----- Original Message ---- > From: James Cammarata <jimi@xxxxxxxx> > To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wed, November 4, 2009 6:05:23 PM > Subject: Re: Grabbing user input in the %pre section using the python snack library > > > On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:56:33 -0500, Eric Smith wrote: > > See: > > http://www.trueblade.com/techblog/user-input-during-a-fedora-kickstart > > > > Hope that helps. > > Eric. > > > > Glenn Bailey wrote: > >> Howdy folks, > >> > >> I've been beating my head trying to get this darn thing to work. I can > >> easily grab user input via straight shell in the following example: > >> > >> %pre > >> chvt 3 > >> exec /dev/tty3 2>/dev/tty3 > >> echo -n "Enter the hostname: " > >> read HOSTNAME > >> echo "You entered: $HOSTNAME" > >> > >> But, what I am trying to do is use the python snack library, and I'm > >> having no luck. I couldn't find a pure python solution, so I tried some > >> tricks and came up with the following: > >> > >> %pre > >> chvt 3 > >> exec /dev/tty3 2>/dev/tty3 > >> /usr/bin/python < > >> > >> import os, sys > >> from snack import * > >> > >> title = "Linux Build" > >> buttons = ['Ok', 'Cancel'] > >> width = 40 > >> help = "None" > >> textItems = "Hello!" > >> text = "Confirm options" > >> screen = SnackScreen() > >> ButtonChoiceWindow(screen, title, textItems, ['Start Build', 'Re-input > >> Items'], > >> width, 0,0,help) > >> screen.finish() > >> > >> EOF > >> > >> Which will display the screen, but it still takes input from tty1. Any > >> ideas to WTH is going on? Looking through the archives I found some pure > >> python examples, but they did nada fer me .. I'd take a solution in > shell > >> or python as long as it works ;-) > > In my opinion, kickstarts should be completely automated with no user > input. I'd recommend looking into a provisioning system like Cobbler, > which allows you to setup all the information about the system your > building before the kickstart begins. I agree with this comment, but for networking information and if you don't use dhcp reservations, how can you feed this information back in to the setup? I imagine you can setup your own text files somewhere that match name,ip etc to mac addresses for example, but is there a better solution? Or does cobbler has a built in way to handle this? --Victor > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
