Re: Some reflections on the future of partman [was: Partman]

2004-07-20 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
was impossible. I am not happy with this Linux partitioner confusion. I my dreams I see a partitioner with full, bugfree functionality and exchangeable user interfaces on top, but I am too unskilled to develop it. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Expect for d-I tests

2004-07-08 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
ince a few days I have VMware, which is nice for playing around with installers, but allows only screenshots at early installer phases. What's about UML instead of bochs? Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#273215: [i386] [USB] [errors] installation report

2004-09-24 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
thing from Knoppix or Suse 14) GRUB did not install all previous OS Problem: BUG Severity: IMPORTANT Description: There were 2 bootable OS installed, but only one of them is recognized. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#279307: debian-installer: shortcut for language/country/keymap is useful

2004-11-02 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
kages need to be installed manually (e.g. spell checkers). Open Office in the other extreme installs with many languages, causing huge downloads of unneeded files. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#279307: debian-installer: shortcut for language/country/keymap is useful

2004-11-02 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Helmut Wollmersdorfer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Well, I do not see any problem here..:-) All this is technically possible with the current d-i...except defaulting to a UTF-8 environment (that will be possible as soon as localechooser replaces lang+countrychooser) I

Bug#364638: Invalid characters in short user name need reboot

2006-04-29 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
rk by clicking the key 'ä' or 'Ä'. HTH Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#365308: Example of what happens when entering non ASCII characters in a select field

2006-04-29 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
creen shots in plain text. They contain the keystrokes of the German keyboard in the order 1st row left to right , next combined with , next combined with , next row ... Helmut Wollmersdorfer

Bug#364638: Bug#365308: Example of what happens when entering non ASCII characters in a select field

2006-04-29 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: ready, I attached screen shots in plain text. Sorry, I didn't switch the header to UTF-8. The attached files of the previous post are best viewed with a UTF-8 capable editor - e.g. kedit works nice. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Proposal for integration of the graphical installer

2006-05-15 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
'zy' on German keyboards. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: versions of debian-installer

2006-05-22 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
t. The installed system and the ramdisk during install contains the file /etc/lsb-release which has build date. Thx for the hint. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#379526: papersize is a4 for US install - should be letter

2006-07-24 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Christian Perrier wrote: So, if you actually want a paper size adapted to your country, I'd recommend to set the locale properly. ACK. This can be a nice _default_. But keep in mind that the papersize depends only on the piece of paper which I put into (one of) my printer(s). H

Re: [RFC] Detecting type of CD image and using that to make apt-setup smarter

2006-11-19 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
ates are held back until R1 it would be nice, to ask the user, if he really wants the security updates 'now', or 'later'. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian and others installation

2006-04-01 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
never had freezes. There can be a lot of other reasons like damaged capacitors on the mainboard, bugs in the chipset drivers, a weak power supply etc. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RFR] Proposal for installs without network connection

2006-04-05 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
network connection and no Internet connection. This distinction is not important, as somebody can install from a mirror in the LAN. IMHO Frans is addressing the problem, where somebody _wants_ or _needs_ to install from CDROM only. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: [RFR] Proposal for installs without network connection

2006-04-05 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
standalone, slow, or expensive internet connections etc. Effectively this implements the old "do you want a mirror too" question. IMHO it is very inpolite behaviour to configure a mirror without knowledge/asking the user. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

success - CD-boot with floppy-preseed

2006-04-19 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
an-testing-i386-netinst.iso dated 2006-03-29, and a floppy.img. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#363406: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#363406: installation-report: X does not work: glx not available for ATI Radeons)

2006-04-19 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
should direct it to the correct package. Closing 'unsolved' is not a solution. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: success - CD-boot with floppy-preseed

2006-04-19 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
preseed file is loaded. After the _first_ preseed file or after _all_ preseed files? Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#364631: German keyboard not fully supported in the console (ash) of the installer

2006-04-24 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
graved on the standard German keyboard should work Actual result: some are not working = display wrong characters +e displays e instead of EURO SIGN (U+20AC) +3 displays small filled quad instead of ³ SUPERSCRIPT THREE (U+00B3) Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Bug#364638: Invalid characters in short user name need reboot

2006-04-24 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
lid characters (outside [a-z][a-z0-9]+) of the German keyboard do not damage the field editor. In case of other strings, e.g. hostname, it is possible to go to the main installer menu, retry, and a nice and sane edit field is displayed. BTW: g-i has better handling in the same situation. PS

Bug#364631: German keyboard not fully supported in the console (ash) of the installer

2006-04-25 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
5]: INFO: kbd-chooser: arch at selected Apr 25 13:25:11 kbd-chooser[3755]: INFO: choose_keymap: keymap = de-latin1-nodeadkeys Apr 25 13:25:11 kbd-chooser[3755]: INFO: kbd_chooser: setting keymap de-latin1-nodeadkeys IMHO this looks o.k. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI