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= Title: Debian Installer Wheezy Release Candidate 1 =
The Debian Installer [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team|team]] is pleased to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian Wheezy.


== Improvements in this release of the installer ==

 * brltty:
    * Fix support for the theme=dark accessibility option (#696972).
    * Enable orca in gnome3 sessions too.
   Please note: the gdm3 prompt isn't accessible (#694937).
 * cdebconf:
    * Fix display of info messages (e.g. “Rescue mode” in the banner).
    * Improve speech synthesis support.
 * debconf: Fix misleading man-db title for grub prompt (#679327).
 * debian-cd:
    * Improve grub menus used when booting in UEFI mode so they match up
      better with the equivalent syslinux menus.
    * Change the default UEFI display resolution to 800x600 for maximum
      compatibility.
    * Fix README.html generation (#699198).
 * debian-installer-utils: Fix procfs mounting on GNU/kFreeBSD (#696901).
 * grub2:
    * Improve support for EFI installs: make sure /boot/grub exists,
      and copy unicode.pf2 there (#696962, #661789).
    * Fix infinite recursion in gettext when translation fails (#611537
      and many others).
 * lowmem: Adjust lowmem limit for GNU/kFreeBSD needed for ZFS
   volumes (#696786).
 * mountmedia:
    * Revert kernel bug workaround (#694082).
    * Firmware loading issues should disappear accordingly.
 * netcfg: Write network-manager configuration (included wireless settings
   when applicable) if it's found in the installed system; configure
   ifupdown for wired networking otherwise (#682608).
 * oldsys-preseed:
    * Ignore a missing gateway with DHCP (#687212).
    * Use netcfg/disable_autoconfig instead of netcfg/disable_dhcp (#689531).
 * preseed: Deal with urls that consist of an unqualified machine
   name and a port (#695908).
 * qcontrol: Disable firmware watchdog on TS-219p II and TS-419p II (#693263).
 * rootskel: Use the same keymap in the virtual consoles as the one
   selected in the graphical installer. (#606395).
 * xorg-server: Avoid cursor jumps in virtualbox (#694598).

== Hardware support changes ==

 * linux: Add 8021q, adm8211, at76c50x-usb, b43legacy, bnx2fc, cxgb4, cxgb4vf,
   fnic, igbvf, int51x1, isci, iwl4965, ixgbevf, libertas_tf_usb, micrel,
   mlx4_en, mwifiex_pcie, mwl8k, orinoco_usb, pata_piccolo, pch_gbe, pmcraid,
   prism2_usb, qlge, r8187se, r8192e_pci, r8712u, rtl8192ce, rtl8192cu,
   rtl8192de, rtl8192se, smsc75xx, smsc9420, smsc95xx, tehuti, ums-eneub6250,
   ums-realtek, vt6656_stage, and vxge drivers to installer (#686605, #689159,
   #690886, #694348, #695437).
 * linux: Ralink wifi device IDs 5362, 5392, 539b (#694312)
 * linux: Lenovo 10/100 Ethernet USB dongle (#696248)

== Localization status ==

 * Translation is complete in 57 languages (English included) out of 75
   supported languages.

== Known issues in this release ==

 * [ Errata on grub-installer ]

== Feedback for this release ==

We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will need are available at our [[http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer|web site]].

=== Thanks ===

The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release.