Fix: error in package_operation() where two package names wouldn't be space separated

lang/english.trans

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ _CloseInstBody="\nUnmount partitions (if any) and exit the installer?\n"
 # timezone
 _TimeZTitle="Timezone"
 _TimeZQ="\nConfirm time zone:"
-_TimeSubZBody="\nSelect the nearest city to you or one with the same time zone.\n\nTIP: Pressing the first letter of the city name repeatedly will navigate between entries beggining with that letter."
 _TimeZBody="\nThe time zone is used to set the system clock.\n\nSelect your country or continent from the list below"
+_TimeSubZBody="\nSelect the nearest city to you or one with the same time zone.\n\nTIP: Pressing the first letter of the city name repeatedly will navigate between entries beggining with that letter."
 
 # bootloader
 _MntBootBody="\nSelect which bootloader to use."
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ _MntFail="\nMount Failed!\n"
 _MntSucc="\nMount Succeeded!\n"
 _MntConfBody="\nConfirm mount options:"
 _MntBody="\nUse [Space] to toggle mount options from below, press [Enter] when done to confirm selection.\n\nNot selecting any and confirming will run an automatic mount."
-_WarnMount="\nIMPORTANT: Please choose carefully during mounting and formatting.\n\nDuring mounting, partitions can be mounted without formatting by selecting '$_Skip'.\nThis can be useful for data partitions or partitions you've already formatted.\n\nThe one exception is the root (/) partition, it needs to be formatted before install to ensure the system stability.\n"
+_WarnMount="\nIMPORTANT: Please choose carefully during mounting and formatting.\n\nDuring mounting, partitions can be mounted without formatting by selecting '$_Skip', useful for extra or already formatted partitions.\n\nThe exception to this is the root (/) partition, it needs to be formatted before install to ensure system stability.\n"
 
 # Select Device
 _DevSelTitle="Device Selection"
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ _InstSysBody="\nInstall syslinux to the master boot record (MBR) or to root (/)?
 
 # File System
 _FSTitle="Choose Filesystem"
-_SelRootBody="\nSelect root (/) partition.\n\nThis is the partition where $DIST will be installed."
+_SelRootBody="\nSelect the system root (/) partition.\n\nThis is where $DIST will be installed."
 _SelBiosBody="\nDo you want to use a separate boot partition? (required for LUKS)\n\nThis partition is where the bootloader will be installed.\n"
 
 _SelSwpNone="None"
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ _SelSwpFile="Swapfile"
 _SelSwpSetup="Swap Setup"
 _SelSwpBody="\nSelect whether to use a swap partition, swapfile, or none."
 _SelSwpErr="Swap Setup Error: Must be 1(M|G) or greater, and can only contain whole numbers\n\nSize Entered:"
-_SelSwpSize="\nEnter the size to use for swap in MB or GB.\n\nFor ease of use and as an example the size has been filled in to the size of your system memory (RAM).\n\nMust be greater than 1, end in either M or G, and contain only whole numbers."
+_SelSwpSize="\n\n\nEnter the size of the swapfile in megabytes (M) or gigabytes (G).\n\neg. 100M will create a 100 megabyte swapfile, while 10G will create a 10 gigabyte swapfile.\n\nFor ease of use and as an example the size has been filled in to the size of your system memory (RAM).\n\nMust be greater than 1, end in either M or G, and contain only whole numbers."
 
 _SelUefiBody="\nSelect the system EFI boot partition.\n\nThis is a required partition for booting UEFI systems. It's usually the first partition on the drive, less than 512M, and will be formatted as vfat/fat32 if not already."
 _FormUefiBody="\nIMPORTANT: The EFI partition"
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ _LuksMenuBody="\nDevices and volumes encrypted using dm_crypt cannot be accessed
 _LuksMenuBody2="\n\nA seperate boot partition without encryption or logical volume management (LVM - unless using BIOS Grub) is required."
 _LuksMenuBody3="\n\nAutomatic uses default encryption settings, and is recommended for beginners, otherwise cypher and key size parameters may be entered manually."
 _LuksOpen="Open Encrypted Partition"
-_LuksOpenBody="Enter a name and password for the encrypted device.\n\nIt is not necessary to prefix it with /dev/mapper/.\n\nAn example name has been provided."
+_LuksOpenBody="Enter a name and password for the encrypted device.\n\nIt is not necessary to prefix it with /dev/mapper/\n\nAn example name has been provided."
 _LuksEncrypt="Automatic LUKS Encryption"
 _LuksEncryptAdv="Define Key-Size and Cypher"
 _LuksEncryptBody="\nSelect the partition you want to encrypt."
 _LuksEncryptSucc="\nDone! encrypted partition opened and ready for mounting.\n"
-_LuksPartErrBody="\nA minimum of two partitions are required for encryption:\n\n1. Root (/) - standard or LVM.\n\n2. Boot (/boot or /boot/efi) - standard (except for LVM on BIOS systems)."
+_LuksPartErrBody="\nA minimum of two partitions are required for encryption:\n\n1. root (/) - standard or LVM.\n\n2. boot (/boot or /boot/efi) - standard (except for LVM on BIOS systems)."
 _LuksCreateWaitBody="\nCreating encrypted partition:"
 _LuksOpenWaitBody="\nOpening encrypted partition:"
 _LuksWaitBody2="\n\nDevice or volume used:"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ _LvmLvNumBody2="\nThe last (or only) logical volume will automatically use all r
 _LvmLvNameBody1="Enter the name of the logical volume (LV) to create.\n\nThis is like setting a name or label for a partition.\n"
 _LvmLvNameBody2="\nNOTE: This logical volume will use up all remaining space in the volume group"
 _LvmLvSizeBody1="remaining"
-_LvmLvSizeBody2="\n\nEnter the size of the logical volume (LV) in megabytes (M) or gigabytes (G). For example, 100M will create a 100 megabyte LV. 10G will create a 10 Gigabyte LV.\n"
+_LvmLvSizeBody2="\n\nEnter the size of the logical volume (LV) in megabytes (M) or gigabytes (G). For example, 100M will create a 100 megabyte LV. 10G will create a 10 gigabyte LV.\n"
 _LvmCompBody="\nDone! all logical volumes have been created for the volume group.\n\nDo you want to view the device tree for the new LVM scheme?\n"
 _LvmDelQ="\nConfirm deletion of volume group(s) and logical volume(s).\n\nDeleting a volume group, will delete all logical volumes within as well."
 _LvmSelVGBody="Select volume group to delete.\n\nAll logical volumes within will also be deleted."

src/archlabs-installer

@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 
 # This program is free software, provided under the GNU GPL
 # Written by Nathaniel Maia for use in Archlabs
-# Some ideas and code has been taken from other installers
+# Some ideas and code reworked from other resources
-# AIF, Cnichi, Calamares, The Arch Wiki.. Credit where credit is due
+# AIF, Cnichi, Calamares, Arch Wiki.. Credit where credit is due
 
-VER="1.8.39"     # version
+VER="1.8.42"     # version
 DIST="ArchLabs"  # distributor
 MNT="/mnt"       # install mountpoint
 
+# set -n
+
 # bulk default values {
 
 ROOT_PART=""      # root partition
@@ -28,11 +30,11 @@ ROOT_PASS=""      # root password
 LOGIN_WM=""       # default login session
 LOGIN_TYPE=""     # login manager can be lightdm or xinit
 INSTALL_WMS=""    # space separated list of chosen wm/de
-KERNEL=""         # kernel can be linux or linux-lts
+KERNEL="linux"    # kernel can be linux or linux-lts
+MYSHELL=""        # login shell for root and the primary user
 PACKAGES=""       # list of all packages to install including WM_PACKAGES
 USER_PKGS=""      # packages selected by the user during install
 WM_PACKAGES=""    # full list of packages added during wm/de choice
-MYSHELL=""        # login shell for root and the primary user
 UCODE=""          # cpu manufacturer microcode filename (if any)
 HOOKS="shutdown"  # list of additional HOOKS to add in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
 FONT="ter-i16n"   # font used in the linux console
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ CONFIG_DONE=false # basic configuration is finished
 BROADCOM_WL=false # fixes for broadcom cards eg. BCM4352
 CHECKED_NET=false # have we checked the network connection already
 
+AUTO_ROOT_PART=""   # values from auto partition
+AUTO_BOOT_PART=""
+
 # sane baseline
 BASE_PKGS="archlabs-scripts archlabs-skel-base archlabs-themes archlabs-dARK archlabs-icons archlabs-wallpapers "
 BASE_PKGS+="base-devel xorg xorg-drivers sudo git gvfs gtk3 gtk-engines gtk-engine-murrine pavucontrol tumbler "
@@ -64,15 +69,12 @@ BASE_PKGS+="playerctl ffmpeg gstreamer libmad libmatroska gst-libav gst-plugins-
 WM_BASE_PKGS="arandr archlabs-networkmanager-dmenu xdg-user-dirs nitrogen polkit-gnome volumeicon xclip exo "
 WM_BASE_PKGS+="xdotool compton gnome-keyring dunst feh gsimplecal xfce4-power-manager xfce4-settings laptop-detect"
 
+SEL=0                                 # currently selected menu item
 ERR="/tmp/errlog"                     # error log used internally
 DBG="/tmp/debuglog"                   # debug log when passed -d
 RUN="/run/archiso/bootmnt/arch/boot"  # path for live /boot
 BT="$DIST Installer - v$VER"          # backtitle used for dialogs
 VM="$(dmesg | grep -i "hypervisor")"  # is the system a vm
-SEL=0                                 # currently selected menu item
-
-AUTO_ROOT_PART=""   # values from auto partition
-AUTO_BOOT_PART=""
 
 # }
 
@@ -237,10 +239,10 @@ main()
 
     case $SEL in
         1) device_tree ;;
-        2) partition || (( SEL-- )) ;;
+        2) partition_menu || (( SEL-- )) ;;
         3) luks_menu || (( SEL-- )) ;;
         4) lvm_menu || (( SEL-- )) ;;
-        5) mnt_menu || (( SEL-- )) ;;
+        5) mounting_menu || (( SEL-- )) ;;
         6) prechecks 0 && { mkuser || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
         7) prechecks 1 && { cfg_menu || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
         8) prechecks 2 && { select_sessions || (( SEL-- )); } ;;
@@ -343,49 +345,49 @@ cfg_menu()
 
 mkuser()
 {
-    tput cnorm
+    local values="" user="" pass="" pass2="" rpass="" rpass2="" err=0
-    local values
-    if ! values="$(dialog --stdout --no-cancel --separator ';:~:;' \
-        --ok-label "Submit" --backtitle "$BT" --title " $_UserTitle " \
-        --insecure --mixedform "$_UserBody" 0 0 0 \
-        "$_Username"  1 1 "$NEWUSER" 1 $((${#_Username} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 0 \
-        "$_Password"  2 1 "" 2 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
-        "$_Password2" 3 1 "" 3 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1 \
-        "$_RootBody"  6 1 "" 6 $((${#_RootBody} + 1))  $COLUMNS 0 2 \
-        "$_Password"  8 1 "" 8 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
-        "$_Password2" 9 1 "" 9 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1)"; then
-        return 1
-    fi
 
-    local user pass pass2 rpass rpass2
+    while true; do
-    user="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $1}' <<< "$values")"
+        tput cnorm
-    pass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $2}' <<< "$values")"
+        values="$(dialog --stdout --no-cancel --separator ';:~:;' \
-    pass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $3}' <<< "$values")"
+            --ok-label "Submit" --backtitle "$BT" --title " $_UserTitle " \
-    rpass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $5}' <<< "$values")"
+            --insecure --mixedform "$_UserBody" 0 0 0 \
-    rpass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $6}' <<< "$values")"
+            "$_Username"  1 1 "$user" 1 $((${#_Username} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 0 \
+            "$_Password"  2 1 "" 2 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
+            "$_Password2" 3 1 "" 3 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1 \
+            "$_RootBody"  6 1 "" 6 $((${#_RootBody} + 1))  $COLUMNS 0 2 \
+            "$_Password"  8 1 "" 8 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
+            "$_Password2" 9 1 "" 9 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1)"
 
-    # both root passwords are empty, so use the user passwords instead
+        err=$?
-    [[ $rpass == "" && $rpass2 == "" ]] && { rpass="$pass"; rpass2="$pass2"; }
+        (( err == 0 )) || break
 
-    # make sure a username was entered and that the passwords match
+        user="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $1}' <<< "$values")"
-    if [[ ${#user} -eq 0 || $user =~ \ |\' || $user =~ [^a-z0-9] ]]; then
+        pass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $2}' <<< "$values")"
-        msgbox "$_UserErrTitle" "$_UserErrBody"
+        pass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $3}' <<< "$values")"
-        mkuser || return 1
+        rpass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $5}' <<< "$values")"
-    elif [[ $pass == "" ]]; then
+        rpass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $6}' <<< "$values")"
-        msgbox "$_ErrTitle" "$_UserPassEmpty\n$_TryAgain"
-        mkuser || return 1
-    elif [[ "$pass" != "$pass2" ]]; then
-        msgbox "$_ErrTitle" "$_UserPassErr\n$_TryAgain"
-        mkuser || return 1
-    elif [[ "$rpass" != "$rpass2" ]]; then
-        msgbox "$_ErrTitle" "$_RootPassErr\n$_TryAgain"
-        mkuser || return 1
-    fi
 
-    NEWUSER="$user"
+        # root passwords empty, so use the user passwords
-    USER_PASS="$pass"
+        [[ $rpass == "" && $rpass2 == "" ]] && { rpass="$pass"; rpass2="$pass2"; }
-    ROOT_PASS="$rpass"
+
-    return 0
+        # make sure a username was entered and that the passwords match
+        if [[ ${#user} -eq 0 || $user =~ \ |\' || $user =~ [^a-z0-9] ]]; then
+            msgbox "$_UserErrTitle" "$_UserErrBody"; user=""
+        elif [[ $pass == "" ]]; then
+            msgbox "$_ErrTitle" "$_UserPassEmpty\n$_TryAgain"
+        elif [[ "$pass" != "$pass2" ]]; then
+            msgbox "$_ErrTitle" "$_UserPassErr\n$_TryAgain"
+        elif [[ "$rpass" != "$rpass2" ]]; then
+            msgbox "$_ErrTitle" "$_RootPassErr\n$_TryAgain"
+        else
+            NEWUSER="$user"
+            USER_PASS="$pass"
+            ROOT_PASS="$rpass"
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+    return $err
 }
 
 select_keymap()
@@ -447,16 +449,16 @@ select_timezone()
     if ! ZONE="$(menubox "$_TimeZTitle" "$_TimeZBody" \
         'America' '-' 'Australia' '-' 'Asia' '-' 'Atlantic' '-' 'Africa' '-' \
         'Europe' '-' 'Indian' '-' 'Pacific' '-' 'Arctic' '-' 'Antarctica' '-')"; then
-        return 1
+            return 1
-    fi
+        fi
 
-    if ! SUBZONE="$(dialog --cr-wrap --stdout --backtitle "$BT" \
+        if ! SUBZONE="$(dialog --cr-wrap --stdout --backtitle "$BT" \
-        --title " $_TimeZTitle " --menu "$_TimeSubZBody" 0 0 $((LINES - 17)) ${SUBZONES[$ZONE]})"; then
+            --title " $_TimeZTitle " --menu "$_TimeSubZBody" 0 0 $((LINES - 17)) ${SUBZONES[$ZONE]})"; then
-        return 1
+                    return 1
-    fi
+                fi
 
-    yesno "$_TimeZTitle" "$_TimeZQ $ZONE/$SUBZONE?\n" || select_timezone
+                yesno "$_TimeZTitle" "$_TimeZQ $ZONE/$SUBZONE?\n" || select_timezone
-}
+            }
 
 select_sessions()
 {
@@ -613,7 +615,8 @@ edit_configs()
 
 select_packages()
 {
-    local cur=0
+    local cur=0 b="" e="" f="" t="" m="" ml="" p="" v="" fn="" to="" s="" x=""
+
     while true; do
         (( cur < 13 )) && (( cur++ ))
 
@@ -638,25 +641,23 @@ select_packages()
         [[ $cur && $cur -lt 13 ]] || break
 
         case $cur in
-            1) BROWSE_PKGS="$(select_browsers)" ;;
+            1) b="$(pkg_browsers)" ;;
-            2) EDIT_PKGS="$(select_editors)" ;;
+            2) e="$(pkg_editors)" ;;
-            3) FM_PKGS="$(select_files)" ;;
+            3) f="$(pkg_files)" ;;
-            4) TERM_PKGS="$(select_terms)" ;;
+            4) t="$(pkg_terms)" ;;
-            5) MEDIA_PKGS="$(select_media)" ;;
+            5) m="$(pkg_media)" ;;
-            6) MAIL_PKGS="$(select_mail)" ;;
+            6) ml="$(pkg_mail)" ;;
-            7) PROF_PKGS="$(select_prof)" ;;
+            7) p="$(pkg_prof)" ;;
-            8) VIEW_PKGS="$(select_viewers)" ;;
+            8) v="$(pkg_viewers)" ;;
-            9) FNT_PKGS="$(select_fonts)" ;;
+            9) fn="$(pkg_fonts)" ;;
-            10) TOR_PKGS="$(select_torrent)" ;;
+            10) to="$(pkg_torrent)" ;;
-            11) SYS_PKGS="$(select_sys)" ;;
+            11) s="$(pkg_sys)" ;;
-            12) EX_PKGS=" $(select_extra)" ;;
+            12) x="$(pkg_extra)" ;;
         esac
-        USER_PKGS="$BROWSE_PKGS $EDIT_PKGS $FM_PKGS $TERM_PKGS $MEDIA_PKGS $MAIL_PKGS "
-        USER_PKGS+="$PROF_PKGS $VIEW_PKGS $FNT_PKGS $TOR_PKGS $SYS_PKGS $EX_PKGS"
-    done
 
-    USER_PKGS="$BROWSE_PKGS $EDIT_PKGS $FM_PKGS $TERM_PKGS $MEDIA_PKGS $MAIL_PKGS "
+        # add all to the user package list regardless of what was picked
-    USER_PKGS+="$PROF_PKGS $VIEW_PKGS $FNT_PKGS $TOR_PKGS $SYS_PKGS $EX_PKGS"
+        USER_PKGS="$b $e $f $t $m $ml $p $v $fn $to $s $x"
+    done
 
     for i in $USER_PKGS; do
         [[ ${PKG_EXT[$i]} && $USER_PKGS != *"${PKG_EXT[$i]}"* ]] && USER_PKGS="${USER_PKGS% } ${PKG_EXT[$i]}"
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ select_packages()
     return 0
 }
 
-select_browsers()
+pkg_browsers()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -682,7 +683,7 @@ select_browsers()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_editors()
+pkg_editors()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -694,7 +695,7 @@ select_editors()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_files()
+pkg_files()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -707,7 +708,7 @@ select_files()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_terms()
+pkg_terms()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ select_terms()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_media()
+pkg_media()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -741,7 +742,7 @@ select_media()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_mail()
+pkg_mail()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ select_mail()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_prof()
+pkg_prof()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ select_prof()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_fonts()
+pkg_fonts()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -788,7 +789,7 @@ select_fonts()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_viewers()
+pkg_viewers()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ select_viewers()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_torrent()
+pkg_torrent()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -812,7 +813,7 @@ select_torrent()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_sys()
+pkg_sys()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ select_sys()
     printf "%s" "$pkgs"
 }
 
-select_extra()
+pkg_extra()
 {
     local pkgs=""
     pkgs="$(checkbox "$_Packages" "$_PackageBody" \
@@ -838,25 +839,18 @@ select_extra()
 ###############################################################################
 # partition menus
 
-format()
+partition_menu()
 {
-    infobox "$_FSTitle" "\nRunning: ${FS_CMDS[$2]} $1\n" 1
+    local device choice
-    ${FS_CMDS[$2]} "$1" >/dev/null 2>$ERR
-    errshow "${FS_CMDS[$2]} $1"
-}
 
-partition()
+    if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
-{
+        device="$1"
-    local device
+    else
-    if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
         select_device 'root' || return 1
         device="$DEVICE"
-    else
-        device="$1"
     fi
 
     tput civis
-    local choice
     if [[ $DISPLAY ]] && hash gparted >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         choice="$(menubox "$_PartTitle" "$_PartBody" \
             "$_PartShowTree" "Shows output from the lsblk command" \
@@ -882,13 +876,13 @@ partition()
     if [[ $choice == "$_Done" || $choice == "" ]]; then
         return 0
     elif [[ $choice != "$_PartWipe" && $choice != "$_PartAuto" && $choice != "$_PartShowTree" ]]; then
-        clear; tput cnorm; $choice "$device"; partition "$device"
+        clear; tput cnorm; $choice "$device"; partition_menu "$device"
     elif [[ $choice == "$_PartShowTree" ]]; then
         msgbox "$_PartTitle" "\n\n$(lsblk -o NAME,MODEL,SIZE,TYPE,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT "$device")\n\n"
-        partition "$device"
+        partition_menu "$device"
     elif [[ $choice == "$_PartWipe" ]]; then
         yesno "$_PartWipe" "$_PartBody1 $device $_PartWipeBody" && wipe -Ifrev $device
-        partition "$device"
+        partition_menu "$device"
     else
         local root_size msg ret table boot_fs
         root_size=$(lsblk -lno SIZE "$device" | awk 'NR == 1 {
@@ -908,13 +902,20 @@ partition()
         if yesno "$_PrepParts" "$_PartBody1 $device $msg ($size)$_PartBody3"; then
             auto_partition "$device" "$table" "$boot_fs" "$root_size" || return 1
         else
-            partition "$device"
+            partition_menu "$device"
         fi
     fi
 
     return 0
 }
 
+format_as()
+{
+    infobox "$_FSTitle" "\nRunning: ${FS_CMDS[$2]} $1\n" 1
+    ${FS_CMDS[$2]} "$1" >/dev/null 2>$ERR
+    errshow "${FS_CMDS[$2]} $1"
+}
+
 decr_count()
 {
     # remove a partition from the dialog list and decrement the number partitions left
@@ -1160,7 +1161,7 @@ setup_boot_device()
 ###############################################################################
 # mounting menus
 
-mnt_menu()
+mounting_menu()
 {
     # prepare partition list PARTS for dialog
     lvm_detect
@@ -1196,7 +1197,7 @@ select_swap()
             if ! SWAP_SIZE="$(getinput "$_SelSwpSetup" "$_SelSwpSize" "$SYS_MEM")"; then
                 SWAP_PART=""; SWAP_SIZE=""; break; return 0
             fi
-            ((i++))
+            (( i++ ))
         done
         enable_swap "$MNT/swapfile"
         SWAP_PART="/swapfile"
@@ -1271,7 +1272,7 @@ select_filesystem()
     fi
     [[ $fs ]] || return 1
     if yesno "$_FSTitle" "\nFormat $part as $fs?\n"; then
-        format "$part" "$fs" || return 1
+        format_as "$part" "$fs" || return 1
     else
         select_filesystem "$part" || return 1
     fi
@@ -1296,11 +1297,11 @@ select_efi_partition()
     if grep -q 'fat' <<< "$(fsck -N "$BOOT_PART")"; then
         local msg="$_FormUefiBody $BOOT_PART $_FormUefiBody2"
         if yesno "$_PrepMount" "$msg" "Format $BOOT_PART" "Skip Formatting" "no"; then
-            format "$BOOT_PART" "vfat"
+            format_as "$BOOT_PART" "vfat"
             sleep 1
         fi
     else
-        format "$BOOT_PART" "vfat"
+        format_as "$BOOT_PART" "vfat"
         sleep 1
     fi
 
@@ -1321,11 +1322,11 @@ select_boot_partition()
     if grep -q 'ext[34]' <<< "$(fsck -N "$BOOT_PART")"; then
         local msg="$_FormBiosBody $BOOT_PART $_FormBiosBody2"
         if yesno "$_PrepMount" "$msg" "Format $BOOT_PART" "Skip Formatting" "no"; then
-            format "$BOOT_PART" "ext4"
+            format_as "$BOOT_PART" "ext4"
             sleep 1
         fi
     else
-        format "$BOOT_PART" "ext4"
+        format_as "$BOOT_PART" "ext4"
         sleep 1
     fi
     return 0
@@ -1348,22 +1349,20 @@ select_root_partition()
 
 select_extra_partitions()
 {
+    local part
+
     while (( COUNT > 0 )); do
         tput civis
-        local part
         part="$(menubox "$_PrepMount " "$_ExtPartBody" "$_Done" "Return to the last menu" $PARTS)"
 
         if [[ $part == "$_Done" || $part == "" ]]; then
             break
-        elif ! select_filesystem "$part"; then
+        elif select_filesystem "$part" && select_mountpoint && mount_partition "$part" "$EXTRA_MNT"; then
-            break; return 1
+            EXTRA_MNTS="$EXTRA_MNTS $part: $EXTRA_MNT"
-        elif ! select_mountpoint; then
+            [[ $EXTRA_MNT == '/usr' && $HOOKS != *usr* ]] && HOOKS="usr $HOOKS"
-            break; return 1
+        else
-        elif ! mount_partition "$part" "$EXTRA_MNT"; then
             break; return 1
         fi
-        EXTRA_MNTS="$EXTRA_MNTS $part: $EXTRA_MNT"
-        [[ $EXTRA_MNT == '/usr' && $HOOKS != *usr* ]] && HOOKS="usr $HOOKS"
     done
 
     return 0
@@ -1377,7 +1376,7 @@ install()
     clear
     tput cnorm
     install_base
-    printf "Generating system /etc/fstab\n"
+    printf "Generating /etc/fstab:  genfstab -U $MNT >$MNT/etc/fstab\n"
     genfstab -U $MNT >$MNT/etc/fstab 2>$ERR
     errshow 1 "genfstab -U $MNT >$MNT/etc/fstab"
     [[ -f $MNT/swapfile ]] && sed -i "s~${MNT}~~" $MNT/etc/fstab
@@ -1385,10 +1384,13 @@ install()
     package_operations
     run_mkinitcpio
     install_bootloader
+    printf "Setting hardware clock with:  hwclock --systohc --utc\n"
     chrun "hwclock --systohc --utc" || chrun "hwclock --systohc --utc --directisa"
     create_user
     login_manager
+    printf "Setting ownership of /home/$NEWUSER\n"
     chrun "chown -Rf $NEWUSER:users /home/$NEWUSER"
+    sleep 3
     edit_configs
 }
 
@@ -1491,20 +1493,25 @@ EOF
 
 create_user()
 {
-    printf "Creating user $NEWUSER, setting passwords, and setting shell\n"
+    printf "Setting root password\n"
-
+    chrun "chpasswd <<< 'root:$ROOT_PASS'" 2>$ERR
-    chrun "chpasswd <<< 'root:$ROOT_PASS'"
+    errshow 1 "set root password"
     if [[ $MYSHELL != *zsh ]]; then
-        chrun "usermod -s $MYSHELL root"
+        chrun "usermod -s $MYSHELL root" 2>$ERR
+        errshow 1 "usermod -s $MYSHELL root"
         if [[ $MYSHELL == "/usr/bin/mksh" ]]; then
             cp -fv $MNT/etc/skel/.mkshrc /root/.mkshrc
         fi
     fi
 
+    printf "Creating user $NEWUSER with:  useradd -m -u 1000 -g users -G $groups -s $MYSHELL $NEWUSER\n"
     local groups='audio,autologin,floppy,log,network,rfkill,scanner,storage,optical,power,wheel'
-    chrun "groupadd -r autologin"
+    chrun "groupadd -r autologin" 2>$ERR
-    chrun "useradd -m -u 1000 -g users -G $groups -s $MYSHELL $NEWUSER"
+    errshow 1 "groupadd -r autologin"
-    chrun "chpasswd <<< '$NEWUSER:$USER_PASS'"
+    chrun "useradd -m -u 1000 -g users -G $groups -s $MYSHELL $NEWUSER" 2>$ERR
+    errshow 1 "useradd -m -u 1000 -g users -G $groups -s $MYSHELL $NEWUSER"
+    chrun "chpasswd <<< '$NEWUSER:$USER_PASS'" 2>$ERR
+    errshow 1 "set $NEWUSER password"
 
     if [[ $USER_PKGS == *neovim* ]]; then
         mkdir -p $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.config/nvim
@@ -1520,10 +1527,10 @@ create_user()
 
 setup_xinit()
 {
-    if [[ -e $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xinitrc ]]; then
+    if [[ -e $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xinitrc ]] && grep -q 'exec' $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xinitrc; then
-        sed -i "s/openbox-session/${LOGIN_WM}/g" $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xinitrc
+        sed -i "/exec/ c exec ${LOGIN_WM}" $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xinitrc
     else
-        printf "exec $LOGIN_WM\n" > $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xinitrc
+        printf "exec %s\n" "$LOGIN_WM" > $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/.xinitrc
     fi
 
     # automatic startx for login shells
@@ -1660,13 +1667,13 @@ package_operations()
     [[ $MYSHELL == *mksh* ]] && inpkg+=" mksh"
     [[ $BOOTLDR == 'grub' ]] && inpkg+=" grub"
     [[ $KERNEL == 'linux-lts' ]] && { inpkg+=" linux-lts"; rmpkg+=" linux"; }
-    [[ $INSTALL_WMS =~ (openbox|bspwm|i3-gaps|dwm) ]] && inpkg+="$WM_BASE_PKGS"
+    [[ $INSTALL_WMS =~ (openbox|bspwm|i3-gaps|dwm) ]] && inpkg+=" $WM_BASE_PKGS"
     [[ $INSTALL_WMS =~ ^(plasma|gnome|cinnamon)$ ]] || inpkg+=" archlabs-ksuperkey"
 
-    chrun "pacman -Syyu --noconfirm"
+    chrun "pacman -Syyu --noconfirm" 2>/dev/null
-    chrun "pacman -Rns $rmpkg --noconfirm"
+    chrun "pacman -Rns $rmpkg --noconfirm" 2>/dev/null
-    chrun "pacman -S iputils --noconfirm"
+    chrun "pacman -S iputils --noconfirm" 2>/dev/null
-    chrun "pacman -S $inpkg --needed --noconfirm"
+    chrun "pacman -S $inpkg --needed --noconfirm" 2>/dev/null
 
     sed -i "s/# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL/g" $MNT/etc/sudoers
     return 0
@@ -1686,10 +1693,10 @@ suckless_install()
         fi
     done
 
-    if [[ -d /home/$NEWUSER/suckless/dwm ]]; then
+    if [[ -d $MNT/home/$NEWUSER/suckless/dwm && -x $MNT/usr/bin/dwm ]]; then
         printf "To configure dwm edit /home/$NEWUSER/suckless/dwm/config.h\n"
         printf "You can then recompile it with 'sudo make clean install'\n"
-        sleep 2
+        sleep 3
     fi
 }
 
@@ -1722,7 +1729,7 @@ setup_grub()
         BCMDS[grub]="${BCMDS[grub]} --target=i386-pc $BOOT_DEVICE"
     else
         if [[ $ROOT_PART == */dev/mapper/* && ! $LVM && ! $LUKS_PASS ]]; then
-            luks_pass "$_LuksOpen" "" || return 1
+            luks_pass "$_LuksOpen" 1 || return 1
         fi
         BCMDS[grub]="mount -t efivarfs efivarfs $efidir/efivars || true &&
               ${BCMDS[grub]} --bootloader-id=$DIST"
@@ -1863,7 +1870,7 @@ install_bootloader()
     fi
 
     if [[ $BOOTLDR != 'grub' ]]; then
-        rm -f $MNT/etc/default/grub 2>dev/null
+        rm -f $MNT/etc/default/grub 2>/dev/null
         find $MNT/boot/ -name 'grub*' -exec rm -rf '{}' \; >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi
 
@@ -1883,6 +1890,7 @@ install_bootloader()
     fi
 
     if [[ $BOOTLDR == 'grub' && $SYS == 'UEFI' ]]; then
+        printf "Copying grub efi stub to system fallback ${BMNTS[$SYS-$BOOTLDR]}/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI\n"
         local esp="${MNT}${BMNTS[$SYS-$BOOTLDR]}"
         mkdir -pv $esp/EFI/BOOT
         cp -fv $esp/EFI/$DIST/grubx64.efi $esp/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
@@ -2032,13 +2040,13 @@ lvm_extra_lvs()
         lvcreate -L "$VOLUME_SIZE" "$VOLUME_GROUP" -n "$VOLUME_NAME" >/dev/null 2>$ERR
         errshow "lvcreate -L $VOLUME_SIZE $VOLUME_GROUP -n $VOLUME_NAME"
         msgbox "$_LvmCreateVG (LV:$VOL_COUNT)" "$_Done LV $VOLUME_NAME ($VOLUME_SIZE) $_LvmPvDoneBody2."
-        ((VOL_COUNT--))
+        (( VOL_COUNT-- ))
     done
 
     return 0
 }
 
-lvm_volume_count()
+lvm_volumes()
 {
     VOL_COUNT=$(dialog --cr-wrap --no-cancel --stdout \
         --backtitle "$BT" --title " $_LvmCreateVG " \
@@ -2061,7 +2069,7 @@ lvm_partitions()
     (( ${#LVM_PARTS[@]} >= 1 ))
 }
 
-lvm_create_group()
+lvm_mkgroup()
 {
     lvm_group_name || return 1
 
@@ -2091,7 +2099,6 @@ lvm_create_group()
 
     local msg="$_LvmPvDoneBody1 $VOLUME_GROUP ($GROUP_SIZE $GROUP_SIZE_TYPE)"
     msgbox "$_LvmCreateVG" "$msg $_LvmPvDoneBody2\n"
-    return 0
 }
 
 lvm_create()
@@ -2101,8 +2108,8 @@ lvm_create()
     VGROUP_MB=0
     umount_dir $MNT
     lvm_partitions || return 1
-    lvm_create_group || return 1
+    lvm_mkgroup || return 1
-    lvm_volume_count || return 1
+    lvm_volumes || return 1
     lvm_extra_lvs || return 1
     lvm_volume_name "$_LvmLvNameBody1 $_LvmLvNameBody2 (${VGROUP_MB}MB)" || return 1
     lvcreate -l +100%FREE "$VOLUME_GROUP" -n "$VOLUME_NAME" >/dev/null 2>$ERR
@@ -2111,8 +2118,7 @@ lvm_create()
     tput civis
     sleep 0.5
     local msg="${_Done}$_LvmPvDoneBody1 $VOLUME_GROUP-$VOLUME_NAME (${VOLUME_SIZE:-${VGROUP_MB}MB}) $_LvmPvDoneBody2."
-    msgbox "$_LvmCreateVG (LV:$VOL_COUNT)" "$msg\n$(lsblk -o NAME,MODEL,TYPE,FSTYPE,SIZE "${LVM_PARTS[@]}")"
+    msgbox "$_LvmCreateVG (LV:$VOL_COUNT)" "$msg\n$(lsblk -o NAME,MODEL,TYPE,FSTYPE,SIZE "${LVM_PARTS[@]}")\n"
-    return 0
 }
 
 lvm_del_vg()
@@ -2141,7 +2147,6 @@ lvm_del_all()
         done
         LVM=''
     fi
-
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -2184,7 +2189,7 @@ luks_open()
         return 1
     fi
 
-    luks_pass "$_LuksOpen" "${LUKS_NAME:-cryptroot}" || return 1
+    luks_pass "$_LuksOpen" || return 1
     infobox "$_LuksOpen" "$_LuksOpenWaitBody $LUKS_NAME $_LuksWaitBody2 $LUKS_PART\n" 0
     cryptsetup open --type luks $LUKS_PART "$LUKS_NAME" <<< "$LUKS_PASS" 2>$ERR
     errshow "cryptsetup open --type luks $LUKS_PART $LUKS_NAME"
@@ -2196,46 +2201,52 @@ luks_open()
 
 luks_pass()
 {
-    local title="$1"
+    local title="$1" onlypass="$2" values="" pass="" pass2="" err=0
-    local name="$2"
+
-    local pass pass2
+    while true; do
-    LUKS_PASS=""
+        tput cnorm
-    LUKS_NAME=""
+        if [[ $onlypass ]]; then
+            values="$(dialog --stdout --no-cancel --separator ';:~:;' \
+                --ok-label "Submit" --backtitle "$BT" --title " $title " --insecure --mixedform \
+                "\nEnter the password to decrypt $ROOT_PART.\n\nThis is needed to create a keyfile." 0 0 0 \
+                "$_Password"  1 1 "" 1 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
+                "$_Password2" 2 1 "" 2 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1)"
+
+        else
+            values="$(dialog --stdout --no-cancel --separator ';:~:;' \
+                --ok-label "Submit" --backtitle "$BT" --title " $title " \
+                --insecure --mixedform "$_LuksOpenBody" 0 0 0 \
+                "$_Name"      1 1 "${LUKS_NAME:-cryptroot}" 1 $((${#_Name} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 0 \
+                "$_Password"  2 1 ""      2 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
+                "$_Password2" 3 1 ""      3 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1)"
 
-    tput cnorm
-    local values
-    if [[ $name == "" ]]; then
-        if ! values="$(dialog --stdout --no-cancel --separator ';:~:;' \
-            --ok-label "Submit" --backtitle "$BT" --title " $title " --insecure --mixedform \
-            "\nEnter the password to decrypt $ROOT_PART.\n\nThis is needed to create a keyfile." 0 0 0 \
-            "$_Password"  1 1 "" 1 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
-            "$_Password2" 2 1 "" 2 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1)"; then
-            return 1
         fi
-        pass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $1}' <<< "$values")"
+
-        pass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $2}' <<< "$values")"
+        err=$?
-    else
+        (( err == 0 )) || break
-        if ! values="$(dialog --stdout --no-cancel --separator ';:~:;' \
+
-            --ok-label "Submit" --backtitle "$BT" --title " $title " \
+        if [[ $onlypass ]]; then
-            --insecure --mixedform "$_LuksOpenBody" 0 0 0 \
+            pass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $1}' <<< "$values")"
-            "$_Name"      1 1 "$name" 1 $((${#_Name} + 2))      $COLUMNS 0 0 \
+            pass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $2}' <<< "$values")"
-            "$_Password"  2 1 ""      2 $((${#_Password} + 2))  $COLUMNS 0 1 \
+        else
-            "$_Password2" 3 1 ""      3 $((${#_Password2} + 2)) $COLUMNS 0 1)"; then
+            name="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $1}' <<< "$values")"
-            return 1
+            pass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $2}' <<< "$values")"
+            pass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $3}' <<< "$values")"
         fi
-        name="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $1}' <<< "$values")"
-        pass="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $2}' <<< "$values")"
-        pass2="$(awk -F';:~:;' '{print $3}' <<< "$values")"
-        LUKS_NAME="$name"
-    fi
 
-    if [[ $pass == "" || "$pass" != "$pass2" ]]; then
+        if [[ ! $onlypass && $name == "" ]]; then
-        msgbox "$_ErrTitle" "$_PassErr\n$_TryAgain"
+            infobox "$_ErrTitle" "\nEncrypted device name cannot be empty.\n\n$_TryAgain"
-        luks_pass "$title" "$name" || return 1
+        elif [[ $pass == "" || "$pass" != "$pass2" ]]; then
-    fi
+            [[ $onlypass ]] || LUKS_NAME="$name"
+            infobox "$_ErrTitle" "$_PassErr\n$_TryAgain"
+        else
+            [[ $onlypass ]] || LUKS_NAME="$name"
+            LUKS_PASS="$pass"
+            break
+        fi
+    done
 
-    LUKS_PASS="$pass"
+    return $err
-    return 0
 }
 
 luks_setup()
@@ -2251,7 +2262,7 @@ luks_setup()
         infobox "$_LuksEncrypt" "${_OnlyOne}: $LUKS_PART\n" 1
     elif ! LUKS_PART="$(menubox "$_LuksEncrypt" "$_LuksEncryptBody" $PARTS)"; then
         return 1
-    elif ! luks_pass "$_LuksEncrypt" "${LUKS_NAME:-cryptroot}"; then
+    elif ! luks_pass "$_LuksEncrypt"; then
         return 1
     fi
 
@@ -2300,6 +2311,7 @@ luks_show()
 luks_keyfile()
 {
     if [[ ! -e $MNT/crypto_keyfile.bin && $LUKS_PASS && $LUKS_UUID ]]; then
+        printf "Creating LUKS keyfile /crypto_keyfile.bin\n"
         local n
         n="$(lsblk -lno NAME,UUID,TYPE | awk "/$LUKS_UUID/"' && /part|crypt|lvm/ {print $1}')"
         local mkkey="dd bs=512 count=8 if=/dev/urandom of=/crypto_keyfile.bin"
@@ -2385,7 +2397,7 @@ sigint()
 print4()
 {
     local str="$*"
-    if [[ $COLUMNS -gt 110 && ${#str} -gt $((COLUMNS - 10)) ]]; then
+    if [[ $COLUMNS -ge 110 && ${#str} -gt $((COLUMNS - 30)) ]]; then
         str="$(awk '{
             i=2; p1=p2=p3=p4=""; p1=$1; q=int(NF / 4)
             for (;i<=q;   i++) { p1=p1" "$i }