Preseeding change needed for desktop auto-installations

[Mario Limonciello]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 14:06, Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> If you're auto-installing a desktop system using preseeding, then you
> need to add the following preseed entry in Lucid:
>
>  d-i base-installer/kernel/backports-modules string nouveau
>
> This is because otherwise grub-pc ends up being installed before it's
> supposed to be, and all hell breaks loose.  See
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/526422 for the gory details.
>
> With any luck we'll be able to arrange for something more automatic
> before Lucid is released, but this should tide people over for the
> meantime.
>
> This applies only to installations including X.  Other installations
> remain unchanged.
>
> --
> Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]