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preseed package

Aliases for console-setup to reduce size of boot parameters

Bug #74829 reported by Marc Tardif
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Bug Description

It would be nice to provide aliases for console-setup related preseeding options to reduce the size of the kernel boot parameters. This would be especially relevant for the following options:

console-setup/ask_detect
console-setup/layoutcode

These are needed in the kernel boot parameters when preseeding from a remote file because the installation prompts for these options before the network is configured.

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in preseed:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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RandyWallace (randywallacejr) wrote :

Thank you, Marc. I can't change the Alias, but you found my answer on how to skip that step (finally!)

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Max Bowsher (maxb) wrote :

This issue would be greatly mitigated if the auto=true preseed parameter functioned as it does in debian. (By deferring the keyboard setup until after the network setup, so that it can be preseeded)

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

For the record, you don't need to preseed console-setup/ask_detect. It's automatically preseeded to false if keyboard-configuration/layoutcode (as it is now) is preseeded.

Changed in preseed (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package preseed - 1.49ubuntu1

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preseed (1.49ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Max Bowsher ]
  * In 'autoserver' mode, fetch the preseed file for 'oneiric' instead for
    'wheezy'. LP: #681396

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Change the "keymap" alias to keyboard-configuration/layoutcode, since
    Ubuntu uses console-setup (LP: #74829).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 04 May 2011 13:26:42 +0100

Changed in preseed (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Max Bowsher (maxb) wrote :

To follow up on my previous comment regarding auto=true - it did not fully work in maverick because console-setup had not been merged in the maverick cycle and was missing changes needed to operate with other parts of d-i correctly.

It now functions correctly in natty.

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