Bug#559679: "graphical install" doesn't start

[Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@t-online.de>]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: netinst iso booted via virt-install
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: 20091206

Machine: kvm
Processor: Qemu Virtual CPU version 0.11.0
Memory: 1024 MByte
Partitions: none

Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] [8086:1237] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Qemu virtual machine [1af4:1100]
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] [8086:7000]
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Qemu virtual machine [1af4:1100]
00:01.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] [8086:7010]
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Qemu virtual machine [1af4:1100]
        Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
00:01.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] [8086:7020] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Qemu virtual machine [1af4:1100]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:01.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Qemu virtual machine [1af4:1100]
        Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 [1013:00b8]
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Device [1af4:1100]
00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qumranet, Inc. Virtio network device [1af4:1000]
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Device [1af4:0001]
        Kernel driver in use: virtio-pci
00:04.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Qumranet, Inc. Virtio block device [1af4:1001]
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Device [1af4:0002]
        Kernel driver in use: virtio-pci
00:05.0 RAM memory [0500]: Qumranet, Inc. Virtio memory balloon [1af4:1002]
        Subsystem: Qumranet, Inc. Device [1af4:0005]
        Kernel driver in use: virtio-pci

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [X]
Detect network card:    [ ]
Configure network:      [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems:

graphical install failed to initialize. I got a continuous flow of SIGSEGV
on the console saying

Trying to enable the frame buffer...
(process:588): INFO: kbd-mode: setting console mode to Unicode (UTF-8)

commandline read: debconf

(<unknown>:584): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_drawable_set_colormap: assertion `cmap == NULL || gdk_drawable_get_depth (drawable) == cmap->visual->depth' failed
(!) [  584:    0.000] --> Caught signal 11 (at 0x48, invalid address) <--
Aborted

commandline read: debconf

(<unknown>:625): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_drawable_set_colormap: assertion `cmap == NULL || gdk_drawable_get_depth (drawable) == cmap->visual->depth' failed
(!) [  625:    0.000] --> Caught signal 11 (at 0x48, invalid address) <--
Aborted
:
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Regards

Harri