Hi Joel, On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:23, Joel Andres Granados <jgranado@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Luis Correia wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm about to do some funky %pre stuff in python, to decide whetner or >> not to install the machine and need some user interaction. >> We're only doing it in text mode, no need for fancy graphics. >> >> How do I from the %pre script write stuff to the screen, get input, >> maybe a button or two ? >> >> I've rummaged through the anaconda code, but it all seems a bit strange to >> me. >> >> Thanks for all the help you could provide, >> Luis Correia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > Took a quick look at the code and it seems that it executes whatever is in > pre with a redirect to tty3, including the input. This suggests to me that > you can basically do a bash read (or however you want to prompt the user) > and it will prompt you on the vt3. It wont work if you are installing > through serial console though. Didn't actually test this. > > Hope it helps. So, that means that, in order to interact with the user in the main tty, I must modify Anaconda, right? If yes, then I could probably use the 'updates' method... > -- > Joel Andres Granados > Red Hat / Brno, Czech Republic Luis Correia _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
