anaconda screens

[Luis Correia]

Hi Joel,

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:23, Joel Andres Granados <jgranado at redhat.com> 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