sysinstall non-USB mouse dialog confusing

Scott Long scott_long at btc.adaptec.com
Mon May 12 13:50:10 PDT 2003


John Baldwin wrote:
> On 12-May-2003 John Baldwin wrote:
> 
>>>Enable support for a PS/2 (non-USB) mouse? Yes [No]
>>
>>Perhaps the dialog should be reworded to say 'PS/2, Serial, or Bus mouse'.
> 
> 
> Index: install.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.341
> diff -u -r1.341 install.c
> --- install.c   20 Apr 2003 14:08:04 -0000      1.341
> +++ install.c   12 May 2003 18:33:54 -0000
> @@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
>  
>  #ifdef WITH_MICE
>      dialog_clear_norefresh();
> -    if (!msgNoYes("Does this system have a non-USB mouse attached to it?"))
> +    if (!msgNoYes("Does this system have a PS/2, serial, or bus mouse?"))
>         dmenuOpenSimple(&MenuMouse, FALSE);
>  #endif
> 
> Does this make everyone happy with the mouse question?
> 

Yes.  My gut feeling is to also

1) default the above dialog to TRUE,
2) allow ubsd to be toggled in the 'Startup Services' menu, with the
default to TRUE.  Hell, usbd isn't nearly as annoying as sendmail!

Scott



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