Bug#857808: debian-installer: Garbage on terminal with default TERM setting over serial console
Source: debian-installer
Version: 20170127
Severity: normal
User: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
Usertags: sparc64
Hi!
I generated a new set of installation images for sparc64 yesterday [1].
While the generation of the images went without problems, debian-
installer itself has issues now when using a serial console terminal.
One of the issues on the serial console has already been reported by
YunQiang Su in #854588 [2]: Using the cursor keys randomly generates
<ESC> key presses, so that pressing <Down> can lead to debian-installer
jump to the previous menu, for example.
The second issue we are seeing is that the terminal output is garbage
with the default terminal settings. I have taken some screenshots
of a serial console connected to a SPARC-T5 machine [3].
Basically, it works when booting with TERM_TYPE=linux (no colors)
or TERM=ansi (setting TERM=linux produces garbage as well). It
does not work when not setting TERM or TERM_TYPE at all or when
setting TERM to vt102.
Both issues did not exist with previous versions of debian-installer,
the sparc64 images generated in May 2016 [4] work just fine on
the SPARC's serial console.
I suspect that the regressions are related to Roger Shimizu's patch
to add support for GNU screen to debian-installer. I am therefore
adding Roger to the CC list of this bug report. He - or anyone
else - can also get access to a sparc64 porterbox to perform
installation tests. We - the sparc64 porters - are happy to
assist with these efforts.
Thanks,
Adrian
> [1] https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-cd/2017-03-14/
> [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854588
> [3] https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/d-i-term/
> [4] https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-cd/2016-05-04/
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