> > > - cdebconf > > > - text frontend don't respect dumb terminal definition, > > > should disable > > > translations. > > > > This sounds like a general problem. TTY on serial console > would have the > > same problem. > > Maybe this is the bug that the install hangs on serial console > installs when you choose a language other than english? Do you have > any idea how to fix it.
Scanning through the boot log you sent, my first guess would be that some of the visual escape sequence crap is causing a flow control problem that is hanging the device. Not everything is a ANSI terminal, still, and an installer that assumes ANY terminal processing will lose on this big-time. How does the display process get the terminal type? Hmm. At this point things are probably still pretty braindead in terms of termcap/terminfo, but that may be a general fix for the problem (a stub /etc/termcap and/or /etc/terminfo with ANSI and TTY only, and examine the apps for direct escape sequence generation code, to be eliminated on sight...) > > > - as discussed, default items should be prefixed with > an asterisk or > > > similar. > > > > Ditto. > I personally use colour on serial installs so I don't see this. Eeeuw. Ick. Installers shouldn't assume ANYTHING but plain-text until they have enough brains to ask if the device can handle it. Question: how much screen-handling intelligence does this thing really need? IF it can get by with a clear-screen capability (and write lines to simulate cursor positioning), you may want to generate the boot image with the 3270 console driver active instead of the 3215 console. That would give you a limited terminal definition that is capable of a clear-screen sequence and some limited highlighting (stick to 3278 hi-lite/normal text, and it'll work on any 3270). A test would be to see if the installer works properly on something really ancient and brain-damaged like a ADM-1 terminal. If so, it could work on the 3270 console driver. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
