Bug#323262: marked as done (dexconf: Please add support for preseeding fontserver config)
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Subject: dexconf: Please add support for preseeding fontserver config
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
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Package: xserver-common, xserver-xfree86, xserver-xorg
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
When booting a thin client, there is a need to configure the font
server automatically at boot time. To make this happen, we preseed
the configuration at boot time, and call dexconf to generate a new
configuration.
One of the values we want to set this way is the URL to the font
server on the thin client network. This is at present not possible do
to in dexconf. Please add a hidden debconf question to make it
possible to specify the font server URL.
This patch should make it possible. There are two changes needed to
make this happen:
- Use the debconf value of this template to add an extra FontPath if
it is present.
- Add new template $TEMPLATE_BASE/config/fontpath/fontserver to each
server package (xserver-xorg and xserver-xfree86). This template
should be identical for all packages implementing this feature.
--- /usr/src/chroot-sid/usr/bin/dexconf 2005-08-10 11:14:39.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/dexconf.new 2005-08-15 20:41:53.579316901 +0200
@@ -247,10 +247,21 @@
fetch $TEMPLATE_BASE/config/write_files_section
if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then
+ db_get $TEMPLATE_BASE/config/fontpath/fontserver
+ if [ -n "$RET" ] ; then
+ FONTSERVER="$RET"
+ else
+ FONTSERVER=""
+ fi
exec 4>"$DEXCONFTMPDIR/Files"
cat >&4 <<SECTION
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
+SECTION
+ if [ -n "$FONTSERVER" ] ; then
+ echo " FontPath \"$FONTSERVER\"" >&4
+ fi
+ cat >&4 <<SECTION
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
Here is a proposed debconf template for this variable:
Template: xserver-xorg/config/fontpath/fontserver
Type: string
Description: Extra fontpath URL
This is an internal (hidden) debconf question. It should not be
translated.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages xserver-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.57 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii x11-common 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
xserver-common recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
xserver-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error:
xserver-common/xwrapper/allowed_users: Console Users Only
xserver-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users: console
xserver-common/xwrapper/nice_value: -10
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From: David Nusinow <david_nusinow@verizon.net>
Subject: Closing
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This was fixed with the upload of 6.9 to unstable. Closing.
- David Nusinow
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