On 28 November 2012 19:13, Frank Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/28/2012 02:10 PM, Pierre Jarillon wrote: >> >> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8230 >> >> --- Comment #2 from Pierre Jarillon <[email protected]> 2012-11-28 20:10:35 >> CET --- >> Yes, I know! But have you ever see some newbies? A newbie needs more than >> 10s >> to read and to understand the first screen. More, the choice of the >> language >> should be the first step. >> You are an advanced user, I am an advanced user too but the aim of Mageia >> is to >> be easy for new users. Never forget this. >> To set the timeout to 0 (infinite) is a very good solution for everybody. >> > Hardly, as it prevents unattended rebooting. :-) > > Anyway, IIRC the help for Kill Timer is right on the screen.
Also in the rare case of a keyboard not working having a timeout is useful to allow the install system to proceed.
