20080225 Live CD Function keys behave unexpectedly
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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debian-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Colin Watson | ||
gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: casper
I was testing the Ubuntu daily amd64 Live CD from 20080225 and discovered the following:
Pressing F10 asks me if I want to "Halt the system now?" which was not listed as doing anything.
Odd information is presented after performing the following:
1) Highlight "Try Ubuntu..."
2) Press F6
3) Press F7
4) Press F1
5) Observe a "popup" that covers the Ubuntu logo and looks like a table with data and prog column headers.
6) Pressing escape then takes you to a mostly blank screen with just "boot:"
7) In this menu system it is recommended to boot with "rescue" to rescue an existing system however, the Live CD normally says to just boot to the Live environment.
These bug reports may not be related but I though they probably were so submitted it as one. If not let me know.
Related branches
Changed in gfxboot-theme-ubuntu: | |
assignee: | nobody → kamion |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in debian-installer: | |
assignee: | nobody → kamion |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
The major bug here is point 5, which is what a gfxboot crash looks like. I've reproduced this and will fix it.
The other issues you raise here are:
* F10 presents undocumented power off dialog. I don't think this is a bug; it's just a feature there isn't room to document.
* Escape from crash dialog takes you to (non-gfxboot) syslinux prompt. This is intentional; there needs to be a fallback way to boot the system somehow if gfxboot blows up.
* F4 at syslinux prompt documents rescue mode even on the live CD. This is a bug and I'll open a separate task on debian-installer for it.