Bug#738618: cdimage.debian.org: new install CD unsuable on some hardware
Package: cdimage.debian.org
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I've got a bunch of hardware wich has problems with a kernel driver.
I can't say if it the hardware wich is faulty or the driver that has a bug,
or even if it tries to load against an unsupported hardware, but the system
just hang as soon as it tries to load this driver.
/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/gma500_gfx.ko
This is well tested, reproduced etc... I'm absolutely sure of that.
It occurs at least on every Intel Motherboard DN2800MT and maybe on most Atom Based systems used in x64 mode
On lhe last installation CD, This driver was not present but installed on the new system.
Since this driver is loaded VERY early, I found no way to blacklist it nicely and I finaly solve the problem by just deleting the module from ths disk.
Anyway, that's not a big deal since I only use text mode on theses machines and the vesa standard works nicely.
The problem is that the new install CD (debian 7.4.0), try to load this driver even in console mode and the system hangs immediately after the bootloader.
I'm absolutely sure the problem is related with this video driver.
I'm not comfortable with CD images, and bootable CD images and don't want to mess up with this if I can avoid it.
So, Is there a way to boot the CD with some parameter that prevent this driver from loading ?
Is there an easy way to modify the installation CD (or an usb key) and remove a specific driver.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.4
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
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