RE: [SLE] Why does it always have to be a massive ordeal?
Y'know what would be a nice, helpful step for SuSE to take? Getting rid of the need for pen and paper. What do I mean? Well, every time I do a SuSE install, there are usually a bunch of packages that say things like: "Later, you should edit the file xxxx and add the line yyyyyyy after the line zzzz, to activate this application." I see that sort of message in the middle of a YaST2 install, with no convenient way to record it. Later on, I'll need to remember to do whatever it said, so I write it on a piece of paper. (So far, I have not found a way to copy the text and then paste it in a console...) Oh, sure, when the install is done, I can probably go find a log file and look through thousands of lines for those instructions (remember, I'm installing 1800 ... or is it 2300, now?? packages, so there'll be lots and lots of log text to wade through). Why could a YaST module not collect all those "configure/edit this later" instructions into one file and dump it onto the desktop with an eye-catching filename, so that it would be: a) a prominent reminder of the various configuration steps remaining, and b) have them all together in one convenient place?? Or, just keep them in YaST2 for the next time you run it. "BLOOP! You have some manual configuration to do. Open an editor?" Yes, there are probably dozens of technical reasons for not doing it. I don't know them. /kevin
In a previous message, KMcLauchlan@chrysalis-its.com wrote:
Well, every time I do a SuSE install, there are usually a bunch of packages that say things like:
"Later, you should edit the file xxxx and add the line yyyyyyy after the line zzzz, to activate this application."
Interesting - which sort of apps require this? I've not seen it, although I've admittedly only installed SuSE linux a few times (but with quite a variety of apps). John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
On Monday 18 November 2002 12:41, KMcLauchlan@chrysalis-its.com wrote:
Y'know what would be a nice, helpful step for SuSE to take?
Getting rid of the need for pen and paper.
Perhaps Im wrong on this one but arnt most of these messages also posted to roots mail account. In 8.1 I just redirected that mail accunt to my user account an upon completion of the setup, all/most of these notes were sitting in my user mail account waiting for me to configure by hand what needed to be done. Check you root mail account to see whats there.. Best Chris H
On Monday 18 November 2002 17:41, KMcLauchlan@chrysalis-its.com wrote:
Y'know what would be a nice, helpful step for SuSE to take?
Getting rid of the need for pen and paper.
What do I mean?
Well, every time I do a SuSE install, there are usually a bunch of packages that say things like:
"Later, you should edit the file xxxx and add the line yyyyyyy after the line zzzz, to activate this application."
I see that sort of message in the middle of a YaST2 install, with no convenient way to record it.
Later on, I'll need to remember to do whatever it said, so I write it on a piece of paper. (So far, I have not found a way to copy the text and then paste it in a console...)
Oh, sure, when the install is done, I can probably go find a log file and look through thousands of lines for those instructions (remember, I'm installing 1800 ... or is it 2300, now?? packages, so there'll be lots and lots of log text to wade through).
Why could a YaST module not collect all those "configure/edit this later" instructions into one file and dump it onto the desktop with an eye-catching filename, so that it would be:
a) a prominent reminder of the various configuration steps remaining, and
b) have them all together in one convenient place??
Great! You'll be posting the diffs soon, then?
Or, just keep them in YaST2 for the next time you run it. "BLOOP! You have some manual configuration to do. Open an editor?"
Yes, there are probably dozens of technical reasons for not doing it. I don't know them.
/kevin
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The 02.11.18 at 12:41, KMcLauchlan@chrysalis-its.com wrote:
Y'know what would be a nice, helpful step for SuSE to take?
Getting rid of the need for pen and paper.
:-) I thought you were going to talk about the "paperless office" - I use more paper since I started using a computer.
"Later, you should edit the file xxxx and add the line yyyyyyy after the line zzzz, to activate this application."
Most of these get mailed to root, but not all.
Later on, I'll need to remember to do whatever it said, so I write it on a piece of paper. (So far, I have not found a way to copy the text and then paste it in a console...)
Have you tried gpm? I does just that, but I don't know if it can be activated during the initial install. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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