Bug#504721: Console broken on debian-installer on Sparc LDOM
Package: rootskel
Version: 1.69
Severity: important
Hi rootskel maintainers :)
I've been trying to get debian-installer (lenny) working on a Sun LDOM
(i.e., SPARC, sun4v). I'm having some trouble, though. When the
installer boots, you get a mono console, and the arrow keys, tab, and
enter don't do as expected (enter scrolls down the screen, tab does a
tab, etc) rather than moving through the menu.
I booted with BOOT_DEBUG=3 to pin down where this is happening.
Looking at /etc/inittab, first, debian-installer-startup is run. I
run this and the console still behaves normally. When I run the
second script, debian-installer, the menu launches and my keyboard
doesn't drive the menu any more.
Theres some discussion on why this might be happening and methods I've
tried on debian-boot (Frans Pop has been very helpful!), and it looks
like it may be something to do with reopen-console. I'm not an expert
on the console though, so there may be something I've missed. As the
scripts are run via reopen-console then sourced (debian-installer
being a wrapper round a bunch of sourced scripts), I'm unable to
recreate the exact environment. If I don't use reopen-console and I
run debian-installer from the shell on my own, it works as expected.
I've raised this bug on Frans' recommendation, and the thread on
debian-boot is here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/11/msg00013.html
I'm happy to try out any recommendations you have on this kit while I
still have it (its try-n-buy, its actually a Sun T6230 blade).
Many thanks,
Mike.
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