Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 01:46:06PM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >>Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the >>powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot options to >>specify a default task. Rick, what happens

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:58:54PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: The following desktop environments are available:

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote: Gah. Looking further, at the moment I don't see how (if at all) the powerpc boot stuff passes through any of the kernel boot options to specify a default task. Rick, what happens if you try with kde CD#1 right now? Does it actually do KDE, or d

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:58:54PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> >>>The following desktop environments are available: >>>gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 02:52:50PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >>The following desktop environments are available: >>gnome, kde, xfce and lxde. The default is gnome. >>If you prefer a different one, append >>"des

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 12:56:10AM -0800, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >>To be honest, it may be too late for Wheezy, but I guess it depends on >>how big the changes would be. > >I'm quite impressed with the effort you-all have put in on isolinux >and grub for x86. > >The yaboot bootloader for PowerPC doe

Re: Choice of Desktop environment at install time using netinst CD.

2013-03-03 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 26, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: Basically, we put a lot of effort in for the isolinux-based x86 boot menus to give the options here. I've added code to debian-cd to convert those same menus into grub format for UEFI x86 booting. AFAIK none of the other arches have that suppor