Theme: Produce user-friendly message in case server can't be reached

[Sopor]

I shutdown one of my computers running Webmin 1.850 but i did it from a terminal window. So now i see this green square with a spinning arrow and it seems to never stops. Shouldn't there be some kind of timeout and a message that told me that the server is not reachable?

I'm running Authentic Theme 19.00-git-201710041248 in Firefox 56.

[iliajie]

It would be user friendly, sounds like an enhancement.

[iliajie]

I've added this functionality.

Here is example message:

But that's not all. I'm in the process of adding pop-up authentication screen to let user authenticate without actually going back to login screen.

#892

[swelljoe]

The English in the first suggestion isn't quite right.

Something like "Check if the server is running".

Also, the message about "the proxy and the firewall" will definitely confuse someone. I guarantee we'll get a ticket from someone saying, "But I don't have a proxy!" Maybe just as ", if any" to the end of that one.

[iliajie]

I will drop the last and the first one been changed already to "Check server status".

If you think latter is still not good, let me know.

[Sopor]

@qooob is it possible to add a retry/reload/try again button to the connection error dialog?

[iliajie]

Yes, in automated mode with, using ticking timeout, would be better than a button, right?

[Sopor]

In that case both.
I was waiting for the server to start so i have to close the dialog, press the Dashboard button, the dialog popped up again, close the dialog, press Dashboard again...
If you only add a timeout i can't force it :(

[iliajie]

It's been fixed.

51127a1

Give it a try. Go to console and run /etc/webmin/stop ... then after a while, run /etc/webmin/start.

Example in video-screencast of how it works.