Fabian Greffrath <greffrath@leat.rub.de> (2009-03-10): > However, there was one thing during installation that I found > annoying: My computer is behind a firewall that even blocks NTP > requests, so there is no chance to set the clock over the network. I > know this, so I wasn't too excited when d-i's first attempt to set the > clock apparently failed. It also did not upset me, when it failed a > second and a third time, but I really became impatient when it tried a > forth time and I really hesitated to click on the "Cancel" button for > a second. Fortunately it gave up after the fifth try. > > Now my request is, please add a "Skip" button for people who know that > setting the clock over the net won't work and who deliberately want to > skip this step. It isn't a crucial step for installation anyway. > > At least, if you don't find another button an appropriate solution, > please report to the user how many attempts you are still going to try > before d-i skips this step itself. Something like "Attempt number 3 of > 5." below the progress bar would have actually appeased me. The way it > is now, some users might get the impression that the installation > actually hangs and feel tempted to abort it after the second or third > try failed without a feedback. clock-setup/ntp=false should be your friend. Mraw, KiBi.
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