Bug#207481: different approach to the XFree86 config
Hi,
I have two little things I would like to add.
1. Try to do autodetection. Read out the lang and the monitor. Almost any
modern system will report its parameter.
2. Fill in the autodetected values and present them to the user with the
following choises:
[ ] Bugger off, I do it myself
[ ] Use values (I will change what needs changed manually)
[ ] change values
The first one would disable the configuration completly. No more test and no
questions about conffile changes in the future. Thats hardcore guys.
The second would be the default. Things like the exact keyboard moddel or
the monitor frequency (if reading them out failed) could still be asked
or left to the user to fill in. A minimum of questions should be asked.
The last options would go through all settings having the autotedted stuff
as defaults. That would be like the setup now.
An alternative approach would be to present the probed values as menu and
the user can choose the items that need changes. Items not probed would
need to be selected before <save&continue> could be selected.
I'm not sure what debconf interfaces can cope with such a menu though.
MfG
Goswin
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