Greetings All
My first post to this forum. Bet it will upset some. Please stick to the topic.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=18557
Please read this thread if you are interested in the reasons why I have added code to the original.
The push being to have it added to the official release by asb in Raspbian.
My comment. Removed insult aimed at Jamesh. Second thoughts say bad form not helping my cause. Not that they have any choice now.
On to the business at hand...
I am looking for people to firstly check and test my code as I am no expert and secondly make suggestions.
Finally post support in the thread given above as I have been banned for daring to relate my concerns.
Be careful how you state your opinion on the RPi forums. Banning people is not the best way to encourage robust discussion.
I have added the following to the script.
Change root. Allow the setting of a root password.
Set static. Change between DHCP and a static ip address or vis versa.
Set dns. Change the dns server settings.
Set hosts. Change the hostname.
/etc/hosts settings are changed as is the norm when changing ip, dns and hostname.
I have removed overclocking as I feel this is not a base feature. It is an advanced feature that should require a new user to take steps to download a seperate script to set up this advanced feature.
Backup your /etc/network/interfaces. /etc/hosts, hostname and resolv.conf before testing.
The same warning as the original code. Heavily modified systems may not behave as expected as there is very little error checking.
I think I have set sane defaults. There is little need to reboot to test the code and keeping a backup makes it easy to set the machine back to standard.
I think this covers base configuration items not covered by asb.
It took me little more than a few hours over two days to add the extra code.
Given enough support I would be prepared to maintain the code however I really think the original author should pick up the ball.
Considering I am not going to tolerate the attitude I see on the RPi forum it is not likely that I will participate without a formal appology from jamesh in the thread (Yeah right).
One more time. I do not want to discuss the conduct of either side. Feel free to comment if you wish however it is unlikely I will respond on this level.
The primary goal is to ensure new users can start working with the RPi without DHCP by allowing a static IP to be set just like any other distribution (A generalization).
Dispite reasonably polite emails to asb and the forum admin no responses have been forthcoming. Probably par for the course.
Addressing the program name raspi-config change to rpi-config is also a matter for the author to consider.
Regards
Peter
PS It is easy enough to find my email address if you have a clue (zlham whois). Flames & sock puppets > /dev/null
