Re: Second stage console problem

[Kenshi Muto <kmuto@debian.org>]

At 12 Nov 03 06:01:58 GMT,
Karsten Merker wrote:
> > Another idea was to always run base-config in an UTF-8 terminal, and
> > always install an UTF-8 capable framebuffer terminal.  This way, we
> > use the same system for all languages, and it is less likely that the
> > lesser used configurations contain errors.
> 
> Please take into account that there are lots of systems without
> framebuffer, so the install takes place on a serial console which at
> most can display iso-8859-1, some of them even only US-ASCII, so you
> cannot assume you have an UTF-8-capable terminal available.

It looks the job of termwrap.

How do you think about following flowchart, Joey?

          n
check tty -> serial. 2nd stage as current LANG (*1)
  | y
  v           y
check fb0(*2) -> run bogl-term as LANG(*3)
  | n
  v                                     y
acceptable LANG without bogl-bterm?(*4) -> 2nd stage as LANG
  | n
  v
cancel LANG (use English)
  |
  v
2nd stage

*1: If you want to install in serial console/non-FB machine, you can
    use only English installer, it means LANG of 2nd stage is always
    English (C).
*2: Current termwrap looks don't implement yet.
*3: Current termwrap looks don't implement yet.
*4: Current termwrap looks implement partly?  I think this needs
    various people's help.

Thanks,
-- 
Kenshi Muto
kmuto@debian.org