Important notes
If at any step the GUI starts and remains on the screen, you should report that via one of the mediums: the DebianInstaller/GUIToDo PowerPC matrix (and also one of the following) the Debian PowerPC mailing list
Testing algorithm
- boot normally the gtk-miniiso - if it succeded, please report
- if regular boot fails:
- boot with "install video=ofonly" - if it succedes, please report and try also the following
- boot with "install DEBIAN_FRONTENT=newt" and:
- switch to VT2 (ctrl+alt+F2)
run export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk
modify /etc/directfbrc so that you cover the following situations (after each change, run debian-installer):
- no-hardware only one present(default on most powerpc machines)
- no-hardware present + disable-module=linux_input
no-hardware present + disable-module=<chipset specific module, e.g. : radeon, nvidia..>
no-hardware present + disable-module=linux_input + disable-module=<chipset specific video driver>
- if any of the combinations above results in a running graphical installer, please report it and report also the directfbrc configuration that made it possible (you can go back to console 2 or go to console 3)
- if none of the above succeded, please report