Re: bullseye alpha3: graphical installer activated for arm64
Hi,
Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/12/2020 23:11, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > 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) ?
>
> I've tried debian-bullseye-DI-alpha3-arm64-netinst.iso on a QEMU VM, the
> gtk installer refused to run with less than 578MiB (falling back to
> newt). I could successfully go through the rest of the gtk installer
> with that much (English, priority=low), though I'm not sure if that's
> enough for everything.
Yes, we had reports in the past, where it failed in a later installation
step (I think it was partitioning). So I guess, we could go with something
like 640MB as the minimum setting (including some reserve).
>
> > - status of the graphical installer: is this considered stable, or
> > do we want to call this "experimentell" for now?
>
> Probably not tested enough to call it stable, but functionality-wise
> I think almost everything is in place. It's likely that the graphics
> won't work on some devices since their display modules might not be in
> the fb-modules udeb.
Hmm, that smells like some potential for problems :-)
Maybe we could call it a "preview", if "experimentell" is a bit harsh?
> > +</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"/>.
>
> In the GRUB menu it shows "Install" in the first place and "Graphical
> Install" in the second, so I think the character-based is the default
> for now.
Ok, that's important info. I will change the paragraph accordingly.
(BTW: this fact could second the "preview"/"experimentell" state from above,
in the eyes of the users... ?)
Holger
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