Ubuntu 9.10: installation setup propaganda screen (reposted)
John Goche
Hello,
(I was having some problems posting,
so I am posting this message once again:)
I have just installed Ubuntu 9.10 but given that I went for a
cup of coffee during installation I have missed out on all the
propaganda screens that advertise about all the things that
are available under Ubuntu one screen at a time. I would like
to be able to flick through those screens now that I have
completed the installation. How can I view all those
installation splash screens at my own pace?
Thanks,
John Goche
Matt Giwer
I have absolutely no idea.
But for Fedora there is a file in /etc which is named something like
first-install which is set to =no. I presume if I were to change that to =yes
and reboot I could recreate myself as a user. Not knowing if it would start
over I have not played with it. They might be there.
However if you mean the screens that show will installing they were
interminably boring when Redhat used them and you would need to coffee to stay
awake so plan ahead. They read like good sales copy but I can't recall ever
finding one of them useful. They were sort of cheering you on if coffee was
not available. They were probably buried someplace on the installation disk. I
avidly explore installations and never found those Redhat screens in the
installed files.
I do not think you are missing anything.
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Thu Dec 3 19:37:28 EST 2009
John Goche
On Dec 4, 12:47 am, Matt Giwer <jul...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> John Goche wrote:
>
> But for Fedora there is a file in /etc which is named something like
> first-install which is set to =no. I presume if I were to change that to =yes
> and reboot I could recreate myself as a user. Not knowing if it would start
> over I have not played with it. They might be there.
Sorry, I could not find anything like that there. I think you are
talking about
what used to be called 'first boot' or something like that which
allows you
to create user names and passwords on Fedora for the first time you
boot
the system.
> However if you mean the screens that show will installing they were
> interminably boring when Redhat used them and you would need to coffee to stay
> awake so plan ahead. They read like good sales copy but I can't recall ever
> finding one of them useful. They were sort of cheering you on if coffee was
> not available. They were probably buried someplace on the installation disk. I
> avidly explore installations and never found those Redhat screens in the
> installed files.
I see. Interesting. Yes, I am talking about those, because they do
have some
interesting things for someone that has been away from Linux for some
time.
Too bad those screens are not actually installed on the file system so
that I
could have a look at them.
Regards,
John Goche
Nico Kadel-Garcia
> On Dec 4, 12:47 am, Matt Giwer <jul...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > John Goche wrote:
>
> > But for Fedora there is a file in /etc which is named something like
> > first-install which is set to =no. I presume if I were to change that to =yes
> > and reboot I could recreate myself as a user. Not knowing if it would start
> > over I have not played with it. They might be there.
>
> Sorry, I could not find anything like that there. I think you are
> talking about
> what used to be called 'first boot' or something like that which
> allows you
> to create user names and passwords on Fedora for the first time you
> boot
> the system.
That advertising is in the installation toolkit and installation
media, not part of the active system's behavior. It need not even be
installed. But if you look through 'anaconda', the tool RedHat uses
for system installation. I bet you'll find the hooks where it's run
from. gentoo, similarly I'm sure, has its own hooks in the init
scripts of the bootable floppy image used to leverage CD installation.
Do you want help taking that apart?
John Thompson
> I have just installed Ubuntu 9.10 but given that I went for a
> cup of coffee during installation I have missed out on all the
> propaganda screens that advertise about all the things that
> are available under Ubuntu one screen at a time. I would like
> to be able to flick through those screens now that I have
> completed the installation. How can I view all those
> installation splash screens at my own pace?
Maybe "real" ubuntu is different, but I just installed xubuntu-9.10, sat
through the whole process and didn't see any such screens. Just a basic
ncurses based installer that asked a few questions and did its work.
--
-John (jo...@os2.dhs.org)
James Michael Fultz
Sounds like you used the Alternate Install CD for Xubuntu rather than
the Live CD. However, I don't think that the graphical installer on the
Live CD has the same informational "ad" screens that are in the latest
Ubuntu installer.
--
James Michael Fultz <xy...@sent.as.invalid>
Remove this part when replying ^^^^^^^^