On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 03:14:05 +0200, lee wrote:
Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net writes:
Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
One should be able to. Since I haven't tried the
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:15:44 +0100, a écrit :
On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 03:14:05 +0200, lee wrote:
Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net writes:
Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
One
On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 11:23:10 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:15:44 +0100, a écrit :
Boot into a live sytem. Start a browser. Start d-i. ALT-TAB between the
two. Or CTRL-ALT-Fx for a virtual terminal.
The feature you requested exists. Surely the bug could now
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:41:12 +0100, a écrit :
On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 11:23:10 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:15:44 +0100, a écrit :
Boot into a live sytem. Start a browser. Start d-i. ALT-TAB between the
two. Or CTRL-ALT-Fx for a virtual terminal.
On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 12:27:57 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:41:12 +0100, a écrit :
Yes, planning ahead is required if you want to stay in X. For a spur of
the moment need for information there is w3m in a terminal.
How do you start a terminal? Going
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 12:43:43 +0100, a écrit :
On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 12:27:57 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:41:12 +0100, a écrit :
Yes, planning ahead is required if you want to stay in X. For a spur of
the moment need for information there is w3m
On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 13:46:52 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 12:43:43 +0100, a écrit :
With the Xfce Live image the installer window can be minimised. Also,
it does not cover the task bar at the bottom of the screen, so another
workspace is selectable. The
Samuel Thibault sthiba...@debian.org writes:
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 12:43:43 +0100, a écrit :
On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 12:27:57 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:41:12 +0100, a écrit :
Yes, planning ahead is required if you want to stay in X. For a spur of
Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net writes:
Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
One should be able to. Since I haven't tried the life-installer yet, I
don't know what's possible. It would be nice
Jon Dowland j...@debian.org writes:
The installer (in expert mode) supports an ssh client on an alternative
VT, afaik. One can connect to another machine with stuff already
installed via this if necessary. Surely this is sufficient to address
the request.
This requires you to have the other
Christian PERRIER wrote:
Quoting lee (l...@yun.yagibdah.de):
Package: installation-reports
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
this is a feature request: It would be nice if users would have at
least a web browser like lynx and an irc client available while they
are using the installer.
The installer (in expert mode) supports an ssh client on an alternative
VT, afaik. One can connect to another machine with stuff already
installed via this if necessary. Surely this is sufficient to address
the request.
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Richard Owlett wrote:
Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
One should, but as d-i on the live CD is currently implemented, one
cannot. d-i runs as a fullscreen window, and I couldn't see any
Joey Hess, le Mon 17 Sep 2012 11:57:14 -0400, a écrit :
Richard Owlett wrote:
Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
One should, but as d-i on the live CD is currently implemented, one
cannot. d-i
On Mon 17 Sep 2012 at 11:57:14 -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
One should, but as d-i on the live CD is currently implemented, one
cannot. d-i
Brian Potkin, le Mon 17 Sep 2012 18:13:01 +0100, a écrit :
On Mon 17 Sep 2012 at 11:57:14 -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
Should one not be able to switch out of the installation process and
into a browser (2 are already included) to search out answers?
One should,
lee, le Sun 16 Sep 2012 04:29:21 +0200, a écrit :
The goal would be to give users a working system included on the
installer CD/DVD that provides them at least with a (graphical) web
browser, software to burn installation CDs/DVDs/bluerays, an irc
client and other useful tools so that they can
Samuel Thibault wrote:
lee, le Sun 16 Sep 2012 04:29:21 +0200, a écrit :
The goal would be to give users a working system included on the
installer CD/DVD that provides them at least with a (graphical) web
browser, software to burn installation CDs/DVDs/bluerays, an irc
client and other useful
Samuel Thibault sthiba...@debian.org writes:
lee, le Sun 16 Sep 2012 04:29:21 +0200, a écrit :
The goal would be to give users a working system included on the
installer CD/DVD that provides them at least with a (graphical) web
browser, software to burn installation CDs/DVDs/bluerays, an irc
Richard Owlett, le Sun 16 Sep 2012 08:32:55 -0500, a écrit :
Samuel Thibault wrote:
lee, le Sun 16 Sep 2012 04:29:21 +0200, a écrit :
The goal would be to give users a working system included on the
installer CD/DVD that provides them at least with a (graphical) web
browser, software to burn
Quoting lee (l...@yun.yagibdah.de):
Package: installation-reports
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
this is a feature request: It would be nice if users would have at
least a web browser like lynx and an irc client available while they
are using the installer. There has
Package: installation-reports
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
this is a feature request: It would be nice if users would have at
least a web browser like lynx and an irc client available while they
are using the installer. There has been/currently is a lengthy
discussion about this on the
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