Philip Rowlands wrote: > > | All the time while pre-install runs I see only the "initial" > | installation screen on my VNC client, I can't see the progress of > | the pre-install. Then, when the pre-install finishes, I see the > | nice "Installing Packages" graphical progress on the VNC client. > | Then, when post-install starts, the picture is stuck and I have > | no way to see the progress of the post-install. > > %pre and %post scripts output to VC3, or in your example, VC6. > If you need to see them in the GUI, perhaps run an xterm with > the right DISPLAY set? Well, in my environment xterm doesn't work - it just fails with "segmentation fault". But kterm and rxvt work pretty fine. Something like this: %post --nochroot --interpreter /bin/sh rxvt -fn fixed -geometry 80x40-5-5 -e bash postinstall.sh It will run the postinstall script in a terminal window created directly on the Anaconda mini-wm (i.e., above the graphics installation window). Pay attention that the mini-wm is quite restrictive - it doesn't allow you to resize or move a window, it doesn't allow you to copy-paste text between windows, etc. Another option is to direct rxvt to your "normal" window manager (or maybe to your Xvnc server) using 'rxvt -display'. This way you are not faced with the mini-wm restrictions (but you have to pass your display setting somehow to the installation). Has anybody else implemented a similar configuration? Any more ideas on the item? Thanks. Vlad
