OK,
I booted from the CD with "install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt"
switched to the F2 console when the "choose language" screen came up.
Then I did:
~# echo "disable-module=radeon" >>/etc/directfbrc
~# echo "no-hardware" >>/etc/directfbrc
~# export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk
~# debian-installer
It crashed when it tried to initialize the graphical installer
messages read in part (manually typed in -- I don't have any way to
cut-and-paste from the crashed machine...)
(process:1074): INFO kbd-mode: setting console mode to Unicode (UTF-8)
(*) DirectFB/Config: Parsing file '/etc/directfbrc'
----------------- DirectFB v0.9.25 -------------
... [ stuff snipped to save typing -- let me know if it's important -
Rick]
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'VT Switcher' (CRITICAL, 1101)
(*) Direct/Thread: Running 'Linux Input' (INPUT, 1102)
(!!!!) *** UNIMPLEMENTED [fusion_reactor_set_lock] *** [../../../
lib/fusion/reactor.c:853]
... [more stuff snipped -Rick]
(*) Direct/Modules: supress module 'radeon'
(*) DirectFB/Graphics: Generic Software Rasterizer 0.6 (convergence
integrated media GmBH)
(!) DirectFB/FBDev: No supported modes found in /etc/fb.modes and
current mode not supported!
(!) DirectFB/FBDev: Current mode's pixelformat: rgba 8/0, 8/0,
8/0, 0/0 (8bit)
(!) DirectFB/Core/layers: Failed to initialize layer 0!
--> Initialization error!
(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'layers' core!
--> Initialization error!
(#) DirectFBError [gdk_display_open: DirectFBCreate]:
Initialization error!
(debconf:1097): Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display:
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