Debian Installation :: Preseed : Keyboard Config Not Taken Into Account?
Jul 7, 2011
I'm trying to automate Squeeze 6 installation with preseed.cfg, but the keyboard configuration (fr) is not taken into account.Given the debconf logs, it seems that the language is set before preseed.cfg is read. So I added "console-keymaps-at/keymap=fr locale=fr_FR" to the syslinux.cfg kernel line.That skips the installer keyboard selection page. But in debconf logs I can seed "Setting debconf/language to en".What am I doing wrong ?Here are the related options I set in preseed.cfg. I can't find an exhaustive debconf options list, and their exact meaning ; does anyone know of one ?d-i debian-installer/locale string fr
# The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility.
d-i debian-installer/language string fr
d-i debian-installer/country string FR
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Aug 25, 2014
I'm trying to create preseed configuration for debian. Currently I'm working with Debian version: 7 (wheezy), Installer build: 20130613+deb7u2+b1.
What I want to achieve is to have different network configuration than during installation.
I have two preseed files, one in intrd and the second that is fetched through http (url argument to kernel)
In the initrd file there are settings required to get dhcp network settings that will be used during installation:
Code: Select alld-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain
Then in the preseed file that is downloaded from network i have this:
Code: Select alld-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.56.199
d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0
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IP address settings work as expected, at the end of the installation netcfg runs again and when installed system boots it has static address set (.199). However hostname stays the same, it is not reconfigured.
I have tried many different combinations like removing get_hostname and get_domain options form initrd preseed and appending 'priority=critical' to kernel boot arguments but no matter what I do it always fails.
Is there any way to do this? I know that hostname can be set by hostname= krenel boot arg or by using dhcp option but I'd like to avoid this.
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Dec 14, 2014
I'm booting a usb stick with a custom initrd.gz, which contains a preseed.cfg at /. This preseed.cfg has the following initial lines:
d-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/country string BR
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
But the installer keeps asking for language/country/locale.
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Feb 6, 2010
I run a network with about twenty Debian systems, currently running Etch. I maintain a central passwd and group file, which is regularly copied to each system. This works fairly well, but I have some problems with the system account UIDs and GIDs.
I find different systems often pick different UID and GID values for system accounts like bind, ntp, sshd etc. I think the values chosen at install come from the system UID and GID ranges, and are allocated sequentially, so the values on a system depend on which packages were installed, and the order they were installed in.
Is there any way to specify the UID and GIDs for system accounts at installation time? Are there any other thoughts on how to implement shared passwd and group files (apart from NIS, which I don't want to use)?
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Oct 9, 2015
I've run into a situation where when performing a pxe/preseed install the system boots up into the install without issue, getting a dhcp address, then the installer begins to configure the network and it gets to where it request a dhcp address and it instantly fails the install stating that we are either not using dhcp or it's slow.
I've added d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 600 to the preseed file but it doesn't seem to be honoured here since it doesn't wait 600 seconds before failing. I have 2 other identical systems that install using the same preseed file but the installer completes as expected. This system has no issues installing centos just debian fails. I did try, once the install failed, to switch to the console and run udhcpc and the server received the address reserved for it.
Is there a method to force debian installer to wait a bit longer for the dhcp server besides what I've already done?
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Mar 15, 2011
I am trying to get preseed working on a bunch of machines with multiple NICs but it doesn't pick the right interface and/or gets "no link" on all interfaces. My PXE kernel line looks like so (I have auto=true priority=critical and interface=auto)
label squeeze
kernel debian-installer/squeeze/i386/linux
append vga=788 initrd=debian-installer/squeeze/i386/initrd.gz auto=true priority=critical ramdisk_size=10800 root=/dev/rd/0 rw url=example.com/d-i/squeeze/preseed.cfg interface=auto netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60
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Mar 16, 2011
I know that boot partition is possible to create within debian distribution that has grub 2.0, as I have done before with ubuntu. I have been trying many different options with my preseed file but it keeps taking the boot partition out of LVM and creating and extended partition too and then creates the LVM primary partition.
### Partitioning.
# you can specify a disk to partition. The device name can be given in either
# devfs or traditional non-devfs format. For example, to use the first disk
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Mar 16, 2011
I know that boot partition is possible to create within debian distribution that has grub 2.0, as I have done before with ubuntu. I have been trying many different options with my preseed file but it keeps taking the boot partition out of LVM and creating and extended partition too and then creates the LVM primary partition. My preseed file is below:
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Mar 16, 2011
I know that boot partition is possible to create within debian distribution that has grub 2.0, as I have done before with ubuntu. I have been trying many different options with my preseed file but it keeps taking the boot partition out of LVM and creating and extended partition too and then creates the LVM primary partition. My preseed file is below:
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May 21, 2011
I'm using redhat linux 9 n unable to connect to the internet.my isp is log2space..they have given me a username n passwd which works in windows OS..have no clue how to setup a dialer or how to config in redhat 9
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Jun 4, 2010
I'm trying to preseed a 10.04 install, and it's giving me a lot of trouble. I've been using [url] as a guide, but I can't seem to make it work.
I have ripped the x64 alternate install .iso to my hard drive, inserted the preseed files (details on this later) and remastered and burned the iso. When I put the disc into my test PC, it boots up to the CD, checks for English keyboard, enters my custom install option and then fails. It brings up a red screen that says, "Incorrect CD-ROM detected. The CD-ROM drive contains a CD which cannot be used for installation. Please insert a suitable CD to continue with the installation."
The way I've understood the documentation is that there are 2 files that needed edited, and one file that needs created: edit /isolinux/text.cfg, edit /isolinux/isolinux.cfg, and create /preseed.cfg
Here is what I currently have in those files:
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The preseed.cfg is 95% copied from the ubuntu documentation, I've only made the changes that are necessary. I'll admit I do not know what most of the boot parameters in the /isolinux/text.cfg file mean.
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Feb 17, 2010
I am trying to preseed the UBUNTU 9.04 x86 installer and everything else is okay except that for some systems, it says "No Network Interfaces found" with options as "Continue" and "Go Back". My network interface detection is set to "auto" in my preseed file. I want to remove this popup. Can someone please help with the correct line in preseed.cfg?
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Aug 18, 2010
I just made a custom ubuntu, following these instructions [url], and it works great, but during the install ubiquity tries to check the cd for extra packages... and prompts an error... but it doesn't have any packages nor it is needed to have... i just want that ubiquity skips this instruction.... I'm guessing the correct pressed instruction will solve this, but I can't find any mention to this...
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Sep 21, 2010
I've generated a preseed for my Ubuntu Lucid installation, its loading ubiquity automatically (from kernel parm automatic-ubiquity) and it fills in all the values from the preseed file its given. However it displays the Ubiquity page "Ready to Install" (I am using the kubuntu ubiquity package) and I have to click the button install for it to start. How can I get it to skip this and just start installing?
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Jan 6, 2011
I'm having trouble installing likewise open through preseed.I'v used the example from https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/instal...le-preseed.txt as the source of my preseed file.It works just fine installing openssh, smbfs and libpam-mount. Se the code below. But if I try adding likewise to the code below installation stops when the likewise package is starting to install.Quote:
# Individual additional packages to install
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential smbfs libpam-mount
# Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap.
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May 15, 2010
the mail server itself will receive mail, that part works. i'm using dovecot imap to grab my mail, that works. but if i try to send mail from my iphone using an account on that server it doesnt work. this is what i see in syslog: May 15 07:14:52 coax postfix/smtpd[1432]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mobile-166-137-139-003.mycingular.net[166.137.139.3]: 450 4.1.8 <eppo@customconnexions.com>: Sender address rejected: Domain not found; from=<eppo@customconnexions.com> to=<xxxxxxx@aol.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<[10.25.15.47]>
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Oct 23, 2010
I would like to create an unattended install ubuntu 10.10 cd. I have followed the ubuntu [URL].. on creating the preseed file, however, I can't find any useful tutorial on how to set the kernel parameters to perform an unattended install using my preseed file.
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Jan 11, 2011
This is the second machine of mine where the keyboard has quit once the machine is fully booted. However, this only happens in one user account, in both cases, the most-used account. The keyboard works fine in the other user accounts on both machines, and the keyboard works fine in all accounts when logging in. It is only when Kubuntu 8.04 is up an running that the problem occurs.
In the problem accounts, pressing and holding one of the keys does generate input, but it comes in pairs. I cannot type a single letter. It looks like the delay and repeat rates are messed up, but resetting them in the control panel does nothing. On one machine, I just installed a newer version of the OS. On the machine in question now, however, it is a business machine, and I don't want to have it down if I can 'save' it. I am guessing that this is a config issue somewhere in the innards of KDE 3.5. Can I safely delete a hidden directory somewhere, and force KDE to recreate a new set of config files?
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Mar 28, 2011
One of my friends that I installed Ubuntu 10.04 for, is having a keyboard problem. On his account (admin) the PS2 keyboard works fine. On his wifes account (desktop user) the keyboard does not work. She can apparently use the keyboard until login is finished. A search here shows other people having keyboard problems, but no solutions. Should I try a USB mouse? Delete her account and add her back in a new one? Is there a fix someone here knows about?
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Jul 30, 2010
I have a problem to get it to work. The installer seems to read the preseed-file alright, and some of the values defined in the preseed-file are taken into account. The questions regarding locale, keyboard layout and time zone are answered using the preseed-file, but in the user account creation-step the process goes wrong. The Full name-field is obtained from the preseed-file, but the login-name is generated by the installer and not read from the preseed. Also the password-fields are empty and not filled in. Also the script that I've defined with preseed/late_command is never run.
I tried searching the forums but no-one had exactly this kind of problem, so it makes me think that this has to be some trivial error I'm doing. Could someone take a look at these configs and see if there's something wrong with them? How should I continue resolving this?
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Aug 23, 2011
I've installed the packages required to use a wiimote as a remote control in Fedora, and am currently trying to write a config file to use the wiimote for Clementine.My file currently looks like this:
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# This is the wminput-clementine file
Wiimote.A = KEY_F6 #Play/Pause
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Nov 16, 2010
How can I implement this: I encrypt a partition using LUKS, and store personal data on this partition. Then create a user account that solely deals with this partition and insulated from the Internet. Normally for each boot I do not even need to mount the LUKS encrypted partition, and when I mount that partition under that special user account, I can make sure that the Internet is cut off.
I'm going to do the installation these days, could you provide a brief sketch regarding what steps I should go through to implement the above result?
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Dec 18, 2009
openSuse v11.1
Linux 2.6.27.39-0.2-default x86_64
VirtualBox v3.1.0
One user account completely ignores all keyboard input. No other account demonstrates this bizarre behavior. The faulty account has had occasional keyboard difficulty but it has always been related to the Virtual Machines (VirtualBox); the hosting account always functioned correctly.
Then the ban on keyboard input. Poof! "Keyboard? What keyboard? I don't see no stinking keyboard!"
It is not the physical keyboard. Three different hardware exhibit the same fault. It is not the motherboard; two mb's show the same fault. It is only that one account. And I even took the Windows route of re-installing the OS (what a waste of time that was).
If something changed, I am not aware of it (although something must have).
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May 3, 2010
I used debian several years ago, and I'm interested in trying it out again.Right now, I have a laptop running Windows Vista and Ubuntu 9.10 in a dual boot configuration. Here is the output ofsudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 41345 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
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Jan 7, 2010
I've just installed ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop, and when I'm on vim, I can use arrow key normally in command mode, but in editing mode, if I use them, it print a letter, capital case + new line and doesn't move the cursor.
In putty I would try to play with the different type of keyboard settings (ESC[~, Linux, Xterm R6, VT400 etc...), but here, I don't know what to do.
At the installation time, I choose French/French keyboard.
Extra Question :
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It's said to have GRUB2 by default, but at boot time it says Grub 1.97 beta...
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Mar 26, 2016
I wrote a GRUB multi-boot configuration so I can boot multiple distributions and have storage space on one 32GB flash drive.
set imgdevpath="/dev/disk/by-label/multiboot"
Code: Select allmenuentry 'Debian Jessie amd64' {
set isofile='/iso/debian-8.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso'
loopback loop $isofile
linux (loop)/install.amd/vmlinuz
initrd (loop)/install.amd/initrd.gz
}
This works in virt-manager when I boot the physical usb device a virtual disk with a usb bus and it works flawlessly, but when I plug it into a physical machine the cdrom detects fails to mount /dev/sdb1 as fstype=iso9660.
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May 23, 2015
I was using a custom layout for my keyboard as I've a UK laptop but still use french accents sometimes. After the update from Wheezy to Jessie my configs disappeared so I have put them back:
- Defining my layout here: /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gb
- Adding here: /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.xml and here /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml in the gb configItem
Code: Select all <variant>
<configItem>
<name>accentsFR</name>
<description>English (UK with french accents)</description>
</configItem>
</variant>
- Adding the declaration of the layout here /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst and here /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.lst
Code: Select all accentsFR gb: English (UK with french accents)
So everything looks alright, if I go to System Tools -> Preferences -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Input Source my layout is well selected and I can even see the correct layout by clicking on the keyboard icon (cf my snapshot)
Here is the snapshot of the keyboard input source settings: [URL]....
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Jan 10, 2011
I'm trying to install Debian Testing onto my Acer Aspire One ZG5 using the testing versions of boot.img and debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso. I previously installed (two days ago) the latest release of stable, and the boot.img/CD1 from that worked fine, installed seamlessly. With testing though, the menu does not respond to the keyboard as soon as the menu appears to select Install/Graphical install/Help, etc. I have also tried to boot with an external (USB) keyboard, which again, works fine with the stable version of boot.img/CD1, but not testing.I did some searching and couldn't find anything that looked similar
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Feb 12, 2011
I am running lenny on my PC ( amd 64 / nvidia graphic ) without any problems. Since last week I tried to change to squeeze - without success. First step - update from lenny to squeeze accordingly to the upgrade description from the Debian homepage. After nearly 2 hours without any error message - Result : System dosen't boot after upgrade.
So I went back to lenny and tried the second step to get Squeeze working. I got the DVD "Debian-6.0.0-amd" and started the installation. After the second screen the keyboard is no longer identified and I cannot go on with the installation.
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