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| author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2012-10-05 00:10:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2012-10-05 00:10:12 +0000 |
| commit | d8a1610aa13436f02e493f9d7c40fbac4a3bbf61 (patch) | |
| tree | f6440af93fd971c08164d8a945310244956a56c4 | |
| parent | 667b6bcae12015deb37d9c1f97fdca648e0b3f4d (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-d8a1610aa13436f02e493f9d7c40fbac4a3bbf61.zip | |
Advise virtualization+serial users into using screen to fix glitches.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index f9774c151..5919f66d4 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ installation-guide (20120827) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Update preseed aliases. * Document that only basic keymap variants are available for preseeding. Closes: #682857. + * Advise virtualization+serial users into using screen to fix glitches. + Closes: #689548. [ Simon Guinot ] * Document support for LaCie NASes. Closes: #686128 diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml index f9214c232..68f69cf03 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml @@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ terminal emulator, the parameter Note that the installer only supports the following terminal types: <literal>linux</literal>, <literal>bterm</literal>, <literal>ansi</literal>, <literal>vt102</literal> and <literal>dumb</literal>. The default for -serial console in &d-i; is <userinput>vt102</userinput>. +serial console in &d-i; is <userinput>vt102</userinput>. If you are using a +virtualization tool which does not provide conversion into such terminals types +itself, e.g. QEMU/KVM, you can start it inside a <command>screen</command> +session. That will indeed perform translation into the <literal>screen</literal> +terminal type, which is very close to <literal>vt102</literal>. </para> </footnote> |