Re: Bug#606110: installation-report: gtk installer fail to start with PXE boot of Dell Latitude D505
Control: reassign -1 installation-reports
Hello,
I just noticed some bug reports against the wrong package, reassigning
them with the content quoted below.
Samuel
Petter Reinholdtsen, on Mon 06 Dec 2010 13:53:56 +0100, wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Happy hacking,
> --
> Petter Reinholdtsen
>
>
--
Samuel
CN > J'ai enseigné l'algorythmique.
GLG> C'est quoi l'algorythmique ? Une contrebasse programmée en Algol ?
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