Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-10-08 Thread john doe
acy driver" suggested at [1] will make Orca usable. What is the best way to test in d-i '/etc/modprobe.d/inteldsp.conf' 'options snd_intel_dspcfg dsp_driver=1'? [1] https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=153813 -- John Doe

Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-09-22 Thread john doe
s://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz I get: "E: Unimplemented function" I will eventually be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor! ;^) -- John Doe

Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-09-15 Thread john doe
On 9/14/24 20:21, Samuel Thibault wrote: john doe, le sam. 14 sept. 2024 16:38:38 +0200, a ecrit: On 9/13/24 01:12, Samuel Thibault wrote: It's the espeakup-udeb finish-install, it does its tweaks if a speech language was set with espeakup/voice. You can preseed espeakup/voice that

Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-09-14 Thread john doe
On 9/13/24 01:12, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, john doe, le jeu. 12 sept. 2024 11:25:34 +0200, a ecrit: On 9/11/24 20:35, Philip Hands wrote: john doe writes: Hi, I'm trying to avoid that below prompt when preseeding with http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-

Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-09-12 Thread john doe
On 9/11/24 18:52, Samuel Thibault wrote: john doe, le mer. 11 sept. 2024 18:41:03 +0200, a ecrit: On 9/10/24 21:59, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, john doe, le mar. 10 sept. 2024 21:54:58 +0200, a ecrit: I'm trying to avoid that below prompt when preseeding with http://ftp.debian.org/d

Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-09-12 Thread john doe
On 9/11/24 20:35, Philip Hands wrote: john doe writes: Hi, I'm trying to avoid that below prompt when preseeding with http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz : "No sound cart detected after 80 secs Can not do softw

Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-09-11 Thread john doe
On 9/10/24 21:59, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, john doe, le mar. 10 sept. 2024 21:54:58 +0200, a ecrit: I'm trying to avoid that below prompt when preseeding with http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz : "No

Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

2024-09-10 Thread john doe
w can I preseed that prompt? What i'm trying to do is to install Debian with accessibility ('speakup.synth=soft') support regardless of if a sound card is detected. I've tried 'espeakup/card=false' and/or 'espeakup/voice=false' as kernel boot parameter to no avail. Any input is appreciated. -- John Doe

Re: Fwd: Missing driver for audio component

2024-09-08 Thread john doe
My apologies for having posted an e-mail without the correct body content. On 9/8/24 17:06, Samuel Thibault wrote: Samuel Thibault, le dim. 08 sept. 2024 16:47:07 +0200, a ecrit: john doe, le lun. 02 sept. 2024 17:09:39 +0200, a ecrit: Sorry for having posted to the rong mailing list. The

Fwd: Missing driver for audio component

2024-09-02 Thread john doe
, 2 Sep 2024 17:05:59 +0200 From: Samuel Thibault Organization: I am not organized To: debian-accessibil...@lists.debian.org Hello, john doe, le lun. 02 sept. 2024 15:25:51 +0200, a ecrit: Reporting this here in the hope that the missing drivers can be included! ;^) debian-accessibility does not

Re: d-i bug: spurious checksum error?

2023-04-19 Thread john doe
Unless I'm missing something, the file is to be checksummed before the content is available to d-i, the lines would simply be there to document what the installer can do. I would assume that it would work as kernel boot parameter. -- John Doe

Re: Net boot auto install failure with "No device for installation media was detected"

2022-07-21 Thread john doe
an ISO file in the first place. -- John Doe

Re: debian over pxe

2022-03-13 Thread john doe
oting and iso file. To boot Debian using PXE you will need a netboot image. If you want 'preseeding' in your iso file, see (1). 1) https://wiki.debian.org/Simple-CDD/Howto -- John Doe

Re: Having a d-i boot timeout for enabling speech?

2022-02-27 Thread john doe
ing the wait time to something like 60sec might not be a bad idea to avoid this being a distraction to the vast majority of users. Even better would be to aline with what other OSes are doing (docs welcome). For what it is worth, I could not find documentation backing up a wait time in other OSes. -- John Doe

Re: How to get preseed to ASK me for hostname + strange partitioning behaviour

2022-01-20 Thread john doe
d-i netcfg/get_domain seen false But still - it goes directly to the partitioning after choosing keyboard layout, without any hostname question. Maybey setting the 'priority' to 'high' instead of 'critical'. -- John Doe

Bug#1002976: installation-reports: Installer Does Not Provide Screen Reader in Accessible Installation

2022-01-16 Thread john doe
d to this bug report. -- John Doe

Re: Bug#1002976: installation-reports: Installer Fault Accessibility No Screen Reader Heard

2022-01-03 Thread john doe
On 1/3/2022 9:59 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: John Doe, Someone told me of a method of saving log files from the installer before it writes to the hard drive it's going to install to. The error occurs prior to writing to any partition. If these errors are kept in system RAM unti

Re: Bug#1002976: installation-reports: Installer Fault Accessibility No Screen Reader Heard

2022-01-03 Thread john doe
On 1/3/2022 9:06 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, 02:09 john doe wrote: On 1/3/2022 12:18 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 8:25 AM john doe wrote: On 1/2/2022 1:56 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 03:59 Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Am

Re: Bug#1002976: installation-reports: Installer Fault Accessibility No Screen Reader Heard

2022-01-02 Thread john doe
On 1/3/2022 12:18 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 8:25 AM john doe wrote: On 1/2/2022 1:56 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2022, 03:59 Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Am 2. Januar 2022 02:40:16 MEZ schrieb "David J. Ring, Jr." < n...@arrl.net : l

Re: Bug#1002976: installation-reports: Installer Fault Accessibility No Screen Reader Heard

2022-01-02 Thread john doe
that this is a work in progress! Feedback from the comunity will eventually make this workable for all of us. 1) https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/daily-builds/sid_d-i/current/ -- John Doe

Re: Bug#1002921: installation-reports: No Screen Reader, Cannot boot into MATE GUI, Root only can

2022-01-01 Thread john doe
the issue! P.S. By 'we' I mean the comunity. -- John Doe

Re: At what time of the install process a script is executed with 'preseed/run'?

2021-12-29 Thread john doe
On 12/29/2021 4:35 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: Hi, Am 26. Dezember 2021 19:18:26 MEZ schrieb john doe : On 12/26/2021 5:44 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: Am 26. Dezember 2021 17:30:03 MEZ schrieb john doe : Can someone confirm when 'preseed/run' is executed? In other words, what is th

Re: At what time of the install process a script is executed with 'preseed/run'?

2021-12-26 Thread john doe
On 12/26/2021 5:44 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: Am 26. Dezember 2021 17:30:03 MEZ schrieb john doe : Debians, From a preseed file I need to download and execute as the last command a script. I'm playing with 'd-i preseed/run string foo.sh' the script execute successfully but does

At what time of the install process a script is executed with 'preseed/run'?

2021-12-26 Thread john doe
#x27;preseed/run' is executed? In other words, what is the best way to download and execute a script at the end of the install process. Any help is appreciated. -- John Doe

Re: moving graphical installer to GTK 3

2021-05-19 Thread john doe
ve up on it. The ability to support everything from a serial terminal up to a graphical installer on the same media is lovely. I concur. -- John Doe

Re: Speed up installation: activate eatmydata-udeb by default and include eatmydata package in /pool

2021-04-07 Thread john doe
Please send through the list, so other can react to your answer/feedback. On 4/7/2021 11:32 AM, Philip Hands wrote: john doe writes: This move should be documented somewhere and maybe emit a warning to that effect before starting the installer: "Incase of failure during the installatio

Re: Speed up installation: activate eatmydata-udeb by default and include eatmydata package in /pool

2021-04-07 Thread john doe
commended to restart from scratch." Could d-i verify that the installation was successfull and tell it to the user? -- John Doe

Re: Unlock system through Tor on boot

2021-03-15 Thread john doe
directories relative to the boot partition. You will also need to take the dependencies into consideration. -- John Doe

Bug#983835: base-installer: hostname= is ignored if reverse-dns exists

2021-03-02 Thread john doe
host specific anyway and for me is already generated by my provisioning system). So perhaps it would be useful to have a like netcfg/hostname_priority flag where one can choose a priority order? +1 -- John Doe

Re: Bug#982640: [d-i] finish-install: improve understandability of reboot screen

2021-02-12 Thread john doe
being less technical might not hurt. -- John Doe

Re: Unexpected reboot after powerpc install

2021-02-09 Thread john doe
step, you need to "Switch to another console". See (1) on how to do that. 1) https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/ch06s01.en.html -- John Doe

Re: Bug#977194: installation-reports: Installation stalls on network devices search when wifi key plugged in

2020-12-12 Thread john doe
'Mathieu Van Nieuwenhuyse', does it help if you use the kernel boot parameter 'interface' (1) to specify the desired interface? 1) https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/ch05s03.html.en -- John Doe

Re: bullseye alpha3: graphical installer activated for arm64

2020-12-07 Thread john doe
n in the boot menu. For more information about the +graphical installer, please refer to . Is it for consistency that 'character' is used instead of 'text'? To me, 'text' is more descriptive than 'character'. -- John Doe

Virt-install setting hostname as extra args not working

2020-11-08 Thread john doe
name (try05) is not defined in the guest. What am I missing? P.S. I have already posted this to the debian-user list but to no avail. So I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me out in hear. -- John Doe

Re: Debian user/password

2020-10-31 Thread john doe
kind of questions. Note that this list is in English. HTH. -- John Doe

Re: Does mdadm in the installer read its config file?

2020-09-14 Thread john doe
On 9/14/2020 6:45 PM, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 08:08:39AM +0200, john doe wrote: Not realy an answer to your question, you could rebuild the package to your liking then fetch it from a local mirror. Since my strace did show that it tries to also open /tmp/mdadm.conf.d

Re: Does mdadm in the installer read its config file?

2020-09-13 Thread john doe
of having d-i's mdadm respect a config file of my choice, unless I have missed something. Not realy an answer to your question, you could rebuild the package to your liking then fetch it from a local mirror. -- John Doe

Bug#950830: #950830 installation-reports: Preseeding language+country+locale not working in Buster

2020-08-02 Thread john doe
ing C # Optionally specify additional locales to be generated. d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8, ... -- John Doe

Bug#961125: vga= deprecated with grub2

2020-05-20 Thread john doe
ecated and that 'set gfxpayload=text' should be used instead. How can I specify 'set gfxpayload=text' to the boot prompt above? In other words, how can i emulate 'vga=none' when this argument is deprecated when installing Debian. -- John Doe

Re: Emulate 'vga=none' by gfxpayload as kernel boot parameter

2020-05-17 Thread john doe
On 5/15/2020 6:31 PM, john doe wrote: Debians-boot, I'm trying to troubleshoot what I'm doing rong when trying to install Debian through serial console. If I start a Qemu VM like so: qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom debian-bullseye-DI-alpha2-amd64-netinst.iso -nographic -vga none -m 10

Emulate 'vga=none' by gfxpayload as kernel boot parameter

2020-05-15 Thread john doe
deprecated. This issue originated from a host on which I'm facing this issue and reproduced here for testing purposes with Qemu. -- John Doe

Re: Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

2020-05-13 Thread john doe
rub does not need to be modified at all after installation. What transpired in this thread is that modifying grub at installation time is not reflected at run time. -- John Doe

Re: Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

2020-05-12 Thread john doe
On 5/12/2020 12:02 PM, Punit Agrawal wrote: john doe writes: On 5/12/2020 11:36 AM, Punit Agrawal wrote: john doe writes: [...] This does not start the Debian installer. The issue reported is that the grub shipping with DI does not output to serial console and hence can't be used

Re: Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

2020-05-12 Thread john doe
On 5/12/2020 11:36 AM, Punit Agrawal wrote: john doe writes: On 5/12/2020 11:01 AM, Colin Watson wrote: [...] Unless I'm missing something, it does work for me with something like: -nographic -cdrom *.iso -kernel kernel-path -append "console=ttyS0,115200n8 ..." This doe

Re: Bug#960390: x86_64: No serial port output

2020-05-12 Thread john doe
d to be fixed in the installer. Reassigning there. Unless I'm missing something, it does work for me with something like: -nographic -cdrom *.iso -kernel kernel-path -append "console=ttyS0,115200n8 ..." '-serial' might also be needed. -- John Doe

Re: building a custon talking debian installation image with build essential and other packages on the disc as well as the mate accessible desktop

2020-04-24 Thread john doe
e the volume of 'espeakup' a bit but if the volume of the detected sound card could be set to the max as default that would be awsome. -- John Doe

Re: buster preseed autoinstall - possible bug or feature ?

2020-03-24 Thread john doe
e' The only thing that I can suggest you is to start from scratch with the belo preseed file (1). 1) https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/example-preseed.txt -- John Doe

Re: buster preseed autoinstall - possible bug or feature ?

2020-03-24 Thread john doe
ache2 > serving the preseed file > and a second instance trying to do the auto install by: >>From the boot menu choose: "Advanced options" --> "Automated install" > and than providing the preseed location. > > see me puzzled, > any hint is welcome! I have those lines in my preseed file to insure that no 'desktop' is installed: ### Package selection tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard -- John Doe

Re: Bug#954200: DI encrypted LVM, discard option crypttab file

2020-03-18 Thread john doe
On 3/18/2020 3:44 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2020-03-18 at 11:27 +0100, john doe wrote: >> Package: debian-installer >> Version: debian-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso >> >> After installing debian-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso with encrypted LVM, the >> crypttab f

Bug#954200: DI encrypted LVM, discard option crypttab file

2020-03-18 Thread john doe
.org/software/systemd/man/crypttab.html -- John Doe

Re: Next d-i bullseye alpha: March 9-15 (tentatively)

2020-03-09 Thread john doe
>> >> Maybe this should be reviewed and uploaded to go live in the next >> alpha? > > Good call! I remembered Didier asked before pushing, I hadn't realized > it hasn't been uploaded; done now, also including the 10th MR. > Sorry to jump in, but when using a preseed file, with 'tftp://hostname/...' 'buster' is used instead of 'bullseye'. Has this been addressed? -- John Doe

Re: boot-time accessibility issues

2020-03-02 Thread john doe
On 3/2/2020 5:35 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > john doe, le lun. 02 mars 2020 17:24:48 +0100, a ecrit: >> On 3/2/2020 5:13 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> john doe, le lun. 02 mars 2020 17:02:49 +0100, a ecrit: >>>> Prompting the user with a question asking if accessib

Re: boot-time accessibility issues

2020-03-02 Thread john doe
On 3/2/2020 5:13 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > john doe, le lun. 02 mars 2020 17:02:49 +0100, a ecrit: >> Prompting the user with a question asking if accessibility is desired >> would go a lon way. > > But we don't necessarily want to ask the question on all Debian syst

Re: boot-time accessibility issues

2020-03-02 Thread john doe
on all Debian systems, so something > needs to trigger the screen reader startup. > Prompting the user with a question asking if accessibility is desired would go a lon way. -- John Doe

Re: Preseed URL expanding to Buster instead of Bullseye

2020-02-21 Thread john doe
On 2/18/2020 9:41 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm installing Bullseye using > debian-bullseye-DI-alpha1-amd64-netinst.iso with a preseed file. > When no path is specified in the preseed file URL, it expands to > '/./buster/preseed.cfg' ant not to '/./b

Preseed URL expanding to Buster instead of Bullseye

2020-02-18 Thread john doe
Hi all, I'm installing Bullseye using debian-bullseye-DI-alpha1-amd64-netinst.iso with a preseed file. When no path is specified in the preseed file URL, it expands to '/./buster/preseed.cfg' ant not to '/./bullseye/preseed.cfg'. Is this a bug or am I missing something? -- John Doe

Re: [cdrom-detect] Change template proposal

2019-12-10 Thread john doe
ot; >>> "available devices in /dev with \"ls /dev\". You can return to this screen " >>> "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1." >>^^ >>> >>> >>> Comments? >> >> "

Re: [cdrom-detect] Change template proposal

2019-12-08 Thread john doe
ond terminal (CLTR+ALT+F2 in > the " > "graphical installer, ALT+F2 for the text-based variant) to check the " > "available devices in /dev with \"ls /dev\". You can return to this screen " > "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1." > "> by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 respective ALT+F1." At the very least the above line should be: "by pressing CLTR+ALT+F5 and ALT+F1 respectively." -- John Doe

Re: Can we boot from CD-ROM ISO for QEMU MIPS systems?

2019-11-19 Thread john doe
ppreciate it. > Note that if you use a netinstall cd, the new version will be fetched from the internet; what happens if you use 'dvd1' instead? -- John Doe

Re: Can we boot from CD-ROM ISO for QEMU MIPS systems?

2019-11-17 Thread john doe
n the hope they might recognize "-boot >d" and read from CD-ROM > > Just want to check to see if I'm heading to a dead wall or not. > > Cheers. > According to (1), that should be possible. HTH. 1) https://gist.github.com/extremecoders-re/3ce9416fc8b293198cd13891b68c -- John Doe

Re: apt-setup/security and apt-cacher-ng

2019-11-04 Thread john doe
On 10/29/2019 6:12 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm installing Debian using preseeding, in my preseed file I have the > following lines: > > d-i mirror/http/hostname string proxy:3142 > d-i apt-setup/security_host string proxy:3142 > > I can install Debian from m

Re: debian 10 installer

2019-11-04 Thread john doe
gt; no, where to install etc. > > It was just installed WITHOUT any questions... > > I NEVER met such IGNORANCE like the Debian 10 installer... > What is missing in the expert mode (1)? 1) https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s01.en.html -- John Doe

Re: netinst sums and signatures?

2019-11-01 Thread john doe
On 11/2/2019 6:59 AM, Richard Hector wrote: > On 2/11/19 6:56 PM, Richard Hector wrote: >> On 2/11/19 4:04 AM, john doe wrote: >>> On 11/1/2019 2:13 PM, Richard Hector wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I usually install using a netinst image,

Re: netinst sums and signatures?

2019-11-01 Thread john doe
ww.debian.org/CD/verify > The checksum files and signature files are here: https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ Granted , it is not easy to find them! :) -- John Doe

finish-install warning

2019-11-01 Thread john doe
t; I tried to look at (1) but couldn't find where to correct the above warning. 1) https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/finish-install -- John Doe

apt-setup/security and apt-cacher-ng

2019-10-29 Thread john doe
pdate/upgrade the pkgs (line two above) What URL format do I need to use as string for apt-setup/security for being able to update/upgrade/full-upgrade/... pkgs in combination with apt-cacher-ng? -- John Doe

Bug#942028: Bootloader file located in same directory as ldlinux.c32

2019-10-09 Thread john doe
ml 3) https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/09/msg00152.html 4) https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/09/msg00817.html -- John Doe

Re: how to setup a small local Debian mirror to install a VM without an internet access

2019-10-06 Thread john doe
look at patching it up myself! :) -- John Doe

Re: how to setup a small local Debian mirror to install a VM without an internet access

2019-10-06 Thread john doe
On 10/6/2019 7:25 PM, john doe wrote: > On 10/6/2019 5:10 PM, Robert Paschedag wrote: >> I also tried to include my custom gpg key into the initrd That did not >> work. >> >> The gpg key was there, but it was missing within the chroot within /target >>

Re: how to setup a small local Debian mirror to install a VM without an internet access

2019-10-06 Thread john doe
;debian-archive-keyring" > package. > Did you try to modify the debian archive keyring pkg to include your gpg key? -- John Doe

Re: how to setup a small local Debian mirror to install a VM without an internet access

2019-10-05 Thread john doe
you need to use your own pkgs, the following URL might help you: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/HowTo/NetbootInstall That is, include your gpg key in initrd.gz. -- John Doe

Re: Avoiding low-memory warning in preseed mode

2019-10-02 Thread john doe
t; > As suggested in the "Creating a preconfiguration file" section of the > installation manual, the easiest way is to install by hand in these > conditions and then use debconf-get-selections --installer > Have a look at (1). 1) https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed#Custom_preseed_files -- John Doe

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread john doe
On 9/23/2019 1:26 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote: >> Hi John, >> >> On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote: >>> I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM >>> using Qemu. &

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread john doe
Hi Michael, On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote: > Hi John, > > On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote: >> I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM >> using Qemu. >> This approach works fine if you want to install multiple VM on t

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-23 Thread john doe
Hi Michael, thanks for your answer. On 9/23/2019 8:57 AM, Michael Kesper wrote: > Hi John, > > On 22.09.19 09:47, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. > > Is pxe booting a strong requirement for you? > It&#x

Re: pxe booting qemu

2019-09-22 Thread john doe
On 9/22/2019 4:22 PM, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 09:47:11AM +0200, john doe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install Debian 10.1 using pxe and qemu. >> I've downloaded the netboot.tar.gz, extracted it and use the following >> qem

pxe booting qemu

2019-09-22 Thread john doe
This is on Windows, any hint(s) on what's going rong is appriciated? -- John Doe

Re: Downloading

2019-08-26 Thread john doe
On 8/27/2019 3:00 AM, Moonowl gaming wrote: > I want to download the os but when I click the download link it won’t load > the page > Which URL are you having issue with? -- John Doe

Re: Specifying hostname as kernel boot parameter preseed file

2019-07-20 Thread john doe
On 7/20/2019 4:08 PM, Postel's law for the win wrote: > On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 03:38:48PM +0200, john doe wrote: >> Ping -- can anyone help me here? > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/07/msg00046.html says it is DHCP > server. > Okay, I fail to under

Re: Specifying hostname as kernel boot parameter preseed file

2019-07-20 Thread john doe
Ping -- can anyone help me here? On 6/18/2019 3:48 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to comprehend in which conditions the hostname and domain can > be specified as kernel boot parameter: > As far as I understand it there are three ways to specify a hostname/dom

Specifying hostname as kernel boot parameter preseed file

2019-06-18 Thread john doe
hat is the best way to specify a hostname as kernel boot parameter. -- John Doe

Bug#924037: Please add anacron back to task-desktop and task-laptop

2019-03-08 Thread john doe
reeze. > > Since this is just a revert of a recent change, this can be considered > causing no harm. > > > Any objections? > kibi? > I'm probably missing something here, this change have never had the green light to go ahead in the first place. -- John Doe

Re: default desktop

2019-02-09 Thread john doe
s much more > self-documenting, informs everyone who doesn't already know what the > default is, gives those who need accessibility or are setting things > up for accessibility a heads up that the default might not be best, > etc. > +1 -- John Doe

Re: Collecting Wayland issues [Was: default desktop]

2019-02-09 Thread john doe
On 2/9/2019 3:16 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Could people raise the issues they have had when trying Wayland? > How do I go about testing wayland? Should I tested on Mate or on Gnome? -- John Doe

Re: default desktop

2019-02-09 Thread john doe
th speatch"), the default desktop environment should be the one propose by Debian. A warning should be displayed saying something like "the 'debian desktop environment' is currently less accessible then Mate". I'll go back to a point I already raised, that is, the Debian talking installer shouldn't presume the Debian defaults and ask for any changes that involve accessibility. -- John Doe

Re: default desktop

2019-02-08 Thread john doe
On 2/8/2019 7:25 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > john doe, le ven. 08 févr. 2019 19:09:39 +0100, a ecrit: >> On 2/8/2019 6:47 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> Holger Levsen, le ven. 08 févr. 2019 17:42:42 +, a ecrit: >>>> On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 06:07:17PM +0100, S

Re: default desktop

2019-02-08 Thread john doe
On 2/8/2019 6:45 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > john doe, le ven. 08 févr. 2019 18:39:39 +0100, a ecrit: >> What about Orca? >> The last time I checked Mate, it wasn't as usable as 'Debian desktop >> environment' (Gnome). > > When was that time? > A lo

Re: default desktop

2019-02-08 Thread john doe
> (and it might also be too late), like -devel or -release. > > Well, I don't really have the time to coordinate such a discussion. Just > providing the information. > What information are you refering to? I'm also with 'Holger Levsen' on that one. -- John Doe

Re: default desktop

2019-02-08 Thread john doe
nds of places, and nobody is working on fixing them yet. Also, > MATE+Compiz now provides very nice zoom support. > What about Orca? The last time I checked Mate, it wasn't as usable as 'Debian desktop environment' (Gnome). P.S. Keeping 'task...@packages.debian.org'

Re: Don't enable/install accessibility per default

2018-11-20 Thread john doe
Resending this e-mail in the hope that someone will be able to implement it in d-i or give some feedback. On 9/17/2018 4:26 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi, > > I had posted on 'debian-accessibility' the below e-mail but didn't gain > much traction there. > > The opti

Re: [package][debian][udhcpd] : Package missing on debian website

2018-11-06 Thread john doe
age in question? https://udhcp.busybox.net/README.udhcpc -- John Doe

Don't enable/install accessibility per default

2018-09-17 Thread john doe
. In other words, using accessibility at install time does not mean that accessibility should be enabled/installed on the installed system. If you have more questions do not hesitate to ask them! :) -- John Doe

Re: Status and open questions for debian-installer with backports support

2018-08-12 Thread john doe
ficial firmware-enabled image(s)? Yes, people will need them. I'm one of those people which needs from time to time "unofficial firmware-enabled image", so thanks for keeping that available. -- John Doe

Re: Problem reading data from CD-ROM, failed to copy.

2018-01-30 Thread john doe
: $ sha512sum -c SHA512SUMS 2>&1 | grep -i ok If you see something ending with ': ok', you have successfully checksummed the iso. -- John Doe

Re: Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

2018-01-26 Thread john doe
On 1/26/2018 8:11 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: john doe, on ven. 26 janv. 2018 20:02:09 +0100, wrote: On 1/26/2018 7:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: melissa M., on ven. 26 janv. 2018 19:12:32 +0100, wrote: despite the different options, there is no change, the bug persists... If there is no

Re: Bug#888513: huge graphical bug

2018-01-26 Thread john doe
Isn't vga=* deprecated? should get you to a pure textmode, there's no way you can get the split image you sent to the bug, or your graphic card is *seriously* broken if it can't even properly display pure text. Samuel -- John Doe

Re: network-console DEBIAN_FRONTEND?

2018-01-21 Thread john doe
d and could maybe help on how to implement the desired frontend. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/NetworkConsole https://wiki.debian.org/debconf Note that the preseed file could be used to do all the step before starting remote access. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed -- John Doe

Re: network-console DEBIAN_FRONTEND?

2018-01-21 Thread john doe
stalling Debian using ssh. P.S. You might be better of asking on debian-user! :) -- John Doe

Re: network-console DEBIAN_FRONTEND?

2018-01-19 Thread john doe
aller uses the gtk frontend." EG: boot install DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text -- John Doe

Re: Fwd: Headless installer boot

2018-01-17 Thread john doe
314 Press to see video modes available, to continue, or wait 30 sec" Simply press the bar or wait 30 sec. See '5.3.1. Boot console' on the following page: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s03.html.en -- John Doe

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