also sprach Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.12.12.2241 +0100]: > Yes, the Debian installer does a lot of things during the > installation of Debian with the desktop task that you will not get > if you just install packages with apt. One example is that our > X needs read-edid and mdetect to be installed before it is even > preconfigured for hardware detection to work properly.
I think I remember seeing both of these packages get installed in phase 2, even though I chose no tasks whatsoever. Could this be? Could you point me to the code in d-i that does special stuff when the desktop task is selected? http://svn.debian.org takes 40 seconds to load a page at the moment, and svn+ssh://svn.debian.org times out. Thanks, -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! "a cigarette is the perfect type of pleasure. it is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied." -- oscar wilde
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