Re: screen-udeb prevents bterm, and thus a lot of languages
Hi,
Roger Shimizu wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:30 AM, Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote:
> > Another argument against screen-udeb by default on normal VGA console:
> > it seems to be preventing bterm from running, and thus disables a lot of
> > languages which need it. I haven't really followed what conclusion
> > there was with screen-udeb, but
> >
> > https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/netboot/mini.iso
> >
> > still has it enabled by default.
>
> Thanks for letting us know this issue!
>
> invoking screen is in script:
> - https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/rootskel.git/tree/src/sbin/debian-installer
>
> It uses system's $TERM, if bterm fails in screen, maybe it's a bug of screen?
As I am not sure what exactly is meant by "bterm": Is it the udeb
version of bogl-bterm? Or something completely different?
> > Axel, do you have any comment on this issue?
Sounds like a strong argument against enabling it by default on VGA
consoles. I'm totally fine with that. :-)
Regards, Axel
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