Bug#898468: debian-installer: black screen/long delay in graphical installer after switching from linux 4.15 to 4.16

Cyril Brulebois kibi at debian.org
Thu Jun 7 09:42:38 BST 2018


Control: tag -1 patch pending

Hi Ben,

Cyril Brulebois <kibi at debian.org> (2018-06-05):
> Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> (2018-06-05):
> > plymouth had the same problem, fixed in version 0.9.3-3.  You should
> > be able to avoid it by running fc-cache as part of the initramfs
> > build process.
> 
> \o/ \o/ \o/
> 
> Thanks for that extra hint! I'll look into it before finally switching
> to more debugging (#900317).

Again, many thanks for pointing out the known issue and a possible
solution; that worked like a charm:
  https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/commit/59e1a9af0ce29da7afb55aecce6d54094c3f214f
  https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debian-installer/commit/d024dc979b1006294abb59e985035cd64678932b


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi at debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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