TL-DR don't use KMS. I can duplicate error using latest 20210127-groovy and selecting option 2 to boot from pendrive to RAM, KMS, large font. Booting from UEFI pendrive (FAT32 usb2) using a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 (PVR-00016) Model 1866. On screen text shows: Live media is in /run/live/medium Updating /etc/ocs/ocs-live.conf based on kernel parameters if found... done! Using font size for the console: 16x32 (several blank lines, then at bottom of screen) Configuring keyboard... _ (Underscore at end...
My scenario -- using Clonezilla to drop sysprepped images of Win8.1 on to HDs. Periodically,...