Bug 3721 - automatic detection of various informations during installation
Summary: automatic detection of various informations during installation
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Whiteboard: (MGA2)
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Reported: 2011-12-12 15:36 CET by Marcello Anni
Modified: 2015-02-11 09:15 CET (History)
5 users (show)

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Source RPM: draklive-installer, drakx-installer-stage2
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Description Marcello Anni 2011-12-12 15:36:17 CET 
Description of problem:

hi,

in the installation step of mageia LiveCD there are many dialogs where is asked about keyboard, place where we live, language to use. can we reduce all these steps to only the place and let the system automatically determine all the other infos? thanks


cheers,
Marcello
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-12-12 22:26:48 CET 
Iirc, after the language it's a little auto
like for me: french language> azerty keymap > France country (timezone) 

s/livecds// as it's the same in free or live

CC: (none) => mageia, thierry.vignaud
Summary: Automatic detection of various informations during LiveCD installation => Automatic detection of various informations during installation
Source RPM: (none) => draklive-installer, drakx-installer-stage2

Comment 2 Marcello Anni 2011-12-23 21:55:48 CET 
yes,  but isn't it too reduntat? it's obvious that if i select italian keymap, i want italian language and probably i live in italy. we could simplify the various steps in only one and keeping an entry like "Advanced mode" for particular cases... what do you think?
Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2012-02-14 07:03:28 CET 
(In reply to comment #2)
> yes,  but isn't it too reduntat? it's obvious that if i select italian keymap,
> i want italian language and probably i live in italy. we could simplify the
> various steps in only one and keeping an entry like "Advanced mode" for
> particular cases... what do you think?

That I know many users who have a keyboard and/or use a language that isn't standard for the country they live in. This already gives problems and bug reports now, i'm afraid that'll get worse if your solution is chosen.

CC: (none) => marja11

Dan Joita 2012-03-07 11:23:21 CET

CC: (none) => djmarian4u
Summary: Automatic detection of various informations during installation => automatic detection of various informations during installation

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:07:04 CEST 
Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2012-06-12 11:59:14 CEST 
yep, still valid, but I'd prefer it to be a WONTFIX

Putting (MGA2) on the whiteboard to show that was the last installer version so far that did not have this "enhancement"

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Whiteboard: (none) => (MGA2)

Comment 6 Nic Baxter 2015-02-11 09:15:34 CET 
Mageia 4 Live still has the multi-step process, thankfully. I picked language-Australian, keyboard-US, timezone, Sydney. I don't believe any automated process would be able to pick those up.
I'll make this closed - wontfix and the reporter can reopen it if he desires.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => nic
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
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