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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=721094717-01042008>Hi
All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=721094717-01042008> The %pre
mode seems to conduct I/O with tty3. With primary anaconda user interaction
displays on tty1. I need to interact with the user on tty1 during
%pre; Using python and snack. Due to using various weird hardware in
our environment a graphical install dos not work. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=721094717-01042008> The Code below
is just an example of what I've tried.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=721094717-01042008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=468143019-28032008>%pre --interpreter
/usr/bin/python<BR>TTY = <SPAN class=721094717-01042008>1</SPAN><BR>import
os<BR>import sys<BR>import snack<BR>import time<BR>import fcntl<BR>import
termios<BR>os.system("chvt %d" % TTY)<BR>fd = os.open("/dev/tty%d" % TTY,
os.O_RDWR)<BR>os.dup2(fd, 0)<BR>os.dup2(fd, 1)<BR>os.dup2(fd, 2)<BR>sys.stdin =
os.fdopen(0, "r")<BR>sys.stdout = os.fdopen(1, "w")<BR>sys.stderr = os.fdopen(2,
"w")<BR>screen = snack.SnackScreen()</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468143019-28032008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>snack.ButtonChoiceWindow(screen, "WARNING", <BR>
"WARNING! <SPAN class=721094717-01042008>A</SPAN><SPAN
class=721094717-01042008>m I CRAZY</SPAN>!",<BR>
buttons=["reboot", "continue"]):<BR>
os.system("reboot")<BR> while 1:
time.sleep(10)<BR>screen.finish()<BR>os.system("chvt %d" % <SPAN
class=721094717-01042008>3</SPAN>)<BR>%end<BR></FONT></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=721094717-01042008>ANY
suggestions??</SPAN></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>J. James
Meyers</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#008000><FONT size=2><SPAN class=721094717-01042008>Boeing
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