It would be convenient if Anaconda in %post would poll for example /tmp/message. If the md5sum of the message changes then redisply. This would be a simple way to allow any to put up status messages as part of post. > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > james.oden@xxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:17 PM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: redirect Kickstart %post output to serial console/port > > > > It would take making your post script be a python script using the -p > option to %post. > > The problem is that anaconda still needs to suspend and > resume the session, > as two applications using newt > to control the same tty is very ugly. > > Cheers...james > > > > > "Egan Ford" > > <egan@xxxxxxxxx> To: > <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent by: cc: > > kickstart-list-admin Subject: > RE: redirect Kickstart %post output to serial console/port > @redhat.com > > > > > > 08/12/03 04:17 PM > > Please respond to > > kickstart-list > > > > > > > > > > What would it take to use snack in post for pretty messages? Can you > provide an > example? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeremy Katz > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:15 PM > > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: redirect Kickstart %post output to serial console/port > > > > > > On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 13:47, james.oden@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > If you wanted to make this safe for newt, you would need to > > patch the > > > anaconda to make a call > > > to newtSuspend(); before calling a %post script, and a call to > > > newtResume(); after the script returns. > > > Now those are the c library calls, and probably snack (the > > python binding > > > to libnewt) should have these > > > exposed (though I don't know that). > > > > They're exposed... screen.suspend() and screen.resume() > > where screen is > > a SnackScreen > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
