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Bug#415127: installation-report: Graphical install does not work on Apple MacBook



>> The graphical installer didn't work. After trying several parameter
>> combinations, I used the default text installer.
>
>To be honest, that does not completely surprise me. AFAIK the graphical 
>installer has never been tried on Intel-based Macs yet.
>
>It is a bit strange as the graphics controller seems fairly standard.

IIRC the problem is current kernel support for framebuffer; I played with that
a few months ago and gave up being the laptop the only machine I have.
For those interested in Debian on Macbook see [1];  feel also free to add the 
missing
infos about framebuffer support in case you played with it.

regards,
Davide

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/MacBook


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