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 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> 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 -- Pablo Iranzo Gómez (Pablo.Iranzo@xxxxxxxxxx) RHCE/RHCSP/RHCSS Global Profesional Services Consultant Spain Phone: +34 645 01 01 49 (CET/CEST) GnuPG KeyID: 0xFAD3CF0D -- Inscrita en el Reg. Mercantil de Madrid – C.I.F. B-82 65 79 41 Directores: Michael Cunningham, Charlie Peters y David Owens Dirección Registrada: Red Hat S.L., C/ Velazquez 63, Madrid 28001, España Dirección contacto: C/Jose Bardasano Baos, 9, Edif. Gorbea 3, Planta 3ºD, 28016 Madrid, Spain
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