Thanks for the reply > Machine HP Proliant ML150 with 5GB RAM and currently a single HDD. I normally > use a netinst CD created locally from the jigdo image (amd64). > I have tried to install both basic bullseye rc1 and bullseye rc2 with SSH > server several times over the last few days, using different netinst CD's, and > each time the installation appears to be faultless until I try to boot the new > installation. I just want to be able to login locally, do a small amount of > configuration, and then login remotely over the network. The GRUB display is > normal, but then the SVGA monitor only shows a single message about
> VMX outside text (disabled by BIOS) > before the monitor complains that the video is out of range and gives up.... > Is firmware for your graphics device installed? I always use the "unofficial" installer with firmware, so it was firmware-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso and firmware-bullseye-DI-rc2-amd64-i386-netinst.iso > Try working around the immediate problem by appending nomodeset to the > kernel command line via E key at Grub menu. For most graphics chips, > nomodeset blocks a requirement of most AMD, Intel and NVidia GPUs X > drivers, enabled KMS, so using it is little but a crutch to enable > reconfiguration and troubleshooting [1]. > What is output from > lspci -nnk | grep -A3 VGA This is the output from the working buster 10.10.0 installation: lspci -nnk | grep -A3 VGA 0a:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200e [Pilot] ServerEngines (SEP1) [102b:0522] (rev 02) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company ProLiant DL140 G3 [103c:31fa] Kernel driver in use: mgag200 Kernel modules: mgag200 I am not desperate to get bullseye installed at the moment as I can still use buster 10.10.0, but the release team want to prepare the full release soon. I see that someone has already reported an issue with (I think) a virtual different HP machine, which may not be identical. I have full access (from the running buster 10.10.0 installation) to / for the rc2 installation, including all the logs from the boot attempt, but all I could do at the time was to select a Ctl-Alt-f3 terminal, login blind as root, and do a shutdown. I can even swap discs and re-install 10.10.0 to use the machine to avoid re- formatting any of the current partitions, which would change UUID's for the current 10.10.0, swapping the discs back for further testing.