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bullseye alpha3: graphical installer activated for arm64



Hi,

I read in alpha3 release-notes about the activation of the graphical
installer for arm64.

This needs to be documented in the installation-guide then.

I have prepared a first patch for this, attached.

There are two points remaining open:
	- needed RAM: what is the minimal required RAM size for the use of
          the graphical installer (minimum_memory_gtk in the patch) ?
	- status of the graphical installer: is this considered stable, or
	  do we want to call this "experimentell" for now?


Thanks
Holger

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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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diff --git a/build/arch-options/arm64 b/build/arch-options/arm64
index 757d7a9ed..89bda56c1 100644
--- a/build/arch-options/arm64
+++ b/build/arch-options/arm64
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ arch_porturl="arm"
 minimum_memory_strict=32
 # This is coming from the lowmem package
 minimum_memory=80
+# This is coming from the rootskel package, S60frontend
+minimum_memory_gtk=800
 # These two options should be set if condition 'smp' is set below
 smp_config_section="Kernel Features"
 smp_config_option="Symmetric Multi-Processing"
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ smp_config_option="Symmetric Multi-Processing"
 fdisk="fdisk.txt;cfdisk.txt"
 network="supports-tftp;supports-rarp;supports-bootp;supports-nfsroot"
 boot="bootable-usb;isohybrid-supported"
-frontend="newt;not-gtk"
+frontend="newt;gtk;arm-gtk"
 other="supports-serial-console"
 smp="defaults-smp"
 goodies="supports-lang-chooser"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fce693fff..0a975725d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ installation-guide (20200716) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Add chapter about verifying the integrity of installation images.
     Closes: #975331
   * Fix supernumerous space after 'arch-title' entity.
+  * Document the activation of the graphical installer for arm64.
 
   [ Updated translations ]
   * Chinese (simplified) by Tao Wang
diff --git a/en/preparing/install-overview.xml b/en/preparing/install-overview.xml
index c12109862..176da617e 100644
--- a/en/preparing/install-overview.xml
+++ b/en/preparing/install-overview.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Load the newly installed system for the first time.
 
 For &arch-title; you have the option of using
 <phrase arch="any-x86">a</phrase>
+<phrase arch="arm64">a</phrase>
 <phrase arch="powerpc">an experimental</phrase>
 graphical version of the installation system. For more information about
 this graphical installer, see <xref linkend="graphical"/>.
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml b/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml
index f402abfad..625edddd2 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ used by default unless you select an <quote>Install</quote>
 option in the boot menu. For more information about the
 graphical installer, please refer to <xref linkend="graphical"/>.
 
+</para><para condition="arm-gtk">
+
+For this architecture the &d-i; supports two different user interfaces: a
+graphical one and a character-based one. The graphical interface is
+used by default unless you select an <quote>Install</quote>
+option in the boot menu. For more information about the
+graphical installer, please refer to <xref linkend="graphical"/>.
+
 </para><para condition="powerpc">
 
 For this architecture the &d-i; supports two different user interfaces: a

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