On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 11:46 +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> writes: > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:47:50AM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote: > > > >> When running the installer in a Xen paravirtualised environment, > >> kbd-chooser errors out after selecting a keymap: > > > > I vaguely remember that we passed 'console=ttyS0' to the kernel so d-i > > would end up doing the right thing. Could you try that - would probably > > be easier than skipping kbd detection? (I didn't see Guido's original mail so I'll reply here instead) I've been using console=hvc0 -- I wonder if that has the same effect as console=ttyS0 in terms of skipping the keymap stuff... Ian > > Hi Guido, > > I did several serial installs already and kbd detection really isn't a > problem there. It's easy to work around anyway (one can even preseed > it in the Lenny installer), I've just raised the issue so that we can > eliminate a superfluous workaround. Running kbd-chooser in a virtual > machine just doesn't make sense after all. At least I think so... > But maybe newer Xens solve this issue anyway. -- Ian Campbell You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
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