Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 12:57:53 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: re@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sysinstall non-USB mouse dialog confusing Message-ID: <3EC14031.7050101@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030513143500.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.20030513143500.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote:
> On 12-May-2003 Scott Long wrote:
>
>>John Baldwin wrote:
>>
>>>On 12-May-2003 John Baldwin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Enable support for a PS/2 (non-USB) mouse? Yes [No]
>>>>
>>>>Perhaps the dialog should be reworded to say 'PS/2, Serial, or Bus mouse'.
>>>
>>>
>>>Index: install.c
>>>===================================================================
>>>RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.c,v
>>>retrieving revision 1.341
>>>diff -u -r1.341 install.c
>>>--- install.c 20 Apr 2003 14:08:04 -0000 1.341
>>>+++ install.c 12 May 2003 18:33:54 -0000
>>>@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
>>>
>>> #ifdef WITH_MICE
>>> dialog_clear_norefresh();
>>>- if (!msgNoYes("Does this system have a non-USB mouse attached to it?"))
>>>+ if (!msgNoYes("Does this system have a PS/2, serial, or bus mouse?"))
>>> dmenuOpenSimple(&MenuMouse, FALSE);
>>> #endif
>>>
>>>Does this make everyone happy with the mouse question?
>>>
>>
>>Yes. My gut feeling is to also
>
>
> So is the above diff approved?
>
Approved! =-)
>
>>1) default the above dialog to TRUE,
>
>
> If someone else wants to change it go ahead. I don't know why Jordan
> chose a default of no for this. Probably because server's usually
> don't have mice.
>
And people installing servers are usually more savvy about picking
through install options than people installing on the desktop.
>
>>2) allow ubsd to be toggled in the 'Startup Services' menu, with the
>>default to TRUE. Hell, usbd isn't nearly as annoying as sendmail!
>
>
> Well, the default should be whatever sysinstall currently detects. It
> could be added to the menu easily enough. Oh, wait, it's already
> there, and has been for about a year and a half:
>
> revision 1.322
> date: 2001/09/05 00:58:28; author: murray; state: Exp; lines: +5 -1
> Allow users to enable usbd and set flags from sysinstall. This is
> useful for post install configuration or other cases that might not be
> handled by usb.c. (usb.c already sets usbd_enable iff sysinstall
> detects usb during install).
>
> PR: bin/18946
> Submitted by: Peter van Heusden <pvh@egenetics.com>
> Reviewed by: jhb
>
Ok, I have no idea why I kept on missing this.
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