Subject: Re: bug#60002: installer console garbled on 1984.is VPS

From: Attila Lendvai <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:04:31 +0000

> So the admins are using a Web interface to QEMU. Which one? What -vga
> option is it using?

i'll ask them and report back.

> Perhaps when in GRUB, press E to edit the linux boot command-line and
> append to it: nomodeset

this didn't help. the behavior appears to be the exact same.

> IIRC there had been discussions about QEMU Bochs graphics and such, but
> I can’t find them.
> 
> > maybe the installer could be extended with something to start a
> > temporary shell to configure te network, without the need to switch
> > virtual consoles?
> 
> 
> I don’t understand this. Can others help?

let me put this another way: assume that 1) it's not possible to press CTRL+ALT+Fn to switch virtual consoles, and 2) there is no DHCP configured on the machine's network.

this means that the installation is not possible, becuse it's stuck at checking for a functional network upstream.

if there was a menu entry to start a temporary shell, then i could configure the network in that shell, exit the shell, and press retry in the installer's menu.

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