Hi Petter, On Mo 09 Jan 2012 15:01:48 CET Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
[Mike Gabriel]After installation of a Skolelinux main server there should be a debconf template that gets shown on first system boot (after the testscripts have run) that explains in short how to proceed.Note that the test scripts are _not_ executed during production installations, but only when installing from squeeze-test images.
I know.
This debconf screen probably should show a weblink to the D-E wiki's GettingStarted page.Not sure if a debconf template is the correct approach. We could add some text to the KDM/GDM background image telling people to look at some URL for information on how to proceed. For non-GUI installs we could show some text before getty starts. We could add a debconf template during d-i to show some information before the first boot.
I recommend not duplicating to much info at different locations. The source of information is the D-E wiki. So I consider it sufficient to direct people to it by giving them a simple notice: ,,Great you are done, if you do not know how to proceed--and even if you know--please take a look at the GettingStarted page in our wiki.'' I would not do this during D-I runs, I like a tweaked background image or a pre-getty text. However, only for the main-server profile.
We could also use the graphical installation by default and rewrite d-i to allow us to show text in the unused part of the screen during installation.
* mike does not really like the graphical installer... * mike loves the terminal... * mike thinks the GUI version of D-I is great for many other people!!!
At the moment we expect people to be able to log in on their own, and then show a web page of our choosing. I agree that this might be a bit late for those failing to understand that they need to log in as user localadmin with the root password they provided during installation.
The German debconf template when entering a password says that you enter the root password for the system. A new D-E user cannot imagine that this password is re-used at loads of places during installation (Kerberos, Samba-Administrator, GOsa super-admin, localadmin, etc.).
I would love to see this feature added to improve usability for teachers. Greets, Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, dorfstr. 27, 24245 barmissen fon: +49 (4302) 281418, fax: +49 (4302) 281419 GnuPG Key ID 0xB588399B mail: mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de freeBusy: https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb
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