Debian Text only install

[Pantso]

If that's so, then

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should do it.

[Calum]

could not find kernel image: text
could not find kernel image: nofb

and when i try to put in 'linux text' or 'linux nofb' it just boots the 'linux' kernel and goes straight to the blackscreen again.  

[Pantso]

F**k! I really don't know. How about
boot:lowres
These are actually installation kernel parameters in RedHat but again I don't know about Debian.   :rolleyes:

[Calum]

fuck indeed!
well, i'm at work now, and i am fiddling with another OS at the moment, but i think what i need to do is read the docs fully and thoroughly on the debian CD and then when they don't mention anything about this i'll post to my LUG list and search for debian forums.

thanks for your continued perseverance.

[Master of Reality]

ahhh... yes... i should have read this earlier. Of course its the framebuffer. I had the same problem after i installed slackware, but it didnt use framebuffer in the install only aftwards and i had to ssh into slackware to fix it. But of course that wont work here.

[Calum]

yes i know it's the framebuffer but fergodsssake how'dyou fix it so it doesn't do a GUI?

[Master of Reality]

it isnt really a GUI, it jsut uses the framebuffer to run the console.

[Calum]

the worst of both worlds, eh? so, eh, just to change the subject... any idea how to get it to STOP doing that?

[Master of Reality]

well. once you stop it, then it will be fixed. I know I had to change the lilo options. hmmmm.... i'm thinking about dling debian and seeing about this myself as i think i have a spare computer.

[flap]

ok, I just booted from my Debian cd and looked at the help. To boot without using the framebuffer just type this at the boot prompt:

linux video=vga16:off

[ February 04, 2003: Message edited by: flap ]

[Calum]

thank you very very much flap!

coincidentally void main just told me the exact same thing on his forums. i feel a bit dumb that i didn't see it in the docs of my debian cd. where on the CD is that information, if you don't mind?

[flap]

When you boot up you can press F1 for help. Then if you press F5 (I think) you get a list of additional boot parameters.

[Master of Reality]

...do they actually let you on the internet in the institution? Read the fucking thread.

[ February 04, 2003: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / Bob ]

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by X11: I pop a cap in yo ass:
[QB]Debian uses a frame buffer driver which your graphic card is not liking. Its also a crap graphic card and you would be able to get a Geforce2 for a nice price these days .

it's a laptop, and the framebuffer thing has been pointed out already thanks.

 

quote:There should be a option to turn off frame buffer.

there is. i pushed f5 on the first install screen, as told, and sure enough there were the instructions i needed.  

quote:Also it may be your monitor not liking whatever resolution you put it in.

it's not but i think that might be a problem i am having in lycoris desktop l/x, but that's another story.

As an update, i can install debian fine now without using the framebuffer, but then on first boot it uses the framebuffer    so i suppose i now have to give the vga... option to the kernel on bootup (in whatever bootloader i use) to get it to work.

[Pantso]

quote:Originally posted by Calum: Member # 81:

it's not but i think that might be a problem i am having in lycoris desktop l/x, but that's another story.

As an update, i can install debian fine now without using the framebuffer, but then on first boot it uses the framebuffer     so i suppose i now have to give the vga... option to the kernel on bootup (in whatever bootloader i use) to get it to work.

Yep, unfortunately you have to pass that parameter to the kernel each time before booting, unless you can edit some file (I really don't know which especially in Debian), which could be a major pain in the arse. Isn't there any similar case in Debian's page?