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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: xserver-xorg: Debconf questions use cryptic "Accept"/"Decline" when refering to user interface items
- From: Thijs Kinkhorst <kink@squirrelmail.org>
- Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 11:39:00 +0200
- Message-id: <20060503093900.6689.93063.reportbug@darwin.os9.nl>
Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.0.15
Severity: minor
Hello all,
First of all, thanks for the packaging of xorg, I upgraded today and it
was relatively seemless, nothing that I couldn't solve in 2 minutes.
Great work, thanks!
The bug concerns the following. When upgrading, I got questions like
this one:
The default keyboard layout selection for the Xorg server will be based
on a combination of the language and the keyboard layout selected in the
installer.
Accept this option if you want the keyboard layout to be redetected.
Decline it if you want to keep your current layout.
Autodetect keyboard layout?
<Yes> <No>
The text uses a cryptic way to, I guess, refer to the buttons at the bottom
("Accept" refers to "Yes" and "Decline" to "No"?). It could be that this is
instantly obvious to native English speakers, but it's not to me. After
reading it again I arrived at the conclusion that this must be a
description of the buttons, but reading it again should not be
necessary.
I suggest to be as concrete as possible when directing users what to
do, and refer to the present user interface items directly. This helps
both people who are not intimately involved with the used language, and
less expert users.
My suggestion is therefore to use "Select Yes if you want the keyboard
layout to be redetected. Select No if you want to keep your current
layout.".
This also applies to some other questions.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
bye,
Thijs
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.0 Debian configuration management sy
ii x11-common 1:7.0.15 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii xbase-clients 1:7.0.0-5 miscellaneous X clients
ii xkb-data 0.8-5 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-7 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-al 1:7.0.15 the X.Org X server -- input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-ev 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input-kb 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii xserver-xorg-input-mo 1:1.0.4-2 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-al 1:7.0.15 the X.Org X server -- output drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-ap 1:1.0.1.5-2 X.Org X server -- APM display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ar 1:0.5.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- ark display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-at 1:6.5.8.0-1 X.Org X server -- ATI display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ch 1:1.0.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- Chips display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-ci 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-cy 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-du 1:0.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- dummy display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-fb 1:0.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-gl 1:1.0.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-i1 1:1.1.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- i128 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i7 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- i740 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i8 1:1.5.1.0-2 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx
ii xserver-xorg-video-im 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-mg 1:1.2.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display
ii xserver-xorg-video-ne 1:0.1.4.1-3 X.Org X server -- Newport display
ii xserver-xorg-video-ns 1:2.7.6.5-2 X.Org X server -- NSC display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:1.0.1.5-2 X.Org X server -- NV display drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-re 1:4.0.1.3.dfsg.1-2 X.Org X server -- Rendition displa
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 1:1.8.6.5-2 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display
ii xserver-xorg-video-sa 1:2.0.2.3-4 X.Org X server -- Savage display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:1.3.1.5-3 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion di
ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.8.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- SiS display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-si 1:0.7.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display
ii xserver-xorg-video-td 1:1.1.1.3-3 X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-tg 1:1.0.0.5-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-tr 1:1.0.1.2-2 X.Org X server -- Trident display
ii xserver-xorg-video-ts 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Tseng display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-ve 1:1.0.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VESA display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-vg 1:4.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- VGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vi 1:0.1.33.2-3 X.Org X server -- VIA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vm 1:10.11.1.3-2 X.Org X server -- VMware display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-vo 1:1.0.0.5-2 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display d
Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
pn discover1 | discover <none> (no description available)
pn laptop-detect <none> (no description available)
pn mdetect <none> (no description available)
pn xresprobe <none> (no description available)
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