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authorSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2012-10-05 00:10:12 +0000
committerSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2012-10-05 00:10:12 +0000
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downloadinstallation-guide-d8a1610aa13436f02e493f9d7c40fbac4a3bbf61.zip
Advise virtualization+serial users into using screen to fix glitches.
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@@ -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>