[ALUG] Debian (Testing) Installation Issue

[Richard Lewis]

On Monday 09 July 2007 11:15:00 samwise wrote:
> I've downloaded this CD image:
>
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-
>i386-kde-CD-1.iso
>
> Which I think should let me install what I want.
>
Just as an aside, if you have a decent internet connection then its easier 
just to use the netinstall disc and get apt to download the packages you want 
when you install them.

> Problem is, after installing most of the packages, the text-only
> installer messes up.  The readable screen is replaced by funny
> coloured blocks - I can see it's asking me a question and can tab
> around the boxes on screen, but there's no way I can read any of it,
> as all the characters have been replaced by blocks.
>
> Soo ... I assume it's not playing nicely with my graphics card?  or
> something?
>
There are a couple of things you can try:

1) the graphical installer :-)

2) just test switching to another virtual terminal with CTRL+ALT+F2. Are they 
broken too?

3) does the Debian install process still re-boot after installing the base 
system? If so, you could try setting the boot parameters to GRUB when it 
boots by pressing ESC to cancel the timeout, then e to edit the boot 
commands. Try adding "vga=791" (for 1024x768) to the end of the "kernel" 
line.

Might be of some use?

Cheers,
Richard
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