-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2012-09-18 18:46, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Fabian Rodriguez, le Tue 18 Sep 2012 12:51:09 -0400, a écrit : >>>> - - While installing the base system more optional detail >>>> (when downloading updates for example) could be useful . >>> >>> Most people do not care about such details, that is why we >>> don't show them. If you really care, see the documentation: >>> >>> “ Error messages and logs are redirected to the fourth console. >>> You can access this console by pressing Left Alt-F4 (hold the >>> left Alt key while pressing the F4 function key); get back to >>> the main installer process with Left Alt-F1. ” >> I appreciate Alt-F4 gives access to this but there isn't a hint >> about it when it would be useful (specially low-bandwidth >> conditions come to mind). > > Well, we can't really provide all kinds of hints for all possible > conditions. That's why there is documentation.
This is not about "all possible conditions", just a very specific use case. At the time I followed this documentation, which doesn't mention anything about the console use: http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apa.html >>>> Odd behavior (not show-stopper): - - Clock/timezone setup >>>> wasn't automatic even though a network connection was >>>> present >>> >>> Do you mean that the clock was not adjusted, or just that the >>> timezone was not asked? When the country has only one timezone, >>> the timezone question is not asked, that's normal. >> >> Timezone was asked but could have been guessed (GeoIP?), > > GeoIP is not really a safe bet. Which country did you select? I > actually wonder whether GeoIP can even help for the countries which > have several timezones. There wasn't a choice for country, only for timezones (Eastern, etc.) which makes the assumption such information is known/understood. Geolocation helps a lot with this. There is mention of this in several other install reports: "Implementing it would require udebs for all the GeoIP related packages and a Debian-hosted service to provide public IP address information to the installer for folks without a public IP address." http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=698909#25 Ubuntu implemented this a few years ago in its installer: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/229884 - -- Fabián Rodríguez http://fsf.magicfab.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlE9QMoACgkQfUcTXFrypNUvIACfRtiNKys5RpK3N4E6I0+k32bp WRoAoKEY/e1LaLErtjnwlpB6cNY/FdHX =P5j/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/513d40ca.80...@member.fsf.org
