On Monday 29 June 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 29 June 2009, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 06:03:21PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > On Monday 29 June 2009, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 04:55:28PM +0300, Anton Zinoviev wrote: > > > > > But I think it is preferable to configure the keyboard of the > > > > > host even if its keyboard is not used during the installation. > > > > > > > > I wrote this about installs on serial console, not about UML > > > > installs. > > > > > > In a lot of cases the system does not *have* a keyboard... > > > > > > I have a completely headless HPPA box. And we do need c-s for HPPA > > > because there are also HPPA systems that _do_ have keyboards. > > > > Should I add one additional question or preseeding is enough? > > No, you need to implement automatic detection for this case.
Better: c-s needs to support automatic detection for this case. > Please see kbd-chooser.c. It's not all that hard to find the code, nor > should it be all that hard to implement it in C. See also the 90console > script in finish-install. > > It would also be a good idea for you to run kbd-chooser in expert mode > some time so you can see how the "no keyboard" question is implemented. > It's not a separate question... Not that c-s needs to implement it in exactly the same way, but it should give you a better understanding of what exactly the current functionality is that c-s is aiming to replace. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
