Description of problem: There is no Back button in any of the install screens. User required to power cycle PC and restart install if there is a need to change input in a previous screen. Not professional and a huge impediment to testing. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot off install DVD. 2. Look at screens starting with Language. 3.
as a workaround you can use ctrl + home iirc (with precaution and before package installation *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 5279 ***
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => DUPLICATESource RPM: Mageia 3 Alpha 1 DVD-ROM 32-bit from Mageia-3-alpha1-i586-DVD.iso => (none)
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Status: RESOLVED => REOPENEDResolution: DUPLICATE => (none)Source RPM: (none) => drakx-installer-stage2Whiteboard: (none) => 3alpha1Severity: normal => enhancement
Whiteboard: 3alpha1 => (none)
(In reply to Jeffrey Bruton from comment #0) > Description of problem: > There is no Back button in any of the install screens. User required to > power cycle PC and restart install if there is a need to change input in a > previous screen. Not professional and a huge impediment to testing. > > Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): > > > How reproducible: > Always > > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Boot off install DVD. > 2. Look at screens starting with Language. > 3. I should close this bug as invalid, because this is simply not true, there are "Previous" buttons in many drakx-installer-stage2 screens. (In reply to Manuel Hiebel from comment #1) > as a workaround you can use ctrl + home iirc (with precaution and before > package installation ctrl + alt + home takes you back to the language choice screen, which is great if you accidentally chose the wrong one or forgot to add some. However, that is only useful before having started to upgrade or before anything is done in the Partitioning step, after that it'll break your install and you'll have to reboot your install medium to restart from the beginning. A "Back" button won't help if you accidentally chose a wrong language, because it'll show a translation of "Back", which you most probably can't read. In the "Partitioning" step there are *several* screens with "Previous" buttons, like this one http://doc.mageia.org/installer/3/en/content/ask_mntpoint_s.html and this one http://doc.mageia.org/installer/3/en/content/choosePackagesTree.html Apart from that, in the "Summary" step it is possible to adjust several previously made choices. http://doc.mageia.org/installer/3/en/content/misc-params.html (Some of the screens you can choose there have "Previous" buttons, too, btw). Where else do you think a "Previous" button would be needed (and possible without breaking install) ?
CC: (none) => marja11Summary: No Back Button in Install Screens => No Back Button in some Install Screens
Please respond to comment #3 or kindly close. Thanks
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
Dick: When I was told by a Mageia developer to "quit re-opening bugs" I decided that Mageia was not for me. I made my living working for software companies for over a decade, the last of which was a 5 year stint on staff at arguably the biggest in the world here in Washington State. Probably the reason I am very involved in the Linux community now. Development and Test need to have well defined checks and balances, very much like branches of a democratic government. That did not seem to exist when I checked out of Mageia. It may now. If you would like this bug report closed please request it of an admin. All the best Jeffrey Bruton
Any can. But thanks anyway Jeffrey.
Status: REOPENED => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => OLD