Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine
Date	2016-12-29 13:10 +0100
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On 12/29/2016 4:52 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 22:09:14 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> On 12/28/2016 4:53 PM, Brian wrote:
>>> On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is a separate issue with default font sizes that I've noticed before,
>>>> but am now motivated to address. Default fonts are annoyingly small. I know
>>>> how to adjust them on a per user per font basis in Mate's "Appearance
>>>> Preferences" menu. As there will ever be exactly one human seeing this
>>>> machine, where can change the default setting from "10" to "16" system wide
>>>> [preferably by preseeding]? If it would also change the font size of the
>>>> User login screen that would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> When you adjust the fonts to your liking the config will be stored in
>>> a file in your home directory. Locate the file and copy it to your USB
>>> stick. Have a late_command in your preseed file transfer the file to a
>>> home directory on /target.
>>
>> Found the file. If I do as you say, will it automatically be used for any
>> "user" I create in the future?
>
> As it stands, no. You will have to use /etc/skel. Please read adduser(8)
> and /etc/adduser.
>
> A late_command could be used to populate /etc/skel, though.
>

Thank you.

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Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-28 11:50 +0100
  Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-28 23:50 +0100
    Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 05:00 +0100
      Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-29 12:00 +0100
  Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-29 00:00 +0100
    Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 05:10 +0100
      Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-12-29 12:00 +0100
        Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 13:10 +0100
      Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-12-29 14:30 +0100
        Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-29 15:50 +0100
      ERROR! - was [Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-02 14:00 +0100
        Re: ERROR! - was [Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-01-02 16:50 +0100
          Re: ERROR! - was [Re: Quirks noted with install on new machine] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-01-03 14:50 +0100

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