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Bug#495357: debian-installer: installation method selection does not work



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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