Control: reassign -1 debconf 1.5.49 Hi,
Lou Poppler wrote: > I used interactive aptitude to install several choices from within task > debian-science. > Near the end of the install process I got a screen with a text menu which > claimed to be "Configuring science-config" That's not aptitude asking you, but debconf. Reassigning accordingly. Full quote for the debconf maintainers: > and instructing me: "Please select, among the whole system user list, users > who should get a Debian Science user menu." > with a text-mode list of users with apparently text-mode check boxes by > each username, and choices <OK> and <cancel> > at the bottom of the screen. > > Unfortunately there was no hint about what keys or what input might affect > the check boxes or might navigate to the OK and Cancel > buttons. I wanted to select both users, and the cursor seemed to be inside > the first check-box, so I guessed that maybe the enter > key might select that check box. This was a bad choice, because it exited > me from the menu, apparently without selecting any user. > > After looking at man files, and help documentation, I still have no idea > what I should have done. > I also have no idea how to revisit this choice and select some usernames. > > I file this bug, because I think it would be nice to have some hint on the > text-mode menu screen, > like maybe "[X selects/unselects]" "[TAB moves to next option]" ["ENTER > means exit"] > or _whatever_ the actual inputs are that I should use with this menu screen. > Or even some text explaining where to look to find out how it works. > > If this text-mode screen comes from some other program invoked by aptitude, > I would appreciate even learning that information. P.S.: From the version of aptitude, I'm guessing, you are using Debian Wheezy. Hence reassigning to the version of debconf in Debian Wheezy. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>, http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE `- | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org