> moved) and then the screen/machine freezes.
Hmmm. I've seen similar behavior while we were working on the graphical
installer and in that case it was a problem/conflict with the
initialization of the mouse. See http://bugs.debian.org/403329 for
reference.
However, that issue was solved.
Can you try booting the installer with 'installgui DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt',
switch to VT2 when the first dialog comes up [1] and then give us the
output of the following commands:
- cat /proc/bus/input/devices
- ls -l /dev/input
- dfbinfo
Reassigning to cdebconf-gtk until we can get a better handle on this
issue.
> That said, the text installer worked well and, I am very gratified to
> say that this was the most error-free config-perfect linux installation
> I've ever enjoyed. Great work to all involved!
Thank you!
Cheers,
FJP
[1] You can also run the first steps of the installation first until you
have set up networking; that may make it easier to get the requested
information off the system. scp is available if you load the optional
component "openssh-client"; the menu option "save debug logs" may help as
well.
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