Bug#1110413: installation-report: successful install from autogenerated Live XFCE trixie ISO with speech synthesis
On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 at 23:01, James Addison <jay@jp-hosting.net> wrote:
>
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org, jay@jp-hosting.net
> User: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: amd64
>
> [ ... snip ... ]
>
> Detect network card: [O]
> Configure network: [E]
> Detect media: [O]
> Load installer modules: [O]
> Clock/timezone setup: [O]
> User/password setup: [O]
> Detect hard drives: [O]
> Partition hard drives: [O]
> Install base system: [O]
> Install tasks: [O]
> Install boot loader: [O]
> Overall install: [O]
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> Speech synthesis activated and functioned correctly, as selected and
> intended.
>
> With debconf priority at default/normal, I was unable to proceed past the
> wi-fi network selection menu; there did not seem to be an option to skip
> the step or provide a null/empty network.
>
> To workaround this, I opted to install in advanced mode, and attempted to
> configure an ethernet network device for Internet access; this failed
> because no such device/network was available, and this allowed me to
> proceed past that stage in the install menus.
>
> [ ... snip ... ]
Having returned to compare the text and speech-synthesis install modes in more
detail, I now believe that the two are in fact equivalent, and that I had
simply not explored all the menu options available. To quote from #debian-boot
IRC today, a few moments ago:
17:32:21 <jayaddison> Sledge: I think the problem I sensed re: wifi
network configuration with speech synthesis compared to the default
text/ui installer can be considered user error/lack-of-understanding.
in the text/ui versions, there is a "go back" option -- and that's
what I used to proceed with the other install steps. in speech synth
mode, that option doesn't appear until the user enters a `?` for help.
17:33:02 <@Sledge> ack
17:33:05 <jayaddison> so, it's maybe a little more challenging to
perceive that option, but it is available in speech synth mode also
This means that I now consider all steps of this install to have been
[O]K/successful.
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