Package: netcfg Version: 1.102 Severity: important Tags: d-i
I installed in expert mode over a wireless link from Debian GNU/Linux testing "Wheezy" - Official Snapshot i386 NETINST Binary-1 20121122-21:21 This ISO has netcfg_1.102. Only "Standard system utilities" was selected as a task. Re-booted as instructed. No network! Checked the contents of /etc/network/interfaces. The only interface available is lo. I'm still in a state of shock. :) >From the netcfg changelog: * On Linux: Write a network-manager configuration file in perference to ifupdown if network-manager is found in the installed system. Configure wired networking with ifupdown if not. Do not configure wireless networking through ifupdown. and * Reword target_network_config template; do not ask the question. Not only am I deprived of network connectivity because I did not install network-manager or use a network cable, but this is done silently. The machine that Debian was put on is a desktop model and isn't going anywhere. Now I have try to recollect what to put in /e/n/i to restore the network connection. Also, the WPA passphrase is a machine generated 63 random characters. With gpm it's a snap to copy and paste. Except.... If I'd installed to a laptop I might have wanted wpagui to deal with any roaming. Or network-manager for that matter. Having to start from scratch is tiresome. Anyone who used a network during an install would, in my opinion, most likely want it available afterwards. Please consider leaving it set up as configured by ifupdown when the install takes place as described above. Some discussion of the issue is in the thread starting at http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/09/msg00252.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121123143120.GA14732@desktop