On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 05:27:40PM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Version: version on 20080815 CD > Severity: important > > while test-installing a Lenny machine, I encountered this problem while > booting from CD: > > First, a short one-line message is shown at the top of the screen, > saying something about SYSLINUX and ending with "Peter Anvin". So far, > so good. In the Etch installer, next followed a screen with a Debian > Logo background, where one could type the desired installation method > at. In this case, with the "Lenny Beta2" CD, only a strong flicker > occurred, covering the whole screen with lines and "snow", which makes > it completely impossible to read a single letter. > > After typing 'Enter' to accept the default course of action (whatever > that might be), the screen returned to normal. Looks like an incompatibility with the graphical menu (vesamenu) used by the new installer. > The hardware involved is a SuperMicro PDSMU board with its on-board > graphics, and an Intel Core2Duo CPU. Care to ellaborate which graphic adapter it is? Which kind of screen is connected? Are you using any kind of KVM equipment? Cheers, -- Jérémy Bobbio .''`. lunar@debian.org : :Ⓐ : # apt-get install anarchism `. `'` `-
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