Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:52:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Fluffy XXX <bofh@newsmangler.int.tele.dk> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sysinstall Bug or Feature? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.00.9810122014320.4176-100000@newsmangler.inet.tele.dk>
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DON'T REPLY TO ME BY MAIL, B0RKEN ADDRESS ABOVE Just installed a recent BETA for laughs, and also to test out some bugs I've seen before. Can't reproduce one of 'em, and figured out what's happening with another. When running sysinstall to actually download and install the distribution parts, I am presented with a spiffy screen for network configuration of my ethernet card. Here's what happens: When I initially enter the values and use the down- arrow to move between fields (a bad habit I know), all is peachy-keen. However, if I find I've botched an entry, when I go through the config screen again, this time making the changes to the afflicted entries and then using the down-arrow to move along, results in the field being returned to its previous contents. However, if I use the return key to enter the correction and move down, it works as expected. It took me a while to figure this out. Is it supposed to work this way? Should the down-arrow revert to the previous contents, or should changes made take effect? Is it a Bug or a Feature? And if the desired behavior is that at present, maybe a note to that effect should be put into the F1 help screen, in case others do things the same way, since it took me quite a while to even notice that my changes weren't taking. I believe that in the past, when I've botched something like the IP address or gateway or whatever, and I notice it after the system is trying to use the wrong values, there's no easy way to ^C escape from this and get back to the config screen to fix it, unless one either waits for something to time out, or interrupts it and starts afresh from the beginning, but I didn't verify that with this present installation. I guess I should, as it's an easy trap for unwary beginners... thanks, barry bouwsma, tele danmark internet NO E-MAIL YET, reply to the list only, I follow along by news if at all To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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