Re: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text broken
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 11:53:33AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:12:22AM +0100, Larry O'Neill (H.S.A.) wrote:
> > I've been trying to install debian on a server, but it doesnt have
> > a video card, so I am connecting to it via console. However, when I type
> > "linux DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text" at the boot prompt, it goes through the
> > initial stuff, but then gives me the error:
>
> Strange, I would expect
>
> linux DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline
The (Perl) debconf frontend is called readline, but the cdebconf
frontend is called text. The first stage of the installer uses cdebconf.
> And even more important which documentation has to be s/text/readline/
I'm sure this goes without saying, but please don't make documentation
changes unless you're sure they're correct!
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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