[kubuntu-devel] Adept Feature Request

[Jonathan Riddell]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 06:05:36PM +0300, Constantin Makshin wrote:
> Adept offers an option to display console while working with packages 
> (installing, removing, etc.). Sometimes that console vital (for configuring 
> packages) so I guess it should be displayed by default.
> 
> For example, when 2.6.20-9 kernel was out, I decided to remove 2.6.20-8 and 
> install the new one. When removing old kernel, dpkg asked something, but when 
> I clicked "Show Details" button, the terminal flickered and I saw black 
> rectangle instead of it. Pressing "Show (Hide) Details" button for several 
> times didn't help.
> Pressing arrow keys on keyboard caused "Yes" and "No" buttons to show. But 
> without seeing the question itself, I had to blindly select one of suggested 
> options.
> 
> If the terminal was displayed from the beginning, such thing wouldn't happen.

Having graphical debconf by default in Feisty will fix this in almost all cases.

Jonathan