Auto ask for languages

This bug was fixed in the package gfxboot-theme-ubuntu - 0.5.2

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gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (0.5.2) hardy; urgency=low

  * Ask for language before displaying the main menu (LP: #39888).
  * Filter out translations for various languages (Arabic, Dzongkha, Indic,
    Mongolian, Thai) that we cannot render properly for various reasons
    (LP: #46985, #56145).
  * Give checkbox semantics to the items in the F6 "Other Options" menu.
  * Add acpi=off, noapic, and nolapic options to the "Other Options" menu.
  * Display the "Other Options" menu for the live CD too, but without the
    d-i expert mode option.
  * Use theme background colour as the colour for dialog title bars and
    progress bars (LP: #28795).
  * Fetch foreground, background, and access-options from gfxboot.cfg in
    preference to isolinux.cfg. The gfxboot-foreground, gfxboot-background,
    and gfxboot-access-options keywords in isolinux.cfg are now deprecated
    and support for them will be removed after Ubuntu 8.04.
  * Include po/ in the binary package for consistency with gfxboot-theme-*,
    although you should generally just use bootlogo.tar.gz rather than
    building the theme afresh (LP: #39930).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:27:50 +0000

This is done in an ugly way.
I just booted 8.04 alpha 5 and I thought it is a bug.

Becasue first the boot menu appears, then a second later the language menu. Looks like if it detects a spurious press of the F4 (or which one is it for the lang) key.

I realise it is too late for any changes in 8.04 but maybe it can be improved later.

I'm aware it's not great; it was just the most straightforward way to do it. I'm still open to suggestions for improvements for 8.04. Don't assume that it's too late.

Display the language choice first, then the boot menu.

Is there any way to auto select the language by changing the `isolinux/gfxboot.cfg` in ubuntu.iso?