kickstart + VNC + virtual terminal

Philip Rowlands phr at doc.ic.ac.uk
Wed Jan 25 23:46:26 UTC 2006


On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, braintunic at gmail.com wrote:

> All the time while pre-install runs I see only the "initial" 
> installation screen on my VNC client, I can't see the progress of the 
> pre-install. Then, when the pre-install finishes, I see the nice 
> "Installing Packages" graphical progress on the VNC client. Then, when 
> post-install starts, the picture is stuck and I have no way to see the 
> progress of the post-install.

%pre and %post scripts output to VC3, or in your example, VC6. If you 
need to see them in the GUI, perhaps run an xterm with the right DISPLAY 
set?


Cheers,
Phil




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