[Bug 1505839] Re: Unable to install from text mode interface

[Scott Moser]

A quick bit of testing shows that this regressed between ubuntu-15.04-server-amd64.iso and ubuntu-15.10-server-amd64.iso .
So:

WORKS: ubuntu-14.04.4-server-amd64.iso
WORKS: ubuntu-15.04-server-amd64.iso
FAILS: ubuntu-15.10-server-amd64.iso
FAILS: xenial-server-amd64-daily-20160411.2.iso

Thats good, because it means if the regression was in syslinux, then it
was between 3:6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1 and 3:6.03+dfsg-8ubuntu2 (there was a
major version bump in syslinux between trusty and  but it still seems to
work in vivid. so that is good):

$ rmadison syslinux
 syslinux | 2:4.05+dfsg-2         | precise | source, amd64, i386
 syslinux | 3:4.05+dfsg-6+deb8u1  | trusty  | source, amd64, i386
 syslinux | 3:6.03+dfsg-5ubuntu1  | vivid   | source, amd64, i386
 syslinux | 3:6.03+dfsg-8ubuntu2  | wily    | source, amd64, i386
 syslinux | 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 | xenial  | source, amd64, i386

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Title:
  Unable to install from text mode interface

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I use packer (https://www.packer.io) to automate the creation of
  Ubuntu virtual machine images. It's "boot_command" allows you to pass
  key presses to the installer. For 15.04, I use something like this:

  -----

              "boot_command": [
                  "<esc><esc><enter><wait>",
                  "/install/vmlinuz auto url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ubuntu-15-04.cfg ",
                  "debian-installer=en_US locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us ",
                  "hostname={{ .Name }} ",

                  "keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP ",
                  "keyboard-configuration/layout=USA ",
                  "keyboard-configuration/variant=USA ",

                  "initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>"
              ],

  ----

  Pressing escape twice and then enter brings you to the text mode
  interface and then it boots the installer with a preseed file served
  over HTTP:

      /install/vmlinuz auto url=http://10.0.2.2:8081/ubuntu-15-04.cfg
  debian-installer=en_US locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us
  hostname=myhostname keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-
  configuration/layout=USA keyboard-configuration/variant=USA
  initrd=/install/initrd.gz --

  This successfully boots and installs on 15.04. On 15.10 it displays:

  ----

  Loading bootlogo...

  Initializing gfx code...

  ----

  And then returns to the to the language selection screen. Manually
  booting the iso and entering the text mode interface, the same thing
  happens. I've tried with both the 10/13 daily and Beta-2 images.

  I see others are running into this as well
  https://github.com/boxcutter/ubuntu/issues/22

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