nicer way to fix debconf-settings

diff --git a/input/howto/new-machine.creole b/input/howto/new-machine.creole
index f4486c6..eca9e29 100644 (file)
--- a/input/howto/new-machine.creole
+++ b/input/howto/new-machine.creole
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ Note: this is partially obsolete now that we have [[puppet|howto/puppet-setup]].
 
 * make debconf the same on every host: - dialog, - high
 {{{
-    dpkg-reconfigure debconf
+
+echo "debconf debconf/priority        select  high" | debconf-set-selections
+echo "debconf debconf/frontend        select  Dialog" | debconf-set-selections
+
 }}}
 
 * add db.d.o to sources.list: