Hey, I'm wondering if this could be related to screen being now used during default installation type (newt here). Is there a way to disable screen use to check is this issue is screen related ?
F. On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:20:00 +0200, Erwan Prioul <er...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Boot method: ISO image > Image version: > http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/current/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso > Date: Wed Aug 17 07:44:46 CEST 2016 > > Machine: qemu VM > Processor: ppc64el > Memory: 4Gb > > Initial boot: [O] > Detect network card: [ ] > Configure network: [ ] > Detect CD: [ ] > Load installer modules: [ ] > Detect hard drives: [ ] > Partition hard drives: [ ] > Install base system: [ ] > Clock/timezone setup: [ ] > User/password setup: [ ] > Install tasks: [ ] > Install boot loader: [ ] > Overall install: [ ] > > Comments/Problems: > > Right after the Grub menu, I got glitches in the screens to choose the > language and the next ones. > The top menu isn't well refreshed and the list of locations isn't displayed > properly. > I've gotten this issue since the 12th of July. > > Here some "screenshots": > The installer menu: > > ┌────────────────┤ [!] Debian installer main menu ├────────────────┐ > │ │ > │ Choose the next step in the install process: │ > │ │ > │ Choose language │ > │ Access software for a blind person using a braille display │ > │ Configure the keyboard │ > │ Detect and mount CD-ROM │ > │ Load installer components from CD │ > │ Change debconf priority │ > │ Check the CD-ROM(s) integrity │ > │ Save debug logs │ > │ Execute a shell │ > │ Abort the installation │ > │ │ > └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > > > <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons > > > The top menu is missing (and some edges too): > > ──────────────────────┤ [!!] Select a language ├────────────────────────┐ > │ > Choose the language to be used for the installation process. The │ > selected language will also be the default language for the installed │ > system. │ > │ > Language: │ > │ > C │ > Basque ▒ │ > Catalan │ > Danish ▒ │ > Dutch ▒ │ > English ▒ │ > Finnish ▒ │ > French │ > │ > <Go Back> │ > │ > └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons > > > After about 20 seconds the top menu appears: > > [ (1*installer) 2 shell 3 shell 4- log ][ Aug 17 > 7:44 ] > ──────────────────────┤ [!!] Select a language ├────────────────────────┐ > │ > Choose the language to be used for the installation process. The │ > selected language will also be the default language for the installed │ > system. │ > │ > Language: │ > │ > C │ > Basque ▒ │ > Catalan │ > Danish ▒ │ > Dutch ▒ │ > English ▒ │ > Finnish ▒ │ > French │ > │ > <Go Back> │ > │ > └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons > > > I typed 'f', 'Finnish' was selected, the display is quite confusing: > > [ (1*installer) 2 shell 3 shell 4- log ][ Aug 17 > 7:44 ] > ──────────────────────┤ [!!] Select a language ├────────────────────────┐ > │ > Choose the language to be used for the installation process. The │ > selected language will also be the default language for the installed │ > system. │ > │ > Language: │ > │ > C │ > BaFinnish ▒ │ > French Catalan │ > Galician Danish ▒ │ > German Dutch ▒ │ > Icelandic English ▒ │ > Indonesian Finnish ▒ │ > Irish French │ > Italian │ > <Go Back> │ > │ > └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > <Tab> moves; <Space> selects; <Enter> activates buttons >
