Bug#240721: debian-installer-demo: localisation set during install is not active afterwards

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: debian-installer-demo Version: beta3 Severity: normal Installed beta3 and then chose desktop-environment from tasksel. localisation set during install is not active afterwards The settings seem to get messed up again later. -- needed to run dpkg--reconfigure locales (and there

Bug#240715: base-config: incosistent, secret, automatic package selection depending on tasksel/aptitude/nothing/etc.

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: base-config Version: 2.15 Severity: normal incosistent, secret, automatic package selection depending on tasksel/aptitude/nothing. Entering tasksel and not selecting anything will install MANY packages. Selecting not to install any thing at the menu will still install SOME packages. et

Bug#240707: base-config: need to define group memberships for created user

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: base-config Version: 2.15 Severity: normal Otherwise system is not usable by the user as expected, i.e. floppy, cdrom, etc. not available. The added security is good, but the limitations need to be visible when adding the user. I suggest to add a muliple-choice selection for device pe

Bug#240711: beta3: selecting an ftp mirror activates http access to security.d.o without asking

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: base-config Version: 2.15 Severity: normal beta3: selecting an ftp mirror activates http access to security.d.o without asking and lets to long timouts and errors when a http_proxy is required. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT polic

Bug#240706: base-config: hardware clock (UTC/GMT/local) setting not clear

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: base-config Version: 2.15 Severity: normal Hardware clock it is xx:xx UTC! Is your hardware clock in GMT? What? All it can ask is if xx:xx is my local time or not, with the option choose to interpret hwclock as UTC aka GMT or local. If neither renders a correct local time offer to a

Bug#240701: debian-installer-demo: retrieve hostname with dhcp

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: debian-installer-demo Version: beta3 Severity: wishlist Well, subject says all, I guess. IIRC the DHCPDISCOVER should be done with the hostname set to AUTO, so that might be a reasonable setting then. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT p

Bug#240697: base-config: change apt-setup to point to sarge not testing

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: base-config Version: 2.15 Severity: normal Installed from d-i beta3 CD. And sources list points to testing not sarge. It is probably time now not to repeat failure #154482 and not default to generate moving targets (testing) in sources.list but use the continous names. -- System In

Bug#240693: debian-installer-demo: potentialy dangerous exit menu name (ambigous)

2004-03-28 Thread Christian Gatzemeier
Package: debian-installer-demo Version: beta3 Severity: normal Wanted to quit d-i in main menu so I chose "finish install and restart" (retranslated from german) but what it did was more to go through with the install and then restart. Please be sharper already in the english expressions. Even i