Bug#637284: Can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Mike Hore wrote:

> I added "single" and removed "quiet".  The boot then proceeded till I got a
> flashing line at the top of the screen saying
>
> lp: driver loaded but no devices found
>
> alternating very rapidly with another line I couldn't read.  No further
> progress.

Maybe scroll lock can stop it.

[...]
> Then I rebooted and this time left "quiet" there.  The boot proceeded till
> it said
>
> GNOME display manager loading

I assume there was no "single" this time?  (gdm should not be getting
loaded in single-user mode.)