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Kobboi
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 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: Running "dialog" on an install CD |
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I'm running the x86 2008.0 minimal install cd. When I do
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dialog --infobox Hello 3 40; sleep 10
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an infobox appears, but the bottom background line is black instead of blue and a small cursor is blinking at the bottom left. How do I keep the background intact (bottom line blue)? |
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DONAHUE
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| Quote: | | the bottom background line is black instead of blue and a small cursor is blinking at the bottom left. |
Not a bottom background line-- your program has run and 'slept' for ten seconds and then ended, reverting to the terminal command line.
| Quote: | | How do I keep the background intact (bottom line blue)? |
Don't think you can with an infobox unless you set sleep to infinity (not a good idea); there are other forms that may be what you want.
Running the example code at http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2807 , a dialog tutorial, will give a quick show of assorted forms. |
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Kobboi
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| Hm. It's ugly when I use it in a script, followed by something that takes time. Fortunately, the longest part of the script is handled by a gauge dialog, which doesn't exit until 100% is reached. |
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DONAHUE
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This may give the effect you want:
| Code: | | dialog --infobox Hello 3 40; sleep 10;exit; |
works neatly in GUI
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| Code: | | dialog --infobox Hello 3 40; sleep 10;dialog --clear; |
puts message up for 10 secs, then returns to clean terminal command line |
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Kobboi
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| The black lines do not appear if I run it in, say gnome-terminal or if I'm using a framebuffer console. I don't know if I'm using the right terminology but in 80x25 mode I get black lines, in more fancy consoles I don't). |
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