Samuel Thibault, le dim. 02 juin 2019 13:00:51 +0200, a ecrit: > Cc-ing debian-l10n-arabic because they can perhaps look at the partman > translation files and check that there is nothing odd in the file (e.g. > odd ligatures or such odd thing that might disturb gtk).
I forgot to mention that I tried in Persian and didn't have the issue, so that confirms that there is probably something in the Arabic translation which triggers a bug in gtk. > While doing some tests, I noticed that when running the installer in > arabic language, the hard disk detection step hangs. To reproduce: > > - dd < /dev/zero > blip bs=1M count=1 seek=10000 > - kvm -cdrom /var/tmp/d-i/debian-buster-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso -drive > file=blip -m 2G > - Select the graphical installer > - Select the arabic language > - Select that you don't care that not everything is translated > - Select everything by default except typing non-empty passwords and > user name > > The partman packages get loaded but the installer remains stuck at the > attached screenshot. /var/log/syslog does not provide more information > than what we get when doing all the same in English. The ongoing > processes showing up in ps are > > udpkg --configure --force-configure partman-base > /var/lib/dpkg/info/partman-base.postinst configure > /bin/partman > parted_server > /lib/partman/display.d/10initial_auto > > Switching to VT4 to see the log then going back to VT5 shows a fully > gray screen, so I guess it's the gtk frontend which is somehow stuck due > to something in the arabic translation? > > I tried today's weekly build, with the same result (the only difference > being that it doesn't warn that not everything is translated). > > Samuel > > -- Package-specific info: > > Boot method: CD > Image version: debian-buster-DI-rc1-amd64-netinst.iso > > Machine: kvm > > > Base System Installation Checklist: > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > Initial boot: [O] > Detect network card: [O] > Configure network: [O] > Detect CD: [O] > Load installer modules: [O] > Clock/timezone setup: [O] > User/password setup: [O] > Detect hard drives: [E] > Partition hard drives: [ ] > Install base system: [ ] > Install tasks: [ ] > Install boot loader: [ ] > Overall install: [ ] > > > -- > > Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other > installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this > report. Please compress large files using gzip. > > Once you have filled out this report, mail it to sub...@bugs.debian.org.