default entry different from timeout entry

default entry different from timeout entry

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

For the debian installation CD, when using syslinux we can set an
on-timeout entry which is different from the default entry. This is
quite important because we want sighted people to be able to just press
enter to get the sighted installer, and non-sighted people to possibly
just have to wait before getting a self-speaking installer.

Would it be ok to implement this in grub?

Samuel

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Re: default entry different from timeout entry

[Daniel Kiper]

Hey,

CC-ing Vladimir...

On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 11:11:46PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For the debian installation CD, when using syslinux we can set an
> on-timeout entry which is different from the default entry. This is
> quite important because we want sighted people to be able to just press
> enter to get the sighted installer, and non-sighted people to possibly
> just have to wait before getting a self-speaking installer.
>
> Would it be ok to implement this in grub?

I cannot see any problem with that. Go ahead...

Daniel

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Re: default entry different from timeout entry

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

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Le lun. 14 oct. 2024, 00:13, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
a écrit :

> Hello,
>
> For the debian installation CD, when using syslinux we can set an
> on-timeout entry which is different from the default entry. This is
> quite important because we want sighted people to be able to just press
> enter to get the sighted installer, and non-sighted people to possibly
> just have to wait before getting a self-speaking installer.
>
> Would it be ok to implement this in grub?
>
How do you inform the user about this arrangement? For sighted people there
is expectation that highlighted entry will be booted automatically and also
that highlighted entry is booted on enter. It's probably just a UI problem
though and it's just a question of correct communication.

>
> Samuel
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