Bug 483053 - Character problems with the new text installer (UTF?)
Summary: Character problems with the new text installer (UTF?)
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
: 483078 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: F11Blocker, F11FinalBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-01-29 14:52 UTC by Steven Moix
Modified: 2009-02-12 17:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-02-12 17:07:31 UTC
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Funky ASCII chars in anaconda (186.23 KB, image/jpeg)
2009-01-29 14:52 UTC, Steven Moix
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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.


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