Bug#557387: debian-installer: graphical installer doesn't start

[Christian Perrier]

Quoting Otavio Salvador (otavio at ossystems.com.br):
> Package: libgtk-directfb-2.0-0
> Version: 2.18.3-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i

This is nearly "Breaks unrelated software" so could be "Severity: critical"

Anyway:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> We found that graphical installer is not working with current GTK
> version. The failure is bellow:
> 
> ,----
> | (<unknown>:813): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_drawable_set_colormap: assetion
> | `cmap == NULL || gdk_drawable_get_depth (drawable) ==
> | cmap->visual->depth' failed
> `----
> 
> Following versions of the library has been tested:
> 
>  2.18.3 - fails
>  2.18.0 - fails
>  2.17.8 - fails
>  2.16.6 - works

I wonder whether we could fork that package and create "our" own one,
with 2.16.6, only meant for D-I use.

That would at least allow having a graphical installer. Bad hack, I
admit...


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