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Bug#604101: installation-reports: Broken textmode installer display on EEE PC 701SD



reassign 604101 debian-installer
thanks


> Under the default boot options, the installer fails to progress beyond GRUB
> when installing on the EEEPC 701SD. (800x480 LCD panel)
> 
> I booted the installer from a USB flash drive and GRUB loaded. I selected
> the option for a standard textmode install and pressed ENTER. After the
> installer loaded, corrupted pixels appeared on the top of the screen. There
> was some evidence that the installer was alive (CTRL-ALT-F2, etc caused the
> pattern to change shape) but the installer was unusable because no text
> appeared. The graphical installer wouldn't load either.
> 
> Later, I tried pressing TAB to change boot options and discovered that a
> "vga=" option was being added by default. Removing this option allowed the
> installer to proceed.


Reassigning to debian-installer as this is about boot options passed
to the kernel.

Dunno if we should drop the vga= setting or not....


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