Glenn Lagasse wrote:
> * 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
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>> 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.
Note that the best thing would be to spend time addressing the underlying
issue, rather than creating architecture around what is essentially a bug.
There's already a bug filed about the timezone part.
6448692 Need a way of setting effective timezone w/o restarting all
applications or rebooting.
There may be one already filed for locale as well.
liane
