On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 11:47:46AM +0100, Attilio Fiandrotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > >tags 408437 + pending > >thanks > > > >On Thursday 25 January 2007 21:22, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > >>Everything is in the subject: the Rescue mode fails with g-i. See the > >>attached screenshot. Maybe it should use openvt to run the shell and > >>chvt to come back to g-i after the shell exits. > > > > > >I'm not sure how you got to that screenshot. If I choose either of > >the "start a shell" options in the graphical installer, the installer > >effectively hangs while trying to open that shell (you can still switch > >to another VT though). > > > >I have committed a patch to rescue mode that suppresses the "execute a > >shell" options if the gtk frontend is used. I'll also document this > >limitation in the installation guide and suggest that users switch to VT2 > >or VT3 and use chroot instead. > >Unfortunately it is not possible anymore to add a decent informational > >message in the installer itself before RC2. > > > >The openvt and chvt commands are not available in the installer, but if > >anyone can supply a working solution to start a shell from the graphical > >installer, that would be most welcome. It is already a TODO item for > >post-Etch. > > I wrote a chvt similar app some months ago, but the final choice was not > including it in the installer; anyway if someone wants it, the > sourcecode is still available as an attachment in the bug tracker [1].
openvt -s -w is probably better than chvt. It could be used to create a new vt where the rescue shell will run, and once the shell is exited (no need to change what the rescue info says) gets back to the original (g-i) console. This could even be used with text backed d-i. > Looking for a more solid solution to this issue, i've been investigating > about patching a console widget like libvte or libzvt not to depend from > X anymore, so that we can includeit ans an udeb in the g-i and provide a > graphical shell from within the GTK frontend. > Nowadays libvte is much popular than libzvt, but libzvt is smaller and > may find a niche for those non X applications like the g-i. > Pherhaps libzvt author would be interested in working on this with the > d-i team. Having a console widget in the gtk frontend would be neat. > Finally, should this bug be merged with 339855 (cc'ed)? Sounds reasonable. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
