Re: Proposal to document sparc installation issues
On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 09:19:33PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There are two known problems in Debian Installer that are unlikely to be
> solved before the release of Sarge. I therefore propose to include the
> following text in the Release Notes for Sparc.
>
> The text in the Installation Guide that is referred to, can be found at [1].
>
> Comments on the idea and both the text below and the note in the manual
> are welcome.
>
> (I will also add a note about the framebuffer issue in the manual, but that
> has not yet been written.)
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
> [1] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.sparc/ch06s03.html#kbd-chooser
>
> <![ %sparc [
> <sect id="sparc_kbd"><heading>Issues with keyboards on &arch-title;</heading>
>
> <p>There are several issues with keyboard selection during installation.</p>
>
> <p>The first issue is with USB keyboards by Sun as used on for example
> SunBlade systems. These are incorrectly "recognized" by the installer
> as regular Sun keyboards. A workaround is documented in the Installation
> Guide (see link above, chapter "Using the Debian Installer").</p>
>
> <p>The second issue is kernel related. Kernels in the 2.6 series use
> a different input layer that makes all keyboards look like "normal"
> PC keyboards. This means that if you boot the installer with a 2.4
> kernel and configure it for a Sun or USB keyboard and later (in expert
> mode) select a 2.6 kernel for the new system, you will very likely end
> up with a non-working keyboard after reboot.</p>
<p>Login by ssh or serial line to cover keyboard.</p>
Probaly more informative.
>
> </sect>
>
> <sect id="sparc_fb"><heading>Issues with framebuffer on &arch-title;</heading>
>
> <p>Because of display problems on some systems, framebuffer support is
> disabled by default for &arch-title;. This can result in ugly display on
> systems that do properly support the framebuffer, like those with ATI
> graphical cards. If you see display problems in the installer, you can try
> booting with parameter "debian-installer/framebuffer=true".</p>
>
> </sect>
> ]]>
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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