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a question and can tab around the boxes on screen, but there's no way I can read any of it, as all the characters have been replaced by blocks.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