Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 22:30:16 -0500 (EST) From: keohrednaV.miT@X2296 To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/1757: sysinstall is broken and SIG11's Message-ID: <199512280330.WAA00521@X2296> Resent-Message-ID: <199610110350.UAA12204@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1757
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: sysinstall repeatably generates a sig11
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 10 20:50:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Tim Vanderhoek
>Organization:
--
The Organization of people wondering what would happen if I piped
/dev/zero into this section for a couple of seconds?
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2-961006-SNAP i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD 2.2-961006-SNAP boot disk.
>Description:
I have been granted the capability to consistently cause sysinstall
to generate ugly-looking (as opposed to sexy) sig11's. It happens
only when certain values are given when doing the network
configuration, hence the low priority.
>How-To-Repeat:
1. (*) Boot from boot disk.
2. Select "Set Options" option from main menu.
3. Choose to set the "Media".
4. Choose ftp media.
5. Choose something.
6. Choose pp0. If you have the urge, maybe you can get away with some
other choice?
7. Enter a hostname.
8. TAB over (oops! Is that a Windows term?) everything else and
select "Ok".
9. Read the message "Missing Name Server" and select "Ok".
10. Read baud rate question, and select "Ok". You may (probably?) enter
a substitute baud rate, if you so desire.
11. Read ip address question, and select "Ok". You may (probably?) enter
a substitute ip address, if you are in such a manner motivated.
12. Read the message telling you to establish a connection, and disobey
it. You could (probably?) establish a connection if you were so
inclined, but it's hardly even worth it.
13. Choose "Media type".
14. Intuit the fact from the previous instruction that you are back at
setting-options menu.
15. Choose "FTP".
16. Read the message concerning skipping the reconfiguration of netopts.
17. Understand that we want to reconfigure netopts, so you should
select "No".
18. Select "pp0". If you are drawn to such an action, you might possibly
be able to get away with selecting some other deal.
19. Laugh heartily as sysinstall turns inwards in a roaring mass of
flames, stuttering messages such as "I'm dead! I'm Dead!".
HAHAHAHA!!
20. Decide that this guy is pretty stupid, since flames don't have much
mass...
(*) Necessary? Maybe? Maybe not?
>Fix:
Improve `dialog' and `libdialog' and then rewrite `sysinstall' as a bunch
of shell scripts, or something along those lines.
Optionally, warn people that reconfiguring netopts can cause a crash.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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