Avertec laptop requires debian-installer/framebuffer=false

[[e-mail]]

I've got an Avertec Laptop with all the correct prereq's to run Ubuntu but when
I boot to the CD to do the install it begins just fine. I get to the 1st screen
to select F1 or Enter. I hit enter and the install begins with the text
scrolling up the screen. Then the screen fades to all white and the whole thing
just stops. CD, everything. I have to ctrl-alt-del to reboot. Can't get past it.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Please test something for us. At the prompt where you can press F1 or enter,
type "linux debian-installer/framebuffer=false" and see if that helps.

[[e-mail] (brianstough)]

That did it. It's installing as I type this. Thank you!

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Any chance you could try out a Dapper installation (you don't have to actually do the install, just boot from a Dapper install CD, such as the latest Flight release) and see if that works? It's possible that switching the console to 640x400 by default has sorted this out.

[KarlGoetz (kgoetz)]

colin,
can we reject this bug? i dont think your going to get a reply :/

[[e-mail] (brianstough)]

I apologize. I completely missed the question. Sure I can give it a try. Where do I get the install?

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

http://releases.ubuntu.com/dapper/ubuntu-6.06-alternate-i386.iso

Thanks in advance!

[towsonu2003 (towsonu2003)]

Mr Stough, did it work? also, Mr. Watson is there a way to put the framebuffer=false option to a more visible place? that might at least provide a workaround easier to find for others.

PS. I feel like I'm in star trek now ;)

[[e-mail] (brianstough)]

Ok, sorry its taken so long to get back to you. I've downloaded the ubuntu-6.06.1-alternate-i386.iso file and burned it to disc. When I boot up with it and select the Install in OEM mode I get a blank white screen with faint colored vertical lines in it, so that doesn't work. If I hit f4 and select the 640x480x16 video setting and then select that OEM mode it works.

[Jonathan Carter (jonathan)]

Could you test this in the latest Ubuntu release (6.10) and check whether this bug persists?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Marking as invalid since no reply from the reporter in several months.