Considering the mention of $LANG, why don't you set $LANG in your postinstall script for testing purposes? export LANG=en_US and then the dialog statements. /Brian/ On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:44, Daniel Segall wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm trying to finish up some custom kickstarts, and I'm down to this last > problem. I run a post-install script (using dialog) with a series of > questions for adding a machine to our environment (NIS, IP, etc). I > figured out how to get them working interactively with the chvt command, > and everything works as it should. > > My problem is that I'm getting strange (ascii?) characters in all of my > dialog boxes where the lines (borders) should be. I have tried several > variations to my dialog commands, but none has worked. If I go to vt2 and > manually run the script, it shows up fine, so I believe the problem is > something environmental to vt3. Like I said before, everything actually > works, I can input the info it asks for, and it progresses through the > different dialogs just fine. It just looks messed up. Below are the > important sections of my ks.cfg & the post install script it calls. > > ks.cfg > ====================================================== > > %post --interpreter /bin/sh > exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3 > chvt 3 > > cat <<EOF >>/etc/motd > ####################################### > ## KICKSTART STILL IN PROGRESS!!!!!! ## > ####################################### > `cat /etc/redhat-release` - Installed `date` > > EOF > cat /etc/motd >>/root/ks.log > cat /etc/motd > > cd /root > > echo " * Mounting our NFS share..." > > # Create a mount point, mount the kickstart NFS share, & grab the > post-install script > mkdir /mnt/ks > mount -r -o nolock 10.1.1.1:/kickstart /mnt/ks > > echo " * Copying config files from share..." > > cp /mnt/ks/linux-postinstall.sh /root/ > cp /mnt/ks/redhatconfig.tar.gz /root > > -- snip -- > > # Execute our post install > echo " " >>/root/ks.log > if [ -f /root/linux-postinstall.sh ]; then > echo " * Executing Post-Install..." >>/root/ks.log > echo " * Executing Post-Install..." > chmod +x /root/linux-postinstall.sh > exec /root/linux-postinstall.sh >>/root/ks.log > else > echo "Can't find linux-postinstall.sh." >>/root/ks.log > echo "Can't find linux-postinstall.sh." > fi > > # We done. > echo " * Post-Install complete. System rebooting." >>/root/ks.log > echo " * Post-Install complete. System rebooting." > chvt 1 > sleep 10 > exit 0 > #EOF > > ====================================================== > > > linux-postinstall.sh > ====================================================== > #!/bin/bash > > BT="ITRC Linux Post-Install" > # Exit the script if it has already been run. > if [ -f /tmp/postinstall.done ] > then > dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "Error!" --msgbox "This script > has already been run. Remove /tmp/postinstall.done if you want to > continue." 0 0 > exit > fi > touch /tmp/postinstall.done > > ##################################### > ######### Define Variables ########## > ##################################### > dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "NIS" --yesno "Is this system going into > NIS?" 0 0 > if [ $? -eq 0 ] > then > IPADDR=`dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "IP Address?" --stdout > --inputbox "Enter your IP address" 0 0` > HNAME=`dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "Hostname?" --stdout > --inputbox "Enter your hostname (without domain)" 0 0` > else > dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "See Ya!" --msgbox "Your on your > own, Big Admin" 0 0 > exit > fi > > --snip-- > ====================================================== > > > Thanks, > -Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- Brian Long | | | IT Data Center Systems | .|||. .|||. Cisco Linux Developer | ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:.. Phone: (919) 392-7363 | C i s c o S y s t e m s
