On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 at 23:01, James Addison <j...@jp-hosting.net> wrote: > > Package: installation-reports > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-am...@lists.debian.org, j...@jp-hosting.net > User: debian-am...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: amd64 > > [ ... snip ... ] > > Detect network card: [O] > Configure network: [E] > Detect media: [O] > Load installer modules: [O] > Clock/timezone setup: [O] > User/password setup: [O] > Detect hard drives: [O] > Partition hard drives: [O] > Install base system: [O] > Install tasks: [O] > Install boot loader: [O] > Overall install: [O] > > Comments/Problems: > > Speech synthesis activated and functioned correctly, as selected and > intended. > > With debconf priority at default/normal, I was unable to proceed past the > wi-fi network selection menu; there did not seem to be an option to skip > the step or provide a null/empty network. > > To workaround this, I opted to install in advanced mode, and attempted to > configure an ethernet network device for Internet access; this failed > because no such device/network was available, and this allowed me to > proceed past that stage in the install menus. > > [ ... snip ... ]
Having returned to compare the text and speech-synthesis install modes in more detail, I now believe that the two are in fact equivalent, and that I had simply not explored all the menu options available. To quote from #debian-boot IRC today, a few moments ago: 17:32:21 <jayaddison> Sledge: I think the problem I sensed re: wifi network configuration with speech synthesis compared to the default text/ui installer can be considered user error/lack-of-understanding. in the text/ui versions, there is a "go back" option -- and that's what I used to proceed with the other install steps. in speech synth mode, that option doesn't appear until the user enters a `?` for help. 17:33:02 <@Sledge> ack 17:33:05 <jayaddison> so, it's maybe a little more challenging to perceive that option, but it is available in speech synth mode also This means that I now consider all steps of this install to have been [O]K/successful.
