Bug#604101: installation-reports: Broken textmode installer display on EEE PC 701SD
Christian PERRIER, le Sat 20 Nov 2010 08:19:31 +0100, a écrit :
> Jeff, le Fri 19 Nov 2010 20:22:40 -0500, a écrit :
> > 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.
> >
> > Strangely enough, once the installation completed, the default options allow
> > the system to boot with no display probems AND the console font changes
> > successfully (although I still have an 80x25 console.) Therefore, it
> > appears that the installer's default options are more aggressive than the
> > default options of the installed system. This seems backwards, because
> > someone choosing the textmode installer wants the most conservative display
> > settings to maximize the probability of success.
The boot menu item does not say "textmode installer". To really get text
mode installation, see the F8 help screen: vga=normal (to avoid the
vga=788 parameter), and fb=false to really have a textmode installer
(but then not be presented languages like chinese).
> Reassigning to debian-installer as this is about boot options passed
> to the kernel.
>
> Dunno if we should drop the vga= setting or not....
I think that at best we just need to document that "Installer" is not a
pure textmode installer choice, possibly by adding a "Textmode install"
item in the boot menu (using fb=false vga=normal)
Samuel
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