Bug#820911: installation-report: Accessibility for visual impaired is broken,, High-Contrast Theme is no longer activated by shortcut
Hey guys,
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 06:07:13PM +0100, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
>>«
>>If you wish or need to add any boot parameters for either the installer
>>or the kernel, press Tab (BIOS boot), or 'e' then down arrow three times
>>then 'end' (UEFI boot). This will bring the boot command for the selected
>>menu entry and allow you to edit it to suit your needs. The help screens
>>(see below) list some common possible options. Press 'Enter' (BIOS boot)
>>or 'F10' (UEFI boot) to boot the installer with your options; pressing Esc
>>will return you to the boot menu and undo any changes you made.
>>»
>>
>>Is this enough for your needs?
>
>I'm not able to confirm that the instructions you have provided work
>for me.
>
>My test environment is a Virtualbox (5.1) machine with EFI enabled.
Slightly off-topic here, but *please* don't use Virtualbox for testing
with EFI. The virtualbox EFI support is half-assed and broken and will
cause problems later.
>I have executed the following steps :
>1) Pressing "e"
You've missed out the "down arrow three times" here - with that it
works, I've just tested myself
>2) Pressing the "end" key
>3) Typing "theme=dark"
>4) Pressing F10
>
>The installation begins after that steps without the dark theme as I would
>like to have.
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