Strange problems with dialog in %post

[Daniel Segall]

Good call Brian! That fixed it.

Thanks,
-Dan

> Considering the mention of $LANG, why don't you set $LANG in your
> postinstall script for testing purposes?
>
> export LANG=en_US and then the dialog statements.
>
> /Brian/
>
> On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:44, Daniel Segall wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm trying to finish up some custom kickstarts, and I'm down to this
>> last
>> problem. I run a post-install script (using dialog) with a series of
>> questions for adding a machine to our environment (NIS, IP, etc). I
>> figured out how to get them working interactively with the chvt command,
>> and everything works as it should.
>>
>> My problem is that I'm getting strange (ascii?) characters in all of my
>> dialog boxes where the lines (borders) should be. I have tried several
>> variations to my dialog commands, but none has worked. If I go to vt2
>> and
>> manually run the script, it shows up fine, so I believe the problem is
>> something environmental to vt3. Like I said before, everything actually
>> works, I can input the info it asks for, and it progresses through the
>> different dialogs just fine. It just looks messed up. Below are the
>> important sections of my ks.cfg & the post install script it calls.
>>
>> ks.cfg
>> ======================================================
>>
>> %post --interpreter /bin/sh
>> exec < /dev/tty3 > /dev/tty3
>> chvt 3
>>
>> cat <<EOF >>/etc/motd
>> #######################################
>> ## KICKSTART STILL IN PROGRESS!!!!!! ##
>> #######################################
>> `cat /etc/redhat-release` - Installed `date`
>>
>> EOF
>> cat /etc/motd >>/root/ks.log
>> cat /etc/motd
>>
>> cd /root
>>
>> echo " * Mounting our NFS share..."
>>
>> # Create a mount point, mount the kickstart NFS share, & grab the
>> post-install script
>> mkdir /mnt/ks
>> mount -r -o nolock 10.1.1.1:/kickstart /mnt/ks
>>
>> echo " * Copying config files from share..."
>>
>> cp /mnt/ks/linux-postinstall.sh /root/
>> cp /mnt/ks/redhatconfig.tar.gz /root
>>
>> -- snip --
>>
>> # Execute our post install
>> echo "  "                                       >>/root/ks.log
>> if [ -f /root/linux-postinstall.sh ]; then
>>         echo " * Executing Post-Install..."     >>/root/ks.log
>>         echo " * Executing Post-Install..."
>>         chmod +x /root/linux-postinstall.sh
>>         exec /root/linux-postinstall.sh         >>/root/ks.log
>> else
>>         echo "Can't find linux-postinstall.sh." >>/root/ks.log
>>         echo "Can't find linux-postinstall.sh."
>> fi
>>
>> # We done.
>> echo " * Post-Install complete. System rebooting." >>/root/ks.log
>> echo " * Post-Install complete. System rebooting."
>> chvt 1
>> sleep 10
>> exit 0
>> #EOF
>>
>> ======================================================
>>
>>
>> linux-postinstall.sh
>> ======================================================
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> BT="ITRC Linux Post-Install"
>> # Exit the script if it has already been run.
>> if [ -f /tmp/postinstall.done ]
>> then
>>         dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "Error!" --msgbox "This script
>> has already been run.  Remove /tmp/postinstall.done if you want to
>> continue." 0 0
>>     exit
>> fi
>> touch /tmp/postinstall.done
>>
>> #####################################
>> ######### Define Variables ##########
>> #####################################
>> dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "NIS" --yesno "Is this system going
>> into
>> NIS?" 0 0
>> if [ $? -eq 0 ]
>> then
>>         IPADDR=`dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "IP Address?" --stdout
>> --inputbox "Enter your IP address" 0 0`
>>         HNAME=`dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "Hostname?" --stdout
>> --inputbox "Enter your hostname (without domain)" 0 0`
>> else
>>         dialog --backtitle "$BT" --title "See Ya!" --msgbox "Your on
>> your
>> own, Big Admin" 0 0
>>         exit
>> fi
>>
>> --snip--
>> ======================================================
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Dan
>>
>>
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