Re: Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

2010-04-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Frans Pop, le Mon 12 Apr 2010 00:39:57 +0200, a écrit : > I've left out the virtualization bits as I don't think they belong in > a section about accessibility and disabling framebuffer in general is > already also documented in the general "boot parameters" section. That is true, but knowing that

Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

2010-04-11 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 12 April 2010, Frans Pop wrote: > The fact that now two parameters are needed is the simple consequence of > the fact that one is a kernel parameter (which *must* be passed at boot > time) and one is a D-I parameter and the fact that the one does not > automatically imply the other. Actu

Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

2010-04-11 Thread Frans Pop
tag 577461 pending thanks On Sunday 11 April 2010, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Samuel Thibault, le Sun 11 Apr 2010 22:58:39 +0200, a écrit : > > Squeeze apparently needs vga=0 in addition to fb=false, else the > > kernel switches to graphical mode very early. > > That being said, it could actually be

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Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

2010-04-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Ah, sorry, I thought that what follows would have been independent from this bugreport but actually it's not. The help menu is in textmode and can be used to type boot parameters etc., so let's document that too. Samuel Index: en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml ==

Re: Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

2010-04-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Sun 11 Apr 2010 22:58:39 +0200, a écrit : > Squeeze apparently needs vga=0 in addition to fb=false, else the kernel > switches to graphical mode very early. That being said, it could actually been considered as a regression, since fb=false used to be enough. Samuel -- To UN

Bug#577461: installation-guide: Updates to textmode activation

2010-04-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Package: installation-guide Version: 20090901 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello, Squeeze apparently needs vga=0 in addition to fb=false, else the kernel switches to graphical mode very early. This needs to be documented in the accessibility section, here is a patch, which also mentions how usefu