I have followed Kent suggestions and --text option works as it should
from tty.
I've also tried from ssh and it also worked.
Attached is a fixed live plugin and an eventual patch.
#!/bin/sh
LIVE_TERMINAL=""
live_usage()
{
cat <<EOF
'live' plugin:
WARNING: To use the installer without rebooting, the current kernel and the
installer's kernel must have the same version.
-t, --text Force use of text installer
-e, --expert Use expert installation mode
EOF
}
live_prepare()
{
for arg in $@; do
case "$arg" in
-t|--text)
TEXT=true
export TEXT
;;
-e|--expert)
EXPERT=true
export EXPERT
;;
esac
done
if [ "$TEXT" != true ]; then
# Checking for x11
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
# Checking for debconf frontend (gnome)
if dpkg -s libgnome2-perl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gnome
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND
fi
fi
else
DI_FRONTEND=newt
export DI_FRONTEND
[ "$TEXT" = true ] && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=DI_FRONTEND
fi
# Checking for debconf frontend (LIVE_TERMINAL fallback)
if [ -z $DEBIAN_FRONTEND ]; then
LIVE_TERMINAL="x-terminal-emulator -e"
fi
# Find an debian-installer initrd, preferably the gtk one
for IMAGE in /live/image/install/gtk/initrd.gz
/live/image/install/initrd.gz; do
# don't use gtk in text mode (Bug#673450)
[ "$IMAGE" = /live/image/install/gtk/initrd.gz ] && [ "$TEXT" =
true ] && continue
[ -e $IMAGE ] && break
done
[ ! -e $IMAGE ] && echo "no suitable d-i initrd image found, aborting."
&& return 1
echo "Loading debian-installer..."
# Create the temporary directory
mkdir -p /live/installer
# Unpack the initrd
cd /live/installer
zcat $IMAGE | cpio -id > /dev/null 2>&1
$LIVE_TERMINAL /usr/share/debian-installer-launcher/debconf_kernel.sh
|| return 1
# Preseeding shutdown command
cat >> preseed.cfg << EOF
# Select udeb for installation to allow exiting the installer
d-i anna/choose_modules string di-utils-exit-installer
# Ask question regardless from that it's preseeded above
d-i anna/choose_modules seen false
# Skip the exit timeout
d-i di-utils-reboot/really_reboot boolean false
EOF
# Preseeding installer expert mode
if [ "$EXPERT" = true ]; then
cat >> preseed.cfg << EOF
# Setting expert mode
d-i debconf/priority select low
debconf debconf/priority select low
EOF
fi
}
live_cleanup () {
# Stopping syslogd/klogd
# ->the sed horror could be improved (FIXME;)
# string: [A-Z][a-z]: [0-9] [0-9]rce [0-9]...
# we only want the [0-9]rce, but without the rce.
for PID in $(fuser -m /live/installer/var/log/syslog 2>&1 | \
sed "s,.*: ,,g;s, ,\n,g" | grep 'rce$' | \
sed -e 's/rce//g'); do
kill -9 $PID > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
done
# Unmounting filesystems
for fs in /cdrom /dev/pts /dev /proc /sys /tmp; do
umount -f /live/installer/$fs > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
done
# Remove unpacked initrd
rm -rf /live/installer
rm -f /tmp/debian-installer
}
live_run()
{
# Bindmount installer media
mkdir -p /live/installer/cdrom
mount -o bind /live/image /live/installer/cdrom
# Bindmount filesytem
for fs in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys /tmp; do
mount -o bind $fs /live/installer/$fs
done
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
xhost +local:
fi
# Launching debian-installer
/usr/share/debian-installer-launcher/debian-installer.sh
}
>From 9ee71ff3f5a995d5639b6f0b163ef7eeac13f50e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Rui M. P. Bernardo" <rui.bernardo...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 05:32:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix --text option. Thanks to Kent Loving (Closes: #673450)
---
plugins/live | 3 +++
1 ficheiro modificado, 3 adições(+)
diff --git a/plugins/live b/plugins/live
index e352d46..bd9e779 100644
--- a/plugins/live
+++ b/plugins/live
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ live_prepare()
else
DI_FRONTEND=newt
export DI_FRONTEND
+ [ "$TEXT" = true ] && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=DI_FRONTEND
fi
# Checking for debconf frontend (LIVE_TERMINAL fallback)
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ live_prepare()
# Find an debian-installer initrd, preferably the gtk one
for IMAGE in /live/image/install/gtk/initrd.gz /live/image/install/initrd.gz; do
+ # don't use gtk in text mode (Bug#673450)
+ [ "$IMAGE" = /live/image/install/gtk/initrd.gz ] && [ "$TEXT" = true ] && continue
[ -e $IMAGE ] && break
done
--
1.7.10
