Re: Plan for a release!

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 04:54:21AM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> I had to test the manual installation method.  The graphical installer does 
> not work on my macbook.  It just flickers on and then off.  Shortly after 
> grub boots into the installer, I briefly see a blue screen, then black, then 
> blue, then black, etc.  I can switch to a virtual console and proceed with 
> the installation that way.  Perhaps, we should try to start the graphical 
> installer only 5 times.  If it fails, then just produce an error message and 
> suggest the user switch to another virtual console and try the manual install.

Perhaps one should restart with mingetty-service if kmscon fails (but
not if installation was restarted by the user).  But I suppose this
was discussed before and I do not know if kmscon can be unloaded.

Regards,
Florian