Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 02:13:30PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: >On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 05:16:38PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >> Hello Grub maintainers, any idea about this? > >Is this too much of a hack: > > This is what I suggested to Samuel in irc earlier today, in fact. It's a bit

Beginner question - stable installer build fails - why?

I'm trying to build an installer following build/README, but must have something basic wrong.  So far I have: * apt-get source debian-installer * Install the build-dependencies on the host system * (did not install a sources list as I'm happy with the system one) * make build_netboot This

Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

thank you for help unfortunately no parameter fixes the bug... vga=normal fb=false has no effect also My case is desperate, I think.. sorry for the version and severity.. I didn't know the exact version. sorry :/

Re: Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

On 1/26/2018 8:11 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: john doe, on ven. 26 janv. 2018 20:02:09 +0100, wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: melissa M., on ven. 26 janv. 2018 19:12:32 +0100, wrote: despite the different options, there is no change, the bug persists... If there is no

Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 05:16:38PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello Grub maintainers, any idea about this? Is this too much of a hack: menuentry ' ' {true} menuentry 'Help:' {true} submenu ' Prerequesites for installing Debian.' { menuentry 'PREREQUISITES FOR INSTALLING DEBIAN'

Re: Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

john doe, on ven. 26 janv. 2018 20:02:09 +0100, wrote: > On 1/26/2018 7:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > melissa M., on ven. 26 janv. 2018 19:12:32 +0100, wrote: > > > despite the different options, there is no change, the bug persists... > > > > If there is no change, there must be an error in

Re: Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

On 1/26/2018 7:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: melissa M., on ven. 26 janv. 2018 19:12:32 +0100, wrote: despite the different options, there is no change, the bug persists... If there is no change, there must be an error in passing the kernel arg, how do you pass them? vga=normal fb=false

Processed: Re: Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

Processing control commands: > found -1 20170615+deb9u2 Bug #888513 [debian-installer] huge graphical bug Marked as found in versions debian-installer/20170615+deb9u2. > severity -1 important Bug #888513 [debian-installer] huge graphical bug Severity set to 'important' from 'grave' -- 888513:

Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

Control: found -1 20170615+deb9u2 Control: severity -1 important Hi melissa, and thanks for your report. melissa M. (2018-01-26): > Package: debian-installer > Version: stable > Severity: grave I'm adjusting version and severity with the commands above. While

Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

melissa M., on ven. 26 janv. 2018 19:12:32 +0100, wrote: > despite the different options, there is no change, the bug persists... If there is no change, there must be an error in passing the kernel arg, how do you pass them? vga=normal fb=false should get you to a pure textmode, there's no way

Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen

Hello Grub maintainers, any idea about this? Samuel - Forwarded message from Steve McIntyre - From: Steve McIntyre To: Samuel Thibault , 888...@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub)

Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 05:03:07PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: >Package: debian-installer >Version: 20171204 >Severity: normal > >Hello, > >When booting with syslinux, one has some boot-menu help screens which >document some convenient kernel parameters (e.g. to avoid bugs like >Bug#888513).

Bug#888515: debian-installer: UEFI boot menu (grub) misses the help screen

Package: debian-installer Version: 20171204 Severity: normal Hello, When booting with syslinux, one has some boot-menu help screens which document some convenient kernel parameters (e.g. to avoid bugs like Bug#888513). That help is not available in the grub menu used for UEFI booting, it should

Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 04:21:08PM +0100, melissa M. wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Version: stable > Severity: grave > > hi maintainer, > > big graphical bug with the installer netinstall of Debian Stretch 9.3, but > also Testing and Sid. > > Ditto with the installer mini iso-Stretch 9.3

Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

melissa M., on ven. 26 janv. 2018 16:21:08 +0100, wrote: > is there a workaround ?? > a parameter to pass to the kernel ?? There is documentation about it in the help screen of the boot menu. Samuel

Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

Package: debian-installer Version: stable Severity: grave hi maintainer, big graphical bug with the installer netinstall of Debian Stretch 9.3, but also Testing and Sid. Ditto with the installer mini iso-Stretch 9.3 I created my bootable usb drive with "dd", unetbootin, etcher, but the big