Bug#516630: Lenny with kernel 2.6.26 can not be installed in text mode or hangs when Setting console screen modes and fonts

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 08:56:34PM +0100, Christian Greif-Kettmann wrote:
> Package: Installation-reports
> 
> I chanced to leny while Lenny was testing. Lenny works with kernel 2.6.25.2.
> When Lenny changed to 2.6.26 installation with apt seems to work, but did not 
> start. Booting stops with:
> Setting console screen modes and fonts.
> I have to reset the computer.
> 
> Now when Lenny is stable I tried again. The computer started with the image of 
> the CD. I choose textual installation an the screen becomes black. I had to 
> reset the computer.
> Doing the installation in graphical mode seems to work however when booting 
> the newly installed system it still hangs with 
> Setting console screen modes and fonts
> 
> Because the system starts with 2.6.25 and does not start with 2.6.26 I think a 
> peace of code is missing in 2.6.26 whitch is responsible for configuring the 
> console.
> 
> 2.6.26 hangs when when processing the script /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh and 
> there when processing /usr/bin/consolechars
> 
> When I commended out processing  /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh then system 
> hangs when starting X (I suggess) and has to be reseted.

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply.

The next release of Debian (6.0, code name Squeeze) will be based
on 2.6.32. Please test the current 2.6.32 from unstable/testing and tell
us whether the problem persists. If so, we should report it upstream
to the kernel.org developers.

The 2.6.32 kernel is available from packages.debian.org and can
be installed in both Debian stable, testing and unstable
installations.

Thanks,
        Moritz