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Created attachment 501647 [details] /var/log/messages and anaconda.log Description of problem: Anaconda crash with segfault after the language and keyboard selection dialogs, if I run the command 'liveinst --text --nofb=NOFB' from a recent Fedora livecd (built today). Because I'm blind, I need to use BRLTTY and a braille display during install, and so I don't use X or any desktop environment. How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot a livecd without X, or kill X after boot. 2. Run 'liveinst --text --nofb=NOFB 3. Step through the language and keyboard selection dialogs. Actual results: Segfault. Expected results: A successful installation of the livecd stuff onto the hard drive. Additional info: I know anaconda has been inaccessible to people using a braille display to install Fedora for yers. It would be great if that could be investigated into.
Why aren't you using a DVD install with text mode?
Well, is that install available with BRLTTY? At least for Fedora 14, I know that it's quite unaccessibele. Does the install dVD for Fedora 15 support real text mode without framebuffer, e.g. a console with 80x25? Lars
Did you remove packages from the livecd kickstart when you added brltty? With a standard live desktop iso I am able to boot into runlevel 3 (pass 3 on the kernel command line at boot time), login as liveuser and run liveinst --text I did have some extra text output on screen after it resized the filesystem, but it installed fine. I wonder if you removed some needed packages in yours. I'm not sure about framebuffer move. anaconda doesn't use nofb for anything and when I look at the dmesg output on my laptop it doesn't appear to change how text is rendered.
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