wouter wrote: [snip] > Some notes I wrote down as I was performing the installation: > * Choosing Dutch as installer language will hang the installer at the point > where a hostname has to be chosen (hence the "E" at network configuration, > although it isn't the network configuration udeb at fault). The reason is > probably some non-ASCII characters being sent to the console, which modifies > terminal setup in ways it shouldn't. > As a possible way to resolve this issue, I suggested on IRC to disable > langchooser when we're working on a serial console. Both Christian Perrier and > Martin Michlmayr seemed to welcome this suggestion.
As a short term solution, yes. OTOH, vt102 and above support latin1, so fixing the real bug is generally preferable. > * I got a "mount: /dev/pts: no such file or directory" or similar message before > the initial appearance of the main menu. Not sure whether or not it's > harmless, but it should be looked into. IIRC 2.2 kernels don't use it, but 2.4/2.6 do. [snip] > * Most VME systems, including mine, only have a serial console to work with. As > a result, I got these messages all through the base-config: > INIT: id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > INIT: id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > Moreover, after base-config was completed (and the "full" /etc/inittab was > installed), I didn't have *anything* anymore; the installed inittab assumes > tty1 through tty6 are available. I had to ssh in and change the inittab to be > able to log in at the console. > Perhaps base-config should configure an inittab that has a getty on a serial > port if we're configuring through a serial console. IIRC this is done by prebaseconfig, with help from kbd-config (it works for mips). > * baseconfig-udeb didn't work. Rebooting the system and configuring it that way > was required. > * "Configure timezone" main-menu option in base-config didn't work. > * "Configure the keyboard" shouldn't be there on a serial console. It should default to "No Keyboard". [snip] > In short, the support for serial consoles isn't well tested and should be > improved a lot. At the moment, some udebs test whether we're working on a serial > console and handle it appropriately, but it's all done inconsistently, and the > physical test whether we're running on serial consoles is done a few times. Once in rootskel, once in kbd-config, and once in some bootloader-installers to find the correct parameters. We should have a serial-support udeb which runs before lowmem and checks the serial parameters as well. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
