Italian translation and installation issues

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diaolin

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First: italian


  • This is not a bug, only a request to clarify
  • The button text "Shutdown" has been translated into "Spegni"and this is OK
  • The button text "Stop" has been translated into "Stop", :( i think it's more comfortable a translation like "Togli corrente" or whatever similar. This only do differentiate the two actions.
  • Many thanks to Angelo Volpato for the translation
Second: installation on new hardware, very new hardware

  1. on a new (laptop) Turion amd64 the screen freezes after boot during installation
  2. changing the boot parameters in this manner :
    linux26 vesa video=vesafb nosplash it works OK
If anyone needs this info.... It's the vesa video=vesafb the real problem.

Anyway, resolved. It installs ok

Tx, Diaolin
 
diaolin said:
changing the boot parameters in this manner :


  1. linux26 vesa video=vesafb nosplash it works OK
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interesting - what does boot parameter 'vesa'? I found no info about that.

by default we use:

linux26 vga=791 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr splash=silent

does it work with:

linux26 vga=791 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr nosplash

just curious. Maybe it should be 'video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr' anyways?

- Dietmar
 
vesa as mode (kernel parameter)

A common mistake is that folks use a wrong parameter format when using the driver compiled into the kernel. Please note: If compiled into the kernel, the parameter format is video=sisfb:mode:none or video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16
(or whatever mode you want to use, alternatively using any other format
described above or the vesa keyword instead of mode). If compiled as a module,
the parameter format reads mode=none or mode=1024x768x16 (or whatever mode you
want to use). Using a "=" for a ":" (and vice versa) is a huge difference!
Additionally: If you give more than one argument to the in-kernel sisfb, the
arguments are separated with ",". For example:

video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16,rate:75,mem:12288
 
First, we use the vesa fb by default (vga=791)

diaolin said:
It let's the kernel use vesa driver.
Click to expand...

There is no 'vesa' boot parameter in the docs (Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt). Where did you find that?

Also, 'nosplash' seems to have no effect at all.

So what is the effect of your changed boot parameters?

- Dietmar
 
diaolin said:
The installer works without hanging.
Withouth the parameter it does "black screen" and stop.
Diaolin
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Sure, but I read through the kernel sources and your changes has no effect IMO.

And if I use what you recommend, it does not switch to FB mode at all.

linux26 vesa video=vesafb nosplash

(above does not start a vesa FB and so the installer fails)

so I am confused.

- Dietmar
 
I didn't know how to installat?
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