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Autoconfig wizard tool after booting on first install?

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    niculinux
    last edited by 7 Sept 2018, 10:42

    Don't know if someone has even think of it, but would be nice to have some kind of wizard that starts on fisrt boot, (i mean after flashing a fresh image on an SD card/USB stick/whatever mass media storage); so after every first inslat user may not have to navigate in the setup to make some changes,this would very useful setting the localization options and the keyboard layout, and also th wifi settings: May be easy doable?

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      dankcushions Global Moderator @niculinux
      last edited by 7 Sept 2018, 15:02

      @niculinux personally i'm in the UK and don't use wifi, or a keyboard so i have no need to configure wifi or keyboard (in fact, a wizard forcing me to configure wifi would require me to get a keyboard!)

      i think the controller wizard is enough, personally. it's the only mandatory part.

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        cyperghost @dankcushions
        last edited by cyperghost 9 Jul 2018, 16:22 7 Sept 2018, 15:21

        @dankcushions You even can import WiFi settings via keyfile. There is no need for keymap setting. Joypad dialog is fine and you are ready to go. My wireless keyboard is SSH

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          mitu Global Moderator @cyperghost
          last edited by mitu 9 Jul 2018, 17:00 7 Sept 2018, 16:00

          @cyperghost said in Autoconfig wizard tool after booting on first install?:

          There is no need for keymap setting

          Actually, I've seen quite a few people struggling to find and type the | character, which - due to the UK keyboard mapping - is located differently on an US keymap. People coming in contact the 1st time with Linux and never having to use said character are confused - especially since some install scripts or tutorials use it frequently.

          Having said that, I think changing the default from a UK keyboard to US would be enough to 'fix' this confusion.

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            cyperghost @mitu
            last edited by cyperghost 9 Jul 2018, 20:01 7 Sept 2018, 19:00

            @mitu haha what do you think about german keyboard connected … there is nothing common to UK or US. A workaround about the pipe would be ASCII typed char with ALT+CTRL.

            But maybe a change from UK to US would be useful for more people in general. I have no real opinion about this, sorry.

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              BuZz administrators
              last edited by 7 Sept 2018, 19:19

              I prefer to stick with the Raspbian defaults.

              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                niculinux @dankcushions
                last edited by 7 Sept 2018, 20:06

                @dankcushions said in Autoconfig wizard tool after booting on first install?:

                @niculinux personally i'm in the UK and don't use wifi, or a keyboard so i have no need to configure wifi or keyboard (in fact, a wizard forcing me to configure wifi would require me to get a keyboard!)

                i think the controller wizard is enough, personally. it's the only mandatory part.

                Actually the wifi settings may ve skipped by the user, i was thinking somethina as a ncurse based installer, with an hanful of options, like lubuntu alternate/minimal cd 👨‍💻

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                  cyperghost @niculinux
                  last edited by cyperghost 9 Aug 2018, 01:43 8 Sept 2018, 00:42

                  @niculinux No one hinders you to start such a project. Most things can be set up by dialogs now so you may integrate most wanted features in just one menu. But I really doubt the essential need.

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                    niculinux @cyperghost
                    last edited by 8 Sept 2018, 12:39

                    @cyperghost said in Autoconfig wizard tool after booting on first install?:

                    @niculinux No one hinders you to start such a project. Most things can be set up by dialogs now so you may integrate most wanted features in just one menu. But I really doubt the essential need.

                    I'm not really into programming, take it like a "wish" but i hope someone of good will may buils sn experimentsl oacksfe someday 😉

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