On Thu 22 Oct 2015 at 09:18:24 +0200, Ondřej Grover wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Adrian O'Dell <crimsonm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > There appears to be a bug which has Plagued me for years. Oddly I don't > > have the bug in Linux Mint. Did they edit this part of the installer? > > > > My name contains an apostrophe, which causes the Debian installer to not > > create my user account. Long time ago when I tried to seek help via IRC was > > told I must have done something wrong. Two days ago I confirmed through > > multiple installs that the apostrophe is the culprit. > > > > This is the only attempt I will make at filing a bug report. Anyone more > > familiar with filing a bug report, it would be greatly appreciated if you > > would make sure it gets filed properly so it may be resolved. > > https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting is an ugly wall of text which > > immediately discouraged me from wanting to file a bug report anymore.
> could you please be more specific about a few points? > - what installer ISO did you use > - did you use the text or graphical installer > - what was the error message or what failed or happened exactly that > stopped the installation > > I wasn't able to reproduce your problem in VirtualBox using the network > installation ISO > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.2.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-8.2.0-i386-netinst.iso > and with almost all the default choices with the excpetion of these prompts > - Full name of new user: "Adrian O'Dell" > - user name: "adrian" My install was on bare metal. The outcome was identical to yours. > I understand that you may not feel like reading a large page of text if you > are in a hurry or feel you may not understand it. However, the Debian and > other open-source projects keep living thanks to individuals like you that > go the extra mile, devote some time to the cause and are willing to learn > new things. Please consider supporting Debian (and through it all other > projects based on it, including Linux Mint) through your extra effort in > filing bug reports when needed. The second line on the page says: We strongly recommend that you report bugs in Debian using the reportbug program. Making sure "it gets filed properly so it may be resolved" is not a responsibility of some third party unfamiliar with the details, especially if it is not reproducible for them.
