| === cjwatson_ is now known as cjwatson | ||
| cr3 | where is the documentation for the arguments passed to the debian/config script when being installed. for example, it can be called with "write output_file", "configure", etc. | 14:55 |
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| cr3 | hm, that's more of a debconf question which I should ask on #debian | 14:55 |
| cjwatson | I don't know where "write output_file" comes from. That sounds package-specific. | 15:06 |
| cjwatson | see debconf-devel(7) in the debconf-doc package | 15:06 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: evand * r2377 ubiquity/ (3 files in 2 dirs): 03root_too_small -> 03partition_too_small: look at all partitions instead of just / | 15:36 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: evand * r2378 ubiquity/ (3 files in 3 dirs): | 16:37 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: * Tore out partition_help. This may be replaced by more detailed help text, | 16:37 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: viewable by pressing a help button. | 16:37 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: evand * r2379 ubiquity/debian/ubiquity.templates: Forgot to remove partition_help from the templates file. | 16:40 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: evand * r2380 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog gui/glade/stepLocation.glade): | 16:57 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: * Don't set can_focus on the timezone combo box as it prevents you from | 16:57 |
| CIA-18 | ubiquity: tabbing back out of it. Thanks Sebastien (LP: #136665). | 16:57 |
| Goosemoose | hi guys | 17:12 |
| evand | hi | 17:26 |
| Goosemoose | hey cjwatson | 18:00 |
| Goosemoose | i unpacked gutsy instead of feisty so i redid my default file as well to tell is where the pressed file is, but it doesn't seem to work | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | not loading from the preseed file | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | here's what i put in the default file | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | DEFAULT install | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | LABEL install | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | append ramdisk_size=14984 local=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=en_US netcfg/wireless_wep= netcfg/choose_interface=eth0 url=$ | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | hmm, thats not all, just a sec | 18:01 |
| Goosemoose | DEFAULT install | 18:02 |
| Goosemoose | LABEL install | 18:02 |
| Goosemoose | kernel ubuntu-installer/i386/linux | 18:02 |
| Goosemoose | append ramdisk_size=14984 local=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=en_US netcfg/wireless_wep= netcfg/choose_interface=eth0 url=$ | 18:02 |
| Goosemoose | damnit | 18:02 |
| Goosemoose | ok here's the append line: | 18:02 |
| Goosemoose | append ramdisk_size=14984 local=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=en_US netcfg/wireless_wep= netcfg/choose_interface=eth0 url=http://10.0.2.131/preseed.cfg vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- | 18:02 |
| Goosemoose | points to the right place but it | 18:03 |
| Goosemoose | it's still asking lots of questions so i dont think it's using it | 18:03 |
| Goosemoose | hmm, might be more that the questions aren't answered right in the preseed, just a sec | 18:09 |
| Goosemoose | it's fun talking to myself, lol | 18:10 |
| === cjwatson_ is now known as cjwatson | ||
| cjwatson | "local=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=en_US" => "locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=us" | 18:10 |
| cjwatson | (mentioned that yesterday) | 18:10 |
| cjwatson | if you're being asked language, location, console questions, that's why | 18:10 |
| Goosemoose | put that where? i have | 18:11 |
| Goosemoose | d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US | 18:11 |
| Goosemoose | from the ubuntu preseed file example you gave me | 18:11 |
| Goosemoose | d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us | 18:11 |
| cjwatson | in the append line | 18:12 |
| cjwatson | you typoed "locale" there, and got console-setup/layoutcode= wrong | 18:12 |
| Goosemoose | lol, that's from the example file, i dont think i changed that | 18:12 |
| cjwatson | the stuff on the append line deals with preseeding all the stuff that happens before the preseed file is loaded | 18:12 |
| cjwatson | which is a fair bit | 18:12 |
| Goosemoose | ok | 18:12 |
| Goosemoose | i have that part | 18:13 |
| Goosemoose | append ramdisk_size=14984 local=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=en_US netcfg/wireless_wep= netcfg/choose_interface=eth0 url=http://10.0.2.131/preseed.cfg vga=normal initrd=ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz -- | 18:13 |
| cjwatson | what example file? | 18:13 |
| cjwatson | anyway, apply the corrections I gave above | 18:14 |
| cjwatson | 18:10 <cjwatson> "local=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=en_US" => "locale=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=us" | 18:14 |
| Goosemoose | https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/installation-guide/example-preseed.txt | 18:14 |
| cjwatson | that example file does not say anything about the append line | 18:14 |
| Goosemoose | oh i thought you meant i mispelled locale in the preseed file, not the append line | 18:15 |
| Goosemoose | ok, let me fix that | 18:15 |
| Goosemoose | that's what i get for using the append line from the debuntu.org doc | 18:17 |
| cjwatson | there's no point in putting locale in the preseed file at all | 18:18 |
| Goosemoose | ahh ok | 18:18 |
| cjwatson | I should take it out of the example really, it's just confusing | 18:18 |
| cjwatson | although it can be useful for initrd preseeding | 18:18 |
| Goosemoose | yup | 18:18 |
| Goosemoose | very much so | 18:18 |
| Goosemoose | why is the console using the format 'us' rather than en_US as well? | 18:18 |
| cjwatson | en_US is a locale, not a keyboard definition | 18:19 |
| cjwatson | the X keyboard layout name corresponding to that locale is 'us' | 18:19 |
| cjwatson | people often don't use the same keymap as their locale, of course | 18:19 |
| Goosemoose | i understand. i just figured they'd use the same formatting | 18:20 |
| Goosemoose | since there is an english gb keyboard as well | 18:20 |
| Goosemoose | why not use en_GB, en_US for kb | 18:20 |
| Goosemoose | make things simpler to remember i guess | 18:20 |
| cjwatson | a number of the keymap names do not match up neatly to locales | 18:20 |
| cjwatson | so it's confusing to pretend they do | 18:20 |
| Goosemoose | gotcha | 18:20 |
| cjwatson | "Latin American" is one example, Dvorak keyboard variants are another | 18:20 |
| Goosemoose | that makes sense | 18:20 |
| cjwatson | plus the code is a lot easier this way ;-) | 18:21 |
| Goosemoose | got a prompt during install about writing the change to disks and configure lvm | 18:21 |
| Goosemoose | lol | 18:21 |
| Goosemoose | i program mainly in java, haven't done c in years | 18:22 |
| cjwatson | (the code in question is not in C) | 18:22 |
| Goosemoose | what are you writing in? | 18:22 |
| cjwatson | d-i is a mixture of C and POSIX shell | 18:23 |
| Goosemoose | gotcha | 18:23 |
| cjwatson | more of the latter than the former, I think | 18:23 |
| cjwatson | remind me where your preseed file is? | 18:23 |
| Goosemoose | let me paste the new version | 18:23 |
| cjwatson | 'd-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true' would shut up the message you mention | 18:23 |
| Goosemoose | ok don't see that in the example | 18:24 |
| Goosemoose | http://pastebin.com/d1dbd19c1 | 18:25 |
| Goosemoose | does order matter in the preseed files by the way? | 18:26 |
| cjwatson | it's in the 7.10 guide, unfortunately not 7.04 | 18:26 |
| cjwatson | no, order doesn't matter | 18:26 |
| cjwatson | the way preseed files are processed is basically just to set a big load of variables, which are then used whenever the installer gets round to them | 18:27 |
| cjwatson | (actually keys in a database) | 18:27 |
| cjwatson | # | 18:28 |
| cjwatson | xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method \ select medium | 18:28 |
| cjwatson | # | 18:28 |
| cjwatson | xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list \ select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz | 18:28 |
| cjwatson | the \ character is used for continuation lines - that is if you want to spread a preseed directive across more than one line | 18:29 |
| cjwatson | in this case you have it all on one line, so remove the | 18:29 |
| cjwatson | remove the \ | 18:29 |
| Goosemoose | gotcha | 18:41 |
| Goosemoose | that's from your default preseed as well, might want to update that | 18:41 |
| Goosemoose | funny, it is two lines in the default file, hmm | 18:42 |
| Goosemoose | guess i changed it without thinking about it | 18:43 |
| Goosemoose | wow partitioning error | 18:57 |
| Goosemoose | not my day | 18:58 |
| Goosemoose | seems to be a bug if there is lvm already installed | 19:28 |
| Goosemoose | ok so i can do a manual install on a machine, just did a preseed, when it reboots i can a black screen, nothing else | 21:43 |
| Goosemoose | any ideas? | 21:44 |
| Goosemoose | i see starting up, loading up, then it goes black | 21:44 |
| evand | Goosemoose: do you get a black screen when you do a regular install on that same machine, using the same alternate CD? Do the logs tell you anything (/var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog on the installed machine) | 21:50 |
| evand | I imagine it has something to do with the mode you've selected for the montior. | 21:51 |
| evand | monitor* | 21:51 |
| evand | erm, saying that, I should've suggested looking at the X log. | 21:51 |
| evand | though I don't recall if it can/will tell you anything in that case. You might want to just get on the machine and see if fiddling with the xorg.conf fixes it. | 21:52 |
| Goosemoose | normal install is fine | 21:53 |
| Goosemoose | is there a place that lists all the possible d-i options? | 22:12 |
| Goosemoose | i hate to keep asking everytime i get a menu come up | 22:12 |
| evand | I don't think there's a canonical list, but the preseeding part of the install guide should get you through all the questions. | 23:51 |
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