Make sure to use console=ttyS0,115200*n8*
That says to parse in utf8, as far as i can tell On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Colin Fleming <colin.mailingl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been trying to install Debian on my SheevaPlug following Martin > Michlmayr's guide. I'm having a problem that a few people seem to have > had recently, see: > http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=1788. As described > in that post, I can do everything in uboot as described in the > tutorial, but immediately after booting the kernel I only get garbage > output on the screen. Mine appears slightly less corrupted than in the > forum, I can see that it's an installer because the window outlines, > buttons, widgets and whatnot are visible, they're just illegible. > > Curiously, if I ditch my screen session and reconnect, the current > screen is correct (it's blank, but moving the cursor between the > widgets causes them to be correctly redrawn) until going to the next > page, at which time it corrupts again. I suspect this to be some sort > of terminal setting, but I have no idea what it might be. > > I'm on a Mac, creating the screen session using screen > /dev/cu.usbserial-FTT39QOIB 115200. I'm using the installer images > from: > > > http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/armel/images/daily/kirkwood/netboot/marvell/sheevaplug/<http://people.debian.org/%7Ejoeyh/d-i/armel/images/daily/kirkwood/netboot/marvell/sheevaplug/> > > dated August 27th. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > Colin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=f1v05b0whf64fgn3rkguv_fwsmesht8_nm...@mail.gmail.com > >