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Re: Bug#687804: installation-reports: users are not able to review external documentation while stuck in the installer



Brian Potkin, le Mon 17 Sep 2012 18:13:01 +0100, a écrit :
> On Mon 17 Sep 2012 at 11:57:14 -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> 
> > Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
> > > into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
> > 
> > One should, but as d-i on the live CD is currently implemented, one
> > cannot. d-i runs as a fullscreen window, and I couldn't see any
> > easily-discoverable way to switch out of it to try other programs
> > the one time I briefly tried using d-i from a live CD (pretty good
> > newbie facimile ;).  That is a legitimate bug, I think.
> 
> Does CTRL-ALT-F1 count?
> 
> In KDE, right click on the installer icon. Then
> 
>    Properties/Application/Advanced Options/Run in terminal
> 
> Launch d-i and use ALT-TAB. From the terminal's file menu you can get a
> shell to run a browser. Something similar can be done with Xfce.

Or start the browser before starting d-i, and you can alt-tab between
both.

Samuel


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