Re: [PATCH] use dialog (when available) for shutdown/reboot message

2009-02-16 Thread Daniel Baumann
Ronny Standtke wrote: > I would be glad if someone could comment on the patch. first. until this[0] is done, i do not want to apply any changes in live-helper or live-initramfs that are not suitable to 5.0.1, so it will have to wait for that anyway. second, applying your patch would make live-ini

Re: [PATCH] use dialog (when available) for shutdown/reboot message

2009-02-16 Thread Ronny Standtke
Hi all, Here comes the second update to the patch. I noticed that calling dialog does not work after eject has already been called because dialog wants to access some files on the file system. Therefore I added a one second sleep before calling eject to give dialog a chance. Please see the attache

Re: [PATCH] use dialog (when available) for shutdown/reboot message

2009-02-12 Thread Ronny Standtke
Hi all, I just updated the patch. It now detects the current action (reboot or shutdown) and shows the correct message to the user depending on this context. Greetings Ronny Standtke -- Ronny Standtke Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Dozent MedienpƤdagogik / ICT PƤdagogische Ho

[PATCH] use dialog (when available) for shutdown/reboot message

2009-02-11 Thread Ronny Standtke
Hi all, I tested Debian Live with some of my students and they never seem to notice the final "Please remove ..." message. They are sitting there staring at the screen waiting for something else to happen. I fixed this by using a dialog message. The results were much better. Attached is a patch f