Hi,
On 04-07-17 15:51, mcatanzaro@gnome.org wrote:
On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 2:11 AM, Hans de Goede hdegoede@redhat.com wrote:
"Language and Keyboard Layout "
I don't see how a normal (non live) non net-install differs from a net-install. In both cases anaconda is pretty much the only thing which is running and as such is the best place to ask about this. I agree that with livecds we need something else.
It doesn't. Anaconda is the right place in both cases. But Workstation has only the live image and netinstall images, so we don't consider this case.
"Time and Date"
It is important to get the timezone setup correctly *before* running the phase of anaconda where it formats filesystems and copies files. Otherwise various tools may complain about timestamps in the future for files created during install time when the timezone is later changed in such a way that the (timezone-adjusted) time becomes earlier.
We've had several bugs related to this in the past and actually have moved timezone configuration up to an earlier point in the installer because of this.
IOW this really must happen inside the installer.
OK. We might have to remove that entire page from gnome-initial-setup then, because that page only makes sense when creating the first user, and sounds like we need it in anaconda.
Well, it is useful, very useful even for the ARM images, which are distributed as pre-created file-system images to dd to an sdcard. I did not think of that when I wrote my first mail, but there are really 3 cases to consider (for workstation):
1) Live CD boot + install from livecd This will first run anaconda and then run gnome-initial-setup after rebooted into the new install
2) Pre-installed Workstation fs image on sdcard This will run gnome-initial-setup at first boot, at which time both the keyboard and timezone config screens make a ton of sense.
3) Install from netinstall image This will first run anaconda and then run gnome-initial-setup after rebooted into the new install
1 + 3 are quite alike, except that maybe some stuff can be inherited from the live environment in case 1, esp. once we have a wizard there to setup e.g. the keyboard before logging in.
But in case 2. We really have a pristine install, with no settings what-so-ever and we want gnome-initial-setup to do it all.
Regards,
Hans