Control: tag -1 moreinfo Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> (2010-12-06): > Package: installation-report > > I just tested a PXE installation on a Dell Latitude D505 of the > squeeze based d-i downloaded from > http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/i386/. > The installer failed to start and the screen went black when X was > supposed to start. > > This was the pxelinux configuration used: > > LABEL edu-squeeze-i386-kde > MENU LABEL Debian Edu/Squeeze (KDE) > kernel neteduboot/squeeze/linux > append initrd=neteduboot/squeeze/initrd.gz "url=http://ftp.skolelinux.org/installer-squeeze.dat"; desktop=kde hostname=pxelinux domain=intern debug video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr > > The machine in question had a problem earlier with the kernel and X > because of a bug related to the X.org intel driver. See bug #599927 > for the details about that issue. Details about the hardware is > available in this bug. > > I lack the hardware to get a serial console on the machine, and the > skills and knowledge to get a network console, and thus am a but > unsure how to debug this. The installer crashes very early, before I > have any chance to get in and try to figure out what is going on. > > The text installer work just fine, and the machine is installing now > using the latest text installer. If you still have access to this machine, does the wheezy gtk installer start fine? Otherwise, lacking access to such a machine, I'm tempted to close this bug report. Mraw, KiBi.
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