Hi! On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:41, Pablo Iranzo Gómez <Pablo.Iranzo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Of course, on vt3 you can 'simulate' anaconda screens ;). > > If you really need them on vt1 will need to modify anaconda, but IMHO > that would make it harder to debug and mantain in the future. > Well, the user wouldn't see anything if it isn't on vt1... I can try to show some stuff on vt3, with the 'emulated anaconda screens' but that is really just for debug, I couldn't go with that for a production env... Luis > Regards > Pablo > > El jue, 07-08-2008 a las 11:39 +0200, Pablo Iranzo Gómez escribió: >> No Luis, in your %pre script you can make a switch to vt3 -> chvt 3 >> do whatever echo and reads you want, and return back to anaconda with >> chvt 1 >> >> >> Regards >> Pablo >> >> >> El jue, 07-08-2008 a las 10:37 +0100, Luis Correia escribió: >> > 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
