Re: bsdinstall wifi setup is broken on CURRENT

Hello Renato,

I will give it a try this weekend with bhyve since I have a passtrhu for
iwlwifi card.

Cheers,

Renato Botelho <garga@freebsd.org> escreveu (quinta, 16/05/2024 à(s) 19:56):

> On 16/05/24 15:47, Jessica Clarke wrote:
> > On 16 May 2024, at 19:40, Renato Botelho <garga@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I saw some users on a .br group complaining bsdinstall was failing to
> setup wifi network on 15.0 snapshots and tried it myself.  I was able to
> reproduce the problem and also noticed another one.
> >>
> >> I noticed Network Selection screen only shows one line, it's not
> beautiful to navigate through items this way.  On 14.1-BETA2 it shows
> multiple lines so it seems to be a regression.
> >>
> >> The problem users reported was: after selecting desired network it just
> starts over instead of asking for password.  I made a video [1] showing the
> problem.
> >>
> >> Jessica, I've cc'd you because git shows you were the last person
> making changes in this area.  If it's not related and I made a mistake,
> just ignore me.
> >
> > Hi Renato,
> > I touched the code that lets you select the wireless interface in the
> > first place, but not the script that then gets called to set it up and
> > is responsible for the dialogs you see. Given the behaviour, I wonder
> > if this is what today’s import of bsddialog[1] fixes? From reading the
> > script the next dialog uses --mixedform, and restarts the script on
> > error, which it looks like is what you observe.
>
> Thanks for pointing that out, Jessica.  I'll wait for the next 15
> snapshot and will check.
>
> I'm not sure about a good way to test it on a running system instead.
>
> --
> Renato Botelho
>
>

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