Being able to open the "set time zone" window from the "set time" dialog of the installer is surprising.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
If you try to set the time from the graphical installer, the resulting dialog contains a button to set the time zone. This is rather surprising, since you reach this dialog from a wizard page that lets you set the time zone. Worse, the two time zone dialogs seem to do different things.
This could be explained if "Set time..." in the installer actually pops up a configuration program/applet for the running system (i.e., the live CD)? Maybe you could add some arguments to it to disable the "set time zone" button?
Precise steps to reproduce:
(1) Start the Dapper installer off the live CD and proceed to the time configuration page.
(2) Click "Set Time...".
(3) Click "Select Time Zone...". Now you have two time zone dialogs!
(4) Choose a time zone in the second dialog. The current system date/time (i.e., the date/time of the Live CD) will change to the selected date and time, but the time zone and date/time displayed in the installer will remain unchanged.
Related branches
Changed in ubiquity: | |
assignee: | nobody → kamion |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
I'm wondering if the "set time" button is actually worth the hassle ...