Bug 3500 - Prompt to choose to install Mageia or boot from CD too short
Summary: Prompt to choose to install Mageia or boot from CD too short
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: release_blocker critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Olivier Blin
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Whiteboard: QA
Keywords: Triaged
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-11-27 18:34 CET by Mike Crecelius
Modified: 2012-01-05 19:13 CET (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: mageia-gfxboot-theme
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Description Mike Crecelius 2011-11-27 18:34:35 CET 
Description of problem:
Testing the Mageia 2 Alpha 1 disk.
When booting and reading the installer CD, there is a prompt:

Boot Mageia 1
Install Mageia 1
Boot from Hard Disk.

The installer only gives about 1 second before continuing. This is too short.  Give more time for the user to make a choice.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 2 Alpha 1.  32 bit.  I did not test 64 bit.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Boot the system with the Mageia installation CD in the drive.
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Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-27 21:24:58 CET 
Hi, thanks for reporting this bug.
Assigned to the package maintainer.

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Source RPM: (none) => mageia-gfxboot-theme

Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-27 23:30:39 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => watersnowrock

Comment 2 Donald 2011-11-27 23:36:46 CET 
I will test later on to confirm.

If so, we can increase the timeout for Mageia 2 alpha 2.

It should be around 8 seconds from memory.....
Comment 3 Donald 2011-12-01 16:40:15 CET 
I can confirm for KDE4 64bit Europe 1 live cd in virtualbox.

However - the actual graphical boot screen was missing- it was just black whither this is a virtual box issue or not I don't and wont now for a bit as I don't have the time to test on real hardware. 

So if anyone can confirm that then i can look further into it later.

Thanks.
Comment 4 Mike Crecelius 2011-12-02 04:56:09 CET 
I was testing on a physical 32 bit system.  Not using any virtual technology.
Comment 5 Donald 2011-12-02 11:50:33 CET 
Ok, was the screen completely black, or did it look like Mageia 1's boot screen?
Comment 6 Mike Crecelius 2011-12-03 17:15:36 CET 
The screen looked like Mageia 1 boot screen.  It all looked correct, just that the menu appears then goes away in about 1 second.
Comment 7 Donald 2011-12-03 18:08:57 CET 
Right, I am not quite sure how to debug this, as the new gfxboot is working fine for installed systems.

I should have more time later in the month once my exams are done to get this sorted.
Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2011-12-10 23:35:01 CET 
In fact maybe all bugs related to gfxboot in the isos (background, time to short, only english in the menu) is more a draklive/isos bug instead and package one no ?

(as it works after the install)

Priority: Normal => release_blocker
CC: (none) => tmb, watersnowrock
Assignee: watersnowrock => mageia
Severity: minor => critical

Comment 9 Mike Crecelius 2011-12-17 20:31:52 CET 
Testing with Mageia 2 Alpha 2 on the same machine.
I now count 4 seconds that the menu is available.  This is sufficient time to make a choice.
Comment 10 Thomas Backlund 2011-12-17 20:34:28 CET 
Yep. I added longer delay for the alpha2 isos
Comment 11 Donald 2011-12-19 09:54:21 CET 
Thomas: I was looking for where you set the time and due to my lack of knowledge with this package's technical side I couldn't find it. Where do you alter it? Thanks.
Comment 12 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-05 19:08:30 CET 
General ping for Alpha 3

Whiteboard: (none) => QA

Comment 13 Thomas Backlund 2012-01-05 19:13:24 CET 
This was fixed in alpha2

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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