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bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option
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raingloom |
Subject: |
bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:48:52 +0200 |
On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:31:15 +0200
"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 05:32:38PM +0200, raingloom wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:44:58 +0200
> > "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> wrote:
> > >[…]
> > > I believe uvesafb makes the graphics work on any
> > > x86_64 or x86 machine, so no save-graphics GRUB entry is needed.
> > > But maybe I’m wrong and uvesafb isn’t a panacea.
> > >[…]
> > Hmm, it did end up working, even without the amdgpu trick. Finally
> > had an excuse to try the TUI installer.
> > I guess we can close this for now, but I still think that a safe
> > graphics mode could be a good idea.
>
> Is there reason to believe installer’s graphics don’t work on some PC?
>
> Regards,
> Florian
I have laptops with fried GPUs that still somewhat work with nomodeset.
For rescue images, a no-graphics or nomodeset graphics mode is
definitely useful, because graphics is often the reason booting is
broken.
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option, raingloom, 2022/04/14
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2022/04/15
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option, raingloom, 2022/04/15
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2022/04/15
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option, raingloom, 2022/04/16
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2022/04/16
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option,
raingloom <=
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics boot option, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2022/04/18
- bug#54945: installer should have a no-graphics^W nomodeset boot option, raingloom, 2022/04/18