Bug 483053

Summary: Character problems with the new text installer (UTF?)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Steven Moix <steven.moix>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: anaconda-maint-list, jlaska, kbaxley, mmilgram
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Description Steven Moix 2009-01-29 14:52:47 UTC 
Created attachment 330361 [details]
Funky ASCII chars in anaconda

Description of problem:
When using the text install as described on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days/2009-01-29 from a Fedora 10 x86_64 DVD, I get funky ASCII characters in anaconda, see the attached picture.

How reproducible:
Every time when the installer is started from a Fedora 10 x86_64 DVD.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start the installer with the "updates=http://clumens.fedorapeople.org/notext.img text" arguments.
2. See the funky characters at the "Welcome to Fedora" screen.

Additional info:
This bug appears on my laptop and also in a VirtualBox VM. When starting the installer with normal settings, only "text" for example, this problem doesn't occur. It really seems to be triggered by the "updates=http://clumens.fedorapeople.org/notext.img" argument.
Comment 1 Kent Baxley 2009-01-29 15:02:18 UTC 
also seeing the same behavior from today's 32-bit boot.iso from:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/i386/
Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2009-01-29 16:30:39 UTC 
*** Bug 483078 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Andy Lindeberg 2009-02-12 17:07:31 UTC 
The new text mode has been implemented, and I'm not seeing these problems anymore. If you see strange characters in the latest rawhide, please reopen this bug.