hey, now i’m more awake and can manage a coherent response
for this, it was because of my lack of a wifi driver. i think the page should at very least be updated to add that you will need ethernet or a full system image when using the A311D. it was partly my fault for not reading everything, and putting it together, but a clear warning/note would be very beneficial to user friendliness, something you seem to agree with here
to tack on, i think the system images page should also be the go to recommendation, with the netinstaller being a second choice, as the system image is way more user friendly, then have a note on the system images page saying “if you’d prefer to do a netinstall of Debian as you would any other system, see netinstaller images here. note that when using the A311D, you will need an ethernet cable.” make it abundantly clear. also i think the netinstaller should have a monitors.xml file added for convenience, as it defaults to portrait mode, making the install a bit… weird.
as for the whole thing with bmaptool. that was a bit of a fiasco, i was rushing and was so frazzled yesterday so i wasn’t paying as much attention as usual (truly a testament to MNT’s design being difficult to brick if you’re halfway skilled in Linux, props for that). i should have just waited till today or tomorrow to do the install as that would have gone way better i think. as i said in my last post from last night (i’m in EDT), the only issue that was bmaptool’s fault i think was the command not working when the device was unmounted. i forget the error message and you’re entirely right about the resolution being messed up, so i can’t read it from the image i sent.
if you want me to, i can try doing a full debug of bmaptool, just let me know if that would help, but i think the majority if not all of it was my fault due to rushing and being frazzled.