hi


OBSERVATION 1
I intend to write a man page for svmi....if my attitude and experience etc is sufficient

svmi -h shows

smvi -A
-A Run the any any install non-interactively.

err I have no idea what this means.

ok so test 1...no virtual machine installed then
test 2 install vbox non-ose

both produce similar results ....they appear to be looking for vmware




OBSERVATION 2

building the non-ose vbox driver was looking for dkms but I had removed it.

OBSERVATION 3

I am aware that techadmin does not want to spend any time on this script

smxi.org/site/about.htm



therefore, rather than pm techadmin.....what do people think about NOT having a man page.

If there is to a man page....I am probably not the best person to write it and I already know techadmin has some time issues as well.

comments etc

PS I am not trying to be rude....I am trying to be transparent.
I have already posted draft man pages to some scripts.

But I wear the consequences heh heh

< Edited by aus9 :: Sep 24, 11, 15:12 >
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I can tell you that the -A option, which was originally added to sgfxi at kelmo's, from sidux, request.

that option is always very crusty, I doubt it works anymore in some settings now with sgfxi either, because of that requirement to blacklist nouveau/radeon.

The original idea was actually to have full live cd functionality, ie, have automatically the livecd install the stuff as it boots up.

nouveau/radeon kms changed that and added the windows type: reboot to make usable 'feature', so there's nothing to do with that.

In svmi, I haven't even looked at it, at version 3.0, vmware stopped being downloadable via auto wget, you have to grab it manually after completing a form or logging in, so that entire feature set is gone now. any any hasn't been required for a years now I believe.

So rather than not documenting or man paging it, I'd simply note that the above make things like -A legacy options that have no real purpose or script support.

The ose/non ose options of vbox all work fine, and I think the module rebuild works for vmware too.

ose/non ose, while not the technically correct names now, since there is now only one package downloaded, and for non free, an extra package is downloaded, that's a bit of logic and certainly is a very useful feature, since it maintains the one click install upgrade for vbox.

But the user base is very small for smvi, and I can't justify spending real time on that, I just do what I need to make my own stuff run, that's about it.
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ok on that basis....small users running it alone....I shall move off to look at rbxi and other stuff.
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I'd whip up a small man file on it if I were you, and just note that things like -A are no longer active or reliable, just use the help.
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whip up to low level draft complete-ish

paste.debian.net/?show=131989;lines=0
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project is dead

link was lost and no interest from anyone so will concentrate on sgfxi and inxi only
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