Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 15:03:38 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long standing problems with sysinstall Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111021443420.22434@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CABwHSOu3XcE6-R6DeuZGB1aZTuZez5gn3EtiJQ6v22H7qfk3Ag@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABwHSOu3XcE6-R6DeuZGB1aZTuZez5gn3EtiJQ6v22H7qfk3Ag@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Blake McBride wrote: > 1. In order to escape the virtual machine (VM) you hit the control key > and the command key together. Which VM? FreeBSD as a guest should not run any different than on real hardware. If the VM host's command key does not work right, that implies a problem with the VM software. And of course the "command" key could differ depending on VM software. Which keys, exactly? Or is this a Mac with an actual "command" key? > Both keys are supposed to be like the shift key - they don't do > anything by themselves, they modify the behavior of another key. > Hitting those two keys together should never do anything unless they > are pressed with another key. However, in your install program the > command key seems to exit the install. This means that if I attempt > to do something else on my machine I must hit the control key together > with the command key to move my mouse to my other applications but > doing so exits the FreeBSD install! Again, this would be up to the VM software. VirtualBox uses the right Control key, and it works as expected, switching the keyboard input focus from the VM guest to the host machine. > 2. On the screen "Distribution Select" the user selects his/her > desired distribution set. Selection requires the use of the space > bar. Now, this may be obvious to someone who does FreeBSD day-in and > day-out, and it would also be obvious to those familiar with the old > text based GUI's from the DOS days, but anyone else wouldn't have a > clue. Why don't you include a little comment on the screen telling > the to perform their selection with the space bar? The curses interface is standard across a lot of software, although I can sympathize with the desire for onscreen help. But if instructions on using space to select/deselect are needed onscreen here, there are lots of other places all throughout the install that should have them also. It's not practical on some screens with space restrictions. Maybe a global "Press F1 for keystroke help". > 3. I now have the system installed and I am attempting to add packages. I > go into sysinstall. See the man page for pkg_add about the PACKAGESITE variable. A value of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/Latest would get the latest 9.0 packages for amd64. (Untested, I generally don't use packages.)
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