Package: installation-reports Severity: important Installing debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso, dated 17-Dec-2008, on a Dell Dimension 2350 with an add-on PCI video card.
There is an existing kernel bug (see bug 507955) that causes the newly installed Debian system to oops and become unresponsive on bootup. (NOTE: Booting off the install CD works fine; the installer comes up and runs without a problem.) There is a workaround for this bug---blacklisting two kernel modules--- detailed in the above bug report. This is something that the installer would need to add to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist (or some other file in that directory), not only because of the hard-to-diagnose nature of the problem, but also because the user would otherwise have to resort to a "rescue" environment to fix it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
