Bug#531646: console-setup: Better explanations needed when (re)configuring
I don't know what is the proper fix of this bug. Redirecting to debconf?
Anton Zinoviev
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:29:29PM -0700, Paul Vojta wrote:
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> When (re)configuring console-setup (at least with the non-GUI method of
> (re)configuring), there is no text prior to the list of keyboard models,
> so the user is left to guess whether the question is about keyboard types,
> video cards, or what.
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> Specifically, when (re)configuring from a tty, this is what I see:
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> Configuring console-setup
> -------------------------
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> 1. A4Tech KB-21
> 2. A4Tech KBS-8
> 3. A4Tech Wireless Desktop RFKB-23
> ...
> 17. BTC 5113RF Multimedia
> 18. BTC 5126T
> 19. BTC 6301URF
> [More]
>
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> There needs to be better explanation here. At the end of the list, there
> is the question "Keyboard model:", but by then it is too late because the
> correct answer has probably already scrolled by.
>
> The same comment applies to the list of countries.
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