Re: bsdinstall wifi setup is broken on CURRENT

From: Renato Botelho <garga_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 13:50:02 UTC
On 18/05/24 11:33, Alfonso S. Siciliano wrote:
> On 5/16/24 20:40, Renato Botelho 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.
>>
> 
> Thank you for your report, the video is highly appreciated to understand 
> the problem quickly and exactly.
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Problem 1. Looking at wlanconfig it seems related to $height $width 
> $rows for the selecting menu. Please could you open a PR adding me, so 
> we can test and solve.

I've fixed it locally and submitted a fix for review

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45271

>>
>> 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.
> 
> Problem 2. I know this issue about --mixedform, my last import 2 day ago 
> should solve a6d8be451f62d425b71a4874f7d4e133b9fb393c.
> You could try the last main snapshot (yesterday 17 May), please let me 
> know any problem.

Last snapshot still contains bsddialog 1.0 so I'll wait for the next one 
and give it a try.

>>
>> 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.
>>
>> [1] https://youtube.com/shorts/Gmeckokw2a0
> 
> Again thanks for the video.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Alfonso
> 


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Renato Botelho