formatting issue or bug? re: dialog in fai

[Shadow Roldan]

This is on Lucid Ubuntu 10.04
Running: FAI 3.4.2ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1


On Dec 6, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Shadow Roldan wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Have used FAI for many moons, am now trying to extend functionality to even more automation. Yay for automation.
> 
> Basing my work on previous discussions:
> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/pipermail/linux-fai/2005-September/003593.html
> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/pipermail/linux-fai/2006-February/003892.html
> 
> I have been attempting to insert dialog's into my fai process to handle hostname, ip and class assignment
> 
> I have a need for checklist driven output for defining classes and have written:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> #! /bin/sh
> tmp=/tmp/base
> tmphostname=/tmp/hname
> ip=/tmp/ip
> dialog --title "FAI" --nocancel --checklist "Choose the type of installation:" 20 60 7 \
> base "Base Install" off \
> GRUB "Configures GRUB" off \
> apt "adds iWin custom apt repo" off \
> console "Redirects standard output to console" off \
> lb "Sets up 2nd NIC for Load Balancer" off \
> db-diskconfig "iWin Base DB Disk Config" off \
> chef "deploys chef client and registers" off \
> tomcat "Installs Base Tomcat" off 2>$tmp
> # clear
>    # define the new class
>  catnc `cat $tmp`
>   rm -f $tmp
>   dialog --title "FAI Hostname Input" --inputbox "Input desired hostname:" 10 30 2>$tmphostname 1>/dev/console
>   clear
>   hostname -F $tmphostname
>   dialog --title "FAI IP Input" --inputbox "Input desired IP Address:" 10 30 2>$ip 1>/dev/console
>   clear
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> The above, when broken into it's smaller parts and run from the shell works just fine. However, when FAI encounters the --checklist it appears to skip right over it. It almost appear as if something is sending a carriage return and pushing past to the next menu.  Hard to determine.
> 
> My question is:
> Has anyone gotten dialog --checklist working inside FAI? If so, would you mind sending me your config so  I can try to see if it is simply a formatting issue? If not... Can someone confirm they can get it working as I have a sneaking suspicion I'm running into a bug
> 
> Thanks very much FAI community
> 
> Shadow Roldan
> 
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