* Jean McCormack (Jean.McCormack at Sun.COM) wrote: > Sundar Yamunachari wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The system configuration redesign team (Ethan Quach, Joe V and >> Sundar Yamunachari) met with David Powell (Visual Panels team) to >> understand how visual panels can help installer to setup system >> configuration during the first boot. The meeting minutes are posted at >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/ai_design/visual_panels_meeting_minutes.txt >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Sundar >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > With respect to : > > What are the issues with changing time zone and locale during the > first boot after install? Since the changes touch /etc/default/init, > it requires reboot to get the changes. Rebooting twice after > installation is not a good user experience. > > > > I'm wondering if we could get the VP gui to pop up and take input > during the shutdown when you type reboot instead of during the bring > up? I'm thinking before the system actually starts doing the normal > shutdown process. This would avoid the 2nd reboot.
Do you mean post first-reboot? Because if you do it after installation then you're back in the same problem we're trying to solve (which is to allow the user who didn't install the system to provide his custom input). Also, having something pop-up to the user when he shuts down his system for the first time seems like a poor user experience as well. Perhaps we need to file a bug so that the changes can take affect immediately at first-boot and then whenever the user does reboot, they become permanent. Cheers, -- Glenn
