Re: Switching g-i from DirectFB to X11

[Cyril Brulebois]

Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> (12/02/2010):
> It looks like the bug here is simply that
> console-setup/debian/console-setup-udeb.base-installer was not
> updated when /etc/default/keyboard was split out from
> /etc/default/console-setup so the keyboard layout doesn't get copied
> to the installed system anymore.

I think that's the other way around. I've seen r61274 which led to
shipping two files and it looks like copying both in
console-setup-udeb.base-installer could help, and it seems so:

Previous situation (my very first published d-i image, with c-s
enabled):
 - one selects the keyboard at the very beginning. I picked say
   “Français – Autre” (fr/oss)
 - the installation goes on.
 - one gets asked about the keyboard model. Default item was “PC105
   (Intl)” for me.
 - one gets asked about the layout again. fr/oss again.
 - after a few seconds, one gets asked about the layout again
   again. fr/oss it is, again.

Now, once we copy the console-setup file along the keyboard file
(i.e. once we apply the attached patch):
 - one selects the keyboard at the very beginning.
 - the installation goes on.
 - one gets asked about the layout again.

So there's some kind of improvement already, at least. I'm going to
have a look at preseeding in console-setup now.


As for using setxkbmap, I've patched keyboard-configuration.postinst
so that it calls:
  setxkbmap "$layout" "$variant" $options

when $DISPLAY is set, when setxkbmap is available, and when
keyboard_present. (I picked it up from my very first image, some
adjustments may be needed, I didn't play around with options and so
on.)


Mraw,
KiBi.

Try to copy console-setup as well as keyboard, from /etc/default.
--- a/packages/console-setup/debian/console-setup-udeb.base-installer
+++ b/packages/console-setup/debian/console-setup-udeb.base-installer
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ set -e
 
 if keyboard_present; then
     mkdir -p /target/etc/default
+    cp -a /etc/default/console-setup /target/etc/default/
     cp -a /etc/default/keyboard /target/etc/default/
     apt-install keyboard-configuration || true
     apt-install console-setup || true

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