Re: gpe new user prompt

Philip Blundell <pb_at_nexus.co.uk> writes:

>> I installed GPE on my iPAQ. When I boot the iPAQ it brings up a new user
>> prompt. How do I type at this prompt? It asks for username, fullname,
>> password and confirm password. There is an "OK" button and it also states
>> "press record to recalibrate touchscreen". There is no graphical keyboard so
>> I can't proceed past this point.
>
> This normally happens if you didn't run the familiar postinst (see the
> documentation). The keyboard requires some truetype fonts.

Phil, there's already custom code running for a first-time installation. What
would you think of having that code check to see if familiar postinst has been
run, and if not, running it? This would help make that whole process much
more transparent to the end user who really shouldn't need to deal with such
things...???

Additionally, for users of the bootgpe image, /etc/linuxrc could be modified
so that the first time the system reboots after installation, it runs familiar
postinst.

Cheers,

Derrell
Received on Mon Oct 14 2002 - 13:08:27 EDT