Re: Preseeding questions

2019-11-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 11 Nov 2019 at 10:13:05 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/11/2019 08:53 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-11-11 14:34:53) > > > When I first used Debian, I found preseeding could handle the many of > > > my needs/desires. I wish to explore further. > > > > > >

Re: Preseeding questions

2019-11-11 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/11/2019 08:53 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-11-11 14:34:53) When I first used Debian, I found preseeding could handle the many of my needs/desires. I wish to explore further. Where my might I find an exhaustive list of questions which may be preseeded? Since d

Re: Preseeding questions

2019-11-11 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-11-11 14:34:53) > When I first used Debian, I found preseeding could handle the many of > my needs/desires. I wish to explore further. > > Where my might I find an exhaustive list of questions which may be > preseeded? Since debconf values are defined and processed

Preseeding questions

2019-11-11 Thread Richard Owlett
When I first used Debian, I found preseeding could handle the many of my needs/desires. I wish to explore further. Where my might I find an exhaustive list of questions which may be preseeded?

Re: Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Richard Owlett wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >>3. How to configure individual programs? In particular: > >> a. gedit - font size > >> b. nautilus > >> 1. Tree view in left panel > >> 2. List view in main panel > > > >I don't think you can directly preseed something that

Re: Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-28 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 28 dec 12, 10:18:28, Richard Owlett wrote: 1. In the apt setup phase I wish the option to scan all the DVDs as in the manual install. How? Not sure this can work, since the scanning of all DVDs has to be interactive. I was working by analogy. If preseed.cfg does

Re: Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 28 dec 12, 10:18:28, Richard Owlett wrote: > > 1. In the apt setup phase I wish the option to scan all the DVDs as > in the manual install. How? Not sure this can work, since the scanning of all DVDs has to be interactive. > 2. How do I preseed system wide configuration values. My curren

Preseeding questions - primarily configuration related

2012-12-28 Thread Richard Owlett
I am doing a series of experimental installs to a test machine for the purpose of deciding what will work best for my particular goals. Using preseed.cfg files allows me to keep a record of what did or didn't work. My work environment consists of: a laptop whose hard drive is intentionally w