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Re: [g-i] Machine does not reboot preseeded

From: Geert Stappers <stappers(at)stappers.nl>
Date: Tue Jul 10 2007 - 12:37:11 EDT

Op 10-07-2007 om 15:47 schreef nirupama rout:
> hi

Hi,

> After installation is completed in gui mode the cd
> comes out and shows the installtion complete but the
> system does not reboot.why?

And which version are we talking about?

> It shows a whitish screen where even mouse move is not
> visible.But when I restart the pc manually I get the
> new os well installed
>
> The same process in text mode of installtion works
> fine and the system reboots automatically
>
> The lines I added in preseed.cfg file is as follows:
>

[ #xserver-xorg lines ]
> d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
> d-i prebaseconfig/reboot_in_progress note
> #d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false
> d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
>
>
> Even though I gave the option of rebooting it does not
> reboot why?
>
> Can any body help me out.

I can make a (wild) guess and give an (workaround) advice.

Wild guess:
graphical debconf frontend handles "note" wrongly.

Workaround:
Consider doing the auto install in text mode

Do you need help?

Cheers
Geert Stappers

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