[linuxconf] Re: First impression of LinuxConf

[aurelio marinho jargas - ctba]

> - When I rebooted the first time, I noticed that linuxconf erases the
> whole screen when it starts. I would like it much better if linuxconf
> would just append to the current contents.

all the boot/linuxconf messages are stored in the logs.
you can see them after boot.


> - While it is nice when Linuxconf complains about errors/problems during
> boot, it irritates the normal users. Is there a way that linuxconf just
> sends a mail to root instead of asking *any* questions ?

you can disable the askrunlevel module in the
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

just coment the line:
/sbin/askrunlevel



> - There should be a way to produce "views", ie. create a custom dialog
> which shows specific fields of different modules. This is especially useful
> when you have a template, then you only need to change a few fields and
> maybe some of them can be generated from other infos. For example, we
> create the machine name from the IP address).

you can try the usermenu (or the treemenu?) module
to setup "user defined menus"


> - I'm missing an RPM module. It should allow me to install and remove
> packets plus it should allow to specify an update path (eg. on a main
> server). 

check the managerpm module. it's just a start.


[]s - s/&:(/&:)/g
aurelio



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