Package: installation-reports
Version: ~/joeyh/dailybuild/i386/netboot/ 30 september 2004
Severity: wishlist
Hello,
A netboot install on a i386 with serial console went mostly fine.
Here is my feedback:
* Had to use the newt frontend, but that is not funny on serial line.
Please include cdebconf-text-udeb, to make DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text possible.
* to get a nice behaving base-config [1]
You have to install the libterm-readline-gnu-perl package
in the target chroot and `dpkg-reconfigure debconf` to set readline.
Do that in a shell before reboot into second stage.[2]
* No kernel messages and no grub menu is shown on the serial console.
With this patch on /boot/grub/menu.lst it does.
diff -u -r2.0 menu.lst
--- menu.lst 2004/10/01 19:07:54 2.0
+++ menu.lst 2004/10/01 19:12:45
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
timeout 5
# Pretty colours
-color cyan/blue white/blue
+#color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
@@ -84,18 +84,21 @@
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
+serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
+terminal --timeout=5 serial console
+
## ## End Default Options ##
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-1-686
root (hd0,0)
-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro
+kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro console=ttyS0,9600n8
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-686
savedefault
boot
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-1-686 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single
+kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single console=ttyS0,9600n8
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-686
savedefault
boot
Geert Stappers
[1] it doesn't shown the default in the menus, neither selections.
[2] no need to implement this in the program source code.
Geert Stappers wrote:
> A netboot install on a i386 with serial console went mostly fine.
>
> Here is my feedback:
>
> * Had to use the newt frontend, but that is not funny on serial line.
> Please include cdebconf-text-udeb, to make DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text possible.
I'd considered adding this anyway before for i386, so I have.
> * to get a nice behaving base-config [1]
> You have to install the libterm-readline-gnu-perl package
> in the target chroot and `dpkg-reconfigure debconf` to set readline.
> [1] it doesn't shown the default in the menus, neither selections.
The default behavior of debconf here is not ideal, but unfortunatly cannot be
easily improved with perl's built in read line library:
* readline and teletype frontends do not display default in brackets,
and do not special case empty string as the default. It's more important
that the user be able to enter an empty string reliably. Default values
are still provided if Term::Readline::Gnu is installed. Closes: #183970
So basically, there _is_ no default with the configuration you set up.
> * No kernel messages and no grub menu is shown on the serial console.
> With this patch on /boot/grub/menu.lst it does.
I suppose I'll reassign this report to grub-installer, though we already have
#224641. What we really need is a tested grub-installer patch..
--
see shy jo
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 06:23:11PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Geert Stappers wrote:
> > A netboot install on a i386 with serial console went mostly fine.
> >
> > Here is my feedback:
> >
> > * Had to use the newt frontend, but that is not funny on serial line.
> > Please include cdebconf-text-udeb, to make DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text possible.
>
> I'd considered adding this anyway before for i386, so I have.
Nice! TNX
> > * to get a nice behaving base-config [1]
> > You have to install the libterm-readline-gnu-perl package
> > in the target chroot and `dpkg-reconfigure debconf` to set readline.
>
> > [1] it doesn't shown the default in the menus, neither selections.
>
> The default behavior of debconf here is not ideal, but unfortunatly cannot be
> easily improved with perl's built in read line library:
>
> * readline and teletype frontends do not display default in brackets,
> and do not special case empty string as the default. It's more important
> that the user be able to enter an empty string reliably. Default values
> are still provided if Term::Readline::Gnu is installed. Closes: #183970
>
> So basically, there _is_ no default with the configuration you set up.
I have the feeling that we are talking about different things.
With "it doesn't shown the default in the menus, neither selections."
I mean base-config, with newt frontend on a serial console,
doesn't show what will happen when 'enter' is pressed.
Clearification:
Partman leaves the cursor at the no, pressing 'tab' puts cursor at the yes
"system clock GMT" yes no but no cursor nor other mark,
pressing 'tab' redraws the screen, but no "you choose this sign"
> > * No kernel messages and no grub menu is shown on the serial console.
> > With this patch on /boot/grub/menu.lst it does.
>
> I suppose I'll reassign this report to grub-installer, though we already have
> #224641. What we really need is a tested grub-installer patch..
Acknowledge.
Cheers
Geert Stappers
Geert Stappers wrote:
> > So basically, there _is_ no default with the configuration you set up.
>
> I have the feeling that we are talking about different things.
>
> With "it doesn't shown the default in the menus, neither selections."
> I mean base-config, with newt frontend on a serial console,
> doesn't show what will happen when 'enter' is pressed.
There is no default. If you press enter it will redisplay the prompt.
> Clearification:
> Partman leaves the cursor at the no, pressing 'tab' puts cursor at the yes
>
> "system clock GMT" yes no but no cursor nor other mark,
> pressing 'tab' redraws the screen, but no "you choose this sign"
Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about? Partman? Clock
settings? Apparently whiptail? Does not match rest of report.
--
see shy jo
On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 11:59:04AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Geert Stappers wrote:
> > > So basically, there _is_ no default with the configuration you set up.
> >
> > I have the feeling that we are talking about different things.
still have ...
> > With "it doesn't shown the default in the menus, neither selections."
> > I mean base-config, with newt frontend on a serial console,
^^^^
> > doesn't show what will happen when 'enter' is pressed.
>
> There is no default. If you press enter it will redisplay the prompt.
>
> > Clearification:
> > Partman leaves the cursor at the no, pressing 'tab' puts cursor at the yes
> >
> > "system clock GMT" yes no but no cursor nor other mark,
> > pressing 'tab' redraws the screen, but no "you choose this sign"
>
> Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about? Partman? Clock
> settings? Apparently whiptail? Does not match rest of report.
http://www.stappers.nl/gst/screenshots/d-i/yesorno.png
has what I see: No cursor no other mark show the default.
Geert Stappers
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