Quoting Yvan Masson (2020-01-31 20:37:29) > Le 31/01/2020 à 16:50, john doe a écrit : > > On 1/31/2020 10:36 AM, Yvan Masson wrote: > >> Le 29/01/2020 à 18:16, MAS Jean-Louis a écrit : > >>> Le 29/01/2020 à 14:50, Yvan Masson a écrit : > >>> > >>>> However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I > >>>> would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to > >>>> have the keyboard layout configured in French. > >>>> > >>>> I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr, layout=fr(latin9), > >>>> language=fr, language=fr_FR.UTF-8…) but could not find anything working. > >>>> > >>>> After answering this question, preseed.cfg is loaded so language and > >>>> keyboard layout are properly applied. > >>> > >>> It's a well known bug unfortunately > >>> > >>> I have asked the same question some time ago on the French debian-user > >>> list, and frederic boiteux gave me some interesting clues. > >>> > >>> You may search for this thread : > >>> > >>> "Configurer un clavier français via preseed" > >>> > >>> A similar bug was reported with an Hungarian keyboard, without any fixes > >>> so far. > >>> > >>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931368 > >>> > >>> Regards > >> > >> Thanks for the information. However I just checked by doing a fresh > >> installation with BIOS PXE boot, di-netboot-assistant and a preseed file > >> served by TFTP: locale and keyboard layout are properly applied: > >> - during install once preseed.cfg is loaded > >> - after reboot > > > > Yes, because this is delayed after the preseed file is fetched! :) > > > > But if I'm not mistaking, you want to be able to specify the hostname > > manually because you have no control over the dhcp server? > > > Exactly, so I want to preseed most of the question but: > - hostname > - user password > > As the hostname and domain are asked before preseed file is fetched, I > tried to use boot options to set the domain (it works) and the locale > (which does not work). > > Maybe preseeding has not been designed to use both file and command line > options… I will submit a bug report, please tell me if you think I > shouldn't. I certainly think you should file this as a bugreport! Even if this turns out to not be a bug in the code, it seems to be that at least it is arguably a bug in the documentation. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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