Re: anaconda screens

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	Luis
	If you use "chvt 3", the vt shown on your display will be vt3. 

	¿Why the user will not be seeing it?

	Regards
	Pablo

El jue, 07-08-2008 a las 10:46 +0100, Luis Correia escribió:
> 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
> >> > >>
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> >> > >
> >> > > 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
> >> >
> 
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