send questions to debian-b...@lists.debian.org along with install logs.
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2023, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> I am installing with a USB stick.
>
> My user password is correct.
>
> I'll send the logs in a separate email from '/var/log/installer'.
>
> After a while the console with the user account becomes unstable and will
> not respond to keyboard input. I am not running the GUI at all. Other
> consoles work fine.
>
> A big help would be to include nmcli or nmtui in the utilities installed
> with the Debian installer.
>
> Who do I speak to about this?
> Also it would be very beneficial if a question be asked during installation
> if the user wishes to log into command line or graphical mode.
>
> During the last two installations I didn't have sound for the screen reader
> while installing from the ISO image. Fortunately I still had enough vision
> to see the screen with a magnifying glass and also run "dpkg-reconfigure
> console-setup" as root and make the letters larger on the screen.
>
> More later.
>
> David
>
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> On Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 03:46 john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 3/8/23 07:11, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> > > I'll be glad to do that, Samuel.
> > >
> > > Tonight I got a system installed, but again it will not allow me to log
> > in
> >
> > How are you installing it/What step are you doing?
> >
> > > with my user name.
> > >
> > > I have to log in as root then su to my user name. But then I cannot
> > start X
> >
> > Use su to change the PWD ('passwd') of your regular user.
> >
> > > with my user account.
> > >
> > > Please tell me exactly what log files and their locations you will need.
> >
> > If you look in the Debian documentation for the installer you'wll see
> > that the installer logs are located in '/var/log/installer'.
> >
> > This is also in the list archive.
> >
> >
> > > files. I guess I could log into pastebin and put the logs up there. This
> > > list doesn't accept small log attachments does it?
> > >
> >
> > I would send a tarball through the list ('tar -xf <log.tar.bz2>
> > <what-to-include-in-the-tarball>')
> >
> > > I can certainly understand how difficult it is to do things remotely. I
> > was
> >
> > To me the issue is that Samuel is always repeting himself by having to
> > ask the same things over and over again!
> >
> > --
> > John Doe
> >
> >
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