Bugzilla – Bug 114305
language configuration in YaST2 progress indicator shows always 33%
Last modified: 2005-10-04 13:02:56 UTC
If you want to install a second language with YaST2 the progress indicator shows over all 5 CD´s always 33%. The installation needs a lot of time and sometimes it looks like that there is no progress. It would be nice to change it if its possible. I expect a progress indicator showing the real progress and showing that the system ist still working.
Please provide YaST2 logs, see: http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Bug_Reporting_FAQ#YaST
Created attachment 48295 [details] YaST2 logfiles I´ve installed a further language (norwegian) by example. Only 2 CD´s were needed. Last days I installed Korean language. It needed all 5 CD´s and taked a long time. The problem is always the same.
That 33% doesn't mean that 33% of the installation is complete, but that the first third of the save process is complete, while the save process has 3 items: Save settings/handle packages/update bootloader menu. So that 33% is correct in this way. However, you're right that the middle part (installing packages) takes the longest time and that this time differs according to number of languages selected. I don't know how this could be iproved: Michael, could I get some more information from package manager?
I think that could be a generaly problem not only in this installing procedure. General maxim should be to leave the user no more than 5 seconds without any information. That means that a progress bar has to show in minimum each 5 second (better 2 sec.) the state of progress, otherwise the user could feel the system is slow or not working and will feel uncomfortable. Look to the hardware detection process by example, its more than slow and the user feel it is not working.
The package manager could provide lots of information, but what do you need? If you install from within sw_single e.g, there is a dialog which shows all the info (packages, size, time and progress) about the packages being installed. I don't know why this dialog (or something similar) can't be used anytime? The package manager triggers losts of callbacks during commit, it is up to the YCP code to listen and display the info. AFAIK it's the packager which sets up the YCP callbacks. Maybe Jiri can help.
The callbacks (with the information which package is beeing installed/uninstalled) are shown - maybe this is enough and we could close the bug as INVALID. But reporter still thinks there is too long time when he doesn't know what's going on - and I can confirm, that the packagemanager initialization takes quite a long time. Let's try to solve it after 10.0.
reopened to start some work
I just tested that and now I think that progress dialog (already present) together with callback popups are enough.